After getting not one but two helpings of dessert Bella and Rosalie took a quick shower and grabbed their packed bags and met the rest of the excited family at the entry way to the house. Alice was bouncing on on the balls of her feet she was so excited.
"I thought you guys would never get here. We are going to be late and then we will miss our flight and none of us will get to see the estate." Alice exclaimed dramatically.
"Yeah we have been good not to bother the two of you about it all week but come on let's get going." Emmett said grabbing his bag and rushing out the door.
Rosalie sighed as she watched her family rush out of the house and get into different cars."I have a bad feeling about this. We didn't think this through. How are we going to be able to keep an eye on all of them at the airport?"
Bella chuckled" You make it sound like they are small children we have to watch carefully."
"They are. I don't think you realize how excited they are. They are going to be like trying to catch a greyhound covered in grease hyped up on crack!" Rosalie glared at Bella when she grabbed the keys from her hand.
"I want to drive." Bella told her.
"Look I love you and you're my mate but I don't want you driving my car. I don't let anyone drive my car." Rosalie said making an unsuccessful grab for her keys.
"I'll make a trade." At Rosalie's raised eyebrow Bella explained. "You let me drive your car now and I'll let you drive the car of your choice when we get to the estate."
Rosalie thought about this for a minute. Bella did mention her grandfather had multiple cars as he was a collector. Yes she loved her car but she could drive something amazing if she let Bella drive."Deal but only this once."
Bella smiled. "Then let's get going or your family may just skip the airport and run there."
Rosalie sighed." Don't plant that idea in their heads. They just might if they thought it would get them there faster."
"Hey guys I'll take the lead follow behind me." Bella yelled out to all of them.
"They know how to get to the airport Bella." Rosalie told her.
"I know a short cut. Trust me." Bella said giving Rosalie a kiss on the cheek.
A twenty minute drive later Bella pulled up to a private airfield.
"Why are we here?" Rosalie asked confused.
Bella waited for the security guard to wave them through to answer. "Well I know how stressed you are about this trip so I decided to skip the public airport and chartered a plane to take us instead.
Rosalie stared opened mouth at Bella. "You chartered a plane because you knew I was stressed?"
"Well yeah. I want you to be able to relax on this trip and I know the flight was stressing you out. Surprise?" Bella said unsure of Rosalie's response.
"Bella you didn't have to do this for me." Rosalie told her. At seeing Bella's shy smile she added. " I truly appreciate it though. I've never been on a private plane before."
"Well it's more of a jet than a plane." Bella said as the rest of the Cullens piled out of their cars with their baggage.
"Bella you got us a private jet?" At Bella's nod Emmett swept her up in a bear hug. He ignored Rosalie's growl." That is so awesome. What kind of jet is it? Does have a tv? Can we play video games?"
"Why don't we go check it out and the staff can explain it to us." Bella motioned for all of them to follow her as they met with a man in a business suit waiting for them.
The man's eyes went wide as he looked at the group. Zeroing in on Bella he held out his hand. "Miss. Shurlong its a pleasure to meet you. I'm James Foogan.I'm the owner of this company. I spoke to your secretary on phone."
Bella shook his hand. "The pleasure is mine. Thank you for agreeing to do this so last minute."
"It's no problem at all. Let me show you to your aircraft." James said leading them to the largest jet in the airfield.
They were met at the bottom of the boarding stairs by four people. Two dressed in pilots uniforms and the other in what appeared to be stewardesses. Rosalie pulled Bella into a possessive side hug as she noticed each crew member look at her mate.
Bella gave her a confused look." Are you ok?"
"I don't like them looking at you." Rosalie replied through gritted teeth.
Bella smiled and leaned down putting a kiss on Rosalie's cheek. "They may be looking at me but I didn't even notice them because all I'm looking at is you."
"Aww that's so romantic." Alice said turning to Jasper. "Why aren't you that romantic."
Jasper looked extremely uncomfortable." Is this about the bath again?"
"No it's about romance. Bella and Rosalie are like a walking hallmark movie and we are more like a lifetime movie." Alice told him."I don't want to find out my neighbor is trying to kill me Jasper. I want a handsome guy to help me find the meaning of Christmas."
"What does that even mean?"Jasper asked helplessly.
"It means we should probably all board the plane before it takes off without us." Carlisle replied stopping Alice from a tirade.
Noticing that they were the only ones beside Carlisle still on the runway Alice dropped the subject for now. She fully planned to bring it up again later though. She deserved to be romanced. If the queen of grumpiness could be a romantic gentleman than her southern gentleman of a mate could be romantic as well.
"If you would all take a seat we will be departing shorty." A stewardess with the name tag Amy said.
Alice took a seat across from Rosalie and Bella. Rosalie had her head on Bella's shoulder while Bella was playing with the fingers of the hand she was holding. When Jasper tried to take the seat next to Alice she glared at him and he quickly scurried away to sit with Emmett in front of the tv where there was a Xbox set up.
"Hello I'm George. I'll be your captain this evening Miss. Shurlong. If you have any requests at all feel free to ask the crew as they will do their best to accommodate you. If you would like to you can check out the cockpit later. I'd be glad to show you how this baby flys." The pilot George told Bella. He ignored the rest of the Cullens completely.
"She will be much to busy during the flight to go anywhere near your cockpit." Rosalie said to the man through gritted teeth causing Emmett to laugh out loud.She shot him a glare that caused him to wisely stop.
"Well yes of course. I mean the offer is there. " George said fumbling his way towards the cockpit.
Bella chuckled. "You're supposed to be relaxing sweetheart not scaring the man who is responsible for guiding this large machine through the air safely."
"Did you hear him? Why don't you visit my cockpit?" Rosalie said in a mocking voice." We all know what he meant. Besides him being an ass he's also a pervert. You're 17 for Christ sake."
Bella nuzzled her nose in Rosalie's hair inhaling her flowery scent. "You're so cute when you get jealous and possessive."
"You think that's cute?" Alice asked intrigued.
"Oh course it's cute. It's her way of showing the world she's proud to be with me." Bella said simply.
"So you find the possessive nature of a vampire an outlet to show their pride in their mate." Bella nodded at Carlisle's question. "Interesting. I never thought of it like that. I always assumed we were like that because of our basic instincts to claim what is ours."
"I feel the opposite. Rosalie being jealous and wanting the world to know I'm hers is her way of telling the world that she is happy with her choice in mate. If she wasn't then she wouldn't care who looked at me or tried to flirt with me." Bella explained.
"I am proud to have you as a mate." Rosalie told her earning a kiss in reply.
"How do you control your jealousy? From what I know of shifters they are rather controlling and volatile when it comes to those who interact with their imprints." Carlisle asked. He liked talking to Bella because with every conversation she gave him something new to think about or discover.
"Don't get me wrong I am jealous. I don't feel the need to control Rosalie because Rosalie is her own person. All her human life she was control and degraded. She doesn't need the one person fate matched her up with to be that way to. Also I know that the jealously is unfounded. She loves me. Even when she isn't saying the words I know she does. So no matter who or what is placed in our path we will face it together." Bella explained.
"Together?" Rosalie asked.
"Together." Bella promised prompting Rosalie to sit in her lap and lay her head on Bella's chest.
"God I can't take it. Rosalie how did you get such an amazing mate?" Alice asked incredulously.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Rosalie asked.
"Well it's just Bella is so cool and she does all these cool things and she treats you like you're a queen and you're well you." Alice replied.
"I'm very cool. How many times do I have to tell you guys that? I am very very cool."Rosalie said defensively.
"Very cool." Bella agreed.
"Yeah you're cool whatever, but seriously you're mate is so perfect. If I weren't with Jasper I probably would fight you for Bella." Alice told her.
Before Rosalie could move to kill Alice Emmett called out. "If I didn't get only sister vibes for Bella I totally would fight you for her also."
Rosalie sighed." Great now I'm going to have to kill both of them."
Bella laughed as she pulled Rosalie closer to her. "Are you tired? We still have a few hours left of the flight."
"Not really are you?" At Bella's nod Rosalie told her." Why don't you put your seat back and I'll get a blanket so you can sleep."
"That sounds good." Bella replied putting her seat back and laying down closing her eyes.
Rosalie smiled at the already sleeping girl when she returned with the blanket. Tucking Bella in she turned to find Alice watching them.
At her questioning look Alice explained. "I've never been around a sleeping person. Well Bella but she was only asleep for about five minutes.I just don't want to miss out on her puppy dreams."
Rosalie rolled her eyes as Esme asked. "What are puppy dreams?"
In an excited whisper Alice replied. "Bella chases after stuff while she's sleeping. She even meows like a kitten. It's so cute."
"Really?" Rosalie nodded in answer to Carlisle's question." Does she do this often? Or just sometimes? I wonder if this is another shifter thing."
"She does it almost every night." Rosalie added before Carlisle could speak. "As for it being a shifter thing I doubt it. Bella isn't like a normal shifter. She carries the traits of both forms at all times. She isn't so much a human who can shift into a tiger she is more like a tiger that can shift into a human. Her animal side makes itself known in everything she does from walking to speaking. She also shifts in less than a second and explained to me it has never hurt her to do so."
"Another mystery." Carlisle said excitedly. "How about you? Do you feel the need to sleep?"
"Not really. I still don't get tired. It's more like a relaxation technique for my body. I do feel more energized when I do but I don't need to sleep at all. I only do so because Bella does." Rosalie told him.
"And dreams? Have you had any?" Carlisle asked.
"I'm not sure." At Carlisle's confused look Rosalie explained." Sometimes when I wake up if feels like I'm trying to find a memory that is just out of reach. I believe I have dreamt but I'm not a hundred percent sure."
" I don't ever remember sleeping. It was more like one day I wasn't there and the next day I was. What's it like?" Alice asked.
"It's hard to explain to a vampire. You know what the meditative state we put ourselves in." Alice nodded. "Well it's like that except you don't have any of your senses or awareness but when you wake up you feel like you have gotten an injection of human blood. You feel so alert and refreshed. "Rosalie explained.
"Maybe while doing your research you guys will come across something that will give us the ability to sleep too." Alice said somberly.
"Maybe." Rosalie agreed. She looked over at Bella curled up on her side snuggled under the blanket sound asleep and smiled. All this talk of dreams she never once asked Bella what she dreamt about. Closing her eyes Rosalie let the sounds of Emmett's video game drowned out the voices of the other's conversations. They had about an hour left to go and she needed a minute to herself before the chaos was set to begin. Closing her eyes she willed herself to sleep.