I hope everyone had an awesome holiday and safe New Years. Now that I'm settled back into life I'm able to write more, hopefully the next chapter will be up shortly.

***I do not own Twilight or any of the characters, lucky Mrs Meyer does*

As we walked towards the front door I couldn't help but notice that Jasper's hand wasn't as cold as Edward's. I assumed that all vampires were cold to the touch.

"Jasper?"

He stopped and turned. "What's up?"

I felt silly asking but I was really curious. "How come your hand isn't as cold as Edward's?"

Jasper's eyes widened a bit and he quickly dropped my hand, which I was sorry for. "Oh, well normally it would be but I'm able to push out a sense of warmth, just like I can any other emotion. It all stems from the brain, which makes it easy to manipulate and make your body feel warm when it's not."

Every minute I was becoming more impressed with Jasper. "Wow, that's really neat." Immediately I began to think about what it would be like snuggling with Jasper. Edward always had to use a blanket, but with Jasper we wouldn't have to.

Jasper's jaw twitched a bit. "Uh, we should probably get going."

I could feel my face redden. There I go again, this is so embarrassing.

Jasper was about to open the front door when I pulled him away. "Jasper, what if someone sees you outside?"

Jasper smiled. "Lucky for us it's a cloudy day. That's how I was able to knock on the front door, like a real human."

I smiled back and we walked outside.

Outside Stephan was getting into his monster jeep. "Bella, I'll be gone for the rest of the day but feel free to look around, the house is yours."

"Thank you. We were actually going to check out the countryside."

"Then we'll go back towards the city and get a hotel."

Stephan turned on his jeep. "Nonsense, you are guests I insist that you stay here. If you like there are quads in the back. Keys are in the ignition, if you need anything else Rosa will be able to help."

Jasper bowed his head in appreciation. "You are more then kind sir."

Stephan waved us goodbye, and then was racing down the long driveway.

We hurried to the back and saw a large shed. "They must be in here." Jasper pushed open the door and inside were four big quads, all candy apple red. Jasper whistled, "Those are nice."

Since I had almost mastered driving a beat up old motorcycle I was convinced I could handle a quad. On the wall were a bunch of different sized helmets. Jasper took one down and handed it to me. "This should fit."

I placed the helmet on and strapped my head into place. By the time I was finished Jasper was already sitting on a quad ready to go. I hopped on the one next to him and turned the key. Even though he didn't need one, Jasper had put on one of the black helmets. The lens was flipped up.

"You ready to go?"

I gave him a thumbs up and we were off. I had expected Jasper to leave me in the dust but he didn't. To show him that I was no longer the scared little Bella, I pushed on the gas and hit into third gear, and flew past him. In third gear the quad was a little hard to handle but I held on tight.

Jasper rode up alongside me. "Follow me." He yelled.

I nodded and let him take the lead. The wind picked up the back off his shirt as we rode down the hill through the woods. I could see his perfect back and I learned that he was a boxer briefs man. There was something very hot about watching a guy ride.

The woods ended and opened up into the most beautiful rolling hills I had ever seen. Everything was open and in the distance you could see large mountains. The site was breathtaking.

I pulled off my helmet to get a better view. "It's so amazing." Never in my life did I ever think that I would see anything so majestic. I could only imagine what this place would look like on a bright sunny day.

Jasper pointed southeast of where we were. "There's a nearby town. We'll ride in and get you something to eat."

"Sounds great."

The town was small, quaint and very rustic. We parked our quads outside a little restaurant that had seating outside. We sat down at a small white wicker table with a single rose on it. A young man with dark locks and piercing blue eyes took our order. Of course Jasper ordered just a soda while I had to try their penne ala vodka. The waiter threw me a wink as he grabbed our menus.

Jasper sat across from me scowling.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked.

Jasper crossed his arms. "That guy was totally hitting on you."

"So?"

"So it's rude, I mean what if we were together." Our eyes connected as that last word left his lips. My heart fluttered as Jasper's intense gaze bore into me.

"Yea what if."

Jasper's shocked expression made me realize that I had muttered those words out loud. Oh I'm such an idiot! How was I going to explain this, I couldn't have Jasper thinking the wrong thing. He would probably get disgusted and feel so uncomfortable. What is wrong with me, I'm with Edward!

I wanted to hide under the table or excuse myself, and I couldn't bring myself to look anywhere else but my napkin. If Alice or Edward knew how I was acting they would both hate me.

Jasper grabbed my hand. "Stop."

My eyes stayed glued to the napkin. "Stop what?"

"Bella, I can't begin to decipher what your mind is whirling around right now but I can feel everything your feeling and you have no reason to be so upset, it's okay."

I was confused by his reaction, and it angered me a bit that he was telling me how I should and should not feel.

Jasper laughed and squeezed my hand. "I'm not telling you how you should feel Bella."

My eyes popped and I dared to look at his smiling face. "How did you…"

He smirked "I sensed you getting angry and I figured that might be why."

It was my turn to smile. At that point the waiter had returned to bring me my dish and give me another wink, which made Jasper scowl again. I couldn't be sure why it bothered him so much but a part of me was enjoying it.

Dinner was great, we talked about everything under the sun. Jasper described all the beautiful places he had been, stories about all the Cullen's and how they ended up in Forks. By the end of the conversation I was glowing. Me and Jasper connected in a way that was different then Edward or Jacob.

Jacob was my best friend and I felt comfortable being around him. I had the same openness with Jasper. I was madly in love with Edward and wanted him more then anyone else but with Jasper there was a strong desire. I desired Edward intensely but with Jasper it was different, the boy made me hot and it was getting worse.

It might have been the loneliness I was feeling from losing Edward, and my emotions were definitely all bunched up. I could come up with a thousand excuses why I was feeling this way but it didn't matter, it was still wrong.

The worst part was Jasper was no help at all. I figured he would ignore me and knock some sense into me but he didn't. At points the air around us would get so hot it sizzled.

Jasper was extremely good looking and when he laughed, he became adorable. I had never noticed before but he had the cutest dimples but they only could be seen when he really laughed, which is why I probably never saw them.

One thing this trip had made me realize was that I was just getting to know Jasper. I had always thought of him as the strong & silent type, but now he was completely different. He seemed happy and almost carefree, I wondered why I never saw this side of him before.

Jasper paid the waiter and we walked back to the quads.

"What's next on the agenda?" I asked excited about what else he had planned.

"If your feeling up to it there's a really cool place I'd like to show you. I spotted it while I was hunting."

I jumped on the quad. "Sounds fun."

"It's a bit of a drive though."

"Will we run out of gas?"

Jasper laughed. "I checked the tanks before we left, we'll be fine."

I turned the key. "Then I'm game."

Jasper smiled and we were off.

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