14
ANOTHER VISION
I didn't argue because I needed to rest and Vicente soon handed me over to Emma who helped me out of my gown and installed me in bed, she then proceeded to watch me and chat with me while she passed her time crocheting. I was tired enough to dream and it started off pleasant enough about my upcoming wedding, I was walking up the aisle naked with Aro and Edward on each side of me. Jenny appeared there and she was naked too, there was a man laughing at us who I didn't recognize, he suddenly grabbed Jenny and both of us screamed. I tried to run down the aisle but it seemed to get longer instead of shorter; then we seemed to drift into the forest near our home, the man suddenly grabbed me and started to rape me and I screamed for him to stop as I woke up and Emma was comforting me.
Aro walked into the room at that moment.
"What's wrong why are you screaming?" he asked anxiously.
"I must have had one of my visions again," I said and I was shaking.
He pulled me to him and held me, but before he could even ask what my vision was about, Alice came running into the room followed by Rosalie, Aro looked questioningly towards Alice.
"You know what her vision was about?" he asked her.
"Yes," Alice said, "So far her visions have been accurate and I don't think you want her to go through this."
She related my vision and Aro was shocked.
"How can we prevent this from occurring?" he asked.
"We can't," Alice said, "I think it will occur; no matter how we try to prevent it, she will have to go through it, unlike my visions which are subjective and can change if a person changes their mind, Bella's will occur," Alice continued, The beginning of her dream started with your wedding and that's something you want Aro, you can't have one without the other."
"I won't let Isabella to go through any more trauma, I will find out who this man is and kill him, I'm sure Edward will agree and I'm not convinced this man is human," He looked at me, "Edward and I will find a way to protect you my dear," he said.
I knew he couldn't prevent it but I also knew I had to deal with it for Jenny's sake, there was something about this which would help Jenny and I would help her, I turned my face up to Aro and he kissed me.
"What are you thinking my love?" he asked.
I turned to look at Alice.
"I have to go through this for Jenny's sake," I said, "I don't know how it will help Jenny but I know it will and if it means going through more trauma and violence; I'll do it for her."
"In your vision the act was not completed so if someone is there to help you before he actually rapes you, you still may be able to help Jenny, marry Aro and come through unscathed," she said, "I need to examine the possibilities myself now I know you won't try to change things."
Aro pulled me to him again.
"If I have to keep you here in chains, I won't allow you to do this," he was adamant.
"No Aro, if you stop me you'll only prolong the agony of a little five year old and if you love me let me do this," I said, "I have lots of support and I know they'll guide me; please Aro don't say no?'
He kissed me passionately and I knew he had conceded.
"I'll come with you then," he said determinedly.
I couldn't allow that because he might be too protective of me and I already needed to deal with Edward.
"Aro please stay here," I said in Italian, "I promise to call you every day and keep you updated; Edward will protect me, you know he will."
"You are too persuasive my love but I swear if one hair of your head is damaged, this man will answer to my torture," he said.
Rosalie spoke, "My family will protect Bella, we all love her and we intend to bring this fiend to justice, Aro."
The next day a woman came to measure me in our room. Aro and Alice were both there with me, I of course had no underwear on and so I was naked. The woman didn't seem to mind, she appeared to find this normal and I didn't feel embarrassed as usual. It suddenly hit me why I was doing this and I became nervous, Aro sensed the nervousness in me and after the woman left he questioned me.
"Why did you suddenly become nervous, Cara?" he asked.
"I realized why the measurements were being taken, that I was to marry you," I said.
"Why does that make you nervous?" he asked, "We're already intimate and that's usually why a young bride becomes nervous."
"There's more to you than our intimacy," I said, "I wonder why it's so important for me to have your name, what your expectations of me will be then, I strongly suspect they will be greater than what you expect of me now," I said.
"You are absolutely right my dear, I will expect more of you and because you love me you'll do as I instruct you even if it seems difficult, no task will be greater than what you can handle and therefore I will gradually introduce you to what these expectations are; I won't allow you to be overwhelmed, I'm already preparing you and in the three months after our wedding you will perform as I expect."
He kissed me then and I succumbed to his embrace, I knew I would do what he wanted; I was afraid because I knew his plans involved Edward and I wasn't sure how, he left me then as Emma came into the room to help me dress and Alice looked very thoughtful as she sat on a chair watching me.
"Alice what does he mean?" I asked her.
"Don't worry Bella, so long as you do what he expects, he will never be angry with you," she said.
I ran over to her and sat on her lap as she pulled me close.
"Alice I'm so afraid, what do you see?" I asked, "I know you see something and you know I'll go through with this," I begged her.
"Bella you know you can't ask questions, if Aro wanted you to know, he would have told you; he doesn't want you to be overwhelmed." she said, "I will say this, I do know what his intentions are, it will make you happy and Edward will be proud of you so stop worrying," she added smiling.
I was relieved she had included Edward in her explanation and now I felt better.
"I love you Alice, thank you," I said.
Soon it was time to go home and I was not sorry even though Aro and I kissed passionately as we parted, I found myself not wanting to be parted from either of my men for any length of time; however, my main concern was to help Jenny as soon as I could, Edward of course was aware of my vision and of my intention; he like Aro refused to allow any danger to come near me.
"Bella I absolutely refuse to allow you anywhere near this man," I rolled my eyes and he pulled me to him, "You will obey me love, do you hear?"
I knew there was nothing I could do to oppose him so I let him have his way for now.
"Edward, I didn't come home to argue with you, I know there's no point when you're this adamant, I already had to deal with Aro being exactly the same way; please just be happy to see me, you are happy to see me, aren't you?" I pleaded seductively.
He was happy to see me and soon we were making love as he kissed me hungrily.
"I can't be away from you for one second," he looked at me with his golden pools that were his eyes, his hands holding my face, "I love you so much,"
"I love you too, Edward, I promise I'll stay close by your side and I won't try to do anything stupid, you can trust me; I won't deliberately go looking for danger, you know how easily it finds me," I said.
He kissed me, "I don't know if I could stand another disaster to find you love," he buried his head into my breasts and I stroked his beautiful bronze hair, "I need you Bella."
He kissed me on my breast and my neck, then up to my lips. Having sex with Edward was something wonderful to me, more even than with Aro, Edward was my only true love and I couldn't get enough of him, while he apparently couldn't get enough of me; we were both crazy with passion, I loved Aro very much but with Edward it was more than that, it was a need I couldn't live without; Edward was why I was who I was, he was the reason I could even love Aro. Edward was everything rolled into one, Aro was Edward's gift to me but without Edward, it would be hard to survive, if Aro went away, I would be sad, but without Edward I couldn't be.
I don't know how long this beautiful reunion lasted but we were so content and so in love.
"What did I do to deserve such a passionate reunion?" Edward asked.
He was grinning at me and I dazzled him with my smile in return.
"Just because you're you and I missed you like crazy, I can't seem to get enough of you, I want to crawl inside you; I love you more than you can know Edward, you're my true, true love," I said passionately.
"I don't know what brought this on but I'm not complaining, I love it when you're like this," he said.
"Make love to me Edward, please don't stop."
He did and when we were done, we lay together kissing and enjoying each others company.
Suddenly I heard a child's voice and knew it was Jenny, she burst through the door in spite of Maggie's protests to leave us alone.
"Oh dear," she said, "The prince has made you naked again, are you ok, he didn't hurt you did he?" she asked and jumped into my arms and hugged me, "I missed you Bella."
"Where've you been Jenny?" I asked.
My mother let me stay with my nana for a while but now I'm back."
"Did you miss your mom?" I asked.
"Yes, but not Vince," she said.
"So he still lives with your mom?" Edward asked.
"Yes," she said.
"Does Vince still hurt you?" I asked.
"Sometimes but he likes to take pictures of me too," she said.
"Does he take pictures of your mom?" Edward questioned.
"He said you have to be naked to have your picture taken, just like you Bella," I shuddered, "Prince Charming are you sure you don't hurt Bella?" she asked Edward, "My mom knows I come here to visit you and she told me that your picture was on TV because some mean people hid you away and they hurt you," she said concerned.
"My Prince Charming doesn't hurt me at all," I said.
"Did the wicked people make you naked and hurt you where Jimmy hurts me?"
"Yes Jenny they did," I said resigned, but not wanting to be reminded again.
Edward spoke, "Jenny, Bella was very brave and after she came home, she spoke to the police because the mean people were very bad, do you think Jimmy is a mean person?"
"Yes but if I tell the police, he will hurt the person I love the most," she said.
"I think you should be brave just like Bella and tell the police, Jenny," Edward said.
"Will you help me please?" she asked.
"Yes of course we will," I said.
I thought the person who she loved the most was her mom and didn't think to question her further, but Edward knew otherwise.
Emma had been resting in her room and now came out to see what the commotion was about.
"What's going on here?" she asked smiling.
"Emma this is Jenny, my little five year old friend, remember we had discussed her with Aro," I said.
"Yes of course," Emma said, "It's very nice to meet you Jenny."
"Do you live here now?" Jenny asked Emma.
"Yes, I'm here to take good care of Bella and keep her safe," Emma said.
Of course the five year old missed nothing.
"Who's Aro?" she asked.
"He's a nice very man who lives far away in a castle but he also takes care of me," I said.
"How can he take care of you from far away?" she asked.
"I go to visit him," I answered.
"Do you get naked with him too?" she asked innocently. I looked at Edward but didn't want to lie to her.
"Yes, Jenny I do," I finally said.
"Does he love you?" she smiled a knowing smile, "Like Prince Charming?" she added.
"Yes Jenny, he loves me too and he doesn't hurt me either," I felt a fondness for Aro as I spoke of him.
"Can I meet Aro?" she asked.
"Maybe one day," I said and Jenny giggled.
She would have continued I'm sure but Maggie came in then.
"Did you want me to clean in here," she asked.
Emma saved us.
"That's alright Maggie; I'll clean in here later, Master Edward and Bella were just celebrating their reunion because they were apart for the weekend, come Miss Jenny, I'll give you a cookie."
She followed them out of the room and closed the door as she winked at us, leaving us to our love making which we happily continued
"How was the E-mail from Renee?" Edward asked during a break.
I smiled, "She knows absolutely for sure, I have two men and she's cool about the whole thing," I said.
"Did Aro get such a welcome as I?" he asked.
"Actually I was depressed because I missed you and he noticed," I said.
"Didn't Alice talk to you on the plane?" he asked.
"Yes she did and I thought I was over it but I guess not enough," I said.
"Was he angry with you?" he asked.
"He didn't show it if he was, he mesmerized me into wanting him and by morning, I felt much better," I said, "He did say something that worried me."
"What was that?" Edward was immediately concerned.
"He wanted me to explain the effect he had on me and I told him; he responded by asking if I could want only him," I said.
"How did you respond, love?" he asked.
"I told him exactly how I felt about you and that neither of us could exist without the other," I said, "I told him I would do anything for him except give you up."
"Did that satisfy him?" Edward wondered.
"Enough for him to be very passionate with me, more than before," I said.
"It sounds like he wants you for himself," Edward said, "He thinks he can win you over with great sex?"
"He already gives me great sex, but so do you, I love him for more than just the sex though, I told him that part of the reason I love him is because he lets me keep you," I said, "My love for you is on a much higher plane, he asked me how I would feel if he left me," I remembered.
'How would you feel?" Edward asked.
"I would feel very sad and I would miss him," I said, "I you told hundreds of times, I would be totally content with you alone, Aro is a bonus really, I have a deep affection for him but you are my true, true, love, Edward." He kissed me passionately and we made love again