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Hidden Soul
Chapter Eighteen
Bella's POV
"You do know you are being incredibly stupid, right?" Devin asked casually.
We have been on patrol for a few hours now and this is the first time he has said anything. I sent him a glare as I looked around the area.
"What in the hell are you talking about? Devin…I swear to God if you are planning on betraying us again I will not hesitate to end your life right here and now." I said menacingly.
He quickly put his arms up while saying, "Woah! Calm down there killer! I'm not going to betray you or the others, I swear. I'm saying you're stupid for avoiding Rosalie like this."
"What are you talking about? I'm not avoiding her."
"Yeah, okay then. So you suddenly taking up all these patrol shifts and not going home until Rosalie is asleep isn't avoiding her."
I sighed and looked at Devin. "Okay, I have been avoiding her, but why does it matter to you?" I asked.
He shrugged his shoulders while saying, "I don't know…I just do."
I rolled my eyes at him and snorted. "Yeah, okay then Devin. This is coming from the person who was willing to betray his family and get them killed."
"I told you that I was furious Bella! I didn't know his intentions were to harm you!"
"Yeah, likely story!" I yelled at him. I was quickly getting angry.
Devin noticed how angry I was getting and his mood quickly changed. "Look, Bella I am sorry and if there is any way to repay you for what I've done, I'll do it without hesitation. For now though, can we at least just head back so the others can do their shifts?"
I sighed softly and nodded my head. We made it back and Destiny and her brother traded off with us. I told Carina hello and went up to my room. I expected to find Rosalie asleep, but I was surprised when I walked in and found her awake and in tears. My heart absolutely broke at the sight in front of me. Before I knew it, I was pulling her into my arms and calming her down.
"Shh, it's okay sweetheart. I'm here now. Everything will be all right." I said as I started wiping her tears away and pulling her on my lap.
She seemed to break down even harder and I felt her grab onto me as if her life depended on it. This is really just breaking my heart right now. I wonder what has made her this upset? It couldn't have possibly been how the way I have been acting, could it?
"Rose, why are you crying sweetheart? Please tell me what's wrong, won't you?" I whispered softly against her hair as I continued to hold my baby girl in my arms.
She sniffled and said in between sobs, "You…you hate me…why do you hate me?...is it because of what I did?"
If I couldn't think my heart could feel any worse, it seemed like a steam roller just completely trampled over my heart. She thinks I hate her! I could never hate Rosalie! "You…you think I hate you? Sweetheart, I could never hate you! You are my everything, the reason why I am even living. I love you so much Rosalie that I can't find a word that can even shows you how much I love you." I looked her directly in the eyes as I said that. I could see her tears slowly stopping. Now with her beat red eyes, she looked at me confused.
"You don't hate me? Then…then why have you been avoiding me since that day out in the woods?"
I sighed softly and put a piece of hair back behind her ear. "I'm so sorry Rosalie. I just…I didn't know what to do or even say. I know I should have been there for you more. I know how it feels to discover something new about yourself and all you want is someone there who understands. I should have been that person Rosalie and I feel awful that I abandoned you when you really needed me there the most. I'm so sorry."
I felt her wrap her arms around me and look me in the eyes as I felt tears form. Feeling her hand brush my cheek softly to wipe away the tears, I heard her start to talk.
"Bella, sweetheart, it's fine okay? I completely understand you freaking out like that. I mean, I tried throwing a boulder at you! I would have been completely scared." Rosalie said while laughing a little.
I smiled and pulled her as close to me as I could get. "Well, I just so happen to not get scared easily. Especially by someone as beautiful as you." I said as I leaned in to kiss her.
She smiled sweetly at me while leaning in as well. I soon felt her soft lips against mine and naturally I deepened the kiss. I felt her wrap her arms across my shoulders and straddle my lap as I wrapped my arms around her tiny waist. Softly biting her lip and pulling on it just a little, I started sliding my hands down under her shirt just barely. I heard her breath hitch a little as my warm hands glide across her stomach just lightly. I smiled into the kiss and I quickly turned us so she was lying underneath me. Soon enough we both had our shirts off and I started peppering sweet kisses all the way down her chest. After paying some attention there for a while, I slowly kissed down to her stomach and across her abdomen. I felt her fingers grab onto my hair and I heard a soft little moan coming out of her. I smiled and continued to do this for a few more minutes and then slowly kissed my way back up her body and back to her lips. I felt her slowly start to unbutton my jeans, and I started to do the same for her as well. Both of us taking turns to slide each other's pants and underwear down, we were both finally completely naked. We stayed like this for a while, just making out with one another and doing little "innocent" teasing touches here and there.
"Mm Bella, I need you right now." Rosalie moaned out quietly as I started to kiss down to her neck.
I smiled and said softly against her skin, "What do you need Rose? I want to hear you say it."
She moaned again softly while saying as best as she could, "I want you to make love to me Bella."
I grinned and started to kiss my way down her gorgeous body. We both made love to one another all night long, which is the longest we have ever done it before. You know how people say that make up sex is the best kind to have? Well, I agree full heartedly. After our endless love making, we both fell sound asleep in the early morning hours of the next day. I woke up later in the afternoon with a warm body snuggled up against me. I opened my eyes slowly, trying to get awake. Looking down, I could see that Rosalie had her head lying on my chest and I could hear cute little snores coming from her. I smiled at that and leaned down to kiss her head softly. I felt the sudden urge to go to the bathroom so I very quietly and slowly lifted Rosalie off and laid her back down on my pillow. I got up as slow as I could so I wouldn't disturb her, even though I don't think I will have a problem with that considering how sound asleep she was. We fell asleep with no clothes on, so I made sure to pull the sheet over her naked body. That was only for my eyes to see.
I walked into my closet and threw on a pair of underwear, shorts, and a t shirt. Walking out of there, I glanced at my love one last time before smiling and walking out of the room. After taking care of my business in the bathroom, I decided that I should probably go downstairs with the others. I could hear them all talking in the living room so I decided to go in there. Walking in, I could see Blain playing his video games (like always) and I saw a big muscular man playing along with him. They were both laughing and joking with one another. I stood in the doorway and cleared my throat after a few minutes. Everyone looked at me, and the guy I didn't know looked kind of scared.
"Um…who might you be? I don't think I recognize you from any place." I asked the guy as politely as I could.
The guy stood up and he was a lot taller than me, and even bigger than me. He walked up and smiled and offered his hand while saying, "Hello, I'm Emmett McCarty. I don't think you remember me, but Jasper invited me over to that party you had here for Destiny a few months ago."
I smiled and shook his hand. "Oh yes, I remember you now. I'm sorry if I sounded rude earlier, I actually just woke up. It's a pleasure to meet you Emmett. I'm Bella Swan."
He grinned and that was when Destiny came up to me and smiled. I looked at her curiously and had a feeling something was up.
"Bella, I want to officially announce that Emmett and I are now dating. We had been for a few days. I just wanted to wait for the right time." Destiny said while smiling at me.
I smiled a lot at her while saying, "I am so happy for you Des! I'm so glad you found someone!"
Both her and Emmett grinned and they kissed softly. They really are a cute couple.
"And I finally have someone who will actually want to play my games with me! Isn't this great Bells?" Blain asked excitedly.
I giggled and smiled while agreeing. I went into the kitchen and saw Carina fixing herself a sandwich and when she saw me she started to do her trademark smirk.
"It's about time you woke up. I'm guessing Sleeping Beauty is still upstairs?" Carina asked while still smirking.
I only rolled my eyes at her while going towards the refrigerator. "Yes, for your information, Rosalie is still asleep upstairs. We didn't go to bed until early this morning."
"Yeah, I know this already. Couldn't you two have at least warned all of us before you decide to do it all night? I mean, come on Bells! Where are your manners?" Carina said teasingly.
I smacked her arm playfully and smiled. "Oh shut up! It's not like you haven't done that before or anything."
She laughed and then her smile widen while saying, "Well, well, well, look who we have here. It seems like Sleeping Beauty finally decided to wake up and welcome us with her presence."
I laughed and turned around to find Rosalie standing in the kitchen with a pair of short shorts on and one of my shirts. I looked her up and down and smiled before walking up to her and wrapping my arms around her waist. She smiled at me as well and cuddled into me.
"Well good morning gorgeous. How did you sleep?" I asked softly as I looked at her and smiled.
She blushed a little, which I haven't seen her do in a long time. "I slept absolutely fantastic. Well, until you got up from bed that is."
"I'm sorry sweetheart. You were just sleeping so soundly that I couldn't get myself to wake you." I said as I leaned down and kissed her softly.
She smiled and said, "Well apology accepted. Now come here and kiss me."
I giggled and wrapped my arms around her tighter and kissed her slowly. Soon, I felt her deepen the kiss and get closer to me. We stayed like this kissing each other sweetly and slowly until we were interrupted.
"Woah, if this is how you two act all the time, then I need to come here more often." I heard Emmett's voice coming from beside us.
We pulled away and I sent him a glare while Destiny smacked him on the head. We laughed and I wrapped an arm around my girlfriend's waist.
"Rosalie, I would like for you to meet Destiny's boyfriend Emmett McCarty. Emmett, this is my lovely girlfriend Rosalie Hale." I said as I introduced them.
Rosalie's POV
No. Fucking. Way. There is absolutely no way that this is the same Emmett that was my first everything. I quickly looked up at him as soon as Bella introduced us. He was massive now with short dark brown hair. He still had those cute little dimples that I used to love and his personality is completely the same. Yep, this is definitely the Emmett McCarty that I once knew.
"Holy fucking shit! Rose, is that you?" Emmett asked excitedly.
I smiled at him while saying, "In the flesh. It's nice to see you again Em."
He grinned and came over to me to pull me into a hug, which I could hear Bella growl quietly at. He finally let me go after a few seconds.
"I would never have thought you would be a lesbian now!" Emmett said teasingly and with a smile.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Bella and Destiny asked at the same time. I could clearly see jealousy in both of their eyes, mainly Bella's. I think it's because Destiny knows that I am strictly for Bella and Bella only.
I turned to look at my girlfriend and smiled. I walked back over to her and wrapped my arms around her while saying, "Yes, this is the Emmett I was telling you about sweetheart. But you need to relax. I promise he won't try anything with me. Won't you Emmett?"
Emmett grinned at the two of us while then wrapping his arm around Destiny. "Nope, I promise Bella that Rose is strictly your girl."
That still didn't seem to calm Bella down in the slightest. I soon heard her speak again. "Destiny, can I talk to you for a minute privately?"
She nodded her head and they were both leaving the room to go talk. I then looked back at Emmett and smiled.
"So how have you been? It's been so long since I have seen you!" I asked excitedly.
Bella's POV
Destiny and I both went outside to go talk, that way no one else could hear unless they phased. I can't believe that the Emmett, the one that my Rosalie had fallen in love with, is now dating Destiny. The only thing that will calm me down is if Emmett was Destiny's mate. And for both of their sakes, I really hope that's the case. We both sat down on the porch step and looked at each other.
"So what was it that you wanted to talk to me about Bella?" Destiny asked softly.
I sighed and tried to calm down some. "Just…please tell me that he's your mate Des. Because if he isn't, I don't think I will be able to handle knowing that him and my mate dated years ago."
She smiled at me when I mentioned the word mate. "Actually…yes he is my mate. I wasn't sure at first because I thought what I felt for him was just a little crush, but the more me and him hung out and got to know each other, the more I came to realize what he meant to me. I'm really sorry if he upset you but I can give you my word that Emmett would never do something to hurt any of you."
I smiled and gave her a hug. "It's alright Destiny. I'm sorry for acting the way I did. You probably know how easily we can get jealous when it comes to our mates."
She giggled and hugged me back while saying, "Yes, I can definitely agree to that."
It was quiet for a few minutes then I thought of something. "Hey Des?"
She looked at me and smiled, "Yes Bella?"
"Does he um…does he know about…us? About how we are lycans and the whole mate thing?" I asked softly.
She smiled even more while saying, "Yes, I told him about that the night we started dating. I figured I should get that out of the way and if he didn't accept who we are then he wasn't my true mate and we would have had to just scare him."
I giggled and gave her another hug. "As much as I'm sure Carina would have enjoyed doing that, I'm really glad that you found your mate Destiny."
She smiled and hugged me back. We both stood up and we were both returning to our respective mates.
Rosalie's POV
After everything had settled down, Bella and I were off in our little corner cuddled into the huge arm chair they have in the living room while everyone else were either talking or playing games. I was sitting on Bella's lap as she was rubbing my back slowly, which always helped relax me.
"So…did you um…did you ever talk to your mom?" Bella asked softly.
"How did you know that I went to go talk to my mom?" I asked while scrunching my brows together in confusion.
"Carina told me when she got home that night." Bella said while smiling.
I rolled my eyes playfully. Leave it to Carina to tell Bella this. "Well to answer your question, yes I went to go see her."
"Really? How did everything go? Did she treat you decently?"
I smiled and told her everything that happened at my mother's house that night. I told her about how my mom is going to get my aunt Natasha to come down very soon to help me with my training. She thought all of this was fantastic. She actually said she doesn't want to meet her just yet, claiming that it will distract everyone from my training.
It has been almost a month since Natasha has come down here. And let me tell you, when she's not training me, she is always cracking jokes or just trying to mess with me. She really is fun to be around and I really wish I would have known her sooner. Mom had told me that the last time I saw her was when I was two years old, so I obviously would not have remembered her. Aunt Natasha was absolutely stunning as well. She had blonde hair, like my mother and myself, with the same eye color as me. I would say that she was about my height, but she always wears boots that has a heel to it, so that makes her taller than me. Her personality is absolutely great and I know that her and Bella will get along perfect.
Speaking of Bella, she has actually asked if she could come with me to one of my training sessions. At first I didn't want her to go because I would be worried about her safety. It was then that she reminded me about how she is a lycan, an Aradia at that, and that apparently nothing could hurt her besides me leaving her. That then proceeded to the conversation about me loving her and saying how I would never leave her like that. Bottom line is, I reluctantly agreed to her coming with me. So that was where we were now.
We just pulled up into my driveway and Bella has informed me that she has the area protected so we wouldn't be in danger. As we walked inside hand in hand, I heard Natasha coming in to the living room from the kitchen. She greeted me with a smile and gave both of us huge hugs, which Bella was surprised at. I forgot to tell her that Aunt Natasha likes to give out hugs.
"Ah, so this is the Bella that my niece hasn't stopped talking about since I've gotten here! It's so good to finally meet you!" Natasha said as she looked at Bella and smiled. "She wasn't kidding about your eyes either. I really love how violet they are!"
Bella blushed and smiled shyly. "Thank you. It's good to meet you as well. Rosalie has said that apparently me and you would get along quite well."
Natasha grinned at the both of us. "Oh did she now? Well, we will just have to see won't we?"
We all laughed some and then went into the kitchen where my mother was sitting on a bar stool drinking some coffee. She looked up at me and smiled, and then she smiled even more once she saw Bella.
"Bella! It's been awhile! How are you?" My mom asked as she got up to give her a hug.
Bella smiled and hugged her back while saying, "I'm great! Thank you for letting me come here today. I've been wanting to see how Rosalie's training has been coming along."
"Why you are welcome Bella." My mom said while smiling at the both of us.
"So, have you had any problems with that Kevin guy anymore? If so, I can totally go and teach him a lesson for you." Natasha said while grinning.
There's another thing that you need to know about Natasha, her powers are even better than mine at times. She not only has a shield to protect others and the levitation power that I have, but she also has the power to produce this strong surge of energy from her hands and with just a single touch she can either severely injure, paralyze, or even kill someone. She has told me she doesn't like to use it much, but she has said there has been a few times where she is forced to use it. I'm just glad she can control it because otherwise, Bella and I would be sitting ducks so to speak.
I could feel Bella tense at Kevin's name being said, just like she always does. "Thankfully no he hasn't been much of a problem. We haven't even seen any signs of him around anymore since we have started the patrols. The last time we saw even a glimpse of him was near the beginning of our patrols we saw a black blur go running through the woods."
"Well, whenever you are ready to take this asshole on, please let me know because I want to help."
Bella smiled gratefully at that. I really think those two will be best friends in no time. Which I haven't decided if that's a good thing or not yet.
"Well enough of this chit chat, let's go outside to train. Today I'm going to teach you how to use your shield."
We all followed her outside and to this little training area we have set up. Once we were all warmed up and ready to go, Bella gave me a soft kiss for good luck and went to sit by a tree. Before she went any further though, Natasha quickly put her hand on Bella's arm.
"Actually Bella, I think you'll be of great use for today's training." Natasha said with a smile.
Oh boy, this will not be good. She's up to something I can tell. Bella nodded her head curiously and stayed put next to Natasha.
"All right Rosalie. As you know, all Alojas has the power to produce a shield to protect their loved ones. Well, you need to learn how to project that shield so it will actually reach to the person or if needed, several people at the same time. To do that, Bella here will help get you motivated. I'm going to send a shock through her, don't worry I will start off with it barely even there. But, don't let that fool you because even that can hurt a lot. What I want you to do is to focus enough on Bella and project your shield to her so she won't feel it. Now, are you both ready?"
Bella gulped and looked at me worriedly. "Dear God Rosalie, please don't let her shock me. I would rather not be paralyzed today."
Natasha giggled and said, "Don't worry Bella. I have faith in Rosalie and I know she will do it. You're just motivation for her because she needs to be pressured. People who are going out of their way to harm you will not be patient so you can have enough time to project your shield. You need to be able to project it quickly and without taking a great amount of time to do so."
I nodded my head while taking a deep breath, "All right, I'm ready."
She smiled and I could see her power start to surge through her hands, even though it wasn't quite as powerful as it usually is. As she got closer to Bella, I closed my eyes to try and project my shield. I felt a little surge of energy in my body but unfortunately for Bella, it wasn't enough for her to be protected from Natasha's power. I heard Bella yelp a little.
"Ow! Shit that hurt! Rosalie, please for me try to concentrate on this." Bella said as she started to rub her wrist.
"Come on Rose, just concentrate on how much you want to protect Bella. I know you feel that power surging in your body deep down. You just have to grab it and shove it out of you with all of your might. Okay, let's try again. This time the electricity will be amplified just a little bit more."
I sighed and closed my eyes again and tried to feel the power deep inside of me again. I felt it and this time it was just a little bit stronger than the last. Unfortunately again though, Bella yelped in pain once more. This went on a few more times and that was when I was finally getting beyond angered. I don't like seeing my mate getting hurt!
"All right Rosalie, this one is full power. I highly suggest you get this one this time." Natasha said.
I closed my eyes and concentrated once again. I kept hearing little whimpers of pain coming from Bella as the power was so strong as it touched her. All of a sudden I felt a burst of anger and power surging through my body.
"DAMMIT NATASHA! STOP IT!" I full on yelled and I could feel an energy type field leaving my body. Soon enough, Bella stopped whimpering and she was able to stand again, all the while Natasha was still touching her wrist. Once she realized what was happening she started to smile.
"See? All you needed was some motivation. Good job Rosalie. Now, let's do it again so you can get the hang of it."
So this went on for the rest of the day. About halfway through, Natasha asked Bella to phase into her lycan form so we could practice on that too. Thankfully, I finally was able to project my shield almost on command. I guess I was a fast learner. I was just thankful when I didn't have to hear Bella's whimpering any more. By the time nightfall came, Natasha finally said that we can stop for the day.
After eating and taking showers, Bella and I stayed up in my room and watched movies the rest of the night. She was absolutely drained from today's activities, which the same thing went for me as well. This went on for a few more weeks and I was finally able to control my levitation and my shield. I wasn't a master at my powers quite yet, but I was able to control them enough to choose when to use them or not. Finally, the day of our departure to Volterra arrived and I could sense Bella's nerves. We decided that all of the pack members including Devin and myself would all go with. Right before we left though, Natasha came up and asked and practically begged Bella to let her come with. Apparently she claims that she wants to be there just in case anything bad goes down. She has quickly became very protective over Bella and I. And I was right when I said her and Bella would quickly become best friends. They were always up to some sort of mischief around the house, whether it be at mine or hers. But I really wouldn't have it any other way.
Alright, I know it's kind of a crappy way to end things but I felt like I needed to because the next chapter will be about the whole Volterra trip and what not. So, like I said up at the top, I have found pictures for Natasha, Rosalie's mom, and Nathan and they are all up on the website for this story. If you don't know the website link, then the link is posted on my profile. All you have to do is either click it or if that doesn't work then just type the link exactly how it shows up in your search bar and it should bring it up for you guys. Just to let you know, I chose Casey LaBow (who played Kate in the Breaking Dawn movies) as Natasha because I felt like she would make the perfect Aunt Natasha. So naturally, I felt like I should add a little bit of Kate's power into the mix of things and I actually like how it turned out. I also chose Maeve Quinlan as Rosalie's mother. When I was searching for these pictures, she suddenly popped in my head and I was like "I NEED TO MAKE MAEVE ROSALIE'S MOTHER! SHE WOULD MAKE THE BEST ONE!" Now for Nathan's person, that one was actually rather tricky to find. This whole time I had pictured him to have the dark brown hair and it be kind of styled like how Jasper's is. So I searched and searched and searched and then suddenly a single lonely photo of James Franco popped up on my screen and I was like "Oh my gosh! He is PERFECT for the Nathan part!" So I looked him up (because I'm a dork and I couldn't remember his name except for that he played Spiderman's best friend) and I fell in love with him instantly. So there is my reasoning for my pictures. Anyway, I would like to thank you all for sticking with me during this story. I know I haven't updated as much as I should have, but it still means a lot to me that you guys still like this story. I have also gotten a few new reviewers during the last chapter I posted, so I would like to welcome all the newcomers with a big welcome and a huge thank you as well. I'm hoping to get up to 100 reviews after this chapter is posted. It would really mean a lot to me if you would help me reach this goal. I'll even give out a prize for the 100th reviewer. The person who leaves the 100th review will get a shout out in the next chapter and a big hug from me. =] So this author's note is getting rather lengthy so I should probably end it here now. I will most likely be updating again very soon since school is practically over. So until next time. =]