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I think this fic has one or two chapters left. After that, I will decide if I start with the Jake/Bella fic, or the Cullens adopting Bella.


The Butterfly effect.


Chapter 19. Clean slate.

It has been a week since her transformation. She was still adjusting. But she hadn't cried her heart out in despair again. Her clothes had suffered a few unexpected rips. Demetri called the first time she got dressed successfully after her transformation a 'beginners' luck'. Bastard. He was enjoying her mishaps way too much. Felix was sort of enjoying them as well, but he was smarter than to piss her off one week into being a newborn. Bella secretly found funny their jokes, but she could not give them too much leash.

Sadly, not everything was smiles and jokes. Her death was to be planned ASAP, her dad and her few human friends could not know what she had become. It was the Volturi's number one rule. The fact that she had lived to tell the story proves that either Aro was very curious about her possible gift. Therefore, his greed was superior to his common sense, or something bigger was behind her third opportunity. Whatever it was, it did not extend to her father. And truth be told, she did not want Charlie to become a vampire.

Felix had proposed a helicopter crash. They could be flying somewhere and crash. But Bella thought that would entail too much paperwork or too much attention. So she spent her first week thinking the way they could fake her death. They decided that the old car crash would be enough. A sufficiently gruesome car crash to not raise questions of any survivors. Alec volunteered to set the accident, and Bella decided to let him without asking too many questions. She didn't want to know. It was too hard for her. Maybe she would regret it in the future, not being a part of faking her death. But right now she couldn't cope with it.

"I feel so selfish, not being a part of whatever Alec will do." She confessed one time to Felix when they were lying in bed together.

He moved to sit up and gathered her in his arms, engulfing her in a hug. "He just wants to avoid you any more pain. He knows that this is a sensitive subject for you, and he loves you. So he wants to do anything in his power to protect you. That's why he's not offering you any information, regardless of if you ask or not."

Bella's heart filled with gratitude. She felt that she had everything so easy as if she wasn't struggling at all. She had an army of people waiting to lift any concern off of her, to erase any worry, to shield her from anything. But she was grateful nonetheless for that army of people that love her unconditionally. She was especially thankful for Felix. He had been extremely patient with her. They hadn't talked about the wedding, and even though she knew that mentally and physically she was still unpredictable, maybe having something to occupy her mind would be good for her.

"I want to start planning our wedding." She said suddenly, surprising Felix.

"Are you sure?" He asked. The truth was that he was ready to marry her tomorrow if it wasn't for the fact that Bella wanted the Cullens to attend. And they didn't have a date yet. He thought that asking her to marry him would make things more serious and that she wouldn't have any doubts regarding their relationship. And he genuinely thought that they could wait a few months, so they knew each other more.

"One hundred per cent. I want this badly. And it will help me occupy my mind. It might be a good way of dealing with the sensorial overload." He chuckled and kissed her forehead.

Bella decides to call the Cullens and let them know of her transformation. But not right away. Right now, she had other matters to attend to. Felix's kisses had travelled from her forehead to her neck, to her sensitive spot right below her ear. That point that made her abandon all common sense.

She travelled her hands around his upper body. His abs, his arms, his back. He was bigger than her, so she was basically spread underneath him while her nails scratched his back lightly. This would be the first time they would have sex after her transformation. She had been desiring it, but she always got sidetracked by other things.

Her cell phone went off with a video call. Felix cursed in her chest, and she groaned frustrated. Their rule number one was to always answer a call. It could be important.

"It's Alice." She announced once she reached her phone, still underneath him. Not wanting to move.

"Would you like to be alone?" Felix asked.

She eyed him, confused "why would I want that?"

"They're your family. I wanted to give you some privacy."

Bella smiled. He was too cute.

"You are my family too. I want you with me."

Felix deposited one last kiss on her neck and moved, allowing her to sit and answer the call.

Alice, the Pixi-like vampire was on the screen.

"Alice, you have the worst timing ever." Felix smiled inwardly. Worst time, indeed.

Alice giggled. "Sorry, Bella"

Before they could say anything more, Emmett came into view. Smiling mischievously at the sight of Bella. "Don't you look cosy?" He sing sang. Alice giggled again, unable to stop herself. Bella felt Felix shaking beside her. When she looked confused, he smiled.

"Your hair is a mess, and you look like you were doing...well… what we were doing before they called." Bella's eyes opened wide in surprise. If she could blush, she would be tomato-red right now.

In some place of the Cullen house, Edward's heart sank. Not that he harboured any kind of hope, not with Bella being engaged. But hearing her voice, the happiness he never heard on her voice when she was with him, and hearing what she had been doing, was all too much for him. He didn't begrudge her her happiness. She was more than deserving of it. But he resented the fact that she wasn't happy with him.

"To what do I owe the pleasure of your call, Alice?" Bella asked.

"You are a sneaky little thing." She complained light heartedly. "My visions went blank, and we all disappeared." All but Edward, but she didn't need to elaborate on that. "I knew we weren't going to die, so I assumed, as always, you were the cause of the blackness." Bella smiled innocently. Alice never resented her for giving her death scares whenever she wanted to see Jacob or decided to go see him. Apparently, she had managed to navigate around the blackness. "I assume you wanted to contact us somehow."

"Yes. I just wanted to let you know that we've decided on a date." Everyone was paying attention to the call even if it was only Alice and Emmett on screen. Bella communicated the date and the few details she had thought about. Felix had basically given her free rein on wedding details, with a few exceptions and veto power. She was so excited.

They talked for hours, Felix was more relaxed and managed to have a conversation with Emmett. They seemed to get along well, and she was happy about it. It's not as if they were immediately best friends, but they were civil with each other and didn't actively ignore the other. That was all she asked.

The conversation moved from the wedding to details about the first week of her transformation. At this point Carlisle came into the call and listened intently, greeting Felix first. Bella sometimes forgot that Carlisle and Felix went way back.

She told them about her ripping her clothes and destroying showers. "You have to come here. You'll get over that in no time." Joked Emmett. But Felix took it a bit personally because he tensed. Bella kept her smile but patted Felix's leg trying to calm him. She desired very much to visit them and be engulfed in Esme's motherly hugs, and Alice's exuberant personality as well as Emmett's bigger than life humour. She missed them, dearly. But she wasn't going anywhere for an indefinite period without Felix by her side.

They ended the call with the promise to keep in regular contact to finalise the details of their small wedding. She had to ask Aro if he would allow her to use the garden for the ceremony. If not, she would have to find another venue.

"They're an interesting bunch." Felix declared making Bella laugh.

"Yes, they are. But they mean well."

A few days later, Bella had just come out of training with Alec when her phone went off with a call from Alice. She didn't found it strange since they've been continuously texting about the wedding and some other nonsense.

"Hey, Alice" She greeted happily while entering her room. She sat on the sofa as her bed was full of clothes and trinkets and such. Felix had asked her to move in with him to his room. It was big enough for both of them. And he had more things than her; therefore, it made sense for her to move in with him and not the other way around.

"It's not Alice."

"Edward?" Why would he call her? Last time they talked, he said that talking to her was like sinking the knife deeper. "This is unusual." And why would he call her from Alice's phone?

"I wasn't sure if you would answer a call from my phone." He admitted. "I wanted to talk to you about something." Bella got more confused the more he talked.

"I thought we had agreed to be friends. You can talk to me, Edward." She would always have a place for him. He was her first love, that doesn't go easily. But the transformation, not only provided her with the ability to process multiple things at a time. It gave her a new perspective on her life. She had loved Edward deeply. But it was one of those loves that were not meant to last forever. She thanked fate, or God, or life, or whoever it was, for putting the Volturi on her path.

"Are you sure about the decision you're making, Bella?"

"What do you mean? Of course I'm sure." She answered agitated.

"Do you know who you'll be marrying?"

Bella decided to put the phone on speaker because she was getting angry and she didn't want to break the only thing she hadn't break yet. Where was Edward going with all of this? Why would he ask her that, now? He's known of her engagement for a few weeks now.

"Not that it is any of your business. But, yes. I know Felix."

"Are you sure? Do you even know about his past?"

Bella rolled her eyes. She was observant, she had spent a lot of time with Aro, talking, getting to know how everything works. Her uncle was a high ranking guard, Felix was as well. And even though Heidi wasn't so high up the rank as her husband, she was a favourite of the court. She heard things, she connected facts. Of course she knew who Felix was. Even if he never spoke of his past.

"I am very disappointed in you. I never asked about your past. I never cared about it. I loved you for who you were when we met. Clearly, that guy is long gone. Have a good life, Edward." She hung up the phone, sad and angry.

Edward had been so understanding and so nice when she first told him about her relationship with Felix. They had departed as friends. Where had that over-protective, loving guy gone? She could not believe that he had interrogated her like that. How very disappointing. Did Alice know? Is that why he had her phone? She could not be a part of that. She was very eager to help her plan her wedding. She could not have known. She refused to believe it.

Just at that moment, Felix entered her room. He didn't greet her as he used to. With a smile and soft kiss. Instead, he was serious, concerned, even. He sat next to her on the sofa and put his head on his hands. Elbows resting on his knees. He looked so concerned. So troubled. Bella caressed his back, trying to comfort him.

"Are you alright?" She asked softly. Pushing Edward's words away from her mind.

"He's right, you know?" He tilted his head to look her in the eye. "You barely know about my past. I don't like to talk about it. You've never asked, and I took advantage of it to not offer any information." He seemed so guilty about it.

Bella put a hand on his cheek and smiled at him. "You seem to forget a few things." He raised an eyebrow. "I came here on my own, but I still considered it hostile territory. When you're in hostile territory, you tend to learn things about the enemy." She winked at him. "Aro was very curious about me. I found his stories very interesting. And he had a lot of them. Caius doesn't like me. So he also told me some things to drive me away. He thinks I'm too sensitive or emotional for this 'court'. I have eyes and ears, Felix. Alec is my best friend. So I know some things. I don't know the sordid details. And honestly, I don't want to. I don't need to know."

Felix's eyes were wide with surprise. His eyes were so worried. She cupped his other cheek with her other hand, forcing him to be close to her. "I love the man you are now. Not who you were on your past. Yes, your past defines who you are now. And that's the only thing I care about."

"Are you sure?"

"I am. Do you doubt me?" She questioned, teasing him. He felt relief wash through his body as he leaned closer and kissed her.

She returned the kiss. Happy to have dissipated his doubts. He was an incredible person, regardless of what he had done for Caius in the past. She cared about what he did now. His lips travelled to her neck. She loved it when he kissed her there. She moaned his name, and he moved his lips down. She scratched his back, ripping his shirt off his body.

"Impatient, are you?" He teased.

"It's been days. I wanted you when I woke up. It's only increased ever since." She admitted.

He smiled and kissed her left nipple, and he bit it gently. She moaned and moved underneath him, looking for some sort of friction. While his mouth was occupied with her right nipple, he trailed one of his hands down. Ripping her leggings and underwear. She was so damn wet. He hummed in satisfaction while he rubbed her clit in circles. She kissed his neck and chest wherever she could reach. She wanted to bite him. So she bit him. She was so stimulated that it didn't take long for her to reach her release.

"I love you. So fucking much." He grunted while entering her.

"I love you too." she said back, immersed in her bubble of love and lust. "Don't stop." She demanded. He thrust into her fast and strong. He had been desperate to get her naked and under him as soon as she had said I love you for the first time. But he knew she hadn't been ready.

They came together this time. And despite not needing time to recover, they broke apart and lied in a tight embrace on the sofa of her room.

"Do you really not care about my past?" He whispered to her a few minutes later.

She ran her finger through his broad chest. "I do not care. I told you, Caius told me some things. I know you all have a past. Why would I let it bother me when you've had to deal with mine a few times over? I love you, Felix. I don't care what you did fifty years ago. I care what you do from now on." He nodded in agreement.

"I never doubted you, or us. Just so you know." He needed to reassure her of that.

She kissed his lips chastely. "I know."


Hope you liked it... And do not hate me for the Edward part.!

Kisses from Germany!