BELLA POV

*just to bring you up to date this is what's happening. The Cullen's have been in Alaska for a year now; Nessie grew up so fast she now looks like a 15 year old girl, so she's just able to join in with the rest of them at high school. The Volturi look to have given up on their attempt to capture the Cullen's for their own gain. Oh and Alice has gone even more insane (if possible) about clothes. Jacob is starting to get romantic with Nessie and (much to her parent's horror) she's returning the favour. Jasper has gotten a passion for confederate fashion (nice rhyme if I say so myself) as well as his current obsession from serving with them. Emmett's... well Emmett. Rosalie's got even more cars to tinker with. Carlisle and Esme are even closer than ever. Edward now enjoys riding motorbikes everywhere, and Bella now enjoys playing the trombone. WILL THE MADNESS NEVER END! At the moment it's chemistry at the end of the day, Nessie, Bella, Emmett and Jacob share this class.*

"Has any one got some cards?" Emmett muttered.

"No!"

"You've asked that four times!"

"Can you just shut up I've never done this class before!"

"Can you please be quiet over there, this is a complicated experiment, I would hate for you to get it wrong, and the effects could be quite catastrophic." Came to dull tones of an old teacher who had no interest at all in what he was doing.

I glared at the teacher silencing him at once, he was always afraid of me... it was great. We were meant to be doing something with acids and esters but it was all stuff that you needed to learn if you were going to work in chemistry and it was all so... boring and complex, my brain just shut off after five minutes. Nessie touched my arm.

Could be worse, Jasper's in history doing the civil war. I laughed out loud

I'd rather that than this. At least that would be a laugh to see him scream that the confederates were the good guys. This time it was Nessie's turn to laugh. Shall we change class to see? I asked her

Might as well.

Be right back.

I shot up from my seat, barely making a noise; no one would notice my disappearance. I sprinted to the office and grabbed a pile of paper, and filled them in with the sectaries handwriting. They were the forms to change classes. I ran back to the chemistry class. Barely a second had passed. But my disappearance hadn't gone unnoticed by the Emmett and Jacob. They looked at me with quizzically.

"Oh sir I've just remembered that we have actually changed this class for history. I have the forms here if you like." I asked in a voice of purest honey, in the jeans and tank top that I wore indoors the effect was quite pleasing. So much so the boys heart rates were now about to become worryingly high. But I kept a straight face and my smile glinted in the florescent lightly that dangled from the ceilings. Nessie touched my arm.

If Dad can hear their minds right now they are dead! She laughed, I was inclined to agree. A few boys had hit on me so far. And one time when Edward found a boy touching my leg under the table, he broke his hand and made it look like an accident. When the guy was taken to the doctors (Carlisle in other words) he described what happened and phoned Edward. Edward swears his arse has never been the same since it was kicked so hard.

I went up to the teacher and handed the forms to him. We all left before he even had a chance to look the papers over.

"What was that about?" Jacob asked.

"Finally something good, where are we going?"

"History"

"Is it the civil war?"

"Yep"

"Is it Jasper?"

"Yep"

"Brilliant, this should be good!"

"Umm why are you going to history?" Jacob was still unfamiliar with the concept of Jaspers Confederate obsession.

"Because Jasper loves the Confederate army, he did fight for them after all, so we are going to see how big a fight he can start with the teacher." Nessie said running up to him taking his hand and leading him down the corridor at a run. I stood there glaring at the two of them run away.

"Bella? You ok?" Emmett asked, in only a way that a big brother can make comforting. I noticed that I was shaking with rage.

"Oh shit! How are my eyes?" I held open my eye lids for him to see clearly.

"Don't worry they're fading to gold now." he said looking deep in them. I was a bit of an oddity in the vampire world. It had been discovered that when I was enraged my eyes would turn red, not the normal black. Jasper, which had spent most of his life around newborns, had never seen anything like it.

"Good. Let's go then." I said sorting myself out as I walked down the corridor. I looked outside into the snowy wasteland. We had moved to the small snowy Alaskan town of Nenana. It was about a fifty mile drive west of Fairbanks, Alaska's second largest city. We had decided to live here as it had a large enough hospital for Carlisle, shops for Rosalie, Alice and me, a sports stadium for Emmett and Jasper and Edward was just happy wherever I was. So we were all happy enough here, even Esme was having fun renovating local flats. And even better it was almost either totally dark or completely covered in cloud. Meaning that day time was accessible for us. No that that was a problem to worry about right now it was going to be night for the next three months

When we came to the history class all was as expected, Jacob and Nessie was standing outside waiting for us though they quickly let go of each other's hands when they saw me. We heard inside the room a heated debate.

"Sounds like Jasper got started without us." Through the window of the door we saw Jasper and Alice sitting side by side. I say sitting but in fact jasper was actually standing on his desk screaming at the top of his lungs "Sweet Home Alabama". I took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

"Singing songs about the south lands. I miss our family once again and I think it's a sin..." he stopped the moment he saw us standing at the door. The rest of the class was staring at him like he was completely mad.

"Ms Cullen what can I do for you?"

"It's Mrs Cullen actually ..." I saw Alice smile at me in my peripheral vision "... and we've just been changed to this class. Here are the forms for you to sign sir." I walked over to the teacher and handed the forms, the class gasped at us as we walked in. It must have been a great sight to see. Three of the most stunning people in the world, and a man that looked about twenty five, just walking into their class room.

The teacher looked the papers over once and then motioned to the back of the class where there were several desks free. We walked passed Alice and Jasper.

"What are you guys doing here?" Jasper spoke to fast. I said nothing and motioned for them to join us at the back. They nodded and followed us immediately. At the back we put together some of the empty desks so that we could all sit together. "Why are you guys here?" Jasper started again the moment the teacher opened his mouth.

"We came 'cos we knew you were doing the civil war and we were bored." Nessie said, making sure that he wouldn't get angry. He was really touchy that we mocked his love of the confederates. "And what was that about "sweet home Alabama"?"

"Oh, well it was a shot below the belt really, I'm surprised he didn't try and kill me actually..."

"Why?" I couldn't help myself.

"His grandfather was killed in the battle of Spanish fort in Alabama. I was there. They took about six hundred and fifty casualties but we took about one hundred more." It was hard not to be compassionate for the confederates when Jasper loved them like he did. "It was pretty bad there... maybe I shouldn't have mocked him like that..."

"Are you kidding? That was brilliant!" Alice always laughed at whatever Jasper did. Jasper gave a look that looked like it could freeze air. "Oh don't you look at me like that!"

"Yes ma'am."

"Oh you're such a gentleman." Nessie looked at Jacob.

"I wish you would say stuff like that to me." Their heartbeats started to become uncontrollable. I started to shake, but it was stopped immediately thanks to Jasper.

"Can you two please not act like that in front of me please?" I begged. it always hurt to see those two.

"Sorry mum."

"Sorry Bells." He didn't sound very sorry...

"You lot! At the back yes you! Pay attention or it's detention for the lot of you!" the teacher shouted at us. He was very rude, I wonder if he would be as rude if he knew what we were... the teacher carried on with the boring lecture.

"So as it was the confederates that were the first to attack the union, who do we all think got what was coming to them?" the teacher foolishly asked the class." Jasper looked murderous.

"The confederates!" the class chimed.

"Oh shit..."

"This is going to be good!"

"Cover your ears people..." we were... slightly ready for the outburst of anger we felt come from jasper. The rest of the class looked around concerned, they were feeling angry too for no reason that they could think.

"The confederates... got. What. Was. Coming. To. Them." his voice was laced with venom and malice. "The confederates. Got. WHAT. THEY. DESERVED!"

"We need to get him out." Alice whispered. "Come on jasper, its ok..." jasper stood on his desk and ripped of his jacket and then his shirt. On his skin was a tattoo of the confederate flag. "Oh no Jasper don't you dare sing that song!"

"What song?" at this Jasper took a deep breath and bellowed out...

"There's a yellow rose of Texas
That I am going to see,
No other fellow knows her,
No other, only me.
She cried so when I left her,
it like to break my heart,
And if I ever find her
we never more will part..."

His voice sang out the words beautifully and it was hard not to be taken in by the charismatic words. Even the teacher was shocked into silence; Jasper took of his now ruined shirt

"Jasper shh, that our song remember!" but he didn't hear her.

"She's the sweetest rose of colour
a fellow ever knew,
her eyes are bright as diamonds,
they sparkle like the dew.
You may talk about your dearest May
and sing of Rosa Lee,
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
beats the belles of Tennessee."

Alice was staring at Jasper, love melting out of her eyes. The class were still stunned by this sudden out burst. I looked at them. Several couples were now holding hands; I didn't know what they were doing. They were looking at a topless man singing Confederate songs in the middle of Alaska. They should be dumfounded. I looked at Nessie and Jacob and instantly regretted it. She had her arms around him and he was resting his head against the top of hers.

"Oh, now I'm going to find her,
For my heart is full of woe,
And we'll sing the song together,
That we sung long ago;
We'll play the banjo gaily,
and we'll sing the songs of yore,
and the Yellow Rose of Texas
Shall be mine forevermore."

As his song came to an end I finally realised what was going on. His love for the Confederate army was seeping through into us. I looked around the room; the couples were no longer holding hands and were looking a little embarrassed. The teacher looked like he was about to explode. I looked at Nessie and Jacob. They were still in each other's arms. For a moment I tried to remember what it reminded me off. Then I realised, that was the way Edward looked at me, and the way I looked at him. I looked at Jasper and Alice. He was still standing on the table looking like a god, and Alice next to him with her arms around him, looking like his goddess. I suddenly felt rather lonely.

"Detention all of you! No exceptions! I'll see you here after school, you can tell me all the ways in which the confederates were on the wrong side!" we all expected Jasper to explode at this, but he calmly nodded and walked out of the room with Alice by his side. Emmett and I followed and after a moment of confusion Nessie and Jacob came after us.

"Oh man that was the best rant ever!" Emmett said patting his brother on the head. Jasper laughed it off, but I had the feeling that he wasn't putting on a show for Emmett. "Can't wait for the next time!"

"Me neither." Alice bubbled as she skipped with Jasper down the corridor. She liked to be the centre of attention.

"What was that about "shh that's our song"?" Emmett asked bluntly.

"Oh umm..." Alice laughed uneasily "... well..."

"Alice..." Jasper warned.

"Oh I'm interested now, tell me everything." Jacob asked, almost as blunt.

"No."

"Come on, were family, you can tell us anything."

"I think not Jacob. Were not even the same species."

"So? Edward and Bella weren't the same species when they-"

"Think very carefully about what you say next!" I warned him.

"-gave me- us Nessie" he corrected himself. I glared at him. I'm sure my eyes were going red again but I didn't care. A sudden wave of calm stopped me there.

"Bella?" Jasper asked worried, he knew how volatile I could be. Despite not being a newborn vampire I was still volatile and I had to be careful. One wrong move and Jacob would be Swiss cheese; he nearly was once when I found him a Nessie holding hands like a couple for the first time. I still hadn't decided to fully forgive him even if he couldn't help it.

"Bella." Alice put her hand on my shoulder and shook me slightly. "Bella over here." I hadn't realised that I was so deep in thought my eyes would have glazed over "Do you feel good enough for lunch?" she was always worried in case I went out of control, she hated the thought of me acting like a human eater. All violent and bitter.

"Sure if he's main course." I joked to let them know I was back. They sighed in relief, even Jacob even though it was directed at him and there was still a note of bitterness in my voice. We walked down the remainder of the corridor to the small hall that doubled up as a school dinner hall, it was still early and we were the first people there. We walked over to the counter to buy food but I just got an apple and soda like the rest of the Cullen's. Even Nessie wasn't a big fan of human food, she still preferred blood. Jacob on the other hand piled tons of food onto the tiny tray. The school dinner ladies always had to get more food ready for the rest of the school after Jacob ate. We all paid for our food (Jacob paying fifteen times more than the rest of us).

"You're going to get fat eating all that shit, dog." Emmett always joked about Jacob's appetite.

"I'm sorry if I find that idea of hunting my own dinner and eating it raw unappetising." He replied curtly

"HA you don't know what you're missing." Alice added. I rarely hunted with her; it always freaked me out to see Alice like that.

"Actually I do..." Jacob's russet skin became darker as he blushed.

"What?" I was stunned by this revelation.

"Remember when I went off the rails for a couple of weeks? I had to eat somehow."

"What did it taste like?" Emmett said. Trust Emmett to ask about the taste.

"Disgusting, it was all wet and hot, I hated it, and I would have came home even just to get good food."

"Wimp." Nessie teased him.

"Shu' up." He said his mouth now full of bread. He swallowed. "Just because you're all freaky like that doesn't mean that I have t o love the same food as you."

"Well that's your problem, if you would eat like us we wouldn't need a kitchen and then we wouldn't have to buy you stupid food like sausages... how do you like them any way, pigs taste like crap." Emmett ranted

"Not as bad as lemming." I complained.

"When did you eat lemming?"

"Remember when we went looking for polar bears? And Emmett bet me to eat a lemming he found?"

"Oh yeh! How was it I never asked?"

"Fucking horrible! Honestly like a little bag of shite that squirms about!" everyone laughed. "In fact I still don't think you paid me for it..." I held my hand out to Emmett.

"I didn't mean it!"

"I still ate it!"

"Well that was your problem."

"Pay me god damn it!" he sighed and reached into his pocket. He dug around and pulled out a thousand dollars, as usual Emmett had bet a stupid amount of money on the wrong horse.

"Oh sweet can I have that?" Jacob was still not used to having large amounts of money just lying around.

"Sure." I handed him the roll of money. Before he even had his hand firmly around the money I snatched it back from him.

"What!" he looked confused. I laughed.

"I've had an idea... I had to eat some stupid lemming to get this... so... you have to eat something as well..." Emmett jumped up and down on his seat, Jasper laughed; Alice nodded in agreement; Nessie shrieked in excitement and I just grinned at Jacob. His face was a mask of misery; he hated to eat stupid food, Deer and bears and stuff he was ok with. "...if you want this money." He paused for a moment.

"... What?" I smiled

"A marmot" I smiled again. He groaned at the mention of them.

"... Fine"

"For the grand prize of one thousand dollars, in exchange for the eating of one marmot, Jacob Black, Deal or No Deal?" Emmett anounced in a voice that sounded a lot like Noel Edmonds.

"... Deal." He muttered not taking his eyes from his plate he reached across and took Emmett's hand and then my hand.

I looked around at us; the hall was starting to fill now. I saw Edward and Rosalie approach us with a full tray of food for Edward and nothing but an apple for Rosalie. For some reason their music teacher had made them join his class and seeing as how I can't play anything I had to take a different class from Edward. He came and sat down beside me and kissed my hair as Rosalie sat on Emmett's lap.

"I missed you." He said into my hair. "How was chemistry?"

"History was great. And I missed you too." I broke away and looked into his face. He looked confused for a bit then he heard the thoughts of everyone in the history class. He turned to Jasper.

"Wow! That was some singing you know that you should turn pro right?" He mocked. Jasper muttered something that none of us could here.

"Everyone thinks so?" he added with a crooked grin. Jasper shot him a look that would kill a bear. Edward's smile didn't falter

"Come on." He said. The cheek in his voice was unbelievable. I laughed at Jasper's face. The mood got considerably lighter when Alice lifted Jasper's face and planted her lips against his. Suddenly lust was in the air and I looked at Edward, the same look was in his eyes as well, as was in mine. I chuckled and lowered my eyes; if I was human my cheeks would look like they had lost their skin. He put his lips against my ear, then to my jaw, then across to my chin, then up to my lips. Edward snickered into my lips.

"What?" I breathed to him. He touched my forehead. I let go of my shield

Oh my god! That should be illegal in a public place.
Will somebody please get them to stop?
Oh if only he was mine.
Wish me and Jessie did that.
Oh dear, oh dear, I need to get out before someone notices... oh shit she just looked there, damn it!
Hehe there're kissing... ewww.
I think I'm going to puke.
Aww that sweet...
He is so hot.
She is so hot.
Why do they all look so similar for adopted kids, apart from that Indian looking one?

I smiled as he pulled his hand away. I looked around and tried to put voices to faces. But it was impossible; I didn't know any of them, or even their names. I sighed at the thought of them feeling rejected from us.

"What?" Edward asked his expression confused.

"I just realised that all the people here feel that we shun them." there was sadness in my voice, I remember how it was to be separate from the Cullen's in the beginning and it disturbed me to think that I was now the same.

"Does it matter?" Though his answer wasn't meant to be rude, I couldn't help but be slightly offended by it.

"I guess not." I couldn't think of an argument against it, but I felt like we owed it to them to talk to them, even to just meet them, hang outside of school with sometimes... their heartbeats increased whenever they saw us, whether through fear or attraction it wasn't clear, but it was obvious that we had a big effect on these people. Then it clicked, their hearts... my thirst burned my throat and I stiffened slightly.

"You ok? Do you need to head off?" Edwards's voice was clear with worry.

"Nah its ok at the moment... doesn't it seem odd that we make the effort to not eat them, and then shun them? We don't kill them because they have lives and hobbies and likes and dislikes, but we never take the time to meet them and find out..." my voice trailed off thoughtfully. I looked at his face. He too was thoughtful. I looked at the rest of them; they too had heard what I had said. Jasper looked like he was thinking hard, it was clear that he knew what I was talking about but he knew that it would be too risky for him to be close to humans. Alice hadn't thought about this, the only human she had ever had much to do with was me so she wasn't much of an expert in the field. Rosalie looked confused. She was pigheaded and didn't deny it so she never thought much of people that weren't like her. Emmett looked confused; actually he looked like a troll that had been hit over the head with a bus, even if he was a very attractive troll. Nessie looked thoughtful and like her dad in that way, and at her side Jacob looked like he knew where I was coming from with this. I was sure if Carlisle was here he would agree with me, it was he who discovered this way of living after all. And Esme would be the supporting mother she was. It was Jasper who broke the thoughtful silence.

"I know where you're coming from Bella, but it's just not safe for them or us to have such close contact with them. It raises so many eyebrows that it's just not fair for them. I know what you're thinking." He glanced at Edward. "But the last time any of us got close to a human look what happened! You came along with a shit load of problems." We all laughed, even Edward. "I know that they wish they could be our friends but..." he trailed off, and we all looked at the people in the hall. Some were looking at us but they glanced away now. We were still relatively new to the school and a bit of an oddity.

"But can't we just like talk to them, just like hang out at lunch and stuff. Like our last year at forks high, nothing bad happened to them then!" I said. Then I remembered. they had all lost a friend that would never be able to contact them, never talk, never visit. I suddenly felt rather lonely being a vampire.

"But how long do you think it would take you or I to lose control and kill one of them?" Jaspers question caught me off-guard, I had always been better at control than most of the Cullen's, for a newborn at least. Jasper's struggle with the thirst was really bad, he had never had the same level of control and probably never would beacause he had spent too many years feeding whenever he wanted to be able to fully control himself. I sighed and looked at all the people around us, all endangered by us and yet they still wanted to be our friends.

The bell rang and I picked up my tray and walked over to the bin with it. Edward, Alice and I had math next. I was getting better but I still didn't do great. I'm sure after the hundredth time I'd done the same topic I would finally get it. Edward put his arm over his shoulder and I put mine around his waist as we walked to class.

"You ok?" he looked down at me. "Your eyes are very dark. Are you sure you can make it without massacring the math class?"

"You lock the doors and I'll unleash myself upon the unsuspecting town's folk." I joked back. He looked at me for a moment then stopped walking.

"Come on, you might as well eat, you must be thirsty."

"I'm fine, honestly." But saying that my throat gave an uncomfortable groan. He gave me a quizzical look.

"Oh really." It wasn't a question.

"Come on are we going to maths or not?" Alice muttered behind us. Edward steered me away, down the corridor towards the exit. Alice followed us.

"I'm fine honestly." I hated a fuss being made over me.

"Bella you're thirsty, you should eat otherwise you're going to get really cranky and I won't be able to put make up on you." In that case I would starve for the rest of eternity. I didn't say this out loud for fear of hurting Alice's feelings.

"That's not much of an incentive to eat, Alice" Edward said for me. She slapped him across his arm that wasn't around me.

"Honestly guys I feel fine." My throat was troubled again, not helped by the smell coming from the gym hall that we were now standing outside.

"Bella your eyes are getting darker even as you speak."

"I said I'm fine!" I was getting exasperated now. "Besides we have homework that we need to hand in, I should go to class."

"No you shouldn't." Edward gave up and slung me over his shoulder and walked off with me struggling.

"Edward Cullen put me down right this instance!" I screamed down the hall and Alice put her hand over my mouth to silence me. I gave up and let them drag me out of school. We passed Edward's car. Alice had taken her hand off my mouth.

"Umm... where are we going?" I asked.

"Hunting of course silly" Alice said as if I'd asked her the weather.

"But won't it look odd to run off into the "night" (it was one in the afternoon) without the car?"

"No one will see us." Alice reassured me. Damn there goes my last chance of escape. We were right into the woods that surrounded the town of Nenana. That was when Edward let go of me.

"Now will you behave?" my throat started to get really uncomfortable.

"Might as well now." I looked around us and listened, we must have came about fifteen miles away from the town, so we were safe from hurting innocent people. About five miles west of where we were I heard the heart beats of a herd of caribou. "West, five miles, about thirteen?" I guessed.

"I think fourteen."

"I guess twelve."

"Nah there's too much sound for twelve and not enough for fourteen."

"Oh really miss experienced new blood."

"Yeah really!"

"Oh yeah, how much?"

"Twenty bucks."

"Deal."

"Alice who's going to win?"

"It'll be better when you see for yourself." She smiled and ran west, I smiled at Edward and we ran after her. After five miles we came across a group of... I counted them again... thirteen caribou. I smiled.

"Well Mr experienced. Where's my twenty bucks."

"Wait one second." He pointed at a large boulder. To my disbelief a fourteenth caribou strode out from behind it.

"Jesus Christ! And the motto of this story is never work with animals" I sighed as I handed to money to him. "Speaking of working." I leapt at the largest caribou I could. Sinking my teeth into its neck, the force of my impact killed it instantly.

"Greedy!"

"That was mine!" the others called as they leapt at the smaller reindeer.

"Shut up I saw it first." The other caribou fell over in there panic to get away. I continued to drink from the dead body long after its heat left its body; there was so much to drink.

"The best thing to do is tip it up so the hole is at the bottom of it. Otherwise you might as well use a straw to get the stuff out." I did as Edward said and lifted the body up so that the hole in its neck was at the bottom of it. I was surprised by how much blood was still left in it as it came gushing out over me, so fast in fact I wasn't able to drink it all in time and ended up covered in blood. I looked at Edward. His face was calm as he walked over to me. Alice on the other hand just about exploded with laugher.

"You just need practice love." He whispers in my ear as he licked the blood from my face.

Alice made a gagging sound as she walked away. I still didn't feel totally satisfied as Edward finished my face. By then Alice had wandered off to find some more caribou. I looked at Edward as he kissed the last of the blood from my lips.

"How do I look?" he laughed at my question.

"tasty." I laughed too. "Come on you can clean up later." He said as he took my hand and we ran off to find Alice. She was sitting in the middle of a pile of dead caribou about five miles north.

"Finally! I thought that you were eating her! I left a few over there for you two." She indicated to two very small caribou, barely even adults.

"Thanks Alice, I didn't know we were on a get slim diet here." I muttered as I picked up a body and sank my teeth into its neck. Again I was covered in blood, but not as much this time.

"Drink it, don't wear it!" Alice screamed at me. Edward threw his already empty caribou at Alice which she neatly dodged. It took me another minute to finish of mine. I looked at myself, all my clothes were deep red now, and it was freezing in the sub zero temperatures. It was only a pair of jeans a t-shirt and some shoes. But I was sure my underwear would ruin a white wash now as well.

"Sorry about the clothes Alice." I apologised, the bin was the only fitting place for these now, or maybe a battle field or plane crash.

"Oh don't be silly you needed rid of them any way." She muttered as she led off. "Everyone had their fill?"

"I'm ok, what about you Bella?"

"I should do for a while."

"Bella?" his tone serious.

"Honestly I feel fine now."

"I thought that you felt fine in school?"

"I was lying."

"Well don't, it could get someone killed!" Alice was horrified. I said nothing as I headed back to the house. I tried to read the time but my watch was covered in blood, and I had nothing to clean it with.

"Have either of you got the time?"

"Sure..." Edward was still perfectly clean; he had a skill for keeping blood off him during feasting. "... It's half past five"

"Damn it!"

"What?"

"I was supposed to phone Charlie when I got home."

"That's ok, come on lets go."

We raced each other home, Edward winning by four seconds or about three hundred meters. I went in through the back door, forgetting that my shoes were covered in blood.

"Bella! Damn it I just cleaned that!" Esme came screaming down the stairs with a heavy duty vacum cleaner that washed and hovered at the same time. Emmett came through laughing as usual.

"Whay Bella! Looks like you don't know how to eat cleanly yet."

"Whay yourself." I muttered as I walked out through the back door, "sorry about the bloody footprints Esme I forgot I was covered in the stuff."

"That's ok it'll come out."

"Will Emmett's brain stains come out if he keeps smirking at me like that?"

"Might do, but I think to leave a brain stain there first has to be a brain. It's all skulls up there." Emmett looked offended as he walked off back to the TV. I walked around to the front of the house and I saw Edwards's room. He was standing by his open window and I leapt up to meet him.

"Hello." His velvet voice caressed me with its presence.

"Hello to you too." I looked at the floor I landed on; it was covered in towels so that I wouldn't stain the dull gold carpets. He laughed as I noticed the floor beneath me.

"Sorry I like the carpets gold and not red." He smirked as I took my shoes off; there was a bin next to the towels so I just put them there. Before I knew what he was doing he was next to me with his arms around me. In the heat of the house the blood had started to melt now, and it was dripping from my hair. I breathed deeply the scent of the blood, and the scent of him. The two mixed perfectly. Suddenly my instincts took over and I shot around and kissed him ferociously, and he was doing the same.

EMMETTS POINT OF VIEW

"FINALY, THOSE TWO ARE TRYING TO BRING THE HOUSE DOWN!" I yelled over the racket coming from Edward and Bella's room "I WAS STARTING TO THINK THEY DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THEM!" Nessie sighed and put her arms around Jacob on the couch they were sitting on; his arm was over her shoulders. Thank god he's busy right now. I saw the look on their faces. From the outside it looked that they were thinking the same thing.

BELLA'S POINT OF VIEW

Once Edward and I were... done for the night, we dressed and headed down to everyone. It was clear that we hadn't been as discreet as we had hoped. Emmett gave us a salute, Rosalie a smile, Alice and Jasper clapped politely, Nessie and Jacob turned red, Carlisle and Esme acted like nothing had happened. we sat down on the sofa next to Nessie and Jacob. Emmett coughed and looked at the ceiling. At first I didn't look, but then his cough was louder and he deliberately pointed up. I sighed, and looked up. If it was any one else I would have exploded with laughter because there in the ceiling was four perfectly round holes, with four black iron poles sticking through. I looked at Edward, he was still looking at the TV screen. I tapped his shoulder.

"Edward." I whispered, he looked at me and I pointed to the bottom of our bed that now poked through the ceiling. his eyes barely even got near them when a horrified expression came across his face.

"Oh..." Emmett snickered in the corner of his sofa, Nessie and Jacob got even redder, Esme sighed, Carlisle's cheek flinched in a sudden lapse of his self control of his laugher, Alice and Jasper looked like they were about to have strokes from the effort of not laughing.

"Umm..." was all I managed. Then an idea came to me. I pointed at Edward "HE DID IT!"