For God And Country
By BetterInTexas
Chapter 19:
GPOV
The wedding ceremony was finally over. Thankfully. I want to get out of here. I want to grab Bella and run.
I’m not sure what the Cullens thought was going to happen. They tried to talk to Bella. She was infuriatingly polite as she always was when faced with them. But she was dismissive as well. I saw her having a laugh or two with Emmett and Rose. But that was it. She enjoyed herself immensely with Charlotte and Jane however.
Charlotte had always been leery of Jane because she had common sense. Something I was wondering if my wife had any of. But with Bella there, Char must have felt more comfortable. Meanwhile Jane and Bella were attached at the hip. Jane didn’t smile any more than normal while around other vampires. She had however taken to wearing her hair down and more of Bella’s clothes. Seeing Jane in blue jeans was a surreal experience.
I would catch her and Bella whispering to each other occasionally, no doubt making fun of someone, give a little grin and go back to having stoic faces. At least Jane did. Bella had a slight smile on her face all weekend. As if she was in a joke no one else knew about it. I suppose she did.
When Bella wasn’t with Jane she was with me, or dragging me over to Jane. Bella had told me some of Jane’s past and it made me understand a little more about why she was the way she was. Why her brother was very protective over her. Why Aro treated her differently than the rest of the guard. I always assumed it was because of her power. As Bella likes to say to me often, assumption is the mother of all fuck ups.
I asked Bella several times over the past day what angle she was playing at with Jane. She swore she wasn’t playing an angle and just liked her. I believed her. Bella had never held anything back from me. I suppose it was just strange seeing Bella voluntarily having a friend. She has never had a close friend since I have known her. Her and Char were friends but Char never pushed it. I wouldn’t call them close. Bella never got to close to anyone other than me. Now it appeared she was close to another vampire.
I was amazed at watching her work the crowd. Despite being Jane’s new best friend people seemed drawn to her. She was polite to all but dismissed those she wasn’t interested in and charmed those she was. Benjamin and Tia from Egypt particularly. They were totally taken with her. She exchanged numbers and even gave them her real number. She worked the room. She only avoided the one group I figured she would have the most interest in. The Irish. Not a word since I introduced them.
She had decided something about the Irish. Either they didn’t have anything to do with Frank Collins and Brady Kern, and she had no interest in them or she had decided they did have something to do with it and was being watchful from a distance. Others she gathered or neglected. The Irish she watched. It wasn’t obvious. If I didn’t know her so well, I may never have noticed.
The Irish didn’t spare her a second glance.
That in itself could mean something or nothing.
“So Garrett. You and Bella heading back to the Amazon now?” Jasper asked, grinning.
“Jasper, she isn’t going to be close to your family. You should have realized by now. She is a very different person than they are. If you want to be helpful, why don’t you work on convincing Alice and Esme that they lost her when they left with Edward and the girl they knew is no more.”
“I know Garrett. But I hope that we can remain friends.” Jasper looked serious. He also looked worried. He was worried we would have nothing to do with them.
“Of course Jasper. You and I have fought together. We will always friends. But Bella won’t be family. She isn’t that person any longer.”
“Yeah, I sort of figured that out when Bella obviously is closer to Jane than Alice. At first I thought she was using her to get information about the Volturi.”
“You don’t think that is the case now?”
“No. I can’t feel her emotions but I like to think I know Bella a little bit, even though she has changed. She is behaving with Jane the same way she used to behave with Alice. Alice could have had that for eternity. But we all fucked up, didn’t we?”
I stared at my wife across the room. She was currently chatting up Caius. Caius had kept his distance at first but was warming up to her. She even made Marcus laugh once, bringing complete silence to the house.
“It’s the way Bella has always been. People love being around her.” Esme said walking to my side.
Esme patted me on the back. “Take care of her Garrett. Just take care of her.” Esme walked off. It looked as if her eyes were watering.
We prepared to take our leave. Jane and Bella spent a while together. Bella showed Jane how to set up a Skype account on her laptop. They exchanged phone numbers. Alice commented that it must be nice to get a real number from Bella. Bella just smiled at her, not saying a word.
BPOV
Dammit I will be glad to get away from the Cullens and Denalis. But surprisingly I am going to miss the hell out of Jane. I would keep in contact with her daily. I was going to miss the kid. She was more damaged than I was. I enjoyed the hell out of her.
“Bella, can I speak to you for a moment, alone?” Aro asked quietly.
We walked to the back porch. I briefly wondered what he wanted now.
“I want to thank you. Jane is very dear to me. Many people believe I use her as a simple weapon. She is a daughter to me in every way. I am not sure how you did it but you have broken down her walls. Walls that not even the guard had been able to crack. Thank you.”
Aro looked sincere. Could this day get any weirder?
“I understand Jane in a way, Aro. I recognize her for the person she is and accept her. She needs to keep coming out of her shell though. You have to encourage her though. Tell her to stop wearing black dresses all the time. Let her dress normally. Don’t let her pin her hair up. Encourage her. I will be speaking to her every day, also. There is nothing wrong with how Jane is now. But she needs help to let herself out of her shell.”
” I completely agree. Again. I know we started this weekend agreeing to a friendship based on politics and mutual benefits. I am glad we end this weekend as true friends. Should you need the Volturi you have but to ask, Bella.” He kissed my hand and walked away.
I turned to see Garrett glaring.
“What?’
“You really have to ask?’
“C’mon Garrett. Relax. You act like they are preparing for war against us. Maybe they aren’t that bad.”
“They destroy those who stand in their way.”
“So do I, Garrett.” I told him truthfully.
He took a deep breath. I guess I did it again.
“You can’t love me for what I am and hate Jane for being the same.”
‘I don’t hate Jane. I just… the rest of them.”
“We aren’t joining them Garrett. You are putting too much into this. Relax. Take me home. Make love to me for days. We can play video games. I know that Madder game came out that you have been looking so forward to. You can teach me how to play.” I wrapped my arms around his waist and nuzzled his goatee with the top of my head. He likes that. It makes him purr.
“I assume you are talking about Madden Football?”
“Whatever.” I mumbled breathing in his scent.
“You don’t know anything about football.”
“So? You can teach me.” I shrugged my shoulders. He acts like I have to beat him at everything all the time.
GPOV
“I can’t believe this shit!”
We had ben home two weeks before we actually bought Madden football. I had gone over the basics of football with Bella. I told her the controls and how they work. I prepared to play a game with her so she could get the basic feel for the game. I wanted her to be a challenge. Not just someone on the end of the joystick.
The score was currently 45-0. She was winning. The game was nearly over.
“You told me you knew nothing about football.”
“You explained it to me.” She said, shrugging her shoulders.
“I explained the basics. The basics!”
“Well, football is a pretty basic sport. You gather your army in a formation to try to strike into my territory. I gather my men to stop you. Simple. I figure out your movements and your battle plan, taking into consideration the weapons you have at your disposal. I look at my weapons and place them into strategic formations to maximize their strengths, minimize their weakness and respond to your plans. Offensively I just have to learn your basic defenses and counterstrike. Simple.”
“Plays.” I responded.
“Excuse me?’
“Plays not plans. Teams, not armies. At least get the terminology right.”
“If my “team’ is kicking the shit out of your “plays” what difference does it make what I call them?”
I love my wife.
I love my wife.
“Maybe I can get Jane online to play. She wouldn’t care about what the hell I call them.”
“No! This is our game. We are playing. I just have to get better.”
“Your game isn’t the problem, Garrett. It’s your strategy. You run on first down, usually to the left depending on if your tight end is in the game on the weak side of the large men up front. Second down, if you don’t get at least 4 yards on your opening salvo you are going to throw. Probably ten yards out. Once I defeat this strike you panic on third down and try to throw it all the way downfield. You have successfully done this twice out of ten attempts. Very low percentage.”
“Fine then.” I told her throwing my controller on the floor
“Are you mad Garrett?”
“No.”
“You’re pouting.” She smiled.
“No, I’m not.” I told her. I was not going to pout.
“Do you want to go get in the pool?”
That was an idea. But I wasn’t really in the mood.
“No.”
“What about the hot tub?”
That sounded better. But still I wasn’t in the mood.
“No.”
“Are you going to pout until bedtime?”
“No I am not. I am not pouting.”
“Would you feel better if you bent me over your knee and spanked me?”
That got my attention.
“You would let me?’ I asked. She is probably fucking with me.
‘Would it make you feel better about losing if I let you spank my little butt over your knee Garrett?
“Yes. I mean that may help.” I said noncommittally. Don’t let her know how much you want it Garrett. Act casual.
“Do you want me to put the school girl skirt on? The white buttoned shirt rolled up over my belly button?”
“I mean….that would be cool I guess. You know, if you want to. Let me guess. I have to beat you at football for you to let me spank you.” I knew her games. She got up.
“I’m going to the bedroom, to get changed. Give me one minute and come in. I will be in the corner, waiting on my punishment.”
I sat there uncomfortably from the pressure in my jeans. 60 seconds. At 59 and a half seconds I was in our room. There she was. Nose first in the corner. Her ass was mine.
BPOV
I am never letting him do that again. I was thinking love pats. Maybe a little playful slapping. He beat the hell out of my ass!
“Problem darling?”
“My ass still hurts you asshole. That is never happening again.”
“Bella you said I could spank you.” The asshole smiled.
“A few love taps. Maybe a slap here and there. You beat me!”
“I beat you?”
“Yes. I crossed my arms and sat on my very burning ass on my side of the bed.”
“I’m sorry. Next time I will be gentler. I didn’t realize how… fragile you were.”
“I am not fragile you fucking asshole. You had me bent over your knee where I couldn’t get away and you beat my ass!” Asshole.
“I did not beat you! You make it sound like I was abusing you. I just enjoyed seeing your rock hard ass bouncing a little bit.”
“A little bit?”
“You are never going to let me do that again.”
See how smart he is? “Not until you let me do it back to you.”
“You are not. I am a…”
“Were you about to say you are a man?” Yes. Yes he was about to say that.
“I didn’t… I mean…”
“Since I am the weak little school girl I get to be spanked but not big bad Garrett. Is that what you are saying?”
“You are wearing the school girl costume!”
“Because you like it!” I replied loudly.
“You bought that knowing I was going to spank you. Hell, you are the one who brought it up!”
“Only to stroke your stupid male ego because I beat your ass in a stupid video game!” Never hurts to remind him who the top dog is.
“Yes and then I beat your ass over my knee and you whined like the bad little girl that you are.” He was smiling. I started growling.
“Did you enjoy fucking me after you spanked me?” I asked him grinning.
“Yes. Very much so. Especially when I had you on all fours. Your ass was quite warm.”
“I’m glad you liked it. That memory is going to have to last you a while.”
I turned on my slutty heels and walked to the living room. I picked up my phone and sent a text to Jane. By the time I had my laptop open she was online. I pulled up the video screen. I was so proud of her. Her hair was down. She was wearing cute little low cut jeans. She had a t shirt on. She was smiling.
“What’s up you psychotic sadistic bitch?” I asked her.
“Hello my bloodthirsty homicidal whore. What have you been doing today?”
“You don’t want to know. As you can see I am wearing a school girl costume for Garrett.”
“He didn’t spank you did he? You let him spank you?”
“Yes.” I mumbled.
“Did it hurt?” Sh e apparently found this humorous.
“Yes.” I mumbled again.
“Did you learn a lesson you bad girl?”
“I don’t want to talk about me. Did you torture anyone today?”
“Yes. Felix told me I had a nice ass in the hallway and I left him lying in pain on the ground for two minutes. You wouldn’t believe how that man can scream!”
“I bet he cried about it to Aro afterwards didn’t he?”
Jane rolled her eyes. “No. He knows Aro doesn’t care. It would just make it worse if he complained.”
“You know he was just giving you a compliment.” I told her.
“Yes. If it had been anyone else it would have made my day. But Felix is an oversized pig.”
“Can you be an oversized pig?” I wasn’t sure.
“What do you mean? Of course you can.”
“Isn’t the whole point of being called a pig meant to be that someone is oversized?”
Jane thought about this for a second.
“I don’t think so Bella. I call Felix a pig because he is foul and rude and doesn’t bathe enough. The fact that he is 7 foot tall makes him oversized.”
I nodded my head. “Good point. So what else has been going on in Volterra?”
“Demetri and Heidi won’t stop fucking. It’s starting to irritate Caius. They are near his wing and you know how sound travels in castles. Or at least you would if you would come hang out.”
“Jane I have been home two weeks. Hey I thought Demetri was fucking Chelsea?”
“He was. You know how it is here Bella. New drama every week.
“I am coming to see you in a few weeks though. I miss you.
“Will Garrett let you?” She had doubt on her face.
“Will Garrett let me?” I asked, not believing what she just asked me.
“Do I have a choice, Jane?” Garrett said form the bedroom.
“No, you don’t Garrett!” I responded.
Then I heard it.
Footsteps moving through fallen trees.
“Garrett, you expecting company?”
“No. I hear it too.”
“What’s going on Bella?”
“We have uninvited guests, Jane. I will text you when we take care of them.”
“Promise.”
“Don’t go soft on me, bitch. You know I got this. Give me ten minutes.”
I closed the laptop and ran to the office where the cameras were kept. Four camera covering the forest in front of the house were disconnected. I guess they found them.
“I hear at least four. 200 yards straight in front.”
“Greet them from the rooftop. I am going to have a little fun. When the ground goes boom attack and I will be right behind you.”
“You are going to fuck up our landscaping aren’t you?” he asked me, eyes focused on the front window.
“You know it. Get up top.” Garrett left and I grabbed my portable detonator and walked to the front porch.
They came out of the woods like all vampires do. Seeming as if they are floating on air. They weren’t running. They were strolling. Two females and two males. All with red hair. Looked like siblings.
“Hello.”
“Bella Swan?”
“Maybe. Who is asking?”
“Friends.” The female in front spoke.
“Friends of mine?”
“No. Friends of Frank Collins.” She was a cute little thing. Short bright head. She hadn’t perfected the vampire stillness though. She was a fighter as a human but untrained. She was right handed. She was ready to fight and showing her right side as dominant.
“He was a human. What is it to you?”
“He died because of you.” One of the red headed males in the back said, snarling.
“So?”
“He was a friend of Ireland.”
“Again. So?”
“So we have come to avenge him. You know a little about that, don’t you Miss Swan.”
“Her husband is around. Can you smell him?” The other male asked. The smallest female said nothing. She kept a straight face but it was obvious she didn’t want to be here.
“Are you all related?” I asked.
“What’s it to you bitch. In a few minutes all you are going to be is a pile of ashes.”
“Who sent you? No way you kids are here on your own.”
“Yes, we are.”
“What color was Frank’s hair? His eyes?”
That shut them up.
“Uhh.”
“Yeah. That’s what I thought. Some fucking coward sent you here to test me. The coward sent you to die. Hell you couldn’t find me without someone telling you where I was. You prepared to die for your boss.”
3 snarls and 1 whimper. One smart one. Three dumbasses. That’s good. The smart one would live and answer my questions. The other three could burn.
“So, are we going to fight or what?” I asked. The red head up front looked confused.
“You are outnumbered. Why aren’t you running?”
“I don’t run kid. I’m sorry I have to do this. You got turned into a vampire to be someone’s crash dummy. But that’s the breaks of life, boy.”
I hit the detonator and watched the ground underneath them explode. It wasn’t enough to harm them at all. But it was all the distraction we needed. Garrett flew off the roof. I rushed into the smoke. They saw me coming. I took the snarling female. She had lost her footing on the ground and toppled over. I simply landed on her and watched her eyes grow large as my teeth caressed her neck and bit. I don’t have a big mouth. I bit through the front of her throat and ripped the rest of her head off.
Her, I can only assume, brother, screamed and grabbed me from behind. He tried to bite me. I twisted and jumped straight up, landing on his back. I hit him in the back of the head. He hit the ground but launched himself quickly back in my direction. Right into my foot. I cracked his jaw. I heard roaring to the side and screaming. Garrett must have torn the poor boy apart. Purple smoke rose.
“Don’t kill the girl, Garrett!” There was a better way to do this.
My opponent swung at me 6 times. He never landed a shot. I was faster. I was stronger. His jaw was cracked. On his 6th miss I performed a front kick that knocked the rest of his jaw off. He was sort of moaning on the ground in pain. He couldn’t really make a sound with half his mouth missing but the air whistling in and out was making an eerie sound.
“Finish him Garrett. I got the girl.”
I saw Garrett jump on the boy and the girl took off. Poor thing wasn’t faster than me. I got her before she was twenty yards into the forest.
I wrapped my arms around her waist and threw her down. She tried to rise but I dropped with her and wrapped her in a leg lock. She wasn’t getting out of this. Garrett ran to my side and I let her go.
“Don’t run or you die.”
“You are going to kill me anyways.” She looked like she was about to cry.
“Were those your siblings?” I asked her.
She said nothing. I screamed at her.
“Talk you bitch or you will be burning beside them!”
I hated to do that to her. To scare her like that. But it was necessary.
“Yes, they were my brothers and older sister.”
“Come to the house with us.”
She walked towards the house and we followed on either side of her. I really didn’t feel like chasing her again.
She sat down in the chair I pointed to.
“What is your name?”
“Adelia.”
“When were you and your siblings turned?”
“6 months ago, I think. Things have been crazy. I knew we would end up dead. Eternal life. Like that was possible. I knew that bitch was using us. All of us.
“Maggie right?” Garrett looked up at me in shock.
“She said her name was Mary.”
“5 foot 2 inches tall. About 100 pounds soaking wet?”
“Yes.”
“She and her coven have been keeping you somewhere right?”
“In a cave. A large cave. She lets us out to hunt. She sometimes brings us humans. She said the cave keeps us safe from the sun.”
“The sun?” Garrett asked.
“Yes. We are vampires. The sun burns us.”
“No it doesn’t sweetie. You sparkle in direct sunlight so you have to avoid that but sunlight doesn’t hurt you.”
“You are sure?”
“I was in my yard planting land mines today. How involved was her coven? The large lady and the guy who thinks he is Sherlock Holmes?”
“They were around. Not much. Maggie mostly dealt with all of us. She said she was building an army to free Ireland. She told us we would be freedom fighters.”
“Are there more of you?”
Adelia nodded her head.
“How many more of you?”
“I don’t know. Some go out and don’t come back. We figured they got caught in daylight.”
“No sweetie. The killed your friends. Your friends either got smart or were not good fighters.”
“I’m not a good fighter.” She whispered. “She only kept me around because of my brothers and sister.
“Are you angry that we killed them?” This was important. I really did not want to do this.
“No. I knew we were dead when we left. She only sent us. She put us on a private plane with directions to where you were. She had a car waiting on us. Toni ate the pilot when we landed. She told us to burn the plane before we left. I knew then. With no way back, she didn’t expect us to make it back. She sent us to our deaths.”
“I understand sweetie. How old are you? When you were turned?”
” I was 16. Are you going to kill me now? Or is he?” her eyes went between Garrett and me.
“No. You aren’t going back. I will kill her for you. For us. But there are some things you need to know. To learn about being a vampire. So this is what is going to happen. Garrett is going to talk to you. He is going to tell you the truth about things. Then we are going to give you a large amount of money. You can stick around us if you want, or go somewhere on your own. That is entirely up to you. But right now, you need to know the truth. Your life doesn’t have to be over. It can be wonderful. It’s your choice.”
She was quiet for a minute or so. Then the tears welled in her eyes.
“Why would you do this for me?” It was simple question with a simple answer.
“I’ve killed a lot of people in my life. I would like to start saving a few if you will let me.”
“I want to live.”
“Good.” I smiled. Maybe some good would come out of this after all.
“Can I ask you some questions?”
“Of course Adelia.” I smiled. This was good.
“What is your name?”
“I am Bella and this is my husband Garrett.”
“Why are you wearing a school girl costume?”
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