A/N: Hey, Jayneak47 here, back to write more fan fiction after...years. I was just toiling with the idea of Kate and Garrett needing more of a love story so I made one after Twilight came on TV the other night. Twilight always brings me back to , no matter what and here I am. It's all written, I'll just post occasionally. It's just what happened during Breaking Dawn, 50% Stephanie Meyer and 50% me. It's got combined things from the movie as well as the book because there are things I wish were included. Even though the story is already written you are welcome to review and give me ideas, but hopefully you enjoy my rendition of Kate and Garrett's unseen, but deeply wished to be seen, love story. EXPECT TWISTS :P
The first nomad to arrive was tall and rangy looking, with eager ruby eyes as he entered the Cullen's household. It seemed Carlisle had met Garrett during the siege of York Town and the friendship continued to help during this time.
His first interest as he stepped through the door fell to the child, as everyone's did. It seemed he was easily won over, but the attention Garrett gave Renesmee upon their first meeting was that of a curious child. He found her so interesting, and smiled at her with wonder. He agreed to help, nodding at the mother, Bella.
Then his eyes fell on two blondes that he remembered Carlisle telling him about. They were the Denali sisters, the cousins of the Cullens. It was explained to him by Emmet that it was their sister who had gone to the Volturi and started this. He placed a charismatic smile on his face anyway as he moved toward them, other questions in mind.
The lifestyle of the Cullens had always fascinated him, but for another coven to also choose that specific diet, made it something he simply had to look into, so he approached them.
"Hello there. I'm Garrett, it's nice to meet you." His eyes lingered on both, the one with straight blonde hair especially. As mischievous as he liked to be, he stayed genuine in his greeting. "You are the cousin coven I've been told about; the Denali."
"Yes." The curly haired blonde answered him. "I'm Tanya, and these are my coven mates Kate, Carmen and Eleazear." He then turned his head to the brunettes he assumed weren't included in the Coven and nodded to them too.
"Judging by your golden eyes, you are vegetarians just like Carlisle's family?" he asked. Tanya nodded and curiosity made anew gleamed in his eyes. "I'm intrigued to hear what that's like…"
"Why? You obviously have a good diet of human blood as it is." Kate's monotone voice cut in while looking at the nomad's red eyes.
His eyes twinkled in response, "I'm an inquisitive adventurer as you might call it, indulge me?"
"My sister was just about to go hunting." Tanya interrupted, "I'm sure she wouldn't mind if you joined her." She smiled encouragingly at Kate, who seemed unenthused either way. Carmen prodded her lightly.
"He is truly curious Kate, and it is only right that we stay to help host the rest who arrive in Carlisle's absence. Plus, you look a bit thirsty…
It wasn't an unbearable thirst, she could have lasted another day but her sisters were trying to be polite, but Katrina wasn't in the mood. She still felt uneasy about the whole situation; Renesmee, Irina…all of it. She didn't want to be giving diet advice to a new vampire, while worrying about her sister. Plus, there was also the possibility of a fight that she wanted to consider.
Garrett bowed, jokingly as well as respectfully towards her. She looked down the point of her nose at him. "It would be an honour." He said, smiling mischievously, like he could no longer help it.
"Fine, but I want updates on who arrives." And with those words, Kate led Garrett out of the house and into the woods.
Kate made sure she distanced herself from the smelly wolves that were stationed continuously around the house. (Although it wasn't just their smell that caused her aversion). Garrett's scent trailed beside her as she ran through the trees. She stayed focused.
The male watched her run ahead; he acknowledged that she seemed slightly distant and calculating for a woman, but maybe that was just because they were hunting. It wasn't uncharacteristic for a vampire really, but he took note of it anyway. Occasionally she would check to make sure he was still there, almost in a teasing way since he had chosen to lag behind, but that was all the emotion he got from her.
She stopped suddenly to crouch behind a tree and he immediately followed suit. A few meters in front of them loped a huge bear. He watched as the hunter completely took over the Denali sister, as it had taken over him many times; but only when he went after humans.
"Together?" she whispered. He refocused his attention onto the bear and nodded.
Garrett found the struggling bear a new experience; it had more strength than his human prey usually did, but their teamwork brought it down rather quickly. Kate latched herself onto the animal first. He couldn't help watching as she took a long drink, but she caught him. Her golden eyes snapped to his red.
"You wanted to try this didn't you?" she gestured to the stilled beast. His eyes stayed sealed with hers as he had his first taste of animal blood.
"You have to remember, as human, you ate animals all the time. It couldn't have been that bad." She chuckled slightly at his face that was still stuck in a mixture of confusion and disgust.
"I guess that's why I expected better…taste. I'm guessing…" he cleared his throat for another time, trying not to gag, "it's an acquired taste?"
Kate continued to smile, "You could think of it that way. "They walked slowly again, looking for new prey, but not with any conviction.
"So how did you come upon this 'acquired' lifestyle?" he probed. She sighed a little, touching a couple leaves as they walked.
"We started out normally, my sisters and me. Our preferred habit was to seduce human men; we found them, sometimes had relationships with them, and then, we killed them. So many…I began to regret it. There were so many relationships, sharing my life with them and eventually orchestrating their deaths. It just didn't sit well with me. We came across the animal blood solution on our own actually and developed restraint around humans and the taste for animal blood. By the time Carmen and Eleazear joined us, we were set in our ways." She shrugged. "Then we met the Cullen's and realised we weren't the only ones in this lifestyle."
Garrett considered it all. Of course she was beautiful enough to draw in men; even for a vampire…she gleamed at him. He tried to ignore the thought at that current moment. Instead he tried to change the mood.
"Never underestimate a vegetarian." He said jovially. For the first time in his presence, she laughed outright.
"Quite." She slipped in and out of trees, returning to the hunt.
"Do you have a favourite animal?" he asked, trying to be more interested in the meal, but failing.
"Deer. They require deliberate tracking and approach." Garrett found it wondrous that she liked tracking as well; usually those interests fell to males. "Even though I kill them, I find them to be an enviable species. It's hard to explain."
"No I understand. They are alert and beautiful creatures."
She turned almost wistful, "There movements are silent and graceful. They stay in groups, caring for each other and aware of each other always. Herd animals, are always a good choice." Coincidentally, they came across the scent of a deer. Following silently, they tracked it, Garrett watched her as she seemed to be enjoying herself. She carried fully fledged fascination for the beast up until its death, where they both drank at the same time.
"So what about deer?" she asked him when they finished.
"To be honest…it didn't seem that bad…or my taste is dying." He succeeded in getting her to laugh again. "Is there a way to tell which blood would be better?"
"Different animals, different tastes, it's hard to tell. You never know what you're going to get. Compared to humans; alcoholics, drug users, adrenaline junkies, I could argue that at least animal blood is more likely to be cleaner." Now it was Garrett's turn to laugh, in agreement.
"Shall we continue?"
They were slowly walking back toward the house, noticing that more vampires had arrived. It was wonderful to have growing numbers on their side, and even more of a plus, they were taken with Renensmee.
"You have yet to meet the child." Garrett stated.
Kate turned on him quickly, her tone accusatory, "You say that as if you know I haven't."
He held up his hands in mock surrender. "I've only made the observation that you're quite…guarded around her. She is, after all, what we are here for. As well, by your two coven's standards, she's now a part of your family…"
"It doesn't matter. Tanya believes in what she is, that is enough for me, I trust her judgement."
As if that was an end to their companionship for the day, she trotted away from him into the house to meet the new arrivals. Garrett entered only after shaking his head with a smile at Kate. He moved closer to overhear Tanya's introductions.
Other nomads like Garrett had arrived; Mary, Randall, and surprisingly the tracker Alistair, who seemed to the others to be very isolated and it was odd that he was there to stand with them at all. He also refused Renesmee's touch.
There seemed to be a club forming; Amun, Kebi, Alistair and Kate. They had their reasons of course, but it bothered him that the very reason they came was to witness was Bella and Edward's child and they couldn't even interact with her. The strength of the group didn't seem very strong to him if this group got any bigger.
Then he thought about the possibility of an impending fight. Maybe they were just itching for one, he would have to find out. That would explain their neglect in getting to know Renesmee…or maybe the other way around. They didn't want to be too involved in case they could be implicated…so many reasons.
And what about Kate. Which reason did she have?
A/N: Hopefully you liked that. It wasn't much but I did want them to interact about what Garrett was curious about in the book. It will stay in third person unless something changes my mind. Please read and review :) Hope you're okay with it really :D