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Twenty Three

I had never seen Edward hunt before; I'd always imagined it though. And I always thought my imagination was quite vivid, creative even, until I saw him actually hunt. No words were good enough to describe what it was like watching him hunt. Beautiful wasn't even close to comparison, but it was all I could think of. Imagine the most beautiful place you've ever seen, multiply that by about five, and that's just the beginning of it. He had such grace, poise, and precision. I felt…honored to be apart of such an experience.

Within a manner of minutes, he was running back to the house. I sighed, and followed suit. I knew now that he was feeling better; he would want a more appropriate talk, and lots of answers. I was determined to stand my ground on this though. I would not give up. He was sorely mistaken if he thought I'd let him disappear from my life twice, and not do a damn thing about it. Especially now that I was a vampire. I was…dangerous. Right.

I went straight up to our room, knowing that's where he'd be waiting. He was staring out the window, one arm resting on the frame, his head resting on that arm. I was temporarily frozen, remembering the first time I had seen this angelic image. It was the day after I'd been drunk. When we had gone a little too far, he looked so…remorseful, confused, and angry. That was the day I knew he would never love me the way I loved him. I shook the image from my mind, and the hurt that came along with it, sighed heavily, and walked up behind him.

I wrapped my arms around his waist, and smiled slightly when his free arm rested lightly against both of mine. That told me he wasn't too angry, and that I had a chance to make him see reasoning, though very small. I felt, rather than heard him sigh, and released him so we could get this over with. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, and I also knew we were going to fight, but I was not prepared for what was to come…again.

"Okay, look. You don't get to argue with me this time Edward, you just get to listen. I told you in the car, you had no right to do that! I did this! I killed him, he deserved it! Yes, I admit that, no it doesn't make me feel much better, but it's the truth. This is my fight, not yours! I'm sick of you trying to blame yourself for everything I do wrong! You can't do that anymore, I can stop you now, and I will." I stated, more dramatically than I intended. He just stood there, waiting for me to continue. I was glad he hadn't interrupted yet, but I knew it was coming.

"You will not go back to La Push, without me and the family, again. You swore to me!" I yelled, crossing my arms.

"I swore I would not go after Jacob. I didn't break that, besides, you got to him before I could. I never said I wouldn't go to La Push." He argued. I glared at him, and shook my head. "They go hand in hand, and you knew that! So don't try to get out of this." I snapped, pointing my finger at him.

"Bella, you're a newborn. You're temper is a lot worse than it normally would be; you haven't the experience to deal with this kind of thing. I don't want you involved, at all." He said quietly. This was not good; I was losing my chance, and fast. Damn it!

"I liked it better when you didn't tell me you loved me!" I blurted out, which I knew was my temper, and thankfully so did he. "At least then you stayed out of my messes, for the most part. Edward, I lost you once, I'm not losing you again! I will deal with this, and if you even try to do something to stop me, I'll knock you out of the way just as easily. Ask Alice, she thought she had me figured out too. If I can trick the psychic pixie, I can definitely trick you." I warned threateningly. I knew by the narrowing of his eyes and the slight snarl across his features that he was angry. But, I just couldn't bring myself to care. Again, that would be my temper.

"You listen to me Isabella Swan, if you even think of tricking any of us so you can go to La Push alone, I will find out. And when I find out, you will be sorry." He growled quietly. I wasn't scared, I was angry. He had it right, I was a newborn, and my temper would out win anything else right, except maybe my thirst, which was growing by the second. I hadn't exactly fed much, and I knew he was no where near well fed. His eyes had never gone back to normal that was dangerous for both of us. I was vaguely aware of Alice yelling at us before we lunged at each other. We'd barely gotten a scratch on each other when Emmett and Jasper had tackled me to the floor.

"Bella! Calm down, Bella! It's us!" I heard Emmett, but I couldn't make sense of what he meant. All I knew, all I felt was anger, and I was thirsty so thirsty. If I could just get free, I could do as I pleased, as I desperately wanted to do. La Push wasn't that far, especially when I was this thirsty. I struggled harder, fighting for my freedom, my life it felt like.

EPOV-

"I can't calm her down! She's going to get free if we don't hurry up!" Jasper shouted. Rosalie had gone to get some blood for Bella, Alice and I were blocking the door. We knew if Emmett and Jasper couldn't hold her, it was useless for us to try, but we had to do something. We could not let her leave this room. It was vital to her sanity, and ours. I couldn't believe I was about to fight my love. I was underfed, and I knew better than this! I had seen the vision Alice had, but I thought I could handle it. Evidently, I couldn't.

Told you so. Stubborn foolish Vampire.

I let a low growl escape my lips at Alice's thoughts. She was so smug about things like this. Guess I couldn't really blame her when it came down to it though, I mean…I did prove her right…again. I watched in agony as Bella tried to escape the confines of my brothers' arms. I should have known better than this! She was a newborn for Pete's sake! Oh! There was a low knock on the door, and we quickly moved aside for Rosalie to come through. She ran over to Bella, who quickly downed the large glass. She stopped struggling after a few seconds, and looked so confused…and embarrassed. I would have to fix that as soon as possible.

"Guys, I think she's alright. Can you give us a minute? Just wait outside alright? If I need you, I'll holler." I pleaded, hoping they'd leave us. She didn't need them berating her right now. She needed comfort, and I wasn't about to let any of them give her that. Not to mention I needed to apologize to her for what I'd done. No one else could do that for me, unfortunately. After a few slight arguing glances, my siblings graciously stepped out of the room, and they were even so kind as to close the door behind them. Though I knew they were right outside, listening for any signs of distress. No privacy in a house full of vampires, that was for damned sure.

BPOV-

I waited until he came to me, waited until he was up close, and then I pretended to fall backwards, knowing he would catch me. As soon as his arms enclosed around me, I screamed. I knew they would come, and drag him off just as they did, fully believing he had tried to attack me again, and then I bolted. Ran faster than I've ever run before, out the door, down the stairs, out the front door, into the woods. Ran, faster and faster until I was a few miles short of La Push.