Disclaimer: never owned twilight, never will.
"I know," he said in a voice of someone who had agreed with a three year old, but the kiss prevented her from noticing, whoa, they are like Edward and me.
Aurora stared at Tristan for a few more seconds then she looked back at me, smiling politely. I stepped forward from behind Edward dragging my cast and Edward tensed, but I never let go of his hand, just extended the other one to her.
"Hi, my name is Isabella, but you can call me Bella." I blushed, here I was introducing myself to the most beautiful girl I had ever seen, this type of girl definitely wouldn't have talked to me back in Phoenix.
To my intense surprise, she beamed at me, and extended her long manicured fingered hand out to grasp mine, she was surprisingly warm. It just occurred to me how long it had been since I had touched a human. I was with Edward almost 24/7, and Charlie and I felt more comfortable not touching.
"Where are you from?" I asked.
"Oregon," she answered.
"And you, Tristan?" Edward asked, head tilted back to look up at the tall vampire's face. I looked up too and instantly regretted it as I was reminded of how unbelievably gorgeous he was, but he almost dulled next to Aurora, I felt a small wave of jealousy. I was also reminded of Tristan's sinister eyes and a small wave of fear ran through me as I thought if Edward ever tried to protect me from this seductive giant, it wouldn't end well.
Tristan just shrugged.
"I've been a lot of places." He answered in the incredibly deep, attractive voice.
"You look familiar." Jasper said, looking quizzically at Tristan's face. Tristan shrugged again looking at the ground.
Aurora had released my hand, still smiling happily at me. She turned to the others now. To Edward she said "And you must be the boyfriend?"
She extended her hand to him, he took it looking slightly mesmerized her face. It was Tristan's turn to tense up. Edward released her hand at once, glancing at Tristan's face; I wondered what Tristan had thought. Aurora dropped her arm to her side, slightly confused because she didn't feel or see Tristan's body language as she touched another male.
"Yes," Edward answered her with a polite smile, squeezing my hand. Next she turned to Jasper; he bowed slightly, not making physical contact, he was a quick learner.
"Jasper," he said eyes on her face as well, I couldn't blame him. Emmett was on Edward's other side and she turned now to him. She opened her lovely mouth, but before a word escaped Rosalie was between them, fury dominating her features. Aurora took a step back, but there was no need. Tristan was already in between the two beauties creating a wall stronger than steel and a being of pure intimidation. It was Rosalie's turn to step back.
"Rose," Emmett sighed, shaking his head as he took her hand. "Glad to meet you Aurora…and you Tristan," he said looking up into Tristan's eyes, probably a first for Emmett I thought. "My name is Emmett and that was Rosalie."
I liked Aurora already, Rosalie disliked her as well; another thing we had in common. By this time Alice had danced her way to Jasper's side and she was so tiny standing next to Tristan it was comical. She merely side stepped him to get to Aurora. I saw his burgundy eyes follow her movements with caution but I thought I also saw amusement deep inside the blood irises.
Alice leaned in on her tiptoes to give this goddess a kiss on the cheek. I could tell Aurora was happy about Alice's behavior.
"And you are?" Aurora asked smiling.
"Alice Cullen, Jasper is my husband." Alice replied smiling as well.
"Do you all live together?" Aurora asked curiously.
"Yes," Alice replied in her high soprano voice, "with our parents Carlisle and Esme."
"Really?" asked Aurora, eyes widening.
I saw Tristan shift uncomfortably and he walked up behind Aurora, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her towards him so that the back of her head rested on his lower chest, I was reminded how huge he was. Edward then pulled me to him. I looked up into his beautiful eyes and I was reminded how much he loved me, if anything Tristan and Aurora were a reminder of our devotion to each other.
Then Edward looked up at Tristan and Aurora, who were watching us.
"You two should stay the night with us tonight; follow us back to our house." Edward invited.
Everyone looked excited about this except Rosalie who was pouting beside Emmett. Edward picked me up in his arms as I watched the blur that was Tristan dart back to a tree and pick up a large duffel bag, and then Tristan nodded at Edward and picked up Aurora. We were running now and I was balled up against Edward's chest breathing in his scent to calm me.
When we reached the white house I now called home Edward set me down and called to Carlisle that we had guests. That defiantly startled him. I heard a thud from his office and he was walking out towards us at human pace, rubbing his head. He definitely hadn't been expecting visitors and I'm sure couldn't imagine who his son had brought home to a houseful of vampires. When his eyes fell on the huge form of Tristan they widened, then they shifted to the beautiful girl still in the vampire's arms and I thought he appeared winded. He then looked at Edward, no doubt projecting thoughts to his son.
Edward suddenly laughed.
"Carlisle, these two are Tristan and Aurora. They have a Bella-and-me sort of relationship. Can they stay here tonight?"
"Of course," said Carlisle, relaxing but still surprised. Esme was now walking towards us from the living room looking confused; though I was sure she had heard the entire conversation.
"Esme," Edward said. "Meet Tristan and Aurora."
Esme smiled in her warm way and approached Aurora with the same cautious step she had once used with me. I smiled. Tristan had his arm draped around her shoulders, his forearm crossing over her chest protectively. The goddess stepped forward and he came with her, she shook hands with Esme. Esme then moved on to Tristan her eyes shifting from Aurora's to the beautiful vampires burgundy ones, which were incredibly high. When her eyes finally reached his, they widened and they flicked to me, then Aurora. There was wonder and awe in her voice as she asked, "How long have you two been together?"
"Almost a year," answered the deep seductive voice, slightly defensive.
Aurora looked up into his face curiously.
"Why don't you all go into the living room?" Esme suggested next.
Emmett smiled. "Yeah, we want to know more about you!" he stated, saying what was on everyone's mind, or at least mine. I had never thought I would meet anyone like Edward and me. Tristan had tensed up at Emmett's words and I watched his eyes dart quickly to Aurora's face, his blood colored eyes suddenly worried, but she didn't even notice. She had been watching Alice and Jasper.
He then noticed I was looking at him and his eyes held me in a trance and I was reminded how beautiful he was, though strangely I didn't feel fear anymore. His face was too perfect to be sinister I thought irrationally. His eyes released me and I felt Edward placing his arms around my waist, steering me into the living room. The goddess and her angel followed.
Edward sat on a black leather chair pulling me onto his lap where I curled up in a ball. He wrapped his arms around my shins and I rested my chin on my knees watching the other vampire-human couple.
They had sat on the wide tan leather couch. He sat first, then she sat next to him, he rolled his creepy red eyes at her and effortlessly pulled her onto his lap and she leaned back, resting on his huge chest. Alice, jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Carlisle, and Esme were scattered around the room in chairs and sitting on the floor, all staring at the newcomers.
Aurora broke the silence by asking, "How did you two meet?"
"Biology," Edward laughed smiling at me.
"How long had you known each other before you knew what he was?" her bell-like voice asked me. Wow. That was to the point.
"Um… a couple months, but two of them he wasn't even talking to me." I remembered giving him a fake glare.
He smiled apologetically.
"It was for her own good." Edward answered looking at Tristan for support, I guessed. Tristan smiled easily, nodding. "I know what you mean." His exposed teeth glittering in the faint lamp light, it was one in the morning.
"Hey," snapped Aurora to Edward. "Don't go siding up with him that leaving me mortal is a good thing! I'm assuming that is why you are still the way you are?" she directed the last part to me.
"Of course," I sighed rolling my eyes.
"They're deluded, aren't they?" she asked me laughing.
"Very," I said smiling back at her, her laugh was beautiful too, life wasn't fair.
Edward growled in my ear, and Tristan at the still smiling Aurora. Aurora and I looked at each other, both struggling to control the giggles.
Then instantly Jasper yelled, startling us all, "I know where I've seen you before!"
Tristan was immediately unresponsive stone, and the too beautiful Aurora, now had her arched eyebrows drawn together in confusion at Jasper. Then her head spun to look back at the statue behind her, and then back to Jasper. Tristan was now looking intently at Jasper and shaking his head, as in to make him stop talking, but Jasper was too excited about his revelation to heed him.
"You are the Tristan, the best fighter to EVER compete in The Vampire Battles!" Jasper exclaimed.
Tristan sighed, face in his hands as his head slowly swung from side to side.
"I've put those days behind me," he said sadly, looking worried into his angel's eyes. Aurora was confused and shocked, her mouth open, but she found her voice fast.
"You were WHAT!" she gasped.
"Nothing baby," said the deep seductive voice as he leaned in to kiss her. "It was a long time ago." He consoled, his lips moving against her forehead.
I looked around the room; all the faces held recognition now, Emmett had his mouth hanging open.
"Wow," Emmett gasped quietly.
"How long ago?" Aurora snapped. She was angry but I didn't exactly know why, if Edward was a champion vampire fighter, I'd boast.
Tristan grimaced, "About five years."
"A long time ago? A long time ago?" she quoted, her voice near a scream.
"Hey, you said a year was a long time…" he attempted to joke. Personally, I didn't think that was a smart move. I was right.
She scoffed. "Why didn't you tell me?" she said in a pleading voice.
Okay, now I was on the same page with her, the reason behind the anger was now plain to me. Tristan hung his head in guilt.
"I'm not proud of fighting anymore. How could I be, being with someone so gentle and peaceful, how could I tell my angel I am even more of a vicious monster than she is already aware?" His voice was irresistible as he looked up at her from beneath his eyelashes like Edward could.
I'll admit he was good; I was staggered by the look he was giving her. I felt Edward pull me closer.
"Don't you see now?" he asked, "Listen to us girls, we won't change you."
Edward and Tristan were looking at each other, silently giving each other the support they needed to resist Aurora's and my greatest wish, to be vampires with them forever.
I was instantly angry with Edward. Didn't he understand? Pain or being a monster or whatever didn't matter at all! I exhaled loudly pushing away his arms and standing up on my cast and wobbly heel, I turned to him. He was looking at me confused. From the corner of my eye I saw Aurora do the same thing as me. She stomped to my side and I put my arm over her beautifully framed shoulders and she slipped a manicured hand around my waist supporting me as we went down a hallway leading back to the main door. Then I heard two voices, laughing, calling our names like we were behaving ridiculously. Aurora stopped then and turned her gorgeous fury filled features back towards the living room.
"If anyone attempts to speak with us for at least five hours, there will be dire consequences! Her voice was so full of venom not even Edward was smiling and Tristan looked terrified. Too right he should, she was glaring straight at him. He had probably never seen her like this, I had to admit, I didn't remember a time I was around Edward and this angry.
"Exactly," I added to Edward, who looked very shocked and as if he were waiting for us to yell "April Fools". I smiled on the inside, satisfied.
We then turned forward again and I hopped as she helped me down the hallway. When we reached the main room I told her to go forward, there was a huge bathroom that no one used on the left side of the huge room, it was the third door down, far from the stairs, Edward's room and it was close to the kitchen, all important. She opened the door for me and we hobbled in going sideways.
"Thanks," I whispered. It was just a little awkward to have someone you barley know to help you wobble around especially when that person could have taken over for Aphrodite. I was starting to blush again.
She smiled at me as she extended a long fingered hand to close and lock the door. I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub removing the evil shoe.
"Well, that aught to have made a statement." She giggled. I smiled back warmly. I was sure it did.
"Yeah, they're probably still wondering what hit 'em."
She laughed, walking over to the big closet and opening it to reveal LOTS of white fluffy towels.
"This aught to do it, I was hoping there would be towels in here." She started taking them out and throwing them on the floor.
"What are you doing?" I asked, wondering if she had gone insane, what were we going to do with towels?
She looked at me raising a perfect eyebrow, "It's 1:30 in the morning, if you tell me you're not tired, you're lying. I know I am exhausted. It was a pretty eventful day." She looked back at me, unfolding towels into two fluffy mats. "Actually finding others like us. I can't even describe how amazed I am we actually found you so soon. Tristan didn't think we would." She glared at the wall.
"I'm amazed to meet you as well." I admitted my eyes wide and honest. Her focus snapped back to me.
"Weird, huh?" she grinned.
"Pretty much." I nodded.
"Damn," she sighed. "I forgot to grab my bag by the door." She quickly explained to me the outburst.
"Yikes, that's where mine is too." I remembered. She looked at me like she had just bravely signed up for war.
"Let's go get them," she said raising her chin a little.
I grinned wickedly, "Okay." I agreed nodding.
We were now preparing ourselves; this didn't seem like such a brilliant plan anymore. "The key is NOT to talk to them, or listen to them, or look at them or smell them." I said, realizing as she was nodding, she was probably the only person who could truly understand what I meant by the last part at least.
"Stay strong and together," she encouraged, both of us realizing we were acting hilarious, but we were doing it together so it was ok. It was strange when I realized I definitely considered this beautiful girl a good friend. We were close already after an hour or so. I inched forward to put my arm around her shoulders as she lifted up her long blonde hair so it wouldn't be pulled as we moved. She bent her knees for me and slipped her arm around my waist. We looked at each other and nodded. She reached forward and unlocked and opened the door, the click rang throughout the quiet house like a bomb and we cringed. We stuck our heads out the door and looked both directions. I listened; it was silent, of course. I looked at Aurora and she nodded slightly, eyes still searching the huge room for any signs of our boyfriends. There was none of course, I reminded myself that there wasn't going to be any sign of them unless they wanted there to be.
We were now at the door and Aurora was leaning down to pick up our stuff. She picked up both duffle bags and swung the straps over her head so they wouldn't slip off her shoulder when we headed back to the huge bathroom. She then leaned over and grabbed 2 pillows. I hadn't brought a pillow, but we were being as quiet as possible so I couldn't tell her that. She handed one of the pillows to me and I shook my head pointing to it, she smiled, so I figured it must be hers. I nodded back to show I understood. I felt useless as we turned and she was supporting me, 2 duffle bags, and she had to hold a huge pillow while I had to hold a smaller one. I looked at her and smiled apologetically. She silently sighed and pointedly looked me up and down. I was in an expensive uncomfortable prom dress with a broken leg. I saw her point.
We had started to head back to the bathroom when instantly two figures were in front of us. We gasped and I narrowly avoided falling back on my butt thanks to Aurora I stayed upright.
"Move," she glared at Tristan, and I was reminded again just how tall he was compared to her and me. He just put on a cocky smile, knowing we couldn't move him a centimeter if we tried.
"Now," I added looking at Edward.
"Why?" he asked in mock curiosity.
"Because we said so." Aurora managed to say from behind gritted teeth.
"We really don't have to let you go back you know." Tristan smiled, confident.
"So how are you going to stop us? Maybe you'll show off some fighting moves you learned at those fights? You must be pretty good if they know about you!" Aurora was glaring at him, impressively angry now.
That sure wiped the smile off his face; he was shocked and angry now too. "I would never hurt you!" he protested, definitely shocked.
"Then move!" she yelled but he stood his ground, Edward and I just watching them.
Uh oh, now it was my turn. "Bell-," he started.
"No Edward," I cut across him. "There is nothing you can do tonight, …unless you change me."
He backed up one step. "No way!" his voice was firm; he was not giving in tonight. I looked at Aurora and we stepped forward. Edward and Tristan looked at each other and nodded gravely. Next thing I knew Edward had me in his cold comforting arms and the duffel bags went flying by us, thrown off Aurora by Tristan as he seized her. He was already yelling in protest while Tristan had her pinned up against a wall, he was just looking at her as she uselessly fought back, still yelling. Edward now had me pinned up against the opposite wall and I yelled for a couple strong minutes as he looked around bored. Eventually he cut me off and spoke "Okay, okay!" he shouted over us. "We understand that you all are on some crazy power-trip estrogen rush here-"
"WHAT?" I yelled, cutting him off again, "That's it, now you have to leave us alone until 10 tomorrow morning." I tried to move away from the wall, forgetting I could do nothing to back up the threat I had just made, and I didn't know if I could really spend a whole night without him anyway.
"Let go, Edward." I said as convincingly as I could manage, but it didn't fool him, his breath was already confusing my thought process.
"No." he said calmly.
Aurora finally spoke up, ending the glaring competition with Tristan. "What do you mean by power-trip?"
"By taking yourselves away from us, of course." Tristan answered looking lovingly into her eyes.
"I don't know what to do without my brand of heroin." Edward smiled at me, exposing his perfect shiny teeth and he was beginning to dazzle me with those beautiful eyes of his, his perfect face, and he knew it.
"Stay strong!" Aurora called to me with a strained voice. I looked past Edward to see Tristan holding her beautiful body against his, his biceps squeezed around her hips, her feet a foot or more from the ground as he whispered in her ear. I could only imagine what his voice sounded to her right now. She was fighting him off impressively though, her hands clamped over her ears, and her eyes were shut tightly.
Edward smiled over at Tristan as Aurora lowered her hands and placed her arms around his neck, she was losing so I figured I could give up too. I had really missed him in the short amount of time we were apart. His touch, smell, kisses, everything.
"The guest bedroom is to the right second door." Edward said still smiling. Tristan smiled hugely as he walked off holding Aurora, whose eyes were lightly closed. He briefly bent down to grab their duffle bag and pillows before disappearing behind a door now kissing the open-eyed Aurora and tugging off her sweat shirt.
Edward now turned to me unleashing his eyes fully. I sagged against the wall.
"Well, well, well," he said to me with a mischievous grin. "I still have that surprise to show you."
