Hey, everyone! Well this is the last chapter to the chapter called Mind Over Matter in Twilight. I hope you like it!

I laughed quietly, "Right."

Then I touched my fingertips to smooth out her drying hair. It felt as smooth as a feather and yet as delicate as a rose petal. One pull and I could rip out her scalp.

"Are you ready to sleep? Or do you have any more questions?"

I felt her body resist a shrug along with the rolling of her eyes, "Only a million or two."

I smiled, knowing that we'd have the rest of her human life to share moments like these. "We have tomorrow, and the next day, and the next…" I dipped my nose into her hair, inhaling the heavenly scent.

"Are you sure you won't vanish in the morning? You are mythical, after all."

I was still glad to know that she still wanted me to be around in the morning.

"I won't leave you," I promised, knowing that I would keep my promise, and that she knew I could keep my promise.

I felt her body release a sigh; it was as if she had kept it in while waiting for my answer.

"I am sorry Bella. This is new for me too. If only you knew how deeply I've fallen in love with you, then you would know that I could not leave you. Not even if I wanted to…"

"One more, then, tonight…"

I waited for the question as the air started to heat from her blush. My curiosity was instantly peaked.

"What is it?"

Of course she felt like this question she could not tell me, which only sparked my curiosity been further and made me want to rip up the floor boards. "No, forget it. I changed my mind."

My worst nightmares were confirmed, "Bella, you can ask me anything."

Again, silence filled the air like a barrier between her closed mine and my prying one.

I groaned, "I keep thinking it will get less frustrating, not hearing your thoughts. But it just gets worse and worse."

I wanted her to understand what kind of position she was putting my in. Did she even realize what kind of pain I was in? No, of course she couldn't even comprehend the will or the bi-polar emotions of a vampire, unless she was one.

"I'm glad you can't read my thoughts. It's bad enough that you eavesdrop on my sleep-talking."

I paused, thinking about the time we were in the restaurant; she said that I dazzled people. Hmm, maybe I can dazzle her without being able to see her face.

"Please?" I pursued, though this only caused her to stiffen and shake her head.

I thought of all of the dark, horrible things she could be thinking about that she did not want to share with me. Was it honestly that horrible?

"If you don't tell me, I'll just assume it's something much worse than it is. Please?" I tried again, pleading more this time than anything. I knew she would cave in with the right amount of pressure.

"Well…" She began, obviously being weighed down by embarrassment.

"Yes?" I was practically jumping out of my skin! What was she hiding from me?

"You said that Rosalie and Emmett will get married soon… Is that… marriage… the same as it is for humans?"

I laughed, knowing now why she had been reluctant to tell me. "Is that what you're getting at?"

She fidgeted, unsure how I would answer her question. She obviously had something else on her mind.

"Yes, I suppose it is much the same. I told you, most of those human desires are there, just hidden behind more powerful desires."

"Like killing and drinking the blood out of poor innocent humans." I forced myself to live in the present and look at this beautiful girl lying next to me.

"Oh," was all she managed, which made me question if I had truly answered her question or just side-stepped it.

"Was there a purpose behind your curiosity?"

"Well, I did wonder… about you and me…" I stopped breathing before she could complete her sentence.

What if…

We could never marry it would always be too dangerous, but what if? What if we had a wedding in a little church with her family, including mine, gathered around? Alice would walk down the aisle before Bella wearing a light blue dress. Then, the music would start only to reveal what I had been waiting for all along.

Bella would wear a dress as white as snow, as pure as an angel's wings. The dress would hug her gently and caress her soft curves. As she walked down the aisle the music would play and Charlie would be holding onto her arm; a veil would be over her head shielding me from my prying eyes. She would carry a small bouquet of roses and lilies and they would walk so slowly that I would lose my mind, but surely Charlie hands Bella over to me and I lift her veil. I can see her rosy pink cheeks and her loving, endless brown eyes gazing up at me in wonder. Then, my thoughts took a turn for the worst.

What if I accidentally hugged her too tightly? Or gently brushed her hair out of her face and ended up pulling off her scalp? What then?

Once I found my voice again, I said, "I don't think that… that… would be possible for us."

Her voice wavered, "Because it would be too hard for you, if I were that… close?"

Always missing the vital points…

"That's certainly a problem. But that's not what I was thinking of. It's just that you are so soft, so fragile. I have to mind my actions every moment that we're together so that I don't hurt you." I made a point by brushing her hair gently and lightly touching her neck. "I could kill you quite easily, Bella, simply by accident. If I was too hasty… if for one second I wasn't paying enough attention, I could reach out, meaning to touch your face, and crush your skull by mistake. You don't realize how incredibly breakable you are. I can never, never afford to lose any kind of control when I'm with you."

I paused and waited. And yet, she continued to say nothing as I thought, anxiously, of all of the things that she could say to me.

Finally, I asked, "Are you scared?"

Again, another moment passed.

"No. I'm fine." She sounded honest.

Something had me curious, though. I know everything that every male is thinking about her around school. I know what she thinks of the male population now, but did she have any lovers back in Phoenix? I am sure that there were males there who thought about her the way Mike or Eric think. Did any catch her eye?

"I'm curious now, though. Have you ever…?"

I could feel her cheeks flush from behind her, "Of course not. I told you I've never felt like this about anyone before, not even close."

"I know. It's just that I know other people's thoughts. I know love and lust don't always keep the same company."

"Well, for MOST humans they don't. But for Bella, I am almost positive this is a different story."

"They do for me. Now, anyway, that they exist for me at all," she sighed contently.

I too felt content. There is nothing that I would want more than to be here with her. It was nice to know that her and I share some similarities.

"That's nice. We have that one thing in common, at least."

I smiled, knowing that not much could damper my feelings.

"Your humans instincts…" She waited till she found the right words, "Well, do you find me attractive, in that way, at all?"

I smiled; she could always see the forest, but never the smaller pictures inside of the forest.

I chuckled, "I may not be a human, but I am a man."

I knew that she was getting tired before she yawned, "I've answered your questions, now you should sleep." How long did humans need to sleep?

She thought about it, "I'm not sure if I can."

"Do you want me to leave?"

"No!" She said a little loudly, though I kept my thoughts on Charlie.

Then I started to sing to her her lullaby. It was a peaceful melody for a peaceful scene.