'God, that's disgusting. How can he sit there and not want to kill her? That horrible, vampire loving, bit.." Rosalie's thoughts were broken off as a irritated snarl escaped from Edward's chest.

"What's wrong?" Bella asked, from were she lay stretched out on his chest.

"Nothing, just Rosalie being Rosalie, you know. I find that lately it is getting even harder to ignore her puddle thin thoughts." Edward replied with a disgusted look on his face.

Rosalie heard Bella try to hide the small laugh that had started and she felt her muscles tense. Bella was lucky she didn't know how bad the beautiful blonde girl wanted to jump up right now, grab her by her hair, swing her out the front door and hope the door hits her ass on the way out. These thoughts caused Edward to snarl again.

"What's going on with you two?" Emmett asked walking in from the backyard. "I could hear you snarling all the way from out there."

"Edward can't keep inside his own mind and then gets upset when I think bad things about his pretty little meal." Rosalie spat, before getting to her feet, not even bothering with trying to stop the horrible thoughts about Bella that were passing through her mind. "It's bad enough he has to spend time with it in town but to bring it here? Ugh!" With that she flitted out to the garage, grabbed the keys to her BMW, and tore, squealing, out of the garage.

She drove for miles, determined to get out of Edward's range so she could be free to enjoy her thoughts in peace. She finally turned off the main road and drove up a long winding path to an empty clearing at the top of some cliffs. She parked the car and got out. Jumping up on to the top of the car she laid back and looked up at the stars, grateful to finally be alone with her thoughts. Yet, such peaceful serenity was definitely to good to last.

The sharp, coppery smell of blood pulled Rosalie out of her reveling. She slipped off the top of her car and looked out into the woods. It was dark, yet, thanks to her vampire eyes, she could see as if it was twelve in the afternoon. She could smell the approach of another vampire but she was calm. Others of her kind did not pose a threat, she was stronger than most. She would simply tell them this territory had been claimed and they would be on their way. She knew that much about her people, they always respected another's hunting ground.

"Hello?" She called, "If your looking for a quick eat your going to have to move to another town. My coven has already staked claim in this territory." She heard the musical laugh of the other vampire, yet the trees still blocked it's approach.

"Don't worry, my dear. I haven't come here for a 'quick eat' as you call it. I've come for something a whole lot more important." The other vampire called.

The voice made Rosalie's already frozen blood turn to ice. Her knees started to shake and she gripped onto the side of her car to hold her up, crunching the metal like twig. Her breathing grew ragged and she cried out, "I'm not afraid of you! You can't scare me!"

The other vampire just laughed and stepped into the clearing. "Oh, but you are. I can taste your fear, and it only makes me stronger."

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"Why did you have to rile her up like that?" Emmett asked, before dropping into an armchair. "You know how she gets sometimes, you should have just backed off. It would have passed."

"You didn't hair what she was thinking. If I had been thinking that about Rosalie and you had heard it, you would have ripped my head off." Edward replied, wrapping his arms around Bella and pulling her closer, protectively.

"Come on, Edward. You flipping off at her every time she thinks something bad about me will just make her hate me more. Thoughts don't hurt me, just let them go." Bella said, snuggling her head against his neck.

Edward sighed and rolled his eyes playfully, "Fine. How about this I'll apologize to her when she gets home. Would that make you happy?" He asked Bella.

"Ecstatic." She replied with a laugh before closing her eyes, Charlie wouldn't be expecting her home for a couple of hours and she it was so peaceful at the Cullens, when most of them were gone atleast. "Let's go upstairs and listen to music or something." Bella suggested, rolling off his chest and standing in front of the couch, her hand outstretched.

Edward sighed, took hold of hand and started to lead her upstairs.

"Have fun!" Emmett called after them, before busting out laughing.