AN: wow you guys seemed to really enjoy the first chapter. things go by pretty quickly in this chapter but the next few will go by slower. please leave reviews and let me know what you think! enjoy!
Bella pulled back from the embrace slightly to meet with golden eyes that were swimming with venom. "Bella I will never leave you again." The caramel haired woman promised searching brown eyes. She could see the mistrust in the girls eyes and kissed her forehead again. "You can't trust me yet but I will earn it back."
The human couldn't say anything except for nod at the motherly woman as she took in a shaky breath again. Esme dropped her hands from cupping the girls face and stepped aside when she heard her husband cough slightly. The blonde man took a small hesitant step forward towards the brown haired girl. She met with his eyes and saw the fear run through his eyes. She raised her arms slightly which was all the man needed to sweep in and wrap the girls in his arms.
She nuzzled her head into the crook of his neck as he nuzzled his nose into her hair. "Isabella…" He muttered against her head. "Much like Esme I will also gain back your trust." Bella again just nodded as she pulled back from the hug. She stepped back from the two vampires and back to beside Kate who pulled Bella close to her by holding her waist.
She tugged the human to sit on the couch and sat beside her fighting the urge to pull her mate into her arms and hold her. Her hand went up and swiftly brushed away the few tears that were left on the warm cheek. Bella felt a pull towards the blonde and leaned into the vampires side as the others took their place around the living room.
Irina coughed next to Laurent to get Bella's attention. "I know you have some weird aversion to gifts but we all got you something so suck it up." Bella groaned as she was handed a small parcel by the smirking blonde. She rolled her eyes as she opened the wrapping paper, being extra cautious about getting a papercut and pulled the lid off the box.
Inside was a small bracelet with a small B engraved on a little butterfly. She covered her mouth and looked up at the vampire. "Thank you Rina. Its gorgeous." She shifted the box off her lap and gave the English teacher a strong hug. She was then handed a larger box from Carmen and Eleazar.
She slid her finger under the wrapper and used it to pull the paper open. Not even thinking she pulled and the paper sliced the pad of her finger open causing her to hiss and pull her finger out from the paper. Her mind flashed back to what happened exactly 6 years ago where she was in the same situation but with different vampires.
In an automatic reaction from the flashback her body started shaking as she was brought into an anxiety attack and pulled her knees up to her chest. She dug her fingernails into the palm of her hands and tucked her head into her knees trying to catch her breath. She felt a pair of hands grab her shoulders and in a knee jerk reaction she pulled away from the hands shaking her head.
Her mind was running a million miles a minute until she heard the soft soothing voice of Esme calling her name. She looked up to meet golden eyes, her own eyes wide. Bella allowed Esme to pull her arms from around her legs and unclenched her hands. The caramel haired vampire then placed her hands on the humans shoulders. "Bella you need to breath darling." Esme stroked Bella's cheek. "Isabella… you need to take deep breaths. Follow my breathing please."
It took a few moments but Bella's breathing regulated again as the vampires all heard the air passing through her lungs again. Her eyes closed as she leaned into Kates side taking deep breaths. "Are you alright Bella?" Kate asked running her fingers through her brown curls. Bella nodded opening her eyes.
"I'm alright…" Her gaze fell down to her hands which Esme had taken a hold of an noticed her palms bright red from her fingernails. She saw the small papercut that had stopped bleeding and looked up around the room. Her eyes landing on Carlisle and pleading with the man to understand what had happened.
"The papercut sent you into an anxiety attack. The last time that happened in this exact same situation it didn't end well?" The doctor said ending the sentence on an up note as if making it a sentence. Bella nodded and looked back down at her hands. "Bella. Besides Esme and myself, everyone in this room is over a thousand years old and are not affected by the scent of blood."
"Esme… you…" Bella started before Esme cut her off.
"I was fine with the papercut until Edward shoved you into the glass table." She said, her voice sneering a bit at the name of Edward which shocked Bella. Her golden eyes had darkened a few shades and Bella shook her head. She reminded herself to talk about that with the woman later. "You mean to much for me to allow any kind of bloodlust I may have to take over." Bella sent the woman a small smile and wrapped her arms around her neck.
Bella then pulled away from the hug and turned to look at the present sitting beside her. Kate watched the humans face then grabbed the package from the couch and put it on her lap. "I'll unwrap for you so that doesn't have to happen again." Bella gave a sigh of relief and shot the blonde a smile which was quickly becoming the vampires favourite smile.
She turned her attention to the package on her lap and quickly unwrapped it and handed it back to Bella who smiled when she realized it was new sneakers. "Your old ones are looking rough and with the amount of exercise you do in them I figured why not." Carmen said smiling at the other brunette. Bella shot the Hispanics a large smile and turned to Tanya who had handed Bella a small bag.
She pulled the paper tissue out of the bag and looked down into it. Inside was a large box of chocolate almonds which as the vampires had quickly found out were Bella's favourite guilty snack. She laughed looking up at the coven leader who just shrugged with a small smirk on her face. "You could gain a few pounds and I know you can't say no to these." Bella laughed and rolled her eyes good naturdly at the vampire.
She was then handed another large package from the Cullen couple and looked up at them in shock. "You guys didn't have to get me anything…"
"Yes we did Bella. You may be older than me in physical age but we both very much still see you as one of our children so we had to get you something." Bella grinned at the man and ripped the paper open revealing a laptop. She looked up at the two with wide eyes. She was then handed a smaller box from the two and she quickly had it opened. She saw a jewelry box and looked up to meet the nervous eyes of Esme.
"If you don't like it you don't have to keep it but we need to prove to us how much we love you so…" Bella opened the lid and gasped. Inside was a small necklace which held the Cullen crest on it. She looked up at her mother figure with a large grin and tears in her eyes.
"I love it." She stated and the vampire flung herself into the humans arms kissing her cheek. "Will you put ut on?" She asked turning to the doctor who grinned in return and quickly had the clasp together around Bella's neck. Her hand immediately went up and she clutched the small charm in her hand.
Kate then coughed and bella looked over at the vampire. She felt a rush of air and looked around confused noticing everyone else had left. Her eyes wandered back to the blonde in front of her. "Bella… I know you don't want to get into this world again and you are probably scared to get into a relationship with someone but I need to tell you this. You know Edward wasn't your mate but you do have one." The vampire squeezed the humans hands lightly and took a deep breath. "It's me."
Bella felt like her heart dropped to her stomach hearing those words. "I understand if you don't want anything to do with me or my family. Ill understand if you ignore Rina and I at school from now on. You don't need to feel pressured or anything. I'm fine with just being friends with you. You are so important to me and I will do anything to make you happy even if it means I get hurt by having to leave-"
Kate couldn't get anymore words out as Bella leaned over and kissed the vampire chastely. She looked into brown eyes which were sparkling with laughter. "I'm not going to lie Kate. It scares the shit out of me to get into anything with you but I feel a pull to you I can't deny. I want to see how this plays out. You and I." The shit eating grin on Kates face was enough of an answer for bella who just pulled the blonde into a tight hug. "Youre really cute when youre rambling though."
"So you kissed me to shut me up?" Kate asked quirking an eyebrow at the brunette who just hummed and nodded in response. "I may have to ramble more often then." She was rewarded with a strong laugh from Bella. Her face had lit up with joy. "But I do have an actual present for you." She pulled a small jewelry box out and handed it to Bella.
The human opened the box which hadn't been wrapped and let out another gasp. Inside was a charm of what Bella could only assume was the Denali crest. "It's perfect…" She looked up at the blonde who just smiled and unclasped her necklace to place the charm on to it and closed the clasp again. The two crests falling together.
Later that night, Bella was laying in her bed staring up at the ceiling as she held the two crests in her hand. Her life had flipped so much in the past 2 weeks and her mind was reeling. She never thought she would get close to any other vampire let alone end up being mated to one. She also thought she would never see the Cullens again let alone end up as part of their Coven.
Her mind wandered to Kate and she fell asleep to thoughts of the blonde vampire. The next morning she was woken by her annoying alarm clock which she quickly slammed down on it to turn it off and rolled on to her side pulling the blanket over her head. Her phone went off and she put her hand out to feel around her bed until she felt the smooth cold object.
Kate D: Good morning Bella. Am I picking you up for school this fine Friday morning?
Bella shot off an answer to the vampire.
Bella S: im game as long as we hang out at YOUR house after school today?
Kate D: sounds good to me! Oh by the way you may want to put your game face on. The Cullen "children" start school today.
Bella groaned into her pullow as she rolled on to her stomach. Her alarm clock went off and Bella reached over and unplugged the device as she sat up with a small shiver. She kicked her legs off the bed and fumbled her way to her door where she flipped her light switch on. She was showered and in the kitchen packing her lunch for the day when Kate knocked on the door.
"Come in K!" She shouted at the vampire who opened the door and followed the sound of the humans voice into the kitchen. She wrapped her arms around the human as she zipped her lunch bag up.
"Ready for school today?" She asked, her only response was a groan from the human who turned around in the blondes arms with a small pout. "I'll take that as a no. If it makes you feel any better at least you only have to deal with Alice and Jasper this time. Rose and Emmet come on Monday. No deckward." Bella chuckled at the nickname for her ex boyfriend. "Come on. To the car we go. I can hear Rina moaning in the backseat for us to hurry."
Bella rolled her eyes but grabbed her bag and threw her coat on and followed the blonde to the car. Kate opened the door with a small smirk to the human who just hummed and slid into the front seat pulling her seat belt on. The car ride was quiet with the odd comment about the music or the traffic. Kate pulled into the faculty lot and the three slid out of the car. The math teacher quickly intertwined her fingers with the PE teachers which garnered a few stares from students but no one cared all that much.
Her morning was very happily Cullen free, she was headed towards the staff room when she saw a sign stating that the staff had to eat in the cafeteria that day as the staff room was closed for repairs. Bella felt someone place their chin on her shoulder and quickly smelt her favourite smell and knew it was her mate.
"I had Alice and Jasper in the same block today. They weren't as touchy feely as the normally are." Bella just shrugged and turned to face the vampire. "Come on lets go find Rina in the cafeteria." The two intertwined their fingers and made their way down the hallway and opened the door. Bella quickly made eye contact with Irina and kept it until she was sitting beside the blonde, the other blonde on her other side and opened her lunch kit.
"I can feel her staring at me." She muttered to no one in particular as she pulled her salad out and took a bite. She chewed then swallowed and turned her head to look at Kate. "Is she staring at me?" Kate just nodded with a small hum of agreement as she played with the apple in her hands.
Bella shifted and looked around until she saw the little pixie vampire who was staring holes into Bellas head. The brunette quirked an eyebrow at the raven haired girl who scowled and sat back slouching into her chair next to her husband who quickly glanced up and met the eys of the human. He nodded once and looked back down at Alice saying something to quietly and quickly for anyone to hear.
Bella turned back to her table and noticed a few raised eyebrows at the moment that just happened. "Little siblings of an ex" She said non chalanty waving the other teachers off. Kate took Bella's left hand and gave it a small squeeze of encourgment. Lunch went by without any incidents and Bella quickly found herself standing in the gym, leaning against a wall, her clipboard in hand as she watched the student file into the room.
She saw the spiky hair bob up and down in the crowd as the kids all stood around staring at her. She pushed herself up off the wall. "Alright guys today we're going to play dodgeball cause its Friday. Everyone stand on the line over there." She motioned and the kids all went there except Alice who walked up to her and handed her a slip for Bella to sign. She did quickly and handed it back to the vampire. "Welcome to Denali High miss Cullen."
Alice snorted and shoved the paper in her pocket. "You too miss Swan." She sneered and turned on her heel. Bella quickly noted the lack of bounce in her step she used to have and the odd behaviour the teenager was omitting.
"Alright. Alex Gerald and Maddison James will be team captains and chose their teams. Alex on the right and Maddison on the left." She turned and sat on the bleachers as the kids teamed up and started playing. Her eyebrows shot up when Alice was quickly out, the raven haired girl sat on the bleachers not far from her teacher and stared at the ground. Bella noted the lack of light in the girls eyes and stood walking over to her. "Miss Cullen?"
Alice looked up and met the brown eyes of her teachers. Bella noted the vampire was trying not to show the venom that was welling up in he reyes. "Miss Cullen follow me to my office." She said quietly and turned to the others. "Alright you guys. I'll be in my office for a few minutes. If you need anything come and knock alright?" The students either nodded or ignored her as she turned on her heel and walked into her office.
Alice followed her old friend silently and sat in a chair across from the desk. She kept her eyes glued to her hands folded in her lap until finally Bella said something. "Alice…" Bella muttered forcing the vampire to look up at her. She noted the tiredness in her teachers eyes, the pain and mistrust she held on to.
"Bella… i… im sorry… you can switch me from your class if you want to…" Bella furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "I know you didn't want me in your life and I get it… I wouldn't either if you had left like I did…" Alice stood from her chair. "I'll go change and go to the office to get my schedule changed Miss Swan.
Isabella grimaced when Alice called her by her last name. She stood and grabbed the cold hand of her once best friend. "Alice I don't want you to change classes. I just… I wasn't expecting this until this morning when Kate texted me and told me about it." She sent a soft smile to the pixie who looked into the brown eyes. "Alice you lost your spirit." She noted when she couldn't see any smile on the vampires face.
"A lot of things changed when we left you Bells… we all knew that leaving was wrong but we were ashamed that we could just up and leave you so fast… I left part of you when we left… you were the first real best friend I ever had and it killed me to leave you…" Bella sighed and quickly pulled the teen into her arms. Alice melted into her arms and hugged her back tight.
"I missed you Bells…"
"I missed you too Ali…" The two girls pulled back with small smiles. "But do you really want to be best friends with your teacher who is now 6 years older than you?" She asked with a small laugh. All she got in response was a nod from the vampire as she was pulled back into the pixies arms.
"Yes I do because if youre part of our lives again maybe things will finally start to mend… maybe ill be able to see your future again." Bella pulled back with a small nod.
"That explains the scowl earlier." Alice just laughed then looked up at the ceiling with a pout when the bell rang. "I'm hanging at the Denali's after school… if the four of you want to come hang out…?" The teacher asked with a slightly questioning voice. Alice nodded vigoursly and skipped off to change and go to her next class. Bella looked down at her schedule and noticed it was a senior gym class next. Her head snapped up when she heard a small knock on her office door. "Come in."
The door opened and there, in all his glory was Jasper Hale. "Miss Swan I can't do PE today. I don't feel to well." Bella just nodded and stood.
"Well Mr Hale. It seems like you will have to sit next to me on the bench as the others play dodgeball." Jasper sent the human a small smirk as the two made their way to the bleachers. Bella quickly found two captains and sent the kids off the play.
"Well Miss Swan I guess you and I will just have to sit and talk." Jasper said as Bella sat back down. "I see you and my girlfriend are in good terms again. Maybe… we could be on good terms as well?" Bella just nodded and patted the knee of the man next to her.
"I would like that Jasper."
