Chapter 4: My Family

Benjamin's POV

As we walked home I couldn't stop thinking about everything that happened. I still couldn't believe that my mother was alive. She was really alive after all these years. Well sort of, vampires are technically dead.

The way she kept looking at me told me that she felt the same way. Then she suddenly threw her arms around me and I couldn't help but hug her back.

"Mom" I whimpered.

"Ben, honey I still can't believe that you're really alive" mom said as she rubbed my back.

"I feel the same way about you mom" I said to her.

"I'm never letting you go again" mom said.

I looked back at my wife and my daughter and they looked like they were about to start crying themselves.

"Not you girls to" I said. "Isn't it enough with only two of us wanting to cry?"

"Oh Benjamin, we can't help the fact that we have hearts too" Laura said.

"Yes dad" added Nicole.

"Come here girls. Group hug" mom said.

We all held onto each other for at least five minutes. It was clear that even though we've only known each other for a little while we all loved each other. We were a family. They were my family.

I had my mom, wife, and daughter with me. What more could I ask for?

We smiled the rest of the way home. When we got back everyone was waiting for us.

Carlisle then spoke. "I just want to say welcome to the family Benjamin. You, Laura, and Nicole are officially part of this family" he said.

"Thanks Carlisle" I said "We appreciate how readily you have come to accept us"

"Of course, after all your technically my stepson" he said.

"That concept is still going to take some getting used to" I said. Just like I'm still processing the fact that mom and I are almost the same age physically. It's all way too weird.

I felt my mom hug me again. I wasn't sure that this was ever going to stop. This time Carlisle joined us.

My wife and my daughter left after this. Laura was with Bella and Nicole went with Renesmee. It made me happy to see my daughter with another hybrid. I worried about her a lot since we thought she was the only hybrid in the world.

I felt an arm wrap around my shoulder. "I have the same worries with my daughter too. I'm glad that she has your daughter as a friend. Your daughter seems like a really nice girl"'Edward said.

"Your daughter seems really nice to. By the way how old is she?" I asked.

"She's only eight. She just reached maturity a year ago" he said.

"Wow she's young" I said.

"I know, but she's a little too boy crazy for my taste" he said.

"Unfortunately that will never go away. Nicole never lost the crazy teenage hormones" I said.

"Oh great, I was hoping with time-"

"Not gonna happen buddy. I hate to break it to you" I said.

"What are you two doing over here? How dare you steal my son from me Edward" mom said.

"Just talking that's all" Edward said.

"Brother to brother" I said. Mom smiled at us.

"Well Benjamin I'm going to steal you for now" she said.

"So what happened with my car?" I asked.

"The tow truck company are on their way over here with it now" she said.

"I want to know more about you. What were you like as a newborn?" she asked.

I shuddered at the memory. "I was awful. I had no control of myself at all. I killed numerous people. I was inhuman. It was hard because of the war. There were wounded people everywhere. There was blood everywhere. For a young vampire it was like being a little kid in a candy store. Once I was a year old my humanity returned and so did my guilty conscious. I hated my diet. I wish I knew that there was another way" I said.

"It's okay. You have more humanity than most vampires" mom said. "You regretted killing them. You hated that. It makes you more human" she said.

I sighed. There was a time when I killed when I wasn't thirsty. It was only once but it still haunted me.

"There was one time that I killed when I wasn't thirsty. I became a vigilante. I thought I was doing justice and saving lives but it still haunts me" I said.

Mom looked at me with wide eyes. All conversation ceased after that.

"What are you talking about?" mom asked.

I had never told anyone other than my wife and daughter this secret so it was hard to say it now. "I killed Adolf Hitler and his wife and made it look like a double suicide"

I closed my eyes as I waited for their reactions. I was afraid of what they were going to say. I only did it because I hated him for what he was doing. My mission was to save lives but no matter what I still killed him.

"It's okay Benjamin" I heard my mom say. "It's okay"

I opened my eyes again. "You don't care that I killed two people in cold blood?" I asked astonished.

"Everyone does things that they regret. Your intentions were good. I'm sure you saved many lives" mom said.

"I still feel guilty about it though" I said.

"It's okay Benjamin. We don't think any less of you because of this" Carlisle said.

"Thanks everyone" I said.

I just felt my mom kiss me on the cheek before hugging me for what felt like the millionth time.

I was so surprised how they just accepted me into their family. They didn't seem to care that I killed people. They believed in me.

We continued talking for a long time. I asked her a lot of questions and she asked me a lot.

"Where is my daughter?" I asked when hours had gone by and she had not returned.

"She's having girl time with my daughter. First it was makeovers and now they are watching movies" Edward said.

"Which movies?" I asked.

"First it was Back to the Future and now it's Titanic" Edward said.

"Nicole chose those didn't she?" I asked.

"Yup" Edward said.

"Figures. She was basically in love with Michael J Fox and Leonardo Dicaprio when they were young" I said.

"Really?" asked my mom.

"Oh yeah. She used to make us watch every episode of Family Ties and she nearly dragged us to the theater on Back to the Future's opening day" I said.

"Really? She dragged you two along?" Edward asked.

"Yes because she had just given up on drinking blood so she wanted us around until she got good control of her thirst. So we had to let her drag us there" I said.

Just then the doorbell rang. Who could that be? My car had already been brought back. Edward opened the door and there stood several native guys. Then the most awful scent reached my nose and made me want to vomit.

"Hi Jacob" Edward said.

"Hi Edward is Nessie here?" Jacob asked.

"I'm here Jake" Nessie and Nicole seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Jacob took her into his massive arms. "Who's this?" he asked indicating to my daughter.

"This is my new friend Nicole. Nicole this is my boyfriend Jacob and his friend Seth" she said.

"Nice to meet you Nicole" Jacob said.

"Nice to meet you to Jacob" she said.

Just as Nicole turned to leave she was face to face with the smaller guy Seth.

A million questions ran through my mind as he kneeled down and gazed lovingly at her.

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