A/N: Welcome back! You'll find that I'm popping out these chapters like they're nothing and thats because I'm home most of this week so I have time on my hands. However, we are here at the infamous meeting the family scene as well as a little shopping trip between Alice and Lilith. We are starting to pick up! As always Review and Enjoy! Replies to Previous Reviewers will be at the end of the chapter.

Story: Pinky Promise

Rated: T

Parings: BellaxEdward, AlicexOCxJasper (Polyamorous), CarlislexEsme, RosaliexEmmett

Summary: Bella should have asked how to pronounce Santa when she was younger, who would've thought she made a pinkie promise with the devil herself?

Read to me;

A page from your soul;

One night at a time

-Jonny Ox

Chapter 5: Deal with the Devil

"Lilith, what should I wear?" Bella was staring at her closet like it would become sentient and attack her at any moment. It was Saturday, the scheduled day where Bella and Lilith were going to visit the Cullen household and Lilith's unavoidable shopping trip with Alice.

"I'm sure you'll be fine with some jeans and a nice shirt Bells." Lilith replied, she was sitting at Bella's desk, in her hand was a cheesy romance novel about fallen angels. "I can't believe you've read this trash, none of it is true. And I mean come on, this guy Patch is a total dick."

Bella turned around to see what Lilith was reading and blushed at the book in her hand. She plucked the book from her grasp and threw it in her closet. "It was a phase." Bella muttered.

"Oh?" Lilith gave Bella a knowing grin. "I see, you've went from checking out fallen angels to getting all physical with vampires." Lilith leaned back in the desk chair, enjoying Bella's face become even more red.

"Lilith!"

Satan laughed her head thrown back and shoulders shaking. Composing herself Lilith looked at Bella who was now back to staring at her closet. The girl was still in her underwear, Lilith rolled her eyes and checked the time on her golden watch, something she put on for today's attire. She was meeting Alice and Jasper's 'parents' and being a woman who was proud of her image Lilith didn't want to dress like she had been at school. The devil decided to wear light blue jeans and a casual button up collared shirt that was the same color. Draped on top of the chair was a beige blazer. Hopefully the attire wouldn't disappoint Alice, Lilith was sure that woman was prepared for her to walk in her home with some sweats on.

Deciding to not let Bella die of a fashion aneurysm, Lilith stood up from seated position and walked over to stand next to Bella. Arms crossed the two females stared at the closet for a while until Lilith spoke up. "Wear the long sleeved grey shirt with the tan pants and flats." As Lilith spoke Bella took out the selected articles of clothing and laid them on her bed. Taking one last look at the attire Bella nodded and smiled gratefully at her friend. However the smile quickly turned into a look of horror when the doorbell rang.

"Shit, he's here?"

Lilith raised a brow "You're the one who spent twenty minutes freaking out on how you should introduce yourself to the family instead of getting ready." Lilith shooed Bella into the bathroom "Go get ready, I'm pretty sure it's time for Edward and I to have a heart to heart talk about his intentions with you."

"Lilith…" Bella said her name in a warning tone. Lilith responded with a calm smile and grabbed her blazer on the chair before giving Bella a wink and walked downstairs to the door. Opening it Lilith found a rather nervous Edward standing before her. Giving him a smile Lilith invited him in.

"Hello Edward, Bella is upstairs getting ready, she should be down in a few minutes." Walking into to kitchen Lilith pulled out a chair and sat down, legs crossed. "But, while we're on the topic of Bella let's discuss your intentions with her."

If Edward had the ability to sweat he would be doing it in buckets. Something about Lilith's demeanor screamed for him to run away. Instead he swallowed a copious amount of venom triggered by reaction to danger and sat down across from Lilith, hands laced together and placed on the table. Edward noticed the short sleeved shirt she was wearing exposed her arms, showing of numerous scars that made Edward wonder if the girl bear wrestled or did some other dangerous feat in her spare time.

"Bella is my best friend," Lilith began "She's practically my sister in every way except for blood." The woman gave Edward a knowing glance as she stated this. "Therefore, if I find out that you've hurt Bella in any way, shape, or form, I will proceed to make the rest of your immortal life a living hell." Lilith basked in the nervous ticks Edward was showing. His strong jaw twitched and topaz eyes, bright from hunting recently, showed apprehension within them.

'Why do I get the feeling she isn't joking?' Edward thought to himself. Nodding and finding his voice Edward replied.

"I wouldn't even think of hurting Bella, not for a second."

"Be sure it stays that way." With that the conversation was over and Edward felt he talked to Bella's father rather than her friend. The two then both heard Bella rush down the stairs, appearing around the corner the girl was slightly out of breath from trying to move quickly.

"Sorry, are we ready?" She asked. Lilith nodded and put on her blazer while Bella grabbed her jacket. Edward being the everlasting gentleman, held the door open for the two ladies and once Bella made sure to lock the door the three hopped in Edward's car. They rode in a comfortable silence, Bella striking up an idle conversation now and again as Edward sped down the road. Eventually they pulled into the long dirt road that was considered the Cullen's driveway. Bella chewed on her lip.

"What if they don't like me?"

"It's a little too late for that."

Bella glared at Lilith from the rear view mirror who she in return, gave her a raised brow. Edward responded to his mate attempting to quell her nervous mood.

"You'll be fine Bella, Alice and Jasper already like you via from Lilith." Coming into view was the coven's home and Edward slowed his Volvo down to a stop. "The others will love you, Esme's been excited to finally meet you and Lilith."

Now the three were coming to the front door, Edward and Bella in the lead and Lilith traveling behind them, her black eyes took in the beautiful house and trees surrounding it. When Edward opened the door the two girls were hit by a aroma of smells. The first thing Bella saw was a strange sight indeed. The family of vampires were cooking. Rosalie was tossing salad in a bowl, her face morphed into incredulous disgust as if she had to be doing such a mundane task. Emmett was taking out a tray of garlic bread from the oven, the temperature of his cold skin making contact with the hot material caused steam to rise from the source. Esme was mixing some type of batter for a cake. From Lilith's sense of smell she guessed it was chocolate, her favorite. Carlisle, the helpful husband, was assisting his wife by checking on the boiling pot of pasta, simmering on top of the stove. They all paused their actions seeing the trio enter the home, Esme wiped her hands on a dish towel and walked up to greet the two newcomers.

"Bella! Lilith! It's finally nice to meet you. Im Esme, Carlisle's wife." Bella found Esme strikingly beautiful her posture screamed motherly, Bella waved at the woman with a sheepish smile, while Lilith gave her a small bow at the waist responding.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Esme."

Esme smiled and clasped her hands together "Well, we hope you two are hungry because we made some food for you."

Bella's eyes darted to Lilith's own whose glinted at the word food. Bella couldn't understand it, well maybe she did but Lilith enjoyed basking in 'human activities' while she was on her vacation. She didn't need to eat, but she enjoyed the variety of different textures and flavors that exploded on her tongue when she ate. Lilith also didn't need to sleep either, but she enjoyed the feeling of drifting of and thinking of nothing while your physical body rests. She was weird, but that's why Bella loved her.

'Bella's probably thinking I'm weird right now.' Lilith thought as she replied to Esme kindly. "Well I'm starving, but you didn't have to make a three course meal." Lilith chuckled. "What are you even going to do with all the extra food? You all don't eat."

Esme simply waved her hand. "We'll worry about that later. Bella? Are you hungry?"

Bella shook her head. "No thank you Esme, I already ate." The family heard Rosalie growl at this and Lilith shifted her gaze to the blonde making the action being cut short. In a instant Rosalie felt a bucket of cold water being dumped on her as she froze looking into Lilith's eyes.

"Babe?" Emmett wrapped an arm around Rosalie's waist. "Are you okay?" He murmured quietly. Rosalie shook her head coming out of her stupor and nodded.

"Fine." She said "I'm fine." Before what just happened could be touched upon Jasper and Alice entered the kitchen from the outside balcony.

"Lilith has no time to eat Esme, we need to get her out of those-" Alice paused mid-sentence as she stared at Lilith's attire, confusion shown on her face. Emmett's booming laugh came afterwards.

"Holy shit Lilith, you broke Alice!"

"Emmett! Language!"

"Sorry."

Jasper's shoulders were shaking, he was holding in his laughter finding the hilarity in this situation as he held Alice in his arms. His wife was going off all morning, preparing herself for the inevitable of Lilith showing up in her usual dress code she wore for school, sweats and flannels. It didn't help that Alice couldn't see Lilith either, so Mrs. Whitlock was in the dark when it came to Lilith's fashion sense. Needless to say Jasper was surprised as well seeing the ebony woman show up in dapper attire he could appreciate. From Alice he could feel excitement, appreciation, and something else stir in her as she stared at their friend. "Alice, love." Jasper spoke quietly into her ear, causing her to shiver. "You're staring."

Blinking multiple times, Alice gently removed herself from Jasper's embrace and walked around Lilith taking in her clothing. Stepping back she crossed her arms and seemed to pout.

"Well, I didn't expect you to be-"

"Dashing? Handsome? Making men fall head over heels and women swoon for me?" Lilith wiggled her eyebrows at the couple making Emmett laugh once more.

"Ooo, I like you Lils." Lilith laughed as she turned and gave a thumbs up to Emmett.

"Thank you Emmett, but I'm afraid you're already taken by the lovely lady you have in your arms." Lilith winked a Rosalie, who actually scoffed and turned her head, not wanting to let the human see her small smile. Alice huffed playfully as she pointed a finger at Lilith.

"We're still going shopping I hope you know."

"Can I eat first?"

"You get thirty minutes."

"Thirty?! Alice I need at least an hour."

"Forty-five."

"You might as well take it darlin' there's no winning against Alice."

Bella laughed softly seeing her friend get along well with the family. She suddenly heard Edward murmured quietly. "Come on let me give you a tour of the rest of the house." The two left, leaving the rest of the family with Lilith, who was now darkly muttering how vampires had no sense of time.

Sitting down in front of a plate piled high of food, courtesy of Esme, and dug in. She groaned in pleasure as the different types of tastes exploded on her tongue. And out of the corner of her eye Lilith saw Esme beam at the reaction. Alice was sitting on the island in the kitchen, tapping the granite top impatiently, waiting for Lilith to finish.

"So Lilith, Edward told us you knew what we were before Bella figured it out." It was the head of the Cullen Coven who spoke. Carlisle was curious, he wanted to know how this human knew their secret. Swallowing a carrot from her salad, Lilith responded.

"He's right, I've known since the first day of school." she shrugged "My family has always been superstitious, my grandmother told me stories of the red-eyed monsters. Hell, my grandfather was killed by a vampire, so naturally I've become more observant to the supernatural world. I spotted the tell-tale signs, pale skin, unnatural beauty, your eyes, also you guys should really focus on actually at least taking a bit out of your food at lunch." Lilith lied smoothly, that was a given bonus for being the master deceiver. She didn't want to let the Cullens know who she really was, it wasn't necessary in her opinion. Here on Earth she was just Lilith, Bella's best friend. Carlisle nodded and seemed to accept this.

"Well," He said "Regardless of how you figured out we're happy to have you here."

Lilith smiled and finished devouring her meal, thanking Esme once again when she was finished. Lilith stood and button her blazer, giving a pointed look at Alice she held out a hand. Alice appreciating the gesture grasped it, cautious of her strength, and hopped off the island.

"Well, Alice I'm at your utter mercy, ready to go?" Alice squealed in excitement.

"Finally!" She said and hand still encased with Lilith's dragged her out the house only stopping by Jasper, giving him a peck on the lips. Jasper caught the fearful looks in Lilith's eyes and the human looked at the Major. 'What have I gotten myself into?' Jasper smirked and waved at the two girls as they left silently replying.

'You have no idea.'

Alice sped down the interstate, vibrating in her seat with excitement. She was going to be shopping with Lilith. Her excitement was increased twofold, learning that Lilith had a taste for fashion. They talked in the car getting to know each other better, Alice learned that Lilith owned a lot of business and formal wear. When Lilith spoke how she owned a handful of pencil skirts and heels, the vampire's mind blanked at the image that appeared.

"So why do you wear such casual wear at school?" Alice asked.

"It's school Alice. We sit there eight hours a day, I want to be comfortable." Surprisingly Alice couldn't argue with that logic.

When they reached Port Angeles Lilith soon learned that if Alice had a sinful and guilty soul she would most definitely condemn her to the Fourth Circle of Hell. This woman loved to shop. They spent hours at the mall, Alice dragged her to every shop known to man, but Lilith found that she didn't care as long as she was spending time with the pixie. Lilith had to stop Alice from buying her too many dresses, subtle hinting to her more masculine dress code. Through the art of persuasion Lilith had Alice buy more stuff for Bella than for herself.

Now Lilith was sitting at the food court, reminding Alice that she needed nourishment. Alice told her she was going to make one more stop at a shore store while she ate and then they could head back home. Sipping on a chocolate milkshake Lilith became aware of a group of guys who've been eyeing her for the last ten minutes. 'Great,' she thought 'please don't let me have to deal with some idiots tonight.' Lilith hoped eventually the group would get up and leave, unfortunately that was not meant to be as the leader of the boys walked to her table.

"Hey cutie, what are you doing here all by yourself?"

Lilith's black eyes took a good look at the male who even had the nerve to speak to her 'He has balls I'll give him that.'

"I'm waiting for a friend." Lilith tapped her foot and eyed the way Alice left to go to the store hoping to see her on her way back.

"Well when she gets back why don't you and her come hang with us?" His grin was lecherous as his friends laughed over at the next table and Lilith felt a spike of annoyance rush through her. Clenching her fists Lilith bit out.

"You have five seconds to walk away and leave me alone."

"Lilith!" Alice with an armful of bags ran up to her friend, who had annoyance written all over her face. Ignoring the persistent man she asked. "Are you ready to leave?" Lilith nodded and gathered her own things. She was standing up and about to follow Alice out when the male grabbed her arm.

"Hey! You don't just walk away from me!"

Alice turned and her topaz eyes shifted two shades darker when she looked at the hand surrounding Lilith's bicep, Lilith could hear the low growl emitting from the petite woman. Taking a deep breath, Lilith turned her face away from Alice and put it face to face with the piece of trash she had to deal with. The devil bared her teeth, sharp canines elongating and adding a menacing flare as her eyes shifted into slits. The man's eyes widen at this sudden change and Lilith could taste the fear emitting of him.

"Let go." she hissed and as if her arm was suddenly on fire the guy released her arm and jumped. Backing away slowly as he looked at Lilith in horror. Face morphing back into human like qualities Lilith grinned at the group of boys who saw the exchange and in turn they paled and looked away. Turning around she faced Alice once more, whose head was tilted and eyes narrowed signifying her confusion. The vampire didn't question the strange interaction until they entered her car and made their way back to Forks.

"What was the deal with you and that guy?"

Lilith was leaned back in her seat eyes closed, but Alice could tell she wasn't asleep.

"Nothing, I just put the fear of God in him, that all."

"That's all?" Alice said incredulously "I could smell the terror coming off him, what did you do?" Opening one eye, Lilith looked at Alice, her eyes narrowed and nose scrunched in thought.

"I put on the scariest bitch face I could muster, works every time. Rosalie would be proud." At that statement Alice laughed, a mega-watt smile adorning her face and Lilith could not find herself looking away. Composing herself, Alice inclined her head, eyes still focused on the road as she spoke.

"I had fun, today."

"Me too."

"And now that I know you don't just have clothes that make you look like a stoner-"

"A fashionable stoner."

"-you can come to school with some variety."

Lilith groaned. "Alice."

"Oh no, if your friends with me and going to be a part of this family you are not going to school wearing sweatpants everyday."

"Three times a week."

"No."

"Twice."

"Lilith."

"Aw, come on Alice!"

"Okay, how about a deal?" Lilith chuckled darkly and Alice shivered at the sound.

"Oh? What type of deal? You should know I'm not the type to back down when deals are made."

Alice bit her lip, apprehension suddenly apparent as she stated the regulations for the assignment. "You have to wear a different outfit everyday for the next week at school, starting Monday. If you can impress me and Jasper then I'll let you wear your 'stoner' clothes on Fridays."

"Wait, why is Jasper in on this deal?"

"He'll be the middleman."

"He's your husband! That's not entirely fair." With that Alice just seemed to raise a brow as if to say 'It's that or nothing at all.' So Lilith ponder over this and soon a wicked grin graced her face.

"Alice Cullen, you have yourself a deal."

Monday came around and Bella found herself staring at Lilith.

"Are you going to work?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"Well…" Bella waved her hand gesturing at Lilith. She was wearing her work attire for sure, a silk long sleeved grey blouse and black pencil skirt. Lilith was also wearing heels, the bane of her existence as she states.

"I'm going to win a bet." The two entered Bella's truck and Bella kept the conversation going.

"A bet? Against who?"

"Alice."

Bella laughed, full blown belly laughter as she gripped the steering wheel. Ceasing her humorous response, Bella continued driving but found that Lilith wasn't laughing with her.

"Wait, you're serious? You, the devil and Alice, the future seeing vampire, struck a deal?"

"Mhm." Lilith explained the terms of the deal and by the time they reached Fork's High School parking lot Bella was grinning widely.

"Oh, she is so going to lose." Lilith smirked at this response and chuckled softly.

"My thoughts exactly."

A/N: Replies!

LouiseFisher: I woke up to this review and I have to say it made my day. I'm so glad that you've found and enjoyed this story. I try to focus on character interactions and dynamics without diving into too much dialogue unless its needed. I love the banter between the characters as well it is what I look forward to when I write.