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CHAPTER TWENTYNINE
(DPOV)
"Don't stay out too late; Danielle has to sleep!" Esme called after us as we took off running.
We started running and I realized we always went the same direction. "How come we never go over there?" I pointed and we all stopped.
"Let's run a little further and we'll tell you all about that, okay?" I nodded and we took off again. I started giggling as I ran and started chasing Jasper, then falling back. He slowed down and I ran past me and stuck my tongue out. "Oh it's on now!" He speed up and grabbed my hand. We ran hand-in-hand for a while before Edward decided we should stop. Jasper and I sat down on a log, while Edward and Emmett stood. They started telling me about the treaty with the Quileute tribe. The story took a while for Edward to tell, since Emmett kept interrupting with opinions.
"So let me get this straight," I said, "There's a tribe here that knows about you and hates you, but as long as you don't bite a human they won't tell anyone or try to kill you?"
They nodded, "Yes, that's right."
"So what about me? I mean, I'm half human and I don't drink any blood from the source. Even if I did bite someone, I don't have any venom and I wouldn't drain them."
"She has a point," Jasper said.
"I don't think they'll care about technicalities, if you're on their land, Danielle," said Edward, "Just don't go there, but always be formal and polite if you run into any of the tribe outside of their lands."
I nodded. "Fair enough; I don't want to cause any trouble for yall."
Suddenly, they all went still. "Hey Danielle? Do you smell that?" asked Emmett.
I took a deep breath and shook my head, "What should I smell?"
"There's a bear. Let's get closer and see how good your sense of smell is."
We started walking towards the scent, but I couldn't smell it. About a quarter of a mile closer though I could, "Oh! I smell something. And I can hear a heartbeat. What is it? It smells gross!"
"Gross?!" exclaimed Emmett, "That's the best smell in the world. Well, one of them anyways," he raised his eyebrow suggestively.
"Ew. I'll stay here; yall go ahead."
"We don't really need to hunt, do you Jasper?" asked Edward. He shook his head. "Go ahead, Emmett; we'll wait for you." Jasper appeared lost in thought and then Edward nodded. Suddenly, he grimaced and took off in a run, towards the house.
"Where'd Edward go?" I asked.
"Um, I don't know. Maybe he was thirsty after all. I'm sure he's fine. You want to start heading back to the house?"
"Sure," I said, as I grabbed his hand and smiled, "Let's go!"
We ran back toward the house, when Jasper turned sharply. I followed him and we ended up at a gorgeous waterfall. "Oh my God; it's beautiful."
"Yes you are," said Jasper, as he wrapped his arms around me.
"Gee, did you think of that all by yourself?"
He just chuckled and kissed the top of my head. "I found this waterfall years ago and was waiting for someone to share it with."
I melted, "Jasper," He silenced me with a kiss. God, I was becoming addicted to those kisses. I wrapped my arms around his neck, my fingers playing with his curly hair. He growled and pulled me close, kissing me harder. I eventually had to pull away to breathe.
"I'm sorry Danielle; I got carried away."
"It's quite alright, Jasper. I'd be lying if I said I minded," I smiled up at him.
He smiled back and gave me a quick kiss on lips, "We should head back to the house before they come looking for us."
I nodded, "Just give me a second; my knees are still weak."
He laughed and picked me up, tossing me over his shoulder and took off running. "Jasper! Put me down! I mean it! Put me down!" He just kept laughing and running back to the house. He ran into the house, still with me over his shoulder and sat me down on the couch. I was about to give him a piece of my mind when he kissed me again. I sighed, "You fight dirty, Jasper." I heard someone chuckle.
Jasper just grinned, "I was in the Civil War, Danielle." I rolled my eyes, then yawned.
"Oh no! The half human's getting tired," Emmett said as he came into the living room and turned on the TV. "What took you guys so long to get back?" he asked and smirked at as. I ignored him and headed up the stairs.
I got ready for bed and put on a pair of lavender satin pajamas with butterflies on the pants. The top was a tank top and said "Love" on it. Esme had great taste in clothes; I was very excited about our shopping trip Tuesday. I laid down on my bed and started reading the Michelangelo book, when there was a knock at my door. "It's open."
Jasper stuck his head in, "Like some company?"
I patted the spot next to me on the bed and he laid down and started reading his book. "What are you going to do tonight?" I asked him.
"Whatever my brothers want to do. Probably more chess or something. Emmett wants to play video games, but we get kind of loud; I don't want to wake you up." I nodded and went back to reading. I saw Jasper look at the clock, "It's late Danielle; shouldn't you go to sleep?"
"Yeah, probably."
"So why are you staying awake?" he asked.
"Um, well, because I like spending time with you," I mumbled.
He grinned at me and lowered his voice, "I like spending time with you too, Danielle. But you need to get some sleep; we have all eternity to be together, if you'd like."
I smiled at that thought, as I snuggled under the covers. "I'd like that Jasper."
He kissed my forehead and smiled. "Good night Danielle."
"Good night Jasper." He left and closed the door behind him.
I tried to sleep, but my brain kept replaying what Jasper just said. Did he mean it? Did he want to spend eternity with me? And did I want to with him? I thought back to our run earlier and how much I liked being with him. Then I thought of his kisses. God, those kisses did things to me; awoke feelings I hadn't had before. I had dated some in college and had kissed a few guys before, but it wasn't anything like that. Then I started thinking about the conversation I had with Esme; what if Jasper wanted to be with someone who was more experienced? Older? I was very young by vampire standards. I groaned rolled over, trying to get comfortable. I remembered Carlisle was going to do more tests today so I had to get some sleep. I got out of bed and grabbed my old teddy bear, before climbing back into bed. Finally, I drifted off to sleep.
