A/N: Sorry guys, I don't know how I feel about this chapter. It's short and I don't really like how it turned out. I still decided to post it, as I owe you guys some kind of update on something to show I'm trying over here. Sorry if it's a bit of a letdown, I've hit a bit of a block.

Chapter 8

That first night with Bella had been a kind of torture Heidi had never experienced before, something a thousand times more painful than being subjected to Jane's gift. Why? Because Bella was a clinger. Not just that, but she often grew restless and even talked in her sleep. Heidi had spent the entire night as a statue, telling herself not to move or do anything to risk upsetting the human as Bella cuddled, hugged, nuzzled, and even once, to Heidi's frustrating, grinded, against her.

Despite the torture, she couldn't leave. She couldn't. Not after finally getting to be in the same bed as her mate, getting to enjoy being near her. Everything in Heidi rebelled against the idea of so much as attempting to put distance between their bodies.

When Heidi heard Bella's breathing change and realized that the human was starting to wake, she felt an overwhelming swell of relief. She had made it. She had actually survived the night. She hadn't even fucked up once-

Bella shifted, squeezing Heidi tighter as her knee found its way between Heidi's legs. The vampire couldn't stop the hiss that escaped at the friction as the girl fell back asleep.

Fuck. Her human had to be doing this on purpose, she had to. This was some cruel, twisted revenge on Bella's part, and Heidi had no idea what she was supposed to do to get out of the situation. Should she move? Try to survive it? Run away like a coward?

"Heidi," Bella growled in her sleep, pulling the vampire closer and, much to Heidi's horror, buried her face in Heidi's breasts. She could feel Bella's lips moving against her skin. Could vampires get lightheaded? "Why...jerk…" Bella's grip tightened further, her hands finding bare skin, her knee pressing harder against Heidi's core so that the vampire groaned in frustrated pleasure. It was like lighting was doing through her, need, and so much arousal. Her groin ached and throbbed, needing the touch of her mate, needing to release at her mate's hand or, in this case, her knee.

She had to do it. Her instincts were screaming at her to wake her mate and fuck her, claim her, mark her. Oh, how much Heidi wanted to tease the girl like the girl was currently teasing her.

Shaking her head vigorously, Heidi did her best to clear her head of those thoughts. She was not going to jump her human while she was asleep. No matter how much she wanted her mate, wanted to hear her moan Heidi's name as Bella squirmed against her, Heidi's hands all over Bella's naked body…

Okay, no. Bad Heidi, that definitely wasn't helping. Neither was Bella, as the human's hands started to creep down the back of Heidi's pants. Heidi knew she had to get away. She had to get away before she snapped and did something Bella might never forgive her for.

"Bella," Heidi hissed desperately, reaching back to grab the human's hands. For her own sanity, she definitely could not let those hands go any lower.

"Mm…" Bella grumbled, frowning in annoyance. "No...I need the ice cream...it's hot…"

"Bella, please wake up," Heidi said louder, unable to hide her arousal from her voice. All she could hope was that Bella heard the desperation first.

"No!" Bella snapped. Heidi let Bella pull away from her, ready to face the consequences of the misunderstanding. Instead, her eyes could only widen with a whimper as a still sleeping Bella tried to slap Heidi's hands away, managing to slap Heidi on the ass instead. "You can't have it."

Fuck, that was hot. Against her better judgement, an image of Heidi riding Bella as the human spanked her rose in Heidi's mind. The poor horny vampire had to scramble to grab Bella's hands again as they once again flailed, trying to smack Heidi's hands but only succeeding in hitting her ass again. Somehow, Bella recognized even in sleep that she had missed the target she had meant to hit, and really wanted to hit it.

"Bella, for the love of the gods, you need to wake up!" Heidi didn't even try to hide the panic in her voice as she struggled harder against her instincts. The vampire side of her was telling her this was an invitation of sorts, that Heidi's mate was testing her, saw Heidi as weak, and that Heidi had to prove herself to her mate. Overpower her, dominate her, make her realize who was in charge, then fuck her human until she was begging to be claimed.

"No! My ice cream!" Bella yelled back louder, and before Heidi could realize what she was going to do, Bella sank her teeth into Heidi's breast.

Heidi couldn't stop the snarl as an explosion of pleasure rocked her, leaving Heidi on the brink of orgasm, torturously so, but she wouldn't let herself go. She had needs, after all; such a powerful need to take and pleasure her mate, to cum on her human's skin to scent mark her, it would have knocked her over had she been standing. Her mate had bit her. Had tried to claim her. Heidi knew that Bella hadn't meant to, that she had been having some strange dream, but her instincts didn't seem to care. Joy shot through her body, followed by such an insane amount of lust, of needing to take Bella and claim the human properly, that Heidi couldn't hold back anymore. Grabbing the human by the back of her head, she held Bella's mouth against her breast, hissing at the piece of cloth that separated Bella's mouth from her skin.

Bite. Need. Claim. Fuck. Mate. Mark. Mine.

Any thought Heidi had was driven by instinct. She couldn't remember why taking her mate was a bad idea anymore, could only focus on her rapidly growing need. The one thing that stopped her from throwing Bella on the bed and fucking her that very second was the knowledge that her mate was human and fragile.

"This isn't ice cream…" Bella muttered, waking up at the feeling of cloth in her mouth. She took her mouth off of whatever she had been trying to eat, slowly registering just how her body was positioned and who she was currently wrapped around. Realization hit her like a taser to the ass, and just like that, Bella was wide awake and staring into the pitch black eyes of Heidi. "Oh my god."

Heidi heard Bella's heartbeat increase, saw the blush rise on her mate's face, and immediately her lips were on Bella's. The human didn't even have time to gasp before Heidi had her pinned to the bed, her mouth hungry and demanding against Bella's, claiming, and for a moment, Bella felt a strange feeling settle in her gut, a warmth made not just from arousal, but from content. Something in her telling her that this was where Bella belonged, and in that moment, Bella felt such a need to submit and let Heidi whatever she wanted. The gorgeous woman started to purr against her, and by the sound alone Bella nearly came on the spot.

"Heidi," Bella begged, but she didn't know if she was pleading with the vampire to stop or keep going. Regardless, that plea was what snapped Heidi out of it.

"Shit!" Heidi shoved away from Bella. "Bella, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" Bella had only a second to sit up, barely able to register just how black Heidi's eyes were-blacker than Bella had ever seen a vampire's eyes before-until Heidi slammed her eyes shut with a growl, nearly shaking in place. "I'm sorry, I need to go."

Heidi disappeared before Bella even managed to get her breath back enough to answer. Now alone in an empty room, Bella fell back onto the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. All she could do was feel her tingling lips, the ache between her thighs.

Had Heidi tried to jump her in her sleep? Why? And why didn't Bella hate it? Getting jumped in her sleep...it should make her angry. She should be mad, right?

Struggling to think, Bella tried to conjure up just what had happened in those few seconds before the kiss. With horror, she suddenly realized just where her hands had been on the vampire. How Heidi's hold on her wrists hadn't been restraining so much as stopping. She vaguely remembered hearing Heidi's voice in her dream. She couldn't remember what Heidi had said, only that Heidi had sounded panicked. In the dream, Bella felt like the panic meant she would get her ice cream taken away, and so she had bit down in some stupid attempt to eat it all before she could be stopped. She hadn't wanted anyone else to have the ice cream but her.

The softness Bella had felt in that bite, the frustration when she had tasted cloth instead of whatever had been beneath it...oh shit. Heidi hadn't been jumping her in her sleep, she had been trying to stop her. And Bella had actually bitten Heidi in the tit for her trouble.

Despite herself, Bella felt a flood of wetness between her thighs, so much wetness she felt herself grow uncomfortable. Fuck! She had bitten Heidi's breast. Her mouth had been on Heidi's breast.

Groaning in embarrassment, Bella rolled onto her stomach, hiding her face in her hands. She just wanted to climb into a hole and-wait, why were her legs wet?

Something in Bella told her to just ignore it, to pretend she had never felt it, but Bella couldn't. Rolling onto her side, she peeked through her fingers to find her thigh all but soaked. From Heidi, Bella knew instinctively. The thought flustered her more than it should have, but she had bigger problems to worry about; mainly the other wetness, the one that made her underwear and even her pajamas cling to her uncomfortably. Somehow, Bella knew it wasn't just the single kiss that had caused all of the wetness. Just what had Bella done to the poor vampire? Here Heidi was, trying not to jump her, and so sleeping Bella had decided to…

Remembering more of her dreams from the night, Bella found her body heating up. She was probably as red as a lobster as each and every dream she had flashed through her head, more than one of them involving the vampire Bella had apparently molested. Just how many of her dreams had sleeping Bella acted out in some way on Heidi?

Mortified, Bella curled up into a ball, pulling the covers over her body and wanting nothing more than to disappear. "Great, just great. I'm never going to be able to look her in the eyes again."

Despite her embarrassment, Bella's hand found its way into her pants.