Twilight through Alice's Eyes Chapter 26
A/N: Hey, I have a small amount of free time today so I decided to try to post another chapter. Here you go. ;)
Disclaimer: Still don't own Twilight.
Chapter 26
APOV
Edward, as always, was trying to dazzle someone into getting what he wants. This time that someone just happens to be Bella, the girl that Edward loves. "As it happens, I don't mind being alone with you," she said. Edward was trying to convince her not to go to Seattle alone, and then when that worked he tried to convince her to tell Charlie, her father, that she was spending the day with him.
"I know. You should tell Charlie, though," he said sighing.
"Why in the world would I do that?"
"To give me some small incentive to bring you back." The look on her face turned to a look of a little bit of fear.
"I think I'll take my chances." Edward looked over at me and I could tell he was angry. The look told me to search for a vision to make sure that Bella tells her father where she will be on Saturday. "Let's talk about something else," Bella said, interrupting our silent conversation.
"What do you want to talk about?" I could tell by the tone of his voice that he was still aggravated. Before she started to talk, Bella glanced over at us. I'm pretty sure she saw me staring at her. Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper were all staring at Edward. We were all thinking the same thing: How many of our secrets does Bella know about?
"Why did you go to that Goat Rocks place last weekend . . . to hunt? Charlie said it wasn't a good place to hike, because of bears." He just stared at her, waiting for her to realize the real reason he was there. "Bears?" she gasped. He probably had a smile on his face that she figured it out all on her own. "You know, bears are not in season."
"If you read carefully, the laws only cover hunting with weapons." Leave it to him to expose all of the legal stuff that permitted us to hunt here.
"Bears?" she asked again.
"Grizzly is Emmett's favorite."
"Hmmm." She was looking down at her tray of food, still trying to process the fact that it was Edward verses a bear. She took a drink before continuing. "So, what's your favorite?" she asked looking up at him again.
"Mountain lion" He seemed like he disapproved of her asking about what he liked to hunt. If it were any other vampire he would be fine with it, but since it's a human he doesn't want her to know.
"Ah," she said quietly.
"Of course, we have to be careful not to impact the environment with injudicious hunting. We try to focus on areas with an overpopulation of predators-ranging as far away as we need. There's always plenty of deer and elk here, and they'll do, but where's the fun in that?" he joked teasingly.
"Where indeed," she said so quietly that I wasn't sure she really said it at all with all of the noise around us.
"Early spring is Emmett's favorite bear season-they're just coming out of hibernation, so they're more irritable." I could tell he was smiling as he said that. That, of course, was the reason Emmett was turned into a vampire in the first place.
"Nothing more fun than an irritated grizzly bear."
Edward snickered. "Tell me what you're really thinking, please." I know that he wants her thoughts to be filled with terror at the fact that he's a vampire, but they probably won't be. Bella doesn't seem the least bit scared to me.
"I'm trying to picture it-but I can't. How do you hunt a bear without weapons?" If only she knew.
"Oh, we have weapons." He smiled at her and it looked as if Bella was trying to contain a shiver. "Just not the kind they consider when writing hunting laws. If you've ever seen a bear attack on television, you should be able to visualize Emmett hunting." That time she did shiver. She looked over towards Emmett and seemed to be a little scared.
Edward's eyes followed hers and he chuckled. She stared at him a little mad that he laughed at her. "Are you like a bear, too?" she asked.
"More like the lion, or so they tell me. Perhaps our preferences are indicative." He really does look exactly like a lion when he's hunting. It's interesting.
"Perhaps. Is that something I might get to see?" Leave it to Bella to be curious. Of course, Edward would never let her see him hunt.
"Absolutely not!" he shouted. Bella leaned away from him, fear evident on her face. Edward leaned back as well and crossed his arms over his chest.
My siblings and I got up from the table we were at knowing it would be time for the bell to ring in a few moments. We moved slower than usual so we could continue to listen to Edward and Bella's conversation.
"Too scary for me?" she asked.
"If that were it, I would take you out tonight," he said surprising me and my siblings when he said that. "You need a healthy dose of fear. Nothing could be more beneficial for you."
"Then why?" She asked, pressing for more information than he was giving her. We walked out the door and to our classes. I was fairly certain that he wouldn't tell her why. Even without a vision I knew he wouldn't tell her. But then again, he has been surprising me lately. I sat down in sixth period and looked for a vision of the two of them together. I found one from Saturday. They were in Edward's meadow and were sitting, talking, and, most of all, enjoying each other's company. It was sweet.
A/N: There you have it. Sorry for the lack of updating. I've been a little busy so I haven't really had time to type. Sorry this is a little shorter than usual. I wasn't exactly sure how much stuff to put in it so there you go. Please review. ;)