Chapter 3: Party Time

Allie's POV

"Who got you here?!" I heard Grandma ask Renee as they walked away to go sit on a log and catch up.

"Allie, hon." I heard Esme from beside me.

"Yeah, Esme?"

"You're doing a great job with the kids. I know it might sometimes get to be too much, you just make sure to let me know if you need any help with them. You know we're all here for you." She smiled proudly.

"Thank you Esme." I hugged her tightly. "Thank you so much for everything. I love you."

"Love you too. Now, go play with your kids. I think Chelsea's about to try and play football with her uncle Emmett." She pointed over at the edge of the beach where Emmett had Chelsea upside down in his arms while she held onto a Nerf football.

"Wonderful." I mumbled and walked my way over to where they were playing. "Emmett McCarty Cullen! You stop trying to break my baby girl!"

"Party pooper." He complained and set Chelsea down on the ground.

"But Momma, we were having fun!" I got a close look at her face and so that it was covered in dirt and her outfit was getting dirty too. "I like football!"

"Thanks, Emmett. SO much." I said, accentuating the word, 'so'.

"You're welcome. Now can we play? Please Mom. iPleeaassee?/i" He begged.

"Ugh, fine. Just as long as she's not broken. Maybe I'll get Jasper and Grandpa to play with you guys too. Just to make sure." I said, kissing Chelsea on the cheek and sending her off to play with her big kid vampire uncle. I rolled my eyes when she was able to trip him and send him toppling over.

"Mommy!" A small, childish boy voice called. I looked around to find Edgar sitting in his father's arms, holding his hands out towards me. As I walked closer, I saw that he now longer looked but a few months old. Neither did Chelsea when I looked at her. They looked like normal two year old kids now. Whatever normal meant for them. I shook my head when I realized just how fast they were growing. It probably had to do with their powers. Carlisle would fill me in later.

"Hey, honey." I smiled as I picked him up from my love's arms and kissed both of them on the cheek. "Love you both."

"Love you too, Mommy!" Edgar chuckled and kissed my cheek back.

"Silly goose." I smiled and took my love's hand as he led us to the bonfire Grandpa set up and took a seat between Mom and Dad and Embry and Esla.

"So, what's the deal for tonight?" Emmett asked, clapping his hands together and smiling childishly with Chelsea bouncing on his knees.

"First, some news that includes the whole family before everyone else got here. Then, I thought we'd have a little family reunion." Carlisle smiled at everyone who looked at him confused, except Edward and Alice.

"What's the news?" Bella asked, warily.

"We have to move, Bella. It's been years here in Beaver. People will notice eventually. It's better to leave before anything starts, right?" Everyone nodded in agreement. We, of course, won't move far. I love Washington too much to leave. There is a small secluded house in Everett, Washington. The weather is usually cloudy there. The house is on a busy street, but so well hidden you can barely see the driveway; which is marked only by a grouping of small brown wood mailboxes."

"How big is it?" Esme asked.

"3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms." Carlisle said and I began to worry. Three rooms for 7 couples plus 4 kids? There had to be more than that. "Of course, we will not all fit in a 3 bedroom house, which is thankfully why there is more than enough space for Emmett and whoever else may want to help build onto the house, adding more rooms. There is a small house in the side/backyard with 2 bedrooms and two bathrooms. Much like the cottage we used to have at the Forks house."

"Who will use that space?" Rosalie asked quietly.

"Well, I thought that maybe our newest parents could use the house the most." Carlisle turned and smiled at Nahuel and I. I looked at my love and saw the smile he wore. It melted my heart instantly.

"You're giving us a house?" Nahuel asked softly.

"If you'll have it." Carlisle said lovingly.

"I…thank you." I said, fighting back tears of happiness. "Thank you soo much, Carlisle."

"So I'm guessing you'll take it?" He asked us and I nodded.

"Yes!" Edgar chirped from my lap. Everyone laughed when he clapped his hands together.

"So, now that that's settled. Do you have any objections to anything?" Carlisle asked the family, who all shook their heads or said, "no". "Good! Well now, I think it's time for a reunion, don't you?"

"Before that," Renee interrupted. "I have some news."

"What is it, Mom? Is something wrong?" Grandma asked concerned.

"Actually, everything is perfect. Or, will be soon." She smiled and continued, "Bella, Phil has gotten a deal with a major league team. So, we have to move now."

"Wha-" Grandma started but her mother put a finger to her cold lips.

"Just wait Bella. He signed a 5 year contract with the Seattle Mariners." Renee said quickly and waited for Grandma's reaction.

"So, you guys are moving back here?!" She asked excitedly.

"Yep. We found a beautiful house in Brier. Just outside of Seattle and about half an hour's drive from the house Carlisle found in Everett. We move into the house in a few weeks. There's even an old tree house kinda thing in the backyard for a playhouse for the kids."

"Oh Mom! That's great! I can't wait!" Grandma smiled and hugged her mother, careful not to choke her.

"I can't either!" She gushed. "Now, PARTY TIME!"

As if in a stage production, everyone filed in. Jacob's pack, which included all of Sam's old pack, we hadn't seen him since Dad banned him from Beaver and La Push. Tanya and her family, the significant others of the wolves and vampires, and of course, those few human who knew everything; namely: Sue, Charlie and Billy.

The spacious lawn was quickly being filled with bodies moving here and there, talking, mingling, laughing, smiling. It was a wonderful sight.

"Allie!" Mom called me from across the lawn, waving me towards her. I looked at my love and nodded for him to follow me. I kept Edgar in my arms as we walked wordlessly to my mother. Sometimes, neither of us would speak a word and I could see and hear more from his eyes than words could ever say. He often reminded me that he was my prince and that he could obey no one but me and that words could not express the love he held for me; that he could not believe himself how much he loved.

Every time he told me, my heart soared, my stomach turned and my rose red lips turned up to reach my eyes for hours at a time. He truly was my everything.

I believe that our love is much deeper than him just being an imprint. Because just being in imprint means nothing more than an eternal partner. Yes, you could love them, would love them forever and after that even. But when you're a werewolf/vampire/human, the love was multiplied.

I looked at the love between Sue and Charlie. I saw just how much they cared for and loved each other. It was written plainly on their bright faces. Then, I looked at the love between my vampire family. Grandpa and Grandma, Rose and Emmett, Alice and Jasper, Carlisle and Esme. Each love was just as strong as an imprints bond, if not maybe stronger. I'd heard the stories between my grandparents. I'd heard how Edward left Bella because he thought it was better, when in reality, he was hurting her that much more, and it hurt him just as much. I sometimes felt jealous of the bond between them. The love, not of your life, but of your eternity.

The love radiating from the lawn didn't stop there. When I looked at the bonds and love between Seth and Chelsea, Leah and Jeremy, Mom and Dad, Quil and the now 14-year old Claire, and Paul and Rachel, the love was endless. So many possibilities, ties, bonds, loving words, gazes of longing, it was all so much. And when that love, which was supposedly the strongest kind of love there was, was combined with human love, and then mixed with vampire love; it was unimaginable.

There were no words for it. For this love, the love between Nahuel and I, Esla and Embry, and Jassett and Celina, was one of a kind…technically. We were the only three who would ever be able to fathom the amount a love we held for each other. Even Jasper had admitted in the past that he could not understand nor describe it.

I guess I'm just that lucky to have a one of a kind love in a one of a kind family.

"Allie, in a few minutes, your Dad is going to have everyone sit down so you can introduce the newest members of the family." She smiled at Edgar and kissed his forehead. "Alice said that a lot will happen between the kids and the pack."

"Alice says a lot of things, Mom." I said, smiling back at her.

"Allie, you look so beautiful. You always have." Mom kissed her cheek. "I'm so proud of you and so happy that we live life the way we do."

"We truly do live in a Fairytale, Mom." I smiled and then looked up at Nahuel, who was staring at me with the intensity of a thousand raging fires, but with the softness of a newborn Malamute. He smiled and kissed me softly.

I giggled and pulled away when Embry started making sounds behind us.

"Embry Call!" Esla shouted, laughing herself. "You stop that!"

"Or what?" He challenged.

"What this." She said simply before getting up from the seat she was in by the fire, and walking away. I saw the feared expression on his face, and could feel the smile on Esla's face. I smirked when Embry spoke again.

"Oh no, please Esla. Don't leave me. I'll stop. I promise. Please, come back." He pleaded with her. I felt her smirk grow, I could hear in her mind that she was having too much fun with this. Mom and I watched in amusement at the argument.

"Who's to say it won't happen again?" Esla asked with a serious face when she turned back around. "Huh, Embry? Every time it happens, you say the same thing; yet, it happens again and again and again! I don't think I can trust you, Embry Call."

"No, Esla. Wait. Just, just wait. I promise. I won't. Just, hold on a second." He said as he fumbled around his jacket pockets and his jean ones too. Esla looked on curiously as he spun around in circles looking for something.

"I'm waiting Embry. You have…10 seconds." She said, clearly teasing him. He froze for a second, then went back to searching his pockets. He finally found what he was looking for. Esla stopped breathing when she saw what he'd pulled out from his jacket.

"Esla Seely Black," Embry paused as every stopped talking and turned to face them. They all saw what he held in his hands, a small black velvet box. Allie heard the thoughts in everyone's heads, all at once. Most were happy, some ecstatic, and almost everyone thought that it was about time he'd done it. Allie laughed silently when she heard those thoughts.

"Esla Seely Black," He started again after shaking his head, trying to clear it out. He got down one knee and looked lovingly back up at my sister. "I've loved you since the very second I looked at you. At that very second, there was no one ibut/i you. I don't see any one else, except you. I love you more than anyone could ever know"-iExcept me and Jassett, of course./i I thought smugly.-"and my only hope is that you love me just as much. I vow to love you, hold you, comfort you for eternity until you no longer want me. Will you marry me?"

The audience was silent for a good minute and a half before a small giggled ripped through the tension. I looked over at Chelsea who was still in Emmett's arms, and found that she was guilty. Her laugh erupted through the space again.

"Chelsea…" I said quietly, knowing she could hear me. "Stop." She nodded quickly and did as she was told.

"Embry Michael Call, I'll always want you. No one but you. Yes." She said, hear eyes tearing up. "My answer is yes. I will marry you."

His smile was as wide as the Pacific Ocean as he placed the platinum diamond ring on her left ring finger, making sure it fit perfectly. He kissed it before letting her hand drop so he could kiss her. This time, it was everyone else's turn to make noises and whistle at them. She laughed and pulled away only to go back and give him a quick kiss. Soon enough, they were receiving hugs and congratulations from everyone at the party.

"Allie!" Esla called as she escaped the throngs of people surrounding her. "Oh, Allie! He was so cute on one knee like that!"

"I heard you say you liked that in your mind, sister dear." I said, smiling.

"Right." She smiled. "Look at it! It's perfect!" She brought her finger up so I could see the ring. It truly was marvelous. The platinum band had yellow sapphires across the middle, all the way around, and in the middle of the band, was a heart shaped white diamond. "He said he got it custom-made. He made it special, Allie! Just for me! One of a kind."

"It's beautiful, Esla. I love it." I said, looking it over once more.

"Allie?"

"Yes?"

"You'll be my maid-of-honor, right?" She asked uncertainly.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." I smiled. "So, of course I'd be you're maid-of-honor!"

"Yay! Ohmigawd. Tonight is the best night of my life!" She squealed like a 5th grader. I just rolled my eyes and wished my best as she headed back to Embry.

Remembering her ring, I looked at my own. It was too one of a kind. Rose gold. Leaves and vines wrapping around the band territoriously, and then meeting at the soft center of a rose-red ruby. Along the sides of the band where randomly placed pink sapphires. He said it reminded him of me the very second he saw it, and simply had to buy it.

Of course, the dress was perfect and one of a kind as well, as much was in our family. White, naturally, with a soft pink belt, decorated with three rosettes of the same color just under the bust. A sweetheart neckline decorated by the most delicate of hand-designed flowers by Alice. She thought that my Snow White presentation should be held up, which meant flowers and animals-which were tame of course-of all kinds everywhere. As the dress flowed down like silk, the flowers grew farther apart, single flowers instead of groups. The dress ended with a wrap of lace around the bottom.

It was beautiful. The whole wedding had been. It had been my dream wedding, without my ever having to dream it.

I felt a warm hand wrap around my waist, and I realized that Edgar wasn't in my arms anymore.

"He's with Renee." My love whispered softly into my ear, continuing on to kiss it gently. "Let's dance."

"Let's," I agreed and we went out to where everyone was dancing with everyone to the loud pop music. It was a blast, and soon enough, it was time to introduce the kids; my children. My life.