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; for the most part, I'm just not one of them.
The rating is 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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(Saturday Afternoon the Forest)
"So Gabi really believes the bastard will come back here to try and kill Alice?" Jacob asked as his hands automatically curled into fists at the idea.
Two years ago he wouldn't of cared if about it, wouldn't have felt the need to protect the little pixie but that was no longer true. His feeling still had more to do with how much it would hurt Bella if anything happened to Alice but he had to admit the little vampire was wiggling her way into his heart.
"Yes," Bella answered with a small hiss. "She believes his obsession with Alice and saving her soul is a driving force. He has some sort of, what did she call it…oh yeah a messiah complex."
Alice who was standing behind Bella on a moss covered log with her chin resting on the young woman's shoulder nodded in agreement. "I can't get a lock on him with my visions. His decisions are so chaotic. They keep changing, first he's coming here then he's not then he's running off somewhere and then back here. It's gotten to the point that any vision of him is painful for me. The only clear image I have is that he's feeding on humans." Shuddering slightly as she shared that last bit with Jacob.
Unable to suppress the growl that escaped his curled lips in anger, Jacob's eyes narrowed, "I should go with her and help him hunt down."
Shaking her head Bella reached up and touched her cold fingers to his hot shoulder, "Gabi won't let any of us go with her."
The wolf in him howled inside of him. 'This is why I was created to hunt and kill vampires. I shouldn't be denied this.' Yet, as much as upset his wolf was Jacob realized he wouldn't be allowed to go. He was already up to his eyeballs in shit from Sam and his father for his stances and what Edward was doing wasn't the pack's concern since it wasn't happening anywhere near La Push.
"She's conflicted about going herself, but the idea of the bastard hunting others in his delusional state is compelling her to chase after him." Alice chimed in softly. "And while Gabi is gone she wants the rest of us to stay alert and for Bella to explore her talent."
Scratching his head, "you're talking about how that bastard couldn't read your thoughts."
"Yeah, and now Jasper's ability has no effect on me like it did when I was human." A tiny her smile touched her lips at that thought, "she wants me to try some different things to explore that shield."
"That's the simple term for what Gabi means," Alice added. "She thinks that since as a human Bella's mind was unreadable to the bastard that her powers as a vampire will be far more powerful. And that as time progresses Bella will be a formidable vampire."
Jacob couldn't help but grin as he watched Bella duck her head in embarrassment as Alice who seemed to not only glow at what Gabi thought of her mate's powers but her voice rang with pride.
"Sooo, my best friend is going to be some freaking awesome mosquito, well that is way cool. I mean cause I'm one bad ass mutt it only seems appropriate for my best friend to be just as wow as me." Jacob barked out with a laugh.
"Oh shut up," Bella grumbled and shoved his shoulder. The whole idea seemed ridiculous to her.
Giggling Alice gave her lover a chaste kiss on the cheek before pirouetting off the log she had been standing on, "oh I'm feeling sooo lucky at being allowed in the presence of such grand." Curtsying slightly before the both of them, "and super supernatural beings. I'm sure my heart would be fluttering with delight at such a privilege."
Throwing his shoulders back, stretching to his full height and cranking his head to the side, Jacob looked quite imperious standing there. The only detracting element from his pose was the smile playing on his lips and the glint of amusement in his dark eyes.
"As well it should," he humphed out. "If it wasn't for the fact that you're a totally hot future seeing babe, I'm not sure you'd be allow to be with ones such as Bella and I."
A brilliant smile lit up Alice's face as she danced between the two, "hmmm so you think I'm a hot babe even if I'm a mosquito," she swayed her hips in front of Jake who let out a wolf whistle earning him a smack on the shoulder from Bella. Laughing Alice skipped over to the young man who was rubbing his shoulder, "well you're not so bad yourself for a big old pooch."
"Why thanks kewpie doll," winking at her as he puffed out his chest and flexed his biceps.
Bella rolled her eyes at the two and their antics but she was secretly pleased they were getting along. She had worried about it considering how Jake had been two years ago in regards to the Cullens, Edward in particular. It took her a while to figure out he had a crush on her and perhaps if the Cullens had never been her feelings for him might've deepened. Yet now she had her little pixie and Jake well he seemed to understand and accept their relationship.
"Are you two done flirting?" Bella asked smirking at the two.
"Yep," Alice said hopping back over to her mate and taking hold of Bella's hand.
"For now," Jake smiled, "so how do we help you become this super vamp?"
Shaking her head Bella let out a puff of air, "its just silliness that Gabi was talking about. She says I need to embrace, explore and expand my talent." Closing her eyes recalling what the older woman said to her, "my gift right now is on automatic reacting defensively. Protecting me from what can be perceived as threats, such as Edward's mind reading when I was human and now Jasper's empathic abilities."
"But like Gabi said, a shield if used correctly can be offensive as well as defensive. It's the energy that a talent produces she wants Bella to work on understanding but first our dear sweet stubborn Bella needs to accept that she has this wonderful ability." Alice remarked giving the girl a light kiss on her cheek before continuing, "and that she is indeed special."
Scrubbing his hand through his bristly hair, Jacob gazed at his best friend and sighed out softly. Bella's lack of belief in herself as nothing knew to him. The girl fought the idea of being someone special. She had always insisted that she was just plain old klutz Bella, claiming vanilla ice cream was more exiting then she could ever be. He really couldn't grasp how Bella, who attracted not only humans but also supernatural beings couldn't see how attractive she was in return.
"Ya know Bells out of all of us who became shape shifters only Quil and Seth saw it was something cool, the rest of us thought of it as a burden, a life curse that we had no control over." Taking hold of her free hand in his and looking at her with his soft dark brown eyes, "well I was wrong Bells. Being a shape shifter is a gift, like Gabi said. I'm in the position to protect the ones I love like I never could've before and if I was blessed with a way to increase that ability I'd grab it. I'd do whatever it took no matter how silly it might seem to me, even baying at the moon, if it meant my power to protect the ones I loved increased." Pausing he closed his eyes briefly the soft smile disappearing from his lips, "in some ways, my dear Bells you're rather a selfish brat. Here's your chance and you want to push it away because it would prove you're special and god forbid that should happen."
As Jacob's words washed over her, Bella's eyes drifted from him to Alice, her mate the one whom had brought music into her life, even before becoming a vampire. 'My little pixie risked her life to come back to me. Jake's right, I'm one screwed up person.'
"You're right, I need to accept that I…well I still don't think I'm anything special but I've been given a gift and if there really is way to do what Gabi says to protect my loved ones then okay."
"Great," Jake replied with a huge grin spreading across his face. "So where's our Jedi Master to guide us in the ways of showing you how to use the force?"
Bella laughed at the reference as she responded to his question. "Back at the house, she had a contact who was sending her some information he had found concerning Ed…the bastard."
(Swan's Residence)
It had been so long since Charlie's calloused hands touched such smooth skin in such an intimate way that he relished the feel. Kissing the top of Gabriella's head, Charlie mouth broke into a crinkled smile as her short silken locks tickled his nose. Making love to her had been different then to his ex-wife, ignoring the clear difference between vampires and humans, Charlie focused on his emotions.
Charlie had fallen for the vivacious Renee the first time he met her, but he fought his attraction for her. She was only sixteen years old, while he was a twenty year old just two years on the police force and the whole idea of wanting someone so young scared the peewaddin out of him. That left it up to Renee to do the pursuing and she did, she went after him, caught him and married Charlie right after she graduated high school. Renee wanted a life outside of Forks and was sick of how Charlie would spend time taking care of his ailing parents when he should've been lavishing all of his free time on her and Bella. His heart had shattered so hard when Renee told him she was leaving him that he barely looked at another woman for years.
Grazing his hand across Gabriella's scarred back Charlie not only heard but also felt her purr deeply into his chest. It was an enchanting sound and he loved how it vibrated through out his body. Everything about the woman in his arms was amazing but he knew he wasn't in love with her. Their making love together had been happenstance born from a need for comfort rather then romantic love between them.
(Flashback)
The December day had started out dreary gray and it hadn't improved in the least for Charlie. After spending the morning with Sue Clearwater talking about what had happened to his friendship with Billy. It wasn't how he hoped to spend the day with her so when he returned to home it was in a rather depressed mood. By the time reached his house, all he wanted to do was sit in his easy chair flip on a game and drink a six-pack of beer. Entering the house, he thought no one was there it was so silent and even though it was still afternoon the house was dark without any sunshine. Yet, as he crossed from the entryway into the living room he easily spotted Gabriella curled up on the couch. The light from small netbook on the coffee table reflected off her ivory skin giving it a luminescent quality. Her knees were tucked up under chin with her arms wrapped around her holding them tight.
"Gabi?" Charlie asked as he moved towards her. He didn't need to be a shrink to see something was bothering the usually unflappable woman. Sitting next to her, he saw her eyes filled with tears that would never fall. "What's wrong?"
"Oh Charlie, they were just children." Her voice was husky raw with emotion. "The youngest was Dani's age. The fucker is killing children." She pointed to her netbook where an image of one of Edward's victims was shown. "He's posing them, like some goddamn art display."
Picking up the netbook up Charlie flicked through the images of those victims of Edward's that had been discovered. Of the four victims found the only visual thing they had in common was they all appeared to be teenagers. They were of various racial backgrounds and both sexes were represented. In all the photos each victim had their heads turned upwards, their eyes wide open and their hands clasped together as if praying. Having been a cop for twenty plus years Charlie had seen many gruesome things but these images sent cold shivers through him curling into his gut.
"It's my fault they're dead," Gabriella whispered. "If I had just gone after him once I knew Alice was safe none of those babies would be dead."
Setting the netbook down, Charlie gathered the woman into his lap, surprised by how light the powerful woman was, "shhh, you didn't kill them." Kissing her forehead and rubbing his hand lightly up and down her back. "It's not your fault. You couldn't know this would happen and from what I heard you couldn't leave Alice for several hours."
Gabriella's only response was to curl tighter into his arms and sob silently her cool breath caressing his neck as Charlie held her to him.
(End Flashback)
Charlie wasn't sure when the comforting touches had turned to sexual or if in reality they had but somewhere within the touching the two in silent agreement ended up in his bed together. As they explored every inch of each other with soothing strokes, Charlie found he could only compare Gabriella's skin to silken living marble. He had worried aloud that his callus hand would scratch her skin earning him a sweet kiss and deep chuckle from her.
Inhaling Gabriella's fragrance Charlie grinned, 'she even tastes like her scent chocolate cinnamon.' He sighed out in pleasure.
"No regrets I hope," Gabriella's rich voice broke through his reminiscing. "Because I have none," twirling her fingers on his firm stomach.
Shaking his head, "no, I don't regret what we shared." And he meant it sincerely. True he had never thought of himself as someone who bed a woman he wasn't in love with but oddly enough this time it just felt right.
Shifting head off his chest, she propped her head on her hand, "good." Smiling at him, "Charlie you're a beautiful man and the woman who's captured your heart will be a most fortunate female. Don't deny yourself of love sweet man you deserve it."
It suddenly dawned on Charlie as he gazed into the twinkling golden eyes that when he had climaxed the name that he mumbled out hadn't been Gabriella's.
"Oh god, Gabi, I…" he stumbled out only to be silenced by her cool lips on his own.
"Shhh, it's okay. My ego certainly isn't that frail, but I do think my dear you need to allow yourself a chance with this Sue." She said as she cupped his face tenderly.
"I don't know. I doubt she feels the same towards me." He said softly. "We're just friends. Always have been and when both of us were grieving over our losses, she lost her husband to a heart attack and I thought I'd lost Bella we reached out to each other."
"Makes sense you would come together. Why do you think your feelings are one sided?"
"I pretty sure she likes Billy. I know he likes her, even before our fight, Billy was always a bit tense with me visiting Sue when he wasn't around."
"Billy is your Quileute friend the one you fought."
Charlie snorted, "ex-friend. The man's an ass. I've more reason then he to hate vampires but I'm at least willing not to lump you all together. If it weren't for the treaty, that his grandfather had established I'm sure he'd encourage Sam and his gang to go after all of you including Bella"
Allowing her fingers to play with the sparse hairs on Charlie's chest, Gabriella nodded at his words, "you're probably right in regards to Billy but just because he is attracted to Sue doesn't mean she returns his affection." Shifting into a sitting position Gabriella took his hands in hers, "Charlie, I know your ex-wife hurt you and you've wallowed in that hurt, wrapping yourself up in the pain, but don't you think it's past time for you to explore loving another?"
'I…I just don't want to fail again."
"You didn't fail. People grow, people change, the love two people share grows and changes, sometimes it flows in the same direction, sometimes it doesn't. As cliché as it sounds that's life but I'll tell you for certain, you will fail if you do not at least give yourself a chance with Sue." She let go of his hands and gently stroked his cheek. "Give her the opportunity to know your feelings for her, instead of taking the safe route of defeat."
Gazing at the beautiful woman before him, Charlie nodded and then a small smile tugged at his lips, "you are an amazing creature. Here we just finished making love and now you're lecturing me on going after Sue."
"Ah but what better place to discuss love and wooing if not from one's bed?" Quirking an eyebrow and lifting her lips into an amused smile. "But I suspect the girls we'll be returning shortly and I seriously doubt this is how you want Bella to find us like this."
"Er, yeah probably not good idea."
Chuckling softly, Gabriella gave him one final kiss before leaving the bed, "could petrify them for life."
Shaking his head at her, Charlie rolled out of bed and began to get dressed as well. "Uh, Gabi," he began slowly as he pulled his pants on. "I…uh, well uh perhaps we could keep this between us for now?"
Glancing over at him, Gabriella quirked her lips into a gentle smile smelling and hearing Charlie's blood rush through him from embarrassment. 'He's so damn cute.' "Charlie, I won't share what happened between us, but that doesn't mean it won't be found out. The scent of our having sex together fills this room." 'Not to mention my petite one probably already had a vision of us together,' she added silently.
Charlie frozen for a second as he was reaching for his shirt, feeling completely flustered all he could manage out was a simple, "oh."
Seeing he needed some time, alone, Gabriella finished dressing quickly and then said softly, "I'll be downstairs."
Finally dressed, Charlie entered the living room, rubbing the back of his neck as if he was trying to rub away his embarrassment. He went over to the Gabriella who was again sitting on the couch putting away her netbook. Sitting next to her he felt his shyness sweep over him again.
"Uh Gabi, I…uh meant what I said. I don't regret what happened between us. I guess I just got a little flustered at the idea of Bells knowing, but it's something she and I will have to deal with at some point. I mean I know she and Alice, well…yeah…"
Placing her fingers over his lips, "shhh Charlie, it's okay I do understand. I'm a mother and a grandmother; being frozen in the body of a twenty-three year old does make it harder to believe. However, for both your sakes I really think you and Bella do need to have the sex talk. Not the one about the birds and the bees but the one about how just because one is a parent doesn't mean the libido dies."
The sound of the front door opening stopped any further discussion between the two. Charlie jumped from his place on the couch looking very much like a teenager being caught by a parent at hearing his daughter's voice.
"Gabi! Jake wants to know more about kinetic…"
Bella stopped so suddenly that Alice if she hadn't been so graceful would of run up her back, but she twirled to the side leaving Jacob to collide into his friend. The weight of his impact would have sent her tumbling into the TV set if Alice hadn't stopped her momentum.
"Energy of some vampire gifts," Gabriella finished for the girl trying to keep the amusement from her voice as she watched everyone's reaction as she added. "It's like invisible waves."
Charlie who had raced to keep his daughter from falling bounced off Alice and landed in his easy chair was blushing thoroughly. Jake who had recovered was casting his eyes back and forth between Charlie and Gabriella. Alice was doing her best not to laugh, while she assisted her mate in regaining her footing. Bella looked like the proverbial deer caught in the headlights as she recovered. Her widened eyes were bouncing everywhere except towards her father and Gabriella.
"The answer to the unasked question is yes," Gabriella began gazing at everyone and then focusing on Charlie. "Sorry but they all know so we might as well get it out and dealt with before I leave." Turning her attention to Bella, "I'm a very physical person as you've notice and I was extremely distressed by something I learned, your father comforted me and one thing led to another."
"Oh, uh, I don't…okay," Bella stumbled out. It wasn't a subject she wanted to discuss but she couldn't deny she was curious and well shocked.
"It was mutual," Charlie added his gaze falling on Jacob. "So if your going to tell your father you make sure to tell him that."
"Hey, I'm not going to tell my dad." Jake replied with a slight smile. 'No way in hell am I going to share that bit of info with my dad, but damn, who knew Charlie had it him.' "It's not any of his business what you or anyone does in their private life, no matter how much he likes to try and make it so."
Alice skipped over to the older woman and sat next her on the couch, she didn't care about the two having sex her thoughts were on what had troubled Gabriella.
"You found something about Edward." She stated taking the older woman's hands in her own.
"Yes," she nodded slowly. "He's killing young humans. One was Dani's age. He's posing them and of the ones I saw, none were fed on. He just snapped their necks."
"Oh God," Bella and Alice gasped out at the same time.
Jake growled anger and horror played across his face, "I'm coming with you to hunt this bastard down. Sam and the elders be damned. What good is it being a wolf if all we do is stay in our own world protecting that which isn't being threaten while ignoring the rest of the world which is being attacked."
"Jake, your father isn't going to like it," Charlie remarked frowning. "Not sure I like it either. Your only eighteen years old."
"Didn't you tell me you joined the police force at that age?" Gabriella asked gently.
"Yeah but after training," he mumbled. "You're honestly thinking of taking him with you?"
"Well, I admit I'm unsure how a wolf and a werecat will get along but it would certainly be an experience to say the least." Chuckling at the thought but then turning serious, "I vow on my life nothing will happen to young Jacob except a chance for him to grow."
"But you told Jasper, Emmett and I we couldn't come?" Bella protested all thoughts of her father having sex chased to the back of her mind where she planned to keep it. "Why take Jake?"
"Several reasons really, one I still think we'll be chasing his shadow, two Edward knows your scents which will alert him and three I want you all to be here to protect each other, because I truly believe he'll becoming back here."
Charlie's frown turned into a grimace, "also as your father I would forbid you from going, and though that boy might show up, Gabi's right you're safer here as is Alice."
Standing up she walked over to Bella and tenderly touched her cheek, "I also want you to practice your gift and you can do this with Jasper and Emmett. Yes, the big vampire has a gift it's his strength, I only defeated him in our sparring match because of my gift. Open your mind to feeling the waves of energy they each put out, with Jasper it's easy but with Emmett it's more tricky because it isn't with his mind but his body."
"You really think Bella will be able to use her shield to not only block but also deflect and not only those whose talents are through mental projection but physical as well." Alice stated also getting up from the couch and walking to the two.
"It is a guess on my part but I felt something when we teleported together I suspect that if you didn't trust me your gift wouldn't have tried to stop it from happening. That is why you need to explore your gift." Tilting her head in thought she then added, "In fact, while Jacob is informing his family we'll do a bit of experimenting."
Feeling both elated about Gabriella willingness to allow him to go with her and dismayed at having to inform his father his decision, Jake's expression went from smiling to frowning rather quickly. The enormity of his decision washed through him. If he did go with Gabriella, he wouldn't only be ostracized by the pack but his father would no doubt reject him as well.
'This is it,' Jake thought as he rubbed his face. 'The turning point in my life, if I do this I'll be a lone wolf,' glancing at everyone in the room a small but significant realization hit him. 'But I won't be alone. Besides isn't it my right to make my own decisions, to be my own man and how can I do that if I stay here?'
Absently nodding at his own decision, Jacob pulled out his cell phone and went outside the house to make the phone call that would change path he was walking on.
As the young man left the room, Charlie shook his head, "I still don't like it. He's just a boy. I don't think he realizes what he's really doing."
"I disagree," Gabriella remarked gently. "I think he does and he is no longer a boy. Now, time for some training for you Bella."
Charlie harrumphed at what she said but didn't argue the point, partial because he realized she was probably correct and he was also damn curious about the whole vampire gift thing the three were talking about. He had witnessed Gabriella teleporting, which had shaken him to the core the first time he saw her disappear. His brain was still feeling pretty fuzzy about the whole thing.
"Petite one, you and I are going for a quick trip," Gabriella said with a tiny smile, which grew bigger when Alice giggled and jumped onto her back. "My dear we're not going to Paris," chuckling.
Giving a mock pout and a puff of air, "oh fine."
"Bella I want you to stand as close as you can, encircling us with your arms but without touching us." She paused as the girl complied with her request, "okay I want you to shut your eyes, good."
Closing her eyes, Bella felt absolutely silly standing there until a slight liquidity sensation graced her body; opening her eyes, she saw that the two women gone. Then the impression hit her again before she even had time to drop her arms the two were back right where they had been. Her mouth flopped open and her eyes widened at the precision of Gabriella's ability.
Trilling out a laugh, "Bella, as people say, you'll catch flies with your mouth hanging open like that," then Alice tapped her mate's chin lightly, which had the desired effect of getting her snap her jaw shut. "Much better."
"Not bad placement on my part if I do say so, but it took years of practice to be this accurate, now tell me did you feel anything?"
"Uh yeah a strange kind of sensation," Bella scrunched her face slightly as she tried to find the right words to describe what she felt. "When I was a kid a friend use to have this trick where she could make it feel like goo was running down my head without even touching me. It was weird and cool at the same time."
"Eww gross," Alice remarked staring at her mate. "I'm glad I didn't feel that."
"Though I do agree with my petite one it's an interesting analogy, but what you felt was my energy as I teleported. I've found that everyone's energy has a slight variance and I think you will over time as well."
"I think I know what you mean, like when I'm around Jasper I can feel like uh percussion waves coming off of him." She said with some excitement in her voice.
"Makes sense since he his projecting emotions," she said with a smile. "Now for the harder one, alright love down you go." As Alice slid off her, Gabriella took hold of Bella's hands, "I want you to stop me from teleporting the both of us."
For the second time Bella's mouth plopped open to only be shut gently by Alice who covered her own mouth to silence the titter that was bubbling out of her. She loved how full of expressions her mate's face was, 'she'll never be able to lie successfully.'
"I can't…" Bella began shaking her head at the absurdity of the notion.
"Perhaps not but that is what we are testing," leaning down she touched Bella's forehead with her own. "Place this firmly in your mind, that you don't want me to take you away from your mate. By leaving Alice's side, you are putting her in danger. My teleporting is a threat to you both. Close your eyes if it will help you."
A silent look from Gabriella, Alice nodded and she forced herself to think about Bella leaving her, "Bella don't leave me." Her sweet voice quavered with fear as she spoke, "I need you by my side."
At hearing her pixie's voice, Bella face took on a frown, "I won't. No one can separate us now."
For several seconds nothing happened, but Alice watched as Gabriella's eyes glazed over in concentration then the two disappeared from the room. She let out a tiny squeal of delight, which startled Charlie whose human eyes couldn't perceive any difference between the two times.
"What?" He asked the small vampire. "What happened?"
"Bella, was able to block Gabriella's ability for a few seconds."
"She was?"
The two women reappeared, while Gabriella was beaming brightly Bella looked very confounded by what had just happened.
Alice grabbed Bella into a hug. "You did it!" She chimed out crushing the bemused girl to her.
"Yes, for a several beats you were able to shield yourself to my ability and not to sound egotistical but my gift is quite powerful," Gabriella said pulling the two into a big hug. "And with time I think you'll be able to expand your shield to protect others, but the big thing is my gift is primarily physical like Emmett's so you see with practice you'll be able to shield yourself from those types of attacks as well."
"I really did do it. Wow, I…it felt so strange, not like when you whisked me away the last time. I don't even know how to explain it." Bella finally stated as she gazed at the two women smiling at her.
Charlie was massaging his temples while he deciphered what the three women were talking about when Jacob came stomping back into the house. The young man's dark brown eyes glittered with irritation as he drew close. His jaw was clamped tight and his body was quivering. The women could smell the anger pulsating off him.
Crooking one of her eyebrows as Gabriella observed him, she almost smiled at Jacob's restraint not to turn wolf. "There's a difficulty with you leaving."
"According to my father the tribal elder's demand on meeting you, my father says if you don't all established treaties will be null and void."
Hissing, growling and mutters of outrage spewed from Charlie, Bella and Alice, while Gabriella remained quiet and studied Jacob. The request didn't surprise her or the threat, not because she was expecting it per say, but she lived long enough not to expect such possibilities.
"You really want to come Jacob?" She addressed the young, who nodded in return. "Well then I had best meet the elders but with some provisos of my own. You call your father back, this meeting needs to take place quickly and it needs to be neutral territory." Gabriella smiled deeply, "and I shan't be coming alone."
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I know some of you were hoping for a romantic relationship developing between Charlie and Gabriella. It was an aspect I was pondering between the two but in the end, I decided it wouldn't work. Charlie is a for lack of a better word a simple man and I just couldn't see him wanting to be a vampire. He is not his daughter in that regard. Then there is Gabriella, unlike most of the vampires in the Twilight series who settle down with a mate she is not one of them. A lot of this stems from her past, which admittedly you've only seen bits and pieces but as time moves on you'll see more of it. So for all of you who were hoping for their relationship, I apologize for disappointing you but I had to stay true to the characters.
Again I thank you all staying with this story. You all rock!