Empire {A. Weber} (PAUSE)

V. Italiano

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"Bella knows." Alice's voice sounds out of the house. The burst of emotions overloaded Jasper as he winced.

"I swear to God I'm going to kill him." Bellatrix gets up, grabbing her car keys. "Bellatrix," Carlisle sighs.

"No, you did this. This is your fault, and I will no longer be fine with his selfish actions." Bellatrix felt like all she had felt since Bella arrived was anger. Everything was a problem; Edward was causing a lot of problems.

Bellatrix sped off in her black Lexus. She went to the one place no one would follow and where she felt the most peace.

Bellatrix climbed through Angela's window, this time with not only Angela but also Jessica. "Ahh!" Jessica screams, making Bellatrix curse. "Shit, just my fucking luck."

"Bellatrix? Why are you here?" Angela asks as she walks towards the Latina Raven. "For chemistry homework...." Bellatrix thinks of on her feet.

"Why did you go through the window?" Jessica asks, gaining attention in the room. "Doors are locked," Bellatrix tells her.

Before Jessica could ask more questions, Angela pulled the vampire into the hallway. "What are you?" Angela is cut off by Bellatrix hugging her; the girl really needs it.

"Edward is being a selfish dick, and this is the only place I knew I could get some peace, but I'll just come back later." Bellatrix tells her they enjoy one another's presence.

"No. No. No. Jess can go home; we've been hanging out for hours anyway." Angela shakes her head as she leaves to remind Jessica of her vet appointment for her pet fish, which was code for get out, please.

"Come one, Trix." Angela pulls the Latina onto her as they lay in bed peacefully. "You're a godsent." Bellatrix mumbles into her neck as she cuddles her like a koala.

*****

Bellatrix watched from afar as Edward pulled into the parking lot. But he parks in the middle of it, and that's when the Cullens see Bella on the passenger side.

Edward gets out of his car with a cocky smirk, wearing sunglasses. "He gets the girl, and suddenly sunglasses are cool?" Bellatrix scoffs.

The student body watches in shock as Edward and Bella walk into the school. Making Cullen's death stare into Edward's back.

At least Bellatrix was good at hiding it; you don't see her with Angela, and not once did Angela suspect her of being a vampire.

"He's going to get everyone killed." Rosalie snarls as they get out of her car. "I'll kill him before that happens, Rosie." Bellatrix kisses her cheek as they lead the coven into the school.

*****

"Since when were Edward and Bella a thing?" Jessica scoffs as she feels some jealousy due to the number of times she asked Edward out and the boy rejected her.

They were in photography class as the teacher picked partners for an assignment. Jessica got paired with Eric, and by the gods luck, or maybe they just favored Bellatrix, she got paired with Angela.

"You said Rosalie doesn't like when you guys mingle? Edward and Bella Angela whispers to the vampire as they lean forward so the pair behind them can't hear.

"Edward doesn't listen. It's why we don't get along. He... revealed a family secret to Bella without any thought for our safety." Bellatrix makes it as vague as possible.

"What are you? Like bank robbers?" Angela jokes, making Bellatrix snort. "No, no. I wish that would have been a cool secret."

*****

"Bella's going to tell Angela." Alice voices as her body stops, and Jasper rushes to her aid.

"What? Why?" Bellatrix stands up, looking mildly panicked.

"Edward, he told Bella that she was your mate." Alice tells her that Bellatrix groans out of frustration. "He can never keep his big mouth shut."

With that, Bellatrix rushed to grab her keys, speeding off as she knew she had to do something. Angela couldn't know; it was safer that way.

Stopping across from the sheriff's house, Bellatrix snuck into Bella's room. "What the-" Bella doesn't get the chance to scream as Bellatrix covers her mouth.

"Don't scream." Bellatrix tells her sharply. Bella, are you alright?" Charlie's voice calls out, making Bellatrix nod her head towards the door.

Yeah, I just tripped!" Bella lied as Bellatrix closed the door and locked it.

"I'm not a nice person, Bella. I don't know what Edward has told you, but trust me, I've done worse. I've been alive for almost a century, so Edward can't exactly save you. He's a baby compared to me." Bealltrix warns her, her green eyes piercing her. Due to her powers, Bellatrix kept her green eyes; they only became more enchanting.

"I'm giving you two options: you keep your mouth shut to Angela. Don't peep a word about anything to her." Bellatrix backs up, as she would never like to touch the Swan girl again.

"Or you won't live." Bella gapes at her. "Edward said you were basically vegan." Bella tries to call some bluffs.

"We're vampires. We are built to kill humans, to feed off their blood, innocent or not. You can decide. So I'm warning you: don't say anything to anyone." Bellatrix warns her just in time as Edward vamps into the room.

"Bellatrix. Get out." Edward glares at her, standing protectively in front of Bella. It seems that on a power trip, Bella really doesn't know how weak he is. He may be the fastest in the coven, but Bellatrix was the most powerful.

Her green eyes flicker as a wave of magic comes off of her, pinning Edward to the wall. "See you tomorrow." Bellatrix waves her fingers at the Swan girl before disappearing, her magic dropping Edward to the floor.

*****

Bellatrix stood in the kitchen as she helped make the food. "Is she even Italian?" Rosalie asks, glaring at her family as she holds the salad bowl.

They were making Italian food for Bella. "Her name is Bella." Emmet replies, making the family chuckle.

"I'm sure she'll love it either way." Carlisle states, smiling as he chops up bacon.

"Get a whiff of that." Rosalie smirks at Bellatrix, both of them restraining themselves. Not to kill Bella, but to kill Edward.

"Here comes the human." Bellatrix states this in a sing-song way.

Esme smiles, being the wonderful woman she is. She walks over to them, her voice quiet and soft. "Bella, we're making Italiano for you."

"Bella, this is Esme. My mother, for all intents and purposes." Edward introduces them in a rather rude way. "Dick." Bellatrix scoffs under her breath, being thrown a glare by the boy.

Emmet eavesdrops on Bella, with the name still in his hand. Bella's heart races at the sight.
Bellatrix doesn't pay attention as Esme and Bella talk in Italian; she's more focused on the deer outside.

"You've given us an excuse to Sue the kitchen for the first time." Carlisle has a friendly smile on his face.

"I hope you're hungry." Esme smiles at her. "Yeah, absolutely." Bella nods politely.

"She already ate." Edward states that he is making Bellatrix and Rosalie more frustrated. He knew they were going to cook, and Esme was excited to cook and have Bella try the food. And of course he had to ruin it.

Rosalie's grip becomes too strong on the glass bowl as she breaks it. "Perfect." Rosalie grits her teeth.

Carlisle clears his throat as Esme looks pointedly at her blonde daughter. "It's just because I know you guys don't eat." Bella stutters.

"Of course. It's very considerate of you." Esme smiles, although disappointment is clear in her voice. It made Bellatrix frown.

"Just ignore Rosalie; I do." Edward tells Bella, prompting Bellatrix to throw a book at him.

"Yeah. Let's just keep pretending like this isn't dangerous for all of us." Rosalie scoffs as she glares at Edward and her 'parents'.

"I would never tell anybody anything." Bella tells her, mostly Bellatrix, as she locks eyes with the green-eyed vampire.

"She knows that." Catskills says as he wraps his arm around Esme, Emmet is doing the same thing to calm his wife.

"Yeah, well, the problem is, you two have gone public now, so..." Emmet tells her, and Esme gives him a pointed look. "Emmet."

"No, she should know." Rosalie states, glaring at the human. "The entire family will be implicated if this ends badly." Rosalie takes a step forward.

Rosalie knew that Bellatrix wasn't going to spill their secret, that she wouldn't turn Angels, if it came down to it. Bellatrix would leave to protect them or fight the Volturi herself.

"Badly, as in, I would become the meal?" Bella asks nervously, making everyone but Bellatrix laugh.

"Hi, Bella." Alice pops out of nowhere, walking into the room through an open window. "Hi." Bella gives a small smirk as Alice hugs her.

Bellatrix rests her hand on Jasper's shoulder, her magic working as it clouds his senses. Jasper nods his head in thanks, as he didn't feel like ripping Bella's throat out.

"You do smell good." Alice gasps slightly but crushes it off. "Alice, what are you?" Edward gets cut off.

"It's okay. Bella and I are going to be great friends." Alice assured him, leaving out Angela's name because Bellatrix didn't like the thought of Angela knowing.

"Sorry, Jasper's our newest vegetarian." Carslisle apologizes for the boy's pain as he stares at Bella. "It's a little difficult for him."

Jasper turns slightly toward Bellatrix, asking her to amp up her powers. Which she did gladly. Anything to help the boy who's become one of her brothers

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Jasper says with restraint in his voice, although it wasn't as bad with his sister's magic.

"It's okay, Jasper. You won't hurt her." Alice assures her husband. "All right, I'm going to take you on a tour of the rest of the hospital." Edward tells Bella, leading her away.

Bellatrix lets go of Jasper's shoulder, her magic going in with her as the boy takes a breath. "Thank you, Trix." Jasper smiles at her fully.

"Anytime Jasp." Bellatrix waves him off, using her magic to clean up the broken glass bowl and food.

"Thank you." Esme smiles at her daughter, who gave her one back before walking to her room.

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