AN: I finally managed to write a new chapter and I'm truly sorry it took me this long! I hope you like it, let me know what you think. :)

Cori POV

When Esme came to tell us that they were leaving for Forks again I felt a sudden surge of panic flood my mind before Rose wrapped her arms around my waist again and told her mother that she would be coming in a moment.

"Will you come with me Cori? I don't think I could leave you again after I just found you. You have no idea how happy I am right now."

I chuckled lightly, relief evident in my eyes when I looked at her intently. She was so very beautiful and sexy that she would be the death of me someday if I didn't tell her about my anomaly soon. Before I did that though I wanted to get to know her better and in order to do that I would have to move with her because I would never make her leave her family just so she could enjoy having a mate in her life.

"I would love to come with you. Will your family be okay with that? I mean I have no house of my own and I would have to pack my things now and take them with me."

"You can move into my rooms at our manor with me. All the mated couples have their own room and no one would mind you being there. They all want to see me happy and you make me happy."

The bright beaming smile on her face told me everything I needed to know and I couldn't hide the goofy grin that broke out across my face at her being this adorable. I could even handle being in a big house full of vampire teenagers if that meant my mate wouldn't leave my side and I would even get to sleep in the same bed as her.

"Just let me get my stuff from my apartment then. I can quit via email from Forks, that won't be any trouble and none of the furniture things are mine anyway. The place came already furnished and all."

Rose nodded and followed me on my mad dash through the city and into the small apartment I had been living in for the last seven years. I would have had to look for another place to live soon anyhow due to me not aging and the owner of the building being quite nosy when it came to her tenants and their private lives.

Once we entered the small place Rose began wandering around looking at all the things I added to the furniture. There wasn't much but she still managed to make me feel nervous about what she might think of the things that were there. They told some small part of my life story and if she didn't like what she saw than that meant she wouldn't like a part of me in the long run and I wouldn't be able to handle that if it were the case.

Before my mind could drift even further into my insecurities my beautiful mate turned back to me and smiled that warm smile that made my heart stutter in my chest.

"I like your style. I think it will look good with my things in my room. Maybe you could get even a bit more? You won't have to move in the next few years and even if we do move we always take all our stuff with us and get big enough rooms in our new house to accommodate to everything. Some of us even own some storage units to put sensible stuff away that we own from different centuries."

That notion made sense and put a shy smile on my face. I could start living my life again without having to hide what I was. It had been very long ago since I last had been able to do that and only now did I realize how much I missed it.

"I think I will have no problem in getting more things I like. You might want to tell me a limit or otherwise your room will get accumulated." I replied with that same goofy grin still plastered firmly on my face.

Rose laughed at that and then shooed me into motion so that we could pack everything up and be on our way back to her family. Her supposed parents had already offered to pay for the extra fees that I would have to come up with to get the few boxes with me through the security check and into a specially secured part of the plane we would be taking.

It really wasn't much. My clothes fit into one single box and my other possessions such as books, movies, CDs and heirlooms filled only two more of those boxes. It was a bit sad to think that this was what was left of my life of probably more centuries than Rose had seen pass her. The thought of being able to collect more over the years that were to follow was encouraging and so I didn't look back once when I took two of the boxes and begrudgingly let Rose carry the third one out the door. I wouldn't miss the place as it never was much of a home to me. I couldn't wait to see the house the Cullen's called their home and I was also looking forward to spend more time with my mate as well as Bella. She had been my best and only friend over the last years, the only one who ever made an impact and I had actually been missing her these last few weeks.

When we met the others once again at the airport I could see Bella practically clinging to Alice's side and warily eying Edward who stood between his two brother Emmet and Jasper. It looked quite a lot like they were guarding him and when he send me a sharp glare as the thought crossed my mind I found out I was correct in my assumption. It probably wasn't really needed because I didn't believe he would be as stupid as to start anything apart from an argument with that many humans all around us and the predicament of an enclosed thin metal case holding us in the air in under one hour. It probably was only for Bella's comfort because after what he did to her she was scared of him and wouldn't even look directly at him. I didn't want to think about what it must have been like for her to not know what her body was doing and to only get snippets of reality in between and then having everything crash back around her when she was alone with Alice, her mate.

Edward actually dared to growl at me as I thought about Bella being Alice's mate. He should think about his own mate whom he must have already met in his life if I were to judge from the expressions everyone else had worn the moment I had given him the name tattooed inside his left wrist. I never met another immortal being quite as stubborn as he was and although I didn't know him and should probably hate him after what the others told me about him I simply wished him a happy life with his mate. He would only have to learn to let his instincts take control some of the times his beast wanted an out from his strong controlled grip he had on it.

I only snapped out of my musings and also somewhat silent berating of the petulant vampire boy when our flight was called and Rose grabbed my hand in order to drag me behind her to the gate where we could enter the plane. I liked this possessive side of her even if she didn't yet have any reason to act that way. I would never want anyone else beside her and all those humans leering at me did nothing but annoy me. There were a few staring at my mate as well but even though there was a small flicker of jealousy rattling at my wolf's cage I knew Rose didn't care about them and probably hadn't even noticed them with how much she was focused on the humans, women to be more precise, who were staring at me.

I decided to sooth her beast slightly with wrapping my arms around her slim waist while we had to wait in line until we were allowed to actually enter the plane. I couldn't see the smug grin on her face but I could hear and feel the content purr escaping her lips before she caught herself and simply relaxed into me.

Bella and Alice were in a similar position in front of us and again I couldn't help but marvel at how well my only friend was adapting to be the only human amongst supernatural creatures. She would make a fine vampire the day Alice would change her and I had no doubt she would also be quite powerful. The girl had surprised me more than once already in all the years I knew her and that surely would only continue in her immortal life. Again I heard Edward growl lowly somewhere behind me but again I decided to ignore him. No one forced him to listen to my thoughts and it was only the truth, how things had always been supposed to be and if he hadn't decided to interfere it would also have went much smoother without all the drama with the nomad vampire coming after Bella and the still lingering problem of his mate and the other one he had in his coven who would seek revenge or at least some sort of closure after his death.

Bella POV

The wait at the airport was taking longer and longer and I could feel Edward staring at me the whole time. It was hard to ignore him even with sweet Alice practically in my arms. He had a very persistent stare that made me feel uncomfortable and nervous as well as a little bit afraid of him. Jasper must have picked up on my emotions because he and Emmet had cornered Edward somewhat and made it impossible for the other vampire to take even one step in any direction without them being able to prevent that. Therefore I was more than relieved when Cori and Rosalie showed up and Edward decided to glare at my best friend instead. I didn't know what his problem was, maybe it were her thoughts or about the name she had given him at the hotel. When Alice hugged me closer to her and ghosted a small kiss onto my exposed neck I found myself not caring about anything else anymore and was thoroughly distracted until our flight was called and we finally were able to enter the plane on our way back to Forks. I still wasn't sure what I would tell Charlie or how I would explain my absent behavior the few weeks prior without telling him about the supernatural things happening in my life. He would be in danger if I would tell him about any of the things that happened and even though he was awkward around me most of the time and I still didn't know him as good as I wanted to he also was still my dad and I would never forgive myself should he get hurt because of me.

"Charlie won't be mad at you for long Bella. Just tell him there was something very important you needed to take care of in Phoenix considering Cori and that she decided to move back with you which is why it took as long for you to get back. He will believe you when Cori introduces her the next day."

Alice's sweet bell like voice brought me back to reality and I smiled brightly at her, thankful that she had already seen what would happen and that I wouldn't get into too much trouble with my dad. The fact that Alice and I would be officially dating once we came back was something else I would need to deal with when the time was right. I wanted to tell Charlie before the whole school knew because then someone else would tell him or mention it around him and he would be disappointed that I hadn't trusted him enough to talk to him about something as important as me being gay and dating a gorgeous girl. I wasn't even sure what my dad thought about gay people but I somehow couldn't picture him quoting the bible at me or screaming how it was unnatural or anything like that as I've seen it done before in movies and in real life.

With my thoughts running wild once again I didn't even notice where we took our seats on the plane, only when Cori pressed her stupidly grinning face in between the seats in front of us and scared me with one of her stupid faces did I look around me and found Emmet and Edward sitting at the near other end of the small cabin of the plane. I just hoped it was far enough away from me for the vampire because Alice told me how my blood smelled especially tasty to him which apparently made me his singer and raised the danger he posed to me exponentially. I was just glad Emmet was right next to him with Jasper behind them which would make it harder for the boy to get to me if he should lose control.

"Tell me again what a mate bond really is?"

I turned towards Alice, determined to ignore everything else and focus on her voice and the beautiful topic as she explained her view of vampire mates to me. She had already done so in Phoenix and despite me having known about the concept before from Cori it was still beautiful to see her eyes light up with happiness as she talked about it. She also seemed to know some small facts about vampire mating that Cori hadn't been aware about that had me rather curious how she would deal with them without telling Rosalie about her condition as soon as possible.

Leaning back in my seat I closed my eyes and listened to my mate's voice tell me about how she had felt that first day in the supermarket when our eyes had met for the first time and she had known I was her mate.