Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Destiny, Whether You Like It Or Not

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 06:

BPOV

Colombia was okay. I got to see what a cocaine plant field looked like. Or whatever it is called. I’ve never done drugs. Straight Tequila for me, thank you very much. I miss Tequila. This all started because Tony wouldn’t serve me Tequila. Asshole. I should eat him.

Now Brazil was my kind of place. We are following the Amazon River. I have had piranhas tickling my toes. Or at least trying to. I have wrestled a pissed off Anaconda. It was gross when he got his mouth over my head. Slimy bastard. I got to pick up an Amazonian Manatee out of the water before he, or she (how can you tell?) slipped from my grip. I have absolutely ruined my clothes and am walking around looking like Daisy Duke. I met a spider monkey. Cullen was an idiot for calling me that. I don’t look like a fucking spider monkey.

Garrett won’t keep his fucking hands off of me. I know we have forever but I am never going to walk this river if he keeps asking to fuck me every 5 seconds. Oh Bella, let’s have sex in the river. Oh Bella, let’s do it against that tree. And the list goes on. And he is still making fun of my acting skills. Like he is any better! At least I am trying to put a little emotion in my voice. He just stood there speaking Spanish or Portuguese or whatever the hell it is he spoke. He told me what it was he said later. Really? Lube? And he wonders why I won’t marry him. He hardly put up a fight for me. That mean nasty pirate could have hurt poor little me. But he did taste yummy. I wonder if he was high? I could probably taste that in the blood right?

“Bella, what are you thinking about?”

“Nothing much. You haven’t asked for sex in like 10 minutes. Am I no longer attractive to you?” I gave him my best sad face. Momma had needs too.

He walked up to me and lifted my chin up. “You are the most beautiful woman in the world. I just figured you would want a break.”

“Don’t let me interrupt you two.”

I turned around expecting to see this Zafrina chick Garrett keeps talking about. Instead I see the last person I ever expected.

“Victoria.”

“Bella isn’t it?”

GPOV

I knew a vampire was coming. I think Bella felt it too. But we both figured it was Zafrina. I didn’t know this lady. But Bella did. That made her a threat. I shoved Bella behind me.

I growled at her. “Who the fuck are you?”

“Chill out dude. The names Victoria. I mean no harm to you or yours. I’m just surprised to see Bella Swan of all people as a vampire in the Brazil. I mean I figured you would be a vampire Bella, but I figured it would be Cullen that changed you and you two would be living in some estate in London or some such crap living the lifestyles of the rich and famous sucking down some squirrels.”

Bella put her hand on my shoulder. “It’s fine Garrett. Victoria was with James and Laurent. You remember James? The one I told you bit me?”

“And this makes her safe?” I tried to reason with her.

“Victoria never tried to kill me. Sure she stole my records from Forks High and led James to me but if I can forgive you for killing me I can surely look past something like that. Besides it was years ago. So how have you been Victoria? I’m guessing since you don’t appear to be insane that James wasn’t your mate?”

I couldn’t believe this. Bella is conversing with a vampire who was part of a coven who wanted her dead, like they are old friends.

“Nah, James was just a piece of ass. He was fun to hang around with. Laurent and I were both getting tired of his games. Doesn’t surprise me that he got killed fucking around with you. But then to turn the coven on me. That was some bullshit.”

“What do you mean?” I had to know.

“About 6 months after James was killed Edward Cullen and his gorilla sized brother and the blonde ice queen started tracking me all over the place. I finally lost them and wound up here in South America. Zafrina and I are tight so I figured if they did catch up to me that she would help me out. But then he quit. A couple months ago I saw Peter and Charlotte Whitlock passing through. They said Edward was living in New York with the rest of the clan and his human girlfriend. I figured it was you. I guess not.”

I looked at Bella and hadn’t seen a look on her face like this since her early newborn days. Oh shit.

“Uh, I guess you didn’t know, Bella?” Victoria asked. Smart girl that one.

BPOV

“He has a human girlfriend? After the SHIT he put me through because HE wanted ME to have a normal life he went and got another human girlfriend! Are you fucking KIDDING ME?!”

“Bella baby calm down. It’s going to be okay.”

“Shut the fuck up Garrett.”

“Okay.”

“Hey Bella, look I’m glad you don’t have any hard feelings about James and all but I don’t feel like getting torn to shreds by a newborn. You think you could chill for a bit?” Victoria asked me.

I can’t believe that motherfucker. Not that I still loved him. But he willingly and knowingly did the same thing to another girl he did to me. What the fuck is wrong with him? I needed to calm down. I would not let my emotions control me. I would not let my emotions control me.

“I’m going to fucking kill him!” Expressing your emotions is the best way to deal with them.

Garrett looked worried. “Baby, please tell me you aren’t jealous.”

“No Garrett. It just pisses me off. Here I was a 17 year old girl and he brings me into this world I had no business being in. The most unselfish thing he ever did was leaving me, even if he was a dick about it. But now I find out that he is doing the same thing to some poor girl. Who he will either have to leave and break her heart or turn into a vampire. It’s like he learned nothing and he is fucking with someone else’s life!”

Garrett looked in my eyes and I guess he could see I was serious. I didn’t feel an ounce of love for Edward. I hadn’t really felt anything at all about him until Victoria dropped that little nugget on me. I took a deep unnecessary breath.

“I’m sorry, Victoria. I’m still new to this vampire thing and my emotions get a little carried away at times.”

“Hey no problem. I think he’s a shit for doing it too. I thought it was you and figured he just hadn’t turned you yet. Now to find out he is making a habit out of doing this. It’s just Whitlock said Jasper told him the girl had brown hair and brown eyes and a slim build I figured it… What? What did I say?”

“He is dating a girl who looks like me? How sick is that?” My venom was beginning to boil.

“Baby, would you like to pay the Cullens a visit?” Garrett asked me.

“I wouldn’t mind getting some payback now that I have back up. The two of us and Zafrina could make that fucker pay along with some of his family.” Victoria stated with a gleam in her eyes.

“No. It’s not my business anymore. We have our own lives to lead Garrett.” Garrett seemed happy with this thought. “Now Victoria, why don’t you take us to see Zafrina? I’ve been waiting to meet her for a while.”

“Follow me. Unless you two want to finish what it looked like you were starting before I came?”

Alice POV

“Alice?”

“Yes Hannah?”

“Are you okay?”

“Of course. Why do you ask?”

“It’s just you spend a lot of time looking out the window and you have the saddest look on your face.”

“I am fine Hannah. I just enjoy the view. Thank you for asking.”

“Alice, who was Bella Swan? Why will nobody talk about her around me?”

I sighed. I knew this would come up eventually but it wasn’t my place to tell her about Edward and Bella. It was Edward’s responsibility.

“She was my best friend.” I told her, feeling my eyes misting.

“You were best friends with a human? Where did you meet her?”

“We went to school together at our last school in Forks, Washington.”

“I’m sorry Alice. I now understand why everyone has been down lately. She was close to everybody wasn’t she?”

“Yes, she was.”

“Was she close to Edward? I couldn’t help but notice we look quite a bit alike.”

I took a deep breath. “Hannah that is not something I should talk about with you. I would suggest asking Edward.”

She nodded and turned to walk away. Poor girl. I don’t know if Edward really thinks she is his mate or if he was just so lonely after Bella was left behind that he couldn’t stand it. Either way it won’t end well for her.

BPOV

This Zafrina chick was a blast. She took us to some lost cities. I saw some amazing things. She spoke English with a thick Spanish accent. The only problem I had was that I couldn’t enjoy her power. Apparently she can make people believe they are in any kind of scene she can dream of. But it doesn’t work on me. She and Garrett are fascinated by this. Zafrina called me a shield. Victoria doesn’t give a damn and spends the day wanting to race me or fight me or do my nails. She has a strange thing about doing nails. Loves it. Go figure. She has taught me some defensive moves as well. Next week we will start on offensive drills. Garrett has been helping but says he can’t bring himself to harm me even though he knows I won’t be hurt. Pussy.

Zafrina wanted to work with me on my so called shield. She thinks I can expand my shield to protect others. We have been practicing on Garrett. She puts him in a vision and I work to get him out of it. He was having a little too much fun so I decided to change the game.

I convinced Zafrina to place him in a gay massage parlor filled with hot guys wearing only thongs with the British Flag on the front. You should have heard him scream. It was hilarious. He didn’t find it funny. After a few months, I found I was able to cover Garrett. I could feel the shield in my head and I could push it out and shrink it. It was pretty cool. I mean it wasn’t the coolest power in the world but considering my Mate had no powers it kinda gave me the advantage in the relationship.

I continued to love Garrett more and more each day. I didn’t even miss sleep anymore, just enjoying being in his arms and looking at the stars at night. We fed on a few animals and I agreed that they tasted like shit. Especially monkeys. Zafrina led us to a few rebel camps that specialized in kidnapping kids and making them soldiers. They made fine meals. I mean they were okay. Nothing special. But still after sucking down monkeys any human blood is heaven.

Still though all good things must end I suppose. I noticed Garrett getting restless. He had that wanderlust in his eye. I could tell even if I did get him to settle down somewhere we wouldn’t be there long. I was finding I didn’t mind. There were worse things than seeing the world. I finally brought up the big elephant in the room one night while we were sitting there looking at the stars.

“Where do you want to go?”

“Really? We can go somewhere else? I thought you liked it here.”

“I like to visit but this is Zafrina’s home, not ours.” I told him rubbing my face in his chest and inhaling his scent.

“And where is our home lover?” He whispered to me.

“My home is where ever you are you idiot. And right now you want to go someplace else. And I think I am ready too. How about Africa? Or Siberia? Or Afghanistan? Or the great pyramids of Egypt?” I was beginning to get excited about the possibilities. Garrett laughed.

“We will make a nomad out of you yet Bella.”

GPOV

I loved seeing Zafrina and it was nice that Bella learned to control her shield. But it was time to move on. I wanted to get to Egypt and show Bella the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx. We walked out of the rainforest at night. Bella and I both were looking a little worse for wear. We slipped into the back door of s clothing store and did some after hours shopping after I cut the alarm. Bella asked if we were just borrowing these clothes and I assured her we were. She asked who owned the store. I told her a very rich man. I hated lying to her. I really didn’t have a clue who the fuck owned the store and I didn’t care.. The store was huge. Whoever owned it wouldn’t miss what we were taking. But Bella and her conscience. No problem slaughtering pirates and rebels but steal a few items of clothes or a Yacht here and there and she gives you shit about it. My cell phone had died months ago, as had Bella’s with nowhere to plug it in. I figured I needed to get us a way out of Brazil. I didn’t feel like swimming to Egypt but I also didn’t want to put Bella on a plane. She can still get a might bit testy at times.

“So darling, do we swim across the Atlantic or steal a boat and float.”

“I suppose it would be best to steal a boat.” Come again?

“Come again? Bella Swan is suggesting we steal a boat?”

“Yes Garrett…. What the fuck is your last name anyway?”

“We have been having sex for over a year and you don’t know my last name?”

She shrugged her shoulders. “It never came up.”

“My last name doesn’t matter. I have used many last names over the years.”

“Okay but what was your original last name?”

I was hoping this would never come up. I was surprised it hadn’t already.

“Jones.”

“Jones?”

“Yes Jones. Problem with that?”

She was giggling. Now she was laughing.

“It’s a normal name Bella!”

“I know. That’s what is so funny. I’m thinking Dracula or Darkwing or Ravenclaw. And it’s Jones.” Now she was laughing again. Great.

“Holy shit. You wanted to marry me? You wanted me to be Bella Jones? That’s fucked up Garrett. Swan is a much cooler name than Jones.”

Okay now I was getting pissed. “Swan is a great name for a chick Bella. Not so much for a guy. It kind of makes a guy sound like a pansy.”

“No. My Dad was named Swan. He was the chief of police. Nobody thought he was a pansy! Nobody.”

I backed off. This was getting into touchy territory. I knew she missed her parents terribly even after this amount of time. I suspected she always would. I saw her face go off into that distant stare she does when she is deep in thought about her past. I gently kissed her.

“You’re right baby. Swan is a much cooler name than Jones.”

She gave me a smile. We walked hand in hand to the docks. “So darling. See anything that catches your fancy?”

BPOV

I really didn’t have any idea what kind of boat we should get. It seemed unlikely we would get a power yacht. Not much chance to refuel in the middle of the Atlantic. So sails it was. But I didn’t know how to sail and it seemed like a lot of work.

“Garrett? Why don’t we just fly to Europe or Africa and walk across it? Seems a lot faster than sailing.”

“It is but I didn’t figure you would want to be in an airplane with screaming kids for 16 hours.”

“I don’t mind.” I assured him. I was ready to get to another continent.

“Okay. I was kind of looking forward to being on a boat with you.”

“Yeah and I have seen enough water to last me for a few years. Let’s fly.”

“But we have no money. I would have to wait for a new ID and then go to my bank.”

“Sure we do. We have $10,000 in cash.” I told him pulling wads of cash out of my back pocket. The look on his face was priceless.

“Where the hell did you get that?” He asked me.

“The last time we visited that Rebel camp for dinner. Let’s just say I borrowed some money General Talisimo won’t be needing anymore.”

“Where the hell have you been keeping it?”

“If you would ever take the time to undress me instead of just ripping off my shorts you would have found it in my bra.”

“Oh dear. I am going to have to start checking you much more thoroughly. You have many surprises don’t you?”

“You never know what you are going to find on my body, lover. That’s why you should never stop looking.”

“I’m going to make you a nomad yet.”

3 months later.

We were still in Egypt. I couldn’t get enough of this place. We fucked all day and explored all night. We helped out on some digs as volunteers. We went down to Alexandria and searched for Cleopatra and Alexander’s tombs. No luck. I saw the Sphinx at sunset and it made my vampiry skin tingle. I climb to the top of the great pyramids at night. Garrett was there laughing with me the entire time. We met the Egyptian Coven briefly. The leader was kind of a dick .I think his name was Amun. Benjamin was sweet. I think he had a little thing for me. Garrett was not amused. I don’t know what his problem is. I go into excruciating pain if someone touches my boob. What the hell does he think is going to happen? Tia and I got along great. It was nice to have female friends. I was up to three now with her, Vicky and Zafrina. Kebi was very quiet. Hardly said a word. It was in Egypt that I learned about my physical shield. Garrett and I were goofing around in a valley and he knocked a chunk of boulder out of a cliff. He tossed it at me, yelling for me to catch it. My lack of athletic skills carried over into my undead life and I ducked but not in time. I panicked. I don’t know why. Even though I knew it couldn’t hurt me, subconsciously I guess I hadn’t figured it out yet. I heard it explode and looked up. I could feel my shield stretched around me. Garrett’s eyes were the size of beachballs.

“How the fuck did you do that?”

“Do what you asshole? And a little warning next time. This desert has my hair fucked up as is.”

“The rock exploded in front of you like it hit a wall.”

“Must have been my shield.” I told him shrugging my shoulders.

“Bella, you only have a mental shield.”

“Doesn’t appear that way does it, genius?”

We practiced. He kept throwing things at me. I was getting tired of rocks bouncing off my face. He seemed to be enjoying himself though. I finally had enough and stretched my shield making myself feel it getting firmer. And that was it. I had it. He rushed me. He couldn’t get near me.

“You know what this means don’t you?” I asked him with a wicked grin.

“And what would that be darling?”

“I no longer have to use the headache excuse that you don’t believe anyway. If I don’t want you near me I can just put up my shield.”

“Oh, yeah I guess it does.” He did not look enthused at this prospect. I had to laugh at him. Like I would keep myself from my big strong patriot.

“Let’s get back to the dig in Alexandria. I want to see if anything new has been discovered.”

That put a smile back on his face.

Alice POV

Today was Hannah’s graduation along with mine and Edwards. Again. I swear this is the last time I am doing this crap. Carlisle can go to hell. Edward came home last night from watching Hannah sleep (God that was weird. I don’t know how he gets away with this. Creepy) excited as can be. Hannah had agreed to marry him. They would get married in a few months and he would turn her. Good for her. Good for him. He asked me if I could put together the wedding for him. I told him no. I couldn’t do it.

A part of me, a large part of me blamed him for Bella’s death. I always will. The more time goes by the angrier I am. Her body was never found. She doesn’t even have a final resting place. I don’t know how much longer I will be able to live with this family. Edward being happy is driving me mad. He can hire a fucking wedding planner for all I care.