Author's Note: Damn, I am on such a roll! However, my hands hurt and I've been inside all day, so this is probably going to be the last update for the night. Thanks for your patience, especially in regards to this one, and I hope you all enjoy.


Chapter 12

If Jane had been human, she would have been very, very cranky when Bella woke up at the crack of dawn, excited and raring to go. Not that the time really mattered, as Jane had another perfectly good reason to be cranky; Bella would not shut up about the Cullens. It was like now that Jane knew, a dam had been opened, and Bella no longer had any sort of filter when it came to anything at all.

What really irritated Jane was the fondness in Bella's voice when she talked about certain members; especially Rosalie and Emmett. She still remembered vividly how Bella had acted around the other blonde, and Jane didn't like it one bit. She felt no remorse when Bella went to call the Cullens, only for Jane to grab the phone out of her hands and crush it.

Really. It was bad enough that Jane was going to have to share Bella with a bunch of bunny munchers that she loathed in only two or so days, she didn't have to constantly be reminded of it every second. To make matters worse, she couldn't shut B up about being so excited to see them––at least, not in the way Jane wanted to. Not without every vampire within close quarters of them barging in to tear them apart and drag Jane back to the kings for another lecture.

Bella wasn't the only one who wouldn't keep reminding Jane of what was to come. Aro also mentioned it at every opportunity, and sent Jane and Bella out constantly to get some new clothes, some school supplies, and to simply get ready for school. Bella had a lot of fun dressing Jane up as a goth girl. When Jane wanted to rip it all off and burn it, Bella reminded her that it was either a change of image or wearing those irritating color contacts to hide Jane's crimson red eyes. In the end, Jane chose the image change. While Jane was busy simmering over the outfits that were now forced upon her, Bella was busy trying to control her reaction to Jane's new look. Some of the outfits were seriously panty combusting, but Bella worried that if some of the vampires caught on to just how much, they wouldn't let her and Jane go alone.

It was the morning that they were leaving, Saturday, that Bella got sat down by the three kings...to have the birds and the bees discussion.

"It is true that the birds and the bees have to use flowers for the flowers and the bees and the birds to get anything out of it, that does not mean you need a bee or bird to do the deed, as you already know," Marcus explained, much to Bella's horror. "While in nature, two female flowers can't really do anything together, two females in many species can, and that includes humans and of course, vampires."

"Uncle Marcus!" Bella exclaimed, hiding her head in her hands.

"Which you seem to already know, judging from all the books you've been buying," Aro added cheerfully, making the girl blush bright red and groan in humiliation.

Caius frowned. "Wait, books? What books? Why haven't I been notified of this? We're supposed to protect the girl!"

"Caius, anyone her age wants to know about sex, especially when they have a crush or, well...a mate," Aro said, a little distastefully.

"Just so you know, there isn't much difference between having heterosexual sex and lesbian sex. And you do know that there are always toys if you feel the urge to spice up your bedroom life," Marcus added.

"Must we really talk about this?" Caius huffed.

"Yes, we must, no matter how bad it gets. We have to prepare her," Aro added, looking equally disgruntled.

"Now, I know that we'd like to pretend Isabella will be celibate until her last day on earth, but we have to think logically here. No matter how much we try to stop it, one day, Bella and Jane are going to have sex," Marcus explained patiently.

"Guys, enough! Please! I'm dying over here." Bella looked up just long enough to beg. Then her head once again slammed against the table. "Why couldn't I have had this conversation with my aunts, or maybe Chelsea and Heidi?"

"Because we need to add some important details to this. For instance, just because you're going to be living with the Cullens doesn't mean we won't know if you have sex. In fact, we've ordered the Cullens to tell us the second you do, and that's only if they can't stop it," Aro said, a tad more cheerfully. If that wasn't horrifying enough for Bella, Caius threw in the finisher.

"And you're not allowed to have sex until you're at least eighteen, although feel free to wait much, much longer if you wish," Caius added, sounding almost proud of the rule. "If Jane takes you before you're of age, then she will be punished––severely."

"Are you kidding me?" Bella demanded, jumping to her feet. "This is so not fair! I'm going to die if I have to wait another two years. And Jane's stuck at sixteen anyways."

"Well we have to wait until you're a vampire anyways. If you're injured in any way, Jane will feel incredibly guilty. And if she accidentally kills you, then I'll have to kill her, and nobody wants that," Aro told the human, a tad seriously for once.

"Jane's not going to hurt me," Bella protested adamantly. But when the kings didn't so much as blink, she got up with an annoyed groan. "If you really loved me, you'd want me to be happy. And I'm happy with Jane." The kings' expressions wavered then, as they all seemed to revolve around Bella's happiness. Still, it wasn't enough, and Bella already knew that whatever she said wouldn't change their minds. Biting her lip to stop herself from throwing a tantrum, as acting like a little kid would get her nowhere, Bella decided to just give them the silent treatment instead.

Sadly, she could never go through with her plan, as Alec strode through the doors a moment later.

"Pardon the interruption, but her flight leaves soon," Alec said with a short bow. "We need to go."

Before Bella could blink, the kings were in front of her, each giving her a giant hug. Knowing it would gnaw at her if she didn't, Bella hugged them each back, then followed Alec out the doors.

"Remember, Bella, this is just a test run. You only have to get through a month of school before the year's over, and then you can always come back. Of course, you can come back whenever you want, but––" The doors closed on Aro's words, and Bella's body relaxed in relief.

"So the kings gave you the lowdown on your sex life, huh?" Alec asked with a smirk, never looking in Bella's direction.

Bella attempted to shove him, only to obviously find she had no luck. "You're a jackass excuse for a brother, you know that? I should get Jane to kick your ass."

"But then you won't get all of the gifts I plan on sending you while you're away," Alec quipped as he turned around to walk backwards, slightly in front of and facing Bella. He gave her a childish grin that would have made any girl, vampire or human, melt into a puddle of awwing goo.

Bella, however, just let out a sigh. "Fine, you win this round. But just you wait, when I'm a vampire, I'll be kicking your ass myself."

"My ass and I will be anxiously awaiting the moment," Alec said as he stopped in front of another set of doors, making Bella stop too. With a playful and teasing bow, Alec left Bella alone.

Well, not alone, as Jane was next to Bella a second later.

"Jay! You have no idea the torture that I just went through!" Bella exclaimed dramatically, throwing herself at the tiny blonde.

"I heard," Jane replied with a frown, her arm wrapping around Bella's waist to stop the girl from bouncing off of Jane's body and most likely landing on her ass. Really, could the kings have anymore tact? "You still have time to back out."

"And miss you in all of those sexy outfits? Never!" Bella replied with what she hoped with a sexy smirk as she nuzzled Jane behind the ear. Jane rolled her eyes, seemingly completely unaffected, but Bella knew that the opposite was true. In fact, Bella knew that she was all but torturing Jane, and if it weren't for the thought of Jane getting punished, Bella would have implemented a plan that would have had Jane fucking her either on the plane, or on the car ride from the airport.

"Let's go," was all Jane said, in a rather flat voice, as she led Bella to an already loaded car with tinted windows. She then proceeded to shove Bella in, although she was gentle about it, before ordering Demitri to drive. They got quite a glistening-eyed farewell from the vampires of Volterra, as they all stood slightly inside the castle to wave and bid their goodbyes to Bella.

The ride was enjoyable for Bella, who spent the entire ride on Jane's lap in some fashion or another, using the excuse that being in Jane's arms was safer than any seat belt. Jane was feeling quite fucked over, however, and spent every moment reminding herself not to kiss or touch or take Bella. If it weren't for the kiss they had already shared, it would have been much easier, but Bella was like a drug to the blonde. Now that Jane had gotten a taste, Jane's entire being––heart, body, and soul––craved more.

Thankfully, today was a particularly cloudy day so Jane and Demetri didn't have to hide their skin too much as they exited the vehicle. Demetri helped them with their luggage, as a tiny girl like Jane would have gotten quite a few looks, and they quickly got themselves through their special security.

Every moment until they were on their flight grated on Jane's nerves. She wanted to kill and maim and torture everyone except her mate as Jane was repeatedly mistaken as Bella's little sister––much to Bella's evil glee––and Bella was flirted with by every single good looking male in their teens and early twenties. Jane was getting tired of repeatedly wrapping a possessive arm around Bella's waist, only to get surprised and disbelieving looks.

Getting on the plane wasn't much better, as Jane was constantly talked down to and called sweetie while the man in the row next to them kept trying to flirt Bella up and get her mate's number. The flirting had gotten to the point where Jane had made Bella switch seats with her so that Jane would be between the boy and Bella, but that wasn't a deterrent for the boy, who only talked over her.

Bella encouraged the boy, although never flirting back. She was purposely getting Jane riled up, only to whisper how Jane needed to learn to control her temper, that school might be worse, which made this good practice. Jane would realize that Bella was right, which would only make the vampire angrier. When she put an arm around Bella and promptly stated that Bella was hers and the boy needed to back off, the boy only laughed like Jane had told the world's funniest joke. With disgust, Jane wondered if all human males were this stupid and thick headed. At least the vampires in Volterra knew better than to try anything with her mate.

By the time the very, very long flight was over, Jane had stretched her patience past its very limits. Somehow, some way, nobody had been slaughtered on the flight––although she had made sure the boy felt quite a bit of low level pain, which only made Bella laugh and tease Jane about it, both physically and verbally. In the end, as they got off to go to the baggage claim, Jane doubted things could get worse for her.

Then she caught sight of the giant, grinning, golden eyed buffoon holding up a sign that stated; "Tiny Goth and Hot Brunette" and Jane realized things could, indeed, get worse.

"I'm going to kill someone," Jane stated, her voice tight with barely restrained emotion.

"Just make sure it's not the Cullens," Bella replied cheerfully. "Or anyone from Forks; I heard the town's small."

Jane gritted her teeth. At the rate things were going, there was no way she, or many other people for that matter, were going to survive the month.