Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
A/N: I do not reread what I write because I'm insanely lazy. So there are probably lots of errors, please excuse and ignore them.
I had never woken up in such a lazy way before. I was able to keep my eyes closed and allowed myself to relax in what I was feeling. I knew it was Didyme still behind me, being my big spoon. Our legs were intertwined and I couldn't help but move my leg up and down slightly to feel her bare leg.
That was the moment I froze.
When I went to bed last night, she was fully clothed. There should have been no way I could have felt her bare legs. I could feel that my own pants leg had rolled up, so that at least explained why my legs were bare. I could also feel her hand under my shirt, gently rubbing random shapes on my stomach. The next thing I felt that made me slightly concerned, or at the least confused, was her hand covering my mouth, forcing to have no choice but to breathe through my nose.
Keeping my eyes closed, I slowly snaked my hand up and gently tugged her hand away from my mouth. Her hand easily complied, but I couldn't understand why it would have been there in the first place.
"Good morning, my dear." Didyme said as her hand that was previously covering my mouth, joined her other on my stomach.
"'Morning." I said as I fought off an unnecessary yawn. I could be a morning person, but with how relaxed I am right now, especially after last night, I felt like I could still sleep for a few hours. The clock on my night table said it was late enough to wake up though. I didn't want to sleep the day away. "Why was your hand covering my mouth?" I asked as I snuggled backwards in Didyme. I felt Didyme respond in kind and pressed her chest further into my back so that I could feel everything. If I didn't know better, I would have thought she was cold. With my face now red, I stopped trying to burrow even more into Didyme.
"I love you sweetie, we all do, but there's only so much we can handle without being able to act on anything." Didyme said in a soft voice.
"What do you mean?" I asked as I fought to open my eyes and turn around to give her a confused look.
"She was trying to avoid embarrassing you, but I'm afraid to do it." Athenodora said from the corner of my room, near my closet. "We know you had some very good dreams, dreams in which all three of us were the stars of." I felt everything from the top of my head to my chest flush red in an instant. Now I was very happy I didn't open my eyes. I turned my head to bury it into my pillow.
"If it makes you feel any better dear, all you did was moan our names and make some very delicious sounds. We are now very interested in making you recreate those sounds while conscious." Sulpicia added from where I knew to be was my desk chair.
The only thing I hated about them lying next to me when I slept was when I sleep talk. I really needed to figure out how to stop that. If I kept it up, I didn't think I would be able to face them and not blush. Especially in the castle in Volterra, everyone could probably hear me. I wouldn't be able to face anyone; especially Heidi whom I'm sure would be more than happy to relay to me what exactly it was I said while I slept.
"Don't be so embarrassed, we loved to hear those sounds. It was a wonderful insight into your unguarded mind." Didyme said as she pulled me just slightly tighter against her. "We just wish we could act on the lust you created last night. That was why I covered your mouth, it stopped the delicious sounds."
"The Cullens have a permanent residence here and with the army already creating havoc in Seattle, there are only so many places and many times we can hunt in this small of an area." Sulpicia said as I started to calm down.
"If we go too far, we'll be too far away from you and that's unacceptable." Athenodora said, once again showing me her soft side that no one else gets to see.
"Why don't you get ready for the day and we'll go make you some breakfast?" Didyme whispered into my ear, causing me to shiver and to not want to leave my bed or her impossibly warm embrace.
"You can cook?" I asked as I shifted slightly and somewhat against my will from Didyme's husky voice. It seemed that at times my body just couldn't get close enough to these women and I loved it.
"No, but we have ways to make food appear very quickly." Athenodora said.
"So, I should thank Heidi for ordering and delivering my food?" I asked with a small smile as I finally opened my eyes so that I could crawl out of bed and not fall in the process.
"Of course not." Athenodora said sounding slightly offended.
"Dora ordered and Heidi delivered, give thanks where its' due dear." Sulpicia said with a small smile.
"Well, thank you Dora and Heidi." I said, adding Heidi's thanks when Sulpicia nodded at my silent question as to whether or not the guard member was within hearing range.
"Of course." Athenodora said with a nod of head.
I made sure to get ready as quickly possible. I also double checked that I took all of my clothes with me into the bathroom. There was no way I would have been okay with walking into my room wearing only a towel because I forgot to bring in clean clothes. I wasn't even okay with walking in even partially dressed. As soon as I was dressed and ready for the day, I dropped off my dirty clothes into my hamper in my room and then went in search for the queens since they were no longer in my room.
"That smells good." I said as I walked into the kitchen and found all three of them sitting around the table there. The last seat was of course for me.
"Good, we weren't sure what it was you would have liked to eat, so we guessed and I'm glad you approve." Sulpicia said with a smile.
"I hate to rush you, but please eat quickly, we received a call from Carlisle while you in the shower and we are needed at their house." Didyme said. I nodded my head in understanding.
I was very happy that throughout the meal, they didn't once mention how bad the food smelled to them. Then again, as I think back about it, I didn't think any of the Volturi had ever actually mentioned how bad the food smelled. They didn't actually even show any sort of discomfort when they were around me as I ate. Well, except Jane, but I'm pretty sure she scowls all the time, so I doubt it had anything to do with the smell of my food.
"Did he say what he wanted?" I asked once I was done eating.
All the dishes were gone before I could even stand to start to put things away. The dishes were already cleaned and put away and I didn't even see or hear any of the queens move to do so. I could hear the water draining already from the sink, so I'm assuming they already had the sink filled with water before I was even downstairs, they planned to leave quickly.
"I believe Alice had a vision that he would prefer to discuss with us there in person." Didyme answered as we walked out the front door. I looked briefly around when I turned to lock the door, but I didn't see any vehicle to drive us to the Cullens' house.
"I hope it's not anything bad." I responded as I actually locked the door, tugging on it once just to make sure it was locked.
"I think we might have an actual time of when Victoria will attack." Athenodora answered. "At least, that's what I'm hoping for." Figures that's what she would look forward to. She was definitely a fighter.
"I just don't want Edward to say anything stupid again." Sulpicia said, sounding a bit peeved. "If he dares to even insinuate that you cannot be there Bella, I dare say that I can't be held responsible for my actions."
"Be nice." I chided with a smile. I was surprised to find that I actually wanted Sulpicia to follow through on her threat if Edward did do something like that again. I liked being involved when everyone was talking about plans about me. I may not have much input because I just simply didn't have enough experience about to say something worthwhile, but at least I was there to hear it all being discussed, so that I could learn. "How are we getting there?" I had yet to be carried by any of them while they ran, and I hoped that was the plan to get to the Cullen's. I loved being carried while a vampire ran, it was fun.
"We'll run." Didyme said, causing me to fully smile. "Who would you like to carry you?"
I will admit that when she had asked that, I momentarily panicked. I didn't want to pick one of them to carry me and then for the other two to get jealous or even insecure that I didn't pick them. I didn't want them to put so much thought into that all they could see was that I didn't pick them. Then I remembered who I was thinking about. These women had been around for thousands of years, obviously they were mature enough to realize that even I picked one of them to carry me, it didn't mean I favored that one woman more than the other two. I'm sure if I had picked someone aside from them or just said that I didn't want to be carried by any of them, it would be a different story.
"Sulpicia." I answered after only a moment of hesitation.
"Trying to make up for not kissing me dear?" Sulpicia asked in a teasing tone as she easily caught on to why I picked up. She quickly picked me up bridal style and right before she took off she had one other thing to say. "It's working."
Without giving me a chance to respond, she raced off. She started slow so that I would get hurt from the sudden fast movement, but she quickly picked up speed. She was easily a lot faster than Edward. He was the fastest amongst the Cullens, but I guessed that the older a vampire is, the faster and stronger they are. Sulpicia was very easily older than Edward, so I shouldn't have been surprised she was faster than him. I was actually happy she was faster than him, in a random and unnecessary way, she just one upped him; I definitely liked that.
It seemed to only take seconds before they were slowing down just outside the Cullens' house. Even as we walked up to the door, Sulpicia didn't let me down. In her defense though, I didn't try to make her let me down either. I was completely happy to be held by her.
Without knocking, the queens walked right into the house. Once Sulpicia had walked through the doorway, she then let me down, but kept her arm around my waist. Athenodora led us in the living room where everyone else was. I sat in between Sulpicia, who still hadn't let go of my waist, and Dora. Didyme sat in the most elegant way I had ever seen on the arm rest next to Sulpicia.
Edward was standing in the farthest corner away from us, turned slightly into the corner like a kind of petulant child. He didn't seem at all happy to be there, but still he was. From the corner of my eye I saw Dora give him a mischievous look that told me instantly she was saying something to him in her mind. I just hoped it wasn't anything that would embarrass me, but I trusted Dora, so I hoped I wouldn't be embarrassed by her thoughts.
"What was this vision Alice?" Sulpicia asked, starting the meeting.
"I've seen when she is going to attack and where." Alice answered from her spot on the loveseat next to Jasper. "I couldn't actually see her, but I saw us fighting tomorrow morning, just before the sun rises."
"What else." Athenodora asked in an almost snippy tone.
"I couldn't see Bella or you. I think you two went off someplace but I don't know where or why." Alice said as Athenodora all but glared at Alice.
"She probably took Bella away from the fight so that she wouldn't hurt." Edward grumbled from his corner.
"I don't think so, there's no way I would ever miss this fight." Dora sneered at Edward, her mood dampening by the second. I moved slightly away from Sulpicia, her arm around my waist moving with me, and leaned into Dora in hopes of calming her down. I didn't want her anger to get the best of her. There was no way the Cullens would survive if Dora decided to fight them, or at least fight Edward.
"But you do want to kill Victoria." Didyme pointed out.
"Of course I do." Dora said like she was just asked a very stupid question. After maybe a second of silence, before anyone could try and talk, Dora looked as if she had just figured it all out. "Of course I do." She repeated with a giant smile on her face. She looked as if she had just figured out a puzzle. She pulled me closer to her and nuzzled her face into my long hair. I could feel her smile against my head and I was sure she had buried her head into my hair so that the others couldn't see her smile. I almost giggled at that, but I didn't want to give Dora away, so I valiantly kept silent.
"That might actually work." Edward murmured.
"Of course it will, you stupid child." Dora sneered at Edward, obviously not over her anger at him. At least she wasn't buried in my hair anymore. Sulpicia moved her hand over to both Athenodora and Didyme and she gave a smile at what she saw.
"Play nice Dora." She scolded first, Dora only rolled her eyes, clearly she wasn't going to follow Sulpicia's advice. "Having Bella lead a trail away from the fight with just Athenodora with her will cause Victoria to follow. I have no doubt that with her power she is arrogant enough to believe she could win against one of us in a fight." Sulpicia explained.
So, Dora would take me away from where the main fight was taking place so that I was basically mostly out of harms' way. I was sure that a battle with newborn vampires wouldn't be nice and neat, so if I was in the general area, there was a big chance that I would somehow get in the cross fire. This way, I was still protected, by the oldest and therefore strongest and fastest vampire on the field. I also already knew that Dora has a thing for fighting, so I was sure she was easily either the best fighter there or one of the top three. She would be tied with Didyme and Sulpicia of course.
"It would be safer to take her away from the area all together as well. She could come back when it's safe." Edward suggested and as soon as he was done talking, everyone knew what the queens thought of his idea.
All three of the queens literally snarled, very violently, at Edward. I saw all the Cullens tense at the harshness the queens portrayed.
"She is not leaving our sight." Sulpicia all but growled at Edward. "How dare you even think we would want to part with our mate when she is in danger." The insult wasn't hidden very well. When Edward and I thought we were mates, he had left me with no protection against Victoria's wrath. Luckily she didn't try anything because she was probably still deciding what to do after he mate had been killed, but it could have been different.
"She's safer with us than with anyone else." Didyme said in a very controlled angry voice. I had never heard Didyme sound so upset before. Out of the three, she's always controlled her emotions very well, she's always been happy. Edward very nearly made her lose that control and that actually made me mad.
"It was just a thought." Edward said in an aggressive yet defensive at the same time tone.
"Keep your thoughts to yourself unless I demand otherwise." Sulpicia sneered.
"Okay, so Bella and Athenodora will be in a separate area away from the rest of us. How will we make sure it is just Victoria that follows?" Carlisle asked after he sent a disapproving look at Edward. He was trying to defuse the situation before the queens got too upset.
"Wouldn't the newborns be too preoccupied with fighting to follow my scent?" I asked. If I was being attacked, I would focus on the enemy trying to kill me instead of following some random trail.
"Logically yes, but newborns do not think logically Bella." Jasper answered in his normal calm and smooth voice. I bet anything he was sending out waves of calm to everyone since I haven't really felt anything but calm since coming here. I hoped the queens didn't mind. "They might be able to smell your blood and that would send them into a frenzy to try and find you." He explained.
"That's why Jane and Alec will hang back and make sure none slip past towards Bella and Athenodora." Didyme said. The twins' powers were long ranged. It would make sense to have them hang back because they were better at a distance anyways. I was sure they could still fight up close and easily win. But being at a distance insured their safety and gave them a better view of everything happening to better spot any vampire trying to sneak past them.
"If anything, we want them to smell Bella so that Victoria can find us and then I'll kill her." Dora smugly said. "Of course that would mean that all of you will have to make sure you're fighting wisely since newborns are annoyingly strong." Dora said.
"I'm not worried about fighting the newborns." Emmett said as he flexed his muscles, earning an eye roll from his mate.
"You are strong, but I'm not sure about your technique. One of you, take me to see the area we will be fighting in and the rest of you can go someplace to train with Jasper and my guard." Didyme ordered as she stood from her seat.
"I think we can handle the newborns with our numbers and gifts." Edward said.
"Shut up Edward." Rosalie said as everyone stood up. "Everyone is tired of hearing you talk and putting us at risk of being in trouble. So do everyone a favor and just stop talking." Without waiting to see a reaction from anyone, Rosalie dragged her mate away and towards where I'm guessing everyone will train.
"I like her." Dora said with a smile.
"Of course you would, she's a bitch." Sulpicia said. "Shall I carry you this time as well my dear?" She asked me as everyone trickled away.
"Actually, instead of going with you, can you take me to my place?" I hesitantly asked.
I thought this would be the perfect time to go and see Jake. My vampires, I loved thinking that; would be busy training and making sure everyone could carry their own. There would be nothing for me to do but watch. I'm sure it would be fun to watch, if they moved slow enough for me to see at least, which I doubt since I couldn't imagine a newborn slowing down at all. I would still technically be safe since the pack wouldn't let any newborns or stray vampire attack me or anyone on their land. I just hope Jacob would want to see me.
"Why?" Sulpicia asked and I could feel the other two's eyes on me as well, both curious to know the same thing.
"I want to see my friend, Jacob and see if I can get him to forgive me." I answered.
"The shifter." Didyme said behind me. "The young shifter."
"The ones that have a treaty with the Cullens, that won't allow any red eyed vampires on their land." Athenodora said.
"Of course dear." Sulpicia answered. "Just make sure you keep your phone on you and if you need anything call Heidi or Jane and they'll give the phone to us." The queens didn't have cell phones; they didn't think they were necessary. I guess they had lived so long without them, they just simply didn't feel the need to have them. But, their guards did have them. I had already been given Jane's and Heidi's number in case I needed anything at any time and the queens or the guard for some strange reason, weren't around me.
"Jane will follow as far she can to make sure you are still under protection while you get to your friends' house." Didyme said.
I was instantly relieved that I wouldn't have fight to have a friendship with Jake like I had to fight for it with Edward. The only thing the queens seemed worried about was my safety, which they had already done everything they could to ensure that safety. They even made sure they still respected the Cullens' treaty. I was completely grateful for that.
I leaned up to Sulpicia to kiss her, on her lips, but she moved to the side at the last second so that I kissed her cheek instead. I couldn't help but give her a hurt look. She cupped my cheeks with both of her hands and stared at me with an intense love in her eyes.
"I told you that when we have our first kiss, there were going to be no distractions and we weren't stopping unless you felt uncomfortable for any reason." Sulpicia said with a smirk that made my face turn red. "We are not going to kiss in the Cullen's living room. Plus, there isn't enough time for what I have planned." She released my face, took my hand in hers and started to lead me towards the front door. "Now, come, I'll take you truck and then Jane will follow you to make sure you are safe. She'll wait at the treaty line until you come back to make sure your return trip is just as safe."
"Thank you." I said as Sulpicia lifted me back into her arms. She gave me a look that said there were no thanks needed.
It was so easy for me to talk with the queens and for us to just work so well together. I really hope the easiness I feel right now flows over to when I talk to Jake. He definitely wasn't an easy person to talk to because of his anger, not that I was afraid of him. He was just so stubborn. I really didn't want to lose his friendship. Hopefully I would be able to recover that today.
A/N: It was brought to my attention that you guys,or at least some of you, wanted to know when and if this story was going to go into an 'M' rated situation. I honestly highly doubt it. I don't think I write sex scenes that well. I could try and if I think it's decent I'll post it, if not, then I won't. But at the moment, I really don't think I will.