Rosalie Hale
[Author's Note: Everyone who has reviewed this is my favorite person.. And to give you guys some hope for the future.. There's 2 chapters after this and then it'll finally be spicy...]
When Yoga became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, it piqued Rosalie's interest. She considered it a great practice to pair with meditation and though she didn't need to stretch, she loved the way it felt to do so. When she and Bella began to do Yoga together that evening, she realized that being behind the limber brunette when she moved from Balasana or Child's Pose, into Svanasana or Downward Facing Dog, was a very bad idea. But the vampire had to have been at least a little masochistic, because she endured the torture of desire just to watch the smaller woman stretch. It was way easier than withstanding Bella moaning every night anyways.
Rosalie left her that morning just before sunrise and returned to the Cullen house completely on edge and more hungry than she had been in a long time. Alice and Edward were in the main building watching a documentary on the Victorian era and Esme was making a quilt out of fabric squares. When the blonde vampire strolled in, the pixie vampire announced, "I've already delivered all of the invitations and we have the location figured out and the menu too." She sounded entirely pleased with herself.
"Where are we having it?" Rosalie asked.
"The Radisson," Alice revealed. "I rented out the entire first floor and we're throwing a fancy dress party in the ballroom. It starts promptly at sunset. You'll get the last call on the decorations, of course, though I've already seen which ones you will choose." Her eyes sparkled. "Now how is Bella getting there? Are you taking her?"
"About that," Rosalie said. "I need you to carry her to the ranger station this afternoon. She needs to get there by four. And I need you to bring her to the party on Sunday as well."
"Okay," Alice said without question. "Edward will-"
"Carry her belongings," he offered.
Rosalie nodded. Then she ran two elegantly thin hands through her golden curls. "I need to hunt," she told the group.
Edward stood. "I'm ready when you are."
Esme looked up from her quilt then and said, "After the party on Sunday- do we get to meet your Bella?"
"Eventually," Rosalie replied cooly. "I don't want to push her."
"Being surrounded by five vampires no matter their temperaments is still probably quite overwhelming," Alice offered in support. "And she's just so.. Meek."
Rosalie was thoughtful. Bella was submissive. She nearly melted into a puddle everytime the vampire touched her. But she had this fire in her eyes, this inner passion. Rosalie was convinced that given the right opportunity.. Bella could take control.
"Alice," the blonde vampire said, "before Edward and I go, can I have a word with you?"
The three younger vampires went out into the yard where Edward entertained himself by throwing a pebble as far up as he possibly could and then catching it.
"I wondered if you would do some research for me Alice," Rosalie said.
"Of course I will," Alice replied, cheerfully. "But what about?"
"Intimacy," the male vampire provided, not looking towards them. "Rose is worried that if she and Bella are intimate, she could kill Bella."
"Thank you," Rosalie quipped, irritation in her voice. "I'm capable of turning my own thoughts into words."
Edward grinned.
"We know that Bella is resilient," she presented, "and that our gifts don't affect her. But..physically.."
"It's dangerous," Edward commented. "When Emmett was with that human woman in 1964 he nearly killed her. Even the most experienced vampire will leave a human injured. From all we've learned, it is extremely hard to control oneself when you're in the moment."
"Emmett is a male," Rosalie growled. "I'm a woman." Her eyes narrowed and her jaw set as she said the next line, "It doesn't have to be so.. carnal." It was obvious that it was awkward for her to have that kind of conversation with her brother. "I know you can't possibly understand but lesbian sex is.. Different."
"It is," Alice agreed and Edward glanced at her curiously. "I would say that if you were extremely careful and gentle.. it would be totally fine." A troubled look crossed her face. "Though you do know that, with her, you could technically never experience a-" She let her words trail off when the blonde vampire looked at her pointedly.
"She's aware of that," Edward translated. "She just doesn't want to hurt Bella. And she's curious if there have ever been any cases..like this one. With two women, one of them human."
Her concerns were all completely legitimate. Over the last nearly 90 years, Rosalie had bedded an uncountable number of vampire women. Never a human. And it was nearly all meaningless. For a long time, sex was nothing but a distraction from eternity and the one-night-stands had been forgettable. That wasn't at all what she wanted with Bella Swan. She wanted to give Bella her entire focus. Because what Alice had mentioned was absolutely true- with Bella, Rosalie could never actually get off. The loss of control during an orgasm was dangerous and out of the question. But she was fine with that. No one else knew, but Rosalie had never actually let someone else touch her.. Not since being a vampire, anyway. She'd gotten really good at taking care of her own business. And honestly, she didn't give a fuck if Bella never touched her. She didn't expect anything in return. All she wanted to do was give Bella exactly what she wanted. And the ways she could touch her if she was careful.. if she was soft and gentle..
"I could do some research," Alice said matter-of-fact. "And I'll find out, I'm sure of it. But Rose.. I'm sure if you can handle kissing her then-"
"She hasn't kissed Bella yet," Edward told his wife.
Rosalie glared at him. "Edward, I swear to god."
"Rose," Alice shook her head disapprovingly. "I'm sure she is practically losing her mind."
"I think it's romantic to wait," the male vampire said.
"It can be," Alice agreed, "but it can also be very frustrating when all you want to do is get in their pants," she tossed him a look and then laughed a light twinkling laugh when he cleared his throat and slid his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "If you want my honest opinion," she told Rosalie, her voice lilting and pleasant, "if Bella hasn't already spontaneously combusted from sexual tension, I think she can probably survive anything." She smiled.
Rosalie and Edward went hunting in ONP and the entire time they were there, Rosalie fought an intense urge to go to Bella. She knew with absolute certainty that letting the human see her when the sun was out was not an option, but she couldn't help but imagine it anyway. If Bella was immune to her and her family's powers and if Bella could touch Rosalie without effect.. What if she could look at Rosalie and see Rosalie without.. Going blind? There hadn't been a single human that had ever inadvertently looked upon Rose in her true form and not gone immediately blind as a result. But there has also never been anyone able to withstand Rosalie's charm or Edward mind reading.. There had never been a human that was too elusive to show up in one of Alice's visions. There was a chance..
The vampire siblings were in the national park for a few hours. Edward did not need to feed, but Rosalie drank from two deer before she was satiated. She was determined to do everything in her power to keep herself under control on Sunday so that if something were to happen.. There would be no mistakes.
She met Alice back at the house not long before she and Edward were due to take Bella to the station. They discussed party planning details and the two girls made any final decisions. Esme was overjoyed to be providing live flowers for the occasion. There was an attached garden in their rental space and it, naturally, had to be decorated as well.
When Alice went to leave, she took Rosalie's hands. "She'll be wishing it was you the entire time. And you'll see her very soon."
It was a fine statement but it really wasn't that soon. Bella was staying at her friend's apartment and that vampire wouldn't be able to see her that night. Out of habit, the beautiful blonde vampire had been counting down until sunset. But when it dawned on her that there would be no Bella at sunset, unmistakable longing built up in her chest. And when the sun did set, the ache inside of her became so great that she considered going to Bella's tower just to be near the scent of her. She went out on the balcony to think and just before she took off towards ONP, something caught her attention. Her phone vibrated and she checked it without much thought, assuming that it was someone contacting her about business. When she saw the unknown number on the screen, it almost confirmed it. Still, something made her curious. Her message previews were turned off to avoid any slips of the V word in public and so she opened the message.
"Alice gave me your number," it said.
To Rosalie, it sounded like a business text. It was probably just someone interested in investing or something. If Alice had given them her number, they probably had some technological skills. And it was all well and good but she didn't feel like dealing with business right then. So she put her phone away and prepared to return to her brooding. But not even a second later, it vibrated a second time and when Rosalie read it, she whimpered quietly without meaning to.
"How am I supposed to sleep tonight without your arms around me?" the message said.
Bella.