I changed a few things since last time... it was brought to my attention that i wasn't the only one unhappy with some of the wording... well that's been fixed thanks to the wonderful help of gemma smells like apple cake. Everyone should give her a round of appluase! YAY!!! clapps enthusiastically for Gemma now let's get on with it!

Chapter XX

In which Harper and Embry have a little fun and make some confessions.

Harper's POV

We went up to Mia's apartment first, and gave the boys the grand tour. After we went to mine, and repeated the process, before Jacob and Mia went back to Mia's apartment, next door.

I took my bag into my bedroom. I dropped it on the floor deciding I'd unpack later, I didn't feel like doing it right away.

I turned and almost jumped out of my skin when I saw Embry leaning casually against the door frame, I hadn't heard him fallow me over here. He had been going through the kitchen when I'd come in here.

He smiled and shrugged away from the door frame. "What are you doing?" I asked him, walking over and placing my hands around his neck.

His arms snaked around my waist. "Just watching you." He said.

"Ok then." I said like I thought he was crazy. Embry chuckled before lowering his mouth to mine.

I sighed kissing him back, my hands becoming knotted in his hair as I pulled him closer. I parted my lips, deepening the kiss, and I felt his tongue slide out to meet mine.

Embry picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist., Embry's hand's cupping my ass to hold me up.

He walked forward, reaching the bed and lowering me into it, never breaking the kiss. I felt his body press against every line of mine. His mouth left mine and I gasped for air. Embry trailed kisses down my jaw and neck, then along my collar bone. I felt his tongue pool in the indent above my collar bone and I let out a moan. I felt his lips curl up into a grin, and felt his excitement pressed against my leg.

Embry retraced his path of kisses back up to my lips. He kissed me and I gentle pushed, rolling him to the side till I was straddling him.

I feathered kisses over his bare chest, which was rising and falling rapidly with his heavy breathing.

"Harper, if you keep that up I'm going to have to have my way with you." Embry said huskily.

"Is that so?" I giggled, grazing my teeth over his nipple causing a sharp intake of breath from him.

"Yes." He said, his breathing ragged.

"You say that like it's a bad thing." I commented.

"It's not. It'll be the best moment of my life most likely. But not now." He said.

I sat up straight and looked at him. I was still straddling him, so I had to look down.

I sighed. "You're right. We shouldn't rush." I agreed. I slid off of him and laid down, snuggling into his side.

"Mmm. I love you." He said, pressing his lips into my hair.

"I love you too." I said. I sighed. How was he so perfect? He was gorgeous and considerate, and sweet. He was even willing to hold off on sex till it was right. "Embry?"

"Yeah?"

"I was just wondering. Most guys wouldn't have stopped me. Especially since, you started it. Why did you?"

"We've only been together a little while." He said. "I know it feels like longer, It feels like forever, like I've known you my whole life, because my life didn't really start till I met you, but we shouldn't rush into that so fast. And I…." He trailed off embarrassed.

"What?" I asked, raising my head to look at his face. "Embry tell me."

"Well, it's just that, I've never, well I'm still…"

"You're a virgin?" I guessed incredulous. How did someone as gorgeous and wonderful as him, have never been with a woman?

"Yeah," He sighed. "I'm still a virgin." He pulled away from me slightly, and rolled over to face the other direction.

"Embry," I said scooting back to back and placing my hand on his shoulder. "You don't have to be embarrassed. It's just that you, well you were pretty remarkable a few minutes ago. It's hard to believe someone with that kind of skill hasn't got any experience."

Embry turned back to me and I smiled at him. A smiled spread across his face warming my heart. "Those girls in La Push don't know what they've missed."

"Well I haven't dated anyone really since the change. So there's really been no opportunity." He said a bit sarcastically. "But even if I had dated, there'd have been no one for me to make love to. I never knew love till I met you." I smiled at him, but I felt the smile slip off my face.

Embry may be a virgin. But I was not. I suddenly felt ashamed, like I was dirty and unfit to be near someone as perfect as Embry.

"Harper?" Embry asked concerned by my sudden change in mood.

I started to move away, to get up. I wasn't sure what to say to him. I was embarrassed that I couldn't make the same claim as he could.

I felt too warm arms grab me and stop me from escaping. "Harper, tell me." Embry commanded.

"I'm not a virgin." I mumbled miserably. "I haven't been for a while."

"That's ok. I didn't think you were, I really don't think a virgin would make a very good reproductive therapist." He said calmly.

"Aren't you upset?" I asked.

"No. Why would I be?"

"I feel like such slut look at me look at you, your so perfect how can I compare with that?" Tears began to well up in my eyes, cascading down my cheeks.

Something hot brushed along my cheeks wiping the tears away. It was Embry's hand. "No. No. Don't ever say that. You deserve so much better then me. It's me who doesn't deserve you. And you are not soiled in anyway. You are perfect."

I sniffed and threw my arms around his Embry's neck hugging him close. I really didn't deserve him. But I wasn't ever going to let him go.

I surprised myself with that thought. My head was screaming at me that Embry was way out of my league and that he could do so much better then me, that he deserved someone who was much better then me. But my heart told me, that despite that, he was mine. And when it did, every fiber of my being believed it. He was mine, and I was his.

"I love you." I said into his neck.

"I love you too Harper. I think we should get some sleep. We, well according to Mia, we have a lot of things to do tomorrow."

I chuckled and settled back down into his arms. "Embry pressed his hot lips into my hair one more time, before I fell into a peaceful sleep, wondering how I could have ever gotten so lucky as to have Embry Call stumble across my camp site.