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Summary: Bella doesn't fall apart when Edward leaves her after her birthday; she gets her old personality back where she is sassy and foul mouthed. When Alice comes back for her help, she runs to Volterra to save Edward, but it comes at a price. Little does she know that it is a far reaching price.

New Moon AU; pairing Bella/ Aro Rated M

Warnings: violence, lemons, language, non-sexual spankings. Dominant Aro

A/N: Will be channeling Madea in this story, especially how Bella talks. Bella is OOC; set in 2005. Quotes come from New Moon Chapter 21.

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What's the Going Rate for Freedom?

Chapter 2 Bella POV

Tuesday, April 5, 2005; inside the castle in Volterra, Italy

'Fuck, I can't believe that I am here bailing this idiot out of trouble, when he left me months ago like I was yesterday's garbage!'

I thought to myself as we walked behind the one they called Jane.

I wonder what is going to happen to us?

I may not want to be with Edward anymore, but I don't want to see him die for being a stupid, petulant little boy, 'cause that is all he is.

I wonder if the rest of the family is on their way like Alice said?

"Sister, we sent you to bring back one, and you bring back two…and a half. Excellent."

I heard the boy in front of us say, bringing me out of my inner musings.

The boy looks like he could be the blood brother of Jane. He has short dark brown hair, about 5'9", is wearing a pristine baby blue suit and has gleaming red eyes that are appraising us.

I bristle.

"Hey! She can't help that she's so short. That's no reason to call her a 'half'!"

I hear several booming laughs coming from the doors next to us.

They were all looking at me like I lost my mind.

"What?"

"Um, Bella," Alice whispers in my ear, "Thanks for saying that, but he was actually talking about you. He meant 'two vampires and a human'".

"Dat don't make any sense and dat was mean, twinpire."

I pouted.

"Isabella that is not proper language or lady like"

Fucktard started spouting out the mouth. I just looked at him up and down and said in a fake cheery voice,

"Wow! Look at you. How much weight have you lost? And you grew a few inches as well. You look fuckin' good clean cut!"

I am not paying attention to where we are going and unbeanost to me, we are inside of the throne room filled with vampires and all three kings when I finish my rant. They are all silently watching the show.

"Isabella, what are you talking about?"

Edward asks in his brooding voice.

"I can't believe I used to think his voice was any kind of sexy. Ugh!"

I think, not realizing that I said it out loud.

"I mean, Eddie-kins" I sneer his name "dat since you are tellin' me how to talk, you have obviously turned into Charlie. Uh-huh, yes ya did!" I nod at him.

He huffs and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"My name is not 'Eddie' or 'Eddie-kins', Isabella. It is Ed-wa-rd."

I just look at him in disgust.

"Why the fuck you talk so proper like dat? Dat shit's just fuckin' annoyin'. Your voice is like a fuckin' Nat at a barbeque, just buggin' the fuck outta me. Hell-eerr. I'm Mrr. Prop-eerr."

I walk over to Jane and put my arm around her and say,

"Hell-eerr, my named is Bella-erred. WhaT is yeerr named?"

She smirks and follows along.

"IT is Jane-erred"

"Really, Jane-erred, well…"

I look over and notice Aro for the first time.

"Damn! Yey-Yey. He is fo-one"

I say the thought aloud unintentionally. I hear a few chuckles. I tap Jane on her arm and stage-whisper,

"Hey, who dat?"

I jerk my chin towards Aro, who is standing in front of the steps leading to the thrones.

"That is Master Aro, one of the three kings" she states and I can hear the humor in her voice.

"Shit! He is sexy as fuck! You eva' hit dat?"

I hear many intakes of shocked breath, many chuckles and laughs, and several 'BELLA's at the same time.

I look around for the first time and I notice that all of the Cullen's are here and it was Carlisle, Esme, Alice and Edward that yelled my name. Emmett, Jasper and even Rosalie, was trying to stay upright from laughing so hard.

"And what is dat 'Master' shit about? Is this some kind of brothel or swingers coven? If it is, where do I sign up?!"

They look at me like I am mad.

I look innocent and say,

"What?"

Aro clears his throat to call order back and waved his hand to beckon me back to the center of the room.

When he cleared his throat, I couldn't help but sing the lines

'Let me clear my throat,

Dun dah nah nah

Dun dah nah nah

Have mercy baby

I hope ya don't mind

Let me clear ma throat!'

"Can we get started please?"

The white haired king, Caius, says from his throne.

"Oh yeah," I put my finger to my pursed lips and 'shh', "you ain't gonna kill me, I'll be quiet. Be quiet. Shh."

"You see, Edward?" The sexy vampire king turned and smiled at Edward like a fond but scolding grandfather. "What did I tell you? Aren't you glad that I didn't give you what you wanted yesterday?"

"Yes, Aro, I am," he agreed, trying to put his arm around my waist.

I moved out of his way, not wanting him to touch me. I could see the smirk on both Aro's and Caius' faces at that.

"Now that everyone is here, I want the whole story. How did this happen? Alice?"

He turned to gaze at Alice, who was standing beside Jasper, with curious, but misty eyes. "Your brother seemed to think you infallible, but apparently there was some mistake."

"Oh, I'm far from infallible."

She flashed a dazzling smile. She looked perfectly at ease, except that her hands were balled into tiny little fists.

"As you can see today, I cause problems as often as I cure them."

"You're too modest," Aro chided. "I have seen some of your more amazing exploits, and I must admit I've never observed anything like your talent. Wonderful!"

No one missed the look that Alice gave Edward, including Aro.

"I'm sorry; we haven't been introduced properly at all, have we? It's just that I feel like I know you already, and I tend to get ahead of myself. Your brother introduced us yesterday, in a peculiar way. You see, I share some of your brother's talent, only I am limited in a way that he is not."

He shook his head; his tone was envious.

"Get the fuck outta here! You can read minds too?! Try me!"

I said as I skipped towards him and he eagerly met me half way, wanting to see if I was immune to his gift too.

As soon as his weirdly textured skin made contact with mine, I felt an electrical shock run up from our connected hands, up my arm, warming my body even more. From the widening of his eyes, I could tell that he felt it too.

I watched as his face turned from doubt and incredulity to fascination and want.

"Interesting, I see nothing. I wonder if you are immune to all of our talents."

I watched as he called on Jane and remembered what Alice had said about the talents of the Guard and waited for the pain. I knew it wouldn't work, but I would let her try…hehehe.

She looked at me and I could see the apology in her eyes, but I just winked at her and waited like everyone else. I knew she had no choice but to do what her 'Masters' said.

After a few seconds of nothing happening, I couldn't help myself,

"Come on, hell, I gotta use the bathroom. Hell. Hehehehehe"

I couldn't stop laughing and I vaguely heard Aro ask Jane's brother, Alec, to try, as well as Chelsea, Demetri and a few other guards. The whole time I was still laughing, almost falling over from laughing so hard. So I leaned on Jasper, who was standing beside me and I could feel his upper body shake as he tried to suppress the combined laughter emotion coming from me and several others in the room. Still giggling, I said,

"EDWARD!"

"What?"

"Behave"

And started laughing again.

"Come on, my feet hurtin'."

I said as I got my laughing and giggling under control.

Why I chose to wear three inch heeled boots to fly across the world, I will never know.

"So what do we do with you now?" Aro sighed.

Edward and the Cullen's stiffened and me being me, my mind went straight to the gutter, thinkin' of all the things I would like for that sexy vampire to do with and to me. Mmm!

"I don't suppose there's any chance that you've changed your mind?" Aro asked Edward hopefully. "Your talent would be an excellent addition to our little company."

I could see Jane, Felix and several others grimace at that thought. I chuckled.

Edward seemed to weigh each word before he spoke it.

"I'd…rather…not."

"Alice?" Aro asked, still hopeful. "Would you perhaps be interested in joining with us?"

I could see Jasper stiffen at the thought.

"No, thank you," Alice said.

"And you, Bella?" Aro raised his eyebrows.

Edward hissed at him.

"Sexy kingpire say what?" I say not understanding.

"Um…can I…"

"NO! Bella" Edward yells out. "You are MINE, Isabella."

"The fuck I am"

"Why are you playing hard to get, Isabella?"

"I'm not playing hard to get, I just don't want you and I want you to understand that."

I heard people start to mutter and chuckle around me.

'Man that was harsh'

'She told him'

'About time she stood up for herself'

That last one shocked me as it came from Rosalie. I thought she hated me.

Huh!

"Aro," Caius hissed. "The law claims them."

Edward glared at him. "How so?"

"You have exposed us and she knows too much. Are you planning on turning her or draining her? I think not."

Edward hesitated.

"That's what I thought," Caius said.

"Unless…" Aro interrupted. He looked unhappy with the way the conversation had gone. "Unless you do intend to give her immortality?"

"Hell no!" I shouted. "He is too much of a pussy to turn me. I have been asking almost since I found out what he was. Fucker!"

Edward was still hesitating and looking at me with somethin' akin to disgust and longing. Disgust for my language and longing to be back with me.

Not gonna happen, fool!

I start to sing low, but I know with their exceptional hearing, that they all hear me.

All the things (your man won't do); by Joe

Hey, love
You say you need someone
To be there for you
To love you all night long, huh
It's kinda funny but
I don't think you have to look no further
Because I'm right here
And I'm ready
To do all the things your man won't do

Tell me what kind of man
Would treat his woman so cold
Treat you like you're nothin'
When you're worth more than gold

Girl, to me you're like a diamond
I love the way you shine
A hundred million dollar treasure
I'll give the world to make you mine

(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll put a string a pearls right in your hand
Make love on a beach of jet black sand
Outside in the rain we can do it all night
Out to tour the places he would not
And some you never knew would get you hot
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch

Baby, I wanna do
All of the things your man won't do
I'll do them for you (Whoa)
Baby, I wanna do (Hey)
All of (All of) the things your man won't do (Every little thing)
I'll do them for you (Yeah)

I'll take you out on a night cruise
On a yacht, just can't lose
'Cause we got a lot to look forward to
1-2, what ya gonna do
What good is a diamond nobody can see it
I hear he got you on lock down
But I got the master key, yeah

(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll light a thousand candles all around
Show me to the subway, I'll go down
Nothin' can be sweeter than the sound of makin' love
Baby, when I start I just can't stop
I'll love you from the bottom to the top
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch

Baby (Baby), I wanna do (Hey...)
All of the things your man won't do (Every little)
I'll do them for you (Ooh...)
Baby, I wanna do (I wanna do, yeah)
All of the things your man won't do (Oh)
I'll do them for you (Yeah)

And oh...oh...yeah...yeah...oh, yeah
Oh

(La, la, la, la, la)
I'll light a thousand candles all around
Show me to the subway, I'll go down
Nothin' can be sweeter than the sound of makin' love
Baby, when I start I just can't stop
I'll love you from the bottom to the top
Nothin' is forbidden when we touch, ooh , yeah

Baby, I wanna do (Oh)
All of the things your man won't do (I'm gonna, I'm gonna, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I'll do them for you (Ho)
Baby (Baby), I wanna do (I wanna do)
All of the things your man won't do (And oh, yeah)
I'll do them for you

Ooh, I got a jones in my bones for you
There ain't a damn thing that I won't do
I'll make your body cream with my sex machine
I won't stop until I hear your mother scream

Baby, I wanna do (I wanna do)
All of the things your man won't do (Whoa, oh, oh, ho, ah, yeah, yeah, hmm)
I'll do them for you
Baby, I wanna do (Wanna do)
All of the things your man won't do (Yeah, whoa...whoa...)
I'll do them for you (I wanna do it for you, baby)

Baby, I wanna do
All of the (Oh, whoa) things your man won't do
I'll do them for you
Baby (Oh, yeah), I wanna do
All of the things your man won't do (Oh, yeah, oh, yeah)
I'll do them for you

Baby, I wanna do
All of the things your man won't do
I'll do them for you

"Sexy Kingpire, can I have a private word with you?"

I ask Aro once the song finishes and everyone is quiet and staring at me with a mixture of sorrow, pity and amusement.

"Yes, you may. Come with me. Cullen's," he turns to them after taking my hand. I feel the electric spark go up through my arm again at his touch. "You may wait out in the Lobby until dark. Do not leave until then. Have a nice day. Felix, Alec and Demetri, make sure they wait here until nightfall."

"Yes, Master"

They chorused over the loud protests from Edward and the rest of the Cullen's.

He led me out of the throne room and down a series of corridors that were dimly lit with sconces on the walls.

We walked at a steady pace in silence until we came to two large stained oak wood doors with the letters 'AV' in what looked like pure gold above each handle. He pushed them open and allowed me to enter before him.

The room we were in was a sitting room that was brightly lit with a mini chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The dark hunter green walls were covered with wall to wall bookcases or the stone fireplace that took up the wall to the right.

The furniture in this room consisted of two large burgundy leather couches with oak end tables and glass lamps. In front of the hearth sat two heavy duty oak high back chairs with burgundy and forest green upholstery.

Aro led me to one of the couches to sit down. I noticed that he still had my hand in his and I wasn't afraid to admit that it felt nice there.

"Now, Bella, what it is that you would like to talk to me about in private?"

I cleared my suddenly dry throat from the sheer pleasure I get at just hearing his voice.

Damn, he is so fuckin' sexy!

"Um…well, I'm not takin' that asshole back and even if I did, I know that he wouldn't change me or let any of the others do it. So, knowing the law claims me and I can't very well change myself, I was wondering if you can let me go today with the promise to come back when I graduate on the 1st of June, so you can change me for your Guard."

He thinks about this for a few minutes.

"What guarantee do I have you will come back then? I want something for your freedom now."

Huh?

"Well, what's the going rate for freedom nowadays?"

I try to joke, but he's not laughing.

His sexy mouth turns into a sinister smile though.

"I want…" he drags it out in suspense and looks me dead in my eyes. "Your innocence."

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