Angels and Monsters

Chapter Fourteen

I'm back...well, Vampward and Vampbella are. Sorry about the delay in updating. Real life is kicking my hiney! I'm busier than I've ever been...gah! As a result, my updates are not as frequent as I would like. I have an explanation on my blog (link in my profile) and on my Facebook page: Tufano79's Twilight Fanfiction Appreciation.

Anyhow, up next is Edward's surprise that he is planning for his bride along with the return to Chicago for a brief reconnaissance mission. There will be some action. There will be some romance. So, yeah...

Not mine. I'm not Stephenie Meyer. :-(.

Chapter Fourteen

"I'm not telling you," Edward sang as he typed on his computer. He was checking his business and seeing how Jasper was running it while he was on 'sabbatical.'

"Come on! Please?" I wheedled, crawling onto the bed and putting my head on his chest, looking up at him. I jutted out my lip, whimpering quietly.

"Pitiful, Mrs. Masen," he snorted. "Tomorrow night is all you're getting. Alice is helping you get ready while I prepare for our date."

"A date?" I asked, arching a brow.

Edward smiled and turned his attention back to the computer, again thinking in binary code. I growled. Edward chuckled as he continued to work on the computer. I hopped up and went downstairs into the kitchen where Esme was stocking the shelves with food. Why? I have no clue. We don't eat.

Esme turned and gave me a warm, welcoming grin. "Edward not being forthcoming as to his surprise?" she quipped.

"No," I pouted. I heard Edward's ghostly chuckle up in our room. I scowled in his general direction before sitting down on the stool in the kitchen. "Mum's the word, supposedly."

"I know that you're anxious, Bella. However, your relationship with Edward hasn't been very traditional and from what I've seen, he's a very traditional, loving man. Despite being married to you, he still wants to woo you. Take you out on dates. Make you feel special," Esme explained, sitting down next to me. "Now, you're dates can't be the typical fare. Not yet. So let him do this for you, Bella. He loves you so much."

"I love him too," I whispered. You know that, right? I love you, Edward.

Love is such an insignificant word for what I feel for you, angel. It barely scratches the surface. Esme's right, too. I want to spoil you, love.

I laughed quietly. Esme's tawny eyes were twinkling. "Are you two talking?"

"Yeah. It's cool that we can have conversations without anyone every knowing, you know?" I replied.

"I can imagine. I wish I had that level of intimacy with Carlisle. When you share a home with three other vampires, alone time is at a premium," she said, giving me a wicked grin. Esme arched a perfectly groomed brow and thought what she intended. Sex. Making love...all while being in a house full of vampires...yeah. Ugh!

"I can imagine," I snickered.

"Bella, how are you doing with all of this?" Esme asked, her face falling and her warm hands wrapping around mine. "Your life has changed so quickly in the past month."

"Tell me about it," I said. I twisted my hair nervously as I thought back to the craziness of the past month. "I meet my singer who also happens to be my mate. We piss off some psycho red-headed vampire who believes that Edward is hermate. For revenge, said psycho changes Edward's best friend and in death-defying fashion, my true nature is revealed in order to save my mate. Jasper tells me of how I was changed and gruesome nature of my transformation into a vampire. I become engaged and married within a week. I have to change my mate on the night of our wedding, teach him the ways of being a vampire. We bond as mates and while I should be terrified in making love due to my attack, I'm not. I'm insatiable for my mate. It's mind-boggling." I snorted humorlessly. In some ways, my life had become infinitely better. In others, it had become devastingly worse.