I was sat in the backseat of the BMW between Aro and Marcus while Caius had taken it upon himself to drive us to Emilie's house. I'd given him very clear directions and provided him with the address and even a map of where it was, yet still he managed to get us lost, so we circled around her block again, and again, and again. When we did eventually find her house, he couldn't find a parking space, prompting some minor road rage between him and some guy on his motorbike that had used up the last free space.
Once we were finally parked, Caius began to reach for the door handle. "Stop," I held my hand up, "I think maybe it would be smart if I didn't walk around telling everyone I have three boyfriends."
"Ah, but it is always more fun that way," Aro laughed sarcastically.
I shook my head at him before continuing. "So, I've decided that Caius will act as my 'boyfriend' because he is closest to my age physically," I turned to him sternly, "don't blow your chances on this blondie, or I'll replace you easy."
Usually Caius would be a little annoyed at my 'attitude', but he seemed too pleased with the news that he would be the one to walk around with me to be angry. Aro and Marcus, however, were visibly disappointed, although they tried very hard to hide it.
Marcus climbed out from my right and held the car door open for me to assist me out. Either way, I stumbled a little at the curb, only to be caught by Aro before I had the chance to trip over. Caius didn't hesitate to wrap his right arm possessively around my waist and lead me up to the front door with Marcus and Aro both trailing behind with their shoulders subtly slumped over.
When Emilie said 'party', I didn't think she meant turning her entire house into some kind of nightclub. The constantly flashing strobe lights hurt my eyes a little and painfully loud electronic music blared from the massive speaker system she had set up in the corner of her front room. If anything, looking around at some of the other girls here, I felt overdressed. Caius seemed marginally disgusted at the drunkenness of some of the people in the room as almost everyone seemed to be carrying a bottle of beer or a red plastic cup.
"Eli-Eli-Eli, hey gorgeous!" One of my friends, Chloe, stumbled over to me and wrapped her arms around my shoulders tightly, offering me her plastic cup, "want some?"
"What is it?" I yelled over the deafening music.
"Vodka, it's incredible girl," she downed it in one gulp, "catch you later!" she called as she spotted someone else in the dense crowd of people.
"Who was that?" Caius spoke as close to my ear as possible so I could hear him.
"Chloe, yeah, she's always the first one to lose all sense at these kinda things," I laughed.
Marcus stepped over beside me. "You are not planning on drinking, are you?"
"Hell no, you have no idea the kind of guys Emilie has invited and what they do to some of the drinks here. Look, that guy over there, the one talking to the girl with the purple hair," I pointed into the crowd, "his name is Ethan, and he cooks drugs into a bunch of baked goods and distributes them to people. I almost took a cupcake from him once, now that could've ended badly."
"What did I tell you, Aro? Stupid, that pathetic adolescent boy had the balls to attempt to drug my little mate, and goodness knows whatever other disgusting intentions he had planned towards her!" Caius barked, his grip on my waist tightening considerably.
"Now, now, brother, no harm was done, no matter the intentions," Aro spoke calmly but still raised his voice so I could hear their conversation.
"Everyone thinks he's a dick, don't worry. He probably just gatecrashed this party, so I give you full permission to feed on him," I giggled, taking Caius' cold hand and leading him through the crowd, "let's go meet people."
"How many people here do you know then?" he asked.
"Most of them, but I only really talk to a few- BECKY!" I shouted, dragging Caius along behind me like a stubborn puppy dog.
"Eli, I didn't realise you were coming!" she hugged me briefly, almost spilling the contents of her beer bottle over me, "and who's this?"
"This is my boyfriend, Caius," I gestured to him, "and his brothers, Aro and Marcus!"
She looked at me confusedly, probably due to their bizarre names. Caius glared at her slightly while Aro leant over and shook her hand. "Pleasure to meet you, my dear!"
"If you get the blonde one, can I have the other two?" she laughed, looking Aro and Marcus up and down.
"They're married bitch!" I jokingly kicked her leg and hugged her once more before she ran off back into the crowd after spotting her boyfriend.
As the four of us continued to slowly edge our way through the crowds of people, I noticed that, while Marcus had been walking through in virtual silence and Caius was subtly spilling people's drinks on them, Aro had shaken hands with almost everyone we'd met so far.
"Aro, you're really reading everyone in here?" I turned to face him.
"I have a fun list of people who have fantasised about you at some point in their lives, and I will certainly share it later! Some of the fantasies were…fascinating!" he clapped his hands gleefully.
Caius growled, holding me possessively close to him. "No one is allowed to fantasise about my mate in that way other than me!"
"I agree with Caius, Aro that list is disgusting!" Marcus chimed in.
"But are you not the least bit curious, brother? Some of them really did come as a surprise to me!" he seemed worryingly excited about this.
"You just can't help it, can you?" I shook my head with a laugh and continued leading us slowly through Emilie's front room.
After a few moments, I turned around to see that some basic blonde bitch was flirting with Aro. For some reason, nothing but jealousy overtook my emotions and my hands formed tight fists at my sides. It looked like Aro was attempting to politely get rid of her, but she was not only drunk, but also stubbornly leaning on his shoulder.
With a growl, I forced a smile and stepped over to Aro, kissing him on the cheek and embracing him tightly. "Can I help you?"
"She's yours then? Huh, shame, you could do way better! If you ever get bored of this chick, I'm around!" she called, ducking back into the crowd.
"Eliana, I never thought of you as the jealous type!" he humoured.
I turned to Aro exasperatedly. "Can you maybe not try and find a new mate for yourself while we're here?"
"She is not at all my type, cara mia!" he chuckled and kissed my forehead before handing me back over to Caius who encircled his arm back around my waist.
"What's your type then?" I raised an eyebrow.
"About 5'5" tall, brunette hair which has been coloured blonde, gorgeous blue eyes, perfect lips, breathtaking figure, adorable smile and laugh, shares a true mate bond with me!" he yelled while 'Shut Up and Drive' blared out of the speaker system.
"You have the same type as me, what joy!" Marcus chuckled.
I blushed and hid my face in Caius' shoulder as we worked our way through a few more people. Once 'Just Dance' by Lady Gaga came on, Chloe came out of the crowd and grabbed my hand, leading me over to the dance floor with her. Caius followed reluctantly along with Aro and Marcus just behind him. I danced with her for the duration of the song, while my mates watched on in amusement as I belted out the lyrics. She scrambled off once 'Promiscuous' came on, which was when Marcus hesitantly came to join me on the dance floor.
I took his hands and tugged him towards me. "Come dance!"
"How is this considered music?" he chuckled with his arms wrapped around my waist.
I placed my hands on his shoulders as we lazily swayed along to the music, despite the song being a little too lively for that. "Don't you like it?"
"Half of the songs I have listened to here so far have been about sex, including this one!" he laughed.
"Come on, it's fun!" I giggled, tucking a strand of his hair out of his face and behind his shoulder.
Aro stepped over beside us. "When is it my turn then?"
"That other bitch you were talking to is over there somewhere!" I pointed into the distance with a giggle.
He frowned and pulled me away from Marcus by my waist before spinning me around to face him. "You are the only one I want, bellissima, and I always get what I want!"
"Do you now?" I eyed him sceptically and attempted to pull away from him to go to Caius.
He held me flush against him, his grip around my waist tighter than before. "I do, and I always will!"
I giggled. "How's your little fantasy list going then?"
"I will inform you later tonight, but the list is growing considerably!" he chuckled.
"God, why the hell are people wasting their time thinking about me?" I laughed awkwardly.
"Because any man would be the luckiest man in the world to have you in their life, or their bed," he leaned in to whisper huskily in my ear, "but you are mine, il mio amore, and I will do with you whatever I please."
Caius was suddenly standing beside us. "Brother, please do list these names now so I can hunt the pathetic scum down sooner rather than later!"
"That would be quite the bloodbath, I can assure you!" Aro smiled slightly psychotically.
He growled. "They have no right to be fantasising about my little mate, Aro!"
"I'm not that little!" I insisted.
"Yes you are, carissima!" he grinned and turned back around to face Aro, "Only I am allowed to fantasise about Eliana, not those-"
"You do?" I asked him.
Aro chuckled. "He does, very often as well! So does Marcus, and admittedly me, but I am already aware that you do the same, cara mia! Just last night, you were fantasising deeply about Marcus-"
"Why are you like this?" I hid my face in his shirt.
"You were?" Marcus appeared on the other side with a smug grin on his face.
I glanced up at Aro. "Aro, some things just shouldn't be verbalised!" I raised my voice over the music.
"Eli, I have something I think you'll love!"
I spun on my heel to be met with Ethan, carrying a suspicious-looking Tupperware container. "Yes Ethan?"
Caius growled, pulling me back by my arm and gripping my waist securely. Meanwhile, Aro leant over and shook his hand. "It is wonderful to meet you, Ethan!"
Ethan cocked his head to the side. "You too man, came over to offer some macaroons!"
"I see, you're really pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and cooking something other than cupcakes then?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Trust me, these will change your life," he reached into the container and held out an oddly delicious-looking one, "don't knock it 'til you've tried it!"
I rolled my eyes. "Well I am knocking it thanks, keep it moving!"
"Just take it for later!" he insisted.
Ignoring Caius' increasing growls, I took the macaroon from him and crumbled it in my hand into his Tupperware container. "Not a baked goods kinda girl, sorry dude!"
"Bitch," he muttered under his breath and weaved away back into the crowd.
Marcus started for him but I held him back. "Don't bother, you're wasting your time!"
"I must say, you handled that exceptionally!" Aro smiled.
"I wanted to rip his throat out!" Caius snarled.
I patted him on the shoulder. "I know, I know!"
"Maybe this is a good a time as any to leave?" Marcus suggested, taking my hand in his.
"Good idea, let's go!" I giggled as Marcus lead me back out of the house and down the front path.
"This was fun," Aro clapped his hands together joyously.
"No it was not, brother. Now I want to kill these teenage boys more than I did before," Caius groaned, climbing back into the driver's seat.
I sat in the backseat as before between Aro and Marcus, while Aro couldn't help but place his hand on the inside of my thigh, his fingertips slowly edging upwards. Not now, I thought to myself, and he reluctantly moved his hand away and placed it in his lap. The rest of the drive back was much shorter than the drive there, probably because Caius wasn't busy stressing out about parking spaces.
Once we got back out of the car outside my house, Marcus instantly picked me up bridal style as I let out a startled yelp and placed me down on his lap on the edge of my bed within a split second. His lips softly caressed my neck and his hands rested on my hips while Aro suddenly captured my lips passionately with his. I felt another pair of cold hands prying my skin-tight dress off my body roughly and I froze up suddenly.
This was weird. Why was this weird? It just was, I mean, sex with all three of them at once? Something inside of me really felt uncomfortable with the thought of it, it just seemed so…alien.
Marcus sensed my sudden feeling of discomfort and began purring in my ear reassuringly. Caius took a step back along with Aro, who carefully ran the back of his hand along the side of my face.
"Is something the matter, tesoro?" Marcus murmured.
"Eliana simply feels uncomfortable with the thought of all three of us pleasuring her at once," Aro explained softly.
Pleasuring? Again? Surely there's a better term to use.
Aro withdrew his hand with a chuckle. "Unlike Caius, I will not use terms such as 'finger fucking', cara mia."
"Why does it make you feel so uncomfortable?" Caius asked me.
I glanced down at my lap timidly and blushed. "For now, I'm just drawing the line at gang-banging."
"Gang-banging?" Marcus seemed confused.
Caius laughed. "It is when multiple partners engage in sex with another partner, brother. You have a lot to learn."
"And you didn't approve when I used the term 'pleasuring'," Aro shook his head light-heartedly in disbelief.
I opened my mouth to say 'you can't make me' before closing it again. They could, they could easily. Hell, they were a bunch of ridiculously-strong vampires, and I was a weak human girl, what chance did I stand?
Aro removed his hand from my thigh, which I didn't even realise was there before, with a frown on his face. "Bellissima, we will never force you into anything you are not comfortable with."
Marcus tightened his arms around my waist, pressing gentle kisses to the exposed skin on my neck and shoulder. "Maybe another time," he chuckled under his breath.
Quickly, Caius scooped me up from Marcus' lap and placed me down on his, holding me as humanly close to him as possible and cradling me gently in his arms as if I was the most fragile object in existence. After a few moments, I stood up from his lap and picked up a t-shirt from the back of my desk chair.
"What are you doing, carissima?" Caius asked.
"Do you honestly think I'm going to sleep in this?" I raised my eyebrow, gesturing to the dress which was now sliding off my body to the point where it only just covered the important parts.
I hastily dashed into the bathroom and came out a few moments later, dress in hand. It seemed that, yet again, my mates couldn't help but stare at me when I came through my bedroom door. Probably because I was literally only wearing a t-shirt and underwear, mind you.
I glanced at them blankly, my cheeks heating up. "What did I do this time?"
"Nothing at all, tesoro," Marcus pretended to be interested in something in the distance.
I crawled across my bed and settled on top of Caius, with just enough space for Aro and Marcus to lie down beside us. He moved me so that I was lying on my front with my legs either side of him and pulled a throw blanket over us, not that I needed it as it was the middle of summer.
"So," Aro began, "did you want to hear the list of people who have at some point fantasised about dear Eliana?"
"Lord give me strength," I muttered.
He chuckled. "I will take that as a yes, cara mia. Now, in order of who we encountered during that fun little visit to Emilie's house: Sam, other Sam, Charlie…," the list continued for a minute or so, "…and finally, Ethan. Ethan was particularly fascinating, I found his fantasy rather spectacular myself."
Caius didn't seem overly bothered by the list of names, but I knew that couldn't possibly be a good sign. Marcus however seemed to tense up a little more at each name, so I squeezed his hand reassuringly as he traced patterns absent-mindedly on the skin of my forearm.
"Well, it's not like I'll ever see them again in anyway," I shrugged.
"But they could continue to have these inappropriate thoughts for the foreseeable future," Caius argued.
"Babe, just let it go, they're just a bunch of horny ass teenage boys who will literally sleep with any girl who shows any slight interest in them," I assured him.
He gave up but still growled lowly while he held my head to his chest. "You are mine, carissima. Sleep now, you need rest."
Author's note: There you have it, the Volturi awkwardly standing around at a teenager's party. It's so sad that there literally are very few chapters left in this story, but I hope you'll be pleased to hear that I will definitely be starting a sequel very soon after this is complete.
Anyway, thank you so much for reading, be sure to leave some feedback because your comments are brilliant haha, stay safe, and ily lots!