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Twilight

By

Skylight96

Summary: "You don't know how long I've been waiting for you…my kryptonite." Adrian is a vampire who lived for eighty years with his family, the Cullen. One day, he met a beautiful young woman named Bella Swan, who managed to catch his interest ever since she came to Forks. Watch as Adrian try to discover the true meaning his sudden interest on her. Are they love? Or just lust for her blood?

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight but Adrian Cliff.

Warning: Alternate Version of Twilight and Vampires.

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Twilight

Part II

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Days passed since that day and the relationship between them had become closer and closer as the time passed by. Adrian admitted that he was interested with the girl. The more he knew about her, the more he was hooked by her humanity.

He told his family about the confrontation and as usual Rosalie had to make fuss about it, saying that it was his fault for letting her into their secret. He tried to reason with her and said that it wasn't his fault and that she knew about it from a friend in La Push. He told them that someone from the Quileute tribe had been telling her about 'Cold ones'.

Carlisle calmed both of his children down and told them that he would make a call to inform the Quileute's High Council to discuss about the matter. It took a week for Rosalie to calm down from her rage and during those days, Adrian had been staying inside his room in attempt of avoiding any contact with the blonde haired vampire in case she still mad at him.

"Adrian"

The owner of the said name stopped his typing and looked up from the screen of his laptop to see his Sire standing silently by the doorframe of his room, "Carlisle" greeted the bronze haired young vampire to the older ones as he clicked the save button on his laptop's screen, "Is there anything I can do for you?" he asked, closing the laptop on his working desk to give older man his full attention.

Carlisle pushed himself away from the wooden doorframe and slowly entered his Childe's room for a moment of privacy between them as he closed the door behind him. He walked towards the single bed located on the heart of his room and took a seat at the end of the said bed as he leaned both of his elbows on top of his knees with his bright golden brown eyes gazed firmly on his younger son, "I'm here to talk about you…and the girl, Bella" said the Sire hesitatingly as he watched his son for any reaction regarding the human girl.

"What about it?"

"Do you have any feeling for her?" asked Carlisle softly to his Child in hope that his theories about them being mate were true, and so that his son could have someone to share his eternity with. He knew Adrian was lonely. He could see it in his eyes and yet he continued to deny it by saying that he was happy just the way he is. He didn't need Edward's gift to know what he was thinking. Every celebration that they spent together as a family, he would be the first to leave because he knew; he would be the odd one between them. That's why he had changed Rosalie back then. He was hoping that she would be the one for him but yet, it wasn't meant to be. He had show no interest on her and said that she was better with someone else because he couldn't give what she wanted.

"You aren't gonna play matchmaker again are you, Carlisle?" voiced Adrian suspiciously to his Sire as he sent the older vampire a look about him trying to help find the perfect girl for his son, "The last time you're trying to play matchmaker I was nearly being rape by Tanya" he deadpanned, shuddering as he recalled the day when he first met with the Denali coven. Seriously, it was horrible. Since then, he swore he will never EVER be with a blonde haired woman EVER again.

Carlisle plastered an innocent smile at the look he received from his younger son and couldn't help but chuckled softly under his breath as he shook his head in denied, saying "No! Of course not. What's give you that thought?" with his eyes flashed in mischief for his words which earned him a glare from his younger son.

"Dad~!"

"Alright. Alright" chuckled the older vampire as he lifted both of his hands into a surrender gesture, "I won't play matchmaker for you"

"Thanked god"

Chuckled, Carlisle looked at his son fondly and slowly lifted his hand up to ruffle his Childe's bronze colored hairs affectionately as he remembered the day he save him. It was during winter in 1928. He was just finished his shift at the hospital when he suddenly smell blood on the way home. He searched the alley beside the main road and saw him lying on the ground with a knife stabbed on his chest. He was alive at that time but he knew he was in brink of death. Seeing how young he was, he couldn't help but took on pity him as he knew how short human's life is. So, he changed him.

"Why don't you bring her here?" asked the 300 years old vampire as he withdrew his hand back to his side before crossing it firmly against his chest, "I'm sure Esme would love to meet her" he said.

"What about Rose?" asked Adrian, "You know how she is"

"I'll talk to her"

"…Okay"

Watching his Sire left through the wooden door of his room, Adrian leaned himself back onto his chair and slowly ran his hand through his short bronze hairs as he thought about his feeling towards Bella.

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"Hey"

Bella, who was washing her old Chevy truck, startled by the familiar smooth voice and turned around to see the owner of the said voice chuckled at the look upon her face, "Adrian!" scolded the brunette haired maiden to the vampire as she threw him the sponge she used to wash her truck, "Jeez, can't you just... I don't know make a sound or something. You're giving me a heart attack"

Adrian caught the sponge that she threw and couldn't help but chuckled as he placed the sponge back onto the roof of her truck, "Sorry" said the handsome Adonis to her as he wiped his wet hand onto his jeans, "Anyway, I came here because Carlisle ask me to invite you to our house tomorrow"

Surprised by the sudden invitation, Bella pulled her earphones off from her ear and looked at him in disbelieved as she watched him leaned himself casually against the hood of her truck, "Wait, like, meeting your family?" she asked.

"Yup!"

Bella bit her lips anxiously at the thought of her meeting his family and couldn't help but tucked a few strand of her wavy brunette hair behind her ear to hide the shakiness within her hand, "What if they don't like me?" she asked as she looked at him for support.

Seeing the vulnerability within her look, Adrian took her shaky hand into his icy ones and gave her a soft squeeze in attempt of calming her nerves, "Seriously? That's what you're worry about?" he joked, "You're going to a house full of vampires and you worry they don't like you?"

"Y-Yeah"

Smiling fondly, Adrian lifted her hand up into the air and placed a soft gentle kiss on her knuckle, saying "You're weird" with a soft chuckle emitted from his lips as she slapped his arm playfully for his teasing.

"I'm glad I amuse you" said the brunette girl sarcastically to him as she rolled her eyes.

Adrian chuckled once more at her amusing behavior and couldn't help but parted his lips slightly to say something about it but was suddenly pulled into a stop as he instantly snapped his head to the side. He narrowed his eyes slightly at the familiar scent heading towards their direction. It was the scent of the La Push's shape-shifters.

"What is it?"

Snapping away from his musing, Adrian cursed internally at the unexpected guests and turned his attention back to Bella with an apologetic look upon his handsome face, saying "Nothing. I'll pick you up at twelve" as he slowly back himself away towards his car that was parked by the side of the road in front of her house, "Oh, before I forgot, don't eat lunch because knowing Esme, she'll be cooking for you. So, I see you tomorrow"

"Yeah"

With that, he bid her goodbye and entered his car in attempt of avoiding any complication with the La Push's pack. He turned his ignition on and pulled out from her driveway into the road to make his escape before something bad could happen. He drove out from the housing area and couldn't help but met with a brown new Chevy truck belonged to one of the La Push's High Council, Billy Black. He looked up through his half opened tinted window at the driver and was greeted with a pair of knowing cold brown eyes. He kept his gaze firmly on the older man and slowly disappeared from his sight as he drove away the housing area.

The next day, Adrian arrived at her house in recorded time and knocked the wooden front door firmly to announce his arrival. He waited for a few moments outside of the door and was greeted by the very person he hope of bringing to meet with his family, "Hello" greeted the bronze haired vampire to the human girl as he watched her took one of her jacket from the stand beside her front door.

"Hi" greeted Bella in returned for his greeting as she gave him a warm soft smile on her rosy lips, "I hope you know what you're doing" she said as she took off one of her thick brown jacket from the stand beside her front door.

"Relax. It's not like they're gonna eat you. I mean, we're all on a special diet remember?"

Rolling her eyes, she shook her head amusedly at his attempt to ease her anxiousness of meeting his family and closed the door behind her as they both made their way to his car. Adrian, being the ever gentleman he is, opened the passenger door from her and flashed to the drive door using his vampire speed. He closed the door behind him and started the engine of his car as he drove them out from the housing area.

"So…" trailed Bella off as she absentmindedly turned the heater on to warm her cold body, "Are you going to tell me what should I expected from your family?" she asked as she pulled the seatbelt over her petite body.

"Nothing much, they're just want to get to know you, that's all"

Taking a left turn away neared the La Push bonder; Adrian drove along the isolated trail leading up onto a hill inside the forest and slowly pulled his car over in front an old large mansion. The design of the mansion was Victorian style. Red brick walls with plant vines crawling up on it at the side of the mansion, slate roofs and a beautiful arch made by granite stone. He turned the engine off and pulled his seatbelt off as he headed out from the car to open the passenger's door for Bella.

The dark brunette haired young woman took a step out from his car and couldn't help but admired the beautiful mansion with her brown doe-like eyes as she shifted her attention back to the handsome young man standing beside her. He shut the passenger's door behind her and placed his icy cold hand on the base of her spine as he guided her towards the front door of his house. He opened the large wooden door for both of them and slowly leaded her deeper into the house to meet his family. The soft song of French Opera filled the silence inside the mansion as Adrian walked up towards the kitchen with Bella following closely from behind.

Esme, who had been waiting for them inside the kitchen with the others, instantly wiped her hand onto the kitchen towel beside her and walked away from the counter to meet her son and his friend, "Bella" smiled the beautiful petite brunette woman as she pulled the human girl gently into an icy cold hug, "We're making Italiano for you" she said.

"Bella, this is Esme. My mother for all intents and purpose" said Adrian as he introduced the beautiful petite woman to his friend.

Bella tucked a few strands of her wavy brunette hairs behind her ear and couldn't help but returned the warm smile with her small nervous ones, saying "Bonjour no" as she glanced around the kitchen to meet the others around the kitchen.

"Molto bene"

Carlisle washed his icy hands under the tape water and wiped the water away onto the kitchen towel to properly meet the girl who managed to catch his Childe's interest, "You've given us an excuse to use the kitchen for the first time" he said as he gave her a warm smile in greeting.

"I hope you're hungry" added Esme hopefully.

"Yeah… Absolutely"

The sound of broken twig instantly interrupted the conversation between them as they all turned their attention to the wide opened window inside the kitchen to meet the other members of their family. Alice walked along the thick branch outside of the window and jumped through the window with her mate, Edward to see the girl.

"Bella" greeted Alice as she pulled her into a big icy cold hug. Giving her fragile human body a light squeeze, she withdrew herself away from Bella and couldn't help but gasped softly in surprised for her incredible scent, "Oh, you do smell good" she murmured as she walked back to stand beside Edward.

"And this is Alice, my annoying sister and her boyfriend, Edward" introduced Adrian as he gave her a look for her dramatic entrance. Alice looked up at her younger brother and stuck her tongue out playfully for his look which causes the owner of the said look to roll his eyes upward towards heaven.

Edward smiled softly at the interaction between his sibling and couldn't help but took a step forward towards the human girl to shake her hand in greeting with a polite smile adorned on his lips, "Nice to meet you" he said before shifting his attention at the beautiful blonde haired woman, who was leaning on the counter with a large glass bowl in her gloved hands, for her thoughts.

Noticing the look she received from a certain mind-reader, Rosalie frowned at the reddish brown haired young man for reading her mind regarding the human girl and flicked her long blonde colored hairs over her shoulder as she let the bowl she had been holding down onto the counter to cross her arms firmly against her busty chest.

Emmett, who had been helping his family inside the kitchen, walked around the counter and wrapped his arm around Rosalie's waist in attempt of stopping her from criticizing the human girl, "Hey" he grinned as he gave the guest a two fingers wave in greeting, "I'm Emmett. This beautiful lady beside me is my Rosalie. It's nice to meet the girl who managed to catch my nerdy brother's interest"

"H-Hi"

"Alright, then" interrupted Adrian as he sent Emmett a look for calling him a nerd and placed his hand once again at the base of her spine to steer her away from his family, "I'm gonna take you on a tour of the rest of the house" he said as he pushed her away from them with his eyes rolling annoying at the whispers surrounding the kitchen. He walked her upstairs onto the second floor of the house and paused suddenly in the middle of the stairs to see a huge frame of graduation caps plastered upon the wall.

Bella touched the graduation caps gently with the tips of her fingers and turned around to meet the bronze haired vampire questionably for it, "Graduation caps?"

"Yeah" he nodded with a soft chuckle emitted from his mouth, "It's a private joke. Emmett was the one who started it. We matriculate a lot"

"O-Oh"

With that, Adrian continued his plan of giving her a tour around his house and ended it by visiting his room. They stopped outside of the said room and slowly opened the door for her to see what's inside his little sanctuary, "This is my room" said the owner as he leaded her deeper into the large bedroom.

"Woah" blinked a pair of warm brown eyes in awed at the amount of books sitting on the large shelves located on the side of the door, "You have a lot of books" stated Bella obviously to him as she walked over it to see its written titles, "It's like a library"

There were two large shelves filled with books around the room, one on the side of the door and another was near his working desk. In the middle of the spacious room was a large single bed with white cover and a deep red comforter, neatly arranged. Opposite of the bed was a large wooden wardrobe and on the each sides of the said bed were old wooden drawers where he put all of his writing stationary as well as painting materials. On top of his working desk were his laptop and a small stack of books that he used as a revision for his search on the side of the desk.

Taking one of the books that caught her attention from the shelves, she turned the book around and couldn't help but raised her thin eyebrows at the title of the said book, "Twilight?" she asked.

"Yeah" chuckled the bronze haired vampire as he flashed at her side to see the said title, "Edward was the one who give it to me, saying that I should read and believe me I did. I mean, it's a story of a human girl who falls in love with a sparkling vampire. Seriously, sparkling?" he laughed as he shook his head in amused at the thought of being a sparkling vampire, "He even gave me a whole series just for fun"

"Yeah. I've read it before with my friends at Phoenix. I heard they're going to make a movie based on the book" added Bella as she shuffled through the said book absentmindedly as she recalled the day where she and her friends were having a sleepover at her house and sat down together on her bed to read it. It was one of the best moments that she had with her friend back then.

"Really?" wondered the vampire as he tucked his hands deeply into the pocket of his jeans with a fake thoughtful look upon his handsome face, "Maybe we should see it"

"Maybe" chuckled Bella to his suggestion as she placed the book back to its original place on his shelves, "I really love your room" she said as she walked around the room to see more. Being here inside his room made her feel more closer to him as if she was a part of his world. She couldn't deny that she does have a feeling for the said vampire but she wondered if he ever had the same feeling as her. They were friends, yes but she hoped that they could be something more.

"Adrian, lunch is ready. Get Bella down to the dining room"

Adrian, who was had been watching the brunette girl walked around his room, snapped his attention away from his silent observation at the soft whisper coming from Esme and walked up to Bella to tell her the lunch was ready. They walked out from his room and headed towards the stairs to the dining room that was located near the kitchen. They entered the said room and were grateful for the privacy given by his family. Adrian knew his family was around the mansion somewhere, doing their things. Pulling one of the chairs out for her to sit, he took a seat opposite of her and silently watched as she took a small bite of lasagna that Esme made moment ago, "So, how was it?" he asked.

"It's good" answered Bella in surprised as she swallowed the delicious cuisine made by the motherly vampire down into her stomach, "It's even better than the one I've ate back in Phoenix"

"That's great. I'm sure to tell her that"

After finished eating her lunch, she followed him up towards his room and spent the entire day inside it as he told her every story behind the books that he collected during his eighty years living as a vampire. He also told her how he would have died if it wasn't for Carlisle who changed him after he's being mugged by a street thief back in 1928. He also told her every place he had travelled around the world after he managed to overcome his thirst and how many different kind of vampires he met along the way.

Seeing the sun slowly set down into the horizon, Bella reluctantly told Adrian that they need to leave before Charlie got home and bid his family goodbye for their wonderful hospitality, promising to visit them again as they made their way to his car. He drove her towards the housing area and slowly pulled his car over in front of her house.

"We're here"

Bella snapped her attention away from her musing at the smooth deep voice coming out from beside her and turned her head to the side to see the driver, "O-Oh" she said as she pulled her seatbelt off of her.

"Bella" cut the bronze haired vampire as he instantly grabbed her wrist in attempt of stopping her from getting out of his car, "There's something I have to tell you" he began as he bit his lips slightly in hesitation, struggling to find the right words to describe the thing he want to tell her, "I don't know whether you feel the same way about it but I want to say that I love you, Bella" he said, "And I want to ask you whether you're willing to have a relationship with me?"

"Wha-" she gasped, chocking on her saliva slightly with her face flushed at the words she had been longing to hear ever since they've been together. 'It couldn't be', she thought, struggling to calm the furious beaten of her heart down as she looked deeply into his dark amber eyes for any hint of lies and deception regarding the matter.

"I've been thinking a lot these days and I couldn't deny that I have feeling for you. So, what do you say? Would you willing to give me a chance?"

"O-Of course" stuttered Bella with an unmistakable grin upon her heart-shaped face.

"Great" grinned Adrian happily at the answer as he bit his lips to stifle the laughter that threatened to come out from his mouth at the warmth and happiness swirling inside his chest, "I guess I see you tomorrow then" he said.

"S-sure"

Gathered all the courage that he had, the handsome young immortal leaned towards the human girl and gave her an icy chaste kiss upon her rosy warm lips to seal the new start of their relationship, "Good night, Bella" bid Adrian as he pulled himself away from her to give her a moment and space that she needed to digest the thought of them being together.

Bella, who was still in daze at his action, bid him a soft goodnight and slowly entered her house as she watched him drove his car away from the housing area to the main road. She closed the door behind her and couldn't help but leaned heavily against it with her heart beaten furiously inside her chest. 'He kissed me', she thought with a hint of blush began to color her cheeks she recalled the said kiss given by the handsome immortal. She touched her lips slightly with the tips of her fingers and smiled as she headed towards her room to share the happy news with her beloved mother.

Back at the Cullen house, Adrian, who was just arrived after sending Bella home, was instantly being attacked by a certain pixie-like vampire as she squealed gleefully for what she had been witnessing within her vision, "Oh my gosh, you kissed her. You're actually kissed her" she said as she jumped up and down with her hands grabbed tightly upon his forearms.

The bronze haired vampire raised his perfectly thin eyebrows at her antic and shifted his dark amber gaze to his older brother, Emmett, "What's up with her? Did you drug her or something?" he asked, watching the dark haired female vampire warily as he struggled to get himself out from her tight grip.

Emmett, who was playing with his Xbox, flicked his attention briefly at his siblings and shrugged as he continued playing his racing game, "I don't know. Ask Edward" he said.

"Edward! Get your mate off of me!"

A snort answered his request as the said mate appeared beside the petite woman and began to ease her grip upon his forearms, "Alice, love. You're hurting, Ian" he said as he gently pulled her hands away to her side.

"Sorry…" answered the seer sheepishly as she instantly went to Edward's side in case Adrian decided to punish her for bruising his arms for her grip, "I just overexcited that's all" she shrugged as she gave him an innocent look upon her beautiful face.

Giving her a look for her act, he rubbed both of his forearms to dismiss the lingering aches coming from her tight grip and turned his attention up at the seer, saying, "Yeah. I can see that" as he walked past the couple up towards his room.

"Wait! Ian!"

He stopped suddenly in the middle of climbing up the stairs and slowly turned around to face her as he waited for her to continue, "There's a thunderstorm this Saturday" said Alice, "Why don't you ask Bella to join us? It'll be fun"

"Yeah, sure"

With that, he continued his journey up to his room and decided to continue his search on finding a way for him and family to walk into the sun without having any burns causes by the direct sunlight. He had been doing this search for fifty years now and he knew he was getting closer and closer to find a way to make his dream come true. The temporary sun screen that he made that allowed them to come out during day was only a fraction of it and he had been struggling to find the correct medium to make it more resistant and permanent. The bronze haired young vampire took a seat at his working desk and turned on his laptop as he clicked the Microsoft words to see the report he made for his search.

Days had passed since the kiss and both of the newly couple began to spend their days together intimately at their meadow. After occasionally kissing and cuddling, the bronze haired man told her about the storm that coming on this Saturday and said that he would like to invite her to join him and his family for a game of baseball on that fateful day.

Bella lifted her head up from his broad chest and couldn't help but looked at her boyfriend in disbelieved for his invitation, "Since when do vampires like baseball?" asked the brunette haired girl as she watched him pulled his arm up from his side under his neck to pillow his head.

"Well, it's the American pastime and there's a thunderstorm coming. It's the only time we can play. You'll see why"

"Alright" she agreed, "But I have one condition"

"What is it?"

"I want you to meet Charlie, officially. I mean, I know we just start dating and all but I want this to work between us. I want this relationship to become more than just a teenage fling. I love you, Adrian"

Listening to her pouring her heart out to him, Adrian got up from the grassy ground underneath them and couldn't help but gazed at the beautiful woman thoughtfully as he agreed to her condition. With that agreement, he stood outside of the Swan's Resident on that fateful day and waited for Bella to come and get him to meet the father. He combed his bronze colored hairs anxiously with his icy cold hand and released a deep unnecessary sigh as he listened to the conversation happening behind the wooden door.

"Hey, I got you another one" said Bella as he heard a small 'thunk' noise hitting on a hard surface.

"Thanks" replied the gruff manly voice belonged to the Chief as he listened to him blowing on something with a hole in it, 'probably a gun' thought the vampire as he fidgeted slightly at the thought of being shot by the father.

"I have a date with Adrian Cullen"

"He's a little old for you, isn't he?"

"No. he's a junior. I'm a junior. I thought you liked the Cullens"

"I thought you didn't like any of the boys in town"

"Adrian's doesn't live in town, technically. He's right outside"

"He is?"

"Yeah, he wants to meet you, officially"

"Alright. Bring him in"

With that final words spoken by the father, he could heard a snapping sound and the thought of him having a gun was definitely true just by listening to it, 'Damn. I hope he didn't shoot me because I hate to tell him how on earth I've survive his gunshot' thought the immortal as he listened to Bella's footstep coming closer and closer to the front door. Seeing her beautiful face, Adrian gave her a small smile in attempt of calming herself down about the meeting and slowly followed her deeper into the house to meet her father.

"Good Evening, Chief Swan" greeted the young man politely to the older man as he offered his gloved hand for a hand shake, "I want to formally introduce myself to you. I'm Adrian Cullen" he smiled as he gave the chief a firmly shake in hope of making a good impression to the stern chief.

"Hi, Adrian"

Adrian withdrew his hand back into the pocket of his jacket and lifted his other hand that was holding a stack of beers for the older man as a gift for allowing him to date with his precious girl, "Here, I've bought you a stack of beers just in case you're running out on one for the game"

"…Thank you" replied Charlie as he slowly took the beers from his hand, "That's…very nice of you"

The bronze colored vampire shrugged, saying, "It was nothing" before shifting his attention briefly to his date, "Bella won't be out too late tonight" he said, "She's just gonna to play baseball with my family"

"Baseball?" snorted Charlie in disbelieved at his plan as he glanced between his daughter and her date, "Well, good luck with that"

Seeing the amuse look upon the older man's face at the thought of Bella playing baseball, Adrian gave a small laugh as he caught the meaning behind his words and couldn't but grinned as he promised the man he'll take a good care of his clumsy daughter. Bella gave both of the men a knowing glare at their words and tugged the younger man slightly with her as she leaded him out of her house towards his car. She grabbed one of her thick jacket and scarf from the stand beside the door and followed him out to a jeep parked on the side of the road, "Whose jeep is this?" asked Bella as she entered the said jeep.

"Emmett's. He let me borrow it for you since we're going through the forest to our baseball ground at the edge of the town"

After half an hour drive through the thick forest, he pulled over a large grassy plain near a waterfall and turned the engine off as he let her took a moment to observe their surroundings. He closed the door behind him and flashed to her side as he gave her his favorite baseball cap. Bella smiled and took the offered cap up onto her head as she tucked a few strands of her wavy dark brown hairs behind her slightly flush ear.

"Come on. The game is about to start" said the vampire to the human girl as he leaded her to his family. She looked around the clearing and couldn't help but watched as every single members of the Cullen warming themselves up for the game. On the centre of the field were Alice and her mate, Edward. They were throwing ball back and front to each other while Emmett was practicing his swing along Rosalie and Carlisle on the side. Esme, on the hand, was waiting for her son to arrive with his girlfriend.

"Hey" greeted the motherly vampire to Bella as she steered the human girl away from her son, "Glad you're here. We need an umpire" she said as she leaded her up to the home plate.

"She think we're cheat" added Emmett playfully as he swept past his mother and his brother's girlfriend to the outfield with an anticipate grin upon his handsome face.

"I know you cheat" said Esme as she gave Emmett a look before turning her attention back to the nervous girl, "Call them when you see them, Bella"

"Okay"

Taking her position behind the petite older woman, Bella looked up at her boyfriend and couldn't help but smiled at the childish excitement plastered across his face before crouching slightly behind Esme as she waited for the cue. The grumbling sound of thunder echoed loudly within the clearing as Alice took her position at the pitcher's mound and announced to her family to start the game. Rosalie, who stood on the batter's box, gave her a nod and waited for the ball patiently as she watched her sister lifted both of her arms up to throw the ball.

Clank!

The sound of the ball hitting the aluminum bat echoed loudly, as if it was a thunder, within the forest as Bella watched a white blur flying towards the forest, "That's gotta be a homerun, right?" she asked to Esme as she watched Adrian ran into the said forest to catch the ball.

Esme watched her son slowly disappeared into the thick forest and shook her head in disagreed to her point as she could heard him catching the flying ball, "Adrian's very fast" she said as she lifted her glove hand up in ready for him to pass the ball to her. With those words, a white blur instantly flew out from the forest straight into her hands as she turned to Rosalie, who was coming to the home base, in attempt of getting a homerun.

In a spilt of a second, the beautiful blonde haired vampire slide through the ground and managed to touch the home plate with tip of her feet. Unfortunately, she was out, according to Bella, as Esme managed to touch her first with the ball before she touched the home plate. Rosalie stood up from the ground and dusted her trouser as she gave the human girl a dark glare for her failure of obtaining a homerun. Bella ducked her head down and shook her head as she continued with the game.

Next, was Carlisle's turn to bat. The doctor stood proudly at the batter's box and gripped his bat tightly as he waited for the ball. Hitting the ball with a perfect swing, Carlisle instantly ran through the bases and slide to second base as he watched his sons, Emmett and Adrian, argued briefly for their failure of catching his ball since they accidently collided against each other.

After Carlisle was Edward. The mind-reader took his position on the home plate and absentmindedly twirled the bat around before catching it as he prepared himself for the ball. Alice gave him a flying kiss and throw the ball as she watched him took a perfect swing. The ball flew towards the tree which instantly being climbed by Emmett in attempt of catching it before Edward made it to the second base. Rosalie, who was watching, smiled at her mate and purred, saying, "My monkey man" as she watched him threw the ball at Adrian, who was waited at the second base.

The batter position was once again returned to Rosalie as she took her place inside the batter's box and nodded as she waited for Alice to throw the ball. Hitting the ball perfectly with her aluminum bat towards the forest, she took her chance and ran towards the first base as Alice, who had been pitching, instantly being caught into a vision. It was a vision about the rogue vampires they've been attempt of catching. She froze suddenly in fear and turned to her family, shouting them to stop the game as she gave Adrian a look for the danger they're about to face.

Adrian narrowed his eyes briefly at the look and was answered by Edward as he whispered to him about the rogue vampires who were coming to their way. Cursing at the unwanted arrival, the Cullen instantly grouped around the human girl and struggled to come out a plan to avoid any unwanted interest from the other vampires to the human girl. Bella watched as the others putting themselves in front of her and turned her attention to Adrian in confused for their action, "What is it?" she asked.

"A group of rogue vampires are heading this way. They were just leaving but they heard us playing so they want to come to see if they could play with us" he said, "It's too late for us to make it to the jeep"

"Are they the one who killed those people?"

"Yeah" nodded Adrian as he began to pull her wavy dark brown hair into a high ponytail and hid it into the baseball cap to lessen the scent of her blood, "I want you to calm yourself down. The faster your heart beating, the easier for them to know you're human. Just took a deep breath and let us handle the vampire alright?"

"A-Alright"

He grabbed her small warm hand into his large icy ones and slowly pulled her to join with his family as he caressed her hand soothingly to ease her fear. Bella followed him and stood slightly behind the bronze haired vampire as she waited anxiously for the said vampires to make their appearances.

There among the tree lines were three silhouettes heading closer and closer to them. One by one began to appear into the clearing. On the middle was a male with dark flawless skin, long dreadlock hair and was wearing an open jacket which showed his toned body to the eyes of the world. On his left was a female with pale icy cold skin, curly red hairs and was wearing a fur cloak around her shoulder as if to shield herself from the harsh cold temperature. On his other side was another man with slightly tan skin, long dirty blonde that was pulled into a low ponytail.

They stopped in front of the huge coven and observed every one of them in interest for the large number vampires inside a coven. The dark skinned vampire took a step forwards and lifted his hand that was holding a baseball to them, saying, "I believe this belongs to you" as he threw the ball back to Carlisle in polite before glancing around the coven in search for any threat coming from them.

Carlisle caught the said ball and thanked him for returning it.

"I'm Laurent" introduced the leader to them as he gestured to his companion specifically, "And this is Victoria and James"

"I'm Carlisle. This is my family"

"Hello"

Taking a moment to see the rogue vampires mentioned by Adrian, Bella ducked her down at the bright crimson color of their eyes and couldn't help but tightened her grip on his hand slightly in fear as she struggled to keep her heartbeat calm as possible without alerting them of her being a human.

"I'm afraid you hunting activities have caused something of a mess for us" said Carlisle politely to the nomads as he absentmindedly juggled the ball up and down within his hand, watching them closely as he shared a look with his older son, Edward.

"Our apologies" apologized the dark skinned vampire, Laurent, to the coven as he took a sideway glance to the silent man standing on his right, "We didn't realize the territory had been claimed"

"Yes, well, we maintain a permanent residence nearby"

Laurent's dark red eyes instantly widened at claim as he plastered a genuine interesting smile upon his handsome face, "Really?" he said as he turned his attention back to the members of his coven. Receiving a look from the dirty blonde haired man, Laurent narrowed his eyes at the meaning behind his look and couldn't help but covered his disappointment with a fake smile, saying, "Well, we're wouldn't be a problem anymore. We were just passing through" as he tucked his hands deeply into his jacket.

Victoria, who noticed the disappointment, nudged the dark skinned man lightly with her elbow and plastered a dark smirk upon her face as she crossed her arms firmly underneath her fur cloak, "The humans were tracking us but we led them east. You should be safe" said the beautiful red haired woman mockingly to the Cullen as she sent a look at Laurent, saying they will talk about it later, before turning her attention once again at the strange coven before them.

"Excellent"

"So, could you use three more players?" voiced Laurent in attempt of changing the subject as he grinned in anticipation for a game of baseball. It's been a long time since he played baseball and he couldn't help but wondered if he still good at it as good as before he was turned, "Come on, just one game" he persuaded.

"Sure, why not?" agreed Carlisle reluctantly, "A few of us were leaving, you could take their place. We'll bat first" he said as he threw them the ball.

Victoria caught the said ball that was heading towards Laurent and grinned wickedly, saying, "I'm the one with the wicked curveball" as she challenged them to a good game of baseball.

Hearing her challenge, Emmett cracked his knuckles and couldn't help but grinned in anticipation as he gave them a look saying 'challenge accepted' before turning his attention back to his family. The pervious tension between the two covens started to subside as the Cullen slowly began to relax as they walked away to take their position for a game.

Bella, who had been silenced during the confrontation, was startled back from her musing by Adrian and accidently lifted her head up to meet the one of the human-drinker vampires still standing in front of her. Her warm brown eyes instantly met with a pair of cold dark crimson orbs as he observed the brunette girl intriguingly for the sound of a heartbeat coming from the suppose vampire.

James tilted his head slightly to the side, scrutinizing the girl as he began to focus his hearing as well as his sense of smell. Feeling a heated stare coming from the said vampire, she looked up from the ground underneath them and watched him in horror as his usual silent expression slowly changed into a feral. Her heart instantly accelerated in fear as James lurched himself to the human.

Noticing the posture, Adrian quickly pushed the dirty blonde haired vampire away from her with his vampire strength and crouched slightly in front of the brunette girl as he bared his teeth and fangs warningly to the nomad. In a split of a second, every Cullen instantly grouped around Bella and Adrian as they shielded the couple away from the human-drinkers.

"What's this?" exclaimed Laurent in surprised as he watched James gave the bronze haired boy a challenging growl.

James ignored the question coming from his dark skinned friend and couldn't help but plastered a dark creepy smirk as he glanced between the human girl and the bronze haired boy, "He brought a snack" he said as he feinted slightly to the side which causes Adrian to shift in response.

"A human?" murmured Laurent as he involuntary took a step forward beside the dirty blonde haired male along with Victoria.

"The girl is with us. I think it best if you leave" said Carlisle in a hard voice as he directed his firm claim to James.

The dirty blonde haired vampire slowly straightened his posture back from his crouch and turned his back to the Cullen as his dark red eyes still lingered to the human girl.

Slowly backing themselves away from the huge coven, Laurent got up from his crouch and plastered a small smile onto his lips in attempt of defusing the sudden hostility, saying, "I can see the game is over. We'll go now" as he tugged James away from the Cullen.

Smirking, James pulled back as requested by his dark skinned friend and slowly wrapped his arm around the female of his coven, Victoria as he whispered something into her ear.

Adrian watched as the nomads fleeing away into the forest and tugged Bella with him as he made their way back to Emmett's Jeep. Edward, who had been listening to James's mind, followed his brother from behind and whispered something into his ear before he disappeared into the forest with the others.

Seeing the tightness within his gaze, Bella watched him got into the jeep and drove through the forest hastily, "Adrian, w-where are we going?" she asked, jumping up and down in her seat as he drove down the bumpy trail out from the thick forest.

"Away from here" he answered as they entered the main road, "Listen, Edward tells me that James is a tracker. The hunt is his obsession. Your scent was something he never smells before. It's intriguing him. And seeing my reaction on the field set him off. I mean, a group of vampires protecting one tiny human. It just made this his most exciting game ever. He's never gonna stop until he gets you, the ultimate prize"

"W-What should we do?"

"We have to kill him. Stake him in the heart and burns his corpse into ashes"

A big grey Jeep blurred its way down through the main road as it headed south, away from Forks. Bella looked up over the windshield and turned her head to the driver in confused for the sudden change of direction, "W-wait! Why are we heading south? Forks is that way" said the brunette girl as she pointed her hand at the opposite way from their driving.

"I know"

Seeing him continued driving to south, her stomach churned as she began to realize that Adrian was not getting her back home, instead he was running her away from it, "Turn around!" she panicked as she turned around to see the signboard that wrote 'Forks' getting smaller and smaller, "Adrian, I said turn around!"

"No!"

"Adrian! I have to go home. Now! You have to take me home!"

"You can't go home, Bella" interrupted Adrian as he shifted his attention away from the road to the human, "He just gonna to trace your scent there. It's the first place he's gonna look for you. You'll endanger Charlie or anyone who come contact with you. Do you understand?"

"But my dad is there. I can't just leave him like that" argued Bella as she pleaded the driver to reconsider his plan, "Please, Adrian. We have to go back. We'll figure out somehow to lead the tracker away from here. Just please"

After a moment of debating with himself, Adrian closed his eyes, trying to calm his inner vampire's instinct that scream to him to run as far as they could from the tracker and sighed as he took a sharp turn towards Forks, "Alright" he agreed as he pressed the acceleration pedal down, "Here's the plan. I'm gonna to tell Charlie that you're going to Phoenix because your friend from Phoenix call and said that one of your friends had a car accident and you are concern whether she's alright or not" said the bronze haired vampire as he took a turn towards the housing area, "You're gonna pack your bag and I'll tell him that I'm gonna drive you to the airport for the first flight there to see her"

"A-Alright" nodded the brunette girl in agreed for his plan.

The bronze haired vampire pulled the jeep over in front of her lawn and proceeded their way to her house. Bella opened the front door of her house and instantly made her way upstairs to her room, ignoring her father who had been waiting for her inside the living room. Charlie, who had been dozing slightly in front of the TV, began to startle in surprised at the loud noises made by his daughter and got up from the couch to see the commotion, "Bella" he called, watching his clumsy daughter tripped briefly on her way up to her room. He frowned in concern at her weird antic and turned around to see his daughter's boyfriend standing anxiously by the hallway, "What's going on?" he asked to the young boy as he watched him fidgeted slightly within his spot.

"Bella got a call from her friend in Phoenix. She told her that one of her friends, Anna had a car accident" lied Adrian smoothly to the chief as he waited for her to finish her packing, "She ask me to bring her home and say that she had to go to Phoenix to see her friend"

Hearing the loud stomping of her footstep heading towards them, Charlie looked up at his daughter and noticed the small duffle bag she carried over her shoulder, "You're leaving now?" asked the older man in disbelieved as he watched her walked towards the kitchen for a glass of water.

"Yeah, I-I wanna take the first flight there"

"Can't you just wait until tomorrow or something?" questioned Charlie as he followed behind his daughter like a lost puppy, trying to persuade her to stay here for awhile before going back to her other family, "I can always drive you to the airport the next morning"

"No, dad" argued Bella as she placed the glass down onto the counter, "She's my best friend. I have to go now"

"It's alright, Chief Swan" interrupted Adrian as he entered the kitchen in attempt of calming both of the father and daughter down with his eyes constantly glancing to the darkness outside of the house, "I'll take her there"

Knowing how stubborn his daughter was, Charlie sighed deeply in defeat and reluctantly agreed to let Bella go to see her friend in Phoenix as he escorted both of the youngster out from his house, "Bella" he said as he crossed his arms against his chest, "Promise me you're gonna call me as soon as you land there"

"Alright"

Giving her father a big warm hug of goodbye, she let Adrian took her bag away from her and made her way back to the jeep.

"Adrian"

The owner of the name stopped suddenly within his track and turned around to the concern father as he waited for him to continue. Charlie took a deep breath and looked up to the young boy, saying "Take care of Bella" as he placed all of his trust on the boy to take care of his beloved daughter.

Adrian silenced, stunned by the faith he place on him, and couldn't help but nodded as he promised the older man that he'll take care of the brunette girl. He bid the father goodbye and entered the jeep as he pulled out from the lawn into the road.

"So, what now?" asked Bella.

"I don't know" admitted the vampire as he drove further and further away from town, "But we'll figure out something" he promised her as he took her shaky hand into his in hope of comfort her for the things that about to come.

She nodded, constantly squeezing his icy cold hand during the journey to his house when a pair of lights suddenly flared behind them. Bella turned around from her seat and stare out at the window behind them to see the source of the bright light in horror, thinking it was the tracker.

"It's alright. It's just Alice" soothed Adrian as he took a glance at the sideway mirror to see the person behind the wheel, "She's covering for us"

"What about the tracker?"

"He's following us right now"

Thump!

Bella gasped, frozen herself in fear as the jeep shuddered violently as if something crashed down on top of the jeep. Adrian glanced sideway at the human girl and squeezed her hand to snap herself away from her fear as he gave her a smile, saying, "It's Emmett" as he motioned for her to take a look at the sideway mirror in case she doesn't believed him. He pulled over in front of his house and quickly took her bag as he leaded her up into the mansion. He opened the door and was instantly pulled into a stop as he smelt a foreign scent entering the house. Stopping Bella from taking a step further into the house, he looked up and couldn't help but growled as he watched one of the vampires, Laurent, coming down the stairs with Carlisle following him from behind.

"Wait" said Carlisle to his Childe as he stopped him from attacking the nomad, "He came to warn us about James"

"This isn't my fight" announced the dark skinned vampire to the youngling as he took a glance between the boy and his human girl, "And I've grown tired of his games. I bear none of you any enmity but I won't go up against James. He's got unparallel senses absolutely lethal. I've never seen anything like him in my 300 years. And the woman, Victoria, don't underestimate her"

With that, he bid the blonde haired vampire goodbye and left the mansion peacefully as he headed north to see the Denali coven. He was interested with the Cullen's lifestyles ever since he met them by the field moments ago. After three hundred years of living as a nomad, he had grown tired of constantly moving and had yearned for a place to call home. Hearing him earning a permanent residence and calling his coven his family, he couldn't help but envy the kind blonde haired vampire for it. So, he decided to have a talk with the leader in hope having that kind of life for himself.

Edward appeared beside Alice, who was just entered the house with Emmet, and whispered something to her ears as she gave him a nod before disappeared upstairs to pack their things. Carlisle turned his attention to his older Childe and asked him about the tracker, "He's about three miles out past the river" said the mind-reader as he tilted his head slightly to the side to get a clear reading of the tracker's mind, "He's circling to meet up with the female"

"What's the plan?" questioned Emmett as he moved towards Rosalie.

"We'll lead him off" answered Adrian, "We'll lure him away from Forks with Bella's scent. When he takes the bait, Alice and Edward will drive her to south"

"And then?"

"We hunt them. Both of them" said the young vampire with a deadly tone, "Listen, we're gonna divide into three groups. One group is Carlisle and Esme. They will be the one who watch over Charlie just in case they decide to go for him next. Another one will be Rosalie, Emmet and I as the hunters. We're gonna lure the nomads away from Forks. Rosalie will disguise herself as Bella. She's gonna ride with me and Emmett will be the one who catch them off guard. We'll take them down one by one. And the last group is Alice, Edward and Bella. They'll be the one who drive Bella south. The weather there is sunny so they wouldn't be able to go there without being expose to the sunlight"

Carlisle grimaced slightly at the deadly tone within his son's voice and couldn't help but agreed with the plan even though he didn't like the thought of killing another creature. Even the sadistic ones like James, "I guess there's no other choice" he said.

"Rose" called Adrian to the blonde haired female, "Can you get her upstairs and trade your clothes with her?"

"Why?" she asked, "What is she to me?" argued the beautiful blonde haired Aphrodite to her brother with her eyes glaring darkly at him and his beau, "She's just nothing but a menace that you've chosen to inflict on all of us. You're the one who insist of telling her about us and you want me to help her when she's the reason we're in this mess-"

"Rosalie" scolded their Sire as he placed his hand firmly onto her shoulder, "Bella is with Adrian" he explained, glancing between his son and daughter worriedly. He knew Rosalie was still bitter about having Bella here with them, but he couldn't let her dislike for the human girl ruined the happiness he been searching for his Childe ever since he changed him. Until then, he could only hope that one day, she'll likes Bella and Adrian will be have his happiness, "She's part of this family now and we protect our family"

"…Fine"

She grabbed Bella by her forearm and dragged her upstairs to her room, "You are so annoying" she said as she pushed her into her room, "I don't know what my idiotic brother see in you. You're nothing but trouble." She browsed through her closet and couldn't help but gave her a pair of her old slacks and blouse as she told her to strip, "If this is some kind of plot in hope of turning yourself into a vampire-"

"It's not like that!" interrupted Bella in horror at the thought of using the bronze haired man for something like that as she lifted her head up from the floor to face the fuming vampire, "I'm not using him for something like that-" she said as she gave the vampire her clothes.

"Then, why are you here?" questioned the blonde haired female vampire irritatingly to her as she grabbed the said clothes and began to strip of her own to wear hers, "Why are you trying to be part of this when you know you're nothing but a tiny human-?"

"Because I love him, alright!" snapped the brunette haired girl as tears of frustration began to pool on the edge of her eyelids, "I love Adrian! I just want to be with him" admitted Bella as she hung her head down to hide the tears running down her cheeks.

Silenced, Rosalie looked at the petty human before her with unreadable expression upon her beautiful face and couldn't help but walked away towards the door as she left her inside her room for some space. Bella wiped her tears away from her face and involuntary followed the blonde haired vampire out from her room to meet Adrian. She walked into the garage and silently watched as Adrian discussed something with Carlisle.

"Bella!"

The owner of the name snapped her attention away from her observation on the handsome bronze haired vampire and turned around to see the dark haired petite woman walking towards her with her boyfriend, Edward, "Come on" she said as she dragged her to Carlisle's car.

"Hey"

Adrian walked over to the said car and placed his left elbow onto the roof of Carlisle's Mercedes as he leaned his face through the opened window to see her. Bella lifted her head up at his presence and couldn't help but leaned closer to the bronze haired vampire in search for comfort as she fidgeted slightly within her seat, "Oh, god. I-If anything happens to you guys, I swear to god-" she stuttered, heart racing in fear as she bit her lips to suppress the urge to cry.

"Hey…" soothed the bronze haired immortal gently to her as he placed his icy cold hand onto her cheek in attempt of calming the brunette human girl, "Nothing's gonna happen alright" he said as he wiped away the tears fallen down through her rosy cheek, "I promise you, I'll take care of you. Besides, there's seven of us, and there's two of them and when everything's done, I'm gonna come back and bring you home safely to your father. You are gonna see him again, alright?"

"Y-Yeah"

Giving her a soft icy cold kiss onto her warm lips, he stood up from his crouch by her window and slowly walked away towards the jeep with Rosalie, who was wearing her clothes moments ago. Bella watched the blonde haired beauty followed behind Adrian and paused suddenly in middle of her track to glance back at her with unreadable emotion flashed inside her eyes. For second there, she thought that she might say something back to her. Maybe even threw some insult in her direction. But she turned on her heel and continued her journey to the jeep.

The sound of them leaving echoed loudly within the tense silence as Edward waited for the nomads to follow the bait set by them, "Let's go" said the mind-reader as he started the car, "They took the bait. James is on their trail now. As for the woman, she's heading to Charlie's house. I already text Carlisle, he say he'll take care of her" he explained as they took off into the road. Bella looked out through the tinted window and couldn't help but prayed silently for their safety, 'Please' she thought, 'Please, let them be safe'

Inside the jeep, an awkward silence filled the air between the siblings as Adrian flicked his attention occasionally to Rosalie, who had surprisingly silenced during their trip and couldn't help but asked if something was bothering her. Rosalie shook her head in denied and told him to focus on their plan.

"Come on" persuaded the bronze haired male to her as he looked out through the window on his side in search for the tracker as well as Emmett among the dark forest, "Is this about Bella?" he asked.

"Can we just not talk about the human?" she said.

"Rose. You know I love you right?" he said, turning his eyes away from the road to his sister as he watched her beautiful golden brown eyes swirling with unreadable emotions about his relationship with Bella, "You're my sister. I know we're not close or anything but I'm still considering you as my family. I know you hate Bella and I know you're jealous with her because she had everything you wanted to be. A human. I know you don't want this life. I know you want to have a family and grew older. But please, don't hate her because of that-"

Ping!

Cutting his conversation short, the bronze haired young vampire pushed his hand deeper into the pocket of his leather jacket and looked down to his phone to see a message sent by Emmett, "He's in position" he whispered softly to her as his dark amber eyes flicked briefly to the rear window to see a black silhouette following them from behind, "Get ready" he said as he cut the engine off suddenly as if the jeep was broken in the middle of the road.

"Shit!" he cursed, acting perfectly like he was panicked over the sudden broken jeep, as he pulled his seatbelt off of his body before turning his attention to so-called Bella with an apologetic look upon his face, "It seems the jeep's broke down, Bella" he said, purposely spoken the brunette haired young woman's name to blonde haired woman underneath the cap to confuse the tracker. He opened the door of his seat and slowly took a step out from the jeep to see the so-called cause, "I'm gonna check it out. You just stay here and don't get out from the jeep alright"

'Bella', who had been silenced since the jeep broke down, gave the bronze haired vampire a nod and ducked her down in an anxious gesture as she try to hide her real face from the view. The youngling vampire took a step out from the vehicle and flashed towards the hood to see the engine in attempt of finding something.

A sudden sound of broken twig instantly put him into a full alert as he turned around to see James lurched himself forward to him. Adrian let himself being off guard and grunted loudly in pain as he pressed him firmly onto the hood of the jeep, breaking two of his left ribs, "I've got you now, youngling" grinned the tracker sadistically as he threw him away from the vehicle onto the tree standing by the side of the road.

Moaning, Adrian pushed himself up from the dirty ground underneath him and looked up to see James flashed to the passenger side for 'Bella', "N-No!" he shouted with fear and horror plastered across his handsome face.

A loud dark laugh answered his plead as he grabbed the female out from the jeep to mock the youngling, "Now… now" grinned the tracker mockingly as he pulled the girl closer onto his chest, trapping her with his hand circling around her fragile neck, "There's no need to be angry" he said.

The bronze haired vampire slowly got himself up and couldn't help but crouched slightly as he wrapped his right arm around his chest to ease the pain coming out from his broken ribs, "Y-You bastard" he growled, struggling to straighten himself from his crouch as he waited for Emmett to ambush the tracker from behind.

"You know, I never thought this hunt will be end so easily" murmured James as he tilted his head to side, narrowing his dark crimson slightly at the young immortal as he tightened his grip on the female's neck as if to test his reaction of him catching his human. Seeing the suspicious within his red eyes, Adrian flicked his attention briefly to the silhouette standing not far from them and nodded as he lurched himself towards the tracker mockingly in hope catching his attention on him rather than the person heading towards him from behind.

James smirked at the youngling foolishness of attacking him while he held his human in hostess and was stunned in surprised when a pair of strong firm arms suddenly caught the tracker around his shoulder as the female, who he thought was the said human he been itch to drink, pulled herself from his grip strong. She turned around and pulled the cap she was wearing off from her head to show him her true identity. It was one of the coven female members. She was wearing the human's clothes in hope of using her scent to lure him into a trap. Cursing himself for fallen into a trap, the dirty blond haired vampire looked up at the beautiful blonde haired woman and was instantly greeted with a wooden stake stabbed into his heart, ending his immortal life as he fell limply within the big dark haired vampire's arms.

Letting the dead vampire go, Emmett took out a bottle of gasoline from his pocket and poured it down onto the body before burning it into nothing but a pile of ashes on the ground. Rosalie made her way to the injured bronze haired male and helped him getting his bearing back by pulling his left arm around her neck to support him as his ribs slowly began to heal.

"You're alright, there buddy?" asked Emmett to his younger brother as he took the burden off from his Rose and carried the injured vampire to his jeep.

"Y-Yeah" grunted the male as he entered the back seat, mindful of his broken ribs as he leaned himself heavily onto the seat while waiting for his healing skill to kick in, "Call Carlisle and ask him about the woman" he said, taking off his leather jacket and lifted his dark blue shirt off to see the dark bruise on the side of his chest.

Rosalie took her place by the passenger seat and pulled out her phone to call their Sire, "Hello, Carlisle" greeted Rosalie to the person behind the line as she looked up to rear window to see her injured brother, "We're already took care of James. How's your end?" she asked.

"We managed to spot Victoria circling around the house" answered Carlisle as the rustling sound echoed softly behind the background, indicating that they were on the move of chasing something or someone, "But unfortunately, she managed to escape from us and ran towards the Canadian border"

Hearing the words, Adrian looked up from his musing over his broken ribs and leaned over the blonde haired vampire to take the phone. Rosalie rolled her eyes at his antic and gave him her phone as she turned her attention to her mate to them some privacy. The sound of their conversation accompanied the siblings as they drove down the road to meet the others the chief's house. Adrian bid his Sire goodbye and gave the phone back to its owner, "The woman, Victoria. She managed to escape from Carlisle and ran towards the Canadian border" repeated the bronze haired vampire to his siblings as he turned his head to the side with anger and frustration at his failure of killing the other vampire.

"So, what now?" asked the dark haired vampire, Emmett to his brother as he shifted his attention briefly to the rear mirror to see him.

"Now, we wait and see" he said as he narrowed his dark amber eyes deeply in thought at the missing vampire, "She's come for me, one day. Alice will see when she decides, and we'll be ready"

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Hearing her phone ringing at the upcoming call, the young brunette woman quickly abandoned her half eaten meal and pushed her hand into the pocket of her jeans to answer the call. She looked down at the written name flashed within the screen of her phone and couldn't help but gasped softly in surprised as she instantly swiped the answer button, "Hello" she greeted the caller as she raised her eyes to the couple sitting before her inside a café.

"Bella" answered the caller to her greeting as a soft relief smile began to carve its way on her lips at the familiar smooth voice entering her ear.

"Adrian"

"Hey" a soft chuckle answered her as she stood up from her seat to have a moment of privacy with her boyfriend.

"Is everything alright?" she asked as she opened the door of café and took a seat at the bench located on the side of the café's entrance, "How's Charlie?"

"Everything's fine. Charlie is well. We managed to kill the tracker but…"

"But what?" questioned Bella to him as she waited for the man to continue his explanation

Hearing a deep breath buzzing within the line, she leaned herself heavily against the bench and silently listened to him as he told her about Victoria, "So, what now?" she asked as she absentmindedly chew the bottom of her lips anxiously at the thought of her coming back to kill her and the Cullen.

"Now" he said, "I want you to take the first flight here and bring you back home to see Charlie"

"What about Victoria?"

"…We'll figure it out somehow. In the mean time, let's us focus on bringing you home"

"Alright" smiled the beautiful young girl warmly at the thought of him coming here to see her as she tightened her grip on her phone briefly, anticipating to see him again as she turned her head to the window to see Edward paid for her lunch and made their way to her with his girlfriend by his side.

"Ok, I'll see you soon..." bid the bronze haired vampire behind the line, "I love you, Bella"

Feeling nothing but happiness and warmth flooding inside her chest at those three little words, Bella returned it by saying, "Love you too, Adrian" and ended the call with huge smile adorned on her heart-shaped face. Alice, who had eavesdropping the conversation between the couple, skipped her way to the human girl and slowly pulled her into a big icy hug, "I'm so happy for you" she squealed, pulling her mate with her as he rolled his bright golden brown eyes fondly at his mate's antic.

"Come on, ladies" said the mind-reader Cullen to them as he leaded both of the women to the car, "We have a flight to catch"

With that, they drove back to their hotel and began to pack their things for their flight back home. Bella zipped up her bag and shouldered it out from the room to meet the others by the door. Edward took her duffle bag along with theirs and leaded both of the women to the lift as Alice pulled out her phone from her handbag to call her family about their flight home. After three hours flight from Phoenix to Seattle, they walked out from the gateway and instantly greeted by the rest of Cullen, "Carlisle! Esme!" squealed the dark haired petite woman to her parent as she skipped her way through the sea of people inside the airport and pulled both of the older vampires into a big icy hug as she told them how glad she was to see them again.

Bella walked slowly behind the others and looked up to see Adrian waiting patiently for her beside his family. Seeing him again, she let go of her bag and let it fell onto the floor as she quickly walked to the handsome man for a hug, "Oh god" she murmured, tightening her hold around his body in relief of seeing him again as she pulled away to fully see the bronze haired Adonis.

The bronze haired young man hugged her in returned and slowly pulled himself away from the brunette woman to gave her a big warm smile upon his face, "Bella" greeted the young man softly to her, "It's good to see you again"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah" he nodded, "I'm fine"

"Thanked god"

Pulling her back into his embrace, Adrian kissed her forehead affectionately and couldn't help but tightened his hold around briefly as he turned his eyes to his older brother. Edward shifted his attention away from his mate and looked at the couple as he gave him a nod for his thought. He thanked his brother silently inside his mind and pulled away as he took her bag before leading her back to his family.

Ever since she came back from Phoenix, the relationship between both of them had become more intimate than ever before. Before then, there was a gap between them. A line that neither of them wouldn't want to cross. It was a thin line that is so dangerous that if she ever crossed that line, the relationship that they had would be broken and they would be back being nothing but stranger to each other. She knew she was different from him. They lived in two different worlds. She was nothing but a tiny human while he was a vampire that could instantly kill her if he wishes to. She could still remember the conversation that she had with the blonde haired woman, Rosalie. She had confessed to her that she loves him and she wasn't going to use him as a medium of becoming immortal because she was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. She knew there's part of him. A part that she didn't know how dominant it might be. The part that thirsted for her blood and yet, she willing to take the risk. Just so, she could spend the rest of her life with him.

Giving herself a final look on her full length mirror of the corner of her room, she took her purse and cardigan from her nightstand and made her way downstairs to meet her date to her school's prom. She stopped at the bottom of the stairs and walked into the living room to see Adrian, who was in a deep conversation with his father about fishing.

He looked up at her presence and couldn't help but stunned momentarily by her beauty as he gave her his usual warm smile, "Bella" greeted the handsome man as he stood up from the couch to meet her.

Charlie, who had a surprisingly wonderful conversation with the Cullen boy, turned around and smiled as he saw how beautiful his daughter is. Seeing her standing there with her sleeveless dark blue ruffled dress that she bought during her last minute shopping before the prom, he couldn't help but thought how much she looked like Renee back then when she was young, "You look beautiful, Bella" he said, watching the boy closely as he made his way to her.

"Just like your name" added Adrian softly to her as he took her left wrist into his hand to present her a beautiful dark blue rose's corsage that Alice made just for her. He tied the white laces around her wrist and took her other hand to place a gentle chaste kiss upon her knuckle, "Thank you for giving me a chance to escort such a beautiful woman to prom" said the bronze haired man with a fake English accent which earned him a slap on his arm for his teasing.

Clearing his throat at the teenagers standing inside the hallway of his house, Charlie turned his attention to the boy and gave him a look, saying 'do-anything-impropriate-thing-on-her-and-die', as he crossed his arms firmly against his chest, "Are you gonna take a good of my daughter?" he asked in the typical protective father tone.

Adrian plastered a nervous polite smile on his face at the look and flicked his attention briefly to his date as he promised the father that he'll take a good care of his beloved daughter, "I'll bring her home by ten" he said, raising his hand for a hand shake before leaving them for a moment of privacy as he went to his car.

The chief turned his attention to his daughter and said, "I've put a can of pepper spray in your purse just in case"

"Dad" whined the brunette haired young woman embarrassedly at his action and couldn't help but rolled her eyes fondly as she gave her father a big warm hug for his concern, "I'll see you soon" she said, kissing him on his cheek as she made her way to the boy's car.

Watched them silently from the window, Charlie gave the young couple a small ghostly smile at their antic and couldn't help but gave the boy his blessing as they pulled away from the driveway, 'I hope you're happy with him, Bella' he thought as he turned back to the living room to watch his game.

"I can't believe you actually manage to talk to me of going to a prom with you" said Bella to the driver as he drove them to a lodge booked by her school for their prom near the town.

"Well, I can be very persuasive" said the bronze haired young man to her as he gave her a wink which earned him a melodious laugh from the beautiful brunette woman sitting beside him before pulling his car over briefly at the entrance of the lodge as he told her to wait for him as he went to find a spot to park his car. She nodded in agreed to his request and took a seat one of the benches outside of the lodge as she watched him drove his car deeper into the lot to find of free parking spot.

"Bella!"

A familiar young voice greeted the brunette haired woman as she snapped her attention away from her musing and turned around to see her childhood friend, Jacob walking towards her from the forest behind her, "Jacob. Hey" smiled Bella to the young man as she stood up from her seat to meet him.

The young Quileute smiled brightly at her warm greeting and looked up and down on her figure as he complimented her for her look with a hint of ghostly blush colored his tan cheeks, "Y-You look nice" he said as he tucked his hands awkwardly into the pocket of his slacks in attempt of hiding his obvious crush on the older girl.

"Thanks" said the beautiful older woman to him as she took his appearances. He was wearing a long sleeve white shirt, a pair of black slack and a green and white striped tie around the collar, "Are you crashing the prom or something?" she asked, "Did you come with a date?"

"No" answered Jacob as he walked up to his childhood's crush and stood firmly in front of her, "My dad paid me to come talk to you. Twenty bucks" he shrugged as he gave her a small awkward smile for his excuse.

"Let's hear it then" humored Bella to him as she crossed her arms over her chest to shield herself from the cold evening breeze.

Jacob fidgeted slightly within his spot at the attention given by his crush and looked up at her with nervousness plastered upon his youthful face, "Just don't get mad okay?" he said, earning a nod from the older girl as he continued to explain the reason of him seeing the brunette haired girl, "He wants you to break up with your boyfriend. It just, he said, quote" paused the young Quileute briefly as he made the so-called quote gesture with his hands, "'we'll be watching you'"

"Okay" answered the brunette haired woman awkwardly as her pair of warm brown eyes narrowed slightly at the meaning behind the spoken words as she placed her hand onto his shoulder, "well, tell him 'Thanks'" she said as she made the so-called quote hand gesture in returned at her words.

"Okay"

"Hello"

A smooth velvet voice cut in between the two friends as a handsome bronze haired man made his appearance beside Bella. Adrian turned his attention to the young Quileute and couldn't help but plastered a small polite smile on his face as he greeted the young boy, "You're must be Jacob Black, Billy's son. I'm Adrian Cullen" he said as he raised his hand to him for a hand shake.

"Y-Yeah" answered the boy awkwardly to the Cullen as he felt slightly intimidated by his presence. There's something dangerous about the Cullen that sent shiver down onto his spine. Ever since he first met them with his father, he couldn't help but wondered if the legend about them was true, "Nice to meet you too" he replied as he slowly shook his icy cold hand with his warm ones.

Bella turned her attention away from her friend to the handsome man standing beside her and smiled beautifully at him as she gave him a kiss upon his icy cheek, "Did you find a spot to park your Audi" she asked him as she watched him placed her white cardigan over her shoulder to warm her from the cold evening air.

"Yeah" answered the bronze haired man as he returned the kiss with his own on her lips, "I hope you didn't wait too long for me" he said as he turned his unique golden brown eyes back to the Quileute boy.

"Oh, no. Not at all" she said as she flicked her attention back to her friend with a warm smile adorned on her coral colored lips, "Jacob's here accompany me while I'll waited for you"

"I see"

Feeling slightly awkward at the stare he received from the Cullen, Jacob reluctantly bid Bella his goodbye and slowly disappeared into the forest where he hid his motorcycle.

Adrian watched the Quileute boy walked his way back to the forest and began to lead his lady to the entrance as they made their way to the prom, "I leave you alone for two minutes and the wolves descend" he joked as he gave another glanced over his shoulder to make sure the boy leave from their land.

"Hey" scolded Bella as she lightly slapped her hand onto his chest, "He's a good kid"

"Yeah, but he's had undeniable crush on you. I feel threaten"

Chuckled, Bella wrapped her arms around his waist and gave her boyfriend a kiss on his cheek, saying, "You're the one for me" as they walked down the red carpet to the arch standing near the entrance. She looked up and groaned slightly under her breath as she reluctantly walked towards it, "I still can't believe you're making me do this" she said as they walked under a white and black arch written 'Casino Monte Carlo' on top of it for a picture.

Adrian laughed softly at her grumbling and wrapped his right arm around her waist as he told her to smile for the picture, "It's not that bad" he grinned as they entered the place. The catchy dance music burst loudly within the lodge as both of them entered the room and glanced around the sea of people for some familiar faces among the crowd.

Bella turned her head to her left and was instantly greeted by two familiar faces, Mike and Jessica, posing perfectly next to each other for a picture. Jessica looked up and couldn't help but gave her a friendly wave at her arrival. The brunette haired woman smiled at her greeting and gave her a scandalous thumb up as she motioned to her chest. Jessica rolled her eyes fondly at the gesture and gave her a knowing look as she motioned to her own partner beside her.

Next, she met Angela and Eric by the deejay table, playing wonderful songs for the dance as they waved at her and her date after seeing them by the dance floor. Bella waved them in returned and turned her head to her partner, saying "Can we go?" as she glanced at the people dancing around her uncomfortably.

Taking a pity on her, Adrian nodded and leaded her away from the dance floor to a beautiful lighten gazebo outside of lodge. A soft slow song began to play from the speaker as they looked up to see two young couple dancing together underneath the beautiful decorated gazebo. He guided her to the centre of the floor and hold out his hand for her as he asked her to dance, "Shall we?" he said as he gave her a beautiful charming smile in attempt of persuading her to agree.

"I-I'm not good at dancing, remember" stuttered the brunette haired young woman embarrassedly to him as he slowly took both of her arms and placed it around his neck.

"Ah, but it doesn't mean we couldn't" shrugged the vampire as he placed his hands onto her petite waist. Slowly and surely, both of them gently swayed together to the beautiful rhythm as she leaned her body closer to him and placed her head contently against his shoulder with her warm brown eyes closed at the soft song coming from the speaker.

I was a quick-wet boy

Diving too deep for coins

All of your street light eyes

Wide on my plastic toys

Then when the cops closed the fair

I cut my long baby hair

Stole me a dog-eared map

And called for you everywhere

"See, it's not that bad" said Adrian as he looked down at the beautiful woman within his arms with a warm smile adorned on his face.

Bella lifted her head briefly from his shoulder and couldn't help but chuckled as she nodded in agree to his words, "Yeah, maybe it's not so bad after all" she shrugged as he twirled her around, earning a soft laughter from the maiden before pulling her once again into his embrace. He kissed her forehead affectionately and slowly parted his mouth to sing along with the song as he danced with her underneath the beautiful lightened gazebo.

Have I found you?

Flightless bird, jealous, weeping

Or lost you?

American mouth

Big pill looming

Hearing his smooth velvet voice singing along with the song, she lifted her head up and looked at the handsome bronze haired man in surprised as he continued to sing.

Now I'm a fat house cat

Nursing my sore blunt tongue

Watching the warm poison rats

Curl through the wide fence cracks

Pissing on magazine photos

Those fishing lures

Thrown in the cold and clean

Blood of Christ mountain stream

"I don't know you can sing" murmured Bella softly to him as she watched the two young couple, who were dancing along with them, slowly leaved the gazebo into the lodge.

"Yeah, well, I'm full of surprises"

Have I found you?

Flightless bird, grounded, bleeding

Or lost you?

American mouth

Big pill stuck going down

Leaning himself closer and closer to her, he gently cupped the back of her neck and slowly pulled her into a deep passionate kiss as the song slowly coming to end, "I love you" he whispered, gazing deeply into her pair of warm brown as the moon shined brightly within the starry skies, witnessing a new blooming love between a vampire and a mortal. Unaware by the couple dancing underneath the starry night, a pair of bright crimson eyes watched them closely from the shadows before it slowly disappeared into the night.

The End

A/N: First, I want to apologies to all the readers if they were many grammar mistakes or spelling throughout the story. English is not really my language. So, I tried as hard as I could to minimize the mistakes. Sorry. Next, I would like to thank all the reviewers as well as the readers who favorite and follow this story. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. And if you want more of 'The Twilight Sage: Adrian's story' please leave a comment or review on the box below. I really want to know what your view is regarding about the story. Is it good? Or is it rubbish? If you want me to continue it throughout the Twilight series, please tell me and I'll try as hard as I can to write it for you guys. Until then…