Twilight and all characters belong to Stephanie Meyer. Hokay, so time flies by pretty quickly in places so don't get freaked out. Just skipping non-eventful stuff. Enjoy!

EPOV

Fucking amazing.

Twenty minutes of kissing Bella senseless. I could get used to this. Because after she had told me she loved me in her sleep, there was no way I could stay away from her any longer. I just didn't have the strength.

To know she felt the same way I did, I was just fucking ecstatic.

So I made us waffles. Which, by the way, were fucking delicious, and we talked.

Tons of random shit, like what she liked, and I liked, and people we hated, and teachers who were just fucking weird.

And during one particular long pause, Bella's face became totally construed with pain and she said:

"I'm sorry Edward."

"For what?"

I was pretty confused…

"For everything. For your dad. For Esme. For the screwed up past that I can't make go away."

"Oh," that.

"You know, I was serious about helping you quit. I did the research. I found this technique…"

"Bella. I want to quit. Trust me, I really do. But it isn't going to be easy. I don't know if it's something I can do alone."

"Edward, I know. You won't be alone. I'll be with you, the whole time. Winter break, Edward. Every second of every day. That gives you a good solid two weeks. You can do it, I know you can."

Fuck. She had so much hope. And I was so afraid of disappointing her…

So I vowed to myself. I would do it. We would do it. I would quit that shit once and for all and fix my life. Because I loved Bella.

"Okay, Bella."

"There's just one thing, Edward. I need to know…" and she was looking down at the floor, too afraid to meet my gaze.

"You won't… leave me again, will you?"

And at that, she lifted her agonized gaze to my face. Her eyes were glossy, holding back tears.

"Bella," I said as I took her into a tight embrace, "I just don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore."

Which I think answered her question full enough.

BPOV

To hear those words, made me endlessly happy. I buried my face in Edward's chest and gulped in his scent. I basked in my euphoria, because I had never felt so happy in my entire life.

But eventually, I had to go home. Return to reality after one nightmare of a party and one fairytale of a day.

So Edward brought me home, promising to pick me up for school on Monday, and drove off before Charlie could get home to spot his car.

The month to follow was pure heaven. I spent as much time with Edward as I could, even sitting with him and Jasper at lunch. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Jasper was actually really nice and smart. He may have been a hopeless crack head but he had this extra sense, like he could sense people's feelings and always knew just what to say.

Things between Newton and me were just strained. I hated his guts and he was so ashamed of what he had done he just completely ignored me. Good. He had put his filthy hands on me and there was no way I was going to forgive his sorry ass for almost raping me. In fact, I was doing him a favor by not telling my father what he had almost done.

And the weeks just passed, senior year flying by, and winter break neared. I was so excited because I couldn't wait to make Edward completely drug-free and I would get to spend two whole weeks with him, uninterrupted. Because even Esme was going to be away, at some medicine conference in Chicago or something.

For the same reasons, I was also nervous. I wasn't sure if the technique was going to work for Edward and being alone with him, well, you know…

EPOV

I couldn't help but notice over this past month Bella and I had grown inseparable and I had stopped smoking as much. We were smiling, all the time, which definitely was new to me because I was so used to keeping a grimace on my face at all times.

And the biggest smile Bella ever game me was every time I showed up to Biology class. Her happiness would radiate from her and even Mr. Banner couldn't help feeling a little up beat whenever his gaze passed over our table. Her happiness was infectious, seriously.

Oh yeah. And so it turns out, that my seat in Biology had always been right next to Bella's. I know, perfect right? If I had known, shit, I would have been the first one to class at the start of school, waiting for Bella to walk into my life.

And before I knew it, winter break was staring me in the face. And I just started getting incredibly more nervous because I had no idea what Bella's technique was, because she refused to tell me before it was needed, and we would be alone. Completely alone. And the farthest we had ever gotten was making out, complete with tongues and all, in my room. I wasn't sure if Bella was okay with that or if she wanted more.

I mean, of course I wanted more, but I wouldn't push Bella like that. I wouldn't make her uncomfortable.

And finally, the last midterm ended, signaling the start of winter break. Fuck yeah. No school for two weeks and Bella all the time to keep my mind off drugs? What's not to like?

BPOV

I had told Charlie I would be having a two week sleepover with Jessica over break. I knew it would e a bit of a stretch, but he didn't ask any questions.

Of course I told Jessica what the real plan was and if Charlie ever called, to tell him I was busy and let me know so I could call him right back.

So after school Friday, Edward picked me up, before Charlie could get home, and slid my humongous duffel bag into the back seat.

"Fuck Bella, what did you put in this thing? I don't have super-human strength you know."

And I just smiled timidly, I had packed a little extra of everything, not too much.

After we sat in the car, were completely buckled, and driving off Edward said:

"So, what do you want to do first, Miss Swan?"

And with a crooked smile Edward turned his head to look at me and left me breathless.

"Woah, Bella, are you okay? You look a little pale."

I was serious when I said he left me breathless. I couldn't breathe.

"Yeah. You were just… dazzling me again."

And I looked away, embarrassed, wishing I could have the same effect on him. I mean, everyone knew that Edward was gorgeous, that was a fact of life. But I was another story. I was plain, pale, and extraordinary. I mean extra, extra – ordinary. There was nothing unique about my features and nothing remotely as beautiful as Edward's.

And I just sighed. I didn't know what he saw in me every time he told me I was beautiful. I think he was just trying to be nice.

And as if he could read my mind, Edward reached out one hand to cup my face, turn it towards him, while he was driving, and said:

"Bella, you do know that you're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, right?"

"Edward, please don't try to be nice…"

And at that, Edward hastily pulled the car off the road and onto the soft shoulder and stopped the car. He shut it off and turned towards me.

EPOV

What did I have to do to break through her insecurities? Bella was beautiful. Gorgeous. Exquisite. Cute as fuck.

And I would just have to show her what I meant.

So I leaned over the transmission, brushed the curls back from Bella's face to throw her off a bit, and started kissing her neck.

I gave her a million slow kisses all the way up her neck to her ear lobe, which I gently grazed with my teeth, and made her whimper.

I then whispered in her ear,

"Bella. You are, fucking divine."

And I think those words had the desired effect because Bella just slumped into her seat, just a bit, kinda defeatedly.

Or that's what I thought. Until I went to look in her eyes, which were closed, and I thought she was just playing with me so I kissed her eyelids, but she didn't respond.

That's when I realized, Bella had fainted.

Shit! What the fuck did I just do? So I frantically grabbed my water bottle from the cup holder, unscrewed the cap, and just splashed some water on Bella's face.

When the cold water came in contact with her smooth skin, she winced a little and opened her eyes.

"Fuck, Bella. You just fainted."

And despite the fact that it had been kinda serious, I just chuckled, started the engine, and got back on the road.

And I handed Bella some napkins from the glove compartment so she could dry her face.

"Sorry? I didn't mean to you're just… too good?"

"I know. I'll try to tone it down a notch next time." And I liked the thought of that. A next time…

And I threw her a crooked smile, more for my benefit than hers, because I knew that shit just made her more flustered. And she just rolled her eyes and looked out the windshield, straight ahead to the road.

"You never answered my question, you know. What do you want to do?"

"Well, first, I'd like to be wearing a shirt that's not wet…"

And then I looked down, noticing how wet her shirt actually was. Which was a bad idea.

Because, being wet and thin, her shirt just stuck extra-tightly to her body and hugged all her curves. Including the two big ones on her chest.

Fuck. I had to look away, it was rude. So I drew my attention back to the road and thankfully Bella spoke so I wouldn't think about it again.

"I don't know. I'm not sure if you want to start today or what?"

"Well, why don't you start by explaining to me what the technique is?"

"Okay. So from my research, I learned a couple of things. There's this law, Thorndike's law of Effect. And basically it says that if a reward follows a particular behavior, that behavior will probably be repeated. Like, that's why you smoke, because it does something that makes you happy so you keep going back. Maybe, if your interests were drawn somewhere else, you could get better. Like if you got punished for smoking, so something bad happens when you relapse, but you get rewarded for staying clean?"

"Okay. Sounds simple enough. But what exactly would the punishments and rewards be?"

And Bella blushed. I wasn't sure why, but it obviously had to do with the rewards. The rewards….

"Well, I figured if you smoked, your punishment would be that you couldn't kiss me for that whole day. I know, harsh, but that's how it has to be. And rewards, well…. I was thinking maybe I'd cook whatever you like or maybe, kiss you however you liked…"

And Bella was so embarrassed she just couldn't look at me. And I just chuckled.

"Sounds pretty fair to me. With those rules, I'm sure I'll be clean in no time."

It was true. Not kissing Bella for one whole fucking day? That just wasn't possible.

And Bella just threw me this big grin because I was actually considering her suggestions.

"And, I also read somewhere, that meditation helps a lot."

And I just scoffed. Meditation? I wasn't a Tibetan monk for god's sake.

But Bella looked a little hurt at my rejection so I said sorry and promised her I would try it.

"Plus, I read somewhere you also have to learn refusal skills."

And Bella said this so mischievously, that I had no idea what she meant. Refusal skills? Refusing what? So I asked.

"Refusing what?"

"Well, I was thinking…" and she paused for a while so I said,

"Go on."

"That maybe, I would push you. You know, like test you, and you would have to refuse. Like I will try to seduce you, and you'll have to say no."

And none of Bella's other blushes compared to the one that spread across her face when she said that. So she was going to agonize the horny teenager within me. Great. I just couldn't wait.

"Of course, if you do well, maybe you won't need to refuse."

And at that, I just chuckled. Bella wanted to go farther, and despite her blushing, she didn't seem ashamed of it one bit.

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