Chapter 2 of the the week!
I am from Jamaica, I wanted to give Ms. Nan the accent and that was the best way I knew how to write it out.
This was more about introductions and setting the stage but I wouldn't call it a filler.
A little something something between Rosalie and Bella. I love their interactions too.
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Most importantly; Enjoy!
They were out the house before everyone had woken for breakfast, her bag repacked with everything but her outfit for Thanksgiving night, which was locked away in Bella's bedroom. Phil had not looked the least bit surprised when they'd walked by him only briefly pausing to remind Bella that dinner would be at 6. She didn't miss the sad smile he'd given Bella as she quickly nodded and rushed out of the house. He may not have known what exactly the situation between Bella and her mother was, but he was not stupid, and he did know there was a great disconnect there.
"I'm hungry" Bella grunted as they pulled off
"Why didn't you stay to eat?"
"If Phil is up then so is Renee, she would've made a fuss out of you not eating"
"I am not looking forward to tomorrow night"
"We won't be around the table so I'll eat whatever you grab and then when we get to Ms. Nan's house you'll say you're already full" she rolled her eyes at how ridiculously proud Bella looked of herself in that moment.
It was a well thought out plan and the best by far without making Rosalie looking like some uppity bitch that would rather starve than abandon her diet. Yet still Bella looked like she'd discovered a new concept in the theory of evolution
"You don't need to look that proud" she huffed in annoyance
Bella only grinned as she glanced at the peeved blonde, thankfully this time of year was historically overcast for Phoenix although it never went below 85. Still, Bella kind of wished it wasn't so she'd finally get to see Rosalie unhindered in the sunlight.
She appreciated what the blonde had done for her last night after Renee had let her be, it was the most comfortable the brunette had ever slept while sharing a roof with her mother in a very long time. She wasn't that good with words though so she reached across and grabbed Rosalie's hand. She was not surprised to feel the vampire freeze up on her and while Bella wanted to pull her hand back and apologize, she forced herself not to and waited for Rosalie to relax before squeezing her hand.
They drove in this silence, Bella's tongue darting out to lick her lips uncontrollably as she pulled into an iHop.
It was there that Rosalie was reminded just how much food Bella truly consumed in one sitting,
"That is not healthy" she noted, "And don't you dare order more food"
"I'll fight you for food"
"And you'll lose"
"I'll never give up, in the name of food"
"That is not a healthy mindset to have"
"Passion doesn't need to make sense or be healthy"
"Food is your passion?"
"Eating good food is my passion and I'll fight you for it"
"Do you always fight for your passions?"
"I fought Lauren" Bella shrugged and Rosalie felt...different. The blonde vampire did not have a basis of reference for the feeling she felt as she had never felt it before and Jasper was nowhere to be found to help her decipher it. Although she didn't necessarily want him there to do such a thing either. Rosalie had passions and hobbies but she'd never had a person as her passion or been anyone's passion before but that clearly was not the case with Bella because she had fought Lauren for simply mistreating her name.
It wasn't a fight though, not really, Lauren had been wholly unprepared for it but it was the same concept; Bella had put hands on the girl because she was the human's passion. The annoying human that Victoria liked having weird conversations with. The human that Emmett had to go along with every single one of his terrible ideas because they were her own as well. The human that Alice loved to climb like a tree and whatever the hell else that demented pixie did with the human and yet Rosalie was her passion.
"Would you fight me?" the vampire found herself asking
"Anytime, I protect my passions"
"I thought that was me?"
"Yes, but sometimes you're your biggest danger" Bella replied as she gestured between Rosalie's head and her unbeating heart
"My heart is dead"
"Never, it just doesn't beat"
"That means it's dead"
"It means it's not pumping liquid through your veins, that's it" Bella replied, she opened her mouth to argue but was cut off by Bella leaning over the table until they were sharing the same breath, "I'll fuck you up"
Despite herself she smiled a small smile and conceded letting the brunette have this argument as she calmed down and slid into her seat.
Not even 20 minutes later, Bella's name was being yelled. The brunette didn't have much time to look up before she was nearly tackled out of her seat by a shapely African American girl, Rosalie suppressed her growl noticing how Bella's arms automatically wrapped around the girl to hug her back,
"Uh hi, my name is Romeo. I know, my mom was bit obsessed with Shakespeare back in the day" a guy of clear mix descent smiled, he was very attractive with deep brown eyes and a pretty smile
"Rosalie" she replied tightly her eyes going back to the girl who was still fucking hugging Bella as if her life depended on it
"Oh don't worry about those two, they haven't been together in at least a year" it was not the best thing to say to her as the girl finally let go of Bella to stand up.
She was only about 5'4'' but she was still very pretty, especially by human standards, with green eyes. At least Rosalie could admit Bella had excellent taste, but then again she was true testament enough to that, without needing to meet the human's apparent ex.
"When did you get here, I thought you might come back but you didn't tell anyone. Does Jamal and Ms. G know you're here?" she rattled off, she oddly reminded her a bit of Alice, she was just all smiles….she didn't like it. It made her wonder if Bella had a type, because if that was the case; Alice was a far better fit than she was.
"Yesterday, Renee wouldn't have it any other way, and no, not yet" Bella rattled off as easy as the girl had rattled off the questions...like ALice.
"Who's this?" she questioned as if she was finally noticing Rosalie, although she supposed if anyone could stop a human from noticing the vampire first, it would be Bella.
"Rosalie, Bella's and you are?" she questioned tightly and politely as she offered her hand, she ignored the fact that she'd just claimed herself for Bella.
"Angelique, an old friend of Bella's, nice to meet you" the girl smiled shaking the hand, Rosalie pretended not to see the subtle thumbs up the girl gave Bella who blushed and quickly stood mumbling about paying the bill. Maybe she wasn't so bad afterall...of course that opinion might change again if she went back to touching Bella.
"So I'm guessing you met Bella in Forks?" the girl questioned as she took Bella's abandoned seat
"Yes, we attend the same high school" Rosalie nodded
"How is she doing there, is her dad better than Renee?" Romeo questioned, they both looked genuinely concerned
"He leaves her alone more" she shrugged. She tried to stay out of Bella's relationship with her father so she could not speak on it.
"Good, I'll go catch up with Bella and let you two talk" Romeo informed them before heading for the front
"I guess you've met Renee then?" Angelique noted, it was clear the girl still cared for Bella, to what extent, is what Rosalie needed to know
"I have"
"I miss a lot of things about being with Bella but Renee coming around trying to be her fucked up version of a mom is not one of them"
"And why did that end?" they both knew what she was asking
"We outgrew one another as lovers but not platonically, we decided to end it and preserve our friendship, and...I didn't deserve her"
"You cheated on her?"
"No, but I almost did. I was drunk but I don't believe that should be an excuse and I told her as much, she agreed"
"Very mature of you"
"Thanks, although there are times I wish I didn't. When Bella's all in for you, when she loves you, there's no better feeling in the world. No one can touch you and everything said is water off your back. Bella loves the right way, she makes you feel empowered, things you'd be uncomfortable doing she gives you the courage to do it all. You're lucky" despite Rosalie's urge to strangle the girl for having dared to love Bella, she appreciated the fact that someone had and was decent enough to fully appreciate being loved by Bella
"Thank you" Rosalie nodded
"I don't know if I'm overstepping my boundaries or not but I just have to tell you. We were too young to do everything, but we...explored. I'm telling you now, girl to girl, that there will never be another tongue, as long, strong, fast, or flexible as Bella's. You will be happy until the day you die, I promise you that" she ignored that this girl had been physically intimate with Bella at any level and chose to dwell on the thing she had long since suspected when it came to Bella's tongue. After all she'd made out with girl on a few occasions and while Bella avoided cutting herself on the vampire's teeth, she was not shy about exploring and caressing with said tongue of hers.
"Ready?" Bella questioned as she and Romeo returned
"Yeah she's all yours, maybe I'll swing by tomorrow?" Angelique smiled as she placed a hand on Bella's forearm, who automatically lowered so the girl could place a kiss on her cheek.
"Sounds good, bye" Bella waved before she was following Rosalie out, opening doors for the blonde until they were on the road.
"So uh, what did you guys talk about?" Bella questioned nervously
"You never told me you had a girlfriend" Rosalie noted, she'd let the girl sweat
"Angelique was good, she helped me a lot"
"And you seemed to help her a lot"
"Uh yeah, I guess so"
"You guess so, she said being loved by you was amazing but you grew apart"
"I tried for her, to make her feel like how I've always wanted to feel. She was a good friend, went to a party, got drunk, almost cheated but she didn't and she came straight to me and told me the truth. I appreciated it but I knew it was coming, we were each other's first everything and I knew she'd eventually get curious"
"But you loved her anyway?"
"So she'd know she deserved it and never settle for anything less" she could practically hear Alice, Esme, and Anna cooing in the deep recess of her mind...hell Victoria would probably also coo and Jasper because he'd be sucked up in all the emotions and Emmett because he was a sucker for those things
"How long were you two together?"
"2 years officially"
"I wonder"
"What?"
"So she'd never settle for anything less?"
"Yes"
"Is that they same mentality you had when you went down on her too because according to her there will never be another tongue, as long, strong, fast, or flexible as your tongue and apparently I'll be happy until the day I die" she smirked as she watched the brunette splutter, her arm flailing around before shooting to cover up the back of her neck which was a bright tomato red. Even the top of Bella's ears were an exact match as she stared wide eyed out the front windshield. She briefly noted that they were driving towards a small outcropping of rocks that formed a small little shelter from the road and gave an unhindered view of the vast desert behind it.
None of that she cared about right now though, because Bella's reactions were far too entertaining,
"So tell me Isabella, when do I get to find out about that tongue of yours for myself?" she grinned, barely biting back the laugh as Bella pulled the car in behind the rocks and got out with a strangled sound as she dutifully marched away from the car.
Rosalie smirked as she slipped out the car, noting it was a magnificent view, before returning to Bella who had one hand gripping the back off her neck while the other was stuffed in her pocket while she stared off to the side clearly trying to calm herself down.
She smirked hungrily as she saw Bella roll her shoulders and spin on her heels before she was quickly surging towards her. The back door was quickly opened and then Rosalie was being lifted and laid across the back seat as Bella's lips connected with hers. She secretly liked when Bella took charge like this, practically manhandling her but not quite.
Of course these thoughts left her mind as the brunette's hand hitched her leg over Bella's hip before sliding down to grab hold of her ass as she pressed their centers firmly against one another. She was pleasantly surprised to feel Bella's more than impressive erection pressed against her which meant the girl had not tucked herself away that morning, briefly she wondered if the knowledge that she'd be with people like Jamal and Ms. Nan meant she wasn't concerned with hiding herself away. It was a brief thought though because, Bella was very good at somehow hitting her bundle of nerves through two pairs of underwear and jeans by simply grinding her erection into her center.
It was well into the evening when Bella began driving again after spending an ungodly amount of time in that back seat. Ungodly because all it had done was left them both thoroughly frustrated and Rosalie refusing to look at her crotch out of fear to find the dye of both her and Bella's jeans missing because of all the damn friction. There were a few things that had kept her from simply ripping off both their pants and mounting Bella, the biggest being her desire to not crush the girls pelvis in a fit of lust but she was quickly losing that battle because who said she had to be on top the first couple of times. Afterall, she could always mount the girl after the change.
She quickly expelled that line of thinking as she needed to be settled because being a heavily horny and frustrated vampire would not help Bella, and she did not want to come off particularly rude to people who meant so much to Bella.
The change of scenery was nearly drastic as they neared their destination, it wasn't so much the stereotypical lack of money but the air, it felt less judgmental. Houses weren't cookie cutter but each held a type of character all to themselves. The cars were different, not just silver and black sedans and SUVs. The parks were different, it was all different.
They pulled into the house on the end of a cul de sac, it was one of the larger houses and also one of the few with an actual porch. Houses just didn't have porches anymore, much to Esme's chagrin.
"This is it?" she questioned, she liked it, it nearly reminded her of one of Esme's homes it just gave off an air of warmth that could not be mistaken
"Yup, this used to be home" Bella nodded, she wanted to question her one what was home now but she thought better of it.
Instead she eyed the 6'2'' teenage boy approaching them with curiosity and suspicion he was beefy and his milk chocolate skin was near flawless, his hair cropped close to his head except the curls he let grow out on the top, his hazel eyes squinted clearly trying to get a look inside the car, he was rather attractive too. Bella soon followed her line of sight and grinned. The door opened causing the light to flash on and the recognition to flash in his eyes before his voice was booming as he charged the car.
Rosalie slid out the car and made her way around to get a better look of Bella and the boy she now suspected to be Jamal hugging in the grass. They'd collided rather soundly and had proceeded to hit the floor clinging to one another, she briefly wondered when was the last time the two had even talked to one another.
The front door opened and a woman stepped up, she was on the short side at 5'2'' but she looked strong, her greying dreads sat neatly in a bun on her head, a wooden spoon held firmly in her hand,
"Jamal, what did I tell you about fighting on my lawn?" the woman yelled, she was small but her voice was thunderous
Rosalie glanced down to see that they were playing it up now to piss off the woman,
"Jamal, Jamal, cum off fi mi lawn (get off my lawn)" the woman yelled as she moved rather quickly down the steps waving her wooden spoon. For a woman not born and raised on the island she sure had one hell of an accent
"But I just got here" Bella grinned as she glanced up at the woman
"Bella, niña (girl)" the woman cried as she reached down to drag Bella up and to her knees before using her breast to practically suffocate Bella with her hug
Rosalie watched the whole exchange, she dare say Esme might be jealous to witness someone loving Bella in this manner.
The woman was still fussing over Bella so it was Jamal that noticed her first, eyes bulging before he was straightening and sauntering over to her,
"Jamal I don't think we've met" he smiled offering his hand
"We haven't, Rosalie Hale" she smirked as she shook his hands, large and soft
"How opposed would you be to one day making that Rosalie ?" she had to say he was bold but thankfully not as blatant with his hormonal teenage ways
"Very"
"Why?" he kind of reminded her off Emmett, he often had the look of someone kicking his puppy when she denied him things.
"Because unless I change my name to Isabella St. Claire, it ain't happening" Bella grinned as she pushed him off to the side. This was the most she'd seen Bella initiate contact with anyone but her and she was surprised to see she was very much capable of doing it
"You got sisters?" he questioned as Bella guided her to the woman, who she knew in theory was Ms. Nan but was finding hard to believe.
"Adoptive, but taken unfortunately" she smiled
"Of course" he groaned dramatically
"And who is this?" the woman questioned.
Rosalie found it oddly refreshing how quickly the woman got over her looks as she turned to give Bella a knowing brunette in question looked so mind numbingly adorable as she kicked at the ground, that Rosalie herself wanted to reach out and pinch a cheek
"She's my Rosalie" Bella replied, awkwardly her hand raising to cover the back of her neck as the top of her ears glowed a bright red
"Does your Rosalie have a last name?" the woman smiled teasingly
"Well it ain't St. Claire" Jamal smirked and then grunted as Bella tackled him, clearly desperate to get away from the older woman's scrutiny
"Hale, Rosalie Hale" she offered to the woman
"Gloria Hart, you may call me Gloria" she smiled as she shook Rosalie's hand, despite the confirmation Rosalie was oddly amazed because apparently the woman was 68 yet Rosalie would've swore the woman was barely scratching 50
"Come on inside, let's talk while those two get reacquainted"
By the time Bella and Jamal entered, her bag in tow Rosalie had learned plenty about all the trouble the two had gotten into. Including a time when Jamal and Bella had broken one of her beloved vases, tried unsuccessfully to hide it, and when confronted with the evidence Jamal had bolted from the house while Bella had panicked and proceeded to slam her head into the table to knock herself unconscious. In the end, all it resulted in was a concussion and an ass whooping when it had cleared up, Jamal had gotten his ass whooping right along with her. They also liked to take up for one another telling her something they did that was worse than the one in trouble if they felt it was remotely even their fault the other was in trouble to begin with.
"I remember when those two gave each other black eyes to say they were robbed because they couldn't figure out a way to explain how they were playing around and the wind took my $50 and they couldn't catch it back"
"Ms. Nan" Bella huffed, "You said that would stay in the vault"
"I lied" the woman replied unapologetically, "You two go clean up and come help me cook. Bella your room is just like you left it. Some of the others are going to start showing up soon"
"You want to come?" Bella questioned and she nodded taking the girls offered hand as she followed the girl up the steps behind Jamal, they went the full length of the hallway, Jamal turning into the room on the right while they went left,
"I got first" Jamal called and Bella simply nodded as she opened the door for Rosalie, it was the most personality Rosalie had seen in any of Bella's rooms. The walls were a navy blue and covered with posters, there were posters of Angelina Jolie, Hilary Duff, and Beyonce that were framed….for everyone's safety, she didn't want to know why. The wall her headboard was pressed against being navy blue painted panelling, the bed was covered in black sheets with hints of white. There was a large TV that swiveled off the wall the the door shared, the top of the chest of drawers below it was covered with consoles waiting to be connected to the TV, the wall opposite the bed held shelves that were once filled with sneakers but now only had a few beat up pairs, the closet was basically empty except for Bella's old high school clothing and a broken acoustic guitar that she could smell stale blood off of,
"That was Kid. Fucking Trisha barged in one night with Rodney hot on her tail. She want straight to Ms. Nan and Rodney looked like he was dumb enough to actually try and put hands on Ms. Nan so I beat some sense into him with Kid and sent him on his way" Bella explained
"With the guitar" the blonde vampire clarified because with Bella you could never be too sure
"Yeah, but now I haven't touched a guitar since" Bella shrugged as she placed Rosalie's now unpacked suitcase into the closet
"How long ago was that?"
"Almost 2 years"
"The piano downstairs"
"Apparently it came with the house and Ms. Nan makes sure it gets looked at twice a year so it's always tuned but I'm the only one that plays" she explained, she wondered how well she played and why she'd never mentioned it before.
There was a rhythmic knock on the door and Bell was grabbing the clothes she'd picked out to change into,
"My turn" Bella smiled and then she was gone leaving Rosalie to explore her room some more on her own.
The blonde moved to the wall looking into the backyard from the window, it was a large yard with wide patio, a legitimate half basketball court off to the side and what looked to be a large dance floor a few feet from the patio.
Next to the window was a large bookshelf still filled with books that ranged in interest and difficulty, yet Rosalie didn't have a hard time imagining Bella sitting in her room reading Diary of a Worm or the rather large collection of Goosebumps.
When Bella returned, she returned in a pair of basketball shorts, socks, a sports bra, and one of those homemade muscle tees she hated to see on everyone but Bella...apparently.
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