AN- Thanks for all your opinions on the Bella situation. I can't tell what I'll decide until the times comes because, let's be honest, I don't make the decisions around here. The characters do. Thanks again for the opinions. Enjoy!
After Alice left Peter and I sat down for a while and just talked. We talked about everything and anything. We talked about our favorite colors. Our favorite seasons. Or favorite TV shows. Our favorite movies. Our favorite books.
I told him about how Edward left me in that messed up way and how Jacob put me back together. I told him about the pack and weird imprinting thing they did that was so much like mating. I told him about James's bite and Victoria's attacks and how she eventually turned me. I even told him about my high school days. Embarrassingly enough.
I return he told me about his time in the wars with Jasper and how awful Maria was to them. He told me about how his gift is the only reason he's alive. He told me about how he met Charlotte and how painful it was for him when he found out about her unfaithfulness. He told me about how after she left he became a nomad and traveled the world, making friends with all sorts of vampires around the globe.
His life is full of adventure and fun and mine is full of drama and tragedy. It's a good thing he likes trouble because it's a frequent visitor of mine.
I couldn't tell how long we talked for before it started to get dark. The sun was sinking quickly over the horizon of my first day as a vampire.
I turned to Peter in excitement, "What's night like as a vampire?"
"It's like night. Why?"
I sighed and leaned back on his chest, "I've never seen night as a vampire. I was wonder if it was different. Prettier, maybe."
He chuckled and picked me up out of his lap to stand up, "Then let me show you, my lady. I know a great spot in Canada to see the sunset and the stars."
He grabbed my hand with an impish grin and took off with me in tow. I have a feeling he never slows down. He's always on the move and he makes it seem like so much fun! And that's just what I could use. Some fun in my life.
We ran through the forest hand and hand. My hair whipping behind me wildly as I looked over at him in awe that this gorgeous man was all mine. He caught me looking with a roguish smile.
"What's cooking, good looking?" he asked me over the wind.
I shook my head in embarrassment, "Nothing."
He gave me a mischievous look before tugging my hand and twirling me around. I giggled happily as he twirled me again and again like a dancer. I used to take ballet. I was never very good.
"And…" Peter trailed off, "we're here!"
He stopped twirling me at the edge of a cliff and wrapped his arms around my waist so that I wouldn't fall. I gripped him tightly as I leaned over to look off the edge at the ocean lapping at the shore below.
"Peter, it's beautiful!"
He chuckled in my ear and I shivered as a brilliant mix of orange and pink and yellow displayed on the horizon. We watched in silence, wrapped tightly together as the sun sank beneath the horizon and, in turn, the moon rose.
The crescent moon shone brightly. Or maybe it was just my new and improved vision. The stars twinkled brilliantly and there were a lot more than I could remember. At least a few hundred more.
"There's so many!"
He nodded against my shoulder, "Yeah, that's what I thought when I first saw them as a vampire, too. Of course, you could see a lot more of them back then. There's so much pollution nowadays."
I titled my head to the side, "What's that red one?"
"I think that's Mars."
I looked back at him, "Aren't you supposed to only be able to see that with a telescope?"
I felt him shrug, "I don't know. I've been able to see it for a while. I don't remember if I could in my human life. I don't remember much from that."
After a while more I finally tore my eyes away from the stars to look around. Everything looked pretty much the same except all the colors were darker and the shadows were shorter.
Now that I was done star gazing, Peter led me a safe distance from the cliff. He grabbed my hand and we started the trek down the mountain.
"What do you think of the night, sug?"
"It's not as pretty as I thought it would be," I told him.
He grinned, "Well, I can remedy that."
He took off again and I giggled as we ran through the forest a top speed. We ran for about an hour before the terrain began to go from lush forest to rocky hillsides to mountains. We ran through the mountains for about another half hour before stopping at the shore of a lake at the base of a mountain.
"I used to vacation here," Peter told me wistfully, "that was before that actually set up vacation homes."
He gestured to the array of cabins behind us before pointing to the mountains themselves, "In a few minutes, you'll see what the night really has to offer."
He tugged me closer to him and I wrapped an arm around his waist as his settled around my shoulders. I excitedly waited for whatever was going to happen as Peter stared confidently ahead.
Suddenly, the moon appeared over the mountains and a bright light shone down onto the lake. The lake itself acted like a mirror and reflected every detail of the mountains above us in it. I was caught speechless at the beauty and hugged Peter harder.
If I was human I would never be able to see well enough to witness this. If I was human I would have never been here in the first place.
"This is…this is…"
Peter chuckled softly at my lack of words, "I know, right? It's beautiful."
I turned my head to look at him and half expecting him to be staring at me as he said that. I sighed in relief when I saw he was still looking at the mountains and he turned to look at me, "What?"
I laughed quietly and shook my head, "Nothing. It's just…aren't you supposed to call me beautiful?"
He blanched, "Did you want me to? Because you are the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on."
"No, no," I giggled, "I'm glad you're not as corny to say something like that."
We looked back at the picture perfect scenery in front of us and I sighed, "Thank you, though. For taking me here. It's amazing."
"No problem, darlin'," he said contently, "I see this kind of stuff all the time. I didn't realize how much better it is when you have someone with you."
He sees this kind of stuff all the time? What a wonderful life that is. It must be full of adventure and exploration. New things to be found around every corner.
"I wish I could see stuff like this all the time, too."
Peter froze and I turned to look at him in confusion. He was frozen, looking straight ahead with a look of shock on his face.
"Peter?"
He looked down at me with a look of pure elation, "You…you want to travel with me?"
My eyes widened, "I-I didn't say that...but...I would like to."
A slow grin was creeping across his face, "What's holding you back? We can go! Be nomads together! We could go anywhere, do anything!"
A mirror grin was creeping up on my face, "It does sound nice. I've never been anywhere but Arizona and Washington."
He grinned down at me, "And Montana."
"What?"
"This is Montana," he told me, "nice, isn't it?"
I laughed happily, "Three down, forty seven to go!"
We grinned at each other happily, "We better get back to the Cullen's. I've got a feeling they'll send out a search party if we're gone too long."
We hurried back to the Cullen house and made it in less than an hour. We were got there, there were at least four new voices. They must be the guest's Alice was talking about before.
We walked in the door hand and hand, "We're home!"
Everyone turned and looked at us. Eleven golden eyes against two red ones. Most of the disapproving and some of them hateful.
Peter instantly stepped in front of me. I peeked around him in shock. What had changed so much in the last three hours to make them all so mad?
"Bella," Esme started sadly, "we're so disappointed in you."
"Wha…"
Carlisle stepped up beside his wife, "Giving up so easily. You haven't even failed yet and you're giving up. What does that say to hard working vegetarians like Jasper?"
"Why we gotta bring Jasper into this?" Jasper interjected.
Edward growled pathetically from the back of the room, "It's all because of the lowlife she likes to think is her mate."
Peter and I stared dumbfounded as everyone began to talk at once.
Alice grimaced, "I tried to stop them, Bella. But they didn't listen. They don't get that this is the right path for you-"
"-Right path," Edward interjected righteously, "living off of human blood is the right path-"
"-I'm more concerned about her becoming a nomad," Esme exclaimed worriedly, "who will wash their clothes?"
Emmett interjected, "I think it's cool Belly is becoming a nomad! I've always wanted to try it-"
"-Emmett, you couldn't make it one day without videogames," Rose told him.
"Now, Emmett wants to leave, too," Esme said throwing her hands up, "all of my babies are leaving me-"
"-Everything will be fine, dear," Carlisle consoled his wife, "Emmett's not leaving-"
One of the guests spoke up for the first time, "-Personally I like nomads. So exciting and adventurous-"
"-You just like them cause they're wild in bed-" another guest interjected.
"-Girls, not here," said the only guy visitor.
"Um," I tried to speak over the pandemonium, "guys!"
Peter sighed and looked back at me, "They won't listen right now, babe. Maybe we should leave for the night and find a motel or something?"
Everyone quieted down instantly and Esme questioned, "A motel? You're going to take my new baby to a motel!"
Everyone looked back at Peter and he said slowly, "Uh, no?"
Esme gasped and covered her eyes, "Oh, Bella! You used to be so innocent! But now...a motel!?"
The guests laughed and introduced themselves, "Hi, I'm Tanya and these are my sisters Kate and Irina. And that's Eleazar. We're from the Denali clan."
Peter was still standing in front of me so I couldn't see the guests. I stepped around him with my hand outstretched but froze when I saw them. They were succubuses like myself. They were threats.
A growl ripped its way out of my throat and I jumped into front of my mate. They were a threat and I would protect my mate form them.
I dropped into a crouch and snarled, "Mine!"
The red haired one laughed, "Yup, she's a succubus."
"How are you sure?" Stink-ward asked snottily.
"We're territorial. Especially against our own kind. She's really pretty, too. I can't wait to teach her all my tricks!"
"No tricks for us, please," my mate interjected.
"Aww, come on," the dirty blonde one pouted as she leaned forward to touch my mate, "it'll be better for your sex life."
A side of me I didn't know existed burst out of me with a roar and all of the threats were shoved away from me as I wrapped myself around my mate. I hungrily kissed his mouth before firmly biting his neck.
My mate winced in pain and I purred as I licked the bite soothingly. My venom healed the bite mark and I nuzzled the spot lovingly. He's mine now. No one can have him.
Someone took a step toward me and I whipped around and plastered myself to the front of him with a snarl. My message was clear. Any closer and I would attack.
I watched one of the females walk toward us before dropping to her knees and tilting her head to the side submissively.
"Kate," I heard someone ask, "what're you doing?"
The girl made no move to respond in anyway and soon the other two threats did the same. I quickly looked around the room once more. Once I was sure they would all stay down I relaxed and everyone let out a breath.
I shook my head to clear it of the fog that had descended before looking around in awe. Everything in a five foot radius was either demolished or pushed away in a perfect circle. The girls were still kneeling in front of me and I shook my head again. What came over me? What came out of me?
"Uh, sorry," I apologized sheepishly.
The redhead one looked up as they all stood, "Don't worry, sweet pea. It happens to the best of us. No hard feelings. I'm Tanya, by the way."
The dirty blond spoke up, "Irina."
The platinum blond smiled as her golden eyes bore into mine, "I'm Kate."
I bit my lip, "Uh, hi. I'm Bella and this is my mate Peter."
Eleazar practically jumped on me once he saw I was no longer feral and grabbed my hand, "It's a pleasure, Isabella. You have no idea how rare your power is. I can't wait to teach you the extents of it. I can honestly say you might be one of the most power vampires in the world. Both a physical and a mental shield!"
Peter and I exchanged a glance as I detached my hand from Eleazar's, "Um, how fast can you do that? We're leaving in a couple days."
His face fell and Peter and I shared another glance. This is awkward.
"Uh…" Peter started, "Bella! Are you thirsty? You haven't feed since this morning."
I jumped on the chance of getting out of here, "Come to think of it, I'm quite parched. This is a great chance to try out my new diet. Too bad none of you can come. Be back soon!"
Peter grabbed my hand and we ran out of there like bats outta hell. The awkward tension that I was fast becoming used to seem to hover around the Cullen's like flies around shit. I don't know what it is about that's just so…awkward.
After we were out of range we stopped and looked at each other. I bit my lip, "Um, sorry I bit you."
Peter blinked in surprise, "Why? I'm not."
I blanched, "But I…I hurt you! Aren't you mad? Or, at least, embarrassed?"
He pursed his lips and shook his head, "Hmm, let me see. Angry? No. Embarrassed? No. Turned on by my sexy ass mate who just claimed me in a sexy ass fit of jealousy? Hell yeah."
I frowned, "You…liked it?"
Peter smirked and tugged me closer by the waist, "Liked it? Bella, I still have a boner from it. I'm sure Jasper enjoyed my lust and desire. In fact, I'll bet you that he's banging that pixie he has for a wife right now."
I scrunched my nose, "Eww."
He chuckled and gently bit my nose, "That was adorable… Let's go bag some criminals and save some damsel's in distress."
I laughed, "Make sure it's someone one extra bad. Like a serial killer rapist guy!"
He grinned back at me and we took off to in the direction of the closest city, "One serial killer rapist guy coming right up!"
We slowed down right outside of Port Angeles and Peter began coaching me, "Okay, find someone you think deserves to die and just go for it."
I gave him a look, "Just 'go for it'?"
He nodded and led me down some backstreets, "Of course, there's a little more to it than that but that's pretty much it. Just like draining an animal."
I looked around nervously as our surroundings began to look a little less populated and a little more dank.
"How do I know if they're bad or not?"
He shrugged, "You just know. Well, I just know. You'll probably have to… You know what? I'll just tell you who is bad and who isn't, okay?"
We came to a stop outside a sketchy looking bar and I instinctively looked around nervously before realize that I was a vampire. Even if I was jumped I would be fine.
Peter turned to face me, "Now, hold your breath. Okay? I don't know if you can handle this many people yet."
I agreed. I could hear at least thirty people moving around in there and a couple more heart's pumping from upstairs. I nodded my agreement and stopped breathing before giving Peter the go ahead to open the door and lead me inside.
I held my breath as we walked through the dimly light bar to the back where he pulled out my chair for me. I sat stiffly in my chair and gripped Peter's hand like a life line. Even the sound of blood was appetizing. Every juicy pump of their hearts tempted me and called me to come drink it.
Suddenly Peter's arm slipped around my shoulders and tugged me firmly against his body. I relaxed a little as his lips brushed my ear, "Focus on my voice. It'll be easier."
I nodded and he continued, "Okay, now start scooping out possible dinner material. Who's your taste?"
I frowned, "I don't know my taste. You pick."
He chuckled and I felt the vibrations throughout my body, "Okay. How about that guy in the far left corner."
I looked for the guy he was talking about and frowned, "You mean…the small, twitchy guy?"
"Yeah, he looks like he's going through withdrawals. He could mug someone for the cash or worse."
I made a face, "I don't think so. I want to make a difference. Save someone. Not put someone out of their misery."
"Alright, then… How about that girl by the bar?"
I frowned again and turned around to face him, "Peter, that's a prostitute! What happened to finding me a serial killer rapist guy?"
He widened his eyes, "What? Prostitution is illegal, you know!"
I sighed, "Peter, I'm beginning to think you don't want me to be on this diet with you. Should I just go back to being a vegetarian?"
"God, no, they stink."
"I know, right!" I paused and sighed, "If you don't want me to be a vegetarian then why are you giving me the guys who don't need it?"
He was stubbornly quiet for a while before he broke down, "It's because you're too pretty!"
"...What?"
He pulled me closer to him, "Well, not that exactly but these guys are staring at you and I want nothing more than to kill every last one of them every time the whisper about you under their breath or to one of their scummy friends."
I rolled my eyes, "Peter, I'm a succubus. Men are going to stare at me."
He groaned in frustration, "But it's not just that. I'm…"
He trailed off and I looked at him expectantly, "You're what?"
He looked at me in embarrassment, "I'm scared their going to hurt you."
Aw, he just melted my heart, "Peter…"
I kissed him softly and smiled before going to pull away.
"Nuh uh," he whispered as he pulled my lips back to his.
I giggled and pulled away. He pouted at me and I grinned, happy that he wanted me as much as I wanted him. So this is what it feels like to be wanted and loved. Edward made me feel loved but not wanted and Paul made me feel wanted but not loved.
"I'll make you a deal," I told him, "I'll get someone out into the alley and you can follow us. Will that work?"
He pouted again before grudgingly saying, "I guess so. But don't let him get too touchy-feely. Okay?"
I nodded, "Deal."
I turned back to the bar and searched the crowd eagerly. After a while I noticed a man slipping a pill into a girl's drink and smoothly stood up.
"Target acquired?"
I nodded and slipped into the crowd. Multiple men's heads turned as I passed but I brushed past them all to get to the guy. He looked normal enough. Not someone you would think would try to drug and rape a girl.
I sidled up to him and smiled, "Hi."
He looked down at me dumbfounded before smiling and grabbing the drink with the drug in it before his previous prey could drink it, "Hello, what's your name?"
"Izzy," I answered smoothly and put my hand on his arm.
He grinned and looked down at my hand on his arm pointedly before meeting my eyes, "Hi, Izzy. I'm Brian. I like your contacts."
I smiled and touched the corner of my eye, "Yeah, they're really big in Cali right now."
He smiled again and grabbed the drugged drink, "Do you want a drink? It's on me."
I smiled and threw it back, almost laughing as his eyes widened in surprise.
We continued to talk for a few minutes before I started to pretend that his drug was kicking in. I watched his eyes gleam in pleasure as he watched my eye lids droop.
He faked concern, "Are you okay? Let me walk you to your car."
I nodded with forced grogginess and he led me out the back entrance with an arm wrapped around me that was getting a little too close to my boob.
After looking around suspiciously he gently set me down against a wall and I slurred, "What're we doing?"
He smirked before leering, "Did you honestly think I was going to take you to your car?"
"What? What's wrong with you?"
He leaned to my ear and whispered, "Honey, you haven't seen how wrong I can be."
I inhaled his delicious scent and, without further ado, sunk my teeth into his jugular. He began to scream but I pulled back and smiled at him as I licked my lips.
Blood gurgled out of his mouth and I licked a little of it off his chin, "You're better than pizza."
Then I bit again on the other side and continued to suck until he was dry. Once he was gone I dropped him and licked the rest off my face. He really did taste better than pizza.
"You're a natural," Peter said as he stepped out of the shadows.
I ginned at him as he hugged me, "Thanks."
He pulled away and I noticed how dark his eyes were, "Maybe you should get someone while we're out."
He shook his head, "I'm not thirsty."
Then he slowly leaned in and licked the rest of the blood off my lips. I groaned and kissed him roughly. I was becoming very frustrated very fast. I would have to take care of that when I get the chance.
I pulled away and grabbed his hand, "Let's get back before dawn comes."
He nodded and we took off. I look at him from the corner of my eyes before looking away. I want to wait until we're in love too but I'm a succubus. I need sex more than blood. I don't know what I'm gonna do. But I know that I'll never cheat on Peter with another man. Not after what he went through with Charlotte.
We arrived back at the Cullen's and slowly walked in. For once Stink-ward wasn't loitering in the living room and the only people there was Alice and the Denali's.
I smiled and subtly blocked the three sister's view of my mate, "Hi, Alice!"
She beamed back, "Bella!"
Eleazar spoke up, "Bella, may I talk to you about-"
"Bella," Rose called from upstairs, "can I talk to you for a minute?"
Alice stiffened and I turned to the Eleazar with a smile, "Sorry, I'll be right back."
I speed upstairs with the reassurance that I had marked Peter and walked into Rose and Emmett's room. Rose was sitting at the edge of her bed and I looked around.
"Hey, Rose. Where's Emmett?"
She waved a dismissing hand, "He went hunting with Jasper."
There was an awkward silence and I stood there for a minute before saying something, "So, what is it you wanted to talk about?"
She stood up abruptly and walked toward me with a look of steely determination on her face. I backed up nervously and she grabbed my shoulders. Her golden eyes staring deep into my red ones.
I heard Alice gasp down stairs and everyone ask her what her vision was and I looked back over my shoulder before turning back to Rosalie.
"Uh, Rose?"
Is what I would have said if her tongue had not been shoved down my throat. My eyes flew wide open in shock but I instinctively wrapped my arms around her and kissed her back, my sexual frustration coming to surface in our kiss.
But no sooner than when I did this did I realized what I had just done. Oh, shit.
AN-How did you guys like that? I'm pretty happy with how much happened and how everything played out. But, man am I surprised! I had no idea Roe was going to do this. Initially, I was going to have Rose and Bella have a heart to heart. Maybe have Rose talk about how she was turned but she surprised me here. Who knows what'll happen next.
