Chapter 7 – First Hunt

The minute I woke up I could feel the burning sensation pulsing through my body. I scrunched my face in pain and let out a cry of pain. I felt like my whole body was on fire. That's when I felt a coldness come to my body. I opened my eyes and realized that Edward was hugging me close against his body to keep the burning from hurting to much.

I let out a sigh as the burn started to subside a little. I looked up at Edward and I could tell that he felt guilty. He didn't like seeing me in pain obviously. I knew this was gonna be hard for him, but not matter what I knew he would be here with me.

Through the whole time that I was finishing the change Edward laid with me keeping me cold and keeping the burning form hurting to much.

I had been almost a week and I was starting to get a weird hunger. I could smell the humans that were in the other room next to us. The scent was so strong and I just wanted to get up and attack the now. This began to scare me. This was the last thing I wanted. I didn't wanna become a monster. I just wanted to be the same as Edward.

Edward looked done at me and could see the hunger in my eyes. He moved away from me then had a slight smile.

"You need to hunt. Come on. I know where to go." Edward said grabbing my hand.

I didn't jump at his sudden chill, and my heart didn't race at the feel of his touch. I sighed. I was gonna miss the effect that he had on me. I was gonna miss the racing heart, quickened breath, and the sudden chill. This was what I wanted though right. I wanted to be with Edward forever, no matter what the cost.

Edward and I went to the stairs. He didn't wanna risk the elevator and the possibility of humans being in there. He knew I couldn't handle humans yet.

When we reached outside Edward called for a car. The valet left and came back with a silver BMW. I let out a gasp and looked over at Edward. He had a broad smile on his face.

"It's your Bells." Edward said with a smile.

I let out a sigh "Edward. I told I didn't want a new car."

"Trust me. When you run, your not gonna wanna go slow ever again." Edward said with a smile.

I let out a heavy sigh and got into the car and he got on the driver's side. I smiled slightly when he started the car and the roar of the engine sent a sense of excitement through me. Edward laughed then sped off out the hotel drive-way.

I smiled as he went way over the speed limit, I just sat there smiling. I love the feeling of the wind through my hair and the wind hitting my face. It sent an all new rush through me.

When we finally reached our destination Edward got out of the car and walked over to my side of the door and opened my door. I smiled and got out of the car. Edward stood there looking around for a while then grabbed my hand and started walking.

"This way. There was some wild mountain lions that I found a few days ago." Edward explained

I just nodded as he lead the way to a deserted part of the mountains. We stood there for a while then all I saw was Edward leap after something. I looked around trying to find him. When I finally found him I saw him feeding on a mountain lion. I smiled. He truly was as graceful when he hunted.

When he was done he walked over to me "Just thought I should show you before you go ahead." He said with a crooked smile.

I smiled and looked around and listened carefully for the next mountain lion to pass. I crouched down as I heard rustling in the leaves behind me. When I heard him approach I looked over my shoulder then pounced onto the mountain lion immediately sinking my teeth into it's neck.

The mountain lion fought for a few seconds then went limp. I sat there making sure I got every last drop then got up and looked over at Edward who was leaning against a tree with his arms crossed over his chest.

"What?" I asked whipping my face with the sleeve of my shirt.

"This is your first time hunting and you are almost better then me." He complained

I laughed and then we walked around looking for more mountain lions. Edward kept me out in the mountains until he saw my eyes turn into a gold. Once they finally did he nodded and grabbed my hand and lead the way towards the car.

When we got to the car I took the driver's seat and Edward sat in the passengers seat. I smiled when I heard the hum of the engine as I started the car. I looked over at Edward and smiled slightly then turned the car around and started heading towards the road.

Edward laughed when he looked down at the speed-o-meter and saw me going about 50 miles over the speed limit. I just rolled my eyes and kept driving.

We reached the hotel not shortly after we left the mountains. When I got out of the car I noticed one of the valets staring at me awestruck. I looked at him confused. As I started to walk towards him he finally snapped back to reality.

"Um...may I take your keys?" the valet asked

I smiled and shook my head yes and gave them to him. When he passed by me a sudden urge ran through my body. I turned around and saw his neck. I swallowed hard and started to walk up to the valet. It wasn't long after did I feel Edward's hand grab my wrist and pull me back to the hotel.

I fought against him, but unfortunately he was stronger then me and he managed to pull me back to the hotel. He pulled me close against him as we continued to walk to the elevator.

He put his lips close to my ear and whispered "Try and control yourself. I know you can."

I nodded slightly as we walking into the elevator and hit the number 20 button and the elevator jerked upward towards the floor.

As I leaned against the elevator wall I could feel Edward's lips reach my collar bone. I looked over at him and he just smiled. Once again at the 14th floor he pulled away and wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me close.

The elevator doors opened and the same girls that we saw on the first day here walked in. The all had a broad smile on their faces as they saw that it was me and Edward.

"Hello again." I said looking at the girls.

"Hi!" said the blond with a lot of enthusiasm.

"Where are you girls off to?" Edward asked tightening his grasp on my waist.

"We are actually going to have some fun in town. Site seeing. You know, stuff like that." the brunette explained.

The red head's hair was all put to her back so I could easily see her neck. I could feel myself trying to go towards her but Edward held me against the wall of the elevator. I could feel my mouth begin to water as I stared at her neck. I couldn't hold in the temptation to just attack her right now.

Edward kept his iron tight grasp on me and held me back against the wall. He eventually moved himself in front of me so that I couldn't see her neck anymore. I let out a sigh as he did so and hung my head in shame. This was exactly what I didn't want to happen. I didn't wanna become this monster that James and Victoria were.

A picture popped in my head as I thought about James and Victoria. I could see myself with the red eyes devouring a humans neck and I could just taste the blood on the tip of my tongue. I let out a heavy sigh and shook my head to clear the image from my head.

When the elevator doors opened Edward pulled me to the side oppisate of the girls and walked in between us. He lead me out of the elevator and went towards the room.

When we got into the room he looked over at me and I sat down on the bed and hung my head in shame.

Edward put his hand on my shoulder and kneeled down in front of me. "It's what's gonna happen. Don't worry. It will subside after awhile."

I leaned my head against his shoulder and let out a sigh. He just picked me up and laid me on the bed and laid next to me wrapping his arms over my waist.