Eye Of The Tiger

Chapter 28

After a car ride that consisted of hand holding and shy smiles Rosalie had dropped Bella off at home with a caste kiss at the door. She wanted to go home and do some work on Bella's car. She would love nothing more than to take Bella wherever she needed to go but she knew that it wasn't healthy to take up all Bella's time even though her vampire side tried to persuade her claiming it was her right as Bella's mate.

As she went to go change into coveralls Rosalie was surprised to see her family sitting in the living room trying to look very relaxed and natural. It would be comical if she didn't have a sneaking suspicion that they were waiting for her to come home.

It was Esme who broke the silence. "Rosalie sweetheart you're home. How was your day?"

"Fine, how was yours." Rosalie replied.

"Oh it was good. Why don't you come in and spend some time with us." Esme said patting the seat on the couch next to her.

Rosalie moved slowly looking at each family member in turn trying to figure out what exactly was going on. She focused her attention on Alice as she was usually the one to break ranks first but Alice wouldn't make eye contact with her.

"You were with Bella right? Did you guys go hunting? What was it like?"Emmett was to excited to stick the plan of not being pushy about learning more about Bella.

"This whole set up is about Bella? What is wrong with you guys? She isn't a zoo exhibit." Rosalie said deeply offended.

"It's not like that Rosalie. We just haven't had someone new in the family since Jasper and Alice and Bella is just so freakin cool. I've been waiting all afternoon to hear about what hunting with her was like and everyone else is just as curious. None of us mean any harm. It's just Bella is the most exciting thing that's happened to us in over 60 years." Emmett tried to explain.

Rosalie took a deep breath to calm herself. Her family meant well. She knew they did and Emmett was right life had gotten kind of boring the last few decades. Her outrage was partly because she had yet to have sealed the mate bond and was extremely possessive and protective of Bella. She decided she would share a few things with them keeping some of the more private moments to herself.

"Yes I went hunting with Bella." Emmett sat up straight in his chair a wide grin on his face as Rosalie started to tell them about it. "She was in her tiger form and you guys wouldn't believe how fast she was. We were only out there a few minutes when she fought a bear and caught it for me. She even held it down while I drank from it."

"She fought a bear for you? That's so romantic." Alice gushed.

Rosalie thought about it and decided that yes it was romantic.

"Woah she fought a freakin bear. Who is a better fighter me or her?" Emmett asked

"I don't want to hurt your feelings but she had the bear pinned waiting for me to catch up. It was only when I got there that she let it up and fought it. It actually wasn't much of a fight. She was just taunting it." Emmett frowned hearing this.

"What else did you do?" Esme asked.

"Well after she ate the bear she let me ride on her back and as she ran through the woods." Rosalie held up a hand stopping further questions. " We found the same mountain lion that we got in our fight over and then with the mountain lion we hunted some deer."

"The mountain lion wasn't scared of you?" Leaning forward Carlisle asked.

"It was when it realized I was there but Bella calmed it down and after that it was perfectly happy with my company." Roslaie didn't mention being jealous of the animal.

"Fascinating. I wonder how she was able to communicate with it. Does Bella have the ability to speak to animals?"Carlisle asked his mind swirling with questions and theories.

"She tried to explain it to me but I don't think I got the exact understanding. She said it's kind of like she feels their intent and when she wants them to know something she pushes hers to them telepathically. No words are spoken." Rosalie shrugged."She said it was hard to explain if you never actually felt it."

"I wonder if this is a shifter trait we never knew about? Can others of her kind do it?" Carlisle was once again thinking of possibilities such an ability could present.

"Bella told me she never knew of any other shifters with the ability and that it was something that had to do with being a white tiger." Rosalie told him not feeling comfortable telling them about Bella's family or the legends Bella had told her about.

"Forget all this boring stuff. You guys hunted with a mountain lion. What was that like? Do you think she would take me to go hunting with a mountain lion?" Emmett asked getting frustrated that they changed the subject.

"Bella and the mountain lion hunted some deer that we brought back to a cave where there were three little mountain lion cubs." Rosalie told them.

"Did you get to play with them? Were they cute? I bet they were so cute." Alice asked.

"They were all about Bella initially but then Bella put one in my lap and they got comfortable around me. We stayed with them for about an hour and I held one while he slept. And yes they were very cute." Rosalie confirmed.

"Bella is so cool. Do think she would take me to see the lion cubs?" Alice asked.

"They do sound adorable." Esme agreed. " I heard her talking when you were in the hallway about her decorating her bedroom. Do you think maybe I could offer her my help?"

Rosalie thought about this. Her family was excited but being respectful so she would compromise on certain things. "I'll ask her and let you know. That way she won't feel put on the spot."

"I really would like to have a discussion with her. The fact that she was able to calm down a mountain lion to the point you held one of her cubs is mind blowing. I wish I knew her history. I researched her family and all I found was regular human stuff. I had guessed that anything supernatural would have been hidden but there aren't even rumors or stories about anything out of the ordinary." Carlisle said.

"She is a little reluctant to talk about her family so please don't push her. I know some but that's only after she felt like she could trust me enough to tell me." Rosalie said to a nodding Carlisle.

"Did she say anything about the sleep over? Is she still coming or did I scare her away?" Alice asked.

"She said she wanted to come but had to ask her father if it was ok first." Rosalie told her.

"Yes!" Alice exclaimed with a fist in the air.

"If she is coming over please ask her what type of food she likes. I would love to cook for her. It would be nice to be able to actually use the kitchen for more than just baking." Esme said excitedly.

"I'll ask her tomorrow." Rosalie said standing up and ending the discussion. She waved to her family and went back to her task of putting on coveralls and working on Bella's car.