Chapter 4 Oh Bella

The second I dove through her window, Bella was on her feet frantically whispering.

"Oh god you're okay. I was about to haul it through the window after you!"

"Oh please Bells I told you to trust me."

"Shh Charlie's been peeking in here every five seconds. Do you realize how loud you were? The howling was so close I almost thought-" She bit her lip in concern.

"It's okay, I'm here, everyone is okay, nothing to it." I hated seeing her worry for no reason but I couldn't deny, seeing her little furrowed forehead and pouty full lips was about the most adorable thing I had ever seen. I pulled her into my arms. "You don't have to worry about the ginger bloodsucker ever again." I said softly. A smile slowly spread across her face.

"Is it really over?"

"Took her down personally." She shivered, she was colder than usual. "Jeez Bells you're really cold."

"Sorry," she whispered.

"It's like you were hanging out of the window or something." I looked down at her face to see a sheepish expression. "What were you doing Bella?"

"Well I was really worried obviously."

"Unnecessarily."

"Well how was I suppose to really know. You could have lied to make me feel better. I was serious when I said I almost jumped out the window to help." I had to laugh then.

"What help would you be with two broken legs after that drop?" She didn't look too happy with my witty remark.

"It's not fair!" She remarked exasperatedly.

"What?" I laughed hugging her close again.

"Why can't I have super strength or something? I want to be able to help! Are you sure you can't just bite me and turn me into a wolf or something?" It stung a little to think that she must have been thinking about her bloodsucker recently to think of something like that but I brushed it off.

"What are you doing?" She said watching my face turn into a devilish grin. I dove forward knocking her back onto the bed and softly nibbled the soft skin between her neck and shoulder before biting down a little harder. She yelped and twisted away. "I can't believe you just bit me!" I sat back and grinned only to hear footsteps in the hall.

"Shit!" I rolled onto the floor just in time praying Charlie wouldn't see me on the other side of Bella's bed.

"You can't sleep either?" Charlie said groggily. Bella didn't have enough time to react and was still sitting upright when Charlie walked in.

" You shut the door too loud last time you came in here," she lied.

"Oh. Sorry," he whispered guiltily. "You mean the howling didn't wake you?"

"Howling?"

"You're such a heavy sleeper Bells it sounded like a whole pack of wolves were howling right outside our house and you wake up when I make sure you're okay!" He sounded incredulous that Bella hadn't woken up.

"Sorry Dad."

"Yeah, well. Try to get back to sleep, night."

"Night."

I sat up the second the door snapped shut. I looked up to see Bella grinning from ear to ear.

"What?" I whispered, her infectious grin spreading across my face.

"You bit me!" She whispered laughing and swatting a hand across my arm.

"Alright I better go, you obviously need sleep."

"What? No! I want to know all the details. Are you sure Victoria's gone?"

"Positive. I'll fill you in tomorrow." She sighed and leaned back on her pillow. "It's your first night without worrying that someone is after you and you don't want to sleep?"

"Fine. See you tomorrow."

"Absolutely. What should we do to celebrate?"

"Maybe cliff dive together this time?"

"We'll see. I'm not sure if I want to see you doing that again so soon." She shot me a glare as I leaned in to place my lips on hers. My hands cupped her now warm face for a moment to gaze into her chocolate eyes before I turned and leaped from the window.