Chapter 4
I stopped in the middle of a clearing in the trees. Bella halted to a stop beside me.

"Close your eyes and listen," I whispered to her.

She obeyed. She listened and I asked her what she heard.

"A heartbeat," she answered, "what do I do?"

"Whatever your body tells you to do."

I followed behind her as she stalked forward towards the mountain lion I heard with her. She spotted it a few seconds later and I watched in unnecessary horror as she attacked and killed it. I knew it wouldn't hurt her, but I still felt the need to protect her. She finished off the animal, and her beautiful dress had been torn to shreds, and I could almost see all of her skin. I unconsciously drifted towards her.

She must have felt my presence behind me for she turned on me and growled and pounced on me, plowing me into the ground. She realized she made a mistake a little too late. She looked afraid and ashamed. I laughed at the look on her face

"I'm so sorry, Edward. I can't believe I did that. How could I have even thought..?"

"It's okay. I'm fine. It's normal to over react.'

"But…, I could have hurt you. I THOUGHT I wanted to," she looked at me, afraid.

She tried to get up so she could let me up, but, I held her on top of me. She gasped when I pressed my lips hard against hers. Her body melted on top of mine. Her legs twined with mine and I pushed against the small of her back to get her closer to me. She began unbuttoning my jeans, but I stopped her. Her face fell and I laughed and continued to kiss her as I pulled off my shirt and draped it around her almost bare form "Thank you. I guess I wouldn't have been too presentable in front of anyone but you wearing that dress or what's left of it anyways," she laughed as she examined the remnants of her dress.

Her laugh was beautiful. It was like a symphonic mixture of lovely woodwinds and violins. I was momentarily lost in it, mesmerized. She noticed my mental absence.

"Umm… Edward? Baby, are you okay?" Bella asked urgently trying to call me back to our current location.

"Yes, love, I'm absolutely fine," I stated, too embarrassed to tell her why I had blanked, "let's get back to the house to see Renesmee," I said as I kissed her, lightly, on the lips, teasing her.