Three Is Never A Crowd
C1: The Beginning
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters
A/N: So... At the end of Revenge Is A Dish Served In Numbers I said I was working on a Bella/Victoria fic, but that never really went the way I wanted to and I was a bit at a loss on what to write for Twilight next. Then this crazy idea popped into my head of letting Bella have both Rosalie and Alice as mates. This will be very slice of life with little to no actual enemies, so to speak. What it will have is a badass Bella and will feature two firsts, which will be a non-controlling Edward and a futa Bella. Currently I have three chapters done and am working hard to write more. This story unlike my other two will not be on a steady upload schedule, but will come online when I finish a chapter. I hope you enjoy this little drabble and I will see you for the next.
Bella's POV
I hated Forks already, and I wasn't even here for five minutes. I was sitting in the passenger seat of Charlie's cruiser, which I am sure he only did out of courtesy. Both of my parents hated me with a passion because of my little problem, and I am sure that he had not done a thing to my bedroom since I had left, even though I was also sure that I would only be here for a few months, since I would turn eighteen in a couple of months and he was sure to kick me out.
We didn't say a word to each other, and that was exactly how I preferred it. I didn't want things to become strained already an hour into my being back in Washington.
I never really got why they hated me so much, and I never bothered to find out. I had always been a loner and the best thing they did is to leave me alone.
The last time I was in Forks had been terrible because of Jacob and his friends. He used to be pretty cool but as soon as hormones started affecting everyone, I could see the inevitable crush, and I was very quick to shoot that down, and it made him a bit of an asshole to me, but of course thanks to Charlie's bromance with Billy Black and the pretense that he liked me, I was still forced to spend time with Jacob.
The one thing I had to look forward to was school. I had always loved learning and people had learned or would quickly learn to keep the hell away from me. Thanks to Charlie and Renee's treatment I had become a bit of a jaded bitch over the years and I had no issue with violence because of it.
Of course the moment we arrived at the house Charlie was all helpful by getting my bag into the house in front of the neighbors, but the minute we were inside he gruffly told me where to find my room and promptly left again, stating he had to go back to work.
I didn't mind, it gave some time to get myself situated and check on the one thing I loved about this place. My car that I could finally drive and had fixed up myself. I was really proud of the way she had turned out and I looked forward to seeing if anything had to be done before I could drive her to school on Monday.
As I made my way into the garage and pulled off the cover to reveal my 1969 Ford Mustang, I smiled. She was still as beautiful as the day I finished her, and for once I was thankful that Charlie had done something for me and had already provided a can of petrol so I could at least get some gas for her.
Figuring there would be nothing better to do until Charlie would drag me to the diner, I decided to go fill up my car, having plenty of money to spend thanks to my grandmother, the only one who had ever given a damn about me.
I filled her up with enough gas to get me to the gas station at least and I couldn't help but smile as I started her again. Her engine was once again purring like it should and as I drove out of the garage and was on the road, my smile only grew wider.
She was my pride and joy and to be able to drive her for the foreseeable future would be incredible, hell if it came down to it, I would live in my car. She sure was spacious enough to do it, and I had slept inside of her plenty of times.
As I drove through the dreary town, my thoughts inadvertently strayed to to tomorrow, when I would once again answer a ton of inane personal questions by people who only lived for high-school gossip. I had never minded school at all, I had always been a quick learner and found a lot of subjects enjoyable, but one thing I had never actually cared for were the interactions with my classmates, even though it was inevitable.
After filling up my Mustang, I drove around for a while, wanting to get a feel for the town while I had the chance.
Rosalie's POV
We were happy, we both knew it, but we weren't complete, something we knew too, but to have Alice say that our mate may be closer than we thought was a bit much to comprehend. Don't get me wrong, I trusted my lover's visions one hundred percent but after waiting eighty years, I had become a bit cynical about ever finding our mate.
Alice took it all in stride like she always did and together we analyzed her vision of this brunette that was supposedly our mate. "So our first opportunity to talk to her is at lunch?" I asked softly.
Alice nodded as she cuddled into me. "You have History with her, and I have Art with her, and Edward will have Biology with her, but all those are after lunch unfortunately. So until that time we will just have to observe, but I think you will like her when you see her when she arrives."
I quirked an eyebrow as I pulled her into my lap, which had been her preferred place for the last eighty years. "What is that supposed to mean, you of all people should know that I have only liked one person the first time I saw her, and that was you."
"Trust my love, you will love this surprise. I know you usually hate them, but I promise you will love this one." She said before kissing me sweetly.
"You know I trust you above all others, Ali. I just hate surprises. Remember what happened to Emmett when he 'surprised' me the last time?" I said matter of factly.
She smiled and nuzzled my neck, as she always did. "That's because Emmett knows exactly what buttons to push. He does it deliberately. I remember that you loved my last surprise."
I rolled my eyes at that. "That was because that surprise was you with a ribbon around your boobs and a bow on your pussy. Of course I like those kind of surprises."
She grinned and kissed me softly. "Well, you have often been described by the 'horny little teenagers' you despise so much as sex on legs, if only they knew what we get up to when left alone."
I smirked at that. "If only they knew that the sweet little pixie is one of the biggest sexual deviants in school, although I am sure no one can beat Jessica on that."
"I'd rather not think about that, seeing some of the things she did makes me sick, if that was still possible. It makes me glad that our mate is a woman as well, since I know you opinion on men as well." She said softly.
I nodded and kissed her. "I would rather walk into a live volcano then to ever do anything with a man again, and I couldn't put you through the pain of killing myself, so yes, I am very glad our mate is a woman."
She smiled and cuddled into me a bit more, as we heard the tell tale footsteps of the rest of our family, which meant that we had to school our thoughts again, since we wanted to keep our discoveries a secret from Edward for the time being. He would have the chance to talk to her tomorrow anyway.
"Alright, what are you two plotting, you two only have that look when you've done something that might get you in trouble." Esme said in her typical motherly way. The only thing missing from the image was her hands on her hips.
Alice smiled at her. "We didn't do anything, we were merely discussing our next shopping trip."
Esme quirked an eyebrow as she studied us closely. "I'm sure you were, but it will have to wait until the weekend I'm afraid."
We nodded and smiled at her. "We were planning on going next weekend." Alice said softly.
Esme nodded and gave us a kiss on the top of our heads before she walked to her office. "You girls should go and hunt. It has been a while if I am not mistaken." Carlisle said with a kind smile.
"We were waiting for you guys to return, we figured it would be a bad idea to leave the house unattended given everything." I said matter of factly.
He smiled at that. "That was much appreciated, Rosalie. We haven't smelled or heard anything in the area, but it will do us good to keep on our toes anyway."
We all nodded at him. "We'll keep an extra eye out, and so far I haven't gotten any visions of him so for the time being we'll be safe." Alice said as she got off me, much to my dismay, but she kept one of her hands in mine so she could pull me up.
She then gave me a soft kiss as we ran out to go on our hunt. It had been a while since we had the chance to go by ourselves and we both knew it would lead to something more, it always did after all.
Bella's POV
The following morning came sooner than I would've liked and of course I had slept through my alarm, which led me to be nearly late without any form of breakfast.
I quickly showered and after getting dressed I made my way to my car, confident that I could still make it on time.
Thankfully Charlie was already at work so that would at least save me that confrontation this early in the morning.
The roads were thankfully not too packed and I arrived at the school with five minutes to spare, which would be plenty of time to get my schedule and get to class.
Thanks to me already being in advanced classes back in Phoenix, I was placed in the same classes here, which only left me in History, Arts and Biology as my normal classes, which were all after lunch, and thanks to my little problem, as my mother had dubbed it, I was also exempt from Gym.
Truth be told I didn't mind that, it would save me the embarrassment of having to explain the bulge in the shorts while I was changing in the girls locker room. I had never had a problem with having been born with a penis, but apparently my parents did and found it right to treat me like absolute shit because of it.
My first classes of the day went by without incident and since it was stuff I already knew, I had plenty of time to finish up my homework during my free period.
Lunch was a whole different tale since Mike and Eric that decided I was the best thing since sliced bread almost literally dragged me to their table. There I was introduced to Jessica and Lauren, who immediately struck me as the basic popular bitches, caring only about gossip and being toxic about people, Jessica more than Lauren though. Lauren struck me as more of a follower than anything else.
Suddenly a hush fell over the lunchroom, and turning to the doors I could see why. The six people that walked in were crazy pale, but almost stunningly beautiful. "Those are the Cullens, Dr. and Mrs. Cullens adopted children. They're all like together. The big one is Emmett and he is together with that blonde guy, Jasper, you know, the one that looks like he is in pain all the time." Jessica said softly.
I could see what she meant, but I didn't agree. Jasper looked like he was suppressing something and had trouble to do so. He did look cute next to the big guy who seemed to have a permanent smile plastered on his face.
"The only normal couple in that family are Edward and Anna, but they don't really think anyone is good enough for them." Jessica continued.
I noticed Edward too of course, but I didn't see what Jessica was talking about. They seemed to be mostly invested in each other and were very much in love.
"Finally we have Alice and Rosalie, and I really don't get why they are together. They're like complete opposites. Alice is all bubbly, and Rosalie is just a bitch."
I hadn't heard anything else beside their names, they were absolutely beautiful and I really hoped I had some classes with at least one of them. Alice was about 5 foot tall and had a cute pixie cut. She was crazy pale like the rest of her siblings and seemed to be a ball of energy mixed with the grace of a ballerina. The best way to describe Rosalie was as a goddess. She was about 5'7" and had golden blonde hair, and was also as pale as Alice was, she seemed a bit snobbish, but I had learned to look past that and focus on what was within. She also had a very intense stare as if she was constantly assessing the room she was in.
All of them commanded attention and it was clear to me that there was something about them that I couldn't put my finger on just yet, but I was already determined to find out what exactly that was.
That would have to wait though since lunch was now over and I had to get to Art Class, which I was looking forward to. Next to writing, art was my favorite subject and walking into the classroom I had to smile when I saw that Alice had this class as well and that the only available seat was next to her.
Alice's POV
Seeing Bella walk into the classroom after lunch was a sight I honestly thought I would never see next to our 'wedding night' as we called it, even though Rosalie and I never really got married. That night was just the first time we made love and still one of the most beautiful nights in my long dead heart. Bella was beautiful and I could see she had great wisdom in her eyes. What worried me a little was that I couldn't actually smell her, nor could I hear her heartbeat.
As she took a seat next to me she smiled at me, and I swear that I could hear my dead heart beat softly in my chest from its radiance.
"Hi, you're Alice, right?" She asked softly.
I nodded and smiled at her. "Indeed I am, and you must be Bella Swan. Everyone has been talking about you today."
She smiled at me. "I can't understand why though. I am no one special, but I guess in a small town like this a new kid at school is about as exciting as it gets, but I suppose you would know all about that."
"Yeah, we move around a lot too, and I know how tedious it gets to explain your life every time. If you want you can join us at our table tomorrow, my siblings won't ask nearly as many questions." I said sincerely.
She smiled at that. "I might just take you up on that. I can't be bothered with those idiots who live on gossip. The only one that seems genuine at that table is Angela."
I smiled and nodded. "Angela is really sweet. She is the only one who seems to be okay with our family and its relationships. Only Rosalie and Jasper, and Emmett and Anna are actually related, so we saw no problem in it. We've known each other for so long already after all."
She smiled as we got out our supplies out. "I never had a problem with something like that. I'm used to being the odd one out, and I always felt that us 'freaks' as people so love calling people like us, should stick together."
I only smiled as the teacher got our attention and gave us our assignment, which was to basically find a partner and make a sketch that was as accurate as possible.
We shared one look and smiled as we both decided to partner up, and since we had an entire week to finish this project, I invited her over for the weekend, so that we could get some groundwork done.
"Will Rosalie be okay with that?" She asked with a slight blush.
I smiled at her adorable blush. "You can ask her when you're in History with her. I think she will love to have you over this weekend."
She smiled at me as we started discussing our project, which lasted throughout most of the class.
She was an absolute delight to talk to and I her inherent sarcasm and humor was sure to enamor Rose as well.
During lunch we had paid close attention to Bella and I noticed that Rose felt the same thing I did when I first saw her in my vision.
We had discussed at length how exactly we were going to approach her, but seeing that she was most definitely not shy or seemed to be put off by our vampiric beauty, so I hoped that she would also be as open to Rose as she had been to me.
I was a bit miffed when the bell rang, since I wanted to spend more time getting to know Bella. "Could you wait for a bit after school, Bella? The rest of my family would love to meet you too."
She smiled and nodded. "I will Alice, I'm exempt from gym anyway. See you later." She said with a small wave as she made her way to her next class.
I quickly scanned the future and smiled at what I saw. Everyone was going to get along amazingly with Bella and I saw that she was going to be a permanent part of our lives very soon, even though the circumstances in which it happened made me sad.
Rosalie's POV
I really hated High School History classes, but it was the only advanced class that held any appeal to me this time around.
The moment she stepped into the classroom, I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face. She was even more beautiful up close and she seemed to have as much disdain for high-school teenagers as I had, which certainly would make things fun.
Thankfully for both of us the only available seat was next to me, since most people avoided me and my bitchy attitude.
I noticed the slight pause in her movements when she saw that the only seat available was next to me, but it was only for a moment before she took her seat next to me. "Hi, you must be Rosalie, Alice told me a lot about you."
I was a bit taken aback by her boldness, but I smiled at her none the less. "Indeed I am, and you must be Bella. I do hope my girlfriend told you only the good things?"
"She did, although I must say that when she told me how beautiful you were, it hardly does you justice." She said with a smile.
"And if I didn't know any better, I would say you are flirting with me. Are you Bella?" I asked with a slight smirk.
She smiled and shook her head. "Nah, just making an observation."
I smirked at that. "Well, you're not wrong, I usually get gawked at because of my looks, I'm glad that you are willing to look further."
"Trust me, I know what it's like to be different and to be stared at because of it. I have always tried to look on what's on the inside, but I will admit reading you takes a bit of difficulty." She said with a smile.
I smiled at her. "I take much pride in my poker-face, even Alice sometimes struggles with that, and we've been together forever, so you don't have to feel bad about that."
She smiled and nodded. "Hey, I understand having to portray a certain image to the world. I'd say I understand that better than most people do."
"I think that this weekend we have plenty of time to get to know one another, and I am sure the rest of the family wants to get to know you too, especially Emmett, he is always keen on meeting new people." I said with a slight smile as the teacher gave us both a very pointed look.
Bella blushed a little, and I gave her a polite smile as we shared a smile to continue this later. I found myself already quite enamored with her, and she was certainly a mysterious girl and could hold a conversation very well.
I noticed she was hiding a lot of hurt in her eyes, and I now was determined to find out who had hurt her so much and had given her an attitude towards the world similar to mine, and that feeling alone was enough confirmation for me that she was our mate, which would make the coming years very interesting. It seemed like she was the perfect mix between me and Alice.
Class went by as slow as it always did, and I was thankful when the bell finally rang. I bid a fond goodbye to Bella, which got me a few weird looks since I never did that with anyone else.
Bella's POV
I was so glad this day was over, because aside from the three classes I had with the Cullens, it was boring as hell. Both Rosalie and Alice were absolute delights and I even found myself drawn towards Edward, in more of a brotherly way of course. He was a bit closed off in the beginning, but I found out that he had a very dry and sarcastic humor that meshed pretty well with mine.
I promised Alice to wait in the parking lot after class, so I did just that, reading in silence on the trunk of my car. It was seriously the only reason I ever considered adding a spoiler to my car, since it made the perfect little desk for me to read upon.
"You know, some jock is going to be pretty pissed when they see you reading like that." Alice said as they walked up.
I grinned at her. "They can be pissed all they want, but I think I can do what I want on my own car." I said as I got off the trunk and walked up to meet them.
Alice smiled and I saw Rosalie appraising my car with an appreciative look. "I must say you have excellent taste Bella." She said with a smirk.
"Thanks, I did most of the work myself. I found her rusting away in a garage and knew I had to save her." I said with a smile.
"I can understand why, I would love to take a look at her some time, if that's okay with you of course?" Rosalie asked softly.
I smiled and nodded. "Perhaps this weekend, since Alice asked me to come over to work on our Arts project."
Rosalie smiled at both me and Alice. "I think no one will have problems with that, but why don't we introduce you to our family. I'm sure you've heard plenty from those gossips, but I figured you would like first hand information better."
I nodded and smiled at the others. "Hi, I'm Anna, Edwards girlfriend. It's nice to meet you."
I smiled and shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you too. Edward told me a bit about you in class, although I must say you are taller than he described you to be."
Anna smiled at me. "Well, Edward usually gets my height wrong, so I'm used to that."
"You two must be Emmett and Jasper, I must say Alice was right you are a very cute couple." I said turning to the other two men after giving Anna a smile.
Emmett gave me an almost boyish grin and Jasper smiled at me. "Thank you. It is nice to hear that some people don't mind the sugar-shock inducing cuteness that we usually portray." Jasper said kindly.
I smiled at him. "I'm used to those sights. In Phoenix my two best friends were just as bad, and usually got the same comments too. You two are a lot like them, except the muscles on Emmett. You should be a quarterback, give the jocks a shock."
He grinned at that. "Nah, I'll leave them to their little game. I hate football because of all that bullshit, I prefer comics and video games."
I smiled and nodded. "Then I think we'll get along great. I love the same things."
"Then we definitely have to play if you come over this weekend." He said with the same boyish grin.
I only nodded and smiled at him. "I'll take you on. Just don't go crying to Jasper when you lose."
"I probably will, but I won't lose." He said confidently.
Again I smiled at him. "Well, I think I'd better be off, I want to keep the peace for as long as possible, and that is not going to happen if I'm not home before Charlie gets there." I said as I waved goodbye to them and got into my car.
Alice's POV
As we watched her drive off I frowned a bit. "I wonder what she meant by that. I haven't seen anything happen."
"Chief Swan is a complicated man Alice, but as far as I can tell, Bella is a very unique woman as well. I can't read her mind at all and I think just from interacting with her that there is a lot more than meets the eye." Edward said softly.
I nodded and sighed softly at that. "I know, she didn't seem at all put off by our appearance and the fact that I am sure none of us can actually smell her, makes it a lit easier for all of us. She also seems to keep a lot of hidden pain inside of her." I said softly.
"She told me that she understood better than most having to portray a certain image and that she always looked at what's on the inside. I think there is more to her than even we think. We should talk to Carlisle and Esme about this." Rosalie said softly.
We all nodded as we made our way to our cars, Rose and I of course riding together in her BMW. "So, what do you think love? I think she will fit with us pretty well." Rosalie said with a loving smile.
"I know she will, I just hope she can understand everything once it is time for us to reveal the truth and that she won't be angry with us for hiding it." I said as I rested my hand on her thigh.
"I think she'll understand the reason why, and it is not like we're not going to change her anyway. Call me selfish but I want to keep her around for as long as possible, even if we weren't mated to her. She has a lot of potential and I really can't wait to learn more about her." Rosalie said with a smile.
"I know! I have never met a human as open as her. She almost seemed to look straight through my soul In class."
Rosalie smiled at that. "She is quite perceptive, isn't she. Perhaps she'll find out about us all by herself. The Quilletes are bound to have legends after what happened to them."
I smiled and quickly kissed her cheek. "We'll see what happens love. Let's first see how this weekend goes, after that we can start planning a potential future."
Rosalie nodded. "I'm glad I have rubbed off a little bit after eighty years, lover. Sometimes your gift can be a curse too."
I smiled at her. "Don't I know it. For once it's fun to be able to be surprised."
She actually laughed at that, something she only did when something really amused her. "I'll call it payback since I couldn't even surprise you when I proposed to you. You're far too nosy sometimes, my little pixie."
I smiled and kissed her. "I know, my Goddess, and I am working on that, but you know I can't control the visions, as much as I would want to."
Rosalie only smiled as we pulled up to the house. "I know love, I was only teasing you a little, because you know this day can only end in one way."
I smirked and as soon as we out of the car, we made our way to the side of the house to jump up onto the balcony of our room.
I then threw her onto the bed and straddled her before kissing her deeply. "Then I will make sure you will enjoy tonight, my Rosalie."