Chapter 42 - What Was I Supposed To Do (As I Was) Standing There Looking At You

Tanya's POV

The last few days have been surreal to say the least. Well to be honest the first day was complete and utter chaos.

After everyone found out why Kate was driving Amber back to the house (because of the joke Kate decided to pull on Amber) everyone had to hold Rosalie back as her instincts demanded that she beat the living hell out of Kate for trying to terrify Amber.

It was quite impressive to witness Amber march right up to an irate vampire and essentially kiss Rosalie senseless to help her regain her sense of self.

Things thankfully deescalated once Rosalie calmed down and we were able to start to get to know this anomaly of a human.

With Amber around each one of my coven mates and I have found a solace that has relieved us from the burdens that each of us have accumulated over our long lives. Amber has managed to bring a life and humanity to us all. It's through her that we've managed to find a new zest for life and we're experiencing a whole new love for each other.

For this sole reason I would whole heartedly extend the offer for Amber to become a full Denali Family Member. I know in doing so that it would cause a severe split between our families where battle lines for possession of the human would clearly be drawn, but who could blame us for wanting to keep Amber around permanently.

Battle lines and possessive territorial demonstrations have already become a common issue throughout the day.

The most jarring thing to witness is Esme and Carmen's almost passive aggressive displays of Mothering over the young human.

Both Carmen and Esme are in a constant rotation of bringing different foods and drinks to Amber.

I would worry about how much they are practically shoving down Amber's throat, but thankfully the human is proving to be a bottomless pit.

When both mother hens aren't feeding Amber they are doing everything else imaginable from fluffing her pillows all the way to sewing the few holes that were found in Amber's clothes.

Esme and Carmen aren't the only ones fighting over Amber's attention. Everyone seems to be enamored with Amber.

Carlisle and Eleazar have been competing with each other as well. They have been drawing Amber into lively discussions about history or showing off different artifacts that they had accumulated over their long lives.

Kate and Emmett have pulled Amber into their childish antics and humorous pranks. The three of them as as thick as thieves. From what I hear we would all be in for a whirlwind if Amber's brother Michael was added to their children's club.

Irina and I have had our own problems with our instincts. We would never dream of trying to steal Rosalie's mate, but we aren't immune to Amber's natural charm and charisma either.

We both find ourselves trying to seek out Amber's attention several times a day.

I'm certain that Amber would never stray in her relationship even if anyone were to offer themselves to her. Amber's devotion to not only her mate but to those she considers family is beyond reproach.

I have never seen anyone in my life with the intensity and passion that Amber has.

Rosalie is a truly a lucky woman. What I wouldn't give to have someone show me even a quarter of the devotion and heart eyes that we've witnessed Amber give freely to Rosalie.

Amber has endeared herself to all of us in such a short time that it was without any hesitation that we all agreed to vacate the house for a few days.

We all reassured Amber that we were happy to give some privacy to the young couple. With Amber's leave coming to an end soon the whole family understood the need for some one on one time for Rosalie and herself.

Rosalie's POV

Alice the ever hyper little pixie bursts into the kitchen where I'm watching Esme and Carmen while they are whipping up some finger foods for my love. I have to say it has been delightful to watch the two mother figures fight over who could out do the other.

Carmen is making homemade taquitos while Esme is making cheese curds from scratch.

I know that Amber has been loving the extra attention that she has been receiving and not just because it includes lots of food.

The extra attention I can handle competing with, but the overzealous nature from the succubus sisters has put my instincts on edge.

I know that they don't mean any harm, but the simple fact that I know that the sisters would be after my girlfriend if she were unattached on some small level has me internally seething.

Thankfully I know wholeheartedly that I never have to worry about Amber ever considering entertaining the idea of being unfaithful.

I know that I won the jackpot when Amber literally crashed into my life. Amber just makes everything better.

I'm jarred from my thoughts by Alice practically dragging me out of the kitchen. On my way to what I'm assuming to be either my bedroom or Alice's I catch the sight of my love in the living room. There is a Mario Kart race marathon tournament going on for the last 3 hours. I can't help but smile as I see Amber and my brother's along with most of the Denali 'children' all trying to distract each other with verbal taunts and waving of arms and legs to block each others view of the TV.

Once the door is shut inside of my room tornado Alice hit my closet as she pulls out a complete outfit for me. After laying it on the bed I was ushered to the bathroom to 'get ready". I start to open my mouth to either protest or ask questions, but I quickly decide that I should just go with the flow and never bet against Alice.

After showering and then Alice making sure that my makeup and hair was immaculate I was led downstairs. Once I reached the top of the stairs my attention is completely consumed with the vision that is Amber.

I even failed to realize that not only was Alice gone, but so was everyone else.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs holding a bouquet of red roses and white lilies and wearing an outfit that told me that we were going to be venturing out into the snow.

After putting my flowers in water Amber helped me put on my jacket even though I didn't actually need one. I love the fact that Amber even knowing that I didn't need a jacket still wanted to take care of me.

After a fairly quick snowmobile trip we arrived in a clearing. I say quick but I honestly couldn't tell you. I was too busy with my arms wrapped around my love to notice anything other than my mate in my arms.

After helping me off of the snowmobile Amber simple told me to look up. The sight before me left me speechless. The aurora borealis was in full bloom.

Of course I had seen them before but I had never had someone to share them with.

We watched the northern lights for a few more minutes until Amber pulled me in close till we were nearly chest to chest. I practically swooned when Amber said "I've always wanted to cross kissing the love of my life under the northern lights off of my bucket list. Do you wanna help me with that darlin'?"

After I practically lept at my wonderfully romantic girlfriend I lost all track of time as we passionately made out under the magical lights of the aurora borealis.

After several minutes or hours for all I know we broke apart and we stared deeply into each other's eyes and that's when I knew. That's when I realize that I needed to finally have the talk with Amber. I couldn't and shouldn't put off this last puzzle piece.

I mean what else was I supposed to do as I was standing there looking at her.