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*Edward's POV*

"Edward! No fair!" Emmett yelled at me as I stepped away from his pounce. Naturally, I got a warning from his thoughts.
"You shouldn't be shouting that you're about to attack my 'unprotected' back in your thoughts. Mind-reader, remember?" I said, tapping my head.
He growled, slipping into a crouch.
"C'mon, Eddie. Just turn it off for once and we can have a fair game."
I grimaced.
"Believe me Emmett, I wish I could. . ." I murmured, thinking about the time Bella had made it to where I couldn't hear anyone's thoughts. . . "And don't EVER call me Eddie again," I threatened, Emmett and his nicknames. . .
"Whatcha gonna do to make me stop little brother? Call in your girlfriend?" Emmett chuckled at his own joke and I tackled him down while he was distracted.
"She's not my girlfriend." Sadly.
I got off of him just when Jasper came up, no doubt sensing my depressed emotions.
"Why are you so. . . Wait, is it because of Bella, again?"
I sighed, Jasper could always figure out what caused certain emotions.
"Huh?" Emmett responded, just as clueless as ever.
"Nothing, Em. Just forget it," I said, starting to walk away but Jasper put a calming hand on my shoulder.
"Just talk to her, okay?" Trust me, every time she's around you I feel her love towards you. It's just. . . I don't think she understands it yet. . . Edward, don't give up hope.
Then his thoughts drifted back to his memories of first meeting Alice, the instant hope there. . .
I nodded, and started running at a fast pace away from my brothers.

After running for several miles in the dense forest - I heard a keen gruttled roar from overhead and I stopped.
I could smell an awful stench of acid and rotten human flesh in the air too, but what could it be?
I kept looking above and around me, definitely sensing something out there, but what?
Before I could register what happened, I was suddenly flat on my back with a smooth, hard, and feminine hand over my mouth.
Then I saw that it was Bella who was pinning my body to the ground with hers.
My eyes grew wide in question as her face hovered over only inches above mine.
"Don't. Make. A. Sound." She said slowly, emphasizing each word in just a whisper of her beautiful bell voice.
Then I heard that awful high keen roar again, but it was closer. Bella slowly looked up from me and gazed into the night sky.
Suddenly I heard something land in front of us and Bella was staring at whatever it was intently.
I tried to wiggle free of her unbreakable grasp so I too could see. She held onto me even more tightly but I managed to move my head enough to see the creature.
It was a gar. I knew what it looked like from reading Rosalie's mind after she was nearly attacked by one and then saved at the nick of time by Bella. Bella told us that they were blind, and only hunt by hearing and smell. That's why she told me not to make a sound. . .
Its round yellow eyes searched for us - but we both had stopped breathing to silence all movement. Then I smelled and heard a deer off in the distance, and so did the monstrous creature.
It reared its wings and took off after it, it didn't take it long for it to be completely away from us that it wouldn't be able to sense us.
Bella quickly rose up, bringing me up with her.
"Are you okay?" she asked delicately.
"Yes, I am now. Thanks to you," I told her and she blushed and bit her lip.
"Your welcome," she murmured.
It grew quiet with the dark forest around us.
"So what are you doing out here? Don't tell me it was because of the gar," I teased, trying to lighten the mood.
It worked.
"Maybe," she laughed, looking away from me, and she only does that whenever she's hiding something from me. . .
I gently pulled her chin so she would face me. She took in a deep breath before gazing into my eyes.
Something happened because they grew impossibly softer to where it actually seemed as if they were sparkling.
"I love you Edward."


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