Siren

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Noose

It had been three days since I had spoken to Rosalie. The weekend had just rolled in and I had declined the offer to join Angela and Jessica in Port Angeles instead I was determined to see Rosalie, the feeling of longing had grown into desperation to see her. I would visit the Cullen's manor. Today, I would tell her about myself, about the curse, about anything she wanted to know. I kept repeating the mantra in my head so the motivation wouldn't just be eaten up by the anxiety to see her. My phone began to ring and I had managed to fall out of my bed with a thud to answer it, hoping that it was Rosalie, the feeling of anticipation was replaced by mild disappointed when I saw the called ID to be Victoria. However, that could only mean something good was to come out of the conversation if she found something helpful.

"Hi V." I grumbled, rubbing my elbow to hopefully soothe the pain.

"I can only guess you just had an accident." She was amused, that much I could tell from the way she sounded over the phone.

"Yes, how do you know?"

"That's a rather ridiculous question don't you think?" She questioned, I cringed thinking back to the picture she owned of me sprawled out all over the floor. The british woman found cruel ways to torture me and I could only ignore her or try to get back at her but she was right. It was a ridiculous question. We knew each other for a little more than four years and she was extremely observant whether it was related to her being a vampire, I was not sure but she knew nearly everything there was to know about me and I knew nearly everything there was to know about her.

"I can only take your silence as an answer." She happily replied to my silence, knowing she had made me think of the one thing among many that she hadn't still let me live down.

"Fallen down the stairs yet?" She questioned, laughing as she did so. I shook my head in disappointment.

"You'll never let me live that down, will you?" I questioned back, knowing the answer to my own question.

"Nope. I use it as my entertainment since you are not around."

"So you miss me then?" I smiled also amused because I knew she would deny it.

"Hell no!" I sighed in mock disappointment.

"You know what? Fine, I miss you and your little accidental moments, they make my day."

"You only miss me because I manage to fall up and down the stairs, you'll never find talent like that." She chuckled and I followed suit.

"That's true." There was a pause and silence as if knowing that the next conversation was one we were both going to dread.

"Have you found anything on the curse?" I asked curiously even though I had not acted as such, I was desperate for answers. I spent the time with Leah at the bookstore in Port Angeles convincing her to find any book about veelas, mates and curses. She had found some but they all proved to be not helpful.

"Unfortunately, no. The information about the curses is hard to come by." The hope I had clung on to died inside, I felt hollow and cold. I wasn't sure what to do. I stood and sat back on the bed, trying hard not to allow my frustration out.

"What about the veela in the area?" I had met a few in Phoenix, it was actually Renee who had introduced us to them, it was strange seeing them leaving life as Renee was. I had seen them living in the Forests. However, I had not expected so many living as a tribe in the hot gaze of the sun.

"They are tight-lipped about the curse."

"Why?"

"Sacred Veela Laws." The laws protected everything, secret vows were to be taken, death was the price of revealing a secret that was not to be revealed to the outsiders as they liked to call any veela that had not joined a tribe.

"You know, every time I hear those words, I actually want to scream."

"I know the feeling." Victoria sympathized, I suddenly wished she was here almost as much as I wished to see my grandmother, to speak to her. To ask her what to do about everything.

"I will keep looking for information and I will visit the tribe in Lithuania before coming down to Forks."

"Thanks but I don't know what to do any more V."

"What do you mean?"

"I came to Forks hoping for a new start, I knew something wanted me here, something was calling me here and now- I feel like everything else has gone south. I don't know what is going on with me and Rosalie." I admitted truthfully, hoping that I could find comfort in my friend.

"You need to figure out what it is you want from her, talk to her and see where it goes from there. You will be able to get your new start."

"What do I tell her?"

"The truth." That ended the conversation, we exchanged goodbyes with promises to call again and she had encouraged me to keep hope with my current situation and whispered a good luck before hanging up the phone. Though the conversation had been brief, I had figured out that I had two options, one, figure things out with Victoria or two, the one I wanted to avoid, talk to Renee about what had happened and hopefully she would give it some thought and help me find out what to do.

Half an hour later, I confidently stood, staring at the reflected image on the mirror, a smile wormed its way across my lips as I thought of Rosalie. I would ask her why she left, why she hadn't come to school, not that she needed to but I was curious. There were many things I didn't understand yet and I could only hope that she explain to me. One thing that kept me curious was not just her nature but how she managed to get into my room the first night, had I unconsciously called her? I wasn't aware of it if I had. Quickly, I made my way down the stairs, Victoria had proven to be helpful when she had adviced me on certain things but she had not told me how to deal with things, a sense of disappointment left me aching. A sharp gasp broke me out of my thoughts but it had also told me that Charlie had seen me.

"You look beautiful and you tied your back." He whispered with pride, smiling at my appearance.

"Thanks dad." I returned his smile shyly, the confidence filled my insides even though I could feel the nerves building up, the fluttering feeling was more intense. I suppressed the need to run back upstairs and change when I noticed realization come to his eyes.

"What's up with the suit, where are you going?" He paused as if considering all the places I could be going, he rubbed the back of his neck and looked at me as if I was running away from home and he had just caught me at ther door.

"Are...are you going on a date?" He frowned, questioning me curiously. I merely smiled, shaking my head to the side.

"No. I am going to see a friend." with that he nodded and turned his attention back to the game on the screen.

"Your mother called, she said call her when you can." He said absently as I grabbed the keys off the table. I turn to face him only to see the sadness that became visible whenever he mentioned her. His eyes seemed to dull and he appeared more tired than he normally did. It was seeing that every day that made me not want to end up like him, alone whilst Renee was trying to move on with life alongside Phil. It made me sad knowing she felt the same way about him whenever he was mentioned or whenever she had time to herself. She had once told me that you could never forget your mate, no matter how far across the world you went, how many people you married, how many times you try to not think about your mate, it could never happen, it was something that stuck with you for the rest of your life. I shrugged away the feeling of self-pity and the nerves continued to overlap my feelings.

"Be back before midnight." He demanded as I made my way towards the door.

The journey to the manor gave me time to think about what I would say, the last three days should have given me time to think about how to go about the talk but Leah, Jacob, Angela and strangely Jessica had been keeping me company making sure that they distract me from thoughts of Rosalie. It was strange as I hadn't uttered a word to imply that me and Rosalie were in a relationship. Jacob was acting more affectionate than usual which had me thinking that something was going on, the more I tried to avoid him, the more he seemed to follow me like a lost puppy. I gave in and spent more time with him to at least get days off where he wasn't following me, I had tried to explain the situation to Angela who just laughed. Leah and Angela had been giving me strange looks whenever I had been spending time with Jacob and when I questioned them about it, I had gotten no reply but laughter. The veela had quietened down which was scaring me, I had thought that I was losing myself. Becoming different, I had hoped for advice off the creature inside but it only made me realize that I would just be asking myself the questions that I could even answer.

Stay away from her... Edward's voice echoed in my head, I sped as unsettled anger began to build inside. The nausea was almost unbearable when I could still feel him inside my head, it felt like hands desperately clawing at your brain for answers. Bile had built up at the back of my throat, I wasn't sure whether to stop and empty my stomach or just hold it down. I sighed angrily, clenching at the handle on my precious bike. I still was stuck on ideas of how to handle everything. Angela had seen the fading bruising that even I failed to notice when I looked in the mirror and when she questioned me about it, I had shrugged her off. She didn't speak nor mention anything about it which I was grateful for.

Upon arriving at the manor, a lone figure immediately stood at the door. I took my helmet off to find Esme standing at the door in surprise and curiousity.

"It's nice to have you back here and you look stunning." She said happily pulling me into a comforting motherly embrace as she had done the first time we met.

"Thank you." I murmered into her shoulder as she pulled away. My mind immediately went blank as I had no idea what to say to her. A look of regret flashed in her eyes before she opened the door wider to allow me in.

"Bella, I've been expecting you." Alice's voice came from the stairs, we exchanged smiles as she pulled me into hug much like her mother had done and nods approvingly of my outfit. I nod towards Jasper who is still keeping extra distance.

"Come sit, Rosalie will be here any moment." I reluctantly sat next to Esme on the comfortable couch, Emmett appeared out of the kitchen to greet me before heading up the stairs. The silence among me and Esme was intense, I faced the painting I had observed the afternoon I had visited silently hoping that the pace of my beating heart slowed and judging from the intense stares from Jasper, I could tell he was having an internal battle.

"Bella?" Esme called out gently, bringing my attention to her as Alice and Jasper followed Emmett up the stairs leaving me to speak with Esme.

"Yes, Mrs Cullen." I politely reply but the formal addressing had made something that I couldn't recognize flicker in her eyes before she smiled.

"You must forgive Rosalie..." She whispered sadly, placing her hands together on her thighs. The posture was graceful and determined, her aura screamed motherly and also strong independent woman.

"What for?" I was curious and unconsciously I leaned in, she smiled sadly and replied neutrally.

"Edward." The mention of her son's name confused me, I had no idea what she was trying to say and I could not decipher it.

"What do you mean?" I questioned, staring at her as she seemed to pick the right words to explain so I could understand the meaning of what she was trying to tell me.

"Rosalie has...I asked..." The front door slammed before Esme could continue explaining to me what I had to forgive Rosalie for, I stood and turned to find Rosalie standing there and she stopped dead in her tracks to look at me, her eyes seemed to scan over me for a minute before she took a deep breath and turned back to continue looking. The feeling that hit me was heavy, my heart beat hard against my ribs, I wanted to hold her, I wanted her to hold me. I needed to touch her, to kiss her, to love her, to just be by her side yet I couldn't even approach her.

"What are you doing here?" She snarled, leaving me in a state of surprise. Her eyes narrowed as she looked from Esme back to me then back to Esme who seemed to exchanged a stern look with Rosalie who resigned. I didn't understand what was going on.

"We-we...need to talk." The confidence I had gained was slipping away, the reasonable voice in my head was warning me to just leave before everything got messed up. Before I could ruin whatever chance I thought I had.

"Where do you want to do this?" She raised her brow, waiting for my answer. It took me awhile to respond, I gaped at her, not expecting the coldness in her voice.

"Outside. Somewhere."

"So...erm, where've you been?" I murmured as she shut the door behind her, I cursed myself for sounding like an obsessive girlfriend even though I couldn't really say that was what me and Rosalie were. Rosalie lead me to the garage and in silence, sat on the hood of what I assumed was her car and patted the area beside her, motioning for me to join her but I shook my head, deciding distance would be better.

"I've been here trying to control myself."

"Oh." I didn't know what to say to that, how to reply to her answer. The conversation that could have taken place with Esme was still fresh in my mind but I had to complete what I came here for. What I had been trying to avoid knowing that the more time spent trying the ignore it, the more time that I wasted. She needed to know.

"Why would you need to control yourself?"I asked, hoping that the question didn't further agitate her.

"I just don't want to hurt you." She answered looking away from me.

"You will not hurt me." I reassured hoping that she would trust herself around me. I wrapped my arms around myself trying to find comfort as I knew that this conversation would not end well. She would not be satisfied with the information given. I wasn't satisfied either.

"Bella, what's wrong?" Something must have been visible in my features because concern crossed her features, she stood to make her way towards me but I put out my hand to stop her from coming. She halted and sat back down. I was confused, one second she is snarling at me and the next she is concerned? I thought veela or anything related were the only temperamental creatures and clearly, I was wrong.

"This- Us, that is what is wrong. I came here because I need to tell you something important." I gestured, waving my hands between both of us to show the connection between me and her. She took a step forward, I took one back. She sighed and stayed where she was, her face was blank and unreadable.

"Is this because of what happened with Edward?" I shook my head too quickly. My head was beginning to spin, I clenched and unclenched my hands together. Tell her the truth.

"No, it is related but this needs to come from me. Not from him. I can't...we can't begin what we started because-" My voice cracked, "because you will die." I whispered and I knew she heard me. I hung my head down low, I couldn't physically bring myself to look her in the eyes. I glared at the ground, clenching my fists beside me. There was eerie silence between us.

"Huh..." She laughed bitterly, "You're giving up..." The emotions were overwhelming. I looked back up at her in despair. This was all so confusing. Renee had not told me what had to come with meeting your mate. She hadn't told me that all it took was one day. One fucking day, to become completely and utterly almost obsessively attached to one woman I hardly knew. Perhaps, I was over thinking things as usual but I needed to come up with a solution.

I knew Charlie and Renee stayed together for at least 3 years. It wasn't because Forks was depressing that she left him- okay partly but it was mainly because she couldn't risk it, staying with Charlie knowing he could die at any given day in the worst possible way. Like I said, veela are temperamental creatures. I kept repeating that to myself because I knew it was significant. It was important. Things had changed since then, I however did not have three years. I didn't know how many years, months, weeks, days or hours I had to spend with her. How was I to explain that? It wasn't like I was letting everything go. I wasn't giving up. I wouldn't give up. I was going to figure this thing through. And what if you don't? What if you can't? What if? The veela asked, it's feminine voice repeating itself inside. My head was suddenly aching with all the colliding thoughts.

"I don't know..." I cut her off before she could continue without realizing that I had answered my own mental battle. "I don't know." I said firmly, looking up at her though the answer was not directed to her. Her features darkened slightly, she had a murderous look about her, her eyes were obsidian within seconds. Even in anger, she is still beautiful. The veela mocked inside, there was a time when I wished that we were separate so that I could actually have something to physically fight. You could try, I don't see how that will help you solve this situation. I surrended to feeling the despair inside knowing that the creature inside was right.

"You're not explaining what is going on." she raised her venomous voice, growling at me. I did not feel threatened, I knew she wouldn't hurt me. At least not intentionally. I trusted her not hurt me.

"A veela cannot be with their one true love. Their chosen. Mate. It just can't happen." I would have broken the Veela laws if I had the information to share. Rip open pandora's box, come what may. Victoria had told me of the Volturri; they were like pretend fairies with capes on compared to the Veela when sacred laws were broken. The Veela are terrifying. That I knew from seeing my grandmother transform alongside my mother when a veela from the tribe I met in Lithuania broke the law. I was too young to understand what was going on but the veela had abandoned the tribe to live with her mate from the outside. The breaking of sacred laws was her explaining to her mate the full details of the curse in which did not concern her but who were we to tell her mate what concerned him and what didn't? It was complicated and confusing. They died. I however, did not wish for the same fate to befall Rosalie and myself.

"You are not explaining why it is that I have to die..." Her voice was harsh, intimidating. Her footsteps towards echoed in my hard beating heart. I stayed silent, what the hell was supposed to say. How do I tell her the truth when I didn't even know what the whole truth was? I hadn't thought this through yet again despite having a week to think about things. I searched my aching brain for answers but came up short.

"We, veela are not meant to be with any other creature. We are cursed to never be with our mate only other veela. You will die simply because you are my mate and you are not a veela. The curse will continue the longer we stay near each other and then you will die." The look of her confusion urged me to go on but I couldn't say anymore than I had, it was complicated trying to explain everything else when I didn't even understand it myself.

"That's it?" It was then that I realized how close she was. My heart felt as though it had finally hit the brakes, the speeding of it began to increase. A slight ringing caused me to look around the surroundings, only Edward could do that and I was not about to let him breach my privacy for the second time.

"No, there is more..." She looked stuck between curiosity and irritation. I was hoping that we would sit down and I would explain things further. I would get the chance to see what happens. It had all been dragged out for too long and instead of feeling the relief or weight taken off my shoulders, it felt like more had been added on. I felt like I had explained nothing or revealed nothing. Before she could even form a word, another figure whom I couldn't see appeared, the scent only told me who it was but I couldn't be sure unless I saw the face.

"It's dangerous with you here, you should leave." A voice came from behind me, I recognized it to be Edward's. I looked at Rosalie as her features hardened, I was confused. She had let him get away with attacking me? I finally put the pieces together, Esme was trying to explain to me that they had not taken care of Edward in the same sense that I thought they would.

"Hold on- he attacks me and you do nothing about it?" I tried to hold the anger back, a low guttural growl escaped my lips before I could hold it back but the sound caused Rosalie to look at me strangely. The veela inside felt betrayed and I moved forward, looking at her deep, dark obsidian eyes, searching for something that told me I was wrong in accusing her of such a thing.

"He is my brother even though I wanted to hurt him, I can't-"

"So let me get this right because he is your brother, he can come into my room, attack me and force his way into my mind, invade my privacy and he gets a free pass?" The air around us was hostile. I felt so betrayed that my insides clenched up, something was building inside me and I could tell that if I didn't calm down, I would just explode and just burn out. My fingers were already twitching in anticipation. I forced myself not to transform, not now. I was not going to attack my mate. No, I would not attack my mate. I had to protect my mate.

"That's not what I am saying!" She desperately tried to explain, putting herself in between me and Edward.

"No Rose! That's exactly what you are saying."

"Will you stop accusing me and let me explain what is going on here." She firmly replied, I nodded not trusting myself to say anything.

"Rosalie, you don't owe that thing an explanation."

"What is your problem, seriously?" I turned to face Edward yet again who looked down at me as though I were beneath him. He smirked as he tried to read my mind again. His purpose was only to provoke me but it brought out the unsettled anger.

"Bella, Edward, calm down." Esme's calm voice came from the door. Her asking me to calm down was not enough, I was already burning up and the fire had already began forming in my hands, I could feel it's heat. Soon, it would become unbearable. It was getting out of control fast. This whole thing was out of control. I began to question myself, how did it all come to this?

"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you to leave." Edward sneered, causing me to send a fire ball his direction which he only just managed to miss. The scratch on his face was gone but I was more than determined to give him something worse. I couldn't tolerate the pathetic creature. I had read about his pathetic nature after Jacob had told me a legend about the Quiletes. The Cold Ones they called him. As soon as Rosalie touched my cheek, the fire burnt out. I was angry and willing to let the veela have him, it was only Rosalie that stood between me and him despite her betrayal, she had managed to keep me from completing a task. The one thing I had hoped for was to not get interrupted by anyone whilst explaining to Rosalie about the curse and it seemed like Edward had a thing for ruining everything.

"Rosalie, at least control the vile thing." I tried to ignore the insult, I breathed in deeply to calm my racing mind. With Rosalie in front of me, I wasn't sure what to do. The veela wanted to kill him, rip out his unbeating heart and enjoy every sensation of him crying out in pain. It wanted out and that was not something I was willing to do; unleashing my inner demon or creature could only result in chaos and I could only be rational, I had to leave before things took an ever worse turn.

"Edward, shut up!" Rosalie shouted over her shoulder, keeping me from lunging for him for the second time. Esme had watched the whole thing occur, far too shocked to say anything further or do anything and as if she suddenly realized where she was, she made her way towards Edward.

"I should shut up? That thing there is going to kill you if you stay with it." My heart seemed to slap hard against my chest before making it's way slowly down, everything seemed to sink, the nausea was back and it was accompanied by silence unlike before, it was deafening silence that left an uncomfortable edgy feeling with it. I didn't know what to say to Rosalie who had frozen. Her eyes changed back to their original green and she looked at me questionably. The silence only gave answer to her unspoken question.

"What? You didn't tell her." His question was directed at me and the whole family seemed to be there. I was at the full audience yet again of the Cullens and this time, I didn't know what to say.

Author's Note:

I just realized now that writing in first person is a lot harder that writing in second person. The repetitive use of I or She or He is quite annoying. Forgive me for the grammar, I sometimes miss things out without even realizing even after I read them over. This chapter is a lot short than I wanted it to be but the next will be longer, I just need to write out a hard copy then type it all down again.

Oh and yeah, I will make sure that we get a bit more of Bella/Rosalie action. I want Bella to actually build a strong friendship with Angela and well...Jessica, she could try and be good friends with Bella, you never know.

As for Rosalie protecting Edward, she already shares the brotherly/sistery bond with him, she feels conflicted at having to protect her mate and also knowing it's from her brother whom she loves unconditionally therefore it's kind of difficult for her to deal with the situation and I will try and explain that a bit more. Another thing is that even though Rosalie and Bella know that they are attracted to one another, that they are mates; until they make it official, neither can feel the full extent of their feelings. I will also try and write from Rosalie's POV.

As for Edward, you could say as he is just acting out as a concerned older brother. He loves Rosalie unconditionally as he does with his family, that's for sure but his actions towards Bella are just a bit borderline for just a concerned older brother...

So the truth is out, things are still confusing and I understand that. All will be explain (I hope) soon enough.

I know this should have been posted yesterday so I'll get the next chapter going as soon as I can. It's my birthday today so I'm hoping you are all having a great day and enjoying yourselves.

Hope you are satisfied. :D Zee~