Everything was over. The danger that kept the vampires, shape shifters and imprints on edge was, finally, nowhere in sight, which was a good thing.
The Cullens were back in their home, the vampires who served as witnesses have all gone back to their own places, whilst some of the pack members were safely entrapped in their imprints arms. Excluding the others, namely Embry, Collin, Brady, Leah and Seth, who were munching away. Courtesy of Emily, who cooked the whole time in order to ease the tension she felt in her chest, tightening from worry.
The feast she cooked was able to last them a week or two, which was very surprising, knowing the werewolves would have eaten them in minutes, hours at most.
"I guess you guys aren't that hungry. That's amazing!" Emily exclaimed, chuckling softly before serving another tray of cookies and muffins. "It's not that Em, but I can't believe I'm saying this. You cooked so much, it's unbelievable." Embry said, grinning before munching on a blueberry muffin while the other pack members agreed.
On the other hand, down the road, a family of three was on their way to Forks. Who would've thought there were more Swans, as in the people, not the animal, that lived.
Beaufort Swan, Isabella Marie Swan-Cullen's twin brother, was on his way to Forks with his own family. Not much people have heard of him. He would visit Charlie occasionally when he and Bella were younger, and sent his regards to Bella in secret when she got married. Not even Renée nor Charlie knew of their conversation. Alice and Edward decided to keep that a secret, with the help of Bella's constant begging.
The man recently got married, well a bit earlier than Bella, but it was still considered recent. It wasn't grand and felt that he didn't need to invite his family since he was married in a court in Nevada, which was quite far from Forks and Phoenix, being in the middle of both places. Although, his family, namely Renée, Charlie, Bella and Phil were able to have a video chat with him and his new husband, Steve Lee-Swan, congratulating them.
This time though, he didn't bother telling anyone of their arrival. No contact whatsoever. The last time he called Charlie and Bella was Christmas, before the supposed confrontation was about to occur. He sent his greetings and got to know more about what was happening. That time, he was spending time with Renée, Phil, Steve and Brynn in Phoenix.
Once the family arrived in Forks, they decided to stop by at the nearest diner and eat lunch.
Beau stepped down from the driver's seat of their SUV, opened the door of the back seat, and carried their daughter, Brynn. Not before removing the seatbelt and taking her from her car seat of course. Steve was able to follow them, the baby bag in hand as they entered the diner.
The Swan family sat near the window, little Brynn looked around in fascination as she was sat on a high chair and was given a coloring mat with a box of crayons. "Daddy daddy! Bwin colowing!" The three year old exclaimed happily, showing her fathers the piece of paper which was scribbled with colored lines. Steve, who always had a camera around his neck, quickly snapped a picture of the little girl and chuckled softly. "Its beautiful sweetie." He said, before patting her head softly.
Brynn was adopted a year ago in an orphanage in Canada, but they were only able to get her when she recently turned 3, which was a month ago. She was able to open up to them easily. Honestly, people would have thought they were actually the real parents, seeing that Steve had natural bleached blonde hair, tan skin and green eyes while Beau had brown hair, pale skin and sky blue eyes. Brynn looked like both of them. She had dirty blonde hair that were in pigtails, as if the top of her head was mixed with brown, blue-green eyes and a complexion that was in between tan and pale.
Beau can't help but admire his family. He held Steve's hand, who looked up at the menu he was scanning in order to look at his husband. He put his hand near his lips, kissing his fingertips and mouthing an 'I love you' to him. The blonde man turned red and kissed Beau's fingers in return. The two then turned to look at Brynn who was busy coloring, and gave her little head a kiss. She paused and looked up at her dads and grinned, showing her teeth which had a space in the middle due to the tooth fairy getting it too early. "Bwin wuvs you." She said and went back to coloring.
Steve decided to get a chicken clubhouse sandwich, cherry coke and a slice of blueberry cheesecake. Beau got a cheeseburger with fries, and a cup of americano. They got Brynn a plate of macaroni and cheese, a small carton of strawberry milk and strawberry ice cream for dessert.
The family of three ate happily. At some point, Brynn fed both Steve and Beau, and getting some of Beau's fries and Steve's cheesecake, which earned a good laugh from her parents.
After their quick break, the whole family drove over to Charlie's, singing nursery rhymes from Barney and friends in order to pass the short amount of time.
Seth, Leah and Embry were helping Sue and Charlie in redecorating the house. Moving one furniture to the other. It would have been easy for at least one of them to move the furniture alone but they wanted to do something productive. Knowing that the mechanic shop where both Seth and Embry works at is closed for the day while Leah had nothing to do.
"Where do you want me to put this Charlie?" Embry asked, carrying the couch with ease. "Can you move it near the stairs? Thanks." The tall male chuckled before giving a salute and placing the couch carefully near the stairs, facing the television. Finally, they were finished, just needed to clean up.
In the middle of all the chaos, a chaos that consisted of rugs and brooms, the three shape shifters heard a car pull up. "Charlie, were you expecting someone?" Seth asked, blinking before turning to the police officer, who had his eyes wide open in surprise once he saw who the people were outside.
In that short moment, little Brynn fell asleep again. Her arm clutching a small blue teddy bear as she let out soft snores. Beau carefully removed the seatbelt and carried their little girl.
"Beaufort? Steve?" He heard his dad call out, making him turn and grin. "Hey dad, sorry for barging in, but we decided to spend the rest of summer here. I mean, if its alright with you." He said sheepishly. Charlie probably didn't understand him because he was too focused on the sleeping child in Beau's arms.
"Oh! Hello there." By the front steps were Sue, Embry, Seth and Leah. He remembered them from his childhood, but not as much. Although, Sue was quite clear to him. She used to put bandages on him when he got hurt. "This is my husband, Steve." He introduced the love of his life who was standing beside him, waving shyly. "And this is our daughter, Brynn."
DISCLAIMER: Everything belongs to Stephenie Meyer, except for Steve and Brynn. Yes, even Beaufort belongs to her.