BPOV

"Today at school. I nearly slipped up." I mumbled.

"What do you mean, slipped up? What did you do?" asked Carlisle, worry sweeping over his face.

"Well, today a few of my friends were playing tag and a girl fell over and cut her knee. She started bleeding and I let my instincts take over. Edward managed to knock me away before I did anything…" I explained.

Carlisle took in a breath, even though he didn't need to.

"Well, Edward it was lucky that you were there. Bella, I know that you are capable of being around humans, but I'm worried about events like this reoccurring. And them ending the wrong way…" said Carlisle in a stern voice. "What do you want to do to prevent this from happening?"

I thought for a moment, looking up to Edward who gave me an encouraging smile.

"I need to practice being around human blood. Maybe I could do some work shadowing at the hospital with you Carlisle?" I suggested hopefully.

Carlisle deliberated for a moment.

"Well, yes I suppose. But what if you can't resist the blood at the hospital. It will land us all in trouble." Carlisle warned.

"Uh, yeah. That could be a problem. Why don't I try with the blood bags first?" I asked.

"Hmm. Yes. I think we should try that. Edward, can you go fetch the blood bags from the fridge?"

"Sure." said Edward as he scooted up the stairs, heated up the blood and returned with the bag.

"Bella, I'm going to put a bit in a cup and see how you react to that. Ok? It's warm so it should seem more, tempting shall I say?" smiled Carlisle.

"Ok." I muttered.

Carlisle poured some warm blood into the cup and sat back, watching my reaction. The scent wafted up to me, making my nostrils flare. The scent crept burned down my throat, it felt like it was scorching the sides. I clenched my fists, trying to block the smell out of my mind. I sat there for a few minutes until I could tolerate it. Once I could, I sat back and grinned.

"Well done. It will take some getting used to, but I'm sure it will be worth it." said Carlisle, satisfied.

EPOV

I was proud of Bella, she did struggle but she managed to overcome the tempting scent of warm human blood. If she could be around human blood and not react to it, then Carlisle would let her come along to his work.

BPOV

It took a few weeks, we tried different blood. Some where harder to overcome than the others, but when I didn't react to the blood. Carlisle arranged for me to watch him work, and that meant being around fresh human blood.