We Belong
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Chapter Three—Diodes and Diane
"Wait, Mates? But I thought you guys were Irish? Aren't mates Australian or something like that?" I asked confusedly as Edward continued to nuzzle into my neck. I jumped slightly as I heard a deep chuckle erupt from him causing my whole body to shake. Little more giggles and laughs came from most everyone in the room as I sat there befuddled and very annoyed at their response.
"It wasn't a joke you know…I'm being completely serious here." I muttered lowly as I let my lower lip encase my upper in a tiny pout.
"Were sorry, Bella. We just didn't expect that reaction from you." Carlisle replied sincerely as he smiled warmly at me, although I could see the underlying layer of amusement shining through.
"Yeah well you never answered my questions." I answered back quickly, my curiosity practically burning a whole in my brain.
"You couldn't possibly have been serious!" Emmett boomed from across the room as his laughter shook the house. His laugh was more than contagious and I couldn't help the small smile that formed on my face as I watched him chuckle shamelessly. I watched as Rosalie smacked the back of his head in a sign of reprimand but even she beheld a tiny smirk on her face from his antics.
"Why shouldn't I be?" I questioned, trying to bring the focus back to the problem at hand. You know the one where some mad mafia man is holding me hostage in his steel grip. And to make matters worse nuzzling into my neck.
"Isabella," I grimaced at the use of my full name. "Sorry. Bella." He corrected. "That type of mate and our kind of mate our two very different things." Carlisle clarified as he shot a worrying glance at his youngest son.
"But what exactly is the difference?" I nearly snapped, my inquisitiveness quickly dissolving into anger. I'm not a very patient person.
"Dear, um you see mating as seen in our kind is much stronger than that of most others." Esme sputtered out finally. I could tell by the way she worded things and her uncomfortable expression that she was pussy footing something. Something big. Oh, and what do they mean by their kind? Do they mean their mafia business?
"Your kind?" I spoke confusedly as I pried my hands from Edward's grasp. He let out a funny noise that was something between a whine and a growl. My eyes widened at such an inhuman sound coming from him but continued to squirm my way out of his arms.
I let out a huff in frustration as I saw each individual in the room share a similar glance. One of secrecy. Because that's what we need right now more secrecy. After what seemed like a millennia on my part Carlisle finally answered my question. Well one of them.
"Yes, our kind. We aren't like other people, Bella." I rolled my eyes in obviousness as he spoke these words. Yes because all people's deranged son hold their houseguest hostage.
"What were meaning to say, Bella is that were different in more ways than just being a mafia family." My brow furrowed in confusion at Esme's words and I silently urged her to continue. Not trusting myself not to say or do something stupid.
"You know what fuck it!" Emmett yelled from across the couch. "Bella were vampires."
Vampires? Like Dracula and The Count? Or that show Vampire Diaries? Maybe those god-awful movies about that girl and that vampire dude? Now that I think about it our society likes Vampires very much.
I snapped back into reality at the sound of a loud ferocious growl resounding off the walls. A string of curse words flew free as I was pushed tightly against Edward's stone chest. My struggles were useless against the bigger man's strength. In desperation I even tried biting down on his chest but in the end I'm pretty sure it hurt me more than him.
"Well if were getting a confessional than I might as we let you know that I'm a fucking Teletubby." I muttered sarcastically into Edward's chest not at all expecting them to hear. But judging by the laugh that could only belong to Emmett
"Edward, son release her." Carlisle began but was yet again cut off by one of Edward's ever so famous snarls. He gripped me even tighter to his chest and brought his chin down to rest of my head.
"At least allow the poor girl to breathe!" Esme cried from somewhere in front of me. I couldn't see much more than darkness of Edward's button down shirt. At Esme's out burst I felt cool—not to cold but not to warm—hands cup my face gently and pull me from the darkness.
"You okay?" Edward's velvety voice spoke to me as he monitored my deep heavy breathing. I smacked his offending hands away from my face as I pushed myself away from his chest and further down his lap.
"Oh, yeah I'm fine. I'll just totally over look the fact that I'm being kidnap by lunatics who think they're vampires. Yup, I'd say I'm just fucking peachy." I shouted at him as I angrily dodged his arms, which were no doubt going to pull me back towards him.
"Don't touch me." I growled in a rage as I pulled myself up off from his lap and swayed woozily on my feet. A heart-wrenching whining noise—that sounded much like a dying frog—came from Edward as he looked at me with wide puppy dog eyes and outstretched arms.
Something inside of me—don't ask what—was dying from his sadness and wanted more than to settle securely in his arms. But the other part—the more sensible one—was screaming at me to make a break for it. And so as any other sane person would've done I stood frozen in my spot for about 2 seconds before making a mad dash towards the front door.
I squealed loudly as familiar toned arms wrapped around my waist from behind. I tried to protest as he dragged me back over to the couch but I was to surprised by the amount of time—or lack of therefore—that it took us to get back on the couch and situated.
Inhumanly fast.
Inhumanly strong.
Inhumanly pale.
Inhumanly beautiful.
Inhuman…Vampires…NO! Bad Bella! I scolded myself. This is what they want me to believe. They want me to fall for their craziness hook, line, and sinker but I refuse. They belong in a mental asylum, each and every one of them.
"I-I just don't understand." I muttered pathetically as I let my head drop into my hands. I felt something soft and cool run along the back of my neck and it felt quite nice. Made me relax a bit. That was until I figured out it was Edward's tongue.
"Ew." I muttered like the bitchy child in Lilo and Stitch as I snapped my neck away from Edward's face. " Did he just lick me!?" I exclaimed disgusted as Edward resumed his actions.
"Bella there's a lot you need to understand—," Jasper began to say before I rudely but him off.
"Damn right there is!" I yelled pointedly as I tried to push Edward's face and tongue away from my neck. "Stop that!" I huffed aggrievedly as Edward continued to slobber all over me.
"Bella he's scenting you." Jasper finished calmly. How can he be so calm at a time like this?
"Scenting? Scenting? What the fuck does that even mean!" I asked in an exasperated manner. "Oi Vey…" I murmured to myself as I brought my hands up to rub my temples.
"He's leaving his scent on you." Jasper somewhat expanded.
"Stop doing that!" I whispered darkly. Everyone's eyes shot to Edward who was still nuzzling my neck
"No not him! Well yes him too, but urgh! God damnit can somebody please just tell me the whole damn story!" I yelled loudly tears of anger stinging the back of my eyes. All to soon a wave of calm, similar to the one before washed over me. After my breathing had restored itself to the normal in-out system Carlisle began to speak.
"Believe it or not Bella but Vampires have been roaming this Earth unknown since sometime in the A.D. In the beginning some found it stupid to have to hide our true identities and so revealed what we truly were—monsters. Over the next century or so chaos ensued and many innocent people died. It was for this reason that a Vampire government was formed and with it certain rules—much similar to that of your laws and constitutions—were to be followed.
"Around 200 years ago when I still worked for the Volturi—our government—a dear friend of mine by the name Diodes mated. But not the usual type of mating that had been seen before where two lonely vampires would meet and claim each other as equals. No Diodes fell in love with a human woman, Diane.
"Diane and Diodes were very much in love, it would've taken a fool not to see that. Unfortunately for the two lovers most Vampires are just that, fools. Aro, the Vampire leader, forbid Diodes of ever seeing Diane if he wished for her to live. And so as any mated Vampire would've done, Diodes left in order to protect his love.
"Aro and his crew however had other plans for Diane. They stole her away in the dead of the night and continued to do tests and research on her like some lab rat. They wished to see how such a strong connection could form between a human and a Vampire. As if sensing his love's suffering Diodes returned to France.
"At the sight of his mangled and violated mate Diodes was thrown into a sense of rage. Killing and harming everything and everyone in his path to her. During his fight to protect her Aro stepped in and resolutely killed her by drinking ever last drop of blood him her body. Normally Aro would've killed any Vampire brave enough to defy him but due to his curiosity to the new realization he kept Diodes alive.
"At least for as long as he could survive without his mate. You see the connection is so strong that after a long time apart you can't withstand it anymore and are driven insane. Diodes came to me, begging for me to end his suffering and so I did. And contrary to other Vampires beliefs I can envision Diodes and Diane living peacefully somewhere above."
By the end of his story I was unsuccessfully fighting back tears and by what I could see I wasn't the only one. Alice had tears pouring from her electric eyes and Esme and Rosalie both looked like they wished to cry but the tears wouldn't fall. I felt Edward's cool tongue on my face as he slowly wiped away all the tears. I wanted nothing more than to yell at him to stop but I just couldn't find the energy.
"I did not tell you that story to sadden you, Isabella I just wish for you to see what will ultimately happen if you keep fighting the process." Carlisle finished off sorrowfully as his warm butterscotch eyes lost the joy they held minutes before.
"Wha-What happened after that?" I asked while trying to regain my voice and seem strong.
"Over the years more and more situations such as the one of Diodes and Diane occurred until finally Aro declared that having a human mate was acceptable. We came to realize that it wasn't just the vampire who couldn't live without their mate but the human as well.
"After the mating process is completed the human changes. Whether male or female their skin will begin to thicken—not as tough as ours but different from that of a humans, their eyes will remain the same color but will intensify to allow them to see better in the dark, their body will grow accustomed to the coldness of our bodies and thus the chilliness won't affect them. But the human mate will still have a beating heart, and properly functioning organs. They'll still be small and fragile and so easily breakable to other Vampires.
"It is for that reason that most Vampire mates will change their human mates into vampires to ensure an eternity of happiness and love." I closed my eyes tightly as I willed the tears away. There's no way out of this. This is all real. I won't wake up tomorrow as I did every other day before. I'll be different, not human.
It was then that the stress of the day hit me full on and I felt my body slowly giving in to the need of rest. My eyelids fluttered open ever so slightly, just enough to give me a good view of Edward's concerned face looming above me.
"She's tired." Jasper spoke from across the room. How did he know?
"I'll bring her to my room." Edward began to say as he lightly scooped my body up off the couch.
"No." I whispered ever so slightly. Becoming very frightened at the thought of being alone with him. In a bed. Alice seemingly sensing my thoughts jumped to the rescue.
"Edward let her sleep in the guest room for tonight. At least until she gets her bearings." Alice spoke in her soft voice while looking at me painfully. Edward growled lightly and pulled me closer to his body. My breathing quickened.
"The room is right next to yours, Edward. Her bed will be right up against the wall separating you to where your bed is located as well so you'll be there for her all night." Rosalie chimed in for the first time that night.
"Please." I softly pleaded with him, still keeping my eyes shut.
"Fine." Edward consented less than pleased by the thought of being away from me tonight.
"Yes, I think it's about time we all turned in for the night." Carlisle spoke while taking Esme's hand in his own. I smiled slightly at the strong love for one another that was so clearly shown. Not even a second later I was carefully placed on a small bed pushed up against a wall.
"Sleep well, Love." Edward's voice of velvet spoke softly to me as he placed a delicate kiss upon my forehead. In any other circumstance I probably would've slapped him but I was far too tired to care or even think straight. After tucking me in and turning off the lights I felt his presence leave the room. Only to return right on the other side of the wall.
That night I slept well and peacefully with my body resting more on the wall than the bed.
Let me start off with another ginormous THANK YOU to all the lovely people who reviewed and read and Favorited and followed and all that good stuff!
Secondly, I've recently written a second BxE fanfic so if you're looking for another fic to read just thought I'd let you all know. It's a Presidentward fanfic, called Innocent.
Thirdly I just want to get a few things straight about my vampires.
1). They DO sleep. They just don't sleep as much as humans need too.
2). They do drink animal blood-at least the Cullens-but their eyes only change color when they get really angry.
3). I don't know about Meyers vampires but mine do not just wake up in the morning feeling all sparkly and clean, they DO have to shower. But they don't poop and pee seeing as they don't eat anything.
4). Speaking of sparkly shit my vampires DO NOT SPARKLE!
5). They are very possessive and protective of their mates-especially before the mating process has been completed.
Now to answer some of your questions...
I was thinking about the next chapter being a quick EPOV but I just wanted to see if you guys would like that first. So tell me what ya think about that.
As for the ages of them all go they're a bit older than in Meyer's books so bear with me you'll understand why in later chapters
Bella-17
Alice-Changed at 19 being portrayed as 17
Edward-Changed at 21 being portrayed as 25
Emmett-Changed at 23 being portrayed as 27
Jasper-Changed at 22 being portrayed as 26
Rosalie-Changed at 22 being portrayed as 24
Carlisle-Changed at 29 being portrayed as 37
Esme-Changed at 27 being portrayed at 35
I hope that answered everyone's questions and if not please just review about it or message me and I'll be sure to get back to you (:
Sorry if this chapter was a disappointment...I didn't like it all that much. But please let me know how you feel about ANYTHING regarding the story or how I could possibly improve it.
So again thank you for all your support in the story, please check out my other one, oh and don't forget to review! (: