A/N: Hello, everyone! How are you? I've been busy with Scentsy and with work. My birthday is coming up on Tuesday. :-)

Anyway, I decided that I'm going to try something different. I will write the chapters by hand and then type them when I had a chance. I noticed that this helped me concentrate on my writing as it eliminates distractions. Of course, it'll be working a different part of my brain so it's going to result to a slightly different writing. This is a quarter computer writing and three fourths handwriting.

Chapter 18 The Kiss

When we went to the Cullen mansion, Jasper immediately locked Jane in the interrogation room. It had graphene table and graphene walls. It was sound proof so no human being would hear her screams.

When Edward brought me to the control room, Jasper had shown the face of an avenging angel.

"What do the Volturi want from us?" Jasper asked. His voice was soft but eerie, like you know he could be dangerous. Every vampire should be scared but not Jane.

"Wouldn't you like to know," Jane said mockingly and then both Edward and Jasper winced in pain.

"We need to work on that," Edward said.

"Work on what?" I asked.

"Didn't you feel it? Jane had the power to bring pain even on the toughest vampires," Edward said.

But I didn't feel it. I just wondered what was going on with everyone.

Edward explained the ability of the twins-Alec and Jane. Jane had the ability to bring pain. On the other hand, Alec had the ability to numb the sense. They were the Volturi's greatest weapon. No wonder Jasper didn't let me kill Jane. We could use her as our bargaining chip.

Edward and I watched as Jasper did his best to make Jane spill her guts. He began by chopping off her arm. Then it wriggled around before Jasper reattached it. There was nothing more terrifying than removing and reattaching people's body parts knowing that they could reattach themselves. He did it repeatedly obviously amused with the pain he's inflicting.

"Tell me the truth," Jasper said.

Suddenly, I had the desire to tell the truth myself.

"I always thought you're good looking even for a vampire. You love your coven like a family. It's one of the things I love about you," I told Edward.

"You're stronger than an average human. I found it fascinating how you could defeat several vampires at the same time. I found it extremely attractive," Edward said.

With both me and Edward spilling our guts with each other, how much more did Jane have to endure?

"The Volturi used to be fond of Carlisle but they now see him as a threat. They wanted to find out what he's doing-find out what the threats were up to. He could be starting an upheaval without even realizing it," Jane said.

In that moment, both Edward and Jasper seemed to be wincing in pain. I touched Edward's hand to comfort him but he ended up hugging me instead.

"I don't feel the pain while holding you," Edward said.

That was when I noticed that his lips were several centimeters away from mine. In that instant, I imagined what it was like to kiss them. And then I did.

Edward's lips were already on mine before I could even say anything. And it felt like I was on fire. Every edge of my body was tingling. The slightest touch made me want to move closer. And before I know it, it was over. I didn't even notice that Jasper entered the room.

"Jane said that the Volturi was planning to send more vampires to squash Carlisle. She's the first and Alec would be coming soon with his own set of soldiers. And you two really needed to be more honest with each other," Jasper said.

"We just got carried away for the moment," I said.

"That was me giving my best to compel Jane to tell the truth. Unfortunately, that had been felt through the whole house," Jasper replied.

I didn't know that Jasper could do that. So Edward wanted to kiss me for a long time?

If anything, I'll suggest you two get married. You could die anytime with the upcoming war," Jasper said.

I didn't get what Jasper was saying. Maybe it was Edward and I being opposites with each other that made me want to do that. However, since it was with Jasper's influence, I'd take it with a grain of salt.

End Notes: So, Bella and Edward finally kissed. Did you realize that Jasper could both feel and manipulate emotions? He'd been feeling what Edward and Bella had been feeling the entire time.