Authors note: hey guys! This chapter and the next will be mostly then getting to know each other so filler chapters and the next chapter after that will continue the story line. Also I kinda want Bella to have some character growth and be nice. But also like... bad Bella. So there will be Bella bashing but there will also be small moments between the two.

Illiana POV

I slowly walk through the mall in Port Angeles with Edward holding my left hand and Rissa holding my right. Rose and Emmett hold hands behind us along with Alice and Jasper. After we talked about how to handle our situation, we decided that I would openly date Edward and Rissa. Then behind closed doors and with family,  we can all be together. Or at least when people we trust are around. I'm in my own head, thinking about everything that's happened since I've moved back when Edward boops my nose. "What in the world was that for?" I blink back. Rissa lets out a giggle and shakes her head. She's in a pair of light wash jeans, a white sweater with flowers on it, and her pink high-top converse.

Rissa's outfit

Her hair falls down her back in waves and she has a large smile on her face. Edward laughs, dropping my hand and I furrow my eyebrows at him. Rose links her arm through mine and sticks out her tongue at Edward. "They're mine now!" Rissa lets out a string of giggles as Rose leads us away and I just smirk back at Edward. "Hey! No wait. They're supposed to be mine right now!" He says grumpily. "It's okay grumpy giraffe. You can have us later" Rissa sasses back. Rose and I burst out in giggles at his offended face and high five Rissa, whose cheeks are a dark scarlet. The rest join in, and eventually Edward does as well. "So where to first girls?" Jasper asks. "EARTHBOUND TRADING CO!" I scream and start running, dragging a giggling Rose and Rissa.

My boot heels click as I walk into the store and immediately grab a basket. I'm wearing a cropped black hoodie, white and black checkered pants, and my Doc Martens. My hair is pulled back into two Dutch braids and I have a small amount of makeup on. I grab Rose's hand and pull her to the crystals while Rissa pulls Jasper over to the dried herbs.

Her outfit
Imagine something else if you don't like it

"Okay babes, I'm restocking my crystals and I want you to pick a few too. Whichever ones call out to you or you feel a gut feeling towards." Rose shakes her head with furrowed brows and starts feeling the crystals. I grab a few for myself, restocking my dwindling collection. Alice goes straight to the decor and immediately picks out a beautiful tapestry. Jasper holds the basket for Rissa as she picks out things for our shared alter. Since her adopted family would actually kill her if they saw it. I ask the boys and Alice to pick some crystals that they like, then move on to the journals. Rissa, having picked out what she wanted already, joins me. Ahh I love the way these journals feel. And the smell! Almost as good as that new book smell.

The Crystal haul

Alice's tapestry

The Journals

I'm interrupted from my shopping with Rissa, when I hear Edwards name being called. We walk over slowly hand in hand but sort of hiding to see what's going on. There in her ratty outfit, with her bitch of a friend Jessica, stands Isabella. She adjusts her shirt and fixes her hair before she reaches Edward. "Hey Edward! I didn't know you'd be here, would you like to grab some lunch with us?" She asks while biting her lip and tailoring her hair. Jessica stands behind her with a smirk. Gods they are so stupid. Isabella literally watched Edward pick us up from the house this morning.

Getting an evil idea, I pull Rissa with me and start walking towards our grumpy giraffe. His face lights up and he cracks a smile. Must have read my thoughts haha. He barely nods but I take it as my answer. I grab his hand while Rissa takes the other and look up to him. "Hi baby! Rissa and I got you a journal!" I say overly sweet. He smiles down at me and does something I was totally unprepared for. He slowly leans in and kisses my lips. It was quick but I felt the sparks from it all over my body. Wow. Holy shit. I mean wow. Edward snorts and I glare at him.

He then leans over to Rissa with a smirk "Thank you love." Then kisses her softly as well. I see her relax in his touch and cheeks turn pink, the same look she gets with me. Isabella clears her throat to get the attention back on her. "So Edward what do you think?" He looks from me to Rissa and then back at her. He then begins laughing hysterically and I have to cover the smile on my lips. "No thank you Isabella. I will be eating lunch with my family and girlfriends." Jessica and Isabella both freeze and look like their heads are about to explode. "I'm sorry, did uh, did you say girlfriends? As in plural?" Jessica asks. "Yes. I asked Ana and Ria out this morning but honestly I should have asked the day I met them. They are both so very special."

My face lights up and a small blush forms on my cheeks but before I can thank him, Isabella speaks up. "Is she just your charity case? I mean she's really fucked up Edward. Do you really want to deal with that? Not to mention that she got her last boyfriend killed." Jessica nods her head in agreement before adding "and Clarissa is just the same. Her parents didn't even want her!" Rissa's face falls and Edward pulls her into his side. I just narrow my eyes at Jessica while Isabella takes a nervous step back, remembering our last conversation about Rissa.

I go to yell at Jessica but I'm beat to it. "Listen here you little bitches, don't you EVER and I mean EVER speak to Illiana or Clarissa that way! They are both absolutely incredible and you're both just mad because neither of you can match them!" Rose looks them both up and down with a snarled nose "I mean just look at you two compared to them. You two reek of secondhand embarrassment while they oozes confidence. Next time you decide to talk shit about or to either on of them, I'll tear you limb from fucking limb!" Rose snarls. Emmett pulls her into a hug and starts whispering to her, calming her down. Isabella and Jessica turn white and high tail it out if the store.

   I hold back the laughter that tries to bubble from my mouth and turn to Rose. "One, thank you Rose. You didn't have to do that and it makes me feel really good to have you defend Rissa and I like that. I don't think anyone other than Rissa, Sammy, and my dad ever stood up for me. Two, that was incredibly hot." Emmett nods with me and Rose turns pink. Rissa adds "very very hot" from Edward's arms. "And third, I bet twenty bucks I get a call from Renée in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.." my cell phone lights up with Renée's name. I laugh and hit ignore, calling my dad instead.

"Hey dad! I wanted to call you because Isabella and I got into a fight. My friend stood up for me but was a little.. aggressive but rightfully so." I send a wink to Rose and she giggles. "Anyways, I thought I'd let you know since Renée won't leave me alone." I hear him huff and can tell by his tone that he's done with her. My phone beeps with a call waiting and I see Renée's name pop up again. I roll my eyes and hit ignore.

     "Yeah she's already started. I'm really sorry baby, I know it's hard for you here and this was supposed to be a good place for you. Look, you can't say anything but I'm seriously considering sending Bella back to Renée. She's really stressing me out and I really want to focus on you. And don't even say it. I know I have two daughters. I love both of y'all very much but you have been treated horribly. And you went through so much. You need me more than Isabella does. Plus she doesn't really seem to like it here anyways." I sigh deeply, knowing exactly what I need to say but not wanting to say it.

"I understand what you mean dad and as much as I would like Isabella gone, I think she needs you more. Renée manipulated her a lot and she was never a mom really. Isabella needs that, not a mom per say but a parent that's willing to actually parent. One that protects her, spends time with her, nurtures her. And I can put up with her, she's not violent. Just bitter. Just-" I huff, hating myself for trying to be a good daughter.

     "Just take some time to yourself dad. You'll figure out what you want pretty quickly I bet." I say. He chuckles at me. "When did you get so damn wise? Or old? But you are right. I'm going to head over to the Blacks house and go fishing or something. I probably won't be home till tomorrow, you know how we get around a fire and I can't drive home under the influence." He says in his sheriff voice. I giggle at the memories of dad, Billy, and Harry dancing around the fire with Jacob, Leah, Seth, and I laughing at them. "Okay dad, I'll bring Isabella some food home then. Do you mind if I have a few friends spend the night? To be specific, all the Cullen siblings and Rissa?"

The vampires around me tense up and look at me. "Um well I guess not. I trust you but uh don't fight with your sister please? I just need one night and I know asking you to ignore her mean comments is hard bu-" I cut dad off quickly. "Hey dad it's okay! I won't fight with her. Who knows, maybe we will be friends by the end of the night." Rose snorts beside me and I crack a smile. "Anyways, thanks dad and I'll see you tomorrow. I love you!" Dad laughs "tell Rissa I love her and you both be safe. Love you too baby, bye."

I turn around to my soulmates and find them staring at me. "Um so I didn't really ask but uh y'all wanna hang out at my house tonight? Or is that too clingy?" It gets very quiet and they're all silently looking between each other. I internally start panicking and picking at my nails. Why did you say that? Of course they don't want to spend the night, they've been with you all day! Plus you just met! Gods. You're such a clingy bitch. You should leave. Now. Make an excuse.

  "Oh shoot, Isabella is calling. Probably wants to talk about dad not being home. So uh bye!" I pretend to answer my phone and start speeding away. Rissa goes to run after me but is held back by Edward. I pick at my nails, cursing myself for being such a weirdo and keep walking through the mall. My anxiety still high and the embarrassment staining my cheeks. When I don't feel anyone watching me or hear feet trying to catch up, I slow down. Then look around quickly and don't see them. Okay. Good. Now I need to leave. I could hide in a weird store and call an Uber. Maybe make up some excuse about Isabella?

I make my way into a really huge department store and go to the third level. I weave through the store until I find a corner that has tall shelves around me. I can see partially out of the shelves but others can't really see in. I start looking for an Uber on my phone when I hear footsteps. I freeze and look up through the shelf to see Alice. She turns and looks straight at me. I look down at my phone. Oh fuck me. Play it cool! Maybe she didn't actually see me. I shake my head at my stupid thoughts and when I look back up she's gone. Oh thank fucking gods.

Someone taps my shoulder and I let out a ear piercing scream. I turn around to see Alice trying to cover a laugh. "Gods Alice! I almost had a fucking heart attack!" She starts laughing harder and is unable to hide it. Her laugh sounds like little bells and makes it really hard to be upset, though I still pout at her. "Okay, okay. I'm done laughing. So uh why did you disappear Lil? Especially around vampires that can hear if your phones vibrating. Or hear your heartbeat. Or see the future." My face heats up and I look to the floor. "Uh well I figured y'all didn't know how to say no to me and I didn't want to make y'all uncomfortable."

A cold hand grips my chin and gently pulls it up. "Oh Illiana, don't you know we would do anything for you? We were surprised that you let us in so quickly is all. Rissa is a little more open than you so it just took us off guard. We want to be with you every second of the day but we also don't want to make you uncomfortable either. We would all love to spend the night with you and Ris. How about we go pick out some cute pajamas for tonight, hmm?" I slowly nod my head. "Thank you." Alice shoots me a beautiful smile and grabs my hand. "Let's go find the others!" I stop though and shoot her a weird look "hey wait! What did you mean by see the future?" Alice just giggles and pulls me along.

And that's when I felt it.
I felt a piece of myself glue back together.
But will it hold?

Authors note: So guys, what did you think?
This chapter was very much a filler chapter to help showcase their relationship and it's a bit smaller than the others. But the next chapter will have lots of fluff :) but after that we will continue with the regular plot line.

• Do you like Illiana or is she a bit too cringey? Shes based on me and I have high anxiety, depression, and ptsd. So shes a bit awkward. Shes also bipolar which makes her emotions a little all over the place.

• What did you think of Rose sticking up for the girls?

• What do you think will happen at the sleepover?

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