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Remember, this story is rated M for a reason. If you aren't 18+, don't read. :) Mini lemon in this chapter ;)

PPOV

I waited a while before asking the hard questions. But I needed all of the information I could get and this chat was long overdue.

"Sugar, who is Vicky and why does she want you dead?"

I heard her let out a breath before speaking. She started by pulling up her sleeve to show me a fuckin' vampire bite on her wrist.

"What the hell, Bella! How—" I started but she cut me off.

"How am I still human? Yea, that's a good question. Or rather, why am I still human? Well, you said that Jasper told you he was taking me to Phoenix to get away from a tracker vampire."

"Yes, but that's all he told me. No other details. And Jasper didn't do this." I told her, fingering over the bite with my thumb. I could smell two different vampire scents and not one of them was Jasper's.

"Oh God, no! Jasper had nothing to do with this!" She proclaimed. "It all started when the Cullen's were playing baseball during a storm and a coven of three nomad vampires came through. James—he was the tracker—became interested in me during that interaction. Edward's reaction in the field set him off and he loved playing games so he thought it would be fun to play with me." I let out a low growl and she paused.

"Sorry."

"Anyway, Edward and a few others were spreading my scent around Forks trying to confuse the tracker while Alice and Jasper drove me to Phoenix. Only when we got to the hotel there, James figured it out and made a new plan. He lured me to my old ballet studio by making me think he had captured my mom. I know he was a vampire and I couldn't beat him but I needed to try. Try to see if he'd take me and release my mom." She paused again and looked down. "Seems so stupid now."

"No, not stupid—" I started. "Ok, maybe a little stupid but mostly brave. You had the right intentions." I told her in a low voice.

She gave me a tight smile. "He roughed me up, which included throwing me into the mirrors, broke my leg and a piece of glass severed my femoral artery. After Edward showed up and began to fight him, James took my arm and bit it. I still don't understand why Edward didn't just let the change happen." She was looking down, shaking her head slightly in disbelief.

I had a pretty good idea. From the smell of the venom in her wrist, it seems he marked her as his pet because he knew she wasn't his true mate. She wouldn't still be human if she was Edward's mate. He wouldn't have dicked around dating her before turning her. Not sure that's what she wanted to hear but I told her that anyway.

"You're lying. Why would Edward do that?" She asked, pulling her sleeve back over the bite.

"When he bit you to suck the venom out, he left a little of his still in you, just at the surface—just enough to make you complacent. There are some vampires out there that do the same. They play with their pets for awhile, even feed from them and then a majority of the time they eventually become a full meal—rarely do they get turned." I paused for a moment, unsure if I wanted to reveal this or not, but decided for it. "As for the other thing, when a vampire meets their mate, especially if they are human, the urge to bite them or mark them as yours is extremely difficult to resist."

She decided to ignore that and continued with her story. "Well, Victoria—aka Vicky—was James's mate. And she decided that since Edward killed James, it's mate for a mate."

"You are not his mate, Bella." I told her firmly. I knew that for a mother fuckin' fact.

"He told me I was. And Victoria believes that I am. I was also his singer, did you know that?"

"Sugar, how are you not dead?" She huffed out a laugh and I looked at her from the corner of my eye.

"No, I'm serious. You got thrown into this supernatural world and Edward was dating his singer. On top of that, he refrained from draining you while he marked you as his pet." A fact I'm still pissed about. Not the not draining her part but the marking her as his pet part.

"Gee, thanks for the enthralling recap of what has been my life for the past year." She said, shaking her head.

"I guess the thing that shocks me the most is that Jasper let them keep Victoria alive—or left while she was still around. He knows if you kill one mate, you always kill the other. A mate that has lost their other half can be extremely volatile."

"Yea, well—I'm not good enough for him. Edward said so himself. Also told me "it would be like I never existed."" She said, making air quotes. I growled.

"Such a pompous asshole."

"Well fuck you too, Peter." She snapped back.

"Cute, not you, Sugar! Edward. He's always been a self-absorbed prick and this just adds to the evidence." I could tell she didn't want to talk about Edward anymore so I let it drop. I could also tell that she was exhausted.

"Why don't you try and get some sleep, Sugar." I told her. She gave me a small nod before trying to get more comfortable by the window. I just hope she doesn't have another dream like earlier. Or maybe I do. It was hot.

We had been on the road for several hours and were well into Idaho. She kept tossing and turning, trying to get comfortable. So when I came across a motel, I pulled in and got us a room. She was still sleeping when I came back to park over by the room. So I parked and then carefully extracted her from her seatbelt and pulled her into my arms. She quieted and snuggled deeper into my chest, tucking her face into my neck. How could that be comfortable?

I locked the SUV, with the keys in one hand and the card key in the other; I made our way to our room. I dimly turned the light on—though I didn't need it to see.

I went to place Bella on the bed but she wouldn't let me go. Every time I tried putting her down, her arms tightened around me and her face snuggled closer to my neck. So I gave up. I leaned back on the bed with Bella in my lap. I haphazardly threw the blanket around her. I'm sure she'd get cold at some point in the night. It ain't like I'm a space heater.

After a bit, she shifted her body so her head was tilted back on my shoulder and her body plastered up against mine like a puzzle, her leg was thrown over mine. I examined her beautiful face for a while, noting her long lashes and the freckles I could see in the dim light on her face. Then there was her heart shaped pink mouth. It was parted slightly, allowing for her breath to escape. I shook my head slightly. Creeper—watching her while she sleeps. What the hell?

My eyes trailed down her sleek neck, noting how her pulse jumped with every beat. Suddenly, I found my lips against where the artery was in her neck. My lips were so close; I could feel her pulse each time it bumped against my lips. Venom pooled in my mouth and I had to struggle with the beast within not to slice her delicate neck with my teeth as I found myself scraping them along the soft skin there. Instead, I gave the area a long gentle kiss before I seemed to snap out of it and jerked my head back up.

I blinked my eyes several times. Holy shit.

I closed my eyes and tried to not think about what just happened. Instead, I pretended to sleep. I don't even remember what it's like to sleep anymore. It's been over a hundred years since I slept last. But laying here with Bella? I could almost feel it.

I spent the rest of the night breathing in her scent and then holding my breath so I wouldn't smell her. Then I counted her resting heart rate. 52 beats per minute. Then decided that wasn't a good thing to focus on so I thought about the conversation we had to have when we made it to Colorado.

When the sun was beginning to rise, I reluctantly and carefully extracted myself from her and the bed. There was what looked like a coffee shop around the corner that I saw last night. I decided to write her a quick note and then went on my way. I didn't want to be away from her for very long.

Because of the redheaded vampire—yup, that's why…

When I returned less than twenty minutes later, she was up and sitting in a chair with her legs tucked under her, watching TV. I gave her a smile.

"Good mornin', Sugar, did you get my note?" I asked as I handed her the coffee and bag with a blueberry muffin in it.

She huffed before taking a drink. "Of course I got it; you taped it to my forehead!"

I gave her a shrug and held back a smile. "What? I didn't want you to wake up and worry. At least I knew you'd see it where I put it."

She shook her head slightly with a small smirk on her face then tore a piece of the blueberry muffin off and popped it into her mouth. I definitely did not watch as the baked good went into her mouth and her pink little tongue peeked out to sweep some crumbs from her lips.

No I did not.

"Did you sleep well?"

She got a perplexed look on her face and then pretended to look around the room. "Ok, who are you and what did you do with Peter?"

"What do you mean?" I asked and she took a sip of coffee, again that damn pink little tongue made an appearance to make sure no coffee was on her lips, before she spoke.

"You were an annoying pain in my ass when we met and ever since my house yesterday, you've been different." She told me as I found myself inching closer to her.

"I can go back to being an "annoying pain in your ass" if ya'd like ma'am." I cheekily told her, using my hands to make air quotes around the same words she used.

"Pete." She breathed my name while gazing into my eyes and it was so fuckin' hard not to pull her to me and kiss the pout on her lips. It still astounded me that this human held no qualms about looking a red eyed vampire in the eyes.

I took an unnecessary breath in through my nose, enjoying her scent. "Remember back at your house when you said there's more going on here?" I asked and she nodded.

"You were correct but we can talk more about this when we get to Colorado." I told her and prayed it was enough for now. We still had another 9-ish hours left to travel.

But of course it wasn't.

"Peter, I am not waiting until then for answers." Ahh we're back to Peter again.

"Sugar—" I started but she cut me off by putting her hand over my mouth—though it was a stretch since I was quite a bit taller than she was.

"Don't you "Sugar" me, Pete. I want some answers. Like about why I feel so safe with you or why I spent last night cuddled up to you as if it was something we'd always done. Or how about why all I want to do is pull you to me and kiss your lips right now." There were many things in that little speech of hers but my man ears paid special attention to the last words she said.

Well I'll be damned.

So she was feeling this as well. Well that could change things.

But apparently my shock and inner monolog took too long and she went to turn away.

"Gosh, I'm so stupid. I shouldn't have said anything." She murmured to herself, so low that had I not been a vampire, I wouldn't have heard her.

I stopped her mid turn and pulled her to me, enjoying the way she let her body just meld to mine. "No, Sugar, not stupid. Don't talk about yourself that way." Each word brought our lips closer and closer together. That pink little tongue that had made so many appearances already this morning, poked out again to lick her lips but we were so close that her tongue briefly touched my lips.

"Sugar." I whispered while gazing into her eyes, our breaths mingled together in a spicy, woody lilac swirl.

"Yes." Her word came out as a statement instead of a question as her eyes drifted shut.

"I'm gonna kiss ya now."

And I leaned in to close the short distance between our lips. The first taste of her luscious lips tasted sweet like candy.

Right as I went to rotate my head for another kiss, my phone began to ring.

Mother fucker.

She pulled back slightly but I brought my arms around her hips to pull her tighter to me. "Uh uh. Come 'ere"

Fuck it, no phone call is as important as this moment. So I ignored the ringing and set about exploring her lips. I ran my tongue along hers, begging for entrance which she granted. I swept my right hand from around her tiny waist, along her back, through her nest of messy curls and cupped the back of her head. I added a little pressure to deepen the kiss. A moan was heard but I wasn't sure if it was her or me. She tasted so damn good.

The ringing had stopped as well.

Slowly we found ourselves inching closer towards the bed when I turned so she would be on the bottom as I lowered us down, never breaking the kiss. I could smell her arousal surrounding us as I peppered kisses along her jaw down her neck, stopping at the junction where her neck met her shoulder. I wanted to bite her there on the right side. Without thought, I found myself in a similar situation as the previous night, scraping my teeth along the spot.

"Oh god!" Sugar let out a low moan at the sensation and fucking tilted her head, baring more of her neck to me. I ran my teeth and tongue along the junction several times before heading back up her neck to her lips.

I couldn't help but grind my hard cock against her as we moved in tandem with each other when our lips found each other again. Her warm, soft hands ran along my back and found their way under my shirt. What little nails she had, scraped down my back before she pulled me closer to her. Of course I let her move me and there was no space between our bodies.

I slipped my hand under her shirt, skimming her taut stomach and cupped her breast in my hand, rubbing my thumb along the nipple, it pebbled instantly.

"Oh Pete." She moaned as she lifted her center to rub against mine.

No sooner did the words leave her mouth, my phone began ringing again.

"Mmm, no." I mumbled against her lips as my hand fingered the hem of her shirt, pulling it upwards, baring her breasts to me. They were just as perfect as I imagined. I brought myself to my knees on either side of her hips and used my hands to cup her breasts, thumbing her nipples again as I kissed her. She seemed to really like that.

The damn phone kept ringing.

"Pete." I stopped her with a kiss. I knew what she was going to say so I kissed her again.

She let me for a brief moment before she brought her tiny hands to my broad shoulders and pushed me back slightly.

"Pete." She kissed me again. "You better get that." Another kiss. "It must be important for them to keep calling."

I groaned as I let my head fall into the crook of her neck. I gave her neck another kiss and let some of my weight fall onto her as I gave her a full body grind before sitting up on my knees, her body still caged between them. I fished my phone from my front pocket, trying to ignore my cock—which was difficult because Bella was lying there, looking up at me with her perky fucking perfect tits right there.

She ran her hands on my thighs as I answered the damn phone.

"What, Char?!" I was pissed at being interrupted but it was probably better that we were. Though that didn't stop me from running my hand between the valley of her breasts down her stomach and back up to graze her nipples. She fuckin' arched into my touch like a cat. So sexy.

"Colorado is out. You need to take her to your place in Montana."

"Why?" I asked before ducking my head down to take one of Bella's nipples into my mouth. It was glorious how it pebbled as I swirled my cold tongue around it several time before flicking it. I wonder if I could make her come just from playing with her nipples?

"Because a little birdy told me that that's where the Cullen's have set up shop." Char informed me and I released Bella's nipple with a pop.

"Well fuck." I paused to run my tongue through the valley of her breasts, her skin truly tasted like candy. Bella stifled a moan and I smiled against her stomach before lifting up again. "Is everything set in Montana?"

"Jesus, Pete, couldn't you wait until you were off the phone?" Char asked, clearly figuring out what I was doing.

"Hey, you are the one that repeatedly called and interrupted me." I winked and smiled down at Bella as a gorgeous flush of pink traveled from her cheeks down to almost her navel. Huh— so that's how far it goes down.

"Well I didn't want you to end up in Colorado and run into problems. It's safer this way. And your Montana place will be ready by the time you get there."

I agreed about Colorado and told Char so. I quickly thanked her before hanging up. At least that cut about five hours from our travel time. I dropped my forehead to Bella's and briefly closed my eyes. They opened again to stare into her chocolate orbs when I felt her fingers combing through my hair.

"Change of plans, Sugar."

A/N: Peter is so chatty! This chapter is over 3000 words. This chapter also took a totally unexpected turn. I really wasn't planning on the kiss/mini lemon happening just yet but Bella and Peter just couldn't help themselves. The end of this chapter took a different turn the first time I wrote it but then decided to write it again with this being what came. Thank you for reading and for reviewing, it means so much to me! I try to respond to each review but know that if I missed it for some reason, I am so very grateful for ya'll taking the time to read and review!

I'm also finishing up a Jasper/Bella one shot (potentially two shot) that I'll be posting soon.