Chapter Seventy Seven

Bella

My life was just about perfect, I was with Jasper for all time and we loved each other so much it was almost painful sometimes. I couldn't bear to be away from him, touching him constantly just to get the jolt of pleasure it gave me. The house renovation slowed right down as we spent most of our time in the one finished bedroom. I could spend hours just caressing him until he couldn't take it any longer and almost forced himself on me, not that I minded at all. This body of mine could go on and on and I was grateful for that.

"How do vampires ever do anything if sex is this good?" I asked him as we lay spent in a tangle of limbs. "No idea darlin'. I guess it eases up eventually".

"God I hope not, I want to desire you this much for ever".

"Well Peter and Charlotte do disappear a lot so I guess it doesn't ease up that much".

"Oh good" and I nuzzled the bite mark I had put over Maria's.

He flinched and I knew it still hurt.

"Shouldn't that be healed by now?" I asked.

"It doesn't matter, I like the pain, it reminds me who I belong to".

I smiled at that then something occurred to me.

"Is it usual for mates to mark each other?"

He looked at me cautiously,

"Yes, often they do".

"So why haven't you marked me?"

"It usually happens in the heat of the moment, when you lose all control".

"And you haven't?"

He looked guilty,

"I don't want to hurt you Bella, I couldn't bear to cause you pain so I always keep just enough not to bite you but its getting harder and harder".

"Good, I want to be yours, wear your mark as you wear mine".

"I'll take that into consideration next time".

"Oh, so there's going to be a next time?" I asked archly.

"Most definitely" he growled rolling me over and kissing me before lowering his head slowly down my body to the point where I ached do badly for him and I trembled as I felt his tongue inside me. He knew just how to bring me almost to my peak and then stop, leaving me crying out for release. Then he caressed his way back up until he entered me, almost bringing me to the peak again, then moved slowly and lazily as I dug my fingers into his back. I bit his ear lobe hissing,

"You don't finish what you started I'm going to bite it off".

He laughed and moved faster, as I looked into his eyes I saw them darken more, he was close to losing control, which was just what I wanted. I heaved my body away with difficulty and stood at the bottom of the bed,

"Come on cowboy if you want me".

He grabbed me and threw me back down with a soft growl, entering me once more but harder this time, as if trying to enter my body with his own. As I gasped and grabbed his shoulders I felt the tension in his body and he climaxed violently crying out, and putting his mouth to my shoulder he bit down. The pain was exquisite as I felt the venom burn my flesh. He continued to bite as his body convulsed then he relaxed onto my body panting.

"God Bella, what are you doing to me?"

I smile wickedly,

"Just keeping you interested cowboy".

"God I'm interested".

When we finally roused ourselves to shower and hunt I brought up the subject I knew he'd been avoiding, "Jazz I'd like to see Charlie. He's no danger to me now."

He looked at me and sighed,

"Bella Charlie is having a hard time of it, in fact I think even Peter and Charlotte are finding him hard to control. I didn't want to tell you because I knew it would only upset you."

I got up and pulled him with me,

"We go now. Maybe you can help him"

He shook his head,

"I don't think so Bella. He's got it firmly fixed in his head that it's all my fault."

"But that's stupid, it was Alice who changed him not you".

"Yes but I brought him into our world and now he's joined it against his will."

"Well did he think you wanted to be like this? Does he think all the vampires he's met made a conscious decision to become blood drinking monsters?"

"He doesn't know what to think but he's angry and frustrated right now and I make a handy target for all that aggression. I think seeing me might make him worse."

"I'll protect you without hurting Charlie. Perhaps we can talk some sense into him that way."

He didn't look convinced but he couldn't refuse me anything, so we went to Peters place.

Peter

Charlie was turning out to be one of the most difficult newborns I'd ever had to babysit and that was saying something. He was violent, angry, thirsty and he'd developed a real hatred for the Major, he'd decided his plight was down directly to Jasper and that was the target for his anger. When he'd just hunted he was almost calm for a while and only wanted to talk about his daughter but after the first few hours you could see the red mist descending and we knew things were going to get tough again. Luckily he'd just got back from hunting with me when Bella and Jasper turned up.

Bella ran straight to her Dad and threw her arms around him while Char and I looked on, maybe now she too was a vampire he'd settle down a bit. My latest bites still stung like a bitch and truth tell I was getting a bit sick of it all. He actually smiled when he saw her but it soon disappeared when he realized she was now like us and I knew things were about to get nasty. He looked over her head at Jasper,

"You bastard, wasn't it bad enough you got me changed? You had to do it to my daughter too"

Bella took his face between her hands and made him look into her eyes,

"Dad it was my decision, not Jaspers. I love him and I want to be with him always. Don't blame him for what's happened."

He pulled away from her,

"He may have you under his spell Bella but not me. I blame him for the whole mess"

He pushed her aside and crouched ready to spring. Bella put herself between them,

"Dad I wont let you hurt Jasper."

He scowled at her,

"Get out of the way Bells, I don't want to hurt you."

She shook her head,

"No Dad. I can't let you fight Jasper, it wouldn't be fair because he'd try to not hurt you."

Charlie laughed cruelly,

"He can try Bells but I'm pretty tough myself now."

He pushed her aside and she flew backwards hitting a tree with a crash.

"Fuck, that's done it" I said as I saw Jasper's eyes narrow.

Charlotte went to help Bella while I watched the clash of the Titans, my money was still on the Major. It took a little while for Bella to pull herself together by which time the two were already in the middle of a fight. I saw Charlie sink his teeth into Jasper's arm but he was soon pulled off and soared through the air to hit the side of the house with a deafening crash. As he ran back for a second try Bella stood up screaming

"CHARLIE"

HE ignored her and seeing Jasper flexing his bitten arm she concentrated and Charlie stopped dead, hitting the shield at full run. He fell backwards and looked round at his daughter.

"You protect him from me? I'm doing this for us Bells"

She shook her head, "No Dad he's just an easy target for your anger. I won't let you use him as a scapegoat." Charlie was livid, his eyes flashed dangerously and I thought for a second he was going to attack her but instead he made for the trees and was soon out of sight.