AN: This story is rated M for a reason. Trigger warnings to many things are present in this story.
I don't own Twilight.
I just like to play around in different worlds with them :)
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Once they were near the Cullen home, she felt dead on her feet when she slid off Laurent's back. She could see the lights of the house and smiled widely as Alice appeared on the back porch, "Bella!"
The pixie slammed into her chest a moment later and small cool arms tightened around her chest, constricting her lungs. "Alice." She grunted, "Air. Alice."
Alice pulled back, "Bella where the hell have you been? Tanya crossed the line with the rest of the Denali's."
Bella felt her heart drop into her stomach, "I need a car."
She ran to the front of the house as Alice appeared and tossed her a set of keys. She slipped inside Tanya's Mercedes and peeled out of the driveway. She couldn't stop the panic in her chest, Tanya was across the line and she knew how the wolves felt about it. She didn't think Paul would harm her because he promised but she couldn't be positive of the others.
She crossed the treaty line and took a deep breath, searching for the mate bond pull. She let it guide her to a small parking area a mile passed where she had gone over the cliff. She beeped the car locked as she spotted a small dirt trail that was slightly overgrown. She hurried down the path until a loud snap sounded behind her and she turned to face a large white wolf. It moved forward slowly, and she froze.
"Doggy want a bone?" She said nervously.
The beast stood on its hind legs as it shifted and a girl a few years older than her stood in front of her with a glare. Her short hair was messy, but her skin looked silky smooth, "You don't recognize me, do you?"
She frowned, "I haven't exactly seen many naked women in my life so, no."
The girl crossed her arms over her chest, "You are the reason everything is the way it is."
She rolled her eyes, "As if I don't get that enough from Jacob and everyone else." She turned to continue down the path.
"Everyone is looking for you. Hell, some even think you are dead." The girl snapped as she walked slightly behind her.
Bella spun to her, "Define everyone."
The girl rolled her eyes, "That blonde leech that came onto our land. She's like a statue on the beach because of you."
"Tanya." She turned and ran. She had to get to her before she did something stupid.
She heard a howl behind her and then the white flash of fur as the wolf sprinted ahead of her. Tanya's face filled her mind as she ran and before she realized it, she was at the edge of the beach. The white wolf skidded to a stop and her eyes widened. Bella frowned; how did she beat the wolf there?
She spotted Tanya kneeling on the beach near the water as Sam and Emily stood with Irina a few feet away. Paul was sitting alone as he stared at Tanya, unmoving with a dirty tear streaked face. She pushed herself into a run through the thick sand. She kept her eyes on Tanya as whispers followed her and Irina shouted, "Bella!"
She could only see one thing, one person that had become her everything in a short time. Tanya didn't move, continuing to stare at the building waves as a storm slowly rolled in. Bella stopped a few feet away from the vampire, afraid she might startle her.
"Tanya?"
The vampire's eyes closed as a small sad smile appeared on her face.
"Tanya open your eyes. I'm here. I'm right here. Please," she took a hesitant step, "Come back to me. I need you."
Tanya opened her eyes and slowly turned her head to look over at the girl.
Before she knew what was happening Tanya's body slammed into hers, knocking her off her feet to land on her back in the sand. Tanya's body fit perfectly on top of hers as she held her tightly inhaling her mate's scent, "I tried Bella."
She smiled and nodded the best she could, being pinned to the ground, "I know but something happened out there. Laurent found me, he's at home. Why are you across the line?"
Tanya pulled back and stared into Bella's eyes slightly shocked that in the darkness her right eye almost seemed to glow, "I searched for you. I searched but I couldn't find you. I thought…" She shook her head, "Nothing mattered anymore."
She frowned, "Didn't you feel the mate bond?"
Tanya nuzzled her neck, "We haven't completed it yet. I just felt empty inside. I can't lose you Bella."
She smiled as the soft purr rumbled through her body from Tanya's chest, "Can we go home? I'm freezing."
Tanya blurred to her feet, pulling her up in the process. Paul wrapped her in his arms, and she hugged him tightly, enjoying his body heat as she smiled. He grinned at her, "I thought we lost you."
She grinned at him, "Not a chance."
He sat her back on her feet and she felt Tanya wrap her arms around her again as they turned to Sam. He smiled at her, "We need to talk."
She nodded and pressed tighter into Tanya's side, worriedly, "Give me a few days to not get pneumonia."
He nodded, "I'm glad you're okay. Get some sleep and call me when you're ready."
She nodded and let Tanya guide her to Irina before she stopped and looked back at Sam, "Is he okay?"
A snarl ripped from Tanya as he nodded, "He'll be fine. He heals faster than you."
Tanya angrily pulled her onto her back, keeping herself between Bella and the wolves. She guided them back to Tanya's car and Tanya pulled her into the backseat with her. As Irina drove back, she looked up at Tanya, "So do you plan on going back to Alaska now that the Cullen's are back?"
It hurt to think the words let alone say them, so she tried to focus on the feel of Tanya's body against hers. She didn't want to keep Tanya from her home, but she also didn't want her to leave.
"That was the plan, yes." Tanya said softly.
She felt her heart rate kick up a notch as she nodded silently. She stared down at her hands aware that the blonde stiffened beside her. She didn't know what to say. She didn't want her to leave but she didn't want to keep her here when now that the Cullen's were back. She hadn't had a chance to even speak to Alice or the others yet, but she knew she needed to, but she couldn't put Tanya in that position. It was bound to be awkward with everyone in the same house, especially with Laurent around.
And that was a whole other subject.
How was she going to get by without him? He had been a main person her life for the past few months and she wondered if she could manage on her own now. Her insecurities would always be there but knowing Laurent had been nearby had helped her cope with so many things she didn't want to think about.
The Denali's had entered her life at a time when she needed someone and now maybe she didn't need anyone anymore. The Cullen's leaving had forced her to stand up and not back down from challenges, but Laurent and the Denali's had forced her to face those challenges head on.
In a way she owed both families for that. She made up her mind, if they were going to leave, she was going to distance herself now so when they did leave it would be okay, she would be okay. She would stand on her own two feet for once and face whatever came at her head on. Even if the pain of the mate bond was excruciating. She would let Tanya be happy elsewhere.
She didn't realize they had stopped, finally at Charlie's, until Tanya said, "Bella?"
She slid out of the car then turned to face the blonde with a sad smile, "How old are you?"
Tanya frowned, "Physically I am twenty-two, but I am over a thousand years old."
Bella nodded and began walking towards the house as she muttered, "Stupid lamb."
As she disappeared inside, she didn't hear Tanya whisper with a smile, "Sick masochistic lion."
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Tanya stood on her balcony staring out at the woods behind the Cullen's house as the sun began to set. She hadn't seen or heard from Bella in days, none of them had and it was getting harder to not go see her. Laurent had been in a bad mood for the last few days and it seemed that the longer he went without talking to Bella the angrier he became.
A piercing growl ripped through the house and Tanya blurred downstairs in time to see Alice smash a lamp to pieces. Jasper tried soothing her, but it wasn't working as she snarled, "I'll kill him myself!"
Jasper frowned as he held his hands up, "What is it Darlin'?"
A feral growl rolled from the pixie's lips, "Edward."
Tanya didn't wait for an explanation as she blurred from the house and stood on the edge of the woods under Bella's window. She saw the girl shaking her head in anger before glass smashed against the wall. She ached to hold her, to promise that everything was going to be okay. Her young mate stood in front of the window and the pain in her eyes nearly broke her as she watched her mate cry silently.