A Different Kind of Romance
Chapter 2: The Denali Clan
It had been not too long since Edward's little imprint on Bella. She had the body of a little five year old and she had stopped growing so fastly-not that she was growing normally, though. Emmett had been teasing Edward by saying that he should just move in with her. None of us could have guessed that he would've taken it seriously as he had all of his stuff behind him as he asked Charlie which room he would be staying in. Charlie almost had a heart attack! (If he had a beating heart) But Edward moved in right next to Bella's room so he could watch her sleep. It was so cute! She always mumbled things in her sleep, and she mostly mumbled Edward's name. One day he gave her something (a puppy) that she had said she wanted in her sleep, and she had asked him how he had known. He told her the truth and she blushed (She did that a lot). He told her that if he could dream, if would be about her. She was embarrassed, but pleased.
"Alice! Alice!" my sweet little Bella called, running into my arms. "Jasper and Emmett keep playing with my emotions and they won't stop!" she said, pouting. I growled. Everyone knew not to mess with me when it came to Bella.
"JASPER! EMMETT! GET DOWN HERE, NOW!" I screamed. They came down reluctantly, Edward came down too, wanting to see how this would all go down. Bella immediately scrambled out of my arms into my brother's. I still hated the fact that she would rather watch Edward play piano than let me dress her up. One day, she'll appreciate me! Edward chuckled under his breath.
"Yes, Alice Dear," Jasper said timidly, trying to use his emotions to calm me down, and make me forgiving. I was too mad to be influenced.
"You know the rules, boys," I said coldly. They gulped and Emmett tried to take off running, but I tackled him before he could leave. "School just got a lot more interesting…" I said icily. They looked at each other and started to dry sob. Bella hugged me from behind.
"Thank you, Alice." She murmured into my clothes. I hope she didn't wrinkle my clothes. Just then Rosalie walked in the house. Bella ran over to her, hugging her instead. "Mommy Rose!" she called out. When she called Rosalie 'mommy', Rosalie was so happy that she burst into dry tears. She also called Esme mommy. She called Charlie and Carlisle papa. It was so adorable!
"Hey, baby!" Rosalie said to Bella, holding her up on her hip. Bella grinned, showing her pearly white, square, cute teeth. At first, Bella didn't like being called 'baby' but she got used to it and eventually came to like it. I just wished Bella was that flexible about shopping…
"Lets watch a movie, Bella." Edward told her. Bella then wriggled out of her arms and back into his, snuggling comfortably.
"Can we watch Romeo and Juliet?" she asked. I never understood why she liked that book so much.
"Of course," Edward agreed, being the love-struck fool that he was. Instead of scowling at my thoughts, he turned to grin at me. I rolled my eyes. He was whipped. He took Bella's hand and they walked into our living room.
Just when we were halfway through the movie, the door banged open. Edward and I turned to growl at the unfamiliar intruders, our family joining us. Bella whimpered and clutched to Edward, scared for him and everyone else. Edward automatically stopped growling, thinking that he was scaring Bella. Carlisle walked up to the leader, a pretty strawberry blond girl.
"Hello, I'm Carlisle Cullen, and this is my family. This is Alice, Rosalie, Emmet, Esme, Jasper, Bella, and Edward." He said. I thought they would be pretty nice. That was until I saw the way she was looking at Edward. All I could think were two words. Oh, Shit. She had just imprinted on him. Edward looked at me, confused, but looked to see what I was talking about. It only took Bella about two seconds to catch on and she was the first to speak.
"You imprinted on my Eddie, didn't you?" she asked innocently and curiously. We had told her that someone might imprint on someone, and that someone might imprint back, but someone might imprint on one of those some ones. She had always wondered what would happen. Edward was stiff as he held Bella close to him. She took a step closer to him and smiled shyly as she held out her hand.
"I'm Tanya," she said. Bella glared at the hand with so much hate that I had never seen before. Tanya seemed oblivious to this, only gazing at Edward who took the hand hesitantly and shook it before dropping it quickly. Bella looked at him, a little hurt for shaking her hand. Bella took deep breaths, trying to calm herself before she destroyed something… preferably Tanya. Edward nodded his head to show that he had heard her. There was an awkward silence.
"Eddie, lets go hunting," she said. Tanya's entire Clan stiffened and glared at Bella.
"Not now, Bella." Edward answered her before turning towards Tanya's Clan. "She's not a full vampire. She's half and half. Her mother was a human." He explained.
"Why should we believe that?" A female vampire from the back said, glaring even more furiously at Bella.
"We'll prove it!" Emmet boomed. "Hey, Bella! Remember that time you tripped and fell into your birthday cake?" Emmett asked, starting to laugh. Bella's face turned bright red. Cake was one of the few human things that Bella liked to eat. The other Coven, jumped back immediately and Bella blushed even brighter. Edward chuckled and kissed her warm forehead.
"Silly Bella," he told her. Tanya was by now extremely jealous and had seemed to notice Bella. She glared at her, and Edward glared back.
"On second thought, lets go, Bella." He said, taking her hand and running out the door. Tanya looked so dejected, that I almost felt sorry for her. Keyword being almost.
"I'm Kate," The female vampire that had asked about Bella said.
"I'm Eleazar," the only male vampire said.
"I'm Carmen," another female vampire said, looking motherly like Esme.
"And I'm Irina," another female vampire said, looking around at us suspiciously, as if she still didn't believe us about Bella.
"Come in," Carlisle said, gesturing to the couch that Bella and Edward had just been sitting on. They sat hesitantly.
"I wasn't aware that there were other vegetarians here." Eleazar mumbled.
Carlisle chuckled. "I wasn't aware, either." Carlisle said.
"So… is Edward always as close to Bella as he was today?" Tanya asked hopefully. I inwardly snorted. She didn't have a chance.
Carlisle was hesitant to answer. "Well… no. He's usually closer." Carlisle admitted. Tanya, however, didn't give up hope. Apparently, Rosalie decided that she didn't like Tanya and that it was time to interrupt.
"They're imprints. He imprinted on Bella, and Bella imprinted on Edward," Rosalie said, examining her nails. Tanya stiffened, then began to laugh.
"You cannot be serious!" she trilled out. Rosalie slammed her hands onto the table breaking it in half. I knew she would apologize later to Esme.
"Does it look like I'm not being serious?!" Rosalie snapped/hissed at Tanya, who recoiled into our couch. Carlisle shook her head disapprovingly at her, but Rosalie promptly ignored him. Just then, the door burst open, and little Bella walked through triumphantly, Edward right behind her.
"I won!" she called out. I stuck out my tongue at Edward.
"I told you she could beat you!" I scolded him. Edward, who's eyes were now a light butterscotch just shook his head and picked Bella up. He didn't say anything to her as he dropped her on the couch and sat quite a distance between them. He crossed his arms and turned away form her. I didn't need Jazzy's power to know that she was worried and guilty. She crawled over onto his lap and touched his cheek softly.
"Are you mad at me?" she asked, her bottom lip trembling dangerously. Once Edward found out that she was taking this seriously, he immediately turned towards her, cradling her in his arms.
"I could never be mad at you, Bella." He said. "I was just playing around." He assured her. Tanya cleared her throat.
"Kate can electrocute anyone if they touch her skin. Electrokinesis. I… am a –" Tanya started.
"Seductress?" Edward asked. Tanya's eyes widened.
"How did-"
"I know? I can read minds." Edward answered. Tanya immediately froze and looked down. I was sure that her thoughts were less than appropriate. Bella actually giggled and Edward flashed her a quick grin.
"Don't be embarrassed! My Eddie can read almost everyone's minds!" she said, spreading her arms out at everyone and looking cute, and as if she were proud of Edward, which I'm guessing she was. Edward probably sensed it too, for he held Bella closer to him, a silly grin etched on his face. Rosalie was getting impatient, and Edward realized this.
"Bella, go let Mommy Rose hold you, okay?" he asked. Bella nodded.
"Okay, Eddie," she said as she climbed off from Edward's lap onto Rosalie's. As soon as she was off of it, he went back to the broody Edward that he was before Bella came. Gosh, it was only for a couple of minutes! Edward turned his glare onto me, and I grinned apologetically.
"Well… Eleazar can sense what your powers are and that's pretty much it." Tanya said, looking much more gloomier.
"I can see the future!" I said happily. Everyone's eyes stared at me and I giggled.
"I can feel and control emotions," Jasper said. Carlisle looked at Bella to explain what her power was.
"I can disintegrate things with my mind, and use telekinesis." She said. Now it was Edward's time to be proud. Bella started playing with Rosalie's hair. Rosalie didn't mind at all. "Rosalie, why were you born so beautiful?" Bella asked her. Rosalie looked startled at such a question, but flattered at the same time.
"Because I was meant to be," Rosalie answered. Bella nodded, thoughtfully and kept playing with her hair.
The 'adults' talked amongst one another while we showed them around the house.
"This is Alice and Jasper's room," Emmett boomed, opening the door. "as you can see, Alice was the one who decorated it." He was now trying not to laugh. I was happy that I had decorated it myself. Jasper was sulking.
"This is Rose and Mine's room," he said. Us Cullens all shuddered, except for Rosalie and Emmett.
"Moving on!" Jasper called out.
"this is Edward's room," he introduced dramatically. Tanya pushed her way through her sisters to get a good look at it.
"Why is there a bed?" she asked, perplexed. Emmett laughed.
"Oh yeah! This is practically Edward and Bella's room!" he rephrased. They looked at us with disgust and Emmett burs out laughing. "She likes to sleep in here and Edward likes to watch her sleep because she talks in it." He explained. The Denali sisters 'O' ed and apologized for their imagination.
"Carlisle and Esme's room is down the hall, but I don't know if I should show it to you. I've got a lot of respect for them, and I don't want to flaunt off their room without their permission." Bella frowned.
"But you did that to me!" she complained. Emmett grinned down at her and ruffled her hair. Bella didn't like that very much and started disintegrating his finger. He quickly withdrew his hand and Bella put his finger back together.
"Actually, Squirt, I didn't. I showed Edward's room without his permission. I didn't show your room because I have even more respect for you." He said. Bella's eyes widened.
"Really?" she asked hesitantly. Emmett nodded. Bella went up and gave him a hug before walking back into Edward's arms.
"So, Squirt, can I show them your room?" Emmett asked, pretending to bow like a Butler. Bella thought for a couple minutes, and she looked so cute that we all 'awed'. She ignored us.
"I suppose so," she finally said. Emmett walked to the room next to Edward's and opened it. It was full of toys and had a nice big blue bed in the middle of the room . The walls were a light/pale blue. She had a laptop on top of her dresser and a flat screen TV on one wall. But she also had a HUGE bookshelf full of books. We spoiled her too much so she had the largest room in the house, which was also enormous. (Pic on Profile)
"Wow," was all Tanya could muster out. Bella ran to her bed and jumped on it, bouncing up and down while giggling.
"Alice! Come here!" she called to me. I danced gracefully to her and pulled her off the bed, dragging her to her closet. She squealed, not expecting this.
"Edward!" she cried. "Help me!" she screeched. Edward was in front of me in a split second.
"Alice…" he growled warningly. My eyes narrowed as she dropped Bella to the floor.
"Fine. But isn't it getting a little close to Bella's bedtime?" I hinted. Bella glared at me for reminding him. "You need to take a shower first!" I said in a sing-song voice. Bella sighed miserably and went into the bathroom, leaving me to pick out a set of pajamas. I squealed at I looked through her Pajama Dressers. I finally picked a pair up and walked into the bathroom where Rosalie was just wrapping Bella up in a towel.
"Here you go, Bella!" I said happily. She snatched the clothes out of my hand and walked back into her room to put them on.
"She's such a good girl," Rosalie said at vampire speed.
"I know! But she'd be better if she liked shopping…" I said, scowling.
"I CAN HEAR YOU!" Bella called from the room she was in. Rosalie and I grinned at each other.
"Sorry!" she called out. "It's true, though!" she added.
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"Edward?" Bella asked, walking into his room hesitantly. "Are you in here?" she asked. Edward appeared right behind her.
"I'm right here, Bella," he said, and Bella whipped around her hair almost hitting him in the face.
"You scared me!" Bella said, pouting as she hugged him. Edward chuckled as he led her toward the bed.
"Go to sleep, Bella." He told her. Bella sighed and snuggled under the covers and Edward began to hum her lullaby to her. A knock was heard on the door just as Bella fell asleep. She was only a couple of minutes before talking out loud. The knocking came again and Edward rushed to the door, yanking it open, furious at whoever was disrupting Bella's sleep. He wasn't surprised to find Tanya at the other side of it.
"Yes, Tanya?" he asked/greeted. Tanya walked into swiftly, looking around the room before her eyes landed on Bella sleeping peacefully.
"Edward…" Bella murmured in her sleep before twisting around, obviously uncomfortable. Edward quickly scooped her up in his arms. Bella shifted a little before sighing contentedly. "Edward…" she sighed happily, smiling in her sleep. Edward carefully brushed the hair out of her eyes before setting her down on the bed where she frowned and said his name one more time.
"Don't leave Edward…" she slurred, reaching out in her sleep, as if to grab him. Edward picked her up again before turning to the obviously jealous Tanya.
He cleared his throat. "What can I do for you, Tanya?" he asked, obviously uncomfortable. Tanya took a step closer to him, willing for her gift to work on him. She concentrated harder, seeing the fact that he was not reacting to anything that she did. His jaw locked as he realized what she was trying. "I've already imprinted, Tanya, your gift won't work on me." He said coldly. Tanya ground her teeth together before walking out of the room gracefully. He could hear her stomping about angrily. Bella woke up from her sleep with a jolt.
"Eddie! What's wrong?" she asked, concerned. Edward grinned crookedly at her, amused by Tanya's antics.
"Don't worry, Bella. Everything's okay. Now you need to get some sleep… now." He stressed. He began to hum her lullaby once again before she drifted off to a peaceful sleep in Edward's arms.