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Explanations & Pleas
BPOV
"HOLY SHIT!!!"
"WHAT THE FUCK?!"
I was expecting this reaction, but to actually hear it was something else. I looked up to see the shocked faces of all but Noah and Taylor.
"Hi everyone."
EPOV
"Bella!?"
that was the only thought in my mind. I heard all the exclamations from everyone else, but they seemed so far away. Jasper's and Emmett's exclamations were the loudest in the room. There were a few more curse words flying through the air, but I could barely hear them. My Bella was here. My love; my life.
"Hi everyone."
Was that all she could say? I saw her look up from the floor and glance at everyone in the room – everyone that is except me. I was confused and hurt. I thought I would be one of the first people she would look at, but then I remembered how I left her on that day so long ago; what I said. I turned and looked at Alice and slowly saw her face change from shock to absolute joy. She jumped off Jasper and in a flash had crashed into Bella hugging her. The expression on Bella's face was one filled with awkwardness, like she didn't know what to do. She just had her arms at her side not even trying to hug Alice back.
"Bella, how is this possible?" Carlisle asked.
"If Alice would stop hugging me I will explain."
After saying that I saw Alice immediately stop hugging Bella and back off, but she grabbed Bella's hand and seemed to be holding on for dear life, but Bella wasn't trying to hold her hand . How I wish I was Alice at that moment.
"Well a few weeks after you all left I started feeling weird you know sick and at first I thought nothing of it but the fact that I was depressed and hurt. Once I started throwing up everything I would eat I came to the conclusion that I might be pregnant. I brought a test and it was positive. Since I couldn't come to you, Carlisle I figured the next best thing to do would be to go to the Denali Clan in Alaska."
"Wait. You went to Kate and everyone else there? How did you know to go there?" Carlisle asked.
"Well Ed – Edward had talked about them and said that they were vegetarians like you. I thought that if anyone else could help me they could. I knew that once I made that decision I was most likely leaving my life as Bella Swan behind. So I packed a bag and set off to find them."
"Did you?" This was Esme.
"Yeah I did...it took me almost two weeks to do so. I was so weak when I got there. When I did I explained what my situation was and at first they were trying to find you, Carlisle. When they couldn't they found another doctor who helped me."
"Wait a minute. Maybe I'm slow on the uptake, but Bella who's the father?" Emmett asked.
"Who do you think?" Bella replied sarcastically.
When she said this everyone's head turned to look at me. I was shell shocked. As far as I knew vampires couldn't have children, but what Bella was saying before explaining how she got pregnant proved how wrong I was.
"Carlisle..is this possible?" I asked.
"It would seem so." he replied.
"So I have a son and a daughter?" I asked looking at Bella.
"Yeah, you do?" As she said this she looked at me for the first time.
I processed this as if I was still human...my mind was reacting so slowly to this news. I would say that I'd gone into shock, but I don't think vampires can do that. I felt like I could drown into her eyes. They weren't the chocolate brown I remembered, but at this moment that didn't matter.
"If you don't mind can you tell us how you managed all this?" Esme asked.
"Well once I found out that I was pregnant I knew that I would have to leave Forks. While I was trying to find them I devised a plan. I was gonna have to die. I knew no matter how my pregnancy ended I was not going to be in any position to pick up my life. I found out while you were gone that Jacob Black had become a werewolf. With your treaty I had no idea what they would do if they found out about me so I knew I had to leave."
"Wait a minute. So you're telling me that there are still werewolves at La Push?" Carlisle asked.
"Yeah, it came about because you all moved back to Forks. Whatever gene in their DNA got triggered so there were werewolves in direct correlation to how many of you were there. I know that when you made the treaty only Alice and Jasper was absent. Now with them added not only did it trigger the change in the original number, but it expanded in order to cover the additional vampires. It didn't help matters when James, Victoria, and Laurent were there either..that just made the pack grow. It didn't matter that they were no longer there. Once they came into the vicinity it was out of the pack's hands."
"So are there still wolves there now?" Jasper asked.
"Yes. I don't know who though. About 20 years later I went back and Jacob was the one I saw. To say he was upset is an understatement. He understood that I was going to check in on Charlie, but that was it. He told me to stay away from him so I respected his wishes and stayed away, but I've always let him know where I've been so if he wanted to he could get in touch with me. I haven't heard anything for at least the past ten so I figured he's either dead or just ignoring me. I really don't want to find out which one."
I saw Bella pull her hand away from Alice and sit down next to the one called Taylor. I could see that Alice didn't like that and was going to say something, but I saw Jasper subtly shake his head and she stopped.
"I know that this may be weird to ask but do you have some type of blocking power"Jasper asked.
"Yeah, I guess the thing that made my mind closed developed into something more. I find that I can block most mind attacks, it's not like I've gone deliberately testing it, but during the years I've seen that I've been able to block pretty much what I've encountered. What made you ask?"
"Well because I was just thinking about how Edward could never read your mind then I remembered that you were in the class where I couldn't read anyone. I just figured maybe that little quirk developed into a gift. So I'm not mistaken in thinking that you were blocking me." Jasper said.
"No you aren't. I can stop you from feeling what I'm feeling. I can also block Alice's foresight; that takes a little more concentration, but I can do it. Of course since Edward could never read my mind I figured it's still that way now."
"But there were others I couldn't read either...and they weren't vampires." Jasper stated. I'm sure he's a little confused.
"I can project it to others when I want. When I first saw Emmett I knew that everyone else was there so I wanted to make sure that you couldn't read Kayla and Riley since I didn't know if any of you were in classes with them. I also knew that it would seem weird if we were the only three you couldn't read so I decided to shield a few others if I was in any class with the three of you."
"Obviously you can change your appearance. How did you find that out?" Carlisle asked.
"By accident. I was just wishing I was anyone but me and the next thing I know I heard Kate yelling at me that I looked different. When I looked in a mirror it was to see that I looked liked Angela Weber. She just so happened to be who I was thinking about when I did it. So I played around with it. When I concentrate hard enough I can also change my voice. I can also manipulate my scent or just make it disappear completely. Though until the past couple of days I didn't use it as much. Doing it all at the same time for so long a time takes a little more out of me, but it's been useful."
"I'll say." Emmett retorted.
"I can also copy another's gift. If I do for a short period of time whoever's gift I copy gets a little boost. It differs with the power so I never know what will happen. Ask Taylor."
"Taylor, what is your gift?" Carlisle asked.
"Well I can control the weather in my immediate area." Taylor answered.
"How does that help anyone?" Emmett said.
I saw Rosalie slap him upside the head. Leave it to Emmett to just say what's on his mind.
"I can also do it up to five miles away; ten if I'm angry enough. With Bella's gift it becomes right down freaky."
"How so?" This was Carlisle.
"Well about ten years back we were just fooling around and accidentally blocked the sun for 2 days. There were reports that the world was coming to an end. Since then we've stopped playing with it." Taylor answered.
"That was you? You changed the weather for three whole states. AWESOME!!" Emmett bellowed.
"Don't know if that was a compliment or not, but thanks." Bella said.
For the next two hours the questions and answers were flying fast and furious, but I could barely participate. I had questions, but none that I wanted to ask in front of my family. These questions were too personal to have in a group discussion.
"I think it's time that we left." Bella said as she got up off the couch.
"NO!!" I yelled.
Everyone's eyes turned to me, and I swear if I could blush I would be as red as a tomato.
"Umm.. I think Edward has some other things to talk to Bella about. This might be a good time to give them some privacy" I heard Carlisle say.
I couldn't agree more.
I saw everyone get up to walk out of the living room. Bella had turned away to look out the window. Right now I would give up anything to know what was going on in her head, but it seems like her mind is just as closed to me now as when she was human.
"We're going to go somewhere..out of range so you can have complete privacy." Carlisle said as he walked away.
I heard the front door slam as everyone's footsteps went down the steps and down the driveway. Once I couldn't hear their footsteps any longer I looked to where Bella was standing. When I started over to her I saw her in response move further away keeping the same amount of distance between us. I was hurt, but I could understand it. I figured I would start since it looked like Bella wasn't going to say anything.
"You need to make this quick. I want to get back before Kayla and Riley go to sleep. Unlike us they need to sleep since they're half human."
Huh? Did she seriously think telling me to 'make this quick' was going to make what we had to talk about any less important than it was? I pinched the bridge of my nose. I was trying to figure out which question to ask first.
"Why? Why didn't you let me know you were pregnant?"
I saw her stiffen and the anger flow into her eyes.
"When was I to tell you? How was I tell you? You left, remember? You left before I even knew I was pregnant. Did I have your number when you left? No I didn't; you made damn sure I didn't have it or anyone else's when you all disconnected your numbers."
Bella was so angry..her voice was getting louder after each question she asked; every statement that she made.
"Bella you have to know that I wouldn't have left you if I had known you were pregnant."
I heard her snort at that.
"How was I to know? You said you didn't want me. That you all got distracted easily. Did you really think I'd go searching for all of you after you saying that to me?!! How was I to do it anyway? It's not like I had an unlimited source of money and time. I was too tired, too hungry and too hurt to think about looking for you. For all I knew you were on Mount Everest...where was I to start? Trust me I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for the fact that somehow after all these years we're here in the same town. The only reason I'm here now is because it would be hard if not next to impossible for us to not run into each other considering we're all going to the same school; living in the same town. It would be hard to avoid everyone"
Every word she said was like a knife to the heart. I could hear the pain and anger in her voice as she said this. Bella was truly and if I was honest rightfully angry with me. Every word out of her mouth was filled with anger, hurt and hatred. And it was directed at me.
"Kayla and Riley have asked me over and over who their father was. I never told them; I didn't want them to be searching for you. I wasn't sure if you would want to know them considering that I was their mother. You sure as hell didn't want me so why would you want them? A constant reminder. One of the hardest things to do last night was to tell them who you were...who everyone was to them."
"Can I meet them?"
"Yeah you can..they wanted to come tonight, but I told them no. I wasn't sure how things would work out and I didn't want them to be confused or hurt. You can see them whenever you and your family are ready to. They can be here tomorrow if you like."
"They're your family too."
"No they're not, but maybe they can be Kayla's and Riley's"
My dead heart stuttered when I heard her say that. Besides myself I knew of a few others who would take offense in Bella saying that they weren't her family. I walked closer to her and this time she didn't move away. I lifted my hand to caress her face, but before I got anywhere close to touching her she took a step back and looked at me.
"Don't."
My hand was frozen mid-air. I couldn't seem to put my hand down.
"I don't want you to touch me. We may have to see each other at school, but other than that I want to have no contact with you."
Hearing that broke my already dead and shriveled up heart. She was my heart, my life. I needed her back in it, and she was telling me that as far as she was concerned that wasn't going to happen.
"We have 2 children together. You can't avoid having contact with me."
"We may have 2 children together, but they are essentially adults. I don't need to be around in order for you to see them; to get to know them."
Saying that she turned and walked towards the front door. I sped over and stood in front of the door. I was nowhere close to being done with her; I couldn't let her leave.
"Out. Of. My. Way."
"No.. I can't let you leave. Not like this. Not until I explain. There is so much we need to talk about."
"There is nothing I want to talk to you about." Bella spat.
I went to grab her wrist and the next thing I know I was flying through the air. I felt myself hit the banister; taking a piece of it on my journey. I landed on the floor in hall – hard. When I looked up it was to see that the front door was open and that Bella was no where to be seen. What the hell just happened?
"Shit!"
Hey ppl..so what in the hell did happen? I would love to know your guesses on what it could have been. Please review and give me your reviews of course and your guess. If you are right I will PM you and let you know. Short I know, but why put everything in one chapter?? As always....there's the green button right there below....press it. You know you want to.
