Author's Note: Hey, sorry I haven't updated recently. I'm having a bit of writer's block, and that combined with how crazy my life has been in the last week has made it a bit tough to write. I'm going to try and start updating more, but it might still be a while. Thanks for staying with me!

Chapter 10

When Jane's gaze met the gaze of the human's that had apparently made Edward suicidal, she froze as she was overwhelmed with confusion, and something else. The girl looked...familiar. But no, it couldn't be...why was Jane even thinking about that annoying child now anyways, when Aro had called on her for a reason?

"Jane, this is Edward and his mate, Isabella Swan," Aro said, gesturing to the two, and Jane felt a strange twist in her chest.

"Jay?" the human asked with hope clear in her eyes, making Edward turn to stare at her in shock. Bella took a step toward Jane as Jane realized it really was the child from nine years ago––and that she had not only managed to survive, but had ended up in the clutches of vampires again––but the moment she took that step, Edward let out an snarl and grabbed the human, jerking her behind his body.

Immediately, fury overwhelmed the blonde vampire, and without a thought she sent Edward to the ground, thrashing and screaming in pain. Jane stared down at him with black eyes, lips lifted threateningly.

"Ah, so Isabella is who I thought she was," Aro said with a clap of his hands, as if he had actually had his doubts. "Jane, be a dear and let Edward up for me?"

The Isabella in question was staring at the scene with a confused look on her face, but the moment Jane grudgingly let Edward go from her power, Bella threw herself at the smaller blonde, pretty much pressing Jane's face into Bella's breasts as she hugged the girl tightly.

As Edward flipped to his feet, he growled, and every member of the guard present in the room let out some sound between a mix of fear and dismay for the stupid human. Even Caius looked stunned, and everyone seemed to be waiting for Jane to kill the human for daring to even come near her.

Jane, on the other hand, had no idea what to do with the girl. She extracted herself from the girl's grip, remembering just how pushy the girl had been as a child and that simple words wouldn't work, and found herself looking into brown eyes shining with absolute joy.

"I thought I'd never see you again! I mean, I had a hunch and all, but when you think about all the strange parts of our meeting...seriously, you spoke to me in English, and you were just this little, little, teenage girl, and I didn't even know if you were from here, or if I'd ever find you again if I came here again anyways, and––"

"Shut up!" Jane hissed, aware that they had an audience. She grimaced when she saw that while Bella had closed her mouth, she still looked absolutely unafraid of her, just like before. Hadn't life taught her anything? One of the guard laughed at something, and Jane didn't bother to even see what he was laughing at before she set her gift on him. The guard member dropped to the ground screaming, and Jane turned to look back at Bella, who was still clearly unafraid, looking up at her with all the wonder and awe she had had when she had been a child.

"Bella, love, come back over here. That girl is dangerous," Edward said, and Jane let the guard member go to glare at Edward instead, sending him into another fit of agonized screaming. She was so busy growling and mentally attacking him that she didn't notice that Bella was frowning at him also, but the human risked a glance at the three vampire rulers before schooling her features.

"I'm just gonna stay over here...you know, with my Jay," Bella said, trying to put her arm around the blonde vampire, but Jane turned to snarl and glare at her. Bella stopped, but only because she didn't want to push herself too far and set Jane back a bit. Still, with Jane...it was actually her Jane, right in front of her!

Jane continued to give the human a heated glare, but then her gaze changed, moving up and down the brunette's form. The girl had gone from a tiny child to an average sized, gorgeous woman, with a fit and curvy body. She looked, almost...delectable.

Jane couldn't believe it, but she actually wanted the human. The strange, reckless, crazy human. She wanted Isabella, because Isabella was…

No! No way is she my mate! So wrapped up in her thoughts, Jane didn't notice at first when Edward creeped closer. She did, however, notice the second he put his hands on her. Her eyes snapped up with a furious glare, and he sent him to the ground writhing in pain. Bella looked between him and Jane, then took an awkward step towards Jane and away from Edward's flailing limbs.

Just the gesture warmed Jane, which made her scowl. Jane Volturi did not do warm and fuzzy feelings, and so she focused even more intently on Edward

"So, is this thing," Bella asked, gesturing to Edward as she wrapped her arms around Jane from behind, resting her head on Jane's shoulder, "Like your hobby or something?"

"If I said yes?" Jane asked in a low, dangerous voice, trying to inject some fear into the stupidly unafraid human.

Bella was actually starting to feel bad for Edward. Sure, he was a little delusional, and she knew that the pain wouldn't kill him or anything, but he was probably a good guy once he worked through a few issues he had. Bella had actually enjoyed hanging out with him in those first few moments of biology, until she had found out that he had believed they were mates. Still, she knew none of this was what her Jay would want to hear.

"Huh," was all Bella replied with as she tightened her hold on Jane, nuzzling her behind her ear. To Bella's surprise, Jane not only lost focus in her torturing of Edward, but Bella actually heard her start to purr as Jane absently leaned into Bella's body. Damn, was this too good to be true. Bella still remembered as clear as day what had happened when she had tried to take Jane's hand all those years ago. Of course, Bella had been just a little kid back then...she guessed that Jane was cool with it now that Bella had boobs, although she didn't seem so happy that Bella had ended up taller than her.

Deciding to take advantage of her predicament with the girl of her dreams for as long as she could, Bella turned her head and kissed Jane behind her ear, making the smaller girl's eyelids flutter. It was Edward's exclamation of surprised disgust at seeing Bella so affectionate with Jane that snapped the blonde vampire out of it.

"What do you think you're doing?" Jane hissed, clearly furious as she turned to glare at Bella. Yet, once again, Bella wasn't afraid. She didn't even let Jane go.

Ignoring Edward completely, Bella started to talk. "You know, I've been thinking. I'm not so sure about the whole writhing around in agony thing that Edward was doing, but I'm pretty sure I could get into the pain thing. I could totally become a masochist if that hobby of yours extends to sex too...and of course, if you want to have sex with me," Bella offered in a conversational tone that even threw Aro for a loop, judging by his laughter.

Jane whirled around to glare into Bella's eyes, infuriated at the thought of how little Bella was concerned for her own safety. "You, Isabella, are the biggest idiot I have ever met."

"Yeah," Bella agreed dumbly, because seriously, Jane really was hot when she was mad. That was another thing her younger self had gotten right.

"You do know that, since you know the truth, your only choices now are death or vampirism, correct?" Aro asked, arching his eyebrows as he reclaimed Bella's attention. "And even if you are Jane's mate and not Edward's, that will not mean you will be forgiven with a slap on the wrist if you so much as try to convince us otherwise. And if you try to escape from us..." Aro trailed off, letting the threat hang in the air, which Edward hissed loudly at.

Bella didn't say anything right away, instead glancing at Jane first as the word's Jane's mate settled delightfully in her stomach.

At first, Jane simply thought that Bella was looking to her for approval, and she felt a swell of excitement at the thought of Bella having a submissive streak, and of Jane being able to control her. But it turned out that Bella was only looking at her because of the attraction she felt for the blonde vampire, as she realized a moment later when Bella's arousal filled the air, making Jane hiss as her eyes flashed black.

"Oh, don't worry, I'll do whatever, but I'm staying with small, blonde, and sexy here," Bella said with a cocky grin. It reminded Jane so much of the child she had met that she wanted to pin the human to the ground and show her who really was the boss. And damn it, who the fuck did this human think she was, calling Jane small? Just because she managed to grow up a little over the last few years...Jane snarled at Bella, wanting to put the brunette in her place and show her why nobody dared to tease her, but the only way she could do that that came to mind were purely sexual, with frustrated Jane further.

Bella was incredibly, incredibly lucky. If she hadn't turned out to be Jane's mate...

"But there are people who will miss her if she were to just disappear," Edward tried to convince them. "And she's just a child––"

"Hasn't Aro made it clear enough? Isabella will be staying here," Caius stated with a scowl, causing Jane to feel a swell of triumph and excitement, which only made her frown. Edward started to protest, and Jane was about to turn her power on him again, only for all attempts at conversation to cease at Bella's voice.

"I'm totally cool with that," Bella spoke, glancing at Jane, who was now frowning at her. How could the human be so easy going? Before Jane could vent her frustrations and messed up emotions, realization dawned on Bella's face, followed quickly by terror.

Finally. Finally, she gets that it's not as smart as she thinks it is to stay in a castle full of vampires, Jane thought with a sigh, but she didn't feel happy about the thought of managing to instill some kind of supposedly instinctual fear into her mate. In fact, she could have sworn her undead heart dropped.

"Crap! I forgot about Charlie!" Bella exclaimed, still horrified. Jane let out a low hiss at the way Bella seemed to care about this boy, but then calmed with Bella's next words as Bella turned to Aro quickly and said, "Can't I just come by and visit a lot or something? I swore to myself that I'd be a good daughter and make up for the time we lost." Bella couldn't believe that she had actually forgotten her own father. Yeah, Jane was gorgeous and Bella felt insanely attracted to her, but she still forgot her dad.

Just like that, Jane felt bewildered again. That was her problem?

"Ah, well, we can't have that," Aro murmured, mostly to himself. "And Edward makes a few excellent points. Your father is the chief of police, correct?"

"Yeah," Bella sighed, shoulders slumping as she realized things wouldn't play out like she had dreamed. She leaned absently against Jane for comfort, and the small blonde rested a hand on her back, scowling angrily. Just because the brunette infuriated her didn't mean she wouldn't do whatever it took to keep Bella. But if Aro decided she couldn't…

"Oh, I know what to do!" Aro said, eyes lighting up in delight. "Since young Bella here must return to Forks, Jane can simply go with her!"

Jane's disbelieving eyes snapped to her master, and she and Edward screeched out a single word; "What?!"

Bella, on the other hand, seemed quite excited by the possibility, if her fist pump and cheer of victory was any indicator.

"Isn't it amazingly simple? All Jane has to do is go to school with you until graduation; that way, she gets to stay by Isabella's side, and Bella gets to wait until she's eighteen and a high school graduate before she's turned. If Alec and Jane need to see each other, Alec can easily visit whenever he feels like it."

"But where will she stay?" Edward demanded, glaring furiously at the small blonde. How could Aro actually think that Jane was Bella's mate instead of him? Jane, the twisted, crazed, sadistic monster?

"With Isabella, of course," Aro answered.

Bella's eyes widened, and a huge grin slid onto her face. Could things get any better?

Jane, on the other hand, didn't know what to feel. She was excited to be staying with her mate, despite how crazy and exhausting she already imagined it to be. She was also feeling quite a bit of possessiveness, desire...and also agitation that she was going to be away from her masters for so long. She also felt quite a bit of disbelief, not just because Aro had come up with such a crazy plan, but because Bella couldn't look happier at the idea. The power of all the emotions threatened to overwhelm her, yet with Bella being there, like an anchor, kept her from destroying or torturing someone the way those emotions threatened to torture her. A part of the vampire couldn't believe that she could stand there so calmly despite the tornado inside of her.

Still, she knew she was going to go. She was going to go not just to Forks, but to high school; as long as that meant keeping her crazy mate by her side.