After driving Bella home, walking her to her door and receiving a kiss on the cheek Rosalie made it home with an extra skip in her step. It wasn't officially said out loud but she was now in a relationship with her mate. She still wasn't sure if Bella felt the mate bond but she was going to talk to Carlisle about that after she finished her important task.

That task was finding a nice restaurant to take Bella to. And with that thought she went to find Esme for some help. Finding her in her office Rosalie knocked on the door and waited until Esme looked up to enter.

"Hello sweetheart. You're looking mighty chipper this afternoon. Does this have to do with Bella?" Esme asked knowingly.

"We have a date on Friday."

"Oh Rosalie I'm so happy for you. Does this mean you are officially in a relationship? Have you talked about the bond?" Esme asked as Rosalie shut the office door making the room soundproof so they could have a private conversation.

"It hasn't been said out loud but I'm pretty sure we are. I told her about me. Everything about me. Including how I was turned and about my human life. She knows I have a penis."

"And how did she react?" Esme asked cautiously.

"She held me. I told her about it and she pulled me into a hug and held me while I cried." Rosalie told her.

"Oh Rosalie that's wonderful. I knew it would be ok. Fate wouldn't have made her your mate if she wouldn't have accepted you."

"I was worried but after she told she cared about me and having a penis didn't change that I kissed her." Rosalie said in awed whisper." And she kissed me back. She's so warm Esme. Her body radiates heat and she makes me feel warm. Not only physically but it's like my heart wants to beat again just for her."

"That's beautiful. I can't even begin to image how you feel. Now tell me about this date. What are you doing? Where are you taking her?" Esme asked excitedly.

"That's actually why I'm here. I promised dinner and a movie but I don't know anything about restaurants. I was hoping you could give me a recommendation."

"Well you know Bella better than I do. What does she like to eat? Do you want to take her somewhere fancy or to something a little more low key?"

Rosalie thought about for a minute."I want to go fancy. Bella comes from what the world considers to be American royalty. I want to show her that I can provide her the lifestyle she's used to.Do you think going to a movie is to low class? Maybe she would prefer the theatre. I should have thought of that first. Maybe there is still time to find tickets to something."

"Slow down Rosalie." Esme said. "Think of Bella as person not Bella as a Shurlong. What does Bella like? Does she seem the type that prefers fancy and extravagant things or is she more down to earth?"

"Well she lives with Charlie and he lives in a small house plus you know the kind of car she drives so I think she is more down to earth. Then again her home life with her mother wasn't that great so she could consider Forks the lesser of the two evils and just be trying to make the best out of the situation. She dresses in nice clothes but they aren't flashy. I'm going to say down earth." Rosalie concluded.

"If she is then dinner and a movie at a non formal place will be just fine for her. There's an Italian place I read about that you could try and get reservations for Friday. The movie I think you should ask her about. She would have more knowledge of what's good right now."

"Thank you Esme. Is Carlisle in his study? I need to speak with him also." Rosalie asked.

"You're welcome and the last time I checked he was."

With that Rosalie made her way to Carlisle's study. Unfortunately she was stopped by Alice before she made it there.

"You were gone an awful long time for just dropping Bella off. What did you guys do?" Alice asked.

Rosalie was getting beyond irritated with Alice's fixation on Bella."Listen Alice I get that you want a friend but you're really starting to piss me off. You need to calm down around Bella and stop bulldozing your way into her life. Not once have you asked her if she wanted to do something. You have just pushed her into doing what you want. I won't have you walking all over her. I'll allow the sleepover but you will not treat her like your own personal plaything while she is here. She is not only my mate but a living person. If you don't start respecting her then I will be forced to stop you from seeing her at all."

Alice was taken aback. Had she been pushy with Bella. She wanted Bella to be her best friend but had she gone about it the wrong way. She tried to think if she actually asked Bella to have a sleepover and she was ashamed to admit no she had not. Then she had gotten pissy with Emmett about wanting to spend some time with Bella and basically demanded she come over as soon as she woke up.

"I'm sorry Rosalie. I get it. I should have been more sensitive to Bella's feeling and wants. I got too excited and not knowing how the future turns out made me think that it would always be the way I wanted it. I'll do better I promise." Alice said walking past Rosalie to find Jasper. She needed to reflect on her behavior and being in her mates company would help the most.

Rosalie was happy she seemed to get through to Alice. She didn't want to have to keep her away from Bella but it was her job to protect her mate and if that meant protecting her from an over zealous Alice then so be it.

Carlisle looked up from the book he was reading as Rosalie walked through the door to his study. He hadn't expected her to drop by and talk so he was very interested in what she had to say.

"Carlisle do you have a minute to talk." Rosalie asked.

"Of course Rosalie take a seat. What can I do for you today?"

Rosalie sat down and asked "Bella is a shifter. What I want to know is can shifters feel the mate bond or do they have something similar to the mate bond that they feel."

"Ah, I was wondering when you were going to ask about that. No shifters don't feel the mate bond." He quickly added before Rosalie could get to upset." They do however imprint."

"Imprint? What's that?"

"Imprinting is what happens when a shifter meets what their equivalent of what we consider mates. It is quite similar to how we experience the bond. They lock eyes with the person and their world becomes all about the other person. They would feel the urge to protect and provide for their imprint as they would also feel the need to make their imprint as happy as they can be no matter what. "

Rosalie thought about this for a moment."How do I know if I'm Bella's imprint? Do I have to accept it like the mate bond to make it official?"

"From what I know about shifters is that the imprint bond doesn't actually take effect until the shifter and their intended are physically intimate. Because of this it may keep the mate bond from being fully accepted by Bella because biologically she may be unable to believe in it until you are physical with each other." Carlisle explained.

If Rosalie was still human she would be blushing from head to toe. She had just told Bella she had a penis and now she was taking to her father about having sex with Bella. They had only kissed on the lips once. It was to soon to be thinking about sex. Well of course Rosalie thought about it but it was a bit to soon to be planning to have it. What if Carlisle was right though? What if Bella and her couldn't actually be bonded without having sex? That was if she was really Bella's imprint. How could she ask Bella and how much did Bella know about this stuff herself?

"I think I need to talk to Bella about all this." Rosalie said.

"I think that's the wisest course of action. This is an unusual situation and Bella's status as an albino tiger makes it even more strange. She could know a lot more than me about the subject. Bella could probably give you much better answers." Carlisle replied.

Rosalie nodded her head as she got up and left Carlisle's study without even saying goodbye. She had a lot of things to think about but first things first she had a date to prepare for. She walked to her room with purpose deciding that making Bella feel special was going to be her main priority and everything else could be taken care of along the way.