When The Ball Drops 5

“It was nice of the shops to have our purchases delivered to our hotel so we didn’t have to make multiple trips.”Rosalie said as she latched the extra lock on the door to her and Isabella’s hotel suite’s door after the last bellhop left with his cart. Rosalie had tipped all of them a lot of money for all their help. Now that she didn’t have to worry about it she didn’t mind being generous to people helping them and the bellhops helped a lot because Rosalie had gone all out and bought items from every store they visited. Turning around to take in her purchases she smiled seeing bags and boxes overrunning not only the living room but the hallway and even without looking Rosalie knew the bedroom as well. Taking Isabella’s phone out of her pocket she angled herself so that you couldn’t see out the window and took a picture of everything. She then immediately posted it.

“For the amount of money you spent it would have been an insult if they didn’t.”Isabella said.

“What are you doing?”Rosalie asked seeing Isabella unbuttoning her blouse.

“I want to make you that milkshake you asked for and don’t want to ruin my clothes.”Isabella told her.

“Is making a milkshake messy?”Rosalie didn’t see how it could be.

“With you around I have no doubt that I will lose focus and make a huge mess.”Isabella was always distracted by Rosalie.

“I am very attractive aren’t I?”Rosalie loved that her presence distracted her mate.

“Yes and because of that stay on the other side of the kitchen island. Maybe clear off the couch so we could watch a movie or something.”Isabella suggested as she pulled the ingredients needed to make Rosalie a strawberry milkshake.

“Where should I put everything?”Rosalie didn’t know where to put half of the stuff she got.

“If you want anything washed before you wear it then put it aside and will have someone pick it up for laundry.”Seeing Rosalie’s worry Isabella was quick to assure her.”This is a high end hotel so we can trust them with your garments.”

Rosalie wasn’t completely sure about a hotel being able to properly clean her clothes but trusted Isabella. That and if they got ruined she could easily replace them.”Should I leave them in the garment bags?”

“Yes and there is a laundry bag in the closet for anything else.”Isabella told her as she started chopping strawberries.

“Is there a safe in the room?”Rosalie knew a safe wouldn’t stop a vampire but it would prevent humans from stealing all the expensive pieces of jewelry Isabella had bought her.

“Also in the closet. The combination is 24-36-42.”Isabella put the strawberries in the blender and started adding the ice cream.

Rosalie made quick work of her clothes and jewelry. She decided to stack the dozens of shoe boxes against the wall leaving behind a clean living room and hallway.”Tomorrow I want to shop for gadgets.”

“What type of gadgets?”Isabella asked.

“I think a new phone is a must but maybe a new computer as well. I don’t really know what’s out there as I never had the money to buy things like that. Also Carlisle wouldn’t let us buy anything he considered flashy.”The only technology the Cullens kept up with was Emmett’s video games. Rosalie’s computer was 4 years old and her phone 3 yrs old. After using Isabella’s Rosalie wanted something better.

“I’m surprised you haven’t wanted to go car shopping.”Isabella had expected Rosalie to want to do that first.

“I thought about it but I don’t know what kind of area we live in or what kind of space we have to put the cars.”Rosalie was planning on buying cars she just wanted to see where they lived first.

“How about you take a seat on the couch and drink this milkshake and I’ll grab my laptop and show you pictures.”Isabella suggested as she held out the milkshake for Rosalie.

“Wait you have pictures?”Rosalie took the milkshake and made her way to the couch taking a seat.

“Yes, I thought I told you that but you must have distracted me.”Isabella said as sat next to Rosalie and started her computer.

Whatever reply Rosalie had was completely forgotten once she got the first taste of the milkshake. She had thought the other food had tasted good but this was incredible. It was exactly what she dreamed a milkshake would be. She was embarrassed when she felt tears fill her eyes that would never fall.”This is delicious.”

“I’m glad you like it sweetheart.”Isabella gave Rosalie a kiss on the check and turned her attention back to her computer to give Rosalie a moment to collect herself. Isabella knew drinking a milkshake was a huge deal for Rosalie and was happy she could give her mate the experience.

“I don’t know if you should introduce me to anymore food.”Seeing Isabella’s confusion Rosalie explained.”Everything I’ve tried I have loved and if I like everything else you will be spending all your time cooking for me.”

Isabella smiled.”I would happily cook for you anytime you like.”

“I’ll will be taking you up on that offer a lot.”Rosalie went back to her milkshake slowing down on have fast she was drinking it. Even knowing that Isabella would make her another one she wanted to savor her first.

“Alright here is a couple hundred pictures of everything from the interior of our house to the town it’s in to all the out buildings.”Isabella angled the computer so that both she and Rosalie could see the screen.

“Did you take all these pictures for me?”Rosalie asked as she reached out and clicked on the folder labeled town. She wanted to save the house for the end to draw out the excitement a little longer.

“Yes and like I said I was going to tell you all about them when we got back to the hotel room but you distracted me.”Isabella told her.

“This isn’t really a town is it. It’s more of a medium sized city.”Rosalie liked the vibe of the town and was already planning on visiting a few places when she got the chance.

“Our house is right on the line to be considered in it. We have no neighbors and there is only one road to get to our place that the only reason you would travel it was if you were lost or coming to visit us so there is no traffic.”Isabella thought the plot of land she picked out for them was perfect.

Rosalie finished with the town pictures and moved on to outbuildings.”Why do we have an empty warehouse?”

“You need a place to put your cars.”Isabella thought it was obvious why they would need the space.

“You build me a warehouse so I could fill it with cars?”Rosalie wanted to make sure she understood what Isabella was saying.

“Well yeah. I mean I figured that you were likely going to want to buy a bunch of expensive and rare cars and it wouldn’t be proper to store them in a regular garage so I built the warehouse that has climate control and a bunch of other things I was told is necessary in British weather to prevent rust and other corrosion on cars.”Isabella wasn’t sure what Rosalie expression meant.

“Is this something I designed as well?”Rosalie asked.

“No you designed the house I designed the outbuildings. Are you mad at me for not asking you?”Isabella didn’t think Rosalie was mad but she wasn’t reacting.

“Mad at you. Isabella I’m not mad at you. I’m touched that you would put in so much effort for one of my hobbies.”Rosalie leaned forward and gave Isabella a kiss.”You’re to good to me.”

“You deserve the world a warehouse for you cars is nothing.”Isabella would give Rosalie anything she wanted.

“Does the warehouse have a second floor?”Rosalie saw a ramp on the side wall in one of the pictures.

“Yes, that way you can fit more cars in it.”Isabella smiled when Rosalie kissed her again.”So you like it?”

“I don’t like it, I love it. I could fit over a hundred cars in there and still have room to set up a mechanic’s station.”Rosalie couldn’t believe that she would be able to have free rein to fill the large building.

Isabella reach over and clicked out of the warehouse pictures and moved to a large building and clicked on the picture.”You don’t need to worry about a mechanic’s garage.”

“What do you mean?”Rosalie clicked the next picture only to gasp in shock seeing a professional mechanic’s garage set up with all the latest tools and four bays to put cars. There was even car lifts in each bay and dozens of top of the line tool boxes that Rosalie had no doubt Isabella filled with the best tools on the market.”You built this for me?”

“Of course. I mean I know how much you love cars and wanted you to have everything you needed to explore your hobby with no limitations.”Isabella shrugged.

“If I didn’t want to finish going through these pictures I would have you naked already.”Rosalie really didn’t know what she deserved to have such a caring mate but she was enjoy being the focus of Isabella’s attention.

“I mean the pictures are never going anywhere.”Isabella wouldn’t mind getting naked.

“I’m not done with my milkshake anyway.”Rosalie went back to the pictures looking at the next outbuilding. It was filled with dirt bikes and modified go karts.”Who’s stuff is this?”

Isabella looked at the picture.”That’s my stuff. I like to race dirt bikes and go karts with my friends.”

“You like dirt bikes?”Rosalie wouldn’t expect Isabella who got motion sickness when someone drove to fast in a car as a human would like dirt bikes.

“Yeah I was hoping that you would give me permission to build a track on our land.”Isabella wasn’t going to do it if Rosalie objected.

“You built two buildings for me to do my hobby but didn’t build a track because you were worried I wouldn’t want one?”Rosalie asked.

“Well yeah there is a difference between having a building on our land and a race track that ruins the landscaping. I know how much you love to care for plants and how one of your favorite things to smell is fresh cut grass. I didn’t want to take away even a part of your chance to enjoy it.”Isabella explained.

Rosalie just stared dumbfounded at Isabella. The girl really was the perfect mate.”You can build a track. Just not to close to the house.”

“Thank you sweetheart.”Isabella was extremely excited for when the went home and she could start building it.

“How did you get into dirt bikes?”Rosalie asked.

“I was at home one day and this random teenager knocked on the door. He asked who the owner of my orange truck was. I told him it was me and he asked if I would willing to sell it. When I said I wasn’t selling he told me that the reason he wanted the truck was that his dad had one in high school and loved the truck so much he had it tattooed on his arm. The same model year and color as mine. I asked him how much he could offer and he said he would give me $1500 for it but asked if he could do a payment plan because he didn’t have all the money. I told him I couldn’t do that because I would be without a ride and he offered me a motorcycle as a trade. I felt really bad for the kid so I accepted and became the owner of a motorcycle that I drove until I went off with Victoria and James. Victoria learning about this taught me about dirt bikes and how much fun they could be.”Isabella explained.

“What kind of motorcycle was it?”Rosalie was trying to shake off thoughts of Isabella in all leather driving down the highway on a motorcycle wind in her hair.

“It was just a mismatch of parts that I don’t know how it stayed together or even worked to begin with. I know I got the losing end of the deal but when the kid’s dad came with him to pick up the truck and I saw the man sobbing while sitting in the cab I didn’t really mind.”Isabella would have taken the loss any day.

“That was extremely kind of you.”Rosalie didn’t know anyone but Isabella who make the deal. As a matter of fact they probably would have hiked up the cost knowing how important it was to the kid.

“I know I’m the most feared Volturi guard but I believe in being kind and helping those in need.”Isabella would never be ruthless like her reputation made her out to be.

“What exactly is you role in the Volturi? I heard Kate say and you just said that you are the most feared Volturi guard but if that’s true why haven’t I heard of you?”Rosalie would have thought someone so feared would be a household name.

“I’m pretty sure you have heard of me. You just didn’t know it was me behind the nickname.”Isabella said.

“What’s your nickname?”Rosalie tried to think of someone with a moniker she would have heard.

“Morte Silenziosa.”Isabella smiled seeing Rosalie’s shock.

“You’re Silent Death?!”Rosalie couldn’t believe it. Her mate was hands down the most feared vampire in existence.

“That’s me.”Isabella confirmed.

“Is it true you actually fought and killed an army of 50 vampires by yourself?”Rosalie had thought it had been impossible when she heard the story but knowing about Isabella’s gifts it was definitely possible.

“52 vampires actually.”Isabella told her.

“Why did you fight them by yourself?”Rosalie asked.

“The royals and the royal guard had a bet going on whether or not I would need help so instead of being involved the royal guard and Athenodora and Caius watched as I decimated the army that thought they could overthrow the Volturi.”Isabella hadn’t liked killing all the vampires but they would have caused irreparable damage if she hadn’t.

“They put you in danger because of a fucking bet?!”Rosalie was outraged that Isabella was left on her own over a bet.

“You are forgetting. I can’t be killed. Even if the entire army overwhelmed me they still wouldn’t be able to get through my shield. I would have been perfect safe while they would have been extremely frustrate that they couldn’t rip me apart.”Isabella hadn’t been worried about the army. They were no match for her.

“If your shield protects you how was I able to bite you?”Rosalie still didn’t like that Isabella was left on her own. Shield or no shield Rosalie would have protected her.

“My shield encompasses you as well. So anytime you are close to me it is covering both of us. Meaning you are the only who could harm me or kill me.”Isabella told her.

“Well it’s a good thing I would never harm or kill you.”Rosalie liked the fact that Isabella’s shield protected her.”I’m surprised that Aro let you leave.”

“He didn’t really have a choice. We both knew that I could walk away at anytime and there wasn’t anything he could do about it. The reason I stayed as long as I did was because not only did I have to become friends with the royals I had to build up my reputation so that the Volturi could use sending me after someone as a reason not to break the law. Doing that has stop four rebellions from happening and likely many crimes I didn’t see.”Isabella would have left as soon as she had the royals’ trust but it would have caused too much damage.

“Well I’m just glad we are together finally.”Rosalie would think about her mate being Silent Death later. Now she wanted to see her house. Clicking on the folder Rosalie gasped in surprise seeing the outside of it.”It’s exactly how I dreamed our home would look like.”

“That’s just the outside.”Isabella said.

Rosalie clicked through pictures falling more in love with the house with each one. She could believe that her dream home was actually real. Everything from the type of wood to painted walls was exactly what she wanted.”It’s perfect.”

“You like it then?”Isabella asked.

“Just like everything else you have done and shown me I love it.”Rosalie couldn’t keep her eyes off of the pictures.”We need to get some furniture for the place.”

“That I didn’t do because I thought it would be fun if the pair of us shopped for stuff for the house together.”Isabella told her.

“I do like the idea of buying stuff for our home together.”Rosalie thought that was a perfect date idea.

“If we find anything we like while we are here we can have it shipped to the house. Victoria or James will take care of it when it’s delivered.”Isabella knew that Victoria and Jame wouldn’t mind helping.

“Where do Victoria and James live?”Rosalie would think the they would live with Isabella if they were a coven but Isabella hadn’t mentioned that.

“They have a house that is about a ten minute run at vampire speed from us. They invited us to live with them but I declined knowing that you would want your privacy. As a compromise I bought the land boarding theirs so that we were still close.”Isabella didn’t want to lose the two people who helped her so much in life.

“You’re right I do want us to have our privacy.”Rosalie wouldn’t be comfortable living with two virtual strangers. Having them that close wasn’t a problem with her as it kept Isabella with her coven.

Isabella picked up her phone when she heard it make a text alert sound. Reading the text she rolled her eyes.”You need to check your social media.”

“Why what happened?”Rosalie asked taking the phone from Isabella.

“Kate just texted and said that two of your former family members have finally checked your accounts and have been freaking out.”Isabella told her.

Rosalie opened up the app and started scrolling though her posts. Seeing the comments she laughed.”It’s Emmet and Alice. The first couple posts they make positive comments but when we went to the first jewelry store they started getting nasty.”

“What do they say?”Isabella wouldn’t put up with anyone being mean to Rosalie.

“On the one that I posted the picture of that half a million dollar necklace that I wrote the caption “Get you a man that doesn’t care about dollar signs” Alice wrote “It would be just like you to target a wealthy man.” Emmet wrote that he bet the man wasn’t as rich as he was. Which is just pitiful because I more rich than Emmett.”Rosalie said.

“Anything else that’s funny?”Isabella asked.

“The picture of the Gucci receipt that showed that you spend fifty thousand dollars that I captioned “Thrift store shopping.”Rosalie smiled when Isabella laughed.”Yeah that one Alice demanded that I invite her along with me on this trip and introduce her to my friend.”

“That’s not going to happen.”Isabella wasn’t inviting anyone on their trip.

“No it is not.”Rosalie agreed.

“I expected some biting comments from Emmet.”Isabella would have thought Emmet would have reacted harsher than just talking about his wealth.

“He is giving fake support in the form of biting comments like “Glad you are having fun but it would be better with me there” and others like “Remember the time I took you shopping we had a great time just you and me.”Rosalie couldn’t believe that she never picked up on Emmet’s feelings for her. They were beyond obvious now that they had been pointed out.

“He’s pitiful.”Isabella wasn’t threatened by Emmet. She knew that Rosalie would never leave her.

“Alice is just as pitiful. On the pic I posted of the dressing room in Chanel I captioned “Wonder what he will think of the fifth outfit he begged me to model for him.” Alice wrote that no man would understand fashion better than she did so I should tell her where I am so she could meet us here and help me out.”Rosalie wasn’t telling Alice anything.

“Do you think they will jealous when you buy all those gadgets tomorrow?”Isabella asked.

“Those gadgets and all the cars I’m going to be buying.”Rosalie had plans to see what France had to offer for project cars. She of course was going to buy a couple exotic cars and just have everything shipped to their house.”As a matter of fact I would like to buy a few things that Emmet also wanted and a yellow Porsche 911 turbo. Then I want to take a pipe and beat the crap out the car.”

“What did the car ever do to you?”Isabella wasn’t opposed to destroying the car she just wondered why Rosalie wanted to do it.

“It’s Alice’s dream car. She has begged for the car since it came out but was told it was too expense and flashy.”Rosalie would get a lot of joy smashing the car.

“Let’s get online and find where we can buy one.”Isabella pulled up the internet on her computer and started typing.

“You are going to let me waste money on a car just to destroy it?”Rosalie would have thought Isabella would have some kind objection.

Isabella shrugged.”As long as you aren’t killing innocent humans or vampires I will support you in anything you do and if that means wasting a lot of money on a car because you want to destroy it then I will gladly give you my credit card.”

“You really are the best.”Rosalie said earning a smile and a kiss on the cheek from Isabella. She finished off the rest of her milkshake, put the empty glass on the coffee table and settled on the couch. Looking through her social media she had to smile reading the comments. The Denali except for Eleazar had been leaving positive comments and subtle jabs at the Cullens. It was nice knowing that she had the coven’s support. Rosalie did wonder how the meeting the next day was going to go. She would ask Isabella later. Isabella who was currently searching for a car Rosalie only wanted to buy to be petty. The girl really was perfect for her. Sighing happily Rosalie leaned into Isabella’s side and started her own search on Isabella’s phone. She was hoping they could find the car by the next day so Rosalie could post the before and after pictures while the Cullens were at the Denali’s. That way Rosalie would know what Alice’s reaction was. Rosalie smiled thinking about the tantrum the little vampire was going to throw.