AN: Thanks to DreamOfTheEndless and SweetLovinCullen for pre-reading. Thanks to babylopez2008 for beta-ing.
She shuts her mouth then, perhaps thinking she has said to much. Then again, I have seen her at her weakest moment.
"Who are you?" she asks quietly, taking a step back. It's only then that I truly notice how close we were to each other. I could have leaned down to kiss her if I wanted to. I fear that wouldn't have gone down well though, however.
"My name is Edward." She steps backwards once again so I quickly add, "I mean you no harm."
As soon as the words are out of my mouth, Isabella's head whips around to face the front door. I hear her breathe in deeply.
Blood.
She needs to know what she is, Edward, Alice thinks. If you won't do it, I will.
She must have gone to find the nearest animal while we were talking. It smells like a deer to me. I hear Alice and Jasper approach my house as Isabella releases a growl. As soon as the noise is made, she runs for the door, barely stopping in time to open it, before running to join Alice. I quickly follow her, not letting her out of my sight.
Alice drops the deer's body on the floor and Isabella pounces on it. I keep my distance, not wanting to interrupt.
I watch as she sinks her teeth into its neck and she drinks. Her hands grab at the body, pulling it closer to her. Her eyes begin to close.
The sight is almost... erotic. I find myself wishing I was there in place of the deer.
Once the blood runs dry, Isabella immediately drops the carcass and jumps up, covering her mouth with her hands.
"Oh my! What the hell did I do?" she says, mainly to herself I think. "What the hell was that?" she almost shouts as she turns to me. "I just drank-"
"Blood," Alice interrupts. "You drank blood."