Author's Note: Feeling pretty good about this chapter. And you know how I said I'm on a roll? It seems that I'm gonna keep on rolling, hopefully for a while. Wish me luck, and I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 4

"Heidi…" Bella started, all but forgetting to breathe as she stared up at the beyond gorgeous vampire.

"Listen up, Bella," Heidi started, taking hold of Bella's hand and placing it over Heidi's breast, making Bella's hand squeeze the soft flesh. Bella's breathing stopped all together, and her pupils dilated as Bella's mind blanked. "I want you...I want to utterly own and ravage you. And it's clear that you want me just as much."

Bella found herself nodding in agreement, but quickly shook her head, trying to remember why she shouldn't give in.

"Yes, you do," Heidi said with an irritated frown. Letting out a huff, she leaned back on her haunches and crossed her arms under her chest, which immediately drew Bella's eye. Sneakily, Bella tried to remove the hand that was still cupping a breast, but Heidi immediately grabbed Bella's wrist, keeping the hand in place. "I just don't get it," she murmured, gazing at Bella in a way that made the human soak her underwear. "Why do you keep fighting your desires? It would be so much easier to give in."

You're telling me, Bella thought to herself bitterly. But she just couldn't help it; if she gave in, she felt like she'd be betraying all of the Cullens; especially Edward.

"You're thinking about Edward again, aren't you?" Heidi asked, sneering in disgust. "I don't understand why you're so obsessed with him; it's not like he's your mate."

"What?" Bella demanded, her eyes finally leaving Heidi's chest to glare into Heidi's eyes. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"Yeah, I do," Heidi said with a roll of her eyes. Releasing Bella's hand, she pressed against the human, twining her arms around Bella's neck. "I know it might be hard for the poor little human to understand, but he can't be your mate. If he was, he would have never been able to abandon you like he did."

Oh my god, even her breath smells good. Wait, no, damn it Swan, focus. "I don't believe you," Bella whispered, because that was all the fight and conviction that she could muster.

Heidi let out a soft laugh. "Believe whatever you want, baby," she replied tauntingly, delivering a nip to Bella's jaw that made Bella jerk away with a reluctantly pleasant shiver. "But I know the truth. Once a vampire finds their mate, even without marking them, they wouldn't be able to abandon their mate. Hell, they wouldn't even be able to cause their mate any pain. Well, at least not purposely, anyways."

"I…" Bella started, unsure as to how she was going to finish whatever she had been trying to say.

"Face it." Heidi tightened her hold on Bella's neck as she leaned in to whisper into the human's ear. "Little Eddie boy isn't your mate. Stop trying to delude yourself into thinking he is."

No, it couldn't be true. Edward had to be Bella's mate. That's why Edward was so drawn to her and why Bella was so drawn to Edward. There was no way they couldn't be the one for each other. Otherwise, why would Bella even be alive?

That's right, it just couldn't be possible. It couldn't. So why…

Why was Bella crying?

Heidi was silently gloating over having rubbed the truth in Bella's face, and was quite pleased about doing so, when she felt it. There was a wetness against Heidi's face, from where it had been pressed against Bella's. Confused, Heidi pulled away to figure out what the hell Bella was doing, only to realize that wetness now coated Bella's cheeks.

Shit, was the human crying? What the hell was Heidi supposed to do?

Filled with anxiety in a way that she had never felt before, Heidi started wiping at Bella's cheeks, as if cleaning the wetness away would eventually stop the crying itself. As she did so, she kept up a chant of, "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck," going under her breath, because that's exactly how Heidi felt; fucked.

Sure, Heidi had seen plenty of people cry throughout her years, many doing so while begging for their lives, but that didn't mean she knew how to stop it. And Bella needed to stop crying that second, because it was freaking Heidi out.

"Bella, stop already! Please!" Heidi begged as Bella started to not just cry, but sob too, her entire body wracking with the force of her emotion. "I'm sorry, okay? Now stop crying!" Why wasn't an apology enough? Wasn't that what you had to do to make someone feel better? If so, then why wasn't it working?

"What do you care?" Bella tried to demand, but her voice cracked. She started to feel even more miserable, and she didn't even know why.

"I don't, I just...stop crying!" Heidi was still trying to wipe away Bella's tears, but they only started to fall faster. She wondered if taking back all that she had said would be enough to stop Bella from crying, but she just couldn't. She refused to take back the truth for reasons that were honestly unknown to her. Seriously, she had lied before, but why not now? Because then she'd just say the same thing again to fuck with Bella at another time?

"She won't stop crying! I don't know what the fuck to do!" Heidi shouted at last, hoping that someone would get the hint and help her out.

For a long time, it seemed like no one would help her, but finally, Alec and Jane came in.

"Don't fight us," Jane hissed in Heidi's ear, and before Heidi could even demand to know what the hell she was talking about, Alec and Jane each grabbed an arm, jerked Heidi off of Bella, and dragged Heidi into a corner of the room.

"What the fuck?" Heidi demanded with a low snarl. How was being taken away from Bella supposed to help the human? Heidi didn't like it. But before she could argue anymore, Santiago and Felix came in, dragging a petite girl between them. They then shut Heidi's bedroom door so the girl couldn't escape, but she only had eyes for the human crying on Heidi's bed.

"Bella!" Alice exclaimed, launching herself at the brunette. Heidi tensed immediately, which made both Alec and Jane tighten their grip on her in warning. However, Alice didn't hurt Bella; instead, she pulled Bella into her arms and held her. And to Heidi's displeased surprise, Bella actually started to calm down.

What, all she had to do was hold Bella? Heidi could have done that! And now, she couldn't stop glaring at the scene, especially as Alice started to whisper soothing nothings to Bella, assuring the human that everything was alright. But everything wasn't alright, and it wouldn't be, not until Heidi...until she...not until she got to fuck Bella with Bella actually begging for more. Yeah, that's what Heidi wanted. Also, Bella better not cry again, because it seriously freaked Heidi out.

"Are you done?" Heidi hissed, getting more agitated as time went on. Had the twins not held her back, she would have already ripped Alice right off of Bella and thrown the pixie to the guards, and that would have been the end of that.

Bella and Alice both stiffened, and to Heidi's annoyance, Bella started clinging even tighter to Alice. "Please don't take her away," Bella begged. "Please. Alice is my best friend, and I can't-"

A dark emotion in Heidi started welling up inside of her, and she couldn't take it anymore. "She's leaving," Heidi stated flatly, despite the fact that no other vampire in the room seemed ready to leave. She turned to glare at Santiago and Felix. "Bella is clearly not crying anymore, so the pixie doesn't need to stay here. Right?" Had she been free, she would have made sure to get her way by seducing them into agreeing. Sadly, all she could do was stand there and stew in her own annoyance.

Behind Heidi, Alec and Jane exchanged a look, then shrugged.

"It is getting late. Perhaps it is best that we leave now; although we will be bringing a meal later," Alec said as both he and Jane released their hold on Heidi. At the same time, Santiago and Felix started forward to take Alice, which made Alice and Bella clutch at each other a little bit more.

"It's alright," Alec added, his tone soothing. "I promise you both, you will see each other again soon."

Alice took a quick look into the future and nodded, releasing Bella. Bella, knowing to trust Alice, also released her hold on the small vampire, albeit reluctantly.

"I'll see you soon, Bella; promise. And everything will turn out great, okay?" Alice said with a soft smile, reaching out to touch Bella, only for Heidi to appear between them, slapping Alice's hand away.

"Yeah, yeah. Save the sappy stuff for later and get out already," Heidi said, looking absolutely bored despite how pissed she was inside. For some strange reason, Alice only looked away while hiding a smile, which made Heidi's facade crack, albeit only slightly.

Thankfully, nothing else could be said or done as Alice was taken away, all four guards leaving the room. Heidi quickly closed the door-only to pause and accept a plate of food that another vampire had been waiting outside with-and turned back to scowl with Bella.

"If all you needed was someone to hold you, you should have just said so," Heidi complained as she sauntered over.

Even upset, Bella still found herself mesmerized by the sway of Heidi's hips. "It would have only made things worse if it was you," the human blurted without thought as she took the tray, making Heidi scowl down at her. Bella didn't even look at Heidi again as she started to eat, focusing on her food like her life depended on it.

Turning that scowl into a saucy smirk, Heidi leaned forward and wiped some sauce off of Bella's bottom lip. "Then I apologize for being too much for you to handle," she purred.

Bella was so stunned that her jaw went slack, and she just stared at Heidi dumbfounded. Heidi, despite knowing how much she would regret it later, slipped her own finger into her mouth and sucked hard. Bella's response was nearly immediate as, unable to look away, the human's arousal filled the room.

Yuck. Heidi was sure she was going to have to go throw it back up soon, but it was definitely worth it. Giving Bella her sexiest smirk, Heidi said, "I'll be right back." Then she got up and left the room, and Bella actually forgot to keep eating, her eyes now glued to Heidi's ass. How did anyone, vampire or not, learn to move like sex incarnate?

Once Heidi was gone, Bella remembered to keep eating, and finished her meal quickly. Some people would have sulked and refused to eat, but Bella wasn't one of them. She knew it would be stupid not to keep her strength up. Starving herself would only succeed in making herself weaker and, most likely, piss a lot of vampires off. She didn't try to run away either, because that would be beyond idiotic. Like there was a vampire in the entire castle who wouldn't notice her leaving the room.

Heidi came back quickly enough, which wasn't a surprise. What was a surprise, however, was that Heidi was carrying a can of febreeze. The vampire didn't say a word to Bella; instead, she just started heavily spraying the room, all the while trying not to breathe in the smell. The stupid chemicals wouldn't smell good very good to any vampire, but it was better to the alternative of having to smell that bitchy pixie everywhere.

Speaking of pixie…

"Hold your breath," Heidi ordered, and Bella wisely listened. A second later, Heidi had thoroughly doused the entire bed and Bella in the air freshener. Making sure she was done, she bent at the waist and took a thorough sniff of Bella's neck, making the human break out in goosebumps. Pleased that there was nearly no sniff of Alice on the human, Heidi tossed the can into a corner and sat down, wrapping her arms around Bella's neck from the side.

"Wh...why?" was all Bella could think to say as she stared down at her plate. It was a good thing that Bella had been done, because with all that air freshener, the food would have been inedible now.

"Think of it as a favor. Now you don't have to spend all night aroused by my scent," Heidi said wickedly, quick to come up with a reasonable excuse for her sudden air freshener rampage.

That doesn't help if you're just going to get your scent all over my clothes, Bella thought, blushing just by thinking about it. Before Heidi could become too curious about where the blush had come from, Bella quickly said, "I'm really tired. I seriously need to get to bed. Do you have any pajamas?"

"Nope," Heidi said, leering at Bella. "I don't sleep, in case you've forgotten. But feel free to sleep naked."

"I think I'm good with what I'm wearing," Bella mumbled, blushing an even deeper red at the thought.

"Fine." With a sigh of disappointment, Heidi got up. Bella squeaked as Heidi scooped her up with one hand, lifting the covers with another, before laying Bella back on the bed. "Sweet dreams," Heidi said with a wicked smile, pulling the covers back over Bella's body.

Mumbling incoherently, Bella pulled the covers over her face. There was no way she was going to get any sleep with Heidi in the room, and she knew it.

For a moment, Heidi simply sat at Bella's side, considering teasing the girl. However, she knew that sleep was important to humans, and that they could sick if they didn't actually get any. Knowing how boring a sleeping Bella was going to be, Heidi looked around the room. Realizing that the plate of food was still out, she picked it up and took it outside, walking down the hall and into the kitchen to drop it off. Then she turned around and headed back to her room, wondering what she should do next. For some reason, she just didn't want to leave Bella alone.

When she got back to her room, Bella was already out cold. The human must have been more exhausted than she thought.

Closing the door softly behind her, she walked over to Bella and once again sat on the bed, staring down at the brunette with frustrated confusion.

It was around an hour after Heidi started staring that she realized how good it was that Bella hadn't slept naked. Had the human done so, Heidi wouldn't have been able to hold herself back from the second Bella had rolled over and clung to her in her sleep.

I've got to get her pajamas, Heidi thought randomly, doing anything she could to keep her mind off of the suddenly cuddly Bella. And some more clothes...preferably something sexy. Bella let out a soft sigh and threw an arm across Heidi's lap. No, nothing sexy. Don't think sexy right now. It was during moments like these that she hated the fact that she couldn't just wake Bella up and fuck her to get all her desire out. But she couldn't do that because Bella was still fighting her, which meant that she should just go out and find someone else to fuck instead. But for some reason, Heidi couldn't do that either. She just couldn't bring herself to leave Bella's side, not for that long, especially when Bella was sleeping and vulnerable.

Why not? Why did she have so much trouble leaving Bella alone? Heidi frowned, letting out a low sigh, as she reached out to stroke Bella's cheek. At one point, she had ended up lying down with Bella all but sleeping on top of her, but she didn't care. She liked it, even. Which was seriously strange in its own right, as Heidi had never been one to enjoy cuddling. Really now, with the way that Heidi was feeling, not to mention acting, people would think that Bella was her...

"Shit!" Heidi hissed as she sat up, coming to a realization. For a moment, all she could do was stare at the sleeping human, but eventually, she let her head fall into her hands with a groan. "Oh, fuck," Heidi groaned, not even sure why she was speaking out loud in the first place. "Bella is my mate, isn't she?"

As if her own instincts had been annoyed with her progress, Heidi's dead heart got a strange squeeze, her body's way of saying, It's about time, moron.

There was only one thing that Heidi could think to say in response.

"Fuck."