Chapter 11
Author's note: Sorry for such a delay in updating! I just wanted to storyboard more ideas for the plotline and I didn't expect to wait this long before uploading! Please keep commenting your theories, I love reading them and as always, thanks for reading!
(Morticia's Pov)
The rest of the day was quite dull compared to the past 24 hours, at least in Morticia's opinion.
After that shocking revelation of Morticia's abrupt healing, the Cullen's decided to fill her in on what she missed during her coma.
"So how exactly did you and the wolves become all...friendly, all of a sudden? Before all of this, I would've guessed it's be a cold day in hell before I could get any of you in a room together." She said as the group settled into the living room. She cuddled into Edward's side on the love seat by the piano as Emmett let out a booming laugh.
"That is one hell of a story, little sis. We couldn't have done it without your little, uh, accident."
Morticia raised her brow as Carlisle chimed in, "What Emmett means is your injury prompted the wolves to reach out to us and it gave them the prompting needed to make changes necessary."
Jasper chuckled from his seat next to Alice, "I've never felt such fear and anxiety in one room, and we've gone through high school how many times now?"
Everybody chuckled at the thought before they all dove into their individual stories involving the wolf pack. Esme had made friends with the wives of the wolves and apparently had the boys 'howling' for more of her double chocolate brownies. When Morticia questioned her sudden cooking expertise Esme blushed, "I may have accidentally doubled the amount of chocolate needed for the recipe, but the boys didn't seem to mind! They all thought they were some special kind of recipe, and I didn't have the heart to tell them any different."
Morticia raised an eyebrow at the Cullen matriarch, "And all this time, I thought that chocolate was bad for dogs, Esme!" Rosalie huffed out a laugh, "Yeah, you wouldn't believe how much those dogs eat! it's disgusting, even for teenage boys," her nose scrunched up at the thought.
Jasper and Emmett told her how they decided to teach some of the wolves some self-control methods and start some basic training. "I gotta admit it's pretty fun to train the pups, they've got potential," Jasper admitted as he turned towards Alice. "Even if we have to endure their...odor."
Morticia chuckled at Jasper's attempts to keep his gentlemanly demeanor, not to say that didn't work for them but she knew wet dog smell- and she wouldn't exactly call it a simple odor.
Turning to Edward, she raised her eyebrow. "And let me guess, you annoyed the hell out of them by telling the others what they were thinking in wolf form, didn't you."
He gave her a sheepish look as he pulled her into his chest and kissed the crown of her head.
"They are rather interesting to read, but I'd give anything to see even a glimpse inside your thoughts," He whispered gently in her ear, causing her to blush slightly.
It still amazed her that Edward couldn't read her thoughts. She was pretty sure that Jasper could sense her emotions and Alice was able to see her in visions, at least when she wasn't near the wolves. So why was Edward's power any different. She couldn't be a shield, could she?
Alice spoke up then, bringing Morticia out of her inner musings.
"Morticia, I think we need to discuss another very important thing...shopping for your homecoming dress! Homecoming is just two weeks away so we need to get started as soon as possible."
Morticia knew Alice was changing the subject to a 'brighter' subject but deep down, she understood that Alice was still hurt by what she'd done. She needed to set things right again with her psychic vampire best friend.
"Of course, Alice. I already know you've probably seen me in the dress, but I'll humor you none the less." Morticia smirked as Alice laughed and launched herself into Morticia's arms for a hug.
"I'm so glad you're safe." She whispered to Morticia before they pulled away.
Holding Alice's hands, she replied, "me too, Alice. I don't know what Loverboy would've done without me to straighten him out every so often."
Her teasing made the others chuckle and Edward caged her in an embrace, growling softly.
Morticia shook her head with laughter, "oops. Sorry, I meant 'scarry loverboy.' That's much better."
Edward gave her a pout as she nestled into his embrace again. "At least you didn't call me cute," he murmured into her hair, breathing in the scent of her hair as he settled himself.
Enjoying the peaceful silence, Morticia sighed happily but then a thought occurred to her as she noticed how much time had passed.
"Wait, What about Tony? I know Caleb knows everything, but what do I tell Tony. God, I bet he is worried sick!" Morticia cried as she moved to get up from the couch.
Edward allowed her to move but Esme's voice stopped her where she stood.
"There's nothing to worry about. Tony believes you got into an accident on the reservation and that Carlisle opened his home to help heal you. When he was visiting last on the reservation, Alice asked him if it would be alright if you stayed with us for a short time after you awoke, just to make sure you didn't have any lingering ailments. He wholeheartedly agreed once Carlisle began spouting possible scenarios in what you call...uh, 'doctor language?'" Esme brought up her hand to smother her chuckle as Carlisle turned to her in mock disbelief.
"And here I thought that my acting was superb, my love." Carlisle brought his hand to his chest in mock hurt.
Morticia laughed at the comedic display and turned to the pixie in question.
"You do know that my uncle is a Deputy, right? Do you really think he's gonna be ok with me staying here after the gossip mill get to tell him that I'm dating your brother?"
Alice just smiled, that signature all-knowing smile. "Oh, I think he'll have some reservations about it but I think it will all work out in the end, besides, I think he's rather fond of my brother."
'Yeah he was until he finds out loverboy has a thing for his niece, who he thinks of as a daughter. Yeah, I see that going over very well. Not.' She thought as she raised her brow, assessing Alice's smug grin.
Morticia sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose and closing her eyes, "I'm not even going to ask if you brought me clothes. Alice?"
"Already in your armoire. I'd suggest the long, black lace overdress with the black sating slip dress underneath for tomorrow. It'll make quite the impression, oh and go with your platforms, it'll make it easier so Edward doesn't have to lean down as far to kiss you."
Morticia instantly opened her eyes to glare at the pixie, who just gave her another grin.
'ooohhh, pixie. You are playing a dangerous game, here.' She thought, irritated as she turned to her lover, who also had a smug grin on his face.
"What the fuck are you grinning about? Those platform boots are practically steel-toed, so I'd watch out if I were you. I may have a muscle spasm and damage something special of yours." Her threat was obvious and it made his grin widen as he made his way towards her.
She hated to admit it but without her heels or platforms, she really did have to tilt up quite a bit to look at him.
'I'm not short, damnit. He's just a giant!' She told herself, trying to patch some of her ego.
"Now love, no need to be mean. I happen to love your height, it makes it easier for me to things like this." He quickly placed his arms under her ass and lifted her up into his arms, swinging her around gently as she grabbed onto his shoulders for support.
The move made her eye level with him and his golden orbs were sparkling with mischief. She never thought of herself as an eye person, but she didn't think she could ever stop looking at Edward's.
He smirked at her and raised a brow as if asking her, 'am I cute now?' She rolled her eyes.
"Ok, we get it, you're a freakishly tall vampire, and I a measly human at your will. Can you please put me down so that I can try to wrap my head around what the hell I'm about to walk into tomorrow morning?"
He set her on her feet gently but kept her in his arms. "As if I'd let anything happen to you," his tone was teasing but she knew he could fulfill on any threat that dare come their way. It made a chill go down her spine at the thought.
'Huh, I guess that's what they mean about the 'bad boy' appeal. Not that Edward has a bad boy appearance, but he totally has the moody/broody stare to an art. Now I can see why so many human teenage girls are helpless to his charms, one painful look from him and that would pull at my heartstrings too.' She mused as the Cullens decided to retire to their respective rooms.
After the excitement of the past, well, week, she thought everybody deserved some needed downtime to themselves.
"Be sure to leave the door open! We wouldn't want any funny business happening!" Emmett called out as she and Edward moved towards the staircase.
Morticia turned and gave him a smug look, "Why, Emmett? Are you worried you might be shown up in that department?"
Emmett's smug face melted into a mask of shock and Rosalie nearly howled with laughter.
"I think she'll fit in just right with the rest of us," Jasper said in that signature southern drawl as he laughed with Alice.
Taking Edward's hand in hers, she nodded at the others and made her way up the stairs to her familiar room.
"You know, I really need to get Alice to order a bed for my room." Edward mused as Alice's voice could be heard from down the hall, "Already did it. It arrives tomorrow!"
Not at all phased by the Pixie's statement, Morticia asked, "Why would you care that you don't have a bed in your room? I can just sleep in this one, it isn't a big deal."
Edward paused slightly in thought, "I think it's more the principle than anything. When I'm around you, it makes me feel more human."
Morticia was stunned. 'Make him feel more human? What? Hate to burst that bubble but from where I'm standing he looks pretty immortal to me.'
He looked slightly worried and almost flushed as he continued, "And I don't think It needs reminding that I see inside teenage boys' minds daily, and a recurring thought is getting their girlfriends into their bed, so humor me, would you? Even if I can't physically sleep, the thought is enough."
Morticia's eyes widened astronomically as she burst out laughing. "I knew there was some underlying reason you wanted one! I'm impressed that you admitted it!"
Edward rubbed the back of his neck, anxiously as she continued to laugh. It took her a few moments to get herself settled and she gave him a teasing smile.
"Well, I'd be happy to play into my Loverboy's fantasy if there will be cuddling involved as well as heated blankets. You may be the best body pillow I've ever had, but I'd rather not freeze in the middle of the night."
Somewhere in the distance Alice's voice rang out again, "I'm on it!"
They both turned in the direction of her voice with bemused expressions on their faces.
"That is incredibly handy, yet so very creepy at the same time," Morticia said quietly as she began to gather her things to settle in for the night. Rather than go for her more standard pajamas of a plain black tee and sleep shorts, she opted to go for something sexier this time.
Alice had stocked her an array of lacy and silk nightgowns for her to chose from and the prime choice for the evening was a blood-red silk midi spaghetti strap piece that made her curves- yes she did have curves, thank you- look fabulous.
Morticia quickly rushed into the bathroom before Edward could see what she had picked out and changed as quickly as she could.
She stared into the mirror as the doubt began seeping into her thoughts.
'What if he thinks I look hideous- wait I don't need his approval. But I want it badly. That's ridiculous, if he can't love me like this then fuck him.' She tried to argue with herself, but old habits die hard sometimes. She never had anybody to dress'sexy' for back home. Hell, she'd never really had a long term boyfriend before and no way was she letting some fumbling idiot pop her cherry in high school. She had some dignity at least.
But this was different. This wasn't some quick hookup with a maybe-boyfriend in high school, no this was 'I'm trying to tease the hell out of my vampire lover to hopefully get a massive make-out session from this.' In no way was she ready to take things further with him, but teasing and touching were alright in her opinion. The idea of what could happen when she walked out of the bathroom made her shiver with excitement.
Giving herself one last look for reassurance, she pulled open the bathroom door and stepped outside.
Edward turned to greet her from his position on the bed and froze.
She decided to strike a 'nonchalant' pose against the doorway as if to say, 'yes? Something different?'
His eyes widened as the moved over her from her black polished toes to the roots of her blonde hair.
"You- uh. You...Alice." He growled the name harshly and it made Morticia chuckle.
"You know, I have to admit. Alice has style. I never would've picked this up for myself but I think it's just darling, don't you Edward?" She gave a slight twirl and suddenly found herself in his arms again.
Gazing up at his eyes, she noticed the color seemed to be darker than before, a more intense amber color than the bright gold.
"Words couldn't describe how beautiful you look right now, but love, you're really testing my restraint at the moment."
"Well, you heard Emmett downstairs, no funny business Mr. Cullen. I guess you'll just have to control yourself- or perhaps I could change, but that would put all of Alice's hard work to waste and that would be tragic." Her voice was sickly sweet as she took in his irritated gaze.
He groaned and buried his head in her shoulder, "I'm not sure whether to be angry with Alice for buying you this or thanking her."
Morticia chuckled, "Worry about it tomorrow. Some of us need to sleep," She pulled away and made her way to the bed as Edward flashed to the other side.
"Show off." She groaned as she settled herself under the covers. He gave her a smile and pulled her to his chest, "Always for you, my love."
The last thing she felt before sleep took her was his cold lips pressing into her hair.
~~~~~~Dream~~~~~
Instead of the usual disembodied voice Morticia usually heard, this time there was another voice. It was clearly female like before but it held a more, authoritative tone than the previous one. The scene was also different, instead of the dark shadows, Morticia found herself clearly in the forest but in some sort of hideout. The trees were clearly decorated in a purposeful fashion, decorated with beads, feathers, and paints.
"Just give her a chance at a normal life here! Even you can't know what might happen if she is raised with the others!" The voice she recognized, called.
"She's already far too dangerous for her own good. You've seen what she can do already, can you imagine what might happen if she is surrounded by the others? No, we can't let this happen. It's for the best, you know it is." An unknown voice called back.
"You're taking away her choice! How can you justify taking her away from her family?" The familiar voice was full of anguish.
"I've seen what the future may hold, child, trust me when I say that this is the only way to ensure everyone's safety." The unknown voice was firm and cold.
"So, that's it then. Will, you at least let me say goodbye...she's my sister, please!" The familiar voice pleaded, full of raw emotion
Before Morticia could hear the response, a green light settled over the scene and her gaze was drawn to a tree on the far corner of the clearing. It was taller than the others and seemed to be the leader from which all the others sprouted, judging from the interconnected large roots.
She cautiously approached the tree and noticed an impression in the bark, it looked like a dragon had been carved into the wood. The carving was clearly done by someone with a very delicate hand as when Morticia went running her fingers over it, she could feel the raised scales.
"Don't worry, sister dear, I have a plan. That old can believe whatever she thinks is right, but I won't let her destroy your happy ending." That familiar voice whispered to her as the carving began to glow a deep emerald under her fingertips.
'My dreams just keep getting weirder and weirder.' She thought as she felt the familiar beginnings of the dream fading.
~~~~~End Dream~~~~~
When Morticia woke slowly, it was anything but peaceful. Firstly, her god awful alarm made her rise from her deep slumber, and then she remembered what exactly went on in her subconscious the night before. The dream she had made her thoughts churn inside her head.
'Who were they talking about? What decisions were made and what was up with those weird trees?'
Edward gave her a concerned look but she just waved her hand, dismissively. There was no need to worry him about her overactive imagination.
"Weird dreams," was the only thing she said before she went to get herself ready for the day. Taking Alice's advice, she went with the lace overlay dress with a blood-red lip and a smokey eye.
She quickly made her way downstairs with Edward to make a quick breakfast, neither of them commenting on her weird aura that she had floating around her. Morticia tried her best to shake it but as soon as she put it out of her mind, it would all come rushing back to her.
Edward finally decided to corner her once they began the drive to school.
"Morticia, please. Tell me what's bothering you? It's torture not being able to read your mind, especially now."
She sighed and gave him a grim smile, "I wasn't kidding when I said that I had some weird dreams last night. I guess I just put myself in a funk trying to figure it all out, sorry that I made you feel weird."
He reached across the console to grab her hand and laced their fingers together.
"Never feel sorry for telling me what's on your mind, actually I greatly encourage it. Any glimpse I can get into your mind is a blessing to me."
Morticia blushed slightly, gave him a small smile, and kissed the back of his hand.
"You say that but when I get an annoying song stuck in my head, you'll change your mind."
Edward shook his head vigorously, "Never, I'll sing along to whatever song comes to your beautiful mind."
'oh wow,' She thought as she watched his side profile. 'he beats 'boyfriend material' completely out of this universe.'
Once they arrived at the high school parking lot, the nerves she expected to arrive were surprisingly scarce. She knew it couldn't have been Jasper, they were still at the house when they left.
Taking a deep breath, she turned to Edward, "So, on a scale from one to ten- how likely is it that nobody will stare at us when we exit this vehicle?"
He gave her his signature smile and pretended to think on it, "I'd say negative ten to that love."
Morticia groaned as she reached for her bag, desperately not wanting to get out of the safety of the Volvo.
'They're going to stare anyway, why not give em' a show.' She thought with a sudden burst of glee at the thought of all the scandalized faces.
Edward noticed her change in demeanor and arched a brow as he opened her door, "What's got you feeling so happy all of a sudden, love?
She gave him a wide grin as she stepped from the car, "Oh, nothing. I just thought about how lucky I am to call you mine, loverboy." She didn't have to raise up much to press her lips to his.
The kiss started out sweet but turned intense when she turned her head slightly and ran her tongue over the seam of his cold lips. That must have triggered something in Edward, because the next thing to happen, he had her pressed against the passenger side door and brought up a hand to cup her head to tilt it back slightly, deepening the kiss further. She could feel herself getting light-headed and was thankful that somebody chose to whistle and catcall them so Edward pulled back, slightly embarrassed to have let himself go in public.
She thought he looked downright sinful with his eyes wild and his hair slightly mused from her wandering fingers. Luckily she chose a lip stain this morning instead of her usual lipstick so he didn't have an embarrassing 'joker mouth' to deal with.
Tucking a piece of hair behind her ear, she nuzzled into Edward's side when he put his arm around her and met the shocked gaze of their school mates head-on.
'hell yeah, bitches. Morticia Addams made out with THE Edward Cullen. Suck it'
She was especially happy to see the shocked and sour look on Jessica and Lauren's faces as she passed and felt no shame at giving them a very dainty middle finger gesture as they passed.
'That may be petty, but I don't care. They made their bed, so go lay in it, bitches.'
When they passed Edwars'd siblings, Emmett gave her a quick thumbs-up, Jasper and Rosalie gave her an impressed look, while Alice was giving them both a loving smile.
By lunch period, news of their show had traveled all across campus and nobody could keep their eyes off the new couple. Angela had asked her if she and Edward were a couple, to which she obviously said yes, but instead of being fake- Angela genuinely seemed interested in how they got together.
She was worried that Jessica and Lauren would try to corner her at some point but with her obvious connection to the Cullens, they wisely chose not to antagonize her that day. Although they did send death glares from across classrooms, all of which were met with very vulgar gestures on her part.
It wasn't until a class change that she met the infamous Bella Swan.
Morticia was gathering her things at her locker when she heard somebody awkwardly shuffle next to her locker. Glancing next to her, she saw a girl who looked like a doppelganger of the Bella she expected.
"Um, hey. I'm Bella- Bella Swan." The girl shuffled awkwardly where she stood.
Morticia gave her a comforting smile, "Oh hey. You're chief Swan's daughter, right? Tony told me you'd be arriving pretty soon."
Bella nervously played with the ends of her hair, "Uh, yeah. That's me. I just wanted to introduce myself and to see how you were doing with everything. I talked to Edward in biology today when I heard you were back and I thought it was kinda weird that I never introduced myself- I'm rambling sorry. Gosh, this is going awful."
Morticia chuckled at the girl's obvious nerves, "Hey, I totally get it. Edward can be such a gossip queen so I wonder what he's told you."
Bella flushed, "Um, I'm really not trying to be creepy! It's just that I'm new here and Char- dad talked about your accident and I-"
Morticia cut her off with a wave of her hand, "Bella, chill. It's fine! At least you chose to come and ask me rather than running to somebody else and getting a highly fabricated version of the story."
Bella blushed and looked at her shoes, clearly uncomfortable at having her curiosity brought to light.
"well, to make a long story short, my dumbass self decided to go on a nature walk and ended up facing a rather nasty side of mother nature." Morticia tried to lighten the mood with her sardonic humor and thankfully it worked.
Bella cracked a smile, "I'm glad you're ok, though. Edward was worried sick the entire week- sorry, is that weird- me talking about your boyfriend? sorry."
'Sweet Jesus this girl needs some serious confidence. And here I thought Angela was the meek one.' Morticia groaned as she watched Bella fumble for her words.
"Bella, seriously, chill. It's all good! Edward's a big boy and who he shows his moody side to is his business, girlfriend or no girlfriend." She chuckled the metal image Edward described in their first meeting. She knew she had nothing to worry about but watching Bella squirm was pretty funny.
She could tell Bella was gathering her confidence to ask her something else when a voice called from behind them.
"Hey Bella! There you are! Come on, we're gonna be late for English!" That voice made Morticia's blood grow cold.
That voice sounded exactly like the voice she had heard in her dream, that she had been hearing for weeks.
'It couldn't be, could it? That's insane.' She thought as they both turned towards the voice.
A small girl with long brown hair and bright green eyes smiled at them as she quickly ran to catch up. She had delicate features, a cute button nose, and lips that mimicked pink flower petals. The girl was wearing a short hunter green dress with brown ankle boots and a matching cardigan
'I am getting massive earthy, spirit vibes from this girl' She thought as the girl approached them.
"Uh, hey Fauna. I'll be there in a second, I just wanted to talk to Morticia for a bit. Oh, Morticia, this is my cousin Fauna."
'A cousin? That wasn't in the script? Hmm, wonder what her deal is.' She thought as Fauna turned to her with a grin.
"Oh, so you're the famous Morticia that I've heard so much about."
When Fauna said Morticia's name it was like a lightbulb went off inside her head as she stiffened. She was certain that was the voice that's been haunting her dreams
'Why the hell is Bella's cousin's voice in my dreams? Maybe I'm overthinking things, maybe it's just a coincidence. Loads of people have voices that sound similar.' She thought as she tried to rationalize the situation and give herself some hope that her dreams were just a weird figment of her imagination.
Her hope died, however, when Fauna turned to her with an intensely serious look on her face. "I've been waiting to meet you for ages! I think we'll have a lot in common, Morticia."
'um...what the fuck does that mean?' Morticia had a feeling that this 'simple' love story between a vampire and a human just got a whole lot more complicated.