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Disclaimer: All Twilight characters belong to Stephanie Meyers, while I'm just teasing and bending them for a bit. No profit is being collected from the fiction contained within.
The storyline and non-Twilight characters are my creative fault and mine alone.
This storyline has women loving women. If this kind of love scares you, well darling turn around and go back the other way. There are plenty of splendid writers who delve into straight couple relationships; I'm just not one of them.
Oh I did change the rating to M just to be on the safe side, do to the language getting a tad rougher and the sex scenes might become a bit more graphic but no promises in that area. Oh, there will also be mention of threesomes and 'gasp horror' vampires and other supernatural creatures getting it on with each other.
All boo boos, snafus and misdeeds within the story are all mine and mine alone.
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(Swan's living room around 2:00a.m.)
Pinching the bridge of her nose her eyes closed, Gabriella chanted silently, 'patience my girl, patience,' over and over to sooth her inner beast's furor. It had been clawing for release for hours but logically she knew this wasn't the time or frankly the place.
Of course, raising Conrad had provided amble opportunity to learn how to quell her temper. A hormonal teen was one thing, but mix in the short fuse of a young shape shifter well that was a volatile combination. Right now she needed all that training, because once her suspicions had been confirmed all she wanted to do was hunt the bastard down. Yet, because of her eyes she would have to wait a few more days and that was also driving her beast to the edge.
Listening to Charlie stalk around the living room she knew that was another reason she had to maintain her composure.
'No need to further upset him,' she thought slowly opening her eyes.
Breathing hard through his teeth Charlie's intestines still felt twisted from what Alice had told of what happened to her. He was still coming to grips with the whole supernatural thing and then to hear first hand what they were capable of sent cold tendrils to the pit of his stomach.
"That boy is deranged." He grumbled out through clenched teeth.
Rubbing her nose Gabriella had to admit she'd been knocked her for a loop by why Edward had attacked Alice. She had figured on jealousy, anger or some such thing but certainly not lunacy.
"Unfortunately becoming a vampire doesn't preclude madness." She replied and added quietly to herself, 'and sometimes it brings the madness.'
Charlie shuddered at what the boy could've done to Bella if he had stuck around. "My god, if he did that to his own sister, what would he had done to my baby girl? I knew there was something wrong with him. Should've kicked his ass out and forbidden him from seeing Bella."
Though she wanted to scoff at the notion Gabriella kept her tone even as she responded. "I know from experience teenagers when forbidden to be with each other will find ways to circumvent that order and with Edward being a vampire it would've been a hell of a lot easier."
Charlie rubbed his face with both his hands, "I know, I know, but damn it…" his words floated away and he drew his hands down and slammed them into his thighs. "How could Carlisle not see that Edward was crazy? He's a doctor for christsakes!"
Throwing his hands back into the air, Charlie sprung his body back around and glared at Gabriella. "Or did he see it and just ignored it, because the boy's a vampire?"
Gabriella had to swallow down the venom pooling in her mouth that was being triggered by the scent of Charlie's anger. Not that she would attack the human standing in front of her but his emotions were fueling her own. Making the primal part of her bellow for action, which she couldn't take yet. She wanted to yell at Charlie that she didn't have the answers to why Carlisle didn't want to see the truth. Clenching her hands into fists she forced to herself to relax, to be like Sara who was the most tranquil being she knew.
"I can't answer for Carlisle's knowing or not knowing. I'm sure you've encountered parents who no matter the evidence, completely deny their child's culpability." Hearing him grunt she added, "even vampires can be deluded when it comes to family."
That wasn't the answer Charlie wanted, it was too logical, too direct, it was something he might've said. He wanted to lash out; he needed to attack these creatures that had hurt his daughter. They were nothing like him, nothing like humans.
Snarling Charlie unleashed his ire on the beautiful woman sitting on his couch, "yeah, it seems being perverse and violent is a goddamn normal thing with all you vampires. You're nothing like us humans."
Gabriella's back stiffened at the implications, her fingernails cut deeper into her palms as she clutched her fists tighter. Any other time she would've brushed off Charlie's remarks but she had been too close to the edge all day and his comment had given her beast just the push it needed. She couldn't deny that most vampires only viewed human's as food or objects to play with for a while but she never had. Unlike them she had never fed on a human and she absolutely abhorred being lumped into the same category as Edward.
"Nothing like humans? Well I can't argue that." Tilting her head up towards Charlie her voice taking on a chilly tone as she continued keeping her voice low, "because you know what Charlie, humans are no better. Genocide seems to be a fucking common theme amongst you humans. Wiping out millions because, they're not the right race, religion or whatever reason is chosen at that time, so don't be getting on that fucking high horse with me!"
Hearing Charlie heart race increase and smelling a small amount of fear entered the man's scent. Gabriella closed her eyes trying to squelch down her fury. This was exactly what she didn't want to happen.
'Shit, damn, fuck! Calm down, calm down. You don't want Bella and Alice getting upset all over again, Gabi. Common on girl pull it back in.' Her mind raced as she took several unneeded deep breaths.
"I'm sorry Charlie that was uncalled for," Gabriella said slowly as she continued to bring her temper back under control. "I had no right to snap at you as I did. You've every right to hate us vampires and view us as you do."
Gabriella's words had stung him, not from the heat but from the truth in them, but the rage and the flashing of her teeth had sent a sliver of fear through him. He knew he was the cause of her rage from him hammering out at her but there was no one else to take his irritation out on. Yet, watching her pull her own anger in he knew he needed to do the same.
Taking several deep breaths Charlie found his nostrils filled with the soothing scent of cinnamon and chocolate and he slowly began to relax.
Charlie then exhaled and felt the weight of his anger drop. "No, no it wasn't right. Sometimes my temper gets the best of me." Finally plopping down in his easy chair. "Especially when I feel so damn helpless."
"You're not alone, apparently," smirking at the man. Leaning forward her she clasped her hands together, "we need to move forward. The past is done and we can't change it."
Letting out a long sigh of air, Charlie nodded his head in agreement with Gabriella, "yeah, okay." Rolling his shoulders to ease the tension in his neck, "so what can we do now? Can we go after Edward? I don't want him coming anywhere near Bella or Alice."
"You're not going to like my answer but right now there isn't much we can do about Edward right now." Forestalling him from saying anything she held up her hands, "that doesn't mean something won't be done. There are obstacles and hunting down a vampire isn't the same as hunting down a human."
"Doesn't your, uh, vampire guild or whatever have cops or some such thing so you can, I don't know, put out an APB out on him?"
Resisting the urge to laugh Gabriella smiled instead, "no, nothing like that but we do have a network of sorts and once my eyes are healed up a bit more, there's me."
"You're a vampire cop?" Charlie asked gazing at her.
He found he wasn't pleased at the idea, not because he had anything against women being cops; no Charlie was an equal opportunity kind of guy. No, the problem was Charlie was beginning to really like Gabriella and didn't like the idea of her being in danger and from what he learned it was a strong possibility.
"In a manner of speaking, yes. I'm like Van Helsing," she answered and then added with a purr. "Only sexier and infinitely better looking then him and I unlike that sourpuss, I have a magnificent sense of humor."
Gaping at the woman, Charlie blushed slightly because he agreed with the woman's statement wholeheartedly. As far as he was concerned she was the sexiest woman he had ever met and not just because she was exotically good looking. Her deep whisky soaked voice did things to his libido and made him feel like a randy teenage boy. Not that that was a bad thing, not at all he was just taken aback by his reactions. Since Renee his ex-wife, he hadn't felt that kind of stirring for another woman, it was like she had taken that part of him with her when she left him.
"Er…uh, okay," 'well there you go being brilliant again. Charming her with your lack of vocabulary skills.' Charlie groaned internally. 'Come on man say something,' "I do appreciate how you lighten the mood." 'Okay that was good.'
Chuckling deeply, "some call it gallows humor, but I prefer to see it as using laughter to lighten the soul. Too much anger can mire you down a good laugh can cleanse the mind so you can think clearer."
"Never thought of it that way, but I agree." Finishing his statement with a yawn.
Leaning back and resettling herself on the couch, "Charlie you should go to bed. I know humans need their rest and we can discuss this more later in the day."
Glancing at the clock on the wall, he saw it was nearing three in the morning, "yeah, I guess you're right I should try to get a bit of sleep." Slowly easing out of his chair, "uh, the girls, you think they're okay or should I check on them before I go to my room?"
Tilting her head, "no, they're both fine. They're doing what we are doing talking and recovering from what happened."
"Okay, good, uh… are they, you know?" He motioned with his hands to finish his question forgetting that Gabriella couldn't see him.
"Would it matter?"
Thinking about it for a second he shook his head, "no, it wouldn't. I just want my little girl to be happy."
"Then rest at ease, she is," Gabriella smiled at him. "You're a good father Charlie, now good night and sweet dreams." Making a shooing motion with her hands.
Fully taking in the striking woman with his eyes, Charlie shook his head blushing again as his mind went beneath the woman's clothes. 'Oh boy, this could get really interesting having her here.'
"Yeah, I'll see ya in the morning," he murmured as he forced his eyes away from her and headed up the stairs.
(Bella's bedroom, around 2:00a.m)
Gently playing with Alice's hair, Bella decided it was akin to corn silk in its softness. The two were again alone in Bella's bedroom. Just holding each other after Alice's revelation. Her first reaction was to hunt her ex down and rip him to shreds and turn his body into a bonfire. All that stopped her from tearing out her bedroom window immediately was Gabriella. The woman's amazingly strong hold and soft words ordering Bella to comfort her mate held her back. As she kissed the top of her pixie's head Bella was grateful that the older vampire had reined her in.
"Are you really doing better?" Bella inquired as she rubbed the small of Alice's back.
"Uh huh," a tiny nod the time pixie whose head was tucked into Bella's neck. "It wasn't a ruse just to get you alone again."
"Alice…" Bella left the rest hanging hearing the small woman sigh.
"Bella, the memory was a bit more intense then my visions and I think I reacted more to that than anything else. Perhaps it's shock, I don't know but really the whole thing is just too surreal." Pausing Alice lifted her head from its lovely spot so she could look at Bella, "I know Edward was my brother because of the memory but I don't really remember him except for that moment. It was like watching a movie, right now there just isn't any feelings attached to what I saw."
Seeing the sincerity in her lover's expression Bella kissed her, "I guess that makes sense."
Smiling Alice nestled her head back down inhaling the sweetness that was uniquely Bella. The only thing she had been worried about was that Bella might've been upset that her father had seen them in bed together. After Gabriella had guided Charlie from the room, Bella pulled Alice into her arms and held her tightly, much to her relief.
"Thank you, Bella," Alice whispered nuzzling the girl.
Alice's breath caressed Bella's neck sending lovely warming threads through her body.
"For what, my love?" She asked winding her fingers back through her pixie's silken locks.
"For holding me, loving me even after Charlie saw us." Came the soft reply.
In the past Bella knew she would've been embarrassed by her father catching her looking so, well sexually disheveled but she wasn't even sure her dad had even noticed. If it hadn't of been for Gabriella who had literally just popped into the room had wrapped her arms around the two managing to hide the hiked up shirts, Charlie might've gotten an eyeful when he barged into the room.
Placing another kiss on her lover's head, "First, I'm never going to stop loving and holding. Second even if Charlie did manage to twig on to what we were doing, I don't care." Inhaling Alice's citrus scent, "I love you Alice. I'm won't hide my love for you, especially not from Charlie."
Feeling Alice's soft lips press a kiss on her neck, Bella smiled and sighed softly. There was nothing sexual to it, just a tender declaration of love.
"Hmmm, I love you too," Alice hummed out. Tilting her head back she gazed at her mate, "I certainly don't mind him knowing our feelings for each other but I'm not so sure about him seeing us naked and withering."
"Technically we weren't any of those things when he came in," she said planting a kiss on Alice's nose. Closing her eyes, "Ali, I'm so sorry I caused that memory to come back to you so violently."
Rising up from her position, Alice tenderly took Bella's face into her small hands and kissed her lips.
"Bella, even with my visions I didn't see that coming, it just happened, and my dear Bell, I regret none of it, except for scaring everyone in the house." Kissing her again and smiling, "and as selfish as it sounds I'm rather glad it happened because I was in your arms being loved. Of course," winking at her, "next time I scream it will be for other reasons."
"As long as its my name you call out repeatedly, I can live with you screaming, moaning or whatever you feel like doing," smirking at the raised eyebrow her remarked brought from her pixie.
"Hmmm, I'd say Gabi is rubbing off on you but you've not known her long enough, so this must be some hidden quality in you that never came through in my memories of you."
Chuckling, "perhaps or it's just being with you that brings out my wicked side." She said wiggling her eyebrows.
"Well, we'll just have to test that theory," Alice cooed out with a kiss to Bella's lips. "But," kissing her again. "Not while there's a chance of Charlie barging in on us."
"Maybe Gabi can take him out and we can have the house to ourselves," she remarked shifting their bodies so Alice was lying on top of her. "She seems to have away with handling him."
"Or I could skip the preliminaries, fuck him senseless so our prurient actions will cover up your cries of passion," Gabriella's voice called out from downstairs.
Bella's jaw dropped open, she wasn't sure what mortified her more the thought that her dad had heard that or the idea of him having lewd sex. Either way it was definitely an eww moment for her.
"Oh god!" She murmured burrowing her face into her lover's neck.
A sweet giggle escaped Alice's lips which tickled Bella's neck, "now this," she began dropping kisses on Bella neck. "Is the girl from my memories."
Moaning from embarrassment, "she's worse then Emmett. I keep forgetting about vampire hearing. Tell me she was just teasing. She really wouldn't, I mean he's my dad and he's human and…"
Bella stopped herself from continuing because she was about to bring up Edward and his difficulty being with her intimately when she was human. The furthest they had every gotten was some deep kisses before he had to pull away out of fear of hurting her.
"Hmmm, well him being your dad might stop her but as far as him being human, no she wouldn't have an issue in that regard. When we were in Vegas she did more then just gambling and shopping." Alice answered her voice twinkling with amusement.
"Really?" Even though she squeaked it out it still sounded musical to Alice's ears.
"Yep, while Dani and I were shopping all over the strip, she was having a good time with a couple from Wales."
Pulling her head back Bella looked at Alice and silently mouthed, "a couple," to which Alice just nodded with a giggle.
"They were charming people and I loved their accents," Gabriella added from below.
"That's what you said about that cat," Alice remarked shifting herself to Bella's side as her fingers began to lightly finger patterns on the girl's stomach.
"Cat?" Bella asked raising an eyebrow towards her lover. The woman was surprising the crap out of her. Everything she knew about vampires had come from the Cullens and she was nothing like them.
"Werecat, to be exact, don't be making your mate think I'm into bestiality, my petite one." Gabriella clarified, "Sian was from Scotland and she was gorgeous. I must say I was quite ready to jump her the moment she said hello with that lovely lilt of hers. Damn, she was hot, in more ways then one and damn flexible."
Suddenly remembering Charlie, Bella's eyes widened, "er, Gabi is my dad with you?"
Gabriella's deep chuckle reached through the floors, "no child, he's in his bedroom. If you weren't so preoccupied with your own petting you would've noticed we finished talking a while ago. Now, why don't you two go back to doing what you were and try not to moan to loud, oh and Bella, I don't plan on bedding your father."
Bella could hold back the sigh of relief from escaping her lips along with a quiet, "thank god."
"At least, yet," Gabriella crooned out. "Maybe Sian would be willing to come here for a visit and well…"
"Oh my god!" Bella's whole faced scrunched up again, "that's just wrong," she breathed out to Alice. "And just really eww."
"Hmmm, perhaps for you but probably not for Charlie," Alice replied with a mischievous grin.
"No way, my dad would never, I mean…" shaking her head vehemently. "He's my dad, he doesn't have sex."
The comment brought gales laughter echoing up the stairs from Gabriella and a fit of giggles from Alice.
It didn't take long for the infectious laughter to capture Bella and she joined in as well. Oh how she had missed moments like this being with Alice and laughing. It was reminiscent to when the two would get together and watch movies in her room on nights Edward would go hunting. There was always the ease of teasing and joking with her little pixie she never really had with Edward.
If she could Bella was sure she would've had tears of laughter filling her eyes, "whew," she snickered out. "I haven't laughed that hard since Emmett lost that bet with you and had to sing 'I Feel Pretty', while prancing around in this vibrant green and pink flowered muumuu, you dug out from somewhere."
Wrinkling her nose Alice rolled her eyes, "okay, that's a mildly disturbing. I mean the thought of me," pointing to her chest. "Having something like that in my closet," shuddering slightly. "Why, that could revoke my fashion diva status and that just can't be allowed."
"Oh heavens no we can't have that," Bella nodded agreement with a big smile decorating her face. "It would be a travesty, a miscarriage of fashion justice."
"Exactly, I mean I work hard for that status." Sitting up in the bed as she continued, "I read all the latest fashion magazines. I'm a subscriber to various web sites dedicated to the newest, greatest fashions throughout the world." Heaving a dramatic sigh, "we're just going to have rectify that muumuu fiasco."
Warning signals started flaring up in Bella's mind; she recognized that look in Alice's expression even after two years it was one she would ever forget. It was in it's own way predatory in nature.
"Ali, honey," she began slowly. "You may not remember this but I really don't like to shop. In fact, I really, really don't like to shop."
Tapping her head gently Alice smiled wickedly at her, "oh my love, I actually do remember your abhorrence to shopping but I also know you will love this shopping trip because of the fringe benefits I promise you for going with me."
Bella perked up at that, "fringe benefits?"
"Oh yes, our last stop will me doing a Victoria Secret fashion show for you and then, well…" Alice waggled her eyebrows rather lecherously towards her lover, "let's just say we'll be staying in Seattle for the night."
Feeling the venom pool in her mouth at the various images that raced through her mind, Bella swallowed it down, not wanting to drool and look like an imbecile.
"I guess I can handle a shopping trip with you. I probably could do with some new clothes." Seeing her pixie's light up Bella couldn't stop her own smile from forming, "so what day did you see us going?"
"Tuesday, looks to be the perfect day, lots of clouds and fog," she said smiling as she snuggled back down into Bella's arms.
Kissing Alice's head, "couldn't ask for better weather." 'Yes! Just me and my pixie, oh yeah that'll be a perfect day and night.' Bella smiled deeply.