Love Bite

Chapter 3

I DO NOT OWN CHARACTERS OR TWILIGHT.

"I-I hate to burst your-your bubble here Alice, but that sounds like a fantastically bad idea," Bella stammered, immediately searching for any way to shoot down that idea as quickly as possible. Her internal panic skyrocketed and that was definitely saying something considering how high it had been all night.

If Alice couldn't see it in her eyes yet, then she was oblivious.

"It is not!" the vampire huffed back, giving her a mildly pouty look at the immediate dismissal of her plan, as if she didn't understand why the brunette was reacting like this.

Oblivious it is then. As if her mildly gay panic induced by an overdose of mysteriously prominent pheromones wasn't already bad enough, Alice actually wanted a repeat of the scenario that had caused them.

Seriously.

What the hell.

"Yes it is!" Bella argued, unable to keep the astonishment off her face.

What on God's green earth had convinced Alice that this could possibly be a good idea? After what had happened last time, she wanted Bella to do it again? Huh?

"No, it's not," Alice growled back, shifting around on the bed as Bella gave her a WTF look.

"Yes it is!" Bella repeated firmly, eyebrows warring with her hairline from how high they'd risen.

"Are you high?"

Loco. She's absolutely nuts! Bella thought. How could that ever be a logical course of action?

"No it isn't, and no I am not! Vampires can't even get high, thank you very much," Alice snapped smartly. "Will you just hear me out?" she pleaded, softening her gaze as Bella continued to look at her as if she were insane.

Bella stared at her friend skeptically. No, not even skeptically, but with downright refusal.

"You want me to bite you, again? After what happened last time? Alice, what the fu-"

"Bella, shut up."

Bella scowled at that and immediately began glaring, beyond miffed. However, it took about three seconds of seeing the twinkle in Alice's eye and the slight quirk to the corner of her mouth to know that the girl was deliberately trying to push her buttons to make her listen.

She finally gave up on trying to make Alice cower with her feeble glaring and rolled her eyes. She mimed zipping her lips before sitting back and crossing her arms before flippantly waving her hand as if to say Go ahead.

"Thank you," Alice beamed before immediately becoming serious again.

Again with the mood swings, Bella noted. But something swiftly demanded her attention as Alice began to talk. After the initial shock of the absurdity of Alice's suggestion, a previous problem became known once more.

Pheromones.

They seemed to come rushing back up and make her dizzy as Alice's voice was twisted into something soft and seductive, tantalizing.

Renewed hysteria had Bella's heart going a hundred miles an hour flat in about two seconds. She tried not to outwardly grimace and prayed that the knotting of her stomach wouldn't result in long lasting ulcers.

"Look, I know it sounds crazy, but it's really not. From the moment I've stepped foot in your room tonight Bella, I haven't even been able to look at you the same, nor have you been able to look at me the same. I keep waiting for you to start shrieking and pulling out crosses, or waving garlic under my nose," Alice began, tearing Bella out of her inner chaos.