Chapter 17

Bella:

I was glad that everything was beginning to look up. Edward was still a prick, but he was starting to warm up to the fact that I was not going anywhere. We spent the entire evening just joking around, and playing games generally enjoying each other's company. Halfway through the night, Irina and Alec disappeared, as always. Jane and Tanya sat next to each other but not touching more than just holding hands. I could see that if Jane had been human she would be blushing at the minor but intimate touch. As the night drew closer to midnight I had joined Rosalie on the couch, I was leaning my head on the shoulder, her arm around me while she read. I don't know when but I fell asleep just like that.

Dream

I was back in that same forest but this time the air was still.

The wind was quiet not even the crickets could be heard.

'The calm before the storm.'

"Isabella" I heard a gravelly voice whisper from behind me.

I whipped around only to see a shadow disappear into the darkness.

"Isabella" that voice again, it was coming from the darkness that seemed to linger in the forest.

It seemed to be alive, pulsing very softly but pulsing nonetheless.

I walked towards it.

One step at a time.

I was a meter away from the darkness when I heard it again.

"Isabella, it's almost time child. Soon very soon" I heard it say.

"Time for what," I asked

"Your true nature to be revealed,"

"True nature? I don't understand"

"Only a matter of time childe, " It said softly

A flash of purple and the voice and darkness was gone.

"Wait" I shouted

I ran deeper into the forest

Whipping my head left to right

Hoping to get a glimpse of where it had gone.

Shouting for it to wait and to explain.

I keep running but I wasn't going anywhere.

"Isabella," I heard a worried voice say.

I stopped

looked around

listened hoping it was the darkness again

"Isabella,"

That voice sounded far away and also more feminine than the darkness.

IMV

I was jolted from my nightmare, the first thing I saw was Rosalie and Jane one on each side of me, they looked worried.

"What happened?" I asked.

"You were thrashing and screaming," Answered Rosalie

She scooped me into her arms.

"It was just a nightmare," I assured

I looked around the room trying to remember what it had been about, all I could come up with was a vague notion of me running. 'Was I being chased, or was I doing the chasing?'

"I can't remember anything just running," I said

"It's alright, you should come downstairs Esme made you breakfast," said Jane then walked out.

I only noticed that I was in an unfamiliar room when she left. The door was crimson, the inside of the room had each wall painted in a different shade of blue, the wall with the door started out dark blue at the top and faded into a blue-ish white at the bottom. The bed I had lying on had cotton sheets in black and the comforter was a dark blue that was almost black. I assumed it was Rose's room. I kissed Rosalie on the cheek and grabbed my toiletry bag and started to get ready. I dressed in black baggy sweats and a ribbed tank top, no shoes.

I padded quietly to the kitchen where I ran into Alice and Jaz at the stairs and got a suffocating hug from Alice and a fist bump from Jasper. I followed the amazing smell to the kitchen where Rosalie was helping Esme plate up my food. As always the food was amazing.

"Esme, darling you are an amazing cook. If it wasn't for me doing martial arts, I would have gained so much weight in the time that I have been here." I said

"Thank you, dear, I enjoy having someone to cook for and since you're the only human here I will continue to feed you and maybe send a few plates to Charlie," She said with a bright smile.

I picked up my plates and washed them before she could protest. when I was done I gave Esme a kiss on the cheek. I took Rosalie by the hand and pulled her upstairs. I knew that I technically couldn't pull her she was humouring me, I closed the door and laid her on the bed.

I crawled on top of the slowly, kissing her stomach and then chest. I kissed her on her neck and she whimpered in response. I sucked on the skin behind the ear and she started purring for me. I bit her gently on her neck and she bared her throat in response, her submissive side coming to the surface. I could feel it deep inside me, the approval of her submission to me. I bit harder but not hard enough to cause pain to my very human teeth. I soothed it with a kiss. When I pulled away she refused to look me in the eye, I used one hand to support me and the other to pull her into a soul-shattering kiss. Her lips cool against mine. I sucked on her bottom lip pulling at it with my teeth, nibbling just enough. She granted me entrance before I could ask. She wound her hands into my hair as our tongues duelled for dominance. She conceded and I explored her mouth with my tongue. Each sensation causes the heat in the pit of my stomach to grow. I lay my body flush on top of her so I could use my hands to explore her skin. I rolled us so she was on top and sat up so that she was positioned on my lap allowing me full use of my hands. I placed them on her luscious behind and this earned a moan that came from the back of her throat. She ground her hips into mine...