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The Butterfly effect.


Chapter 2: Epiphany.

After a semi-decent night of sleep, she woke up in the huge bed and stared at the ceiling of her new home for a few minutes before turning on her phone suddenly remembering her father. She had a text message from Alice saying that they told Charlie that she and Edward had gone to Italy in the spur of the moment. Edward was already back but hadn't told anybody.

Bella quickly thanked her for the information and let her know that she would handle her father from now on.

Next thing she did was call Charlie, catching him before he was leaving for work. She told him that she had broken up with Edward and she required some distance from him. She was scouting universities in the zone and would work until she could afford whatever decision she made.

Charlie was both happy and sad about the news. His happiness was rooted in the fact that she had finally opened her eyes and broken up with Edward. After he left almost six months ago he took it upon himself to protect his daughter from ever hurting like that again. And since he came back, her daughter albeit being happy, she wasn't the same. She was never the same after those six months. His sadness, on the other hand, was due to her obvious discomfort. Whatever he thought about her boyfriend, she clearly loved him and was suffering right now. He was never a man of giving physical comfort, but he longed to hug her and told her everything will be fine, that she will hurt for some time but after that, day by day the hurting will fade and she would be completely happy again. He also was sad for the distance between them.

Fortunately for Bella, Charlie wasn't a man of many questions. He knew she wasn't telling him everything, but she sounded exhausted and after making sure she was safe and in no trouble at all, she asked if she needed any money. She had brought with her, her secret stash of money, and she let him know that.

"Promise me you'll keep in touch Bella."

"I promise dad. I love you".

"Love you too, Bells. Bye" They hung up the phone and he stood there for a few minutes.

He had always believed she was too serious and too mature for her own good. Having grown up suddenly under the care of Renee. This attitude was not like her, but very much like her mother. He actually smiled amusedly thinking that Bella had more of her mother in her than they both originally thought.

She decided to call again at night and ask for Jake. She wasn't sure how bad were his injuries and a part of herself was scared of the answer. She loved him deeply, but she wasn't in love with him. And she was sure he wasn't either, but if the situation had turned out differently, she would have had certainly given him the opportunity. But the timing was never right. When she was catatonic, she wasn't herself and she wasn't ready for anything romantic.

It has been two days since Aro spoke to Bella and set the date for her transformation. He wanted it as soon as possible, and she agreed. Two months from now she was to be transformed. Félix had two months to conquer Bella's heart and begin a new forever. He also discussed her allowance. He was going to start paying her part of her salary now. They were soldiers, standing ready for when their services were needed, but they were also creatures of habit, and in order to subtlety camouflage themselves with the human population they required to be actively participating in the economy. Every member of the guard was paid a different amount depending on their position, everyone was contented with it. Bella wasn't exactly comfortable with being paid while she was still not doing anything, but Aro dismissed it, arguing that part of getting to know her surroundings and how everything worked was to be considered her introduction into her job, and for that, she had to be paid. Her salary would be revised after a few months of work. Depending on her gift and how she could fit in the guard or in the Castle. If she was to stay with the brothers at all times or to go with the guard.

Bella decided that for now, whatever position she was offered was good enough.

Heidi and Demetri heard all about Bella the following days of her arrival. Heidi promised to buy her some clothes and toiletries. Félix didn't mind her using his toiletries. She smelled like him.

"Dem...why did you keep quiet about the note? Why not say something to Jane or Alec or me? Especially me" Felix had thought about it since Bella explained everything.

"Because she did a show of going to the bathroom and dropping it so her ex didn't see it. If I said something she would have been exposed and something could have happened. I wouldn't nor couldn't risk it. She obviously didn't want him to know, so I didn't even know what was written in there until Aro gave it back. That's why I approached him without him asking for it. She deserved that at least." Heidi stared at him, loving him even more. Demetri wasn't a person that was venting his thoughts all the time, he preferred to observe and analyze everything. He had been called obtuse many times, but he knew when not to do certain things. He was attracted to Bella, not physically nor romantically, but there was something about her that inspired some protectiveness inside him. He had acted out of the instinct to protect her.

"You almost gave me a heart attack!" Heidi complained jokingly.

He smiled at her kissing her cheek.

"Seriously now. I knew that if she had gone to that amount of trouble to say something it had to have a reason."

Heidi and Felix nodded.

"I will talk to her. She probably wants some feminine company."

"Why?" Both men asked.

Heidi rolled her eyes. "Because she could need something and be ashamed to ask for it to a man."

Félix was about to ask what could she need that she could not ask him for when Bella knocked on his door. Heidi answered it smiling. Bella saw her and immediately assumed something was going on between them. She was disappointed, to say the least, she liked Félix. He shook her head. This was not the moment to develop a crush on one of the high-ranking guards of the Vulturi. She just ended a relationship and was not going to develop a crush, that might not be reciprocated. Instead, she decided to jump into business and say what she was there to say.

"Am I interrupting something?"

Demetri smiled amused from his position "We were about to have a hot trio. Wanna join?"

Bella blushed until she realized he was joking. She snorted then. "Ignore him" Heidi said. "Come in."

Bella entered Félix's room and it was very...masculine. A big bed just like in her bedroom, a small living room too. But he had a few decorations. Pictures of some landscapes, a clock in his bedside table. Dark gray covers. They looked comfy and warm. Hers was comfortable but she longed for her covers at home. She missed her home, her dad and her room to be more specific. But she was at peace with her choice.

"I just wanted to give this back to you. I was going to buy some for myself today." Aro spoke to her about the money. He didn't want to know what she bought or why, as long as she kept her word, and obey him, they would have no trouble. Bella liked Aro very much, she liked his honesty. He still was a bit scary, and she died to know why he looked so old when in fact he was not older than 40 years old. She thanked him and he gave her a genuine smile. They would get along just fine. She was endearing.

Aro was used to having some very secure people surrounding him, there were a few shy ones too, but Bella was simply transparent. He was sure she knew the power she held over him, but somehow, for some reason, she didn't use it for evil, in fact, she didn't use it at all. And sometimes that scared the hell out of him, because despite thinking she was endearing, he also believed she could be a time bomb, just laying there, deceiving, waiting for the worst, or best moment to implode. And he feared that if she ever imploded, she would take everything with her.

Félix grabbed the toiletries from Bella´s hands and put them in their place. Vampire speed. Bella felt a little odd there, she didn't know these three vampires, and they seemed close.

"I will be in my room" she said quickly.

Something in Demetri sparked, he recognized something in her features, she reminded him of someone, but at the moment couldn't pinpoint exactly who she reminded him of.

"So, that's a no to the hot sex?" Demetri inquired. He had dragged Heidi to his lap. Bella couldn't help but laugh, a real laugh that came from deep inside.

In a very uncharacteristically gesture for her, she winked before replying "Sorry, but I don't share." This time Félix laughed at Demetri's face.

Bella had a small epiphany there. She was carefree, relaxed. Obviously not everything was where it supposed to be, she was still feeling a bit guilty over her breakup with Edward and the way she departed from Forks. But selfishly she told herself that the only people that deserved an explanation about her behavior were her parents, who were happy for her as long as she was happy with the decisions she was making. She didn't need to tell Edward nor the Cullens why she did what she did. Well, Edward, in all honesty, did deserve an explanation, and in due time she would give it to him, but for the moment, she realized, she could do whatever she wanted. She wasn't scared anymore. The threat that was hanging over her shoulders had been lifted. It wasn't fair to think that the Cullens were to blame for everything, because they were doing what they thought what was right to protect her, because they thought of her as family. And she would always think of them as her family as well, but that distant family that you very much love, but did not get to see 24/7.

Heidi's voice brought her out of her epiphany "Fair enough. I don't share either" Said Heidi with a wink. Bella relaxed and was able to stay and talk to them. They were really nice. Heidi was like goddess-beautiful, even for a vampire, but she clearly had eyes only for Demetri, and he couldn't keep his eyes or hands off her. She jumped excitedly inside her seeing that Félix never touched nor flirted with Heidi at all. She had developed a crush for him over the last few days. She could admit that after her small epiphany. But she still wasn't going to act upon it, she wasn't ready, and she didn't even know if he felt the same way, although she had learned a bit about flirtation and could read decently enough the signs that someone shoed when they liked someone, and Felix had shown a few of them. Most of the time she chastised herself because she felt like she always fell for the smiley ones. He was just being nice, doing his job, making her comfortable in her new home. And it felt to her like she just dumped one boyfriend and was ready to take another one. She despised that attitude, she saw it on a few girls at school, and never understood that behavior. Regardless, she shook her head for the umpteenth time.

Two hours after Bella arrived, Heidi and Demetri said goodbye and left.

"They seem very nice." Said Bella to Felix. He had asked her not to leave. And despite her conflicting thoughts, she didn't want to leave either.

"They are. And they're great friends. Crazy too, but great friends."

"It must be really nice to have them" She thought of Jake, and how close they were. Despite whatever had happened between them, and whatever romantic feelings Jake may hold for her, she hadn't found in anyone that kind of friendship.

"It is. It makes up for the lone times." Something in his tone caught her off guard.

"How long have they been together?"

"Two years." The revelation surprised Bella. Felix laughed. "Unbelievable, I know. But that is a story for another time. Do you have any plans for today?"

"I was thinking of going to a mall. I need some things."

"Do you want some company?" He was trying to show his interest in a very subtle way as to not make her uncomfortable.

"Your company?" She asked smiling. She wasn't as oblivious then. Good to know.

"My company, yes." He smiled charmingly and her heart accelerated making her blush.

"I'm not taking you away from any duties?" He shook his head. "Then, to the mall it is."


I want to take things slowly with the two of them but it's soo hard to not just jump into the kissing and the hugging. They have time to get to know each other right?

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