Never Let You Go: The King and His Puppet

by IloveBISHIES

Based on my one-shot "The Runaway Girls". This focuses on the story of Aro and my OC, Aria. Three girls, three Kings. Having been caught trying to sneak into the Volturi castle, what are three girls to do, but go with the flow. Aria being attracted to Aro, knows what little to do with a man whose as confusing as a puzzle and dead-set on never forgetting his dead wife, Sulpicia.

14. Chapter 14

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Chapter 14

Aro POV

Aro followed behind a fuming Cassidy. He had been furious at the sight of Aria. She had been bruised on the face, the neck and even the wrist. He had taken so much time to care for her, and yet, Caius had just waltzed in and bruised her like a rag doll. To top it off, Aria had been so obedient towards Caius. Like a foolish dog. Had he broken Aria so much that she so readily followed orders from any of them now? He watched as Cassidy let out a scream of frustration. He was amused. He had never seen such an outburst from a human before. She had had the audacity to tell Caius fuck him. His brother's face had been a look of pure shock—though it was only for small fraction of a second, he had seen it. Perhaps the girls had not seen it with their human eyesight but he had seen it and he had seen it well. He watched as Cassidy stopped abruptly, turning to face him, her eyes narrowed. "Yes dear?" he asked, grinning.

"You and I are going to become lovers." She said, not as a question but as a comment.

"Well yes. We agreed on that."

"But I wasn't planning on putting my full into it." Cassidy paused, her eyes looking away, as her face turned red. "But I'm willing to go along with it now. With my full attention."

Now that had Aro's attention. What had made her change her mind so fast? One word, one name, one face crossed his mind. Aria. "Does this have to do with Aria?"

Cassidy merely looked at him, "I'm not going to fuck you. Kissing is okay but no tongue. No sex of any kind got it? Anal, oral, vaginal. Whatever. No sex. No tongue." She said, "Got it?"

"You can't really demand anything out of me my dear," Aro said, a bit taken back by her demand. Well he hadn't been planning on touching her in that manner anyways. But it was amusing to tease her like any other human. "I am stronger, faster—"

"and more powerful right?" Cassidy interrupted him, finishing his sentence, "Here is how it works. It's a proposal or a deal—whatever you want to call it. I help you and you help me."

Aro raised an eyebrow, "And how would this help benefit me?"

"Well, I know you like Ari." Cassidy said slowly, "And I know you want her by your side."

Aro froze for a mere fraction of a second before hissing, "I do not love anyone besides my wife, Sulpicia."

"Yeah, yeah. Keep lying to yourself." Cassidy muttered, "Anyways. You want her as your charge right? Well you can have both Ari and I."

"You know that is impossible. The deal between my brothers and I is each person is in-charge of a human."

"Well you can transfer me right back over to Caius." Cassidy replied. "I got to rescue Ari out of that hell-hole."

Aro raised an eyebrow. "What are you planning?"

"Listen, I want to save Ari from Caius. You want Ari from Caius. We'll work together and get her on to our side." Cassidy replied. "Deal?"

Aro's thoughts churned inside, considering the deal. It would be pleasant to have Ari by his side. The girl told interesting stories and she had hinted to him that she liked country music—something he greatly enjoyed as well. "You would be sent back to Caius though." He finally replied, "You would be allied with Caius then."

Cassidy gave him a look, "If you rescue Ari," she began, twirling some strands of her hair, "Then you have Mara and my alliance."

He raised an eyebrow, "Oh? How so?" he leaned forward, examining her.

"Mara and I live for Ari." Cassidy replied, "We are best friends. We live for each other. Without each other, I doubt we'd live."

"Aren't you three a bit too young to be considering suicide?"

"It's not suicide. We've all had family problems." Cassidy replied, walking to the window, pretending to be admiring the city outside. "Each of us has had problems. All of us. Betrayal, death, health."

"You can't have possibly went through that at such a young age." He replied, giving her another look. They were 16, there was no way that they could have been dragged to hell and back. Teens these days had too much freedom, too much protection to have felt pain.

"I will tell you something Aro." Cassidy replied, turning her body to face him, leaning against the window. "Aro. You have heard it. We are not ordinary girls. Surely you remember me calling Ari's family a family of witches and wizards?"

"Well….yes my dear, but I fail to see how this has any relevance to you convincing me to rescue Aria." He replied, a bit puzzled. What did their families have to do with her convincing him? The families weren't here. He was. And as far as he knew, witches and wizards did not exist.

"Aro. We aren't ordinary little girls. Haven't you wondered why at 16 we're not in school but traveling instead? With no restrictions?"

Now that had caught Aro's attention. He had tried to search for their pasts, but had turned up nothing. His vampire contacts had not been able to offer him any important information about them. "Well you might have been high school dropouts or homeschooled."

Cassidy sighed, shaking her head, "Then someone would be looking for us." She whispered, looking at him, "Aro. We've been through a lot. Our families have secrets. Secrets that have affected us."

"What secrets?" Aro walked forward, taking an unnecessary breath, excitement filling him. "Tell me." He used his soft, soothing tone watching the girl break. Yes. Secrets. How he loved them.

Cassidy opened her mouth, "I—"

"Shut up Cassie!" a voice yelled out.

Aro lightly growled in frustration, turning his head to see who it was. It was Marcus's charge, Mara. "Hello dear, what are you doing here?"

Mara pushed her glasses up, walked over, bowing to Aro. "Good afternoon Aro." She said politely before turning to Cassidy with a glare. "Cassie. We swore to never speak of it again."

"S-Sorry Mara, but I really wanted to save Ari."

"I know you do," Mara said soothingly, patting Cassidy. "But those secrets we swore to not share them again. The only time it is to be shared is to our beloved soul mate."

Cassidy blinked. "Right. I'm sorry Mara." The girl hung her head in shame, "B-But you should see Ari! She was so bruised." Cassidy's voice cracked with emotions, "Oh Mara. Oh only if you had seen it. Ari's beautiful skin…her skin was…"

"They are bruises. They will fade." Mara said firmly, turning to Aro. "Aro, if you can please rescue Ari. You are not obliged to, but we all know you care for her to some extent. If you don't do something now, you'll regret it later."

Aro chuckled, "Why would I ever ever regret something?" he slid his cool fingers under Mara's chin, lifting her face to look up at him, "Why would I?"

She breathed slightly, "Please let go of me." She said coolly.

"I refuse." Aro breathed back, leaning in to sniff her neck. "Now why don't you tell me your secret?" He was about to further scare her when a growl sounded in the room, causing Aro to look up. Marcus. "Brother, what are you doing here?" Marcus said nothing, only narrowing his eyes at Aro then to his hands then to Mara. Aro then understood. Marcus wanted him to let Mara go. Huh. Marcus was showing such care to Mara. His thoughts turned, could it be that Marcus was falling in love with Mara? Aro dropped his hand, watching Marcus's eyes turn to Mara, looking at her. He watched her nod.

Mara turned to Cassidy, "I've got to go Cassie. Remember to not say a thing about the secret. Well, they aren't secrets. More like painful parts of our past, but nevertheless, they are plagues in our lives. Do not speak of them anymore." Mara patted Cassidy one more time, before turning to Aro. "Excuse me Aro, Marcus wants me to accompany him to his study." Without further prompting, she turned, trailing behind Marcus like a shadow.

Aro watched her go, curiosity spinning his mind. "Where were we, Cassidy?" he said slowly, "Ahh, yes. You were going to tell me something, yes?"

Cassidy shook her head, "Mara has reminded me of the pact. I will not speak of it." She said stubbornly. "I had forgot it in my desperate manner. Forgive me Aro. It is up to you whether or not you save Ari. And I hope you make the right decision before you regret it." Without a further comment, Cassidy too, left without saying another word.

"What was that Master?" Nicholas said, jogging up them.

"Nothing Nicholas, nothing." Aro said absentmindedly.

ARIA POV

Ari laid on the couch, bored out of her mind. Caius had said she could visit anywhere as she pleased, but still it was boring without Mara and Cassie. Mara was too involved with Marcus at the moment, claiming they always had "book discussions". Ari knew it was a lie. Mara always pushed up her glasses and lowered her head every single time she lied. Cassie on the other hand, was too busy being….intimate with Aro. It hurt her. That Cassie would get together with the man she crushed on and leave Caius and her in the dust. "Hey Felix?"

"Yeah?" the slightly taller guard responded, he was leaning against the wall, legs and arms crossed out of boredom.

"Want to go shopping?"

He raised an eyebrow, "Shopping?"

"Yeah. Shopping. I was horrified at your neon purple pants."

Had Felix been a human, he probably would have heavily blushed, but he wasn't. "Awww, shush Ari!" he replied, "It was a gift."

She cocked an eyebrow, "From who….?"

"….someone." he responded a bit slowly.

"Ahh and who is this someone?" she teased him, moving to a semi-sitting position. She leaned against the arm rest. "Well?"

"You know how creepy you get when you speak in that tone of "well?"?" he asked, "It's so creepy. But it's a gift."

"Ahh, but from who?"

"Aww, stop it. It's from someone." He replied.

She pouted. "Boy or girl?" she asked, "Wait…man or woman?"

"Is there a difference?" he said, pausing for a moment, "…a woman."

"Hmmm, the only un-color coordinated people here is…Jane? Is it Jane?"

His mouth opened and closed in shock, eyes bulging, "How did you know?"

Ari giggled. "Last time she came to me wearing a neon green dress with neon orange stripes on it. To top it off, she was wearing neon yellow shoes. Do you know how neon-y I felt that day? Very neon-y."

"I'm sure you did." Felix responded.

"Hey Felix?"

He sighed, "What now?" he asked, exasperated. He loved her a lot, he truly did, but sometimes she just asked the weirdest of the weird questions. Like that one time she asked him if he had a birthmark. Or the time where she ask if he had ever put a lizard in his mouth and not eat it and see what happen to it. Or what would happen if he bit a dog. Would it change into a vampire? She asked weird questions he did not have answers to.

"Well, I just wanted to know…." She paused, lowering her voice, "If you liked Jane."

Felix stared at her. "Of course I like her!" he bellowed, "She's my comrade! If I don't like her, who will?"

"Alec?" she supplied, grinning. "But seriously. I mean like-like.?

Felix groaned. "No. I view her as a good friend."

"But you're wearing the pants she gave you."

Felix gave her a look, "They were gifts from someone. You can't just ignore it. Besides, I didn't really have pants to wear."

She raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

"Because Master Caius went on a rampage and my clothes happen to be in the way and it got shredded." Felix heaved a fake sob. "My signed Beatles shirt….ruins…"

She stood up, "Okay. We're going to go talk to Caius about shopping." She declared, stretching her muscles as the door banged open, causing Felix to jump in front of her, crouch in a protective stance.

"Relax you buffoon. It's me." Caius hissed, eyes glittering red.

"Forgive me Master," Felix said, bowing before relaxing his guard.

Caius nodded sharply before turning to Aria. "What have you planned today? It is but noon."

"Oh. Right. Caius. Can I take Felix shopping?"

"Why?"

"Caius. You ripped up in his clothes in a fit of rage. He's only got a few articles of clothing left—including the purple slacks."

Caius paused for moment, not saying anything to her. He was unbuttoning the wrist buttons on his long-sleeved white shirt. Too formal, in Ari's opinion. "All right. It's a courtship then." He declared. "What should I wear?"

"Wait. What?" Ari repeated, "A courtship? Do you mean a date?"

Caius gave his infamous smirk, "Aro has caught wind of our relationship," he replied, "Needless to say, Aro's stormy features were just beautiful."

Ari shuddered, "I would have been scared." She muttered.

"Ahh, but we need to re-affirm our love for each other. For that reason, we will go on an outing."

"But I'm buying clothes for Felix."

"That's fine but afterwards I will take you on a so called courtship. Or as you current humans call it—a date."

"Ummm, okay." She said, "What should I wear?"

"Wear something semi-fancy. Perhaps a dress. That will make Aro and…" he paused, eyebrows knitted together, "and…jealous." Ari watched his expression.

"You sure it wasn't Aro and Cassie?" she teased. "Aww, Caius I know you like Cassie."

"Shut up, pet." Caius hissed. "Now get ready. Felix. We will be taking you. Prepare the car. Spread the rumors. And get a camera. I want pictures. Paintings take forever to make. We will get those pictures developed. Aria, you better get dressed real good."

She rolled her eyes, "Hey! You called me Aria!" she yelled, "Yay!"

He raised an eyebrow, his face emotionless. "And?"

"And….that's amazing?" she stuttered out. "Okay. I'm going to go get ready. Oh gee, I can't wait. Caius, we're going to buy you some clothes too."

"We're not." He said coolly. "I hate having to stand there, trying on clothes. If you want, we will buy out the whole store and take it back."

Ari stared at him. "No." she replied, "There isn't any fun in that." She paused, adding a more persuasive voice to her tone, "Besides, the longer we're out, the more we do, wouldn't that irk Aro some more?" Ari could see the gears working in his head, processing what she just said.

"All right." He said reluctantly. "If it'll make Aro and Cassidy more jealous." He sighed resignedly.

She clapped her hands together in anticipation. "Great!" she smiled. "We'll have tons of fun!" Without further prompt, she skipped out of the room and into the closet where Caius had graciously brought over some of her clothes for her.

"Felix?" Caius said after a moment of silence.

"Master?" Felix responded, a bit hesitant.

"GO. GET. READY." He snarled.

"YES SIR, MASTER!" Felix yelled, bolting out of the room.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* STILL ARIA POV*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Ari slid her hands over the dresses she had. Sky blue, dark blues, greens, turquoise, purple, black, white, or red. Hmm. She pulled the longer dark blue dress off the rack, scrutinizing it. She didn't really like wearing dresses, but Caius had said she should wear a dress and in her heart, she secretly knew she wanted to impress Caius and Aro. She wanted to let Aro know what he was missing out on. Not that Caius and her were doing any explicit, but she still want her crush (love) to know and get jealous. She shook her head. The long dress just wasn't right for the occasion. A shorter dress probably would have been better. She glanced over the remaining dresses, immediately pulling off the one jade green colored dress that caught her eye. It was knee-length with a bow at the waist and it had straps. Perfect. Grabbing the garment, she went over to the table, looking at herself in the mirror. She grimaced. She needed a bath and she was terrible with makeup, perhaps Caius would be fine with her not having makeup on. Running to the bathroom, she nodded to Caius who sat motionless on the couch, watching her. "I'm going to go shower really fast. I chose a jade-green dress in case you wanted to color-coordinate with me." She said, slamming the bathroom door shut, locking it. She then began to undress quickly, pulling off her pants and underwear off at the same time, then her shirt and bra. She ruffled her hair slightly before stepping into the shower, standing directly under the showerhead, turning it on to the maximum. She yelped loudly, it was so darn cold. She screamed when the door flew open, revealing Caius. "Oh my God! Caius! The bathroom was locked for a reason!" she yelled, covering herself with the shower curtain. "Oooooout!"

He grumbled. "You yelled." He muttered, before narrowing his eyes, "And I have no reason to leave. This is my bathroom. You are my pet. I can look at you if you want."

Ari took an unsteady breath, "Caius, please leave. I have to shower. I can stand here all day with you having a staring contest, but I'd rather go on a date, yes?"

Caius paused for a moment thinking, "Very well." He said, "I will just go inform Aro of our outing." He walked to the door, bending down to examine it before standing up. "It'll need fixing, but it should be okay for now…" he paused at the doorway again, looking at her. Ari felt a bit uncomfortable of the gaze and pulled the curtain tighter around her. "And Aria? You have nothing for me to look at. Even Cassidy is more well endowed."

Ari blushed a million shades of red. Sure she wasn't as big chested as Cassie, but he didn't have to rub it in. "OUT!" she yelled, "Stop it Caiuuussss!" She watched him leave with a big smirk on his face. He closed the broken door as she sighed, releasing her death grip from the curtain, never in a million years would she imagine Caius walking in on her.

ARO POV

Two words could have described Aro at the moment—happy and mischievous. His plan with Cassidy was going absolutely perfectly well. Caius was absolutely livid when he found out. Aro chuckled, Caius's face had been….perfect. His red eyes had turned so dark that Aro had thought that color itself was impossible to turn. Caius had stormed out so quickly that there were murmurs that swept across the Guard like a wild fire. He chuckled again, striding smoothly through the hallways, half-listening to the gossip of the castle. It was always good to listen to gossip, they were so amusing. He heard a really hushed whisper, followed by rapid shuffling and more whispers. Stopping, he concentrated on it, listening in.

"Did you hear?" a female voice said.

"Hear what?" a male voice said a bit impatient.

"Apparently Ari has given her everything to Master Caius." The voice said.

Aro froze, what? Ari had given everything to Caius? What everything? Why? Before his thoughts could further develop, more voices joined in.

"Wait, seriously?" a young voice said, a bit hesitant.

"Yeah. I heard it through the grapevine. I heard that's she's given him it all."

"Including her…herself?"

"Well no duh, Sherlock." The sarcastic voice said, "Why else would we care?"

"Huh. Never in a hundred years would I imagine Master Caius loving a human."

"I can't even imagine Master Caius willing to be with anyone after his wife."

"But you know, Aria is pretty nice. It's no surprise. I heard opposites attract. Master Caius is a bit…angry at times and Aria is pretty nice." The female voice said, "So it balances out."

"Again with your balancing crap." The male muttered. "But are you sure? What is with the Masters recently? I heard Master Aro's decided to date the human girl, Cassidy and now Master Caius with Aria. Don't tell me Master Marcus and Mara are next."

"Psh. Fred, it's already going to happen. Haven't you seen Master Marcus with Mara? They like, communicate through their eyes or something! It's really freaky, but they know what each other needs and stuff. Like one time, I came in and Mara was in the bathroom and Master Marcus was sitting there reading a book, and I told him really quietly—too quiet for a human to hear, that I was sent to ask what food she wanted. Then Mara comes out, the Master puts his book down and looks at her, she nods, yes, nods, to the Master before turning to me and telling me what she wants with a thanks."

"Whoooa. Freaky." The childish voice muttered, "Well I got to go. I'm on Front Hall reception guard duty."

"Man that sucks." The female said, "It's so boring there are shifts last for a whole day. You stand there like a rock. Nothing ever happens."

"I know right? It's so much more interesting in the castle hallways."

"Oh that reminds me, did you hear….."

Aro could hear no more, he walked quickly out of the hallway and into his study, slamming the door shut with a loud bang!. He breathed in deeply, insides aching with anger and sadness. Aria had given herself over to Caius. Why. Why. Why. That question rang in his head, through his dead veins, filling them with anger. Caius had no right to her everything. He wouldn't have worshipped her body right, he wouldn't have done anything right. 'Damn it Aro! Why the hell do you care about her so?' The question rang again in his head. He didn't want anyone near Aria. He wanted someone to tuck her away into a secret corner of his room and lock her in there, not letting anyone lay their sinful eyes on her. Only he could visit her. Only he could talk to her. Only he could love—no. No love. It was obsession. That was it. A knock interrupted his thoughts, he smelled the air, and growled. Caius. Now of all times. He took a step back, inhaling sharply before smiling, "Come in brother."

The door swung open, "Ah, yes. Aro." Caius said briskly, walking in, "Just the vampire I wanted to see."

"Well, yes brother, what is it?" Aro asked, crossing to sit into his chair. He gestured for Caius to sit beside him, which Caius did.

"I would like to take Aria out on an…..outing." Caius said slowly.

"An outing?" Aro repeated, his mind spinning. He called her Aria. It was no longer pet. It was Aria. Outing? What outing? Alone? No, Aria couldn't be alone with him. Never.

"Yes, I have no plans yet, but I would like to request permission for an outing."

"Since when have you requested permission from me to leave, brother?" Aro asked a bit suspicious. It was rare of Caius to ask him actually, the vampire usually just left on his own or whenever Aro forced him to go to town.

"Since now. I am going with Aria, so the others girls may notice her absence. I was simply notifying you in case anything occurs."

"I see." Aro replied, "Well, enjoy yourself then. Don't step into the sunlight and you know the rules…."

"Yes brother," Caius rose swiftly, "I'm going to go inform Aria of our date….err…outing. Yes. Outing." With that, Caius left, saying nothing more.

Date. Caius had said date. He had slipped up and confirmed the gossip. They were dating. Aria had truly given everything to him. 'No. Don't think that way Aro. It may not be true. It may be that Caius is forcing her to go along with him. Yes. That must be it.' He thought to himself, but he couldn't just…just let them go alone.

"Afton."

"Yes Master?"

"When Master Caius leaves the castle with Aria, you are to follow them. Understood? Do not get caught." He reached into his desk, pulling out a video camera. "You are to record everything that is happening, understood? Do not lose them for a moment. This is a live video camera. I will be watching. Slip up and lose them and you will pay dearly."

The man nodded frantically, holding the camera gently between his hands as if it was worth more than life itself. "Yes Master. I understand."

"Good. Now go get ready. I am assuming they will be leaving for an outing sometime today." Afton bowed again, exiting the room.

Aro sighed, leaning back against his chair, thinking of the possibilities. Perhaps this was Caius's payback for Cassie and his supposed relationship. Perhaps Caius was just jealous. Perhaps Caius hadn't gotten Aria's everything. Perhaps…Perhaps. So many possibilities ran through his mind, leaving him to think in silence.

Aria POV

Ari looked at herself in the mirror, frowning a bit. She tried a couple of poses, flexing her body, she looked okay she guessed. The jade green knee-length dress did look pretty and there was a bow right under the chest area, giving it a simple yet sophisticated look. Well sophisticated in her opinion. She combed her hair out, carefully not to go to fast. She glanced over the makeup, she never really liked makeup much. Too much was bad, but she was going with Caius and she didn't want to look like some country bumpkin. She sighed, she never really tried on makeup, what to do? She opened the door slightly, peeking her head out, seeing Caius. "Caius?"

"What?" he growled, a bit irritated.

"I…Do I need makeup?"

He stared at her in disbelief and she looked away, uncomfortable with his gaze. "Of course you do!" he bellowed, "What type of foolish question is that, human? Have you gone and lost your mind in the bathroom?!"

She blushed, "No…I just….I just…" she trailed off, what would Caius say if he knew she didn't even know how to put makeup on? Most likely "you're a human female and you don't know how to put makeup on?".

"Well?" he asked coolly.

"I don't know how to put make up on!" she shouted, closing her eyes.

"You don't know how to put make up on." He repeated, more as a comment than a question.

"Yeah. I don't. So like…" she trailed off. "Will you help me?"

He sighed, rising from his seat, "Very well." Walked over to the bathroom door as Ari stepped back, letting him slip in.

"Thanks."

"I don't want or need you to wear much makeup, perhaps some eyeliner and lipstick is all you need. Too much makeup is bad anyways." He muttered, looking at her face, scrutinizing it.

"W-What?" she asked, uncomfortable with gaze.

"I'm deciding what color I should use for your lips. Shut up and be quiet." He said, giving her a glare. He roughly pushed her over to the sinks, making her sit on the chair. He ran his pale, thin hands across the different eyeliners before choosing one. He opened it, "Close your eyes."

She did as he told, "Are you sure you know what you're doing Caius?"

"Shut up human." He replied, apply the eyeliner onto her eyelashes gently, making them look longer. Ari had to admit, it felt nice. If someone could just run a clean eyeliner brush or whatever on her eyelashes, she'd have the nicest dream in the world. It felt weird, but good.

Sighing, she murmured, "Do it some more Caius…"

"Don't tell me you have a fetish for brushes." He said, "First my paintbrushes now an…."

"I don't, but it just feels nice. Would you like me to do your eyelashes Caius? If you teach me how, I'll do it."

Caius's hands stopped. Ari peeked out from one of her eyes, noticing his smirk. "I'd rather you not do my eyelashes. Perhaps something else?"

Ari blushed. "I really meant it Caius. It feels nice."

"I don't need you giving me eyeliner treatment. Now close your eyes" he commanded.

"Okay…" she closed her eyes as he worked on her left eye.

"Now I've got to apply the lipstick. Based on you, I'd say a red or a coral color. He lifted a couple of lipstick shades to her face, shaking his head as he removed some. I think I'm going to go with the coral. You'll look nice." He took off the cap, twisting it so the lipstick came up, he ran it across her lips gently. "Okay now I need you to rub your lips together."

She did as he said, earning his nod of approval. "Okay, you're good enough for a human. Look in the mirror human." She looked in the mirror. She did look a bit prettier. Huh. Makeup did do wonders after all.

"Thanks Caius."

"Don't thank me human. We're doing this for a common goal anyway."

She raised an eyebrow, "Are we?"

He gave her a disapproving look, "Don't push your luck human." He walked out, "Come, let us go on our "date" now."

She stared at his retreating form in disbelief. "You're not seriously going to be dressed in cloak are you? Outside?"

He gave her an impatient look. "Even I know how to blend in with humans. Of course not! I'm going to change into my trench coat."

"You have a trench coat?" she said in disbelief. "It's not that hot. Why don't you wear like a t-shirt with jeans or something. Or slacks."

"I refuse to wear jeans."

"Shorts?"

He growled, "Fine, I'll forgo the trench coat, but I'm still wearing a suit."

"But then you won't look like you're going on a date." She said innocently, pretending to innocently examine her nails.

"….I'll wear slacks and dress shirt and a tie then." He declared, marching away.

She smirked, she couldn't win the war, but at least she had won the battle for now.

A/N: We are donnnnne. Hahaha JK. Leave a review if you want/wish to! As always, I apologize if my characters are too Mary Sue for you or if the real Twilight characters are too OOC for you! And recently I read a fun fact about how a company put a $1000 prize in the Terms of Service for merchandise they sell to see who actually reads it, and it took months for someone to realize it, I am curious as to how many people actually read the A/N note. So if I get at least 3+ people who review for this chapter and write they saw this note by Wednesday April 17th, then I'll post a chapter on April 17th. Why? Because April 17th is my birthday! (^_^) Yay~! (Though most likely the whole chapter will be about Ari/Caius/Felix's date loool!) Without further ado, I bid you all good bye!