In Your Eyes

Bella ran through the forest, mid-hunt. Alice was following her, paying attention to the sights around them, looking for prey. The two often hunted together, finding it to be an easy way to spend time with just each other. Privacy was hard to come by in the packed Cullen house, but the woods offered plenty of places for them to hang out together. Bella slowed slightly when they reached a river, but leapt across it and slowed to a stop on the other side. Alice followed.

"Do you hear anything?" Bella asked, letting her breathing quiet down as she listened for the sounds of animals nearby. Smaller animals had already fled, sensing danger was in their presence. But it was early spring now, with bears just coming out of hibernation. They had run out this far with them in mind; they were listening for the sounds of the large animals lumbering through the forest.

"I can smell a few that way," Alice said, after pausing to sniff the air for a moment. She pointed through the trees to the left of them, along the river. They could often find prey along water; animals needed to drink too. It was just a different drink.

"Ready?" Bella asked positioning herself to break off into a run. They faster she went, the quicker she could complete the hunt and stop the animal from feeling unnecessary pain.

"Always," Alice said, giving Bella a quick kiss before darting off. Bella stood startled, not expecting the kiss. She recovered quickly, bounding after Alice and stifling her giggles so their prey wouldn't be startled away. They completed their hunt quickly, each tackling two of the bears before they were satisfied.

"Feeling better, love?" Alice asked, darting back to Bella and wrapping her arms around her. It had been a few weeks since they had gone on any substantial hunt, which was part of the reason they had chosen to go far away and spend a few days in the forest together. Alice had a few additional plans for the outing.

"Much better. Thanks for coming with me," Bella answered, looking deep into Alice's warm, golden eyes before leaning in for a kiss. When they seperated, Bella took her hand and they ran deeper into the woods, keeping along the river. They loved to go for a swim at any chance necessary. This particular one wasn't very deep, but the current was strong and would give them plenty of fun swimming against it.

"Time for a swim, I presume?" Alice asked, watching as Bella stopped running and quickly took off her jeans, flannel, and t-shirt in preparation for the swim. Bringing swimsuits along was a bit too much to worry about.

"We can do that. Or we can do something else." Bella winked as she darted to Alice's side, sliding a hand up her back under her shirt. Alice laughed, before leaning in to kiss Bella.

"Maybe later," she breathed into Bella's mouth, moving her hand to rest on her hip. "Scratch that. Definitely later," she amended as Bella giggled, sliding her hand down to slip into the top of Alice's jeans.

"Sounds good," Bella whispered, kissing Alice again, her lips sliding down her jaw to press right in the hollow beneath her ear. Alice let out a soft moan, biting her lip. Bella giggled again and pulled away, laughing as Alice frowned.

"Rude," Alice said, trying to slow her breathing.

"Last one in is a rotten egg!" Bella said, turning to run into the water, only taking a few steps before she leapt through the air, landing in the middle of the lake and plunging to the bottom. She bounced off the rocks at the bottom, feeling a few of them cracked as they were shoved further into the earth. Oops, she thought, as she shot back to the surface, beginning to lightly paddle with her feet to keep herself afloat. She didn't float as easily as she did when she was human. She looked at the forest around her, wondering where Alice had gone.

Gotcha, Alice thought as she swam through the water, her tiny frame barely making the water move around her. She reached out and wrapped her hand around Bella' waist, laughing when she heard her shriek above the water. She swam to the surface, still laughing as began paddling to keep her head above water. Bella yanked her arm away.