"Normal Talking" "[Whispered Talking]"

"Thought-Speak" {Sign Language}

D/C: I do not own or wish to claim ownership of the characters from Stephenie Meyer's books. I'm just writing this story for fun, my characters and plot are mine, there may be some elements from other Fanfic stories I have read but no direct copying.

Chapter 21: Worried for Snow

~Night After~

~Edward~

It has been two weeks since I returned from my three weeks of absence from school. Bella's scent was better some days than others. On the bad or would it be good days, her scent had me putting my handprint in the Biology table. One time I even broke the top of my Volvo's steering wheel off.

I had to promise to help Rose move a strange 1994 glossy black Chevy C/K 1500 off a flatbed into her private garage. To move the thing it took Emmett, Rose, and me to get it inside but Rose found a new steering wheel and installed it by the next morning.

I now storied a tennis basket full of stress balls in my car trunk for the days Bella's scent is too much. I have tried going to her house to see if I could get acclimated to her scent but the 6'2" white Supernatural Wolf scares my skin even whiter.

I was standing under Bella's bedroom window and looking around for the Wolf. I did not see, hear, or scent her. Taking my chance, I quickly made my way up the tree next to the house. When I got on the branch I was going to use to leap onto the window sill, it made a *cracking* sound. I froze, Bella would never hear it, but a Wolf would.

After a minute I jumped and opened Bella's bedroom window. The *squeal* it made had my still heart pounding which was impossible. Man, it was like I was a human teenager trying not to get caught sneaking into his girlfriend's house.

I turned that thought away, Bella was not my girlfriend. Slipping into her room, her scent was all around me. Taking slow breaths that burned, I looked down at Bella asleep on her bed.

I clenched my hand closed, as desire went through me. Bella was half under the covers, she was wearing a pink loose bra top and her pajamas were hiked up.

Her left leg kicked up and I got a good look at her inner thighs. I gritted my teeth, the thoughts I gleaned from the hormone teenagers at school when they looked at Bella and that comment the Wolf made about wanting her body.

Before I lost control of either of my urges, I grabbed a piece of clothes from her hamper. As I was heading out the door I realized it was a pair of her panties. Great it looks like I'm more into her body than her blood.

It was too late to go back to get something else. I will need to come back tomorrow to see more.

In the morning during lunch, I decided to sit at my own table. I was watching the door waiting for Bella while crushing one of the stress balls I had on me.

Bella walked into the cafeteria with her three girlfriends, Jessica, Angela, and Jenn. Following them was Mike, the boy trying to get Bella to notice him.

I saw Bella glance over at the table I usually sat at with my siblings. Disappointment flashes on her face and I wish I could read her thoughts. She looks down as she gets the bare minimum for lunch, an apple, Milk, and a fruit cup before heading to her table.

I listened in on Angela's thoughts since Jessica's thoughts were loud and jumped from one thing to another and Jenn's mind has a mental wall around it now.

From Angela's mind, I heard Jenn ask Bella. "Bell, you seem down, what is wrong?" Bell scoots closer to Jenn and whispers to her. I had to concentrate to hear what she said over all the other students. "[It's Snow, I have not seen her in two nights. I'm worried about her with the rumors of hunters.]"

Jenn leaned into Bella and whispered low in her ear. "[She is ok, Fairwind told me something came up. That she will tell you, herself when she comes back.]"

Jessica's louder voice interrupted their whispering. "Hay, Edward is staring at the two of you." Jenn and Bella turn their heads to look at my family sitting at their table before following Jessica's eyes to see me sitting alone.

I was debating what to do. I wanted Bella to come over not Jenn and I was worried Bella's scent would be too much today.

With my eyes on the two girls but mainly eyeing Bella my thoughts flick to seeing her body last night. If I was not a Vampire my face would have been very red with my pale skin.

I snapped out of my staring as the chair across the table to my right scraped the floor. Turning my head I saw the tall tan muscled ocean-blue-eyed Fairwind. I opened my mouth to ask him to leave when he spoke first in a voice that carried over the now-silent cafeteria. "What are you doing Edward staring at my girl."

Fairwind's presents put me on edge, he was not as intimidating as Bella's Snow-white Wolf or my sister's Wolf and this unease had me blurting out. "It's Bella I'm staring at." With everyone being quiet in the cafeteria they all heard me.

Fairwind smiled at me and lowers his voice, so I was the only one to hear it. Even my Vampire family could not hear it from their table. "[Ok Vampire, here is the thing. I know you snuck into Ms. Swan's room last night. That you got away with it because Snow Crystal is spending time with her newly found mate. That Alpha Red is negotiating with the Panther Shifter pride in Idaho right now. Finally, I let you get into her room, and before you say that was dangerous, know that if you had even touched Bella you would have been lifted off the ground and thrown out the window.]"

Before I could say that Fairwind could try throwing me out a window, a tray slapped the table to my left and Edythe sat in the chair.

Glancing at my sister she tapped her head to sign I should look in her mind. In the image, Edythe was standing in the forest and warm red fur-covered arms were around her waist. Then in the memory Edythe asked. "Red, who is that Fairwind guy?"

"Fairwind is a half-Elf healer. Do not the title of healer fool you, during the recent supernatural war he was a front-line Battle-Mage. His staff is a foot-long rod that expands into an 8-foot spire. This enchanted spire can pierce Dragon scale. He can reduce a Vampire to a pile of ash in the time it takes you to blink."

Edythe closed her mind, and a shiver went through me. If this was true, there is no doubt why Alpha Red left him to protect Bella.

"[I'm not going to stop you from trying to get to know Bella but you need to be careful Snow Crystal will not be gone for long.]"

Fairwind stood up and headed over to Bella and Jenn. The whole cafeteria watched as he slid his arms around Jenn and pulled her out of the chair. He spun her in his arms to face him, leans down to kiss Jenn's lips. Pulling away Fairwind looked around at all the students. "Nobody, get any ideas." He kissed Jenn again then let her sit back down. "Bella, Edward would like to talk to you before lunch is over."

After that, Fairwind walked out of the cafeteria. Jenn put her totally red face down as everyone stared at her and began to murmur.

Bella stood up from her seat and headed for me, her face was red too. She took the seat Fairwind had been sitting and spoke. "Yes, Edward you want to talk to me?"

I could not think about what to say so I glanced at Edythe. She just smirks at me, pushing her full plate in front of me as she gets up and walks out of the cafeteria.

Bella spoke, "Does she still dislike me for touching her love interest?"

Smiling I said. "I do not know."

"Why not?"

"Do you have any siblings, Bella?" She shook her head no.

"You may have heard we are all adopted siblings, but Edythe is my real sister, and she does not tell me her secrets. Alice would know more and probably the truth."

"Ok, what do you think she is upset with me about."

"I think I should not be telling you my sister's secrets, the ones I know without her permission." Bella smiled at me, and I leaned over the table a bit to get closer to her.

"Bella, before you distract me more. I wanted to ask if you needed any help with assignments." She lifts her eyebrows in bewilderment, and I could not help but stare into her brown eyes. My right hand reached across the table on its own and was about to run the back of it down the left side of her cheek.

*Bring* The end of lunch bell rang snapping me out of my trance to hear Bella's heart racing and see her pail skin beet red.

Pulling back, I crush the stress ball in my left hand under the table into a pulp, destroying the thing. Before I could say more Jenn appeared behind Bella tugging her out of the chair. "Come on Bella you do not want to be late."

I stayed in my chair and put my head down on the table after Jenn and Bella disappeared. Emmett's strong right hand slapped into my back. "Serves you right brother, for how you treated Edythe and her love for a Wolf."

I groaned, "This is not the same, Red has superhuman strength and Bella does not."

"How would you know that, she could be a Harpy with strength and talons to rip off your…"

He was cut off as Rose smacked him in the back of the head. "Stop that, do not tease him or you will find out what I would do as a Harpy."

Emmett smiled and an image of Rose ran through his head. I stood quickly and headed for my class. "I have to go."

Stepping into Biology, Bella was already sitting at our table in the back. Calming down I walked confidently to my seat.

I did not say anything as I pulled out my textbook and a new stress ball. Bella's scent this close was not bad today. If Fairwind was helping me, I needed to ask him why Bella smelled intoxicating some days and mellow others. Over the past two weeks, I have tried to find a pattern.

After Mr. Banner took our homework and we started on the in-class assignment Bella spoke. "So, you wanted to know if I need help with schoolwork?"

I turned to look at her face to see it was tinged red. "Yes." She fidgets and I crush the stress ball in my hand.

I had to ask since I was thinking now that Fairwind did something to Jenn to block her mind from me and I have never been able to read Bella's mind.

"What did Jenn want to talk to you about?" Bella's face went super beet red, and she looked down at her assignment and covered her face with her long brown hair. I could still see the flush on the back of her neck.

I could barely make out her murmur. "I told her what you asked. She said you were asking me out on a study date. That I should be prepared for…"

She stops as her neck somehow gets even redder. "She is correct. I am asking you out on a date."

She turned her head to look at me and I had to stop breathing. I put both my hands under the table to crush them together. I want to pull her close so badly it hurts.

Bella would not tell me exactly what Jenn said to her so I spent the rest of class trying to get to know her and not touch her.

When the bell rang, she smiled at me and said. "Edward, you can come over tonight to help me, can I get your cell number?"

Giving her my number, she stood smiled at me, and rushed out the door. Throughout my last class, I just thought about Bella and tonight.

~Bella~

The instant I made it home I did a quick cleaning up of the living room then ran to my room. I put away my clean clothes and sorted my dirty ones. I started a load for my pajamas and thought about what Jenn suggested Edward wanted from me.

I shook off the thought and jumped into the shower. I scrubbed my body and ran cold water at the end to calm down. Getting out I wrapped a towel around me. I pulled my pajamas out of the dryer and put them on. They were comfy light blue pajama pants and a shirt.

It was 8 p.m. when I heard a knock on the door. Running to the door I opened it to see Edward in a tight-fitted gray shirt and black jeans, with his bag over his shoulder. His jacket was open letting me see his muscled tone through his gray shirt. "Bella?"

"Oh, right come inside it's cold." Holding the door open, he walks past me into the house. Closing the door, I turn to see him staring at me.

My heart was pounding as I said. "Ok, let's get started."

I sat on the couch and gestured for Edward to sit to my right. He put down his bag and asked. "What are we starting on?"

"English." I said a bit quickly. He raised his brow as he pulls his English notebook out.

Opening mine I sat next to him, the old couch cushion sank down causing me to slide into his side. My heart pounded even faster as I said. "Sorry, I.." Before I could scoot away Edward slid his left arm around my waist under my shirt touching my bare skin.

The palm of his hand was like ice-fire on my stomach. I was frozen for a second before I snuggled into his hard chest. I tried to stop, this was going way too fast, I thought.

I could hear the strain in his voice when he spoke. "Bella, what do you need help with?"

I managed to get my notebook open to the five-page essay I needed to wright. "I could use some help with some of the spelling. The rest I can do on my own."

"Ok let me see." he took my notebook in his right hand and began to read it. Occasionally he would put the book down to tell me what I misspelled. I would make the corrections, so my handwriting matched the rest of it.

After we finished looking over the English work, I pulled out Trigonometry, my worst subject. Edward never removed his hand from my stomach. He did move it slightly up and down slowly making the ice-fire flutter up my chest.

With Trig he had to help me with some of the problems. One of them I tried for 10 minutes before giving up and asking him to tell me the solution. Once I was done with the tricky problem, I quickly put it away and started on my last assignment for Biology II.

This time Edward moves to dig in his bag for the same assignment we received today from Mr. Banner. "Bella, since one of my hands is busy can you hold the textbook, so we can finish this together?"

I felt his fingers run across my belly button and travel slightly down. I looked at the clock to see it was 9:45 pm, he must have noticed because he started to remove his hand. I slid my left hand onto his arm to stop him. "No, it's ok Charlie will not be home until after 10:30 tonight. Let's get this done,"

He stopped his arm and muttered something that sounded like. "[you're killing me again Bella.]" Tamping down my thoughts, I concentrate on opening the textbook to the correct page and reading the question.

I could not tell if Edward was taking his time to wright his answer to run us out of time tonight. I was thinking it would be best to wait since I was not prepared for that tonight. Jenn was going to give me something tomorrow for it.

It was 10:01 pm on the clock and Edward was taking forever on the last question that I slammed the book closed. "We can do that tomorrow at lunch."

Tossing the book to the left I turn to the right, facing Edward. My thighs to either side of his as I snake my hands under his shirt to his cold, hard back. In a breathy tone, he said. "Bella, please not now."

I ignore him to press my braless chest into his and kiss his cold smooth lips. I felt his hand on my hips, then I was lying on the couch and Edward was gone.

~Edward~

The moment I felt her nipples through her shirt, desire shot through me. I nearly ripped down her pajamas and had her there as a Vampire would. Instead, I picked her up off me and put her down on the couch, then I snatched up my bag and ran out of the house to the woods, at superhuman speed.

A good 2 miles from her house, I screamed. "Fuck." As I punch a hole through a 3-foot diameter solid oak tree. When I pulled my hand out of the tree I realized I was not wearing my jacket, it was still on Bella's couch.

~Bella~

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~Bella~

The next morning, I took a shower to scrub off whatever the scent was that turned Edward away. Since Charlie was already gone, I stripped my bed and threw it into the washing machine. When that was done, I poured a box of cereal.

I parked in my usual spot next to where Jason parked his Chevy Silverado but today a Slate Silver Acura TLX was parked in Jason's usual spot. I am not a car person but compared to the rest of the cars here this one was sleek.

I stepped around the front of my old red truck looking at the Acura when I slipped on a bit of black ice. Before I could fall a cold iron-like arm wrapped around my waist. "Hay don't touch…" I trailed off as I realized it was Edward. My heart pounded as I thought about last night.

"Oh, it's you, thanks." He smiles down at me. "No problem, Bella." He continues to hold my waist until we made it to the salted sidewalk. Before he completely let me go he ran his right hand through my hair and down the left side of my cheek.

I was staring off into space after he entered his class's building. Jenn's voice brought me back. "Hey, Earth to Bella, do you copy." Still dazed I said, "What, no she does not."

Jenn is slightly taller than me so when she steps in front of me, she blocks my view of the building Edward entered. "Here, put this around your neck and keep it there when you want to have fun."

I looked at the pendant she had. It was a left angel wing. It had white primary feathers, and its bone structure was a glinting blue like Fairwinds' eyes. I expected it to be glass but as I took it, it felt like metal. "What is this?"

"That is an infidelity-enchanted charm."

"Those are just for show. They do not work."

Jenn gave me a smile to reach around her neck to pull out her own charm. Hers was in the shape of a falcon with its wings folded onto its back and standing on its legs. Its eye looked like a Galaxy blue Opal. "It's beautiful Jenn."

"Thank you, Fairwind let me pick the shape and he chose its eyes. I can tell you from experience it works." My face turned red, and I held up my hand to stop her from telling me more. "Ok, I will wear it, see." I tried to get it around my neck, but I could not figure out the clasp.

"Here I will get it." Jenn took the pendant and clipped it around my neck. "It seems a bit short?"

"Well tell me where you want it to sit?"

"It would be nice if it sat just above my cleavage, not at my collarbone."

I did not feel Jenn adjusting the pendant, but its chain got longer until it was in the right place. "There is that better?"

"Yes, how did you do that?"

Before Jenn said anything the 5-minute bell rang. "Sorry, Bella I have to get to my class."

In my first class with Jenn, she sat next to me. After handing in my Government homework Jenn scooted close to me. She whispers into my left ear. "[Bella, I forgot to tell you, If you wear that charm all the time you will not have a cycle.]"

I turn to gape at her. "[Really?]"

"[Yes, as long as it's more than three nights before it.]" Dam mine is tomorrow.

The teacher spoke from the front. "Ms. Swan Ms. Marks would you like to share with the class." We both said at the same time. "No sir."

All through class and the next, I asked Jenn about the charm. Like how do I know if it's working, do I need to do something to keep it working, and if it did anything else."

Jenn told me that the blue on my charm should have a sparkle to it. If it becomes a dull matted blue, it's not working. That my charm only has a wearer comfort enchantment and the infidelity charm. While hers has other personal protection for her since she is Fairwind's girlfriend. Thow, she called herself his mate at first.

In Biology II I tried to touch Edward on the thigh, but he scolded away from me like my scent offended him. It was starting to get really irritating. "[What is it Edward. You were fine this morning, now?]"

He hissed out. "[I do not know, have to ask Fairwind if he knows.]" As I watched Edward cower away from me, I was going to ask Jenn after class if she knew.

The rest of the period was a drag since I could not talk to Edward, and he rushed out of the class at the bell. Picking up my bag I rush out the door hoping to find Jenn in the hall before my Gym class.

I could not find her, and I waited until the last minute to enter Gym. After I changed with the charm still around my neck. At first, it was too short to tuck under my shirt collar. I put my index finger through the chains and whispered. "[You need to be long enough now to fit under my gym shirt.]" The chain grew longer until I had the pendant tucked into my sports bra. That was extremely handy.

~Fairwind~

I was leaning against the Gray Chevy Silverado Jason lent me for the week. It was useful for picking up supplies for the charms I was paid to make for two SunWolfs, an Avian girl, a Leopard woman, and now Bella Swan.

The charm I gave to Jenn to give to Bella was a failure. It did not enlarge quickly enough and nearly strangled Red when he was testing it by shifting forms. The one I made for Leah worked perfectly, it changes the instant she shifts into her Wolf.

The final bell rang as I was thinking of what design to make for Bella and the others. My eyes instantly found Jenn, my true mate as she came out of the school. She rushed over to me, as she was running the patch of black ice, she was about to step on cracks into a hundred pieces to scatter away from her foot.

The Falcon pendant's Galaxy-blue Opal eye rearranges the stars, to create an iris of stars with a black void pupil. Once Jenn was over the patch the falcon seemed to blink and the Galaxy of Stars was back. It was so fast that if I was not looking for it I would have missed it.

Running into my arms, I picked her up off the ground by her waist to kiss her long and intently on the lips. When I needed to breathe, I pulled away and she put her lips to my collarbone. I shuddered as I said. "I missed you."

She giggles. "We kissed this morning. How can you have started missing me already?"

I set her back down, turned her around and opened the passenger door of the Silverado.

Before Jenn got into the truck Edward and Bella spoke at the same time. "Fairwind, I need to talk to you."

We both turned to see Edward approaching me from my left and Bella from the right standing 100 feet away from each other.

"Ok, What can I do for the two of you?" They both spoke at the same time,

Edward said. "Why does Bella smell really good sometimes." As Bella said, "Why is Edward repulsed by my smell sometimes?"

Bella turned to look at Edward. "Wait you think I smell good?"

I looked from one to the other before saying. "Ok, Bella I need to speak with Edward first. This is his problem to begin with."

Edward sounded indifferent. "What, why me?"

"In both of your concerns, it's your reaction to Bella that is the problem."

After saying this I lowered my mental wall. "(Fairwind) I know you can hear me, Edward. Does Bella know you are a Vampire? I am not reading your thoughts just nod yes or no."

Edward slightly shook his head no. "(Fairwind) If you do not want me to tell her I need to speak with you."

Edward spoke aloud, "Bella, he is right. If he needs to speak with me first to figure this out, then."

Bella sighs "Okay."

She turns and heads back to stand next to her truck. Once she was far enough away, I wrapped my right arm around Jenn's waist and used my left to wave Edward closer.

Once he was standing about 8 feet in front of Jenn and me, I said. "[Ok tell me what Bella smells like on a day you can be near her."

He looked at Jenn. she said in my matched low tone. "[You do not have to worry Edward, I already know what you are. Fairwind is my mate which lets be into the supernatural world, Vampire]"

Edward was silent for a minute before he said. "The days I can stand to be around Bella, her scent has a sharp bite to it. I would say it is like having a pine tree up my nose. The smell burns my nose drowning out her scent."

"Ok, can you tell me the last time Bella's scent had this pine smell?"

"Yes, she had it last night when I was at her house, but it faded as we did our homework. The pine scent is now almost gone."

"Ok before that when did it go away or get fainter?" I had a pretty good idea on where that other scent was coming from but I wanted more information.

"It was the first Wednesday I came back almost two weeks ago. The pine scent was back to strong on Friday of that week."

"Edward, do you know what a Waning crescent Moon is."

"Yes, that is when the Moon is about to shift into a New Moon. What does that have to do with Bella? [Are you telling me she is a sort of Werewolf?]"

"No, but Tuesday two weeks ago was a Waning crescent Moon and Wednesday was the New Moon. During the late stage of the Waning Moon and up to the early stage of the Waxing Moon SunWolfs cannot stay awake at night."

Edward interrupted me. "What does that have to do with Bella's scent?"

"I was getting to that, Snow Crystal, Bella's friend, and protector is a female SunWolf. I am assuming she has been marking Bella with a scent to keep the other Wolfs away and probably your kind too. Her marking wears off after a few days."

"The Moon is not in one of those stages now. Why?"

I interrupted him this time. "I told you, Snow Crystal found her true-mate. I would say she is distracted at the moment. Before you get angry at her, Bella still has a scent marker on her. It's just that you are getting attuned to it. If you do not believe me, try looking into your blond sibling's mind to see what she scents from Bella."

Edward turns to see that Rose was checking out Jason's Acura TLX.

While I was talking to Edward and watching Bella, I saw the Vampire walk up to Jason and ask about his car. Every time Bella paced close to Rose, she scooted away like Bella had a forcefield around her.

~Bella~

Walking to my truck I hop in and start the engine. My truck made a low *rumble* from the cold at first before settling down to a smooth *hum* like Jason's newer Chevy. The mine numbing roaring it made before was gone since Jason fixed my exhaust and muffler system. Saying that I was breaking the noise ordinance for Seattle Washinton.

Seeing Jason and Rosely talking about the sleek silver Acura TLX. Getting out of my truck to let the heat work, which is something Jason fixed for me too.

Walking around my truck I heard Rosalie say. "Come on let me drive it at least once?"

Jason responds. "No, you are a speed demon I am not letting you try to push her to the limit."

I watch her flip her hair and flutter her beautiful golden eyes. If Edward did that, I would do whatever he said slack-jawed.

Jason just frowns at her. "Nice try Rose but no."

As I was approaching them the *Click Clack Click* continuous noise came from my truck's now warmed-up engine.

"Hay Jason, can you look at my truck, that noise is bothering me." He smiled as he said. "Well, now that your truck's quieter I'm sure you can hear that noise now. Open the hood and I will take a look."

Popping the hood, Jason opened it before I could get back to the front of it. With the engine still running Jason used his 6'0" height to reach into the engine bay. I could not see what he was doing but the click-clack sound stopped. His arm was moving like he was tightening something and when he stepped back from the truck the sound came back slightly quieter.

Rosalie spoke before Jason could. "It sounds like a bad lifter." Jason turns to look at me as he said. "That's what I'm thinking too but I will need to take it apart to check first and find an after-market replacement if it is. Chevy does not make this engine anymore, too reliable."

"Ok, when do you have time to look it over?"

"I can take it apart tonight, here." Jason hands me the oblong black/silver Acura key fob. In shock, I asked. "Riely I can drive the Acura. What about your truck?"

"I lent it to Fairwind, he can drop me off in the morning with Jenn and pick me up after."

"Thanks." I was putting the key fob in my pocket as Fairwind calls my name. I turn to go to him, but Jason stops me. "Bella wait, you should get your stuff from your truck first."

Grabbing my bag from my truck I put my left hand through the Acura's driver's door handle and pulled. The Acura automatically *clicks* the doors unlocked. Putting my bag on the driver seat I closed the door and head back over to Fairwind, Jenn, and Edward.

I stopped 5 feet to Edward's left to stand in front of Fairwind and Jenn. "Ok, Bella I want you to try something."

"Ok, what?"

Fairwind took a short step to his left away from Jenn, then said. "Ok, Jenn." I watch Jenn as she uses her left hand to hold Fairwind's right wrist. She smiles at me as she said. "Bella repeat what I am doing but with Edward."

My face flushed red as I took a small step closer to Edward before reaching out to grab his left wrist with my right hand. Touching him, Icey fire traveled up my right arm to my breast and heart.

Keeping my eyes on Jenn and not looking at Edward. Jenn gave me a devilish smile as she slid her hand up Fairwind's arm to his shoulder then leaned into his side.

Not looking at Edward, I tried to do the same. Edward and my height are not as close as Fairwind and Jenn are. With my coronation and trying not to look at Edward my arm slides off his shoulder. I fall sideways and Edward wraps his left arm around my left shoulder as I fall into his chest under his arm.

Every part of my body was filled with Icey fire as his hand ran down my back to my left hip. Jenn's cheerful voice said, "Bella, look here."

I saw Jenn was in the same pose I was in then she turned in her man's arm and ran her hand up his shirt to cup his face. She just had to stand on her toes to kiss Fairwind's lips.

Edward turned stiff next to me. I turn in his arms to face him. I was looking at his face as I slid my hands up, causing my hands to end up under Edward's shirt. I was to his hard chest when his eyes turned black, and he was pulled away from me.

I tried to follow after him as Rosalie and Emmett hauled him away. A strong hot arm that made me shiver, wrapped around my waist stopping me.

I turned to glare at Fairwind. "Sorry Bella, we pushed him a bit far today."

He let me go and I headed over to the Acura thinking about Edward's reaction and that no one would tell me why.

Opening the Acura's door, I move my bag to the passenger seat and push the red engine start button. The large bottom 10-inch screen lit up with a silver Acura emblem in the center of it for 5 seconds and the smaller 8-inch screen above it stayed black. The 10-inch screen displayed the radio stations. I turned the tuner dial on the right of the screen to my favorite station in this boondocks town.

I used the zig-zag shifter to put the Acura into Drive. As I was looking down at the shifter, I noticed all kinds of strangely labeled buttons all around the center console around the centralized zig-zag shifter.

One of the things I did recognize was a drive mode selector. From the left currently lit selection it went Auto, Ice, Snow, Rain, Sand, Gravel, and the last one to the right said, Manual. On the center of the dial, it had two dark dashes and the letters SS.

The hand brake was down so I moved my foot off the brake to the accelerator. It was jarring for a second since I had to rev my truck a little to get it to move whereas this new car just needs a slight push of the pedal to go.

The trip home was smooth, I set the cruise to keep my speed from going too high and found the heated steering wheel button to warm my hands.

Parking where I normally would in my truck, I shut off the Acura and headed into the house. I was reaching under the mat for the house when a car *chirp chirp* came from behind me making me jump. I spun around to see the amber lights on the Acura fading out.

I mumble under my breath as I unlock the door, "[dam new auto-locking cars, giving me a near heart attack.]"

Putting the key back under the mat, I enter the house and start on dinner. I found out a week into my permanent stay here that Charlie could only cook instant TV dinners.

I was pulling the garlic bread out of the oven when I heard Charlie's cruiser door slam close outside. Polling the bowls out of the cabinets Charlie burst into the house and looks around the kitchen then around the corner of the living room.

"Dad, is something wrong?" I said in a confused and concerned tone. "I was looking for, um… well whose shiny silver Acura is that?"

Before thinking I said. "The Acura, it's mine." Charlie gave me a shocked and hurt look.

"Who... How did you buy a new 2015 Acura TLX?"

"Dad I mean its… Wait how do you know what year it is?"

Charlie looked down at the floor and could see guilt on his face. "You used your cop status to plate-check the car. What, did you think I sold off the truck you gave me, or did you think it was my boyfriend's?"

Charlie's head snapped up at the word boyfriend. "Who is he, how old is he, do his parents know you are driving their son's $50,000 car?"

"What, that is car is how much?" Charlie gave me a stern look. "Isabella whose car is that and where is your truck?"

I pursed my lips as I said. "You know Jason, the boy who helped me with my truck's noise problem and he lent me his Silverado."

"Yes, I know of him but still have not really met him or his dad who works in Seattle."

"Well, I asked him to look at a clicking sound my truck was making. He said it may be something called a bad lifter. Something about taking it apart to see and find a matching part. So, he let me drive his car."

"A boy, a high school teenage boy is letting you drive his 50k car while he fixes your truck for what, free?" Charlie sounded very skeptical and the way he said made it sound like Jason wants under my shirt and in my pants. The problem was I did not get that vibe from Jason at all.

After a long embarrassing conversation about being safe that had both our faces red, I went to bed after eating and putting dinner away. If Crystal came by tonight, she would howl at my window.

The next morning, I took my shower, dressed for the cold, and sat at the table with a bowl of cereal. I was looking at the Acura's key fob when I realized there was a black button at the top of the fob that said Engine Start Hold and three dashes.

Pointing it to the front door I Hold the button, the first dash blinks then the second lights up then all three blink three times and I hear a *chirp chirp* outside.

I was putting away my bowl and thinking of having a nice already warmed-up vehicle and seeing Edward when I opened the door.

Oh no, I thought as I saw the icy rain coming down and I could see my breath freezing. I close the door, to grab my dark green raincoat from behind it. Stepping outside, I close and lock the door.

I walk quickly to the Acura, not running or my two left feet may trip me into the mud. Reaching into the handle I pull as the door *clicks* unlocked.

Getting in I closed the door quickly, the car was still running, and the cluster display showed a green key. Meaning that the car knew I had the key in my pocket.

Adjusting the dual heat to 82F, I put the car into reverse. The large center screen turned into a backup camera with swing guide-lines and the top screen became a 360-view of the Acura. Backing onto the road I pull the zig-zag shifter down into Drive.

I was watching my speed and noticed that the Acura redlined at 9,000 rpm and there was a light blue raindrop with the word Auto to the right of it.

I glanced down at the mode selector to see the Auto and Rain modes backlit. After that, I kept my eyes on the road with the wipers going full speed.

The car did not slide once in this downpour on my way to school. I parked in the spot I would normally park my truck. I sat there with the car running dreading having to cross the parking lot in this freezing downpour. I was thinking this was not worth it when someone knocks on the driver's window.

Looking, I saw Edward holding an umbrella and smiling. I was not sure if he could see me through the slightly tinted windows, but I smiled back.

I shut down the car, grabbed my bag, and opened the door. Edward steps around the door to cover me with his umbrella. Stepping in close to him I close the Acura door behind me.

I was looking up into his bright honey-gold eyes and he was staring down into my brown eyes. "Morning Bella, I'm sorry about two nights ago. I was, I am not…"

His face did not turn red, but I saw the flustered expression on his face as I felt my face redden. To stop him from looking at my face to read me. I duck my head, wrap my arms around his waist, and hide my head in his chest.

I can feel his body turn stiff as a statue and his breath huffs out as he speaks. "Bella, everyone is watching, and I cannot be with you like this."

I step back hurt that he was rejecting me. We have been spending the last two weeks getting to know each other after he came out of his shell to talk to me, the week after he came back.

"What do you mean and don't say something like it's you Edward and not me."

He sighs. "The problem is, it is me that is the problem. I'm not good for you Bella."

"What, do you mean I'm out of your league because your wrong." I put a bit of a teasing tone in my voice next. "You are the second most gorgeous guy I have seen at this school."

Edward frowned down at me as he asked in a jealous tone. "Who's the first?"

I use my index finger to get him to lean down closer to me. I leaned up to his left ear and whispered. "[Mr. tall blond and blue eyes.]"

Before he could lean back to look at my face, I lifted my arms to the back of his shoulders and pulled myself up to kiss his perfect pale lips.

His exhalation of breath was cold, sending Icy fire into my chest. I needed more of the icy fire in my lungs and chest.

The intensity increased as he put his right hand, the one not holding the umbrella, on my left hip. I was furiously attacking his lips as he gently pushed me off him.

I could see my breath coming fast as it froze in the chilly air. He was breathy as he said. "Bella, please stop jumping me?" He then said something like his heart could not take it, with a smile on his lips.

I was going to ask for details on what he meant when. *Bring* the 5-minute bell rang, and looking around I realized the students who had been standing around were already heading to their classes.

Edward slides his right hand around my back to force me to turn around. "Come on Bella, I will take you to your first class. [We can talk later.]"

Edward saved me at least five times when I tripped over nothing on the way to my first-class building. We were ten feet from the building when Jason's voice came from behind us. "Bella, I just wanted to let you know I found the problem with your truck and have the parts ordered. I should be done with it the day after tomorrow. That's all, I have to get to class."

I did not have time to turn around as I heard Jason's footsteps as he splashed through the water. I just shouted over my shoulder. "THANK YOU." Before Edward opened the door for me and I walked into my first-hour English class.

At lunch, I tried to sit with Edward when he waved me over to the table he was sitting at alone away from his siblings. Jessica had other plans, she grabbed my arm after I paid for my food to pull me to the table with Angela, Jenn, Mike, and Eric already seated.

I sat between Angela and Jenn while Jessica sat next to Mike across from me. Once seated Jessica spoke. "Ok Bella, What is your true relationship with Edward Cullen? Don't try to hide it most of the school saw you kissing him this morning next to that eerie silver Acura."

I looked at Jessica in confusion. "What's eerie about the Acura?" Jessica scoffed. "Don't try to change the subject. [What have you and Edward done or how far have you gone?]"

My face turns beet red as I think of Edward and me alone on Charlie's couch. With my face flaming I stuttered out. "We have just kissed twice."

Jessica looked like she did not believe me, but Jenn cut in before she could ask me for details. "Come on Jess if Bella does not wish to share her [activities with Edward.] We should not pry, besides this is a small town and her father is Chief, everyone will know eventually."

I wanted to die at Jenn's truthful statement about living in a small town like Forks.

I did not get a chance to speak with Edward before the end of lunch bell rang. He gestured I should go ahead to class as he was talking to his short sister, the one with the black hair. If I remember correctly her name was Alice and she was with the tall lanky Jasper.

It was less than a minute to the bell when Edward came into the class and quickly sat next to me in the back of the room.

~Edward~

After Mr. Banner helped all the students set up the lab, he walked back to his lab table to explain the process.

When Mr. Banner was looking down at his demonstration Bella leaned into my right shoulder, put her left hand on my thigh, and whispered into my ear. "[What did you want to talk about this morning?]"

Her sweet intoxicating scent had even less of that bite to it this morning. Now that we were inside a small building, and she was pressing her warm body into me, I was clenching my teeth and holding my breath.

She turns her head to look at me with curiosity in her entrapping brown eyes. My hunt earlier this morning had me full of dear and cougar blood. Her scent and touch were triggering my human desires and not my Vampire ones.

Still lost in her eyes I lean in to kiss her lips when. "*Adhem*, Mr. Cullen if you could pay attention."

I turn to Mr. Banner with a placid smile on my face but a glare in my eyes. I could hear his heartbeat in fear and see the unease on his face as he quickly looked back down at his demonstration.

"[You shouldn't scare the teacher like that, it's not nice.]" Without turning to her I whisper. "[I can try, do i scare you?]"

She did not respond but moved her left hand from my thigh to my right hand. I kept my hand closed as she tried to open it to lace our fingers together. I was terrified that if her hand was in mine, I would crush it without thinking.

I thought of the images I got from Edythe over the last couple of weeks of her tearing a chunk of fur and flesh from her Lycan's forearm. She was devastated and fretted about it for days after, even though Red healed himself within minutes.

Bella was human or something close to it, and from the scrapes and light scars I saw on her hands, I figured she did not have superhuman healing.

The thought of me accidentally hurting her was making my stomach turn. "[Edward?]" Bellas said in a sad questioning tone. Closing my eyes and taking a careful breath to answer her, concentrating on the unpleasant bite mixed with her scent.

"[Well, I'm dangerous, we should stay away from each other but i cannot.]" I heard Bella take a breath to speak but I spoke quickly. "[It would be best to just be friends.]"

Bella slid her hand from my wrist and pulled away from my side. The sudden loss of her touch and heat had my dead heart clenching.

I tried the rest of class to get Bella to talk to me, but she would not talk to me. I caught her glancing at me periodically with sadness on her face.

When the bell rang Bella quickly packed her books and ran for the door. I stayed in my seat remembering Alice's warning not to chase Bella today, that I would have better luck tomorrow morning.

During Spanish, I heard the rain stop which I thought Bella would enjoy. After class, I saw the rain had indeed stopped and I could sense it was getting colder. My family and I would need to wear more layers of pretending coats and gloves. Wearing nothing but shorts and a T-shirt in the winter was something that drew attention from humans.

Looking around for her I saw she was opening the door to the Acura that stuck out in this town full of 90s to early 2000s vehicles. The oldest vehicle in town is Bella's 1963 Chevy Truck and the newest before Jason's Acura TLX was my sister's 2008 Chevy Impala SS.

Walking over to my car, I saw Rose glaring at Bella, and I smiled when I caught her thoughts about Bella getting to drive the Acura, not her.

The next morning the rain and snow in the night turned the roads into a slippery slushy mess. Driving in worse weather than this over the many years, I have been driving, I still drove just under 90mph to get to school. Edythe, like always drove her customized Impala to school.

Parking in our normal spots across the parking lot from the main office. We sat in the car and waited for the other students to arrive.

~Bella~

Not being able to sleep last night I woke early, took my shower, and dressed in even warmer clothes with gloves.

Opening the front door, I groaned. The air was colder, and it was raining globs of sleet, not snowflakes like I have seen in movies. Looking around I notice a shoveled and salted path to where Charlie's police cruiser was parked and another path to the driver-side doors of the Acura.

Charlie must have gotten up earlier than my restless sleep last night. I open the door to the running Acura. Remote Start was the best feature car companies ever came up with.

Changing the climate controls to heat the windshield, my legs, back glass, and the side mirrors. As the windows were defrosting, I looked down at the center console to see that one of the backlit buttons was blinking. The letter just to the top of the button read, M.A.R.

With the blinking and Jason not telling me not to push any buttons I pushed it. The button makes a mechanical *click* and the top screen came to life with a top-down view of the Acura covered in ice and slush.

On the screen and through the windshield I could see the ice on the hood crack, then a ripple moved from the center of the Acura to either side of it, flicking the ice and snow off like a person flicking water off their hands.

Once all the built-up ice and snow was gone, the windows instantly defrosted, the top screen went black, and the M.A.R. button stopped blinking.

Putting the car into Reverse the backup, and 360-view cameras came up and I backed easily out of the driveway onto the road. Zig-zagging the shifter to Drive, I looked at the mode selector to see it was in Auto and Snow.

The Acura drove to school like it was a dry Arizona day. Coming to a stop at the stop sign just before entering the parking lot. I waved as Jessica's 2006 white Mercury Sabel drove past from the right since she did not have a stop.

I was about to go when the top screen turned on to show a top-down view of the Acura and red flashing lines below the rear bumper. *Beep Beep Beep* Rear collision 92%.

Looking at the warning it jumps to 100% as I hear a muffled *POP* and feel a slight rock of the Acura, like when coming to a stop at a traffic light.

*Knock Knock* I jumped my heart was pounding as I turned to see Edward standing at my door. There was panic in his voice. "Bella, are you alright?"

Before I could respond he reached for the door handle to pull It open. *Beep Beep* I snapped my head back to the screen to see it was now showing a driver-side view of the Acura with the driver's door handle highlighted blue and flashing, 'Security System Active.'

Looking back at Edward, I saw that his teeth were clenched, and his body was stiff before he staggered back. I could see his right hand shaking and the rest of him shivering.

~Edward~

I watched from inside my Volvo as Bella stopped at the stop sign to let Jessica Stanley drive past in her white Mercury. I know Bella was not comfortable in the snow and it would take her time to move.

Chanler, one of the seniors was coming up too fast behind Bella in his 1992 Ford F250. The much heavier steel truck would do a lot of damage to a new car like the slate silver Acura TLX.

Throwing open my door to do something, but Alice stopped me. "Edward don't, she will be fine."

*BOOM* The truck hit the back of the Acura at about 30mph and crumpled in. The F250's bumper, grill, and hood crumpled like it hit a bollard piston barricade. The rear of the truck popped off the ground and came back down with the bed frame bent up.

As I ran at a human pace to the Acura, I could hear the grinding noise of the F250's engine fans as they scraped its bent frame.

Looking at the rear of the Acura I saw that it was a foot from the front of the truck because the energy of the impact had popped the truck backward.

The rear bumper of the Acura was deformed, and the trunk was dented in with some of the F250's paint transferred onto it. Other than that, there was no other damage to the slate silver Acura TLX.

Moving to the driver's door, I spoke with worry in my voice as I reached for the driver's door handle. "Bella, are you alright?"

With my right hand in the door handle, I pulled a little too hard as an electric shock went up my arm. It was like when we all dared each other to have Kate shock us with her power.

My hand was stuck to the door handle for the most painful 3-seconds I have felt in decades. The instant my hand was off the car I took several steps back as shocking spasms still shot through my arm.

Rose came up behind me and said in a worried but smug tone. "I told you, there is something up with that car. Now tell me what, did it do?"

I was still gritting my teeth as I hissed out. "It shocked me." The door opened and Bella ran out, slipped on the ice, and toppled on top of me. "Sorry Sorry, what happened, did I hurt you?"

I let out a painful chuckle as I stood up to help her. Rose stepped around Bella to look inside the Acura, but its door slammed closed on its own.

Q/A: Please let me know if I made the whole Moon cycle's effects on the SunWolfs clear.