A/N: Writer's block sucks titanium balls :( Anyway, I hope you are all still enjoying my little story here. Now on with the story!

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(APOV)

I watched as Bella and Jazz faced off. This fight was taking longer than the one with Emmett. After seeing her skills, I was sure that Bella would win. She was an amazing fighter. One of the best I've ever seen. I should have known she would be good from the scars she had. It didn't look like she had anywhere near as many as Jasper, but who knows how many she has that we can't see. After her confession about the Volturi, I would bet she had quite a few more.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't even notice the fight ending. I looked up just in time to hear Bella declare Jasper dead. It looked as if he was giving her a piggy back ride. She had her arms wrapped around his throat and her legs around his waist. She kissed his cheek before jumping down. She turned to face the rest of us.

"Anyone else want to have a go?" She smirked when no one volunteered.

"I will." We all turned to see Edward standing in the doorway leading onto the back porch.

"You want to get your ass kicked once again pretty boy?" She sneered.

"You couldn't beat me if I could read you." He mumbled quietly.

"You think so?" She questioned with a dangerous glint in her eyes. "Okay. I'll let my shield down completely while we fight. We'll see who wins then."

I heard Edward gasp, so I'm guessing she let him in. I watched as they crouched across from each other. A small smile appear on Eddie's face as Bella went to run past him on his left, he threw his arms out to grab her, but at the last minute she spun to his right kicking his legs out from under him. She backed off as he jumped back up to his feet. She just stared at him for a second, before she ran right at him. He braced himself to stop her from tackling him, but again she changed her direction at the last minute. She stopped at the last second and flipped backwards her right foot catching Edward's chin, flinging him away from her. She stood there just staring at him again as her righted himself. His eyes darkened in anger, as his body tensed, and jaw clenched. Suddenly he ran at Bella who seemed to anticipate this move, and sidestepped him at the last second. She backhanded him in the back and he went crashing to the ground for the third time. Again, she stood there staring at him, almost as if taunting him, daring him to get back up. As he stood they locked eyes, both obsidian black in anger. Jaws clenched, nostrils flared, muscles rigid, not even breathing, they stood as if statues in a museum. Bella was smirking as Edward seemed to grow angrier and angrier. Finally he lost the stare down and launched his body at Bella. She once sidestepped again, but grabbed his arm as he went sailing by. She twisted the arm behind his back and planted her knee in the small of his back as they both crashed to the ground. Bella's other hand was holding Edward's head down. She bared her teeth right next his throat.

"You shouldn't rely on your talent so much Edward. That could be the very thing that will get you killed in a real fight. It is just as easy to lie with your thoughts as it is to lie aloud. All I have to do is think one thing, yet do another. One you wouldn't expect, because you thought I was going to do exactly what my thoughts gave away. Learn to watch every twitch of your opponent's muscles. Learn to read their body, and not focus on their thoughts so much." She hissed as she jumped off of Edward. He was on his feet the second her weight was gone, running off into the forest with a last glance at Bella.

Bella sighed, as she shook her head in the direction he headed in. As the wind shifted I caught Bella's delicious scent. She must not have put her shield back up yet. She turned to face me with a beautiful smile on her face. I was vaguely aware of the others leaving to go do their own thing. All of a sudden I was riding piggy back on a warm body, while racing through the forest. I laughed joyfully as my arms and legs clamped around Bella's body. I rested my chin on her shoulder right next to her ear.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

She turned her head to face me. "You'll see." She said with a small smile on her face. I just smiled back. I buried my face in her neck taking advantage of the fact that she still has her shield lowered.

Soon we stopped and I raised my head to see a beautiful meadow. A beautiful, very familiar meadow. The meadow where Jacob brought me to her when she was changing. I don't know if she knew the significance of this meadow or not, but I didn't want to bring it up. She had still been angry at us. She had been broken then, and I wasn't her for her like I should have been.

"I found this meadow while I was still human. Jacob and I had been hiking in the forest with Charlie and Billy, and we stumbled upon this place. After that day, we used to come here whenever I would visit Forks. This was our spot to just get away from the world, even before the world got so complicated with the supernatural stuff. I wouldn't change anything that happened to me though, because if it hadn't happened then I wouldn't be here with you. I wouldn't be able to spend eternity showing you how much I love you." She had set me on my feet by the end of her speech and was looking me straight in the eye as she spoke. I could see the sincerity in her eyes and hear it in her voice. She gently cupped my cheeks with both her hands and brought our lips together in a sweet, gentle, and loving kiss.

My hands flew to her hair to pull her impossibly closer. I couldn't get close enough to her. Her hand slowly fell to my hips as she pulled me just that much closer to her body as her tongue traced my bottom lip, asking for entrance. I opened my mouth without hesitation, a moan in the back of my throat. Her tongue rubbed sensuously against mine in a sweet dance as old as time. As she pulled away her eyes slowly fluttered opened and they were shining with love and lust. I watched as she closed her eyes again, this time as they opened they weren't as lustful as before.

"I love you."

A/N: Well that was Chapter 17. What did you think? Review or you could, you know, review :) Thanks, guys! I'll see all my usual readers and of course my new readers next time! Until then my friends!

-Tink