Chapter 11

We were getting nowhere with this level of tension. It was getting late and I was getting hungry. A hungry Bella is an angry Bella. On queue, my stomach growled and Emmett laughed. It helped cut the tension a bit. Not a lot but just enough for the vampires to get out of fight or flight mode.

"oh Bella darling, it seems like it's time for you to eat"

"thank you, Esme, I'm glad someone here cares about the only human in the whole house," I said

She walked me to the kitchen where she plated up tagliatelle and bolognese.

Edward was slowly starting to come out of his comatose state if you were wondering. He had moved his head and groaned. Not that anyone noticed.

I ate my food, flirted with Esme. I know we are both mated, well Rose and I are not completely, but I enjoyed it. Esme knew I don't mean anything by it but it's was becoming our thing. When I finished I went back to sit down next to Jane but Rosalie had taken my seat so I sat on her lap. With this Emmett smirked at me and said

"yeah get that Belly-bear"

I laughed 'so childish'

Alice and Jasper had come to sit down, Alec and Irina were talking softly to each other. Rosalie wrapped her arms around me and placed her nose in my hair and took a deep breath, taking in my scent and leaving a bit of hers on me. We were making progress, mostly when her vampire comes to the surface does she truly realise our bond but she was slowly becoming more used to being with me. It will take time because of her diet but I know it would be better if she supplemented it with a human diet.

"it's been a long day and I think Bella needs rest, let's pick this up tomorrow afternoon. Emmett could you please escort Bella and the twins back, then run back once you have dropped them off" said Carlisle, the pacifist. I wonder why he is such a pacifist?

"yes I agree, I'm tired and pissed off at Tanya right now. I will think much clearer tomorrow because right now I want to punish her for what she has done to Jane."

According to our laws keeping mates from one another is a serious crime but for a mate to knowingly hurt their mate and sleep with countless men and women is just unheard of.

"Yeah, and Tanya needs to hunt, humans and maybe she will remove that stick that is lodged up her ass" Kate retorted and Jane growled at her in response. 'I love the way she stands up for Tanya even though she would never do the same in return'

I stood up and Rosalie with me, we walked outside hand in hand. She pulled me into a tight embrace and then she kissed me on the cheek before I got in the car. I sat in the back with Jane and pulled her into a tight embrace. Alec had decided that he and Irina would hunt together so we would leave without him. I bet he was going to mark his mate tonight to make sure every vampire knew that she was taken.

Emmett drove my car to the house and dropped us off and waved us goodbye and took off running into the forest. It was quarter to 11 pm when we stepped through the front door and Charlie was waiting for us, I just know it. When we walked in he was sitting at the kitchen table, arms crossed and a scowl etched on his face.

"where have you girls been, and where is Alec. I have been waiting for hours, with no word from either of you. I cannot believe this reckless behaviour girls. Maybe from Bella because she's wild, but Jane you know better. She needs her sleep and you need to inform me if you are going to be late!" Charlie was red in the face at the end of his rant.

"we had to take care of some official business Charlie. It ran later than we had anticipated. I apologise for not texting but the situation was volatile I forgot. Please don't blame Jane she has had a rough night. Oh, and Alec is off with his mate. " I explained

He calmed down and sent us off to bed. I got changed into my pj's brushed my teeth and hair. Climbed into bed and had Jane join me over the covers. 'vampires were rather cold'

" you are really strong Jane. To have suffered all these years and not gone crazy. I don't know how you did it, I wish I had your strength." I said as soon as she laid down. After I spoke she didn't bother responding She just turned into me and sobbed into my chest, tearless but heartbreaking. Crying out the pain of years of rejection seeing her mate and only to be accused of things she had not done. The pain of knowing that your own mate didn't love you the way you loved her. I pulled her closer into my chest and held her as tightly as I could. I was glad that she trusted me enough to cry but the hurt that such a beautiful soul had to endure all this hurt from the one person that was supposed to love her unconditionally.

'I wonder what Jane said to Uncle Aro, I know he would have punished Tanya long ago if it wasn't for something that Jane had said. He was rather old fashioned and Jane was the submissive one in the relationship. Submissive vampires aren't weak or anything, just for clarification. I would have punished Tanya, as a father, a dominant is meant to take care of their submissive mate. Treat them with kindness, spoil them, love them, protect them, fight for them. They need a lot of reassurances and it's the dominant that needs to give them. If Tanya and Jane do get together it will be a century before Jane will truly believe that every time Tanya went out she won't come back to her.'

With this horrible thought, I went to sleep with Jane in my arms and Rosalie in my dreams

I was back in the forest, this time I could clearly see Rosalie, she was standing in front of me barefoot. She was wearing a white dress, empire line, with a small gold band around it. It flowed to mid-thigh. Where her long legs just went on and on. Her hair was blowing in a non-existent wind and the sun shone down on her making her diamond hard skin glitter. She was smiling at me, her lips red and plump begging to be kissed. Her eyes were still that beautiful butterscotch colour and shined with love. Love that was only for me. She giggled when she noticed me checking her out and it sounded like little bells in the wind. Breathtaking. The entire vision of my mate in this dream just took my breath away. She walked towards me hips swinging from side to side. Until she reached me and stopped. She lifted one hand to my face and caressed it." you are beautiful my mate" her honeyed voice flowed over me, igniting a fire deep in my core. She leaned towards me, I could feel her breath on my lips when...

Beep beep beep. 'that alarm again.' I grabbed and threw it with all my might, I threw it into my window smashing it to pieces and out into the forest. 'dammit now I have to fix the window and buy a new alarm clock'. This day was starting off to be horrible. I just knew it would only get worse from here.