Author's Notes: Hey everyone. I got the idea for this story when I was talking to me colleague at work about how her and her husband have been together since she was fourteen and how they do sometimes have casual sex but it's just sex and they don't see it as cheating because after being together twenty years of course they like the look of other people so they thought why not have it every now and then. Hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: nothing is mine xx

Not the Bradey Bunch

First Incident

The Cullens returned to Folks over a century later ...

I walked into the house to find Esme, seeing as though Rosalie had stolen Renesme for the day. Actually they were going shopping together. I couldn't believe that my once little girl...my perfect half human, half vampire daughter was now an adult. Although she like me was now over one hundred years old, physically she looked in her early twenties and we now suspected her growing had stopped altogether she hadn't changed much since she was around fifteen/sixteen in human years. I always wondered whether she would live forever like us or whether she would age very slowly and one day die. Although she was strong she wasn't as indestructible as the rest of us.

Folks despite it being a different time with different people hadn't changed much. Still a small town full of bad weather. It was weird coming back and knowing that Charlie had passed on years ago. It was more than a lifetime ago that he and my mum had lived here together when I was a baby.

The Cullen's house in the woods hadn't changed either, it looked as if no one had even ever found it, there were no tracks, no scents, no sign that anyone else had been there since we left. Esme had enjoyed redecorating it and bringing it back to life just as she did the cottage once more.

There was one thing that had changed...Renesme's relationship with Jacob. It started with her occasional comments about him, I suspected that she suddenly thought of him differently. This didn't really bother me until his feelings for her started to change to and I saw them kissing one time. It felt awkward and I'm ashamed to admit I even felt a pang of jealously...but I think it was more the "i had him first" feeling. Of course I didn't like Jacob that way anymore, I had gotten over that before I was even turned let alone decades later.

Another part of me was happy, but mainly for Jacob rather than Renesme. I was happy for her too of course but more so for Jacob. I was happy that he finally had the happiness I couldn't give him. He finally had the heart I couldn't give to him.

He had come with us when we had left Folks. There had been an annex above the garage of our home in Alaska and several of our other homes since, where he stayed when he wasn't wondering the forest or visiting Folks. It was far enough away from the main house that the smell didn't bother everyone...much, and they would put up with anything for Renesme. Even as an adult she had us all wrapped around her finger.

This time Edward and I had moved into the house and much to our discomfort with it, Renesme and Jacob had moved into the cottage. They were engaged.

I headed for the kitchen but something stopped me before I reached it.

I looked at the couple in front of me. Alice was pressed against the wall looking up lustfully at the large vampire towering over her. Emmett stood his hands on the wall either side of her pinning her there. I had just walked in on a rather intimate moment between two people I didn't expect. I didn't know how to react and thoughts rushed through my mind.

Did Rosalie and Jasper know? Has it been going on for years, decades even, or has it only just happened?

"I'm sorry Bella." Alice said quickly. "I should have seen you coming...I was just distracted."

"That's ok." I replied dumbly, not really knowing what else to say.

"Carlisle wants to explain." Alice said, after her eyes had glazed over for a moment. Moments later Carlisle stood behind me.

"Bella,I wondered if I might speak with you for a moment?" he enquired. I nodded and followed him towards his office. "Please sit." I did. I had learned to carry out the motion of being human even when it wasn't necessary. It was habit now. "I think I may be the best person to explain this to you..."

"Please they don't owe me an explanation really." I said.

"Bella there are some things about this family you don't know. I'm going to be honest with you and tell you these things but understand that this doesn't mean you have to do anything you don't want to." He said. I was starting to feel worried and uneasy now. "You see we learned a long time ago that living in a Coven this big and having a permanent mate can have complications."

"Complications?"

"You see, when you live as long as we do and live amongst others it becomes very easy to be attracted to them and mistakes happen. People get hurt and it causes problems for everyone. In time we have learnt that the best way to deal with this situation is to embrace it rather than try to hide it. Let's face it with a mind-reader, an empath and a fortune teller in the house there are no secrets." He continued.

"What are you saying Carlisle?" I asked, even though I was already fairly certain I knew.

"Take Esme and I for example. She is my mate and for all human purposes my wife. We love each other dearly, she completes me like no other, and she feels the same...however eyes do wonder and so on occasion we have both been known to stray and we're ok with that. We allow it as something that is just a physical desire and remain together quite happily. Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett are the same. Bella, don't think that this is how it has to be for you. When Edward married you he meant it, every word. If you wanted him to only have you he would happily only have you and no other. This doesn't have to affect you at all I just thought you should be aware that when you see these moments around the house it is not someone being unfaithful."

No, that's exactly what it was but I knew what he meant.

"What about all this time..."

"Edward has only been with you. When one of us finds a mate we always allow them a decade or two of complete alone time to make sure they are sure that they are true mates. In fact the reason we've left it so long is because of Nessie..."

"So before me, Edward was still part of this?" I asked, genuinely curious.

"Yes."

"With who?" I couldn't help it, I had to know.

"Alice and Esme." He replied calmly. "In fact Alice has managed to have her way with all of us."

"Carlisle, I'm shocked." I chided him.

"I'm still very much a man." He replied, I swore if he could have blushed he would have. The strange thing was this new information hadn't repulsed me like I thought it would, no it had me excited. I was nervous too but definitely excited.

I stood to leave and headed back through the house. I was no longer going to find Esme, no, I was heading outside to go and find my husband. Edward's hunting trip with Jasper was going to get cut a little short. We had some talking to do.

Edward POV

I smelt her before she got here. I knew she was heading my way to I stayed where I was. I could hear Jasper's thoughts. He was confused, trying to sense her emotions and make some sense of them.

Then I saw her and within moments she was stood in front of me.

"Would you mind coming home with me?" she asked. I looked down at her innocent face. Rosalie had the beautiful but deadly look that you would expect of a vampire but Bella and Alice seemed to manage to look adorable and cute so much that you could easily forget the creatures they really were.

"Is there something you need me for, love?" I asked her, putting an arm over her shoulders and walking back to Jasper.

"To talk." She replied. "It's important." I was about to ask her if everything was alright but Jasper's thoughts threw me off. He was thinking about Alice and Emmett.

"Today?" I asked him.

'She probably noticed...she seems pretty calm though. I think they told her Edward.'

"Bella? Have you seen Alice today?" I asked her, avoiding the question I really wanted to ask.

"Yes."

~A Little While Later~

Bella and I sat in the kitchen facing each other.

"Tell me what you're thinking, love." I asked, taking her hand in mine.

"I'm wondering how this all managed to stay secret for so long." She replied, smiling slightly. She didn't look annoyed or upset.

"Because it was irrelevant. I love you, Bella and anything else is a minor detail." I replied.

"So if I didn't want you to you wouldn't be with anyone else?" she asked. I smiled and shook my head.

"If that was what you wanted then of course I would respect that." I said simply.

"What about me Edward?" she asked me, looking uncertain. "I mean if we were to be part of-"

"Bella it is purely a case of if you happen to desire another person in the house you may act on it without feeling guilty. I won't be mad. I know it will mean no more than physical desire the same as it would be for me if I were to act on any desires I felt for anyone else." I told her. "We don't have to worry about this now. We can leave things as they are and still change our minds later, love. If you were to agree to this it doesn't mean that everyone would be expecting us to start sleeping around with the whole house. It is just an agreement that should the situation arise it is allowed. Trust me Bella sometimes you suddenly see people a different way and all of a sudden you desire them. It may not be now it may be in another century's time. I know for a fact that at least two other members of my family have thought about it."

"Really?" she asked, curiosity burning in her eyes. "Who?"

"It's a bit unfair if I tell you....doesn't that ruin the fun?" I replied, knowing that it wasn't the answer she wanted. "A warning Bella, if someone in the household desires you and you have agreed to this they will try to seduce you. If you say no then that's fair enough no one will make you but just because you don't desire someone now doesn't mean that they won't try anything and you may well find that you didn't even realise that you could think of them that way."

"As long as you swear to me that I am the one you want to spend forever with, the only one for you then I agree." She said quietly. "As long as I don't have to actually see it that is I think that'd be too weird."

"You don't have to agree to this."

"It's fine Edward, really. I'd rather this than something happen further down the line that either of us would feel guilty for. I think the way Carlisle explained it helped a lot." She said calmly. How was it possible that something like this only made me love her more.

"Alright but been warned once we tell them that, you'll be the shiny new toy of Folks all over again." I grinned. "And I will still be fighting for your attentions as much as ever. You are still mine Bella and primarily you will be sharing my bed." Possessiveness rose inside me, I was fine with this since I knew she really did love me, but the first few months would be hard because she would be the new plaything. Those who had thought about it would suddenly have the go ahead to act on it. I would just have to remember to ensure plenty of quality husband and wife time for us as well.

~One Month Later~

Bella POV

High School was boring the first time around but this was the sixth time and now I knew it all already. It didn't matter which subject I took, they were all boring to me except one. I had found that now I had the time to learn I had found a hobby in music. I had become very good at the piano and guitar and had now set my eyes on a violin.

Emmett had convinced me to skip last period, he told me that in all his years human or vampire he couldn't remember maths being good for anything. So since it was a Friday I joined him and we headed home. I was pretty sure that Rosalie and Jasper had had half days anyway so we wouldn't be the only ones home early.

When we got home I headed upstairs to mine and Edward's room and left Emmett to his new toy. He had an xbox. This was actually about the sixth one he had had since either he would get annoyed and break it by accident or Rosalie would get sick of him playing it and break it not so accidently.

I walked past Carlisle study and then stopped passing Alice and Jasper's room. Something had caught my eye.

Curiosity got the better of me and I took a few steps towards the doorway. Then I knew what had caught my eye. Jasper was stood in the room in just his jeans and a towel tossed over his shoulders. I saw his quickly towel dry his unruly hair with it and chuck it into the en suite.

His arms, neck and chest were littered with small crescent scars...I remembered his story. But his skin was surprisingly tan for a vampire and his chest more defined than I would have guessed. I knew if I was still human I would be bright red in the face by now. I quickly averted my gaze and continued to my own room.

I tried to draw, read, listen to my favourite cd, but nothing could shake the image of a half naked Jasper taking me into his arms from my head and it was beginning to get me both turned on and embarrassed.

"Are you alright darlin'?" I heard an all too familiar voice ask from my doorway. Perfect, the only member of the household that I couldn't hide my embarrassment from stood right in front of me.

"I'm fine, really." I lied. He came closer and I felt the nervousness begin to ease away and then the embarrassment. Leaving my mind free to unashamedly picture him without the white shirt he now wore. I blinked the image away and looked back to him. He was smirking.

"Sure?" he asked. I nodded slowly. I wasn't convincing myself and I certainly wasn't convincing him. Not when every step closer he took caused a strange reaction from me. Where the hell had this feeling come from? It was Jasper for God's sake! Worst of all he knew exactly what I was feeling...so he probably knew I was spying on him earlier even if he didn't show it.

His eyes had been growing bigger and bigger but really it was because he was getting closer and closer. Before I knew it he was right in front of me. I could feel a familiar aching in my stomach and if I could feel it he definitely could. I met his gaze and moments later I was pressed against the wall behind me with his lips assaulting mine. His kiss was fierce and oh so passionate, I was pinned firmly between his hard body and the wall.

Then the waves of lust began to hit me and I was a goner. His hands were on me, caressing me, nipping me, teasing me. It was all passion, all heat and intensity, and I wanted it. I wanted everything he could offer me right there and then. He ripped off my jumper, then my bra. I tore his shirt open and pulled him closer still. I felt Jasper tugging down my jeans and pulling away my panties as I unbuttoned his pants and shoved them down, every move as urgent as his.

He lifted me up and before I could think another thought he was in me and my God was it good. I moaned aloud, revelling in the feelings that just seemed to get stronger and stronger. I knew Jasper was projecting his feelings and that along with me own kept the lust and pleasure building like a raging fire.

My mind drifted slightly, feeling guilty for what I was doing but I couldn't stop. I craved him. I needed him. My body wanted nothing more than him at that moment. I grasped his shoulders, gripping tighter, pulling him closer, driving him deeper and deeper inside until I felt that shuddering, sweet release.

I waited for it to start to fade but it didn't. The pleasure didn't stop it just grew more and more intense until I heard Jasper reach his own release. It was then that the waves of lust and pleasure started to drift away.

For a few moments we just stayed as we were, his forehead pressed against mine, both of us panting just enjoying the moment we had shared.

After a few moments he gently lowered me to the ground but didn't let go of me. Instead he kissed me.

"Wow." I murmured dumbly. You'd think I'd have a bit more eloquence after a century but no.

"Thanks darlin'." He replied, kissing me again. "I just couldn't resist." Then he smiled a beaming boyish smiled and with a huge wave of happy and calming vibes he was gone.

I wish I could blame his talents for me getting carried away like I did but I couldn't. With me sending him plenty of sexy emotions I couldn't blame him in the slightest. I sighed and went to climb in the shower.

Sex with an empath was incredible. Everything felt so much stronger...in fact I was still feeling pretty turned on just thinking about it. Suddenly I couldn't wait until Edward got home.

Author's Notes: That's the first part. This is probably going to be a series of separate events to make up the general story rather than continuous chapters. But I thought it's open to lots of different pairings and fun so I hope you like it.