Chapter 3: Edward Cullen v. The Universe
EPOV
I make it to school a little late, my morning shower took a little longer than I would've liked. Ahem!
Today's the day that Bella follows me into the forest for reasons unknown. My mind wanders as to what will happen. I make it to the classroom and it's packed! As soon as I walk in I pick up on the thoughts of the females in class. They're all plotting to get me into bed, this is nothing new. Vampires tend to have that effect on the fairer sex.
The next thing I pick up on is a hint of that familiar scent. The closer I get to the students the stronger it gets. I notice Bella Swan sitting near the back of the class, an empty seat beside her. Funny the closer I get to her, the stronger it gets. What the Fuck!
Soon I'm standing four feet away from her looking between her and the seat beside her. She arches a perfect eyebrow at me. By this point I'm not even breathing! I'm basically standing there gawking for awhile. Then the asswipe professor calls out to me.
"Uhh Young man?... Is there a problem with your seat?"
Jackass! Now I have to take a breath to answer him. Breathe. GASP. "...No"
I sit down. Holy fucking shit! I've just been bitch slapped by her scent. Her blood is singing to me like heavenly Angels! Like Steve Hackett's guitar solo on Firth of Fifth! Like... like Mozart's Lacrimosa! It's Heaven! It's Hell! Its paradise lost and then found.
It's also making me fucking hard. Oh shit! This is going to be bad. So, so bad! Alice is never going to forgive me! I'm now trying to hop back onto the wagon and this happens! The Universe is against me. There's no way I can resist this! Fuck! I feel my canines elongating. Great! Just freakin great! You know what? Fuck this! She's mine. I will have her!
Now I just have to decide whether I'll be able to resist her blood long enough to bang her first. Hmmmm... OH YES! Eight's vision! I'll lead her away off campus and into the forest. Where I'll promptly remove her clothing, have my way with her and then drink til' I'm stoned. It's settled!
Now to talk to her, without slaughtering her and the whole class. Maybe she won't notice my fangs or my creepy glowing eyes.
Cue crooked smile. "...Hi"
"Hi…" She narrows her eyes at me; it looks like she's about to say something else but instead just goes back to her notes.
What to say, what to say! I'm normally more suave than this, but given the fact that I'm resisting fucking and killing her simultaneously, you can't expect more than what I'm doing. Suddenly a piece of paper falls onto my desk. I look over at her and she's smiling while taking notes. Then it dawns on me that I can't hear her thoughts. Again, What the fuck! I stare at the side of her face for a second then open the paper.
Hi, I'm Bella!
You looked kinda out of it earlier, are you okay?
Huh! Alice was right, she's very sweet! Probably tastes sweet too. Focus Cullen!
I write back.
Hi, I'm Edward Cullen.
Yes, I'm fine thank you. It seems like I'm getting a headache. No big deal.
I send the note her way. I watch her face closely as she reads. Then she scribbles something down and sends it back.
I think I might have some Advil in my car, if you'd like.
Oh... and this is kinda weird for me to say and all but you have really nice interesting coloured eyes.
I read the note and look at her. Her face is bright red. She's really fucking cute. She looks at me and we make some intense eye contact for a minute. Then she looks away smiling. I write back to her, time to turn on the charm!
Why thank you!
Interesting huh? I'm glad you think so! I must say that you have... Interesting lips.
"A man had given all other bliss, and all his worldly worth for this, to waste his whole heart in one kiss upon her perfect lips"
I quote some Tennyson. Then pass the note back to her.
I watch her closely as she reads my note. Her mouth slowly goes slack, then she turns her gaze on me. We lock eyes and as cliché as it sounds, I swear, time stops. And it's just me and her. Her deep brown eyes draw me in. I feel something odd in my chest... a twinge. I watch as she bites her bottom lip, her white teeth scraping slowly along the flesh. God! To be that lip! She exhales and I can taste her scent on my tongue. I break eye contact and look away.
I can feel the growl building in my chest. I'm powerless to stop it from coming out. "Grrrrrrrrr!" I try to make it as quiet as possible but I'm sure the dude sitting to my right hears. He looks at me questioningly and I stare him down. He quickly goes back to his notes. Back to Bella, she's writing me a note and I anticipate what it will say. Damn her silent mind!
Tennyson? I'm sure you use that on all the girls!
Only the girls who are smart enough to even know who Tennyson is!
Well this is English Lit. Of course I would know Tennyson
WTF! English Lit? Are you serious?
Her shoulders shake a bit with laughter and then she replies.
Yes I'm serious, Have you not been paying attention?
No my attention has been on a stunning brunette with chocolate brown eyes. Do you know her? I was hoping she would accompany me after class.
LOL! I'm sure I can arrange a meeting. Where to?
Wherever you want!
Our eyes meet again and you could cut the sexual tension with a chainsaw! Oh yes, she will be mine!
She tucks the piece of paper into her pocket and begins to take notes again. So for the remainder of the class I sit there and ponder what I'm going to do. I know what I want to do which is to fuck her silly and then drink her dry. I mean no one could blame me! It's like putting a man in the desert with a shit ton of water and telling him he shouldn't drink any!
On the other hand if I do kill her Alice will certainly never forgive me, and I do hate to disappoint the Pixie. Fuck my un-dead life! Class (aka Torture 101) passes slowly. And when it's finally over I'm up and out of my seat in a heartbeat. I walk briskly keeping up the human charade, heading towards the forest fully intending to run all the way to the Arctic. I hear Bella calling out to me, but I keep walking hoping she'll give up. No such luck, and true to Eight's vision I'm in the forest with Bella following behind. I stop dead in my tracks and take a deep cleansing breath.
"Holy shit! You. Walk. Fast!" She's breathing deeply. All I can do is smile.
"You dropped your cell phone."
Oh shit now I have to be less of a douche and say thanks. "...Thanks."
Now we're just standing there, gawking at each other. "So... you said you wanted go somewhere after class?" She asks shyly, breaking the ice.
I pinch the bridge of my nose. This is so fucked! I might as well breathe and just let the chips fall where they may. Breathe in. Die a little. Breathe out.
My eyes roll back in my head. Her smell is intoxicating. I look deeply into her eyes. She's still waiting for a response from me. Instead of words I walk up to her slowly. My instincts begin to kick in. Here I am, with my prey, alone and defenceless, in the forest. The beast in me licks his lips. Her face is inches from mine. The bloodlust is almost out of control. The blood fuels my lust for her and the lust fuels my need for her blood in a never-ending vicious cycle.
"Right here seems like a good enough place as any." I draw out.
"Umm..." She squeaks. I walk around so her back is against my chest.
"God you smell delicious!" I breathe her in. It makes my knees weak. I grab her hips in my hands and pull her even closer to me. Her heartbeat begins to escalate and I'm sure she can feel my hard on pressing firmly into her ass. The beast in me is picking the lock on his cage.
I remove one hand from her hips and move her long mahogany waves from her neck. I drag my nose along the creamy flesh and inhale like a cocaine addict getting his fix. She gasps and the wrecking ball hits me again. I know neither of us will make it out of the forest in one piece, because I can smell the scent of her arousal swirling in the air. My hips jerk forward suddenly, pressing myself even harder into her. Easy Cullen!
"Oh my god!" She moans. "I...I don't normally do things like this! I-I just feel sooo..."
"Mmmm I know! I believe you."
The hand that's gripping her hip snakes around to the top of her jeans. "Do you want me to touch you Isabella?" I at least attempt to be gentlemanly.
"Yes...God Yes." She chokes through her need
I chuckle and cup her sex through her jeans. The heat from her permeates my cool skin, and just the idea of what treasure lies beneath the thin material has me teetering on the edge of the cliff. But of course the Universe will not let me take this slow.
She lets out a high pitch moan and I'm completely unhinged. I feel like I've been kicked off the edge by King Leonidas himself! I'm no longer fucking around!
I spin her around to face me and she gasps, bathing my skin in her sweet breath. My lips and tongue are battling with hers. I'm somehow mindful of my fangs, not wanting to scare her...yet.
In the blink of an eye I have her pressed up against a tree, my tongue continues to plunge into her mouth mimicking what I'd like to do to her with other parts of my body. Her legs wrap around my waist. I'm so deliciously close to what I want that I grind my hips into her. She moans into my mouth and I grind again, she rewards me with the same reaction. I keep going 'til it's a rhythm of grind, moan, grind, moan.
I nearly jump out of my skin when the little sex kitten reaches in between us and palms my erection. Un-Fucking-Believable! I grab her wrist and pin it above her head, she breaks away from our kiss, the look on her face is...primal and feral! It's a cross between a smile and a sneer. I growl. I no longer care if she hears it or not. Rather than whimper and shy away like I'm expecting she leans in closer and lays a lick from my chin to the tip of my nose. It's like she was made for me!
I let go of her wrist and frantically begin to pop open the buttons on her jeans. How is it possible this tiny insignificant human is completely owning me? Again, What the fuck! My fingers are poised and ready to rid her of her jeans. I'm so out of my gourd and ready to take her that I don't even notice a steady thrum of thoughts invading my brain. You've got to be kidding me!
Jasper and Alice come stumbling through the trees, kissing and groping each other which is completely planned. Fuckers!
"Oh my god! Bella?" Eight feigns shock. I'm sure she has been prowling the forest looking for us.
Bella covers her face, but I can see and smell her blood rising to the surface of her skin. She muffles out an 'Oh my god'. I begrudgingly relinquish her and let her feet find the soft ground.
Jasper looks uncomfortable, probably because of all the lust Bella and I are emanating.
"Wow. This is...awkward." Alice flawlessly fakes an uncomfortable laugh.
"No shit Sherlock!" Bella replies. We all sort of laugh awkwardly.
"I see you're getting...acquainted, with my brother." Alice gives me a pointed look and I know she's going to lop off my balls later.
"Uhh. Yeahhh...what?" Her blush deepens. "I should probably go. Um I'll see you in class Edward." She turns to head out of the forest.
Alice suddenly clears her throat. "Um Bella honey, you're...uhh...undone." Alice gestures to Bella's jeans.
Bella mutters some choice expletives, buttons up and leaves. I wait until she's out of ear shot before I begin to plead my case.
"Okay before you castrate me, hear me out! Her scent was absolutely overwhelming! It's the first human I've ever come across to smell that way! I tried to get away but she followed me into the forest...and then well I snapped and it's like I couldn't stop. And-and I can't hear her thoughts and she...we...I didn't want to kill her...I mean I did...but it's just so confusing and-"
Alice is right in front of me, she smiles sweetly at me. I wonder what she's really thinking because she's playing the 'let's block Edward from hearing my thoughts' game. Her tiny fist zings through the space between us and socks me in the balls. My eyes cross and I drop to my knees.
"Don't. Kill. Her!" She grinds between her teeth. "I don't care what you have to do to avoid it."
"Yes Ma'am" I squeak.
Alice and Jasper leave me there clutching my junk. After some time I get to my feet, take deep breath and groan. Bella's earth shattering scent lingers in the air, clings to my skin and wafts from my clothes. I head back to my car. Once inside I fish out my cigarettes and lighter from my leather jacket and light one up. I take a deep drag and exhale through my nose. Let's recap shall we?
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Bella Swan is an enigma. Silent brain, heroin-esque scent, no self preservation instincts whatsoever. Really! Who follows a vampire into the forest? Not that she has a clue what I am, but almost all humans have at least some fear of me even if the lust buries it. It's still there! But noooo, not Bella Swan!
Second, there's a huge fucking part of me that wants to slaughter her and I'm beginning to see how dominant that part really is.
Finally, I'm unconditionally and irrevocably changed by her. The beast in me wants to track back to her dorm and continue where we left off, but I'm also curious about her. What goes on in that silent mind of hers? I've never felt remotely this fascinated by a human before.
So what to do? Date her? Have sex with her once or twice? And If I do date or screw her should I tell her about my true self? Tell her I'm a bloodsucking demon that thinks of nothing but draining the life from her body?
For now I'll head over to the store and buy some Grey Goose to take the edge off this ridiculous day. I'll probably need enough to put a normal man into a coma. After my alcohol run I'll go home to the privacy of my room where I'll drink myself stupid and jack off to the image of Bella Swan's body wrapped around mine.