A/N:

*peeks head around corner* Hello people! Yes, I'm back. And I'm so sorry for making you wait so terribly long for an update. Real Life sucks (almost as much as writer's block) and it threw me under a bus this past week. I did however give you quite a few updates in a row last week, so there! *blows raspberries!*

I won't ramble on since I've kept you waiting for a week (gasps heard around the world)... I know! A whole week! I usually try to post every other day or at least every 3 days, but a week? Well, I did have to recover from the midnight screening of Eclipse and then we had the long 4th of July weekend celebration here in America... and where I live, EVERYTHING and EVERYONE stops for fireworks!

So, here's the next chapter. And I'll send chapter 22 to my awesome Beta WOLFYFANGRL after posting this.

Just to refresh your memory a bit... Jake told Bella everything about his past with Mya. He thought she wanted to break up with him and said goodbye. She actually wanted to say goodbye to everyone else so they could be alone and reconnect *wink-wink*. They end up at her house... she does a little strip tease, some dirty dancing and uses her banana technique to give her first blow job. Go Bella!

And now, on with the show!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Twilight saga. If I did, Bella would have ended up with Jake, duh!

CHAPTER 21

PREVIOUSLY on MY PAST…

"Jake," she said seriously after her laughter subsided. "Thank you, for uh, stopping us. You were right. But the next time I say I'm ready… don't make me wait, OK?"

"Deal. And thank you for what you did earlier. I didn't expect that at all and was more than pleased by the surprise."

"Just so you know… I don't regret doing that," she blushed.

"Good. And you don't have to associate that with Mya or anyone else because you're the first."

"Really?" she asked with wide eyes.

I nodded.

"Wow. That makes me feel…"

"Special?"

She nodded.

"Cause that's exactly how I'll feel when we finally do make love and I'm your first."

She smiled in response and her lips found mine again. Before things could get heated again, I pulled away and started moving down her body.

"Jake, what are you doing?"

"Just because we aren't doing it right now, doesn't mean I can't make you feel just as good as you made me feel," I winked and continued my journey south where I had her bucking against my face and screaming my name in ecstasy in no time.

SAMI's POV

"Em, I hope we don't act as stupid as Bella and Jake are," I said, as he rubbed suntan lotion on my back.

"They're not stupid, Sami. They're just, uh... confused. They'll talk and I'm sure everything will be fine."

"They better be. I don't think I want to be around Bella if this ends badly before Jake leaves."

"That's a pretty mean thing to say, Sami," Emily said walking back after finding Rachel.

"I like Bella and I'm glad she's my friend. I'm just saying, can you imagine how awkward things would be for everyone if they didn't work things out and Jake leaves town?

"It won't. Jake loves her too much to let that happen. Even if it doesn't get resolved today, he won't leave town with the way things are right now," Embry assured me.

"Where are they anyway?" Rachel asked.

"Quil said Jake ran back and asked to borrow the Jeep," Embry said.

"How long ago was that?"

Looking at his watch he replied, "About an hour ago."

"Well, let's hope they went somewhere to work this out," Emily sighed.

"If she wouldn't have shown up here today, everything would be fine," Rachel huffed.

"Rach, you're entitled to your own opinion on the whole situation, but if Jake's not upset about it anymore, why are you?" Embry asked tentatively.

"Em, I know she's your blood but if you were accused of rape, your family would be just as upset. I understand what happened to her afterwards and I feel bad about that, I really do. But I'm still mad that she had the balls to come back here and lure Jake back into bed again."

"Well, you should be mad at Jake too for allowing it to happen. It takes two to tango, remember?" Emily reminded her friend.

"Yeah, trust me. Jake and I will never agree on that but he's my brother so I forgive him, but I still don't have to like her," she whined.

"No, you don't," Emily chuckled. "But for everyone's sake… try to keep your opinions to yourself, especially if Jake and Bella work things out today."

Rachel mumbled a 'whatever' and flopped over onto her belly to catch some sun.

"Em," I whispered to the sexy man lying next to me as we laid on the blanket and enjoyed the warmth of the sun. He turned his head and opened one eye. "They've been gone for a while…" I hinted.

"Yeah…"

"Well, maybe… maybe they're really making up," I said, wiggling my eyebrows.

"You think?" Em propped himself up on one elbow and whispered with wide eyes, as if he were hearing the world's biggest secret.

"You saw how they were last night!"

"Yep, if we weren't in public, I doubt Jake would've been able to keep his hands off her," Em said shaking his head at the graphic memory of our friends at the bowling alley.

"Although…"

"What?" he asked.

"Well," I hesitated, not wanting to reveal anything too personal about Bella but needing to test the waters on the subject for myself. "I don't think Bella's, um, ready for that just yet."

"Oh," he said blushing and looking away from me. "Really?"

I nodded, thinking more about me and him in his question than Bella and Jake.

"That's cool. They don't have to rush anything, right?"

I smiled at his answer, knowing it was for us too.

"Here they come!" Emily half-yelled to get our attention.

We all turned our heads to the parking lot and saw Bella and Jake walking hand-in-hand towards us and I think we all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, they're back?" Mya said as she came over to our group.

"Stay away from them. Haven't you caused enough trouble today?" Rachel glared at Mya.

Mya didn't respond but continued to watch them approach. We saw Bella whisper something in Jake's ear and he nodded in response. They looked happy with smiles on both of their faces and I looked my new friend over to see if there was a special glow about her. I decided not, but there was something different... a little more confidence in her walk perhaps. I guess I would just have to be patient until she decided to tell me.

"Quil!" Jake called out as he tossed the keys to him. "Thanks."

Quil nodded in response and returned to his blatant flirting with a couple of girls who were too young for him.

Jake fist-bumped Embry and nodded to his sister. Bella smiled at me but kept walking until she was in front of Mya.

"Can we talk for a second?" Bella asked quietly.

Mya nodded and the girls who were an important part of Jake's life - for two very different reasons - walked away from us, leaving Rachel with her mouth agape.

BELLA's POV

Once we were far enough away from inquiring minds, I thanked Mya for agreeing to talk with me.

"So…" we both said at the same time and chuckled nervously.

"I just wanted to say…" I tried to start.

"Bella, please. Let me go first?" she asked and I nodded. "I'm so sorry for showing up on your doorstep this morning and causing problems between you and Jake. I had no clue you were together, and if I did I would've handled things differently."

"It's OK, Mya. I know now that you had no idea who I was and I think everyone was pretty surprised to see you today. But I wanted to say that I'm, uh, proud of you for showing up here."

"Huh? Um, I mean, thank you. But why? Why are you proud of me?"

"Well, Jake explained everything, and yes... I mean everything," I said eyeing her so she would know that I was talking about her rape and their second encounter as well. She blushed and looked away. "And knowing that gossip and people's feelings around here haven't changed, as well as dealing with Rachel, I just think that it takes a lot of guts to come back."

"Wow," she said and stopped in her tracks. She shook her head and continued. "I never expected you to understand. Not that you're not an understanding person or anything…" she stammered. "I mean, I just don't know if I could be standing here talking with you if the situation was reversed."

"I have to admit that, at first, I did think you came back to see Jake or want him back," I said shyly, still feeling a little insecure by her beauty.

"Oh please, Bella! Like Jake could see anyone else besides you! The time I would spend here, you were all he would talk about. I never saw you or got the chance to meet you so I started to worry that you were a figment of his imagination…" she chuckled and I did too. "But I knew that I didn't have a chance with him. Don't get me wrong, I cared about Jake but I knew it was a lost cause because Jake has always loved you, Bella."

My eyes started to tear up at her words. Jake told me he loved me since our first kiss, but hearing it from someone else – and especially someone who Jake shared something with – made it even more special.

"Thank you," I whispered.

"No, thank you Bella for hearing Jake out and not allowing other people's opinions of me and their version of what happened affect your relationship. I promise you, I would never hurt Jake and if I in any way hurt you, I know that would ultimately hurt Jake too."

I smiled at her words. A small part of me still wanted to hate her for the situation Jake was put in but I couldn't. I was still al little unsure if she had manipulated Jake into sleeping with her the second time but it didn't really matter now. It's not like Mya and I would become buddies or anything, but clearing things up between us would make Jake happy and that was my ultimate goal.

"So, you and Paul, huh?" I tried to tease her.

"Yeah," she blushed and look in his direction. "He was the only one besides Embry that I kept in touch with after everything that happened. I never understood why he wanted anything to do with me, knowing the circumstances and being friends with Jake, but he was so sweet to me and we became really good friends."

"He probably wanted to be with you because you're gorgeous and he saw you for more than what had happened. He saw you as a person. Besides, I think it's more than really good friends as far as Paul is concerned," I winked and saw Paul smile at her.

She shook her head and chuckled.

"C'mon. Let's get back before we give everyone more gossip as to why we've been gone so long!" I smiled.

"Yeah, they probably expect me to come back with scratch marks or a black eye!"

I laughed with her and was relieved that Jake and I would be able to enjoy the rest of our time together without either of us having to worry about Mya.

The rest of the afternoon was really fun as we played in the water. I enjoyed seeing Jake goof around with the rest of his friends. As the sun began to dip from the sky, everyone parted to get cleaned up and planned to meet back here for the festival tonight.

Sami decided to come back to my house to get changed after we gave our guys a kiss goodbye.

"Bella, look I'm sorry about calling you a bitch before."

"No, you were right. I was being one and I'm glad you were there to call me on it. I didn't like it…" I said, sticking my tongue out at her. "But I'm glad to have a friend like you who I know can tell me the truth, whether I like it or not," I added and hugged her.

"Soooooo…" she hinted.

"What?" I feigned innocence.

"Don't play dumb with me Bella! You and Jake were gone for an awfully long time! Did you 'make up' and where exactly did the 'making up' take place?" she giggled.

"You might be my friend but I'm not going to tell you all the details!" I said and then laughed when she looked offended. "But Jake found me on the pier and he told me everything." I sighed.

"Yeah, when you hear the whole story it's hard to be mad at her, huh?"

"I know. I want to hate her… I mean she's gorgeous, has this amazing body and had sex with my man! But I mostly feel bad for her, even if a small part of me wonders if she manipulated Jake the second time around."

Sami nodded in agreement.

"So after we talked we um… decided we needed some time to be alone to finish… talking."

"Uh huh. And how much talking did you do?"

"We went back to my house and I kind of… ," I mumbled.

"What? Did I just hear you say you stripped and gave Jake a lap dance? Go Bella! Give me details, girl!"

"No way! I'll just say that Jake really liked the red bikini and I'll never be able to hear Jay Sean or Black Eyes Peas again without getting turned on!"

"So, you didn't uh… do it?" she asked shyly.

I felt comfortable talking with her about this because I knew Sami was a virgin too, and she was willing to wait until the time was right before taking that step with Embry.

"No, but trust me… I really wanted to. If Jake hadn't stopped us…"

"You're kidding me! Jake stopped you two from having sex?"

"Yep. He was afraid that we would be doing it only because I was upset about Mya and he was right. I don't want her associated with Jake in any way other than friends… distant friends," I giggled. "And if we had done it, I would always remember my first time to be about our fight over Mya."

"That's a good point. I give you credit girl! If Embry was stripping and dancing naked for me, I don't think I'd be able to stop him!"

We both laughed as we reached my house. Sami and I took turns in the shower and getting ready for the evening. I was really looking forward to the festival and, more importantly, spending time with Jake.

"Bella!" Rachel called to me as Sami and I exited her car and walked towards the crowded festival. Rachel was waving at me enthusiastically and I was happy to see her in a better mood. I didn't want her to dwell on things with Mya anymore and as long as me and Mya were 'ok' I hoped Rachel would be too.

"Hey, Rach… what's up? Where is everyone?" I asked, looking around for our group of friends, along with Jake and Embry.

"They're over at the kissing booth. C'mon!" she yelled and dragged me away.

Sami and I tried to keep up with her pace until she slowed down once the booth came into view. It was completely cliché and exactly what I thought it would be… there was a cute girl standing behind a homemade wooden booth with the words 'kissing booth $5 donation' painted along the top. The jar for the 'donations' had a sign that said all proceeds went to the local Children's Hospital. There were two lines, one for the women and one for the men.

Several males, ranging from pre-pubescent teens to horny older men, lined up anxiously waiting their turn. I laughed at how desperate they looked just to get a kiss. But my giggles abruptly ended when I saw most of our guy friends in line as well. Sami marched over to Embry.

"What are you doing?"

"Um, waiting in line."

"Yeah, I can see that. I mean are you really going to pay money to kiss some random girl?" she asked incredulously.

"She's not a random girl. That's Makenna, she lives down the road from me," Embry said innocently and pointing at the girl behind the booth.

It was funny watching their conversation as poor Embry really didn't see what the big deal was.

"I told you we should've done this before the girls showed up," Jared whispered in his ear. Sami huffed, turned on her heel and walked away.

I didn't see Jake in line and was a little relieved. "Why did you drag me over here?" I asked Rachel.

"Because in a few minutes, there will be a guy up there working the booth and I want you to hold my place in line. I'll be right back," she quickly said and took off.

I stood at what appeared to be the front of the 'girls only' line shaking my head and wondering how I get myself into these situations. Sami came over to me and I explained what was going on.

"Well, if he wants to kiss some girl then I can kiss some guy, right?"

"Sami, don't make the same mistake Jake and I did today."

"This isn't the same thing Bella," she said annoyed.

"I know, but if you were a good enough friend to tell me I was being a bitch, then I have to tell you that you're being a brat right now."

"I am not," she whined. I rolled my eyes at her. "OK fine. Maybe I am," she said. "But I don't want him to kiss another girl, even if it is for charity."

"I agree with you and there's nothing wrong with you feeling that way. But, try not to make a big deal out of it, OK?"

She nodded but I wasn't convinced. I looked at my watch and scanned the crowd for Rachel… where was she?

JAKE's POV

I was so relieved that Bella and I were able to get past the whole Mya thing. And then when we were able to 'make up' in her room… man, oh man! She looked and felt incredible. I don't think I could've held out much longer telling her we needed to stop. But I'm glad we did.

Ahead I saw Paul, Mya, Sam and Leah.

"Hey guys."

"Jake! Hi!" Mya said, giving me a hug. "I'm really happy that everything is OK with you and Bella. And I want to apologize again if…"

"We're fine Mya. Everything's alright so don't worry. OK?"

She nodded as Rachel ran over to us told Leah to hurry up and come with her. We all followed and I wondered what the rush was.

I was laughing when we found Embry, Jared and Seth standing in the kissing booth line. Quil volunteered to work the booth every year. He said he was 'doing his part for charity,' when in reality, we all knew he was just taking advantage of the opportunity to get some lovin'! Rachel walked toward the front of the 'girls' line, dragging Leah with her.

"So, who's the lucky girl this year?" Sam teased.

"Makenna," Embry grumbled.

I glanced up at the booth and saw her. But didn't see Quil working.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked Embry.

"Nothing."

"Sami is pissed that he's in line to kiss Makenna!" Jared laughed.

Then I saw Rachel, Bella, Sami, Kim and Leah in line. I was surprised to see Bella waiting her turn but I didn't get mad. I mean, it was for charity and it was just a simple peck. And the good thing was that it was one of my best friends so I knew I had nothing to worry about.

"It's no big deal, Em. Besides, she's in line with Bella anyway. But I feel sorry for her cause she has to kiss Quil!" I pointed out to him. "Where is Quil anyway?"

Embry was next in line and Bella happened to be the first in her line, waiting patiently for Quil to arrive when I heard Embry whisper, "Oh, shit!"

I turned to see what he was looking at. Of course Quil decided NOT to work tonight and the male kissing booth volunteer just happened to be none other than Emmett, Bella's self-defense instructor.

I saw Embry's head snap over to Sami in line. She quirked an eyebrow as if she was challenging him to say anything about her getting a kiss. He furrowed his brow and stared her down. I was laughing inwardly at their little standoff and then realized that's how immature Bella and I must have looked this morning.

"Em, if it's going to cause a problem, then don't do it," I whispered to him.

"If you're going to wait around for your girlfriend to give you permission, then I'm going next," Sam declared, putting his money in the jar and getting his peck from Makenna. "See? No biggie!"

I saw Bella get out of line, only for Rachel to drag her back and push her up to the booth.

"Hey Bella! You here for a kiss?" Emmett asked her. "It's for charity!" he teased. What a punk, I thought.

"Hi, Emmett. No, I was just holding a place for someone else."

"That's OK Bella! You can go first!" Rachel snickered as Bella continued to politely decline.

I stepped up behind Bella, without her knowing I was there, and stared 'Mr. Kissy Face' down.

Rachel huffed and whispered to me, "Don't be such a party pooper Jake! If she had to deal with Mya today, the least you could handle is a kiss for charity!"

I rolled my eyes at my sister and leaned down to whisper in Bella's ear. "Baby, I thought I kissed both sets of your lips enough this afternoon but if you wanted more all you had to do is ask," I teased.

She jumped when she realized I was behind her and blushed at my words. She looked over at Emmett who was still waiting to see if she was going to donate for a kiss. "Emmett, I'd like you to meet my boyfriend Jake. And this is his beautiful sister, Rachel," she said and nudged my sister forward. I laughed in response and watched Rachel shamelessly flirt with him.

Poor Embry was still staring Sami down as Seth and Jared walked around him to take their turn. Then almost in unison, they each dropped their money into the donation jar and stepped forward. They broke their gaze from one another to receive their peck. Embry looked determined but Sami looked upset. I eyed Bella to take in her reaction as they each got their kiss. Sami started to walk away from our group and Bella was about to follow her when Embry stomped over to Sami, spun her around by the shoulders and planted a kiss on her that would put any Hollywood love scene to shame! Sami returned the kiss just as passionately and our group cheered them on. After a few moments, they both pulled apart and blushed furiously.

Bella laughed, "Ah, young love!"

The rest of the night was a lot of fun as I unsuccessfully tried in vain to win Bella a stuffed animal from one of those stupid bottle ring toss games. We shared some cotton candy and took a ride together on the ferris wheel. Bella was a little nervous when we were getting on.

"Bells, this is a safe ride. We'll be fine. Relax!"

"Do you see how much our basket is shaking up here?" she whined as we climbed higher and higher.

I laughed and grabbed her hand to pull her over to my side. "I guess I'll have to do something to distract you then," I whispered seductively and licked the outer part of her ear, then nibbled on the lobe a bit. She shivered in response.

"Close your eyes baby and forget that we're on a ferris wheel. Just listen to me and feel me," I said as I caressed her breast.

She nodded and laid her head on my shoulder as I wrapped my one arm around her to pull her closer to me. I began to stroke the soft skin on her thigh and she opened her legs a little in response.

"Hmmm, Bells. Do you want me to touch you?"

She nodded again, keeping her eyes closed. I continued rubbing and teasing her flesh and was glad she didn't wear tight shorts tonight. The leg area of her shorts had a wide opening and I was able to easily reach up and feel the silky panties that she was wearing. She hummed in response to my hand's proximity of her hot core. She scooted down a little, allowing me more access, as my fingers glided along her slit through her underwear. As I continued the delightful dance with my fingers, I could feel her wetness begin to seep through the fabric.

"Jake," she breathed. "Touch me."

"I am Bells," I replied in a tease, knowing she wanted to feel my hand without her underwear in the way.

"No…" she moaned as I cupped her mound and squeezed. "I want to feel you."

When we first got on the ferris wheel, I had no intention of trying to get Bella off. I was just trying to get her to relax since she was so nervous, but hey… who was I to deny her! My only concern was the growing tent in my pants. I really didn't want to walk off the ride with an obvious erection.

I waited until we circled past the operator and began our climb back up again. Once we were in the clear, I moved the flimsy fabric to the side and quickly and forcefully slid a finger inside of her. She gasped in surprised and opened her eyes. I began pumping my finger in as she bucked against my hand. She buried her face against the crook of my shoulder to disguise her moans. I whispered to her how tight and wet she felt. I added another finger to the action as she began to writhe next to me.

As we got closer to the bottom – and the man operating the ride – I eased up on my movements and kissed the top of her head, but never removed my fingers. Fortunately, the worker couldn't see where my hands were so Bella was safe from embarrassment.

To the people in the other baskets on the ride and the rest of the festival-goers on the ground, Bella looked like someone who was scared, with her eyes closed, leaning up against me with her face buried on the side of my chest… not a woman who was about to cum all over her boyfriend's hand.

We started our approach upward again and I added a third finger. I wasn't sure if it would hurt her or not but her skin stretched around me and she groaned in appreciation. I knew she was close and my thumb began working her clit. As I felt her walls start to clench around my fingers, she threw her head back and I quickly covered her lips with mine to stop her from screaming out. Our tongues danced until she came down from her high. As the ferris wheel began its descent, I slowly pulled my hand out of her underwear and shoved my cum-coated fingers into my pocket.

That was so damn sexy to watch and it turned me on so much. As our basket stopped the bottom, she lifted her head to look at me. She smiled and her face showed how blissfully sated she must have felt. As I took her hand to help her get off the ride, I smiled in return – partly because I was so happy she was mine and arrogantly because I was able to make Bella Swan orgasm in a public place.

BELLA's POV

I can't believe we just did that - and in public, no less! Gah! I should be ashamed or embarrassed, but I wasn't. When I was with Jake, everything felt so normal, so natural, so right. Things I would consider to be taboo or used to feel shy about suddenly made me feel excited and turned on.

Was that typical for people in a relationship? I only had one other boyfriend, and looking back, nothing of that aspect of my life was normal. When I think about how much we've done and how far our relationship has progressed I was afraid that Jake and I might be moving too fast. Maybe that would be true for someone else, but Jake and I have known each other our whole lives and I couldn't argue with how everything about us just fit together perfectly, like pieces of a puzzle.

He always knew how to touch me and where. I felt so inexperienced and, truthfully, I was… even though he seemed thoroughly pleased with my demonstration earlier today and I was able to make him feel good every other time we were intimate. But for someone who only had sex two times in his life, how did he know what to do and how did he get so good at it?

"Can I ask you something Jake?"

He nodded.

"Um, how do you know so much?"

"Eh, well I studied really hard..." he answered with a confused look on his face. It was adorable!

"No," I chuckled. "I mean… sexually," I whispered.

He threw his head back and laughed. "I don't Bells!"

"Well, you know a lot more than me. I know you're not a virgin, but if everything you told me was true, then it's not like you and Mya were together like we are or experimenting with each other. So..." I paused and asked shyly. "Were there others?"

"What? No! Of course not. I told you Bells, just Mya and you know everything that happened there."

"Then how do you know what to do then? I mean, with me? You know exactly what to do to make me feel... good," I blushed.

"Just from talking with the guys I guess. Plus I like to watch you and learn all about your body. I knew from the first time we held hands that you got chills when I would rub circles on your palm with my thumb. And I know that your neck is the biggest turn-on part of your body," he smirked.

"You know that? How? I never told you!"

"Honey, you don't have to tell me. I can feel it and see it. Plus, your moans tell me if I'm doing something right," he shrugged.

I quickly replayed our most intimate times together and realized he was right. At the time, I had assumed Jake knew exactly what he was doing, but really (aside from Mya) he was as inexperienced as I was.

"Oh, I guess there's one more thing..." he added.

"What's that?"

"Porn! You can always learn something from watching porn!" he laughed and I couldn't help but laugh right along with him.

As we walked away from the rides, Jake let me to a bench. We sat down and I reached to hold Jake's hand, but he pulled it away from me quickly. I gave him a questioning look.

"This hand is still a little, um, sticky Bells," he said quietly.

I didn't understand what he meant at first. Then he held it up and it dawned on me... that was the hand he used to touch me. I blushed deeply and looked away.

"You can't still be shy with me babe. There's not a thing to be embarrassed about. This…" he paused, bringing my attention back to him as he brought his fingers closer to his nose and inhaled. "… this is unbelievably sexy. And every time I smell you, it makes me want you even more."

"Gah! Jake! Are you trying to torture me?" I kidded.

"Maybe," he winked. "I just…" he said a little more seriously.

"What?"

"I want to know what you taste like," he huskily whispered, gazing deep into my eyes.

I gulped. The thought of his lips and tongue on my most sensitive parts made me tingle with desire. Keeping his eyes locked on mine, he brought his fingers up to his mouth and slowly and sensually licked each finger clean. When he was done, I leaned into him and kissed him. I began to explore his mouth and moaned when I tasted the remnants of my essence on his tongue.

"OK, break it up you two!" a voice called to us. We pulled apart and looked at our annoying visitor.

Sam stood there with a knowing smirk on his face. "I just wanted to invite you guys to go camping with everyone tomorrow at Big Rock."

"That's cool. Who all is going?" Jake asked.

"Pretty much the whole group. You in?"

Jake look at me to answer. "I'll have to talk to my dad first."

"OK, Jake text me in the morning and let me know if you can make it. We'll drive to the ridge and then hike the rest of the way," Sam explained. They did their manly 'here's a half-hug/I'm not gay' embrace and Sam left.

"I'll talk to your dad, Bells."

"Your charm won't work on him anymore Jake. He caught you feeling up his daughter, remember?"

"Good point. Maybe my dad can talk him into it," he said as he peered up to the sky and began laughing.

"What are you looking at? And what's so funny?"

He pointed to the top of the ferris wheel and said, "That is. I think you have some ammunition for your argument with Charlie about going camping."

I looked up and my eyes moved from basket to basket, trying to figure out what Jake was talking about. And then I saw it… my dad was making out like a horny teenager with Sue Clearwater at the top of the ferris wheel!

A/N:

OK - I didn't end it on a terrible cliffy this time (and my Team Charlie lovers out there, that ending was for you!).

I really want to thank you again for sticking with me. Please read The Reinvention of Isabella Swanby my Beta WOLFYFANGRL. She's the best!

And I have to point out an amazing one-shot that I had the utmost pleasure of reading this week. Last Confession by ENJOYYOURJACOB is for every Twilight fan... Team Edward and Team Jacob alike. I don't pimp every story I read so please understand how much this one moved me.

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Thanks for sticking with me during my writing drought - you guys are the best!

Hugs,

Juls