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I woke up the next morning feeling so much better than I ever thought I would when waking up early in the morning. The bath last night definitely helped me to completely relax. The fact that I went to sleep in Tanya's arms also helped.
I woke up with my body on top of Tanya's; using her chest as the most perfect pillow ever. My arms were somewhat awkwardly tucked under her shoulders and her arms were wrapped around me. I could help but take a deep breath of Tanya's amazing scent before slowly lifting my head to look into her eyes.
"Good morning Bella; did you sleep alright?" Tanya asked, the love she has for me showing clearly in her eyes.
If I wasn't so groggy still I'm sure my eyes would hold the same affection for her. As it is, she can't expect much from me two seconds after waking up.
"I did; I'll have to have baths with you more often." I said as I lowered my head back down to rest again on her chest.
Tanya's chest bounced a little as she chuckled at my answer.
"I know you; I believe you said that a couple times as you slept." Tanya said; amusement clear in her tone.
I groaned a little at that comment. I'm still deciding if losing my clumsiness or losing the ability to talk in my sleep, since I won't sleep at all, while be the best part of being a vampire.
"I can't wait until I'm a vampire, then I won't say anything embarrassing that I don't want others to hear." I mumbled.
"Kate says she's positive that you'll still be able to put your foot in your mouth; that being asleep only makes it happen more often." Tanya said.
I chose not to say anything to that because I honestly don't know what I would say that wouldn't just prove Kate right or make me sound immature. It's still too early for me to have any real banter with Kate; not that it's really banter any other time since it's usually Kate doing most of the jabs, but still… too early.
Tanya and I stayed silent for a few minutes. I didn't want to go back to sleep because I could smell breakfast cooking downstairs and it was making me hungry; but I also don't want to leave from my very comfortable spot laying on Tanya. The most important reason I didn't want to move though was because shortly after we stopped talking, I realized something very embarrassing that I'm a little shocked I didn't notice earlier: I'm naked.
The only thing covering me is the sheet that is only up to my waist. I'm surprised that I didn't realize that I felt Tanya's cold holds a little more than normal. I guess this is what happens when I fall asleep while taking a bath with her. I should have known that Tanya wouldn't have bother putting cloths on me. The only plus side to this is that Tanya also seemed to not bother with putting cloths on. So her chest that I'm using as a pillow; yup, I can see it all. I hate to admit it, but I have a very good and up close view of them right and if I were to give in to my inner perviness that I'm sure exists in everyone in some way or another; I would admit that part of the reason for me not wanting to move is because of the breasts currently holding up my head.
"I have something for you." Tanya said in a calm and relaxed voice; almost lazy sounding if that's possible.
I barely held in my groan of annoyance; I don't understand what is with vampires and wanting to give me lots of gifts; I really don't. Before I could open my mouth to say some sort of argument about Tanya getting me something; Tanya spoke up again.
"This is something that I've gotten all my family and it's something I really want you to have." Tanya said.
That got me to shut up. She was very serious about this gift and I could tell instantly that I shouldn't even attempt to decline it. Whatever she is giving me is very important to her. Tanya sat up, effectively moving me to straddle her lap. She leaned over and pulled something from behind the pillow. I guess Tanya had this all planned.
Even though right now both Tanya and I are completely naked and I'm straddling her lap; with the look in Tanya's eyes I couldn't find myself to be the slightest embarrassed. It took more self-control than I thought necessary to not look at her and from what I could tell she was going through the same issues of not looking at me. We both kept our eyes locked onto each other as Tanya handed me a box.
"Before you open it, I want to explain something to you." Tanya said.
"Okay." I said as I lowered the box and gave her my full attention again.
"Vampires and humans have very different means of accepting others into their families. Humans tend to get married and take on each other's names. To them, that is what makes them a family, a coven. To vampires, most of us started off as nomads. As a nomad, you only have one name; so there's no last name to give another. So instead of names making a coven; we have a crest. I believe it's similar to a humans' family crest; but I believe that tradition is all but dead these days. When I became head of this coven, I created my own crest. Irina, Kate, Carmen and Eleazar all have one.
Irina has her crest as a ring, Kate's is a bracelet, Carmen's is the hair pin you see her wear and Eleazar's is a ring as well. This is yours, if you want it of course." Tanya said.
I felt tears start to fall down my face. I know we've talked about getting married and Tanya said we could do whatever I wanted. To Tanya, this is her version of getting married. I opened the box and inside was a beautiful silver necklace. The only thing attached to the chain was the crest itself carved beautifully into metal. I took the necklace out of the box and looked back to Tanya. She was giving me the most intense stare she's ever given me.
She doesn't look nervous, she looks very confident. She looks like the confident coven leader I fell in love with. It seems as if the thought of me possible declining hasn't even crossed her mind.
"Can you put it on?" I asked.
Tanya gave me a breath taking smile and with speed that I can't wait to obtain had me turned around and sitting in between her legs as she put the necklace on me. Once the necklace was on, she started kissing the same spot that she was very fascinated in yesterday.
"I'm going to miss being able to leave my mark on you." Tanya said as she pulled away from my neck.
This gave me the chance to turn around and attack her lips. I had to somehow show her my appreciation and what better way than to kiss her senseless? At least that was plan until someone knocked on the door.
"Breakfast is ready Bella." Carmen said loudly through the door.
I slightly deflated against Tanya at the fact that Carmen ruined the mood. Tanya laughed as she pulled us both off the bed.
"She only did that because the Cullen's will be back in about half an hour; all of them and the family wants a chance to congratulate us before they get here." Tanya said as she made her way to the closet.
I almost didn't catch what she said because I swear she was moving her hips a little more than normal and for the life of me I couldn't take my eyes off them. Before Tanya turned around though, I managed to pull my eyes away and move towards her dresser.
"I'm going to wear your cloths, if you don't mind. Where did they go?" I asked as I pulled out half an outfit from the drawers I was looking through.
"What's mine is yours, you know this. The Cullen's all went hunting at my request. I told them what I was doing and they agreed to give us a little privacy; but they ran into Edward and apparently he has news for us all to hear; so they are all on their way back." Tanya said.
I turned around to go to the closet to get a shirt and as soon as I did I got a face full of shirt. I guess Tanya thinks I should wear this one; not that I care because I happen to actually the shirt. When I pulled the shirt off, Tanya was sitting on the bed, fully dressed and giving me her full attention.
"You could have taken your time." I mumbled as I made my way to the bathroom.
"And take more time away from staring at you with nothing blocking view? I don't think so." Tanya said.
I felt her eyes on the whole way to the bathroom and only when I shut the door did the feeling of being watched leave me. I got ready as fast as I safely could and once dressed, met Tanya back in the bedroom.
"I'll have to move all my stuff in here." I complained as I walked out.
"Or you could just wear my cloths all the time; I happen to find you even more sexy wearing my cloths." Tanya said with a smirk; making me roll my eyes at her.
"Of course you would." I said.
Tanya held the door open for me as I left the bedroom with her right behind me.
"You know, since we have that extra room now; we can have Esme and Alice turn it into an actual library for you." Tanya said as we walked downstairs.
I paused for a couple seconds in our decent down the stairs, shook my head and the continued walking. At least now I know why Tanya was fighting against me making any actually solid plans with Esme and Alice about remodeling my old room.
"You had this planned from the beginning didn't you?" I asked Tanya once we reached the bottom of the stairs.
"When it comes to you Bella, I have everything planned." Tanya said in a very seductive voice.
Great, that probably means that Tanya already has planned how we will have sex for the first time. I'll be honest it's a little creepy that she would have it planned out; but with how I did my best to avoid Tanya in the beginning, I guess I can understand. Tanya just wants to make sure she gets what she wants and she's made it clear that she wants me. It's a good thing I want her to or her plans could be bad.
When we got to the living room, I found myself immediately wrapped into Carmen's arms.
"We are all so happy that you accepted our crest Bella; welcome to the family." Carmen said; her eyes filled with tears of joy that would never fall.
The others all gave me hugs and said in their own way about how happy they are that I'm now officially part of their family. Kate may have mentioned that now that I'm her sister she gets full access to teasing me even more without the others holding her back; that's when I decided it was time to go eat.
As I finished eating, I heard the front door open and lots of talking; the Cullen's arrived. I put the dishes up, deciding to clean them later after hearing what Edward has to tell us, and both Tanya and myself made our way to the living room.
Tanya wrapped her arm possessively around my waist and immediately pulled me into the love seat with her. Edward was there; his eyes only slightly darkened. He looked at me and then looked at Tanya. Whatever Tanya was telling him caused Edward to flinch and then he nodded his head.
"What news do you have for us son?" Carlisle asked.
I know the Cullen's all saw the necklace with the Denali crest on it, because I saw all of them look at it; but none of them commented on it.
"I went back to Forks, to visit some places that held happier memories." Edward said.
I instantly knew what he was talking about. He went to our meadow, the same meadow I had gone to and saw the first wolves; the one where the pack saved me.
"Tell them Edward; it's no longer just your fight." Alice said with a not to subtle glance to Tanya.
That glance caused both Tanya and I to tense up slightly. I bet I know exactly what happened; or at least what he saw.
"I know." Edward said; sounding like the most depressed person on the planet. "I didn't actually see her, but I did hear her thoughts. Victoria knows you're not in Forks anymore; she's coming here to find you." Edward said.
The Cullen's all gasped in surprise, but the Denali's all growled.
"Alice, can you see anything?" Tanya growled out, immediately taking charge.
"She hasn't made any concrete plans. She plans on staying around the area but not to close. I think she plans on just watching and waiting for a moment of weakness." Alice said.
"I think we should wait until she proves herself to be a threat. I don't want us to fight if we can avoid it." Carlisle said; of course he would try to pick the peaceful road.
"That's stupid Carlisle. Clearly Victoria wants Bella dead because she see's killing Bella revenge for killing her mate. I doubt Victoria would just change her mind." Kate said.
Carlisle looked like he was about to argue about it; but Irina cut him off.
"Would you forgive and forget Esme's killer? Or would you seek revenge?" Irina asked in all her bluntness.
Carlisle's face went from anger to sadness then finally to understanding. Tanya took this as her cue to continue taking charge.
"I want her dead before she gets close to Bella. We have the advantage of a larger group against just her." Tanya said.
"I'm not sure it'll be that easy. She has a gift of survival; that's why she didn't go with James when he went after Bella. Her gift prevented her." Edward said.
"It's a good power; but not one that makes her unbeatable." Eleazar said.
"We have a seer, a mind reader, and empath, a vampire version of someone on steroids; plus me. I think with all our powers, we can beat her." Kate said.
"Alice, do you best to narrow down her position. Once we have a location, we'll send out Edward to verify where she is and keep tabs on her. When he finds her, he will call us in. Carmen and Eleazar, can you two stay here with Bella?" Tanya asked.
"Do you plan on finding her now?" I asked.
"As soon as Alice does." Tanya said.
I looked over to Alice and her eyes looked glossed over; she's already working.
"Of course we will; we'll keep her safe." Eleazar said.
"Myself, Edward, Jasper, Emmett and Kate should be enough to take her on with her gift. The others can set up a perimeter in case she completely gets away from us, they can follow her and get us re-grouped." Tanya said.
It's seems that she's not going to take any chances with letting Victoria get away. Everyone nodded their agreements to Tanya's plan. I'm actually surprised that Esme with all her motherly goodness accepted this plan so easily. I wanted to be surprised at Rosalie accepting the plan as well; but then I decided that she only agreed to help because she has nothing better to do.
So now all we have to do is sit and wait for Alice to find Victoria.
A/N: Okay; so hopefully this doesn't seemed rushed. But I personally feel it was really stupid of the Cullen's to not act faster when they saw what was happening in Seattle. Personally I feel they should have gone in to exactly what was happening before it got to the attention of the Volturi. Wouldn't they have wanted to avoid the Volturi at all costs anyways because of Bella? I think so; so that's what I did here.