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Growing and Glowing.

We walked into the dinning room and once again everyone seem to turn around. I felt like a celebrity. I mean even with Vampire minds, I'm sure they have my face memorized. They just wanted to see what I wore, like celebrities on a red carpet. We've seen them a million times, but we love seeing what they're wearing.

To be honest I didn't like half the people here. They were such hypocrites. They were all sweet on my face and a bitch behind my back. Being the future Queen will be hard knowing people stare at you like hawks who want to eat your flesh if you make a single mistake.

As expected a lot of people came to me to praise my outfit. Of course they would, it was one of the finest gowns in town. It sure felt like it.

As we started settling down I sat next to David near one of the ends of the large table. I was surrounded by my family as well as my in-laws but I couldn't help wanting to sit with my new friends, they seemed so much more fun. At least every move I made wouldn't be scrutinized by David's extended family. Don't get me wrong.. It just consisted of very snobby people. David's grandfather Christen was here with his new wife too, who in turn was sitting with her daughter Kesha.

You couldn't blame me for not wanting to be in the same room as her. How had I missed her at the tea party?

She looked.. well, decent for a change. Did she dress up cheap only in school? The minute she put her hand on the table I changed my mind. She was definitely dressed cheap.

I had no one to talk to and personally it as getting boring when even David was busy talking to other people.

Soon waiters came in with dishes, filling the room with an amazing aroma, and started serving them to us.

"le riz" a waiter said in a perfect French accent.

Oh shoot.

"It's rice" David said with a smile on his lovely face.

"Yes please." I said to the waiter. After he was done I said "Thank you" which got me some very funny looks from the people around me. Does being a vampire mean they had to be mean? Servants are humans too you know. Oh wait.. Humans were they're food, still.. Shouldn't they respect their food? They totally should.

"Blanquette de veau"

"Umm"

"Yeah she'll have it." David said for me.

"Thank you" I mumbled to the waiter.

"Caviar?" At least I knew one dish.

"No thanks"

"Oh come one try it. They're a delicacy" Said David. And then the waiter put some in my plate.

The rest were all dishes in French so David helped me out.

I tried a few and was full already. Most of the eyes were on me- making me uncomfortable- hopping I'd make a mistake and they'd have something to talk about, but they forget that even I come from a higher class in the human societies and I knew how to eat in a formal gathering including which utensils to use whilst eating what.

I remember thinking when I came to this place how much I'd have to change myself to fit into the proper character of a Queen but I hadn't realized that I had been a fine bred lady to begin with.

Done with the rest of the food on my plate I eyed the caviar. "Try it" I heard David say. I looked up to see him smiling at me.

"I don't know.. They're fish eggs.." I took one after a minute and popped it in my mouth.

Ewwwww. I made a face and David started laughing out so loud that the whole table consisting of hundreds of people stopped and turned around to see what was going on. I wished at that moment that somehow a magical hole would appear in the ground and I could go in it.

Don't get me wrong. I loved to hear him laugh but it's just that the Caviar tasted so fishy, oily and salty that I couldn't swallow it and I couldn't spit it out either since everyone was watching.

I guess I just had to finish it. I chewed it slowly and gulped it down with a lot of water.

Once I was done I glared at David. "That was horrible" I said in a low voice.

"That's probably because this is the first time your having it."

"No, you knew I wouldn't like it didn't you?" I looked at him accusingly.

"Most people don't like it when they eat it for the first time, I'm so used to it." he shrugged.

I playfully pushed his shoulder. "You're such an ass." The minute I said it I regretted it when instantly I heard a lot of gasps and turn of heads in our direction.

"But I'm your ass." David said calmly and adoringly, oblivious to the shocked stares everyone was giving me. He leaned in and gave me a light peck on my lips with his hand on my neck intervened in my hair.

As soon as our lips touched I heard a lot of awe's but I didn't care. I was lost in the moment which tended to happen whenever I seem to kiss David.

"I love you." I looked at him with love in my eyes. What would I do without him?

"The feelings mutual." He said with a very sweet smile on his face.

After that David had been engaged in a conversation with his grandfather who he admired a lot. You could see it in his eyes.

As time passed, I was looking down to my ring when I heard someone ask "So, Elizabeth, how are you?"

Looking up confirmed my suspicion that it was Kesha. Knowing the eyes on me I knew I couldn't be bitchy. "Fine, thank you, how are you?"

"Great." She said with a mischievous smile. I couldn't help but panic and think.. 'oh man, what does she have in mind now?'

I felt David's hand caress my knee. 'Calm down she can't do anything'

I froze. What the hell?

I looked at David and he was talking to his mother. He glanced my way and smirked his devilishly handsome smirk making my heart go into overdrive. But what just happened?

'I wanted to see if we had a mind link. We do.'

How? I thought panic clear in my eyes. And how does it work? Could he hear all my thoughts?

'Calm down love, I can only hear thoughts that you project to me and remember how I can feel what you do and vice versa?'

I nodded.

'That's how. When we did it we didn't realize something.'

What didn't we realize? I thought.

'Have you noticed how I changed so drastically after seeing you just once? How I was trying to be a better person? How you were the only person I used to make an effort to talk to? How you were the only one who could calm me down in an instant? How I was never ever mad at you? How I was so God damn attracted to you? We're mates. We're made for each other, destined to be together. I can't believe I'm so lucky, even after loosing everything I found you.' His voice in my head was so soft my heart felt like it would melt.

Really? Does that mean I get to keep you for forever? I was sure I would've had a sloppy smile on my face right now.

'Totally'

I wanted to laugh. Modern use of words made David sound cute.

I heard his laugh in my head 'I know I'm cute'

How did you hear that? I didn't project it to you.

'It'll take you time to control it, I knew we could have a mind link because I could hear your thoughts that you were projecting unintentionally..'

Oh shoot, how am I going to control it?

'It'll take you time. Don't worry we'll work on it. But I got to admit I like it this way.'

I'm sure you do. I narrowed my eyes at him.

The rest of the dinner went alright, dessert was served and David helped me again because it was all in French.

I wondered if everything was actually from France itself. Knowing my in-laws I'm sure it was.

After dessert- which was great, everyone got up and socialized as they made it to another room.

As I walked next to David he said "Let me introduce you to my friends."

"Okay" I said, kind of nervous. I started playing with my hands. I felt more nervous of what David's friends would think of me.

I noticed all my new friends stood in the same group as David's.

"Guys, this is Elizabeth" David introduced me.

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