Artemis' POV

The next morning I woke up like I usually do, finally crawling out of bad after I've hit the snooze button on my alarm clock a few dozen times. I eventually climbed out of bed. Grabbing my clothes and other things that I would need, I headed to the bathroom for my shower.

In the shower, I was thinking about the vampires. Last night I had told them everything. I told them about how I noticed them always being absent on sunny days, the eyes, the few times I had touched their ice cold skin, their enhanced strength (which they normally hid well, but had slipped up on a few times), and about how I figures out their powers. I had to chuckle at the memory of their stunned looks. I don't think that they ever realized a human could be so observant.

I stepped out of the shower and got dressed. Looking at the time on my Betty Boop watch, I decided that I had enough time to blow dry my hair.

I finished about forty-five minutes later, my finished product being straight hair. I left the bathroom, grabbed my backpack from my room, and headed downstairs, and into the kitchen. Checking the time on the microwave, I saw I had twenty minutes before I had to leave. I had two cups of coffee and a bowl of frosted flakes. Throwing a bunch of granola bars in my backpack, I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. I didn't really have to worry about my parents or sister. My dad had already left for work, my mom would be woken by the smell of the coffee and my sister in a little while, and my sister would be waking up in about five minutes. She was a sophomore at the high school, but I always left early for school and my sister got a ride from her friends.

I closed the door behind me. Turning around, I was shocked to find Ryan standing in the driveway. His car was parked where my dad's normally was. He was leaning against a black Mercedes, his arms crossed, looking right at me. To say that he looked handsome was an understatement. He looked like a god. Nothing could compare to his beauty. Shaking my head lightly at myself, I smiled and walked over to him.

"What are you doing here?" I couldn't help but blurt out the first thought that came to mind. He just laughed.

"Good morning to you too, Artemis." I chuckled as well. "Good morning. What are you doing here?" He just laughed.

"I figured I would come and see if you wanted a ride to school." He was so sweet. As much as I wanted to go with him, I had work after school.

Smiling apologetically, I said "Thanks for the offer, Ryan, but I have work after school. I'll just take my bike like I normally do." He just smiled at me.

"And there is no way I can convince you otherwise?" I had to laugh at him. "It would be a waste of time and make us late. You just drive your car and I'll ride my bike. Besides, I have to get to school quick so that I can give Emmett hell for fixing the ceiling after I told him not to." Ryan just laughed at me. I joined in too. When he calmed himself down I said "I'll race you."

"Ok. And if I win?" He asked. I smiled at him. Of course a vampire would ask about the stakes of the bet.

"You win a date with me." I saw his face light up at that. But then he asked "And if you win?" I smiled widely at him. I heard him mutter 'I have a feeling that I'm going to regret this.' I laughed at him. "If I win, I get a kiss." He was surprised that I would be that bold.

"I don't think that is such a great idea." I couldn't help but laugh at him as I pulled my bike out from the side of the house. As I got on and started it up, I said "Well then. I guess you had better win." I could tell by his face that he knew that I was serious. He immediately got in his car and started it up. I decided to count it down.

Knowing he would hear me, I said in a normal tone "On your mark. Get set. GO!" And we both tore off.

Ryan's POV

I couldn't believe that she wanted to race me. What if she crashed and got hurt? Or worse? Would I be able to handle that? Ugh! How could one human drive me so insane.

Artemis had vanished the moment we left her street. I didn't know where she was. I just hoped that she was alright.

I was racing faster then I normally drove. That was definitely saying something considering I normally drove at about 110 miles per hour. I was about two minutes from the school. I tried to drive faster so I could get to Artemis faster.

When I finally pulled up to the school, I was shocked to see Artemis there leaning against her bike. She had the biggest smile on her face. She looked like a goddess. Pulling into the spot that the Cullens left open for me, I shut the engine off. I slowly got out of the car. To say I was scared because she won the race didn't even begin to cover it.

Artemis just smiled as she sauntered over to me. There was no other was to explain her walk. I ignored the thoughts of the others as I stood still watching her. Artemis' smiled turned from triumphant to seductive. I gulped at the thought of what was to come. Thinking quickly, I thought to Edward –Whatever happens next, make sure I don't kill her.- I heard Edward chuckle as Artemis came to a stop in front of me. Smiling sweetly at me, she reached up and gave me a peck on the cheek. I stopped breathing as her skin and her breath came that close to me. The feel of her breath on my skin was almost too much to bear. Then, as soon as it started, it was over. I looked at her and she just smiled. The look in her eyes was all I needed to see. The others had told her. She knew how her blood sang for me and here she stood smiling. Artemis truly was an incredible young woman. Smiling at her, I hugged her to me.

"You really are the most incredible human that I've ever met."

Alice's POV

Oh my god! When I saw the vision of Artemis and Ryan's bet I couldn't help but laugh. Edward, of course, had seen it in my head and started laughing with me.

"What, my dear wife, is it that you and Edward seem to find so amusing?" Jasper asked me.

"Artemis and Ryan are going to have a race to see who gets here first. If he wins, he gets a date with her. If she wins, she gets a kiss." I answered between my giggles. I could tell that the others didn't see how this was funny. Before I could answer, Edward did.

"She's going to win."

"Edward! How is that funny?! She's going to kiss him and possibly be bitten by him! I don't see how that is funny!" Jasper, Rose, Emmett, and I were all laughing now. It wasn't often that we got to see Edward chewed out by Bella. Edward, as usual, moved to sooth Bella.

"Bella, love, nothing bad is going to happen. Artemis has already decided what she's going to do if she wins. She's only going to kiss him on the cheek. She knows how blood affects most of us. She doesn't realize how much her blood affects Ryan, but she doesn't want to push him with having blood that close to him."

Bella's look softened. That was nothing new. She could never stay mad at Edward. Hell, she could never stay mad at any of us; no matter what we did. Sighing, she said "I still think that when she gets here that we should talk to her. At the very least she should know how much she affects him. If not for her sake, but for his." That's Bella for you. Always thinking of others' well being before her own.

Two minutes later Artemis came roaring into the parking lot on her bike. She pulled up next to us, shut the bike off, and got off of it. Before any of us could say anything, she turned to Emmett.

"EMMETT CULLEN! WHAT IN THE HELL DID I TELL YOU LAST NIGHT!? I THOUGHT I MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT I DIDN'T WANT YOU FIXING THAT HOLE! SO WHAT DO YOU DO?! YOU GO AND FIX THE HOLE!" She was breathing hard and her pulse was racing. I couldn't help but laugh. It was hysterical watching Emmett cower from a girl who was smaller than me.

"Artemis calm down. We need to talk to you." Bella said.

"Oh come on, Bella." Rose said. "You can't tell me that you don't find the fact that Emmett is scared of Artemis even the slightest bit funny." Emmett of course tried to deny this, but one look from Rose silenced him.

"It's alright, Rose. We're having tacos for lunch today. I'll just make Emmett eat a dozen of those." Artemis said. I couldn't help but laugh. I had a vision of what it would look like and laughed harder. Edward saw it and laughed just as hard.

"Edward, stop laughing. We need to talk to Artemis, remember?" Bella said. Edward stopped laughing. She had that boy wrapped around her little finger and he didn't even know it. Edward glared at me. Hehe.

"What is it that you need to talk to me about?" Artemis asked. She was leaning against her bike, watching us.

"We know about the stakes of the race. We want to let you know that before you go through with it to think about this: the call of your blood is stronger for Ryan then it is for us." Bella was one to get straight to the point. Artemis stopped to think about it. While she was, Ryan pulled up.

Jasper's POV

Ryan looked terrified. He knew that he lost the bet and was afraid of what was going to happen. As Artemis walked over to him, I saw him gulp. All Artemis was feeling was happiness, triumph, and mischief. Ryan, on the other hand, was feeling pure terror. As Artemis came to a stop in front of him, Edward chuckled. I looked at him, but he just shook his head.

Artemis reached up and kissed him on the cheek. It was the briefest of pecks, yet Ryan stopped breathing and didn't move. When Artemis moved away he stared at her in shock. She just kept smiling at him. He smiled back and hugged her tight. He all heard him whisper how incredible she was.

We were all starting to see just how amazing she was.