Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

A Fresh Start

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 18:

BPOV

Holy shit.

“Could you do that thing where you run up to the top of a tree and
jump over the river and then jump back in like two seconds again?
Cause that shit was cool as hell.” Bo asked.

“What are you?” I whispered.

“I’m a vampire dear. Not a vampire like you have grown up learning about. The ones that only come out at night and turn into bats. We obviously can come out in the day. Direct sunlight makes us sparkle, as you saw.”

“You drink blood? Edward drank blood?” What the hell was I doing
around him?

“Yes. My eyes are gold are because I drink animal blood. Our whole
family did.”

“Did?” Bo asked. Yep he just grabbed me again.

“Yes. The members still do so as far as I know. But there is no family anymore.” She was serious. This was…

“Why did you, your family, tell me what you were?”

“You figured it out on your own, Mary.”

“Okay…”

“You would have figured it out this time as well. You were on the right track. Eyes, cold skin. Knowing Peter Whitlock and already seeing Rose and Emmett. It was only a matter of time.”

“So you decided to go ahead and tell us?” Bo asked.

“You deserve to know Mary. You would be a vampire now if Edward
wasn’t such an idiot.”

I shivered a little at that. I don’t know what the entire truth is yet but I knew I did not want to be a… vampire.

“Edward planned to turn me into one of… you?” Yep. Bo just moved me slightly behind him. I guess it’s instinct. I doubt either of us could do much to her after what we just saw.

“No he didn’t. But he should have. Edward refusing to turn you is the reason you ran in the middle of the night. Of course considering how things worked out, it may be fate that you weren’t turned. This is good. But it is important that we don’t let Edward or Carlisle know you are alive.”

“Why? Would he try to hurt me?”

“No. I don’t think so. He may try to turn you into a vampire if he found you.”

She must have read the look on my face.

“I won’t let him, Bel… Mary. Relax. You have quite a little army
interested in you remaining human. No, Edward isn’t the danger.”

I was confused.

“Look, I think it is best to hear everything in the order it happened. No lies. No half-truths. I know everything. You may not be happy with me when this is done but I hope you won’t hate me. I love you very much.”

I simply nodded my head. Bo grabbed my hand and we walked
inside. We sat on the sofa.

She spoke.

Neither of us said a word for two hours. Finally she stopped.

“Where is your bathroom?”

“Second door down the hall, Mary.”

I ran. I wasn’t sure I was going to make it. Thankfully I did. I vomited. This was the first time this had happened when I wasn’t hung over. Oh my God, I was fucking stupid. Bo was pulling my hair back from my face.

I finally stood up on shaky legs. He watched me as I washed my face and gurgled water. Damn that was nasty.

We finally walked back in to see her sitting where we left her.

“I was going to help you but I realized that is his job now.”

“We help each other.” Bo commented. I wonder what he is thinking
right now. I wish I could read minds. No. No, I don’t. I can’t think of a worse thing than to read minds and not be able to stop or constantly seeing the future or feeling someone’s emotions.

“So what now? I will have these Volturi people after me?”

“No. They think you are dead. If they find Edward and Carlisle they
will see our family broke up over your death. You are safe. As long
as you continue to use your new identity and Carlisle and Edward
don’t find you, we will be fine.”

“What if they do?” Bo asked.

“They won’t.”

“Rose and Emmett did.” I pointed out.

“That was luck. Peter has them under control.”

“What if Alice gets a vision of you meeting me? Can’t she do that?” I asked.

“Possible. We will have to determine if the Volturi are after the two of them. If they are being chased they must be destroyed.” She looked a little sad but not as sad as I expected.

“That wouldn’t bother you? Killing them over me?”

“I love you like my own daughter Bella. I love them as well. But you have something to live for. We are already dead. You can have a real life. The two of you can make life. Carry on life. We cannot. So yes. I would destroy them. I am sure your wolves would help too. I know Peter and Charlotte will help. They have friends as well. If it is necessary we will destroy every damn Italian vampire in creation to keep your family safe.”

Wolves. That was crazy but it made a lot of sense.

“Why would Peter Whitlock help us? Why has he helped us? Why
has he been watching over us?” Bo asked.

“All he told me was that it was of upmost importance that you remain human and happy. He didn’t want me to tell you the truth. He thinks you are children. You are not old but you are not children.”

“Thank you for telling me.” I said quietly. This freaked me the hell
out. But the idea of not knowing was scary as hell.

“I hope you can forgive me for leaving, Mary. I never should have
followed…”

“It’s fine. I mean if you hadn’t, I never would have found Bo.
Maybe…”

“Maybe it happened the way it was supposed to.” He finished for me. He was holding my hand. I guess he wasn’t too pissed off that he married the monster magnet. I looked over and smiled.

“If it meant I get my husband I would go through it all again.” I told her.

“Yes. I can see that. To be honest if I didn’t think you were happy, I
had thought about taking you with me and turning you myself. But I can see that you are. You have a chance at life. You have powerful friends interested in keeping you living and happy. I don’t know if it is better or worse that you have this knowledge. But you needed to know.”

“Thank you Esme. We did need to know and we can handle it.” Bo
told her.

“I don’t imagine there is much the two of you cannot handle. I will be around Texas. Peter and his wife and Rose and Emmett are also
around. From what you have told me, Charlie has two wolves
moving with him to Texas as well. Try to relax. I won’t be in your life as much as I would like. I told you I believe that prolonged exposure to vampires can draw someone in an unhealthy manner. I don’t want that to happen again. You became a different person the longer you were around Edward. You became what he wanted you to be. I doubt you ever had a chance. I believe it has to do with prolonged exposure to our kind. You used to tell me he dazzled you at times and his scent smelt so good you nearly passed out a few times. You were more right than you knew. I was too excited about having you as a daughter to notice. Maybe I noticed and let it go by. I don’t know. But I will be in contact if that is okay. I would like to at least contact you by phone often.”

“Yeah… I mean sure, why not?” Like I could stop her? Still though, I believed her. If we really did have vampires protecting us without our direct knowledge, we could put this behind us and move on. That would be nice.

“Mrs. Cullen I appreciate you telling us this. It is a lot to take in but you are the first person who has been completely honest with us since we met Mary’s family.”

“Now Bo, you must call me Esme if we are to be friends.”

“Well then Esme, I also appreciate your interest in keeping vampires out of our lives.”

“Of course Bo.”

“We should go. Charlie will be wondering where we are.” I
whispered. How could I process this information? Was it really my
fault? Or was I drawn in like Esme seems to think? Wolves? Fucking wolves? I went to Italy? I left my house and willingly went to Italy to save a guy who dumped me in a really horrible way and left me to die in the forest. What the fuck? I was ready to turn into a vampire and basically kill myself when I got back?

“Here is my number Bella. I mean Mary. That will take some getting used to. I was wondering if I could have your address so I don’t have to follow your family to Texas behind moving trucks.”

“Of course.” I wrote our address without really thinking about it. Was she drawing me in now? No. I really just wanted to leave. Besides it’s not like every other damn vampire and wolf didn’t know where we lived already. It was a matter of time before the leprechauns and ogres turned up. Maybe a few trolls. I wanted to crawl under a blanket with my husband and forget this happened.

But I couldn’t.

Neither of us could.

We walked slowly to the car, neither of us saying a word. Bo drove
us towards Forks in silence. I was afraid to say anything, worried he may want a divorce from the monster magnet. Finally he spoke.

“So that was some crazy shit, huh?”

“Crazy shit? That’s your reaction?”

“What do you want me to say? I just found out vampires exist and
my wife used to hang out with vampires and werewolves. I saw a
sparkly Stepford wife move like Superman and pull tree roots out of the ground. Like I said. Crazy stuff.”

“Do you… are you mad at me?”

“Why the hell would I be mad at you?” He looked at me. He didn’t
appear angry.

“Because you married me and now you find out that I may be the
target of mythical monsters that could possibly endanger our
family?”

“So?”

“So!”

“Yeah. I meant every vow I said to you. You are my life. Don’t every
doubt my love or commitment to you. Never. We face everything
together. Good and bad. Me and you. This world and the next. Don’t ever forget it.”

I took a deep breath and instantly felt better. He tapped my shoulder.

“Hey Walker?”

“Yeah?”

“We ride together, we die together right? Bad boys to the end?”

“I’m not fist bumping you, Bo. And don’t start singing that song.”

“Give me a fist bump or I am singing the song.”

“No…”

“Bad boys, bad boys, what ya gonna do? What…”

“Fine!” I fist bumped him. He watches that fucking movie way too
much.

We rode in silence for a while longer… damn it!

“Damn it Bo! That song is stuck in my head now!”

He seemed to find this amusing.

“It’s not funny you jackass! Turn on the radio!”

“In a little bit. What are we going to tell Charlie and your friends?”

“What? I am going to tell them to kiss my ass, keeping something
like that from me!”

“I disagree. I think we should keep it to ourselves.”

“Why?”

“If they knew Esme Cullen was there they would have tried their
hardest to keep us away. They don’t know. We can fuck with them.”

My husband will never be confused with Bill Gates or Stephen
Hawking but he has his moments.

“What do you suggest darlin?” I asked him, loving how his mind
works.

“If they ask where we were, tell them we were out exploring. Ran
into some of your old friends. We don’t ask them anything else about what is going on with your past.”

“How is that fucking with them? Isn’t that what they want?”

“I never said we would make it easy on them. Now that we know we can catch them with a lot more crap. Like walking out of the woods half naked.” He winked.

It was a good plan right up until we pulled in front of Charlie’s house. Jacob Black was there with his fellow canines loading furniture into the moving van. As soon as we got out, he began sniffing the air.

Motherfucker! He could smell Esme on me. I looked at Bo who was
watching Jake sniff the air. Jake slowly had a look of anger cloud his face. Bo glanced back at me and nodded. I would follow his lead.

Jake grabbed Charlie and walked him inside.

“Did you see that?”

“Sensitive noses, I guess.” Bo whispered. I realized all the help was
inside with Charlie now. I guess I should say Pack. I didn’t trust
vampires. I didn’t trust wolves either. Esme said they protected me.

That may be but they also lied to me. I can’t trust liars.

Charlie came out finally, slamming the door and heading straight for us. He looked pissed. Good. So was I.

“Where the fuck have you been, Bella?” He yelled at me. Bad
mistake. This happened once before when a guy yelled at me in a
dance hall because I accidentally bumped into him and made him
spill his beer. Bo didn’t react well then. He wasn’t reacting well now.

He grabbed Charlie by the shoulders and threw him against the
moving truck. Hard.

“Dad or no dad. Cop or no cop. You ever raise your voice at my wife
again and I will fucking end you.”

“Get your hands off of him!” Jake said from the porch. He was
heading towards Bo. Fuck that. I ran up to Bo and grabbed the gun
he kept under his shirt in the back of his jeans. Flicked the safety off and pointed the damn thing straight at Black.

“Back the fuck off, Jake.”

“You’re pulling a gun on me Bella!? What the hell?”

“Under normal circumstances my man would wipe the floor with your sorry ass. But these ain’t exactly normal are they? You’re a tough guy trying to fight a normal human, being a werewolf. Now back off and let Bo and Dad sort this out.”

He hesitated.

“I know what you are thinking Jake. We used to be best friends, blah blah blah. You take a step towards my man and I will shoot you in the fucking eye. I’ll go ahead and let you know in case you were wondering. I am damn good shot.”

That made his ass pause.

“Bo? I’m sorry. I got a little excited. Will you please put me down? I won’t yell at her anymore. I promise. Bella? Please put the gun
down.” Charlie said with his hands raised against the back of the
truck. Bo still looked pissed. His muscles were flexed and shaking a
bit. The way they did when he hit the last guy who yelled at me.

“You send your attack dogs back in the house and I will put my gun down, Dad.”

“Jake! Go inside now.”

“Charlie…”

“Jake! Now!”

Jake walked slowly inside. The others followed him, looking at me
and then Bo the entire time.

“Bo, baby. Put Daddy down. I don’t think he will yell anymore.”
Bo took his hands off of Charlie and backed up but he was still
tense.

Bo gently took the gun from my hand, flicked the safety on and
placed it back in his back holster.

“Now how bout we start this conversation in a more civilized manner, Mr. Swan?” Bo said, glaring at Charlie.

“I’m sorry… I just didn’t want you to know Bella.”

“We needed to know Charlie! We have seen four vampires already.
Five after the nice chat we had with Mrs. Cullen who seems to be the only one who thinks we need to know about what the hell is going on around us. Right now she is the only one we trust.” Bo said, staring a hole in Charlie’s forehead.

“Bo, the men in that house and Leah damn near gave their lives to
protect Bella.”

“Yeah they did. And the Cullens were in that fight too, weren’t they Dad?” I asked. Long as we are getting it all out.

“Yes.” He didn’t want to admit it.

I turned towards the house so they would know I was speaking to
them as well.

“I imagine you can all hear me. It’s not that I don’t appreciate
everything you did for me. But I don’t trust people who think they can decide what I do and don’t need to know, especially when it
concerns my safety and the safety of my family and friends. If that is what you all think you may as well get out here and start unloading Charlie’s furniture right now. Maybe I was like that before. But I ain’t that girl anymore.”

Bo addressed Charlie again.

“So what’s it going to be Charlie? You gonna cut the bullshit or you stayin here, Chief? It would make Renee real happy. Wouldn’t hurt my feelins at the moment either.” Bo was still tense. He was like a tiger ready to strike. Damn it was fucking hot. Concentrate Mary!

“Look. I’m sorry. I should have told you. You are right. It was my fault. I made the decision. Don’t hold it against them okay? They love you too.”

I looked at the porch. They had all come out again.

“Jacob Black?”

“Yes Bella.”

“Call me Mary. It’s who I am now. Any of you people, especially you Jake, make a move towards my husband again, I will fill you full of more bullets than you could possibly heal from. Understand?”

“Yes. We got it.” Sam said. Jake stood silently. He didn’t look happy.

Welcome to the damn club.

I turned to Charlie.

“No more lies or you stay here.” I told him, looking in his eyes.

“No more lies B… Mary.”

“Okay.”

He stepped forward and hugged me. I let him.

Charlie went to offer his hand to Bo.

“Not the best time Charlie. Maybe later.”

“I am sorry Bo. I didn’t… my temper gets the better of me
sometimes.”

“I understand about that Charlie. But temper is reserved for men like us. It ain’t directed at women and it sure as fuck isn’t directed at my wife.”

“I understand. It won’t happen again. Believe me.” Charlie put his
hand out again and Bo took it. I saw Charlie wince a little bit. Bo has a pretty strong grip.

“Look, could you all take a break. Bo and I need to go upstairs and
calm down a little bit.”

“Sure. How about the gang and I there go get some food and we can bring you two back something?”

“That would be fine Dad.”

I watched them leave and Bo grabbed my hand pulling me inside up the stairs and into my room.

I locked the door behind us. Thank God the bed hadn’t been packed yet.

I turned around and saw he was still tense. Only it wasn’t anger
anymore.

“So that kind of escalated quickly.” He said, slowly smiling.

“Yeah. You threw my Dad against the side of a moving van for yelling at me.” I said quietly.

“You pulled a gun on Jacob Black when he tried to come at me.”

“Yep.”

“That was fucking hot. Would you have really shot him?”

“Yep. Not in the eye. I was thinking kneecap. Maybe thigh.”

“You are such a bad girl. You know what is going to happen now?”
he asked me, backing me up to the bed.

“Tell me.” I said, damn near losing my breath.

“I’m going to pull your blue jeans down. I’m going to put you face first into the pillow on the bed. I’m going to rip our panties off…”

“I like these panties.”

“I’ll buy you more. You feel like taking the time to undress?”

“No.” I whimpered. I can’t help it. When he gets like this it makes me so wet.

“You want me now?”

“Yes.” He turned me around and picked me up. He lay me on the
mattress and I turned my face on my pillow. He raised my hips up so I was lying with my knees under me. I felt my jeans pulled down. I felt a pull and the tear of fabric. The air hitting my bare ass. I was so hot.

“AHHH.” Lord he just went inside me. He still had his shirt on. I could feel it tickling my lower back. I close my eyes and listened to the slapping sound of Bo going in and out so fast. Then I felt his finger on my…

“AAAAAHHHH!”

“You know how damn hot you are baby?”

“Shut up and fuck me. Don’t talk. Just keep doing what you are
doing.”

His hand reached under my shirt and pulled my bra to the side.
There were his fingers. On my nipples. Oh don’t pinch. If you pinch I’m going to…

“Oh!… Ohhhhhh!…”

Oh my God he pinched my nipples. He was fucking me harder. His
finger wouldn’t let go of my nipple. Oh shit his other hand is back on my pussy. Oh shit he is rubbing my clit again…

I lost track of time. We heard movement downstairs. I didn’t give a
damn. We weren’t stopping now until he had his fill.

He came and kept going. He was rubbing my ass now. Is he
gonna… yep he just slapped my ass. I was moaning. I bit the pillow
to try to be quiet. It wasn’t working. My hair was soaked in sweat. My body was shivering and hot. He finally came again and collapsed on top of me. I straightened out and he lay out on top of me, still inside me. My clothes were soaked.

“I can’t go downstairs.” I whispered.

“Why not?” he asked, mouth in my hair.

“I am sure I look like I just got fucked with my clothes on. How long were we going at it?”

“Only an hour. Your Dad and his dogs came in about ten minutes
ago.”

“You think they heard me?”

“I think Stephanie heard you in Texas.”

Great. Fuck it.

“Okay. Get off me, cowboy. We need a shower and I got to change
clothes.”

“You go ahead baby. If these guys have as sensitive nose as I
seems like they do, I think I am going to stay just like this for a
while.”

“Why?” I asked.

“Cause fuck them, that’s why.”

Paul POV

“So that was interesting. Think we can take her furniture from the
bedroom to the resale store now?”

“We should probably give them a while.” Charlie said quietly.
I looked at Black. At least I was in a better situation than he was. I
had my imprint to go home to. True love. True love designed to make bigger, better wolves.

Meanwhile the only girl I ever truly loved just got pounded by her
husband up those stairs.

Bo walked down. Jacob’s nostrils flared. That scent. I had a feeling
those two wouldn’t be friends.

“Thanks for giving us time to calm down everybody. So Charlie, what did you bring us to eat?”

“Uh, cheeseburgers and fries.” Charlie mumbled not looking at him. I probably wouldn’t look at the guy drilling my daughter either.

“Outstanding. Mary will be down in a bit. She needed a shower.”

“Yeah. We heard.” I commented. He walked over to me while Charlie walked out. I guess to pack some more crap.

“Oh yeah. You guys must have super wolf hearing to go along with
super wolf smell huh?”

“I don’t think we needed super hearing. I’m pretty sure the whole
damn neighborhood heard.”

“So you two will be back for the wedding right?” Sam asked.

“Of course. Mary is the maid of honor.”

“It won’t be… Jake is going to be my best man. That won’t be an
issue will it?” Sam asked quietly.

“Of course not Sam. The boy should get to know what to feels like to walk her down an aisle once. He did help save her.”

The thing about Bo is you never know if he is being serious or
sarcastic. I could appreciate that about him, even if I did want to rip him to shreds and run off with his wife.

Bella walked down the stairs. She was beautiful. She glowed. Of
course her eyes went straight to him. She ran up to him from behind and jumped on his back wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.

“Piggy back ride!” she yelled.

“Where are we headin, cowgirl?” Bo laughed.

“Take me to the saloon. I need to get fed and get drunk!” she
laughed. Bo made a sound I think was supposed to imitate a horse
and ran to the kitchen.

I looked at Sam, who was barely holding in a grin.

“I think the vampires were a better influence on her.” He said quietly.

I rolled my eyes. I couldn’t disagree. At least she spoke English
when she was around them. It was alright. I had Rachel and Bella
had… that. As long as she was happy with… that, I would be happy.