No One's POV

Bella passed by her house in her truck, noticing that her sister's Escalade was missing from the drive, but her dad's police cruiser was parked in its usual spot in the drive and she hoped that it meant her sister and the Volturi Guard had left.

Parking in the drive, Bella walked up to the front, letting herself into the door only to jump at the sight of Jane, Felix, Afton, and Alec sitting in her living room flicking through tv channels.

"What- what are you doing here!?" Bella screeches.

Jane lazily turns her head, grinning angelically at her Queen's younger half-sister.

"Hello Bella." Jane greets, her voice almost sugar sweet.

"Where- where's my dad? Where's Anastasia?" Bella asks, her voice shaky.

"Gone." Jane answers simply, turning her attention back to the tv, at least it was more interesting than her Queen's boring, whiny half-sister.

"Gone. What do you mean gone? Tell me! I demand that you tell me!" Bella commands, at least trying to sound firm and confident, but completely failing.

"You can demand nothing of us." Jane growls, whipping her head back around to glare at Bella, her hatred for Bella only intensifying, never more did Jane wish that her powers would work on her.

"You are my sister's Guard! She is Queen, is she not? I am her sister! That makes me important too! You have to obey me!" Bella screeches.

"It's interesting, I see. You claim she's your sister now. Now that you believe you may have power or authority. Power and authority the Cullen's do not have. You are not only petty, childish, and have acted nothing in such ways that deserves the title of family, let alone sister, you are also hopelessly misinformed if you believe that just because she is Queen you mean anything. You are nothing. You will have nothing. And we do not bow to your command." Alec hisses, his eyes dark and defensive, glinting with anger, wanting nothing more than to use his power or perhaps just snap his Queen's half-sister's neck and be done with it, but also knowing his Queen would be angry with him.

Bella screeches, stomping her foot childishly while the Volturi Guard holds back an unimpressed snort.

"Ugh! Why does she have to ruin everything!" Bella screams.

Just then, the front door opens, Anastasia and Charlie walking, both laughing.

"Oh hey Bells, you're back!" Charlie greets, smiling at his youngest daughter.

"Where have you been, dad?" Bella interrogates, harshly turning to her father.

"Seattle, with Anastasia." Charlie answers, startled by his youngest daughter's sudden attitude.

"And why did you leave them here?" Bella demands.

"Because, Ana and I wanted to spend some time together. Why shouldn't I?" Charlie answers, giving his youngest a firm look. "And I don't much like the tone you are using with me, young lady. What is your problem? They're your sister's friends, Bella."

"Because of them, because of her, I couldn't be home! They're mean to me dad! You should have heard what they said to me earlier." Bella pouts, expecting her dad to be compassionate.

"That's enough, Bella! Ana's friends have been nothing but polite and courteous since they have gotten here. And you've hardly been around to make that judgement. I don't know why you are acting like this, but if you want to act like a spoiled child right now and cop an attitude with me, fine." Charlie growls out firmly, finally putting his foot down with his youngest daughter, disliking the attitude she was showing.

"But dad-" Bella tries to interrupt, her voice turning whinny, completely not understanding why her father wasn't taking her side.

"No, Bella. Maybe it's Edward's influence, because ever since he left and came back you've been different. I've tried to be compassionate and understanding when he left. After that, when I grounded you, you complied without complaint. And I was impressed. But this is- I don't even know what this is. You haven't seen your sister in months. Ana is your sister, and these are her friends." Charlie bulldozes over Bella's would-be whines and complaints.

"But I won't allow this anymore, you're grounded, Isabella Marie Swan. We'll talk about it more after your sister leaves." Charlie finalizes.

"That's so unfair, dad! I'm not a child! You can't tell me what to do!" Bella says.

"No, it's completely fair. You live under my roof and you will obey my rules. And if you want to keep giving me attitude, young lady, it's only going to get worse." Charlie shakes his head. "Room, now."

"Fine!" Bella screams, finally huffing and stomping up to her room, the door slamming shut a moment later.

"I really don't know what I did wrong, Ana." Charlie sighs, turning to his eldest daughter.

"You didn't do anything wrong, dad." Anastasia says, patting her dad on the arm lightly.

"You never acted like this." Charlie points out as they move to the kitchen, Charlie gravitating to the coffee machine.

"Dad, Bella and I are completely different people. You can't compare us, that's not fair to her. And, you're doing the best you can. So don't beat yourself up about it. Bella is going to act the way she acts." Anastasia says.

"I know, you're right. It's not fair. I just- it's hard sometimes." Charlie admits. "And when did you get so wise?"

"Eh, you know, I'm special." Anastasia jokes, laughing lightly as her dad rolls his eyes and laughs along with her.

"Anyways, so you heading out tomorrow right? Back to Italy." Charlie asks, leaning back in his seat with his coffee cup now in hand.

"Yes, that's the plan."

"Well, I'm gonna miss you. I'm really glad you came to visit sweetie. And I know you're pretty busy with your Master's degree, but I hope you can come back to visit soon."

"I'll try dad, promise." Anastasia says, hoping in the back of her mind that it was true.

It really wasn't that her mates kept her locked up, okay, maybe it was. The first year had been, difficult, an adjustment, for all of them, but perhaps things would be better now that they had all figured things out between them and Aro, Caius, and Marcus were less likely to go batshit crazy, over protective when she wanted to step a foot outside the castle, or at least minorly less homicidal over protective. If having her travel with twenty Guard member instead of thirty members qualified as less over protective... At this point it was really a matter of perspective. Or at least she was choosing to see it that way. Then again, newborns were a special type of danger.

Anastasia distinctly remembered the first few months after she had moved into Volterra, she thought she might have wanted to strangle them a few dozen times a day. Over protective didn't even begin to cover them. They may as well have wrapped her in bubble wrap and put her in a padded room was how over protected she had felt.

"I'll hold you to it, sweetie. Now, what would you like for your last home cooked dinner?" Charlie offers.

"How about we make something together?" Anastasia suggests.

"Sounds perfect."

So many of my lovely readers have asked why the Cullens have never corrected Bella when she goes on her little tantrums & are unhappy they don't... Here is the answer... Both in my note & the chapter.

I'm sure many people know, that while when you are in a relationship, sometimes parents don't always approve of your girlfriend or boyfriend, yet they don't have the authority to correct the said girlfriend or boyfriend, only the authority to correct their own son or daughter or disapprove of the relationship in its entirety (not that it stops some for having the relationship anyways).

Thus, while Carlisle & Esme might not approve of Bella's tantrums, they don't really have the authority to correct her, regardless if she is half in the vampire world because of her relationship with Edward. They can disapprove of her, but also won't ultimately stand in the way because they want Edward happy with his mate. This also says nothing about liking Bella, one way or another...

Of course, we could also make the point that Bella was technically disrespecting the Queen of the vampire world, and she does need to obey the rules since she is dating a vampire (ergo Bella walks half in the vampire world & half in the human world), but Anastasia is her sister, which complicates things just a little more. However, Anastasia has no issues handling her sister & as Queen, Anastasia already in those situations reacts before anyone else. It would be disrespectful to interrupt or go against her, so Carlisle & Esme wouldn't. This is a minor issue though.

Ultimately though, long story short. Carlisle and Esme don't really have authority over Bella because they aren't her parents & therefore can't get her in trouble. Like what can they do? Send her to her room. She doesn't actually live with them, even if Bella likes to believe that. Now, once she becomes part of their coven, the ball game changes ladies & gentlemen...

Hope this clarified things.

Polkadottedgiraffe11

Edited 2/5/19