I snorted and replied, “Yeah Dad, in case you hadn’t noticed, Mike Newton and these wolves do not smell all that appetizing.”

“And this new girl…”

“Has the most enticing scent I have ever smelled in my entire life, and I want so badly to drink all her blood and leave her dry. Yet I fear that if I sate my thirst, I won’t be able to live without the scent – or with myself, for that matter.”

I sighed and Carlisle propped his pale face on his hands, made even more pallid by the fluorescent lighting in his office. He appeared to be deep in thought, as he’d drawn his purple lids down over his tawny colored eyes.

Indeed he was. Well, this surely is…unusual. Aro did tell me something like this could happen to a vampire, a calling to the senses, he called it, making the bloodlust and desire nearly insatiable…

“So how do I solve this, dear Father?” I asked, breaking his concentration and making his eyes snap open sharply.

“We thought you could help,” Alice commented quietly, taking the situation seriously for once.

“Really all I can tell you is to try and stay away from her, and most importantly, don’t give in. There’s nothing really I can physically do, but you should probably hunt more often. That will help ease your thirst, making it easier to resist.”

“Thanks Dad,” I muttered, staring dejectedly at my still-wet hands. At this rate, I was going to have to move to Greenland or something. It was a shame Tanya didn’t live in Alaska anymore…

“Just try son,” he leaned forward and squeezed my shoulder in reassurance, and my collared shirt made a terrible wet squelching noise. “Now, you to are soaking, you ought to hurry and grab a change of clothes before next class.”

Just as he said this the bell rang, and Alice giggled at the irony.

“Better get going to Biology brother,” Alice waved a finger at me as she stood up. Did she know something I didn’t? Probably.

She ran out the door behind Carlisle’s desk that led to a path joining the infirmary and the ‘Cullen residence,’ but I could still catch her thoughts. I pray that girl comes out alive, she was thinking. Oh please Edward, abstain…and Paul and Jared are in that class too… Oh no!