Bella POV

"Tell me again, why are we doing this?" Renesme asked Edward just to irritate him.

'She is 10 year old but yet doesn't like human food.' I thought to myself. Even though I don't see her as a child, not after she started dating Jacob and married him last year, I sometimes cannot help but wonder at her age and think like a mother of a ten year old kid. I smiled to myself.

Jacob chuckled lightly at his wife while Edward smiled at his daughter, knowing exactly what his daughter was trying to do and said, 'We are doing this as a part of our human façade. We don't want Carlisle to go alone with his wife; while everyone else is with their family at this party, do we?

The hospital at which Carlisle was working currently had organized a fundraiser and everyone from the staff was invited with their families.

We had moved from Forks 7 years ago since we had lived there for far too long. We initially moved to a place close enough for Charlie to come on vacations but far enough that no one from Forks will find us. But after 5 years of living there we moved to Vancouver, Canada, where we are living currently.

"Renesme you are a married women now, behave yourself." I chided her, knowing that this reminder would upset my husband but Renesme needed to learn that she was no longer a child.

When Renesme and Jacob had announced their engagement, everyone had expected Edward to throw a fit. But he was already aware of their nuptial, not for obvious reason but because Jacob had decided to court Renesme properly and thus had asked Edward's permission and blessing beforehand.

So it was unexpected when I had thrown a fit. Everyone had been surprised except Alice, who had a smug smile on his face. Jacob had been most surprised because he had expected me to give my consent to this wedding.

Edward had then laughed loudly earning a glare from me and evils from all the ladies in the family include Rosalie and Esme, so he had controlled his laughter but had a smug look on his face. He explained his laughter as caused by my reaction.

He too, like Jacob had expected me to give my consent for the wedding but was surprised by my reaction. He had then continued on saying that how I continue to amaze him and how he can never tell what my decision would be, this had earned him another glare from me since he was not helping my situation and was changing the topic unknowingly.

Edward had then stopped talking, understanding my expression and then I had explained my concerns as how Renesme was not mature enough for commitment and a bond that would last for eternity.

I had asked them to wait till she was little older maybe 25 or 29. I said had that maybe Renesme's mind was of an 18 year old but she had no experience of this world, since she had never been out of her family's embrace and protection. Renesme had had a very strong reaction to my words.

She had said that she had been mature since she was 2 years old and that in her life she had faced danger and almost death in the form of Volturi. She had then continued to call me hypocrite as I had married Edward early too but the reminder of Volturi was enough for me to flinch and fall into silence.

I had then left the room to be away from my daughter and my family, wanting to be alone. Renesme had then come to me after some time when her anger had calmed down. She had then apologized for her earlier reaction and wanted me to be happy for her and to support her decisions in life. I had let it go and had done exactly what she had asked me to do.

Honking of a car pulled me out of my memory, I smiled remembering when after my change Edward had told me that Vampires can be easily distracted. I looked up to notice that my comment had earned quiet some reaction, Renesme had grimaced while Edward looked upset. Jacob looked suddenly interested in the world outside the car.

The rest of the journey was uneventful and not long thanks to Edward's driving. When we stepped outside the car the valet parking the car gasped, as he noticed me. I smiled and would have blushed if I could, I was still not used to being beautiful to everyone and not just Edward.

Edward smiled and handed the boy keys of the car to park, then he put his hand on my waist to claim me as his as he was mine and walked to the party.

Edward POV

As soon as we entered the party, the commotion I knew so well, set in. Humans were all attracted to us, while their instincts telling them not to go near us, sometimes it was hilarious to see their confusion.

Who are these people, must be Dr. Cullen's adopted children that Jenna was talking about. Of course only he could have such children…..

Oh no….. now I have no chance of gettting laid today….. all the chicks are drooling over them… as if Dr. Cullen was not enough…

My….my….my… look….. I blocked this thought line, since I knew all too well what was coming next. But the shocking part was the "voice" was male, I shredded at the thought, not that I was homophobic but I didn't want to see myself naked with….. ugghhhh.

I concentrated on Bella and what she was doing. She was searching for Carlisle and Esme since they had arrived before us. I followed their scent and found them in ball room, dancing. Carlisle smiled at us while Esme motioned us to dance and join the rest of them.

I smiled, knowing exactly how Bella felt about dancing. She raised an eyebrow and looked at me, analyzing my mood and her chances of getting away without dancing. I offered her my hand and smiled even wider, telling her, that her already slim chances of getting away were now nonexistent.

She grimaced and took my hand, she knew that this battle was not worth fighting. We danced for what seemed like eternity, I never sensed time when I was with her; time just seemed to stop.

When the host finally announced that it was now time for dinner, I heard Bella grimace. I smiled and looked at her with my eyebrows raised. 'I have been a vampire for 10 years while I was a human for 18, but yet I hate human food.' She thought after removing her shield.

I smiled at her comparison and replied too low for humans to hear. "You were human for 18 years but now you are a vampire and it is you as a vampire that hates human food. Come on, lets go". She visibly grimaced again but came with to the dinner tables.

I intermingled our fingers as I took her hand in mine. She looked at our hands and then at me, with an eyebrow raised. "You know what, I too am not in the mood of eating lets go and explore the surrounding." I said to make her happy.

She smiled and cheered up. I smiled at her. It was really amazing, how she can be a grown up married women and a mother of a married girl at a moment while the next moment she is just another 18 year old girl.

I put my hand over her waist and took her out of party, into the park next to the place. The park was empty at this hour of night and no one was on the streets.

The insects in the park fell silent as we entered the park, their instinct telling them to be silent as stone. I smiled at how humans and animals reacted to us, while animals ran from us, humans try to rationalize the feeling and stay around us.

Bella looked at me her eyebrow raised, questioning me nonverbally about what was I finding so funny. I just shook my head.

We stayed in the park for a while, with my head in her lap. She was playing with my hair and I was looking at her beautiful face not believing that this girl was mine. I decided to tell her my observation about animals and humans, she too smiled and commented, "And humans are the smarter one.' I laughed.

Our moment was ruined as someone screamed. I looked at her but she did not seem to have heard anything, then it must have been a mental scream but before I could do anything she noticed my expression and asked me with a concerned expression. "What is wrong?"

I got up and started running towards the scream. My expression must have said everything because she just followed. As I neared the place I heard a man scream "What are doing to her? Let her go." I heard a loud thud as if something heavy fell and then the man chocked.

As we finally reached the place, I saw a vampire draining a human man and a lifeless body of a human female fallen on the ground. He then dropped the male as he sucked the last drop of blood and attacked one of the two children.

I reached him midair and threw him away from the children and before he could stand on his feet I tore apart his hands and then his leg. Finally I tore his head and burned him.

It was a known fact among vampire community to not hunt in the vicinity of Cullen family as we had to maintain our human charade and attacking any human in our vicinity was challenge to us.

Bella POV

Edward knocked the vampire midair as he jumped for the children and took him away so that children could not see him. I turned towards them and tried to comfort them but they were in shock. I took them away from the bodies of their dead parent and called Carlisle, he picked up at the 5th bell.

"Hello Bella." He said calmly

"Something has happened!" I replied as I didn't want to say vampire in front of children and didn't want to leave them too.

"Explain?" He asked with concern as he read the anxiety in my voice.

"Someone attacked a family; we heard their screams and came to help but were only able to help the children. Edward is with that person now." I knew he would understand that that someone was a vampire otherwise we wouldn't have called him.

"Where are you both?" he asked

I told him our location and he was immediately off the phone.

"Nobody is going to hurt you both, you are perfectly safe, I promise." I tried to comfort the children but the boy just tightened his grip on his sister. I was trying to reassure them when Edward came and sat beside me. I removed my shield and thought 'I called Carlisle'and then played everything from time he left.

As I finished playing everything I heard my family coming. When they were near us, they slowed and ran at human pace. Esme came to us and hugged the children and they visibly relaxed in her arms. Rosalie and Alice stayed with us while Edward took Carlisle and rest of the members away and explained everything so that children could not hear them talking. But they remained near enough that I could.

"You should have not killed him Edward, violence was not the answer." Carlisle said.

"What should have I done Carlisle? Let him go?" Edward asked angrily.

"You should have captured him and explained to him that no one is allowed to hunt in our vicinity." Carlisle chided gently.

"You didn't hear his thoughts Carlisle. He was a tracker and he was tracking that little girl. Disgusting!" Edward spat out.

All of a sudden Rose said, 'There's no point in fighting over what should have been done, think of what should we do now, these children have seen a vampire, though they do not understand it yet but very soon they would and what do you think Volturi would do to them, let them be?"

"What do you suggest Rosalie we do?" asked Carlisle.

She hesitated and then said, "We can adopt them and when they come of age, we give them a choice; whether they want to live as humans or want to get changed."

I was surprised, I knew Rosalie had always wanted a child but adopting a child never came to our mind. I looked at them and could practically see them in Rose's arms laughing as if they were her children.

"She is right, we can't just let them be and even jasper has good control over himself, they won't be in danger." I said at vampire speed too fast for children to understand and smiled at Jasper so that I didn't make him feel cornered.

"We shall see about it, first let us take them home." Carlisle answered t no one in particular.

Esme POV

We were dancing Waltz when Carlisle's phone rang. He was clearly not pleased by our dance being disturbed but picked up the phone none the less. This is what happens when you have 6 children and one grandchild.

He sighed when he saw that the caller was Bella. Though Bella was the most recent addition to our large family but she was the most mature one of all our children.

Carlisle answered at the fifth bell. "Hello Bella!" He answered calmly.

No matter how much we wanted a little private time, Carlisle would never let that show to our children, that is what I loved about him, that how much of a father figure he was and how everyone looked up to him.

"Something has happened." She replied, worry clear in her voice.

"Explain?" Carlisle said concerned, not wanting to waste time in meaningless use of words.

"Someone attacked a family; we heard their screams and came to help but were only able to help the children. Edward is with that person now." 'Oh dear!' was all I could think of. Someone must be near her, whom she didn't want to hear the word Vampire, because if not for vampire she wouldn't have called us.

"Where are you both?" he asked.

She told him our location and we started to find others but Alice was already bringing everyone else, she must have seen a vision. Without wasting another second we came out of the party and ran, when no one was in sight. But when we reached them we heard soft thudding of two small hearts, so we slowed to run at human pace.

When we reached Edward and Bella, they were crouched besides 2 children and were trying to reassure them but to no avail. It broke my heart to see such young children in such a condition and I couldn't help but hug them.

They seemed to relax. It was then that I noticed the children. One was a boy, clearly around 9 years of age and other was a girl around 8 years of age. Girl had black hair with blue eyes that were confused as she couldn't understand what was happening. While the boy was ash blond with bluish black eyes that were scared. He might not have seen the massacre but he had definitely heard his parents being murdered and that was going to haunt him for a long time.

I heard as Alice and Rose stayed behind but rest of the family went a little further away from children to decide what to do next. I was concentrating on children and how to ease them that I didn't notice them bickering until Rose went up to them and placed her suggestion of adopting them.

I was surprised at the notion, as Rosalie hated human but I also knew her longing to be a mother. I looked down at children and noticed Bella do the same. When she supported her I wasn't a bit surprised, I knew what it was like to be a mother and Bella knew it too. She also knew how Rosalie used to see Renesme and wanted a child of her own. Though Rosalie was second mother to Renesme she was not her mother. I smiled.

'We shall see about it, first let us take them home.' Carlisle answered t no one in particular and we all headed home.

Rose POV

We all gathered around the dining table in living room after we had set children to bed. Carlisle sat at the head of the table and Esme sat next to him while the others sat around them. It was oddly humorous that all the vampires were sitting at the dining table as if waiting for dinner to be served.

"So?" Carlisle began ."We have a situation at hand. The children will clearly begin to question how their parents died sometime soon and if they begin to ask questions publicly they would be noticed by Volturi. In such a case we have the option that Rose suggested and that is to adopt them or to let them be in foster care and explain to them about us make them understand not to say anything." He finished.

He is kidding, isn't he?I thought angrily. Edward looked at me and gestured me to remain calm. I had long ago learned to trust on Edward's and Alice's advice, so I kept my mouth shut.

It was Bella who spoke next "No matter what we explain them Carlisle, they would always wonder what happened to their parents and they will begin to question why had we asked them to keep their mouth shut and thus leading them in an even more dangerous situation."

Noticing everyone nodding, Bella continued. "So the only option available to us is to adopt them and I believe Rose will be more than happy to raise them as her own children." I looked up at her; if I could have cried, I would have with the gratitude I felt towards her. She was the only one who felt my longing to be a mother besides Esme. I mouthed thank you at her and she just smiled, I smiled back.

Carlisle thought what Bella had just said and then looked up at me, "Rose, I know you love children very much but these children just lost their parents to a vampire and you want to adopt them?" I started to speak but he silenced me and said. "Please understand what I want to say. We are vampires and to our kind they lost their parents. They would always see us as murderers and would never be able to see you and Emmett as their parents."

What Carlisle was saying was right but I just can't let them be, 'What if we don't tell them what we are and make them understand the difference between the good and bad and then when they are old enough to understand the difference we tell them we are the vegetarian vampires unlike the one that killed their parents.' I thought

"That won't change their perception about us Rose; they would only think that we taught them to think that way so that they don't judge us." Edward replied to my thoughts. This made everyone confused so he explained what I was thinking.

To this Emmett replied, "Baby, it would only hurt more if you explain to them about us then and when they don't understand; would you be able to stand the rejection of a child you consider your own child?" Even the thought made me flinch.

Emmett continued. "Let us assume, that they are ok with us being vampires. But what if they don't want to be immortal, then what Rose? Will you be able see your children die in front of your eyes due to old age or some other disease? Let aside old age, have you forgotten how breakable they are?"

"Do you remember Edward's plight whenever Bella used to go anywhere and he was always afraid that something will happen to her? Even when he was with her? Don't you remember how much careful he had to be? Baby, think rationally, please.' I glared at Emmett. Didn't he want me to be happy, didn't he knew how much I wanted a child. I hated him for his reasoning, all I wanted was my children.

"It is not so Rose." Edward replied to all my mental accusations, "He just wants you to be happy…' I cut him off then "But my happiness is with the children, don't you see that Emmett.' I said turning to Emmett, my eyes filled with pain for a child.

"Don't do that to him Rose, Emmett is showing exceptional wisdom in this case and he wants you to be happy. He is also able to see the high chances of the pain that this case will cause you. Why don't you understand this Rose?" Edward said almost pleading, but I couldn't help it, after all these years I was finally able to have my children and they were trying to take it away from me.

'Please don't do this to me.' I pleaded in my mind, knowing that he would be listening to me very carefully. Then I showed him my feelings and my longings to be a mother and my pain when it finally hit me that I would never be able to have children.

I showed him, how I felt whenever a saw an old couple surrounded by their grandkids playing around them or a couple with their child in a park. He flinched from my emotions so I showed him the relief that Renesme gave me when she was born.

I showed him my feelings when Bella asked me protect her and her child. That how much I loved her for loving her child and supporting it. He relaxed but then again flinched at the thought of Bella dying due her pregnancy but I showed him my feeling of respect for her that she could die for her child and that I would do same if I had gotten a chance and that I would still do the same.

Then I stopped and finally looked him in his eyes. I saw pain, love and all my other emotions reflected on his face. Bella was looking concerned as she saw the silent exchange going on between us but she didn't disturb us.

Before he could say anything Alice started hopping and clapping all full of joy and thus finally broke the tension in the room and now everyone was looking at her some with amusement while others with an annoyed expression.

When everyone was looking at her she finally said, "Now I have 2 nieces and a nephew oh I have so much to design and now I don't have to change stores again and again and I can do the shopping in one store."

I was confused and so was everyone else, except Edward who had just read her mind. "Oh you all don't understand do you? We are adopting the children!" She said squealing in delight. I couldn't believe it, how has everyone accepted the idea of adoption and what caused it.

"You." Edward said, "When you were showing me the memories you were living them again and the emotions they caused were quiet visible on your face. Though I would have to say you guard them well. I never knew you had such strong emotions for children. Though others are not mind readers but they are your family and can read your face very well Rosalie. They suffered with you too, as you relived all those memories and thus they decided whatever will happen they would face it together as a family." I looked at them and I was filled with gratitude, love and respect for every member of my family.

"So it's decided." Carlisle said "Rose and Emmett are going to be parents". I smiled; I liked the sound of that.

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