Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Growing Up

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 23:

BPOV

“Really Peter?”

“You wanted to spend time alone with me on this trip. Now we are alone.”

“You bought them a minivan? Alone would have been not bringing her in the first place.”

“We needed Charlotte for something. It’s not for fighting. But she has some role to play Bella.”

“Here we go with the Bella crap again.” Why not call me Isabella and send me to my room?

“Fine. Darlin. That make you feel better?”

“Go fuck yourself Peter. Actually that may be a good idea for a while.” So I was a bit irritated.

“You know how jealous I get. Always have been. You provoked me with that guy.”

“You’re jealous but I’m not allowed to be?” What kind of crap was this?

“You had no reason to be jealous.”

“Neither did you.” I growled. “Does he even have a driver’s license for that minivan?”

“Who the hell cares? He isn’t picky about who he eats. If he gets pulled over he can just drain the cop.”

“Great. A cop gets killed because of your jealousy and that’s not your fault huh? Speaking of, I doubt Blondie is on a mission to rid the world of evil doers herself.”

“You know, I really don’t see what your problem is. You have the same memories I do. You know we have loved each other forever. No one comes between us.” He said in a sharp tone I did not appreciate.

“So you think that means you can take me for granted in this life?” Hell no.

“I don’t take you for granted.” He said quietly.

“Nope. You just treat me like I am supposed to take whatever shit you throw at me. Why the hell were you so nice to her?”

“I can’t be nice? Aren’t you telling me all the time to be nice?”

“Oh please. If that was me you found on the ground getting attacked by vampires and then begging you to take me with you, you would be telling me how tough the world is. How weak I was. How I needed to get stronger and stop being a victim. You know how I know this? Because that is exactly what you did when I was human.” Asshole.

“Yeah well she ain’t you. She ain’t a fighter. She doesn’t have it in her. You did. No point in trying to make someone something they aren’t.”

“She said I was insecure because of my age and being a newborn and you called me a brat.” I whispered, looking out the window.

“Look… I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have called you a brat. I should have told her to shut up. But at the time I honestly felt that if I said anything the situation might have gotten worse.”

Really?

“How the fuck could it have gotten worse Peter?” I asked looking out the window.

He took a deep breath. I cracked the window and lit a cigarette. These things really did taste pretty damn good. I mean they were horrible but…

“You know I love you with everything I have in me.”

“I didn’t feel it around her. You know she has a thing for you. I wasn’t feeling love from you Peter. Whether you think you were or not, I didn’t feel love.”

“Now you think I don’t love you?”

“How can you? I’m a brat right?”

“I shouldn’t have said that.” He admitted. “I’m sorry.”

“I’m not. It’s good to get the truth out. I completely understand. I am a brat I suppose. I am a newborn vampire. I woke up five months ago with strong memories of my past lives with you. I woke up wanting nothing more than you and blood. I woke up with such an extreme bond to you that the idea of anyone touching you brings out homicidal feelings in me. Strong rage. Very strong rage. I am sorry if I can’t handle those feelings right now. Honestly I spend most of my energy not killing everyone around me. But I didn’t give a damn about the other feelings. I enjoyed being that connected to you. You told Randall that you were a possessive Mate with anger management problems. You’ve been a vampire for over a hundred years. What the fuck is your excuse for not dealing with those feelings? Why do you expect me to be different?”

He didn’t answer for a minute. I suppose the conversation was over. Until he spoke.

“You are right and I am sorry.”

Damn it. He had to go there. Now my eyes were wet.

“Don’t cry baby.”

“Vampires can’t cry.” I whispered.

“Maybe tears don’t fall but trust me. We can cry.”

I leaned back and closed my eyes. Maybe I couldn’t sleep but this still felt good. My emotions were all over the place. When I was human at least I had some control over them. Now it seems like I didn’t. I hated that. I felt his hand on my leg and my eyes got a little wetter.

“I love you darlin.”

“I love you too cowboy. So damn much it hurts sometimes.” I whispered keeping my eyes closed but enjoying the same soothing vibration I feel every single time he touches me.

We rode in silence for the next few hours. Surprisingly Randall and Charlotte pulled up beside us and asked that we pull over in Hot Springs Wyoming. I suppose they had to feed as well. We pulled over and watched them run off. It didn’t escape my notice that Charlotte ran in a different direction than Randall.

“You want to feed baby?”

“No.” I answered. I did but I wasn’t going to. Not now.

“You don’t?”

“No. I’m still good from those fucking bears we ate.”

“Okay.”

“You can go if you want. I will stay with the cars.”

“No. We hunt together.” That made me feel better. It was stupid but it made me feel better anyway.

I nodded and closed my eyes again.

I just wanted this trip to be over. I even miss Garrett by this point. Hell who am I kidding? I love being around that idiot. All my idiots.

“So you having anymore feelings we need to get out of your system?” I asked, afraid to hear the answer.

“Yeah. We need to stop in Cheyenne. At least we are going to.”

“In the mood for a rodeo?” I laughed lightly.

“No. Something is going to happen there. Something we need to do. I don’t know what it is though.”

“Great.” I sighed.

“Hey you may want to call Kate soon.” He suggested. That was weird.

“I was planning to. Why are you bringing it up?”

“Randall and Kate had a thing.” He said.

“This one of your feelings?” I didn’t believe… Oh.

“Nope. I could tell by the sound of her voice and his face when they both realized he was coming and Garrett was Kate’s mate. She is probably freaking out right now.”

“Okay.” I grabbed my phone and called her.

“Bella?”

“Yep. You okay?”

“Not really.”

“Garrett around?”

“No. He is hunting in Houston with Benjamin and Tia. I’m alone. I mean Tanya and Irina stayed behind but they are playing around in the woods.”

“Talk to me, Kate.”

“I guess you figured it out?”

“Peter did. He won’t say anything.”

“Is Randall there?”

“No. Peter bought a minivan and he and the blonde whore are following us now, but they are hunting.”

“Oh… okay…”

“Kate you are probably overreacting. Garrett is devoted to you. Anybody can see it. So what if you had a fling once? It’s not like you knew Garrett at the time. I mean what was it? 50 years ago? Once?”

“No. More like five years ago until four years ago.” She whispered.

“Oh… so this was recent.”

“Yep.”

“Lasted a year?”

“Yep.”

“How many… I mean how often… I mean every now and then?

“Every damn day Bella. Multiple times a day. I did things with him I have never done with anyone in my 600 years. I mean we didn’t love each other but damn… I mean it was really good. Not good like I have now with Garrett. But at the time it was…”

“Wow.” I wasn’t sure what else to say.

“Yeah.”

“You want me to send him away? He is probably looking for an excuse to leave now.”

“What do you think?”

“I… have you talked to Tanya and Irina about this?”

“Yes. They think it is humorous. They’ve never loved anyone Bella. Not really. Not like I love Garrett.”

“Kate I will back you in whatever you want. Randall certainly won’t say anything and neither will Peter but…”

“But what?”

“I think you should just be honest with him. Garrett is a great guy. Give him some credit. I doubt he has been a boy scout his whole existence.”

“I know but he keeps talking about all the fun times he and Randall have had.”

“Okay.” I said. It was her decision.

“Honesty huh?”

“Communication is important. So is honesty. I’m learning that every day.” I glanced at Peter who smiled at me.

“He is going to be so angry.”

“So? Even if he is let him. Let him get it out of his system. He will be furious if he finds out by accident when Randall is there and he figures out that you two have been keeping this from him. He is mostly going to feel insecure. Trust me. I know the feeling. Just tell him how much you love him and stick to him like glue when Randall is around.”

“Okay. Love you Bella. Hurry back. And please let me know before you collect any other male vampires.”

“Well do. Love you too.”

I ended the call and stared out the window.

“That was good advice you gave her.”

“I hope so.” I murmured.

I saw Charlotte return and get into the minivan parked behind us. Randall showed up twenty minutes later.

We left without a word.

Peter and I didn’t speak much for the next few hours. I did lay my head in his lap while he ran his fingers through my hair. I may have purred. I may have stuck to him like glue.

I had never faced another woman interested in Peter. It bothered me greatly. It shouldn’t have but it did.

“Baby you okay?”

“Yeah. I love you. I guess I just enjoyed it so much when it was the two of us hiding from the world. It seems like since I have turned we have been going from one thing to another. I wish we could just find Whitlock and kill him and go off together. Start hiding again. Just the two of us.”

“We will get there darlin. Don’t you worry.” He whispered. I rolled on my back and kept my head on his lap. He started rubbing my breasts gently under my shirt from the neckline. Damn that felt good. The touch of his hands on me just melts me. Always has. Always will. I started moaning. Maybe purring a bit.

“Do what you need to baby. You know I love watchin you.”

That was all the encouragement I needed. I unzipped my jeans and pulled them to my ankles. My hand went between my legs and I felt him get hard near my head.

I only did this because he loved to watch. Okay not only. He didn’t know it but I loved for him to watch. Oh damn he is grazing my nipples with his finger…

Peter POV

Watching her touch herself was making me feel… a lot of things. Turned on, excited… mostly pretty much making me feel every sexual emotion a man can have. I remember the first time I asked her to do this. She was so shy. Making love she was an animal. This. This really made her vulnerable. And she did it. To make me happy.

She really reacted badly to Charlotte. I should have known. I forget sometimes that she has other things to deal with than just blood lust. Not just an over the top sex drive either. Her emotions can be all over the place. She was a different person than when I first met her. It was easy to forget the chaos that had been her life the last year and a half. Especially the last few months.

I was an ass. I should have shut Charlotte up. Probably paid more attention to Bella so she wouldn’t be insecure. I just kind of assumed she knew we were one. That no one could separate us. I took it for granted.

I remember the feelings I had the first time she came back from the Lake and told me she had gone to Tanner’s house with him to see his parents. I never told her but I was furious. It wasn’t her fault. It was my own. The two of us in our past lives had always been fiercely possessi ve of each other. Turning her, with my venom in her body and her blood running through my body connected us in such an extreme way that it was nothing compared to our past lives together. Everything was magnified.

I remember the joy in breaking Tanner’s neck because he had touched her. The joy in nearly ripping Garrett’s head off for causing her to be hurt and trying to take her from me.

I guess I wasn’t any better. I mean hell, I put her in an all-girls school because honestly I didn’t know if I could restrain myself from killing any guy who touched her.

So I guess I could understand where she was coming from.

Damn she just came and now she is rubbing my cock with the back of her head.

Then she rolled over and I was in her mouth. Damn…

An hour later I pulled over to the side of the road and ate her out for an hour or so. Those two idiots behind us could wait. She finally straddled me and I was inside her. She didn’t yell this time, just wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed herself into me as hard as she could. That buzz that happened when our skin touched was in overdrive. Cars drove by and I didn’t give a damn. She just buried her head in my neck and let me take control. I heard her softly moan and she whispered in my ear how much she loved me. I could feel the venom that was pooling in her eyes on my shoulder. It made me squeeze her harder. She had to know that nothing could separate us. If that meant making love to her forever, then finding Jasper Whitlock could go to hell. She was all that mattered. I came but didn’t come out. I kept going. She was kissing me and I was whispering how much I loved her into her mouth until her tongue wouldn’t let me anymore.

We finally stopped after a few hours. She came off of me and I already missed bein inside her.

“You know there is nothing I wouldn’t do for you. Right Peter?”

“Yeah. You know I am the same. Nothing separates us. I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry too.”

“You ready to hit the road?” I asked.

“Not really but I suppose we should.”

“Why don’t you turn the radio on that station you like and have one of those cigars? Pass me one too.”

“I’ll give you a cigar but the music can stay. It’s starting to grow on me.”

“Hell darlin, if you like this, reach into the middle console and pull out the Chris Ledoux box set. It’s time to educate you on good music.”

“Chris Ledoux? Who the hell is he?” she asked.

“Now that’s a damn shame. Just listen.”

Two hours later she told me she wanted a cowboy hat. Nobody can resist Chris Ledoux. I was definetly getting her a hat.

We were having a great time. Laughing. Enjoying each other. Everything was cool right up until we saw them just before we reached Cheyenne.

BPOV

“You have to be kidding me.” Edward, Esme and Carlisle Cullen were standing in the middle of the road. We pulled up in front of them. Edward motioned for us to follow. They got into a Mercedes and drove off turning down a side road.

“Could be a trap.” I mentioned quietly to Peter.

“Yeah. They are definitely trapped now.”

“Was this your feeling?” I asked.

He shrugged his shoulders. “We are nearly in Cheyenne. What do you want to do?”

“Kill them all.” I answered without hesitation.

He laughed. “What the lady wants the lady gets.” We followed them. They didn’t go far. The road was a single lane back road with no traffic. It was 2 AM. Doubtful any humans would be at risk of getting involved in this.

We stepped out of the truck on opposite sides. I noticed the minivan pull in behind us. I saw Randall get out. He looked ready to fight. Charlotte looked… very relaxed.

It was Edward who spoke first.

“We didn’t come to harm you Bella.”

“No shit.” Peter answered. I tried to hold in a laugh but I couldn’t.

“Charlotte we sent you after Peter and you brought us Randall and Peter.” Esme said smiling. I looked and noticed Charlotte was behind Peter. Randall stepped up by my side.

Peter never turned around to look at Charlotte.

“You got something to tell us Charlotte?” he asked her quietly.

“I…”

Carlisle interrupted her. “Charlotte has been recruiting nomads to our cause. She mentioned you. No one had ever heard of you but she wanted to try and find you Peter. She called us a few hours ago and told us that not only had Randall been running from the Volturi, but she also had found you and your mate, Bella. I supposed you were the one who took Bella from the ballet studio. I also know that Jasper is very afraid of you, Peter.”

“Jasper is right to be afraid of us.” Peter said. Damn right he said us.

“Peter I don’t know why you are angry at Jasper but we also have recognized that he is dangerously close to losing his mind. We still plan to defeat the Volturi but we will not be doing so with Jasper. He must go. We have surmised that you obviously want Jasper dead for some reason. Charlotte says you defeated him once and saved her. We hope you will consider joining us. All three of you.”

“You set me up. All of you. You played me Edward. Your entire family did.” I said managing not to yell.

“Jasper made us Bella. I loved you. I wanted it to end. I wanted to turn you and be a part of our family. Jasper and Alice made us set you up. You weren’t supposed to be hurt. James was only supposed to turn you. Edward would have rescued you…” Esme started.

“He was going to torture me. James? Yeah he was going to torture me and videotape it. That all part of the necessity of making me appreciate you so much for saving me?” I asked.

No one said anything.

“Charlotte?” Peter called her name.

“Yes Peter?”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I wanted them to explain it to you. If I had told you when we were driving you would have kicked me out before you would listen.”

“How did they know we would be here?” He asked.

“I called them when stopped in Hot Springs. They live near here.”

Peter nodded not saying a word. Then I heard the roar. He turned on her so fast even I could barely see it. Her body dropped. Her head was being held in his hands by her long blonde hair. Peter looked at me.

“Would you do the honors darlin?” He tossed her head to me. I caught it, used my lighter to start the flame under her neck and tossed her flaming head at Edward’s feet.

“Bella please. I never wanted you hurt. I only wanted you to be a part of my family. That’s why I went along with the whole charade. Jasper would have killed us if we had not gone along with it anyway.” Esme explained with her motherly smile.

“Esme you may not believe this but I went to Catholic School my senior year while I was hiding from you. I learned a lot. Mostly about forgiveness.”

“That’s so great Bella.” She smiled.

“I learned that God forgives.” I smiled.

“Yes God does Bella.” She smiled back.

“God forgives Esme but I don’t. You can give your excuses to God. He can deal with you.”

Edward took off.

“Don’t run.” Peter told Carlisle and Esme.

“Do you want me to get Edward, Peter? Bella?” Randall asked.

“Don’t worry about it Randall.” I told him. “He is very fast. Isn’t that right Esme?”

“You think you can take me you little bitch?” She was sneering.

“Nice to meet the real you. Before the end. Randall why don’t you sit this one out? Me and my man got this.”

I covered the short distance and grabbed her neck. She grabbed mine. I heard Peter roar but paid no mind. A place where Carlisle Cullen could last two seconds against Peter did not exist.

Esme was growling. She grabbed my hair. I kneed her in the ribs. I loved the sound of them cracking. She was screaming now. She pushed me off and stepped back a few feet. I walked up. She swung and I ducked and hit her in the cracked ribs. I swung again at her knee. My hand hit the side of her kneecap and popped it to the side. She fell. She tried to stand up but I placed a foot on her neck.

“You shouldn’t fuck with newborns Esme. We can be tempermental.”

“I give you credit. I never believed a weak little bitch like you could fight.” She threw my foot off her neck and tossed me in the air. I flipped and landed pretty damn gracefully on my feet. She stood up but was bent over slightly because her knee was crushed.

I turned and saw Peter tell Randall to go long. He tossed Carlisle’s head down the road and Randall ran to catch it. Vampire football. Go figure. I guess baseball isn’t the only sport we can play.

“Esme, are you going to make this interesting? I have a lot of pent up hostility that I would like to get out and I don’t want this to end too soon.”

Esme straightened her leg. I could hear the bone mending. She assumed a fighting position… and then turned and ran.

“Bitch.” I whispered. This bitch was going to make me catch her. I took off. She wasn’t as fast as Edward.

She found that out ten seconds later. I jumped on her back and bit through her hair and into her neck. She screamed when I pulled the back of her neck off. I reached into and grabbed her exposed spine and twisted. I usually hate that sound but after Charlotte and now Esme I am realizing it’s not a bad sound at all. It’s the sound of victory. I dropped her head next to her body and lit a cigarette. I heard and felt Peter walk up behind me and wrap his arms around me. I leaned back and exhaled smoke into the night.

“How was your football game cowboy?” I asked him, smiling.

“I scored a touchdown. How was your housewife massacre?”

“She made me chase her.” I told him annoyed.

“Looks like you caught her.”

“Yeah. Edward, Alice and Jasper are next.”

“Yeah. But for right now why don’t we head into Cheyenne, get us some grub and then at sun up we can trade that minivan in for a Harley and put it in the back of the truck.”

“What is Randall going to drive?”

“He can ride with us. But you are sitting up front.” He whispered.

“Fine. But before we go back I know of some mates that need to claim each other. That grass looks comfortable.”

“Sounds like a plan.” He was already lifting my shirt.

“So Peter. What was Charlotte’s role?”

“She brought us two Cullens and we didn’t even have to look for them. Three to go.”

I raised my arms so he could take my shirt off and turned around. His teeth went straight to my nipples. He must be crazy. I just killed a bitch.

I threw him on the ground and attacked him. I took the time to take his clothes off rather than rip them off so he wouldn’t have to walk back naked in front of Randall. That was the only mercy I was showing him. I straddled his waist and pinned his arms to the ground.

“I’m going to fuck you so hard you won’t know if you are begging me to stop or begging for more. But I promise lover. You will be begging.”

“Sounds like a threat I hope comes true darlin.”

I figured rather than starting off with foreplay I would head straight to the main event. I brought my mouth to his shoulder and bit. I felt him cum instantly and he bit my shoulder. There it is…

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We had fed. We had bought a very nice Harley I thought we could ride cross country during the night and make love in a hotel all day long. Maybe hit Vegas. Bella had never been to Vegas. She kept rubbing her new mark I left on her shoulder and shuddering every time she did. I have to admit I was lovin mine. Randall was in the backseat and once we explained our past we got to share stories about the American Revolution.

Everything was going smooth. There was no need to stop before we hit Texas. We would be there tomorrow.

Everything was going smooth.

Until my phone rang.

“Charlie?”

“Peter. Damn I glad you answered… uh… Bella is not listening is she?”

I looked over and winked at her.

“Nope. She is out smoking a cigar. What’s up?”

“We need a little help.”

“Tell me you aren’t out of money already Charlie.” I laughed.

“No. The problem is we can’t get to it. Uh… Renee and I decided to head to Jamaica.”

“Why? I mean seriously? The beaches aren’t good enough for you in Hawaii?” This was weird.

“No. It’s just she… OW… we thought it might be nice to visit a different kind of beach.”

“Okay. What kind of beach?”

“The kind that doesn’t have many clothing restrictions.” He mumbled.

I looked at Bella. She had her face in her hands.

“So you two went to Jamaica because they have nude beaches?”

“Yeah… but the problem is, I was a little shy so we thought we would get out there early so we could kind of ease into it. You know, get there before other people? Anyway…”

“Anyway what, Charlie?”

“It turns out that we made a mistake. I mean the signs aren’t easy to read around here and…”

“What happened Charlie?”

“The beach we were at wasn’t exactly a nude beach.”

“How exactly?”

“It wasn’t a nude beach.”

“Okay…”

“Yeah so we kind of got arrested and we are in a Kingston holding cell at their jail. Uh, I told them I could pay a fine if I could head to the hotel and get my wallet but they claimed I was trying to bribe them.”

Oh God. Bella was shaking. I couldn’t tell if she was laughing or crying.

“Do you at least have clothes on now?”

“Yeah. I mean they gave us prison uniforms. They are letting us stay in the same cell. Renee seems to like this. I’m a little concerned. Anyway I was wondering if…”

“I’ll have it taken care of Charlie. You should be out in a couple hours tops. Uh… sit tight I guess. Tell Renee I said hi.” I was barely holding in a laugh.

“Thanks Peter. And I would appreciate it if you could keep this to yourself. Not let Bella know.”

“Oh I don’t see a reason to tell her anything.” Especially since she already knows.

“Thanks.”

I ended the call.

“You okay darlin?” Her head was still buried in her hands. She was shaking and taking big gulps of air. She finally looked up and her eyes were wet. But she was laughing. She leaned back and grabbed her stomach she was laughing so hard. Randall was laughing. I didn’t see a need to hold it in anymore.

After ten minutes we had settled down. I called Jenks. He said he would take care of it but I would be catching hell over it later.

“So darlin. Two Cullens and one blonde whore dead, a new Harley, and your parents are getting sprung from a Kingston jail where they are being held for public indecency. Aren’t you glad we came through Alaska instead of flying back to Texas?”

She kissed me on the cheek.

“Damn I love you cowboy.”