A/N: Wow I can't believe, yet again, the awesome feedback I've gotten for the last chapter! It makes me hella happy that you guys loved the way Edward and Viv revealed themselves :-) Thank you SO much for the wonderful reviews and encouragement X-) I'm so sorry that this chapter is late! I know I said I would have it up yesterday, but as I was typing it, my stupid piece of crap computer froze and I had to restart it and it erased EVERYTHING I had written for this chapter! I started re-writing it but then I got so tired so I'm posting it today. Please don't be mad :-( Anywho, I hope you guys love this chapter just as much, and that it doesn't disappoint you.

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Pasts and Affections Exchanged

"Ok. My parents left the pack and moved to Vermont to start a family and have their own lives that aren't involved with the pack. They then gave birth to my brother Liam, my sister Marie, and then me. We lived a happy and safe life together for a long time, until one night. I was eight years old; my tracks lead hunters to our house. I was the only one to make it out alive. Aunt Hope was my mom's best friend, I thought I was going to live with her but she told me I should live in Romania and be around my kind."

"Is Hope a loup-garoux too?"

"Yes. So anyway, I lived with my Aunt Astrid and her son Rafe. Gabriel was Rafe's father and the leader of the pack. He left Astrid and took another female as his mate. You see, every seven years the leader takes a new mate. Anywho, three months ago, I was still living in Bucharest and Gabriel wanted me as his mate. I didn't love him. In fact I despised him. Aunt Astrid loved him and he just tossed her aside like she was nothing. He was pretty much forcing me to marry him, mainly because there's this prophecy that a female loup-garoux will lead our kind to the Age of Hope.

"Gabriel was so sure that was me. Then I met Aiden. A human. It's forbidden to take a human as a mate. I tried to stay away from him for his own protection, but he kept pursuing me until I agreed to go on a date with him. He was an artist, had his own graphic novel series and was fascinated by the whole loup-garoux legend. It wasn't hard at all to fall in love with him; he was the sweetest most romantic man I have ever met. But I knew it couldn't last. It was only a matter of time before Rafe and his friends saw us together. They told Gabriel about us, and Gabriel sent Rafe to send Aiden away. Well long story short, too late I know, Rafe tried to kill Aiden and Aiden was the one to walk out alive.

"So now he knew the truth. He tried to leave the city, but Gabriel's men got to him first. Gabriel had the pack hunt him down in the woods. I saved him, but Aiden cut me with a silver knife because I was in my wolf form and he couldn't recognize me. I was afraid of what Aiden thought of me, but he still loved me. He said he waited all is life to see a loup-garoux, so why would he want me gone now? He accepted me. Astrid found us hiding in an abandoned film studio and wanted to kill Aiden, but I begged for his life. I reminded her of what it was like to lose the love of her life, I begged her to please not take mine. She let us go free.

"We went to a pharmacist that Gabriel owned, because the silver from the cut was slowly killing me. The pharmacist made this very rare and special Antigen, and antidote that could cure a loup-garoux of silver. But then Gabriel and his men found us. I made sure Aiden got away before Gabriel could get him. Gabriel took me to his Absinthe factory and gave me a choice: be his mate or die. I told him that he and his traditions can go to Hell. Ulf gave him a knife to cut himself so we can hunt each other until one of us died. But Aiden came back for me before that could happen. I thought he would jump at the chance to leave the city without me, but he didn't. Gabriel tried to kill Aiden, but I shot him dead before he could do it.

"Aiden and I left the city that night and ran off to Paris. We had lived there for a month. It was the best month of my life; we spent every waking moment together. We were alive and free from the pack. But then one night, the Four found us."

"The Four?" Edward asked.

"Well they used to be called the Five, Rafe was the leader. Ulf was his right hand man and best friend, so he was beyond pissed off when Aiden killed him. Ulf, Willem, Finn, and Greggory found us when we were out on a walk and we were kissing. I tried to fight them off as much and as hard as I could without letting them get to Aiden, but it wasn't enough. Ulf pulled a fast one on me and hit me in the face with a brick and knocked me down."

I saw Edward tense up and clench his fists in anger after I said that, but I continued.

"Willem held me down and made me watch as the others beat Aiden up. I cried and begged for Aiden's life, to kill me instead. Ulf just laughed at me, and rubbed in my face that Aunt Astrid drank herself to death from Absinthe after Gabriel banished her for helping me. Ulf cut Aiden's arm to make him bleed. That's what Gabriel always did to humans before the pack hunted them down. Aiden was no different in this case. Aiden didn't want to leave me, but I just yelled for him to run. He didn't even make it 20ft before Ulf, Finn, and Greggory changed into their wolf form and attacked.

"The last thing Aiden said to me was 'I love you', but the thing I would ever hear were his screams as the boys tore him apart. Willem made me watch the entire time. I was in a psychotic rage. I changed into my wolf form and started attacking them all. I don't remember everything I did to them, except that I gauged out Ulf's eye and chewed off a piece of Finn's ear. I didn't stay long enough to see if any of them survived or not. I just ran straight back to our apartment. I had to take a hot shower to wash off the blood. I got dressed and packed up all of my stuff. There was nothing left for me there so I had to leave.

"Then I remembered Aunt Hope. She and I used to write to each other a lot, until Gabriel forbade me to ever contact her again."

"Why would he do that?"

"There was a time when Gabriel wanted Aunt Hope as his mate. She rejected him and he got so pissed off that he exiled her. She told me in her last letter, that if I was ever in trouble and I had nowhere to go and no one to turn to, that she would be waiting for me. The address on the envelope said Forks, Washington. So here I am."

Edward looked at me with what I can only describe as sympathy and sadness.

"I am so sorry for everything you have gone through Vivian. And I'm sorry about Aiden. You must have loved him very much."

"I did. He was everything to me, and we were only together for a short time. But I know now that he would want me to be happy, to move on with my life. So that's what I'm going to do."

I smiled at him through tears I didn't even know were falling from my eyes. He smiled back at me and wiped my tears. I closed my eyes at his cold but gentle touch.

"So what's your story?" I asked him after a minute of comfortable silence.

"I was born June 20, 1901. I was changed by Carlisle in 1918, when I was dying from the Spanish influenza in Chicago. My parents had already died from it, Carlisle was my doctor. He treated me as a son. I know you're probably wondering if we do drink blood, right?"

"Yes I am."

"We do, but we don't hunt humans. Carlisle believes in only drinking the blood of animals. We call ourselves vegetarians; it's our little inside joke. Though, I did rebel for a few years when it was just Carlisle and I. I went off on my own and used my ability to read minds to seek out and feed on the worst kind of people. But then I went back to Carlisle."

"Why?"

"I don't want to be a monster."

His voice was filled with so much pain from his past. My heart broke for him; we both had our share of a depressing past. I realized that we were more alike than I thought we ever would be. We're so different and yet we're the same.

"You're not a monster, Edward."

"Maybe you're right. Maybe you're not."

"Well then, I guess we can be monsters together."

He smiled at me again. I don't think I can ever get tired of his smiles. As much as I hated to ruin the moment with a question, I had to ask him.

"Why did you hate me so much on my first day here?"

"It was your scent, your blood. It was calling to me, tormenting me. I thought you were some kind of demon sent to ruin me. It took everything I had not to jump up in the middle of that classroom full of children and.... I could have ruined everything Carlisle had built for us."

"But you didn't."

"I could have easily killed you."

"I could have fought back."

"You don't understand. I've been able to control my hunger for many years. But when I smelled your blood.....it intoxicates me, and I can't bear to be away from you. Your scent is like a drug to me. You are my personal brand of heroin."

He looked me deep in the eyes as he said those words. I wasn't even close to being afraid of him. I was speechless, not from fear, but from the very positive affect those words had on me.

"Are you afraid now?" he asked me after he noticed my silence.

"Yes."

"Good."

"Not of you. I'm only afraid of losing you. You can never scare me."

"Well you should be afraid of me."

"Edward, in case you have forgotten, I'm not human either. Besides, I thought you would actually really hate me now that you know what I am."

"I can never hate you even if I wanted to. Even as a wolf, you are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. And I have never wanted you more than I do right now. You don't know how long I've waited for you"

My vision became blurry with tears threatening to fall, and my heart was beating faster and faster. I never thought I would feel anything like this ever again after Aiden died. But to my surprise, this was stronger. Edward touched my cheek, I leaned into his palm. I never wanted to lose this feeling. He wiped away my tears with his thumb, not once taking his eyes off of me.

"I want to try something." he told me.

He started leaning towards my face, I knew what he wanted to do. This is what I've been dreaming about for almost a month. He was moving closer and closer. Our eyes slowly shut at the same time. I can feel his warm, sweet breath on my face as his lips hovered over mine. I leaned into him, and our lips finally touched.

I swear my heart stopped beating and then sped back up. His lips felt so soft and warm against mine, I didn't want our lips to part. I put more pressure into the kiss as I ran my fingers through his silky smooth hair. I softly sucked on his bottom lip and he sucked on my upper lip, then we reversed. This kiss was amazing, but I wanted more! I lightly licked his lips, silently asking permission to enter. He readily complied as he opened his mouth and our tongues touched.

Our tongues wrestled together, fighting for dominance as we got more into the kiss. It was getting more passionate by the second; I shifted my legs so that now I was straddling his lap, not once parting our lips. Edward held me closer to him so that my breasts crushed against his chest. Before I knew it, I was now on my back on the grass and Edward started kissing my face and my neck, letting me catch my breath. He had me gasping and moaning in pleasure, he felt so good. I was desperate to feel his lips on mine again, I brought his face back to mine and we were kissing even more fiercely. I ran my hands up and down his back as I wrapped my legs around his waist, softly and slowly grinding my hips against his. He grabbed my thigh to hitch it higher up his waist as he started putting in more pressure as our hips continued to grind against each other.

I wasn't going to last any longer. I wanted him. I moved my hands to unzip his pants, but he stopped me.

"Vivian wait. We can't."

"Why not? I want to, and I know you do too."

"It's too soon. And I'm afraid I will hurt you."

"Edward, for the last time, I'm not a weak little human. I can take it."

"Please. Believe me, I want to, but I also want this to be special. Just trust me, please."

"Alright. I'm sorry I was a tad bit aggressive."

We both started laughing as we sat up, the moment now over. He was right though, it should be more special. Maybe more romantic.

"A tad bit? You nearly attacked me!" Edward replied jokingly.

"I didn't hear you complaining."

"True."

We sat there on what was now our meadow, with the sun shining on us. Well more on Edward if I wanted to be technical. He smiled at me as he lightly touched my cheek.

"In fear I hurried this way and that. I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth," I started to quote.

"The one as hateful as the other." Edward finished for me.

"You know it?" I asked him.

"Steppenwolf? Yes. What made you want to say that quote?"

"I don't know. It seemed appropriate at the time."

We both laughed. Yes, even at times like this I tend to be random.

"You never cease to fascinate me Vivian." Edward told me, his voice soft and full of love.

"I tend to have that affect on people." I smiled at him.

He smiled at me with so much love and affection, I felt like my heart would burst.

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb." he said.

I chuckled as I replied.

"Please, I'm far from a lamb. I'm a wolf."

Edward chuckled and nodded in agreement.

"And so the lion fell in love with the wolf."

"What a silly, aggressive wolf."

"What a sick, masochistic lion."

We smiled at each other as we leaned toward each other for a sweet, chaste kiss. With the sun shining on Edward, it looked like I was kissing a man made of diamonds.

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A/N: Well there you have it. What did you think? Please don't tell me it was crap :-( I did the best I could and I really hope I didn't disappoint anyone! I hope the first kiss was good, I wanted there to be more passion than Edward and Bella's kiss. If you didn't like it, I'm sorry! And I'm sorry this was a short chapter but this was all I could think of to write. Anywho, thank you for reading and PLEASE REVIEW!!!