Esme POV
About a week after we visited Bella and the children, Edward decided to ask her if she would bring the children to our new home in Cosmopolis. It had ten bedrooms and Alice thought it would be good if we had the children to stay for a while but Edward told her to be patient and not push her luck. He thought that it was a wonder that Bella would even look at us let alone speak to us after what we did to her. I did feel terribly ashamed. We had left an eighteen year old girl pregnant with vampire human octuplets. Not many people can say that. I stood nervously by the door, waiting.
Carlisle gave my hand a comforting squeeze "It'll be okay"
Bella knocked on the door and Edward opened it instantly, she nodded once and walked right past him. Years of sleepless nights and stress were visible in her tired eyes.
She turned to me "The kids wanted to bring their pets but don't freak out, they're house trained"
"Okay" I smiled.
Bella went out to her huge RV, I looked around at my family. Edward was waiting near the door with Carlisle and I, Rosalie was sitting on the couch, Emmett was leaning against the wall, Alice was sitting on a different couch and Jasper hovering protectively near her. The children all filed in separately.
Mia skipped in with a tiny Guinea Pig in her arms "This is Roly"
Matt followed her with his own Guinea Pig "This is Mitch"
Misty walked in and I gasped and jumped when I saw her pet. It was a real monkey. It was clinging to her like its mother, she kissed it cheek lovingly. Emmett made a sound of approval.
"This is Parfait" the monkey reached out for me "She likes you."
I laughed nervously and stroked its head, it was a tiny bit creepy. It kept looking at me. I didn't like it.
John walked in with another one, this one was a lot bigger and rather unfortunately, I could tell it was a male. It made a noise of anger and shrieked when it saw Emmett.
"Calm down, Bingo. Be a mellow monkey. Peace, man" John said, stroking Bingo's ears.
Aimee strutted in followed by Chris who was holding two Reticulated Pythons. Rosalie screamed and jumped into Emmett's arms when she saw them. I must admit, I scooted behind Carlisle a little. He chuckled.
"You have two snakes?" I asked.
"No" Chris replied, not looking at any of us. "One of 'em's Aimee's. She just won't carry it"
"Hey, I refuse to let Meeko or Meeka ruin my hair. I spent hours perfecting it" Aimee said, examining herself in the mirror.
Leo walked in with his dog "Sit, Chucky" The dog obeyed him.
Taryn came in with her dog as well "Sit, Cherokee" Again, the dog obeyed.
Bella came in last and jumped when she saw how close she was to the snakes. "Chris, you know I hate those things"
Chris took a few steps away from her "It's not my fault her Majesty's too posh to hold a snake" he jerked his head towards Aimee. Aimee made a mocking face face at him. Chris moved the snakes towards her and she jumped into Carlisle's arms.
"Little Aimee wunning to Grandpa?" Mia said in a baby voice.
Aimee growled as she hopped out of Carlisle's arms "Cannit, Mother Nature"
"This house sucks" Taryn grumbled.
"Taryn," Bella warned "be nice"
"I don't like it either" Aimee said. "I don't see why we even have to speak to them, they never did anything for us"
"True" Chris agreed.
"Well, we're going to change that" I said. "We left your mother so she would be safe, we would never have done so if we she was pregnant"
Edward's eyes darted to Bella "We could've done somethi-" he stopped talking when he realised what had just come out of his mouth. He had just given Taryn the ammo she needed.
"What? Gotten rid of us?" she snarled. "I'd like to see you try"
The flowers in the vase in the corner of the room caught fire.
Bella rushed to Taryn's side, she clutched her arms "Ssh, Sweetie, it's okay. Calm down"
Taryn relaxed and the fire stopped, her eyes were still alight with fury. Leo put his arm around her and calmed her. She looked like such a troubled little girl, maybe she gets that from Edward. Edward's eyes caught mine. He was thinking what I was thinking.
Bella sucked in a sharp breath and a leaned against the wall, Mia rushed to her. "Mom, you okay?"
"Yeah, baby, I'm fine" she sighed. "Just a little...breathless"
"Are you ill?" Carlisle asked.
"She said she's fine" Taryn growled, stepping between him and Bella.
"I just want to make sure" Carlisle said.
Taryn took a menacing step towards him "How about this, Doctor Boy? You take your stethoscope and shove it right up your ar-"
"Stop!" Bella shrieked "No fighting"
She couldn't say anything as she she fainted right into Edward's arms, there was chaos as all of the children crowded around her.
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