Chapter 10.
My first night as a vampire was rather fun. Alice said it was going to rain so they planned a game of baseball. I would be able to play if i wanted, but i wasn't sure. I thought i would stick to reffing and let Esme play. Before the game though Carlise insisted that i be taken hunting. Alice and Edward said they would take me.
"be easy on her" Carlise warned, "No running she may not be up to it yet". We were only just out of the view of the cottage when I started running.
"Bella!" Alice called after me. "Carlise said not to run thats running" she yelled as she watching Edward take off after me. Than she joined us, this was fun. This was a feeling i had always wanted to try, run with them, i had watched them so many times. They seemed so free, so happy, so full of energy. We ran in and out of the trees, in the woods we threw leaves at each other. The fun stopped when it started to rain. "we'd better start hunting" Alice voiced. "we have to get back before the lighten starts if we want to be ready for the game"
There was a group of deer feeding on a patch of grass just on the other side of the forest we had just been playing in. Hunting was something new to me, Edward had said it was the only time they let the senses take over and it was not right for me to be around him when he let that happen. So now i would see them hunting, i would be hunting, we would have to go at the same time in order to keep them from running away, but since i had no idea what was going on i would have to just give it a try.
"once you hand your senses to nature, hunting just comes to you" Edward explained.
"theres nothing to it" Alice added. "just run up to the deer and snap its neck" My eyes flew open.
"oh just snap its neck" i said using my best sarcasm.
"its really not hard Bella, and i know it sounds cruel but its the fastest way to kill them and if you don't the deer will run away." this was sort of calming the fact that it was the only way and fastest. "Once you have snapped its neck bite into it and drink the blood. After the first few times it becomes like one motion." she smiled.
"Shall we give it a try?" Edward asked.
"if you guys think i can"
"We know you can" Alice said tapping her head, and we were off. I grab the closest deer by the neck and twisted it to the right till i heard a snap. Than i followed the example of the others two with me and bit into the small of its neck and started to drink. As the warm blood trickled down my thoart i started to feel that senses thing Edward had been talking about. Once i had drank the blood from the creature i went for another and copied the same actions. I went through 6 more deer than Alice and Edward, they had hunted only 4 days before and i had not teased blood yet.
When we finished hunting we did not head back to the cottage,it was raining hard now and we could hear the thunder very loudly, so Alice called Esme and told her we would meet them at the field. It was a different field than the one they normally played on so they must play here a lot too.
"well how did it go?" Esme asked when we got to the field.
"great! Bella killed 14 deer" Alice answered
"14! oh dear, well i guess that should hold her off a few days. Thank god this forest is overly populated this season." Carlise said as everyone joined us.
"14!" Emmett said patting me a little to hard on the back. "Wow, Boy! Bella your an eater. I'm taking her hunting next time." he grinned and elbowed me in the side.
"how about we talk less about how many deer i just killed and play some baseball?" i asked trying to get the conversation off me.
"alright fine" Emmett said. "you sure you don't want to play?"
"I'm sure i want Esme to get to play i will be fine doing her old job for a bit"
"Alright your loss" he laughed running to join the game. They were all on the field and on teams. This games teams were, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper who were playing out field. Edward, Carlise, and Alice were up to bat. Alice was up to bat first and as Jasper took the mound for his pitch she winked at him. She always did when Jasper pitched so it didn't even count as cheating any more. Jasper pitch and Alice hit the ball head on. As i watched the ball fly out off the field and Emmett run after it, Alice ran a home run. "ONE RUN" i called. Even though they new the rules the were very comparative and love to hear how each team was doing. Edward was up to bat next his hits were always the hardest so everyone moved about a mile back. Of course Edward got a run. The game kept going like this, I'm sure the score would not have been this good if i had been playing. Alice and Edwards team won this game 21-18.
"we'll get you next game" Emmett said pushing Edward to the side. "I think you raged the game" he winked at me "next time reg it of my team" he smiled at his joke.