Scent Better Than That Before
Chapter 1 – Instigating Trouble
I would like to say…this is only my second fanfic, and this and my other are still under 'construction'…
I would like tougher critics…I only had a handful of reviewers who read my fanfic carefully enough to comment on things I needed to fix!
Now for the prologue: After long debate, Edward and Bella are in Dartmouth. Actually in Dartmouth, not just using that as an excuse. Bella agreed to give her fiancée a little time, but only because she couldn't form coherent thoughts while staring into his eyes. This fanfic is set not quite a year after Eclipse. The whole Cullen/ Hale clan has moved to Massachusetts, Carlisle getting a job in the local hospital, and all the 'kids' attending Dartmouth.
Once again, this is only my second fanfic, and I apologize if this idea is already taken! Well you do not exactly know what idea that is, but the title hints quite a bit! .
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Edward's POV
Bella and I walked hand in hand to our first class of the day, a medicine course I had chosen. Bella grimaced at the thought of studying medicine, considering the fact she fainted at the sight of blood, but I had 2 master's degrees from other collages in medicine under my belt, so she couldn't argue.
Before we walked into the room, I leaned down and kissed Bella lightly. My throat burned from the thirst with such close contact, but I was used to the feeling by now. I chuckled as she showed resistance to entering the room, but she had no chance of refusing.
I spent the next hour and a half, that Bella spent furrowing her brow deeper every few seconds trying to understand the lesson, staring intently at my one and only true love. I could answer every question the professor asked without even glancing up, so I didn't feel the need to look away from her glorious face. She noticed my staring once, and her face flushed a deep scarlet. I laughed quietly, and played with a stray lock of her hair.
Finally the other students started piling out of the room, and Bella and I followed. I was careful not to get too close to any human, so they wouldn't notice the abnormally cold skin, my alluring topaz eyes, or one the other traits that 'dazzles people' as Bella put it.
We had a study hall period now, which neither of us spent studying. We, well I with her clinging onto my back, ran home to Esme. Carlisle and the other Cullen/Hales weren't home. I pried her off of my back as we came to the large mint green mansion we called ours. It looked much like our one back in Forks, but instead of the back wall being made from glass, the entire roof was. The original siding of the house was mint green, and still retained most of its former glory. I heard Bella's small intake of breath at the sight, it still knocked the wind out of her whenever she saw it.
"Hey Esme." I called casually, entering the house with Bella by my side. "Bells, you hungry at all?" I said, remembering she still needed human food.
"No thanks." She said, running her pale hand over the smooth marble countertops.
I chuckled softly, glancing down at my cell phone. "Love, we better get back to school our class starts in just a few minutes." We both laughed, knowing it took a mere 3 minutes to commute to and from the school.
She sighed, once more hopping on my back. Across the street from campus, I set her down, and we walked together towards the building our next class was in.
Suddenly, it was like the first day of Junior Year at Forks High, only ten times worse. The wind blew a flood of the sweetest scent radiating from a girl strikingly similar to my love standing next to me. I instantly froze, trying to gain control.
The venom flooded my mouth, and I swallowed it back, only further instigating the burning longing in the back of my throat to feel this girl's blood flow freely into my mouth…
I cut off the thought. "Bella…we are skipping our classes for the rest of today..." I said, my voice low and rough. I grabbed Bella, attaching her to my back for the third time today, and once more ran to my new house.
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Eeep! A tad of a cliffie we got here! Heh…I apologize for such a short chapter…but I wanted to see what people thought of the idea…
If I get three reviews [[preferably constructive criticism… then I will continue my story!
Thanks for reading!
Hehe for today's viewers…I have a treat! I stole a fictional book character!!
-drumroll-
EDWARD CULLEN!!!!!
Edward: Wha-what am I doing here? -looks around at crazed fan girls, then down at his vampire-proof chains-
Me: Well…I put you in my story, and these are your fans. You will now give them HUGS for reading about you!
Edward: I will do no such thing!
Me: Shall I get out the tazer
Edward: WHO'S FIRST FOR HUGS?
Me: That's more like it! Hugs for everyone who reads, and extra hugs for those who review!
Edward: -gulp-