Bella was getting ready for her double date with Alice, Cynthia, and Julian. She hadn't told her dad that she was going out with people other than Alice but it was her sister and boyfriend, people Bella trusted with her was responsible and Julian could be calm and mature when he needed to be, that was Bella's hope at least. Bella never could have imagined having an active social life and having fun times like this. Thankfully she met the right person and that person came with more incredible people.

As Bella waited for the others in the living room, Charlie was there watching a baseball game and he looked to see his daughter dressed up. Charlie was happy his daughter wasn't holding herself in her room and trying to have fun times.

"You have a date with Alice? What will you be doing?" he asked.

"It will be a double date with her sister Cynthia and her boyfriend Julian, we are going to go to an arcade grab dinner there." Bella said

Charlie raised his eyebrow since he wasn't aware Alice had another sister and that sister had a boyfriend. He was also aware of an arcade in Port Angeles and he looked rather concerned. Just because Bella knew the sister and the boyfriend, it didn't mean Charlie was on the same page. He sighed and he tried to have a soft look on his face despite concerns.

"Bella, I don't think it's such a good idea. This is also the first time I am hearing about Alice having another sister. I thought she only had the blonde one."

Bella saw this coming and nodded in agreement.

"Cynthia is Alice's biological sister. They have been separated for years and she is now reconnected with her. You don't need to worry, nothing bad or illegal will happen. They will all look out for me and they already see me as a family. You trust Alice don't you?" Bella asked

Charlie did trust Alice but he was more concerned about the unknown guy in some ways. I mean he didn't like any guy that would be around Bella after Edward except for Jake. He needed to know more about the boyfriend of Alice's sister.

"And what about the guy?" he asked a bit sternly.

"Julian is Cynthia's boyfriend. He only has eyes for her. He is mature but can be a goofball. When Edward nearly...well did that, Julian was there to beat the crap out of him for me. He sees Alice like a little sister and he wants her happy. He's supportive of our relationship and he's not going to let us out of his sight." Bella said calmly.

Huh Charlie thought, Julian actually beat up Edward and stood up for his daughter. Sounds like an okay guy but he still needed to see him first.

"I want to meet them first before you go anywhere. After that Phoenix stunt I need to see who you will be with." Bella nodded with a smile since she did understand.

"That's fair. They all coming to pick me up" Bella explained

Just then, the doorbell rang and Charlie nodded for Bella to get the door. Bella went over and opened the door smiling

Alice hugged her and gave a kiss on the cheek.

"How are you Bella?" Alice asked sweetly. Bella smiled and kissed Alice softly

Bella looked over Alice's outfit and she was stylish in a lovely black and white low cut long sleeved shirt, nice black skinny jeans, and a red and silver band like jacket.

"I'm good. You look amazing. Can you ask Cynthia and Julian to come please, my dad would like to meet them before he lets me go off with them" Bella said.

"Of course. They are just finishing their kiss in the car. Things between them have gotten much better since Cynthia accepted they are mates. She's so much happier and she's looking forward to this night too."

Alice and Bella went to sit on the couch and soon after, Julian and Cynthia walked into the house to meet with Charlie. He looked over at the pair and felt a bit at ease that Cynthia looked a lot like Alice, right down to the sweet smile. Julian looked a bit wild but he was clean shaven and seemed to be softer than his outward leather appearance.

"Hello Bella" Cynthia greeted with a warm smile.

"Hey Cynthia, hey Julian. Hope you don't mind, my dad would like to meet you before we go" Bella said sweetly

Julian smiled a bit and introduced himself to Bella's father.

"Finally nice to meet you Mr. Swan. I'm Julian and this is Cynthia. Alice and her make sure they are a nice pair, aren't they?" Julian speaks in an elegant manner.

Charlie smiled but eyes them both for a bit as if studying them.

Yes they are a lovely pair and Alice makes my daughter happy. I finally see Bella have that spark of life in her eyes again" Charlie said warmly.

Julian laughs softly.

"I have those same sparks when I'm with Cynthia. We are both going to supervise them and make sure they don't get hurt. I know Port Angles can be a little rough at night, but we can take care of them right Cynthia."

"Of course we will. Alice is my sister and Bella is my friend. We will ensure they are safe and happy. We do have phones so if it makes you feel at ease Bella can call you once we get to our place." Cynthia said

Cynthia had the same sort of charm Alice had and Charlie had a good feeling. They did look a bit mature and this did make Charlie a bit defensive.

"What do you both do since you both look on the older side." Charlie asked.

"Well I am a therapist. I'm very good at what I do and genuinely love helping others to improve themselves."

"And what is it that you do Julian."

Bella was also curious since it didn't seem Julian did much of anything. After all, he was a vampire new to the animal diet so he didn't really have to stay on a human grid much.

"Kind of do a few things. I'm a driver, freelance writer, and I take photos on the side. My days are odd but they are never boring."

Bella looked to Alice and she nodded, confirming Julian's jobs. Those jobs made sense since he could make his own hours and decide when to drive others.

"Sounds like interesting jobs, do you have a specific career path for later on?" Charlie asked

"I might go back to school to figure that out. Needed to get these jobs so I can help Cynthia with rent and help her find her sister. Losing Alice and them being separated was hard on them both. Family matters a lot to me since I do intend to settle down with Cynthia someday and Alice will be like my sister. Maybe in time Bella will be like my sister too."

Charlie nodded and smiled warmly. He was moved a bit by Julian and he had already protected his daughter once before. She would be in good hands.

"Bella said you guys are going to the arcade? What about dinner?" Charlie asked

"We know a good burger joint with killer fries and milkshakes. Bella will love it." Julian speaks with slight enthusiasm.

Charlie smiled and chuckled,

"Will anyone else join you or is it just 4 of you?" Charlie asked

"Just us four. Cynthia and Julian want to get to know Bella more since they are family and they want to see who I like."

Alice told him Charlie sighed and thought for a minute

"Alright Bella you can go, but please be back by 11 okay. Charlie said calmly

Alice smiled and interlocked her arm with Bella's smiling softly.

"No problems there Charlie. We will make sure Bella's safe, right Cyn?" Alice asked. Cynthia smiled warmly

"Of course we will make sure Bella is safe and has fun. There won't be any funny business or illegal activities just some normal fun stuff" Cynthia said

Charlie seemed a bit taken aback by the statement but he just nodded it off.

" Okay well, have a good time Bella. And again, don't go off without them." Bella smiled and nodded

" Don't worry I don't plan to." Bella said with a smile. She let go of Alice briefly and hugged Charlie.

The four of them then got into Julian's truck and Julian sped off quickly. He glanced back at the couple and grinned softly.

"Pay attention Jules." Cynthia teased lightly.

Julian chuckled and glanced at Cynthia.

"You have to admit, Bella and Alice make such a lovely couple. Second maybe to us of course Cyn."

Cynthia chuckled softly and glanced back at her sister. She had everything she's ever wanted, Alice and Julian and now she would have a special addition with Bella as well.

"I'm just glad we are able to have this night together. Best to form the bonds now for our eventual eternity together." Cynthia told the couple.

Bella smiled softly and nodded.

"I already feel connected to Alice in such a wonderful way and you and Julian have essentially taken the role of siblings to me. I'm already ready to join you and become a vampire." Bella told them.

"Hopefully it's not just for the sex Bella, though I will admit and warn you; you will have a lot of it in your first vampire year." Julian grinned.

Cynthia playfully slapped his arm and scolded,

"Bella wants to be with Alice forever because they love each other. She also knows she can't remain human and know of our kind because of our laws."

Bella didn't know about the laws and looked to Alice. Cynthia saw Bella's confusion and asked,

"She doesn't know about the Volturi and their laws about humans?"

Alice shook her head and sighed.

"To be fair, Edward was never going to tell her about them. I was going to bring it up when Carlisle wants to meet with us soon." Alice explained.

Bella didn't have to be a genius to figure out what the main law had to be and asked,

"I have to become a vampire or be a meal essentially right? If that's the case, I'm positive I want to be a vampire."

Julian nodded and tightened his grip on the wheel.

"Just hope we don't need to make an appearance to the Volturi. They would love collecting vampires with powers in their coven. No way they will break us up." Julian growled slightly.

Cynthia nuzzled his neck and kissed it softly.

"I made it clear when I visited them that I will not join them and that I will have a coven of my own. That includes you, Alice, and now Bella. Speaking of; we should focus on the fun at hand tonight and not let anything drag it down."

Julian grinned as he made it to Port Angeles quickly and the four of them went into the arcade. Cynthia smiled a bit as she saw Bella and Alice go to an air hockey table to place a match together. Julian smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"We're achieving our dream aren't we?"

Cynthia smiled and kissed his cheek.

"It might have taken several decades but...yes we have our dream of us being together and having a coven with my sister. I do owe you for this Julian since without you...I don't think I would have found my sister."

Julian stroked her cheek and replied,

"You don't owe me anything Cyn, our love is all I ever want. Now how about we go over to the dance machines since I know those are your favorite games to play."

Cynthia chuckled and asked,

"They still have one of them here? Those are like dinosaurs in today's time, including just arcades in general."

Julian grinned as he took Cynthia's hand and they went over to the machines. Alice smiled a bit as she got the puck in Bella's goal and smiled softly. Bella should have known not to go against Alice but still enjoyed having fun with her.

"Not bad at all Bella."

"You still won though." Bella retorted lightly.

Alice giggled and went over to Bella's side.

"Sometimes I just can't help it. I try not to, really I do."

Bella smirked slightly and kissed Alice's lips. It was then they noticed Cynthia and Julian weren't there, causing Bella to laugh.

"Charlie will be mad if we were left alone, more so since Julian said he would be watching us."

"I can be more than enough to protect you Bella, but yes let's go to where they went."

They made their way to an arcade dance game, where both Julian and Cynthia were crushing the game. Bella hadn't played this game in forever even though she was a bit of a klutz. Julian and Cynthia made this look fun and she wanted to try it with Alice. Bella knew what it was like to have little freedom or choice so she was going to take advantage of what she can do.

" I haven't played this in ages," Bella admitted sheepishly.

"You might be better at it now with those lovely hips of yours." Alice purred softly.

Bella scoffed playfully.

"I'm only decent with you. Oddly I haven't been much of a klutz lately so who knows how good I would be now."

Julian and Cynthia finished their game and he looked at the scores. Despite their perfect moves, Cynthia was just slightly better and Julian chuckled lightly.

"You always have to upstage me don't you kitten?" he asked. Cynthia smirked

" Not my fault, I really like this game." Cynthia said.

"I think Julian maybe sore loser" Bella said with a small laugh

Julian chuckled and shook his head.

"Nah I still win even when I lose when my love is in a good mood. Now I know you both want a turn so have fun."

Julian tells them as he takes Cynthia's hand and they get off the game stage. Bella got on and and inserted some coins for herself

"What song should we pick?" Bella asked looking at Alice

"I'll leave it up to you Bella." Alice smiled.

Bella smiled and picked a song that was familiar to her and pressed start. Bella struggled as the beat was good but it seemed she had to stomp on the arrows to get them to light up. Alice danced flawlessly and with ease that when the game ended, she was the clear winner. Bella chuckled and hugged Alice

" Now what was that about my hips being good" Bella asked slightly teasing

Alice pecked Bella's lips and said in a whisper,

"They are Bella. Sorry...it is rather unfair is it." Bella chuckled and shook her head

" Not at all, but it's ok. I haven't played in forever, besides I came to have fun with you not win" Bella said with a small smile.

Julian smiled and looked at the couple.

"Bella will be able to go toe to toe with us in a few months time I feel. Still not bad for a human." Julian joked in a low voice.

Cynthia smiled a bit and looked at her sister.

"Let's have a bit of fun with getting tickets. We should all go home with something nice now should we?" Cynthia asked.

Alice giggled since she knew what Cynthia was going to do.

"Be fair though since we don't want to rob the place or be banned." Alice joked.

Bella looked at Alice with a somewhat shocked look and Alice kissed her cheek.

"Let's just say I am banned from at least one arcade from getting so many tickets that I won a lot of the high ticket prizes." Alice said with a light grin.

"Wow I'm with a bad girl aren't I?" Bella teased.

Alice giggled and pecked Bella's lips.

"The most I'll ever be to you is naughty." Alice purred.

Bella blushed but answered,

"I would love to see that side of you Alice. Maybe at least once before you turn me."

Alice smiled and nodded in agreement.

"That is in our cards Bella. Now let's win some tickets. Not sure about you, but I'm pretty good at skee ball."

They went over to the skee ball machines and sure enough, Alice got a perfect score and won a lot of tickets. Cynthia and Julian got a lot of tickets as well. Bella almost got a perfect score but missed the last throw. They played skee ball three times before moving on to another machine. Julian decided he wanted to play a bit of the basketball machine and the ladies watched him play. Cynthia lingered on Julian's form and couldn't help but lust for him. Alice looked over to her sister and chuckled lightly.

"It's almost like you're a different person now Cynthia. I knew you weren't as happy before." Alice told her.

Cynthia nodded and cracked a light smile.

"There were many things sis I needed to unpack before committing myself to him. Now that we are all together and in a better place; I want to be at his side. He never gave up on me and was so patient...I was truly wrong about him and he's truly a man I am proud to be with."

Julian made the last basket and he put his arms up in the air as he had a perfect run of the game, nailing every basket.

"Oh yes! That's what I am talking about, woo!" Julian exclaimed.

Cynthia smiled and gathered up his tickets. He smiled softly at her and they shared a light kiss. The four of them enjoyed more games such as a fun racing game, video games, and a fishing game to name a few. They ended on a ticket wheel game where the number you got on the machine would be how many tickets you would win. Bella went first to take a spin and Alice smiled widely. Bella didn't know why until the wheel stopped at the jackpot of 2,500 tickets. This caught Bella off guard but she was amazed she had gotten the jackpot. Cynthia also got the jackpot amount as well while Julian got 100 and Alice got 200 tickets from the spin. When Bella's stomach growled, Cynthia and Julian knew they needed to get Bella to the burger joint.

Bella used her tickets to get herself a beautiful moon light. Alice got a pair of medium neon owl plushies for her and Bella and a bunch of bracelets. Julian and Cynthia pooled their tickets together and got a multicolored light, two plushies, and random items. Bella looked over the cute owl plush Alice gave her and smiled.

"You didn't need to get me anything." Bella told her.

Alice shook her head and slid on two bracelets onto Bella's arm as well.

"I want to since you are my woman. I want to be sure you always feel good and know how much you mean to me. Besides, this won't be the last time we go to an arcade together and you can return the favor later."

Bella nodded and squeezed her plushie a bit, causing it to hoot lightly. A smile came to Bella's face and Alice squeezed hers as well and it hooted as well. They were sweet and it was nice to have something the other would have a matching set too.

They went to the burger joint where Bella made her order. To everyone's surprise, Cynthia ordered some fries for herself. When the waitress left, Julian chuckled.

"You are still fascinated with food you can't really enjoy huh?" he whispered.

"Bella will need leftovers for breakfast tomorrow since fries are a good breakfast side. Besides I just love how fries smell." Cynthia mentioned.

Bella smiled softly and asked in a low voice,

"What do you miss most about being human?"

Cynthia was taken aback and glanced at her sister.

"Honestly my sister. For the longest time since I thought either Alice died and I could never die or she was alive somehow but I couldn't be in her life. But seeing how Alice is alive and we're together...I don't miss much. Maybe having a family of my own but even so I don't need to have children to have a family. I have that with you and Alice now and of course Julian."

Bella was touched and so was Alice. Julian smiled a bit and answered,

"I wish I could answer but I don't remember much of my human life either. I focus more on the here and now so really, I don't miss much. If I am not what I am, we all wouldn't have met most likely, especially you and me Bella."

Cynthia nodded as she took Julian's hand.

"We're going to look after one another. After all the pain we've all been through, it's nice to come together like this and be a family. I think it's something we will all want."

Bella nodded and cracked a light smile. She knew with this path, she was going to outlive her parents. It was the only downside of being a vampire Bella really cared about. Julian could see Bella's pensive thoughts and added,

"I know Cynthia and I could never replace your parents when they do pass on, but we're not asking to be like a mom and dad of course."

Bella snapped out of her thoughts and she managed to smile.

"Yea since I'm not going to lie Jules, I've already decided you're going to be my older brother when I'm a vampire. You're pretty much like one to me anyway so it just makes sense for you to be that for me." Bella mentioned.

"Good since sorry Julian, you're too young looking to be anyone's dad, adoptive or not." Cynthia told him.

"Right just so long as people don't see us as a harem I don't care." Julian mentioned.

Bella's food came and she ate while they all talked. Bella was amazed by Julian's old mob stories and Cynthia's work in ghost writing.

"You really wrote songs for famous artists Cynthia? That's incredible." Bella asked.

Cynthia smiled but knew it wasn't as big as Bella made it out to be.

"Yes but of course I couldn't put my name to any of them for obvious reasons. I got a small cut of money from the song writers I give my song to and it's been very lucrative in helping my investments. It's fun but I enjoy my therapy work more." Cynthia expressed.

"I know you do and I am thankful for what you've done for me. I wonder what I would want in my long life since...well I guess in hindsight I can be anything I want to be to some extent right?"

"That's right Bella and we won't force you to pick your path, but know we will help you every step of the way when you ask for it." Alice spoke with a smile.

By the time Bella finished her meal and they walked around Port Angeles, it was pretty late. Julian's driving got Bella back to her dad's at 9:30. Bella thanked Cynthia and Julian for the good time and then looked to Alice.

"Let me up in a few will you?" Alice told Bella softly.

They shared a kiss before Bella went into her house. Alice looked at Cynthia and she raised an eyebrow.

"You think Edward's coming tonight?" she asked.

Alice shook her head.

"No, Carlisle took him on another weekend hunting trip. I think Edward knows what's coming and he's trying to butter Carlisle up before our meeting with them. I do worry things after that meeting can go badly." Alice mentions with a worried look.

"Carlisle is a good man hopefully and even if he is an overtly religious patriarch, he should respect sacred bonds of vampire mates no matter what. We will of course be there since it involves our coven." Cynthia mentions.

"Yes and to hell if Edward tries hurting Bella or tries claiming her again." Julian added.

Alice nodded and saw Bella's light go on in her room.

"You two have a good night." Alice told them.

"We will and if anything goes wrong within your blind spots, I will be there." Cynthia told her sister softly.

Alice smiled as they drove off. She went to the tree near Bella's house and climbed it to reach her window. Bella smiled as she opened the window for Alice. They spent their night cuddling together until Bella fell asleep. Alice smiled as she stroked Bella's cheek with a clear future in her mind. She was counting the days until Bella would be a vampire, that way they can truly look forward to being together forever. If tonight informed Alice everything, is that they would be a close knit and strong coven and that was something both women wanted. Most of all, they wanted to be loved by one another and no one, not even Edward, will stop them from being who they are.