Just a small heads up: Edward's day dream and Alice's vision are um, vivid! The beginning of the chapter might require me to raise the rating to M. I hope the description is up to your standards, OOE let me know ;) The vision is out of character but come on you knew it would be when Alice mentioned it in chapter 4.

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"Hey Jazz, do you smell that?" Emmett snickered as I came into the living room.

"I don't smell anything out of the ordinary why?" Jasperasked in return. He was still in the back yard with Carlisle and obviously wasn't in on whatever joke Emmett was making.

"It's nothing, I just thought I smelled sex but I was wrong." he looked at me with a malicious grin.

"Sex, why in the world would you think that," Jasper inquired as he entered the house. He took a deep breath and then smiled knowingly.

"Edward, you cad. You had a girl here while we were out shame, shame." I glared at him. I didn't need it from him too; Em was going to be bad enough.

I wonder if a vampire can blush. I'm about to find out.

"So tell me Edward, you're a fan of baseball right?" I nodded once curtly not sure where this was going but already not liking it.

"Well, I was just wondering if Bella has you stuck on first or has she let you steal second already." I was on the verge of pouncing on him when Carlisle stepped in between us.

"What's going on here?" he asked in a tone that meant that he wanted a real answer.

"Ask Emmett." I growled. He cocked an eyebrow at Emmett which clearly meant explain.

"It was nothing really, Carlisle. I was just asking Edward if he got to feel Bella up yet," he shrugged. I still want to know bro; I'll have Rose ask Bella.

"You wouldn't dare." I seethed.

"Wouldn't I?" He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. I was going to respond but Carlisle beat me to it.

"Emmett, that is enough you know that your brother is too much of a gentleman to disrespect Bella in that manner." Carlisle scolded.

"You're right Carlisle, I'm sorry Edward." Emmett smiled innocently up at him before Carlisle headed up to his study.

Gentleman Smentleman, Prudeward I think you're just a pansy.

I'm sure that Jasper could feel the rage welling up in me because I could feel him pushing wave after wave of calm at me. It wasn't helping. I couldn't get the image of Rosalie accosting

Bella about our non-sex life out of my head. He must have noticed.

"Come on, Em. Let's play some Halo. I seriously need to kick some alien ass."

Take a moment to calm down Edward. He only acts like this because you're so easy to rile up.

I sighed and nodded then headed for my room. I put on some music and relaxed on my couch and blocked out all thoughts of Emmett as I relived every moment with Bella from today.

I closed my eyes and let my mind drift. I was so wrapped up in my daydreams of what could have happened with her that I didn't realize how vivid and real they were becoming.

I saw myself helping Bella out of her truck. She smiled at me as I took her hand. I felt and heard her heart accelerate. I began leaning down while she was pushing herself up on tip toes.

I closed the distance between us and the feeling was pure bliss. I pulled her body flush to mine and she responded by fisting her hands in my hair to pull my head closer. I tightened my

grip around her waist and she pushed her body closer to me. I kissed her harder then. She licked my bottom lip and I darted my tongue out to meet hers. She opened her mouth and

both our tongues entered her mouth. Her taste was exquisite. She moaned and I was undone. I lifted her off of her feet and she wrapped her legs around my waist. I growled and

pushed her against the truck. She was panting through our kiss and I released her lips and started a trail of kisses down her neck. She whimpered and my hips bucked into her of their

own accord. She ground her hip into me and moaned again. I groaned at the sound. The scent of her arousal began to permeate my senses and I sprinted us into the house and laid her

on the first flat surface I could find. It just happened to be the couch.

"Edward" she whispered breathlessly as I hovered over her and continued my circuit of kisses down her neck. I grunted in response.

The sound made her pull my hair harder. I looked up into her eyes. They were hooded with what looked like lust and I purred for her. Her hands dragged their way down my shoulders

and chest leaving a trail of fire in their wake. She made a humming sound as her fingers grazed over my chest and abdominal muscles. When her hands reached my waist she grabbed

the hem of my shirt and began to slide it upwards. Then the whole scene went blank.

At first I couldn't understand what had happened, but then my thoughts were invaded by Alice. It wasn't my imagination at all it was her vision.

You see Edward. I told you it wasn't safe to kiss her by her truck.

I opened my eyes to see Alice standing in my doorway with Jasper standing behind her.

Damn, the amount of lust coming off of you could supply a frat house for a month.

I sat up on my couch and glared at him.

Alice sent me a flash of her vision that happened after she had cut me of earlier.

The image was of Bella beneath me writhing in passion and calling out my name.

I gasped and looked up at Alice with my mouth hanging open. I couldn't move. The mere thought of Bella and I being intimate like that had me in a rather uncomfortable position but a

visual of it had me erect and in serious need of a cold shower.

Alice giggled. She walked over to me and used her fingers to push my jaw closed. I couldn't move. She smiled knowingly at me, grabbed Jasper's arm and they were gone.

I heard Emmett let out a loud round of laughter and I knew I had to get out of the house before he took this as an opportunity to harass me even more. I was out of my window and

running toward the forest before he reached my room. I barely heard him yell out at me. It sounded a lot like an apology.

I stopped confused by that. He leaned out of my window and smile at me.

"What are you sorry about?" I looked up at him quizzically.

"I am sorry that our sister and my wife think it's funny to cock block you." He smirked.

I growled and sped off into the forest.

Today had been exhausting. Both mentally and emotionally. I was completely surprised at how easily Bella took everything that I threw at her. Alice's vision had me weak in the knees.

I was ashamed that I would have really taken advantage of Bella that way. Seeing that vision made me realize that even though I did want Bella the way a man wants a woman, I

had to do everything in my power not to take her like that. She was too fragile and I would hurt her or worse. I would have to draw careful boundaries for our physical relationship in the

future. If we had a future that is. I was almost sure that I had given her enough information for her to deduce what I am and now all I had to do was sit back and wait for all of the pieces

to click together. As soon as that happened I would lose her.

It was just after midnight when I jumped into Bella's open window. I was surprised that she was still awake. She was in her pajamas sitting Indian style in the middle of her bed. The

lamp on her bedside table was on and she was writing in a notebook. It was the same one that she was keeping her list of my oddities in. She smiled up at me when my feet hit the floor.

"What took you so long? I was scared that you weren't coming," she stated with a small pout.

"I didn't mean to keep you waiting, love. I'm sorry," I looked at her with an apologetic smile before kissing the top of her head.

She scooted over to make room for me on the bed. I sat beside her and she laid her head on my shoulder.

"You're forgiven." She whispered and then yawned while stretching.

"You're tired love. You need to set some sleep. We have school tomorrow." She nodded and got out of bed. I looked up at her and she motioned for me to get up too. I did as she asked.

She pulled the covers down and crawled up into the bed lying down on her pillow. She patted the spot next to her for me to join her. I was hesitant to let her be that close to me all night.

My body temperature would make her uncomfortable. I shook my head at her while covering her up.

"Please?" she whispered.

I debated it in my head. I knew that I would make her freeze but I wanted to be close to her. She wanted me close as well.

"Okay," I agreed and laid down beside her but opted to lie on top of the blankets. She shook her head but smiled.

I turned on my side so that I could watch her but she pushed my shoulder so that I would move onto my back. I cocked an eyebrow at her but complied with her request.

She moved closer to me and laid her head on my chest.

"Goodnight Edward. I love you," She sighed.

"Sweet dreams, my love." I breathed as I kissed the top of her head.

"Don't leave until I wake up." She sleepily demanded.

I chuckled but agreed and she relaxed into me.

It didn't take long for her breathing to even out and I knew she was asleep. I very carefully extracted myself from her. She mumbled something as I rose out of the bed but stayed

asleep. I feared that I would make her sick if I stayed beside her all night. Besides, I wanted to know if she had written anything more about me in her notebook. I took it from the table

and moved to my usual place in her rocker. I felt like I was invading her privacy but at the same time I felt that I needed to know when she finally figured out my secret. So I turned to her

list.

Edward is:

Very fast

Super strong

Has black eyes that turn gold (without contacts)

Skin is paler then mine and cool to touch.

Never eats at school.

Has the ability to either climb up the side of the house or jump two stories.

Graceful to a fault.

Uses words and had a tendency to speak as if he is from the turn of the 20th century not the 21st.

Can read minds but not mine

Has the ability to climb a solid wall bare handed

Super hearing

Super sense of smell

Super eyesight

Gorgeous

Smells like heaven

The world's most amazing kisser!

I went to close the notebook then because I felt like I was truly invading her privacy now. I won't say that I wasn't flattered by the last three entries or that my ego hadn't shot up

because that would be a lie. I noticed a small drawing at the bottom corner of the back cover. It was a heart with B + E Forever written in it. My silent heart skipped a beat when I saw

it. I knew Bella loved me but something about her writing it down made it more real to me. I placed her book back on her bedside table and went back to her rocker. I stayed there until

the sun began to rise. I slipped back into bed with Bella just before she began to stir.

"Edward?" she smiled drowsily.

"Yes love?" I whispered.

"I'm so glad you stayed." she yawned. She got up and started gathering her clothes for the day.

"Me too." I told her honestly, "I am going to head home to get ready for the day but I will be back to drive you to school if that's okay."

"I'd love that." she pressed a kiss to her fingers and pressed them to my cheek and took off towards the bathroom.

I found it strange that she didn't just kiss me directly but I didn't dwell on it. I had to hurry home and get back to her.

Emmett was sitting on my couch when I reached my bedroom.

Did you get any last night bro?

"Emmett" I warned.

I take that as a no. "Just checking." He casually lifted himself off of my couch and out of my room. He was humming some dreadful tune in his head.

I changed my clothes and ran down to the garage to retrieve the Volvo.

Rosalie was leaning against it.

'In a hurry, Edward?" she sneered I tried to find the reason for her attitude but she was blocking her thoughts from me.

"Yes actually. I needed to get to Bella's house, so if you'll excuse me." I said as I tried to move around her to get in my car.

"You know Edward; some of us are getting tired of you deserting your family for that little human." She glared at me before pushing past me on her way back into the house.

I stared after her for a moment trying to figure out her hot and cold feelings toward Bella.

Bella was waiting on her front steps when I pulled into her drive. She hurried towards the car.

I stepped out so that I could open her door for her but as soon as she was close enough she threw herself into my arms.

"To what do I owe this honor?" I chuckled.

"I missed you." she smiled.

"Yes because I was gone a whole half hour." I teased her. She stuck her tongue out at me. I laughed as I helped her into the car and made my way to my side.

We spent the short ride to school stealing glances at each other.

My morning went by agonizingly slow. I was bombarded with the mundane thoughts and conversations of my classmates and I tried to tune them out but found that harder than usual

because most of them revolved around Bella and me.

"I heard that Bella is paying Cullen to date her." A girl who is called Nicole in my first class said.

"I heard that she is blackmailing him." Her friend Leigh Ann whispered conspiratorially.

What does he see in her?

I could take her from him if I wanted too.

Hey, did you hear about Bella Swan?" a boy named Wesley asked.

"What about her?" Eric Yorkie asked.

"I heard from Tyler who heard from Mike that Cullen's older brother threatened her if she didn't go out with him." Wesley replied with a shrug.

She needs to be saved from him. I have to help her. Yorkie thought.

And the rumors begin I thought dryly. The bell rang for the end of third period then and I made my way to Emmett and we hurried off to find Bella.

She was standing the door of her class with Newton pinning her against the wall.

"So Bella, I heard that you are only dating Cullen because you're being threatened by his freakishly huge brother. You know I can protect you from both of them. Go to dinner with me

tonight and we'll discuss your escape plan." Newton cooed as he leaned closer to my love.

"You know Mike, I'd love to escape," Bella smiled at him. I blanched but she looked over at me and winked.

"O-Okay then." Newton replied shakily. He didn't expect her to agree. Em and I were close enough that we could hear what they were saying now even if we would have been human.

"Oh, look." Bella giggled, "There is my escape plan now." She walked around Newton and interlocked her fingers with mine.

"Thanks for helping her escape Mikey" Emmett crooned at him as we walked off.

Damn you Cullen. I had DIBS!

I chuckled and shook my head.

Rose didn't come to lunch at all and Em looked a little angry but kept his thoughts as well as his words away from his wife.

Bella asked where she was and Alice answered her.

"Rose had a fashion emergency. Someone was wearing the same top as her so she went home to change." She explained.

She is being a bitch about Bella Again. I don't get it. What's been going through her mind Edward?

I shook my head and shrugged.

Newton Glared at me all through Biology and thought of different ways to get Bella away from me. I fought off a laugh at some of his ideas and came close to being the only vampire to

become violently ill when he imagined punching me in the face and me crying at his feet. His mind showed Bella laughing and stepping over me to get to him. The me-in his mind-grabbed

her leg and begged for her love as she kissed Mike passionately.

He was right behind us as I walked Bella to gym. He kept daydreaming of giving Bella her first kiss and her telling him how much she loved him. I decided to show him that I was the one

Bella loved. I turned to her when we got to the gym doors. She smiled up at me and I leaned in and brushed my lips across hers briefly. She stood on her tiptoes to prolong the kiss.

I obliged her for a few moments.

"I love you" I whispered as I pulled away. Her smile was radiant at my public display.

"I love you, Edward." she sighed before going into the building.

Mike was standing behind me with his mouth gaping open. I winked and smirked at him as I passed.

After school I drove Bella home. I apologized for my behavior before gym but she waved me off insisting that she had enjoyed it and wouldn't mind a repeat of it.

Emmett looked stressed when I arrived home. Jasper was trying to help him calm down by suggesting they go hunting together.

Em seemed reluctant but agreed and asked me to join them. I nodded and followed them out to Em's jeep.

They were blocking their thoughts and not speaking for the entire drive and I was beginning to think that my coming was a mistake.

When we were about fifty miles outside of Forks Em pulled off of the road and parked. We ran for about half an hour until we reached the edge of the game reserve.

I was preparing too take off alone to hunt a mountain lion whose scent I had caught when Emmett grabbed my arm.

"What are you doing?" I asked confused.

"We need to talk." he said in a grim tone.

"Okay talk" I sat down on a log. Jasper sat down beside me but Emmett began to pace. His thoughts were jumbled and he seemed flustered.

Jasper's thoughts were fairly quiet and centered on keeping me calm.

"Just say what you need to say Em." I was growing impatient.

He stopped pacing and came to a stop in front of me.

"Alright, I know that you are technically older than me but I still feel like your big brother and I feel that it's my responsibility to make sure that you are properly educated."

I groaned, suddenly understanding what was happening.

"Thanks Em but I am a mind reader remember. I have probably seen things that you couldn't even imagine."

Really, can you tell me about it?

"True but seeing it in the minds of other and doing it yourself are two different things." Jasper interjected.

Emmett nodded in agreement but his mind was still trying to figure out what I had seen that he hadn't.

"Thank you both but I'm not planning on doing anything sexual any time soon so I am going to hunt and then head back to Bella's house." I took off in the direction that I had smelled the

lion in before. I was almost out of ear shot when I heard Emmett yell.

"Wait, no time soon, that means you are planning to do it sometime. Go Eddie!"

I laughed at his logic and turned towards the north crouching as I caught the scent of the lion again.