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Chapter 5

Edward POV

Alice, Rose, and Bella have been upstairs getting ready for the dance for the past three hours. Honestly, how long does it take for someone to get ready to go to a high school dance? Jasper and Emmett are calmly watching round one of March Madness and I was pacing the floor near the bottom of the stairs.

"Just relax. They'll be down soon enough. Sit down and be patient. You're driving me nuts with the anxiety rolling off of you." I tried to relax under the calming waves Jasper was sending my ways but I was just to excited about spending more time with Bella.

I had fallen for her completely and lived for the moments I could be near her. She made my more than 100 years on this earth worthwhile. All I needed now was to figure out how to make a relationship between a vampire and a human work. Hopefully, I had the answer to this problem in the garage/laboratory. But if not, I had to find a way to be with her.

As I started to get lost in thoughts about our problems with the trial, I heard the girls starting to make their move downstairs.

If I had a heartbeat, it surely would have skipped a beat or two. She was magnificent!

Bella made her way toward me slowly with her eyes on the ground. Panic started to set in—was she afraid of what I thought? Was she unsure of being with me? But before I could go further in my thoughts, she tipped over off her heels and into my arms.

"Ugh! Thank you. Alice, I told you heels were a bad idea."

"Not to worry, love. I have you. I promise you won't fall tonight." The most endearing blush spread over her cheeks and down her neck. I was going to enjoy this.

"Come on then, off we go," Emmett clapped his hands together as he ushered us out the door. He and Rose had a bet going about which of Bella's many admirers would make the first attempt to try to dance with her. I could have told them the easy money was on no one—I would be the only one on Bella's dance card this evening.

Another laugh escaped as I turned Bella on the dance floor again. Mike Newtown was working hard to find a minute when she was alone to ask her to dance. His thoughts would have been easy enough to read even if I couldn't read minds. "He has to leave her alone at some point. I mean doesn't he have to take a leak at some point?"

Bella looked up at me with a crooked smile, "What's so funny?"

"Nothing, just enjoying having you all to myself."

"There's no where else I would rather be."

We stayed at the dance for about three hours before deciding that we were ready to head home. Alice had arranged with Charlie to have Bella spend the night at our place—a slumber party she had claimed. I have to remember to thank her. I know she had her eyes on a yellow Porsche, would that be too much?

Bella took some time to change into her some sweat pants and a t-shirt and came down to the living room. "Should we watch a movie?" she asked shyly.

"We could. Or we could just talk."

"I'd like that."

We spent the whole night talking. I didn't even realize that the night had passed until the Esme came down the stairs.

"Good morning, Bella and Edward!"

"Good morning? Oh, I lost track of time. I'm sorry to have kept you up all night, Edward."

"No problem," I replied trying to hide the smirk I knew was forming on my lips.

"I should really get going. Charlie is heading out with his friend Billy and I want to be sure he packs a decent lunch for once. See you on Monday?"

I detested the thought of being away from her, but didn't want to come on too strongly. "Of course. I'll see you on Monday." I walked her to her truck dragging my feet that whole way. How ridiculous for a vampire to walk that slowly. I felt as if I was moving backwards.

"Can you tell Alice and Rose I took off?"

"Sure. I hope you don't mind that I monopolized your evening? I know you were supposed to have time with the girls last night."

"I didn't mind, but I hope they aren't upset."

Again I had to hide my laughter knowing exactly what my siblings had been doing last night. Em and Jasper were bound to be in great moods today. No doubt they would be ravenous after expending that much energy. Honestly I don't know how Bella didn't hear the nighttime activities in our home last night.

"I'm sure they are fine." I reached up to move a piece or hair from her cheek. Ah, it was so soft! Moving closer to her ever so slowly, I breathed in her scent. Heaven!

"Have a wonderful rest of the weekend, Bella." I stopped moving long enough to give her time to pull away but she never did.

"Thanks. You too." I could almost feel her heart beat as I listened to it speed up. Was she scared or just nervous? Before I could answer my own thoughts, Bella moved her lips to meet mine and for the first time since changing I felt warmth spread over my body. This feeling started in my lips and radiated through every nerve—from the top of my head, to my chest, continuing into my groin, and down to my toes. I was forever changed.

Hours later I was sitting in the lab with Carlisle, Rosalie, and Emmett trying to focus on the problem of injection but my mind kept drifting. I kept replaying my conversation with Bella over and over and reliving that kiss. My whole night had been perfection!

"Edward, are you even listening? Usually we can't get you out of our heads." Rosalie was glaring at me from across the table.

"I'm sorry. What were you saying, Emmett?"

"I think was should look into making a needle out of diamonds. It's strong enough to cut through glass, so why not."

"Our skin is a lot harder than glass, Em"

"Well, what about that osmium or titanium stuff we were talking about?" Poor Rose. I think she was more eager than any of us to find a way to make the antidote work. She never wanted this life and was bitter about having been changed. She never outwardly blamed Carlisle, but she often wishes that her life was different. She usually stops short of wishing that she had been allowed to die in that attack. That would invalidate the life she had with Emmett. She truly loved him and was happy with him. She just wanted more.

More… I wanted more with Bella… I wonder what she is doing right now. Did she get her father's lunch packed? I wonder if she packed a lunch for his friend too. Billy was it? Billy, that sounded familiar but I couldn't place the name from town. Billy… Billy… could he be from the reservation? I remember hearing Chief Black's first name was William. Could that be—

"The reservation!"

Carlisle looked up from the microscope, "Excuse me? What about the reservation?"

"Well, when was the last time we had any contact with the Quileutes?"

"It's been about two years. I informed them that we were moving back to the area, but that was all. Why?"

"Do we know if any of them are changing?"

"I haven't heard any stories or any howling. Again, why?"

Emmett and Rosalie were looking back and forth between Carlisle and I as if we were at a tennis match. "Because… what's the one thing we know for sure, besides our own bite, that can cut through our skin?" Blank stares all around. "The wolves!"

"Edward, how do you plan to access a wolf and have then inject the serum? Do you think they can just spit it into us?" Emmett was asking good questions, but I hoped to have the answer.

"No, what if we just used a tooth, hollowed out of course, to make the injection."

Carlisle started writing and drawing frantically in his notebook. "As crazy as it sounds, I think that might work. But how do we get a wolf tooth?"

I smiled, looking at all three members of my family in the room. "Simple, we ask."