Thanks you guys so much for hangin in there, waiting around for me to post! I really enjoy your reviews by the way! I'd like to that I've been busy with school or work or family or my pretend Edward boyfriend, but really I've just been lazy! LOL AND I've been reading so other stoires! My head gets so wrapped sometimes I just can't stop thinking about it! Like, right now I'm reading "Because I Love You" by firstwarmsummerbreeze. It's the sequel to "Moving to Penn. Avenue." It's great! Defiantly worth checking out.

ALSO, IF YOU COULD...PLEASE READ 'LOVE IS GONE' AND THE SEQUEL 'FOUNDATIONS' BY RETRONINJACHICK THEN REVIEW! BECAUSE IT'S BEEN LIKE A MONTH SINCE SHE'S ADDED ANOTHER CHAPTER AND IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY! I THINK IF WE ALL GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO REVIEW, SHE'LL POST SOON! AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT I HOPE WILL HAPPEN : )

Crimson Tide Chapter 20

Bella's Point of View

'I love you.' I thought as I tried to make my mouth find the words. 'I love you too Edward.' I thought again, trying to find my voice box, apparently is was missing.

"Are you alright?" Edward questioned me with worried eyes.

"Um...what?" I shook my head, as if it could somehow snap me back into reality.

"You're thinking too hard." He laughed and touched my wrinkled forehead with his index finger. "You're doing a great job." We had been dancing for about 4 songs now, well Edward was dancing. I was making a poor attempt at keeping pace with him.

"I'm only doing so well because you're leading." Edward let out a hard laugh and tightened his arm around my waist.

"Do you realize just how many guys wish they were me right now? Do you know just how many of them are praying I screw up enough and they'll finally have their shot with you?"

I thought Edward was joking, but as I looked around the dance floor at all the male faces, it wasn't hard to guess what they were thinking.

There was only 5 males, who's eyes were not glued to me.

Carlisle, who was holding Esme around her waist as they greeted yet another guest that came to celebrate Emmett's acceptance to V.U.

Jasper who stood, strong and fearless next to Alice who was fixing her lip gloss in the mirror.

Emmett, who was dancing with Rosalie, but by the looks of it, they weren't so much dancing as they were undressing eachother with their eyes.

Tyler, who had finally worked up enough nerve to as Brittany out. (A girl from La Push.) He was twirling her around on the dance floor, having a really good time.

Then there was Jacob. Jacob wasn't dancing, he was socializing of course, only this time, he had is arm around Leah.

Thinking of all my friends, together and happy...made me happy. But my happiness was short lived when I realized all the other males were still gawking at me.

And for the millionith time in my life, I blushed.

Edward brushed his free hand across my burning cheek, "I love that about you, you know?" Edward whispered.

I looked up straight into his burning green eyes, and saw that he meant every word. He loved me. He really did.

"I love you too, Edward." I said in a small, even voice. I didn't blush anymore, and my voice was cool and surprisingly confident. I was confident. I was surprised by just how natural it felt to tell Edward I loved him. I was going to continue to tell him just how much I loved him, just how much he meant to me. I was going to tell him it didn't matter what this town thought. It didn't matter that we were from opposite ends of the city. It didn't matter what Jessica or James thought. I was going to tell Edward all of this, but as I parted my lips to speak, he crashed his lips to mine. He was kissing me, hard.

This kiss was so different than any other kiss I had shared with him, yet the same. It was filled with passion, love, honesty...lust. His grip around my waist tightened which caused my body to press snugly up to his.

His tounge moved with such urgency, it was hard to control any kind of thought process.

His free hand was wrapped in my hair, to sturdy my head. If it wasn't for the placement of his strong hands, I was sure to turn into putty.

I worked up enough energy to open my eyes just to prove to myself that I wasn't dreaming, but what I saw made me HOPE that I was having a nightmare. I quickly closed my eyes shut, then slowly opened them again.

Yep, defiantly not dreaming.

Jessica and James Swank stood in the doorway of the Cullen household, looking like a pimp with his 2 dollar hooker.

I gasped.

Edward whipped his head around to find what I was so taken back by, and when his gaze finally met what my eyes were glued too...he let out a low growl.

Alice Point of View (BTW, I REALLY! REALLY! REALLY! ENJOYED WRITING FROM APOV!)

"You! Off my planet!" I was walking, ok so not walking so much as storming toward the front door. No way in hell were the Swanks were going to crash this party! This was Emmett's big day!

"Too many freaks, not enough circuses." James said under his breath. Seriously, did he not have the balls to say it to my face?

I wasn't going to smack him, I would, if it were just any other day, but not today. By this time, everyone else had noticed our unwelcomed guest, but I had beat them to it. I planned on kicking them out, literally, when Jessica's outfit made me stop in my tracks.

"Whatever look you're going for....you missed." I hissed at her, the little hooker.

Jessica must not have heard me, as she now directed her attention towards Bella. "What are you looking at?" She rolled her eyes at Bella. OH NO SHE DIDN'T!

"I'm still trying to figure it out." Bella said in a confused voice...Edward hid a chuckle.

"I see we have so new guest." My mother stepped around me to greet James and Jessica. "Although I must say this was a private party." My mother didn't know any better, she must be thinking we had invited them.

"They are not welcomed mom." I hissed again.

"Oh," My mother pulled her hand back from James' grip. "I didn't realize they weren't friends of yours."

"It's ok, I was just going to get rid of them." I told her, and started to close the front door in the Swank's faces.

"Wow, way to be rude Alice." James sneered and kicked to door with his boot, so it couldn't close. As soon as the words left his mouth, I felt Jasper standing next to me, protective as always.

"I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant." I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Alice, Jasper, is everything ok?" My father came to stand on the other side of Jasper. "Esme told me there were so unwanted company here." He wiggled his eyes towards the front door.

"We're taking care of it." Jasper told my father, but his eyes never let James. And his left hand never left the small of my back.

"Well, I'm sure we can make room for two more guest. It wouldn't be a problem." Why was my dad so nice? Gees, can't he just be a jerk once in while?

"Dad, this is James. James Swank." Edward spoke up from behind me. I looked at my dad as realization took over his face. He knew the story of what James had done to Bella that night. I shivered at the memory. He also knew the court case over the whole ordeal was coming up fast.

"I think it's time you leave." My dad stepped in front of me and Jasper.

"It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word your saying." James still had his boot blocking the door from shutting. I couldn't believe he was being so rude to my father! I had never, never seen anyone rude to him or my mother! This was really starting to piss me off! When my eyes found James' face again, I felt nothing but pure rage go through my system. He was looking, no he was starring, at Bella. Starring at her like he was making plans. Like he was visualizing something dirty, something.....dangerous.

"Get out." Jasper tensed up beside me. I had seen this face in Jasper before. Years ago when some jerk kept standing too close to me in the lunchline. But right now, Jasper wasn't ready to pronce of James because he had fear for me. It was Bella this time that he had fear for.

Two things ran through my mind at once. Number 1, Jasper was ready to protect Bella with his life. And number 2, that if Jasper was ready to do that for my friend, what was he ready to do for me? And in the mist of everything that was going around, I thought of just one more thing.

Losing 'it' to Jasper...tonight.

So yeah, there it is. Next up is Emmett's point of view, then Jacobs, then I'll finally end the chapter with Edward's point of view. Peace out fellow fanfictioners/twilighters!

OMG BTW! I was reading something online the other day and it was talking about Kristen Stewart and guess what you guys! They called her K-Stew! I literally screamed! I totally made up that name! They took it from me! It's mine, I tell you, MINE! Huh, why are people always taking my stuff?!?!?!?

Oh, and if you've fallen in love with any stories, please, please, PLEASE tell me about them! I'm dying for some new reading material! (Fanfiction Stories that is. It must be Twilight.) Also, I bought "The Vampire Dairies" today and I plan on cracking it open monday, at work. (lol yeah, at work! :) )