Chapter 7

Bella's POV

I woke up in a warm embrace the next morning. That was the best sleep I've had in months. I looked out the window as the sun came through. I sighed and relaxed back in bed. Jackson's arm tightened and held me closer. I rolled around to face him. He was still sleeping. I leaned up, kissed him lightly and slid out of bed. He groaned and rolled over. I laughed, grabbed his button up and went downstairs to make breakfast. Pancakes, sausage, bacon, fruit, eggs, and biscuits. I made coffee for us and put it all on a tray. I carried it up the stairs to our room. I sat it down on the dresser and walked over to the bed.

"Jackson. Jackson. Babe. Babe. Hello." I whispered in his ear. I started poking him. He groaned and swatted at my hand. He put a pillow over his head.

"You're annoying in the morning." He groaned out from under the pillow.

"That I am. But I made us breakfast and brought it up here so we could eat in our wonderful new bed." I said smiling. He sighed and poked his head out from under the pillow. I giggled at his bed head.

"You're so lucky I love you." He grumbled. I shrugged and went to get the breakfast. I sat in front of him on the bed.

"What's on your agenda today?" He asked.

"Training with Marcel and a couple of his newborns. Then come home, cook us dinner and hang out with my handsome boyfriend." I said.

"Handsome boyfriend huh?" He asked smirking.

"Oh yeah." I said laughing. He laughed along with me. We finished breakfast, he showered while I cleaned up. He came down into the kitchen where I was.

"I'll be in town for awhile around lunch, want to grab some together?" He said sliding an arm around me.

"I would love too." I said putting my arms around his neck. He leaned down and kissed me. I sighed and kissed him back. He turned us around and my back hit the counter.

"If we continue this, I'm gonna be late for work." He said pulling away. I nodded and fixed his shirt and jacket. The bond between him and I lately had been getting heavier. A simple light kiss between us turned into hot and heavy sex if we didn't watch ourselves. Which I didn't mind and neither did he, I don't think.

"I'll see you around lunch." I said panting. He nodded, kissed me again and I melted. He picked me up and sat me on the counter. Things were getting heavy when his phone rang. He pulled away but I continued down his neck.

"Yeah? Yeah I'm on my way. Okay, I'll be there soon. Bye." He said hanging up. I pulled away and pouted. He looked at me and bit his lip. He grabbed my face in his hands.

"I promise to make it up to you tonight. I love you Bells." He told me.

"I love you too." I said. He pulled me down and kissed my forehead then my cheek. He grabbed his work bag and left. I went upstairs and took a cold shower. I got dressed and headed to Marcels. I entered his apartment and got a tingling up my back. I groaned. Elijah was here. I walked into the living room area and crossed my arms.

"If you didn't need me, Marcel, you could've called." I said walking towards him.

"But I do, that's why I didn't. Elijah was just dropping by to give me your mail, since you haven't changed your address yet to your new one." He said hugging me. I hugged him back.

"Yes it appears that Ariel Abbott has invited you to one of her parties again. Her nephew, Aaron isn't it, sent these." Elijah said motioning to some boxes.

"How wonderful. I'll send them back because I won't be going." I said shrugging.

"Oh yes you are. If I'm going so are you. I'm not doing this thing without some back up." Marcel said crossing his arms.

"Marcel no. Take a vampire." I told him.

"Ariel is expecting you." He argued.

"And so is her moronic nephew, Aaron. No." I said shaking my head.

"You've never said no before." Elijah commented. I looked at him.

"Things change. People change." I said shrugging. He held out a letter. I took it from him and opened it. I huffed and looked at them.

"The entire family will be there. How wonderful. Now I do have to go. Maybe I can convince Jackson to wear a suit." I said biting my lip.

"Yes, introduce your werewolf to the high society of the Neanderthals of Ipswich. I'm sure he'll like it." Elijah scoffed.

"Green isn't your color, Elijah. Every other color yes, green no." I told him. I suddenly found myself pinned by the neck, against Marcels bar.

"I'm not jealous, Isabella." He growled at me. I grabbed ahold of his wrist and flashed my eyes. He grunted and fell to his knees.

"Oh no, you sure aren't." I scoffed. I rolled my eyes and looked at Marcel, who was staring at us both.

"What?" I asked him.

"Nothing. Seems to be a-lot of tension between the two of you." He said looking between us. Elijah stood up and fixed his jacket.

"Isabella and I haven't been seeing eye to eye on things recently occurring between us." Elijah told him.

"That's not the tension I was talking about." He said laughing.

"That won't be happening ever again between Elijah and I. We both chose people to be with and we're happy. Well I am, I'm not sure about him." I said motioning to Elijah.

"I'm happy, Isabella." Elijah scoffed at me. I shrugged and sat down on the couch. I looked at Marcel and crossed my arms.

"So where are these vampires you want me to train with?" I asked crossing my legs. He grinned at me. Elijah decided to stay and "help" train them as well. I met Jackson for lunch at the café.

"How's training go?" He asked.

"Fine. I got to kick Elijah's ass since he decided to show up. He was dropping off my mail from the compound then he decided to stay." I said sighing.

"Did you get to stab him?" He asked smirking.

"No. But I did snap his neck." I said proudly. He laughed and took a French fry off my plate.

"I hate that he's butting in like he is." He said shaking his head. I shrugged and looked at my plate.

"Kinda my fault this time. I should've changed my address. Oh. Speaking of… Ummm. Ariel Abbott." I started. He started shaking his head and hands.

"Uh uh. No. Whatever that woman has planned, we're not doing it. Same goes for her dumb nephew, Andrew, no." He said shaking his head.

"It's Aaron, and I don't want too. But Caleb, my mother, and the others are all coming in for the ball so I have to go." I told him. He sighed.

"Do I have to go?" He asked.

"No. Not if you don't want to. I'm fine with going by myself." I told him. He groaned and looked at the table. He hit his hand on the table.

"Fine. I'll go. Only to keep Aaron's hands off of you. He's not touching what's mine." He snapped. I laughed and got up. I slid into his lap and put my hands behind his neck.

"I'm loving this possessive side of you. You have my permission to break any part of him." I said kissing him lightly. He put his arms around me.

"Does this mean your family is staying at our house?" He asked.

"Mother will stay at a hotel, the others can if you're okay with it." I said.

"I'm okay with it, I'm just worried about your brothers hearing us." He said laughing. I laughed and leaned my forehead against his.

"Already taken care of. I spelled our room so no one can hear us." I said smiling. He kissed me then pulled away.

"Good. Now when's this ball?" He said sighing.

"Friday. Caleb and them will come in Wednesday or Thursday." I said taking his pickle off his plate. He nodded and sighed again.

"I gotta get a tux." He groaned.

"I'll take care of that. You just come home after work, shower, and it'll be over before you know it." I told him.

"I better get something out of this." He said.

"Oh you most definitely will, baby. Yes you will." I said winking at him. He held me tighter.

"Promise?" He asked huskily. I nodded and kissed him deeply. If we weren't in public and outside, we would've done it right there. We managed to pull away and finish our lunches. I went by the store, grabbed a dress for me and a tux for Jackson. I went home an hour later and started preparing dinner. I heard a knock on the front door. I wiped my hands on the towel and walked to it. I sighed when I peeked through the peep hole. I opened the door and crossed my arms.

"What're you doing here? How did you find my house?" I asked.

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