Matters of the Heart
C6: Fiery Needs
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters
Bella's POV
When I woke up the following morning Esme still had me pulled flush against her body, and like Rosalie did yesterday, she was clearly purring. "Good morning Esme." I said softly as I tried to cuddle even more into her.
She pulled me on top of her and kissed me. "Good morning love. Did you sleep okay?"
I nodded at her. "Of course I did, and I liked the way I woke up too. I like hearing you purr."
She smiled at me. "Only for you, my sweet."
I smiled at her as I gave her a proper good morning kiss. "I'm honored Esme."
Esme merely smiled as she nuzzled my neck. "I also realize I completely forgot my promise to tell you about how I met the Volturi Queens, as well as another part of our dynamic mating bond. We could do that now if you're up for it."
I nodded and smiled at her as we repositioned a little, with me sitting against her and her leaning against the headboard.
"I suppose I'll start with the part of our dynamic mating bond I forgot to mention, since you will probably start feeling that effect tomorrow. Once you've strengthened the bond with the all of us, you will start to feel as possessive of us as we are of you, and we want you to be ready for that." Esme said softly.
"I'm think I'm as ready as I can be for that. It'll only show itself to people outside of our mating bond right?" I asked softly.
"Yes, and with our visit to Volterra coming up it is something to keep in mind. No one will look at you differently if you are a bit more clingy." Esme said with a soft smile as she nuzzled my neck.
I smiled and tilted my neck a little to give her more access. "While I would hate to embarrass myself in front of the Queens, I know it'll be unavoidable. At least I'll be around people who I know I can trust right?"
She nodded and pressed a kiss to my neck. "That you will love. The Queens know how bonds affect humans and will never judge you for it, nor will the rest of the Guard. The Volturi pose the image of being ruthless and uncompromising to the outside world, but they are a family. While I was never part of the Guard officially, I've spent many centuries at the Castle and made a lot of friends there. The Queens have always valued my advice and frequently call to check up on me. They asked me to keep an eye on Carlisle when he was exiled from the Castle, and I was happy to do that because it allowed me some leeway with the rules, to a certain extent of course. It allowed me to build the family we have now, with people who believe the truth rather than lies fed to them."
"Did you turn everyone, besides Victoria and Edward that is?" I asked softly.
"Besides Victoria, Edward and Jasper, yes I did. Their stories are something for them to tell, but I can say that I found Alice in 1920 while tracking Carlisle, I turned Rosalie in 1933 and Emmett in 1935. I told them exactly what my goal was and what needed to be done to accomplish it. I told them what Carlisle had done in Volterra and why it was important that we keep an eye on him. If he would start to get the idea that he might be able to take Volterra by force it could've been disastrous for our need for secrecy, something everyone agreed with, including Jasper when he joined us thirty years later." Esme said softly.
"I always wondered why Jasper joined the family, could you tell me?" I asked with a soft smile.
Esme smiled and pressed a kiss to my neck. "Alice saw that he would be a great addition to our family, as well as an incentive for Carlisle to not cross a line, which is why he only turned Edward. Jasper had, and still has quite the reputation after all. Jasper knew he and Alice could ever only be friends since she told him of the vision she had of you being one of our missing pieces to our bond and he had merely said that he understood and was more than fine with being her friend forevermore."
I smiled at that. "I knew he had a big heart, but I never realized exactly how big it was. Do you think he would tell me his story when we get to Volterra?"
"I think he would love to tell you. You know he only kept his distance because of the temptation of your blood. He loves you like a sister." Esme said with a soft smile.
I smiled and kissed her. "And I will always see him as a brother, no matter the distance between us. One thing you said makes me wonder though. You said that I was one of the missing pieces of our bond, and while I know another is Victoria, could another still join us?"
"If I am to follow what lies in my heart, there may be a possibility of one of my best friends in Volterra being a part of our bond too. I know Alice has seen some things recently that might shed some light on that, but she wants to tell everyone once you've strengthened your bond with everyone, so probably tomorrow." Esme said with a soft smile.
I smiled at her. "Then I will reserve my questions for tomorrow. I first have to survive the night with Victoria."
"I'm sure Victoria will be more anxious to make love to you baby. This is all quite new for her too after all." Esme said with a soft smile.
"I know she is, I'm actually looking forward to tonight. I can feel in my heart that it will be special." I said softly.
Esme smiled and kissed me softly. "Then I think we should go and get dressed and fix you some breakfast. I can hear your stomach rumbling."
I only nodded as I tried to prolong our time a little bit longer, before Esme just scooped me into her arms like a baby and carried me to my bedroom and into my closet.
Victoria's POV
I'll admit that I was pretty nervous about making love to Bella tonight, but I would not let that show because I knew it would affect her, and I refused to let her feel those nerves.
I had spent most of the night while she and Esme were having their fun thinking about the turn my life had taken in relative solitude, since that was still the best way I processed things. Of course Alice and Rosalie had come to check on me a couple of times, but they mostly let me be, since I figured they knew I still needed some time to process.
I had come to a couple of decisions though, chief among them was that I was not going to let my fears guide me anymore. It was high time I embraced what I was to share with my bond mates and not be crippled by my past anymore. James was dead and scattered to the Phoenix winds and for the first time in five hundred years I found people who genuinely loved me for who I was.
The bond we shared was another thing I had thought about for a long time. It wasn't that I was particularly nervous about making love to Bella, it was rather the fact that I was still unsure of how she saw me. Was I just another member of the family to her, or would she see me the same as Rosalie and Alice.
I heard that she was already awake and would come down in a few minutes, which gave me that amount of time to get my thoughts in order.
"Don't worry Victoria, Bella could never see you as just another member of the family. Just spend the day with her and enjoy your night with her." Alice said with a soft smile.
I smiled at her. "Thank you Alice, I realize I have been in my head for most of the night, but I'm just so worried about my place in Bella's life."
"Your place is the same as ours. It's how our particular mating bond works." Rosalie said as she joined us on the couch.
"I wouldn't know, I never even knew that it was something that could happen in our world. I thought it was either mated or unmated with nothing in between. I've learned more about our kind in the last month than I have in five hundred years." I said softly.
They smiled at me. "I think that you'll have plenty of opportunity to fill the gaps in your knowledge during our time in Volterra, as will we all. We could make it a sister day." Rosalie said with a soft smile.
I smiled and nodded at them. "I think I'd like that. At the very least it'll help us all bond."
"Oh I am sure of that, we all will feel the need to bond with each other once you've spent this night with Bella." Alice said with a soft smile.
"Is there anything I should need to watch for? You two already had the pleasure of spending the night with her, so I would like to know what I'm in for." I said softly.
Both Alice and Rosalie smiled at me. "Not really, she'll let you know exactly what kind of mood she's in, and as far as I've been able to tell, she has no issues with going along with whatever you are into." Rosalie said kindly.
I smiled at that. "Then I hope that insulation is as good as everyone says it is, because I doubt it is going to be a silent night."
They both grinned at that. "While we know from personal experience that Bella is very adept at making us scream, I think the soundproofing will be sufficient. Windows however might not be so lucky, so don't get too carried away."
"I'll try, but I can't make any promises. I've been known to go a little bit over the top sometimes." I admitted with a soft smile.
The two only smiled at me as we heard Bella and Esme come down the stairs, the matron making a beeline for the kitchen while Bella joined us on the couch.
"Good morning Bella. Did you have fun last night?" Alice asked with a very excited smile on her face.
She blushed a little but nodded. "Of course I did. I always have fun when I spend time with people I love."
Alice and Rosalie smiled and pressed a kiss to her cheek while she crawled into my lap, which honestly surprised me a little. "Are you okay Bella?"
She nodded and smiled at me as she got comfortable. "I'm okay, just a bit cuddly this morning, and since we have an entire day together with no interruptions, I'm going to take full advantage of this opportunity.
I just wrapped my arms around her waist and nuzzled her neck. "You won't ever hear me complain about having you close Bella."
She smiled and pressed a kiss to my cheek. "Then I think we have found something to do today while Alice and Rose are at school and Esme is going to decorate my room."
I smiled at that. "I would love to. We still don't know each other that well, and I would love to get to know you better before tonight. It only seems proper after all."
Bella nodded and smiled as she relaxed against me. "Would you tell me your story too. You're the only one I know nothing about."
"Of course love. Just know it is not a pretty story." I said honestly, wanting her to know what she was getting into.
"I figured. It's a common theme in the family it seems, but I hope you know that I will never look at you any differently. My heart knows what it wants, and it wants to be with the women in this house.
I smiled at her. "I would hope so, otherwise the last week would not make a lot of sense, nor would tonight for that matter."
Bella just smiled and cuddled into me even more, at least until Esme called that her breakfast was ready.
Bella's POV
After the usual morning chaos of Rose and Alice leaving for school, Esme just pressed a kiss to both of our cheeks before making her way upstairs to change and then start decorating my room, which left Victoria and I alone in the living room.
"So Bella, how did you want to do this?" Victoria asked softly.
I smiled at her. "Well, I was thinking we could claim this couch and cuddle, but I could be persuaded to talk somewhere else."
Victoria smiled at me. "While this is a very comfortable couch, I saw that we have a pool available, and a little Pixie told me you love to swim, so I was hoping to combine the two."
"As long as we won't go skinny dipping I would love to go swimming with you." I said with a soft smile, my mind already going into overdrive on seeing her in a bikini.
Victoria smiled and nuzzled my neck. "Then I suppose we should go and change, wouldn't you agree?"
I nodded and decided to go for broke and kiss her, which seemed to surprise her a little before she deepened it. "I would say that is a good plan, but I just couldn't resist kissing you."
She smiled at me. "I'll see that as an appetizer for tonight, but I have to say that the nights you have spent with Rosalie and Alice have definitely paid off."
"I would hope so, otherwise I would need more lessons." I said with a wink before getting off her lap and then making my way upstairs, and from the couch I could hear her growl softly, albeit playfully.
A few minutes and an explanation to Esme later I made my way out to the pool, where Victoria had already reserved two lounge chairs for us while she was wearing a dark red bikini that left nothing to the imagination, and judging by the look in her eyes she appreciated my choice as well, being a black bikini that I wouldn't even have contemplated wearing a couple of months ago.
"Very good selection love, it suits you." The redhead said with an almost carnal grin.
I smiled and sat down next to her. "I can easily say the same Vicki, although that top barely seems to contain your breasts."
"It's a known problem love, it's why I usually despise wearing a bra. It has taken some serious getting used to having to wear them again." She said as she stretched out in the sun.
"I think once we get back from Volterra no one will mind you not wearing a bra Vicki. Boobs like yours deserve to be seen, and possibly worshiped too." I said with a soft smile.
Victoria grinned at me as she rolled onto her side to look at me. "Only possibly Bella? From what Rosalie told me you're an expert at that."
I blushed at that. "What can I say? I just enjoy all things feminine, preferably as many times as I can get away with."
"You've really changed into a whole other woman in the last couple of weeks. It's a bit of a startling change." She said with a soft smile.
I smiled at her. "What can I say, I have finally accepted the things I feel for everyone in my heart, and I can't deny you're all dead sexy, no pun intended."
She laughed lightly at that as she was on me in a flash. "Thank you Bella, and I think I speak for us all when I say you are dead sexy too." She said before scooping me into her arms and walking us into the pool.
I shivered only slightly as she let me go to float a little. "Thank you Victoria, although I can't really see that. I've never been the prettiest girl in the room at any point in my life."
She gathered me close and kissed me. "You will always be the most beautiful woman in the world to us baby."
"I know, but it takes time for me to let go of the notions that have been hammered into my head from a young age." I said softly.
Victoria smiled and turned me around so she could nuzzle my neck, which was a preferred method of making me feel loved and wanted. "I know that love, probably better than most, and like you it comes from my past. I was born in the mid fifteenth century in England, the second-born bastard daughter to the master of the house. My mother was a scullery maid, and we were forced to work with her from the moment we could walk. I won't bore you with all those details because that is not what made me who I am.
When I was thirteen my sister and I ran away from that house, and in order to not have to live on the streets, she arranged for us to stay in a brothel, in exchange for my room and board she would work for them. That worked for about two years, when she disappeared and the matron thought that a good moment to let me start whoring myself, and since I didn't want to live on the streets, I agreed to it.
That lasted a little over two years, until one night just after my eighteenth birthday my sister came back to get me. She had been turned already and to save me from the life she knew I was heading towards, she extended that offer to me, turning me that night.
After that we traveled with a Coven with three others for a while, but our Coven Leader had a penchant of putting herself out there, which eventually got her on the Volturi's radar, and of course that got most of our Coven killed. One of us was recruited by the Volturi and my sister and I weren't there, so when we came back to a bonfire, we ran, and kept running for over a century. She was killed because the building we were hiding out in was set on fire, and while I got out, Anne didn't and now I found myself alone, and for the next two hundred years I was alone. The rest I already told you, because it was then I met James."
I leaned back to kiss her, knowing nothing I could say would help anything with how she must feel right now, instead letting all my love for her flow through my actions rather than my words.
She smiled and gathered me close as we floated in the pool for most of the morning and afternoon.
Victoria's POV
When Bella and I were back in my bedroom after spending most of the early evening with the family, I could see that all the nerves I had prepared myself for were nowhere to be found. Instead Bella seemed eager to make love to me, and it was a sentiment I gladly shared.
She was currently in the bathroom to put on a surprise for me, as she had so eloquently put it while I was a bit at a loss on what to do until she returned besides acquiescing to her request to strip to my panties, which I of course didn't have any issues with.
To make it a little more interesting I posed myself on the bed for her, wanting to tease her just a little bit more before we would start properly.
That is not to say that I wasn't thoroughly surprised when she stepped out of the bathroom wearing noting but a pair of barely there panties and a sheer red negligee showing off those pert breasts perfectly.
"Judging by that lustful look in your eyes I take it you like my choice for tonight?" She said with a sultry smile.
"Like is not an accurate descriptor Bella. I love seeing you in red. Why don't you join me so I can take a closer look." I said sultrily.
She smiled and almost stalked up to the bed. "I hope you plan to do more than just watch, baby. Otherwise I dressed up for nothing."
"Oh trust me that I will do a lot more than just look, my Bella. I have a need for you that I intend to sate fully tonight." I said before pulling her into a deep and passionate kiss while at the same time I gave her ass a generous squeeze.
Bella moaned loudly and let her hands roam to my breasts. "Gods how I love your boobs. They're perfect."
"And they're all yours, my love. There's no need to be gentle either." I said softly.
She smiled and nuzzled her nose in my neck. "I figured, and as much as I would like to say the same, we both know I would be able to manage to hurt myself all over again. So a bit of gentleness would be appreciated."
"That speaks for itself Bella. Hurting you would hurt everyone in this house, and I would rather not do that. What I am going to do is explore every inch of your body. I've been dying for a taste." I said as I guided her to the mattress and untied her negligee.
"As long as I get to return the favor, I'm all yours. I've spent far too much time on my back in the past few weeks." She said with an adorable pout.
I smiled and nodded as I palmed one of her breasts, giving it a loving squeeze. "Of course baby. Tonight is for both of us. I can feel your need as sharply as my own."
"Perhaps we can combine some things. I've always wondered what it would be like to eat a girl out while she does the same to me." Bella said sweetly.
Not about to reject such an offer, I only nodded as I lifted her on top of me, since that made the most sense, and also make sure that I wouldn't accidentally crush her between my thighs.
Bella also didn't seem to mind as she turned around almost immediately. "Out of everything, I had not expected this tonight." I said softly.
"Really, after everything we talked about this afternoon you didn't see this coming?" She said with a cheeky smile.
I smiled at her as I gave her butt a light smack. "You know that when you're turned you're going to pay for that cheek, right?"
"And I would gladly take that punishment then, but I believe we had other plans at this moment, and I don't know how long I can restrain myself from burying my face between your ever so shapely thighs." Bella said with a smile.
I smiled right back at her. "I'm in very much the same situation Bella, so let's not waste any more time."
She merely flashed me a wink before almost literally diving in, making me moan loudly as I pulled her hips to my face and returned the favor, making her moan just as loudly as me.
She was deliciously wet and just couldn't help but drink deeply from her juices, finding myself already addicted to her taste, and could easily see why everyone had become addicted to Bella too.
I quickly lost myself in pleasuring her, barely noticing anything besides the moans she let me hear and the slight quiver of her pussy every time I paid attention to her clit.
Meanwhile she was doing things to my body I never knew were possible. She drank deeply from my juices and seemed almost insatiable in her hunger for exploring my pussy as she also added two fingers that she slowly started to pump into me. "Bella, please don't. I don't think I can keep my orgasm back much longer and I don't want to snap your fingers off."
She looked back at me for just a moment. "But you have such a succulent pussy baby. It's almost as if it's pulling my fingers in."
I couldn't help but smile at her sweet words as she got off me to fully place herself between my thighs, now seemingly adamant to bring me to my peak before her. "Not fair love. Why did you deny me my new favorite treat?" I asked with a slight pout in the hopes of tempting her.
She smirked at me. "Because I have an idea that I know you will love Vicki. Just trust me and I will give you anything you want."
I only nodded and tried everything in my power to not scream out my orgasm as it hit me out of nowhere, failing miserably as I screamed out her name.
She brought me down from my high with soft kisses to my inner thigh, and I couldn't help the soft moans as she brought me down from the best orgasm I ever had.
I barely had time to catch an unneeded breath as she straddled my chest, offering her pussy to me as a sort of offering, one I was not going to refuse a gift so lovingly offered to me, now also understanding her surprise for me.
Again I drank deeply from her as I pulled her fully onto my face, eating her out while she tweaked my nipples, although it didn't take long for her to stiffen and moan out her orgasm above me, almost sliding down my body afterwards until she was tucked into my side. "That was certainly new. Where did you learn that?"
"I read about it and figured you would be a perfect test subject. Did you like it?" She asked softly.
I merely nodded and kissed her softly. "I loved it, and I can honestly say that this was the best sex I've ever had. You really are a one of a kind young woman."
She blushed prettily and kissed my cheek. "Thank you Vicki, I was glad to give you our first time filled with love."
I just smiled at her as she drifted asleep, and for most of the night I kept thinking about how lucky I was to have this for eternity.
