Hi everyone!

It's me again so this means that is time for a new chapter. This time I had a lot less reviews so I was a little sad. :(

Last week it was my birthday, I am 25 now. I thought of posting a chapter to "celebrate" but I was not able to. Right now I'm in France, I've been here since January and I have to be here until the end of July but I am Portuguese and I managed to go home for my birthday. I took my laptop with me so I had everything, but between friends, ad family, and X-Men Apocalypse, and going to Lisbon from Porto early Saturday morning by bus to come back late afternoon by train, plus traveling back to France/Paris by airplane on Sunday after having lunch with a set of grandparents, along with my parents and brother, plus a walk to the beach with my dog and a friend I had little time for anything else… But do not worry, I have written until the 13th chapter and I started the 14th already, so I have a lot to post. :)

Now let's go on with the story!


Chapter 8

When Bella woke up she had to take a moment to realize where she was. She was in a strange room cuddling with a sleeping Edward and she could fell Blacky sleeping above them. The next thing she noticed was that she needed to go to the bathroom and since Edward looked so peaceful, she didn't want to wake him so she tried to carefully sneak out of his embrace. She was about to get free when she felt the embrace tightening. "Where are you going? We still have time to rest." Edward mumbled sleepily. "Sorry, I didn't want to wake you, but I really need to go to the bathroom." Even though Edward's eyes were closed, he could feel the heat from Bella's blush so he smiled when he let her go.

When Bella got back Edward was fast asleep again and Blacky was still on top of him. She thought it was sweet that Blacky got along with her mate since the only people he liked until now was Bella and her mother. Since Bella didn't feel like sleeping anymore, and she didn't want to disturb the males, she went to a bookshelf near the windows to see if she could find something she liked. Her books, the ones she brought with her, were already there along with countless more she didn't know. When she was browsing through the titles she saw one that caught her attention.

She picked it up and she saw that it was about a fairy-tale her mother used to tell her about, an Angel that had a lot of friends and most of them where from different kinds. The Angel managed to make everyone get along and stop the quarrels between different races. The book was supposedly about tolerance and acceptance of what's different but unfortunately reality was way stricter than that but the story still gave her hope, that someday, things would change. So she decided to read the book while waiting for dinner.

She was almost finished with the book when she felt Edward stir and feel around the bed before he sat up straight way too fast, making poor Blacky fall on his back on Edward's lap. Their expressions were so funny she couldn't help but laugh. When Edward saw her laughing he relaxed, apologized to Blacky, removed the covers from himself and started to stalk his way to Bella in a way that only predators can. "You think this is funny, do you not?" That sobered Bella up enough to gulp, calm down and put the book somewhere safe before she carefully got up from the window sit and started to run to hide behind the sofa closest to her.

However, she didn't make it that far. Edward pounced and caught her midair making them both land on the couch. And now Bella couldn't stop laughing, courtesy of a tickle attack by Edward. "Now it is not so funny, is it?" Edward laughed seeing Bella's rosy cheeks and her attempts to make him stop. When he thought it was enough he sat and placed Bella on his lap so she could catch her breath.

"Now, sweet girl, we have to get ready for dinner." He saw that Bella was starting to get nervous so he kissed her head and hugged her tight. "It is going to be all right, they will all love you like I do. And you will fit right in, you will see." He smiled in reassurance and thankfully it got the desired effect.

"I don't know how to dress and how to behave, Edward, what if I do something embarrassing?" She tried to hide her head but was stopped by his fingers on her shin. "You will not. Just be yourself, my Bella, it will be a family only dinner so you can get used to us and start to learn what you do not know yet." Bella saw that Edward was being truthful so she was able to relax a bit. "Okay, but I still don't know what to wear…"

"Well, it is going to be semi-formal so I will help you pick something out in the closet, then I am going to let you change by yourself while I do the same, all right?" She nodded so they both got up and went to choose an outfit for her before he went to his room. "I will knock when I am ready and I will escort you to the dining room. I will be back soon." He placed a kiss in her forehead before he went to his room to get ready.

To be continued…


Thanks for reading!

I would like to thank my beta, Kinkajou Jasmine, for the support and to everyone who is reading and a special thanks for everyone that reviews ;)

And here are the reply I could not give by PM:

Eschoenh: Thank you for reading and for the complements. :)

I should warn you that at the next weekend I should be posting I'm going to London to visit a dear friend of mine that has been living there for over a year so I'm not sure when and if I will be able to post… So here is the questing… Would you like an update next weekend in case I'm not able to post on time? Or do you prefer to wait until the Monday after that weekend? Let me know what you think in the reviews. :P

Take care,

Vivx-chan ^^