Matters of the Heart
C20: Looking Forward
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters
Bella's POV
A week after we had finally disposed of the puppies, things had finally gone back to normal again, which is to say that we once again did exactly what we wanted to do, consisting mostly of copious amounts of sex, the occasional feeding run in Seattle and days spent relaxing together.
What we also did was talk about what we were going to do now, because with the deaths of the shifters we were sure to get a lot of unwanted attention on us, since our animosity towards the natives was well known in town.
It was what we were talking about right now, although I'll admit I was a bit distracted, which usually happened when I was in Heidi's lap.
"If you two could focus for a moment, it would be much appreciated." Esme said semi sternly.
"Sorry baby. You were saying?" Heidi asked softly as we took up a bit more of a neutral position, while she also pulled her hand out from under my top.
She sighed softly at us. "I was saying that we should come to a consensus on what we are going to do now that we've taken care of the wolves. I don't think I need to explain that we can't stay here and that I don't think that any of us want to break any rules."
"Of course we don't, but so far no one is any wiser on what happened, so why would we move away. It would only implicate us." Heidi said softly as she nuzzled my neck.
I smiled at her. "She is right though. We can't stay here, and I know Alice has seen this too. I think the biggest question is where we would want to move."
Esme smiled and nodded. "Indeed sweetie, we just can't risk this town organizing a witch hunt, and I'm sure the people on the reservation are preparing to strike back against us and if we want to avoid a grilling by the Queens, we'd better stay ahead of that."
Everyone nodded at that. "Since most of us have seen plenty of the country, I think we'll leave it up to Bella and Heidi on where we should go. I have a couple of plots ready for us to build the home of our dreams upon, but acquiring something new would also be no problem."
Heidi and I shared a look with each other. "I'll leave it up to you love. I'm okay with any place." She said with a soft smile.
I smiled at that. "If at all possible I would like to avoid Phoenix, for obvious reasons, but something a bit more sunny I could definitely get with. Florida or California or something similar."
"It so happens that I have a gorgeous plot ready and waiting in California, somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Florida might be a bit more difficult because permits are very complicated there, but I will be able to manage that given a bit more time." Esme said with a soft smile.
I nodded and smiled at her. "Well, they say California is the land of opportunity and I think that all of us will have plenty of opportunities there, and of course plenty of feeding possibilities too. L.A. is full of assholes."
All of us looked to Alice as she gasped softly from Rosalie's lap, and the resulting grin once her eyes returned to normal said enough. "Los Angeles will be perfect for us. Not only will we be able to live completely alone without anyone ever bothering us, so no more need to move every so often, I also saw that all of us will be able to build successful careers too."
"I think that's all we need to know then. Los Angeles here we come." Heidi said with a grin.
Esme shook her head and smiled. "So it seems. It'll take about a month before we can actually move, so until that time we should lay low as much as possible, think about what it is you would want to do when we get there and what you would like in a house, and of course by extension your rooms, plus any additional wishes you might have."
We all nodded at that as Heidi's hands immediately shot back under my top. "I'll be happy as long as you're all there. I wouldn't know what to do with myself if you girls weren't here."
I smiled and kissed her as I moved her hands to a more neutral spot on my stomach. "I'm sure that if you really think about it, there is something you would want out of life besides sex and spending your days with us. Not that there is anything wrong with that mind you, I just think you have so much more to offer the world."
Heidi smiled at that. "I think you're the first one that said it so poetically."
"Bella is a regular word magician, love. She is also right in what she said. I know you've had a certain role in the last five hundred years, but I hope you know that we would never push you into anything. You are free to do whatever you want." Esme said with a soft smile.
"I know Esme, and I'm honestly still searching for that thing that I would love more than making endless love to all of you." Heidi said softly.
We all smiled at that. "One thing you have is time, lover. I'm sure there is something that'll tickle your fancy at some point." Victoria said with a wink.
Heidi smiled at the redhead as she pressed a quick kiss to my neck. "If all else fails I'll resign myself to being useful around the house, a seductive treat for anyone in the mood."
Esme smiled at that. "While that is certainly a tantalizing prospect, and one we will definitely try out later, we're getting a little off topic."
"Sex is never a bad topic love, I think at this point it's safe to say that we all enjoy it just a little too much, since we all seem to get sidetracked so easily." Rosalie said with a grin as she nuzzled Alice's neck.
Esme sighed softly at that. "I suppose that's true, and it's not like I mind that we've all come together so easily, or as often. Sometimes I just miss our quiet time together."
We smiled at her as we all repositioned to sit closer to her. "Then how about we do exactly that for the rest of the day. It has indeed been far too long since we've taken the time to just relax together, and honestly I've missed it a little over the last weeks, we also never really took the time to properly wind down from our confrontation with the wolves." I said softly.
Esme smiled sweetly at me as we all did just that, cuddling up together while searching for something to watch on TV.
Esme's POV
Over the next couple of weeks most of my time was spent researching the very best contractors in the Los Angeles area since the plot I had in mind was no longer available, but there was a similar size plot available that would suit our needs in a forest near the city.
There were of course tons of contractors available, but shockingly little had positive reviews, and even fewer were actually able to make the plans work that I had presented to them, with some outright refusing to do it.
Fortunately there was one very promising contracting company that would be able to do what we wanted, would be able to make it happen in a decent time frame and for an acceptable cost too.
Not for the first time I was glad for the invention of the internet, because it made communicating with the contractor so much easier. I could easily share my plans and edit them where necessary, although there were few things I needed to edit because I had gone over these plans countless times over the last four years and was sure that it was perfect.
I had just finished what would probably be the last video call with the contractor when the door to my office opened to reveal Heidi, who had an almost too innocent smile on her face. "What did you do? I know that smile a bit too well."
"It's nothing too bad love. I promise. I just thought you might want to know that we might need to order some extra plaster. Bella and Vicky were a bit too enthusiastic in their make-out session and nearly went through one of the walls. I also came to see you, I missed you." She said with a soft smile.
I smiled and motioned her to come closer, pulling her into my lap once she was in reach. "I'm sorry love, but I've been having a lot of contact with the contractor that is going to build our new home to iron out the last details. Now however, I have all the time in the world to spend with my mates again, after we've fixed the house of course."
Heidi smiled and kissed me softly. "I'm sure they are already taking care of that, because they don't want you to be cross with them for the damage they caused. I merely came to spend some time with my lover while they work on fixing the wall."
"And what exactly did you have in mind lover? Did you come to seduce me into bed again?" I asked softly.
She grinned at that. "For once, no. I was actually hoping you would want to shopping with me, it's been far too long since we spent any sort of alone time together."
I smiled at her. "You know, that sounds like a great idea. We haven't really spent much time together since we turned Bella."
Heidi smiled and kissed me as she got off me and pulled me up. "Then let's not waste any more time love. I'm sure the others will find a way to entertain themselves without breaking down the house."
I nodded and smiled at her as I led her to my room, wanting to change into something more fit for a shopping trip with my mate, and judging by the appreciative sounds coming from Heidi, who had taken a seat on my bed, she agreed with my choice of dress. "I almost forgot how amazing you look in a dress. You should definitely wear one more often."
"Thanks love, and perhaps I will. It just takes some time for me to break with those old habits of having to dress conservatively around Carlisle, but I'm sure that I'll be able to do so soon, I've got plenty of examples to model my style to after all." I said with a soft smile.
Heidi smiled and pulled me into a kiss. "Anytime baby. You have looked out for me in my first years in Volterra and I have wanted to return to favor, at least to some degree for centuries."
I smiled at her. "I'm sure that with all of you helping me I will find back my sense of style soon enough, and otherwise Bella and I will resign ourselves to the fact that we're the only ones in our Coven without a sense of style."
Heidi just smiled as she kissed me again and we made our way downstairs, seeing that Bella and Victoria were already in the process of repairing the damage to the wall. "I trust one of you has a good explanation for this?" I asked only semi seriously.
Bella nodded at me. "Vicky and I were feeling more than a little amorous and in our making out with each other we kind of got carried away when I pushed Vicky a little too hard into the wall. We honestly didn't mean for it to happen and as you can see we're already working to repair the damage."
I smiled and kissed them both. "I was mostly teasing love, Heidi told me what happened. I just wanted to see how you two would react. I'm glad you still have such a responsible heart."
"I'd say it's more of a healthy fear of you scolding us." Bella and Victoria said simultaneously.
I just smiled at them. "You don't have to fear that when I have better methods of doing that in private."
The grinned and kissed me softly. "Heidi and I are going shopping for a bit. Can I trust you two to get this repaired before any other amorous activities?"
They both nodded and smiled at me as they both pressed a kiss to my cheek before continuing with their repairs, after which Heidi and I made our way to the garage.
Rosalie's POV
A couple of weeks after Bella and Victoria's admittedly hilarious mishap in the living room, I finally had the opportunity to spend some time with Bella again, at least in a way that didn't require a bed, because that had occurred more often than not over the last two months. Now we were in her car, having no specific destination in mind but glad that we could finally spend some true alone time together.
We had specifically chosen her car because it had all of the extra's we could want in terms of comfort. "I have to say love, out of all the things that have changed since you woke up I think I like this one the most. All your fears of driving have simply vanished." I said with a soft smile.
She smiled at me. "I've had the best teacher for that, because I don't think I could've done this without you."
"As always I'm happy to be of assistance, my Bella." I said as I squeezed her hand.
She smiled and kissed me softly. "You know, every time you call me yours it sends this little shiver down my spine. A girl could really get used to that."
"It's nothing more than the truth. You are ours just as much as we are yours, and I would go so far as to say that in the past months you've thoroughly marked us as such." I said with a soft smile.
She grinned at that. "And you all have certainly done the same for me. I always was against hickey's but to carry everyone's mark will always be the greatest honor of my unlife."
I smiled at her. "As it is mine to carry yours, Bella, and I am sure it goes for the others as well. I will also admit that I have been really looking forward to spending today with you. It's been too long."
"That it has, and while I know that is because of my newborn hormones, I'm still sorry that it took so long. I had severely underestimated how powerful those urges were." She said softly.
"Love, there is nothing to apologize for. We certainly weren't complaining that you felt the need to ravage us all on a daily basis for nearly two months." I said with a loving smile.
She laughed softly at that. "They were a great couple of months weren't they?"
I nodded and moved my hand to her thigh to give it a squeeze. "That it was, and I can honestly say that you've managed to teach me a thing or two."
Bella smiled at me as her hand covered mine. "It's only fair since you all taught me everything about loving a woman."
"Trust me that it was our pleasure love, you were such an eager student after all." I said with a slight smirk.
Bella smiled a that. "How couldn't I be with five gorgeous and sexy teachers? You know I detest failure and there was no way this side of heaven that I was going to fail at something so important as being able to pleasure the women I love more than anything in the world."
I gave her a sweet smile before pressing a kiss to her cheek. "And we love you Bella, more than anything we love you, and we always will."
Bella smiled sweetly as she pulled up to a secluded parking lot. "What's this love, are you intending to ravage me in your car?"
She shook her head at that. "No, I just figured that we could have a bit of a hike before enjoying the sunset together. When we do this, because at some point I am going to show my devotion to you in a car, it'll be in a car where have the space to move around a little."
I smiled at that. "I can't wait love. I believe Edward's Volvo is still in the garage. It would be a nice fuck you to him if we defiled that before sending it to a watery grave."
Bella grinned and nodded. "Deal, before we leave we are going to break that thing in properly, in more ways than one."
I smiled at her as we got out and made our way to the watch point that was nearby, and as we sat down on the bench, with her head leaning on my shoulder, I couldn't help but get a weird sense of domesticity and I just couldn't help but wrap an arm around Bella's waist.
She smiled and kissed me softly. "This is nice isn't it love?"
I nodded at her. "Heavenly baby. I honestly never was one for these types of lovey dovey domestic moments, but with you I would gladly watch every sunset with you for the rest of our existence."
She smiled at me. "That might be a bit cheesy in a couple of centuries, but right now it can't get any better. This light makes you look even more radiant."
I smiled and kissed her as I straddled her, figuring that since we were alone right now we could get away with some heavy necking. "Thank you baby, and a couple of months ago I would've said that teasing me could lead to exhaustion, but since your sexual appetite is greater than that of anyone else in our little Coven, I will just keep to being as close as I possibly can."
"I would never pass up an opportunity to make out with my Goddess, especially when she offers herself to me in such a provocative fashion." She said with a loving smile before kissing me again.
I moaned softly into the kiss as we both deepened it, her arms sneaking their way under the skirt of my dress to grab my ass. "Cheeky aren't we?"
"I can't help it love. An ass like yours just begs to be worshiped as every other part of your body. I honestly can't wait until tonight where I can show you exactly what I mean by that." Bella said huskily.
I grinned at her. "Usually I wouldn't be opposed to having sex outside, but something like this is something that I will agree will only happen in our bedroom, because we are definitely going to do this when we get back."
She smiled and kissed me as we enjoyed our time together, content to sit together until we felt the need to go back.
Alice's POV
Three months later we were making the final preparations for our move to Los Angeles, and since all of our furniture was going to be bought new, all that was left to be done was to pack the last things into our cars, which was mostly personal items and our extensive collection of toys.
All of our clothes had already been moved over to our new home, so for the first time in a long time we literally only had the clothes on our back, not that it mattered much since we didn't sweat and had all hunted recently enough to not have that become an issue, so all we would have to watch out for is not to give in to the urge to ravage each other.
All of us had quickly decided on a roadtrip to Los Angeles where we would take two cars, with Esme, Victoria and Heidi would travel in Esme's car while Rose, Bella and I would travel in Bella's, since according to Rosalie it was the most comfortable way of traveling she had ever experienced.
Honestly I was excited to go on a roadtrip with Rose and Bella, because while I loved everyone in our Coven equally, I couldn't deny that I had always shared a special connection with both Rosalie and Bella.
We had already agreed on making this mostly a fun experience for all of us and that we weren't going to care about how long we would take to get there, and since Esme, Heidi and Victoria were planning on doing the same, albeit through a more direct route than we were planning on taking, we didn't really see a problem with it. It wasn't like we didn't have all the time in the world after all.
Currently Bella and I were checking a last time if we had gotten everything before we would get in the car. "It's going to take some getting used to not ravaging each other in this room anymore." Bella said softly as she wrapped her arm around my waist from behind.
I smiled at her. "We'll have plenty of opportunity to ravage each other in our new home, love. That I promise you. I've seen snippets of our life there and trust me that even we will have to get very creative if we want to use every corner of our rooms, and your office too."
"I've always dreamed of having sex in an office, especially if it was my own. I also hope that there is a pillar or post of some kind because I have some very spirited ideas for us." She said huskily.
I smiled and turned around to kiss her. "If that is anything like the thing I've seen, I can't wait to try that with you."
Bella smiled and kissed me softly before grabbing the last bag and slinging me over her shoulder, one hand firmly on my ass. "Who ever knew my precious Pixie was so perverted at times. I love it."
I merely grinned as she carried me downstairs, all the while she kept groping my butt with her hand. "And if people knew that you are probably ten times as bad, I think we would see a lot of jaws dropping to the floor."
"I can't deny that, and it's not like any of you mind that particular fact. It has certainly benefited us all over the last couple of months." She said with a smile as we walked outside.
I nodded at that as she put me down, her hand purposely sliding up my body before giving my breast a squeeze, much to the amusement of Rosalie, who smirked at us. "Starting our trip early love?"
"Nah, I just couldn't resist. I've had many dreams while I was human of one day putting Alice over my shoulder and carrying her off to infinity." Bella said with a smile.
Rosalie merely smiled as she took Bella's bag and put it in the trunk. "I should have known that you three would find a way to escalate this innocent road trip before it even started." Esme said with an understanding smile.
We all smiled at that. "What can we say love. Being an eternal teenager certainly has its benefits, and let's be honest, this road trip is going to be far from innocent, no matter which car we're in." Bella said with a grin.
Esme just smiled and kissed us all softly. "You know I was only teasing, my loves. It's not like our trip will be much different after all."
We smiled and shared another kiss with all three of them before we said our goodbyes for now, promising to see each other soon and as they drove off, the three of us turned to each other. "Now that we're safe, let's get our plan started, bra's off ladies." Bella said with a grin.
Rosalie and I smiled at her as we did exactly that, hanging them on the door before we got in the car, whereas I went a step further and forewent a top altogether as I stretched out in the backseat against Rosalie, who did exactly the same.
Because this was Bella's first trip with us, she was going to drive the first leg, until we would have to stop for gas, after which Rosalie would take over and Bella would come and cuddle with me in the backseat.
We had calculated that it would take approximately twenty hours to get there with six or maybe seven stops for gas, and probably snacks along the way, so all of us would rotate twice with Bella being the one that would drive the last leg to the house.
We had also agreed not to let things escalate into sex on the drive, although we would be wearing as little clothing as possible, which by now consisted of just a skirt for Rosalie and me, while Bella still wore a tight top to preserve some modesty as she drove.
As Bella drove off, I just couldn't help but look back at the house where we had spent almost eighty years in. it really was the end of one chapter now, and I just couldn't help but smile as I relaxed against our Goddess. "You okay Ali?" She asked softly.
I nodded and smiled at her. "I am, just feeling a bit nostalgic about finally leaving this house behind forever."
She nuzzled my neck before pecking a kiss there. "I know exactly what you mean, my love. We've had many highs, and also many lows here, but I'm also sure that we will be making plenty of new memories in our new home, and I have a feeling that Los Angeles will be good for all of us in a lot of ways."
"I've seen so many things that it's hard to put it all into words, but I know that all of us will find our true passion there, and some of them are truly surprising." I said with a soft smile.
Rosalie just smiled at that as she pulled me closer to her body as her hands teased my breasts lightly, while I wiggled my butt against her groin, all the while Bella kept smiling at us through the rearview mirror as she drove into the night.
