I'm double sorry with knobs that this chapter took so long! It's probably my least favorite one. bleh. It was difficult to write.

I only have 2 days of school this week or maybe one because of the weather, so I am going to try and have another chapter up by Saturday or earlier.

I'm not Stephenie Meyer. Damn.


Whitney's POV

"That's what you call it? Hunting?" It sounded so... violent.

We were approaching the dense woods behind their home. I was walking next to Dr. Cullen and I was keeping up easily. I thought that it would be hard because he was so tall but I was breathing as easily as if I was sitting down relaxing. It felt good to use my muscles, give them a stretch.

"We call it that because that's exactly what it is. We hunt animals." said Emmett with a mischievous glint in his eye. He then gave me a huge warm smile.

"I'm guessing you don't mean rabbits and squirrels right?" I said laughing nervously

They all laughed at me. Beautiful musical laughter.

"We range from deer to mountain lions and so on. Depending on where we are living." said Edward

Did he just say mountain lions!?

I stopped dead in my tracks from fear. Every one stopped immediately and they never failed to keep their little circle around me. Some of them kept their arms slightly in front of them as if they would spontaneously grab me.

I wonder if they'll mind if I want the squirrels even though I was a little afraid of those little rodents. They bite you know. Edward smirked.

"How exactly do we hunt these giant, dangerous animals? Where are the guns?!" I asked panicked.

Nobody had anything with them except the clothes on their backs.

I'm going to get killed out here!

Wait, no I'm not. I can't die.

We started walking again.

"When we hunt we are at our most instinctual. Our one of two main instincts is to drink blood, to kill." began Dr. Cullen.

"What's the other one?" I interrupted

He looked like he was deliberating whether he should tell me or not.

"I'll tell you when you're older."

"Our bodies are equipped with all of the essentials we need for hunting." continued Rosalie pulling her long hair into a beautiful bun. Her beautiful manicured fingers quick and nimble.

I wonder if she'll ever do my hair.

Edward gave Rosalie a look and a quickly nodded towards me. She looked very pleased and walked over to me smiling. She stepped behind me and I felt her handling my hair. Not three seconds later she went back to her spot in the little circle. All this time nobody ceased to stop walking. I felt the back of my head and felt an intricate bun. I could have screamed with joy. But that would have been very embarrassing.

Rosalie Hale just did my hair!

"Yeah. We've got the enhanced strength to take down our prey in a heartbeat." Emmett said while he was flexing and posing his huge muscular arms in an over dramatized way. I couldn't help but laugh. He looked really happy that he got that reaction out of me.

"Our enhanced sense of smell, sight, and hearing are used to the fullest too. We can find out where our prey just by listening so they won't run away from our closeness."

"How do we get close to them without them running away then?" I asked

"We have 'super' speed. We can snap their necks before they even notice we're there." Alice said snapping her fingers at the word "snap"

Oh wow. I was right about the violence.

Get used to it Whitney, this is how you're going to live from now on.

After walking straight for the past few minutes we started to curve towards the right.

"Carlisle, the search party is in that direction." said Edward looking out into space. It looked like he was trying to listen to something. I couldn't hear anything except for the life of the forest. It was surprisingly loud.

"Search party?" I asked nervously. I just had a mental picture of the ugly vampire hunter from that movie "The Little Vampire"

"People are looking for you Whitney." Alice said without her chipper attitude.

"Oh" I said in a murmur.

Are my parents out there? Who's watching Claire?

I would have to learn to put these things from my mind. My past, my family was exactly that, a thing of the past. I deterred myself from that horrible sadness that was threatening to take over me.

"Are we there yet?" I asked looking desperately for a distraction. I knew that they heard the tears in my voice. What surprised me was that I wasn't crying. I was always so quick to cry whenever I got the slightest bit upset. So why wasn't I bawling like a baby with all of this going on?

Maybe this freaky determination to get rid of my thirst was it.

I took a deep calming breath and my throat, bone dry and on fire, gave a extra ache.

Yeah, I'm sure that's why.

"We will be there in a couple of minutes." Mrs. Cullen said reassuringly. She was the closest to me. Her hair was up in a pony tail now.

"The west?" suggested Dr. Cullen suggested to Alice

Once addressed she had this glazed over look in her eyes. She snapped out of it a couple of seconds later and said,

"It'll be clear for the next two days."

What the hell are they talking about?

"Do you think she'll be ready for the game there?" asked Edward critically

"I don't see why not. She has proved herself to be a very quick learner." Dr. Cullen said with a look of pride as he looked at me.

"Whitney, we are going to run the rest of the way now. You need to try very to stay focused and not stray." he said seriously.

I nodded.

Run? In these thick woods?

We all turned to what I guessed was the west and started to run. The Cullens still kept their circle around me. Dr. Cullen and Edward in the front, Alice on my right, Mrs. Cullen on my left, and Rosalie and Emmett behind us. It was surprisingly easy. It didn't even seem possibly for me to hit the trees. I could see them coming up so clearly that I could easily avoid them.

We ran for about three minutes and then everyone stopped. Darn. I was enjoying running. It was exhilarating. The speed they mentioned before was awesome. It felt as if my feet barely touched the ground, the wind in my hair. It was like I was flying.

"We're here." said Dr. Cullen.

Everyone was looking around as if checking out the area. Edward still had that look as if he was concentrating on listening to something far away.

Dr. Cullen walked up to me and said, "Now close your eyes. What do you hear? Smell?"

I closed my eyes and took in all thousands of the sounds, a little afraid that I wouldn't find what he was expecting me to hear and smell. I heard running water to my left and when I concentrated on where that was coming from I heard a rhythmic glugglug-glugglug-glugglug. The rhythm of heart beats. The water smelled fresh and clean but the animals smelled kind of gross.

"Animals? More than one. Near water." I said with my eyes closed, my nose scrunched up at the smell

"Very good. They're mountain lions. What you are going to do is relax and go to them. We'll be behind you keeping our distance. Your instinct will take over and you'll feed."

"What?! Mountain lions! Can't we hunt something less scary? Why me first?!" I asked beyond panicked and terrified. I have no idea of what I'm doing here. How do they expect me to just go and... do it? It's like telling a ten year old to do algebra without telling him how. Only saying "Just do it!" Also, I don't know if they noticed but I'm little and lions are giant cats!

"Would you like for someone to go first? To demonstrate?" said Mrs. Cullen.

I nodded frantically with relief.

"Shouldn't we save them for her? We should take on that herd of deer a little ways off for the demonstrating." Edward said to Dr. Cullen

"Your right son. She'll want as much as possible."

We turned around and ran what seemed to be a short distance but because of the speed it was probably two miles or something. We made a turn to the left on the way and stopped in behind some trees. About fifty feet ahead of us grazing in the tall grass were tree deer.

"Alright Whitney we need to let you know the basic rules of hunting in a group because it can be dangerous." began the Doctor, finally giving me some information "Like I said before we are at our most instinctual when we hunt. We can be very dangerous if crossed when we are in the middle of the hunt. Usually we would not hunt in such a large group all the time but only with ones we are most comfortable with. We are have more control than average vampires so we hardly ever have confrontations when we hunt. You need to keep these three main things in mind though. Sort of like safety rules. Number one, keep your distance while someone hunts. Two, keep quiet. Three, don't go after someone else's prey."

I nodded in understanding to all of the things he said.

"Who's volunteering to go?" he asked to everyone

"We will!" said Alice who was pulling Jasper forward by the hand.

"Alright we'll be behind you. If you hear some talking it'll just be us explaining things to Whitney."

"Okay. Come on Jaz." Said Alice lovingly to her boyfriend.

He looked conflicted and embarrassed as he walked forward. Alice put her tiny hand on his shoulder and squeezed, looked into his downcast eyes and gave a reassuring smile. He gave a very small one back. What's eating him? Jasper has always been weird but he seems more miserable than usual.

They ran crouched down silently ahead to grazing deer.

The grass was tall and Alice and Jasper went through it silently. Well, silently to the deer but I could hear quite clearly as their clothes brushed against each blade of grass from where I was standing.

Alice was so tiny, less than half the size of those deer but she seemed perfectly confident. I on the other hand was freaking out, silently of course, about her safety. She could get trampled! She wasn't her usual bubbly self, a urgency and precision was clear in all of her movements. She looked... dangerous. It was disturbing to watch. So I turned my attention to Jasper.

Jasper looked was a sight to see that's for sure. He seemed way more than relaxed. Like all the other times I saw him he was holding his breath and now he was breathing. I stared keeping my distance like I was told. He was beautiful. Breathtaking. The way he sauntered so low along the ground, his torso swiveled like a prowling lion. Then out of nowhere he strikes the deer down! He has his white teeth in the deer's neck and I see his eyes role into the back of his head. He drinks for a minute and then stops, putting the carcass in between some boulders. Alice had done the same.

I heard this purring noise coming from next to me. I made sure to only move my eyes to look.

It was Rosalie and she was looking at Emmett, who was leaning against some tree, in a way that made Angelina Jolie look like a awkward 11 year old adolescent. Silently, she stood up straight, from her squated position, but seemed to have the same feline movements we had when hunting as she walked toward him. When she got up to him, they were nose to nose, with Emmett head bent towards her. Emmett roughly grabbed her hips then she grabbed his head. Then they started sucking face like nobody's business! It went from kissing to... other things. They looked like they were about to go at it. Like they had to go at it or they would die. An instinct.

Wait.

Oh. oh.

Blood and sex, huh?

"Oh dear" Mrs. Cullen said shocked. She covered my eyes with one hand and placed her other one over my ear and pulled my head to her chest. Both my eyes and ears were covered from sight and sounds of the two horny vampires. I couldn't help but let out a little giggle. Mrs. Cullen was overreacting. I mean seriously, I'm 14. I knew about the birds and the bees.

"They should know better." Mrs. Cullen muttered disapprovingly.

"Emmett! Rosalie! Please try to control yourselves!" hissed Dr. Cullen

"We'll see you guys later!" hinted Emmett. Just like that they ran off, running back to the house, I hope, or at least a secluded area.

"I'm so sorry about that." sighed Dr. Cullen

Alice and Jasper were back with the group now not looking disheveled or dirty at all.

"Do you have any questions?" he asked.

"It actually seems pretty straight forward." I said surprised

It seemed pretty simple.

Tackle.

Bite.

Drink.

Three easy steps. If you don't fear giant and dangerous animals that is. If not, then it's not so easy.

"Alright then. Are you ready?"

"Uh. I guess so." I said reluctantly.

We went back to where the lions were but closer this time. I could see them lying on the ground through the trees we hid ourselves behind.

"Go ahead Whitney. You can do it. Just like Alice and Jasper." said Mrs. Cullen

I turned to her and said nervously, "I'm not so sure about this."

"All of us are every sure you can do this." She put her arms on my shoulders to turn me around. I gripped onto her arm frantically.

"Come on Whitney, honey." she said trying to pry my hands off.

I was trying to get behind her as well as hold on but she kept pulling me toward the carnivorous beasts.

"No no no no no no." I whimpered while digging my feet into the ground.

"Aren't you thirsty?" she asked me confused

"Yes."

"Then what's the problem dear?"

"The lions are really scary."

She used a little extra strength to turn me around to face them. "Look at them." She said "They don't even have the slightest chance of hurting you. It's impossible. Those kitty cats should be afraid of you."

A lion and I locked eyes. It growled at me. I couldn't control myself and growled back. The other mountain lions started to leave when they hear my growl. It stood up to make itself look bigger than it already was.

That thing is huge!

I still made no motion to move and was gripping onto this woman's arm like my life depended on it. So she bent her head to my ear and whispered.

"You know how you wanted Edward's shirt? Well that cat will be five hundred times better."

I felt myself go back to the state I was in when I was eating that delicious shirt. Dizzy minded but sharpened senses. She gave me a push forward, I leg go of her and willingly kept going toward that lion. It smelled strange but was starting to be more appealing. Nowhere near as sweet as Edward's shirt though. The closer I got the less I was afraid and the more my thirst was becoming unbearable.

A gust of wind blew the lion's scent towards me and that was the last straw, I lunged the rest of the distance between me and the cat. I landed on its back and heard some crunching noises as it collapsed onto the ground with a roar of pain. I had my teeth in its neck in less than a blink of an eye. I heard that wild animals had really tough hides so they could keep warm, but this was like biting into a jelly donut and the center is the best part! The blood. It was very warm as it pulsed into my mouth. I started to chug like I was in a drinking contest. I couldn't get enough. As the blood went down my throat it put out the flames and along with the blood going into my stomach I felt like my whole body was absorbing some of this liquid, making me stronger.

This is orgasmic! Nothing can beat this!

Nothing!

I kept sucking and then I realized that nothing was coming out anymore. I released the lion from my vice grip and was consumed by a blissful feeling of being fulfilled.

That lasted about three seconds.

I'm thirsty.

Again!

I seemed to go back to square one. My throat was back to its desert dryness. I whipped my head around, examining the entire area. There was no other animals close enough that I could get my hands on. I couldn't smell or hear any nearby too. The rest of the family was waiting for me about fifty feet away. Keeping their distance. I didn't feel "instinctual" anymore. Very myself, but irritated.

"I WANT MORE!!!" I yelled to them. I knew they could hear me if I whispered but they must understand how much I want more.

I couldn't contain this energy, this want, this need, inside my small being so I was shifting my weight constantly, almost bouncing, and clenching my fists.

Hunting is the shit!

"You scared them all away!" Emmett yelled back just as loud while cracking up. He and Rosalie were back from their alone time.

"Let's go get them!" I yelled excitedly. I didn't wait for the others to catch up to me before I took off following the lion's scents.

We weren't in thick woods anymore. There were more boulders than trees and the land was very steep instead of flat. I could hear the lions low purring straight ahead. We scaled up the rocks silently. The lions didn't notice our presence until I crouched; ready to spring oh-so-smoothly blew our cover by growling. Their ears pricked up and when they saw me they ran for their soon to be short lives.

I didn't even bother to run to catch them I just leaped through the air and landed on one. It was sucked dry in a matter of seconds. I leaped to the next one, which was farther away and did the same. The last one I ran to since it was farther away. Once it was dry I just rolled off its back onto mine on the ground. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the afterglow of the blood being in my system.

It lasted longer than the other time. I'd say it was about 10 seconds this time. My throat wasn't as dry as before. Before I was dying of thirst and now I have the feeling of being in the middle of June in California and haven't had anything to ten hours. Very thirsty but I'll live.

"Why am I still thirsty?!" I asked groaning into my hands

"because your young" said Mrs. Cullen as she extended her hand to pull me up off the ground. "Well go hunting again soon."

"How soon?!" I asked, already bubbling with excitement.

"In a couple of days or tomorrow if you really want to."

"I guess I can wait a couple of days. I feel kind of sloshy." There was still a lot of blood in my stomach and it swished around when I moved.

"You did excellent Whitney!" Dr. Cullen said happily

"Thank you." I was beaming at his praise. Everyone seemed to be pretty happy and it was infectious.

"Let's go back to the house now."

"Can we run back?" I asked excitedly

"Of course we can." said Dr. Cullen

We stopped running once we got to the river.

"Well what did you think?" said Alice excited literally bouncing to my side.

"It was pretty close to the best thing ever! You know how people say 'I can eat just 'yada yada' only for the rest of my life'? Well blood is my 'yada yada'! I couldn't possibly even think of wanting anything else for the rest of forever!" I said with the same amount of excitement and adding a couple of bounces myself. Except with my lack of control I left dents in the ground. Where she bounced the ground didn't look like it had even been breathed on.

"I know!" said Alice

"I totally just didn't expect that though." I said lamely. I tried to think of how to explain my perspective.

"You all just seem so civilized for vampires. I half expected someone to take out some fancy glasses and a pitcher of blood." I said laughing

Mmm. That sounded awesome right about now.

I broke away from my thought of sweet, delicious, wonderful blood when I noticed Alice stopped walking when Jasper stepped up next to us. He had this look of dread but seemed determined to be in front of me.

"Whitney, I believe I have some explaining to do." he said quietly.

What does he mean "explaining"?


Since the majority of you clicked on this story is because you love Jasper Whitclock Hale I will be giving you all a special treat. The next chapter will be from Jasper's POV. He and Whitney will have a nice and long talk. It'll be quite the emotional chapter. You better review if you want that chapter. I must get at least ten reviews! I repeat 10. Go review please!

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