BPOV

Three days after Jasper had taken me to the waterfall, Peter asks me to go with him somewhere while Jasper goes to hunt. I agree of course, and now I am sitting in Peter's truck as he speaks to someone out in a barn. There is a large field with four horses, all of which are spread out a good ways eating the grass. Opting to get out of the truck, I make my way over towards the fence that keeps them inside. Oddly enough, the horse that is the furthest away from my position is the one that begins its way over towards me. The horse is all black except for the two single white spots on its back and just around the snout.

"Lady is her name," I hear Peter say as he walks up to me, making me jump as I didn't hear him make his way over.

I keep my eyes trained on the horse, completely fascinated by her, entranced almost which her presence. As if she knows what Peter is, she stills in her movement and neighs. A warning perhaps? She bucks up a bit before continuing her way over cautiously.

"Can animals sense that you're a threat?" I question as Lady comes within arm's reach of me, keeping away from Peter.

"Yes, which is why the other horses are still scattered back, Lady here seems to like you though. As long as you don't show fear to me, she'll be calm and okay with me," Peter explains. "Are you ready?"

I frown a bit. I don't want to leave Lady, "For what?" I ask.

"Well… we could stand here all day I suppose," Peter says with a lightness to his voice, "or we could saddle Lady up and go riding like I had planned. Whichever suits your fancy, sugar."

Lady nudges me with her snout so I raise my hand up slowly, she seems to let out a small snort before my hand comes in contact with her neck. "Where are we taking her?" I ask, still not willing to look away from Lady.

"They have a huge trail here."

I nod. "Okay."

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Peter gets Lady saddled up and ready to go as I hold a wicker basket full of items that Peter told me not to open up yet. He did break me up an apple to feed Lady as a treat while he got her ready. Her whiskers tickled my palm as she happily took the apple piece from my hand to munch on.

"All ready, let's get you riding," Peter says and I am sure he stood there for quite a few minutes before interrupting.

Stepping towards Peter, he takes the basket from me before placing his hands on my hips to lift me up and over Lady on the saddle. Taking the basket back so that Peter can get on right behind me, I gently scratch Lady's neck. With Peter settled, he takes her reigns before kissing my cheek making me blush.

"Are you ready?" he asks lowly in my ear.

A shiver runs down my spine in response before I nod in confirmation as I hear a low rumble emit from Peter. We head out of the barn slowly, going at a leisurely pace towards a wooded area where I assume the trails begin. My hands keep ahold of the basket tightly as Peter keeps me secure between his arms. Holding me in place, a safety net. By the time we get to a split off with multiple different trails to take, I have relaxed into Peter's chest.

Lady seems to know exactly where to go which I am sure is due to riding people on these trails so many times. I frown at that thought. I don't want other people riding her, which is silly as she isn't even my horse.

"What are you thinking about so hard there, Bella?" Peter asks, kissing my shoulder.

Shrugging, I don't voice what I am thinking but instead I ask, "Why riding?"

"You'll have to clarify that, sugar," he tells me just as we come into a clearing with what looks like a decent sized lake in front of us.

"Why did you want to take me riding today?" We slow down as we near the lake and Peter tells me to take the reins so that he can dismount Lady.

Leading us over to a big oak tree, Peter securely ties Lady to a branch before taking the basket from me to set on the ground. Reaching up towards me, Peter helps me slide off of Lady, holding me snugly in his arms before leaning down to catch my lips with his. My face heats up as I respond in like, not pulling away until I need air. Handing me another apple, I turn around towards Lady where she reaches eagerly to my hand to get her apple. I giggle as her whiskers once more, tickles the palm of my hand.

"Come on," says Peter, holding his hand out to me which I take automatically. He leads me to the water where I see a small dock which is where we go. Pulling out a blanket, he lays it down and motions for me to sit which I do as he continues to pulls things out of the wicker basket. "Jasper and I both originate from the south so we both grew up riding," Peter answers as he grabs out a small container of fruit to pass to me along with some water. "Jasper actually grew up on a farm before he had gone off to war. I don't think my family owned horses but I can vaguely remember taking care of a couple growing up," he shakes his head a bit before coming to sit directly behind me, pulling me against his chest. "I think it was a job of sorts, I assume it was."

"Why Lady?" I continue to question as I pop a piece of watermelon into my mouth.

Peter chuckles before replying, "We were actually supposed to take Ryder, which was the white horse with specks of black on him. The owner and I saw that Lady took interest in you so she let us take her instead."

I feel slightly guilty that I made the owner change her plans, I'm sure it wasn't what she wanted.

"Stop that," Peter nudges me with his leg.

"Stop what?" I frown.

"You're over thinking. It was the owners suggestion that we take Lady instead, she had no other clients coming until much later in the evening," he explains and I relax once more.

Putting my bowl of fruit to the side, I take a drink of water before just leaning back against Peter's chest. His chin rests gently on my left shoulder, his exhale of air tickling my neck. We sit in silence for a bit as I trace lazy patters on the palm of Peter's hand before he flips our hands so that he can mimic me. I look towards Lady to see that she has laid down under the shade.

"She won't try to run off?" I ask a bit shocked she didn't try to get loose from the tree.

Peter shakes his head, "No, horses tend to be loyal, she's not going anywhere unless something spooks her. They could rival a dogs loyalty when treated correctly."

I can't help but check on Lady a few more times afterwards which amuses Peter to no end I am sure as he chuckles every time I do. Sticking out my tongue at him, Peter quickly wraps his lips around my tongue, sucking it into his mouth. A squeak is all I can muster up as my face turns tomato red. Butterflies fill my stomach up as feelings surface that I am unsure what to do with but can't think much on it either. Cold hands position themselves on my hips and quickly, I am turned around to straddle Peter's lap. Pulling me into an actual kiss, Peter doesn't let me up for air until the very last second.

"It's rude to suck on other people's tongues, you know," I say trying to slow my heartrate down.

Peter smirks, "Judging from your reaction there, sugar; you aren't really complaining. Now before you get embarrassed by that statement, I brought us a change of clothes if you would like to swim for a bit,"

I ignore his statement, my skin flaring up once more but I push it aside and stand up from his lap. Peter is quick to pull out a black two piece bathing suit in which I quirk up an eyebrow.

"I figured, so I brought a t-shirt and you can just wear the bottoms," he says with a smile.

"Much better," I comment before grabbing the items.

Peter walks me over towards Lady who stands up upon our arrival and he has me stand beside her as he holds up a beach towel to block the view of the trail. "Don't worry, I promise I won't look," he informs me, closing his eyes for effect.

I change as quick as I can without falling over and folding up my clothes into a neat pile, I tell him that I am done.

"Damn I didn't get a look," Peter says teasingly making me roll my eyes.

"Are we going to swim or are you going to tease me all day?" I question him while I gently pet Lady as Peter changing into his swimming trunks.

"You get the two for the price of one sugar, you should know that by now," he smiles before picking me up and running us back to the dock. "Really you just need to learn to live with it, or else we're going to have a really interesting eternity together."

I don't get a chance to say anything as Peter takes the moment to jump into the water, keeping ahold of me as we go under and then releasing me moments after. Coming up for air, I see Peter is showing off as he still doesn't surface. Eternity. I decide to float on my back and try to think about that. Jasper and Peter have always said Peter 'just knows shit' so maybe he's figured out I will agree to be changed. I, of course, haven't even bothered trying to think about it too much since everything that's happened lately.

Hell, I don't even know if I can progress much further into whatever it is that we are as it is now. What if I just freeze up or freak out? None of it would be either of the boy's fault and it would just be another reminder of what Jacob had done. It would just be another way that he wanted to own me, I wouldn't be the same again and that's how he wanted it. Peter decides to resurface right beside me and in response, I splash him with a small laugh.

"You're a butt, you know that, right?" I say after he splashes me back in retaliation.

"I do have a butt," he smirks. "Thank you for noticing such assets, but I do hope you notice – "

"La la la!" I cover my ears. "Not listening anymore," I say before kicking away and splashing Peter with my feet as I swim.

I hear his laughter cut off suddenly and looking around, I see he is no longer there before I am gripped by cold hands and tossed up into the air. Once I come back into the water and resurface, I can't help the fit of laughter I produce. Peter laughs along with me as he swims us around the lake. The rest of the time we are in the lake is spent swimming and kissing for the most part. I think Peter enjoyed keeping me close in this little bubble but my human needs own out in the end. Peter helps me out of the water and we lay out to dry in the sun where I notice his scars, much like Jaspers.

I can tell Peter is watching me for a reaction which I don't give anything but fascination away. Edward had shown me what they do in the sun to warn me off, I mentally roll my eyes, I had thought he was stunning. Boy was I wrong. Compared to my two, well, simply put… there was no comparison. Rolling onto my side, I bring my hand up to his chest before pausing and meeting his eye. A slight nod is all I need as I continue to my exploration. For the most part Peter's skin is smooth except for where the scars reside which are slightly risen. From close up I can tell that where the scars are less… sparkly.

"Why are the scars not as sparkly?" I ask with a frown.

Peter shifts onto his side, moving so that he is as close to me as he can get without having physical contact except for where is intended. "The venom. It's also why Jasper and I have so many scars as well. Venom from another's bite and dismemberment are the only things that can put marks on a vampires body."

"Dismemberment?" I hesitantly say, almost not wanting to know the answer.

"It was used as a form of punishment in Maria's camp, we would lose our limbs from time to time," he shrugs. "It was to keep us from fucking up again or if she just wanted to be a bitch."

I'm not even ashamed as I wish for Maria to be dead if she hurt my boys. "Is she in ashes yet?"

Peter chuckles, kissing me lightly before nodding. "Yes, sugar. She's long since been dead."