"Bella, I don't want you hunting right away. Your coming with us, but you don't know your strength and you could get hurt. You have to remember these are wild animals."

Ugh, Edward is being so overprotective, i thought, still glad that he was no where closer to reading my mind then before. "Edward, I'm a vampire now too, I can handle myself, and besides, I think i want to see if I can beat Emmett."

I heard Emmett laugh thunderously behind me at the thought "Bella, your funny, but you'll never beat me."

"How do you know?" I said. Emmett laughed loudly again, and just gave up "I guess we'll see, Bella."

Rosalie was not amused "Bella, you probably aren't as strong as Emmett, you should do what Edward says. We'll bring you something to eat."

"I want to go!" I said angrily. Edward held me close "Bella, you will come with us, you will just stay back on the campsite, where it's safe."

"NO!" I said even more furious. "I want to hunt! Stop babying me, Edward!"

Edward looked at Alice for reassurance, but she took my side "Edward, Bella will be fine. She is a vampire now and we should treat her like one."

Edward glared at his sister, and then sighed in defeat "I don't like this. If you get hurt Bella, I will be very upset."

"If I get hurt, Edward, I will heal just as quickly as you."

Just then Alice had a vision and then perked up and said "Actually, Bella, if you get hurt... you will heal faster then Edward, or any of us Cullens. Turns out, there is one more thing about you that is slightly different."

I scowled. I wanted to be normal, for once, that's all! Was it too much to ask for? "Great..." i said completely apathetic. Edward glared at Alice once more and I could sense that he was telling her something about me inside each other's minds.

Alice bowed her head "Sorry, Bella...I didn't mean to make you feel bad."

"No, it's okay Alice. I'm glad you keep telling me, so at least I know, how much of a freak I am." I was trying to be sincere, but I think that statement fell slightly short of sincere.

Edward pulled me closer into him, his cold, stiff lips met mine, and his whispered so only I could hear "You aren't a freak, Bella. You're you. Perfect and all mine." I melted in his arms, and a goofy grin came across my face. Jasper rolled his eyes playfully at the love birds in the room and said "Is everyone ready to go?"

Finally I was going to hunt with the Cullens. I always wondered what it was like. How fierce Emmett and Edward were, how fast fragile looking Alice could be, or how viciously ugly Rosalie could get, though I would never dare tell her that to her face. Esme and Carlisle were mysteries to me. Both of them so loving and compassionate I couldn't tell what hunting style they would have.

In Edward's Volvo with Jasper and Alice was a great time. Alice and Jasper were fairly quiet, but with Jasper in the car everything was more serene and tranquil. Edward pulled me close to him as he drove and said "Are you sure you are ready to see how we hunt?" He's still worried that I was scared of him? i thought to myself. "Edward, I will be looking and acting just like you. So don't worry."

Edward gave me a stern look "You could never be a monster, Bella."

I rolled my eyes and playfully said "As much of a monster as you are, Edward."

Suddenly Edward stopped the car abruptly. Causing Jasper and Alice to fuss quite a bit "What's going on?" Jasper asked heatedly.

"Bella, look at me!" Edward demanded.I looked at him, very surprised at what was happening. "You will never be a monster. Do you hear me? You are not anything like me. You have no idea..." he broke off. "Just, your perfect, okay?"

My eyes felt hot with the urge to cry, but I couldn't, it was physically impossible now. "I'm...I'm sorry." I said sheepishly. Edward started the car back up, and everyone fell silent. He face became more compassionate and he looked at me again "I'm sorry I became so angry, Bella. I don't think you should compare yourself to me though, you have no idea..." and he stopped again. I wondered so much how bad Edward had become in the past. How much of monster could Edward really be? He was so perfect, such an angel tome.

Edward gave me a crooked smile and pulled me close to him again. .Jasper's way of making the room feel better was always helpful. He lifted the awkwardness of it all, so that we were all relaxed again and enjoying the countryside, as it flew by at top speed, thanks for Edward's great driving skills.

Emmett, Rose, Carlisle and Esme were already setting up the campsite. They brought a tent and a few sleeping bags, mostly for me, they didn't know how I'd react yet, and I could tell. They all waved and smiled as we reached the campsite. Emmett called out "What took you guys so long?"

Alice gave her rendition of the scenario "Edward had to have Bella a pep talk."

Pep talk...right, i thought to myself. Emmett came by Edward and said "You think she can take out a grizzly yet?" laughing.

Edward just glared at him "I don't want her taking anything out."

"Aww, come on Edward, you gotta let her go sometime. She has to learn for herself. It's not like she's as fragile as she was before."

Edward said nothing to this, just kept himself composed. He wasn't used to not having me as his fragile human girlfriend. I curled up next to him "I can pretend I'm fragile if you want." I tried to be as cute and innocent as possible. He gave a low playful growl and then kissed me passionately on the lips. He whispered softly in my ear "I don't have to be so careful around you anymore, but I still want to be." He pulled him closer to his chest, and I could feel our differing body heat colliding into each other. Emmett in his husky voice called out "Oh, come on Edward, you have her for eternity, can't that just wait until you two get home." He was laughing as usual, and Edward wittily shot back "But I've been waiting over a century Emmett, can't you just turn around for a bit?"

Emmett gave out a roar of laughter and then just waved his hands in defeat. I was blushing uncontrollably, figuring out what they were talking about. My mind was racing with different erotic images of Edward and I in his room, on the four post bed he bought when had me under house arrest. My lower regions became hotter then normal and I could smell something...musky. What is that smell? i thought to myself. Then I saw Rose whisper to Emmett something and he roared with laughter once again. Edward looked at me and smiled coyly "Bella, angel, let's go for a walk, shall we?"

"What...I...did I do something wrong?"

"No, my angel. I just want some time alone with you." He took my hand and we walked to the deep edges of the forest, far enough away that the Cullens could only slightly hear us, but they could still smell us...

AN: Okay, so just for a future warning the next chapter will contain very sexually explicit lemons. Sorry if you don't like that sort of thing, just skip the next chapter. I will make sure to warn whenever there is a lemon, and lemons will always they their own chapters, so that you can skip them, and still continue with the story line. I like to courteous for those who don't like the sexual content.