A/N: Well I finally finished the second chapter. It's not really that awesome but whatevs. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, so I'm gonna keep it very light for right now. If you have any suggestions for what I should do next please tell me.
Disclaimer: Honestly, do I look like Stephenie Meyer? I thought not.
After the whole invisibility thing, I decided it was time to get out of the bed. From the corner of my eye I could see Rosalie scowling as she left the room, but I wasn't going to let her ruin my mood. I hopped off the bed and walked over to Jasper.
"Guess what I can do now." I said, looking at him.
"What?" he questioned
"This." I said as I reached up to him, pulling him into a hug.
He was surprised at first but then his expression softened as he returned my hug,
"Yes and you can do that as much as you like." he said softly as we finished hugging.
"Good cause there's about 3 years you have to make up for." I said jokingly.
"HEY! Where's my hug?" Emmett said, fake-pouting.
I smiled at him, with an idea of how to repay Emmett for all his "clumsy human" teasing and glanced at Alice to see if she knew what I had planned. She nodded very slightly, as a grin made its way to her face.
"Fine, come over here and I'll give you a nice big hug…" I said slyly.
Emmett eagerly came up to me and I wrapped my arms around him, giving him a bear hug, and squeezed as hard as I could.
Emmett choked on his breath saying, "Can't ---breathe---", much like I had done many times before as a result of his hugs.
I let go of him smiling and saying, "Toughen up Emmett! Anyways, you up for an arm wrestling match big bro?"
Alice laughed and said, "Emmett--"
Emmett cut her off saying "Don't worry Alice, I can handle this shrimp."
I smirked and said, "We'll see about that..."
Esme quickly interrupted saying, "Not in the house you two!"
"Okay, then we'll have it outside later on this week." I said, knowing Emmett would brag all week about it, making it that much more funny when he lost to me.
"You're on!" he proclaimed loudly.
Suddenly Alice exclaimed, "OMG, Bella we have to go to the mall now!"
I groaned at the thought of shopping, especially since now I didn't have the excuse of being tired anymore.
I rolled my eyes saying "Ali-"
Edward interrupted me saying "Bella needs to hunt first, and anyways she can't go anywhere for a while now."
Alice tried to protest but Carlisle said, "Edward's right. Alice, you'll just have to wait"
"Fine." Alice said pouting.
Realizing something I turned to them saying, "Actually guys, I'm really not thirsty right now."
Every head in the room turned to stare at me, mouths once again wide open.
"Are you sure Bella?" Edward asked curiously
Nonchalantly I answered, "Yeah I'm pretty sure."
I paused, and then added on, "Aren't I supposed to be feeling a burning or something in my throat?"
"Yes, are you feeling that?" he questioned
"No I don't feel anything…is that bad?" I asked worriedly
Carlisle looked like he was thinking about something and Edward nodded and said to him,
"Yes that's a good theory…perhaps you should test it out."
I realized they were having one of those silent conversations I hated so much and turned back to Edward saying,
"What? What is Carlisle thinking?"
Carlisle answered me saying, "I'm going to bring some human blood in here and I want you to smell it, okay?"
"Okayyyy" I replied and in the next second Carlisle was gone.
He was back a little slower than I expected, carrying a cup of, based on the familiar rust and salt scent, blood. I immediately scrunched up my nose in distaste and covered my nose with my hand.
"Eww, that smells so bad!" I exclaimed
It was then that I noticed everyone, except Carlisle and me, was crouched down and starting intently at the cup of blood.
"If Bella doesn't want it can I have it?" Emmett asked eagerly as he stared at the cup.
"Get that out of here, Carlisle!" said Jasper, as he struggled to keep himself composed.
"Oh, sorry, I wasn't thinking" Carlisle said apologetically.
After returning the blood to wherever he got it, Carlisle turned back to me.
"Bella, I take it you didn't like the smell of that?"
I thought about it for a second then replied,
"No, it was like any other time I've smelled blood. It made me feel sick and I tried to cover the smell up with my hand."
"But you didn't want any of it, am I correct?"
"Nope, not at all."
"Interesting", he responded.
I wondered why he was so fascinated by my reaction and then it suddenly hit me. I was supposed to want that. Being a newborn, I should have grabbed it the second I smelled it.
"Carlisle!" I hurriedly exclaimed, caught up in my revelation.
"What?" he asked.
"How come I don't like blood?" I questioned
"Well Bella, my theory is that since you had such a strong aversion to blood as a human, it carried over into your vampire life.", he answered simply.
"So, what, I don't need to drink it?"
"No, I'm sure you'll still need it to survive but you won't be affected by the smell, which means you'll have better control than any vampire should." Carlisle stated.
"OMG Bella this means we can go SHOPPING!!!!!" Alice yelled.
Oh crap, I thought. The last thing I want to do is go shopping.
"Yea, Alice I guess it does." I mumbled.
"So you'll go?"
"Yea…" I answered defeated.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyou! Bella, you're going to need all new clothes to go with your new look---I can't wait—oh that'll look great on you…." She trailed off, obviously seeing all the clothes she would buy for me.
Edward came to my side and whispered,
"Don't worry love, I won't let her go too overboard with you."
"Thanks." I replied as I put my arm around his waist, wondering what I had just gotten myself into.
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