I fidgeted on the sofa, trying to tidy my hair and straighten my clothes as we waited for Alice and Jasper to get to the house, when a scrumpled up piece of paper hit me on the forehead, I looked up startled. Shanna was frowning at me from the other side of the room, her fingers twitching in annoyance, "Calm down Bells, you're like the energiser bunny; if this room fills up with anymore pep and excitement I'll have to go throw up."

I smiled slowing my movements, "Sorry, I'm just worried. We're gonna see where Jasper lives and meet his parents. What if they don't like me? Or if I trip and cut myself or..." I trailed off as my nerves increased, causing me to start fussing again. This time a cushion hit me square in the face.

"Stop it Bells you're gonna make yourself crazy and give me a nervous tick. I don't wanna send a vase flying at a vamp. It would a pretty lame use of telekinesis."

I nodded but my leg wouldn't stop shaking, after a few seconds a pen flew over and hit me in the shoulder, causing a small stabbing pain, I looked up at Shanna and frowned, "That hurt."

Shanna looked back at me with a partially annoyed expression on her face, "So does your stressing, I now have a minor and hopefully temporary tick, we had better hope that it doesn't happen in Transylvania."

I bit my lip in guilt, "Sorry."

Shanna sighed, "You just need to relax Bells. Get some more confidence, we're just going to someone's house, they're not even human so don't worry."

I laughed, "I guess, humans are somehow scarier than the supernatural."

Shanna smiled, "That's the spirit, now put your head back, close your eyes, and relax."

I did as she said and felt the calming vibes she was sending me relax each muscle at a time.

"Are you sending emotions? I didn't know you could do that."

"Neither did I." Shanna responded, "I think meeting people with gifts let's me access more of mine or something. I have no clue, as per usual."

We laughed, I sat up rolling my shoulders as I heard the sound of cars coming down the road.

"Relax Bells."

I took a deep breath.

I just thought I'd remind you that they can hear us now. Let's have a human conversation.

Shanna got up and came over to sit next to me.

"Maybe we could go to the cinema this weekend? We could ask Angela and Ben to come with us, whip up a little romance for the two of them?"

I chuckled, "Are you going to meddle in everyone's love life?"

She stuck her tongue out at me, "Only those who are too chicken to sort out their own love lives."

We laughed as a knock sounded at the door, I jumped up and walked quickly to answer it.

I opened the door to Jasper's amazing smile and stood awestruck for a few moments until I felt Shanna come up behind and poke me in the back with a chuckle.

I felt my cheeks heat up, "Hey."

"Hi, Darlin' you ready to go?"

I nodded and walked out the door with Shanna following me.

Has anyone told you how smooth you are Bells?

I ignored her, Alice was leaning against the car and came boucing over to us when we got closer.

I smiled at her enthusiasm, "Hey Alice, how are you?"

She smiled, "I'm good, can't wait for this little shopping spree."

Shanna groaned, "How bad are you with shopping?"

Alice widened her eyes with fake innocence, "I'm not bad, I'm great at finding the perfect clothing."

Shanna looked to Jasper with worry, "How bad is she Jasper?"

Jasper grinned, "She is the worst."

I laughed at the fear that filled Shanna's eyes, she looked over to me, "Maybe 3rd wheeling will be better."

I felt my cheeks go red and Jasper smiled in embarassment.

Shanna and Alice laughed at us as they got into the car, "Have fun guys, see you later."

Shanna waved from the passenger seat as they drove off and I looked up at Jasper as they turned the corner.

"So... how has your day been?" I asked nervously.

He smiled gently at me, "It's been alright, and yours?"

"Same."

He smiled and gestured to his car, "Shall we?"

I nodded and got into his car, the seats were cosy. He walked around, got into the drivers seat and set off. We sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes before I broke it by asking where he lived.

"We live by the edge of the forest, it's quite far out. We love the privacy, small towns aren't really known for it."

I nodded in understanding, "What are your parents like?"

He smiled, "They are very compassionate people, they're always looking out for us all. Esme is very warm, even at our age she tries to baby us and takes as much care of us as possible. Carlisle is a very understanding man, he seems to be striving to save the world."

He smiled as he said this and I could see the respect in his eyes, "You care a lot about them."

I wasn't a question but he answered anyway, "They took me in at one of my worst times, I owe them a lot."

I nodded, thinking of his cover story, "It must have been hard for you losing your parents and having to move in with your aunt."

He looked uncomfortable but nodded, "Though I barely remember my mother now, it was so long ago."

I nodded, "Sorry."

He shook his head, "Don't worry about it."

We fell into silence again, I wondered what Jasper's mum looked like, what time he was from, whether he had other family members. Lots of questions that I wouldn't be able to ask him at the moment. I smiled at the idea of being able to find out.

I looked out the window and saw how fast everything was speeding by, my eyes widened as I looked over at the speedometer. I cleared my throat causing Jasper to glance over at me, "What's up?"

"Umm, are we going at 95 miles per hour? Like speeding down a small road with the high possibility of crashing and becoming pancakes? Like we're going so fast that my panic has turned to calm?"

He slowed down by about 10mph, I remained staring at the speedometer. He laughed, "Sorry, me and my family all like to drive fast. Do you want me to slow down more?"

I shook my head, "I guess this your version of slow, I feel like you probably hate going slow."

He laughed, "But I don't mind it if it makes you feel safer."

I smiled at his kindness, he cleared his throat uncomfortably, "We're not far now, there's a turning up ahead that's quite difficult to spot. It'll only be about 5 minutes after that."

I nodded, we remained quiet until he turned off at an unnoticable, to me, turning. The road got bumpier and Jasper slowed down further to make the ride smoother. I smiled again at his kindness, I know he did it for me, it wouldn't have bothered him.

I got more nervous as we got closer to the house and turned to Jasper, "Do you think your parents will like me?"

He nodded, "Of course, we've told them about you and they like you already."

I blushed slightly, "But what if I do something weird? Or if Shanna does something weird. Oh God what about when Shanna does something weird?"

He laughed, "They'll love you both, we're all pretty weird. I don't think either of you could do anything to drive them away."

I smiled, "You told them about Shanna as well?"

He nodded.

"And they definitely like her? Did you tell them about the Jessica incident? She's not always like that, she cares a lot, she's a really good per-"

"Calm Bella, they like her. Emmett mentioned it to them but they don't like her any less because of it, don't worry."

I nodded, "Sorry, we don't talk to other people much, Shanna even less so than me. I don't want her to miss out on new friends, she's a good person and she's never gone shopping with anyone other than me before. This is the first time either of us are putting in effort to get along with other people and I know it will effect her more than she will let on if they don't like her. She'd deny it but..."

I trailed off, Jasper smiled at me, "Trust me, they'll love the both of you. There's no need to worry, I know you really care about each other."

I nodded and smiled, "We've gone through a lot together."

Jasper nodded, "Like what?"

Luckily I didn't have to answer the question- I wouldn't even know where to start- because the house came into view.

My mouth fell open, it was the most amazing house I had ever seen. It was gigantic, more of a mansion. It was 3 stories and had the most beautiful garden I had ever seen.

Jasper stopped the car and laughed at my expression. I quickly shut my mouth and made my way out of the car.

Jasper came up next to me and tugged at my arm, leading the way to the house.

As I went in I saw that the house was mostly open plan, almost everything was white or a very light colour.

I heard someone clear their throat and turned in that direction. The whole family was in the living room watching us, I blushed at my unobservance.

A woman with mid length blonde hair and warm eyes, and a man with short blonde hair and a kind face walked up to us. I assumed that they were Jasper's parents and was proved right when he introduced us.

"Bella, this is Carlise and Esme."

I smiled as I shook their cold hands, "Nice to meet you Dr and Mrs Cullen, you have a beautiful home."

They smiled back, "Thank you dear, but please call us Esme and Carlisle." Esme responded.

I nodded with a smile, they went of upstairs, I assume to leave us 'kids' alone.

Jasper gestured, "You know everyone else."

I nodded as he lead me forward and towards the sofa. It was only then that I noticed that the entire back wall was glass, showing the immense forest backing the house.

I smiled at Rosalie and Emmett. Rosalie shot me a glare but Emmett gave me a big wave, "Hey Bella."

"Hey Emmett, how has your day been?"

He smiled, "Can't complain, been playing some fighting games. Wanna play?"

I grinned and nodded, he came up to me and pulled me by my arm over to the TV.

I mimicked Emmett by sitting on the floor cross legged and he handed me the controller. Even though the main point of coming to the house was to spend time with Jasper, me and Emmett played on the console for roughly 2 hours. He beat me everytime but it only made me more motivated to try harder. The others were sitting on the sofas doing their own thing, Jasper was sitting reading a school book, and it was only then that I realised that he was probably waiting for me to get bored of the game. Emmett beat me again, but instead of demanding a rematch I put the controller down.

Emmett pouted at me, "Come on we've only been playing for 2 hours. I want to beat you some more."

I stuck my tongue out at him, "I think that's enough losing for one day, and my legs hurt."

I smiled at him as I turned towards Jasper, he looked at me worriedly and then shot Emmett a glare.

I blinked, surely that wasn't because I said my legs hurt. I remember being told how protective vampires canget, a warm feeling grew in my stomach and couldn't stop a small smile attaching itself to my face.

I went to sit down next to Jasper, but he spoke before I sat. "Do you want to go for a walk? It might help to stretch your legs a bit."

I smiled and nodded, "Sure."

He smiled back and stood, leaving his book on the chair. He lead the way through the back door and into the forest. I knew that I should feel nervous walking into a forest with someone I hadn't known for very long, but I felt so safe and secure around Jasper that I didn't mind. I had never felt like that before, I felt safe around Shanna but even that can't compare to this feeling. It made me feel a little guilty, I had known Shanna for longer but I felt so much safer and relaxed around Jasper. Not that I didn't feel safe around Shanna, it was just different.

Jasper looked at me curiously, "Is everything okay?"

I looked up at him smiling, "Yeah, why?"

Jasper shrugged, "I'm usually good at reading people I guess, but I can't really tell with you. Just wanted to make sure that you're okay."

I grinned to myself, at least I knew my block worked. "I'm fine, it's been really fun. Your family is so nice, and your house is beautiful."

He beamed at me, "Good, and thank you. They are pretty great, and Esme will be thrilled to hear that you like the house. She designed it herself."

I wasn't suprised that she had, they must create a lot of houses and reuse them. It wasn't the norm for humans though so I put on a shocked expression.

Apparently I was focusing so hard on my expression that I didn't notice a slightly stuck out bit of root. I closed my eyes as I felt the rush of air and surrendered myself to the fall. However the feeling of damp mud hitting my face never came.

I opened my eyes to see Jasper holding onto me and looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

"You didn't even try to stop your fall."

I managed to shrug, "It's easier for me to just let the elements take me, God knows how I'll manage to injure myself by trying to stop it."

He chuckled, "I didn't realise you fell over that much."

I snorted, "It almost feels like I created falling over."

He smiled, "You have a very interesting way of thinking."

His arms tightened around me which is when I realised that he was still holding me in a nearly horizontal position. My face went red as I looked into his amazing topaz eyes, the rest of the world seeming to melt away. His eyes got slightly darker as we stared at each other. And when I couldn't take it anymore I cleared my throat a little and spoke, "Maybe we should head back to the house, Alice and Shanna will probably be back soon."

He seemed to take a few second to register my words before he grinned and pulled me up. We walked back to the house in silence.

Emmett was the only one in the living room when we got back, he was still playing the game from earlier, cheering everytime he won as if it was a surprise.

Emmett paused his game and looked up at us with a smile as we walked in, "How was the walk?"

"It was good, though I think that my clumsiness should be considered a disability."

Jasper chuckled and Emmett laughed loud, "Fall again?"

Emmett had seemed to really enjoy how clumsy I was, and my apparent super power to trip over nothing, I nodded at him. "Though Jasper caught me before I managed to do any real damage to myself."

He laughed again, clapping his hands together like an excited child.

I smelt the most amazing food and my nose automatically moved towards the smell, my stomach grumbled.

"Esme's cooking, she thought you would be starting to get hungry."

I smiled as Jasper guided me to the sofa.

Carlisle entered the room and came to still with us, "Did you two have a good walk?"

We nodded.

I heard the door open and footsteps approach.

"Bells!" Shanna called in excitement as she saw me.

I blinked in shock, I hadn't heard Shanna sound that excited in a long time. She came bouncing over to me with shopping bags in her hands.

I blinked, "Wait... you actually bought something? From, like, a big shop? With clothes?"

She nodded, "Crazy right? Though Alice bought a lot of them. I couldn't stop her. I couldn't stop her. But it was so fun."

I smiled as she sat down next to me, her smile was infectious, everyone had a big smile on their face as they watched her.

Carlisle chuckled, "Most people dislike going shopping with Alice, she can be very commanding about clothes."

Alice pouted as Shanna nodded, "She's a crazed demon girl, I didn't think that level of energy existed in anyone. At one point I almost curled up in the fetal position on the shop floor to pray for forgiveness. But it was still fun."

Everyone laughed at the serious note in her voice.

Shanna smiled, "What did you guys get up to?"

Jasper answered, "Bella played with Emmett on one of his games and then we went on a walk."

Shanna smiled, "Sounds fun." She turned to Emmett, "What game?"

When Emmett told her, her eyes and smile widened, "I love that game."

Emmett grinned at her, "Wanna play?"

Shanna nodded enthusiastically and they jumped into gaming postion- cross-legged infront of the TV- with controllers in their hands.

"We've lost her forever, good luck getting her to leave the house. You have to treat her as a ghost and get an exorcism now."

Carlisle chuckled at my comment, "You two have a very unique way of verbalising thoughts."

Shanna turned her head to look at him, "That's literally the nicest thing anybody has said about the way we talk."

Emmett poked her as the game began and Shanna stiffened slightly, automatically expecting to be hit, but relaxed quickly and was engrossed. We all watched as they played, laughing when Emmett boasted about winning the first few games, to joining in when Shanna was gloating about winning the rest. After about one hour of this, Emmett gave up slumping off dejected to go and find Rosalie.

Alice smiled, "I don't think anyone has ever beaten him at that game, so many times as well."

Carlisle cracked a smile, "It will probably be good for him."

"Do you play that game a lot?" Jasper asked.

Shanna shook her head, "I've never owned a console. I've just played it in arcades and stuff" She explained.

Alice tilted her head slightly, "How come?"

Me and Shanna looked at each other uncomfortably for a second before she answered.

"Ummm, I guess cause I moved around a lot, the less stuff you have the easier it is to move,"

This seemed to confused them more, "Why did you move around a lot?" Jasper asked.

Shanna shifted uncomfortably at the unintentional whole she'd dug herself into, "Different reasons I guess, like new jobs, or fresh starts and whatnot."

She began sniffing at the air, "That smells amazing," She did her best to change the topic.

Carlisle looked towards the kitchen with an adoring smile, "I believe Esme is cooking dinner."

I nodded, I'd forgotten that Jasper said Esme was cooking for us. I started to feel guilty that I hadn't offered to cook, or at least help.

Apparently Shanna felt the same, she stood up, "I'll help her."

I rose to, "I'll join you."

We began to walk towards the kitchen, That was way to close Bells, I'm really not ready to show them my skeletons. How did the conversation even get that close?

-I'm not ready either, but you probably covered well enough, they don't seem like the prying type.

We reached the kitchen and saw Esme puttering about between pots and pans. She pretended that she hadn't heard our approach.

Shanna spoke up, "We're here to help, what can we do?"

Esme looked up, "Don't worry about it, I can do it. Go sit down with everyone else."

We both twitched uncomfortably, we weren't used to this.

"We'd feel better if we could help you out in someway though." I said almost pleading.

Esme looked at us and smiled kindly, "If you really want to then you two can chop some vegetables. Could you please ask Jasper to set the table?"

We nodded, Shanna headed into the kitchen and started on the salad, and I walked back into the living room to get Jasper. He stood and came to get the utensils to set the table.

I walked back up to Shanna and began to help her with the salad.

-It's going to be fun seeing how uncomfortable they get around the dinner table.

Shanna smothered a smile, You're so bad, but I was thinking the same thing. I wonder whether they'll actually eat any of it. I wonder whether Rosalie will even pretend.

-She probably will. She won't risk suspicion, even if she hates us.

I don't think she hates us, I think it's to do with the human thing.

-Kinda discriminatory.

Esme walked over to us, "That looks lovely dears. Why don't you go put it on the table?"

I nodded picking it up and carrying it into the room with the dining table.

"I'll help you carry in the other dishes." I heard Shanna say as I walked away.

Jasper was still setting up the table when I walked in, he smiled up at me and took the salad bowl out of my hands and put it on the other end of the table.

"You getting hungry?" I asked him, mentally adding another point to mine and Shanna's uncomfortable vamp tally.

He gave me a small smile and nodded, "You?"

I nodded. I decided to keep going.

"What's you favorite food?"

He shuffled uncomfortably before answering uncertainly, "Spagetti, I suppose. I haven't really thought about it."

I was still grinning when Shanna and Esme came in with the rest of the dishes. Her mischievous smile matched my own.

Jasper POV

I was so happy to have Bella in my house, I was getting a little jealous that she was spending so much time with my family but that was because I still don't know as much about her as I would like. And I wanted to be the first of my family to get close to her. Bella and Shanna went to help Esme in the kitchen when Alice, Carlisle started to talk low in vampire speed.

"So what happened while we were out?" Alice asked excitedly.

"I already said, she played with Emmett then we went on a walk. She fell and I caught her."

"I told you he'd be fine Carlisle, they went for a walk by themselves and nothing happened. He wouldn't hurt her. She's his mate, he couldn't hurt her."

Carlisle nodded, "It's not that I doubted you son, it's just very rare to find a mate in a human. I've been around a long time and it's difficult to see whether the bond works the same between humans and vampires. I've seen some only recognise it as wanting to protect them and then realised it when the human was changed, Rosalie and Emmett can be considered to be like that. Or they haven't noticed it at all until the human has been changed. I must attribute your notice to how well intuned you are with feelings."

I nodded, still slightly hurt that he didn't trust me but understanding that it was purely from the investigative part of his brain. "I can tell you that it's a lot weaker than bonds between two vampires but it's still undeniable. I can get the gist of what you feel through yours and Esme's bond, and Emmett and Rosalie's and it's very close, it was instantaneous but it is weaker. Most likely because she's still human and most likely can't feel the bond."

Carlisle nodded along interested, "So you can tell whether she feels the bond?"

I shook my head, "I can't feel her emotions at all, Shanna's either. Their emotions are fairly obvious on the surface, like when Bella blushes, but I can't feel them."

Carlisle's eyes widened in surprise, "Edward mentioned not being able to read Bella's thoughts briefly but nothing about Shanna's thoughts. Hmm, I wonder whether they are both shields? That would be astonshing and unlikely though. However humans having the ability to block powers is astonishing as it is."

I nodded in agreement, Carlisle continued, "There have been such cases where humans show an indication of powers of course, one being you Jasper and another being Edward, I was told he seemed to have some sort of 6th sense whilst human. There are also other examples like Jane and Alec of the Volturi, they were to be burned alive for being witches when they were turned."

We ended the conversation when Esme sent Bella to come get me to set the table. I stood and went into the kitchen to get the knives a forks, I made a face at the thought of eating human food. Bella and Shanna stood quietly cutting the vegetables, though there seemed to be a air of playfulness around them. I reached out with my powers but came up against something wall-like blocking me.

I gave up and walked into the dining room and started slowly setting the table whilst thinking about why I couldn't read them. Bella walked in with a shy smile on her face, I smiled back and took the bowl off her, placing it on the other side of the table.

"You getting hungry?"

I froze for second before nodding, "You?"

She nodded back at me, "What's your favorite food?"

I shifted slightly, the names of all human food leaving my brain for a second, I remembered one and answered, "Spagetti, I suppose. I haven't really thought about it." I attempted to sound nonchalant to cover for my earlier stumble.

She smiled and turned towards Esme and Shanna as they walked in with the rest of the food.

I relaxed, she didn't seem suspicious, though I doubt anyone would exactly jump straight to vampire from me awkwardly asking me a question. I sighed internally, I've been doing this for decades, I had no idea how sloppy I was with close encounters with humans. Though I never really got this close to humans, none of us did.

Esme called to everyone, they all walked in- they had smiles on their faces but all of their emotions had an undertone of disgust from the human food. Except for Rose and Emmett, Emmett seemed genuinly excited to have a sit down dinner and Rose was completely disgusted by the whole situation. She agreed because I was adamant and to keep up the charade.

We all sat down, Esme and Carlisle were on either end of the table, I was sitting between Alice and Bella on one side and Emmett was in the middle of Rosalie and Shanna on the other side. Emmett took a big a sniff of all the food, "Smells great Esme."

"Thank you dear, everybody grab what you want."

Shanna's lip twitched, "You should try this Emmett, she grabbed a huge spoon of what appeared to be mashed potato and put it onto Emmetts plate. She looked at him expectantly. Emmett seemed to go a little green as he picked up his fork and scooped a tiny amount of potato.

Shanna tsked at him, "Come on Emmett that's not a real scoop. You won't be able to try it properly. Do you not like potato?"

I saw Emmett about to respond, probably about say that he didn't so he could get out of eating it but I couldn't let that happen. I spoke up before he did, "Yeah, come on Emmett, you love mash, why aren't you eating it?"

He shot me a glare over the table whilst everyone else watched him with expectation, Alice was fighting a giggle.

Finally he got a big scoop of potato and shovelled it into his mouth, trying to swallow it as quickly as possible.

Shanna smiled, "It's really tasty right? Why don't you try these?"

Bells joined in, "And these to, you're huge Emmett you must have to eat a lot of protein to keep those muscles."

When they were through Emmett had his plate piled high with food, Bella and Shanna began to eat with big cheeky smiles on their faces. Emmett began to eat the food, knowing he had no way out, I looked between Bella and Shanna suspiciously, they were smiling like they knew something. I tried to dispel the thought as I napkined some more of my food without our guests noticing.

We all finished our meals, the humans looked replenished while Emmett felt uncomfortable and disgusted at the food he had had to eat. I chuckled quietly and he glared at me again, sending me his betrayal.

Bella and Shanna immediately stood and started clearing up the table, Esme stopped them. "Don't worry about that dears, I can get it."

They both looked up at her in confusion and suprise. Shanna frowned, "But..."

She looked down at the plates in her hands and back up to Esme, unable to find words. Carlisle frowned at them deep in thought whilst they seemed to be battling themselves.

I looked between them confused, Bella spoke, "It's okay Esme, we can do it. It would feel weird if we don't at least help clear up."

Shanna nodded, and they continued to clear the table in perfect synchronicity. We all looked at them in surprise as they took everything into the kitchen. We heard the tap start as they began to wash up, Alice spoke first at vampire speed so they wouldn't hear us.

"What was that about?" I shrugged.

"I have no idea, maybe they're just used to cleaning up after themselves."

Carlisle was still deep in thought but looked up at me, "It's seems to be something more than that. Do you know anything about their home lives?"

I shook my head.

"I think it might have something to do with that. I wouldn't know of course but I have a feeling that those two have had a difficult time at home, or at least and overly responsible life. I have only met them for a few hours but they seem to have very defensive personalities."

I thought back and nodded, "Like when they got awkward when we asked about the game?"

Carlisle nodded, "There was something about that that was a little off, and then she changed the subject when we started asking her about her home and moving around. And she flinched when Emmett nudged her."

"Bella has said that they've been through a lot together, though she didn't elaborate."

Carlisle pinched the bridge of his nose, "I can't say for sure but their behaviour is a little odd, they seem to be very connected. I may be overthinking it though, it's not that strange for humans to form strong bonds."

I frowned, Carlisle was right about their behaviour but he was also hiding something. His emotions were tipping me off, though he wasn't giving off any deception, it was more like he was witholding something. I let it go, it was most likely that he just wanted to think things through a little more before sharing his thoughts. Carlisle was a thinker and it wasn't like him to jump to conclusions, he would tell me his thoughts once he deemed it necessary. And I wanted to find out about Bella's life from her, though I prayed to the universe that she hadn't had a bad life.

Bella and Shanna came back into the room. They had nervous smiles on their faces, "We weren't sure where everything was supposed to go so we left them to dry on the side. I hope that's okay." Shanna asked, addressing Esme.

Esme nodded, "Of course, you two didn't need to clear up though. Why don't we all move into the living room?"

We all got up and moved, I checked the time, 8 o'clock. I smiled, we still had time. I had hoped that I would be able to get some time alone with Bella but my family had other ideas. Emmett and Alice proposed the idea of watching a horror film.

Bella and Shanna looked so enthusiastic about it that I couldn't refuse and ask her to spend time with just me. Alice and Emmett looked over at me in satisfaction. The two demons were plotting against me.

I grinned and sent them a huge burst of giddiness. They broke out into fits of giggles, Bella and Shanna looked at them amused.

Bella looked over, "What's so funny?"

I shrugged, and stopped sending them emotions.

Bella looked at me suspiciously but let it go. We all sat in front of the TV and Emmett put on a horror movie. I sat down next to Bella and during the movie I felt her subconsciously lean towards me. I smiled and caught Rose's eyes from the other sofa. She raised an eyebrow at me, but also gave me a smile and looked back towards the TV.

I smiled at her giving me permission, and put my arm around Bella, pulling her to my side. She stiffened for a few seconds before relaxing, I felt her heartbeat pick up. I felt excitement come from Alice, happiness from Esme, Carlisle and Emmett, and acceptance from Rosalie.

I watched the rest of the film with a smile on my face.

When the film was over everyone except for me and Bella went into the kitchen. I assume it was to give us some 'privacy'.

We both seemed reluctant to stop cuddling, but after a few moments Bella pulled away and looked at me. I looked back at her and smiled nervously.

I shuffled a little in a very human gesture before speaking, "Umm, I was wondering whether you wanted to go out with me sometime? We can go for food or something?"

She beamed at me nodded, "That would be good. When?"

"Whenever you want darlin'"

I heard her heartbeat speed up as my accent came out. I grinned and filed that information away for later.

"Should we join the others?"

I nodded and we headed into the kitchen, everyone looked up at us with knowing smiles when we walked into the kitchen.

Bella turned bright red and walked over to where Shanna was, linking arms with her.

"It's getting pretty late, we'd better get back." Bella said with slight reluctance.

I nodded, "I can drive you both back."

"Thanks."

Shanna looked between us two and raised an eyebrow, "I have to pick some things up from my place, you two go without me, I'll make my own way."

I could tell that she just wanted to give me and Bella some more time together. It wasn't hard to tell that we wanted to spend more time alone. Esme looked at her concerned, "It's late to walk that far."

Shanna smiled, "I'll be fine, you don't need to worry."

Esme still looked unhappy. Then to everyone's suprise Rose spoke up, "I can drive you."

It was silent for a second, "There, it's decided." Esme said pleased, not giving Shanna a chance to refuse.

"Thanks Rosalie."

Rose nodded.

Bella and Shanna thanked Esme and Carlisle for dinner and said their goodbyes.

The four of us headed out to the cars. Shanna and Rose drove off.

I opened the door to my car for Bella and walked around to the other side to get in. I started driving to her house, "How did you find today?" I asked her.

"It was great, your family is so nice."

I smiled, "Where would you want to go on our date?"

She was silent for a few moments and I peeked over at her. Her face was bright red.

"How about I message you another day?"

She nodded, still bright red.

I pulled up outside her house, she looked up at me, "Thanks for driving me home, talk to you later?"

"Of course."

She got out of the car and walked up to the front door, she turned to wave as she opened the door. I waved back and she went it.

I leant my head back against the back of the seat and closed my eyes. A date, a date with Bella. I knew that I wasn't supposed to get too close to her, but it was too late. And I knew that it was too late from the first moment I laid eyes on her. I sighed at my weakness to my own emotions. But smiled anyway, what's to stop me if I've already accepted that it's to late. I decided, I would like Bella how I wanted. I wanted to be with her, though there were a lot of other things I would have to think about if I wanted to be with her, but I'll cross those bridges when I get to them.