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Chapter 2

I snapped out of my admiration for him within a minute. Flushing in embarrassment I adverted my eyes from his face. Surely he had felt my feelings while I was staring at him. His once full smile was a smirk which did not help my current state of being. "Don't be embarrassed your reaction is very much appreciated." His accented voice scent tingles down my spine. This more than anything defiantly confirmed that I had gotten over Edward. My attraction to him was surprising.

Maybe I was just naturally drawn to vampires. After all before Edward and now Jasper I hadn't felt like this for anyone else not even Jacob who himself was a non-human. My body shifted to an upright position as I contemplated these thoughts. I hissed out in pain when I banged my elbow on the seat that I hadn't seen that was so close to where I was sleeping.

I glared at him for his chuckle of amusement which only got louder with the scowl that appeared on my face. My mind was cursing at my extraordinary lack of observation. He had blanketed my mind with his dimpled smile. My dislike immediately was replaced with alarm at my notice of my surroundings. The sun shining on the ocean around us and the rocking motion of the lifeboat was what had gotten my attention. My alarm only got stronger when I couldn't see any land.

The cold touch of Jasper's hand returned my attention to him. "Everything is going to be alright" Was said as I felt reassurance coming off of him. His hand on mine felt pleasant not only for the comfort that it's presence brought but the coolness relieving my overly heated skin. He noticed right away. My skin must have made a big enough difference to my normal temperature to register on his.

His handsome face creased in concern which brought out his shining scars further. It made him look even more rugged and manly than he already was. Another pale glowing hand reached out tentatively coming to rest on my right cheek. It wasn't a romantic gesture but a comforting one.

I let out a sigh, his hand felt so good. My body longed to reach out and envelope him. The thought of his cold body bringing down the heat in my own was very tempting. It wouldn't be surprising if my face probably looked like a constant blush with the sun beating down on me. The silence that accompanied this moment didn't feel too awkward. His hand left my cheek and my eyes that I didn't realize I had closed fluttered open.

Taking in the cautious expression on his face and the arm that was slowly opening in acceptance. "Do you want to get closer? I can feel your unease that I assume is from the heat" The words fell from his full lips hesitantly as if he thought I would refuse to get closer to him. "Yes" I said less than 4 seconds after his words. My relief would have been obvious even to a non-empath.

Copying him I moved slowly and as carefully as possible to his shining self. He tensed when I came to rest on his reclining body. I pressed my face into his chest and breathed in his indescribable scent. A minute later he relaxed. His breathing was shallow but taking longer draws as seconds than minutes went by.

He was radiating happiness. I looked up at his face and reading me accurately he spoke. "I'm glad that I can be this close." He answered to my silent questioning. "I've worked very hard on my control in these past few months." His tone was apologetic and sincere. I knew what he was trying to say. "Don't be sorry I didn't ever blame you" And I was being honest. "You are a vampire. It was understandable that you reacted like that after all why would you be so on guard for bleeding humans in your normally human free house." I let out my long time thoughts on that night.

"You are an amazing being" He said. I got the feeling that he said being because even if I had been a mystical being myself that he would had still said the same thing. We talked some more about that night and the following months after the Cullen family had left me. He rubbed soothing circles on my back when I spoke of the over all negative feelings that I had. The abandonment, pain, and zombie behavior.

It was freeing to let out my feelings. I was more comfortable talking to him than I had felt with anyone. Jasper presence was so accepting that I didn't even edit what I had experienced at their absence in my life. Though he sometimes winced at my descriptions. The hand that wasn't on my back was running gently through my hair. My body was a puddle of relaxation and his body definitely felt better than any air conditioner in the world. Had I not gotten such a good rest last night I would have fell asleep. The combination of his ministrations and the waves rocking the boat would have assured that.

My stomach chose that moment to grumble. Embarrassment rose in me immediately. Jasper laughed, his chest rumbling against mine. He stopped 10 seconds later smiling down at me. It took all my focus not to let my brain blank out. He was effortlessly dazzleling me.