Seth's Point of View

I'd been preparing myself for this since the day I met Jasmine. I took a deep breath and prepared to start.

"Jasmine," Seth I started cautiously. It was amazing the sensation that her name sent through my body. "There's something I absolutely have to tell you." I heard her heart race at my words. It made me feel self conscious for a moment. What would she say? Would she been disgusted and walk away? Or would she say she felt the same way? I didn't know what to do. I decided to start with a question. "Do you know what imprinting is?" I asked her. She nodded. "Good. I want to tell you that I don't care about imprinting anymore." At this point, the words just started rushing out. It felt good to say them. They felt so right. "I don't care about the whole story that this person is the one I'm meant to be with. It's all a lie and I have proof to back up my story. I can't be meant to be with anyone else but you, Jasmine. It could sound insane, but it's true." I saw her lips twitch as if wanting to say something but she kept her mouth firmly closed. I better not procrastinate any longer. "Jasmine," I hesitated, trying to force out the words, "I—I think I'm in love with you."

Jasmine's mouth dropped open. For the first time since I'd met her, she looked straight up at me. Her blue green eyes gleamed like the most beautiful gems I'd seen in my entire life. They were wide with excitement, happiness, and love as they bore into mine. As soon as I caught sight of them, I knew this was the girl. Since the moment I'd met her, I knew that she was my reason for living. Now I had even more a reason to stay with her than before. I didn't just love her, she was the one. She was the gravity that tied me to the earth.

Jasmine Isabella Cullen, the love of my life.

Jasmine's Point of View

I looked straight up at Seth's large, brown eyes. The moment I saw them, I might've sworn my heart melted. He smiled a large, loving, and…surprised? smile at me. Before I knew it, Seth's arms were around my waist and his warm lips were on mine.

I have never been able to describe it, the way his lips felt on mine. It was a sensation I'd never experienced, a sensation I loved. My arms flew up above me and wrapped around his neck. Seconds later, I heard loud thunder and rain coming down on my back. In just a few moments, I was soaked. I didn't care, though. All that mattered to me was that I was with Seth and that he loved me as much as I loved him. He paused the kiss for a moment only to move his mouth to my ear and whisper the words I was almost sure I'd dreamed.

"I love you," he said. We were both insanely wet by this point but it didn't bother us at all.

"I love you, too," I said.

"And, Jasmine?"

"Yeah?"

"I just imprinted."

Another huge shock to me. My heart raced faster than before. "On who?" I was too dizzy to realize the obvious.

"On you, silly," he said.

It was all too much. If Seth's strong arms hadn't been holding me up, I might've collapsed. I pressed my ear to his chest and listened to his heart beat. We stayed like that for a while, not moving, in the rain. Eventually, the thunder became more brutal and lightning cracked above our heads. The wind started blowing coldly and we went to the car to stay warm. Inside, we just laughed at ourselves for a while until I just had to ask a question.

"Seth," I asked, "how did you imprint? You've seen me before today and isn't it supposed to be love at first sight?"

Seth sighed. "Well, I think what did it was your eyes. When I first saw you, Jasmine, I felt a spark but that was it. I had never seen your eyes before today and the moment you looked up at me with them, I felt fireworks explode inside of me. And it that instant, I just knew it. I knew you were the one. Of course, I'd known before I imprinted that I loved you, now I just have more of a reason to." He looked to my side to see how I was taking it all in and seemed frustrated when he saw my face.

"What?" he asked.

"Well," I sighed. "How? How are we going to do this? Seth, I want to become a vampire. And, even though Alice is being so pessimistic about it, I won't give up until it happens. Alice said you do eventually keep aging and—"

Seth sighed interrupting me. I understood immediately what he was thinking.

"You want me to stay alive." It wasn't a question. I knew that was what he was thinking. "You're siding with Alice and Jasper on this one."

Seth sighed again. "I want for you what makes you happy. If an eternal, immortal life is what you want then I'll let you do that. Of course, if the day comes, I'll keep going wolf to stay with you forever. You know that."

And I did know that. I knew Seth loved me enough to put up with me for the rest of eternity. There was one question I just had to ask, though. No matter how ridiculous it sounded.

"You won't mind the smell?" I laughed.

He seemed confused. "The smell?"

I nodded. "I can see that vampires don't exactly smell good to werewolves, and vise versa. Think you'll be able to handle that?"

Seth laughed. "Sure it'll take some getting used to, and I'll definitely miss the way you smell right now, but it'll be worth it. There's nothing I wouldn't do to keep from letting you go, Jasmine."

He stroked my cheek for a moment and smiled as the red blush deepened in color on my face. He dropped his hand to lay it on mine and curled his fingers around it. We stayed like that for a while, just staring out the window into the heavy rain and, occasionally, at each other. I was glad to see that, despite our new state, I was still perfectly comfortable with being with Seth like before. Perhaps it was even better. I wasn't sure. My out of body experience wasn't wearing off fast enough for me to be able to think straight.

"It's getting late," Seth announced just as the moon became visible in the sky. "We should probably be getting home."

I sighed. I wanted the moment to last forever but he was right. It was getting late.

Seth laughed at my expression. "Don't worry, we can always come back," he assured me. I smiled and he leaned over to peck my forehead before starting the car. We backed out of our parking spot and headed back to the Clearwater household. To my utter discomfort, I saw Leah in a short, red, Hawaiian print dress pacing in the living room. She looked up and stopped in her tracks. Leah smiled when she caught sight of me and Seth and ran out into the rain to meet us. I was sure the cold wasn't a bother for her or Seth considering their temperature but my teeth were chattering.

"Cold?" Seth asked me.

"Just a little," I said. I rubbed my hands against my arms in hope that the friction would warm them a bit. When I looked to my side, I saw Seth pulling a blue sweater out of the back seat and handing it to me. I assumed it might've been Leah's before she hit her wolf growth spurt.

"I figured you might need it," he said as I put it on. The sweater was nice and warm, of which I was grateful. I pulled the hood on and stepped into the rain. Of course Alice only cared that I looked good, not if I froze to death in the short dress. I sighed and went up the walk with Seth at my side to face Leah.

"Hey you two," she greeted us. Leah seemed a lot perkier than usual.

"Hello, Leah," I said politely. Seth simply nodded in her direction and led me inside. Leah followed us in and closed the door behind her. I tried very hard to stifle the yawn that was forcing itself upon my lips but I couldn't help it. The day's events had left me so exhausted, I had to sleep. Seth chuckled beside me.

"Sleepy?" he inquired. I rubbed my eyes and smiled.

"No," I lied. Another yawn took advantage of my being distracted and forced its way out. Seth laughed again.

"You should sleep," he suggested.

I chuckled. "Guess I should."

Seth took my hand and led me to the same room I slept in last night. It was the third door down in the hallway with the letter 'S' in blue on the door. He opened it and flicked on the light for me. Before he left me to sleep, he softly pecked my lips. Then he left, closing the door behind him.

I didn't sleep soundly that night. I had the worst nightmare I'd ever had. I woke up screaming with tears streaming down my face and a terrible headache. I stayed alone in the room for only half a second until Seth ran in to make sure I was safe. He caught sight of my tear stained face and walked over to hug me.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I had a nightmare, Seth," I said. "And the nightmare…. It's real! I just know it is! It can't not be real!"

"What is it?" he asked. He would think me insane for believing this dream but it wasn't the first time one of my dreams had turned into reality.

"The Cullens," I whispered. "The Cullens, they're going to be burned by the Volturi."