Author's Note: Well, lookie here, I've got another chapter up. Am I awesome or what? Cause I think I'm pretty awesome right now.


Chapter 10

Meeting Bella had sparked an insatiable curiosity in Carlisle, which basically set the schedule for the next few weeks. When Tanya wasn't monopolizing her mate, Bella was either with another member of the Cullens or the Denalis, or at Bella's house or school. She spent a large chunk of her time with Carlisle, usually with Tanya there as well, as the doctor studied her, tested her, basically did whatever he could to try and understand what was going on with the little human.

However, Carlisle found more questions than answers, and he was often left stumped. The girl was just that much of a mystery, and Bella didn't seem to care enough to help, especially when Tanya was in the room. Bella was just used to going at her own pace, and that pace only changed when Tanya entered the picture.

Carlisle just couldn't understand it. Physically, there wasn't a single thing that he could even consider strange when it came to Bella's physical condition. If anything, the girl showed a muscle mass fitting of a girl who worked out many times weekly. Yet Bella was just so weak and clumsy, that it was hard for Carlisle to believe that there wasn't something wrong, if not with her body, then in her head. Yet even the most thorough CAT scan didn't so much as hint at a possible anomaly.

The more confused Carlisle got, the more worried Tanya became. As time went on, Tanya's anxieties increased, and she found it harder and harder to let Bella go. Not that Bella was one to complain; instead, she often pulled Tanya's arms tighter around her, and hummed happily while doing so.

Despite all the strange and unusual things that happened around Bella, the vampires found themselves falling into a routine. And despite her worries and anxieties regarding Bella, Tanya found herself feeling relaxed and complete in a way that she never thought possible until she had laid eyes on her mate.

Despite all this, besides the random half-asleep kiss or groping delivered by Bella, there was no romantic progression between them. Which was why Tanya felt completely blindsided when Bella dropped a sudden bomb, seemingly out of nowhere.

It was just a normal day, at least in Tanya's eyes. She was driving Bella home after a long day at the Cullen house, although she did this reluctantly, when Bella suddenly woke up. The girl looked around, clearly confused, probably having no idea where she was. Then her eyes landed on Tanya, and Bella just stared at her. Stared, and stared, and stared.

Tanya was used to this, and didn't think much of it-besides enjoying that she was able to make her mate stare at her so easily. Only this time, something different happened. Bella sighed and, sounding more serious than ever before, said, "You need to pull over."

Worried that something might have happened, Tanya pulled over to the side of the road, parked the car, and turned to face Bella.

"What is it, Bella? Is something wrong?" Tanya asked, reaching out to touch Bella's face, wanting to offer some kind of comfort. To Tanya's surprise, for the first time ever, Bella shook off the touch.

"No. This is important," Bella told her with a frown.

Now, Tanya was really anxious. She was afraid that Bella was going to tell her something horrible, but she couldn't even imagine what that horrible thing could be. "Bella, what is it? What's wrong?"

"I'm not a baby. I haven't been a baby since I was a baby," Bella started, staring at Tanya, trying to convey how important this information was for not just Bella, but the blonde as well. "But I have a problem."

"What? What problem?" Tanya asked, aching to touch Bella, to hold her, to offer comfort and give comfort. But at that moment, she didn't know how.

"My problem...it's a very serious problem. You see, I really want to suck on your boobs," Bella said, still dead serious.

Tanya recoiled and stared, beyond stunned at Bella's words. For a long moment, her mind didn't even know how to comprehend or absorb the information that Bella had just delivered to her.

However, Bella didn't notice any of this. Instead, she grew thoughtful, continuing to mumble about Tanya's breasts. "...And lick them, kiss them, touch them...do you think I can do that to your pussy too one day?"

For the first time in her immortal life, Tanya choked. But really, how could she not? Her mate had always been unpredictable, but Tanya never imagined the word pussy passing Bella's lips.

"I, um, Bella," was all Tanya managed to get out.

At the sound of her name, Bella perked up, gazing at Tanya expectantly. "I can?"

Taking a deep breath, Tanya worked to at least appear composed on the outside, despite the turmoil her insides were currently in. "That's...something that a partner would do, a girlfriend," she said carefully, unable to tear her golden eyes from Bella's face. "Would you want to be my girlfriend, Bella?"

Bella blinked, first in surprise, but then fell into confusion. Tanya held her breath, waiting to see what Bella's reaction would be, whether it would be positive or negative. However, Bella just seemed to grow more and more confused.

"I...I don't know," Bella said at last, and for a moment, Tanya deflated. But of course Bella was confused. Bella was a girl, and also a friend to Tanya, and Bella wanted to do these things. Yet Tanya made it sound like she was neither, but she was supposed to be both...Bella needed some milk. Not Tanya's, though, because Tanya's breasts wouldn't make milk. She'd need a baby for that, but Bella wasn't going to be Tanya's baby. She hadn't been a baby since babyhood, after all.

Unable to handle her pent up emotion, Tanya moved to the passenger seat, straddling her mate, and took Bella's face in her hands. "Bella, I can't take this anymore. I need to know; what do you want? What do you want us to become?"

Butterflies was the first thing that came to Bella's mind, but then Bella realized that Tanya didn't want to become a butterfly. She wanted something else.

Oh. That's right. Tanya was Bella's dream girl, but her dream girl wasn't Tanya. Well, she was, but only to Bella. Did Tanya even know who Bella's dream girl was?

Tanya's heart would have been pounding if it still lived, but that heart would have certainly slowed, probably due to Tanya's own confusion, as Bella reached out and held Tanya's face like Tanya held hers. Then Bella put her hands on Tanya's shoulders, moved them to Tanya's biceps, to her wrists, to her hands-which she squeezed-and finally, Bella's hands moved to Tanya's boobs.

Yes. This is it. Bella's eyes seemed to sparkle, only serving to bewilder Tanya further, and also serve to arouse her immensely. Then, Tanya was all but blinded when Bella gave Tanya her biggest smile yet.

"Bella?" Tanya whispered, unable to move, not even daring to squirm or shift.

"You're my dream girl," Bella declared, so excited to tell Tanya this that she squeezed Tanya's breasts. And while she didn't mean to, squeezing them was more than enough to distract her. Bella's eyes wandered down to stare at Tanya's perfect chest, and Bella seemed to forget all about everything else.

"Bella!" Tanya sighed in exasperation, taking hold of Bella's chin and tilting her head upwards. "My eyes are up here. And please, answer my question." When Bella's eyes showed clear confusion, Tanya added, "What do you want us to be? Do you want to be my girlfriend? Do you want something else? I need to know."

This only served to bewilder Bella further. Hadn't Bella already answered this question? "You're my dream girl," Bella repeated. "That makes me yours."

Tanya's entire body froze, becoming almost unnaturally still before she remembered that Bella still didn't know they were vampires. Not wanting to make everything even more complicated, Tanya forced herself to start breathing.

"You're mine? As in…?" Tanya started, barely able to believe it.

Bella shrugged, not knowing what Tanya was getting at. Then her eyes once again drifted downwards to what her hands were still cupping. "Ah, boobies," Bella murmured, clearly content.

Tanya let out a startled laugh. "You like them that much, huh?"

"Of course. No other boobies can compare. They can be human, alien, chicken…" Bella trailed off as her stomach growled, and Bella's eyes rose to meet Tanya's. "That was my stomach; it's hungry. But that doesn't matter; your boobies are still the best."

Another laugh slipped out of Tanya's throat, and she found she couldn't stop grinning. "And the rest of me?" she prodded, just wanting to hear what Bella would say.

"The bestest," Bella confirmed seriously.

"Bella, I want to be your girlfriend. I want to date you, kiss you, touch you, love you, make love to you...eventually get married," Tanya breathed as she moved in, until her lips were only an inch from Bella's. However, she hesitated when Bella frowned and pulled away a little, afraid that she might have scared Bella off.

"Aren't we already doing that?" Bella asked Tanya's breasts, clearly lost. After all, Tanya was acting like they didn't belong to each other already, but they were. Why else would Tanya appear in Bella's dream if it wasn't to tell Bella who her lover was going to be?

Tanya's mouth fell open, almost overwhelmed by her disbelief. With Bella's words, Tanya's self restraint snapped, and Tanya was crushing her lips against Bella's. It was a hard, passionate kiss, one driven by Tanya's pent up desire. Bella gripped the first thing she could to anchor herself, which was of course Tanya's breasts, as Bella had never let go of them. Not that either were complaining; in fact, they both moaned.

Never before did Tanya have such little self restraint. She wanted, needed Bella, and she needed Bella now. She only had a moment to thank Bella for telling her to pull over when they had been driving down a pretty deserted road, because she would not have wanted anybody to see Bella half naked.

Not completely naked; Tanya planned on romancing and seducing Bella, in a bed, when they finally had sex. However, in this particular moment, Tanya wouldn't have been able to stop without at least getting to the point of marking Bella in some way.

Tanya's thoughts only made the vampire's needs more intense; her tongue demanded entry into Bella's mouth, which the human quickly gave. Bella was thoroughly dominated, and while it felt like not once did she try to fight back, it also felt like she hadn't submitted either. Instead, it felt like Bella was just happy to let Tanya take her wherever the blonde wanted to go and just hang on for the ride.

Finding it funny that even the way her human kissed was so uniquely Bella, Tanya smiled against Bella's lips, reaching for the hem of Bella's shirt. She pulled it over her mate's head, breaking the kiss in the process, not starting it up again the second the shirt was off only because she remembered Bella needed to breathe.

"Are we getting kinky yet?" Bella asked as Tanya pressed her lips against the skin beneath Bella's ear.

"No, and we won't be. Not today," Tanya murmured in reply as her hands slid down Bella's sides, her lips traveling down the slope of Bella's neck, kissing and nibbling, making the human squirm.

There was no warning; not a honk, or a screech of tires. And Tanya was too distracted by Bella to notice it right away; she didn't even realize what was happening until Bella muttered a quiet, "Uh-oh."

Tanya turned, just in time to see a truck all but on top of them, coming at them, not just from the wrong side of the road but almost as if the person was driving it with the sole purpose of running into Tanya and Bella. Without a thought, Tanya covered Bella's body with her own and braced for impact, refusing to allow any harm to come to her mate.

The impact never came. Instead, there was a strange rippling feeling, followed by a loud crash, along with some near deafening screeching of metal twisting.

Hesitantly, Tanya uncoiled from around Bella and glanced towards the other side of the road.

There was the truck. Or, more precisely, there was the remains of it, pieces of twisted metal scattered everywhere, smoke pouring out from under the hood of the truck, with no human being to be found.

"What is it?" Bella asked, squirming under Tanya as she tried to see what Tanya was looking at. However, Tanya was unconsciously pinning the girl, not wanting her to see the horrific sight. Bella was quick to give in with a sigh. She stared up at Tanya for a long time, trying to figure out what had suddenly changed the mood. "Did I burp again?"

"No," Tanya answered immediately, soothingly, as she turned back to Bella, who she gazed at with clear fear. Not of Bella, of course; no, the fear was for Bella.

Because it was clear; Bella didn't burp, but she certainly did something. And that something was capable of completely destroying a truck. Not to mention possibly killing the driver.

Eleazar had read Bella, and he hadn't seen any talent in her. But Tanya knew; she knew that her mate was capable of some incredibly dangerous things.

Could Bella not even be aware of what she was capable of? If something like this happened again, could Tanya even help her?