Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight and I never will. Oh well!
A/N: Okay so I need to clear something up.
"Do not refer to Tanya as a slut. She is a better person than you will ever be. Also who in the hell said you had to leave willingly?" I say with my head still resting on Tanya's shoulder. I'm too tired to even deal with any of this anymore.
"Bella dear why don't you go upstairs and nap while we make sure the Cullen's make it home safely." Carmen says as she finishes putting away the dishes I clearly missed seeing her wash.
I felt Tanya move my head off her shoulder before I've quickly being picked up and carried upstairs. Before I completely pass out I heard Kate's smartass comment. "Try not to enjoy your hostage too much Bella." That was the last thing I heard before I became dead to the world.
Tanya's P.O.V.
I smile as I look down at my beautiful sleeping mate. I can't shake the excitement I felt every time I replay hearing my angel refer to me as her mate in front of everybody. I don't know what it means for our date tonight, but I know the little date I had planned in Port Angeles isn't going to cut it. I clearly need to step up my game especially if I have to go to the Cullen's house tomorrow. I want something good to torment Edward with.
I gently kiss Bella's hair as I feel her snuggle into me more. And at that exact moment the perfect date hit me, and I know just what to do. I slowly slip out of Bella's grabs and walk downstairs to talk to the family about my plans for tonight.
"Okay so I have the perfect date planned, but I'm going to need help." I quickly relay my whole plan to my family and tell them everything I would need from each other them. Once everybody has their marching orders I walk over to the front door as I hear somebody approaching the house. I open the door to see Alice bursting through the trees smiling.
She probably had a vision of my plan and has come to help somehow. And almost as she has just read my mind, "I'm here to help get Bella ready for your date which is perfect by the way."
"She's still sleeping," I manage to squeeze in as Alice is around making her way up the staircase.
"No she's not. Well more like she won't be in 5...4...3...2...1..." Sure enough Bella's hear rate speed up as we heard her stretching. "Well we have no time to waste if you want her ready in time." I look at my phone and see that it's only 5 p.m. we're not going on our date until 7! What in the hell is going to take 2 hours?!
"Alice please don't overdo it! I want Bella to enjoy tonight not worry about you and you're little crazy ass overdressing her!" I say feeling a bit irritated with Alice.
"I promise I won't overdo it! Would you calm down and worry about what you're going to wear or do you need my help too?" She says sounding way too enthusiastic.
"No! I'm perfectly capable of dressing myself thank you!" I say almost too quickly.
I don't need this crazy woman getting her hands on me. That has disaster written all over it! Besides I'm a big girl who is perfectly capable of dressing herself. I watch as Alice ascends the stairs with what I would call an evil smile considering her extremely bubbly personality. I feel a shiver up my spine as I mentally wish Bella good luck because with Alice in charge of getting her ready she's clearly going to need it.
I walk into the kitchen to check in with Carmen on how the dinner for tonight is going. I want to make sure that tonight goes off without a single problem. I want...no I need to prove to Bella that I am worthy of being her mate.
Now I know that shouldn't be that big of a deal since she's already called me her mate, but that could have just been something she said in the heat of the moment. I don't want her to think that she has to be with me because we're soulmates. I want her to be with me because she loves me and wants to be. So I'm using this date to prove to her that I love her and I can be everything she wants to needs me to be.
"You know you have a goofy grin on your face and at first it was funny, but now it's starting to get a little bit creepy." Kate says from her usual spot on the counter by the sink.
"Katarina leave her alone she has every right to be extremely happy. Things are working out really well with her mate and they're finally getting to go on their date." Carmen says quickly coming to my defense.
"Who else was surprised Bella was the one to actually ask?" Irina asks as she and Laurent come walking into the kitchen from outside.
"I don't find it that surprising really. I knew she had it in her, but I think you telling her about the Cullen's gave her that little push that she needed." Carmen says which makes me believe that she knows something.
"That was a mighty ass push for little Bella." Kate says as she watches Carmen cooking with little interest.
"Anyway what are you making for tonight?" I ask Carmen as I try to figure out what she's making Bella and me for dinner. I decided that for our date tonight I'm coming to suck it up and eat with Bella. It can't be that bad right?
"I wanted to go with something simple its chicken fettuccine alfredo so you hopefully won't struggle with it too much. Also it's one of Bella's favorites." I'm so happy Carmen has taken the time to learn what Bella's favorite meals are. It really comes in handy at times like this because I just realized that I still don't know a lot of things about Bella, but I can't wait to learn every little thing as we spend more and more time together.
"She has the creepy smile on her face again. Is she always going to look like that when she's thinking about Bella?" I hear Kate ask to nobody in particular.
"Aww Kate, are you mad because you're the only one without a mate now?" I ask being forced out of my Bella induced haze.
"If I'm going to turn into you when I find my mate I think I'd rather put it off. You went from being our fearless leader to the most whipped vampire in history! I mean seriously you have a human holding you hostage every night and you are more than happy to go along with it! I just hear that whip cracking left and right." I'm starting to get tired of Kate and her constantly taking shots at me.
"I can't wait until you find your mate Kate because payback will be so sweet." I say as I walk over to her and hit her upside her head hard enough to get my point across, but gently enough to not actually hurt her.
"Girls behave. The last thing I need if for a fight to break out in my kitchen, and if memory serves Bella says no fighting in the house." Eleazar says as he joins the rest of us in the kitchen smiling.
"Right because we have to listen to everything the human says." Irina says sarcastically.
"After how she went off on the Cullen's hell yea we do! I'm not about to be on the receiving end of Badass Bella she might set my ass on fire when my back in turned!" Kate says sounding way too dramatic.
"I highly doubt Bella would set you on fire before Edward." Laurent says deciding to add to the conversation.
"He has a very good point." I say to Kate as I watch Carmen starting to put together a salad to go with dinner.
"Tanya, get your ass upstairs and get ready before I dress you myself!" Alice threatens me from upstairs.
"Why I still have more than enough time to get ready especially if I us vampire speed!" I say as I look at the time on my phone.
"The others still have stuff to set up and you're just distracting them. Now get ready for your date and take your time!" I start walking towards the stairs shaking my head.
"Since when do you take orders from Alice?" Irina asks looking back at me.
"Since I'm the one helping her date get ready, and don't forget that they wouldn't even be going on this date if I hadn't told her about Bella." Both are very great points as I start heading up the stairs.
"There goes the crack of the whip again!" Sometimes I just want to punch Kate in the face. Now is one of those times.
I have to fight back a growl as I try walking into my room, but am quickly kicked out by an annoying pixie and banished to one of the spare bedrooms which just so happened to have clothes laid out for me. Alice is so lucky that she's been actually helpful, and laid out the clothes I was already planning to wear or she and I would be having a serious conversation.
I take my time getting ready for my date tonight. I've never been as much of a girly girl as my sisters, but I did put on a little eyeliner and lip gloss after I got out of my shower and dried off. I took my time doing my hair. I know how much my angel enjoys when I wear my hair loose so she can run her finger though it.
Once I have my hair just right, straight with a slight curl at the end, I get dressed. I made sure Alice knew not to dress Bella in anything fancy since our date is going to be out in the woods tonight. I dressed in a simple pair of loose fitting jeans, a purple long sleeved v-neck, and black and white converse. I hope Bella notices that I wore all three of her favorite colors.
I look at my phone as I head downstairs for one last check to make sure everything is set up how I want it for tonight. I walk into the kitchen and see the peanut gallery is still there.
"Do you all have everything finished?" I ask as I look between Laurent, Irina, Kate, and Eleazar.
"Yes ma'am just how you ordered!" Kate says as she stands up to salute me.
"Kate must you always be a smart ass?" Irina asks from her usual spot by Laurent.
"I can't run the risk of letting one of you bitches dethrone me as the Queen. So the answer to your question is yes, yes I must." I just roll my eyes at my youngest sister and her antics as I walk over to Carmen.
"Did everything turn out okay?" I ask as I watch her pack the last few things into the picnic basket.
"Everything is good on my end Tanya." Carmen says with a smile.
"What about the rest of you?" I ask quickly as I hear the door upstairs opening.
I'm made sure they all set up everything just as you asked, and no funny business for Kate." I have never loved Eleazar more than I do right now.
I quickly rush to the bottom of the steps as Bella slowly starts making her way down. The second our eyes connect I feel all the unnecessary air forced out of my lungs. Dear god is she gorgeous. I can feel myself break out into a face splitting smile. I notice Bella has the same smile plastered across her face as will.
I hold my hand out for her to take as she walks down the last few steps. "You look gorgeous as usual." I say as Bella comes to a stop right in front of me.
"You clean up quite nicely yourself babe." She says still smiling.
"Are you ready to go?" I ask as I'm already leading her to the kitchen to pick up the picnic basket.
"Before we leave can I ask where we're going?" It's cute how she doesn't like surprises.
"You can ask, but that doesn't mean I'm going to answer." I say with a smile as we walk out the backdoor towards the woods.
"Are you whisking me off to the woods so you can have your way with me?" I groan as I imagine Bella sprawled across the forest floor moaning my name.
"Well I wasn't until you said that!" I groan as I pull her closer and wrap my arm around her waist.
"I'm pretty sure Alice would be upset if you ruined my outfit." I'm not saying I'm afraid of Alice, but I have learned that she doesn't mess around when it comes to clothes.
"I'm pretty sure you're right, but that's not the point of tonight! Stop distracting me!" I whine as I lead her further into the forest at a reasonable pace to make sure she doesn't trip over anything.
"Who knew it was so easy to distract a vampire, a coven leader at that." I'm rather enjoying this playful Bella after these past few very stressful days.
"Angel anybody looking at you right now would easily be just as distracted as I am." I whisper in her ear as we finally reach our destination after a few minutes of walking.
I gently remove my arm from around her waist and again grab her hand and interlock our fingers as I slowly lead her into the beautiful setting I had my family prepare for us. I watch her eyes light up with wonder as she looks around to see the intimate display before her.
There were bright white lights hanging from all of the trees surrounding the beautiful meadow I found while I was out on a run. I had Irina setup a blanket with pillows for Bella so she will be comfortable. I had Eleazar bring my iHome dock so Bella and I could listen to music if she desired.
"So what do you think?" I ask as I slowly lead Bella over to the blanket as I see her still looking around in wonder.
"I...I don't even have words. It's so beautiful." She says smiling at me. Her deep brown eyes are bright with amusement, wonder, disbelief, and what I hope is love.
"Well I'm honored that I could make you speechless. Now we should probably eat before the food gets cold." I lead her down to the blanket and wait for her to get comfortable while I unpack the food Carmen made.
"Wait did you say we? Are you going to eat with me?" She asks looking at me confused.
"Well I can't have my gorgeous date eating alone now can I?" I ask resisting the urge to kiss that sexy confused look off her face.
"Tanya you honestly don't have to eat with me. I know that it's just going to taste like dirt to you." I finish unpacking the food as I gently grab my angel hand again.
"Angel I want too. Honestly, now let's eat this hopefully delicious food." I hand Bella one of the small salads packed ad I also grab my own.
Bella and I spend the whole meal making fun of all the faces I made while eating. The salad wasn't that bad, but the chicken fettucine was terrible. The texture of the noodles was weird; the chicken talked like clumps of dirt, and the sauce was indescribable honestly. That was a horrible experience, but I would be willing to do it again if Bella went on another date with me.
"I can't believe you ate all of it." Bella says as she stares at me in amazement.
"Well that was a borderline traumatizing experience, but for you I would do it all over again." I know it sounds sappy, but it's the truth.
"That's incredible sweet of you, but honestly you don't have to do that. You looked like you were being tortured during the whole meal, but I must say you did a god job of covering it up." She says as she leans over to kiss my cheek gently.
I can't help the smile that makes its way to my face. I love the feeling of her lips on my skin even if it just my cheek. I have the smile still plastered across my face as I plug my iPhone into the dock and start a playlist I designed just for our date tonight.
I stand up and hold my hand out for Bella. She was confused until she heard the entrance chords to one of her favorite song, You and Me by Lifehouse.
"Tanya, I don't know how to dance." She looks adorable when she blushes.
"Well no time like the present to learn." I smile as she reluctantly grabs my hand.
I wrap her arms around my neck, and I place mine around her waist as we gently sway to the music. I might wait to teach her how to actually dance in someplace safer probably in a padded room where she can't hurt herself.
As the songs continue to play I pull Bella closer as she rests her head on my shoulder. I can honestly say that I've never been happier in my entire existence than I am right now.
"Tanya, are you purring?" My angel asks sounding confused.
"Maybe," I mumble.
"Why have I never heard you do that before?" Somehow I knew she would ask that.
"Because usually by the time I start you're already fast asleep." I mumble into her neck.
"It's really soothing. You should do it while I'm awake too."
"I will have to keep that in mind." I whisper as I gently kiss her cheek.
Bella and I continue to dance for a few more songs, but I can tell she's starting to get tired as I feel her lean into me more and more. "Angel would you like to lie down?"
"If you don't mind, I'm kind of starting to get tired." God she's so cute.
I reluctantly release her from my grasp as I lead her back to the blanket to lie down. In a matter of seconds I have her wrapped in my arms as we continue to listen to music as we simply enjoy each other's presence.
"You know this is the only date I've ever been on." I hear Bella say mostly into my chest.
"Really?" I honestly never knew that I thought Edward had at least taken her on one date. From what Bella told me they dated for about a year.
"What Edward did never constituted as a date per say. I mean he would take me out to eat, but he never put any thought into it. He never put any real thought into anything he did for me, unlike you." She slowly picks her head up off my chest to look me in the eyes. I smile at what I see located there.
"I would do anything to make you happy angel. Even if that requires me eating dirt from time to time I would do it just to see you smile." God I really want to kiss her right now.
"I know you would Tanya. This is why I'm so happy that you're my mate." I watch as her eyes flick from my eyes to my lips. I really want to kiss her, but I want her to take the lead so there's no pressure.
Ever so slowly I watch Bella start to lean closer and closer. I smile as I slowly start to meet her half way. I watch as her eyes close as she lays the gentlest kiss upon my lips. Before she can move away I place my hand on her cheek and pull her back in for another kiss, this time with a bit more force.
I slowly allow Bella to pull away for air one of the beauties of being a vampire, and the down side to having a human for a mate. I gently kiss her cheek and we both lie our heads back down.
"Best. Date. Ever." I hear Bella whisper as she snuggles closer.
I smile as I pull her closer and just enjoy the sound of the music and the sound of Bella's heartbeat. She's right. Best. Date. Ever.
A/N 2: Okay so I know this chapter took way longer to post, but in my defense I have to pack up my apartment that I share with my sister and I have to help my mom and stepdad pack up the house they've been renting for the past year so we can all move into this big house and be one big happy family. Can you feel my excitement...Anyway I'm trying to write in-between packing and school work so please bear with me.
