Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. I do, however, own a severe case of ADD.

A/N: Thanksgiving Break is here and that means… I can spend all day on the computer without worrying about school. (So I take that back, I still have to study and do some assignments but it isn't anything I can't handle.) I would like to wish all you Americans out there a Happy Turkey Day! Go watch the parade and eat until you puke. (That is what I am going to do… plus go see a few basketball games…maybe soccer, too.)

Last chapter's quote was: "I'm not here for your entertainment, you really don't want to mess with me tonight." Form P!nk's 'U & UR Hand."

THERE IS A CHANCE TO GET THREE QUOTES!

I am feeling giving since it is Thanksgiving, so if you review this chapter, you will get a quote AND if you do the Quote Hunt and find BOTH of the song lyrics, you will get three quotes. One for reviewing and two for finding both of the quotes!

Happy hunting and reading.

Now, Indulge Your Curiosity, Loves, With CHAPTER ELEVEN!


"The first chord from the vein of the ore
There it all begins.

Wave it in the air, let it breath
This perfect blance, the harmony
Shivers on the edge of the steel
Tranquillising melody."

--"Sword's Song" by Battlelore


Chapter Eleven

BPOV

"Wakey, wakey." A voice called to me, arousing me from my peaceful slumber.

"Uhhggg. Whhuuut?" I slurred, my head was throbbing.

Was I hung over? Impossible. I hadn't had anything to drink in a few months.

"Good morning, Sunshine." Felix chuckled. "You were out cold for about eighteen hours. I have never seen a human sleep so long…unless they were dead. But that is a different story." He added as an after-thought.

"I bet I look dead." I mumbled into the pillow. I could feel my hair sticking up in every-which direction.

"Nope." Felix reassured me. "You just look like Dorothy if she had gotten stuck in the twister." He laughed at himself.

"Ha ha ha. Your obsession the Wizard of Oz is disturbing."

"You know you love me." He made a kissy sound in my ear. I blindly smacked him with a pillow.

When I earned a chuckle from him, I opened my eyes for the first time that morning. Thankfully, I was not bombarded with any bright lights, so my eyes were easily able to adjust.

"There is a restaurant right down stairs." Felix said. "So, how about you go take a shower and change clothes then we will go grab a bite to eat."

I rolled over to look Felix in the eye.

"I hope you aren't literally 'grabbing a bite to eat' because I do not think that will go over well." I joked.

"Have no fear, Sunshine. I will not kill anyone here. It would be too risky." He replied before getting off of my bed and walking out of the room, into what I assumed was the common room for our hotel suite.

I rolled out of bed and staggered into the bathroom. I didn't even bother looking into the mirror, knowing that I would not like what I saw. I stripped down and hopped into the shower, making sure to wash my body carefully—my skin was still sensitive from the burn it had received.

Once I was sufficiently cleansed, I shut off the shower and got out, drying off my body.

Wiping down the mirror, I caught a glance of myself in the mirror.

Oh. My. Goodness.

No wonder Felix had been calling me "Sunshine." My skin was positively glowing from the sun I had absorbed. It actually looked like I had received a small tan. It wasn't a dark tan but it was definitely noticeable. I even had a light sprinkling of freckles across the bridge of my nose. They weren't very noticeable either but they were cute.

Huh.

I wonder when my skin decided to accept sun. Maybe my albino side decided to take a vacation. I didn't care though. I liked it!

I dried my hair and moisturized my body so that I didn't peel from my burns. My suitcase was sitting on my bed when I walked out of the bathroom.

I rummaged through it until I found a pair of white skinny jeans, a brown camisole and a pair of brown, leather gladiator sandals. The white in the jeans made my slight tan even more prominent. I would need more white clothes.

I walked out into the common room and saw Felix lounging on the couch watching a rugby game.

"Are you coming down with me or would you rather avoid the human food?" I asked as I picked up a room key card.

"I will come with you. With as beautiful as you look, I don't trust the natives to keep their hands off of you." He smiled and I blushed.

"That is okay. I don't speak their language so none of their pick up lines would work." I reassure him.

"True. Very true." He stood up and unnecessarily stretched his arms into the air. "Let's jet, Sunshine."

We walked down to the restaurant and sat at the bar.

"You should get a drink. You deserve to relax." Felix said as he waved the bar tender over.

"I don't like to drink a lot." I told him.

"Nonsense. We aren't trying to get you drunk. We just want you to relax a little. I know that the other night must have taken a lot out of you. You are only human. This guard stuff must be quite tiresome." He smiled as he ordered me a pina colada.

"Alright. But if I get hammered, you are going to hold my hair back as I puke and fetch me Aspirin." I told him seriously, picking up my drink and taking a sip. It was pretty good.

"I would expect nothing less." He told me.

We slipped into an easy conversation as I ate.

About an hour, two cosmos and a slightly buzzed Bella later, we returned to the room to check the news and make sure that they hadn't discovered anything. If we were still in the clear tomorrow morning, we would be catching the first flight back to Volterra.

"I think we should be fine. It has been almost two days since it happened and they haven't found anything, so I am going to go ahead and buy the tickets." I let Felix know.

"Okee dokee, Sunshine." He replied. "I am going to go for a run and a small hunt since it is dark out. Will you be okay by yourself?"

"Of course. Go have fun." I said.

After Felix left, I went back into the bedroom and slipped into my pyjamas. I was asleep within a minute of my head hitting the pillow.

I silently prayed from sweet dreams.

EPOV

"Bella is coming back today!" Alice announced, dancing into the room.

I had just been talk to Carlisle and Esme about what I was planning on doing in order to win Bella back. They agreed that they thought it was the best way to go. We were all agreed that until I could talk to Bella, we would be giving her space so that it didn't appear that we were forcing ourselves upon her. We didn't want to drive her away before we had a chance to get her back.

"Really? I thought she was going to be gone for four days. It has only been three." I said. Not that I was complaining. The sooner Bella came back, the better.

"Well, no one found the fire they had set and no one had found anything suspicious, so they were able to come back early. She will be calling Aro to inform him of their success after she takes a nap. She is ordering tickets right now." Alice told us as she skipped ahead into the future.

"When will she be arriving?" Esme asked.

"Ummm…" Alice paused, as she looked into Bella's future. I could see flashes of a plane and then a flight board that said 7:35.

"The plane lands at 7:35 and it will take her a while to get here so it will be just after ten when she gets here."

"Thank you, Alice." Carlisle said as he stood up. "Esme and I are going to go out for a quick hunt. We should be back in about two hours."

They both said their good-bye's before leaving the room.

"Edward." Alice called to me.

"Yes?"

"You need to speak to Rosalie and Emmett. You know Emmett will automatically attack Bella for a rematch as soon as he sees her. And Rosalie… well I not entirely sure what is up between her and Bella, but you might want to talk to her about keeping her distance." Alice was clearly upset that Rose had been able to talk to Bella and Alice hadn't.

"It will work out. I really think it will." I reassured her.

"I haven't been able to get a clear vision of the outcome. Too many things have yet to be decided. I will let you know if anything changes." She said as I left the room, making my way towards Rose and Emmett's room. From their thoughts, Emmett was playing on the Wii and Rose was reading a car magazine.

I knocked before walking into the room.

"Eddie. What is crackin?" Emmett paused the Wii and turned towards me.

"Please, Emmett. Just please." Rose rolled her eyes. "What do you want Edward?"

"I need to speak to you both." I began.

"Am I in trouble?" Emmett's thoughts were suddenly going through every bad thing he had done in the last month. He had quite a long laundry list.

"No… I just want to warn you of something." Emmett visibly relaxed.

"And that is…?" Rosalie prodded.

"I would like both of you to stay away from Bella." I told them.

"No way!" Emmett yelled. "I don't know what the hell happened between the two of you, but I love Squirt and I don't want to ruin my friendship with her."

"I am with Emmett on this one." Rose said. "I just got onto friendly ground with her and I have decided that she isn't that bad of a person. I don't want to loose what I had to work pretty damn hard for: and that is Bella's approval."

"It is only for a few days. I want things to be perfect." I pleaded with them.

"Things to be perfect? What?" Rosalie was confused. "Us staying away from her will magically make this mess perfect? I do NOT think so."

"Seriously, Edward." Emmett added. "Do you think by distancing ourselves that Bella will realize she still loves you and stuff like that? I don't think so. She had five years to do that. A few days won't do anything."

"No, it isn't that… I am planning something." I looked at the paused screen of the TV.

"Elaborate. Now." Rosalie commanded.

"Well, I am just planning something that will, hopefully, get her to listen to me. I just need for her to know the reason behind all of my actions and that I still care for her, deeply. If she still rejects me after that, then that will be her choice, but if she accepts my apology, then…" My voice trailed off as I realized the distinct possibility that Bella might reject me.

"Well that is just dandy for you, Ed, but why does your 'plan' require us staying away?" Emmett voiced his exact thoughts.

I sighed. "I don't want her to feel as though we are thrusting ourselves upon her. According to Jasper, she is in an extremely fragile state right now. Her emotions are haywire."

"Fine, but I am giving you four days to sort this out. No more." Rosalie commented as she turned her attention back to the magazine.

I looked over the Emmett who was staring at the ceiling in a rare moment of deep thought.

"Alright. Four days. Please don't screw this up. There is more than your feelings on the line here, we all love her." Emmett said before un-pausing his game and continuing his play.

I was ecstatic that they had agreed to this. It would only make pulling off my plan that much easier.

I left their room and walked aimlessly about the castle.

"Edward Cullen." A voice called from behind me.

I turned to see Demitri rounding the corner and walking right up to me. His thoughts were ones of concern for Bella, but other than that I couldn't tell what he wanted.

"Yes?" I asked when he stopped in front of me.

"May I have a word with you?"

"Sure, I guess that is fine." I replied as I followed him past the main desk and into an office half way down a hallway.

Once we were inside the office, he shut the door and walked around to the chair behind the desk, motioning for me to take a seat on one of the leather arm chairs across the desk from him.

"So, Cullen…" He began. "I suppose I should alert you to the fact that we know just about everything that transpired between you and Bella and your family for that matter. I am going to keep an eye on you. And I can guarantee that I will not be the only one doing so."

I nodded my head, expecting as much from them. The Voltouri—no matter how repulsive the concept was—were still Bella's friends. I internally cringed at Bella's never-ending draw of danger. Whatever would we do with her?

"I understand perfectly. I would not dream of pissing you off or hurting Bella. My family is on our best behavior. If the situation becomes uncomfortable, we will graciously leave." I assured Demitri. My statement visibly relaxed Demitri.

He opened his mouth to reply but the desk phone rang.

Demitri hit the speaker button and answered. "Demitri here."

"Hey, Demitri." My angel's voice rang out over the speaker. "I was just calling to check in before we board the plane."

"Thank you, Bella. I trust that it was a success." Demitri was eyeing my stiff posture as he spoke.

"It was fine. There was only one minor complication, but it was nothing I couldn't handle." She said. My body tensed up even more at the mention of the complication. Was she okay? She had said that she had handled it but was she telling the truth. I couldn't tell if she was lying over the phone. I needed to see her expression.

"Complication? How bad was it?" Demitri's thoughts were once again concerned.

"Well… it was no big deal. We managed. I will tell you about it at the meeting tonight when we get in. I am sure Aro will want to know everything…of course." She laughed slightly and it was the single most eloquent sound I had ever heard. I wanted—No—I needed to hear it again.

"Well, when should we expect you and Felix to return?" Demitri asked, jotting down a few notes.

"Sunshine!" Someone yelled from the other end of the phone.

"Not now, Felix." Bella hissed. Sunshine? What were we in? Sound of music?

Demitri chuckled. "Sunshine? What the hell, Felix?"

"Sorry, Bella got…umm…sunnier?" It sounded like a question.

"You are a dumbass." Bella muttered before speaking into the phone again. "I will talk to you later. We should get in right around ten."

"Thank you, Bella. Have a safe flight. Knowing you, your luck would wreck the entire plane with one trip." Demitri joked.

"Haha. Yeah, I will let you know if I wreck it. Bye." And with that, Bella hung up the phone.

"Alright, Cullen. I expect you to treat Bella with the upmost respect over the next three weeks or else you will have to answer me and just about every other member of the guard." He warned me, raising his eyebrow.

"I will not harm her." I told him again.

"That is all. We have a meeting tonight at eleven in the turret room. You and your family are welcome to come and listen. All that will happen is a slight briefing on what happened on the assignment and then Aro will say a few words. Nothing big, but if you wish, you may attend." He nodded, dismissing me.

I swiftly walked out of office and back to my room. I had to get ready for the meeting tonight.

BOPV

There is something about the way the street looks when it's just rained. There's a glow off the pavement. It was oddly comforting as Felix and I dragged our luggage out to his car. Rose had taken my Ferrari back to Volterra so I had to ride with Felix.

Not that I minded. It gave me a chance to think instead of concentrating on driving.

While Felix was loading the car, I looked around at the parking lot, noticing a bright yellow Porsche about two rows down. Maybe I was just imagining it, but I could swear that there was a small pixie in the driver's seat.

Maybe I am certifiably bonkers.

"Hey, Sunny, let's go." Felix called from the front of the car. He had decided that the nickname of 'Sunshine' that he had given me was too long so he shortened it to 'Sunny.' How lucky was I?

We piled into the small car and sped off back to home.

We had been driving in a comfortable silence for about forty five minutes, listening to our iPods when Felix slammed on the brakes, swearing.

A pack of dogs ran across the highway…

…wait? A pack of dogs? What the hell?

"Who let the dogs out?" Felix muttered as he pulled over to the side of the road. It was unnatural, but Felix and I always had a soft spot for dogs even though vampires were supposed to hate dogs.

When we had exited the car, a small little dog scampered over to us and let out a pathetic little bark. It was a small black pug and it was utterly adorable.

"Aww!" Felix sighed as he reached down and picked the puppy up, checking for a collar.

"He doesn't have a collar." He pointed out. "You know what that means?"

"Umm… we don't know his name?" I tried. Felix just shook his head.

"It means that we can keep him since no one can prove that he is theirs!" Felix was smiling as he petted the puppy's head. It squeaked out another pathetic bark as it looked around.

"Would we be allowed to keep it?" I asked Felix, doubting that the Voltouri would allow a dog to be kept in the castle.

"We can always hide it until we get permission." He suggested. It actually didn't sound like too bad of an idea.

"Alright! Well, what are we going to name him?" I asked.

Felix got a pensive look on his face before lifting the dog in the air and examining its lower…sections.

He must have noticed my questioning gaze because he just said, "I need to know the gender. Can't call a boy dog Tinkerbelle or something gay like that." Oh that made sense.

"I propose that we call this puppy Jet since, (a) he is a boy, (b) he is jet black, and (c) I like the song 'Benny and the Jets' a little too much for my own good." He smiled at me, giving me puppy dog eyes. Could I say no to that face?

"Fine. Jet it is." I said.

Felix held the little pug in front of my face. The dog stuck its little tongue out and licked my face, between my eyes. That was just too cute!

"Let's get back to the castle so that we can hide him before we go see Aro. I will hold the little guy while you drive." Felix handed Jet to me. I cuddled the little pup to me as we took back off towards the castle.

We quickly arrived at the castle, but instead of having someone meet us and take our bags, we parked far away from the entrance and ran around the grounds to find a hiding place for Jet. When we rounded the corner to the back of the castle, I saw the perfect location.

"There." I pointed towards the building. "Jet can stay there."


A/N:

Quote Hunt:

Okay, remember, review and you get a quote for next chapter. Review and find one song (Baha Men/Taylor Swift) quote, you get two quotes from me. Review and find BOTH of the song quotes, you get THREE quotes from me!

Happy hunting!

And, if you are wondering "What the hell is with the dog?" or "Has Chey gone bonkers?" Have no fear, I have not gone insane…yet. Little Jet will play a HUGE part in this story. It should come into play soon. Hang in there!

And sorry for the medium length chapter, I was in a hurry and just wanting to go to bed because I ate too much today! Happy Thanksgiving to all you Americans!

Much Love,

Chey