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TRUTH

Flashback: …he looked me straight in the eye with those beautiful eyes of his that look like they've seen billions of years worth of wisdom, and said, "So how'd you figure it out?"

I stared at him for a second. And then a few thousand more seconds.

"Bella?" he asked, his face rather harsh, but his voice as lovely and melodious as always. "Hello, Bella? Can you hear me?"

That last part made me snap out of it. I hate when people ask if I can hear them when I can. Most of the time, the reason I'm not replying is because I don't care, people, not because I'm hearing impaired.

"Of course I can hear you, Edward, I'm just confused as hell, and finding it really difficult to believe that you're a so-called 'vampire'", I replied sharply, and when I said "vampire" I made air quotes. "Did you and Jacob, like, team up to play a practical joke or something? Because honestly, yes it was a good one, you really had me going there for a minute, but tell me the truth, please, because I do NOT appreciate being lied to." I narrowed my eyes.

"Who's Jacob?" Edward asked in clear confusion. His eyes then hardened. "And I am telling you the truth. I wish I wasn't though."

I bit my lip and looked straight into Edwards eyes. So many different feelings coursed through me: skepticism, confusion, adoration; but most of all, desire. Desire both for the truth, and Edward. Because he really IS sexy. I didn't know what to say, so I decided to make him do all the talking. "Explain." One word. Blunt. To the point. Should get him talking. Nice work, Bella.

He took in a deep breath and closed his eyes. He slowly exhaled. "First, I want you to answer my question. How did you figure it out?"

I gave him my no-fail puppy dog face. I even made my bottom lip tremble, a skill I had acquired in junior high. "Promise you won't be mad?"

His face softened. Point one, Bella! I thought to myself. "I won't get mad."

I gave him a timid smile. "Alright, then, I'll tell you. Well, I sort of already did. Jacob told me that you were."

Edward wrinkled his perfect forehead. It was adorable, and made me want to kiss him more. Ugh, I really need to keep my lust in check… "And exactly who is this Jacob of which you speak of so often tonight?"

I giggled at his sentence. He sounded like a grandpa! So old-fashioned. It was kinda endearing. Well, not the grandpa part. Just the old-fashionness. "Jacob is a family friend. He lives here, on the rez."

Edwards face froze. "As in, he's a Quileute?"

I wrinkled my nose. "I think he used that word. So I'm gonna say yes."

Edward shut his eyes, and his jaw clenched. "This is bad. This is really bad. I knew I shouldn't have come here."

When he said that, it reminded me of when Jacob said that the Cullens can't come here. "Yeah, Jacob said something about that. Like, that you can't come here, or something? But he's being ridiculous, right? I mean, he's probably just jealous because I told him that I liked you."

Shit. SHIT!!! WHY AM I SO STUPID??? I cannot believe I just said that. My mouth closed extremely fast.

Edward gave me a curious look, and cocked his head to the side. So cute. "You like me?"

My eyes widened with faux innocence. "What? I didn't say that."

Edward's eyes narrowed. "You just did."

I shook my head and shrugged my shoulders. "No, I didn't. I just said that Jacob got jealous because I was talking about how I was excited that your family was coming to the party."

Edward gave me an incredulous look. "No you didn't, Bella. I know what I heard."

"And I know what I said, so can you just drop it please!?" I shrieked.

Edward looked at me like a psycho. I'd rather him think of me as that than as a girl who liked him when he so obviously didn't like me back. It was simply humiliating to even think about that concept. I blushed, and saw that Edward's eyes went to my cheeks. I couldn't read the emotion in his eyes, but there was definitely something there. I hoped it was lust, or even better, love. Psh, yeah right. Keep dreaming, Bella.

"Okay, Bella, just calm down," he said softly.

I took a few deep breaths, and said, "Moving on. Yeah, so Jacob told me that you were a vampire, and I laughed, cuz I totally thought that that was really, um, nonrealistic, but then you just confirmed it and I just wanna know if you're kidding." I said all of this very quickly, but I could tell that Edward understood what I said.

"Can you keep a secret, Bella?" Edward asked, his tone very serious.

Although most people wouldn't think it, I'm actually really good at keeping secrets. My friends told me them all the time, and I've never spilled one, though I had been tempted to many a time. It was one of my many talents.

"Yes, I can. Honestly. Call any of my friends back in Phoenix, and they'll tell you," I said in a sincere voice.

"Well, yes, I am a vampire, as I already alluded to being. However, I'm probably a bit different than how you would picture a vampire being."

"Yeah, well, you're definitely a lot hotter than all those vampires in those creepy movies." There I go again, shooting off my big mouth. Dammit. "Wait, do you have fangs? Can you fly? Are you like that creepy little kid in that one movie that was in like, Scotland that the always play on the Disney channel? Cuz I LOOVE that movie!!"

Edward laughed pretty hard at the random questions that I kept spewing. "No, no, and no. But I do agree, that movie is pretty good."

I gave him a big smile. "So, then, what are you like? I'm rather curious."

Edward stared at me with a confused look on his face. "Aren't you scared?"

"Of you?" I scoffed. "Not at all." This was the complete truth. He has never really scared me. Irritated me? Many a time. Drove me half mad with his sexiness? Every day. But frighten me? Never.

He didn't look like he believed me, so I sighed and said, "Edward, I wouldn't lie to you. You don't scare me. Now explain, because a mixture of your annoyingness and excessive amounts of alcohol don't really work for me."

"Aren't you kind of wondering about something important?" He asked, giving me an unreadable look.

I wracked my brain for what he could possibly be talking about. "No, Charlie won't be mad that I'm wasted?" I guessed.

He smiled a little, and said, "No, different question."

I frowned in concentration. What the hell could he possibly be talking about? "Okay, I give up. What question could I possibly have for you?"

"Weren't you wondering about whether or not I drink blood?"

"Woops, guess I forgot that vampires did that. No offense, but I haven't ever really been a vampire book obsessor, or whatever they're called. I've had much more important things to do, like shop. Or eat. Or pretty much anything else." The sad thing is that I honestly did forget that vampires drank blood. Whatever.

Edward chuckled. It sent shivers down my back in the best way possible. "Well, to answer your non-question, we do drink blood." He paused and looked at me. My face held a bored expression, although it was pretty much impossible to be bored by him. Hell, he could read me a math textbook word for word and I would be captivated. He seemed to get angry about my reaction, or lack thereof, but continued anyways. "But we don't drink human blood. Just animal blood."

I made a disgusted face. "Doesn't it taste bad? Blood freaks me out. Always has. If I were a vampire, I would just keep eating human food. Much more delicious, I would say."

He threw his head back and laughed. "Bella, you are one piece of work."

"Um, thank you?" No one had ever told me that I was a piece of work before, and tried to decipher whether or not that was a compliment. I guess I'll just have to Google it later.

"Blood tastes good to us, Bella. And food tastes like dirt, so I would guess that if you were a vampire, you would drink blood as well," he calmly said.

"Oh. It's still gross. So why do you drink animal blood anyway? Does it taste better or something? Wait, does chicken blood taste like chicken, and cow blood taste like steak? Cuz that's kind of cool and disgusting at the same time."

"No, human blood tastes much better than animal blood. But animal blood still sustains us. And we don't drink human blood because we would have to kill people to do that, and I don't want to be a monster." Edward's voice got a little smaller while stating his last sentence, so I went in to give him a hug. He reminded me of a child for some reason. Odd.

His eyes flashed and widened, and he backed up really quickly as I attempted to wrap my arms around him. My face unintentionally fell.

"Is that how you saved me from that van? Do you have super speed or something?" I tried to keep the conversation moving, but I just felt dejected. I was doing all I could not to burst into tears right then and there. I think Edward could detect this, because he took a few tentative steps forward with an apology in his eyes.

"Yes. We are very fast, and strong. Comes with the territory, I suppose. We were built to be able to catch our prey - humans."

I guess I should be frightened. I know that's how Edward thought I would feel. But I don't. Not in the least.

That was when I decided that the whole vampire thing was quite a turn on. I mean, that super speed and strength could really work for my benefit, when we start dating. I gave him a sultry smile, and said, "So, do you think that my blood would taste good? If you were to drink it, that is."

He gave me a small smile in return, and said, "I know that your blood would taste good."

My smile widened, and I slowly approached him. I was elated to see that he didn't move away this time. "Really? And why is that?" I breathed.

His breath caught in his through. Point two, I thought. "Because I can smell it, and its smell draws me in more than any other I have ever smelled."

My face lit up like the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center, where my mom had taken me one winter break when I was eight. "Honest? Awesome!!"

He laughed again. But then his face suddenly became very serious. "You aren't afraid?"

"Again, no. I'm not," I said.

"But you should be! I'm a monster!" he shouted.

I didn't even flinch. As if this was the first time I had been yelled at. "I don't see it that way. Seriously, Edward, you don't even kill humans. Just animals. News flash, pretty much the entire planet kills animals for food. You're not that much different. You're just eating a different part," I giggled.

His face stayed as stony as a statue. "I've killed people before, Bella."

"So have I," I replied honestly. His eyes widened at my words. "Well, socially, but it's pretty much the same thing. I started to feel bad about it, so that's why I tried to be nicer when I moved here. That's kind of the same thing that you did with switching to drinking animal blood. Taking away an old, bad habit and replacing it with a nicer one. Everyone does it at some point in their lives."

He stared at me for a moment or two. "I still can't comprehend how you're taking this all so well."

"Well, the alcohol probably helps," I said with a little smile.

"I'll bet," he murmured. "How much did you drink, anyways? I can smell it from over here."

I laughed. "I lost count after the third cup of straight vodka."

He looked concerned. "Are you feeling alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. You might be able to tell that I'm not exactly a lightweight when it comes to drinking. And I was nervous that you weren't going to come."

"Why did you want me to come so bad?" He really did look like he wanted to know pretty badly.

I almost gave in and admitted my love for him then and there. Wait a second, love? Since when do I love him? I pondered this for a minute. I realized that I really do love him. So I did what I had been craving to do since I first saw Edward and all his perfection, and leaned in for the kiss.

HAHAHAH!!! Okay, now that WAS a cliffhanger!! This chapter was kind of just informational, I'm trying to get back on track to some of my better writing. It'll get better, I promise!! But seriously, people, there will not be a chapter 8 if I do not get at least 3 reviews for the next chapter. I've seen the traffic for my story, people, and some readers are really holding out on me!! This is really not asking for much. So press the pretty button. NOW.