Family Affair
Chapter 11
-Tanya -
I couldn't believe it. My life was suddenly too good to be true. I looked over at Edward Cullen from my passenger seat, his pale knuckles practically white from how tightly he gripped the steering wheel. He was the only immortal I'd ever loved. Sure, I'd dabbled with human relationships before, but I'd never turned one into what I am. In the nearly sixteen hundred years I've been living, all I ever wanted was a family – my family. My mother had changed me and my sisters during the dark ages – back when vampires roamed free, not caring who saw them. Well, for the most part. There was still the Volturi to watch for, and when angered… I shuttered as I remembered my mother's head being ripped from her body because of her precious child. I told her not to turn the boy, that he was too young no matter how beautiful he was. And he was beautiful, as well as impossible to control. He was a liability to our safety as a family, and it was by grace alone that my sisters and I lived while our mother and her abomination burned. Yet after all this time of playing hard to get, here sat Edward offering me the one thing I wanted most – a life, a family with him.
A soft smile touched my lips as I turned my head to look at the sleeping form of Isabella Swan. She had Edward's hair color already, and her brown eyes were the exact shade mine had been when I was human. Soon they would be our (that is Edward's and mine's) golden hue, and her skin would be as pale as our own as well. Yes, this girl would make a wonderful child for Edward and I, she was simply perfect. Of course I'd have to change her myself, since she was my Edward's singer, but a few drops of human blood wouldn't do much to me.
"Calm down," I grinned at my future husband when I glanced at the speedometer, "we'll be in Tallahassee soon. Once she sees her mother, we can leave to start our new life."
"My family will be watching the airlines," he replied tersely.
"Which is why we won't be taking a plane," I soothed. "Edward, I love you. You've told me you love me… This will work, and Isabella will be with us forever." He nodded his head and mumbled to himself. "Yes," he agreed, "forever."
Our future child awoke then, sitting up straight and looking out the widows in a confused manner. She seemed to be startled that she was in the car, which was to be expected since we drugged her soup and laid her in the backseat once she was unconscious. "We're almost to your mother's, little one."
"Why," she asked softly before her face paled. "Please, don't hurt her."
"You misunderstand," I attempted to calm her. "We're going to let you see how happy she is before we go. That way you won't have to worry."
"Go? W-what is it you want from me?"
I frowned. I didn't want a child that was frightened of me, I wanted one that listened, respected, and loved me. "Bella, there is no need to be upset. Edward and I are going to grant your greatest wish. We're going to make you one of us," I smiled. "I've never created another of our kind before, but I'm certain you'll be a wonderful child."
"Child?"
"Yes," I reassured her. "Edward and I will be proud to have you as our own. And of course, once you've learned to control yourself, you'll be able to be around the other Cullens' and my sisters – your new extended family."
"But, I-"
"You are going to love it," I cut off whatever it was she was going to say, as she was clearly beginning to panic. "We'll show you the world, my darling! You can learn anything, be anything. Why you'll have all the time in the world." I laughed a little at that until I noticed she was close to hyperventilating. "Your father is remarrying, his life will be fine. Your mother is already remarried – they don't need you, Bella. Edward and I, we need you."
"Seth needs me," she whispered, fighting back the tears that were filling her eyes.
"Who?"
"Her future stepbrother," my lover offered.
"Stepbrother?" I waved my hand in the air, dismissing the whole problem. "He will grow, marry, and build his own life."
-Bella-
Build his own life? That couldn't be right, I was his life. At least I hoped I was, since I knew deep down that he was mine. I couldn't let them turn me, and yet – as a human – I was powerless to stop them. Oh, God, if I'd had even a hint that this is what Edward had planned for me I'd never have left La Push alone. 'Seth, where are you?' I mentally questioned as I attempted to even out my breathing. I had to think. I had to find some way to contact him, or I was as good as turned already. "I need some air," I gasped out, forcing myself to sound more panicked than I really was. "Please, can't you just crack the window a little?"
Edward glared. "Surely we're far enough way," Tanya reasoned. "Even if the wolves did come this way her scent would be gone by then." He nodded stiffly, cracking my back windows slightly as I lay back down. "See," the blond beamed, "we're good parents already."
I couldn't help but wonder what his real plan was. Edward Cullen was obsessed with me – his singer. So, either he decided he would keep me with him forever as his child with Tanya or… she was just there to turn me since he didn't trust himself to stop draining me once he started. What would happen to Tanya in the three days it took her venom to course through my body, changing me…killing me. Was he strong enough to actual kill Tanya? She was much older than him, and vampires healed so quickly. Fuck. I thought of one thing, should something happen, that I wouldn't want to heal – my virginity. Can you imagine spending eternity as a virgin? To be forced to have every sexual encounter to like your first?
"Don't worry, my Bella," Edward's velvety voice reached my ears. "Tanya and I have discussed the matter of your virginity in great detail. We'd never wish you to suffer, so it's been decided…"
"What," I asked cautiously, sitting up straight once more.
"Well, since my venom will be changing you," Tanya started, looking out the window to avoid my gaze, "Edward has volunteered to do his part as a concerned father, and has reluctantly agreed to remove your maidenhead two days before you are changed. That will ensure that you are properly healed without my venom attempt to reattach your hymen."
"What?" Ok, not very intelligent, but I was going into freak out mode.
"It's not uncommon for a vampire child to have sexual relations with one or both of their parents," the female vampire chirp happily. "In fact, for your first fifty years Edward and I will be the only living souls you'll see – except when we bring you meals, but I doubt bambi will do much talking."
I closed my eyes, and attempted to wake up from my nightmare. I wasn't in Edward's Volvo being told that I was going to be his child and he was going to rape me first. I wasn't being told that I was being taken from everything and everyone I ever loved. I wasn't being told I would never see my Seth again, and in fact would never be able to be with him because I was to become the very thing he was designed to destroy. This simply wasn't happening, it couldn't be, and yet it was. 'Hurry, Seth, hurry…'
A/N: Hope you enjoyed. Thanks for R and R.
