Disclaimer: As always I don't own Twilight...though I'm beginning to wish I owned Jasper.

A/N: Had a glitch with the first attempt to get this up...sorry folks.

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BPOV

Charlie was gone when I got up; he probably hadn't even had breakfast. Sometimes I wonder how he ever existed before I came back to live with him. I was sure he had lived off beer, pizza and pop tarts. He was addicted to pop tarts. It took me a while to wean him off of those sugar nightmares in the morning. There were major strops on both of our parts until he relented. I had suspicions that he had a secret supply at the station.

I showered and washed away the inevitable skin of sweat that came with torrid dreams. They had become so much more than explicit in the last week. They had become tender and comforting and protective and loving. I was confused by the sudden change in direction, but as always I could hardly complain when I woke up with the explosions of orgasms pulsing through my body. There were certainly worse ways to be woken up.

Alice had become even more interested in them, if that was even possible, secreting every little detail from me in the mornings. Taking note that they had been changing as the days wore on since Edwards's arrival. I was sure that had little to do with the change, but I could see Alice's brain working overtime, making two plus two equal five.

The weather had changed overnight. It had gone from cold and wet to icy and dangerous. Tentatively I walked out to my truck. Sure that if my concentration deviated for even a second I would end up on my ass. Not that it would be surprising to anyone, but I was eager to not fall over. I was currently on a two days without accident streak and I wanted it to continue.

Charlie had gotten up early to put snow chains on my tyres I noted as I hopped up into the cabin. He really did show his fatherly love in the most suitable of ways for his accident prone daughter. I stopped to pick up Alice, taking note of the fact that she had still managed to put on a skirt and dangerously high heels even with the layer of ice covering everything.

"Do you really think that those shoes are sensible Alice?" I asked as I watched her bright yellow car disappear into the distance from my rear view mirror.

"They are Louboutins!" She gasped. "Of course they are sensible!"

"Whatever you say."

"Not all of us have the luxury of having such a down to earth style Bells." She muttered.

"Not all of us have the luxury of our own limitless credit card." I retorted.

"Fair point. Well made." She laughed.

It took longer than usual to make it to school, everyone was driving slower because of the ice and I was no different. Finally I put the truck in park and we hopped out, a little surprised that Jasper had not been waiting for us or for Alice more to the point. We shrugged and leaned against the side of the truck, waiting for him this morning for once.

EPOV

Emmett had been worse than usual this morning when I tried to drag him away from his unfinished breakfast. He waited until we were in the car and away from the caring ears of our adopted parents before he made some crack about wet dreams and not being able to wait to get to Bella. I punched his arm and he didn't even flinch.

I didn't tell him that the dreams had been changing, morphing into something that made me want to get to know the real Bella more and more. Didn't tell him the feeling of belonging they gave me when I woke up. That it wasn't about the instant gratification of a race to orgasm that they had been previously. They had become more loving. If I were to explain it to Emmett I would have to tell him that it had gone from mere fucking to making love and he would probably vomit all over me. Which is what I would both expect and deserve.

There had been a layer of frost descend through the night but I still drove at a dangerous speed, knowing the Volvo as well as I did I could feel the slightest motion that was wrong and compensate for it. I was cocky in my ability as a good driver and when Chief Swan pulled me over as we made our way to pick up Jasper I was reminded that the universe hates a smart ass.

"Edward." He sighed at me through the window. "I can't have you driving like a reckless idiot in this type of weather. There are other people on the road."

"I'm sorry Chief Swan, I was worried I would late picking up Jasper and Alice would kill me if he was late to meet her." His expression changed when I mentioned Alice, as I had hoped it would.

"I have to give you a ticket. You need to learn to be more responsible on the road."

"I understand." I nodded up at him, wanting him to just get on with it.

"And I should maybe talk to your parents about sending you to a driving school to get refreshed on road safety."

"Whatever you think is the best course of action sir." I conceded. Silently furious, knowing full well that Carlisle and Esme would think this is a good idea.

Finally we were allowed to go and I knew Jasper was going to be annoyed, but as soon as we were out of sight of the police cruiser I picked up the pace a bit and was not that late. Emmett was snickering as he told Jasper what had just transpired.

"That'll ruin your chances of taking Bells out then." He laughed at me.

"What?!" I looked at him in the rear view mirror with a look of horror on my face.

"I was only joking. Calm down." He locked eyes with Emmett and rolled them.

Alice and Bella were leaning against the side of her truck when we got into school. The bell hadn't rang otherwise they would both be gone. Bella looked cold as she stood shivering with her best friend, her nose adorably pink. Hold on. What was I doing? She was not adorable. She was invading my dreams, if anything that was annoying, I corrected myself.

Jasper was out the car before I had put it into park. I couldn't help but smile at the absolute adoration he had for his girlfriend. It was sweet. Not that I was into that sort of thing. I shook my head softly. I was still going mad.

Emmett and I trailed behind Jasper, walking carefully over the ice to Bella's truck. She smiled warmly at Emmett and tightly at me. What was that about? I wondered if she still felt annoyed at my reaction to her when we first met.

"I can't believe your father lets you drive this thing in this weather." Chuckled Emmett.

"Hey, it's vintage!" Bella laughed, and I couldn't help but watch her, fascinated by her interaction with my brother. "Alice tells me that's a good thing."

"Only in clothes, sweetie." Alice pulled herself away from Jaspers lips long enough to impart this piece of wisdom before firmly attaching herself to them again. So that's why she wears such high heels.

The bell rang and we all moved off, but Bella smacked her forehead with the palm of her hand and went back to her truck. I hesitated, unsure whether I should continue on or wait for her. I didn't want to appear rude, so hovered as Emmett strode away from me to get into the warmth. Another car arrived and the identikit twins hopped out, spotting me and waving, rolling their eyes at Bella. I glared at them as I noticed a van spin into the parking lot in a screech of tyres.

Bella hadn't noticed any of this; she was too busy rooting around the cabin of her truck until she triumphantly shouted "Aha."

"Find it?"

"Oh, I didn't know you had waited." She said.

And then a hundred things happened at once. She looked behind me, first noticing the two girls still staring at us with a look of distaste on her face, and then her full pink lips made an "o" and her eyes widened in fear. Her teeth bit into her bottom lip and she winced as I looked behind me, realising the van was still out of control and spinning through the car park directly for us. I launched myself at Bella, grabbing her torso in my arms and throwing us both down onto the grass in front of her truck. My body cushioned the fall and she was crushed on top of me.

We both looked up as the van glanced off the truck. Exactly where we had been standing. The blow propelled the van back into a spin, towards the two girls frozen to the spot. The blonder one stood stock still, not moving a muscle, staring at the van as it careened towards her. The other one, Jessica, finally managed to move, her hand yanking at her friend, unable to get purchase as she took a step to the side and propelled herself out of the way.

The sound was unbearable. The collision was over quickly, but the sounds continued as the van crunched over the body of the girl. I looked down at Bella, she was staring wide eyed at the scene in front of us. Gently I placed my hand onto her cheek and forced her to look away. She wrapped her limbs around me and pushed her face into my neck, shivering violently, her breath on my neck and her hand grasping my hair.

Strangely, it was one of the best moments of my life.

A/N: Obviously I took a part of SM's story and played with it a little...I thought it would further the devious plot in my head for my own interpretation of Bella and Edward. Read and Review....and as always I hope you like it.

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