Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Destiny, Whether You Like It Or Not

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 15:

I laid here holding her and thinking about the last couple months. How we got here. The common goal we had. The fall out when we accomplished the goal. She felt so good lying in bed pressed against me. But I had to get out of this bed. I slowly eased my arm out from under her when I heard her giggle.

“Getting up so soon?”

“I have to get things done today. You do as well.”

“It’s Saturday. What is so important?”

“People are dying and going missing around here. You know this.”

“Fine, leave me all alone.” She told me, looking at me with a pout. “I love you Charlie. Be careful.”

“I love you too Kat.”

“I am going to call the forensic accountant today and see if he has made any headway into tracking that Cayman Island account.”

“Thanks baby. I guess I am going to go hike some more and look for the missing hikers and question potential witnesses to the murders we know about.”

“Just be careful.”

“I always am, Kat.”

I drove to the station. I can’t believe this has happened. I don’t know if it was a common goal of finding Bella or the closeness of living in the same house. But I had fallen in love with a girl twenty years younger than I was. A girl who was the same age as my daughter. My daughter I believed more strongly than ever, was still alive. And she felt the same.

If it wasn’t for these murders I would still be crossing the country looking for her. But I was at a dead end. I had to wait for Kat’s contact to come through and hopefully track the money. And Kat was using everything else she had in her bag of tricks to find Bella.

Our relationship has developed so fast. We both felt guilt over it at first. But we make each other happy. Why feel guilt over that? I hope Bella feels the same way when we find her. Not that she won’t have a lot of explaining to do herself. But no doubt it will be a tricky conversation. Assuming we ever find her. No, I can’t think like this. We will find her. I just have to stop this murderer who seems to kill and disappear without a trace and then I can completely devote all of my time to finding my daughter. Should be a piece of cake right?

I pulled up and was surprised to see Billy and Jacob Black in the parking lot. I got out of my car and approached the truck. The truck Bella used to drive. Billy smiled at me through the open window.

“How’s it going old man?”

“Pretty good Billy. Hiya Jake. What brings you two down here?”

“We were wondering how things are going. We had to come into town for some supplies and thought we would check on you.”

“Things are going pretty good Billy.”

“And how is the young lady you have living with you Charlie?”

“That’s really none of your business Billy.” I told him with a stern face. I was not getting into this conversation. My personal life is my business.

“I didn’t mean to offend you Charlie. I was just making conversation.”

“Of course you were Billy.” Jake was staring straight ahead like he had his mind somewhere else. That boy had been acting very strange for the past 6 months and he was getting stranger by the day. And bigger it seemed.

“Had any luck with the murders? Or the missing hikers?”

“Not yet Billy but whoever is doing this will slip up eventually. He won’t stop me from finding him. I’m thinking of bringing in some help from the FBI.”

“Why would you do that?”

Okay that was a strange question.

“6 dead people between La Push and Forks in the last few months Billy. 10 missing hikers. This is obviously the work of a serial killer. I don’t have the man power or the expertise to deal with something like this. All the bodies we have found have been drained of blood Billy! This is obviously a ritual killer.”

“What about your other project. You still convinced Bella is alive?”

“What the hell is your problem Billy? You come down here to interrogate me about my life? You writing a fucking book or something? You want to know about my girlfriend, my murder investigation, my daughter, who is still alive and I have evidence to support that. I don’t need your opinions. You have been a shitty friend lately.”

He at least looked a little ashamed. “Your right Charlie. I’m sorry. I just worry about you.”

“Don’t. I have to get to work. I have a killer to catch.”

I left him sitting there and as I reached the door I heard the truck pull off. I had to shake off the familiar feeling that it was Bella driving up in that truck. I don’t know why Billy is so determined to keep me from finding Bella. I really don’t give a damn. He won’t stop me. Nothing will stop me.

BPOV

Ya know when I first thought about coming to the Cullens, I didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t expect this. Shear fucking boredom. After talking for 24 hours straight the only fun I have had is watching little Bella play with Davey. I could tell Char, Peter and Garrett felt the same. Rosalie hadn’t said much other than it was good to see me. I was looking forward to a game of who’s the bigger bitch with her. I felt confident I could win. Edward keeps glancing at me out of the corner of his eye. I know every time he does it. I know because Garrett growls. Garrett and Peter can’t really formulate a plan to defeat the Volturi because we don’t know who is coming and who is willing to fight with us. It was getting on 6 PM. I had to get out of here. I could only take so much of Esme’s hugs and Edward’s side long glances and Emmett yelling at the TV over some video game.

I walked up to my three amigos, who were standing around discussing who was bored the most.

“I can’t believe you losers aren’t entertaining me.” I told the three of them. Char smirked.

“And what shall we do Princess?”

“Well, New York City is a 30 minute run from here. What about that club we found last time we were there Garrett?”

“And what would you like to do at the club Bella?”

“I don’t know. We could grab a bite to eat, dance…”

“Bella you can’t dance.” Peter stated definitively.

“Don’t be stupid Peter. As a vampire I have perfect balance and grace.” I told him confidently. We had danced in San Antonio not long ago. I did great. “Isn’t that right Garrett?”

Garrett wouldn’t look at me. What the hell?

“Garrett?”

“Bella, the only difference between your dancing now and your dancing as a human is that you have the strength to hurt many more people much worse than you did then.”

“You don’t like the way I dance Garrett?”

Char wrapped an arm around me. “Bells don’t even sweat it. I will work with you on it. Maybe we could just go people watch tonight.”

These assholes! They must be fucking with me. I’ll show em.

“Of course. Let’s go people watch.”

“Bella?” I turned and saw Rose standing in the doorway.

“Yes Rose?”

“Would you mind if Emmett and I went with you?” That was surprise. I looked at the other three who shrugged their shoulders.

“Sure, let’s go. I need to get Davey situated for the night and threaten every one with dismemberment if he should wind up eaten.”

I walked in to find Hannah watching little Bella playing with Davey.

“Hi Hannah.”

“Hi Bella.” She smiled. She was a likeable girl. You have to respect a lady who loves her kid enough to let her baby chew out of her belly after breaking her spine. Ouch.

“We are going out and I was wondering if little Bella would mind watching Davey?”

“Of course I will Bella! Thank you! I taught him a new trick!”

“She has had so much fun with Davey Bella. Thank you for letting her play with him.”

“Of course Hannah. She is a cute kid. Hey we are all going out to a club. Would you and Edward like to come?” That was a strange relationship. For newly married and having a kid, I hardly ever saw them together.

She hesitated. “Uh no. Thanks for the invite. But clubs don’t seem like Edward’s thing and I just want to spend time with Hannah. I want to treasure all my time with her in case, well you know.”

“Hannah I won’t let anything happen to little Bella or you. Don’t worry about it.”

“But Bella… Can we talk when you get back? Just the two of us? Everything I have heard about you from the Cullens, it seems like you could listen and maybe help me out. Maybe understand?”

“Are you okay Hannah?” I asked. This quick conversation was taking a surreal turn.

“Yes, I’m fine. I’ll see you when you get back?”

“Of course. By Bella. I will see you tomorrow.”

“Can Davey sleep with me?”

“I tell you what. He is used to sleeping in his little portable doggy bed but if you lay it on your bed I bet you can get him to lay with you. Give it a try. You should know that he snores though.”

She giggled. “So do I!”

An hour later, after Emmett and Rosalie sucked down some sort of antelope looking creatures we were at the club. We all grabbed a table and ordered drinks to blend in. Char and Rosalie were on the dance floor. I was about to get up and join them when Garrett grabbed my arm.

“Hey what do you say we head to the bathroom and have a little fun?” He asked me raising his eyebrows up and down.

“I would say you are trying to distract me from dancing.” I told him with a smile.

“Darling, it’s not that I don’t want you to have fun but the dance floor is very crowded.”

I was about to retort when I saw him. He was at the bar. About 25. Good looking guy. Blond hair. Average height, average build. He was talking to a skinny girl who was on her way to having one too many. I saw him with his hand in his coat pocket. It must have been 90 degrees in this club. I whispered to Char to check it out. She gazed at him from the dance floor. Then it happened. A guy bumped into her from her right side and she turned to look. He slipped the pill in her drink. That asshole! Char looked at me and nodded. “Garrett are you going to watch?”

“Of course darling. You know I love to watch you work.”

I walked across the dance floor. Char joined me. Rose was watching. I don’t know if she knew what was going on or not.

The girl was about to drink her drugged beverage when Char bumped into her from behind and causing twiggy to knock the drink all over the would be rapist. Ahh his shirt got wet.

“Excuse me! I am so sorry.” Char said in her best southern twang. She has the cutest little accent.

“Oh it’s no problem at all.” Twiggy said laughing. Would be rapist didn’t look happy. Time to play drunk. I grabbed rapist shoulder from behind and got his attention. As soon as he turned Char had an arm around the girl and was walking her away from the bar to have a talk with her.

“Hi there. You’re cute. What’s your name?” I slurred and swayed a little on my feet.

He smiled and looked straight at my cleavage. So easy it ought to be a crime. Oh wait, it is a crime.

“I’m Mike.”

“Oohh, I knew a Mike in high school. You’re a lot cuter than him.” I felt a girl brush behind me at the crowded bar and fell into Mike. “Excuse me,” I told him giggling. I grabbed his shirt and began playing with his top button.

“What is your name?” He asked smiling. Poor guy thought he was getting lucky tonight. I put a finger gently on his lips. “Shhh. You don’t need to know my name. It will make me mysterious. Why don’t you buy me a drink?”

Mike did so. He actually bought me two. I had to continue to slur my speech. I was having fun. It beat the hell out of hanging around Cullen Mansion. Garrett and Peter were laughing at me. Char moved her finger in a circle indicating I needed to hurry up. I guess she had finished her heart to heart with Twiggy about watching what guys put in her drink. I didn’t see her around. Twiggy got lucky tonight. On my third drink I turned my head to see Emmett laughing with Rose on the dance floor and the both of them looking at me. I turned my head back quickly, quicker than he could see and saw he did indeed place another pill in my drink. Thank God. Only one more of these to drink. I was going to hate to puke this up later. But I suppose it was a small price to pay for a meal and taking a rapist off the street.

“Oh my God. I feel so light headed. I think I better go home.”

“No, let me take you. Come on. It’s the least I can do.” Hook, line and sinker.

“Okay. My car is out back. We can go out through the alley. It will be closer.”

I stumbled my way to the back with Mike’s hand on my arm. I little rougher than needed to be. If I was human it might actually leave bruises.

I took a quick look around and saw the alleyway was empty. Peter and Garrett were at one end. The other end was a board fence. Perfect. Char walked out the door behind us. Mike jumped when he saw her.

“Where you taking my friend big guy?”

“Uh, to her car.” He stuttered.

I stood up straighter. “I actually feel a lot better now Mike.”

He looked surprised that I wasn’t passed out. I guess that was because he gave me enough roofies to knock out an elephant.

“You know that drug you put in my drink was enough to kill a girl. I could have overdosed. Do you always kill the girls you rape?”

“Hey I don’t know what you’re talking about. If I drugged you, you seem to be doing fine now.” He attempted to walk away but Char and I both grabbed a shoulder and pushed him up against the wall.

“What are you? Female body builders or something?”

“Do we look like body builders?” I whispered in his ear. He whimpered. I guess he is figuring out something is very wrong at this point.

“The girls name is Amanda. She has two sisters at home. This is her first year at NYU. You were going to rape her Mike.” Charlotte whispered in his other ear.

“I, I…”

“Mike relax. We are going to give you something I bet you want.”

“What’s that?” He whimpered, realizing he couldn’t get out of our grasp.

“Me and my girl here don’t take kindly to rapists Mike. So we are gonna give you two girls at once. I have some bad news though. This is gonna hurt a little.”

Char and I both bit down on his neck. He screamed for a second and then went quiet. It was over too soon but that’s what happens when we share meals. I looked at Char as his body dropped between us and she grabbed my head and began kissing me. I kissed her back, tasting the blood intermingled in our mouths.

“If you two drama queens are done, me and Garrett have a body we need to out in a dumpster and a dumpster we need to light on fire.” Peter said chuckling as he walked up.

“Take the rooftops Garrett and carry him a ways away before lighting him.”

“Bella you act like I haven’t done this before.”

I smiled at him. “Sorry lover. Are you and Petey going to eat?”

“Yes but I think we will each pick our own.”

“We will head back in the club and wait for you. I love you. Don’t go far okay?”

He kissed me and I felt fuzzy all over. He gave me that panty dropping grin and was on a rooftop before I realized it. Petey and Mike following him.

“That was impressive.”

“Thank you Rose.” I knew she had been watching from the top of the club.

“I wish I had done it. I was raped you know? On the last night of my life? My fiancée and his friend’s gang raped me and left me for dead. Carlisle found me. Most of the time I wish he would have let me die.”

“Rose, you’ve really got to stop hanging out with Edward.” I told her with a grin.

She smiled back at me. The first time I think she ever had smiled at me voluntarily. “Want to go back inside? I want to dance some more. And I haven’t danced with you Bella.”

“Oh Bella doesn…” Char started. I interrupted her.

“I would love to dance with you Rose. Let’s go.” I heard Char whisper an Oh shit behind me but I ignored her. Time to show these people what is going on.

Back at the house a couple hours later I had to listen to Garrett rail at Char.

“I don’t understand how it got that bad Char? You know she is not to dance.”

“Garrett it wasn’t Char’s fault! If I want to dance I will.”

“I’m sorry Garrett. I had no idea it was that bad. I mean she’s a vampire for God sakes.” Rosalie said with a still look of horror on her face.

“Rose stop apologizing to Garrett.”

“Bella, you have got to be more careful. You are so good at so many things. Dancing is not one of them. We are lucky nobody was seriously injured.”

So my dancing didn’t go as expected. I kinda got into the moment and while swinging my arms around I hit a guy in the head who feel hard into another guy, who punched him. I felt bad so I grabbed the guy who punched him and threw him back. His girlfriend tried to hit me and I dodged so she wouldn’t break her hand and she hit the girl next to me. Whose boyfriend went after her boyfriend. Somehow all this turned into a riot in the bar. It was an accident. Not an indictment of my dancing.

“Garrett love, you have to understand these things happen.”

“No Bella. Riots do not spontaneously break out!”

“They do to. It’s called mob mentality. I learned about it in psychology in college.”

“Bella, if you love me, please no more dancing. At least until we can get you lessons or something.”

“I would love to give you lessons Bella. I’m a great dancer. I can dance with Garrett and you can see if you can copy my moves.”

I turned and saw two blondes. “Who the fuck are you?”

“I’m Tanya and this is Kate. We are the Denali’s. Garrett knows us. Don’t you Garrett?”

I looked at my man with an eyebrow raised. He looked at the ceiling.

The short one, walked up to Garrett. “I haven’t seen you in years Garrett! I almost forgot how hot you were. Give me a hug.” Fuck that.

She ran into an invisible wall about three feet from him. Garrett was still looking at the ceiling. Smart man.

“I’m sorry, are you Kate or Tanya? You know it really doesn’t fucking matter. Garrett here is mine and I don’t let just anybody touch what is mine. Understand?”

“No need to feel insecure, Bella. You’re very pretty.” She told me looking me up and down with a bored look on her face.

“I’m not insecure. I just know you are Succubi and don’t know where you have been. Therefore I don’t want you touching what’s mine.”

The taller one strode up to me. “Listen bitch we came to help. No need to get an attitude.”

“I got no attitude bitch. So long as you keep your hands off my man we won’t have problems.”

“And what if I don’t?”

I can’t believe this.

“Then I will fuck you up.” I told her in the most even voice I could manage at the moment.

“Kate. Why don’t you shake hands with Bella and we will all be friends.” Kate had a grin on her face.

She reached out her hand and I grasped it. Her smile lit up. Then it went away. “What the fuck?”

“Was that supposed to hurt Kate? As I said, keep your hands off my man or else.”

Tanya and Kate were looking at me with something akin to fear now. Bout time I got some fucking respect around her. Garrett was smiling at me. I guess I can let him out of his shield now.

“Tanya, Kate! It’s so good to see you!” Carlisle spoke walking into the room. He noticed the tension. “Everything all right in here?”

“Everything is wonderful Carlisle. I was just meeting Kate and Tanya and we were getting to know each other.”

“Oh my God! Do you realize what you have here Carlisle?” The Spanish looking guy said next to Carlisle.

“What would that be Eleazor?”

“She is the most powerful shield I have ever seen. In my 600 years I have never seen a power radiating off a vampire like I am seeing now. Not even Jane.” He looked impressed. And he hasn’t looked at my tits once. I like this guy.

“Look I need to go check on my dog. Char? You coming?”

“Right behind you sweetie.”

“Garrett?”

“I swear Bella. I won’t let anyone touch me.”

I walked out with Char holding her hand. I saw Edward at his piano. He has been uncharacteristically quiet since we got here.

I was walking up the stairs when I heard her.

“Bella?”

“Yes Hannah? Would you like to have that talk now?”

“If you wouldn’t mind.”

“Of course not. Char?”

“I’ll check on Davey. Hurry back.”

I walked out of hearing range with Hannah. It was a beautiful night.

“So Hannah. What would you like to talk about?”

I assumed she wanted reassurance that I would keep my hands off her husband. Shouldn’t be a problem.

“Bella I think I’m gay.”

Okay. I didn’t see that one coming.