Let Her Explain

The process of burning the dead vampires was quick, but I didn't really complain much. After I have successfully killed the newborn vampire that I was left to face against, I had quickly looked for Bella. It wasn't long when I saw Riley pulling her away from Victoria and tossing her through the trees. At that moment I should really help her, well I did, in a way. I had sprung towards her, but it didn't look like she noticed me. Then her body went rigid, her eyes glazed over then her head collapsed on the pile of falling leaves and dirt. No, she didn't just…die. I stopped on my approach towards her when I felt my monster slowly kicking in. My head snapped back towards where Riley stood, helping Victoria up. I was about to rush over to Riley and kill him, but what happened next stopped me.

Riley started beating the hell out of Victoria, which was really odd. Victoria was surprise and shock at this, but Riley looked like he didn't really care. But when I heard what he said, him saying that he was Bella; that confused me even more. Everyone had stopped fighting each other, and was watching the scene that was being played before us. Everyone was confused; I know that, since no one could stop their fight with a vampire or a werewolf just to watch something as weird as this. Then Riley turned to look over at Bella's form, and it looked like he was trying hard to concentrate on something. Then his body went rigid and he just stood there, looking dazed.

I turned to look at Bella's form and I saw her body twitch. Then she stood up, and her eyes set straight on Riley. I saw her smirk, and now I was curious to what was going on. Riley woke up from whatever world he was in, and looked at Victoria disconnected body. Then it was on, like fire on a log. Riley lunged at Bella, and she didn't even look like she was surprise or shock. She laughed, and I thought she had gone insane somewhat. It was Emmett that pulled Riley off of her, and ripped his head off like he was breaking a piece of candy. Bella had said that she would explain everything, so that was why we were all here, werewolf and vampire alike. We were sitting at the lounge, waiting for her to start.

She looked at all of us, and then stopped when her eyes set on me. They had returned to their original crimson shade, and they softened as she looked at me. When she had uttered those two words 'You're alive', I had presumed that she thought that I had died. Never, ever would I leave her in this life, since I know that there won't be a next life for me. Who would give a vampire their third life as a human, or anything else? Our souls had been consumed by the monster within us, so in a way we were sharing our soul with that monster, our soul wasn't exactly our own to call. However, our hearts were, and I was happy that Bella was the only one that could hold my heart, and protect it from breaking, and I to her.

She smiled at me, taking my hand in hers and squeezed it, before turning back to look at the crowded room. "I think I've discovered my power." She murmured. Everyone's eyes went wide, but they soon reduced to their original size.

"Awesome! What is it?" Jacob asked, though it was finished by Emmett. Or I think they asked at the same time.

"Right now…I think I can switch bodies..?" Bella explained, although it came out as a question. Carlisle raised his eyebrow at her, and she shrugged. "I don't know. I don't even know how I even got into Riley's body. One moment I was glaring at him, the next I felt like I was flying then all of the sudden I felt like I've killed someone. At that moment I noticed that I was holding Victoria in Riley's body. So I guess I sort of took that advantage and…got rid of her."

"How did you get back to your own body?" Carlisle asked softly, though his voice held a tint of curiosity.

"I concentrated on the feelings that I had once I left my body, and well that worked, after several failed attempts." Bella chuckled, which earned her quite a few laughs from the wolves and Emmett.

"Interesting, perhaps we should test this." Carlisle said in astonishment, and Bella nodded in agreement. However, she frowned after, and gesturing her hand at all of us.

"Weren't you guys supposed to try and rip each other throat out?" She asked in confusion, and we all burst into laughter. Her frown deepened, and she crossed her arms before sinking further into the chair, which resulted her hand to let go off mine.

"Well, you interrupted them." I said, after regaining my breath. She looked up at me with that look of confusion again.

"How?" She asked, and I giggled.

"Well," I started, but was cut by Emmett, not that I mind.

"Your body went limp and the next thing we all saw was Riley beating the living crap out of Victoria, then killing her. Me and Paul stopped and just stared at Riley, or you, or…I don't know. But it was weird but comical." He said with a big grin, like he was proud of his description.

"But all of you are sitting here like a big family." Bella said, clearly the confusion hadn't washed out yet.

"We've come to a truce." Sam voiced out, catching everyone's attention.

"A truce?" Bella asked, and Sam nodded. "And that would be?" She asked once again, interrupting him.

He frowned. "Well, if you could just shut up for a moment so I can explain it." He scolded, and Bella stuck her tongue out at him. "I know that you….Cullens are going, so as long as you don't come back here to Forks, ever, then we can let you go. But if some day you're going to come back, then the truce is over. The treaty has already been broken, and there won't be a replacement for it."

"Well, can we go now?" Rosalie piped up, her tone was annoyed, and full of irration.

"Yea, I don't think I can stand to see another live Barbie doll." Leah spoke up, snorting rudely as she did so. Then she and Rosalie had a glaring contest, and I'd doubt that either of them would break down if Emmett and Seth didn't pull their attention away from each other.

"For a girl like you, you should learn how to wear sensible clothes." Rosalie muttered, but that didn't go unheard by Leah.

"And for a Barbie like you, you should learn not to try and look so fake." Leah retorted, and seemingly pleased of it. Rosalie growled, and Leah joined in, and soon they were growling at each other.

"Should we just let them battle it out?" I asked as I continued to watch them in amusement. Everyone was watching now, with amusement showing on their faces, although Seth and Emmett were trying to calm the two down.

"I don't see why not. Ten bucks on Leah." Embry, I think that was his name, said before he began to cheer for Leah.

"Haha, I think I'm going to win. Ten bucks on that blonde leech." Quil was the next to speak, and soon enough they were both cheering for their respectful bidder. I sighed and shook my head, those wolves were still young yet they had to jump right into danger, sad really.

"Who are you bidding on?" Bella asked softly as she leaned her head on my shoulder. I turned my head and placed a kiss on her forehead, while my hand came up to twirl a strand of her hair on my finger.

"No one, it's a bit silly." I murmured, and her shoulders shook with her chuckle.

"I thought you like silly stuff." She mused.

"This is beyond silly. Not to mention they're hot headed." I replied, and their growls grew louder and I think that was for me.

Bella wrapped her arms around my waist, and pulled me closer to her as she nuzzled into my neck. I could feel her breath traveling down my body, and I tried not to moan at that small contact. "So, we're going to be living in Alaska." She murmured.

I nodded. "Yea, you'd love it. With the snow and everything."

"I think I know what I want to do when we get there." Her voice was now sultry, and I felt her lips pulling up into a smirk. Before I could manage a question, she nibbed at my neck, making me gasp in surprise. Of course, the gasp didn't go unnoticed, although Leah and Rosalie chose to ignore it and continued to snap their teeth at each other.

I turned to look at the room, my family wasn't looking at me, though I could see an amused smile plastering on their features. However, the wolves were different, since their ebony eyes were on me, and Bella, but more importantly me. I sighed softly, and I almost yelped when Bella decided to bite down on the portion flesh of my neck. However, I did jump, or managed to since Bella was trying to make me stay in one place. Jacob raised an eyebrow at me, and I rolled my eyes at him, although I couldn't really pay attention to him when Bella was assaulting my neck with her mouth.

"Do you need help?" Jacob asked, and smirked. He knew damn well what was happening, and it seemed like he wouldn't let me go before embarrassing me first, which would be tough for him to do so.

"No." I spoke, or managed to get the word out, but it sounded more like I moaned it out, other than letting it out firmly.

"Oh? Doesn't look like you can handle yourself there." Jacob said in full amusement, and he stood up, slowly approaching me, or us. I glared at him, and he stopped with a chuckle before going back to his seat.

"I can handle…her." I squeaked at the last word, since Bella bitten down, hard, on my neck again. This was torture, and Bella was giving me hell. "Bella..." I murmured pleadingly, although my hand wasn't really helping me, when it was buried in her hair and was urging her on. Traitor.

"Mmm?" She hummed her question, her lips vibrated against my neck, and I tried not to shiver from the sensation, although I knew that I did fail, somewhere.

"Could you…you know…stop…somehow?" I asked, though I was having trouble thinking straight at this moment.

"That would be very helpful, Bella." Jasper chimed in, and I turned to look at him. His eyes were clouded with lust, and I knew that it was Bella's lust, and perhaps mine as well. I heard Bella sighed, though before she pulled back from me, she kissed on the spot that she had bitten down. What was I going to do with her?

"Tie her up and lock her inside your massive closet that shouldn't really be called a closet at all, more like a runway." Edward suggested, and I quirked an eyebrow at him, a smirk tugging at the corner of my lips.

"Please, Alice, anything but that." Bella pleaded, sounding a bit terrified at Edward's idea. I looked back at her, then giggled.

"But it's a fine idea though, don't you think?" I asked playfully, earning me a scowl.

"No." She growled, before pouting at me.

"I'm not going to do it…" Her eyes lit up, and I chuckled at that. "Not yet anyway." I added, and immediately her face fell.

By now, the whole family, including the wolves, had burst into a fit of laughter, while Leah and Rosalie were still on at it like lions protecting their cubs. In this case, they were protecting their appearances, and really I've lost interest in keeping track of the insults that were flying forth and back across the room.

A/N: You know, at least no one dies, because then the wolves will be utterly sad and Esme will be majorly sad and the family won't be the same, and they won't be sitting around joking and laughing with each other, and Alice and Bella won't be having sex unless they want depressed sex. No one wants to have depressed sex. And I think Embry might win since Leah can kick Rosalie's butt anytime. I'm not saying I don't like Rose, but she's too bitchy for her own good. Leah and her should be the best of friends.

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