The rest of the night went fairly easy. I danced with Alice a lot. She was crazy. Every time a fast paced song would come on she would grab my hand and run to the dance floor. Edward seemed in higher spirits. He laughed a lot with his brothers. We danced a few times together and I even danced with Emmett once. It wasn't so much dancing though. He kept making me laugh. I think he really enjoyed the fact that I was human. Rosalie wasn't happy at all when we went to dance. I was sure by then that she hated me. If she liked me, she was damn good at hiding it.

When it was time to go I found all my things and hugged Alice. Edward was talking to Emmett near his jeep. I stood with Alice while we waited. Jasper was sitting in the drivers seat of the red convertible we leaned on. It was Rosalie's car. She was sitting in Emmett's jeep. I wondered how many cars the Cullens actually had. So far I had seen three. Jessica surprised me when she ran up carrying her heels.

"Bella! Are you coming to Mikes party?"

"I…ah didn't know he was having one."

"Oh, I bet he didn't invite you because of Edward. He has been all weird since you started dating him. Well I just invited you if you want to come."

"I think I'm good. My feet hurt and I'm pretty tired. I think I'm gonna just go to bed."

She smiled.

"I get it."

She winked at me and glanced at Edward.

"No no. I didn't mean it like that. He's going home."

"Sure. I'll see you at school. I'm sure we will have so much to talk about."

Then she ran away. Alice burst into laughter beside me.

"Your face was great. You looked terrified."

"She just caught me off guard."

She just kept laughing.

"Alice shut up, you know better than me that that's not going to happen."

She stopped laughing. The look on her face told me I was wrong. She tried to hide it but it was too late. I felt a lump in my throat. Edward was staring at us from across the lot. His face looked how I felt. We were both scared of what Alice knew. Alice looked over at Edward and something passed between them. I wondered if he was seeing her vision. When he suddenly looked away from her I got my answer.

Edward held my hand as we walked to his car. I wanted to ask him about his silent exchange with Alice. We got in silently and he started the engine. I hated the silence. I wanted to know everything he knew. As we drove he grabbed my hand again. I couldn't take it any more. I had to find out.

"What did Alice see. I know she saw us…but…I just want to know what you know."

He hesitated.

"She did see us…being intimate, but she cant see where it will end up."

"The fact that she can see it at all means that one of us must have decided its going to happen right?"

He glanced at me.

"Bella I don't think that's the kind of thing that is entirely based on what we decide right now. Sometimes she can see things that are going to happen based on where our relationship is headed. Its complicated. It doesn't mean one of us has already decided to um…do it."

I blushed. Edward smiled. I knew he couldn't help it. The situation was dangerous but still funny.

"Can she tell when this…will happen?"

"No. She can tell that we are in my room at our house, that's it. There way to tell."

"I guess this means I wont be coming to visit any time soon."

"No, probably not."

I don't know why but I felt really bad all of a sudden. I should have known that he wouldn't want me like that. He was probably shocked that he would even do that with me. I felt the tears fall down my face. The car stopped and he wrapped his arms around me.

"Bella."

I started to actually cry against his shoulder.

"What's wrong?"

"I just…I should have known…you didn't want to be with me that way."

He stiffened. Then he pulled back and made me look at him.

"You honestly think I wouldn't want you. Bella trust me, I absolutely want to be with you in that way. I didn't mean to make you think I didn't. I just don't want to hurt you."

I tried to calm myself.

"Bella I have imagined what it would be like…to have you like that. I'm afraid that I would loose control."

He had imagined us like that? I was relieved that I wasn't the only one doing that.

"Please stop crying Bella. Do you understand?"

I nodded. I didn't trust my voice.

"I'm not saying that it will never happen, you're hard to resist."

I couldn't stop the smile that broke across my lips.

He kissed me and we started onto the road again. I felt better. We held hands all the way home.

Charlie was still up when I walked in. It was close to 11pm. He stood up when I walked in. I smiled at him and threw my heels onto the floor in the corner. I must look awful. I did a lot of dancing and then crying. He looked me over. I wondered what he thought when he saw my slightly puffy eyes. Maybe he couldn't tell threw the makeup that Alice had covered me in.

"You look like you had a rough night."

"Alice had me dancing all night. I'm lucky I can walk."

"I didn't think you would be home this early."

"I didn't think I should be out that late."

"I never said I was mad, I just didn't expect it. Did you have fun?""It was great. I didn't think I would enjoy it since I cant dance but Edward and Alice are great teachers."

"Well I'm glad you had fun. I'm even more glad that he brought you home in one piece."

"What does that mean exactly dad?"

"Nothing…your mom had a lot to yell at me about on the phone when you left though. She seems to think I should have better prepared you for…things that might have happened after the dancing was done."

"Are you kidding me! Oh my god. Did she really think I would do something like that?"

"I told her that you wouldn't mess around but she kept yelling at me. I don't figure you did anything since you're home so early."

"No dad I didn't do anything."

"I ordered pizza if your hungry."

He turned and went back into the living room.

I was really hungry so I just ate in my dress. I got about two slices down before I headed up stairs. Once I was alone I stripped the dress off and pulled on my sweats. I yanked the pin out of my hair and let it all fall down. I think I passed out a few minutes later. Guess I really was tired.

The next day I woke up to the sound of my truck. I jumped up and looked out the window. Charlie and Billy were hovering around the front of my truck. I could just barely make out Jacobs legs from under the hood. What was going on here? I threw some jeans on and ran outside. Charlie turned when he heard the door.

"Nice hair Bells."

I quickly ran my fingers threw it. It smoothed out some.

"What is going on?"

"Billy found some new parts that he was going to put in the truck before I bought it and he wanted to see if we wanted them."

"Oh that's nice. Will it make any difference?"

"Yeah it should make the damn thing a little quieter."

"That's great, I think it wakes the neighbors when I go to school."

"Jacob is putting the parts in. Did you need to go somewhere?"

"No. I thought about hanging out with Edward today but he can just pick me up."

Billy looked up but something Charlie whispered made him look away.

"Well this might take a few hours. I don't know if you wanna wait or not."

"I'm gonna get some breakfast before I do anything. Does anyone want anything?"Jacob popped his head up.

"Do you have any soda?"

"Yeah, I'll bring out one."

"Thanks."

I went inside and threw a bowl of cereal together and grabbed a can of soda before going back out. I stood and ate while the guys talked. It was mostly about cars and what games were coming on. I don't think they even noticed when I went inside. I tried to comb my hair but it was a lost cause. I put it up in a messy pony tail then called Edward. He was only too happy to come get me. I really didn't know what we going to do but I didn't care.

I stood with Charlie while I waited. It was such a quiet morning that the purr of the Volvos engine was easily heard. He pulled up in front of my truck and stepped out. He looked way too tense. So did Billy. What was that about? Charlie greeted Edward and introduced him to the Blacks. Jacob shook his hand but Billy merely nodded. He never took his eyes off of Edward. I really felt uneasy. Finally Edward took my hand and I said goodbye. He was going to tell me what was going on.

"Did you teepee Billy's house or something?"

"Noticed that did you?"

"Who didn't?"

"It's a really long story. Lets just say that Billy and some of his tribe know what we are. They don't expose us but they certainly don't like us."

"Wow, didn't look like Jacob cared."

"Its mostly the elders. The younger generation don't believe the legends."

I thought about it. Why wouldn't they expose the vampires. Maybe they were afraid that people would think they were crazy. People probably would.

"So did you have fun last night?"

"Yeah, Alice had me so tired out that I passed out right after I ate."

"She was a little crazy. Most of the time no one wants to dance with her. I think she was really happy to have you there.""Did you enjoy it?"

"Yes I did. Having you around seems to make every one have more fun. We are so used to the same old thing."

That made me feel really good. I actually made things more fun for them.

"Everyone but Rosalie. I feel like me being there ruined her whole night."

"Rosalie is a vain woman."

"Huh?"

"Its really ridiculous. When Carlisle changed her, he had hoped that she and I would become close as he and Esme had. I had no interest though. I had seen her many times while she was alive and she was never a kind person. Her looks and power were all that mattered to her. When I turned her down she became bitter. Even after she found Emmett she was still angry that I didn't want her. Now she is angry because I'm with you and she doesn't consider you as perfect as she is. To me, you are far more attractive. It eats her up.""Wow."

"Yeah."

I never thought that that would be the reason she didn't like. It was really silly. Why would she care what Edward liked if she had Emmett? Did she love him?"

"Does Rosalie love you?"

"Oh no. She never did really want me like that. No one has ever turned her down before. She actually doesn't like me at all. I wont say she hates me but there is no love between us."

"I see."

That was a relief. I didn't need her to be jealous of me. There was no way I could fight her if she wanted to hurt me.

"So what do you want to do today?"

"I don't know, I just wanted to see you."

"And I wanted to see you too but what fun would it be to just drive around all day?"

"I wanted to visit Esme but I don't think we should go to your house."

"We can if you want to.""But what about Alice's vision?"

"We are fairly certain that it was night."

"Okay then, lets go to your place and make sure we are gone before dark."

He laughed and sped up.

The house was just how I remembered it. The first time I had been there was when Edward had attacked me. He walked me up the stairs and opened the door. The furniture had been moved around but it was other wise the same. Esme was sitting on the white couch sketching. She smiled when we walked in.

"Bella! Its so nice to see you! I was hoping Edward would bring you over to see us soon."

"Yeah, its nice to see you again."

"How are you?"

"I'm good, and you?"

"Wonderful. Would you like a drink or anything?"

"No, I ate before I came over. What do you do with the food you buy?"

"We usually run it over to one of the near by cities and donate it."

"Wow that's really nice.""We do what we can, and I would hate to waste anything."

Edward sighed.

"Edward you should take her on a tour around the house."

"Okay."

He took my hand and led me up the stairs.

"On this level we have Alice and Jaspers room, Carlisle's study, and the bathroom."

Then up to the next level.

"Carlisle and Esme's room, Rosalie and Emmett's room, and at the end is my room."

He started to walk towards the door. My heart started to pound. This was where it was going to happen. I knew nothing was going to happen now but I was still nervous. He opened the door and let me in. The back wall was all window just like the rest of the house. The wall closest to me was covered from floor to ceiling in shelves full of Cds. Against the wall facing the shelves was a black leather sofa. I walked over to it and sat down. I hadn't noticed the large sound system that fit into the shelves. Edward walked along the wall until he found a CD he liked. Then he put it in and sat with me. The sound of a piano filled the room. It sounded like it was in the room with us. I leaned against Edward. His room was so bright and open.

"What do you think?"

"Its really wonderful. I love the light."

"It's the one place I don't have to worry about the sun."

"Do you sleep on this couch?"

"I don't sleep anywhere."

I leaned up and looked at him.

"You don't sleep? Like at all?"

"No, never."

"That…that must be nice."

"You don't like to sleep?"

"No I hate it. I always have bad dreams."

"I miss sleep. It makes time pass faster. Most of the time I have too much time on my hands. I cant always think of things to do."

"I hate sleeping because I always feel like I have so much to do."He laughed.

"This life would suit you."

We both looked at each other.