We all sat in silence in the dining room, just thinking about the last hour. After Leah had become the new Alpha she ordered all of the pack members to pretty much, as Declan would like to say, "Shut up and fuck off" and then we had returned back to the house for lunch.
"So I don't know about you guys but I could really use some food right now to silence the tummy monster right now…" Declan trailed off when she noticed the looks she was being given. "What? I haven't eaten since about-."
I quickly cut her off, "2am?" I tried to shake off my anger because I knew I was being influenced by the full moon.
"Actually I was going to say since lunch." She said triumphantly as if she had somehow won.
How had I lived with this girl for over a hundred years and survived it? "Declan it is lunch." I said it slowly as if she wouldn't understand, I knew it would piss her off.
She scowled, point for Bella. " Well aren't you clever Miss. It- Is- Lunch-Time. 'Oh I'm Bella I know what fucking time it is!' Well whoop-d- freakin'- do, bitch. I know its lunch time and I'm not a doctor or anything but I'm pretty sure the noise coming from my tummy right now means it's hungry and I bet it doesn't give a flying fuck what time it is either." Jesus she was a cranky bitch when she's hungry.
"Hey, Declan why don't you just calm do-"
"I AM COMPLETELY FUCKING CALM!" I guess it had to happen sometime. Crazy Declan meet Leah, Leah meet… Leah where are you going? I chuckled softly at my thoughts. Wrong move.
"What the fuck is so funny, Chuckles?" Declan's glare had moved from a scared Leah onto me.
"Certainly not your face." I wasn't going to be intimidated by a tiny- HOLY SHIT! All of a sudden a very angry Declan had launched across the table and tackled me through the window I was sitting in front of. Oh, man. Now I have to fix that too. A sudden punch to the face distracted me from the destroyed glass. Was she really gonna try to fight me, again? I'm always surprised, no matter how many times it happens
I blocked her next punched and then pushed her off balance before tripping her. I could really hurt her if I punched her so I usually just evaded as best I could and eventually she would just give up and go pout.
"Are you done yet little girl? It looks like you've already ended up on your back, once again." The comment only fueled her rage. She thrust her hand out and for a brief moment I was airborne before Declan used her powers to slam me into the ground on my back. I just lay on the ground for a moment, completely stunned. Maybe I had actually pissed her off this time.
APOV
"They are going to kill each other!" I rolled my eyes at Leah and grabbed her before she could intervene.
"They are fine. This happens all the time." With a quick glance I noticed that Bella was now up and fighting back. I looked back to the brunch area; Bella was going to be pissed about having to replace another window. Shaking my head disapprovingly, I moved to right the hastily abandoned chairs and went to work on lunch.
"They try to kill each other all the time?" Leah looked slightly horrified but also curious. She hadn't taken her eyes off the fight yet.
"This is their way of saying 'I love you'", I laughed lightly, " Unorthodox, I know but it really does happen all the time, several times a week actually. They both have pretty short fuses and they can't vent the frustrations with the people actually making them angry. It's usually the humans that get them so riled up but this time I think it's probably just been a long day for them with the wolves, the full moon, and what not."
"When will they stop?" She finally looked away and walked over to help me with lunch. Might as well get something done.
"Depends." I went to put the meet in the oven and stared at the various buttons. Which to choose… Hmmm, that looks promising. I picked the one with the picture in the shape of a steak.
"On..?" Leah prodded and I looked at her in confusion for a moment.
"Oh! Right… Umm, well we could stop them right now if we wanted to. We are their mates but I found out the first time that it's easier to let them get it all out of their system." I checked the oven one more time and was satisfied that the meat was being cooked correctly. "Let's go hang out in the living room; there's not really anything to do in here now."
I sat on the love seat and Leah sat down in the chair nearest the television. I grabbed one of the magazines that I had brought over and began to look over this year's newest designs; Leah grabbed the remote and started to channel surf. Behind the noise from the television I could hear the sound of something crashing into a tree out back.
Sometime later the oven went off signaling the finished food and I went to go and get it but Leah stopped me and went to check on it herself. I settled back into my seat but before I could begin reading again, a pair of warm arms wrapped around me from behind and a body slid between me and the couch. Now in-between their legs I scooted back even further into her hold, purring lightly. Uh, she is so warm. I could feel my eyes want to roll back from the new sensations, a light kiss was pressed to my neck and I couldn't help but purr louder.
"Alice, you've read that magazine a hundred times over." I heard her inhale deeply.
"What's your point?" I pouted, "You've read that stupid Jane Eyre book a thousand times and do I complain?" Her laugh causes her breath to tickle the back of my neck.
"Maybe if you'd read it you would like it too."
"I don't think so. I'm not much for old people books." I mockingly held my head higher and crinkled my nose to further my charade.
"Baby, that book is only about forty years older than you are. Besides Charlotte Brontë was a good friend of mine. You would have loved her." A slight squeeze was given to my middle.
I turned around in her lap so I was facing her and then I put my arms around her neck. "Old people stuff. You're lucky you don't look your age, what would people say about us if you did!" Scandal dripped from my words and I tried to pull away from her.
Bella rolled her eyes at me but refused to let me move away from her. "You are silly." We laughed and I took the time to really look at her. Her face was mud streaked, along with her clothes and hair. Little rips spread over her shirt and leaves we stuck in her dark hair. Overall she looked ruff and pretty sexy… I wish Declan had done a little more work on that shirt. Maybe then some actual skin would be showing. I looked at her shirt again and licked my lips.
Did you forget I can hear your thoughts, Ali? Bella interrupted my little fantasy, amused at my antics.
Nope, I was counting on it. I continued to picture the rest of the fantasy that ended very happily for both of us and watched her eyes darken and her breathing increase. Messing with her is so much fun, I smirked.
In the blink of an eye, I was in her bedroom upstairs, wrapped in her arms. She set me down lightly and began gathering clothes to change into. I sat on her bed and watched her.
Where's Declan? I hadn't seen her walk in.
In the kitchen. She stopped the fight as soon as she heard the oven go off. Typical Declan, she'd forgive a bear for mauling her if it offered her lunch. I felt a tug on my mind, a vision was trying to come through.
The scene was eerily calm. My family stood in battle formation with Bella being at the point and Declan and me slightly behind and to the side of her. I saw my mate close her eyes and breathe deeply, future me came closer and grabbed her hand, holding tightly. Her eyes snapped open, not really focusing on anything, just staring.
"They are here," Those dark green eyes snapped in my direction, looking right at me in the vision. "and I know who let her out."
Before any of my future family could ask her anything, newborns began pouring out of the tree line and running full pelt towards us. Everyone began growling and Bella let loose a ferocious roar before plunging into the fray of oncoming enemies. There were at least 25 of them all together. There was no way we would be able to survive.
I blinked several times trying to clear the darkness from my eyesight. Warm arms wrapped around me and a chin was propped on my shoulder. I looked over to see a newly cleaned Bella watching me cautiously. "We have to tell them." Because of the bond, I know she had watched the vision play out in my mind, she nodded. We had a little over a month to prepare for their arrival.
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BPOV-
After all that had happened before and during lunch we decided that we didn't want any more drama for the day and would wait to talk to the other Cullens about Alice's vision. The rest of the day and the night was spent with us spending time with our respective mates around the house. Alice and I retired to my room after some time.
As soon as I walked in I went to my bed and threw myself down dramatically. I heard Alice walk up slowly behind me to sit down beside me. She started to lightly stroke my back. "You know, you should paint this room." I turned my head to give her a look, "What you should." Her pout became more pronounced the longer I looked at her.
I lightly pushed out with my mind and asked permission to open the link between us. Speaking seemed like a waste of effort at the moment so I just shared my thoughts on the matter which mainly consisted of me thinking it was strange that she was thinking about something so domestic but conceded that she was right.
She laughed lightly and swatted my shoulder, "You're so lazy." I watched her roll her eyes, "What color would you want it?"
I huffed lightly, I didn't really want to think about this right now but then I realized something important. "What color do you want it; it's your room too." She stopped looking at the rooms and turned her surprised eyes back on me.
"My room too?"
I sat up, "Well, you're my mate and we are hopefully going to be spending a lot of time together. That means that this room will practically be yours as well. I'm sure we'll eventually be keeping both of our things in this room and the room in your family's house."
"Really, you'll let me pick the color?" Is that really the only part she really cares about? I'm offering you free room and board here, lady! I chuckled a little at my thoughts and Alice's excitement.
"No, I was planning on more of a compromise. As in I paint this side of the room," a gesture to the front of the room near the door, "my color and then this side," another gesture to the opposite side, "your color." I nodded as if I had already considered and decided it.
The absolute look of horror on my mates face was completely worth the effort, "But…" I could tell she was hesitant to reply by the way she drew the word out, completely unsure, "but what if they don't match? I wouldn't be able to come in here if the colors didn't match. Also why would you paint the room two different colors? Maybe we could decide on one we both like." Of course I was dying on the inside with laughter because of how upset she was becoming over what I'm sure was an enormous problem to her. I wonder if she actually thinks I would paint the sides of the room different colors? I feigned a thoughtful and then nodded slowly.
"You know… I think you're right. We'll compromise a different way." I almost lost it when she breathed a sigh of relief. I'm not that good of an actress am I? I hope she doesn't actually think I would have gone through with it… Hmm, well I'm not gonna be the one to tell her. I pouted lightly at her, "But right now a nap sounds really good doesn't it?"
"A little rest does sound fantastic." She snuggled up next to where I was layed.
"Ready?" I felt her nod against me.
I pushed into her mind and wrapped my shield tight around us both. Several hundred years ago I had figured out that vampire's minds move at such a rapid pace and receive so much information in at once that they can't quiet their mind enough to sleep, but I was able to reach in and slow it down with my mind enough to put them into a sleep like state. It was actually really good for them to rest every now and again; I had done a few experiments on other vampires where I made them sleep several times a month and it actually made them stronger. The vampires that had slept were actually able to think clearer, mover faster, and hit harder in a fight than the non-rested vampires. Plus it had the added bonus of feeling really good. After all, everyone loves a good nap.
Alice's racing thoughts finally slowed to a point where she was able to fall into a pieceful rest but I held of for a few moments to listen to her sleep. I think it was going to become a ritual each time we fall asleep together and it was well worth staying up a few extra minutes to hear the little noises she made while asleep. It was almost a snore but the sound was so adorable and soft that snore didn't sound appropriate for it, it was more of a cute snuffle. I smiled softly before I calmed my own thoughts and fell into oblivion.
