Bella could hear the laughter ring around the house, most was coming from the hallway just beyond the door. If she could still blush, she would be. Rosalie looked thoroughly amused. "How do you feel," Carlisle asked, and for the first time she realized he was in the room.

"Erm… I don't really know. I can see everything really well and smell everything. I can also hear the river clearly." She mumbled, her eyes back on her mates. She got out of bed and stood, bouncing on the balls of her feet.

"Can we come and say hello." Alice's impatient voice drifted to the room. Bella was still surprised at the improvement of her senses. She could tell Alice hadn't raised her voice in the slightest, but she could hear it clearly.

"Bella, it's up to you," Carlisle said.

"If I remember, I'm supposed to be all bloodthirsty and crazy." She said as the rest walked in.

"It would appear you are an exception," Carlisle muttered. He hadn't really had time to think about the fact that Bella could hold a conversation at this stage.

"Looking good.." Kate winked at the vampire.

Bella stared at Kate and just couldn't help herself. If there ever was a time for a little payback, this was it. "Who are you?" Rosalie burst out laughing. Bella's head snapped to the sound, she could have sworn, she'd never heard anything better. She was sure someone else said something, but her focus was on her mate entirely.

"Isabella," Rosalie called, getting her attention.

"Erm… yeah?"

"Jasper asked you a question." Emmett was biting his cheek to stop himself from laughing.

"Right, sorry, what was the question?" She tried to focus on him.

"Are you not thirsty?" He asked, awed at her composed state. She was easily distracted, but that was to be expected.

"Sure, I could do with a glass of water, my tongue keeps sticking to the roof of my mouth." She teased.

"Incredible, simply incredible," Jasper whispered below what would have been impossible to hear a few days ago.

"I actually heard that loud and clear." She was beaming still bouncing on the balls of her feet. She tried to focus on the sounds beyond the room when she heard a heart beating. "DAD." She shouted, suddenly moving towards the door.

"Hey, Bells," Charlie shouted back.

"Bella, If you want to see Charlie, I suggest you feed first, even if you don't seem to be the least bit thirsty." Rosalie's eyes raked over her body slowly, and suddenly they could all smell the brunette's arousal even if she wasn't paying attention to it.

"Okay, we will leave you to your mates. We will talk later." Esme said, ushering everyone out of the room.

"Come, I will help you get dressed," Rosalie said. Bella looked down at herself and realized she was in a camisole and her Winnie the Pooh pajama bottoms. Rosalie came back with a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. She quickly got Bella out of her old clothes and into the new set. She didn't want to linger around, especially when the brunette was naked. Bella's intoxicating smell was proving too difficult to ignore.

Bella sat on the edge of the bed as Rosalie put another pair of Chuck Taylor on her feet. Apparently, her old ones had been lost, and Alice feeling the need to keep busy had gone to Port Angeles and purchased another pair. Bella's eyes followed Rosalie's every move, Emmett found it quite funny how Bella was unable to keep her eyes off Rosalie. He remembered a time when he'd been where she was. She finally looked up at Emmett. "You caught me." He looked a little horrified.

"Don't worry, I don't remember anything past my head hitting the rock. I heard everything while I was changing." She said.

"So, you remember everything that happened?" Rosalie asked.

"Yeah, Paul felt the need to blame someone for how his life had panned out, and I was it," Bella scoffed.

"According to Sam, he has ordered him not to phase. A crazy human is easier to handle than a wolf." Emmett answered, the anger still clear in his voice.

"It all worked out in the end, and I don't want to talk about him anymore." She muttered.

"Good, let's go hunting," Emmett said with a beaming smile, and now it was his turn to receive her full undivided attention.

"You will get used to it soon enough," Rosalie said softly. Bella doubted it very much. "Come on." They walked to the open window. Emmett jumped out first. "Bend your knees slightly when you land." The blonde advised.

"Okay." She smiled and leaped out the window. She landed before she had time to comprehend the act at all. "It felt as though I just jumped down a couple of steps." She muttered as Rosalie joined them.

"You will find everything is much easier now." She said, taking off in a ran, Bella quickly followed.

Rosalie laughed at the sight of Bella in a lion shredded shirt covered in blood. Her smile quickly falted when she recalled in a similar state of dress three days ago. The astute human, now vampire, did not miss the sudden change of mood even though it was no more than a split second. "I'm great, Rose, I really am." She pulled the blonde into a hug. Outside, with the earthy scents mingled with the blonde's, took Bella by surprise. Her arousal hit both her mates hard. Bella, in turn, smelled theirs, and her tongue snaked out, licking Rosalie's neck. Hands started to explore, Bella was not going to be able to control herself and didn't even try. Clothes were ripped off as the women crashed to the earth. The brunette's hands and lips were everywhere, there was no rational thought to anything she did. The feel of the blonde drove Bella crazy with lust, lust that overrode everything.

She was lost in a haze of love and lust and couldn't tell what was happening. At some point, she remembered being under Emmett as he drilled into her with hard, consistent strokes. Emmett on top was an entirely different experience, and she loved every minute of it.

Sometime later, three interwoven bodies laid in the woods staring up at the star dotted heavens. For the first time, she saw the sky with such clarity. I didn't hurt you, did I?" She questioned softly.

Emmett's laughed. "I love that you can ask that question, Bells, and no, you did not hurt us."

"You are not so breakable now, it's really rather great to be able to let go." Rosalie murmured as she stood. Bella stared at her naked body as she sauntered to the pond. In the moonlight, the blonde almost seemed to glow in Bella's eyes. Rose submerged her body under the water, surfacing a few seconds later. "This time, when I invite you in, you should have no reservation." She teased recalling Bella's blushing and shy state as she spied Rosalie's naked form for the first time.

Emmett moved to join the blonde, only to find himself tackled into the pond, spraying water everywhere. "It's a damn good thing I'm already wet," Rosalie grumbled. Emmett and Bella looked at each other. "Too easy." Both murmured then cracked up laughing.

When they got back to the house, Charlie was tackling breakfast on the couch, his mates either side of him. "Bells." He looked on the verge of tears. He stood abandoning what was left of his breakfast. I really want to hug you, but I'm told it's not a good idea," Charlie quipped.

She laughed. "You smell nice, but I have no desire to drink you dry." She shuddered. "The thought gives me the hibbie jibbies." She added.

"The hibbie jibbies," Emmett muttered with a chuckle. "You are the weirdest vampire I have ever come across."

"He's my dad, I believe I am perfectly sane in not wanting to drain him dry." She countered.

"Except, you are not supposed to be that sane, at least not enough to see him solely as your dad and not food," Tanya said as she stared at Bella in awe.

"Congrats, by the way." She smirked at his fast-growing red face. "At least we know where I get it from." Emmett snorted.

"It appears Bella is okay with Charlie in the room." Carlisle started. "Charlie, what are you telling people about, Bella?"

"If I intended to do any such thing, it's too late now. How do I explain waiting four days to report her murder? I cannot in good conscience have the coast guard out there searching a body they are never going to find. I think it's in everybody's best interest if this stayed with us. I doubt the Quileutes are going to tell anybody what happened." He sighed. "Having said all that, it's up to you, Bella."

"No, I agree with you. Everyone still thinks I'm traveling, so let's keep it that way." She said with a shrug. "What about you?" He was now mated, and his mates lived in Denali and were vampires.

"I have already packed a few things, I am going to Denali. Right now, I have taken a leave of absence due to you getting injured while on holiday. In time, I will hand in my resignation and become a vampire. I can't believe as a vampire, you will be older than me." Bella just leveled a beaming smile at him.

"You are mated to two thousand plus-year-old vampires, who are also succubi. Good luck, old man, you will need it." She quipped much to everyone's amusement and Charlie's embarrassment.

"Hey Charlie, if you need any tips, I'm here for you." Emmett piped out. Bella didn't think her father could get any redder, but there it was.

"Can we get back to the subject at hand," Carlisle interjected much to Charlie's relief because his mates sure as hell weren't helping.

"Tanya, you guys can take the Tahoe, it's the only vehicle available. The rest of us will run back to Denali. Bella, stick with your mates and don't wander off, please." Carlisle looked around, waiting for any objections.

"No, hanky panky in the truck. I love that truck." Rosalie could not help herself.

"For fuck sake." Charlie groaned. "Now, I wish I had given you hell about dating Bella." He groused, standing up to leave.

"Can we please stop teasing Charlie," Esme warned.

"Oh, Esme." Bella moved to hug the Cullen matriarch. "No more chocolate cake. I had plans to eat my body weight in chocolate cake before I was turned. Now, I can't even do that anymore." She lamented, still hugging Esme.

"Look on the positive side, you are still here with us," Esme whispered. They had come so close to losing Bella. "Not only that, but Charlie had also found his mates, and you will have him forever."

"I know, saves me having to do the 'oops, I slipped and bit my father' routine I was planing," Bella said with a chuckle.

"You were not," Carlisle said, horrified.

"Of course, I was. I was not going to watch him grow old and die when there was something I could do about it." She shrugged, not seeing anything wrong with her plan.

"Bells, you can't take his choices away from him without giving him a say when you can," Rosalie added.

"What choices, get married, have children, get divorced, have his best friend help the mongrel that killed his daughter get away with murder. What choices, Rose." The blonde would admit she had her there, but still, Bella's intended plans didn't sit well with her. "I was not going to leave my father in Forks when the very people he called family betrayed him." She shouted.

"I couldn't have stayed in Forks as it is," Charlie said from the spot in the doorway. For some reason, none had heard him come back. "As for turning me… I really don't know how I feel about that. I can understand where you are coming from Bells, I do. It doesn't matter anymore." He whispered.

Despite his words, she could see he was not happy about her plan. She needed him to understand; she needed them all to understand. "Eleazar, tell him." Bella stared at her father as she asked.

"You are a shield." He answered, shocking the room, except for Edward.

"Edward?" Carlisle question having seen the lack of surprise on his son's face.

"I can barely hear him most days unless his thoughts are directed at me." Bella knew her father's opinions of Edward. His thoughts would be far from pleasant.

"What has that got to do with changing him?" Carlisle asked.

"The minute he walked into the room while I was changing, I felt it. It as though…"

"Your shields are linked. You are both one half of a shield. If Bella's is mental, I will surmise Charlie's is physical." Eleazar found the words that seemed to escape Bella.

"That's exactly it. So yeah, I was going to change you whether you wanted it or not. We are linked beyond father and daughter, you can't expect me to sit by and watch you die." Kate vamped towards him, shocking him before anyone could protest. What happened caught everyone by surprise. Charlie's physical shield shot out and sent everyone flying except for Bella, who was standing in a bubble with her father looking smug as fuck.

"Well, If I was a bloodthirsty vampire, you'd be dead." She quipped. Both Tanya and Irina leveled deadly glares at Kate because her words rang true.

"Okay, Bells, I understand." He actually moved forward and hugged her, giving his mates anxiety. "Now, how do I get us out of this." He asked as Jasper, Carlisle, and Eleazar walked out, touching the bubble in awe.

"I have no idea," Bella muttered.

"Maybe you three can stop feeling up the bubble as if you don't have mates and provide some help." Tanya snapped. The three immediately dropped their hands, looking sheepish. Father and daughter looked at each other and smirked. "Good luck." Bella mouthed. Charlie chuckled, and the bubble seemed to pop all of a sudden.

"What did you do?" Irina asked, looking him over.

"I just laughed at a joke Bella made."

"He relaxed," Carlisle said. "Has that ever happened before?" He asked.

"No, never," Bella noted that he looked incredibly comfortable between his mates as they fawned over him. "Then again, I have never come close to being in danger for my shield to decide I needed protecting. Even when I shot Paul, he just stayed on his knees. Now I wish he would have done something." Charlie murmured.

"I think it's best to get on the way before anyone has any more bright ideas," Irina said, glaring at Kate.

"I thought it would be like Bella where nothing happened. Didn't know he was going to cocoon himself in an impenetrable bubble.

"Why did it kick Tanya and Irina away from me?" Charlie asked, not liking that at all.

"Your shield doesn't recognize them as your mates just yet. I believe after the change, it will see them as such."

Okay, I will see you guys later. Bells, behave." He said, walking out with his mates.

"That was interesting," Emmett muttered. "The two of you combined is the ultimate protective shield. I mean, you stand there while a horde could exhaust themselves trying to get to you." He added.

"That is true," Jasper added. "My God, even the Volturi with all their gifts, would be useless against you two. Now, if you two could learn to protect others, I wouldn't worry about the Volturi."

"I believe we can. I felt my shield attempt to go over Charlie when Kate touched him, but then Charlie shot out his own, so I have no idea if it worked or not."

"We need to practice," Carlisle said excitedly.

"But not here," Esme said firmly. "We need to close up the house, we are leaving, we've pushed our luck enough." Everyone scattered to do just that. "Emmett, you three get going. We can't have anyone seeing Bella here." Esme added.

Bella, all of a sudden, appeared restless and struggling to focus. Her clenched fist was the only indication that something was wrong. Jasper appeared suddenly, pulling Emmett aside. "Bella might not have any real bloodlust, but lust is definitely present in another way." Emmett immediately understood what Jasper meant. It didn't escape his notice that Bella's lust had peaked a mere two hours after they'd fucked harder than ever before. They'd have to stop on the way to Denali and sate Bella's lust.

"Rosalie, having heard the conversation, took Bella's hands. "Come, we can do something about it on the way to Denali. We know quite a few spots." Bella nodded, her teeth clenched hard. She was working very hard not to attack her mates. Ten minutes later, they were in a small clearing. "We will need our clothes, so give me a few seconds." Rosalie undressed Bella, they could not afford to rip their clothes as they were a long way from Denali. Bella leaped onto Emmett the second she noticed he was out of her clothes.

Two days later, the three finally showed up at Denali. A day later, the rest of the Cullen's abandoned the house and stayed with the Denali's. There was only so much lust they could handle. It would have been manageable, but with Jasper's gift, they could not stay in the house. Edward had been the first to run, followed by the other couples after they took advantage of the lust induced environment just for a few hours.

Bella was pushing herself, she wanted to know how far she could go without the need to jump her mates. It was made easier when she could not see or smell them, but that her sense of smell was so heightened, it made it near on impossible. Their combined scent was its own aphrodisiac, and Bella was not doing a good job fighting it. Despite how hard she tried, two hours of lucidity daily was all she had managed in a week. "How long is this going to last?" Her naked form was cocooned in between her mates.

"It lasts for however long it lasts," Emmett murmured.

"This can't go on anymore." It wasn't the first time they'd had this conversation. In her moments of lucidity, she would lament her constant need for her mates. They brushed away her concerns, but it didn't change the fact that Bella felt terrible about it.

"Bells, it is what it is. It ends when it ends." Rosalie moaned next to her.

"You are not helping," Bella grumbled.

"Did you just notice." The blonde quipped. "If you haven't, let me spell it out for you. We are thoroughly enjoying your predicament." She laughed much to Bella's irritation.

"How is my dad doing?" She murmured.

"He is not complaining," Emmett answered.

Charlie had woken up a vampire a few days ago. With their commitment ceremony to Bella not scheduled for another year, Tanya and Irina went ahead and changed Charlie, and well, they were also thoroughly enjoying their mate's lust. Bella had tried to visit in her window of lucidity only to find the house abandoned, the rest of the Cullens and Denalis had decided to use the house in Canada until father and daughter got over their lust induced phase.

"You should take a leaf out of Charlie's book, and just enjoy it." Rosalie shuffled closer to the brunette, her naked body rubbing against Bella, who squirmed but made no effort to move away.

"I guess so." She answered lazily, climbing on top of the blonde, who happily welcomed the move.