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Chapter 54

ARO/ARIA

"I'll go take a shower first." Aro said, "Feel free to sit anywhere in my room."

Ari took a look at the clean, spotless room. "I'm….I'm just going to stand here." She replied.

"Are you sure?" Aro asked. "If you're tired, you are welcome to rest. If you fall asleep, I will wake you up."

"Aro…do you see me right now?" Ari asked.

"What about you?" he looked at her from head to toe. "I see nothing wrong with you." She was covered in the flour just as he was but she definitely still looked much more prettier than him.

"Aro… I'm covered in flour." Ari stated, as if that single line of words explained everything.

"It matters not. If you're worried of dirtying the room, don't worry about it. I can clean it up or someone will. If something can't be replaced, we will simply just replace it. Money isn't an issue." Aro replied.

"Even if money isn't an issue I still don't want to dirty things I don't need to. How long will you take in the shower or bath?"

"I will take a fast shower." Aro replied. "I rarely take long ones." Well, it was true. He rarely showered for long unless he was with someone. In that case, a round of shower sex was sometimes very desirable.

"Oh. Well. If it's a fast one, then I don't need to sit or whatever. Standing is fine. I don't want to track flour to my room or anyone else's." Ari paused, "Ah. Right! Could I borrow your bathroom?"

"My bathroom?"

"Just the toilet." Ari clarified bluntly, "I got to pee."

Pee? Oh. Right. It was a human thing. "Go right ahead." He nodded. "Bathroom's right over there." He pointed to the door.

"Is the bath or shower in there too?" Ari asked.

"Yes."

"But then…how could you…shower then?" Ari frowned.

"I will get my clothes in the meantime." Aro replied.

"Great. Okay." Ari went hesitantly to the door as she opened it, peeked inside of it before she stepped in and closed the door. Aro chuckled at how cute Aria was. Scared of spirits and sorts. She wasn't afraid of vampires or shape shifters, but she was afraid of ghosts? Creatures with no substance? Really, he'd probably only ever be able to find such a girl with one in a million. Caius had miraculously found one—through Cassidy and Marcus through Mara. Aro went over to the closet, skimming over his clothes in the middle. The right was Caius and the left was Marcus. Odd. His cloaks were missing. All of them. Perhaps, Jane and Alec had taken them out to get washed or cleaned. He grabbed himself a pair of black socks, a pair of pants, a red silky shirt, and a pair of boxers. He went past the bathroom, pausing momentarily to knock on it. "Yes?" Aria called from within.

"I'm going to shower now." Aro told her, "I'm just telling you in-case you come out and don't see me."

"Okay." Ari called from within, "I'll be out soon anyways." Aro could hear the shuffling from within as he continued towards the shower, to take a quick shower.

Ari finished her business in the bathroom, flushed the toilet, pulled up her pants, washed her hands in the sink with soap and water as she dried them on a paper towel which she then threw into the trash can and finally, turned towards the door. Slowly, she placed her hand onto the door knob, took a deep breath, and swung the door open. She waited. There was no stinking way that she was going to fall for yet again another prank. After a while, she slowly peeked her head out, turning her head left and right. There was nothing. She could hear the shower running in the background where Aro was showering. She shut the bathroom door after she stepped out and stood with her back facing the door as she tapped her foot, waiting for Aro. After what seemed like an eternity—which really was 5 minutes—Aro stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed and flour-free. "Done?" Ari asked.

"Done." Aro confirmed.

"Then… could I trouble you to…well….get my clothes?" Ari blushed. "Maybe ask Alice or someone—preferably a girl—to get my clothes since there are a few…erm…personal things that are weird for uhh…guys to take or pick out."

"Yes." Aro nodded, "I see to it that I ask someone to bring me your clothes."

"Thanks." Ari replied as she stepped into the bathroom, shutting the door shut behind her as Aro went off to Aria's room. He quickly went up the stairs and entered Aria's room where Alice stood there waiting.

"Alice." Aro greeted.

"Aro!" Alice chirped, shoving a plastic bag into Aro's arms. "Here! Her clothes!"

"Thank you, Alice." Aro told her, taking the bag. It felt very light. He turned back, heading back to his room, unaware of the huge smile that was spreading across Alice's face. A smile full of mischief and laughter.

"No problem Aro!" Alice yelled in response to him.

Aro went back to his room, went to the shower door and knocked slightly, "Aria, I am leaving your clothes at the door, all right? They're in the bag." He said.

"Okay! Thanks!" Ari yelled in returned as she scrubbed her hair of the flour. There was a large variety of soaps and washes available and Ari had chosen the one that best smelt like Aro—of a forest-y, dew-like smell. Quickly finishing her shower, she stepped out and wrapped a towel around herself as she went to the door, opened it a bit—a slight crack, stuck her arm out and felt around for the bag. Feeling a plastic bag, she pulled it in, shut the door, opened the bag to see its contents. She stared. There was underwear but nothing else. No bra. No shirt. No pants. Nothing. Just a pair of underwear. "Aro?" her voice raised.

"What?" he asked across from the door. He had immediately went to the door the moment she said his name.

"Did you pack this bag?" Ari asked, taking out the underwear to lift up the bag towards the light. Perhaps there had been a secret compartment as part of a prank to make her look foolish and stupid in front of Aro.

"No. Alice did. Is something the matter?" Aro asked. Had Alice packed something too small or too tight? Or perhaps, packed something altogether new for Aria?

"Ummm…. Aro…I've only got a pair of underwear in here." She said, frowning towards the door as if Aro could see.

"A pair of underwear?"

"Yeah… for the lower part of my body?" Ari said, "I don't have any….any shirts, pants, socks, shoes or heck even a bra."

"Oh….oh." Aro paused, "I will call Alice here."

"No need! Here I am!" Alice chirped, appearing from out of nowhere.

Aro narrowed his eyes, "You have something to explain." Aro hissed.

Alice shrugged, widening her eyes as she pretended to be as innocent as a young child. "I took out the clothes in everyone's room."

Aro's eyes widened, "What?"

"I ordered new clothes." Alice shrugged, "I had to make space and so I had to get rid of all the clothes."

"And you couldn't foresee that clothes would be necessary?" Aro asked, exasperated.

"No? It's errrrm hard with the new wolves-shape shifter-child of the moon-Cassie around." Alice reasoned, lying. "All I saw was that I had to get rid of the clothes except the underwear. I didn't really touch your stuff because….meh. You don't really….mess with the…. Volturi?"

Aro lowered his voice, "And messing with the Volturi also includes Aria." He hissed, as Alice began to fidget seriously.

"Well I didn't mean to." she muttered, not looking at him. "I just… I just…. It was a mistake."

"Aro? Alice?" Aria called from within, still clutching the towel around her body as she crouched in the bathroom, dripping wet.

"Sorry Aria! I saw something that made me throw out all your clothes—and well—everyone's!" Alice responded to Ari.

"WHAT?!" Ari shrieked. "Alice! I'm buck naked in Aro's bathroom! What am I going to do?!"

"We could always go to town to buy some clothes…" Aro began.

"Heck no, Aro!" Alice shrieked. "The clothes there are like….. like… out of fashion."

"Do we have a choice at this point?" Ari asked, sighing. She felt so…exposed.

"The clothes I ordered are coming soon so there really is no point in buying clothes from a shop in Forks!" Alice lowered her voice, "Trust me, it's not a good idea to go to town. You might…you might have to massacre the whole town if you go tonight."

Aro lifted his hand, "May I?" he began, knowing all too well that she knew what he meant.

Alice shook her head, "Nope. You'd be able to see my other thoughts. I have a couple that must be kept a secret in order for it to play out and happen later on. You'll just have to trust me on this."

Aro analyzed Alice for a moment before he opened his mouth to speak to Aria, though his eyes were trained on Alice, "Aria, it seems that the stores are closed right now." He said. Which was true. It was 10 o'clock. Small town stores weren't opened that late and they didn't have one of those Wally-greens or Cee-V-Ses either. Or the SafePath or Safeway store. Or a Wally-mart.

"Oh…really?" Ari said. "Then…Alice, you have a washer right? Can I borrow it?"

"Sorry. Carlisle broke it the other day." Alice shrugged. "He was attempting to try to use it."

Ari groaned, "And no one else has clothes?" she asked.

"Nope. Only clothes anyone has are the ones on their backs." Alice shrugged, "Only Aro, Caius and Marcus."

"Aria would you like to borrow some clothes from me?" Aro asked.

"Could I?"

"If you want." He shrugged.

"Yes please." she responded. "Sorry about this."

"It's no problem." He replied as he headed over to his closet and got a pair of pants and a red shirt. He headed over to the bathroom, knocked and then extended his arm. "Here."

Ari cracked the door open just a bit, "Thanks." She whispered as she grabbed the clothes quickly and shut the door. She stared at what she had to work with. Aro was much larger than her. Several times larger. The shirt felt nice though—it was red and it felt like silk. She quickly put on her underwear, sliding it up her butt as she grabbed his shirt and slipped both arms into the arm holes. It smelled so much like Aro. It was his shirt. Blushing, she buttoned up the shirt, frowning at the number of buttons. How did men deal with this? There were just so many darn buttons. She buttoned it up quickly, checked her reflection in the mirror to make sure that she didn't mess up the buttoning. Nodding, she went to put on the pants, only to discover as she pulled them up, that they were a bit too big. Ari briefly thought about perhaps, tying it or something, but it looked expensive and she didn't want to destroy it. Sighing, she took off the pants, the shirt went to mid-thigh—it covered up most of her body, she could….she could pretend it was a dress. Yeah, a dress. She opened the bathroom door and stepped out, her face red, her hands tightly gripping his pants as she semi-tried to cover her legs with his pants."Aro? I'm returning this to you, it's a bit too big for me."

"Returning…?" he spun around, his eyes widening. Aria looked absolutely….stunning. He felt his nether region boil with lust as his mind tried to combat it unsuccessfully. He wanted to ravish her on the spot. He swallowed noisily for a vampire as he opened his mouth, "It did not fit?"

"Y-Yeah…do you have like…smaller pants?" she asked, handing him the pants as her legs were exposed. She felt very…. vulnerable.

He thought for a moment, "I have boxers." He said at long last. "I don't know if…"

"Could I try them please?" Ari asked, interrupting him.

"Certainly." He nodded as he quickly went over to where his boxers were folded neatly and cleaned, selected a random pair as he tossed it to her. She caught it, thanked him, paused as a frown cross her face. "What's wrong?"

"Okay, you're going to tell me I'm stupid for thinking about this, but I'm wondering if it's okay to just slip these boxers on here or do I have to head back because, I mean, you kind of see my legs already, so there really is no point right?" Ari asked.

Oh there was certainly a point. If she lifted that leg of hers or any leg of hers, that shirt of his that she was wearing would go up, and he would be flashed with her panties, and then he would be in the bathroom again for god knows how many hours. "I'll turn around." He told her as he spun around, to face a wall, or rather, a painting. It didn't help, however, that the painting was of a nude man and woman. Who in the blazes did the décor for this room? He continued to stare at the painting, as if scrutinizing it with all he had. Really, the woman in the painting had nothing on Aria. That woman's breasts were way too big—a troublesome handful. Those long, fake looking legs. Aria was at a nice height. And that woman's hair was unbelievably…boring—very un-Aria like.

"Thanks." Ari muttered as she quickly slid into his boxers, lifting one leg at a time into the pants hole or boxers hole. She pulled it all the way up and let go, frowning. "I guess it works?" she stated, a bit confused and perplexed.

He turned around, to look. It helped….somewhat. His boxers didn't really fit her though. It…slid all the down to the highest curve in her butt, meaning that it only covered half her butt. "It helps." He said, half-lying. It did cover some of her bottom. Though to be honest, her butt looked very cute. Why she would want to cover something so beautiful was beyond him.

She looked down, "Really….?" She paused, frowning, sighing, "It doesn't fit, does it?" she pulled it down, "If it's not going to cover it all, then I might as well take it off." She picked it off the ground and folded it neatly as she walked across the floor and handed it to Aro. "Okay, one last request." She said.

"Yes?" Aro asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Wait. Alice?"

"Yes~!?" Alice chirped. She was still in the room, but she kind of…blended into the background. Funny as it was, when Aria stepped out, it was all Aro and Aria—it was as if she didn't exist in this little world of theirs.

"Did you throw the socks too?" Ari asked. Perhaps, Alice hadn't thrown away the socks. They technically weren't fashionable right? Socks didn't change shape much…. Sort of. Oh god, what if Alice threw away her wolf socks…

"Errr…I sent them all to the drycleaners. Even the clean ones." Alice lied.

Ari groaned. "Okay, this is the request Aro—" she paused, "Can I borrow some socks? Kinda cold and I like to wear socks to sleep. Unless it's summer. Then that's a totally different story."

Aro nodded, went over to his sock drawer and pulled out a pair socks and threw it towards her. She reached, attempting to catch it, only to have it go over her head. "Oh. Whoops. Sorry." Ari turned around and bent down to pick up the pair of socks.

'Look away. Look away. Look away.' Aro tried to command himself as he couldn't help but sneak a peek. She was bent over and he could see a bit of her underwear, but he could see what it was. Then he stared. It was a…..a light blue and white striped underwear. It looked so…innocent. "Damn it." He cursed quietly to himself as Alice's eyebrow rose, a knowing smile creeping onto her face.

"Got it!" Ari grabbed the socks as she went over to the couch and sat down. "Looks soft and comfy!" she commented as she pulled one knee up and towards her leg as she slipped on the sock.

'Don't look. Don't look. Don't look.' Aro repeated to himself again as he yet again failed as he once again peeked. It was still that light blue and white striped underwear, only in the front, he could see just how innocent the underwear was. It had a tiny ribbon on the front. Like a bow on a gift. Damn. That was so so different from what he was used to. Thongs, seductive underwear, etc.—those were what he usually saw. "Something wrong Aro?" Alice smirked. Damn that Alice. That pixie.

Ari looked up, concerned as she shifted legs. "Is there something wrong?" Ari asked, echoing Alice's words.

"What? No." he gave her a smile. "Nothing is wrong." He waved dismissively. "Just a few random thoughts passing by."

"Oh. Well. Okay." Ari nodded, standing up, "Got the socks on. They're actually very warm. Where'd you get them? Wait, that's probably Italy. Okay, a better question would be who did you get them from? What company or brand? Do they come in multiple colors or anything? Not that I have anything against these long black socks or anything, but you know… yeah. Have they got fluffy socks? I like those fluffy kind of 3-D socks, you know?"

Aro shrugged, "No clue. Gianna and the rest takes care of it….Sulpicia also took care of it. I don't care much for clothes and fashion."

Ari had sensed a bit of hesitancy when he mentioned Sulpicia but did not chose to further the discussion. "Oh. Well… I'll just ask Gianna then."

"You'll ask Gianna?" Aro perked up, "Does that mean you will come to Volterra with me?"

"What? Aro!" Ari gave him a chuckle. "Of course not! I can always call Gianna or something, you know."

"Oh." Aro lost his perk as he slumped slightly. "Well the Volterra offer is always open. In fact, I'll take you on my private jet. Fun, no? Why don't we go right now?"

Ari raised an eyebrow, "Aro? With the way I'm dressed? Heck no. And the private jet thing doesn't tempt me at all." Ari told him.

"Well… it was an offer." Aro shrugged, "Shall we get back to the movie then?"

"HECK YEAH!" Alice shouted as she bolted from the room.

"Yes. Let's!" Ari smiled as she got out off the couch and headed towards her room, pausing momentarily.

Aro watched her go, the swaying in her hips. He wanted to pounce on her. Drag her into his bed. Rip off her clothes. Caress her. Suck on her breasts and her pussy. He wanted to thrust into her as well. No doubt she would be tight and warm. He could imagine her moaning and writhing beneath him in pleasure. Her cum too…probably tasted sweet and amazingly good. He just…just wanted to make love to her. He felt a sudden tightness in his pants as a bulge developed. "Damn it." He cursed. "Go away."

"Aro?" Ari turned backwards, "You coming?"

"In a moment." He replied, "I remembered that I had some paperwork that I had to finish right now."

"Oh…okay." Ari shrugged, "See you then?"

"Yes. See you then." Aro nodded as he watched her leave. When she was a far enough distance, he shut the door, locked it and then sat down on the couch. Her scent was all over the couch as she had sat there moments ago. "Okay. You can do this." He muttered to himself as he tried to conjure up as many un-arousing scenes as he could. Felix taking a bubble bath with rubber duckies. Felix humping a tree. Jane fucking Felix. Felix shaving his hairy legs. Felix wearing a dress. Felix playing dolls. Felix hitting on males. Felix hitting on females. Felix telling terrible jokes. Felix in purple leotards. Felix doing ballet. Damn a lot of the negative scenes were all Felix. He looked down at his pants. And it hadn't helped at all. Sighing, Aro unzipped his pants as he did what he hadn't done in years—women had always been readily available to him—as he began to pump his member with hands, imagining that it was Aria's hands that were wrapped around his member, groaning her name until he came.

ARIA

Ari went back to her room as she heard Aro shut the door behind her rather impatiently and loudly. He probably had an ant up his pants. Or a roach. Ew. If it was a roach…well…Carlisle would need to get an exterminator. Or perhaps, several exterminators. She got to her room, entering it as conversations stopped and eyes turned towards her. "Err…. hi?" Ari said meekly, blushing at their brazen stares. There was no attempt whatsoever to hide the stairs. None whatsoever.

"You too?" Cassie muttered from beneath the covers.

"Me what?"

"Cassie, she can't see what you're talking about if you're covering it." Mara said pointedly.

"Che." Cassie grumbled as she threw away the covers, revealing…a very similarly clad and dressed Cassie.

"What happened?" Ari frowned. "I was in a flour war with Aro…"

"Seems fun." Cassie grumbled, not meeting her eyes.

"Cassie…" Ari began in a warning tone. "What did you do?"

"Nothing, okay!" Cassie shouted.

"Then why did you change clothes?"

"Cause I wanted to." Cassie snorted.

"Really? So whose clothes are those?"

Cassie paused, "Caius." She admitted at long last.

"You're wearing his clothes willingly?" Ari asked, "Quite a change from someone so against it earlier in the day."

"Same to you." Cassie glared, crossing her arms.

"Cassie, I just said I was in a flour war. I was covered in flour. I took a shower and Alice told me she had gotten rid of all our clothes so of course I had to wearing something. It would have been pointless to wear the dirty clothes again. I had to borrow some clothes. Aro was the only that had them at the time. Or at least he was the only one there. His pants and boxers didn't fit so I just borrowed a shirt." Ari explained, "So, what happened?"

"Nothing." Cassie grumbled.

"I think I'd better go first." Mara declared. "Or second, after you, Ari."

"First? Second? What did you—" Mara threw back the covers as Ari understood. "You too?"

"I was in the kitchen." Mara began. "I was hiding it but when they scared me, I accidentally knocked things over and stuff spilled on me. I think most of it was cocoa powder. I had the same predicament with clothes that you had since Alice got rid of them. Borrowed from Marcus. Thankfully, his boxers fit, so I'm good. And his shirt."

"Oh." Ari nodded, "Okay and you, Cassie?"

Cassie remained silent as she glared. "C'mon Cassie. You told me." Mara argued.

Cassie grumbled for a few seconds, "Okay. Listen up. I'll say it only once and just once, Ari. I fucking peed my pants."

"What?" Ari blinked, unbelieving what she had heard.

"I. PEED. MY. FUCKING. PANTS." Cassie repeated, "URINATED."

"Are you for real? Were they THAT scary?" Ari giggled. "But then again, I screamed the bloody hell out of myself and then threw the meaaaa…." She shut her mouth. Cassie would kill her if she knew that Ari threw meat. Meat was precious.

"You threw what?" Cassie asked, frowning, "You don't mean meat do you?"

"No. No, of course not!" Ari replied, a nervous smile plastered on her face. "I meant I threw… mead. Yeah. I threw mead."

"Well….at least you didn't throw meat." Cassie grunted with satisfaction, "But you threw mead? Alcohol?"

"It's alcohol?" Ari sputtered.

"Yeah." Cassie frowned, "Don't tell me you threw shit around without knowing what they are? They broke didn't they? Couldn't you smell it? Whose cleaning it up?"

"Errm, I was so…so scared that uhhh….I couldn't smell it. And you know at the time, when you're so scared, you can't really register in your mind or head if something broke." Ari explained, "For cleaning, because Felix and Demetri decided to oh-so-lovingly scare me, I or rather, Aro, said that they were cleaning up. Hence, since I wasn't cleaning up, why not a little flour fight? It was fun. But by the way, just for your information, I'm not going in the pantry alone next time. I'm still scared out of my wits. And there's no way in hell that we're letting Emmett pick a movie next time."

"Awww! Come onnnn!" Ari heard from a shout downstairs that sounded oddly like Emmett.

"What's Emmett doing downstairs?" Ari asked.

Cassie shrugged. "You see. In the midst of my fear, I accidentally broke the sink and…. well…and a pipe. It burst. They're fixing it." Cassie turned to Carlisle. "Sorry about that by the way. After you fix it, send me the bill and I'll pay it."

Carlisle shook his head, "Money isn't an issue." He smiled. "If the boys are the reason why you broke it, I don't see why you would have to pay for something they started."

"Still…I kind of feel bad." Cassie said. "At least let me pay half of it."

"It's not even your money. It's your family's." Rose muttered.

"Rose!" Esme scolded.

Cassie's face got really scary as she smiled at Rose, "Of course it's my family's money." She admitted. "But I also helped my family earn some of that money, so it's not like I've been freeloading since I was a kid nor am I a rich pompous kid. I am a Mafia Princess if you have forgotten. My specialties are with torture and interrogation. I also deal with arms but it's a side job. Though most of the time, my papa never lets me work with that stuff, it's also border patrol and debt collecting."

Rose didn't say a word, only glaring at Cassie. "I apologize for Rose." Carlisle smiled apologetically.

"No problem." Cassie huffed.

"Still, how did you do that?" Ari asked. "You…can't just… a sink?"

Cassie shrugged. "Wasn't me. It was Luci. See, I was scared out of my mind and he thought he'd teach them a lesson. In a sense, he kind of demonically possessed me and then went on a rampage?"

"That's….that's kind of scary." Ari sputtered. "But kind of cool. I don't know if I should be afraid of you or not right now… on one hand, I want to bug the living crap out of you, but on the other hand, I'm afraid of suffering pain from whatever your Lucifer does."

"Well, it's not like we've had a contract yet, so I can't summon him. At best, because we've been together for a long time, he can control me or at least my body for a small period of time. Enough time to get me out of harm or whatever." Cassie replied. "And he wouldn't hurt you, you know, he's…he's not stupid. Hurting you is like hurting me. He knows that."

"Still. If I were to ever get you pissed enough." Ari shrugged.

"Then drug me with a potion." Cassie shrugged.

"Right, so your demon can go on a rampage? I'll pass. I'll just get my butt to safety."

"Hate to interrupt this loving reunion." Nicholas began as Ari glanced over. Nicholas looked like he had a vein popping out of his head. If that was possible since he was a vampire after all. "But WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING WEARING THEIR CLOTHES?!"

Ari shrugged. "You heard us. We all had a little accident."

"Well the accident wouldn't have happened if the mid—" Alice's hands wrapped around Nicholas's mouth, preventing more words from coming out as he growled with frustration, and attempted to basically rip Alice's arms off.

"Stop it Nicholas." Ari ordered. "If Alice has a reason for doing it and she wants it to be kept a secret, then so be it, let it be kept a secret." If Alice was doing this to get her close to Aro… oh her living gods. Not like this. This was….extreme. This was like the base before 4th base but after 3rd base. They were at the start. Not even at 1st base yet, heck not even out of the dugout. Ari appreciated it, but still, to leave her in only this? A shirt? And her embarrassingly childish underwear?

"Do you realize what you look like right now?" Nicholas commanded. "You cannot sit next to Aro looking like this." He made a wide gesture using his arm at her.

She frowned before she pouted. "Tate, Nicholas is telling me what to do…." She began, knowing the wolf would back her up. He said he was her Beta. She was the Alpha.

He got up, went over to Nicholas, grabbed him by the back of his shirt and simply pulled him over to the couch where he made him sit down. "What the?" Nicholas protested. "Let go of me."

"If Aria wishes to dress that way, you must respect it." Tate rumbled.

"Wishes my ass. We don't have clothes around, that's why she's naked like she is. Heck, what about this? I'll give her my boxers to wear. Surely it would fit." He said, making a move to unbuckle his belt and to pull off his pants.

Tate looked at him in disgust. "And give her your disgusting germs? Hell no." Tate curled in a lip in more disgust.

"Hey! I'm a vampire. I'm practically sterile." Nicholas countered.

"Can you have an orgasm?" Tate asked.

"W-What?" Nicholas said in shock.

"Can. You. Have. An. Orgasm?" Tate asked again.

"Of course I can."

"Then that means you can have precum."

"Where are you getting at with this?" Nicholas hissed.

Tate leaned in, speaking in a soft voice, so Aria and the rest of the human girls could not hear. "That means that the site of Aria could have made you leaked in precum even if you don't have any interests in her—even though I bet you do—and therefore, I would like to minimize contact between you and her."

"I can't get her pregnant."

"You know that's bullshit. That a human female can get pregnant."

"Sperm dies within moments of contact with air." Nicholas argued.

"Ahh, but that's human sperm. You're not exactly human, are you?" Tate smiled.

"Fine." Nicholas huffed. "Aria, get in bed and stay there."

Aria huffed. "Geez. You're so mean." She went over to her bed and climbed in, pulling the covers up as she sat there. "So…uhh… what are we watching?"

"THIS!" Alice sang, holding up a DVD.

"Looks…cheesy."

"And it's not a movie."

"What?" Aria frowned. "What is it then?"

"A tv show." Alice said, humming to herself. "One of my favorites~!"

"Well then, let's wait for everyone…." Ari said as Aro, Caius and Marcus walked in. "Oh. Hey Aro." She greeted shyly.

"Aria." He gave her a crisp smile.

Tate and Nicholas took a sniff in the air and growled. "What?" Aria asked.

"The bastard mast—" Eri covered Nicholas's mouth.

"Now, now, Nicholas. He isn't your bastard master anymore." She said calmly, a smile on her face. She lowered her voice, "Say masturbated and I'll castrate you. The girls do not need to hear that."

"Oh. Nicholas. That's mean." Ari scolded. "Okay, so maybe Aro's a past…master of yours, but still. Don't call him a bastard master. Okay, maybe he can be a jerk, but I can be a jerk too."

"What? I….I…." Nicholas sighed, "Always me." He mumbled. "Always."

"Aro!" Ari smiled, "Come sit." She patted the spot beside her invitingly.

Aro swallowed nosily as he went over and sat down beside her. She felt so warm. "Thanks." He muttered, sitting there rigidely.

"Hey! Caius. Here." Cassie nodded. "Couch has no space. You can sit somewhere on my bed. Wherever, I don't care."

"Better than nothing." Caius muttered, sitting down beside her.

"I never said beside me." Cassie pointed out.

"You said anywhere." Caius responded.

"Didn't mean beside me." Cassie responded to him.

"Wasn't too specific. I chose this spot." Caius replied, a glint in his eyes. He knew he was winning this.

"Che. Fine." Cassie crossed her arms and simply laid down beside him.

"Marcus, would you like to sit next to me?" Mara asked as the vampire came towards her bedside. "You can sit here like before."

"Thank you." Marcus took a seat next to Mara as his shoulder brushed hers.

"Why are you so rigid, Aro?" Ari asked, touching his shoulder as he practically jumped 5 feet into the air. "Are you okay?"

"What? Yes! Of course!" he said, feeling the glares and stares from the rest of the occupants in the room hitting him in waves. Oh for bloody sakes, he was fucking bloody Aro Volturi. Not some whimsical breakable person. "I just feel a bit nervous from all the looks."

"Looks?" Ari turned her eyes to scan the room, finding all the eyes in the room to be staring ahead, expectantly at the t.v. screen. "What looks?"

'The looks that were previously on me. The ones that disappeared the moment you scanned the room.' Aro thought to himself. "Oh. Must be my imagination." He pretended to relax slightly as he sat more comfortably beside her. She looked divine in his clothes. Perhaps, once they went back to Volterra, that would be how he dressed her. But such a provocative way of dressing would surely entice other males in the castle. That would be bad. Then he'd have to rip out everyone's eyes. At least anyone who showed the remote interest in Aria. But then that would be detrimental to the Volturi in general.

Ari gave him a strange look, "If you say so." She shrugged.

"We're here~!" Emmett sang as he ran into the room, "Is Aria—" then he saw her. "Oh. H-H-Hi…Aria."

Ari raised an eyebrow, "Still can say hi? Why so nervous, though, Emmett? Surely, you didn't do anything wrong?" Ari glanced behind Emmett. "And surely, Edward didn't do anything either. Or Loki who absolutely adores Mara and would never ever scare her. Or Adam whose like our family. Or Felix and Demetri, who are like my own brothers." They stood there guiltily, their feet shuffling as they stared at the ground.

"All right, enough." Carlisle said in his soft voice. "Emmett, Edward. That was incredibly naughty of you, you know."

"Yeah, but c'mon pops. They're fine now." Emmett protested.

Rose clocked him on the head, "They weren't fine earlier." She snapped. "Do you know how terrified they sounded? Did you? It wasn't funny, Emmett!"

"Oww! Rosie!" Emmett cried childishly. "It was just a prank."

"Emmett. That prank of yours cost us what? A large bag of flour, the brown powder, a sink and a pipe." Rose reprimanded. "Not that it matter much to us since it's just that, but still."

"Sorry about that." Cassie muttered. "Didn't mean to. I demoted Luci to a house cat for now."

"Well, Emmett?"

"Okay. Okay." He held up his hands in defense. "Geez, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. Okay, I meant to, but I didn't expect them to react that way."

"Sorry about that, Aria, Cassidy, and Mara." Edward had a sheepish look on his face.

"Yeah. Sorry Mara!" Loki cried as he lunged toward her, giving her a big hug. She patted his white fluffy hair.

"It's okay." She said softly. "Just don't do it next time, all right? You nearly gave me a heart attack. I don't think you'd like a dead me. No more treats, right?"

Loki nodded his head, "No more pranks!" he agreed, snuggling against her. "Mara~!"

"Sorry about that…" Felix said, scratching his head. "In the name of our sibling love and bond, can't you forgive me?"

"Yes. Forgive us." Demetri said. "I apologize, Ari. I won't do it again and I'll make sure with all my power that Felix never does anything like this again."

"I'm not saying that you guys can't prank me anymore, but for godssake, do not do ghost pranks and whatnots. Those are scary. As for your apology, sure, I forgive you." Ari nodded. "But you're going shopping with me."

"What? But you hate it and I hate it!" Felix protested.

"Ahhh , but I know you hate it even more." Ari winked.

"Why not have me eat some human food?" Felix asked hopefully. "It'll upset my stomach for a long time and then I'll have to throw it up."

Ari looked at him, disgusted, "No thanks." She paused, "Or actually… Aro?"

"Yes?"

"Could you do me a favor?"

Aro raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"

"I just want to borrow Felix and Demetri for maybe about…oh say… 6 or 8 hours a day? Monday through Friday."

"What do you want with them?" he asked.

"Yeah, what do you want with us?" Felix asked nervously.

Ari shrugged innocently. "Nothing…just…are you interested in going to school?"

Felix's eyes widened. "Hell no! I heard it's miserable there!" he protested.

"That or you can work at a fast food restaurant. Choose one."

"Oooh! Do the fast food!" Alice chirped.

Felix eyed her uncertainly. "Why?"

Alice paused, "Trust me." She said in an experienced voice, "I've gone to school, heck, I still do. It sucks. I'm miserable. In a fast food restaurant, you can take like a shift or something. It's only a couple of hours."

"Oh…okay. Fast food then!"

"Great." Ari nodded. "Do you have the necessary paperwork for that? To work that is."

"Oh. No worries about that." Bella smiled. "Edward and I will take care of that." she gave Edward a soft glare that was filled with warnings.

"Oh great. Thanks." Ari nodded. "So… movie? Or t.v. show, I guess?"

"Oh right! On it~!" Alice hopped up from her seat as she jammed the dvd into the dvd player. "You'll LOVE it!"

Next day

Ari opened her eyes, blinking a few times as she laid there. What happened? Oh right. A movie. Aro. Damn yesterday had been a long day. It had all been yesterday. She wanted to accept him again. Or at least that was what her mind had concluded last night. Which was still true, but Cassie had said to wait. At least a week. Today….what did she have to do? Oh. Right. A walk with Aro in the woods. Groaning, she felt around her bed for Tate. Unable to find him, she opened her eyes and sat up, "Tate?"

"Present." He said, appearing at her doorway. Remains from last night's movie fest didn't exist either. Cassie and Mara were gone—most likely in their bedrooms. It was just her and her bed. Couches were gone too. Had she really slept through all that cleaning?

"Oh. Thought you were gone." Ari said as she laid back down and he came over. "Usually you're next to me when I sleep, you know? My pillow."

He shifted as he climbed into bed and laid down beside her, she hugged him. Tate whined as if to say, "Better?".

"Yes. This is much, much better. You're so warm…." Ari said as she dozed off.

Aro appeared at the doorway, seeing Ari use Tate basically as a body pillow. "Get off the bed." Aro hissed. "She is mine."

Tate flicked his tail in annoyance as he shifted back into a human. "Listen here. Aria only sees me for a wolf. She would never let me sleep in her bed as human. Only as a wolf. She does not view me in any romantic light. Let her sleep for a few more minutes."

Aria groaned. "No need. I'm awake." She said as she opened her eyes and sat up, rubbing her eyes. "What do ya need, Aro?"

"Nothing. I just came in to check if you were awake yet." He said innocently.

"Well…even if you wanted to go on a walk, it's a no can do." Ari said. "Not without my clothes."

"Alice brought your clothes back last night." Aro replied.

"What?"

"She brought your clothes back. Apparently, she had only dropped them off at the bins. We simply just went to the bins and took them back." Aro shrugged.

"Are you serious?" Ari frowned. "Wow." Ari got off the bed and went over to her closet and threw the closet doors wide open. Her clothes were all there. Just like she had placed them before they were thrown out. "Well, then I'll just get changed and we can get ready to go."

"I'll see you downstairs." Aro nodded.

"Great. And Tate. Get out. I got to change." Ari said as Tate hustled out of the door. She turned back to her closet, now then…what to wear?

Leave a review! :) If my characters (the OC ones) are too mary-sue for you, I shall apologize for that. Winter break has gotten to me. If the original twilight characters (Meyer's characters) are too OOC for you, I apologize for that. My fantasies have been running wild. But other from that, Happy Late New Years and I hope all of you had a good one, did some fun things, etc. etc. In a sense, I can't wait for Aria and Aro (as well as the rest) to get together, but they've still got a loooong way to go before that happens. I mean, heck, they haven't even met Aria's family yet (oops, did I foreshadow anything here?). Anyhow, gotta go! Till next week (and yes, I am crying right now because as of tomorrow or Monday, I have school ._.)