DISCLAIMER: I don't own twilight just borrowing the characters.
(BELLA'S P.O.V)
I think the word 'weird' doesn't exist to my vocabulary anymore. 'Weird' became the same meaning as 'natural' the day I encountered an injured vampire namely Aro Volturi. One of the three rulers, kings and leaders of all vampires. And now, I found out that my childhood friend is actually a 'shape-shifter' a person or being that has the ability to change into a huge wolf at will. Normally when someone found out that your friend can turn into a wolf form, they freaked out and ran for their lives like a scared child. But not me. I'm used to weird things by now. How can I not? Ever since Aro and I met, strange things keeps happening to me. I was under the protection of a thirteen year old looking girl, I walked in to the Castle full of vampires, I met the Kings and their Queens, earned the nickname Princess, had a huge crush with another vampire and a woman no less, lastly, I witnessed a boy transformed to a huge wolf. It was all weird and yet not. This world of supernaturals, I felt like I'm belong here.
Jacob and I remained to the beach for the rest of the afternoon just talking about his tribe. The Quileute. He told me that their pack is guarding this land from the Cold Ones. All shape-shifters were taught to hate the Cold Ones because of their nature to harm humans. In their eyes, Cold Ones are monsters. Jacob didn't told me what Cold Ones exactly are but I am not slow to understand that he was talking about vampires.
"Are you gonna hate me too if for some reasons I ended up as a Cold Ones?" I asked Jacob curiously because whether he likes it or not I will become a vampire. It just a matter of time before it happens.
"No." Jacob said firmly. A sigh of relief escape to me after I heard this. The seriousness of his voice was hard to missed. "I don't hate all of them. At first yes I hated them. I thought they were monsters because that's what our elders told us since we were kids but I discovered that it wasn't true. They are just like us. Some are bad guys, some are good."
"How did you know there are some good guys too?" the conversation flowed easily between the two of us. The atmosphere isn't tense like I predicted, the air between us is actually lighter despite the seriousness of the topic.
"I met a family of their kind. They are very nice people. Their leader is a doctor. A very compassionate man. Despite being what they are, they refuse to harm humans. They change their natural diet of human's blood into drinking animal's blood." Jacob explained with a shrug as he smiled at me. I'm really proud of him. He really grew up these past five years. His mind thinks like an adult would unlike those other boys especially that boy Paul. He should work for his anger issue more if he doesn't want to transform accidentally in front of human again or worst harm someone.
"Wow, Jake! You sounds like a mature man not a childish boy that splashing water to me just a moment ago!" I exclaimed to him with a mock surprised tone. Jacob pout at me and I giggled at how childish his face looks like.
"I may look like childish but I can be mature too... Sometimes." Jacob said sticking out his tongue at me. I rolled my eyes and mirrored his gestured making the two of us laugh at our childish behavior.
It was an enjoyable afternoon all in all. Jacob and I caught up on our lost time, we bond, talked even bantered and played like the old times. I also learned some more about him and their kinds. After watching the sunset, Jacob asked me to join the others to a bonfire. I hesitated because I don't know how will the other shifter will act around me after the incident with Paul but Jake reassured that they won't hurt me and that he will be there to protect me if something happen. Reluctantly, I went to bonfire with Jacob. The alpha, Sam welcome me to the group. His expression was neutral that it's difficult for me to tell what he was thinking or if he ever wants me here. The other boys are clearly uncomfortable around me. Some are glaring, some are looking at me as if studying me from head to toe. It was Sam that introduced everyone to me. Quil, Jacob's best-friend is really sweet. I can already tell that we will get along. Embry is a quiet type but gave me a simple nod of acknowledgment. Seth the youngest member of the pack has the same personality with Jacob. I learned that he has a sister that studying to other state and that will be coming home soon. Sam continued to introduce the remaining members but I didn't bother remembering their names anymore. It's clear that they don't like me judging by the looks they're giving to me. Paul being the best one on showing his hatred towards me. The night was still fun with Quil, Jacob and Seth entertaining me making me forget about Paul and his glare. When it's time for me to go home, Sam approached me asking to keep what I saw to myself. I nodded at him and promised to him and Jacob that their secret are safe with me. Sam gave his thanks after that then let us leave.
Once I got home, I quickly sent a message to Rosalie and Jane to assure them that I got home safely. Jane went back to Volterra so obviously, she won't be coming tonight in my room. After saying my goodnight to Charlie, I went straight to my room and have a quick shower before finally go to bed.
(ROSALIE'S P.O.V)
'Hey, Rose. Just want to let you know I got home safe and sound. I'll see you and Ali tomorrow. Goodnight. B.'
A smile broke to my face when I received this text from Bella. The worry that I'm feeling all day quickly vanished right after I read it. It was very thoughtful of her to send that message to me knowing I worry about her. Jasper even need to stay away from me the whole day because my emotions were too much for him to handle. When Alice told me that she can't see Bella anymore in her vision, I began to throw a hysterical fit. I can't helped it. I was so worried that I let my instinct took over me. I hurriedly ran out of the door with an intention of going to my mate's house and see for myself if she's fine. I didn't gone farther though. Edward caught up with me easily, I guess Alice called Jasper because he just appeared from nowhere sending me a strong wave of calmness. It worked but not completely because I can still feel the urge to check on my mate. I readied myself to go again but Edward and Jasper stopped me. Soon, Alice arrived too with Emmet behind her. Alice explained to me that it was only natural for Bella's future to vanish if her childhood friend is one of those mutts. She said that maybe Bella's friend is with her that's why she vanished from Alice' vision. Edward nodded in agreement and suggested to go back home to discuss about it. I protested of course. I wanted to see Bella. I need to make sure she's okay. I began to panic again but Jasper was quick to use his gift to me. Emmet and Edward was blocking my way to Bella's house while Alice keeps explaining to me that it wouldn't be good for me to go to Bella because if Bella's friend is really one of the mutts, he will easily smell my scent which will only trigger for him to transform in front of my mate and accidentally hurt her. The thought of my mate getting hurt scared me making me think twice of my decision of going to Bella's house. Hesitantly, I turned around and ran back to our home. My siblings followed me while Jasper keep using his gift to calm me. Once we reached our house, Esme greeted me with a motherly hug. Somehow, her hug is more effective than Jasper's gift.
"Judging from your smile I take it you don't need my gift anymore to know that your little human got home safely." Alice stated with a smile snapping me out of my thoughts.
"She sent a message informing me that she's fine but I knew you already saw that in your vision." I told her sounding relieve knowing my human is now safe in their home. "Thank you for today, Alice. I know I've been difficult and I'm sorry for that."
"You can make it up to me tomorrow." my sister said sweetly smirking at me.
"Going shopping with you isn't enough to make up for it?" I asked. The smirk on her face is telling me that she has something on her mind.
"We both know it is you who will benefit from this shopping, Rose." she pointed out as she crossed her arms to her chest childishly.
"How so?" Alice looked at me incredulously as if saying 'seriously?!'
"Rosie! It is your chance to get closer to her, to get to know her more and most importantly to show or at least give her hint that you're interested in her!" Alice exclaimed disbelievingly that it never crossed my mind but truthfully it had. I'm excited about it actually.
"I know." I said simply. Alice looked at me with a raised eyebrow clearly not believing me so I continue "You're closer to Bella, I just thought maybe she wanted to spend time with you more than myself."
"You're jealous." my sister said I can already see the smirk beginning to form in her face.
"I'm not." I denied not wanting to see her satisfied smirk. She can be cocky sometimes and I don't like it when she does.
"Rose~ is jealous~ of me~" she sang teasingly making the other occupants of the house giggle Emmet being the loudest of them all.
"I said I am NOT. Stop laughing, damn it!" I told them glaring at my sister who just continue smirking at me.
"Okay, okay! I get it you're NOT jealous of me." Alice surrendered with both of her hands raised above her head in a surrender position but the glint in her eyes and the wide grin in her face were still present as she continue to speak dreamily "Do you know how warm her skin felt like? How adorable she was when she blushed furiously especially after I gave her a kiss on the cheek? How shy can she get whe-"
"Mary Alice Brandon Cullen!" I cut her short with a narrowed eyes. How can she kissed my Bella?! Even if it's just on the cheek that doesn't mean I can't be jealous! How can I not? I hadn't even held her hand that long yet, and Alice had already kissed her?! That just not fair!
"Yup, Rosalie Lillian Hale is NOT jealous." Alice declared flashing her victorious smile at me. I groaned loudly realizing I fell from Alice bait.
"I hate you." I said defeated.
"I love you too, big sister." Alice replied to me cheekily before blurring out to the woods to hunt.
Exactly seven o'clock when I found myself and Alice in front of the Swan residence. Alice eagerly knock on their door and was greeted by a middle-aged man who's I'm guessing is Bella's father, Charlie. Once we're inside their house I fought the frown that starting to form in my face when I smelt the not so pleasant scent of the shifters a.k.a dogs/mutts/mongrels that came from the kitchen but there something else... the smell was too faint but I can smell it nevertheless, it wasn't just a scent from the mongrels, it was different and yet familiar.
"Uhm make yourself comfortable, I'll just go upstairs to wake Bella." I heard Charlie said disturbing my thoughts about the scent. Alice being a good actress as she is, used it to Charlie so we can wake Bella ourselves. She really wanted to see Bella's room or her wardrobe specifically. Charlie hesitated at first but let us anyway. He said he'll leave us to ourselves seeing he will be late in his work if he won't leave now. Alice and I just nodded at him politely then head to Bella's room.
The scent that hit our nostril made us stop dead on our tracks. The same scent I smelt downstairs is now noticeable here at Bella's room. It wasn't Bella's nor Charlie's. It wasn't a human's scent nor a shifter's. Glancing at Alice, I knew she had reached the same conclusion as me. Vampire. It was a scent of another vampire. Not the Cullens obviously.
"Whoever it was, it's not here anymore." Alice said quietly as to not wake Bella up and hear our conversation. I just nodded at her still looking around for any trace. I'm not going let my guard down knowing there's a mystery vampire stalking to my princess. I saw Alice open Bella's wardrobe and frown at the lack of style she's seeing in my mate's clothing. "Wake her up, Rose. We have a lot of shopping to do."
"I don't think she will wants to wake up after hearing that." I said to her as I sat at the side of the bed and gently shook Bella's shoulder. "Bella, it's time to wake up."
"Rosalie?" her voice sounded deep and raspy, her half-lidded eyes were a bit red and her hair was a little disheveled. She looks utterly... sexy. I watched as her surprised expression changed to confusion, to embarrass to confusion again and finally recognition. It was a pleasant and a bit funny sight to see.
"Uhm... good morning, Rose, Ali. May I ask what you two are doing in my room?" she asked sleepily as she got up from the bed and stretched her arms which makes her looks sexier in her button-down sleep-shirt.
"Waking you up, what else?" Alice answered when she noticed that I'm too distracted to respond. "Here, I picked an outfit for you today. Go ahead and get ready while Rose and I prepare breakfast for you."
"Alright, see you two downstairs."
It was after thirty minutes when Bella joined us to the dining room wearing the outfit that Alice picked for her and the bracelet she usually wore at school. She looks good as always and I complimented her about it. Bella, being shy as she is, blushed adorably as she mumbled a 'thank you' before sitting next to me. Bella ate her breakfast while Alice and I entertained her with stories about our travels without mentioning about vampires. When she's done, Alice and Bella had a little argument on who will do the dishes. Alice insisted to do it but Bella doesn't allow it. In the end, I did the dishes myself without the two noticing as they were so absorbed with their bickering. Once that was over, Alice excitedly dragged Bella and I to the car as if the bickering between her and my mate didn't happened then drove off to Port Angeles.
The shopping center was already open by the time we got there. Alice being the most excited among us, ushered me and Bella to a stylish clothing shop making Bella groaned in displeasure.
"Alice, I will NEVER wear any of this!" Bella whined when Alice shoved those fashionable dresses to her and ushered her to a dressing room.
"Yes you will. Now get inside and try all of that, or you want me and Rose to help you?" Alice wink at me right after she said this.
"No, I don't need anyone's help because I will NEVER wear nor try that ridiculously uncomfortable dresses." Bella defiantly said looking straight to Alice' eyes. Alice of course doesn't want to lose this battle so she pulled me and Bella inside the changing room. Once inside, she gave me the dresses to hold then began unbuttoning my mate's shirt. "Alice! What in the world are you doing?!"
"Helping you undress." Alice answered as she continue unbuttoning Bella's shirt.
"Sorry, Bella. Nobody can stop Alice when it comes to this not even me so I can't help you." I said to her when she glanced at me pleadingly. I felt bad for her, she obviously doesn't want to do anything with those dresses Alice insisted her to try. Bella heaved a defeated sigh then stopped Alice from undressing her.
"I can undress myself, you two can wait outside." Alice face broke to a huge grin and cheerfully dragged me outside the changing room but not before I sent Bella an apologetic look.
And that's how the whole morning was spent. Alice dragging us to every clothing store, Bella whining and complaining here and then, me acting as referee between the two. It was fun nonetheless. The bantering and bickering between Bella and Alice was really entertaining. As time goes by, Bella becomes more and more comfortable with us. Her shyness was not completely gone but she's more open to us now, she joke, laugh and tease with us. There was also a time where she got physically affectionate to me in a simple manner like holding my hands, resting her head against my shoulder or giving me a quick hug everytime she won an argument to Alice. So far, the day with Bella was perfect and hopefully it stays like this with the rest of the day.
"Can't we take a break? I'm getting tired of too much walking." for a hundred times Bella whined but this time it was real. I can tell from the way she was dragging her feet to keep up with Alice. I stopped and glance at the time in my phone and was surprised that it was already past noon.
"Bella, how come you haven't complaint of being hungry yet? For the love of God it's already past noon! You should be having lunch by now!" I exclaimed wide eyes realizing we haven't bought her food ever since we got here. She keeps whining about dresses and other things but never had once complains about her needs of being fed.
"Now that you mention it, I think I'm also hungry. Does that mean we're gonna take a break from all this walking and shopping now?" Bella respond to me with a hopeful look directly at me and Alice. 'who can't say no to that look?' Alice and I shared a brief glance to each other before nodding a confirmation to Bella.
"Yes but you two can go ahead and order food. I'll catch up with you later I'll just put some of our shopping bags to our car so we can shop more again after lunch." Alice said in her usual cheerful voice while Bella groaned at the thought of more shopping. I just nodded to Alice then part with her.
"Can't we ditch the shopping and do something else instead?" Bella suggested while we are waiting for her food to be served. She didn't questioned me why I didn't ordered for myself, in fact she never mention about it at all. Come to think of it, I didn't remember Bella reacted to my cold body temperature or my marble-like skin, she didn't comment about Alice' strength when she carries all those shopping bags despite her tiny size and I'm not sure if she noticed that we're not really eating at the cafeteria in school but if she did, she chose to ignore it. Bella is a smart, very curious and observant person so it was really odd for her to not ask anything unless she already knew what we are but that's impossible! Right? I glanced at Bella in front of me, she's still waiting for my reply with that adorable hopeful look in her face. She looks normal to me, a human. There's no way she knew about vampires. I pushed that thought in the back of my mind and offered a smile to Bella before responding to her.
"I don't think Alice will like that but don't worry I'll tell Alice to stop forcing you to try any dresses you don't like." I said reassuring her although I like seeing her in dress, she looks good with those.
"I don't like dresses entirely so you have to tell her not to make me try anything at all." she said with a pout but that pout turned to a huge smile when she saw the food arrives. She thanks the waiter and began eating.
"I don't understand why you dislike wearing a dress, those dresses are really looks good on you." I said truthfully at her. She looked down to her food blushing slightly but I can see the smile adorning her already beautiful face I couldn't help but smile too. A rare genuine smile.
"T-thanks... uhm I'm just not comfortable with those, I'm used to jeans, sneakers you know something like that..." she stopped when she realized she's babbling and bit her lip as she smiled at me shyly. It's so cute that even me, Rosalie Hale wanted to squeal in my seat and hug her... but of course, I didn't. I just smiled at her in response and we remained silent for awhile. She ate her food quietly while I forced myself not to watch her every move to no avail. I pulled out my phone in my pouch to pretend I'm using it but truthfully, I am watching Bella when she thought I am not looking. I know it's kinda creepy but she fascinates me, it's like I was hypnotized by her beauty which really odd because I am the vampire one, I should be the one to have that affect on her. I shook that thought aside and resume watching my Bella. That's when I realized that watching her eating is such a bad idea. I felt my control beginning to slip out when I saw her lick her pink luscious lips. My instinct is telling me to take her and devour her lips with kisses here and then. I refused to comply with my instinct though. It was difficult to fight it but I need to, I have to. I don't want to scare Bella away by kissing her. I looked down to my phone and try not to think about her inviting lips. I have to calm down, I need that image of her lips to go away. But damn it! I am a vampire, I have a perfect memory! How can I forget that thought?! Her lips, her lips looks so soft. I want to feel it, to taste it, to...
"Rosalie? Are you okay?" a concerned voice of Bella interrupted whatever I was thinking. Looking up to her, the first thing I saw was her lips. I stared there for what it seems like forever though it was only seconds before I turned my gaze away from her lips and looked straight in her eyes instead. Without thinking I asked...
"Can I kiss you?"