Summer solstice

Call The Shots

Call The Shots

Three months later

As I stood in front of my mirror, my fingers once more dancing across the now familiar scar of teeth marks, I felt a surge of guilt hit me. I groaned and rolled my eyes, turning around to my window and shook my head, "You need stop feeling guilty about this. Chicks are suppose to dig scars remember?" I was teasing Alice and she knew it. I think the only thing she really didn't like about the last three months was that when she was in close proximity to me, I could pick up on her emotions. How could I not though? A part of her was in me. Personally, I was just glad I could read her almost as much as she could read me.

"I try to not feel guilt but I imagine the pain you must have felt from it." She told me as she finally got of the sill and entered into my room. I rolled my eyes once more and reached out for her waist, pulling her body right into mine. She felt less cold now but Alice would always be cold as long as I had this warm blood in me. I thought about bringing it up again, the change, but voted against it. A fight before school with my wife was something I didn't really need, especially if I planned on cheating off of her chemistry test.

This feeling of normalcy for Alice and I was so strange. Nothing about our relationship or even either of us was normal yet for the past couple of weeks, it felt that way. We woke up together; well Alice would hide in the closest on the mornings that Charlie checked in on me. Oh Charlie. We had decided against telling Charlie until after the school year after Edward had read his mind one day and I got a glimpse at how sad he would be without me. So I stayed, told him Alice and I pushed back the wedding. We'd be saying our vows for the "first" time on our six month anniversary. I have to admit that my little pixie was quite the romantic.

Things with the Cullen's were better than ever after the sealing. Even Jasper could be around me, explaining that the smell of vampire blood mixed with my own wasn't as appealing to him. It wasn't as appealing to any of them except Alice and I liked it that way. I had grown up the child of this broken home and now I had a family, a real family. Yes, my family consisted of a bunch of vampires but hey, I didn't say we were Leave It to Beaver status.

The only thing that wasn't normal was my lack of a relationship with Jacob. We lied after we all returned to Forks and the wolves bought it. There wasn't a problem until Sam suggested we go and finish the bonfire. Alice snarling and baring her teeth at Sam I expected but for Edward, Jaclyn, Rose, Emmett and Jasper to all do so was a little surprise. It was my first affirmation that they considered me their sister. Edward spun some bull story about reading Sam's mind right then and discovering his real intention.

I meant to just stage asking Jacob if it were true but once he lost his temper with me, it was no longer staged. He yelled at me and told me, said that Alice was not right for me and he would not stop and challenged her to a fight for me. I exploded on him and accidently mentioned the whole sealing ceremony, which didn't go down to well. The Cullens got off on a technicality and some creative spinning that since the wolves failed to protect me from the "intruder" the Cullens took it upon themselves.

Yes life was becoming something else. I was happy all the time, more in love than ever and I had developed some of the best relationships with Alice's family at the same time. I knew nothing could go wrong.

"Bella." I heard Alice whisper in my ear before she playfully bit at my ear lobe, "Come back to me baby." I chuckled and shook my head, burying my face in her shoulder. "No." I mumbled against her cool exposed neck, "I'm quite happy with just getting drunk off you for now."

Her infectious laugh filled my room once more, "Well if you're drunk, how are you suppose to take that massive chem exam?"

I pulled back with a mock shock expression on my face and then stared at Alice as if she had uttered something from the mind of Emmett, "Did you think it was just a coincidence I married the smartest girl in that class Alice Cullen?"