@bennybunnysmalls EXACTLY. The confusion snaps him out of it just long enough to keep her alive.
Meanwhile Bella has to suppress a smirk after thinking “You get a little homicidal when you’re hungry. Have a Snickers”
If we want to go full crack here I can imagine Bella thinking “okay guess he’s not actually hungry” after the bar remains untouched for ten minutes. But when she slowly goes to grab it, Edward gets weirdly defensive and he himself does not understand why his reaction is the snatch the bar before she can take it back, and quietly snarling at her
Bella whispers “okay you can save it for later”
Edward keeps the bar and spends the next week in Alaska staring at the stupid thing, waxing poetic about how this strange girl’s reaction to a bloodthirsty predator is to offer it food. Was it selfless and altruistic for her first impulse to be to help me when I was so obviously hostile? Or was it a foolish and desperate offering made by someone who knew on some level that she was in grave danger? Either option is maddening to consider; the former beguiling in a way, and the latter bearing dangerous implications my family’s secret.
All the while, the Quaker Oats man on the wrapper smiles back at him :)
When he’s finally back in school and apologizes for his rude behavior on that first day Bella’s all “it’s fine, my mom’s always getting crabby when she tries those dad fasting diets. Did you want another bar? I noticed you and your family didn’t eat your lunch again today. I won’t tell anyone you’re cheating” very polite very demure while Edward’s like 🚨🚨she noticed we don’t eat?🚨🚨
