Chapter 5
EPOV
The night after I had 'talked' to Bella, I was going to accompany Carlisle on one of his hunts. One of us always went with him and this time he had specifically asked for me: apparently we had to talk Commonly these were little lectures, I had no doubt what this one was about.
We were walking at a slow, human pace, occasionally making a remark about the full moon or the forest around us, but otherwise we walked in silence. Eventually, Carlisle turned fully to me, I knew what he was going to ask, his thoughts had been all about her.
"When are you planning to tell her?" He asked, sounding mild, but he was thinking about how badly we supposedly 'needed' her.
"I'm waiting for her to ask me," I said.
"Oh, and when will that be? What have her thoughts said?"
"Relax, Carlisle, it will be soon," I didn't know for certain, I can't read her thoughts which I admit is some level of concern but not enough for her to get more special treatment than she already would with the job we wanted her to do, besides, no matter how much I wished I knew what went through her head, I wasn't going to say anything to either her or my family.
That was when we detected a herd of deer.
"Well, I'll see you back at the house," Carlisle told me as he readied himself to pounce. I nodded and left him, feeling drawn to one of the houses by the side of the forest.
It was a small house, only one or two people could live here, but I could feel something calling to me. Then it hit me, her scent. I knew immediately know it was. Bella. Oh, her blood would taste so sweet on my tongue.
When I reached her window I instantly slipped in and walked over to her bedside. She was angelic, her beautiful brown hair flowed around her head, her slim figure looked so delicate and fragile, and her beautifully sculpted face shone out at me in the darkness, She remind me of a fairy princess, a angel of another world far more deserving than this one. I stroked her cheek, gently, just once, then turned to leave.
"Edward" she said, clear as crystal. I whipped round faster than the eye could see, only to find her still resting but turned over. I smiled, and for the first time in decades, it was real. I silently walked back to her bedside, then climbed into her bed with her, making sure we didn't touch to much. It was then that I knew I would do this ever night for the rest of her life.
I gently rested my head on hers, taking in her wonderful scent, but it wasn't just that that made me want to protect her and love her. It was also her innocence.
There's one thing I knew right then, I was in love with Isabella Swan and I would stop at nothing until she was mine.