I DREAM OF RAINBOWS

Disclaimer: The Cullen's, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.

The awesome and talented dowlingnana searched out my errors and corrected them.

When he hung up he just sat there and looked at her for a moment while a big smile slowly spread across his face. Then he said, "You are one lucky person. Your visitor is here to offer making a movie out of your book"

And when Bella heard that and it had had time to move from her ears to her brain to be processed, she sucked in a bit of a breath.

CHAPTER 4: DECISIONS, DECISIONS

"What did you say?" She questioned in a state of shock as if she hadn't heard him correctly, or, as if he was speaking a foreign language.

"I said your visitor from yesterday, a Mr. Jasper W. Cullen, represents a production company in L. A. that wants to make your book into a movie."

"Okay, and this all isn't making any more sense at the moment than what little I remember him saying yesterday. Everyone feels they only have to say a little and seems to be expecting me to fill in a whole lot more. Not happening, my friend and agent."

"Bella, this sort of thing does happen when the reception by the public of a book is outstanding. Also, if the book has something to say other than just fluff, it is expected, or, at least, hoped, by every author to have their book made into a movie.

"What I'm not understanding is why you don't seem to be excited about this proposal. You're not reacting an in any recognizable way that expresses any sort of joy over this news." Mark finished telling his client as she sat there in a dazed type of trance.

Hearing his admonishment of how she was behaving was slowly beginning to percolate through to her brain which caused her to mentally chuckle and ask herself, "Just how in the hell am I supposed to react to such news? Isn't each person supposed to react to things differently and in their own way?"

"You know, Mark, you might be right about the average person's reaction, but, I'm not going to fall all over myself, you, or, this Mr. Cullen just because he shows up with an offer concerning my book.

"You can talk with him and have Carson sitting in on the meeting as well so you both can tell me from the different angles on just how good this offer is. In fact, you should probably get a hold of Henry Carver, my financial advisor, and have him sit in on this meeting as well. He would be looking at everything from a monetary point of view as to what would be of benefit and what wouldn't.

"Once you have done that then come back at me with all of the details of the offer and your recommendations and then I might give you the reaction that you seem to be wanting." Bella told Mark, but, before he could have a chance to get a hold of Carson Darwell, Bella's attorney, or, Henry Carver, she reached into her purse to pull out her own cell phone and dialed the lawyer herself. So, while she was doing that he placed a call to Henry.

After giving her name to the receptionist Bella was put through immediately and wasted no time in filling in Carson as to the purpose of her call. He asked a few questions to which she really didn't have the answers and wasn't sure if Mark had too many of the answers himself. "What I would like for you to do is to sit in on the meeting with Mark, Henry and this Cullen guy. You would be able to know more of what sounds good legally, Henry would understand what would work financially where Mark would be there to protect my literary interest.

"After the meeting then you three can let me know what the outcome was and what you recommend as to what to accept and what to reject along with what changes you two think should be made." With expressing her opinion in this manner in front of Mark she was able to bow herself out of the deal making until such time she was really needed. This way she could do what she still needed to do by taking care of other business and didn't have to worry about attending the upcoming meeting.

Bella got through with her call and then, without any sign of shame, listened in as Mark was finishing his call. It didn't take much to realize that he was talking with Henry and making arrangements for him to attend the meeting along with all of Bella's other representatives. She smiled as he hung up and told her agent that it was time for her to leave as she had other things that she needed to get done today. "Let me know when you have everything in order and want to meet with me about what all of you have to say from this afternoon's meeting." And so saying she rose, walked around and gave Mark a hug, stepped back and with a smile along with a wave of the hand she gathered her things together and left.

XXXXXX

Leaving Mark's office Bella headed back towards her home, but, decided to do some shopping at Pike's Place Market and then finish up restocking her cupboards, freezer and refrigerator with all of the groceries she was going to be needing from the grocery that was near her home that she wasn't able to get from Pike's Place Market.

After all of that was done and with everything put away in its proper place, Bella sat down and sent a quick text to her cousins, Rosalie Hale and Alice Brandon. They both had had a big dream and had definitely achieved their goals in L. A. which granted them their rainbows, as Gran would have said.

Rosalie had always wanted to be a model or an actress. So, after she had graduated from high school she had been granted admittance into the Los Angeles School of Acting where she learned her craft. It was while she was attending one class that she was 'discovered', as she puts it, and the rest became history. Of course, Rose was no fool, she continued with her studies while working on various short term projects in the movie industry. And, she did get to model some on the side as she proved her abilities in acting, so, did the demand for her to try modeling begin and she took off in both of the fields that she had wanted to have as a career. But acting was her primary choice and she did the modeling, more or less, as a hobby.

Now, Mary Alice Brandon, who uses simply her middle name, had always wanted to be a designer and have the name along with the reputation of dressing the stars; not just for social events, but, for everyday wear as well. Alice just seemed to have a natural talent for designing clothes and was a whiz kid with a sewing machine, so, of course, Rose's and Bella's clothes were always new and different from anyone else's outfits.

Alice went east to study design at Columbia in their arts department as well as business and while doing this she took a part time job at a small, but, exclusive fashion shop not far from campus. It was while working there that the owner one day saw some of Alice's designs and wanted to have them displayed in her shop. It was at that moment that Alice's dream began coming true and put her on the path to achieving her goal and her rainbow.

So, now both Rosalie was a world known actress and was considered to be an A-lister in Hollywood while Alice was in L. A. designing and dressing the stars just like she wanted.

And, as Bella was waiting for a response from the text she had sent both her cousins she was letting her mind wander, just drift really, searching, for the idea that would inspire another novel. So, it was no wonder that getting as relaxed as she was with the mind drifting she became so relaxed that she dozed right on off to sleep.

Suddenly, she was jarred awake by the blaring of music; it was the ringtone for Alice. "Hey, cuz, what's up? Why the text asking me to call once I had some extra time on my hands?"

Bella laughed as she was stretching her cramped muscles that had developed from falling asleep on the sofa in a seating position and replied, "Because I wasn't sure what your schedule was and didn't want to interrupt something important."

"Important?! What do you classify important? Everything I do is important, including talking with you." Alice told her without hesitation and with a bit of indignity sounding in her tone of voice.

"Okay, don't get on you high horse. I wasn't sure if you were with a very important client, in a meeting or being creative. That's why the text to you and Rose."

"Something happen that we need to be aware?" Was the simple question that Alice asked. Then she continued, "From what I've heard and read your book tour was a great success."

"Yeah, it was and I'm beat. When I first got back my ass was wiping out my tracks with each step taken until I hit the bed." Bella answered her and they both had a good laugh over the phrase that Bella had used to describe her weariness. It was then that Bella went on to tell her about the events that have been taking place over the last few days.

Alice listened quietly and then shrieked, "That's fantastic. Your book being made into a movie. Which production company is offering for it?"

"The Cu- Hey, hold on a minute, Rose is calling in. I'll see about conferencing all of us together and we can all talk." Alice quickly agreed as it had been awhile since she had seen or talked with Rosalie, even though they both lived in the same town. Their work kept them busy enough that it was hard to get together too often. Most of the time one or the other was out of town for a project that had to do with their chosen profession.

Once everyone confirmed they were connected Bella along with Alice quickly brought Rosalie up to speed on what was happening in Bella's life. "And it was at that point I had asked her which company was offering for the movie rights when you called just as she was about to answer. So, without further ado, dear cousin, answer the question." Alice explained to Rose and then demanded of Bella.

"The Cullen Production Company." Bella answered simply before adding, "It was a Jasper Cullen that came making the offer. At the moment I have Mark, Henry and Carson meeting with Mr. Cullen to hash out the deal to where my rights are protected."

Alice gave a squeal and then launched into a detail description of the three brothers in control of the production company that was making an offer for making Bella's creation into a movie. She talked about how the CEO, Edward, was more of a playboy and took over running the company when his father, Carlisle, had decided to retire, how Emmett was a teddy bear until he was crossed and was a well-respected director and Jasper was the one seeking and procuring new projects for the company.

It was here that Rose interrupted Alice's descriptive roll to tell Bella, "The best advice I can give you is to make sure that you have written into the contract that you maintain say over who will play the main characters. That way they can't just throw the part to anyone that might be the favor of the day, week or month, if you catch my meaning."

"Rosalie is right about that. So, many times I've heard someone ranting about how they wished they had had more say over who would play such and such character, believing that if they had had a said then the movie might have done better and the integrity of story might have been betrayed better."

The three women continued talking a bit longer about Bella's offer and then moved on to other topics and discussed what was happening in both Rosalie's and Alice's lives since last they had all spoken together. The areas discussed wasn't just about their business projects, but, covered the different men involved in their personal lives.

They were so engrossed in their conversation that it took a moment or two for Bella to realize that someone was at her door knocking. She glanced quickly at the clock on the wall in front of her and realized how long the three had been on the phone talking. "Hey, you two, someone's at the door so I'm going to have to end this interesting conversation and just for your information we've been on the phone for over two hours. I'll keep you informed as to what's going on with the offer."

So, as Bella rose from the sofa and everyone was saying their goodbyes she moved to answer the door. Once she had it opened she saw that it was Mark, Carson and Henry.

A/N: Bella had a chance to catch up with how her cousins' lives were going and all of the events happening with them. She was able to give them an update about herself as well and had Rosalie to offer some sound advice about the contract. As the conversation ended with a knocking at Bella's door and she opened it to observe not just one person, but, three and they were the three that attended the meeting to be able to offer their recommendation of how she should handle the contract. Why did all three men show up instead of just Mark? What will be their suggestions for Bella's benefit?

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