(A/N: I know there's a bunch of Bella period stories, but I couldn't resist any longer!)
EPOV
"Edward, I can't believe I've never thought of this before!" Bella exclaimed. I wrapped my arms securely around my angel as we sat on the couch.
"Dare I even ask?" I couldn't help but smile. There was nothing else to do, with the incessant rain tapping on the roof above us. Charlie was gone, and he wouldn't be back for quite a while. I needed something to pass the time.
"Is it harder for you when I'm on my period?" I blinked a few times, completely aghast at that subject coming from my Bella's mouth, She was so genuinely curios that she didn't even blush. She just stared patiently at me, waiting for my answer.
"Yes, but not in the way that you think," I finally replied. I paused for a moment, trying to think of the best way to explain this. How could I tell her that she, well, disgusts me for a week out of every month?
"Let me put it this way. Do you know what normal blood smells like, like from a cut?" Bella nodded. I could tell she was unsure of where I was going with this, but she trusted me enough to not change the subject.
"Do you know what . . . menstrual blood smells like? How it's different?" A blush crept onto Bella's lovely cheeks as she nodded again.
"That's because of two things. One, it's basically dead. Stagnant, kind of." Now I was practically blushing, as if that were even possible.
"Two, it's absolutely full of hormones. This causes mood swings, but it also makes the smell completely different.
So, in answer to your question, yes, it is difficult to act normal around you on your period, but only because the dead blood and hormones are slightly, well, repulsive. However, it makes the bloodlust much easier to control."
Bella said nothing for a while. Had I disgusted her? Had I bored her? I guess I did sound reminiscent of a textbook.
"So I guess that's why you were wrinkling your nose so much in the week after the van crash. You looked like you smelled something bad. And to think, back then, I thought it was my shampoo!"
I twirled a lock of her dark hair between my fingers, reveling in its perfection. We both laughed.
"No, love, strawberry's fine."
(A/N: I was inspired by Stephenie Meyer's interview on the Lexicon, and by pages 69-70 of Twilight – in paperback. I figured Bella was PMSing before that, when she was all "Now you'll talk to me?" moody. I just added a week from there and found that Edward was acting weird in the book, so I assumed Bella was ragging.
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