"Look whose come crawling back to us Jane dear" Maria ran a soft hand through her hair as she tried to ignore Aro's comment. "What are you doing back home now dear Maria?"

"I got sick of Carlisle's place" she lied

"Or was it the fact that Esme returned home?" she clenched her fists in anger "I guess Carlisle made his choice"

"I made it for him" she whispered "now just get the stupid punishment over with Aro"

"I'm afraid it is not that easy my dear" with one swift step Aro was standing beside her with a grin that went from ear to ear. "You said no to my requests…what, four times now?"

"Only three" she whispered

"That is still three too many my dear" his ice cold Hands made their way through her hair, pushing it behind her ears as Jane walked up behind him. "Now for the start of your punishment…we need food for tonight"

"Aro…"

"You don't have a choice this time Maria. You're going with Casius and Marcus to collect tonight's dinner"

"This is no funny"

"It's not intended to be my dear" the cold fingers made their way down to her shoulder and touched the soft fabric covering her skin "after that you can get a change of cloths and then we'll talk about the next part of your punishment"

"I have no special powers Aro. How am I supposed to help them collect food? I'm not Mia"

"Speaking of dear Amelia, where is she? Did she not follow you back home? She has never left your side before"

"I told her to stay with the Cullen's. It was better then coming her to be stuck around her ex again"

"Well, no matter. She'll follow you here soon enough. Like I said, she has never left your side before. Now, off you go. Casius is in his room which, I suspect you still know where it is"

"I do"

"Then off you go. And don't forget to report back after dinner. I'll leave a new pair of cloths in your room" rolling her eyes she lowered her head a bit into a bow before straightening her body and leaving the room

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"Mia!" Carlisle called upstairs a few hours later "Mia are you up there!?"

"What do you want?" the look on Mia's face told Carlisle she was mad, and it was most likely something he had done

"Maria would not leave without telling you where she's going. I need to know"

"She would also not leave without telling me not to give out that information" the smug look appeared on her face as she stared him down "she doesn't want you to know"

"And just why not?" He was starting to get frustrated with the girl in front of him, and there was no way he was walking away unless he was going to get Maria from where ever she was.

"She said she was making the choice for you. She doesn't want to hurt you Carlisle"

"I made my choice when I started to go out with her. I don't go back on that" his strong hands took hold of each of her arms as gently as he could with the anger starting to rise in his blood "now tell me where she is so I can go get her. Please" it took a second for Mia to think about what to do next, but then she decided it wasn't worth fighting anymore. He was going to find out at some time anyways

"She went back to the volterri"

"She what!?"

"You hear me. If you want her back you'll have to go get her"

"Then I will" without another word he turned on his heal and headed for the living room "Alice, Jasper! Pack your things! We're going on a trip!"

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"Maria, what is wrong with you?" Aro always did make it a point on checking in on his people if he hadn't seen them in a while. When he walked into Maria's room he had to take a moment to step back. Instead of the usually happy Maria he was use to, he found something different. She was laying in her bed and she looked, sick.

"I feel, like shit" she whispered, her hand securely over her stomach with a tight grip on the fabric that Aro called clothing. "There's something wrong. My stomach hurts"

Laying a hand on her stomach Aro jumped back a bit when he felt something…kicking his hand. "Maria, have you…done anything with anyone lately?"

"I was dating Carlisle for a while! Of course I was you idiot! Why do you ask!?"

"I think you're…pregnant"

Letting out a painful cry she laid her head back down on the bed and closed her eyes. She was never going to hear the end of this from Aro the minute he got over the shock.