Although Alice always knew best, it was so hard to believe her. She had said that everything would be fine, that it would all work itself out, but I just could not see it happening. My instincts did not agree with what she saying and ever part of my body screamed to not have anything to do with Bella. From the cafeteria, I listened to her encourage Bella to talk to me, even though Bella and I seemed to be of the same mind. We both thought this was a bad idea.

Bella had confirmed that she believed we were not human, which had caused me to stiffen in my seat. Emmett had given me a quizzical look and I just shook my head. "Alice is pushing things along way too fast." The devil mentioned walked up to the table a few moments later with a confident swagger in her step and grinned at me. "We are going at just the right pace, I would say."

I found myself missing Edward even more at that moment. When Alice chose to keep silent about her visions, he generally chose to spill the beans. I wanted to know what she saw, so I could have some idea of what I was getting myself into. Emmett chose to side with Alice. "Rose, if she says all is going to be alright, it will be. Have some fun with the human. Scare the pants off of her or something." My hand whipped out faster than any human could see and smacked his arm. "Babe, come on, I was just kidding."

I stood and marched to my first class, not wanting to deal with them anymore. All my classes passed by faster than I wanted, bringing me to my final class, gym. Alice met me outside of the class and chose to give me some advice. She recommended I sit out, take my skip day for gym. I rolled my eyes and shook my head, resigning myself to following her lead. "Whatever."

I went to the teacher, giving a quick "I don't feel good today" speech and got sent to go stand by the far wall. I could smell when Bella entered the locker room. She took exceedingly long changing and I scowled when she finally walked out.

I tried to ignore everything, but when they got to playing dodgeball, I could see how little she was paying attention and I scoffed when I saw a ball fly into her face with her not so making so much as an attempt to dodge it. It would seem Alice was on the money, since the teacher told me that I would be bringing her to the nurse.

Was I resigning to my fate? I don't know, but I think I was beginning to trust Alice's predictions, for this situation. I might as well not resist whatever it was that she foresaw. She would manage to direct the future no matter what I did, unless I took Edward's way out, and I was starting to see his reasoning, but also why he was being a little bit of a pussy. I could just hope that my future would not hold me feasting on a human, especially this Bella Swan.

So, if I just applied the least amount of energy and did things gently, maybe it would things smoother. I held my hand down to Bella once again, helping her off the floor. I had to act as if I were helping her out of the gym, which put me in close proximity to her scent. I chose not to breathe, knowing that even if I had just fed, I could still be tempted by her alluring blood.

I put distance between us when we got outside, guessing that I would need to breathe for the purpose of talking. My breath was cut off, however, by her over-the-top question. Was I going to kill her? Well, now I was. Who asks such a moronic question? Restraint left me, but I was not acting due to hunger or thirst, just annoyance.

Woods bordered the walk between the gym and the nurse's office, so I grabbed her elbow and dragged her towards it, choosing to ignore her question. She may have struggled, but I don't recall noticing, not that I was really paying attention. Once far enough in for my liking, I released her and watched as her knees buckled and she sank to the forest floor. "You really are going to, aren't you?"

I sighed in defeat, rolling my eyes. "No!" She flinched away from my outburst and I squeezed the bridge on my nose. "Look, we need to form an understanding here. I was not myself when I confronted you in the locker room." She repeated the word "confronted" as if in confusion or actually more like protest. "Fine, attacked," I amended. "Either way, I have no plan of hurting you or anyone else. I had a lapse in my control, is all."

She stared blankly up at me, looking to be processing the information. If I could still get headaches, I would have had a pounding one at that point. "Okay, look, let's start with what you know or think you know. What, pray tell, do you think I am?" I asked, prepared for whatever crazy idea she might have come up with. "And don't lie, mind, 'cause I will know if you do and I will not be happy."

The look on her face made me feel like she was pleading to not have to say what was on her mind, but I glared down at her until she spoke. "I- well, it is kind of crazy, I mean, I- I kn-know you are not human, but it is still-" I took a step towards her, squatting down so that our eyes were at the same level. She fell back over her feet which had been below her rear, trying to scoot away from me, her feet barely finding purchase on the leave covered ground. "Just say it," I commanded, colder than I meant.

"W-well, I th-think you are a, a vampire." She whispered the word, but I heard it clearly. It hit me hard, harder than I thought it would, her saying the word. I blinked, unable to determine what should happen next. "Well, Bella," I spoke deliberately, "you are correct. I am, as you have guessed, a vampire. Now tell me, what do you think of this knowledge?"

I tried to soften my expression, quite aware that this should be very frightening for her. "Well, I d-don't know. I-I guess I have questions, b-but other than that, I don't really know what else to think."

So she was the curious type. "Alright, ask away."

She blanched, like I had asked her to strip or something. Was I really that hard to talk to? "I- um, okay. Do- do you drink, you know, uh-" I cut her off by raising a hand. "No, I do not drink from humans. But that is a choice I made. I have to supplement with animal blood in order to keep down the thirst, which I do feel for human blood. My family and I consider ourselves vegetarian vampires. That is to say that there are vampires that do feed off of humans, but we are not among them."

She nodded, but her expression was blank. "Why d-did you attack me?"

"I told you, I lost control," I snapped, peeved just by thinking about it. "N-no, I mean, why- what caused you to lose control?"

God, she was too curious for her own good. "You are abnormally appetizing and chased off Edward. I was angry and needed someone to blame." I stated bluntly. "Plus you are appetizing," I reiterated, "which messes with my head to begin with."

Surprisingly, the girl did not appear scared, like I had expected. She was adjusting far faster than I was and actually looked like she wanted to know more. "Wait, so what makes me appetizing?" She asked it like she was asking what color my pajamas are. She was interested and had a kind of goofy energy to her.

I did a double take on her question, staring at her for a moment with my mouth slightly agape. "You smell really good and I can only imagine, as I catch a whiff of you, what your blood tastes like." She cocked her head to the side and made a sound like huh. "Aren't you scared?"

She blinked and seemed to ponder my question. "I suppose, but you said you would not hurt me, so, I guess at the same time, no." I don't know why, but her response infuriated me. I bristled, as she eyed me, and finally stood abruptly, done with our conversation.

"W-wait," Bella exclaimed, grabbing ahold of my wrist. Bad move. I snarled and tugged my arm out of her grasp. "Do not touch me, if you want to keep you hand."

She cowered away from me, finally showing that she possessed some inkling for self-preservation. "Wait, but I don't understand why you are upset."

"You just found out I am a vampire and when asked if you are scared, you say you aren't. This is not just some game. I am a monster capable of ripping your throat out and feasting on your blood!"

"Well, yeah, when you put it that way, it is scary, but you just said that you don't. So, I don't see the problem." She was on her feet now, a spark in her eye as if she were determined to convince me that I was not dangerous.

In an attempt to convince her otherwise, I leapt forward, shoving her into a tree, where I pinned each of her hands above her head. We had been in a similar position before, but this time I was in control and she clearly did not buy my charade. Her eyes were filled with wonder, with only the tiniest touch of fear. "You should be terrified right now," I informed her, but my dead heart was not entirely behind my words. It was true that I did not want her to be entirely afraid of me, but I could not see how she had so easily accepted and moved passed my being a vampire like it was decade old news.

She surprised me further when the look in her eyes changed from curious to, well, something I could not immediately name. She leaned her head forward, taking a deep slow breath. "Wow," she murmured. "You smell… really good," she breathed and I realized that her eyes held the look of arousal, which was caused by her relaxed nature while in close proximity to my natural vampric aroma, which was a tool we used for seduction.

"Shit," I cursed under my breath, taking a step back, subsequently releasing her. She took a step closer and a new smell tickled my nose. She was really aroused, having had put up no mental defenses against my scent, mainly because I had neglected to mention it to her, and it made her smell so much better than she normally did. She grabbed my shirt, burying her face in my shoulder. I stood rigid, realizing too late where this was heading. "Oh my god, is this what I smell like to you?" she inquired, her words partially muffled by my body.

"Bella," I hissed, "you need to step back." Shit, how the hell did it come to this?