`The caller ID read ARO. I quickly whipped the phone off into the forest and ran.'
I finally broke down and found my phone. Dialing at vamp speed, I called Aro.
"You've reached the Volturi, this is Gianna speaking, how may I help you?" Gianna's voice asked professionally.
"Patch me through to Aro, please, Gianna," I stated simply. I wasn't really asking her to.
"Who is this?"
"God Damn it Gianna! Patch me through to Aro! It's Bella, and if I can't talk to him over the phone, I will run down there this instant and talk to him in person!" I threatened.
"Oh B-Bella it's you… J-just hold on a second, I'll get him," Gianna stuttered. A few seconds later, Aro picked up.
"I won't do it Aro," I stated before he could speak.
"But why child? Whatever is stopping you?" Aro complained.
"I simply do not see the threat she poses. She's only a human after all," I said sarcastically.
"B-but Bella! She could threaten us! She may expose us all!" Aro whined.
"No, Aro. I see no way she could find out without us telling her," I argued.
"What if she draws us hunting? Hmm? What would you do then child? If you don't stop her, then the guard will," Aro stated.
"HA! They can try! You know just as well as I do that I can out fight them easily. And I won't stop there. You even think of threatening her, Aro, and I will personally come for you with a mad vengeance. You understand me Aro?" I threatened.
"Such large words from a single vampire. You should know better than I do how well protected we are," Aro laughed.
"Don't touch her Aro. I will fight for her," I snarled.
"No you won't, Bella," Aro said simply.
"And what would ever give you that idea?" I questioned suspiciously.
"Because if you don't do this, then I will take you back to Volterra. And if you try to save her, then I will make sure you lose your dearest Edward," Aro threatened. I gasped.
"Fine. Take me back," I said miserably.
"There's a good girl. I'll be seeing you soon, Bella," Aro stated, hanging up the phone. It dropped out of my hand, and fell into the long grass swaying at my feet.
Suddenly, I could hear someone racing through the woods. I whirled towards the sound and crouched, ready to spring at whoever was chasing me. Said chaser skidded to a halt at the edge of my little clearing. I growled warningly at the person, and then slowly realized Edward was standing there, slowly walking towards me.
"It's okay, Bella. Calm down. It's only me. Don't worry. Calm down," Edward crooned over and over again as he slowly approached. I started to straighten up, and looked down, ashamed I had snarled at him.
When he finally reached me, he didn't stop until I was forced to back up. My back hit a tree, and his hand cupped my face.
"Bella,"Edward whispered. I shook my head as he leaned towards me. Edward didn't stop, and continued to slowly lean closer to me. At the last second, I turned my head away, so he kissed my cheek. With a sigh, Edward stepped back and ran a hand through his hair.
"What's the matter Bella? First, I can't come with my fiancé for a walk, and now you won't kiss me? What did I do?!" Edward asked…or more demanded.
"You didn't do anything…" I mumbled looking away from his desperate/frustrated face.
"Then WHY won't you let me touch you Bella!?!" Edward nearly yelled at me.
"I-I can't…I have to leave," I whispered.
"NO!" Edward roared, sinking into the grass. "Why, Bella? What is making you leave? I'll protect you from whatever is threatening you." Edward whispered, already doubting that I would stay.
"It's not what, Edward. It's who. If I don't leave, if I fight them, they'll kill you. I can't let that happen. I'm sorry. I love you," I mumbled. I turned to leave, and suddenly, I was flipped over and pinned to the ground. Edwards hands wrapped around my wrists, pinning them into the dirt.
"No. I don't care if they, whoever they are, try to kill me. I'm not loosing you," Edward snarled. The expression on his face was murderous.
"Edward, you have to let me leave! I can't let the Volturi get anywhere near here. If I don't go now, they'll come for me and kill you!" I screeched, struggling uselessly against him.
"The Volturi? What on earth do they have to do with this?" Edward questioned, tightening his grip.
"They…They want me to kill Aneko, and I refused. Aro threatened to kill you if I tried to save her…and if I wouldn't kill her myself, then he was going to send for me to be brought back to Volterra. I can't have them near you…or her," I whispered, giving up on fighting against him.
"Change her," Edward mumbled.
"What?"
"Change Aneko. Explain to her what's going on, and then ask her if we could change her into one of us. Then they couldn't kill her or threaten us." Edward smiled.
"And if she doesn't want to be changed?" I asked, slightly hopeful.
"Then… Then there's nothing we can do, but I'm sure if we explain that it's this or they'll kill her, she would agree, right?" Edward reasoned.
"Would you have? Would any of us have?" I argued back.
"Please Bella, just let us try!" Edward begged.
"Fine," I sighed. Then Edward lips crashed into mine.
He kissed me with extreme passion. I kissed him back just as feverously. His arms snaked around my waist as I put mine around his neck, my hands running through his hair.
His tongue sneaked out and traced my bottom lip, asking for entry into my mouth. Edward didn't do such a thing often, and I savored it whenever he did. I opened my mouth to him enthusiastically. As his smooth, sexy, perfect tongue fought with mine, all I could process through my brain was Edward.
Edward, Edward, Edward.
Edward's tongue finally won against mine – I had no doubt it would – and it continued to slide around in my mouth, feeling everything. I moaned continuously.
Slowly, Edward's hands, which were still resting on my waist, began to move down… Slowly and steadily, they reached my hips. He pulled me close and grinded against me. I moaned long and loud. Edward groaned in pleasure. His hands moved on to my butt, squeezing it and then lifting me up so I could wrap my legs around his waist.
His hands left my butt and traveled the expanse of my back, sneaking inside my shirt. When he reached my bra's clasp for about the sixth time, he fiddled with it, making me whimper, making me want more.
We pulled back from our kiss, gasping for unneeded air. Whilst our lips weren't locked, Edward took the time to remove – err, rip open – my shirt. I gasped.
His hands moved back to my bra clasps and he gently unclasped them, removing the bra off my chest.
"Mmm… Bella. So beautiful," he breathed.
While he was staring at my breasts, I removed his shirt. It was unfair that I was the only one topless.
Edward leaned down and kissed each of my mounds gently.
Then, his mouth returned on mine. His hands went back to my back, and mine went to his chest, tracing the smooth, muscular contours of it. He moaned into my mouth. I moved my hand back up to his hair just as he moved his to my boobs, groping them, massaging them.
"Edward!" I moaned, breaking the kiss. As soon as it was over, it started again.
I don't know how long we lay there in the middle of the forest, kissing, groping. We both knew that we didn't want to take it further, though. Not in the woods, anyway.
When we did break our kiss for good, we sat down on the muddy ground, our backs against tree trunks, our hands latched together.
"We should probably get going," I suggested in a whisper.
"I suppose," Edward sighed.
"What are we going to do about my shirt?" I asked. We were both completely nude on the top halves of our body.
"Put on your bra, discard the shirt, and wear mine."
"What shirt will you wear then?"
"None."
"Fine," I agreed. I had no other option, really. I did as Edward instructed and stood up, taking Edward with me.
We ran back home, and on the way we decided, when Aneko came over, we would explain everything. Hopefully if all goes well, and Aro will leave us alone.
"Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rose! We need to talk to you," Edward stated when we entered the room.
"OH! Oh thank god your back! I was so worried!" Esme gushed, wrapping us both in a hug. "Don't EVER do that again Bella!" Esme scolded me.
"Sorry Esme." I apologized. Alice came up to me next, and was she ever mad.
"HOW COULD YOU!" Alice screeched. "Do you know what you did to me? I saw you tell Edward you were leaving, I saw you turn away from my brother! HOW COULD YOU!" Alice yelled.
"Alice, calm down. She's here. She didn't leave." Jasper comforted, rolling his eyes over her head.
"What is it, Edward? What's so important?" Carlisle asked.
"Well, Aro wants Bella to kill Aneko, and when she refused, he threatened to take her back to Volterra, and if she fought against him, he would kill me. So, she was going to leave, so they wouldn't kill me." He rolled his eyes. "So I came up with the brilliant plan to just explain to Aneko what's going on and tell her that we could change her. And that way Aro wouldn't have a reason to kill Aneko, and Bella can stay," Edward finished, smiling.
"And let's say, for some reason, Aneko does agree, what do we do about the wolves?" Carlisle asked.
"Oh…I hadn't thought of that…but I'm sure they wouldn't mind, if I explained that it's either we change Aneko, or the Volturi come here, kill Aneko, and a whole bunch of other people while they're here," Edward stated.
"Sounds good I guess," Carlisle agreed solemnly. "Who'll change her?"
"I will," I answered simply. "It's more my fault than anyone else's."
"Ok…Then Thursday we talk to the wolves and Friday we talk to Aneko," Edward finalized.
Finally, everyone noticed our appearance. Edward was shirtless, I was wearing his shirt, and we both no doubt had 'sex hair.'
All of them looked at us questioningly, and we just smiled back innocently in response.
They rolled their eyes, clearly not buying into the innocence. Edward and I kept on smiling and simply ignoring their knowing looks.
Thanks…damn, I can't get onto the internet at the moment, so whoever gave me the idea about Aneko being the Volturi's target, THANKS! And you know who you are!
I also want to thanks my new Beta Twilight-is-love for helping me with this chappy.
What will the wolves say? What will Aneko say?!?!