Chapter 8

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I'm so sorry it took so long to update! I have been swap with work. Work is going to be coming up a lot in the next A/N I have a big on going project in which i organizing an entertainment convention and sometimes it take more of my time that I anticipated.

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She could hear the droplets of rain as they hit against the window. Every part of her body felt stretched and heavy and yet she somehow still felt relaxed. She could feel his fingers tracing softly from her shoulder to her hip, making her shiver and let out a peaceful sigh.

With the events of the previous night still fresh in her mind – Aria couldn't help but reminisce the night of passion they shared. She smiled feeling him leave open mouthed kisses at the nape of her neck and shoulder, his arm draped around her intertwining with her left hand.

"Mmm...Morning" He whispered in her ear; biting her earlobe in the process.

"Mmm...What time is it?" She rolled to face him, hiding her head in his chest.

"Who cares?" Aria was about to protest, but thought better of it. Really who cared? She was sure it was Saturday, and after yesterday's dinner fiasco and Victoria's death…. she wasn't in a rush to face the world.

"I knew you would see it my way…" She looked up at Damon with furrowed brows.

"How did you read-" Then she felt it like a humming in the back of her head, the connection was still open...

"Yup, apparently after the third round you just crashed and forgot to close it. I kind of like it this way"

"I'm sure you do" But she didn't rush to close it. He titled her chin upwards their lips meeting and dancing together in a slow passionate kiss.

"Mmm… I never thought I'd be my own cock block but we need to talk" Damon looked at Aria, her cheeks tinted with blush; her eyes full of lust and he groaned frustrated even more with his own idea.

"I'm sure it can wait" She knew he wanted to talk about her vision, but she just wanted to enjoy the moment for just a few more minutes. Her hand guided his head down to her lips one more time and he complied, his tongue joining hers exploring each other's mouth's for the hundredth time. Using his speed he rolled them so that she was now lying on her back underneath him.

Never breaking the kiss his hand wondered and explored her body. He smirked as he felt her tense and move against his wondering hands.

She could feel his hands tracing from her shoulder blade, to her hips and teasingly to her legs. Her breath quickened, her body quivering with goose bumps and then she tensed.

She felt her power surge, except this time it was different and it didn't feet right.

It burned and it hurt, it left her feeling numb, she tore away from the kiss, leaving Damon confused as he watched her gasping trying to control her breathing, trying to control her powers.

He could feel her power building up, but speed into action when he saw her withering in pain and then she started screaming.

"Aria!" He held her hands pressing his body to her pinning her to the bed.

"Damon! It hurts….it hurts" She let out a scream, the door to the room flew open and Stefan rushed in.

"Shit" Stefan quickly averted his eyes away from Damon and Aria, but he couldn't help but get a quick pick. Aria was withering in pain while Damon held her stopping her from tossing and as much as he wanted to help and figure out what the hell was going on; this was not a sight he wanted to see.

Damon glared at him "What the hell Stefan get out!" He yelled, trying his best to block with his body as much as he could Stefan's sight of Aria.

"Damon-"

"I'm serious Stefan or so help me god when this is over, I'll tear those eyes of yours out"

"Damon-"

"Didn't know this was a freaking peepshow, Stefan get the fuck out!"

"DAMON look!" Stefan pointed at Aria, and Damon turned to look at her. Her eyes were a bright green color and her hands seemed to be glowing, somewhere during the scene he had released her hands though he didn't know if it was because he saw she was no longer turning and tossing or because of what he saw.

"What the hell?"

Aria let out a sigh of relief as she felt the pain disappear but just like last night her hands were glowing. Her frightened eyes met Damon shocked ones.

"Damon…" And then she felt it - a rapidly burning rush of her powers as it expelled from her with a startled cry she watched as Damon quickly dodged the light of ball as it crashed into the mirror.

All three of them watched the mirror with bewilderment, Damon was the first to react flashing he put his boxers on, and quickly covered Aria with the sheets.

"That's seven years of bad luck" Damon said

"I don't think we need the mirror to know that" Came the soft reply from Stefan


"Wait… what? Damon is a Vampire?"

"So is his brother… the way he killed Victoria, he's certainly powerful" Edward explained

"What a hypocrite! All this time she was… dating one and telling me not to be with you…"

"Bella…"

"I'm coming with you"

"No" Edward replied watching as she gathered a few clothes. She locked herself in the bathroom before emerging a few minutes later all changed.

"Look like you said, you're going to talk with Damon and Stefan and figure out more about them. I need to talk with her, and who knows maybe if I'm there they'll be more willing to share?"

"It's Aria we're talking about, somehow I doubt that."

"I'm going"

"You can't, Bella if you provoke them I can't protect you! None of us can"

"I highly doubt my sister would let them kill me." Somehow Edward wasn't so sure…

"I'm going, and that's final"


"See I told you it couldn't have waited" Damon scolded.

They were now seated at the kitchen counter, Aria now dressed in her underwear with only Damon's black shirt from last night covering her she drunk the tea that Stefan had kindly made her. While Damon who had put on his boxers and pants was standing beside her, leaving Stefan seated next to her.

"What happened?" Stefan was the first to ask

"I- I have no idea… it just started last night after I woke up from the nap"

"You had a vision, that's how you knew about the girl?" Damon asked putting the pieces together.

"I think so; I think my powers are growing"

"I don't understand… your powers have being gradually growing over the years but nothing like this" Stefan added, and Aria couldn't help but wonder what the hell was going on.

What Stefan said was true; her powers had been gradually growing. Occasionally she would learn a new thing or two, but it never hurt, it never got so out of control - most importantly her eyes did not change color.

"I think in the meantime you shouldn't use your powers at all" Stefan said looking at Aria as she contemplated his proposal.

"Yeah... That might have to wait" Looking through the window Damon saw two BMW cars pull up at the front of the house.

"Damon you can't-" Aria watched as Stefan stopped mid-sentence, probably hearing whatever Damon had heard.

'What's the plan' Stefan mouthed and Aria watched as Damon made a line across his neck a clear sign for the trio to 'kill them'.

Confused she peek from the kitchen window to find the Cullen's making their way to the front door along with Bella. She swatted Damon's arm mouthing 'No', No he couldn't kill them.

The trio watched the front door waiting for the doorbell to ring, and when they finally heard it - Aria casually walked to open it ignoring Damon's silent call not to.


Bella wasn't sure what to expect, her sister and her never really got along. But now they went in a span of two weeks to not getting along to not knowing each other at all. She didn't know what to expect once Aria answered the door, she was angry at her but she was also curious as to how and why did she ended up with Damon and just what more secrets did she have hidden?

Bella saw Aria open the door just a notch, enough to get a look at them but clearly stating that they were not invited.

"You're not welcome here"

"Aria... We just want to talk to Damon and Stefan" Carlisle said

"We promise nothing else, just talk" Alice added.

She watched as Aria's expression changed, her eyebrows furrowing in anger at Alice's statement. .


Not even five minutes had passed since she opened the door and Alice was already trying to pry into her mind. And they said they wanted nothing more but talk.

"says the girl who's trying to get into my mind" She watched Alice stifle a gasp - surprised that she had caught her in the act and most importantly answer telepathically to her..

"How did you do that" Aria glanced at Edward had he heard what she said? Interesting...so he was a mind reader. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Know what?" Emmett asked, although it was clear Emmett was the only oblivious of the group and the rest had caught on fast that the trio just had a silent conversation between them.

Aria felt Damon's arm's wrap around her waist peeking from the back of her shoulder at the Cullen's

"Isn't it a bit early for social visits?" As soon as the words left his mouth, Aria felt the tension emanating from the Cullen's, sure that Damon would be enjoying their discomfort and edginess "You know people are trying to do… well other things"

Aria didn't have to turn around to figure he'd wiggle his eyes suggestively, the Cullen's seem unfazed by his comment except for Bella, who with their inconvenient attires must have put two and two together before blushing and turning away from Damon's stare.

"Damon, we were wondering if we could talk with you and your brother" Esme calmly asked.

Damon glanced at her once, before his eyes settled on Edward. He shrugged "It's your funeral" He opened the door the rest of the way, letting them pass.

As soon as Jasper being the last of them stepped through the door and into the living room Damon turned to Aria "Put some clothes on will you" She raised an eyebrow watching him walk toward the living room before he second guessed himself and turned to look at her "ugh…please"

She smiled, and he rolled his eyes. Once he disappeared into the living room with the rest of the Cullen's and Stefan, she turned to head upstairs and was surprised to find Bella leaning on the rail waiting for her.

"I need to talk to you"

"Apparently you do" Ignoring her she side stepped her, ascending the stairs towards her room.

"Why didn't you tell me about Damon being a vampire or Stefan for that matter?"

Aria rolled her eyes; sometimes her sister asked the most idiotic questions of all times. "Why didn't you?"

Entering her bedroom she turned to look at Bella doing that fish thing with her mouth whenever she was caught off guard and had no words to say "yeah... thought so"

She looked around the bedroom, gathering their clothes from last night that were scattered all around. She could feel Bella staring, looking around her bedroom; she could sense her insecurities and curious thoughts of her last night activities with Damon.

"Wild night?" She timidly asked

"Mmm… you could say that" Both girls turned to look at Damon leaning against the door frame.

"Aren't you supposed to be downstairs?" Bella watched with interest as Damon made his way towards her sister.

"True but, Stefy insisted I put on a shirt…so I do believe this" He said fingering the black shirt Aria was wearing "Is mine…" His skilled finger unbuttoning with a tug button by button.

Damon smirked feeling Bella staring at them, he couldn't get over the amusement that the girl was still a virgin. Sure it wasn't uncommon but for having a vampire boyfriend now that was a sight, he could smell her blood heating and rushing just by watching the scene between them.

Damon reached the last button, grabbing Aria by the back of her neck and kissing her, his tongue invading her mouth as he watched from the corner of his eyes, Bella's curious eyes watching them.

"mm.. we have to start thinking of charging for peep shows" Damon said, sliding his shirt from Aria's shoulder and putting in on, he turned to Bella "You really don't know when to look away do you? That's twice already"

Bella blushed, her gaze instantly lowering to the floor. Damon smirked passing her by heading towards the stairs, but not before whispering "kind of makes you wish your boyfriend wasn't so old fashion huh?"

"Damon" Aria warned putting a shirt on quickly

"Relax… I'm going already"

Bella couldn't deny that there was some truth behind what Damon had said. She wished Edward wouldn't be so old fashioned, she was ready to take that next step, she wanted him but he still wouldn't get past just kissing her. Hell she was more close to getting somewhere with Jacob than Edward….

She loved the relationship she had with Edward, that they could trust each other and would do anything for each other but no matter how much she wanted to deny it she was jealous of her sister's relationship with Damon. How raw and passionate it was, and she wondered how it would be if Edward wasn't so stuck in his ways…


"Alright, so what's so important that you just had to disrupt my wonderful Saturday…." Damon looked over at the clock "afternoon."

The Cullen's where sited at the couch, with Carlisle in the middle, and Esme at his side. Leaving Rosalie and Edmund on each corner, Alice and Jasper on the Lover Seat, and Emmett like a good little bodyguard standing behind his siblings leaning on the wall.

Stefan and Damon on the other hand, chose to be standing near the fireplace. Damon with his usual bourbon in hand.

"We just felt... we left things yesterday under unsettling circumstances. We're not your enemies"

"Well good because we're not yours either" Stefan replied.

"Now, now brother don't be too quick to decide that" Damon answered cunningly.

"We just thought we should get to know each other a bit better, if that's okay with you?" Esme looked at the brothers waiting for an answer; Damon scoffed rolling his eyes at her.

"Yeah...we tried that, like yesterday…. which by the way nice excuse with the whole vegetarian thing" Damon replied.

"We have been around long enough to dodge out of those unpractical situations" Carlisle calmly explained.

"huh… and how long are we talking about?" Damon pried.

"You first" Damon glared over at Edward; annoyed that he blocked his questions. He was sure he could get the answer without giving out theirs.

"It's okay Edward, consider this a sign of good faith...I'm 360 years old give or take. I'm the oldest of my family, though by what I saw yesterday you're much older than that" Carlisle replied.

Well that was both a good and weird revelation, the dr. was certainly older than them and yet they knew he was no match for them, especially Damon who had been drinking human blood much longer than Stefan. Both brothers shared a secretive glance

"Sure…" Damon replied

"Damon…" Stefan warned

"What?"

"Actually, that's quite surprising we're 170 years old" Stefan supplied watching the Cullen surprised faces.

"And yet you're much stronger?" Added Jasper

"Don't forget faster." Damon taunted, Stefan shot him an annoyed glance.

"How can you be so different from us? That's unheard of" Carlisle question

"We're more handsome too, I'm surprised you don't know the answer to that Doctor" All eyes focused on Damon.

"And you do? I find that hard to believe" Edward retorted.

"FYI not that you need to know. We know quite a lot of things. And I'll be extra nice to me if I were you 'glitter bag', you're not exactly on my good side list just yet."

"Damon-" Stefan tried to interject once again – trying to keep the atmosphere between the two families calm.

"Oh relax Stefan…" Damon replied passing him a playful smirk.

"Well do you know?" Emmet glared at the brothers, waiting for their answer.

"Yes, we have known for a while that there are different races of Vampire's and Werewolves, we don't know yet how that's possible. We just know that it's true and we're a clear example of that." Stefan explained.

"Apparently our race, is it even ours? We're being quite the entrepreneurs evolving and adapting yadda yadda" Damon added.

"That's quite extraordinary…" Carlisle was in awe, in all his 300 years he had never heard of anything like that, there had always been the vague inquisition to finding the mystery of just how they came to be, but he had never even been close, always finding a wall in his research...so maybe the first vampire had been human experiencing some sort of evolution?

The thought was appealing, it would settle his inner doubts and insecurities, if that theory proved to be right, then maybe they still had a shred of humanity left, maybe all hope was not lost.

"And what about Aria?" Instantly the mood in the room changed, Damon glared at Alice

"What about her?" He asked blankly.

"Well what is she?" Alice questioned.

Edward as if sensing his families question answer for them "Early at the door Aria was able to sense Alice trying to get into her mind, and that's not all she also could connected telepathically with us..."

"Don't know what you mean..."


"What else aren't you telling me?" Aria stopped gathering her clothes and turned to look at Bella

"I'm sorry?"

"What else are you hiding?" Bella glared, hands on the back pockets of her jeans looking at her, looking at her like she was the young sibling being scolded for keeping secrets. It annoyed her that her sister thought she had to know everything…

"I'm sorry I didn't know YOU needed to know everything that goes on in my life. There are phones you know, people use them to keep in touch"

"Maybe you should take your own advice"

"And maybe you should talk more to dad then he could have told you I always ask about you, but that's not the point is it? It's not about what I know; it's why I didn't tell you, it's always about you, you and you"

"You're a hypocrite you know, all this time you been prying into my life and screwing things around, telling me not be with Edward-"

"Wow… I never told you; you couldn't be with him, now you're putting words in my mouth" Bella ignored Aria's protest and kept on going

"-and all this time you have a vampire as your boyfriend to!"

Aria frowned at her sister, sometimes she wondered why she was even doing what she was doing. But then she would remember what he did for her years ago and that's all it took to keep on going.

"You know what… I'm not even going to have this conversation" Aria picked up the clothes she had chosen for the day and locked herself in the bathroom.

She turned on the shower drowning her sister's last shout and whatever she had said, it almost sounded like 'You can't just walk away'.


Bella groaned, frustrated with her sister's behavior. She knew she was hiding something else but talking it out of her was proving to be difficult, she was wrong to think that with a sense of guilt she could trick her into spilling whatever else she knew…. her sister had so far turned all questions around on her.

Perhaps they did have something in common their ability to lie to each other, or to keep secrets well hidden from one another...

Secrets… her sister used to write everything in a diary, a custom they both picked up from their grandmother but Aria was quite fond of it, that much she remembered. She didn't know if she even kept doing that, but she was always carrying a notebook with her.

She started looking around the room; the trash can was filled with crumbled up pieces of paper. So it had to be here…somewhere.


"Aria's human just like Bella" Stefan stated.

"Maybe but she's no regular human, how do you explain-" Alice gasped, her eyes getting a faraway look, if was as if she was seeing them but not looking at them. Both brothers shared a look…

"What's up with her?" Damon nodded towards Alice, watching with interest as the Cullen's tensed….

"I'm fine… Think I'm overwhelmed with all the information"

"We barely said anything" Damon questioned, these people were starting to become experts in not only changing subjects but doing a drop and dash.

He could feel it any moment now they would come up with some excuse and they'll leave like they did yesterday.

"Yes, that must be it. I think we all have a lot to think about, perhaps we could pick this up some other time" Carlisle's proposed.

And there it was, these people had no skill to lie, he could see right through it.

"Of course" Was Stefan's reply.

"I'll go get Bella" Edward said making his way towards the stairs.


Bella had been looking everywhere, on the counters, the desk, in the drawers and still there was no sight of any book that could resemble a diary. She looked under the bed, found nothing other than a few discarded shoes and crumpled up pieces of paper.

She sighed; just about ready to give up when she heard it. Like a creak when she stood up, it was coming from the wooden floor. Kneeling she look at the wood, and she found it… a loose wood section, removing the part and finding a diary… just not the one she was expecting.

Her grandmother's diary, Aria had been the closest to their grandmother; she always thought her grandmother shared a special connection with Aria. It was sad that when Bella questioned it her grandmother didn't deny it only said that when she was older she'd understand.

She never understood it. All she saw was that Aria was once again the favorite; she was her grandmother's favorite and her fathers.

Her grandmother was a lucky woman living until a very old age, when she died Aria was devastated. Or so her parents claimed, she dropped everything for the funeral, and that was the first time she'd saw the diary.

Her father gave Aria their grandmother's diary, saying that she had been very persistent that she get it when she died and that only she should read it.

She was only 11 at the time, she remembered she had bugged Aria over and over again that she wanted to read the diary but Aria would ignore her and say it wasn't hers to read.

She shuddered remembering how angry she had gotten when she saw her trying to steal it from her room on the last day she was staying at home. Her father had scolded Aria for screaming at her and yet he made sure to warn her never to touch grandmother's diary unless Aria said so.

She hesitated, looking at the diary with the golden letters. Hearing the shower turn off and footsteps ascending the stairs, in a split second she grabbed the diary stuffing it in her jacket placing, quickly placing the wood panel back in its place.

She rush to meet whoever was coming up, relief to see it was only Edward

"You okay?"

"Yeah let's go"


Okay guys! There it is, I'm soooo sorry it took so long! I being so busy with work then I just got back from a quick trip to Texas. Anyway here it is, I promise you next chapter is going to be more interesting!

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