Life just can't get better than this, I am laying in our sleigh bed basking in the afterglow of to my very addled mind, some super awesome sex. Peter is beside me rubbing gently at some bruising left behind on my hips and shoulders, not too much damage and no more than even human couples sustain first time around. He's doing that wonderful purring thing again and it makes me proud that I, the nothing really special ex-virgin can make my vampire content and happy.
"You're special to me my Isabella!" he says, Shit how does he do that? Sometimes I think he's a mind reader like Edward or an empath like Jasper! He seems to just know things. "Thank you I'm glad you find me more than just plain old Bella," I tell him, he growls "You were never and will never be just plain! You're a kind, selfless, compassionate woman, but you're also special, with a shield and the ability to use it as a human, why do you doubt yourself, angel?"
I shake my head and shrug, "It's what I do, I've never seen what it is that others see in me! I suppose" I truly didn't see anything more than a plain clumsy girl when I looked in the mirror. "So what's our plans for today?" I ask changing the subject, he makes a disgruntled sound letting me know his not fooled. "H'mm, yes we need to talk to the others, now the Volturi are aware of you, we need to move a little faster!" he remarked, "I wouldn't put it past Aro to summon us to Volterra. Once he's read everyone's mind he'll know it was most likely you who took Jane down!"
I was stunned, "Would we have to go?" I said panicking slightly, "My dad won't consent to that!" he nodded, "You don't say no to Aro, Isabella! His word is the law, to our kind!" was his reply. Well, hell's teeth! What will we say to Charlie, Oh, maybe a college visit would cover it? He won't take time off but I could say Esme offered and that might do it! I told Peter my thoughts and he agreed that was plausible enough, he was holding something back and I'm not going there again.
"Come on Peter, don't do an Edward on me now!" I said with a serious tone, he knew I was not happy with him, "Sorry Suga', Aro might try to force you into service with him and I won't allow anyone to change you but me!" He growled lowly. Turns out Aro has some pretty big guns in his arsenal, taking new recruits by force was not beyond him if they were something he wanted.
We did need to talk to the others now, Carlisle and Jasper agreed that it was a distinctly serious possibility. "But I'm Peter's mate! Doesn't that count for anything? I demand, "He'll say because your human it's not definite, you could change your mind!" said Carlisle, "Nobody to prove him different, then?" I ask, "Yes, Marcus! We need him on our side!" says Jasper.
I'm so angry that it could happen, someone trying to take me away from Peter, my mate, for nothing more than to add me to his twisted idea of a collection, like living dolls. I can feel myself covering Peter with my shield and I close my eyes to try to calm myself. "It's not happening!" I say "I'm Peter's and I won't stand for it, do you all hear me?"
"Angel! Isabella! Open your eyes now!" Peter demands and I look at him, I see the slight panic in his eyes and take a quick glance around me, shocked to see not only the furniture but the Cullens all pinned against the walls. "Oh, my god! I'm so sorry!" I yell as I relax and release them, "No, this is perfect!" says Jasper straightening his clothes as he steps towards us.
"Darlin' your shield is gettin' so much stronger, now that you've physically mated with Peter!" he starts to say when Edward rushes into the room saying "You could have hurt her you depraved brute! Couldn't you keep your unwanted sexual urges to yourself?" Peter has him by the throat once again, "You need to shut up now Edward! See to your own mate and leave mine alone! Would you like me to rip off your fuckin' dick since you don't use it anyway?" he growls at him.
"Whatever made you think that Peter's attentions were unwanted Edward? I initiated out mating, not him! I wanted to have him make love to me because I love him, desire and need him intensely!" I roar at him, "A novel concept for you I'm sure since you're such a prude! But everyone else in the world actually likes, wants and enjoys sex!"
"I want sex, Edward! Don't you desire me at all? Why do you think sex is wrong between mates? Or is it you only want her and not me?" said a quiet voice from the doorway, everyone turned to see a heartbroken Bree standing there. "No sweetheart that's not it at all!" Edward moves towards her but she steps back raising her hands.
"Then why? Why do you keep interfering in their mating? Why are you so interested in what sexual activities she is involved in? What has it got to do with you at all? Or with us?" she screams at him, then spins around and disappears out the front door. "You stupid Pillock! Look what you've done now! You need to man up or lose your own mate, asshole!" I shout at him as he just stands there. "Why are you still here, moron!" With that, he flies out the door after her.
"Peter, Bella, I'm really sorry! I don't know where I went wrong with him, I'm at my wits end, not knowing how to help him!" bemoans Carlisle. "I think it's Bree who will be helping him, Carlisle and herself too, once she gets the rusty old chastity belt off of him that is!" I say trying to keep a straight face. Everyone just looks at me, then they all burst out laughing, "Yeah" says Emmett, "He's bound to lighten the fuck up after he gets laid! Shit, I really hope so!"
Esme shakes her head at him, but can't reprimand him for laughing so hard. Rose gentle cuffs the back of his head, not really meaning it, as she usually does. "Oh, I can see, Wow! I didn't think he had it in him! Oh my, I need to find new clothes for them both, quickly! Excuse me?" says Alice running out of the room and that just sets us all off once again.
"Well damn, as I was sayin' before Darlin', I think you're shield is stronger due to the matin' process. Could it be a little venom in the system is helpful, Carlisle? Not enough to change you, but enough to start makin' a difference to a power!" says Jasper, Carlisle looks thoughtful, "That's it, Jasper! That's my way in with Marcus! I'll phone him to discuss venom and it's effect in small doses on humans! Thank you" and he rushes off to his study.
Esme ask if I wanted some lunch and I wandered into the kitchen with her, I speak to her about telling Charlie we were going looking at colleges! But she suggests we actually tell him she was taking Rose and Alice to Italy as a reward for doing so well in school and wondered if he would mind if I went too, saying what a great cultural opportunity it would be for me etc, I hugged her agreeing it was a great idea, so if we had to go then he would be none the wiser.
It was beginning to look like we would be pre-empting Aro, going to him instead of being summoned, this gave us the upper hand, Marcus would see our bond and tell him, we'd need Edward there to verify that, but now we would need to see just how powerful my shield was and how many people I could protect at once.
So much for my post-coital bliss, oh well, we'll just have to make love some more so I can feel that way again and again and maybe even again...
Pillock means :- (British slang) a stupid or annoying person.