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Chapter Four

Bella turned around as she walked backward looking at their home in awe. "This is where you live?" she asked.

"Yeah," Dwayne told her and she stopped looking at him. He was stood up the edge of a fountain looking across at her. His stance was relaxed, his legs spread. She let her eyes flicker across his form. His chest looked defined and hard under his jacket, she was struck by how cool and confident he seemed standing there.

Marko cleared his throat and Bella knew she had been staring. She pulled her gaze away stepping further into the cave. "This place is awesome," she said.

"Want some?" Paul asked approaching her. She accepted the joint from him with a smile. If the Cullen's could see her now.

Bella let out a laugh. "What?" Dwayne asked, jumping down and approaching her.

"I was thinking about what the Cullen's would say if they could see me now."

She took another deep drag from the joint. Dwayne moved closer to her and he was standing just inches away when he plucked the joint from between her fingers and taking a drag himself. Bella watched mesmerized and her blood pounded in her ears it was beating that fast. Dwayne smiled hearing how he affected her clearly and stepped away dropping himself onto a sofa.

Bella cleared her throat awkwardly and looked anywhere but at him. She noticed Laddie trying to move a boom box. She immediately stepped forward helping him lift it on the edge of the fountain. He turned it on and music filled the cave. Bella grinned tilted her head back and swaying to the beat. Dwayne watched stunned. Laddie jumped up on the edge of the fountain and held his hand out for her. Bella laughed and stepped towards him dancing with him.

Bella let out a laugh as the song ended. Laddie let out a yawn and Bella helped him jump down. "You tired?" she asked.

"Yeah," he said quietly. Bella led him across to the beds and tucked him in. "Will I see you tomorrow night?"

"Yeah, I'll meet you at the picnic benches again."

"I'll miss you, Bella," Laddie said sleepily.

"I'll miss you too." She leaned down and dropped a kiss to his temple but Laddie was already asleep. When she returned to where the boys were sitting she had sobered up.

"I assume you have questions," David said.

Bella dragged her eyes up him and nodded. "You said you are vampires, like in the comic?" Bella asked and David nodded. "So your faces, they change?"

David looked down and when he raised his head his entire face was different. His eyes were a different colour and his incisors were long and pointed. Her eyes flickered over the rest who had changed as well and he gaze stopped on Dwayne. She approached him slowly and he stood to meet her. She raised her hand and gently ran her fingers under his eye. Dwayne's eyes flickered closed as he savored the feeling of her fingers on his skin. He swallowed a groan and let his vampire visage slip away as he opened his eyes. Bella remained where she was frozen in place by his stare. He was the most gorgeous man she had ever laid eyes on. He smiled and Bella lowered her gaze stepping away before she did something to embarrass herself.

The other boys exchanged amused glances. They had never seen Dwayne be the way he had been with Bella right from the moment he laid eyes on her with any other girl. Bella swallowed and turned back to David. Dwayne sat back down and watched her walk away. "So how do you become one of you?" she asked.

"You'd need to drink some of my blood, it usually knocks most people for about a day and when you wake up you're a half vampire. You won't completely turn until your first kill. When you were talking about the Cullen's earlier you mentioned control issues?"

"Oh, yeah," Bella said nodding. "They only fed from animals."

David eyed the others before he leaned forward. "We feed from humans, Bella. Do you think you could get on board with that if you join us?"

Bella held David's gaze for a long moment as she mulled the thought over. She remembered the guys who had attacked Laddie on the boardwalk and she smirked at the thought of feeding off them to pay them pay. "I don't think that will be a problem."

David smiled. "All that's left to talk about then is when we turn you." Bella nodded. "You'd need to live here with us once you've had my blood. The sun won't burn you but it will hurt your eyes, plus you'll be safer here. It's very secluded."

"I can pay up at the hotel and start staying here from tomorrow night," Bella suggested. David nodded and smiled. "I really should be getting back. Can one of you give me a ride?"

Paul jumped up and Dwayne peeled himself off the sofa shoving Paul back down. Bella grinned at him, Dwayne placed his hand in the center of her back as he led her up the stairs to where they had left their bikes. He climbed on and held his hand out for her. She swung herself on behind him. Her hands came into contact with his naked stomach again and she smiled. Dwayne kick started his bike and pulled away speeding along the bluff.

Bella skimmed her hands along his toned stomach, tracing the hard lines. She felt Dwayne's groan vibrate through his chest. "Bella," he warned her quietly. She grinned and flattened her hand against his stomach pressing herself against his back.

Dwayne pulled up outside the hotel she was staying in and stepped off his bike before helping her. He looked at her flush face from the ride and smiled. Dwayne took her hand pulling her to him before sliding his arms around her waist. Bella placed her hands on the back of his neck and looked up at him. His stare was intense and Bella shivered at the heat she saw there. Dwayne leaned down so his lips were inches from hers, their noses touching. "You need to make sure this is what you want Bella," Dwayne told her. "Because once I kiss you, once I taste you." Dwayne licked his lips at the thought. "Once I have you." He pressed his hips against hers letting feel how hard he was. "You're going to ruin me for anyone else. I'll want you forever."

Bella nodded. Dwayne dropped a kiss to her forehead and forced himself to let her go, getting back on his bike. Bella spared him one last heated glance as she closed the door to her hotel room. She sank to the floor as she heard him start his bike and ride away. "Fuck," Bella whispered. She knew she needed time to cool down and think about what he had said but she doubted she'd be rational next time she saw him.

A/N: Posted on 30/09/2015. All outfits are on my profile. Violet x.