Bella McLeod

Healer

This is my first Twilight fic, and it is a femlash, featuring Bella and Rosalie as a couple. So, if you don't like, please head somewhere else.

As an introduction, you may want to read "Snape McLeod" since the Bella that trained Tobias there is the same one here, only a decade later. It's not a requirement for you to read it, especially since I will try and untangle things as the story progresses. I altered the timeline to fit my needs, so… she met Snape in 1997, they parted ways in 2000 and it is now 2011, when she moves to Forks with Charlie.

Bare in mind that I do not own Twilight, nor its characters, so if you recognize any of them, THEY'RE NOT MINE. I only own the idea of making Bella Swan part of Clan McLeod.

I also not own the Highlander series, characters and concepts.

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Bella McLeod

Chapter 07

Healer

"Do you want a ride to Seattle?"

"With whom?" She asked, mystified.

"Myself, obviously." I told her smirking. Bella seemed stunned.

"Why?"

"Well, I want to spend time with you, and, to be honest, I'm not sure if your truck can make it."

"My truck works just fine, thank you very much." She started to walk again.

"But can your truck make it there on one tank of gas?" I asked matching her pace again.

"I don't see how that is any of your business."

"The wasting of finite resources is everyone's business."

"Honestly, Rose." I felt a thrill go through me as she called me Rose instead of Rosalie, as she usually did. "I can't keep up with you. You ignored me, so I though you didn't want to be my friend"

"Well, I did ignore you. But there's a reason for that. And I don't want to be your friend."

"Oh, thanks, now that's all cleared up." Heavy sarcasm seemed like her go to defense. She had stopped walking, we were now under the shelter of the cafeteria roof.

"Look, I don't want us to be just friends… but I can accept friendship if that is all you can offer me," I explained "The truth is I'm tired of trying to stay away from you, Bella." I looked into her eyes, trying to let her know with that gesture that I was being honest. "Will you go with me to Seattle?" I asked. She didn't speak, she just nodded her head. I smiled at her. "I'll walk you to your class." I escorted her in silence to her English class. As soon as she entered the classroom I could hear Mr. Mason addressing her.

"Thank you for joining us, Miss Swan," Mr. Mason said in a displeased tone. I chuckled again and walked to the cafeteria. I sat alone at a table where I could see when Bella came in. I just sat there, thinking about this whole thing. She was different than the rest of the humans we had crossed paths with, and I couldn't figure her out. There was a lot to her there and I eagerly wanted to discover and map her... a wave of arousal hit me just thinking about it and I chose to focus on something else in order to control myself.

What did Clara mean when she said that because of her Charlie has a job? What had she done to make Bella in need to come here? What was that accident they talked about, even with Charlie? What is Duncan's real relationship to Bella? These and many more questions went unanswered while I pondered about the mystery that Bella was.

Finally, she and her friends came in and sat at their usual table. Edward, being able to listen to my thoughts, told my siblings that I needed the space for now, for which I was grateful. I focused my attention solely on Bella. She was mesmerizing.

Jessica babbled on and on about her dance plans to Bella, and apparently the other two girls, Lauren and Angela, had asked the other boys out and they were all going together.

"Rosalie Hale is staring at you again," Jessica said. "I wonder why she's sitting alone today." Bella's head snapped up and followed Jessica's gaze to see me.

I smiled to Bella, I just couldn't help it. Once she was focused on me I raised one hand and motioned with my index finger for her to join me, while winking at her.

"Does she mean you?" Jessica asked Bella.

"Apparently we are in talking terms again. But I don't get her" Said Bella still looking at me.

"You should go and see what she wants" said Angela nudging her.

I could see them staring after her as she walked toward me. When she reached the table, she stood behind the chair across from me.

"Why don't you sit with me today?" I asked, smiling. She sat down watching me with caution.

"This is different" She finally managed.

"Well… I already told you, I decided to get to know you better. So if I'm going to burn, I might as well do it thoroughly."

"You know I don't have any idea what you mean, and this is not how I envisioned getting to know you" she eventually pointed out.

"Oh... and what was your plan then?" I smiled again,

"You are dazzling me. This was supposed to be the other way around. Duncan will surely have a laugh at my expense when he learns this. How come it is me that can't help wanting to be around you? Why do I crave to hear at least kind words from your mouth directed at me?" She asked truly curious

"Not sure to the reason… but if it is any consolation, I do too" I told her and then changed the subject. "I think your friends are angry with me for stealing you."

"They'll survive." She said shrugging without looking at their direction

"I may not give you back, though, I don't want to." I said with a wicked grin. She just stared at me, as if not believing her ears, which made me laugh. "You look worried."

"No," She said, her voice broke. "Curious, actually… what brought all this on?" She was telling the truth, she was curious, not worried. Quite interesting

"I told you… you seem to not want to pay attention. I got tired of staying away from you. So I'm giving up." I was still smiling.

"Giving up?" She repeated in confusion.

"Yes… giving up trying to do what is good for my family. I'm just going to do what I want now, and not care about the consequences."

"Wait… You like girls right? Does your family not know? That's what got you so riled up?" She asked.

"It may be one of the problems actually. But no it's not that they don't know. Not all of them support my decision to approach you, but I stopped caring." I said glancing sideways to my siblings, and sure enough, I could see Edward scowling

"Don't worry… I know family sometimes is tough. But everything usually works out in the end." she said smiling at me.

"I'm counting on that."

"So, in plain English, are we friends now?" she asked hopeful now

"Friends…" I mused.

"Or not," She muttered making me grin.

"Well, we can try, I suppose. But I'm warning you now, I want more than friendship." I told her still smiling.

"You just said that," She noted.

"Yes, but apparently you're not listening to me. I'm still waiting for you to believe it. If you're smart, you'll avoid me, though."

"I think you've made your opinion on the subject of my intellect clear, too." Her eyes narrowed. "So, as long as I'm being… not smart, we'll try to get to know each other?" So I confuse her as much as she confuses me. Good.

"That sounds about right." She fondled with her lemonade. "What are you thinking?" I asked curiously after a minute of silence between us, she looked up into my eyes

"Actually, now that we are friends, I'm trying to figure out what you are." My jaw tightened, I had forgotten about that. To concentrated on figuring her out myself. But I kept on the smile in place.

"Are you having any luck with that?" I asked her.

"Not too much," She admitted.

"What are your theories?" She smirked, but kept silent. "Won't you tell me?" I asked.

She shook her head. "Too embarrassing. For now"

"That's really frustrating, you know," I complained.

"No," She disagreed quickly, her eyes narrowing, smirk still in place, "I can't imagine why that would be frustrating at all… just because someone refuses to tell you something you clearly want to know. And they are making cryptic little remarks making you wonder what they could possibly mean… now, why would that be frustrating?" she asked rhetorically, smirk still in place "Or better," she continued, leaning in closer to me, "say that person also did a wide range of bizarre things… from saving your life under impossible circumstances one day to treating you like a crap the next, and she never explained any of that, either, even after she promised. That, also, would be very non-frustrating."

Even with the accusation, I couldn't help to smile because she was smiling too "You've got a weird sense of humor and justice, don't you?"

"I just don't like double standards too much. I know they are needed sometimes, but I do not like them at all" She said as we stared at each other. I could tell she was being honest, even without my gift, however it made me wary that she could say that when something was clearly being kept by her, so I snickered. "What?" she asked me.

"Well, that's rich coming from the girl who refers to her step dad as father. To her father by his pile name. The girl who clearly didn't want to be here at Forks and still is staying. One who seemed to be running away from something invisible at the hospital, and who somehow managed to say 'crap, not again' right before being crushed between two vans"

"You heard me? How did you hear that?" She asked clearly confused.

"I told you, I was right beside you"

"You were not. Not at that moment. And… and… whatever you think is going on with me, you have no right to be nosy about it, you're not being honest either." She said annoyed and defensive then.

"Key word there, either" I told her as calmly as I could manage.

She sighed and took a few breaths in, I suppose to calm herself down. "You're right. However I cannot explain this to you."

"I can't explain you what you want either." I told her.

"Fair enough." She said after a moment "Can you do me a favor?" she asked after a second of hesitation.

"That depends on what you want."

"It's not much," she assured me. "I just wondered… if you could warn me beforehand the next time you decide to ignore me. Just so I'm prepared for your mood swings." She looked intently at me.

I smiled "Okay. But can I have one answer in return?"

"One"

"Tell me one theory."

"You sure that is the one answer you want?" She asked amused.

"You didn't specify, you just promised one answer… and since I know you won't respond to any other of the questions roaming in my mind… "

"You've broken promises yourself," She remarked.

"Just one theory… I won't laugh." She seemed to think about this. "Please? Tell me just one little theory."

"Um, ok, well, bitten by a radioactive spider?"

"That's not very creative," I scoffed. "You're not even close," I teased her.

"I'm sorry, that's all I've got, unless… " She trailed off,

"Unless?" I prompted

"Not now. For now, no spiders?"

"No."

"And no radioactivity?" she asked playfully

"None."

"Dang," She sighed.

"Kryptonite doesn't bother me, either," I chuckled.

"You're not supposed to laugh" I struggled to compose my face. "I'll figure it out eventually," She warned me.

"I wish you wouldn't try." I confessed.

"Because…?"

"What if I'm not a superhero? What if I'm the big evil in town?" I smiled to her, trying to decipher her reaction to what I just said.

"Oh," she said. "I see."

"Do you?" I asked quite surprise by the truth on her statement.

"You think you're dangerous and therefore evil" she said. I looked down ashamed of that. "But not everything that is dangerous is bad," She whispered, "No, I don't believe that you're bad. If there is something I've learned in life, is that danger is not the same as evil, specially with living beings" She said shaking her head

I smiled at that. "I hope you're not wrong." We stayed in silence, staring into each other's gaze for a few minutes. The silence lasted until she noticed that the cafeteria was almost empty. She jumped to her feet.

"We're going to be late." She told me extending her hand to me.

"I'm not going to class today," I said.

"Why not?" I could not tell her that I was going to skip class because Alice had a vision showing that today Mr. Banner would request the students to prickle their fingers to get a blood sample and since I was a vampire, that might be a big temptation for me.

"It's healthy to ditch class now and then." I smiled up at her. "Want to join me?" I asked extending now my hand for her to take.

"Well, I'm not sure," She said pondering it. I didn't retrieve my hand.

"What do you have to lose? Come on. Let's start getting to know each other better. You know, our favorites and all that"

After a few seconds which seemed quite long, she smiled up at me and took my hand. "Lead the way"

REVISED A/N (July 2021): So Rosalie seems to be a bit more in control now… and unlike before, she is playful about her approach to Bella… who turns out, is not the big Casanova she thought herself to be.

A/N: So, a new chapter and so soon! I'm awesome right?

Unfortunately I am still jobless so, I'll keep this up as frequently as I can while this stays like this. However, keep in mind that I am hoping to get a new job soon.

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