Freedom of Choice 7
Her body ached, she felt like she ran a damn marathon. Stretching her body, she opened her eyes, and found herself in a room that she was not familiar with. What the hell. Carefully sitting up; she took inventory of her surrounding room. A warm cabin, Indian art on the walls, and a king size bed with flannel sheets. It was very comfortable, Amelia almost had to urge to snuggle back into the bed, however, she needed to get up and check on Bella.
Carefully placing her feet on the floor, she stood and headed to the small bathroom. Once she finished up and washed her hands, as she made her way out to the living room, she saw that Sam was in the kitchen getting food together. Leaning on the hallway door she watched the Alpha move around, enjoying watching his muscles flex. If it wasn't for the other wolves in the room she may have interrupted his cooking. Alas, next time.
Sam heard her getting up from his bed, he couldn't help but smirk at the memory. Once he settled into bed with her, he pulled her close to his chest and she snuggled deep into him. It felt great to have a beautiful woman in his arms. He laid that way for a couple hours, but too soon he heard some of his wolves coming in, there were moments like this one that he hated being the Alpha. Unable to indulge in his own desires because of his responsibilities, it angered him greatly. Jacob was the supposed Alpha, but he was "not" ready, so the mantle fell to him as he was the first to shift. Poor little Jacob, he gets to be the rightful leader of the people and eventually step in as Alpha. It was bullshit. He did the right thing and untangled himself from Amelia, and headed out to greet his wolves.
Sam could smell her as she leaned against the hallway. "Did you sleep OK?"
"Yes, thanks for letting me sleep." Looking around she saw several wolves in the living room. Her eyes landed on the only female sitting at the table, the death glare she was getting from her made her roll her eyes. "You have a problem?" she directed towards the girl.
Leah hated her at first glance. She knew exactly who she was, she accidentally saw in Sam's mind that he wanted her. It enraged her. Now this whore was in Sam's bed, it took all her energy not to leap across the table when she saw her slinking in the doorframe. However, when she locked eyes with her and saw that she didn't flinch and even called her out in front of the pack. Slamming her hands down on the table, "You're my problem bitch, you don't belong here." Looking around she was hoping that the other wolves would stand up behind her.
Laughing out loud, "Really, I don't belong here? No, you're upset that I was in his bed."
Screaming out in frustration, Leah bolted out the door, if she would have been any other person, she would have beat the shit out of her, but after seeing what she did to Paul, and barely breaking a sweat, she opted to get out of there before she said something that would probably end horribly wrong for her.
Amelia looked at Sam, "Sorry if I pissed off your girlfriend." With that she headed down the hall to look in on Bella. She could feel him staring at her as she turned around.
Opening the door where Bella was resting, Amelia walked over to the bed and sat down. Checking her over, she could see that the cut on her arm healed up nicely. Tucking a stray hair behind her ear, "Just so you know, I'm really proud of you. It wasn't an easy choice to make, but you did it. Not many people could." Looking around the small room she could see several pictures of a younger version of Sam with who she assumed was a mother or aunt. She looked down at her friend, she knew that she did everything right, but it was still unnerving to see her still asleep.
Within the same moment of thought, Peter's ringtone echoed in the room.
"Hey Rebel."
"Hey Snowball, she should be waking up in a little bit, so stop stressing out so much."
Snorting, "Thanks brother. So how's the Swan house coming along?"
Letting out a long sigh, Peter was rubbing his temples, "It's all done, but that boy, he's a fucking sicko, he scented her entire room, licking, rubbing up on everything, Char cleaned everything in her room. The tree is gone, so everything is taken care of."
Amelia closed her eyes, she felt the rage build inside her. Her body was tingling, she could hear the items in the room rattling. "I need to go."
Hanging the phone up with no goodbye. Amelia quickly exited the room, she didn't even look at the wolves in the living room as she passed them. The only sound that she heard besides the door shutting was Sam yelling her name.
Once her feet hit the dirt she took off running, as soon as she was far enough away from the house, she stopped. Looking around, she saw Sam wasn't far behind her, including two other boys, Amelia didn't care that he was calling her name. Turning her eyes towards the group of rocks she let her anger out, letting the energy flow through her as she focused on them. Within moments the rocks were trembling, balling her hands into a fist she felt the energy ravage them. Sending dust particles floating in the air.
Taking a deep breath to center herself, she looked at the destroyed scene in front of her. The rock outcrop was demolished. Having all that energy leave her body left her feeling a little more relaxed.
Amelia knew that Edward was a pathetic excuse of a man, but after hearing that Edward was putting his scent around the house to keep her compliant. Honestly she was hoping that the venom he left in her arm was an oversight, but it turned out it was malicious. He didn't know it, but the next time she laid eyes on him, she was going to remove his legs, slowly, painfully. She dared any of those Cullens to try and stop her.
Turning around she saw that the wolves were looking at her, some with fear, others with curiosity, and finally Sam, straight up lust.
"Sorry about that, you must have heard what Peter said, I needed to get out of the house before I destroyed it. Figured that would have pissed you off." she said looking at Sam.
Sam watched her with rapt attention, she was sexy, dangerous, and fierce. He thought back to the moment he looked into her eyes, he wished that she was his imprint. But of course the fates have screwed him again.
Staring at her, "I understand, I appreciate you taking it outside." he said with a slight chuckle. "You ready to head back, I think Bella is awake."
"Yeah, let's head back. I'm pretty sure she needs food." Making a move towards the house, Sam fell in step next to her.
As the group entered the house, they saw Bella sitting on the couch with a young wolf. Seeing Bella awake lightened Amelia's mood. "How are you?" she asked.
"Angry, but I'm good, I feel free. Like a weight has been lifted from my chest" Bella breathed out.
Walking over to sit next to her, "I'm glad that you feel better. I was worried about you. I hope that everything that you learned has helped you."
Bella laid her head on Amelia's shoulder, "It has."
However, before the conversation could go any further, Bella's stomach rumbled loudly.
Everyone in the room couldn't help but laugh at the situation.
Taking control of the room, "Everyone let's sit down and have a meal. I prepared it for us."
Gravitating towards the table, Amelia found herself being sat next to Sam, Bella sat next to her. As the others sat around the table, Sam served both Amelia and Bella, then himself, sending the food around the table. The girls waited until everyone had food on their plates, looking towards Sam, waiting until he took the first bite, as soon as he did, everyone else dug in.
Bella damn near inhaled her food, for the first time in months she actually enjoyed eating. It no longer tasted of bland ash. Having a renewed appetite she ate her fill, and even grabbed an extra helping of the potatoes. It felt great to finally be close to herself again. The only dark cloud that was in her sky now, was dealing with Edward. Knowing that the Whitlocks would have her back, she felt that she was ready for that fight.
Sparing a glance at the wolves around the table, she noticed that Paul was at least keeping his mouth shut and ignoring her. Bella was good with that. She was nervous about seeing Jacob though. Knowing that he would try to convince her that being free of Edward, that now he was a viable choice. Hearing the door open and shut brought her out of her train of thought, looking up, the object of her ire was standing in front of her.
Making his way towards the table, Jacob moved the chair out next to Bella. "Hey Bells, how are you feeling since you got voodooed?"
Amelia couldn't help but snort. Voodoo? Who is this kid?
Feeling the need to defend Amelia, "Jesus Jacob, it wasn't voodoo. Grow up."
No one was accustomed to Bella speaking to anyone like that. Especially Jake. "I'm grown in all the right places." he said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Without your wolf, I'm fairly certain you wouldn't have much to brag about." With that Bella turned towards Amelia with a smirk on her face.
Smiling back at Bella, "Damn! Bella!" Looking over at the red faced boy, "Ouch."
Jared was laughing so hard he started to choke.
Embry was trying to hide his face.
Seth and Sam joined Jared.
Even Paul couldn't help but laugh at his friend.
Jake couldn't believe that Bella would say anything like that to him. "So you're rather have a half dead corpse fuck you?"
The room quieted down and everyone stared at him. Normally this was a topic that Bella avoided at all costs.
Bella took the time to look at Jake, normally she would run off, but finding her voice was the single most important thing that could have happened to her.
"Go to hell Jacob Black. I could fuck a human or hell a wolf, and you'd still be acting like a little bitch. Let me spell it out for you, I will NEVER fuck you, I DON'T want to fuck you, thinking about fucking you makes me drier than the Sahara in a drought."
Paul spit out his drink, "Damn Swan!"
Without a second thought, Bella turned back to her plate and finished up her lunch.
You could hear a pin drop in the room. Even Sam was unusually quiet.
Amelia on the other hand stood up and kissed Bella on her head. "Now that was amazing!" With that she grabbed her and Bella's plates and brought them to the sink and started washing them.
Soon enough Bella was in the kitchen helping her clean up the pots and pans that Sam used to make the food.
Glancing over at the wolves Amelia could see that Jake was frozen. Damn she broke him. The others quickly cleared the table and brought it to the kitchen.
"You don't have to do that." Sam stated.
Smiling at him, "I know, but you let us use your house, figured it's the least I could do."
Bella noticed that Sam was hovering near Amelia, she seemed to enjoy his presence. Hell, even when she was under Edward's thrall, she could recognize that Sam was a gorgeous man. Finishing up the dishes, Bella looked at the clock, it was close to 4pm. It was time to start heading towards the Cullens.
Amelia was having a hard time not letting Sam and his shirtlessness distract her. Shaking her head clear, she looked over at the clock on the stove and realized that it was time to leave. She and Bella had one more obstacle to finish. The sooner that it was done, the sooner they could relax and start having fun. FUN, oh I am in desperate need of a good time.
"Bella, it's time to head out." she said.
"I know," looking over at Sam, "Thank you, you didn't have to help me, but you did. This is the second time that you saved my life Sam. I want you to know how much I appreciate it." Surprising herself along with the Alpha, Bella hugged him.
He was honestly taken back by her show of emotions. This young woman in his arms was a great improvement on the former shadow that used to walk around his home.
"You're most welcome."
As they stepped back from the other, Bella went to Amelia who was waiting by the front door, as they stepped out, Amelia looked back at Sam. "I'll see you around Alpha."
Jumping into the truck the girls made their way out of La Push and towards the Cullens property.
Once they hit the highway leading towards Forks, Bella looked at Amelia. "Sam wants you."
"Yeah, I kind of noticed. I'm not complaining. He's a fine looking man."
"So are you going to sleep with him?" she questioned.
Taking a moment to think, Amelia had to be honest with herself, "I am not planning it, but I wouldn't object if it happened. Why? You want to nail him?"
Never in her life did Bella snort, but today it happened. "Um, well I can appreciate his beauty, I don't want him that way." Bella was actually curious about sex and knew that Amelia wouldn't lie. "So, how many guys have you been with?"
Quickly glancing over, Amelia was surprised by the question, but she did take into account that Bella was still a virgin. "One, my highschool sweetheart. We dated junior and senior year, we eventually broke up because he went to college down south, and well I didn't get to go to college because I was poor."
"So, would you recommend waiting until you're in love before you have sex or just do it?" Bella never had anyone she could really talk about this stuff with before.
"Honestly, it all depends on you. For me, I was in love, but I also knew that we weren't going to be together forever, so I made the choice to have my first time with someone I cared for. It's what I needed. Even now, I think Sam is panty dropping hot, but, I'm not just going to sleep with him because he's hot, I would hope to at least develop a friendship with him. You just need to think about what you need, losing your v-card is a personal thing. I think it should be with someone that you truly care about in some way."
Sighing, "I thought that Edward would be my first, but he kept rejecting me, now I know it was because he liked keeping me close to him to help with his control, so it was never sexual for him."
Amelia felt great sympathy for her, having her control taken away from her was perverse. "I know you did, but think of this as an opportunity to get to know yourself, and if you happen to meet someone that meets your standards, you set the tone. Take your time, or don't, but make sure you're doing it because it's what you want to do, not what you feel you need to do. I knew a few girls from my highschool that treated sex like it was nothing, they didn't seem any happier for it."
This is what Bella needed, someone to actually talk to her like a person, not her mom who spoke to her like she was just a friend, or Alice explaining sex to her like she didn't understand the mechanics. "Thanks, I'm glad I actually have the opportunity to figure my shit out."
Nodding her understanding, Amelia reached over and gave Bella's hand a squeeze. She could feel Bella's anxiety rising. She understood, this was one of the final hurdles she needed to face before she could truly be free. Instead of filling the remainder of the drive with needless chatter, Amelia focused on her portion of this mission. She was going to honestly hand Edward his ass.
Turning down the familiar road, the girls started the trek back to the Cullens home, Bella would have normally started internalizing all the things that she felt was here fault, but now, she focused on the fact that he would have kept her a prisoner in her own mind until he either lost control or let her die of old age. It was sick, and she would never forgive him, or any of the Cullens if it was found out that they knew.
As they pulled up to the mansion Amelia looked over at Bella, they shared a long look. Bella knew what Amelia couldn't say because of the vampire ears inside. Stay only near the Whitlocks. Until the other Cullens were able to prove that they didn't know what he was doing, there was no way on this earth Bella would go anywhere alone with them.
Parking the truck; they both made their way inside the home, Bella sticking close to Amelia as she did before. The Cullens were all sitting around in the living room doing various things, Edward was sitting near his piano, Emmett was playing a video game, Rosalie was reading a magazine, Esme was hanging new curtains, while Carlisle wasn't in the living room. The only Whitlock around was Char. "Hey Char, where's Johnny Rebel?" Amelia questioned.
Char looked up from her spot on the floor and quickly zipped over to them before Edward moved from his spot. Wanting to be near Bella as added protection for when things went down. As she neared them, "He's actually on his way back with Jasper, I guess they needed to talk, man to man." Looking Amelia in the eyes, she knew that meant that Peter was downloading Jasper on what happened today, and he needed his support.
Edward was sick and tired of waiting for Bella to step away from those women, having to stay away from her last night, and not having her at his side during school. It was time for her to get back to her place and stay near him. "Love, did you and your friend have a good day playing?"
Turning towards Edward, Bella couldn't hold in her anger anymore. "Play, what am I like 5? Is that really how you see me? A child that you need to take care of? Or is it that you want to control me?"
Amelia wasn't surprised that it didn't take more than a second for her to blow her top. Moving to her side, she let her gift come to the surface, instead of crushing him into powder, she used her gift to cover Bella, if he made a move to grab her he would bounce right off her.
Char stood on the other side, she quickly glanced at Amelia, she could see her focusing her gift towards Bella. Good. She could feel her mate getting closer, it relaxed her greatly, and knowing that Peter wouldn't have returned until Jasper was on their side. It was a huge weight off her shoulders.
Every Cullen stopped what they were doing, and focused on the interactions in front of them. Emmett was floored and proud of her, even Rose couldn't help but be impressed. Esme was shocked that Bella would be so coarse but understood her feeling, even Carlisle zipped down from his office to see what was happening.
Edward was shocked, Bella never spoke to him with such an attitude. He knew that Bella spending time with that young woman was a horrible idea. He was going to make sure that this friendship would end. "Bella, I don't know what this woman has told you, but I'm your mate, you need to calm down." Making an attempt to touch her and breathe in her face he was stopped by an invisible force.
Bella couldn't help the smile that graced her face when he couldn't get within 5 feet of her. She looked over at Amelia, giving her a polite nod. "Calm down? CALM DOWN? How dare you even say that to me." Pulling up her sleeve she showed him that the bite mark was almost gone. "You see something missing, Edward? The bite mark that James left me, or should I say the venom you left in me to control me, we figured it out you son of bitch, Amelia was able to remove it. Charlotte cleaned my room that you scented by rubbing yourself on everything."
He stood there frozen, this was not how he planned this to go. How did this common harlot figure it out? Looking around he saw each member of his family shaking with rage, he could hear all their thoughts. Emmett was the loudest. I'm going to KILL YOU.
Rose was the most brutal. You better run Edward, I may not have liked her, but I will not condone mind rape. I'm going to burn your fingers off one by one. Esme was furious. How could you do this to her? Carlisle was disappointed. How could you do that to someone? I thought I raised you better.
He was panicking; he needed to escape before someone killed him. As he was making a decision to make a run for it, he heard Peter and Jasper enter the house by the back doors.
Taking in the scene Jasper was able to feel everyone's anger and rage at Edward. He felt Peter's amusement.
"I see the girls have let everyone know that your son is a pervert." Stretching his arms above his head, "You have done a bang up job with this "family"" he said with air quotes.
Jasper chuckled.
Bella felt safer with having both the Whitlocks here, looking around the room she saw that everyone was glaring directly at him. "I remember that every time you came into my room you blew your breath into my face, and proceeded to tell me that I was a good tool to practice on, that you enjoyed having complete control over me."
The sucking of teeth echoed in the living room.
Panicking he made a move to escape out the back doors, as he took his first step he felt himself being forced to the ground. His knees buckled.
"Or how when we got back from Volterra, that you knew that I was going to lose control of myself, that you enjoyed waiting for me to snap, that I fell right into your trap. I hate you, I hate everything about you, if I had the strength right now I would kill you." she screamed.
Carlisle was at a loss, "Edward, please, tell me this is wrong. Son, please."
Unable to move, he looked at his father. "Why would I, would that make you feel better, Dad? NO, I won't do that. She's mine, I'll do whatever I want to her, she belongs to me."
Amelia saw red. "ENOUGH of this." Focusing all her anger and energy she wrapped him in a cocoon. Squeezing it tightly, "Bella what do you want here?"
The sound of rocks cracking could be heard coming from Edward.
His family finally realized that it was Amelia that had him down.
To his dismay no one in his family came to his aid. He was scared.
Jasper watched in fascination; his eyes were dark with desire and lust. He took a deep breath wanting to have her scent fill his nose, but it was covered by a wolf. If any of those wolves touched what was mine, I will kill them all.
Tension in the room was thick. Taking her time, Bella weighed the pros and cons of killing Edward. Looking over at Amelia, "He's not worth killing, but take his arms and legs from him. Let his family decide if they take care of him."
Smiling at Bella, "DONE!" Focusing her energy on his extremities, the sounds of screeching metal and rocks crumbingling, as soon as she felt the energy flow through her body, balling her hands up she felt the release of her energy, it felt great.
His screams sent shivers down the spines of the Cullens, the Whitlocks however, felt that justice had been served.
As his screams died down, Emmett took it upon himself and grabbed Edward. He looked over at Bella and the Whitlocks, "I'm taking him down to the emergency cellar, if that's OK?"
Jasper spoke for his coven, "That's fine. Enjoy yourself Emmett."
With that Emmett zipped away with the body of a screaming Edward.
Amelia looked at the Cullens, but mostly focused on Carlisle, "You have failed as a leader, you have failed as a father, you have failed. Two members of your "family" have violated the laws of vampires. I don't know what your deal is, but you need to figure your shit out."
Before she could say another thing, she felt herself being lifted and zipped out.
As the wind around her stopped moving, she found her footing, looking up she saw that she was in the forest, "WHAT THE FUCK?" Looking around she found Jasper leaning against a tree.
Jasper pushed himself off the tree, seeing that she was about to say something, he zipped close to her. Staring into her eyes, he kissed her deeply. Demanding entrance into her mouth. He felt her resistance, but eventual acceptance.
He surprised her, one by being able to touch her, and two with his mouth.
Passion was flowing between the two, never in her life had she felt anything like it. It was amazing, but before she could lose herself in the moment. He pulled away.
Keeping his head on hers, "You and I, my dear are meant to be, I'll let it slide that a wolf made a move on you, but it never happens again."
Amelia only nodded, before she could actually speak her body started to shut down from all the energy, the last thing she saw was Jasper reaching up and catching her.
Holding her in his arms, he looked down at her, "Oh my little dove, you are going to be a handful." With that he took off toward the house, it was important that she rest, because when she wakes, it will be time for them to discuss their future.