Twilight Collision: Falling Into Pieces

Forest Encounters

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in Twilight

Previously: "Speaking of belongings. What do you say about a drive to Seattle next week?"

"Oh, why are we going to Seattle?"

"There's a guy that Jazz and Em knows that works with hi-tech gadgets. I figured we can ask his help with your watch. Maybe he can fix it" Bella looked at me in awe.

"Ow... that's... wow... I would really want that." She launched herself to me in a hug and I instantly savored her wonderful scent that burned my throat.

"I didn't realize you were so eager to get back home" I hugged her back.

"I wasn't until you gave me an idea for payback. I should have at least some kind of property back at my world, right?"

I had to smile at her enthusiasm.

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My hunt for the week was much closer to home than usual. I wanted to be by Bella's side as much as I can so when Carlisle and Esme decided they wanted to run in the Canadian borders together with Alice and Jasper, I told them to enjoy themselves.

I reasoned that Bella needed to have someone at home with her, which really didn't fool them knowing all too well that Bella was capable of taking care of herself but they agreed anyway.

With them gone, I would have the Olympic Peninsula all to myself and the vast wildlife would already be enough to quench my thirst without having to be away from Bella far longer than necessary.

The cottage was quiet when I arrived just as the sun was rising. There was no human sound or even a beating heart nearby. A quick run in the small house told me that Bella was nowhere to be found. I heavily inhaled and exhaled, trying to calm myself down. No need to panic, she's probably gone for a walk. I dashed towards the main house but stopped just as I crossed the river, smelling Bella's scent in the opposite direction from the house. My brows furrowed. What would she be doing deeper into the forest?

I tried to follow her scent which was trickier than I expected. I wasn't a tracker and Bella seems to be good at trying to hide her scent in the forest, probably to keep anyone unknown from following her. I had to backtrack when her scent led me towards the main road and found another scent exactly in the opposite direction.

I stopped dead on my tracks when I noticed that Bella's scent was completely gone and all I could smell was dirt, grass and trees all around me. I took note of the distance from the house to where I was and was amazed to realize that she's made it ten kilometres from the house.

A sudden movement to my left. A hiss instinctively escaped from my lips as I scanned my surroundings in alarm. Bella was nearby and for all I know, she could be in trouble.

"Whoa... Hey... It's just me" Bella slowly came out from behind a tree and relief washed over me. I relaxed my position but suddenly stiffened when I realized that I was actually crouching and was ready to attack her at any moment.

"Bella! What were you thinking! Do you realize how close I was to attacking you!"

"I wanted to sneak up on you but I realized my mistake when I saw your reaction. Probably shouldn't be doing that to a vampire" She was walking calmly towards me as if nothing happened. I pinched the bridge of my nose trying to calm myself. Leave It to Bella to take my killer nature mildly.

"What are you doing out here?"

"I went for an early morning run and kind of got lost track of time." It was then that I noticed that she was indeed wearing new running gear underneath her old sweatshirt.