My eyes fluttered open slowly. I looked around the room and sighed in contentment. I was glad that Jake hadn't bothered to ask further questions. I had been telling the truth when I said that Edward wouldn't be spending the night at Charlie's house. What Jacob didn't know was that I wouldn't be either. After Jake left, I told Edward that we were going back to his house.

When we had gotten here last night, Esme had been all too willing to have me spend the night. Her one condition had been that we leave the door open. An easy condition for me to accept.

Edward's fingers were splayed across my stomach. Sometimes he would stroke my stomach subconsciously. My muscles would tighten slightly under his touch. It was strange how instantly my body reacted to him. I still found myself going weak in the knees when he spoke. The embarrassing part was that he knew how he affected me. He'd become well aware of his dazzling abilities.

"Bella," Edward groaned as he pulled me tightly against his chest.

"Mmm?" I let the sound of his voice wash over me. I loved the way my name sounded coming off his lips. Especially when he was drowsy like this.

He kissed my shoulder softly sending an electric jolt right to my heart. "Good morning, Love."

We continued to lay there, wrapped up in each other. I loved these moments with Edward. They didn't have the passion that some of our heavier make-out sessions, but I felt more connected to him in these moments.

As if reading my thoughts, Edward kissed my hair and weaved his fingers through mine. "I wish we could stay like this all day."

I hummed my agreement and let my body relax even more into him. I wanted to stay here forever, but, true to form, just as I was getting comfortable, there was a knock on the door. I looked up to see Rose smirking at us with Emmett's arm wrapped tightly around her waist. "Ugh, go away. I don't want to get up."

Rose giggled, "Bella, I woke up early so I could take the three hour drive from Seattle to Forks, and you won't even get out of bed."

I picked up my pillow and threw it in the direction of the door. Judging by Emmet's guffaws, I didn't hit my target. A slender hand with rather long nails was on my forearm yanking me from the bed. "Bella, we need to go check on that truck of yours."

I groaned and allowed Rose to pull me from the bed. When I was finally standing upright, she seemed pleased with herself. "Okay, now I'll meet you downstairs for breakfast, then we're going to head off to meet this guy who says your truck is a gonner."

I smiled sleepily at her which made her laugh. "Thanks Rose. I'll meet you downstairs."

She nodded and headed toward the door, pulling Emmett along with her. I turned back to the bed to see Edward burying his face in a pillow. "Oh no you don't. If they're making me get up, you're getting up too."

He groaned into the pillow. "Bella, it's your truck. Do I really need to be there?"

I grabbed his hand and began to pull. "Of course you need to be there. I need both you and Jake there so I can rub it in your faces when Rosalie fixes it."

He pulled me down onto the bed using the hand that I was tugging on. He wrapped his arms around my waist and hugged me tightly to him. "I don't wanna go," he whined.

I let my hand trail up his sides to his ribs. When I reached my destination, I let my fingers ghost over his skin. His arms tightened in an attempt to clamp down my arms, but I didn't give up. I continued t move my fingers along the skin over his ribs until he couldn't hold in the laughter any longer.

"Be-hella. Pa-haleez. Sto-hop." He tried desperately to get some air, but I was determined to win this.

I repositioned myself so that I was straddling him and he was flailing beneath me, begging for mercy. "Do you promise to get out of bed, and come with me to check on my truck?"

"Ye-hes. Be-hella. Nee-heed. Ai-hair."

"Good." I stopped tickling him and leaned down to kiss his nose. I slid from the bed and went to find something to wear.

I heard Edward slide from the bed and pad toward his closet. "You don't play fair."

I giggled and turned to look at him. "We've been over this before. Besides, it's not like you play fair either. Mr. I'll-dazzle-you-whenever-I-want."

He cocked an eyebrow, "I don't try to dazzle you."

I let out a humorless laugh. "Oh yeah? What about the little stunt you pulled yesterday? I nearly jumped you right there in my kitchen, in front of Jake, while my father was in the house. Do you really think I would do that of my own free will?"

He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed a line from my shoulder to my ear. He grazed my earlobe with his teeth and my knees gave out from under me. I was glad he had a good hold on me. He chuckled lightly, breath fanning across my neck. "I suppose I might sometimes intentionally dazzle you."

I laughed and turned in his arms and wrapped my own around his neck. "And you say I don't play fair."

He kissed my lips quickly before turning to find something to wear for the day. I searched through the duffle that I'd dropped here yesterday. I was planning on leaving it here. As much as I loved my father, I'd grown addicted to sleeping in Edward's arms. I hoped that I might be able to get a few more good nights of sleep here. I was pretty close to taking Edward up on his offer of sneaking in through my second story window. I need to keep reminding myself that he was human and could still get hurt. As amazing as he was, it was hard to remember his mortal weaknesses.

Twenty minutes later, we were downstairs eating breakfast with Em and Rose. I tried to start a conversation with them a few times, but they were thoroughly distracted by each other. I couldn't really blame them either. They hadn't seen each other since before finals were over. Her last final had been a few days before Edward's, and since Jasper didn't have any more either, their parents made them come home.

My irritation at being forced out of bed to watch Emmett and Rosalie flirt was starting to grate on my nerves. "Rose, did you wake me up to watch you and Emmeyt get it on, or did you wake me up so we can go check on my truck?"

Emmett wrapped his arm around Rose and pulled her tightly into his side. "Well, if you want to watch." Which of course earned him a smack upside his head by Rosalie. "What baby? She was the one to bring it up."

Rosalie rolled her eyes and turned back to me, "You'll have to excuse him. He missed me. And apparently, his filter starts dissipating while I'm gone."

Even with my irritation, I couldn't help but laugh. "Seriously Rose, I want to go check on my baby. The thing can't really be done."

I heard Edward mumble 'the thing' under his breath, but I ignored him. I tried to concentrate on Rose who was gnawing on her bottom lip. "Bella, I don't want to get your hopes up. There's a chance that this Jacob guy may be right about your truck. I mean, it's older than some of our parents."

I sighed and nodded, "I know, but I can't just give up on it. It's been such a good truck for me. I haven't really had trouble with it until now. We have to at least try.

Rose nodded slowly. "Will you promise me, that if I can't find a way to fix it, you'll let it rest in peace?"

I watched Rose carefully for any sign that she might purposefully separate me from my truck. I knew that everybody thought that it was too dangerous, but I loved it. If anybody understood that, I hoped Rose would. I nodded my head in agreement causing a genuine smile to grace her lips

Breakfast continued pretty quietly. Edward would gently run his fingers along my thigh, or draw patterns on my palm, and occasionally lean in for a quick kiss. The contact would have made me blush, but it was becoming harder to become embarrassed around Emmet. Especially when his attempts to do the same to Rosalie were far less subtle.

Eventually, everyone was done eating and could take a break from the flirting long enough to get into the cars. Girls taking Rosalie's BMW and boys taking Edward's Volvo.

I tried to convince everybody to save gas by taking one car. After Edward snapped out of his hysterics about me being worried about gas when I drive the epitome of the word clunker, he explained to me that it would be easier when we leave, since we have different plans.

Without the constant interruptions of our significant others, I was finally able to start a conversation, "Rose I have a question."

She raised an eyebrow at me briefly before turning back to the road. "Okay, shoot."

"Well," I looked down at my hands. "Is it hard for you to sleep without Emmett there?"

She laughed, "That's what you wanted to ask me? The way you were acting I thought it would be much more embarrassing."

"Rose, this is personal information." I was a little peeved by her reaction.

She tried to sober up "Bella, we've basically been living together for the past month or so. There's not much that we'll be able to hide from each other. Like," she looked at me pointedly for a moment. "I know for a fact that you and Edward haven't done it yet. Even though we haven't talked about it, I'm aware of it. Just as you're probably aware that Emmett only lives for it." She laughed. "When you fall in love with one of the Cullen boys, your entire existence becomes public. You might as well get used to the idea. I don't see Edward giving you up any time soon."

I blushed and turned away, not wanting to continue on that topic. "You haven't answered my question."

She let out an exasperated sigh, "Of course it's hard to sleep without him. He's such a big presence in my life, physically and emotionally. It feels safer with him there, even when I'm asleep." I nodded. "Why do you want to know?"

"Turn right up here." As soon as we were on the road to the reservation I answered her question. "How do you sleep without him? I can't sleep without Edward. It scares the hell out of me, but it doesn't feel right when he's not there."

Rosalie nodded, "I understand." She sighed again. "It will never feel completely right. No matter what, you will always know that he's not there. The best I can tell you is time. That and finding a way to completely exhaust yourself. Emmett and I have found that phone sex helps alleviate some of the problem."

I couldn't help but laugh. Of course that would be Rose and Emmett's answer. But I knew for a fact that Edward and I weren't to that point yet.

We reached Jacob's house without a full answer to my question. I had decided that the best answer for right now might be for Edward and me to catch naps during the day. It wasn't the most time efficient answer, but it would have to do for now.

Jacob walked out of the house and stopped dead in his track when he saw Rosalie get out of her car. Edward opened my door for me, and I couldn't help but laugh as I watched Jake try to find his brain. "This was an excellent idea," I whispered to Edward.

He chuckled before drawing Jacob's attention from the stellar blonde encompassed by her boyfriend. "Jacob, this is my brother Emmett and his girlfriend Rosalie." He chuckled slightly as he continued. "Rose is the one Bella asked to come look at her truck."

Jake still looked flabbergasted. "You're going to be looking at the car?" I was slightly embarrassed by Jake's reaction, but I knew Rose could handle herself.

She raised an eyebrow at Jake. "You got a problem with that, pup?" Oh this wasn't good. I didn't need them to not like each other. I figured they'd get along with so much interest in the same thing.

Jake finally found his jaw and picked it up off the floor. He seemed to be able to think more clearly after his insult. "Of course not. If you think you can handle it, Blondie." He shrugged his shoulders and led us around back to the garage.

I rolled my eyes and followed him. This could be an interesting day. We reached the garage, which was more like a shack, and Rose immediately went to work, with a little help from Emmett, she was able to heft my truck's hood up so that she could look underneath. She spent fifteen minutes under the hood, turning everything over to find something that would fix the problem, or so I thought.

When she finally surfaced she had a frustrated look and a grease smudge on her face. She leaned against the truck and crossed her arms and concentrated on me, "Bella, how much are you willing to spend on this old thing?"

"Just tell me what it's going to cost me, Rose." There was hope. Rose had found something that she could fix.

"More than it's worth," Jake said from the corner.

Rose scowled, "As much as I hate to agree with him, it's true. I'd basically have to replace the whole engine. Plus, the gas line is starting to get a hole in it. And I don't even know what you did to make the spark plugs look like that."

My face fell with each problem that she spouted off. She noticed, "Bella, the costs would sum up to several years worth of tuition and there are other things here that are about to follow in the decomposition process that will put you debt. You'd be better off with a new car."

I took a deep breath, which didn't get rid of the disappointment. "Thanks Rose. I had to give it a shot."

She nodded with a sympathetic smile before pulling out her compact to check her face. She burst out into laughter, nearly doubling over in her fit.

I looked at her curiously. "What is so fanny about this, Rose?"

She shook her head and tried to breathe through her giggles. When she had enough composure, she pointed to her face. "Wasn't anyone going to tell me?"

You could hear Emmett's low chuckle harmonizing with Rose's giggles before he took her in his arms and kissed her clean cheek. "It makes you look sexy."

Rose rolled her eyes at the comment and used his shirt to wipe the smudge away. I looked around the garage. My eyes landed on Jake and I could tell by the way that he watched Rose, that he agreed with Emmett.

"Jake?" The voice came from outside the garage. The feminine voice was accompanied by more than one set of footsteps.

"In the garage, Lee Lee." That nickname was a shock to my system. It was strange enough that Jake was dating Leah, but hearing the nickname made it all so much more real. When Leah came into the garage, her face glowed with the force of her smile. She and Jake gravitate towards each other. Although it was strange, I was glad to see them both happy.

After Leah, Quil and Embry followed in. I immediately launched myself at them. "Dear God, what are they feeding you guys here? I swear you're twice my sized now."

Embry patted my head, "It's not hard to do sweetheart. You are kind of short." I growled at him, which only made him laugh. I needed to work on being intimidating.

Quil looked around the little garage. "Looks like we got a party going on here. If I had known, I would have brought Clair."

I smiled, "How is Clair? I miss hanging out with you guys so much. Gosh, it's been way too long."

Embry and Quil both laughed. "She's good," Quil said. "Maybe, you could introduce us to your friends."

I blushed and laughed. I held my hand out to Edward, who quickly walked to my side and wrapped his arms around my waist. I felt the possessiveness in his movement, but it didn't really bother me. I wanted people to know that I belonged to him.

"Okay, since I'm the common factor, I guess I should do the introductions." I looked up at Edward and decided to let him have his possession. "This is my boyfriend, Edward," I nodded toward Emmett, "his big brother Emmett," then smiled at Rose, "and his girlfriend and one of my best friends, Rosalie." I looked back at my Quileute friends. "They're basically my college family minus Rose's twin brother and his pixie girlfriend."

I turned toward my college family, "And these are Quil and Embry, they've been like protective big brothers for years, even though they're a year younger than me." I growled slightly, "The height difference isn't helping." Everyone laughed. Alice was the only one who could sympathize with me and she wasn't even here. I shook that thought away and continued. "And this is Leah, Jake's girlfriend. These are basically the people who kept me from going insane living here."

Embry sighed dramatically. "It looks like you've replaced us, Bells. I thought at least I meant so much more to you. I always thought you'd see that you loved me."

I playfully punched Embry in the shoulder. "None of you are replaceable and you know it."

Jake snorted, "Plus, you seem to forget all about Bella when Rebecca is in the room."

I raised an eyebrow at Embry, "Who's being replaced now?"

I laughed with my old friends for a little while longer. It was fun to be here. It made me feel like a little kid again. It was also nice to see the last of the tension between Edward and Jacob fall away. I could see a hopeful future with the two of them.

At around noon, we finally went our separate ways. Now I just needed to figure out what I was going to do about a car.