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This outtake of the Lessons trilogy takes place between A Lesson in Fate and A Lesson in Love. It was originally written for Ninapolitan's Friday Free For All on Twilighted. It is lovingly dedicated to icrodriguez, who inspires me in more ways than she knows, and to Nina, for giving me the honor of gracing her pages with my writing.

I highly recommend that you listen to this song while reading this chapter. It is sung in Spanish, so I have provided the translation for you, courtesy of icrodriguez.

"YO NACI PARA AMARTE", Alejandro Fernandez

Betray me, forget me, what does it matter to the heart
If my love is confirmed for you without condition
Punish me and lie to me, I confess it matters not
My heart decided long ago who to love

Your other loves matter not, your past matters not
I have already forgiven your smallest of mistakes
Long before you sinned them
And there is nothing left to do

I was born to love you and love you with no end
I know one day the overwhelming flow
Of your love will reach the sea
Nothing will detain the momentum to love
That commands my heart

I was born to love you, I was born to love you
Beyond all reason
You will finally learn, at the end of it all
To accept my heart, If love is true
It does not surrender to pain

I will wait for you, no matter how much you wound me
Without mercy
Destiny is engraved, You will be mine and nothing else
And there is nothing left to do

I was born to love you and love you with no end
I know one day the overwhelming flow
Of your love will reach the sea
Nothing will detain the momentum to love
That commands my heart

I was born to love you, I was born to love you
Beyond all reason

Edward's POV

I blame the red shirt. The black leather pants. Bella blames the music. All three had been used once before to seduce Bella, all those years ago when I was trying in vain to hold onto her. But here, in the beautiful city of Málaga on the Costa del Sol of Spain, I was determined to rewrite history with my beautiful vampire bride.

She hadn't known how to speak Spanish then, didn't know what the words meant. She did now, though. Close to twenty years of seclusion in a Scottish castle left plenty of time for study. The words had more impact on her than I anticipated, considering that we had put that part of our history to rest some time ago. But they did, and I saw for the first time in a long time her eyes growing sad and remorseful as she remembered all the pain I had suffered during our time apart. I didn't want to live in the past anymore. She was here and she was mine and I was hers, and although we have learned from the past, it holds no power over us anymore. I needed to prove that to Bella. That's what tonight was all about.

I saw the flash of recognition the moment I walked into the room. There was something about the blood red shirt, open half way down my chest, and tight pants that drove Bella mad with desire. She was dressed to match in a strapless black and red Spanish style dress, light, gauzy layers that came to her knee and floated in the air as she swiveled her hips back and forth in front of me for my approval.

"Bella, mi amor. Que linda tu eres," I told her as I took her hand and lifted it over her head, twirling her beneath it like a ballerina in a music box.

"Tu también, mi marido," she replied, obviously quite proud of herself.

"Tu belleza es rival de la luna, mi dulce Bella. Y es infinitamente mas poderosa en tu torear." Bella rolled her eyes at me, understanding just enough to comprehend I was teasing her.

"Dance with me," I commanded. I pulled her flush against me, placing one of my legs between hers so she was straddling my thigh as we began to move to the music. I dipped her deep, using my hand firmly holding her low on her back to move her in an ellipse, then kissed the hollow of her throat before pulling her back up just as quickly. Our steps quickly fell into sync. We let the sensual rhythm take us over. I pulled my leg back and spun her away from me, only to spin her back in my arms, this time with her back against my chest with one arm raised above her head, holding the back of my neck and wrapping my hair in her fingers.

As we swayed from left to right, I ran the backs of my fingertips from her elbow down her arm, grazing the curve of her breast as I worked my way down to her hip, across her stomach to take her other hand into my own and spin her once more so we were again face-to-face, my thigh rubbing her increasingly damp center with every step. My hands slipped to the hem of her dress, lifting it higher with every step as I caressed her thigh, marveling at it flexing and quivering beneath my hand. Bella's breaths grew unnecessarily shallow and quick.

"If I didn't know any better, Edward, I would think you were the one with the power to put the opposite sex under your spell," she whispered in my ear.

"Maybe I do," I whispered back, "since I intend to keep you under my spell the rest of the night."

"Your wish is my command," she replied, her voice heavy with lust.

I stepped away from her then, as much as it pained me to do so. "Strip for me, then, mi amor."

Bella paused for only a second, but it was enough to make me raise an eyebrow at her questioningly. Play with me, Bella, I thought. I promise I'll make it worth your while.

She began dancing to the music, losing herself in the sultry sounds. It was not a striptease, it was infinitely more sensual. Her eyes were closed and although they were her hands touching her body in tantalizing ways, it was me. My voice singing to her, my fingers caressing her, my lips teasing her.

Once she was undressed and completely aroused, she turned to me without a word. Her hips still rocked to the music, grinding her against me while she unbuttoned the last couple of buttons and slid my shirt over my shoulder. Her hands traveled down my chest, swirling around my nipples once before going lower, reaching for the zipper on the pants. I reached down and stopped her, bringing her hands up so I could kiss her wrists gently, tasting her with my tongue. I guided her to the bed and waited for her to get situated in the middle. I took the silk scarves she was using as a belt and untied it, pulling it out from behind her back. I put her hands over her head and tied her wrists together with one of them, fastening it loosely to the headboard.

She smiled at me as I used the other one to blindfold her. I bent down and kissed her then, teasing her with my tongue as she stretched towards me, desperately wanting to deepen our kiss.

"Not yet, my love."

She stuck her lower lip out in a beautiful pout and I couldn't resist sucking it between my teeth and nibbling it. I pulled out a feather I had bought just for the occasion, and started at her toes, tracing patterns on her skin slowly, in time with the music. Bella giggled and squirmed, alternately seeking more or less. I took care to avoid her erogenous zones, much to her frustration. I could smell her arousal. Intoxicating.

"Who loves you, my Bella?"

"You do."

"That's right, love. And who is it that is pleasuring you now? Willing and able to bring you to heights you never imagined?" I bent down and kissed one of her pert nipples, sucking it into my mouth and releasing it with a pop.

"You are." I positioned myself between her legs, making sure she felt the depression of the mattress. I watched her beautiful nether lips clench and release repeatedly in anticipation, glistening with need.

"Very good, love. And who will it be a hundred years from now? A thousand? Whose name will you be screaming in ecstasy from now until the end of time?" I bent down and blew on her clit.

"Yours, Edward! Only yours!"

I crawled up her body and kissed along her neck up to her ear.

"Yes, love, only mine. And I will cry only yours. Let the past go. Live in the present, plan for our future. That is all there is." I thrust into her, filling her completely. She cried out and arched against me, her need so intense that one thrust was all it took to send her over the edge. I held still, enjoying the spasms from her orgasm around me, letting her come down before I began moving once more to the music, making love to her while I sang in her ear. "No importan tus amores, no importa tu pasado. Tus pequeños errores ya los he perdonado. Mucho antes de pecar. Y no hay nada que hacer. Yo nací para amarte."

I undid the scarves, wanting to look deep in her beautiful eyes while we were one. She wrapped her arms around me and pulled me down, kissing me deeply and unendingly until she was once again on the verge. We did indeed cry each other's names as we found our release together.

We curled up under the covers and cuddled, much like we used to do when she was human, and she rested her head in the crook of my neck in companionable silence for a while, just enjoying the perfect moment.

"I think I'd like to stay in Spain a while longer, Edward," Bella said after a while. "I like the music, and I'm beginning to think we should take up dancing."

" Tu belleza es rival de la luna, mi dulce Bella. Y es infinitamente mas poderosa en tu torear." -- "The moon is rivaled by your beauty, my sweet Bella. And it is infinitely more powerful in your incitement."

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