Yet another chapter, please read and enjoy. (It's quite hard to come up with a new thing to say at the top every time).

Disclaimer: I am not a millionaire or literary genius so do not own these characters, they belong to Stephanie Meyer.

The rest of my family had all hunted recently, so I went alone. I took one of the family's massive, silver Volvos and drove until I could no longer sense humans and then drove some more. Although I had started driving early in the morning, it was the middle afternoon before I stopped. I could have stopped hours ago but I enjoyed driving through the remote mountains. The pine trees loomed over my car obscuring most of the light not that I needed it. Finally the dirt track stopped as abruptly as the asphalt had turned into dirt. Usually I didn't go so far from the Cullen's house and Edward but I was lost in the feeling of driving. Once the road ended I relaxed for a few moments, enjoying the plush feel of leather, the windows open, allowing the smells the forest to come into the car. Eventually the hunger pangs grew too great to ignore and I got out of the car. I shut the door gently and closed my eyes, breathing deeply, now I focused on the mix of scents the wind brought me, sorting through them, searching for a carnivore upon which to feast.

I smelt a mountain lion, sinewy and lithe, I could hear it, it was a few miles away, that was no problem. I ran gracefully through the forest, not reaching anywhere close to the speeds Edward enjoyed but was a few hundred metres away from the mountain lion in a matter of seconds. I didn't want to startle it, I slowed my pace now moving at the speed of a human running, this was like stalking for me, I knew exactly where to place my feet to remain silent, undetectable. The mountian lion was basking on a rock in the sun, I stopped altogether, crouching behind some bushes, to observe it, his frame was stretched up, the only movement was a slow, rythmic twitching of his tail.

I crept forward.

Then I pounced.

The lion didn't react, it didn't have time to, my mouth latched onto it's jugular before it could. I bit down, feeling my teeth pierce the skin. The blood spurted out of the wound and I drank, feeling the pang of thirst subside but not completely dissipate, I knew it never would while I only drank the blood of animals. I wasn't sure what it was about human blood, but I knew, without ever having drunk it as a vampire, that it and it alone would sate the thirst completely. I sat up, having drunk my fill, blood oozing out of the gash I had made in time with the ever weakening heart of the mountain lion. Blood ran down my chin, a few flecks falling on my tank top. I wiped my chin, slowly, and delicately licking the blood off the back of my hand I stood up.

I ambled slowly back to the car and started the long drive back the the house. I decided to visit my father before I returned to Edward. Charlie was fine, he was very happy with Sue Clearwater and she was looking after him far better than I ever had. There appeared to be some convention in Forks as I passed through, I had no idea what was going on, an incredibly inebriated man fell in front of my car, if I hadn't had the reflexes I had I would have run him over. I got out of my car to help him out of the road, his girlfriend was dressed very strangely, she looked vaguely like a character from a TV series I didn't remember, it was lifetime ago I last watched it. As I helped him off the road the blood lust that remained from the hunt prompted me to push my face into his neck and almost bite before I smelt the alcohol in his blood, I had no wish to discover if it was like drinking in human terms, so I deposited him on the side as quickly as possible and got back into my car, shaken.

By the time I arrived back at the house night had fallen hours ago, the moon was a sliver of light, the slightest flash of perfect teeth in a razor thin smile, not quite the new moon it had been last night. I parked the car in the velvet darkness and entered the house.

There was a weird kind of tension in the sitting room as I entered. My eyes were drawn immediately to Edward, he was in jeans and a tight fitting shirt which showed off his muscles beautifully. He was uncharacteristically sprawling on the sofa, his long legs stretched out before of him. I noticed his bare feet. His elegant toes were kneading the thick sheepskin rug in front of him. His eyes were fixed on Jacob, a muscle in his neck twitching every time the werewolf moved.

Jacob was giving Renesme something, when she turned around and lifted up her hair I guessed it was a necklace. Not wanting Edward to jump Jacob as he put the necklace on her, I sat next to him, giving him a kiss and distracting him. He returned my kiss but was obviously still preoccupied with Jacob so I stroked his leg and asked him quietly about his day. He dragged his attention away from Jacob and Renesme to answer my questions.

Renesme now wearing the necklace darted over to show us. The necklace was a fine silver chain, the glass beads matched her eyes. I sighed happily, it was perfect. I knew Jacob had not chosen it himself, he preferred gaudy trinkets.

'Did you have something to do with the necklace choice?' I whispered in Edward's ear.

He gave a noncommittal grunt, which was unlike him, but I assumed it was due to having to be with Jacob for any time longer than absolutely necessary. I beamed at him.

'It's so nice to see you two getting along.' I encouraged him, hoping they would do more things like this in the future and bond over a love of Renesme, although they hadn't bonded over a love of me. I frowned slightly, but they loved Renesme in different ways, so they wouldn't really be competeing for her affections like they had been for me. My smile returned.

I got up and went over to give Jacob a kiss on the cheek, his hot skin burning my lips, and thanked him for such a beautiful gift for Renesme. He grinned at me, one of his canines, larger than average, caught on his lip slightly, giving his smile an appropriately wolfish feel. Together we watched Renesme twirl in front of Edward who showered complements over her and her new necklace, something she wouldn't grow out of. A happy, almost functional, family scene, as though off a card.

Perfect.

Renesme ran back to me and Jacob and Edward stood up and left the room abruptly, I got up and followed him quickly thinking he was feeling left out or that maybe the smell of werewolf had gotten too much for him. As soon as we were out of the room, he picked me up and crushed those perfect lips against mine, carrying me off to our room where we stayed until first light.

'Edward?'

'Mmm.' His sleepy reply.

'I think we may need a new bed.'

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