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Chapter 24
Olive Branch

I reached across the space separating us on the bed and grabbed his hand and I moved to sit closer towards him. He turned his head towards me in surprise and I smiled, "its ok Edward, I forgive you." When I spoke I made sure to keep eye contact with him, so he knew I was sincere. When the overwhelming remorse and guilty left his aura I gasped in surprise. He was nothing like I had expected, my first impression of him was not favored. I had no reason to expect that he was so, pure. Sure he wasn't as pure as Carlisle, but it was close. His soul shone with beauty I had not seen in eons. His emotions were felt intensely and sincerely, they were incredibly vibrant and had no sense of dishonesty in them. He was breathtaking on a spiritual level.

For the first time since we met I was able to actually look at him. I had never had a chance to actually get a good look at Edward because he was always walking out of a room I occupied. I was taken completely by surprise when I realized that for the first time ever I found someone breathtaking both physically and spiritually; this had never happened to me before and I did not know what to do with the realization.

A crooked smile spread over his features the longer we looked at each other, "How do you do that?"

My brows rose curious, "Do what?" I asked for clarification. He looked very charming with that smile on his face.

His smile widened while his aura tinged with bashfulness, "How come I can hear you now; when only moments ago I couldn't hear you at all?" his tone and aura clearly telling me he was intrigued and please to be able to 'hear' me; whatever that meant.

"Hear me?" I was confused; I had no idea what he meant. Was he a partially deaf vampire? Was that even possible? Is this why he had practically ignored my existence until now? I had no idea what to think.

He winced, "I'm sorry, my behavior really has been abhorrent, and I make no excuse for my complete lack of manners. Alice had brought how absurd I was acting to my attention and I knew I had to make amends." He said looking into my widening eyes as he seemed to answer my very thoughts. He nods "I can read the mind of everyone in this house, but I had not been able to read you, until only a few moments ago. Why is that? Why can I hear you now, but could not before?" When he said that, I had realized that I had failed to retract my aura from his soul, giving him a direct link into my mind; if he had that type of talent. I withdrew my aura from his soul and blushed in embarrassment, while he winced in clear disappointment.

After a few beats of silence Edward spoke, "Would you like some help?" one of his hands were hovering over a bracelet waiting for me to give him the ok to touch it.

I accepted the olive branch with great relief and smiled at him in happiness. His eyes widened at the sight and I tried to control my enthusiasm by reining in my smile wattage. "Thank you, your help would be awesome." I replied after a moment. I did need someone to test it out after all. "As long as you don't mind wearing one of these," I motioned to the bracelets scattered upon the bed. "Of course these are only prototypes and once the spell is perfected I will put it on something more to your individual tastes." I rushed to complete and he nodded.

"May I?" He questioned motioning towards a bracelet closest to him. I nodded and he picked it up, looking closely at the flimsy metal band. "I couldn't help overhearing you and Alice talking earlier about what you planned to do with these" he said swinging the bracelet around his index finger.

I could feel myself become a tad defensive, "and?" as nice as Edward was trying to be now, I could not help remembering his initial brush off. Too many years of verbal abuse at the hands of both Kikyo and Inuyasha has jaded me; I find it difficult to trust people as easily as I once had; especially when it comes to people who have been mean or rude to me in the past.

He sighed seemingly disgusted with himself or me, I couldn't tell. My nostrils flared and I could feel my infamous temper ignite.