A/N…I want to take this time to point out that whenever you read "mating imperative" in this story, that term was coined by LJ Summers in her Wolf Pack stories, which you really should go and read.

u2shay also has a lovely story, THAT GIRL, that is a fine read too, oh, and HOT!

If you really need to laugh, read PROGRESS by 107yearoldvirgin. Do NOT drink anything while reading, because if you do, you WILL spit liquid on your computer and that wouldn't be good.

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…Chapter Three…

…Edward…

My mind became totally focused on Bella's face as she stood before me. Everything else faded away. Her face, framed with long brown hair, was almost level with mine because I was sitting on the lab stool. She was petite, only about 5'4"; I would have towered over her if I had been standing. This summer's growth spurt had put me well over 6' tall. Instinctively I reached my left hand out to her. She placed her book bag on the table and looked into my eyes and then back down to my outstretched hand.

"Bella, please…" my voice was low and rough with need, a need that was almost primal and unlike anything I had ever felt before. My mind was whirling with the heavenly aroma that was radiating from her and making connections within my body and soul.

"I'm Edward…" I whispered, wanting her to know my name, I wanted her to know me. I wanted to know everything about her…

Bella's eyes fluttered closed and she took another deep breath. Opening her golden eyes she placed her small hand into mine. Her skin was very cool, almost cold, and smooth and filled a need I hadn't even known that I had. She laced her fingers tightly into mine and stepped between my open knees where I sat on the stool and moved close to my body.

As if it was the most natural thing in the world, I pulled her closer and nestled my face into the curve of her neck. Our twined hands rested between us and I slipped my other hand around her waist, pulling her closer still. The relief from a tension that had been a part of my body for my entire life left me and made me glad that I was sitting; otherwise I'm sure I would have fallen. The new lack of tension was the only thing that told me it had even been there. What an odd feeling.

I gasped when she tucked her cool face into the curve of my neck. The relief doubled with the additional skin on skin contact. We both just breathed deeply for a couple of moments, totally ignoring everything that was going on around us.

The strength of her scent, where I breathed it in right at her neck was overwhelming as I immersed myself in it. The sweet aroma swirled through my lungs; healing me where I hadn't even known I was hurting…it was heaven.

The crash of some books falling to the floor at the front of the classroom brought me slightly back to the present. I slowly lifted my face from the comfort of her neck and looked around. The rest of the students hadn't noticed what was going on at our table in the back of the room. They were all excited about the lab equipment set out on the tables. Some of the girls were squealing over the worms in the small containers.

Bella lifted her face from my neck and took a small step away, looking up at me, her eyes shining. "I suppose we should consider where we are, Edward." Her voice was low and melodic and I thought that I could listen to her say my name over and over and never get tired of hearing it. She took another step away, but kept our fingers tightly wound together. Her third step caused my free hand to leave the small of her back and I felt profound loss over that broken connection.

"Let's get through this class and then we can talk. I think that there are some things that we need to discuss." She chuckled quietly and the sound washed over me in a gentle wave. Bella lifted our hands and said with a smile in her voice, "I wonder if we can do this lab with our hands together?"

Her words caused me to smile too. I pulled her stool close to mine and she climbed up, our legs pressing together from hip to knee. Smiling into her eyes I said, "I think we should give it a try."

My mind was trying to focus on so many things. Bella and what was happening between us; the feeling of electricity and need that was running through us both; and getting the lab completed. And I say both of us because I could tell with absolute certainty that she felt it too. When the point came where we did have to free our hands, Bella pressed her leg closer to mine. I wondered if she would think I was a perv if she knew that I was wishing that we were both wearing much less clothing so that the skin of our legs could be touching. A soft chuckle left her lips as she tucked her ankle around my leg after lifting our jeans a little. The result was skin on skin from ankle to calf and another round of relief in my body.

"I didn't say that out loud, did I?" I asked quietly.

Softly her voice whispered through my mind, No, you didn't. Like I said, we need to talk…let's get this lab done. What class do you have after this?

By this point I wasn't even surprised that I could hear her in my mind. This whole situation was beyond odd, but still strangely right.

"I have gym next…" I said.

Bella's eyes lit up and she exclaimed, "Me too! I think we should both skip. What do you say?"

I cocked my head at her and just thought...Sounds good to me.

The smile that lit her face told me that she had heard my words. I had no idea how that was happening, but it made me feel slightly like an X-Man. Bella laughed when that thought crossed my mind. Yes, Edward, we need to talk…

Sandi had been right, this girl was smart. We breezed through the lab, taking turns with the scalpel and writing out our answers on the worksheet with our lower legs touching the entire time. We also let our hands linger together when we didn't need to have them free. I ran my fingertips from her wrist to the curve of her elbow, her skin was so smooth, the coolness was incredibly pleasing to me. Having her scent wash over me the entire time was intoxicating. I had never been drunk or high, but this must be what it was like. I just hoped that there was no hangover from it.

Bella smiled at me and shook her head as she laughed gently. No, no hangovers from this feeling. Are we done yet? I know I sound like some little kid, "Are we there yet?"

With twenty minutes left in the class we were done and ready to put the equipment away. All the other teams were still working.

"Let's get this stuff cleaned up so that we can leave the second the bell rings," I said quietly as I began gathering up the tools while Bella picked up the microscope and our papers to hand to the teacher.

I'm afraid to take my ankle away from yours…I think it's going to hurt when we aren't touching. Her voice sounded distraught in my head.

"Let's do it quickly then we can hold hands when we are done," I whispered. We both took deep breaths and she moved away from me. The shock of pain at the lack of contact took my breath away. Hurry, I said mentally as I almost lunged to the sink to wash the implements. Drying them I rushed to put them away.

My mind and body were screaming that I had to get back to her. Suddenly relief washed over me and I realized that she had finished her tasks and was standing next to me at the equipment cabinet, resting her hand on my bicep. A sigh left me and I heard relief in her mind too.

"Let's sit back down and wait for the class to finish," I said as we walked hand in hand back to our table. The rest of the class was finishing up their work and several of the students were looking at us, their mouths agape. As we passed them, I heard voices begin to speculate on just what was up with us. I sat down on the stool and she came between my legs again and just leaned into me. Again, it felt so natural and right to have her so close. But I wanted her closer still…

The looks that our classmates were giving us didn't deter me in the least. But I'm sure they were thinking about the fact that this was Bella's first day and here we were, holding hands. My guess is that they were all thinking, "She's so hot, and he's such a geek." I decided that it didn't matter if they were talking about us and it mattered even less what they were saying. All that mattered was that we were touching right now. Everything else could be sorted out later. At this moment in time, nothing was more important to me than being with Bella, touching her, feeling her hand in mine and breathing in the luscious scent that surrounded her.

…Bella…

I wasn't totally surprised when Edward began hearing my thoughts in his mind. My family and I had discussed this at length…about what would happen if and when I found my mate. Carlisle and Esme did not have special gifts, but they could communicate once they became aware of each other. It was the same with Emmett and Rosalie.

Things were slightly different with Alice and Jasper. They were both gifted and they shared their gifts with each other. Alice could read emotions from others, although she couldn't manipulate them like Jasper could. Jasper got flashes of the future from Alice. They could also hear each other's thoughts.

I had been told that it was a perk of finding one's mate. We had met some nomads who claimed to be mates, but I found that they couldn't hear each other's thoughts. Mated couples could hear each other and I had seen examples of that with every truly mated couple that I had met.

My gift allowed me to hear everyone's thoughts, but no one had ever heard mine before. And now Edward could. At this point in our relationship it was intermittent on his part, but within a short amount of time we would be able to hear each other over great distances. It was partially because of the bond we now shared and partially because I was sharing my gift with him. It amazed me that it would be so, with him being human.

The bond we now shared…I found myself looking down at his hand where it rested on my thigh as we waited for the class to be over. Feeling his eyes on me, I raised my chin and looked into his eyes. I had never seen eyes as darkly green as his, with flecks of gold surrounding the pupil. I could lose myself in them.

Questions, yes, I have questions…his mental voice was quizzical. Where should we go when we skip class? I've never actually skipped a class before. Do you suppose you are going to be a bad influence on me? I do think it has to be somewhere where I can touch you. Can I at least hope that you are going to be a bad influence on me? His eyes were dancing with mirth, with an undercurrent of desire.

Smiling, I thought about it briefly. We could go to my home; it will be quiet for the next couple of hours, we'd be free to talk…and touch. I need that too, so much…And maybe you'll be the one that is a bad influence on me…

A soft growl left my throat as his eyes darkened even more.

Did you just growl? Wow…hot…sure, your house would be great. You came in the big jeep, right? I nodded to him as I looked down and concentrated on his hand again, lightly touching the back of it with my fingers. The heat he exuded made my own hand feel warm. If you don't mind, you could ride with me on my bike…

Edward showed me his candy apple red motorcycle in his mind. I could tell that he was quite proud of it. He had earned the money to buy it by working at a local feed store over the summer. I've got two helmets…

That made me laugh a little and he looked up with a question in his mind. What's so funny?

Smiling at him, I told him that we really needed to talk. He nodded his head as he brought his hand up to caress my cheek. His touch was soothing, yet exhilarating.

I would have to tell him the truth about me, all the facts of my existence. That thought scared me; we were all about keeping the secret. It was the one rule of being a vampire. And now I was going to tell this human all about it. How would he take it? Would he run, scoff, try and kill me with a stake to my heart? All I heard in his mind was curiosity and excitement about skipping class with me…being alone with me.

The rest of the class was finished with their cleanup and were busy watching us and watching the clock. Several of them could hardly wait to tell their friends about the shocking turn of events. Their thoughts ran along the lines of the new girl and the bronze haired nerd were holding hands. A couple of them were jealous of both him and of me.

The bell rang and still keeping our hands entwined we gathered our book bags and left the class. Edward pictured his locker. It was down the hall and on the right. He kept out his math and English books, the only classes that had homework for the day. My locker was just around the corner and we stopped there and I put my books away.

Aren't you going to take your books home? He asked.

Looking deeply into his eyes I answered him, I was hoping that I could use yours…

A smile lifted his lips as we walked towards the exit doors. We passed the gym and I asked him to wait. Alice was in the gym class that we were skipping out on. I could see her sitting on the bleachers since it was her first day of class and she didn't have to dress down. I called her name quietly and she looked over to where Edward and I were standing just outside the doors. A smile lit her face when she saw us and she waved gaily.

Have fun, we are all looking forward to meeting him when we get home, Esme and Carlisle won't be back until the same time we get there. Her mental voice was incredibly excited and I knew she was happy about the state of affairs.

"You knew this was going to happen, didn't you?" I was shocked when I realized that. She laughed, waving me away.

Go and have fun, but not too much fun. He has to know what he's getting into…it's too late for both of you, but he should know anyway. By the way, there're some cookies, fruit and some sodas at the house. He'll be hungry. He is a teenager after all…

I looked up at Edward and he looked a bit confused. It occurred to me that he was hearing part of this through our connection. Lifting my hand to his cheek I said, "Come on, she's right. We do have a lot to talk about. One part of the puzzle is that Alice is psychic. She saw that you were going to be coming home with me, and she left something for you to eat at the house."

Edward's hand came up and covered mine where it rested against his face. "It seems that there are a lot of questions to be answered. Let's go." Psychic? That's interesting. I wonder if she could tell me who's going to win the OU/Texas game this weekend? Wait, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun to watch if I knew who was going to win…I won't ask. Maybe I could ask which teams are going to be in the Super Bowl though…nah, that wouldn't be fair or fun either…

Holding my hand, he led me to his bike where it was parked with several others. "I can't ride it when it's really rainy. I drive the old truck my parents got me when I turned 16, but I do love riding this. I even have some rain gear to wear when it's wet, but not too wet." He unlocked the seat and pulled two helmets out. He handed me one, and I put it on, not wanting to explain just then that I really didn't need it. Placing his books in the seat, he put his own helmet on and threw his leg over the saddle then kicked the starter. The engine roared into life.

I just stood there for a moment taking in how hot he looked right then. His laugh filled my ears along with his mental voice, Hot, huh? Come on, Lady, ride with me…

Lady? I'm your old Lady?

He just cocked his head and smiled at me as he sat a bit deeper into the saddle of the bike, waiting for me. We hadn't been touching for about a minute and I was definitely missing the contact, so I slipped onto the seat behind him. My body slid forward and I pressed my chest into his warm back. I felt him take in a deep breath at the connection of our bodies.

I was touching him from my shoulders clear down to my knees. It was almost enough, but not quite. Slipping my arms around his waist, I lifted his shirt at the front and put my hands against his torso, gripping his naked sides with my cold palms.

A shiver ran through him, but it wasn't from the cold. That's hot…and almost enough, he thought as he put the bike into gear. Which way?

I gave him directions and we headed out of the parking lot, the bike making a muffled roar.

I had thought about getting a set of helmets with an intercom system. Now I'm glad that I saved my money. This works really well. His mind was smug with our non-verbal exchange.

I laughed and hugged myself closer to him, my thighs gripping his. He was right, it was almost close enough. I wondered what he'd think about how close we'd have to be to ease the ache that was overtaking both of us. He didn't catch that out of my mind and I was glad. There was still quite a bit of conversation that was needed before we got that far.

Telling him to slow down as we approached the drive to our house, I showed him the driveway in my mind. He down shifted and we made the entry into the long drive smoothly. Our house was about a mile off the road and he drove carefully. When we made the last turn and he saw the house for the first time he was speechless for a moment.

I didn't know that we had any mansions here in Forks…He approved the clean lines of the three story structure and the amount of windows that he could see from the front.

Esme, my mother, will be pleased that you like it. She took a rather dilapidated old house and made it into this.

He stopped the bike and I gave him another squeeze before stepping off and removing my helmet. He took his off too and we set them both on the seat and turned to look at each other.

There was a brief moment where I didn't know what to do next. Edward took matters into his own hands and stepped closer to me. He raised his hand to my face and lightly ran the back of it down and across my cheekbone. I felt my eyes close as the feeling of relief ran through me again.

I don't know what this is, but I never want it to stop. His mental voice was soft and full of wonder.

Stepping back I held my hand out to him and he took it without hesitation. I turned and led him up the steps and into the house.

"Wow, this is beautiful." He looked around at the open space that made up our living room. He led me to the back wall which was made up of windows and looked out over a rambling garden towards the river. I love how open this looks. It's almost like we are part of the landscape.

"Esme spent the better part of a year traveling back and forth from our last home, preparing the house before we all arrived. The garden is her favorite element of the remodeling project." I spoke out loud. When he turned from looking outside I asked him if he'd like a snack. "You heard Alice say that we have cookies, fruit and soda. Does any of that sound appealing to you?"

Our hands were still entwined and he tugged me gently to him. "First I think that I need more of this, of you..." Edward lowered his head and placed his face in the crook of my neck again. This time it was me gasping when his warm breath flowed over my skin.

You smell so good, I kept getting a hint of your scent from the moment I arrived at school today. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. I had finally decided that it was someone's perfume and I wanted to get some. He played the scene of Lauren thinking it was her he was sniffing and how he had diverted her by blowing his nose.

I laughed and showed him my moment with the freshman boy. I nuzzled into the curve of his shoulder and as my cold nose travelled up to his earlobe he groaned into my neck and lifted me up into his arms. I locked my legs around his waist and he pulled me closer to his chest, fastening his arms around me. The closeness was a relief to us both.

"Let's sit on the couch," I said and pictured the white leather sofa behind us. Edward continued to breathe into my neck as he walked slowly backwards. When he felt the sofa against his calves, he lowered us down to the buttery softness.

My knees rested on either side of his thighs as I sat back against his knees. I raised my face to place my forehead against his. The skin to skin contact was wonderful and I could see in his thoughts that he felt the same. Without a conscious decision my fingers slipped up and over his shoulders and came to rest in the hair at the nape of his neck. Now it was my turn to groan when I felt his silky bronze locks for the first time. I let my fingers weave into his hair and placed the pads of my fingers against his scalp.

Almost close enough…we thought at the same time.

Edward shifted me closer to his chest and slipped his hands beneath my shirt. He placed his palms up flat against my shoulder blades as he pulled me even closer.

"That's just about close enough," I whispered. "At least close enough for this conversation."

He nodded his head where it still rested at my forehead.

"What question do you want to ask first?" I murmured. I might even have an answer for you…

He thought for a moment. I could see several different thoughts half form in his mind before he finally found the most pressing one, the one he wanted to know the answer to the most.

Will this connection between us last forever? He asked, his mind as full of longing as mine was.

Yes…yes, it will, I answered then clarified my comment. If you choose to accept it, but I really need to tell you what that choice consists of…

A long sigh left his lungs. Yes, please, I choose to accept this. The mere thought of not being with you, close to you, of leaving you is totally unacceptable. I cannot be without you now; I think it would literally kill me. That sounds so dramatic, like it's coming from a seventeen year old boy, but I know, without a shadow of doubt that we belong together. I've never felt so whole in my entire life.

"But you don't even know what's happening here, you don't know what I am…" He was shaking his head even as I spoke those words out loud.

Lifting his head enough to look me in the eyes he said, clearly and with determination, "Listen to me and hear me when I say that I cannot imagine my life without you in it now. I've only known you a couple of hours and I don't even want to imagine it." I searched his eyes and found truth there and released the breath that I hadn't realized I was holding.

"Now we need to be closer…" Edward leaned towards me, his eyes on my mouth before he slowly pressed his lips to mine for the first time. The warmth where he touched me spread across my face and filled my unbeating heart. I hadn't felt this alive in twenty-three years, or even from before, when I was human. Our lips slowly moved together, slanting and seeking. A groan left him and I felt a growl rise in my chest to answer him.

Edward pulled my hips closer to his body and our kisses became more heated as we pressed against each other. My tongue outlined his lower lip and he opened his mouth to me. I groaned, as good as he smelled, I was amazed that he tasted even better. I ran my tongue over his teeth and he let our tongues become tangled.

Let me in, please…he asked as he tried to move into my mouth.

I can't, not just yet. There's more that we have to talk about. There's more that you need to know…

Okay, if you insist, but let's just kiss a while longer, okay? I've only kissed once before and it wasn't anything like this… I heard the passion in his voice and I couldn't say no. I had only shared a kiss once before and it was nothing like this. This was heaven on earth. Now that I was experiencing it, I knew why my family was at it all the time; I wondered how they could stop. I occurred to me that it was probably because we were newly mated, or at least trying to become so.

I knew we needed to stop when I realized just how stimulated we were both becoming. The way I was sitting on his lap showed me just how aroused he was and I could smell and feel my own. The need to form a physical bond with each other was rapidly taking us over.

Yes, it is, I'm not even sure what this bond needs to consist of, but my body is pushing me towards something, pushing me towards you and I want to let go and just find it…he sighed as he pushed me back the smallest amount. If we need to continue talking, let me get something to drink and then we can talk…

With one last tender kiss on his lips, I slipped off his lap and offered him my hand, needing to keep some skin on skin contact.

"Come on, let's see what Alice left for you." I looked away as Edward adjusted himself when he got to his feet. If I could have blushed, I would have. Edward laughed at my discomfiture.

"Hey, you caused this!" He was right and I laughed gently as I led him into the kitchen. I laughed again when I saw a package of Oreos, three bananas and two apples on the kitchen counter. There was a note in Alice's writing sitting beside the food, "Soda and water in the fridge."

Edward was looking around the kitchen and after reading the note he let my hand go and opened the door of the refrigerator. He looked startled when he saw what was in it, or rather, what wasn't in it. His mind was a blank when he glanced over at me. Then he started looking through the cabinets. He made sure to brush his hand against my arm as he moved passed me in his search. The only things he found were dishes, pots and pans, silverware. There was no food: fresh, canned or otherwise.

No food? None at all? I saw the size of Emmett, that guy has to eat a lot. He sounded confused when his search ended.

"Yes, there is no food in the house. Except for what Alice left here for you. Her psychic abilities really do come in handy sometimes. I'm guessing that Esme will be bringing some groceries when she returns home, because Alice will have told her that you are here. But there is no food here because we eat, or rather, drink our meals…out in the woods."

Edward had taken a bottle of water out of the refrigerator. He opened it and drank down half of it then replaced the lid and put it on the counter next to the snacks. I was trying to catch his thought process but I was having a hard time keeping up. A lot of theories were racing through his mind. Several of them were based on comic books and sci-fi movies.

Edward approached me where I was leaning against the marble counter. He put his hands on my waist and lifted me up onto it. He spread my legs and stepped close to me, slipping his hands beneath my shirt and around to my shoulder blades again. That was quickly becoming my favorite position in the world. His biceps, wrists and hands touching my skin felt heavenly.

Why don't you need food in the kitchen, Bella? Why do you drink your meals in the woods? His mind was actually quite calm, but I wondered if the truth of my nature would cause him to run from me, from the bond that had formed between us today. Maybe it would be the final thing in this so very odd day that would make him run screaming from my presence.

Placing my hands at the nape of his neck and weaving my fingers into his hair I leaned my face into his neck. I was trying to get the maximum amount of skin contact and once I did, I showed him, through pictures in my mind, my true self.

I showed him that I was a vampire and what that entailed; that I had been one for twenty-three years after my family and I had been in a car crash. The Cullens had found us, my dad was already dead, but my mom had asked Carlisle to do whatever it took to save me…and he had.

I showed him my family, the Cullens, and the way that we are different from many of our kind.

I showed him that we hunted animals for our meals, not people.

I showed him the love we felt for each other, that we were not just a coven, but that we are a family in every sense of the word.

I showed him that Alice was psychic and Jasper could both feel and manipulate emotions in others.

Trying to allow him full disclosure, I showed him others of our kind, the ones with red eyes who did not hunt animals.

Then I showed him that he was my soul mate; that the makeup of our scents had led us to each other, that there would never be anyone else for me. That the first time I realized that he, Edward Masen, was the source of that overwhelmingly wonderful aroma I had discovered only this morning, that I was lost and had only found myself when he touched my hand for the first time in the lab.

I showed him that he was it for me, that I would love him forever and that as a vampire, forever was a very long time.

Finally I showed him that if this was all too much for him, there was a way to erase his memory of this day. I would never forget, but Jasper could manipulate his emotions to make this all feel like a dream. We would leave, never to bother him again. If I was gone, and he wasn't exposed to my scent, maybe the connection he felt for me could be expunged. I actually wasn't sure it would work. Or if he would feel the loss forever, but if he didn't wish to have me near him, we could try it and see.

During the entire reveal Edward had remained pressed as close as he could possibly be to me. I had felt tension in his body at some points in the story. Particularly when he had seen the way that Emmett enjoyed taking down grizzly bears for dinner and when I showed him some of our less civilized red-eyed brethren. His mind had just taken the pictures in, not judging or making comments, just absorbing it all.

When I was done I tucked my face closer to his neck, wondering if this was the last time that I would be allowed to do so. Edward took a deep breath and held it. After a very long moment he let it out with a sigh as he pulled me impossibly closer to his chest.

"Bella, I don't know what I've done in my short life to be blessed this way, to be blessed by finding you, but it doesn't matter to me that you aren't fully human. All that matters is that we belong together. I can feel the truth of that in my soul." He leaned back so that he could look into my face and continued, "Don't even think about erasing my memory. Some people search their whole lives for what we found today. I'm grateful that I didn't have to wait that long." He leaned in and kissed me softly on the lips. "I don't know how it's possible, but this is what love feels like. Love at first sight--or sniff--or whatever. It's real and it's right." He pressed his lips to mine again.

Whatever we have to do to make this pain go away, we need to do, and soon. I'm aching and feel that I'm not nearly close enough to you. He chuckled briefly. Great, now you think that it's all about sex for me! But I feel like if I don't touch you completely, I'm going to die…or spontaneously combust!

Elation flowed through my body and I kissed him back. When he tried to deepen the kiss, I had to tell him that he couldn't. My teeth, they're very sharp and if we're not careful you'll cut your tongue on them and that would be very bad at this point in time.

Oh, because the blood might make you crazy or something? He asked.

I waited a moment before I answered him. No, because it would make you start to change into a creature like me…

There was a long pause while he considered my answer. He lifted his lips from mine and then asked, "And that would be bad why?"

A/N…well, Edward is taking all of these revelations quite well…don't you think? I decided that in this story…he does just that. No running off to Alaska for either our vampire or our human, no letting the other go for some perceived thought of how it will be safer for them…nope…let's just see how GREAT it would be to actually BE together…yes, I'm all about the HEA, you know, the HAPPILY EVER AFTER…without a lot of angst to wade through. You all know that there are tons of wonderful stories out there just chock full of angst…this is not one of those stories…nope, this is about loving someone, completely, and having some fun while we are at it…

So, anyone think it's fun yet?

While you are all anxiously awaiting the lovely LIME that is in the next chapter, oh, and the one after that too, go and read something by LJ Summers, kejce, u2shay, AMayes and 107yearoldvirgin…that should keep you busy until Wednesday, and Chapter Four of IMMERSION…

Thanks for reading…and reviewing!

Kathie