Bella,

It's been awhile since I've visited. I want to see that grandbaby of mine. How old is she now? Five? Phil and I are going to buy some tickets and come see you guys. Charlie tried to convince us not to come I think – what's wrong with him? Is he being a baby hog? How is the rest of the big family you belong to now? Tell Esme I can't wait to see her! I hope you haven't forgotten to tell Nessie about her Grandma Dwyer too? Love you honey, see you soon. I should be there in a few weeks.

Renee

My gut wrenched. "Edward!" I shouted, causing four heads to snap up from the TV and loudly shush me. Edward was sitting in the corner with a book in his lap and his iPod earphones in but he looked up quickly when hearing my tone.

Apparently the others had missed it – too absorbed in the game I assumed.

"What is it?" Edward asked, standing next to me now. I motioned speechlessly to the computer screen and he leaned down for a better view.

He silently and unemotionally read the small note. I could see through his purposely covering blank face to the fear within.

"Does she still think we live in Forks?"

"I think so," I replied, "I'm not sure."

Alice burst in from the kitchen with a pink frosting smear across her arm. Alice was very symmetrical – something was wrong.

"Renee cannot come." She stated simply. "She'll ruin everything."

"What will she ruin?" I asked, from my seat on an overstuffed chair. By now the foursome that had previously been completely sucked into their football game were all sitting ramrod straight at attention.

Edward grimaced; he was probably looking at Alice's thoughts. This was not good. Renesmee impatiently stood up and walked over to her father.

She touched his arm and he looked down at her and smiled. Obviously a thought transfer had just happened. My goodness I envied that girl's powers sometimes!

"Where's Carlisle?" Jake asked. He hated being in the middle of drama, he would rather push it off on a trusted person. I knew Nessie and me were his most trusted, but he also seemed to have developed a strange sense of trust and respect for the vampire doctor as well.

He was right up there with us.

"Carlisle and Esme went hunting this morning." Rosalie announced. "They figured you guys could hold your own for a few hours while they quenched their thirst. They were wrong."

"Have you forgotten that you happen to be one of 'these guys'?" Jake asked snarling.
This was the wrong thing to say in his position and it earned him an elbow from Emmett and an instant emotional decapitation by Jasper.

This only infuriated him further but Jasper took that feeling out too. Or so I assumed looking at the now-mellow and almost drugged look on his face.

"Since when does the dog get a say?" Rosalie asked viciously.

"Rosalie?" Said Edward, and she nodded in his direction. "Shut up."

Everyone's face turned bright red in anger, embarrassment or attempts to stifle laughs. But just as quickly as it began the feelings stopped in their tracks and gave way to sympathy, forgiveness and other less unhappy feelings. All before the feet of the mighty Jasper Hale.

Then the door burst open.

"Hello?" Came a rough voice from the front room. We all heard the door close and heavy footfalls, like those in boots.

"Hey guys, its Charlie."

"Dad?"

"We're in the living room grandpa!" Nessie shouted and ran to meet him.

"Charlie, Renee's coming," I said.

"I know," he replied with a guilty look as he settled down on the couch with Emmett, Jake and Jazz, "I tried to get her to stay, but, well, you know her. Hey Alice." He added cheerfully.

"Happy birthday Jake," he said gruffly.

Although it had been 5 years Jake had not changed in the least bit over them, and that was not just our imagination either, he had been morphing it up, just for the fun of it.

Well and because he wanted to be the right age for Nessie when she fully grew I suspected.

"Charlie this is serious," Jasper said, "We really need to know when Renee's coming."

"Where's Grandma Sue?" Renesmee asked innocently. Charlie and Sue were not married yet but Nessie insisted on calling her Grandma Sue and really I didn't think Sue minded.

They still lived in Forks but Charlie had moved into a different house. This had been the first of many signs he had finally gotten over Renee. I was proud of him.

Of course I loved my hair brained mother, but my dad didn't deserve to be punished every day with the ghost of her former self in that house.

He hadn't budged on the school pictures however – they still hung in a row on his living room wall. A long horrible terrifyingly awkward row.

"You should really warn us before you come for visits dad." I said, but smiled to show I was happy he was there anyway.

Although it did add to the drama and hardness of the situation, my dad was a nice mellow person to have around.

Esme's POV

The fresh piney scent was all around us as Carlisle and I ran through the forest. I could taste the moistness in the air. I loved it all, the view, the greenery, the smell. We had finished our little hunt and were heading back by this time.

We were quite a ways out however, and I was in a hurry to get back. Being away from my family for too long made me nervous, and rightly so! Such a dangerous group! They always found something to do, safe or not.

We leapt over a stream and continued on. We had better get there soon! Alice would be extremely unhappy if we missed Jacob's entire party.

We'd probably have to fall back on Jasper's abilities just because we were as late as we already were.

I could see the house in the distance now; it was about 8 miles off. The new house was a brown that exactly matched the forest around them.

In just seconds we were in the drive. I dug my heels in and skidded to a stop. Carlisle did the same behind me.

"Charlie's here," he noted, nodding towards the police vehicle from Forks.

We entered the house only to be bombarded by Alice, Bella, Edward and Jasper. They all started talking at once and none of it was understandable, even at vampire speed.