Seraph

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The human girl couldn't eat properly and was constantly feeling cold. Rosalie had asked Serafina to warm her up to help. Serafina was incredibly offended at the request, but when Rosalie used her big sad eye trick against herself, she was powerless to resist. Rosalie reminded her to be gentle and apply the heat gradually. So now Serafina sat beside the human with her arm around her. Everyone could tell she was furious about the situation.

Esme bit her tongue from making a remark that might upset her daughter. She was incredibly tempted to say something about how they were getting closer as a family as she saw Serafina with her arm around Bella. But she knew her daughter. She would flare up at the comment and likely set the fireplace to a scorching temperature to abandon the girl as soon as possible.

Esme and Rosalie were in the kitchen trying to figure out another meal that might work for the human when they heard giggling from the other teens, and the two women immediately began to worry. Rosalie had relaxed significantly once Serafina agreed to help her protect Bella. She knew no one could slip past her to cause the human or the baby harm. Because of this, everyone was now able to come and go freely from the living room. This may have been a mistake. That was what Rosalie was beginning to suspect when she first heard the giggles.

Both women wiped their hands on their aprons and turned to the living room to see what was happening. They saw Emmett, Alice, and Jasper slowly approach the front of where Serafina sat, watching her novela with her arm around the girl.

"Seriously?" Edward glared at the three.

"Don't ruin our fun spoilsport!" Alice glared back.

Serafina only looked at the three with a raised brow. She was highly suspicious of what the three were planning but didn't think it would be anything too bad. At least, that was what she thought until she heard Edward's following words.

"Rosalie, get ready to get Serafina," Edward grumbled as he walked over to the kitchen to replace her, hoping to help Esme make something his wife could eat. When Esme looked as though she should also check what the others were doing, he shook his head. Esme understood and returned to the kitchen with him as Rosalie slowly made her way to the others in confusion.

"Say cheese," Emmett said as he quickly pulled a camera out from behind his back to snap a quick photo of Serafina with her arm around the human girl's shoulders. He then brought the camera to look at it and showed his siblings, "Aw, what a lovely family moment. Forever captured on film."

The three siblings 'awed' simultaneously. Alice and Jasper were on either side of Emmett with exaggerated looks of awe. Bella couldn't help but chuckle, but she glanced nervously at Serafina.

Jasper was paying close attention to his sister, "Rose," he called as soon as he felt the spike in anger.

Rosalie quickly shoved the three away and took her seat in her wife's lap, "Ignore them. Did I tell you how grateful I am that you're helping me? How are you going to want me to repay you?" she asked as she kissed her cheek. Both women knew they wouldn't discuss this at the moment, so Rosalie used it only as a distraction. It worked.

Bella had felt an increase in heat and was grateful for Rosalie's timely intervention. Serafina calmed down immediately after Rosalie kissed her, but she was still upset: "Did I at least look good in the picture?" she pouted.

"Could you ever look bad?" Rosalie scoffed.

Serafina smiled at that. She tried not to think about it anymore.

"She still wants to see the picture," Edward called from the kitchen.

Alice exaggeratedly sighed as she appeared behind the three on the sofa to show them the picture. "Rosie is right, you know. You look fabulous, as always. It's Bella that looks like death," she said, still upset that the human was willing to go through with the pregnancy when Alice couldn't guarantee her safety.