Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Growing Up

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 07:

BPOV

I opened my eyes and he was lying next to me. I guess last night wasn’t a dream. He was smiling. This was a good sign.

“Mornin darlin.” He grinned.

I didn’t want to take a chance on any more games being played.

“I’m yours?”

“Yeah.”

“Your mine? No more games?”

“No more games. I’m yours. Only you Bella.”

I let out a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding. Despite not holding my breath any longer my heart felt like bursting. Peter leaned in to kiss me.

“No!” I can’t believe that almost happened. I jumped out of bed.

“Uh… what’s the problem?” he asked, looking very worried. I was the one who should have been worried.

“I drank last night. I’m pretty sure I vomited twice. I am not going to kiss you until I brush my teeth!”

“Uh darlin you already kissed me. About five hours ago. Kissed the hell out of me too.” He smiled. God he had a beautiful smile.

“I know. Believe me I will never forget it. But my breath…”

“You brushed your teeth when you came in last night.” Peter told me.

“I did?”

“Yep. Now why don’t you come back to this bed? We can discover some other things about each other besides…”

“Morning breath. I’ll be right back.” I ran to the sink before he could talk me onto that bed. I would pretty much be putty in his hands so I had to be strong about this at least. I pulled up my long tee and checked my legs. I would need to shave them tonight now that I had a reason to but they would do for now. I remembered his hands on my bare back last night. I don’t remember when we stopped kissing. I just remember him lying me on the bed and covering my body with his own. I kept my eyes closed while his lips hovered over mine and told me how much he loved me. Then I woke up and he was still here.

“You okay?”

I damn near screamed. Silent vampires pissed me off. He was still smiling though so I couldn’t stay mad. He picked me up and had his hands under my ass.

“We have to be somewhere in four hours. I plan to spend that time with you on the bed. We have lost time to make up for. Apparently a lot of lost time according to you.”

“You believe me?” I whispered, damn his hands were squeezing my ass cheeks now.

“I never doubted you.”

I was on my back. This was a position I could get used to with him.

“There is one small issue we need to talk about though.”

Shit. Here comes the buzz kill.

“What?” I sighed.

“Nothing bad. It’s just, look we can be together. We are together. But I don’t think we should have sex until you turn 18.”

“18?”

“Yeah. Look at it as something to look forward to on your birthday. Something special for both of us. I have never had a relationship in my life. You are truly the first woman I have ever loved, human or vampire. I want this to be special.”

“I’m the only woman you have ever loved?” He said other things but that was the one that caught me.

“Bella when I was a human, my life was on the ranch. Then preparing for war. My family was everything to me. Because of what was going on with the Civil War I wasn’t really looking for a bride and you didn’t have casual sex back in the day. When I was turned many of the vampires in the armies raped and pillaged but I refused. There were some lows I wouldn’t sink to and rape was one of them. Since I escaped my life has been about hate and revenge. At least until I found you.”

“Are you saying you have never had sex?” No fucking way.

“Yeah. That’s what I am saying.”

“Holy shit.”

“You don’t have to make a big deal out of it.” He mumbled. He looked away. He was embarrassed. I touched his cheek and guided his eyes back to mine.

“It’s not a big deal. I mean it is to me. It means you were waiting for me. Again. Even after all this time you were waiting for me.”

This was so awesome.

“So yeah anyway, I wanted it to be special. Plus I have to practice with you. Do things in steps to make sure I don’t hurt you.”

“Practice?”

“Yeah. You didn’t think I wasn’t going to touch you, did ya? No. We got a lot to cover between now and September.”

“Okay. But I have something I want to talk to you about.”

“Do ya now?”

“Yes. You are changing me after I graduate high school.”

“I know Bella.”

“No. As soon as I graduate high school. That night or the next day at the latest.”

He was silent for a minute. I thought he would be forming arguments in his head against it. Instead I was surprised.

“Okay but we will have to plan it just right. It will have to be the day after graduation at least. You graduate and then we have to go somewhere we can be relatively alone or you may go on a feeding frenzy.”

“Yeah about that, are you going to want me to drink from humans?” This had been on my mind for a while.

“Bella, the people I hunt need to be wiped off this earth. But I won’t bother you about how you choose to feed or from what. That is your decision. I won’t change though.”

“I know. I wouldn’t ask you too. Let me think about it, okay? I mean it wouldn’t be like it’s the first time we have killed people together.” Memories of my dreams of England and Jerusalem came into my mind. Peter didn’t comment. Maybe he did believe me.

“Talking done?” Peter asked.

“Yes. Talkin is done cowboy.” I kissed his lips and felt his hand run up my shirt. I remembered again that I was only in a tee shirt and panties. Oh damn. He just… he’s rubbing my nipples… September? He is out of his fucking mind.

Jasper POV

I have had many doubts over the decade but never as strongly as I was doubting now. I was supposed to defeat the Volturi with this coven?

“Eleazor called, Jasper. He was in Pittsburgh. He spotted a girl going to Klein High School. She is gifted. He believes she can turn invisible. That could be useful. We should go.”

“Invisible Carlisle? Unless she can turn all of us invisible I am not very concerned about her. We had a shield. A goddamn shield! Probably physical as well. You know how goddamn rare that is? We should have changed her right away. That idiot child would have forgiven us. Esme could have hugged her and Alice could have given her a makeover and she would have been loyal to us forever. You had to play a fucking game and it cost us a valuable asset!”

“You agreed to the game, as you put it Jasper.”

“Carlisle you told me you wanted to control the vampire world when we met. You agreed to follow my lead. But I have granted you a bit of levity over the years. Edward wanted a girlfriend, so I let us play this game. But now we have lost her. The time for games is over. We find her, we turn her.”

“She is dead Jasper. Alice can’t see her.” Rose said smiling. She was so happy that Bella escaped. She didn’t understand the need to turn vampires for their gifts. She never had to fight for anything. But when she wanted Emmett she wasn’t shy about asking Carlisle to turn him.

“She is not dead. If a vampire had killed James over eating her he would have left her body in the studio. A vampire took her.”

“She would have tried to call me Jasper.” Edward whispered form the corner.

“What makes you think she is still human? That would be the reason Alice couldn’t see her. I would almost guarantee she isn’t human. I just have to find what vampire took her. It could have been the Volturi. They could have discovered her. If that is the case it would be very bad.”

“She is only one stupid girl Jasper. She won’t be that beneficial.” Esme commented. Of all the people in the coven she was the only one who understood what it took to be on top. The only one who truly had the guts to do what it takes to win.

“Yes Esme, she will be beneficial. Who has Bella Swan in the coming war could determine the winner. Imagine our chances if the Volturi had no powers. If Jane and Alec could not touch us mentally. What if she is a physical shield as well? We would be unstoppable. We attack but cannot be attacked. Every armies’ dream. If the Volturi have her imagine trying to fight them if we can’t touch them. If they can unleash their considerable powers on us? We do not have near the gifted vampires we need, despite Eleazar bringing us such finds as girls who could turn invisible and run away in a fight.”

“She didn’t know our plans. If the Volturi have her she won’t be able to tell them anything.” Esme continued arguing.

“They will know she knows us. She will ask for us. You don’t think that will catch their interest?” That was met with silence. Alice wouldn’t look at me. She knew I was pissed at her for not being able to see Bella. It really wasn’t her fault. Swan was a vampire. Another vampire had her.

“She isn’t with the Volturi.” Edward said from the corner.

“Do tell, all knowing one. Who does have your little girlfriend?”

“Why would the Volturi have even been there? It had to have been a local vampire.” Edward reasoned.

“A local vampire in Phoenix? A vampire who would not kill her but recognize her talent immediately, kill James and take her, making her in essence disappear from the face of the Earth?”

“It makes more sense than the Volturi having her.” Esme commented. “Maybe Eleazar talked.”

Esme was always distrustful of others. But I knew Eleazar was too afraid of me to betray my trust.

“Doubtful. We need Bella. We have to find her.”

“She probably figured it out our intentions by now. She wasn’t stupid. She figured out we were vampires by herself.” Rose said with a smile, a trace of sarcasm in her voice.

“She only figured it out because we had Eddie boy make it obvious. Saving her from the truck was the only smart thing he has done.”

“What do you want to do, Jasper?” Esme asked.

I took a deep breath. What I wanted to do was kill them all and start fresh with a new coven. Edward glanced at me. Deal with it pussy. He looked away again.

“A nomad has Bella. Alive or turned. It’s the only thing that makes sense. Carlisle you are going to reach out to your nomad friends. Explain that Edward has lost his “Mate” and you fear another vampire is hiding her. For her blood or some such shit. I need every nomad you know keeping an eye out for her. Searching for her or telling you about any newborns that resemble her. We have to have her. If she is human we turn her. If not…”

“If not then you will never be able to control her. If she is a newborn and hasn’t tried to escape and contact us then she knows we set her up.” Rose said casually.

“That girl was a fucking idiot Rose. A naïve stupid romantic doe eyed child. She believes what people tell her to believe.” Esme said sharply.

“If she has figured out that we set her up, whether she is a human or a newborn, she has family. We know where her family lives. She will do what we say in exchange for their lives.” I pointed out.

“What about Victoria? Laurent told me she is becoming more restless.” Carlisle said, as if I didn’t know this.

“Of course she is restless. Quite frankly I am amazed she hasn’t asked one of us to kill her yet. Losing her mate. Tough break. He should have done his job better. Let her go. Explain to her that whoever killed James took Bella. She can search with the rest of the nomads. She will be motivated in a way that they are not.”

I walked to the window and stared into the daylight. It was a beautiful day. Somewhere out there my little shield was hiding. A shield so strong that not all vampire gifts worked on her as a human. She would be mine. It would only be a matter of time.

“This is what we do. Carlisle you take Edward, Rose and Emmett to Pittsburgh. Edward, get into the school find the girl and do whatever it is you do to make young girls swoon. Brood, say cryptic things, grin occasionally. Do that apple thing again. That’s a sure way to catch a girl’s interest. Play your game. But not like last time. This time, let her figure it out, tell her you have to turn her or her family will be in danger and then do it. If she can turn others invisible it will be worth it. If she can’t she may be a good spy if we can mask her scent. We can always destroy her later if she is useless.”

“What are you going to be doing Jasper?” Carlisle asked, annoying me. I gave him orders. Why is he still here?

“Esme, Alice and I are going to continue to search for my shield. She is somewhere. She has to eat or feed, human or vampire. She isn’t being kept in a basement. There would be no point keeping a human in a basement. You can’t keep a vampire in a basement. She is out there. It is a matter of time before I find her.”

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After kissing Bella last night I knew I was lost. For the first time in over 150 years I didn’t think once about killing Jasper while I was holding her. Having my hands all over her today was difficult. I wanted to take her. But I would do this right. She was right when she said we wouldn’t have to die this time. We could have forever. We would do this right.

Despite the fact that I pretty much molested her body this morning I still had to focus on getting her through high school. She deserved that. She deserved to have friends. As long as they weren’t guys who would try to touch or talk to her. I admit that may be a bit extreme but since the gates are open it’s too late to worry about the horse getting loose.

She wanted to be mine. She was mine. No one would touch her.

I tried to focus on what she was saying. My mind kept reliving two hours ago though, when my tongue was on her hard little pink nipple and my finger was inside her. She moaned and wiggled underneath me. Her heat was amazing. I didn’t know how I would hold off till her birthday. She grabbed my cock this morning. I mean she just went after it. I thought she may be a little shy. But once we kissed we both knew all bets were off.

“Peter where are we going? We could be at home. Practicing and stuff.” She was sitting next to me in the truck. Already it felt so comfortable being with her, touching her. It was awkward when we weren’t touching before. This felt natural. Like we had stopped holding our breaths and allowed each other to breathe. I suppose that is what happened.

“We have an interview. We have to get you signed up for school.”

“I thought I was already signed up for Halbrook?”

“After what I saw last night? You aren’t going anywhere near those fucking people again.” I guess she thinks Tanner was the only one who felt he was privileged to take what he wanted because his Dad had money.

“Okay. Where am I going to school then?”

I made a turn down the street and we were here.

“You’re going to school here.” I smiled.

“St. Elizabeth’s? You enrolled me in a Catholic School?” She didn’t sound happy. It was a good school. The internet said so.

“Yeah. It’s just as good academically as Halbrook. And you know how you didn’t want to wear those clothes I bought you? They have uniforms here. Problem solved!” I swear I am a genius.

“Uniforms?” I guess the shock and happiness had left her unable to make complete sentences. Or maybe she was thinking about when I got her home.

“Yeah. You will have to stick with the blond hair and blue eyes but hiding you in a uniform in a Catholic Girl’s school is even better than hiding you at Halbrook.”

“Girl’s school?”

“Yeah. That’s the best part. You don’t have to worry about guys bothering you. No guys!”

“You are serious?”

“Yeah. Only the best for you babe.” I winked at her. I’m betting someone’s cock would be getting grabbed again soon.

“You put me in a Catholic Girl’s School?”

“I thought we went over this already.” She usually catches on to things quicker than this.

“Uniforms? You are going to make me dress like a Catholic School girl every day?”

“I actually checked the website and trust me, these uniforms do not make you think Catholic school girl. At least not the uniform I would want you to wear when we play that game. No, these are pretty conservative uniforms. Green skirt down to your ankles. White button up blouse and green blazer.”

“You are serious?”

“Yep.”

“Get me out of here now.” She didn’t look happy.

“Why?”

“You signed me up for… never mind. We need to go.”

“Bella what better place to hide you?”

“Antarctica maybe?”

“Okay. I am sensing some resistance to the idea of this school. But you know you need to hide, you don’t give a damn about fashion and you sure as hell ain’t gonna be seein any other guys so what is the problem?”

“I like jeans.”

“Wear them at home.”

“You do realize nuns probably run this school?”

“So?”

“You are a vampire and I will be one soon. Are you not seeing the tragic irony in this?”

“No. Tragic irony? Aren’t you being a little over dramatic? This is the perfect place to hide you. You can make good friends who won’t try to get you drunk and rape you. It’s a win win.”

“Get me out of here, NOW!”

“No.”

“No?”

“Nope. You haven’t even seen the school. Shouldn’t you at least take a look? Talk to the Head Mistress? She is expecting us.” It would be rude to miss an appointment.

“This place has a Head Mistress! You are sending me to a place where there are nuns and wooden rulers and is ran by a lady with a title that sounds suspiciously like it belongs to the manager of a BDSM club!”

“Bella please? Can we just talk to her? Wait, what do you know about BDSM clubs?”

She took a deep breath.

“I can’t push you out of the driver’s seat and take off and you aren’t going to let us leave are you?”

“Great. Glad you see it my way! Can’t wait for us to meet her. She sounded like a nice lady on the phone.”

I opened the truck and hopped out. Bella slowly crawled out and began looking around.

“What are you looking for?”

“Damian.” She whispered.

“I told you guys aren’t allowed here. Come on.”

BPOV

I can’t believe this. This place smelled… old. It looked like a… Catholic School I suppose. We are going to see a nun! I wonder if she can tell what we were doing earlier. She will know. They all will know. I will have to lie to a nun. That can’t be good.

I mean I would probably be draining at the very least animals and very possibly very bad humans when I graduate this place. Lying to nuns would probably not be a good thing to add to my resume.

Oh shit. One is walking down the hall. Look down Bella. Don’t look in their eyes. That’s a sign of disrespect among their people. I think. I may be thinking of something else.

She passed without comment. I wanted to grab Peter’s hand but that would probably not be a good idea. I had a feeling he would have absolutely no problem lying to nuns. We walked into an office. It smelt like the rest of the building. Old.

A soft spoken receptionist told us the Head Mistress was waiting for us. We walked in and saw her.

Oh shit. She was just as I imagined.

She looked to be somewhere between the age of 40 and 80. She was not smiling. Not smiling at all. I don’t know her hair color. She was dressed completely in black. Even her head was covered in black. Peter said hello and she nodded to chairs. C’mon Peter. This is ridiculous. One guy tries to rape you and suddenly you are sent off to the educational equivalent of a women’s prison. If he thinks I am grabbing his cock later he is out of his mind. I planned to do more than grab. He can forget about that now.

Damn it Bella! You cannot think about that here! They will know!

“Thank you for seeing us Sister.” Peter started since she was just staring at us.

“Mother Superior.”

“I’m sorry?” Peter asked. So was I.

“You may address me as Mother Superior, Mr. Locke.”

“Oh. Gotcha. This is my niece I told you about on the phone. Bella.”

“Hello Isabella.” She nodded in my direction.

“I actually like to be called…” shit. She was glaring. “Isabella so thank you. A lot of people shorten it. It is very kind of you…

“You look very young to have a niece of Isabella’s age, Mr. Locke.”

“Oh he’s a lot older than he looks…” I whispered. She looked up sharply. I whimpered a little bit. I’m not ashamed to admit it.

“My brother was quite a bit older than I was. When he and his wife died I was the only living relative.” Peter was smiling. He must not have realized who he was lying to.

“So Isabella, why do you think you would be a good candidate to be considered for admittance into our school?”

I had a strange urge to throw myself at her feet, confess that I was running from a coven of vampires and living with my vampire mate who was not really my uncle and I had been doing bad things with all morning long. Naughty things. Bad, bad things.

If I did, it could solve my problem of having to go here.

“Bella? The nice Mother Superior just asked you a question.” Peter unnecessarily reminded me.

“Uh… I’m a good student?”

“I would hope so. That is expected here. All of our girls are exceptional young women and great students. Do you think you could possibly handle the rigorous academic expectations being a student here would bring?”

“Nope. We should probably go Uncle Pete.” I stood up and Peter grabbed my arm and sat me back down.

“Bella is a great student. I have her transcripts from her last school. It was also a private school. Straight A’s. Student body president. Editor for the school paper.”

“I was?” I asked Peter quietly.

Mother Superior just looked at me again.

“I mean I was. Yep. Editor. And the… president. That was me.”

“Do you have a boyfriend Isabella?”

Nope. A vampire soul mate who I am living with and pretty much dry humped on my bed this morning but no boyfriend. Did I mention my vampire soul mate killed a guy last night at a party who tried to rape me because I was drunk off my ass?

“No ma’am.”

“Our girls focus on academics here Isabella. I expect my students to take their school responsibilities. Girls who are unfocused due to immoral lifestyles will not make it in this school.”

“I promise you Mother Superior. There are absolutely no boys or immoral behavior going on in my home.” Peter said proudly. We better live forever. No reincarnation this time. Straight to hell.

“I am not sure about this. Most of my girls have been here since Junior High. We don’t take late additions, especially seniors very often, if ever.”

“We understand Ma’am. It was good to meet you…” I tried to stand up and Peter held me down again. Don’t look her in the eyes Peter! Damn it. He looked her in the eyes.

“Look ma’am. I can appreciate your admissions policy. But you agreed to meet with me and you do not seem to be the type of woman who wastes your own time. The tuition here is $30,000 a year. I will pay you $60,000 up front and throw in a new roof on your chapel next door. You will have the money for tuition now in the form of a cashier’s check. The company can be here tomorrow to begin work on the roof and have it ready for the start of school. Now since I don’t like to waste time either why don’t we cut to the chase. You letting her in or not?”

Oh shit. You can’t bribe nuns Peter! Oh crap she just smiled.

“Yes. I believe Isabella will be a wonderful addition this year. Here is a list of suppliers for our uniforms. Here is our student conduct book. Read it before the start of the semester, Ms. Locke. You will be expected to abide by it on your first day here. If that will be all, I will see you on the first day of class Ms. Locke. Good day Mr. Locke.”

“Good day, ma’am.” Peter grinned.

I followed him outside passing two more nuns on the way out and successfully avoiding eye contact. We got in the truck and I moved over to the passenger seat.

“You not gonna sit next to me darlin?”

“Take me home.”

“Are you mad?”

“No. I’m very happy. Take me home now.”

“You are mad. Would it make you feel better if I ate your pussy when I got you home?”

“Christ Peter! Shut the fuck up! They can probably still hear you! They have some God vision or something. Now shut up and stop being so crass.”

He backed up without another word.

We drove in silence on the way home. Finally we arrived and I stormed inside. I went to my bedroom but he was in front of me before I could open the door.

Damn it. He was grinning. That little grin I love so much. The one I was so infatuated with since I have known him.

“So, now that we are away from the Mother Superior do you want me to eat your pussy?”

“Maybe.” I whispered. The next thing I knew I was thrown onto the mattress and my blue jeans were off. So were my panties. Damn, vampires move fast. Oh damn he was between my thighs. I closed my eyes and waited. Nothing.

“What are you waiting for?” I asked with my eyes still closed waiting for his cool tongue. He hadn’t done this earlier. I couldn’t wait.

“You have to ask.” I heard him say.

“What?”

“You have to ask me.” His breath was on my special lady place when he talked. He was so close.

“Please Peter? Do it?”

“Do what?”

“Eat me?”

“Eat you how?”

“Peter…” Oh damn now he was blowing on me gently.

“I’m not…”

“Say it or I won’t do it.”

I took a deep breath. It wouldn’t be the worst thing I have ever done.

“Please eat my pussy, baby.”

I heard him chuckle.

“All you had to do was ask.”