Eye Of The Tiger

Chapter 38

Rosalie had slipped into a meditative state while leaning her head against Bella's chest listening to her heart. Every strong thud a reassurance that her mate was there with her safe and sound. She groaned when she heard a knock on her door breaking the perfect moment they were sharing.Rosalie heard Bella chuckled as She opened the door with a growl. "What?!"

Emmett smiled sheepishly."Uh well Esme sent me to see if Bella was hungry because it's lunch time and I wanted to know if Bella would play video games with me."

Rosalie sighed."We'll be right down."

"Esme they're coming down." Emmett yelled as he thundered down the stairs.

"Are you even hungry? I mean I don't know much about your eating habits. I've seen you eat a bear but that was in your tiger form. Is it different from your human form?" Rosalie asked Bella.

"It's different in the amounts that I can eat at a time. In my tiger form I can go without food longer but that's because I can eat more than I can when I am in human form. Like this I get hungry more often. When I lived with my mother I ate extra meals throughout the day. Poor Charlie thought Rene was starving me the first time we shared a meal together. I'm sure he thinks I have a weird eating disorder but he just accepts it now." Bella said as they made their way to the kitchen.

"Bella dear, I didn't know what you would want for lunch so I got assorted sandwich meat and different fixings. So if you would like to make yourself one that would be great." Esme pointed to the banquet style set up of sandwhich items lining the counter.

"Thank you I really appreciate all this. You really didn't need to go to the trouble." Bella told her.

"Nonsense Bella. I also made cookies for you to snack on later but I do need to know what you would like for dinner so I can go to the store and pick up ingredients."Esme said.

Bella felt put on the spot. She usually made all of her own meals and wasn't quite comfortable having someone else do it. "I'm not picky. Whatever you choose is fine with me. I will eat it gladly."

"Great then I'll leave now. I have a recipe for a beef roast that will take a few hours to cook so I need to get it in the oven soon so it will be ready for dinner." Esme said grabbing her purse and leaving the house.

"Your mother really doesn't have to go all out like this. I could easily order some take out." Bella wasn't quite comfortable having someone do so much for her.

"Bella I don't know how many times we have to tell you, Esme is enjoying herself cooking for you just as much if not more than Emmett was when you guys were wrestling. You are giving her a gift by allowing her to cook for you." Rosalie promised as she watched Bella finish off her third sandwich.

"I think I'm good for now. Where is Emmett and these video games he promised?" Bella asked.

"In here Bella." Emmett called from the living room.

"You can go do something else if you don't want to sit there watching us play. I mean I want you to stay with me but I understand if you don't want to or you have something else to do."Bella said to Rosalie as she was led into the living room.

"I'm going to grab a book and I'll read while you play." Rosalie told her heading to her room to do just that.

Bella walked over to Emmett who stood proudly by a huge shelf that had more video games than a gaming store.He made a Vanna White gesture telling Bella. "You name it I probably have it. So pick your poison."

"Is that a Super Nintendo?" At Emmett's nod she asked. "Do you have Mario cart?"

Emmett nodded again. "Excellent choice. I call Bowser."

"I like being Yoshi anyway." Bella said.

"Why do you like being Yoshi?" Rosalie asked as she sat on the couch patting the seat next to her.

"Well he eats his enemies and gives a ride to his friends when they need it. In my mind Toad is actually a shifter. It makes sense as he is the protector of the mushroom kingdom. He's to small to have lived that long without having help. So I think he shifts into Yoshi." Bella explained sitting next to her.

Emmett handed Bella a controller."Wow Bella you have really thought a lot about this. I just like Bowser because he's a brute."

"I spent a lot of time alone. Video games were my only friends so I put a lot of thought into them." Bella told him

Rosalie leaned forward kissing Bella's cheek."You're very cute."

"Hey! No lovely dovey stuff while we are playing. This is Bella's and my bonding time. If you can't keep your hands to yourself you will need to leave the room. I already had to kick Alice out when she started talking about starting the sleep over. I won't hesitate to kick you out to." Emmett promised.

"I'll be good." As Rosalie saw Emmett's smug smile she added. "But not for you. I don't want to distract Bella and have you win."

"She needs all the luck she can get." Emmett said.

"We'll see Emmett. This is one of my favorite games. I've played it a lot. It was the first video game I ever played." Bella had gotten the console from her grandparents and use to play until they made her go to bed.

"Yeah, enough talking let's start at the first course and work our way up." Emmett said starting the game.

Rosalie sat back against the arm of the couch and put her legs on Bella's lap. She was delighted that instead of pushing them off to the floor Bella squeezed her ankle and leaned her forearms on her shins as she played the game.

Rosalie tried to pay attention to her book but her attention was always drawn back to Bella. Rosalie took in her face. The way her skin set off the color of her eyes, how Bella's hair added to her otherworldly beauty. She still couldn't believe that she was Bella's imprint.

She had only hoped that Bella would love her and maybe except the mate bond if she felt it but to have confirmation that she was Bella's imprint was beyond anything she could ever dream of and that's what Bella did to her. She allowed her to dream again. Rosalie had always thought her chance at having a wife and children were gone the moment she woke up and found out she had become a vampire but Bella had said just last night that she wanted children. Knowing she was Bella's imprint meant that Bella wanted to have children with her.

Maybe she was actually going to get her happy ending. They had only known each other a week but she felt like she had known Bella her entire life. She rolled her eyes at herself for thinking such a cliché thought. Isn't that what everyone said. She had heard it in every love story ever told. Then again maybe it was something that was said so much because it was true. She wondered if Bella felt the same way about her.

She gave Bella a smile when Bella looked over at her and got one in return. This woman, she thought, this is the woman fate put in my way and we both chose the same path. Rosalie thought back to the major moments in her life reflecting that most of them were not the greatest. She had gone through a lot of emotional and physical pain to get to where she was and selfishly she thought that Bella was her reward for making it through to the other side.

"Oh come on! How do you keep getting all the green turtle shells?" Emmett yelled breaking Rosalie out of her musings.

"It's not my fault you let go of all your banana peels as soon as you get them." Bella yelled back making Rosalie laugh.

" I think you met your match Emmett."Rosalie goaded him.

He huffed as he said. "I can't believe it. She beat me at the first circuit. The easiest level and she kicked my ass. Bella bear what aren't you good at?"

Bella laughed at him. "I'm not good at a lot of things. It's not my fault you keep challenging me to stuff I'm good at."

"I'm going to find something I'm better at." Emmett promised.

"Why do I get the feeling that challenges from Emmett are going to be my new hobby?" Bella asked Rosalie.

"Because I'm pretty sure it is. It's kind of your fault for encouraging him." Rosalie told her.

"All right after this game we play something I pick." Emmett said.

Bella chuckled at him."Sure Emmett whatever game you want."