Thank you for your patients ^^; I have been very busy with my schoolwork but now I find myself with a moment of peace and a lot of inspiration. =)

Bella looked on at the lovely woman, her eyes fixed on the deep brown of her eyes. The white garb she wore was unlike any clothing line or designer she had ever seen from Alice. And Alice had it ALL. Bella wondered at the way the tight white jacket trailed out behind her, as a suite would on a man. And her white pants were tight, but with the right amount of give to allow for her quick movement.

"You surely must be Bella," Aurelli said, extending her pale hand out for Bella's. With a glance up at Edward, she caught a glimpse of the encouraging look he gave her. Edwards eyes were very bright and happy in the moment. So she went on.

"I am," she said, smiling tentatively and placing her hand in Aurelli's. It was, as she had anticipated, very cold and hard. Bella had learned to find a happy medium in the vampires. What would stir fear in others, stirred only calm and a sense of right in her.

Aurelli smiled quite brightly and let Bella's hand fall. "I have heard so much about you. To know that my closest friend has found the love of his life, it fills me with so much joy," she said. Everything about the way she spoke, especially with the light French accent, screamed formality at its peak.

"I haven't really heard much about you, though," Bella said. She looked at Edward accusingly. Aurelli let a light laugh escape her mouth, and it was one of the most beautiful sounds Bella had ever heard.

"You never did understand the meaning of surprise, Bella," Edward said, and Bella could hear the smile in his voice. She felt so happy in just hearing the way he sounded.

"I just like to feel in the loop," Bella said, trying for a comic air. It worked, they all grinned and Edward hugged her tighter to his side. She smiled and inhaled his scent, not as greedily as usual though in the presence of others.

"You smell so wonderful," Aurelli said.

"Thank you, I've heard that so much lately, I have just started taking it as a compliment," Bella joked, but in all seriousness, she was always felt a little odd hearing it.

"You should," Aurelli smiled, "You are so rare, and to have Edward by your side, rarer still. Very beautiful," Aurelli said. Bella just smiled, and let the compliments fill her, making her high on herself for a moment. She couldn't help thinking that this was one of the stranger vampires she'd ever met. Aurelli was so whimsical, so free spirited. Most vampires were older, serious. They had more of a calm and decided air about them, like an aura of wisdom of many years. Aurelli on the other hand, was so out there.

Jacob leaned against the wall of Emily and Sam's home, watching his brothers eat. He knew he was hungry, but couldn't quite find his appetite. His mind was filled with Aurelli, and to his annoyance and disappointment, so did all his brothers.

"Jake, eat, please," Emily said, smiling kindly. The scars that held a hard story of her past did nothing to diminish her beauty inside or out. Jake just smiled and took a few hot dogs from the table. He ate them quickly and looked up to see a slightly more, if not entirely, satisfied Emily.

"You don't have to worry, we aren't going to say the treaty is broken because of the rogue." Sam said. Sam had seen the moment of Aurelli and Jacobs meeting a thousand times over. He wasn't really thrilled about the idea of the vampire, but she was obviously no threat, and she was a little on the odd side as vampires went. Not to mention the fact that breaking the treaty just wasn't something he wanted to go through. The loss would be tragic on both sides, and completely avoidable, so he chose the latter.

Jacob just shrugged and let his mind wander back to her. He could think more freely when he was human. Wolf form didn't let him think so freely, not without the others, his brothers, knowing exactly what was on his mind. For the moment he let himself see every detail of the woman. Of Aurelli. She wasn't exactly a woman though, she looked very much around the age of eighteen or nineteen. She carried herself very carefully though. With a level of dignity that could match that of a dignitary.

Those eyes mesmerized him, so brown and deep. They differed slightly from the Cullen's eyes, but she was still a vampire. Of that, he was certain. The smell, too deep, too sweet, made him completely certain of that, but it wasn't as strong or pungent as the Cullen's. It was strange to him. She knew he was a wolf, and that didn't seem to bother her in the slightest. She seemed more curious than anything.

Strange though she might be, Jake couldn't shake the feeling that she had begun the long hard process of stealing his heart. It would be a long battle to tear his feelings away from Bella. All he could think now, was the sooner the better.

Aurelli sat wrapped in Edwards arms as everyone sat around the living room, listening to the stories Aurelli had to tell. Bella, from what she had heard so far, knew that Aurelli moved around more than a lot. She roamed the entire world twice over in the time she had been alive. The accent suggested she liked to spend most of her time in France though.

Her roaming finally led her here after she found out that Edward had found Bella. She was so happy for him and Bella could feel her sincerity.

"How did you two know each other," Bella finally asked. Edward smiled gently and Aurelli's eyes went soft.

"What a long story," Aurelli said with a smile.

"And a good one," Edward said kissing the top of Bella's head.

"And it all started ten years before Edward was changed." Aurelli began, and the room took on the most silent of airs.