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Time Will Tell- Chapter 8

BPOV

Returning to school on the Monday was a dismal and daunting experience. Georgia and I had spent so much time over at the Cullen's we had created our own parallel world in which we had no cares. I huffed slightly into the black leather of Rosalie's car as she swung into the parking lot, causing all heads to turn and gape at the speed in which Rose swung into the parking space. The speed didn't both me so much anymore, but being wedged in between Alice and Edward was slightly awkward, but it was more that I missed the contact with Carlisle, ridiculous since I had only seen him the night before. After grabbing my bag I slipped out of the car after Alice, grumbling slightly as I watch Georgia slide from the front seat of Jaspers car, he had picked her up earlier and they had gone to breakfast together before school. She was smiling broadly as he met her and took her hand. I chuckled and shook my head, I threw my bag over my shoulder and joined the mass of Cullen's as we entered the school.

"Hey! Hey Bella! Georgia!" A voice caused us all to stop, turning we witnessed Mike running through the crowds towards us, Rosalie immediately curled her lip and a short snarl exited her lips, she shut up as Emmett placed a hand on her shoulder. I shifted my eyes to Georgia as she looked at me, sighing I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at him with a raised eyebrow as he came panting towards us, he halted a few feet away, his eyes warily watching the Cullen's behind us.

"What do you want, Mike?" I asked impatiently, boy I had really got an attitude since arriving here… I blamed Rose. Shaking my head I sighed again and gestured my hand for him to give me an answer. Georgia simply watched him from beside me, her own stance one of hostility.

"I just wanted to apologise, I mean I was an arse the other night, I got a bit drunk and I wasn't thinking straight. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what I said, I didn't mean it." His eyes were pleading with me and I couldn't stand to look at his face much longer.

"Whatever, I accept your apology but I don't know if I'll be able to trust you for a long time." I replied, not making eye contact. Out of the corner of my eye I saw him beaming, he took a step forward as if he wanted to hug me but stopped suddenly, his eyes wide as he looked past my shoulder. I guessed someone had warned him against the action.

"By the way, I thought I should warn you… People know and are kind of gossiping… Good luck." With that he turned and ran, anger filled me quickly and I could feel my cheeks flushing with a mixture of anger and embarrassment.

"What a fucker…" I whispered under my breath, I turned to face the group and was confused. "What?"

Before they could answer they simultaneously burst into laughter, including Georgia who tried to hide her laughter behind her hand, but was failing epically at it. I huffed annoyed again. "What's so funny?" I demanded, getting thoroughly pissed off at their response.

"You're so adorable when you swear!" Emmett responded in between his raucous laughter. I shook my head at them and had to stifle my own giggle. I guess it was strange that I had sworn, I rarely ever did.

"You guys are just a bad influence on me." I crossed my arms indignantly and Emmett flashed a look of pure innocence.

"What do you mean? I'm an angel." He declared and gave us his best prayer face, which just caused us to laugh harder. The first warning bell rang at that moment, splitting the group up, Edward and Georgia strolled off to their class together, but not before Jasper placed a chaste kiss on her lips, causing a violent sense of jealousy to erupt in my stomach. After she had turned the corner Jasper turned to me and winked.

"No need to be jealous, darlin'. He's picking you up tonight, you'll see him then." With that he smiled and walked off in the opposite direction after Emmett and Rosalie. I sighed but a strange sense of butterflies filled my stomach as I wandered off to my first class, Alice skipping beside me all the way.

GPOV

Lessons dragged, and lunch couldn't come soon enough. I sat in a plastic chair in the school hall, watching this boy sabotage Hamlet's monologue and had to prevent myself from physically blocking my ears from the pain that was being inflicted by the horrendous British accent he was adopting. I played with edge of my script and chewed on my lip, bored with the lesson already. It was something we had already done back in Phoenix and I knew these monologues like the back of my hand. Allowing my head to drop back I stared at the ceiling until the bell for lunch rang. I was out of my chair like a shot, bag over shoulder and on my way to the canteen when a strong hand caught my arm. I laughed, thinking it was Jasper and turned to face him.

"Mike? What're you doing? Let go of my arm." I was shocked, horrified even as I shoved his hand off my arm. He simply rolled his eyes and looked down at me with a sense of disdain about his being.

"Look, we both know that things won't work out between your sister and the Doc, so you should probably get her away from him and to someone better suited for her, don't you think?" He smirked cockily, making me fight the urge to smack the smile off his face.

"I think that you're an idiot if you think that talking to me will get you anywhere. You're also delusional if you think that I won't tell her about this. Now don't ever talk to me again, and definitely don't touch me again. Got it? As for her and Carlisle, I don't believe that's any of your concern. You're pathetic." I went to turn only to feel his hand return to my arm and clamp down like a vice. It hurt. I yelped in pain only to feel the pressure removed rather quickly. I turned to find Jaspers hand wrapped around Mikes, seemingly crushing it with the pressure presented, only Mike's face didn't show any form of pain.

"I suggest you listen to the lady, if I ever see you talking or touching her again I will end you, Michael." Mike simply grimaced at Jasper before pulling away and walking off down the hall. Turning to Jasper I was filled with a sense of relief. "Are you ok?" He asked, not looking at me but following Mike's retreating back.

"I'm fine…Let's get to the table ok, Jazz?" I placed my hand on his shoulder and he melted into my touch. He turned to me and lifted my sleeve to reveal a darkening bruise where Mike had grabbed me. "Ouch, I hadn't noticed that…" His eyes narrowed further and his head whipped towards where Mike had left. "Jazz, leave it. I bruise easy, come on let's just go." I grabbed his hand and he allowed me to pull him towards the Canteen where everyone was already sat at the table laughing. Edwards head shot up when we entered and immediately I saw his mouth moving very quickly, Bella looked over confused. Jazz took my hand, stopping me from entering any further, he pulled me to the side and the other stood and followed us as we left through the canteen door into the benches area outside. Once gathered there Jazz sat down and pulled me to stand beside him.

"We have a problem." He stated.

JPOV

What he did to her wasn't in the capable realms of humans, even if she did bruise easily. The way he held her wasn't enough pressure shown from a human action to have left a mark, and it was that moment I knew that Mike wasn't human.

"What's going on?" Bella looked confused as she noticed my protective arm around Georgia's waist. I flicked my eyes to her before pulling up Georgia's sleeve, much to her protest to show the mark. "Holy Crow! What happened?" Bella stepped forward to survey the mark closer but my eyes were on my siblings.

"Mike did this." I responded and immediately I felt everyone's anger rising. A chorus of protest erupted at that moment.

"What?" "How?" "When?" "Why?"

"It's nothing, I'm fine." Georgia blushed with embarrassment, pulling her sleeve back down. I hissed as I watched the handprint being hidden. No one left mark on my Georgia. Mine.

"He confronted her about you and Carlisle, Bella. She stood up to him and he grabbed her. Gently, but there was pressure there. It hurt her, if any human had grabbed her with that force it would have been fine, but that wasn't human. He's something else." I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to calm myself before I ran after the bastard and ripped him apart.

"A werewolf maybe?" Rosalie inquired, her eyes narrowing at Georgia's arm where the mark was, she was more pissed than anyone, more at my level. She hated violence against women, understandably.

"No, we would have smelt him a mile away." Edward responded, rubbing his chin as he thought. Alice closed her eyes and rubbed her temples, she was looking for something to help. Emmett was grinding his teeth and clenching his fists, I could tell he was annoyed at someone hurting his little sister.

"A vampire then." Bella piped up, breaking the deafening silence. We all turned to her with silent disbelief. "What? You all have special powers right? Maybe he has some kind of camouflage or something, I don't know!" She chewed her lip nervously.

"She has a point actually… Remember when we met that nomad." Edward turned to Rosalie. "The one that could mask and change his scent to prevent from being followed?" Rose nodded, thinking hard.

"But how would he have got past us for so long?" She tapped her chin with her nail, we all thought hard.

"Well think about it, all he had to do was similar to what you've done… Get someone to adopt him? Fake papers and all that? It would be quite easy." Georgia whispered, knowing we'd all hear. She was working it out with a strategical brain.

"But why though? Why here?" Emmett asked, his eyes widening at the prospect.

"The Volturi." Alice groaned, fear and annoyance filling her emotions and voice.

"What's that?" Bella asked, confused, probably having forgotten the severity of their names. My siblings and I all shared a look, this wasn't good. I stood up and picked up my bag, grabbing my car keys. Rose did the same and we nodded.

"I'll call Carlisle on the way. Come on Bella, we're leaving." Edward grabbed Bella's bag and his own whilst Alice pulled Bella in the direction of the parking lot, she didn't argue which I was grateful for. I took Georgia's hand and pulled her with me to my car, opening her door and helping her inside before launching into the driver's seat. I could feel her confusion and fear radiating at me as I spun out of the parking lot and headed towards the house. I kept my foot down and my eyes trained on the road but released one hand to place on her knee and I rubbed my thumb to try and comfort her, almost immediately I felt her fingers wrap around my hand and clutch onto it tightly. I hated myself for this, this was a dangerous situation if it was really the Volturi being involved.

I pulled into the sharp turn in and floored it until braking harshly and throwing it into park narrowly avoiding the porch. I was out of the car and pulling Georgia out of her seat as Rose pulled up beside me, followed swiftly by Carlisle's black Mercedes. I held Georgia in my arms as I witnessed Carlisle running towards Bella who threw herself into his arms happily. There was a tangible tension and we all watched each other carefully, no one wanting to break the silence for fear of causing something to set the girls off.

"First things first," Carlisle finally spoke. "We need to fill in the girls fully into the seriousness of this situation." He kissed Bella's hands before pulling her into the house, we all followed suit and gathered in the living room, sitting on our respective couches. Georgia kicked off her flats and pulled her legs to tuck up under her and leaned against me, I tried to relax into her but I found it hard. Bella sat beside Carlisle, her hand on his leg and watching his stern profile. The guys stood behind Rose and Alice as they sat tensely on the third couch.

CPOV

I couldn't believe it when I received the call. Of course I knew that the Volturi would have kept an eye on us after our last encounter, but never could I have ever imagined it would have been this close, nor under our noses. As I sat next to my mate, my eyes surveying those of my children, the fear, anger and hatred emanating from their features I could have killed myself for bringing them into this position.

"I think it's time we opened up about a dark time in our past." I sighed, knowing that this could potentially ruin everything. "I never wanted to bring this up, nor did I ever think it would come back in such a full force but I guess, it's time to explain as to why the Volturi, our royalty, has such a hatred towards us as a family." Bella looked up at me with those innocent, doe-like eyes and I could feel my unbeating heart breaking. "It was about one hundred years ago… I met a woman, a young woman named Esme. She was lovely in many ways, but she was desperate for a way out. Her husband beat her, and was the cause of the death of her child. She threw herself off a cliff and I just happened to be working at the hospital when they brought her in, almost fully dead. I felt pain for her situation, and I couldn't help myself. I turned her." I closed my eyes and rubbed my temples, feeling Bella remove her hands from my lap, but much to my surprise she simply placed a hand on my back and rubbed gently. "She was fine for a while… But after a few months she just... Something changed in her. She snapped. She went on this massive rampage, she killed most of the town that we were living in. She drew attention. That's when the Volturi intervened. She had to be destroyed and I, as her sire was condemned. I have been marked and they have been keeping an eye on us for a long time. Suspicion was heightened when Alice and Jasper joined us, you see... I've been forbidden from ever making another vampire." I groaned and placed my head in my hands.

"Wait… How can they know if you've made another vampire? Simply tell them that it was someone else and they joined you?" Bella asked, blissfully unaware, it caused a smile to return to my face. I sat up and looked at her in the eye.

"You humans can't sense it, but each vampire has a slight scent difference. It's their own scent, but you can also smell the venom in their system. That venom is my venom, the Volturi would be able to tell if I changed someone because my venom would run through their veins. It's the only way that they knew I didn't change Jasper and Alice." I sighed and looked at the others, they watched me, saddened at the fact that I had to relive my shame in front of my mate.

"But what about me?" Bella inquired. "Surely they can make an exception for your girlfriend?" She seemed heartbroken, scared at the idea that I would not be able to turn her. She gripped my arm and I covered her hand with my own.

"I'm sorry my love. This is why I never promised you that I would turn you. I can't make that promise." I turned to Alice and she nodded, closing her eyes. "I asked Alice not to tell either of you this, mainly for your own safety. But, she has seen both of you as vampires." I looked over at Georgia who seemed not to be upset by this news, Bella however seemed shocked by the revelation. "But it can't be me to change you my love." I kissed her forehead before resting my forehead against hers. She sighed, her lip wobbling slightly.

"What?" Edward shouted. We all turned to face him as he stared intently at Alice. She was tensed, obviously in the process of witnessing a vision.

"What is it Alice? What do you see?" Jasper asked, worried by the sudden change in atmosphere.

"It's Aro, Marcus and Caius… The guard… The wives… They're coming." She opened her eyes and looked at us all, confusion flashing in her eyes. "They're not coming with violent intentions… But I was looking for who would change Bella, and simply saw Aro smiling. I think we have our answer." I tensed, anger coursing through me.

"No. I will not let him." I snarled. I would never let him touch my mate.

"You don't have much of a choice, Carlisle." Emmett tried to reason with me, resulting in a snarl erupting from my lips. Never had I become annoyed with any of my children but they were pushing me. Bella's hand rested on my shoulder and I could feel her shaking slightly. God damn it, I had scared her.

"I'm sorry. I just can't let him turn you, my love." She closed her eyes and sighed.

"If that's what happens, we'll have to face that when it comes to us. But I won't have you hurting yourself or risking getting yourself hurt for that matter just over who changes me. I love you Carlisle, and I want to be with you forever, but if that risks your life by you turning me then I am not willing to risk it." She was aggressively putting me in my place, and I have to say that my respect and love for this woman beside me grew substantially that day. I pulled her into my arms and hugged her hard, knowing that I could never let her go.

"When are they meant to be here?" I heard Georgia ask gently, you could hear a slight excitement in her voice, which confused me. I looked up at her as she waited for the answer.

"By the end of the month, I see us waiting in the field where we play baseball… There's snow on the ground. I think probably the winter break." Alice closes her eyes again and nods. "Yeah, winter break, just after Christmas." We all nodded, a silent tension once again falling upon the collective surrounding me. The only movements detected were my thumb rubbing against Bella's hand, and Georgia watching everyone visibly from her seat beside Jasper.

BPOV

Soon it became too unbearable. I couldn't stand the silence anymore. I removed my hand from Carlisle's shoulder and rose up without saying a word, knowing that they would all be watching me. I straightened out my shirt and trousers before reaching out my hand to Carlisle.

"Walk with me?" I whispered. He met my eyes with those beautiful caramel orbs and nodded, taking my hand as he rose from his seat. We passed through the front room, into the kitchen and out of the back door to the back yard. "Is there anywhere we can go that's quiet?" I asked, staring out across the vast expanse of land, over the river down towards where the treeline began. He simply chuckled, causing me to look up at him questioningly.

"I have one place." He nodded, without much notice he pulled me up onto his back and I immediately locked my arms around his neck. He chuckled again, and I couldn't help but think how much I liked this reckless side of such a well-mannered man. He looked at me over his shoulder. "You might want to close your eyes, this could be quite daunting the first time." I nodded and nuzzled my face into his shoulder blade. There wasn't much sign that he moved from the position except for the slight movement of his legs and the wind rustling my hair. It was only a moment later that I felt him halt and heard him clear his throat. Peeking through my eyelashes I looked in front of us to see a small cottage amongst the foliage. Like something form a fairy tale, I almost expected Snow White's deer to turn up around the roses that were planted around the door.

"What is this place?" I asked as I slid off of his back, clinging to him tightly still to prevent myself from falling flat on my ass. I was in complete awe at the beauty and simplicity of the place.

"This is something I came across a very long time ago, when we first bought the house. I built it up from the rubble that I found it in and created my own home away from home. A little get away from the others. I love my children, don't get me wrong, but I need my space sometimes." He smiled down at me and pulled me towards the door, he reached into his pocket and withdrew a large iron key and unlocked the big wooden door.

The floor was a crazy quilt of smooth, flat stones. The low ceiling had long exposed beams that someone as tall as Emmett would surely knock his head on. The walls were warm wood in some places, stone mosaics in others. The beehive fireplace in the corner held the remains of a slow flickering fire. It was driftwood burning there - the low flames were blue and green from the salt.

It was furnished in eclectic pieces, not one of them matching another, but harmonious just the same. One chair seemed vaguely medieval, while a low ottoman by the fire was more contemporary and the stocked bookshelf against the far window reminded me of movies set in Italy. Somehow each piece fit together with the others like a big three-dimensional puzzle. There were a few paintings on the walls that I recognized – some copies of Carlisle's favourites from the big house. Priceless originals, no doubt, but they seemed to belong here, too, like all the rest.

It was a place where anyone could believe magic existed. I turned and looked at Carlisle who was resting his body against the door frame, watching me carefully as if he were scared that it might be too much for me to take in.

"Wow, this is beautiful." Is all I could get out, his smile widened and he nodded. He pushed himself off of the door frame and kicked it closed, walking towards me he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my cheek.

"So what did you want to talk about?" He whispered in my ear, his lips trailing down from my ear to my neck, causing me to shiver at the coolness of his lips and the heat that said lips caused.

"This whole thing with Volturi. Carlisle, Georgia and I talked before about the choices we had. She's already asked Jazz to turn her, and I wanted you to turn me." I sighed, he simply nuzzled closer into my neck. "Now that seems that it won't be happening. But there is something you can do." I bit my lip, nerves suddenly racking my body at the prospect of what I was going to do next.

"And what is that, my love?" He asked, his lips still trailing up and down my neck, leaving chaste kisses. Drawing courage from this I turned in his arms and captured his lips in mine. He seemed slightly shocked at first but soon his lips moulded against mine. My breathing was shallow as I leant up to wrap my arms around his neck, my fingers lacing into the base of his hair, he responded by tightening his grip on my waist and pulling me flush against him. I moaned against his lips and gently parted my lips to breathe him in, seemingly like he knew what I wanted his own lips parted and his tongue slid against my lower lip. Tentatively I met his with my own and the taste of him was exquisite. Better than his smell. After a few moments of gentle strokes and teases our kissing became more frantic, the tongues battling for dominance which I soon gave into, letting him have his way as he attacked my lips.

My hand slipped from his hair and down his chest, resting slightly on his lower abdomen, unsure of how to proceed. With a short intake of breath I persisted and lowered my hand to rest against his groin. He froze. I pulled away from his lips and looked up at him, my eyes questioning him.

"Bella… You might not want to do that…" He breathed out, his eyes tightly closed, his entire body tense as if stopping himself from making any wrong moves. "If you carry on I don't know if I'll be able to stop myself…" He hissed between his clenched teeth. In response I simply stepped closer to him, my hand firmly in place, I leant up on my toes and kissed his neck.

"Don't stop yourself then." I whispered into his ear. A guttural groan erupted from his lips and I was suddenly off the ground and the walls were a blur. Before I knew it I was staring up at a cloud of gossamer before Carlisle's darkened eyes captured mine in a searing look. His lips attacked mine, heat rising in my body as his hands worked their way up my shirt, cupping my breasts and kneading them gently. I arched into his touch, a moan rising from my chest as my hands ran up his arms and around his neck. It all happened rather quickly, his lips detached from mine and worked their way down my neck, his breathe tickling against my collar bone. His hand tugged at my shirt, pulling it over my head and threw it on the floor beside us, I brought my hands down and tugged impatiently at his own shirt, finding it highly unfair at the amount of clothes that he had on. He chuckled as he realised what I wanted, with a swift movement his shirt was laying on the floor next to my own, baring his perfectly smooth chest to me. I ran my hand down it, feeling the firmness of his body, the perfection of it. His lips found out the tops of my chest whilst his hands slid underneath me to unclasp my bra which very quickly found itself with our shirts. Immediately, instinctively my arms came up to cover my chest, with a shake of his head he gently removed my arms and breathed a sigh.

"I want to see you… let me see you my love." He demanded in a tense whisper, and the sound of his voice sent a shiver through me, my nipples hardening at the deepness of his voice. He stared at me, causing a blush to spread across my cheeks and down my neck, he simply smiled at me. "You're beautiful." He whispered, kneeling up he reached down, looping his fingers into the tops of my pants. He raised a brow questioningly and I nodded my consent, barley a second later my pants had joined the ever growing pile of clothes beside the bed. This left me in my plain white panties, almost completely naked beneath him, he watched me carefully as he rose up off the bed and slid his own pants off, leaving him in a pair of black briefs. My breath jutted in my throat, leaving my palms sweaty and the blush intensified, I could feel the wetness in between my legs growing as I watched him. He smirked down at me, that cocky smirk that I wished I could kiss off of his face.

He climbed on top of me again and captured my lips in another passionate kiss, his tongue working against mine as his fingers reached between us and pressed against my sex through my panties. I gasped into his mouth and shifted my weight, pressing against his fingers. He took this as confirmation and continued in his actions, slipping his fingers underneath my panties and running one finger along the folds of my sex, before slipping one, long finger inside of me. I moaned at the feeling of him as he curled his finger inside of me, hitting a spot that caused a strange sensation to erupt about my being, I moaned again and my hips bucked up against his hand. He moved his finger inside of me, working me up, soon he added another fingers and his thrusts became slightly faster, causing a rippling sense of pleasure throughout me.

"Fuck Bella, you're so tight." He groaned before leaning down and capturing a hardened nipple into his lips, sucking and flicking it with his tongue. By this point I wasn't trying to stop the moans and pleads leaving my mouth, most of what I was begging for I didn't even know why I was begging. I kept demanding things, faster, harder, slower, more, more, more. His fingers maintained the steady pace and I could feel something inside of my tensing, like a coil in my lower stomach. My breathing was getting faster and I grasped the bed sheets as he quickened his pace inside me. His teeth gently wrapped around my nipple and he tugged as his fingers thrust against that one point again and something inside me burst. I saw white as I arched off the bed, writhing and moaning uncontrollably as his fingers rode out my orgasm. A minute or so later I lay back, panting, a light sheen of sweat had formed over my body. He smirked down at me, pulling his fingers from my panties he inspected them, a wetness covered them and I couldn't help blushing as I realised that he had done that to me. With another cocky smirk of his he brought his fingers to his lips and his tongue reached out to taste. He moaned slightly.

"You taste delightful, Bella." He looked down at me, his eyes nearly completely black with desire. "Now, my love, I think you're ready." He leant down and kissed me gently whilst his hands pulled my panties down below my knees, I closed my eyes and kissed him back as I felt him removing his own underwear. A moment later I felt something rubbing against my sex and my eyes opened slightly, he was watching me carefully. I pulled back from his lips and studied his face carefully.

"I love you." I whispered, shaking slightly as I wrapped my hands around his neck, clasping them into his hair and pulled him into another intense kiss. A few seconds later I felt a pressure against my sex, and with a gentle push I felt him sliding inside of me, it didn't hurt, it felt slightly uncomfortable but nothing painful, he stopped for a moment before pushing fully inside of me. I gasped into his lips. It wasn't pain, just a great discomfort at being so filled by him, I could feel a slightly throbbing inside of me as I adjusted to him but I could tell that he was waiting for me to get used to him. It didn't take long before I nodded to him and I felt him moving inside of me, a raw pleasure started building inside of me again as I felt him brushing against the spot that he used against me only minutes before. His pace was steady but it didn't take long before he became faster and harder in his actions.

His hand slid down my thigh, hooking under my knee to bring my leg up and around his waist, I hooked the other around him and locked my ankles together, he started moving again and I inhaled sharply at the pleasure that rocked through me due to the new angle. I could hear him panting into my ear, a stream of sentences almost too fast for me to hear, I caught some of them, "Oh fuck", "so tight", "so good". I couldn't help but smirk that this man was making love with me, and I was the reason for such obscenities from the good doctor. I moaned into his ear as he hit against that spot once more, causing the tightness in my stomach to rack free, my walls clenched around him, shaking my entire body as another orgasm hit me. I couldn't stop myself screaming out his name as I saw stars. A muffled snarl came from his lips as he grunted my name, after a few more thrusts I felt something warm filling me and I felt his arms weaken beside me. Both of us fell back to earth, wrapped in each other, breathing hard and fast as we came down from the high that we had caused each other.

We stayed that while for a long time, legs entangled, bodies clasped together, occasionally peppering each other with kisses, or whispering sweet nothings. I couldn't have felt better. I had given myself to the man I loved, I had given him something that I only I could and I loved him more than ever for the fact that he too, had shared a part of himself with me.

CPOV

I watched my love, wrapped in the silk sheets of the bed, the moonlight casting a shadow across her pale lids as she slept. I sat on the stool near the bed, watching her carefully, a smile on my face that probably wouldn't leave for a while. This beautiful creature, my mate had just shared her body with me in the most intimate way possible, she had given me something more that I could have ever asked for and it was perfect. I leaned down and picked up my pants, sliding into them I stood and pulled my cell phone from my pocket. I looked up the number and dialled.

"Hey Casanova, how's it going?" I could hear the smirk in Emmett's voice and I simply sighed.

"I need to talk to Jasper if you don't mind." I replied, allowing some of the humour I felt to come through. I heard a large laugh from the other end before a gentler voice came on.

"Hey Carlisle, its Georgia. Jazz went out for a hunt, is everything ok?" She asked, tentative voice treading a careful line. If I were human I would have blushed. She knew what had happened, no doubt, especially being stuck there with Emmett.

"All is perfectly well, my dear. I was just calling to say that Bella and I would be back very soon." I coughed awkwardly and I heard a laugh from the other end.

"Take your time, there's no rush." Again, I could almost hear the smirk in her voice. I groaned.

"Shouldn't you be asleep?" I asked checking my watch to see that it was 1am.

"I slept for a while but then woke up missing Jazz, I'll wait 'til he gets back." She sighed and I nodded, understanding what she meant. "Right, we'll see you two soon ok? Bye Carlisle."

"Bye Georgia." I replied before hanging the phone up. I placed it back in my pocket and grabbed my shirt, pulling it over my head. I walked over to edge of the bed and knelt down, watching my mates face as she slept. After a few more moments I leant my hand out and brushed a few loose strands of hair back behind her ear before rubbing my hand along her arm. "Bella, my love, it's time to wake up. We have to get back."

A small frown entered her features as she started waking up, she groaned and buried her face into the pillow.

"Five more minutes." I heard the muffled whisper and couldn't help but laugh at that. I shook my head and stood up.

"Come on, darling. You can sleep back at the house." She sighed and sat up, rubbing her eyes groggily. She looked up at me with her eyes still full of sleep, she nodded and slowly swung her legs over the edge of the bed. I smiled at her and left the room, giving her some privacy to get dressed in. A few minutes later she came out of the room dressed, her hair pulled into a messy bun and smelling strongly of my cologne. She must have found it on my desk in the room. I smiled at her and offered her my hand, she took it willingly and I pulled her onto my back. I ran back to the house and stopped just short of the back door to let her down to walk the rest of the way herself.

She locked her arm around mine and rested her head against me as we walked, I looked down to see her smiling contentedly as we entered the house. I heard a whisper of "they're back" and blur as Alice ran into the room, hugging Bella tightly. Bella laughed uncomfortably as she hugged Alice back, I simply rolled my eyes and winked at Bella before walking past Rosalie and Georgia as they entered the kitchen to talk to Bella.

"So how was it?" I heard Georgia whisper, obviously forgetting that I could hear her. I decided to block the following conversation as to not intrude in their business. I entered the front room to find Emmett, Edward and Jasper – who had obviously returned recently judging by the bright golden glow of his eyes. They all smirked at me, a knowing smirk and I raised a brow at them, daring them.

"You sly old dog, Carlisle." Edward chuckled, shaking his head. I simply shrugged.

"When you've got it, you've got it." I replied nonchalantly as I heard a resounding squeal of excitement from the girls. We were both in for a long night, I could tell.

Alright my lovelies, I hope this satisfies you. I have to say I feel so happy to be getting back into writing, and I wanted to give you a nice long chapter to show how sorry I was, and even through in a little lemon for you. Remember reviews are kindly accepted and I love you all so much.

-VolturiPrincess16 xxxx