Visibility Isn't Always What It Seems! ('Visibility' series Pt 3)

Changes, Celebrations & Ex's!

The rest of the day became one very large celebration, the largest group was out in the courtyard where the previous regimes cloaks were being burnt, the ones who wished to leave did so not by slinking away but shaking hands and extending invitations for future visits to old friends and comrades. To think that only three people held this many imprisoned, it showed how misuse of power could devastate a world, for a very long time. We were all getting ready now to leave, we were going to visit Pisa, Florence, Venice and Rome before the journey home.

So I saw many beautiful cities for the first time with my mate by my side and spent the spectacular warm evenings, our bodies entwined passionately and lovingly. This would be something I would never want to forget.

"When you change me, Peter, remind me of all of this, please!" I whispered into his chest on our last evening in Rome.

"I will angel, every moment since I met you is stored up here," he tapped the side of his head, "waiting to remind you if you lose a single thing about us!"

I could not answer for the lump in my throat so I leant in and kissed him with every bit of love, passion and devotion I could find. On the outside, Peter looked like a rough, tough no-nonsense vampire, but inside he was soft, warm and sensitive, a romantic spark had survived the horrors of Maria's camp, just waiting within for his mate to arrive, so it could burst forth and shower me with love.

"Now, get all dressed up my Isabella, this is our last night in Italy and I want to take you out, wine you, dine you and dance with you!" he said staring passionately into my eyes.

Oh, my! a date, our first real date! I bolted out of bed and headed for the bathroom, I was making the most of this, before the return to normality at home. Well as normal as it gets for a human girl mated to a vampire, I laugh to myself. Luckily I had bought a long strapless sheath dress today, I just fell in love with its classic lines and simplicity. But nothing prepared me for the site of Peter in a tux, he was just so sexy and hot, I was speechless and majorly turned on. He laughed and said,

"Stop that angel or we'll never get out of here!" So I just stuck my tongue out at him and shrugged my shoulders. We went to a beautiful open-air restaurant, they had a sitting down to an expensive slap-up meal area and a buffet area, we picked that as it would be less noticeable, he was not actually eating. I had champagne with my food and it was nice, but not really me. The waiter held up his hand saying,

"Un momento per favore!" When he returned he had a pitcher of fresh orange juice which he poured into the champagne, now that was better, refreshing and sweet.

"Grazie," I said and he smiled warmly, this made Peter growl and I slapped his arm

"Down Captain, he's just being friendly" I murmured.

Just then he stiffens and a voice floated up from the terrace,

"What's this Petey, slummin' it with the humans? Word on the grapevine was you had got a mate, thought that was a load of old bull!" said a small beautiful blonde but sluttily dressed vampire.

I turned fully towards her and she gave me the once over and obviously found me lacking by the tutting sound she was making, not to be outdone I placed a hand on my hip, tilted my head and said

"Well, shit baby! I'm glad you're taste in women has improved!" as I smoothed down the side of my dress.

She growled and launched at me attempting to get into my face but hit my shield and was now sitting on her ass on the sidewalk looking stupid.

"You must, unfortunately, be Charlotte?" I said looking down at her, a male vampire stepped forward then with his hands up, saying

"I don't want any trouble, Captain Whitlock!" Peter shrugged and answered

"No problem Ramon, Isabella is dealing with this fine by herself! But a word to the wise, if she's your mate my condolences, if not, dump her before she bleeds you dry and steals all your stuff!" he looked confused and then horrified.

"That was your money and stuff, Oh shit! I replace it and find all your things and return them to you as soon as I can" he was rambling and if he'd been human he'd have wet himself by now.

Peter and I had slowly been walking towards them and away from the humans during the conversation.

"No! She will! Every cent, every item and in the exact same condition it was in when she stole it!" I ordered, she laughed saying

"Who's going to make me? You? A stupid pathetic human!" I lifted her into the air, dangling about two feet above the walkway.

"I would say that was an unequivocal yes! Wouldn't you my mate?" I cooed at Peter taking his arm with one of mine and stroking my fingertips of the other down his chest and he unashamedly started to purr at me.

Charlotte was livid and started to shout and curse so I just thickened the shield and we could hear nothing. The male gave us their address, telling us some of Peter's stuff was there and he just waved at Charlotte

"She ain't my mate, thank god," he said and then he was gone.

"Shall we baby, then we can go dancing like you suggested!" I motioned and we sauntered along to the address Ramon had given us with Charlotte bobbing up and down ahead of us.

I just kept smiling and winking at her and every time she spat, growled or looked like she was swearing at me I slammed her into something, thinning the shield just as contact was made. Peter phoned Jasper asking him to collect his retrieved stuff, which he and Alice did immediately. Everyone else appeared too and they decided to join us for an evening of dancing and fun once the items were back at our hotel.

Charlotte was livid and I told her she had exactly the same amount of time to return the rest, as she had had to sell or spend it. She was starting to argue when Alice handed her a camera, unknown to me she had filmed me using my shield in Volterra, knowing she'd need it to show Charlotte later. This shut her up right away and she agreed it would all be returned a.s.a.p.

The rest of the evening was fun, we danced and laughed and had a wonderful time, wandering back to the hotel as dawn was breaking in the sky over Rome. This had all been a life-altering visit to Italy and I would never be that young naive Bella Swan who moved to Forks, but I would be the strong, resilient Bella who could cope with all that life threw at her.

Un momento per favore (Italian) - One moment Please

Grazie (Italian) - Thank you