Sorry for the eternal wait, guys! My muse was on vacation, apparently :( Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We'll welcome 2020 with this new chapter!


BELLA POV

Luckily Jasper and I managed to restrain Alice and Rose! I thought as we are escorted by a kind hostess into a private VIP waiting area. We tried to convince them to just let us bring the essential but we reached a compromise: the underwear the bought for us and nothing else except what me and Jasper wanted. I brought some books, my new phone and charger, toiletries and some clothes for the plane ride. Jasper brought much the same things except the clothes.

I place my purple suitcase near Jasper's red one and the hostess leaves us with a parting goodbye. I park myself in a comfy black sofa. "When do you think they will arrive?" I ask Jasper.

He shrugs, "Alice said they would arrive ten minutes after we settled, so I guess 9 minutes and 36 seconds from now" he smirks, adjusting his black t-shirt. We both chose to dress comfortably for the plane ride: he's wearing a black t-shirt with a pair of light-wash jeans; I'm sporting a white t-shirt and a pair of burgundy capris. His black cowboy boots are the polar opposites of my black ballerinas. His hair are disarranged while mine are braided and I also have a bit of mascara on.

I am a nervous wreck. Last time I was in Volterra we barely made it out alive, and now here I am, going back into the lion's den. "What has you so nervous, darlin'?" Jasper asks ad he sits beside me and places a calming hand on my knee.

I sigh, "I'm just remembering my last trip to Volterra" I say. He smiles sadly and reclines his head on the back of the sofa. I do the same. "Darlin', I'm sure that experience was pretty awful for you, but I'm also sure that they were particularly mean to you because you were considered a sympathiser of a criminal—namely Eddie the Bitch." At Jasper's epitome for Edward I break down laughing. He soon joins me.

"Glad I brightened you up" he smiles at me, and I smile back. This new friendship with Jasper is one thing I'll always be grateful for.

Suddenly he straightens up, "They comin' now. There's two of 'em" he says. How I love his southern drawl.

I get up on my feet and straighten my clothes. I wonder who they sent to get us.

I don't have to wait long to find out.

A minute later I can hear two sets of footsteps coming towards us. Through the blurred glass I can see an enormous black-clad man and a tall pink-dressed woman. Felix I recognise, the other one I don't. He opens the door to her and as soon as I see her I inwardly cringe. The vampire lady is wearing a tad too much of make-up.

As soon as she enters, her eyes are drawn to Jasper. She gasps and immediately speeds toward him, latching onto his arm. His face is so funny I almost laugh, but before I can do anything I hear a familiar voice say: "Damn, Bella, you look hot!"

I turn—obviously red-faced—toward the owner of the voice and am met by a stunned Felix. He is even taller than I remembered. A snort attracts my attention. I turn to the female vampire and see her sneering at me. Wow, someone is jealous. "This child? Hot? I am hot, not her" she sneers.

Both Felix and Jasper snort, while I blush even redder. "You're not hot. You're plain slutty, while she is elegant. There is a big difference" Felix says. The female vampire snorts at that, and glares at me. I try my best to ignore her and—if Jasper's smirk is anything to go by—I succeed. I see Jasper and Felix take a protective stance in my defence, and my heart is warmed. I am happy that Felix is protecting me, too. We might become friends.

"Heidi, I suggest you go inside the jet and wait" Felix says. She looks shocked, "What?" Jasper then speaks up. His voice is icy. "You heard him, lady. Go the fuck in the jet" he says. The lady growls but none of my protectors budges. Then she stomps outside with an hiss toward me, and once again I don't bat an eyelash.

After a few seconds, both men relax. I suppose she is out of earshot as Felix laughs and says, "I knew that we would be great friends!" I laugh, too, "Really? Well, I'm honoured" I smile.

After that, we retrieve our luggage and quickly board the plane. Felix accompanies me to a room where I can depose all my stuff, then he says that if I'm hungry or thirsty there is a fridge where I can find everything I need. Then he leaves and we are soon soaring the sky.

A few minutes after we take off, a knock sounds at my room's door. "Yes?" I call. "It's me" Jasper answers, and I rush to open the door. "Jasper, what is it?" I ask, and sit on the bed, patting the space next to me. He sits beside me and sighs, "I Just wanted to make sure you were okay after the ordeal with Heidi."

"Oh, so that's her name. Anyway, yeah I'm fine."

He smiles, "Glad to hear that. Now, we have a ten-hour flight ahead of us. What should we do?"

I look up, thinking. "We can play chess, or read something. I don't think there is much we can do on a plane" I laugh.

"Then I'll go ask Felix if there is a chessboard we can use" he says, and runs at vampire speed out the door. He is back before I can blink with the promised chessboard. "Ma'am" he bows playfully, while presenting me with the chessboard.

I laugh, "Thank you very much, kind sir. Shall we play?" I reply. He smirks and nods.

So we begin our game, that eventually turns into many other games and chats about everything and anything that last a few hours. We only stop because of the grumbling of my stomach. I press a hand to my empty belly, blushing, and Jasper smiles. "Feeding time for the little human?" he asks, and I stick out my tongue at him, making him laugh. "I'll grab something and then we can continue" I say, getting up and stretching a bit before going to the small fridge. Opening it I see a plate that contains a delicious looking caprese salad. Sliced tomatoes, mozzarella and a bit of oil. Simple and mouth-watering.

I return to the bed and grab the fork that is in the plate. I start eating and I moan at the taste. Jasper laughs so hard that if he was human he would probably be crying. I blush. I had forgotten I wasn't alone.

"You're so cute" he says after he calms down, and I blush even redder. "Shut up, cowboy, and go ask Felix if I have time to sleep a bit" I say, feeling a bit tired. It's better I sleep now rather that looking tired when I meet the kings again. I'd rather chat with Jasper but I prefer to do a good impression on the kings. Especially Caius, he doesn't seem to like me a lot.

Jasper makes a mock salute and speeds away, returning half a second later. "He says you have about five hours. A decent nap I'd say" he jokes.

I smirk and agree, before shooing him away "I need to change. Go do something!" I laugh. He grins and bows before opening the door and walking out. "Sweet dreams, Bella" he says, before closing the door behind him.

I quickly strip of my clothes and put on the PJ set Alice bought me at Victoria's Secrets. It's surprisingly modest, or at least that's what I think before looking at my reflection in the mirror. Shit.

The set is completely black, but while the shorts are made of silk, with lace trimmings, but the top is completely made of lace that looks covering—from my perspective—but looking at the mirror you can see basically my entire boobs except the areolas and a bit of skin around them—because sleeping with a bra is not good, girls, listen to Old Bella.

Dammit.

What's worse is that this is the only PJ set I have at hand. The other one—hopefully more modest—is in my luggage, in the back of the plane. I brought only this set and the clothes I will wear when meeting the kings. Fuck my luck.

I sigh. The only hope have left is that nobody walks in on me with this PJ on.

I brush my hair and lie on the most comfortable mattress I even slept on. I fall asleep a few seconds later.


4.5 hours later

I wake up with a yawn, and thankfully there is no one in my room. I stretch a bit and get out of bed. The nap was regenerating.

I quickly remove my PJ and put on my bra and the clothes I had on before my nap. I crack my door open and look to see if there is someone outside.

I see no one, so I decide to go see Felix. I walk to the cockpit and see Felix piloting serenely the plane. "Hello, Bella" he greets me without turning. "Hi" I say, and sit in the seat which is supposed to be the other pilot's.

"Do you want to try and pilot the plane?" Felix smiles and asks me. I hurry to shake vigorously my head. "Hell no. I would surely kill us all" I laugh and he joins me. "Alright then. What did you come here for?" he asks with a gentle smile. "Oh, I just wanted to know when we are landing" I say, smiling in return.

He takes a look at some monitors on the control panel and says "About half an hour left."

"Ah, okay thanks! I'll go freshen up then!" I say, and run back to my room.

I pull out my clothes and quickly strip again. Alice, Rose and I selected these clothes specifically for this first meeting, so I hope it will be suitable for the occasion. I put on the wine coloured dress we chose: it is made of pure cotton and it clings to my body like a second, comfortable skin; it almost reaches my knees and it's sleeveless. We decided to keep my hair simply cascading down my back, and for the feet a pair of black velvet ankle-boot with a two-inch heel. The most I can manage, in all honesty.

A few minutes later, I hear Felix's voice shout that we are landing.

Here we are Volterra! I'm back in town, bitches!


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