Freedom of Choice 14

Morning broke in the Whitlock home, Bella was sitting near the kitchen counter drinking a cup of coffee. Her mind was working overtime, she couldn't help but think about how Garrett took her out the night before. Closing her eyes she was brought back to last night, he zipped her into the night. Once they finally settled she found herself surrounded by a bunch of canoes.

**FLASHBACK**

Looking around Bella didn't know where they were. "Where are we?" she asked.

Moving a few canoes around, "Well my Little Bit, I am going to take you out to the middle of this lake, and you're going to be able to watch falling stars."

Watching him place a canoe in the water, he extended his hand. "Ready?"

A little nervous, but wanting to do something so different, she placed her hands in his, and he gently put in the seat.

Carefully shoving off, it didn't take him long to get to the center of the lake. Once they got to the center, he pulled himself closer to Bella.

Pointing to the stars, he named all the constellations, after a couple hours of watching and asking questions, Garrett could see that Bella was getting cold and tired. "Did you have fun Bella?"

Looking at the man in front of her, "Yes, I've never actually seen the stars like this before, I am glad I got to see them with you." She felt herself blushing.

Reaching across the boat, he tucked a hair behind her hair. "Let's get you back before you turn into a popsicle." Getting them back to shore and her back on dry land. Garrett zipped her back towards her truck.

Once they were in front of her truck, "Ms. Bella Swan, I think I like you a lot, and I would really like to continue seeing you, in a romantic way, if that's OK?" Looking into her eyes, he knew her history with Edward, Amelia briefed him the night before. If he wasn't already incapacitated. Not wanting to push her, but he wanted what he wanted, and what he wanted was the shy brunette in front of him.

Bella stared at him for a moment, quickly assessing the pros and cons of dating another vampire, however she realized that Edward wasn't a real vampire, nor a real man. Garrett was a grown man. "I'd love that."

Stepping into her space, "I'm going to kiss you now, then escort you home, and if it's alright, I'd like to stay near your home to make sure you're safe."

She could only nod. In the next moment, Bella felt her body being pushed against his. As his lips pressed against hers, she felt him wrap his hands in her hair, the movement caused her to gasp slightly. Garrett took this opportunity to slip his tongue into her mouth. Controlling the kiss, he could feel her hesitation, making an educated guess that this was her first real kiss. Not wanting to push her too far too fast, he gently pulled back.

She couldn't move but as she opened her eyes she could see him smirk.

**END FLASHBACK**

Bella looked up as Amelia descended the stairs. She was just finishing up her coffee when Amelia made it towards her. "Have a good night?" she asked her.

Blushing a little bit, "Uh, yes." Looking around, "He kissed me." she stated with excitement.

Amelia smiled at her friend. "I'm glad that you are having a good time. Just go with the flow, enjoy yourself. Just do me a favor sweetie, always tell him what you need, never be shy about that. I've come to learn that a vampire male is very dominant, and that's OK, but you need to tell him what you need as well. Ya feel me?"

"I will. I promise." Taking a moment to look around, "Where are the vampires?" she asked.

Laughing with her friend. "Jasper is hunting, the rest I think are running the perimeter. It's common for vampires to scent their territory. It let's nomads know the area is occupied, or other supernaturals."

Nodding her understanding, the girls cleaned up the kitchen, making sure that everything was in order. Sitting on the couch, Amelia finished tying her boots, looking over at Bella, she could see that she was wearing black jeans, a purple turtleneck shirt and a pair of military style boots. Amelia couldn't help but look how her style had changed, before her clothes looked stiff, certainly something that wasn't her choice. Bella was finally finding herself.

"What?" Bella asked.

Smiling with her eyes, Amelia looked at her friend, "Nothing, I'm just happy that you are figuring out who you are."

Just like that Bella blushed. Before anything could be said between them, Char came back into the room, "Good morning Sugs, are you ready to come train with us Bella?"

Almost giddy with excitement; "Yes please. Char, do you think you can braid my hair again?" she asked. Her brown eyes were big and dewy, pleading.

Laughing at the little brunette, "Of course Sug. Sit down on the floor."

Doing as instructed Bella sat in front of Char. "How do you like it done Bella?"

Thinking for a moment, "The way that you did Amelia's hair, I'd like to try that."

Char quickly braided her hair. Just as she piled the final bun on her head, the boys came running in.

Amelia perked up, "Hey," walking over Jasper, "Enjoy your hunt?" Wrapping her arms around his waist.

Jasper felt complete with her in his arms, "It was satisfactory." Looking around he could see that everybody was in the room, he was actually a little nervous.

She couldn't help but feel something was on his mind. "Jasper, what's on your mind?"

This was something that would take some time getting used to, her being intune with him. It was something that he enjoyed immensely. "I was thinking about going back to my original diet, and hunting with Peter and Char." He looked over at Bella, knowing that this might frighten her, but as he sensed the feeling around him, there was nothing but love, acceptance, understanding, and even joy. Figuring that the joy was coming from Peter, and Char. He knew for a long time that Peter had wanted him to come back to a normal diet, Alice was the one that kept telling him it would make him less of a monster. Shaking his head from the thought of Alice, he was counting down the minutes until he could burn her.

Bella stood up first, "Jasper, you don't need to explain yourself, you're a vampire, so it would be natural for you. I guess the only concern I have is just make sure that you hunt those who truly deserve it, or are on death's door. But I trust you to make that choice, you're not a monster, no matter what Carlisle says."

Amelia turned and squeezed his waist. Kissing his lips, "I agree with Bella, make the best choice that you are good with. I support you."

Kissing her deeply, "Love you." Looking at Bella, "Thank you for understanding." Taking an unnecessary breath, "This is something that I would definitely take up after we leave here, I don't want to try to deal with the wolves about it. Ladies, are you ready to make it towards the field?"

A resounding yes was heard. The exuberant joy radiating off Bella was spread through the group.

However, knowing that his mate was about to be near the wolves and one wolf in particular had a hard on for her, it made Jasper feel almost homicidal. He inhaled her scent and realized that his scent wasn't as strong because of her shower, which made him edgy.

Amelia looked over at her mate, taking in his appearance she could see that Jasper was on edge. It didn't take a genius to realize that he was upset about her being near Sam. She looked around the room, "Everybody clear out, Jasper and I will meet you at the field in about an hour."

Garrett quickly grabbed Bella, Peter and Char zipped out.

Jasper watched as everyone bolted from the house, turning his attention towards Amelia. "Darlin?"

Tapping into her gift, she gently pushed him towards the wall, he gasped in surprise. "I think my dear Major, you are feeling a bit uncertain about a wolf, I am going to make sure you know that I'm 100% yours."

With that, Amelia carefully walked towards her mate, "So here's how this is going to go, you are not going to move, if you do, I stop, or I pin you to the wall." Shrugging her shoulders, "You're choice."

Jasper couldn't help but nod.

Taking her time, Amelia slowly undid his belt, keeping eye contact, his eyes were now coal black, as she unfastened his jeans and gently pulled them down, as they just hit the floor, she grabbed his hard dick. She could help but smile, he was beyond well endowed. Close to 10" and extremely girthy. Licking her lips, she slowly kneeled in front of him. Taking him in her hands she carefully licked the tip of his cock. Tasting his flavor, she couldn't help but moan around his cock, she took him all the way back in her throat, hearing him groan it egged her on. Quickening her pace she used her hands around the base of his cock, wanting to increase his pleasure.

His eyes rolled back into his head, it has been more than 60 years since a woman has given him a blowjob, and by far this one was mind blowing. He could feel his body tensing, it took every ounce of self control to not grab her and fuck her.

Sensing that he was close to cumming, she gently grabbed his balls and massaged them, taking him fully into her throat she hummed around his dick, pulling her cheeks together she created a vacuum with her mouth. Pulling him deeper, she felt him gasp,
"Darlin, I'm about to cum."

Not letting up, she felt his body tense, and not long after, she felt the coolness of his cum slide down her throat. Taking her time she gently licked his cock clean.

Looking up from the floor she could see that his eyes were closed, grabbing his pants, she brought them up to his waist as she stood in front of him. Waiting until he opened his eyes she carefully stepped back letting him come back to himself.

Opening his eyes he saw his love staring at him, buckling his belt he smirked at her. Grabbing her he kissed her deeply. "Thank you."

Leaning into his chest, "You're most welcome." Giving each other a few more minutes of cuddling. He was the one to break.

Standing to his full height, "I guess it's time we got this show on the road, Bella would be mighty disappointed if she could watch you fight off some vampires in training." Picking her up quickly he placed a quick kiss on her lips, he took off towards the field.

It didn't take long before they entered the field, Amelia took a look around and saw that Carlisle was standing off by himself, while Esme, Emmett, and Rose were waiting near the treeline. Continuing her search, her eyes fell on Bella, she was leaning against Garrett with Char leaning against Peter. Walking hand and hand with Jasper, they made their way towards Bella.

Amelia couldn't help but notice that the wolves weren't here yet. While she was curious, she didn't want to bring attention to this fact, she knew that Jasper would be on edge the moment Sam arrived, she didn't need him overthinking her question. Bella however, did not have that same thought process.

"Where's the wolves? I thought they were training with you?" she questioned.

His military side was upfront and center, his stance was tall, arms folded behind his back, eyes laser focused on the forest treeline. "They are coming. I can smell them."

Not too long after this announcement, 8 Native Americans came out of the forest, Sam was standing in front of the pack.

Amelia looked at him, something was different about him, he seemed calmer. They locked eyes and instantly she could see, "You've found your imprint." Smiling at him.
"Congratulations, I hope that you have a long and happy life." She truly meant every word.

Nodding his head. "Thank you. I understand that Jasper is your mate as well. I hope you as well live a good life."

Standing a bit closer to her mate, she responded in kind, a polite nod. Hopefully this helped Jasper, knowing now that the Alpha was not a potential rival for his mate.

True to form with the previous training, Jasper let the military side of him take control, this is who they needed to win this. Looking down at his mate, "You and Bella sit near that tree, watching and observing, I will call you forward when I'm ready." With that Amelia grabbed Bella's arms from Garrett and made their way to the log, it was getting colder out, so the first snow wasn't that far off, gathering what she needed, Amelia made a small fire so that they could be comfortable during the training.

The wolves sat down and only observed. Jasper explained that they could learn everything that they needed, vampires can too, but the Cullens were so out of touch with being a vampire, he pushed them and made them fight.

Everything was going great, after a couple hours of drills, Jasper called for her to come to the center of the field with Bella. As they made their way, Jacob was the first to yell, "Are you fucking crazy, why is Bella here? She could get hurt." Turning his eyes towards Sam, "Are you seriously going to allow this to happen?" He whined, sounding more like a child.

Sam didn't really have a say in what Bella did or didn't do. She wasn't Pack or an imprint. "Jake, she's not an imprint or a wolf, Bella can decide what she wants to do." he said.

Bella didn't let him rant any further. "Jake, I will do what I want, when I want, who I want. You have no say in this. If Jasper asked me to stand in this circle covered in Blood, I'd do it. He's the leader of this coven, I am a member, I do what he says. NOT what you say."

She looked over at Jasper, giving him a small smile. Turning her eyes back to Jake, "You need to stay the fuck out of my business."

Jacob was pissed, he could feel this skin tingling with the urge to change. Sam's ALPHA command to stand down was the only thing that kept him from snapping.

Taking control back, Jasper looked around, "The goal now is to take Bella from Amelia, when the army comes they will be in a second location, but in the instance they are discovered," he stopped talking and looked at his mate, "I need to be sure that you can defend yourself and Ms. Swan as well." He could feel apprehension from the Cullens, determination from his mate, pride coming from Peter and Char.

Amelia cracked her neck and positioned Bella behind herself. She didn't wait to bring up her gift, Peter made it a habit to keep her on her toes. So she carefully channeled it around the two of them, making a perimeter about 3 feet away from their bodies. She could have gone further, but she wanted to consolidate her energy. Taking a protective stance; she eyed the vampires, "Bring it."

Emmett was like a bull in a china shop, not thinking but rushing straight in, he hit the wall with force that he actually cracked his face. Rose gasped, and looked at Amelia, "Holy Shit."

Never really seeing her gift at work like this, Jasper watched her. He could feel her confidence, but he also detected that she was wary. Good, she's not cocky. She's mindful of her limitations.

Garrett shared a look with Peter, both charged her from different angles, Peter was keenly aware of what they were up against, his knower told him that she was also practicing so that she could hold out longer.

As they came up on the barrier both were pushing on it with different levels of strength, trying to find a weak point.

Jasper nodded to Char, she was then with her mate pushing against the barrier.

Three of the most skilled vampire fighters were pushing against her, taking a moment to focus. She centered her gift towards her hands, knowing that if they broke though she would need to push them away quickly.

Another body hit the barrier, looking over she saw that Emmett was there now, taking a boulder trying to smash through, Rose joined her mate, Esme, Carlisle too, and finally Major took his turn.

Bella kept quiet, she knew that Amelia needed to focus. She was impressed. She was holding her own.

Amelia however could feel the pressure starting to give way, calculating that they have been in this position for about 6 minutes, she knew that she needed to relieve the pressure before it crumbled. The first crack was felt, turning her head towards the offending party, it was her mate. He was sexy as hell when fully immersed in his military pesona. However, the objective was to get Bella, that was not going to happen, today or ever as long as she was around.

Raising her hands towards her chest, she focused on pushing them far away, with the quick motion the barrier expanded quickly sending the 8 vampires flying backwards. Pulling the barrier around Bella, she was outside of it now, standing in front of Bella.

Looking at Peter, he zipped towards her, carefully grabbing him up, she slammed him into Garrett. Char and Rose were much faster, but she caught them and swung them into the cliffs. Emmett was stunned between wanting to continue training or check on his mate, his decision however was taken, he felt himself being picked up and thrown onto his wife. Carlisle was flung back in the initial push and stayed down. All that was left in this was Jasper and Peter.

Peter knew that she was focused, he was beyond proud. Looking over at his sire, he could see a mix of Love, Lust, Pride rolling off him. She really was worthy of being the God of War's mate. Needing to take it up a notch, Peter grabbed several large boulders and started throwing them at Snowy. Once they were airborne he took off towards the goal, getting Bella.

She watched as 3 huge boulders made their way at her. Knowing that this was a distraction to keep her focused on them not Bella. She mentally grabbed each rock at the same time, instantly crushing them into a powder. From behind she felt his presence near Bella, reaching out to him she lifted her arms and careened him into Jasper.

When the sounds of rocks colliding subsided, no one spoke or moved for several minutes. Surveying the area, Amelia stepped back towards Bella, surrounding them both with the barrier. She waited.

Jasper and Peter quickly got up, as did the rest of the vampires, all staring at her.

Fear was rolling off the wolves, except for Sam. He was feeling amazement.

Emmett was feeling aww. Rose was impressed. Emse was feeling confident. Carlisle was feeling curious.

Locking eyes with his mate, "Stand down Amelia, you've done well." Taking his time to address everyone else, "We will continue to train, but we will take tomorrow off, spend time with our loved ones." Looking over at Sam, "I will call you the day after tomorrow."

"We will speak then Major. Wolves, move out." he commanded.

Jacob was the only one that didn't move, he was staring at Bella. She was wrapped in a tight embrace with that leech. "Get your fucking dead hands off MY Bella." he screamed.

Phasing in an instant, he charged both Garrett and Bella.

Garrett saw that the young wolf was going to hurt Bella, but he couldn't move her without hurting her himself, making the choice he quickly stepped in front of her, willing to meet him head on, as he braced for impact he heard Bella sceam.

Amelia reacted as she heard the boy yell, she was able to catch him midair. He was struggling against the barrier. Quickly she launched him into the cliffs, effectively knocking him out.

Garrett looked over at his friend, and gave a thankful nod. He knew that he would be able to take him, but with Bella so close he was afraid to hurt her. He was willing to sacrifice his body to protect hers.

Amelia looked over at the wolves. "Sam, it is time you take your place as your peoples true Alpha. He's never going to be ready."

"Alpha Uley, I will not tolerate anyone trying to hurt a member of my coven, he steps out of line like that again, his life is forfeit."

Sam looked over to the Major, he could see that he wasn't joking. "I understand, it will be handled. I will not retaliate if Jacob can't control himself." Turning towards the wolves, "WE ARE NOT TO INTERFERE WITH BELLA'S LIFE, SHE IS A COVEN MEMBER OF THE WHITLOCK'S, ANY WOLF THAT TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES, ARE SUBJECT TO ALL CONSEQUENCES INCLUDING DEATH! WE PROTECT, WE DO NOT HURT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING OUR WAY!"

Turning towards the Major. "My wolves understand. I look forward to your call, Major." with that the wolves grabbed an unconscious Jacob, and melted into the forest.

Jasper looked over at his coven, and the members of the Cullens, "Go, hunt, we will meet here the day after tomorrow, same time." With that everyone vanished, leaving just Amelia.

Flitting over to his love, "You were breathtaking."

"Thank you, Major, now if you would please take me home, I really need a shower, and I'd really like to lay in bed with you."

Picking her up, he headed towards their home. With every intention of making good of being in bed.