BPOV

It's almost four thirty when we pack up to leave with Lady, and I am saddened at the thought of leaving her. On our way back to barn and field, Peter brings Lady up to a light gallop. I find that riding is quite freeing in a way. It's fun and I can't help the small laugh that escapes from me as we reach a clearing. Luckily, the sun is clouded over once more as we get close to the field to put Lady back. Peter helps me dismount her again and goes to the owner, telling me to stay with Lady before handing me apple pieces for her and kissing me.

Lady, excited for her treat, makes a small whining sound to grab my attention so I hold out my hand for her to take the apple. Bringing my hand up, I gently scratch her as I hand her a second piece. Ten minutes later Peter walks back up, taking her reigns and taking my hand in his own before leading the two of us to the barn where he puts Lady up in her stall. A man walks into the barn and walks up to Lady's stall after we say goodbye to her.

"No need to be sad, Bella. We can come back as much as you want to ride," Peter tucks me into his side, kissing the top of my head.

"Who was the guy going into Lady's stall?" I ask as we get to the truck where he lifts me up into the seat.

"One of the owners son's. He's just cleaning Lady up, sugar."

"So… when are we coming back?" I ask eagerly.

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Getting out of the shower, I wrap my hair up into a towel to dry before changing into a pair of black shorts with a pale orange tank top. Peter comes into the bedroom just as I am walking out of the bathroom. His blonde hair is damp, also fresh out of the shower.

"Pizza will be on its way shortly," Peter says as he opens his arms up for me to step into.

Walking over, I step between his legs as I put my arms over his shoulders not even having to lean down to place my head in the crook of his neck. Peter mimics me by placing his head in the crook of my neck and I can feel him breathe my scent in deeply. We stay in this position for a few minutes until I pull away to see that Pete's eyes have darkened.

"You need to feed," I comment just before Peter pulls me closer to him once more.

Shaking his head slightly from side to side, "I don't need to hunt, sugar."

"But your eyes are darker than earlier," I say confused. I thought vampires eyes get dark when they were needing to feed.

"I know they are, but I promise I don't need to hunt," he tells me. "Although, I am sure the delivery driver would make a good snack," Peter chuckles.

"You will not!" I shove his shoulder with a laugh. "If you don't need to feed then why are your eyes dark?" I question.

"Our eyes get darker for more reasons than hunger," Peter states before kissing me gently. "How about we go down and see what's on TV?"

"Or you can just tell me why your eyes darken other than hunger," I raise an eyebrow getting slightly annoyed that he keeps trying to change the subject.

"Our eyes can darken due to hunger, anger, and lust," Peter says almost hesitantly.

"Well why are you angry?" I ask with a frown.

With a groan Peter quickly places me into the bed flat and is between my legs before I can even blink. "Bella," Peter says firmly, "I am not hungry and I am not angry." Just then I register something rather large pressing onto my midsection making me still and hold my breath. "Breathe," he whispers before resting his forehead against my own. "How about we go pick out a movie now?"

I let out the breath I had been holding. "Okay," I croak out.

And just like that, Peter had lifted himself off of my body and has me standing on my feet within a blink of my eye. Making sure I am steady on my legs; Peter gives me some space and I follow him down to the living room to pick out a movie. A comedy is what we opt for before relaxing onto the couch except Peter places himself slightly more away from me than what he would normally. I can feel the tears well up in my eyes but I shove them back as I position myself closer to Peter, how we would normally sit.

"Oh sugar," Peter says softly noticing my reaction and pulling me to straddle his lap and hugging me securely. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," he tells me. "Don't cry, Bella. I didn't think you'd want to be close to me, I didn't want to make you any more uncomfortable." I sniffle as the tears finally break through and fall down my cheeks just to be kissed away by Peter. "I'm sorry, sugar."

I nod as Peter captures my mouth with his, kissing me gently and I react by pressing more firmly against his lips. Peter's arms wrap around my torso, pulling me right against his body. Calming down, I am able to stop more tears from welling up in my eyes and Peter pulls away to murmur more apologies.

"I think I just overreacted," I respond wiping away the moisture from my face.

"What made you so upset, Bella?" Peter questions, rubbing my back up and down soothingly.

"I don't know," I shrug slightly. "I guess I just thought you were upset with me because I can't do what you want," I look down ashamed.

A cold finger slides under my chin, prompting me to look back up to face Peter. "Don't do that to yourself," Peter says, "I'm not pushing you to do anything you aren't ready for. Jasper isn't pushing you to do anything you don't want to do either. We go at your pace, not the other way around," his hands massages the small of my back.

"It's not that I don't want to," I whisper.

"You're scared," he finishes.

I nod. "Yeah."

"Jasper and I can only try to encourage you, sugar," Peter kisses me softly. "Neither of us will ever be upset with something you don't want to do. It'll take time and time is something vampires have a load of."

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After placing the leftover pizza in the fridge and grabbing a drink, Peter motions me to lay down with him on the couch. He lays on his side with his body against the back of the couch so I get comfortable in front of him on my side facing the TV. Bringing the blanket up and draping it over the both of us, Peter wraps his arm around me with his hand resting towards my chest. Not too long after that my eyes begin to get heavy, slowly opening back up once they've closed.

"Get some sleep," Peter whispers in my ear. "Jasper won't be home until later tonight."

"Night, Peter," I am able to mumble before completely zonking out.

JPOV

Walking inside the house I see the TV playing a movie while I can tell both my mates are on the couch. From the sound of her even breathing and steady heartrate, Bella is in a deep sleep. Coming around I see Bella sleeping peacefully in Peter's arms as Peter simply has his eyes shut to pretend to sleep. Kneeling down, I give Bella a gentle kiss on the temple rewarding me with a sigh of contentment. Next, I lean over Bella towards Peter and give him a kiss on the lips.

"How was it?" I ask lowly so I don't disturb Bella's sleep.

Peter smiles as his eyes open up to meet mine. "We should get a few horses for here, she seemed to love riding."

"We can fix up the old barn out back," I nod. "I'm going to go get cleaned up real fast."

Speeding up to our bedroom, I quickly strip off my clothing and begin my shower quickly. By the time I am cleaned and changed, I hear Bella stirring awake on the couch so I make my way back down quickly to greet her. Peter has Bella on top of his chest stroking her hair as her head rests just over where his heart would beat. I can tell that Bella is still pretty tired but as I come kneel right beside the two and her eyes open to see me, she becomes more awake.

Bella's joy and contentment rolls off of her in waves making me smile as her arm stretches out to me. Carefully, I slide Bella away from Peter and onto my lap hugging her snuggly to my body. Peter smiles, his eyes glazing over slightly before shaking his feelings and covering Bella up with the blanket she had.

"I missed you too, darlin," I chuckle as she relaxes against me. "Did you have a good time with Pete?"

"I can't wait to go back," Bella says excitedly. "We had a lot of fun."

"Oh yeah?" I chuckle, "Maybe next time I can come with the two of you. Why don't we get you to bed?"

"I'm comfortable," she complains as her eyes begin to droop closed.

Peter shifts so that he is sitting on the floor with the two of us, spreading his legs open so that we are between them. Leaning over Bella's shoulder and bringing me closer with his hand behind my neck to plant his lips against mine. I reach my hand to grip Peter's shirt hearing it tear in the process.

"Let's get our mate to bed," Peter whispers roughly, as I feel his lust and contentment rise.

Walking up to our bedroom, I lay Bella in the center of the bed and immediately she rolls onto her stomach. Peter gently pushes me down onto the bed and climbs on top of me.

"Bella didn't know our eyes got darker for other reasons than needing to hunt," Peter informs me. "When I told her the reasons… she thought I was angry."

I can't help but chuckle a bit, "Of course she would jump to that conclusion. What a silly girl we have."

Peter leans down to capture my lips quickly. "There's more… she doesn't think she'll ever be able to be intimate."

"Bella's simply scared. As far as we know; all of her encounters haven't been out of love or even lust. All she knows is pain from physical touch."

"We are going to have our work cut out for us," says Peter with a soft sigh. "I told her we'd never push her into something she didn't want to do or wasn't ready for."

"Maybe we shouldn't try to hide our physical time," I reply.

A/N: Okay ya'll, I can't apologize enough for such a big gap in between this chapter and the last. Life gets in the way unfortunately but I am hoping to get back on track. As always, I thank you for reading!

Until next time!

-bellacullen166