Sun and Moon
Ch. 10: Hair Holding and Hissy Fits
BPOV
I wasn't sure how long I'd just sat in bed and stared at the wall but the violent twisting in my stomach forced me to shoot out of the bed and bolt to the bathroom. Thankfully, I reached the toilet in time because I vomited up all the blood I'd gorged on. Kate came in during my second round of retching and held my hair so I didn't mess it up. It had taken twenty minutes to expel the vile ill-gotten sustenance but I was too weak to move. My mate cleaned my face but left the soiled shirt on me then carried me downstairs where my mom and sisters had brought me some deer to feed on.
Kate sat me on the ground in front of the first deer and weakly, I latched on to its neck and drain the much needed sustenance from it. I crawled over to the next one then repeated the process but only after I finished off all the animals was I strong enough to stand on my own. My eyes staid glued to the ground because there was no way I could handle the disappointment in my family members' eyes. I turned and tried to make my escape but the instant Mom's hand touched my shoulder, I broke down.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry… I ruined everything…," I stammered as she pulled me into her. Like the good mother she was, she held me tighter and whispered soothing words when I tried to get away because I felt I wasn't worthy of comfort.
"You have not ruined anything; Sweetheart, Jasper and Emmett have already cleaned up the mess. Those men were bad, I know that doesn't matter to you but they were illegally killing off our food supply. You are not to blame for what happened. All of us tend to forget that you are still a Newborn yourself and things happen that are beyond your control and that fact is brought to the fore. If anyone is to blame for this… fucked up situation, like everything else, it's Edward's fault. He knew you were still a Newborn and yet he brought a changing human into our home. If I am correct in my assumption then the… selfish prick… has been doing nothing but make snap decisions since he encountered that Yorkie boy which kept Alice from seeing the danger in time to prevent it. Now, your brothers had to get back to help with the human and your sisters and I will head back as well. You and your mate need some time alone, I will let you know when your new brother is about to finish his change," Mom told me then kissed me on the forehead before she let me go and stepped back. Alice and Rose came over and gave me a hug and kiss as well then the three headed back home.
I watched them go and after a few minutes, Kate came up behind me then hugged me close to her chest. As hard as I tried to hold on to the guilt and self-loathing, being touched by my mate after her prolonged absence made it difficult. When she started placing soft kisses along the back and sides of my neck, it became impossible. The scent of our mixed arousal unhinged me and my instincts gave in to my body's demand. I was vaguely aware of the curly haired blonde carrying me inside and up to the bedroom.
KPOV
I thanked Moses, Jesus, Mohammed and God that I was both a vampire and a succubus as I came down from my latest orgasm. One really needed to be both when their mate was sexually demanding Newborn. In the last day and a half, I'd lost count of the number of times we'd made each other cum and Bella showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. I noticed she needed to feed when she gazed up into my eyes as she was about to suck my clit into her mouth while her fingers continued to work their magic inside of me. All too reluctantly, I pulled her away from my sex so that we were eye to eye. The absence of her fingers when she pulled them out almost made me whimper with loss.
"Cookie Monster, you've had enough dessert, you need some blood. The fridge down in the kitchen is still stock piled from when you and Esme first got here," I said after I kissed her lips that were still covered in my juices.
With a groan, she rolled off the bed then put on a robe before she headed downstairs. I mirrored her actions and we were passing through the living room when a pixie flashed inside from the backyard.
"Bella, Esme said you need to get back to the house because Eric will be waking up in twenty minutes," Alice chirped with excitement.
"That's nice but its Fucktard's mess and has nothing to do with me. Tell Mom that I'll be home when he finishes cleaning it up," Bella snarked then brushed past her shorter sister and continued on into the kitchen while the psychic stared after her in shock.
I noticed her eyes glaze over with a vision then she flashed back outside without a backward glance. A feeling of doom seemed to hang in the air as I followed my mate. She was pulling two steaming mugs of blood from the microwave by the time I'd reached her. The brunette down her mug then gave me such a heated look that I wanted to fuck her right there but Carmen would be pissed if she ever found out anybody had sex in her kitchen again. I finished off my own mug and started to lead the Newborn back upstairs but that plan got scrapped quickly; a seething Esme Cullen was standing in the middle of the living room with a garment bag in her hand.
"ISABELLA MARIE CULLEN, GET YOUR SPARKLY ASS UPSTAIRS, SHOWERED, DRESSED AND BACK AT THE HOUSE NOW," the Cullen matriarch commanded in a tone that left little doubt that she meant business.
"NO, I'M NOT HELPING THAT FUCKER WITH ANYTHING," Bella shouted back petulantly then realized she'd gone too far when her mother's face became expressionless and the older woman narrowed her eyes.
"What did you just say," the normally gentle caramel haired vampire asked in an icy whisper then continued in the same tone, "Did you just sass me young lady?"
Bella grew even paler than normal then her eyes widened when she saw various punishments flit through Esme's subconscious and she tried to backpedal as she squeaked, "No?"
"Isabella, first you sass then you lie, you are only digging yourself deeper. Now, I want to know what your problem is," Esme said with that same icy whisper that made both her daughter and I shudder.
"Please, Mom, anything but that… I'd rather be spanked by you and Dad rather than what you decided. I know I shouldn't have said that but because of Edward, I'm going to be a killer for the rest of eternity. Those men might've been poacher but was that their only crime… did they deserve to die? Sure, members of the family may have slipped once and a while in the past and the Denali's started out as human drinkers but they didn't know there was another way. I was "born" into this life with full knowledge of the vegetarian vampire diet; that means I've no excuse for the blood on my hands except for being a stupid Newborn.
"Then there's the whole Edward thing. Before I flipped out and went all Grendal on those poachers, I saw what was going on in his head. His subconscious was replaying the memories of finding Eric, dazzling to poor boy into going out to the parking lot and then biting him before they got into the car. On that level, he's proud that he did it. Proud, as in no remorse for doing it what-so-ever, Mom. Eric is just another person whose choices were taken away from them by that selfish prick," Bella explained in a rush but her expression held no hope of a reprieve for whatever punishment she faced.
"As far as your punishment goes, you forced my hand and have to live with the consequences. While I agree with you in principal, Sweetheart, Edward is still family and regardless of what foolishness he has caused, we need to deal with it as a family. Rest assured that he has been punished, besides the fact that I might have let your brothers and sisters beat his fairy ass, your father and I sent him to stay with our friends in Ireland for the next six months and not be with his mate. Between yours, Jasper's and Alice's gifts, I think we can help your new brother adjust to this life without any further incidents. Now, we need to get back so… Skipper," the other vampire replied then held out the garment bag.
My mate's eyes glazed over in a trance and she took the bag then headed upstairs at human speed. A few minutes later, Bella came downstairs in oversized pink footie pajamas, her chestnut locks in pigtails and a bottle of blood clutched tightly in one of her hands.
"MOMMY," she shrieked in a little girl voice as she jumped into Esme's arms and snuggled into her.
Esme kissed her nose then ran out in the direction of the Cullen place while I stared in shock. What the Fuck, I wondered and tried to figure out when I entered the damn Twilight Zone as I chased after them.