A/N: Sorry for the wait it was a few friends birthdays this month and I had to travel and I didn't want to take my laptop, I get a tad clumsy when I've had a few drinks.
Enjoy.
BPOV:
"So what are we going to do?" Vic asks.
"About what?" I ask from my spot on Tanyas lap. The four of us headed back to the Rez when Vic and Irina came to Alaska to tell us the news about Edward leaving town. Everyone felt it would be safer to say as a group, and it helps that the rest of the Cullens can't cross the line, so I know I won't be bothered by them. Not that they haven't tried, the wolves tell me that every time they're on patrol that one of the Cullens is toeing the line.
"About the Cullens Bella. Please keep up." She sighs clicking her fingers.
"Let's just burn their house down, vamps don't like fire do they." Leah says.
"Don't be stupid." Seth scoffs. "We can't burn them alive."
"Technically they're not alive...no offence." She says kissing Kate. "And why the fuck not, they fucked over Bella."
"Because Leah they left town and yes that was shitty of them, but Edward is the real asshole in this situation. We should just ignore them and wait until they all leave town again, it's kinda their thing."
"Boring." She huffs.
I quickly zone out when everyone starts to bicker about how to handle the Cullens, I've heard that last name enough times to last my 100 lifetimes, as my family argue my eyes fall to Charlie who's sat on the couch in the corner just staring into space. With everything that's been going on I've not had any time to talk to my girl and see how she's handling all this crap.
"Hey you." I call out standing up from Tanyas lap. Charlie looks over to me with worry in her eyes. "Let's get some air."
Charlie gives me a nod and quickly walks out the house. "I'll meet you on the beach." She mumbles before closing the door behind her.
"Not you." I tell Tan placing a hand on her shoulder as she goes to stand up.
"Why not." She pouts.
"Because I need to talk to her about a certain blonde Cullen, and she need to talk openly about her feelings without you going all mama bear over her and Rosalie mating." Tan huffs but nods in understanding. I lean down and kiss her before heading after Charlie.
I make my way down to the beach and spot Charlie sat on top of a large rock looking out to sea. I hop up next to her and we both just sit in silence for a couple minutes, but I can see the wheels turning in her head. "You can talk to me you know. I get that this feels like you're all on your own, but I've been exactly where you are Charlie."
"I know." She mumbles. "I just don't know what to think."
"And that's okay, but what are you feeling?"
"I want to hate her, I want to hate her so badly...and I am angry at everything that happened to you and how she was involved." She sighs with an angry frown coming over her face. "But I'm fighting against myself not to go see her."
"I get it, I understand exactly what you're going through. Did I ever tell you about when I met your mum?" I ask.
"No."
"I met her at a bar one night with your Auntie Vic, back then I was still against being around other people but persuaded me to go out and have a good night. And I was having a good night, we both met a couple of nice girls that seemed pretty interested." I wink, causing her to fake a gag. "But before the night could continue your Auntie Kate and Irina walked in, I started to panic so we slipped out the back door hoping to avoid them, but you know Kate, that girl is like a dog with a bone, they both cut us off at the end of the ally and as soon as Vic looked at Irina...she was hooked." Charlies now turned to me, giving me her full attention.
"So, Auntie Vic felt it instantly."
"Well that is how it works when you meet your mate."
"Was it like that when you met mum?" She asks.
"Kinda. When Rina and Vic mated they invited us to their house, I tried to get out of that little gathering but Kate wouldn't let me. Then as soon as we got there your mum opened the door and we locked eyes, and that was it...I tried to fight against it but in the end, you can't deny your mate."
"There's no way to stop it?"
"You shouldn't think like that Charlie. I was against being with her and our mating bond but everything happens for a reason kid. We were meant to be...just like I was meant to meet Edward and the Cullens, he was supposed to hurt and betray me so that Vic could find and turn me into a vampire, so that I could meet your mum. So that when I finally accepted the mating bond with your mum, we were both on that road in Forks to find you only days old." Tears gather in her eyes so I hold her hands tightly in mine. "It seems that everything happens for a reason Charlie, and if that's the case then you were supposed to meet Rosalie."
"But..."
I hold up my hand to cut her off. "Now I'm not saying that she's a perfect woman but you could've gotten a worse mate darling. If you want Rosalie to be a part of your life then you have complete support. I don't want you making any decisions based on me...or your mother."
"I just don't want to hurt you." She whispers.
"You could never hurt me sweetheart. We're all so proud of you Charlotte, we'd never stand in the way of your happiness...and Rosalie really isn't a bad person, she's actually the best of them all, we were never close when they left so she really had no reason to stick around."
"But she's still one of them."
"So was your mum at one point. They were all pretty close but once they found out about the Cullens they cut all ties, and Rosalie might follow suit."
Charlie looks up at me with an unsure smile tugging at her lips. "You think I should give her a chance?"
"I think talking to her might do you some good, you can get everything you feel out there in the open."
"Okay." She nods.
"Just take it one day at a time baby girl, there's no rush."
"I think I'll do it today. I'm just so sick of everyone arguing in there, it seems to be never ending." We both jump down from the rock and start to walk slowly down the beach.
"There's a few definitely out for blood." I nod.
"What do you want to do about them?"
"I honestly just want to ignore them, I'm sure they'll soon get bored and realize I'm not worth it again. Obviously if they try anything against my family then I'll rip their heads off, but right now I'm happy ignoring their existence." I grin watching the waves crash against the sand.
"Ignorance is bliss." Charlie says with a laugh.
"Exactly."
"That is until I bring a certain blonde Cullen into your life." She says coming to a stop.
"Well technically she's a Hale...all that last name bullshit is just for show." I wink showing her I've got no problems with Rosalie.
Charlie turns to me with a smile before looking back out to sea. "So, it's just a waiting game then."
"I think so kid."
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CPOV:
I leave my mum wandering the beach and head into the forest and make my way to the Cullens to speak to Rosalie. I guess my mum knew I had to do this alone because she said she'd cover me with the family, there's no way they'd let the baby of the family go meet their arch enemies, but we both know nothing bad will happen, I can handle myself and there's no way Rosalie would let anything bad happen with me and her family.
I come to a stop about 50ft away from the Cullen mansion and just wait for Rosalie to find me and hopefully she comes on her own, the last thing I need is them badgering me for information about my mum. I only have to wait a minute before she comes bursting through the tress with a glowing smile on her face. I feel a flutter build in my stomach but I work hard to keep my face neutral, I can't give her too much right now, not when I don't even know what I want.
"Hey."
"Hello Rosalie. Sorry for just stopping by."
"No...no you can come by whenever you want." She grins.
"Can we go somewhere else and talk, I don't really want to..." I trail off pointing to her house.
"Of course, whatever you want." Rosalie nods walking forward and gesturing for me to follow. "I know a good spot out of hearing range."
"Okay." I follow her through the thick tress for about 6 miles before I start to hear the sound of crashing water. Rose pushes apart some bushes to reveal a beautiful waterfall. "Oh wow."
Rose smiles at me and goes to sit on some rocks. I join her and just look out at the stunning view. "It's amazing isn't it. It's become one of my favourite spots."
"I've been coming to Forks my whole life and I've never seen this." I laugh shaking my head.
"Well you seem to enjoy family time. I spend most of mine rolling my eyes and leaving early, so when I do I look for places to go...this has become a regular spot and nobody ever comes looking for me." She shrugs with a blank face. I feel a stab in my heart at the thought of her being all alone, I can't disappear for 5 minutes without someone coming after me.
"I'm glad you brought me here." I tell her hoping to cheer her up.
Rosalie turns to me with that bright smile back on her face. "Maybe this could be our place."
"Maybe." I nod.
We both sit in silence for a few moments before Rose gets the ball rolling. "I've been thinking, and I know this must be impossible for you but I really think we can be something."
"How?" I ask turning to her.
"We're mates Charlotte, I don't believe we could've if it wasn't possible. If we forgot about all the crap with our families, that it was just me and you, just focused on us as two people...do you think we could work out?"
"If we forgot about everything else...yeah I'm sure we could." I nod. "But it's not just us is it."
"No, it's not." She sighs. "But we could still work something out, we can have such an amazing future, I know it."
"I can't be around those people Rosalie, and I know that must harsh as they're your family but I just can't do it."
"You don't have to be. Even I struggle being around them sometimes, hence why I come here so much. But I'm telling you that you don't need to ever see them."
"They're your family, how could you never see them?" I ask.
"For the past 50 years we've all been moving around the world doing our own thing. Years ago Edward left to live in Spain for 6 years, Alice and Jasper travelled around Asia and Emmet and I are always jumping from place to place, I personally love Austria...mainly because of the roads for my cars. My point is that we're not a family joint at the hip, we all come together every now and then like this year when we all came back to Forks." She explains. "I'll do anything to make this work."
I fight the smile that's trying to break out onto my face with the way she's looking at me. "You'd be okay with that? Not seeing your family that often."
Rosalie gives me a nod. "Everyone knows that when you meet your mate things change. We're bound to have our own lives and experiences without our families, you're my mate Charlie, not Esme, Carlisle and the rest of them."
Well I never thought Rosalie would say that. I knew that when I came here she'd try and get me to be with here, maybe saying I can have the week with her while she spends the weekend with the Cullens, but I never thought Rosalie would say she'd pretty much disown her own family for me. I guess that's the power of soul mates, but there is still one more problem.
"What about Edward."
"What about him?" She frowns. "He's gone now."
"And we all know he won't stay gone. But that's not the point..."
"I believe you." Rosalie says cutting me off.
"What?"
"I believe you about what you said Edward did. At first, I know I was hesitant. I've known him for over a hundred years and he's never physically hurt anyone to my knowledge, so it was hard for me. I'll admit he's always been a bit odd, wanting things done his way, needing control and leaving Bella behind did send off alarm bells in my head. Then I met you..." Rosalie says slowly reaching out and resting her hand on mine. I feel the pull of my power to look at Rosalie's past but I push it down, I won't invade her privacy like that especially now that I can control it. "And I knew the second that him and Bella couldn't have been mates, because there's no way I could ever leave you the way that he left her. I'm so sorry that I didn't believe you."
"It's okay." I whisper laying my other hand on top of hers. "If you came to me and said one of my family members was a psychopathic killer, I'd have a hard time believing you myself."
"Thanks." She laughs.
I look back to the waterfall and let out a breath before turning to Rose again. "If we do this then we need to go slowly. Even though ever instinct in my body is telling me to run away with you, I'm just not ready for that."
"We can go as slow as you want." She smiles.
"Maybe just start off with meeting here a couple times a week." I tell her.
"That sounds perfect." Rosalie nods.
"Okay then, baby steps." I agree. "I should probably be getting back, my mum is covering for me but they'll soon start getting suspicious." I get up from the rock and start walking back through the forest with Rosalie falling into step next to me.
"What mum was covering for you?" She asks with a smirk.
"Bella." I laugh.
Rosalie looks at me with surprise. "Bella knows you're here?"
"Yep." I grin.
"And she's okay with it?"
"She wants me to do what I think's best, they all support me no matter what...some will just take longer to get used to it. My mum had her own issues with her mating so she gets it, and she knows you're not the worst member of your family." I shrug.
"Well at least I've got one member of your family kind of on my side. 1 down and like 20 to go." She laughs but her face is full of worry.
"Don't panic. I'll introduce you to them one by one, I won't throw you to the wolves...literally."
"So, you want to introduce me to your family." Rosalie smirks.
"Slow down girl. I was just trying to calm you down, for a minute I thought you were about to start sweating."
"Very funny." She mumbles.
We walk through the forest just talking about everything and nothing, we don't get too deep into things but we start to slowly get to know each other. I find out that Rosalie likes to be called Rose, when she hunts she like deer, her favourite colour is purple and she is a total gear head, she has 4 sports cars and 3 motorbikes. I tell her that I prefer to go by Charlie instead of Charlotte and all about my love of sports, photography and how I'd love to travel the world someday.
As we get close to the line I come to a stop and turn to Rose. "How about we meet back at the waterfall next Thursday at midnight? I'd love to see it at night with the moon shining on it."
"Yeah of course, it's stunning on a clear night and I think it's a full moon next week so we should have some good light."
"Good. I'll see you then." I nod. I find myself getting lost in her golden eyes but before anything goes any further the sound of rushing footsteps hits my ears. "Here we go again." I groan throwing my head back.
"I'm so sorry." Rose mumbles just as all her family come into view.
"Hello Charlie." Esme smiles.
"It's Charlotte." I tell her and I see Rose try and fail at suppressing a smirk.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Charlotte we were just wondering if there was any way we could talk to Bella." She says giving me a smile.
"Well that's not up to me is it. If my mother wants to talk to you then she will, I'm not getting involved." I tell them firmly.
"Of course, we understand that, but we're all family now. We just want peace." Carlisle says.
"You should have thought of that before you abandoned her, chose your psycho son over my mum and called her a liar." I growl but soon calm down when Rose rests her hand on my shoulder.
"Obviously we made some mistakes, but how can we be the baddies for looking out for a family member." Alice scoffs stepping forward.
"A family member that killed the girl you claimed to be your sister." I frown. "You all need to back off, she doesn't want or need you, so just do what you all do best and leave town."
I turn away from them all, grab Rosalie's hand and give it a squeeze. "I'll see you soon." I smile before speeding across the line to the Rez and back to my family.
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RPOV:
"Thanks a lot guys." I say watching Charlie head off home before turning to everyone, still feeling the tingle of Charlies touch on my hand.
"We just wanted to talk." Emmett pouts.
"You all need to get it through your thick skulls that Bella doesn't want to see you, and you all forcing yourselves on her isn't helping."
"So what do you think we should do." Alice sighs.
"I really don't care anymore. You all got yourselves into this, so you can get yourselves out of it." I shrug walking back to the house with them all following close behind.
"Why is Charlie friendly with you? Other than the mating bond of course." Alice asks.
"Because when we left Forks I wasn't calling her mum my little sister or daughter, so she didn't care when I left town but it obviously broke her heart when all of you did." I sigh. "Oh and I didn't call Bella a liar to her face when she spoke about the day she was murdered by Edward."
"You really think he did it?" Esme whispers.
"Jesus open your eyes Esme, of course he did it. First he starts his obsession with Bella like sneaking into her room and following her around town, then he has no problem leaving her...even though he claims to be her mate and thinks she has a target on her back with Victoria, he has no contact with her, not even to check up on her for safety reasons."
"But that..." I hold up my hand as Carlisle tries to interrupt.
"Then when Bella returns to our lives his obsession starts up again and he does everything he can to get her back...one time with force might I add. Then we all find out what happened that night from Bella's mouth and he's quick to leave town without a trace."
"Even if he did do it, he's gone now so why won't Bella just see us." Alice says.
"And that is the problem Alice." I say walking away from them all. How did I never notice how dense these people were. At least I've got Thursday to look forward to.
A/N: Hope you all ejoyed this chapter. I know there wasn't much Bella/Tanya but I wanted to focus on Charlie/Rose with a side of Mama Bella, but there will be more Tanya and Bella to come...along with drama ;)
Let me know what you thought if you can and I'll see you next time.