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21. FIRST HUNT
"The window?" I asked, staring two stories down.
Edward smiled. "It's the most convenient exit. If you're frightened, I can carry you."
He smiled back. "Bella?"
"Yes?"
"That was quite graceful ' even for a vampire."
If he'd just been saying that,then Emmett would have laughed.It was the first time anyone had ever applied the word graceful 'to me in my entire life... or, well, existence anyway
"Did you want to stay in the country?" he asked, amused. "Or were you planning to continue on to Canada this afternoon?" Edward said
Edward hesitated a few feet away, his arms raised as if to embrace me ' or restrain me. His face was intent and cautious as I froze, horrified.I realized that I had been about to attack him.
Edward blew past me, surprised by my sudden freeze. He wheeled around and was at my side in a second. He put his hands on my shoulders and stared into my eyes, shock still the dominant emotion on his face.
He startled me, suddenly bursting into a spasm of loud laughter, throwing his head back and letting the sound echo off the trees."
Why are you laughing at me?" He stopped at once, and I could see he was wary again.
said Bella "I thought I wouldn't feel this way for a long time?" My uncertainty made the words a question. "But I still want you."
He blinked in shock. "How can you even concentrate on that? Aren't you unbearably thirsty?"
"Hmm," Edward said. I looked up to see him leaning casually against a tree trunk, watching me with a thoughtful look on his face.
It was a surprisingly sensual experience to observe Edward hunting."No longer thirsty?" he asked.
I shrugged. "You distracted me. You're much better at it than I am."
He was not so hesitant in his movements; his arms locked around my waist and pulled me tight against his body. His lips crushed down on mine, but they felt soft.
I remembered parts of this ' twisting my fingers in his hair, tracing the planes of his chest '
but other parts were so new. He was new. It was an entirely different experience with Edward kissing me so fearlessly, so forcefully. I responded to his intensity, and then suddenly we were falling.
"Oops," I said, and he laughed underneath me. "I didn't mean to tackle you like that. Are you okay?"
His eyes ran over the remains of my dress as he spoke of going home, and he frowned.
"Hmm." After a half second of thought, he unbuttoned his white shirt and held it out for me to put my arms through.
I slipped my arms into his sleeves and then buttoned it swiftly over my ragged bodice. Of course, that left him without a shirt, and it was impossible not to find that distracting.
'Til race you," I said, and then cautioned, "no throwing the game this time!"
He dropped my hand and grinned. "On your mark ..."
took another breath and relaxed. "Huh. I can see what everyone's been going on about. You stink, Jacob."
Edward burst into laughter; his hands slipped from my shoulders to wrap around my waist.
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Edited by neag - 14 years ago