As soon as my thought had ended there Alice was, standing in front of me with her hands on her hips. She always reminded me of a kitten pretending to be a tiger. She was small but I imagine she never saw herself as tiny maybe even larger than the rest of us. To be honest , though, now was not the time I wanted to see her. I wanted to relax and prepare for tonight's games and relaxing was usually the last thing happening when Alice was around.

"Edward! Sometimes I just don't know where your head is at"! He small hands making large gestures in my face. She looked like a child that was trying to play a parent and reprimand .

"Please tell me why I am having visions of you and Jasper acting like a bunch of animals running around outside chasing humans? Because, dear brother, I surely cannot come up with my own explanation".

I stared at her waiting for her to finish, right when you think she is done she tarts up again so I always wait a little extra to make sure she is done ranting.

"It's really simple Alice. You're a smart girl, I'm sure you can decipher those images of yours". I heard a low growl of annoyance in her throat and I simply laughed. "Alice, you may love these modern times, the fashion, the shopping, the celebrities and the night life but you and I both know that I am no such person. I prefer the simpler things in life and a good hunt. I am simply taking life into my own hands".

"I can't imagine you will have anything to say. It is no different then what you do sister. Going out on the town luring men into dark rooms. Their hopes high for a good time and always end up dead. I am at least being decent. I give them a good running start first".

She huffed at me. I could tell she was annoyed, she never liked being told anything. It didn't matter if she was right or wrong, she just didn't care to listen, only talk.

" would hardly consider it to be the same. Your idea is cruel, you give them some fake hope that they have a chance when you know all along that there is no chance for them. I never lead anyone on. I never promise anything, if those men want to believe they are getting something other then what I intend then I cannot help that. They always come on their own free will", she said with a little grin on her face.

I was getting annoyed with her, I simply brushed her away with my hand. "I think it's time for you to leave, Alice. Jasper will be here very soon and if you get my mood down I will take it out on you".

"That's another thing Edward, I don't like that you are roping Jasper into this. You need to learn to do your own dirty work".

I stood up growling letting her know that I was done with this conversation. She gave me one last defiant look before taking off. Not far, I was sure.

Jasper had pulled through with his part of the plan, not that there was any doubt in my mind. Jasper could lore anyone he wanted to follow him, that's what made him such a great leader. He was a southern gentlemen, which girls could not resist, but he was also a man's man. He grew up on a farm and knew how to hold a conversation about sports, hunting, or war.

Later that evening we both sat on my couch, completely full. The fire in our throats had been put out and the hunger had been conquered. It really had all worked out like I had wanted it to. Jasper had brought back to marines from a bar. Jasper thought it would be fun to start ourselves off with a challenge. There would never truly be a challenge but I didn't want someone who was just going to lie down and accept death, I wanted a fight out of them. Jaspers logic was that these men were trained for war and they would put up a good fight, giving us a decent hunt in return.

He was right, the moment Jasper had brought them back to the property I was already satisfied with the night. The moment Jasper ran around them with vampire speed only to stop in front of them with a smile on his face before saying "Well boys, let the games begin", it was exactly like I had planned. They ran, they hid, we searched and smelt them out and used all of our instincts that have been wasted recently. It was exhilarating. Nothing had been so exciting for me in the last few years.

Now, sitting on my couch I couldn't think of a better first night. This was a perfect plan I had thought of and Jasper had just as much fun as I had. We agreed to do this again as soon as we could. We agreed on Friday. A little pre weekend fun.

BPOV

Charlie has been harassing me about getting out and doing something fun. It always seems like the parents whose teens are always out plead with them to stay home and the ones who have kids that are always home end up pushing them out the door.

Me and Charlie were alike in many ways but he was a social creature compared to my preferred isolation. He enjoyed being with a buddy, if he could. I think he even enjoyed just having my company around him, even if we weren't speaking. Some people are like that but I could take it or leave it. I have yet to find anyone who was worth spending my time with.

"Bells, you are 18 years old. Don't you want to be getting into trouble or staying out late to the point where you almost give me a heart attack? Isn't that what girls your age are suppose to be doing? I may not know much about raising a teenage daughter but I am pretty certain that staying home on Friday nights reading is not the norm".

I stuck my tongue out at him playfully. I know he just wanted me to have a good time, he wasn't trying to push me out of the house or anything.

"I'm going to be going fishing tonight, Bells. I would like it if when I got home you were out having a good time. Heck, stay out till 12, just doing something to remind me that you are 18 years old and not a 50 year old spinster".

He gave me a puppy dog look, he knew I would do anything to make him happy. I know since coming here two years ago that I have made him happier. He just worries about me and I hated being the one that caused him any worry.

"Alright, alright, alright", I laughed. "You can tuck that lip of yours back in your mouth! I will call Angela and see if she wants to go out, okay"?

He gave me a warm approving smile and I rolled myself off the couch after closing my book.

Angela was the only other person I could say that was relatively close to my personality. I didn't feel like going out but if I had to I would rather go out with someone like me, the unadventurous type.

"Hey Angela, I don't know if you have plans already tonight or not but I was wondering if you maybe want to go to Borders with me? I'm pretty close to finishing this book of mine and thought it was time to find a new one".

"Actually BellA, you are in luck today, I have absolutely nothing to do tonight? Would you mind picking me up"?

"That's perfect. Your cab will arrive shortly", I joked before hanging up the phone.

Charlie had gone into the other room while I was talking. I yelled into the room "I hope you are happy Dad. I'm going out with Angela, I might get crazy tonight, so don't worry about me". "About time", was the only thing he said.

I grabbed my green jacket and headed out to my antique of a truck. Why anyone would actually ask me to pick them up in this thing is beyond me. Most people offered to drive so that they didn't have to be seen in this thing. I didn't mind though. This truck was my baby and it hasn't let me down yet.

I arrived at Angela's house and as soon as my headlights moved up her driveway she was coming out the door. Thankfully Angela was a bookworm like myself and was probably genuinely excited to go to a bookstore.

With a creek of my door she was in. There was no heat, or anything really, so I could practically see our breath.

"My car isn't working very well or I would have offered to drive", she said. "I'm sure", I said giving her a knowing look. People just couldn't appreciate an antique.

Most of the ride was in silence, I was never one for small talk. I would look over at Angela every now and again and she seemed to be content with watching out the window so I didn't feel compelled to make pointless conversation.

JPOV

After the first night I had become enthralled with this whole idea of his. It was what Edward promised. It brought me right back to the war fields and the hunt. I felt like my old self again as I tracked one of the men in the dark that night. I had an energy in me released while also being fed. It was perfect.

So here we were again and I wanted this night to be just as good as the first. I wanted every game to have as much intensity as the first one. I wanted that rush again. I was picky with who I chose. I didn't want just any drunk off the street that wouldn't put up a challenge, that took the whole point away. I had been driving around when a smell hit me so strong that I forgot I was driving.

It was hypnotic, it had my head spinning and my mouth pooling with venom. I had to find that smell. That surely would be an amazing hunt and an even better prize at the end.

I followed it all the way to the dinky shopping center that held a Borders. Places like this always had me asking myself why I continued to stay in Forks. As I entered the store the smell just became more intense, I felt drugged by the smell. I could have closed my eyes and simply floated to whoever owned that smell.

There she was. She was a beautiful human, which was saying a lot. I found most humans distasteful, nothing like people use to be and it made me hate them even more, making me feel no guilt for ever taking the lives of one. I couldn't imagine that the world was losing anything important from these people when I took a life. But this girl, truly the world would weep when she no longer walked this earth.

I hadn't even thought of a decent plan when I did a very bad fake bump into her. She was pretty wrapped up in her book to notice that the bump was obviously intentional.