A/N: Hey, sorry it took me so long to write another chapter, but I have a lot of summer homework that is my first priority. I am going to postpone the new story that I'm writing, since I don't feel like many people have read it, so I think it would be best for me to hold up on it, and finish this story before I write that one. As usual the pictures or on my profile, so enjoy! I can't wait to hear how you all feel about this chapter, since I really wanted the emotions to come out of it.

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RPOV (Rose)

Helpful Exercise

Bella moved on the couch so that her back was leaning on the arm of the couch while her legs were laying on top of Alice's and my legs.

"Comfy?" I asked her smirking.

"Very!" she said with a huge shit eating grin on her face. I chuckled, "Oh! Rose, you have to tell them about your car problem you had last year." She said and burst out in giggles.

"Bella." I groaned, "You know that was the most horrible thing that happened to my car, how could you laugh?" I asked.

"I'm sorry, but you have to tell them!"

"Wait! What car problem? You never told me about a car problem." Emmett and everyone else except Bella agreed.

"I made Bella swear not to say anything, because that was so embarrassing." I said.

"It can't be as embarrassing as the man pigeon story." Alice chuckled.

"Oh, you have no idea." I said and launched into that horrifying day.

Flashback

I just left the lot with Bella in my BMW M3, since it was towed this morning, and I couldn't be happier to finally be back behind the wheel of my baby. I was speeding down the road and looked into my rearview mirror, getting ready to pass someone when I saw something on my back seat. I pulled to the side of the road and turned around to see that it was exactly what I thought.

"Rose, why did you…oh, that's disgusting." Bella groaned as she caught sight of what I was looking at. Now, I was royally pissed, I whipped out my phone and called the lot.

The phone rang a few times before I heard a man on the other line.

"Thank you for calling NYC towing, how may I help you?" the man asked.

"I just picked up my red BMW M3 from your lot, and there is a huge turd in the back seat!" I half shouted.

"A huge turd?" he asked as if he didn't hear me.

"YES!" I shouted.

"Wha…what is it?" Oh, hell no.

"A turd, a…piece of shit…a big ass human turd on the backseat of my car." I said.

"Ma'am, I assure you, our guys didn't take a dump in your car. If you want to bring that car back, we'll take a look at it." He offered.

"You! Oh, you wanna take a look at it? My car is fine; it's that big ass turd in the backseat."

"Okay, what would you like me to do?" Idiot!

"I…" I took a deep breath to calm down, "okay, how about I come over your house and pinch a loaf on your couch, how 'bout that?" I asked. I felt the car shaking, and I looked over to Bella to see that her face was red, and her eyes were closed tightly, trying not to laugh.

"Ma'am, what would you like me to do to fix the situation?" he asked.

"I want somebody to come over here and get this turd out my backseat…!"

"That's not gonna happen." He interrupted.

"What do you mean 'that's not gonna happen?'" I asked outraged.

"You can bring the car here and we can take a look at it."

"I am! I'ma bring it back there; wait, you know what I'ma do?" I asked.

"Huh?" he asked.

"I'ma take a dump in every last car you got there. I'ma pee on yo counter, I'ma do it all…!" I said. I could hear giggles coming from Bella's tightly shut lips, but I didn't pay attention to her.

"Okay." He interrupted, but I continued as if he didn't.

"To show you how it feels. And you know what, you sound like a big burly man, it probably came out yo ass!" I accused.

He laughed, "Oh, yeah." He said sarcastically, "I…I don't make it a habit of going out and dumping in other's cars.

"How much do you weigh?" I asked.

"Uh, about four hundred pounds." He answered.

"That's your turd!" I yelled.

"That's my turd, huh?"

"Yes!"

"That came from a four hundred pound man, huh?"

"Yes, this came from a four hundred pound man; either that or a gorilla!" Bella was full on laughing at the end of my accusation.

"I'm driving this car right to my lawyer's office, and I'ma let the whole world know. You're gonna be on the news this evenin' buddy. I'm gonna get channel seven on my side, watch!" I threatened.

"Can you describe the…the…the piece of shit? I mean, what color is it?" He asked quickly.

"YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS! IT CAME OUT YO ASS! What the hell you…what kind of…ask me for a color." I sputtered, unable to get my words out, I was so pissed, "I'll tell you what, it smells ungodly, that's what it smells like. It smells like you sold yo ass to the devil…that came from the pits of hell!"

"How long is it?" he asked and I was even more disgusted that he wanted to know.

"It's about as long as my arm!" He laughed, "I don't think it's funny…why ya'll…I don't think this is funny. I got a damn…two by four in my back seat! You know, I think this is some racial shit too, that's what this is!"

Bella burst out laughing with tears rolling down her cheeks, "Rose…you're…white." She wheezed. Details. Minor details.

The man was laughing too, "Uh huh… little kids are running away from it." I said, though there was no kids around, it was just to make a point, but all it did was send the man into hysterics, and I could hear what seemed like feet stomping in the background, and I knew he wasn't alone.

"I'm glad ya'll find this funny!"

"Uh, ha, ha, okay." He said out of breath.

"You're probably jacking off on the steering wheels too, don't you?" I asked.

"Alright, alright, how long has it been sitting there?" he asked.

"Steam is coming off it, okay?" I said through clenched teeth as it sent the man right back into hysterics along with Bella.

"Steam…steam is comin' off of it?" he asked breathily.

"Yes!"

"It hasn't been in there that long, huh?" he chuckled.

"I am taking this…this is a fresh turd!" I continued to stutter.

"Okay, what you need to do is you need to bring that turd back, and we have a line, we'll match it up with the other turds we have."

"Well, what you need to do is learn how to use a toilet!" I told him angrily.

"So, you're not going to bring the turd back to me?" he asked.

"No! You know what…?" I began.

"Just a sample?" he interrupted.

"No, I'm starting to like you." I said.

"You're gonna keep it in the back?" he asked.

"I'm gonna keep it, because it's a nice conversation piece." I said.

"Okay, thanks ma'am." He said.

"Okay." I said and hung up. I looked over to Bella to see her hunched over and holding her sides as she laughed. I shook my head and pulled back onto the road.

End of Flashback

"Eww," Jasper chuckled, "Did you really keep it?" he asked.

"Hell, no, I took it right to my lawyer and we sued them. It was an easy case, and I got some money out of it." I answered.

"Wait! Rose, you never told me about this." Emmett said.

"Um, I didn't tell anyone, and Bells knew, because she was with me." I told him incredulously. Didn't he hear me when I said I didn't want them to know?

"No, Rosalie, I'm talking about the case and the money that came out of it." He said with a small growl.

"Calm down, Em. The case only took a day and I didn't even keep the money! I gave it to a daycare that was struggling." I confessed.

He sighed, "That's not the point. No matter how embarrassing or how small a situation seems to you, you tell your husband. It's a little thing called communication!" I could tell he was annoyed, but now he's pissing me off. Time to use the information I found out about, but never told him I knew, so I could use it for a day just like today. I wasn't going to be made out the bad guy.

"Oh, really? So were you ever going to tell me about the money you inherited from your grandparents?" I asked. I watched as his eyes grew wide along with Bella's and Alice's, "Yeah, I know." I told him.

"Wait! I don't know anything about inherited money, Jasper." Alice said. I saw Jasper look the other way with a soft blush.

"I know Edward didn't inherit money and never told me." Bella said without looking at Edward, but I could tell she was watching him from the corner of her eye as he lowered his head. She chuckled humorlessly, "Whatever, man." She said and closed her eyes.

"Emmett McCarty Cullen! Jasper Whitlock Cullen! Edward Anthony Cullen! You didn't tell your wives about your inheritance?" Esme screeched.

"We…it…they…since…didn't….!" that's all I could hear, because all the guys were trying to yell at once.

"Silence!" Carlisle said, "One at a time."

Jasper sighed, "We got the money early on in our marriages and…"

"You wanted to make sure we married you for love and not money." Alice said with a heartbroken expression.

I scoffed, "That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Our parents are more wealthy than yours, no offense mom and dad." I said when I looked at Carlisle and Esme.

They chuckled, "None taken. It's true though boys, their parents make more money than us, so that really was a dumb thought." Carlisle explained.

"Nonsense, Carlisle, you're barely behind us." Charlie chuckled along with Carlisle.

"We didn't…know…that." Edward sighed and looked at Bella who hadn't opened her eyes yet.

"You all have come a long way with communication, but you aren't there yet." Renee sighed, "You have to talk about everything, no matter what it is, or the outcome. Communication is a big part of a marriage, and if you don't have that, it's going to fail."

Jasper looked up and stared directly at Alice, "Communication, huh? So, Alice, tell me why you would make that decision by yourself, as if my opinion didn't matter at all to you, because it seems that you don't care about me and my feelings…only yours."

"That's not true, Jasper." She whispered and I could see the tears forming in her eyes.

Jasper chuckled humorlessly, "It's very much true, Alice, or you wouldn't have gotten your tubes tied without talking to me!"

"I'm sorry, okay? I knew you wanted a child, but I don't want one right now. My boutique is finally getting somewhere, and a child would not fit into the picture."

"WHAT PICTURE, HUH? THE PICTURE WHERE YOU BECOME A WORKAHOLIC AND YOU STOP COMING HOME, BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO STOP…OR THE PICTURE WHERE WE ARE THE ONLY COUPLE WITHOUT Our OWN FAMILY TO RAISE, WHILE THE OTHERS MAKE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE!" Jasper yelled and tried to calm down, "Woman, you've got a lot to learn about family, because it doesn't seem that you understand that they all have our backs."

"It's true, Ali, if you needed a babysitter, one of us would be happy to take care of them. We would have been there for you guys." Emmett explained.

"You guys don't get it! I don't want a baby!" Alice yelled.

"It's not only about you!" he sighed, "And I do…so, I guess we have to find the right person that wants the same things we want." Jasper said and got up to walk away.

"Sit the fuck down, Jasper." Bella said with her eyes still closed. She hadn't opened them for the entire argument between Jasper and Alice, so how did she know he got up?

"Merda." She said in Italian and Alice agreed.

"Lingua!" Her mother said sternly. Bella rested her head on the arm of the couch and stared at the ceiling while chuckling.

"What happened? Emmett's cheating, Alice is tying tubes, Edward's saying fucked up things, and I'm beating the shit out of him for it. Rose could you…could you be the only sane one in here?" she asked.

I opened my mouth to speak, "Hell, no!" Everyone yelled before I could say anything. I glared at them.

"I have another idea! Early on in Charlie and I's marriage, before our children, we were struggling with communication also, so we went to counseling and got some really good advice. Okay, boys, go grab the dining room chairs and put three in a row on both sides." Renee told the boys and they did just that.

"Now, for each couple, go sit in the chairs opposite of your spouse." She said and we did as we were told. I noticed that none of us were looking at each other…we didn't want to see the emotions that were in our eyes, and looking away seemed to be the best bet.

"This exercise is called 'I hear what you're saying, and my heart is still open'. For example, Edward tells Bella how he feels or whatever is on his mind about the marriage, and Bella says 'I hear what you're saying, and my heart is still open'. Then Bella tells her feelings and Edward repeats the saying. Now, who wants to go first?" Renee asked.

No one said anything, until Emmett raised his hand.

"Rose, I hate that you are always yelling at me, and saying really mean things." Emmett said while looking at me and I could see in his eyes that he truly was hurting.

"I hear what you're saying and my heart is still open. I hate that you are so secretive with me to the point where I have to find out things from other people." I told him.

"I hear what you're saying and my heart is still open." He said.

"Good, who's next?" Renee asked.

"I hate when you make me do things that I truly don't want to do, and when I tell you that I'd rather do something else, you'll always play the guilt card to me." Jasper said.

"I hear what you're saying and my heart is still open. I hate when other women flirt with you, and you just smile, but if another man flirts with me, you get pissed and won't talk to me, because I didn't do anything about it." Alice said.

"I hear what you're saying and my heart is still open."

"I hate when you use sarcasm and wit in a conversation when I am truly trying to talk to you. It makes me think that you can't talk to me seriously without making a snarky comment." Edward said.

"I hear what you're saying and my heart is still open. I hate when you use the children at your hospital to make me feel guilty when I do something you don't like. It makes you seem more like my father than my husband, and I don't like to be reprimanded in that way, since all you have to do is tell me what I did, instead of making me feel like your child." Bella said.

"I hear what you're saying and my heart is still open."

"That was very good. Was there anything in there that you all would like to talk about before we move on?" Renee asked.

"You know what; I am tired of all this beating around the bush bullshit! I just want to know why?" I looked at Emmett.

"Why what?" he asked.

"Why you cheated on me!" I yelled.

"Because, before I even cheated on you, or did anything to make you even consider that I would do something like that, you were the same way you are now. Ever since I got my job, it was always some ridiculous accusation after another and they all ended up with me cheating on you with some other woman. I was constantly fighting you off, not only with your slaps to the head, but the words you used. You said some messed up shit in our marriage, and I finally broke. You got exactly what you wanted when I slept with her. She talked to me, and it was a nice change from always coming home to your yelling!" Emmett said with pure anger in his eyes.

"Well, you didn't exactly help with your constant flirting with other women right in front of me! I watch you, Emmett, and you can't say that it's not true. You changed completely after you got this job! It was like the new confidence boost helped you to not even care that I am standing right next to you and you're flirting with the girl in the ice cream parlor. You became cocky and arrogant, and I hate that you seem to think that now that you are some type of…of sports anchor celebrity, you can go out with your football friends, and come home at ungodly hours!" I half yelled. I felt tears running down my cheeks and I let them run. I let him see just how hurt I was inside that he wasn't the Emmett I used to know.

"Rosie…" he whispered, but I shook my head and turned away.

"That was loud, but beautifully done. Whether you have to yell it or just let it out, you have to tell your spouse how you are feeling. Who wants to go next? We don't have to do the exercise anymore." Renee said.

Silence…

"God, Alice, I just don't understand what made you do this. I can't imagine why you don't want a child…a…a family with me. Please, tell me why, because for the love of all that is holy, I just can't figure it out. It's not just the boutique…I know it. People with more stressful jobs have a family and make it work, so why don't you want a family with me?" Jasper begged.

Alice chuckled humorlessly, "Are you kidding me? Jasper, I watch you too. I see how you look at other women who are taller, prettier, and who are curvier than me. You just smile while other girls are flirting with you, and then you don't even seem to notice when I walk away! How the hell do you think I'm going to bring a family into this world when you don't even wa…want me?" she started to cry.

"I don't flirt…" he began.

"Yes, you do Jasper. You and Emmett both flirt back to the girls. The only one who seems to always walk away or don't pay attention to other women is Edward." I interrupted.

Charlie stood up and walked over, "Look, I've noticed some things about all three of you. Whether you guys notice it or not, but you still have that arrogant, hot shot, cocky thing going on. It's still there from high school and you've got to learn how to tone it down. I don't understand how to explain, so maybe Renee or Esme can, but it's like women can detect that sort of aura around a man, and they are attracted to it." He explained.

"What it is is it's a woman's intuition. We see that you are cocky and you know that you look good in your million dollar car and it attracts…sluts, gold diggers, whom ever you want to call it." Esme tried to explain.

Jasper sighed, "Alice I don't want them…"

"It doesn't look like it!" she argued.

"Okay, I get it, but I wasn't doing it consciously. Alice, have you noticed how much our sex lives have changed? It's like…we have sex, but the spark that used to be there isn't there anymore. Before, there used to be screaming and round after round, and now…we do it, and then we go to sleep. You don't say the things you used to say and there's no passion. It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong and on top of that, when I initiate it and you turn me down, I start to feel like I'm not wanted. And shit, I know that sounds girlie, but it hurts. But when other girls are flirting with me, I feel attractive again, and that maybe I'm not doing something wrong." Jasper explained and I saw tears forming in his eyes.

"Jazzy, I want you, every minute of every day, but every time we're having sex, I remember the way you look at other girls, and I can't help but feel like maybe you're thinking about them too. You look at them in a way you don't look at me anymore, and I feel like a…gorilla or something. That fire in your eyes isn't there when you look at me. It used to be there when we were dating and when we first got married, but when you wanted children, it slowly started to disappear until it wasn't there anymore. And then I watch how you flirt with other girls, and it's there again. You give other women my look and I want it back, but you don't seem like you want to give it back, and the thought of bringing children into this world when I feel you slipping away from me…I can't do it, I just…can't do it." Alice said and broke down crying.

I gathered her in my arms and Bella scooted in to talk to Alice in Italian while slowly stroking her cheek. Alice would nod her head now and then, and I looked at Bella wanting to know what she's saying, but she gave me a look that said she would tell me later and I nodded. Twenty minutes later, Alice stopped crying and sat back in her seat while wiping her face.

"Are you okay, dear?" Esme and Renee said at the same time. It's quite freaky when they do that. Alice nodded and gave a small smile before looking at Jasper who had his head in his hands. I didn't notice that Emmett and Edward were rubbing his back while Carlisle was whispering in his ear. When they were through, Jasper sat up and ran his hands over his face, trying to wipe away the tears.

"Are you ready?" Renee asked. We nodded our heads, "Okay, Bella and Edward."

"Okay, what?" Bella asked.

"You know what, Isabella." Her mother said sternly with that fierce Italian look again. Her look made me shrink back in my seat; I couldn't imagine what it was doing to Bella.

Bella sighed, "What is there to say? You made it perfectly clear how you felt when you went over to Ben's house, and when I came back to the house yesterday, so what else do you want to say?" she asked while looking at Edward.

"Bella, those things that I said came out of anger. I was angry that every time we got so close, we were actually so far away. I am so sorry for what I said to you and about you, I didn't mean it." Edward explained with pleading eyes.

"No, you did mean it, or you would have never said it." Bella got up, but Edward grabbed onto her wrist.

"Bella, please, I just want to talk…"

"Oh, now you want to talk, huh? You don't want to run to someone else and talk about me, instead of to me?" She ripped her wrist out of his hands and continued to stand.

"Bella, you never gave me a chance! You never wanted to talk about it!" Edward stood up and towered over her, "Every time I brought it up it was either 'Edward, please, don't' or 'Edward, not yet'. I tried to talk to you, but you never gave me the chance, and then we lost another baby, and I couldn't stand it. Ben offered to talk to me, and felt that I could finally get what was on my chest off, but it came out all wrong. I don't blame you, I was just mad that you never seemed to think about how I could be feeling. I listened to you and watched you when you would sneak out of the bedroom and find another room to cry in, and I felt so hopeless! I couldn't save you, and you never let me…you just pushed me away." I saw tears forming in Edward's eyes, and my heart broke for him.

"I couldn't, okay? I couldn't let you see me like that. I couldn't let you watch me fall apart…like there was nothing that could keep me together!" she wailed with tears falling down her cheeks, "I felt like I couldn't give you what you deserved to have! You deserved to be a father, and Esme and Carlisle deserved to have grandchildren along with my parents, but I couldn't give you all that. I felt like I was being punished for something that I must have done, and I couldn't pull you into the dark places that I was in! I wasn't strong enough…I wasn't strong enough to pull me out and I'm not strong enough to pull us both out if I ever…if I ever took you there too." Bella slowly sank to the floor and cried as she held herself around the waist and rocked back and forth.

Edward dropped to his knees and gathered her into his arms as he held her head to his chest, "Then let me be strong enough for the both of us…let me…baby, just let me pull you out, and I promise…I promise you I won't let you go." He cried with her. Bella wrapped her arms around his neck and they sat there on the floor and cried for their loss and pain as we watched them piece themselves back together.

I looked at everyone, and we all had tears running down our faces. I nodded to Alice and we got up, walked over to them, and wrapped our arms around them, so they could feel our love. I gradually felt more arms wrapping around us until we all were crying with them and listened as Carlisle said a prayer over our family.

I don't know how long we were down there, but I felt Edward trying to get up, and we all unraveled to see that Bella had fallen asleep in his arms. He lifted her easily, turned to us and mouthed a thank you, before carrying her upstairs where they stayed. About five minutes later, I heard the shower turn on, and I assumed it was Edward washing off, since he still smelled a little tart.

"Well, that was…very good." Renee said. She wiped her eyes with a tissue and sat down on the couch.

I was about to follow her lead, but before I could fully sit down I felt a hand pull me back up, and I looked up to Emmett questioningly. He sat down in the spot that I was about to sit in, before grabbing my waist and pulling me into his lap. I rested my head on my shoulder and he wrapped his arms around me, holding me tight like he used to do in high school. At that moment, I felt like my Emmett was back, and prayed that he would stay.

I looked up to see Alice in Jasper's lap and they just stared into each other's eyes. No conversation was needed for what they were saying to each other, it was all in the love and adoration that was floating around them and that fire that was once in Jasper's eyes was back again. Alice then laid her head down on his shoulder facing me, and we stared at each other. We both knew what we were thinking, and we smiled, happy to be back to the way it used to be.

I closed my eyes and slowly drifted off, thinking how great it was to be held again.

I don't know how long I was sleeping, or if I was still dreaming, but I felt like someone was right in my face, breathing. I waved my hand in front of my face, and the breath went away, so I'm guessing that I was just imagining it. That is until a felt it again, but then I figured, it was probably Emmett watching me sleep, and I ignored the breath. Soon, I felt a pair of lips on my cheek, more plump than Emmett's, but then again I haven't kissed him in a while, maybe I forgot how they felt.

I was about to turn my head and kiss him when a raspberry was blown on my cheek instead of a kiss. I jumped up and was ready to hit anyone who did that, but I saw every one laughing along with Bella who looked happier than she looked in a while. I saw that she too had taken a shower as her hair was wet and was pulled into a high ponytail. She had changed into her gypsy sweats, except this one was red.

"Sorry, Rose, didn't mean to startle you." she giggled along with Alice.

I rolled my eyes, "Sure you didn't. How long have I been asleep?" I asked.

"About five hours." Jasper said as he looked up at me from his book, "By the way, you snore like a chainsaw."

"I do not snore!" I said appalled that he would even say that to me.

"You snore, Rose!" Alice and Bella said at the same time, and then intimated what was supposed to be my snore, I guess. Everyone laughed and I just rolled my eyes and sat back down on the couch.

"Who's hungry?" Charlie asked as he held the phone up. We all raised our hands, so instead of cooking as this was an emotionally exhausting day, we ordered four large pizzas with soda.

"Daddy, you shouldn't be eating like that." Bella said. She had her legs in the Indian style on the couch and was leaning against it casually while she raised an eyebrow at Charlie.

"I'm as fit as a horse, Bells, there's no need to worry about me." He patted his stomach.

"He still has a little bit of his abs, Bella." Renee said as she rubbed his stomach.

"Sweet Jesus, take me now." Bella said while looking at the ceiling.

"So does Carlisle." Esme moaned and giggled, as we stared at them with saucer like eyes before groaning.

"God, make it stop!" Emmett yelled and covered his ears.

"Who wants wine or beer while we wait for the food?" Carlisle asked. Bella and I stared at each other in horror. We didn't want to tell them yet, we wanted to make it special, and this is definitely not special. We nodded our heads as if saying we got each other's backs.

All the guys raised their hands for beer, while Esme, Renee, and Alice raised their hands for wine. They all looked at us wondering why we weren't getting one of them.

"I have a headache, and alcohol isn't going to make it any better." Bella lied smoothly. Edward got up and came over to her, checking to make sure she was alright, while everyone else turned to me.

"Have any of you tasted wine with pizza?" They shook their heads no to my question, "Well, it's disgusting, and you know I don't drink beer, so I'll stick with something else." Every one nodded their heads, except for Alice who was trying to keep in her giggles as she already knew why I couldn't drink.

The pizza finally came and we all sat down and enjoyed the food while we talked. Usually we have a box of pizza left, and Emmett would devour that, but now that there were two pregnant girls, he was going to have to share.

Bella and I opened the last box of pizza and everyone suddenly got quiet. We looked up to see that they were staring at us.

"What?" we asked annoyed at the same time.

"Nothing its…it's just Emmet usually eats the last box of pizza." Jasper explained.

"I had to eat disgusting hospital food and ice chips and I am hungry, do any of you have a problem with me eating some more pizza?" Bella asked in a menacing tone and a death glare that rivaled my own. Everyone gulped and shook their heads no before turning to me.

I scoffed, "I don't have to explain my eating habits to anyone." I said and took a bite of my slice. Bella followed me and after a few minutes of grumbling about his precious pizza, Emmett joined as well.

Mom and Renee were in the kitchen, while the rest of us talked to each other in the living room. All of a sudden we heard a crash and a chorus of giggles coming from the kitchen.

"Oh Lord, they're drunk again. What were you two thinking leaving those two tipsy women in there by themselves with a cupboard stocked with wine and other liquid goodies? As their husbands you should know they drink that stuff like the Elixir of life when they're together!" Bella said with a frantic voice.

Charlie and dad scurried off to the kitchen, and we could hear a string of curses coming from both of them. We laughed, because truthfully, Renee and mom were too crazy when they are drunk, but not as crazy as Alice, Bella, and I when we make our famous drinks.

"Man, I could use one of our experiments by now…especially yours Bella." Alice said with a longing sigh.

"Hell…no!" The men yelled.

"You three are bad enough when Alice or Rose makes their 'experiments', but God forbid Bella makes hers." Jasper said with a horrified expression while Bella wore her triumphant one.

"I'm still waiting for that recipe by the way." I told her.

"You will never get it." She sang.

"I think she has it written down somewhere, I'll have to find it and tear it up." Edward mumbled to the boys who looked grateful.

"Yoooouuu aiiiiinnnn't goin' do shiiiiittt!" she started to sing and got up to add a dance to it followed by Alice and I, "You…ain't goin' do shit, ''.do it, you…ain't goin' do shit, ''.do it." We chanted and danced before sitting back down while laughing.

Emmett sighed, "I hate when they do that." He mumbled and the boys nodded their heads in agreement.

"Renee Swan, get back here!" Charlie yelled at the same time as Carlisle yelled.

"Esme Cullen, get back here!"

Both the women came out of the kitchen with two wine bottles each in one hand, and their glasses in the other, while they giggled and ran through the apartment. The apartment was pretty big, and had doors that we didn't bother opening, so I bet they could find a good place to hide and get shit faced.

They rounded the corner before Carlisle and Charlie came running out of the kitchen breathing heavily.

"Where'd they go?" Charlie asked. We all shrugged and looked the other way with huge smiles on our faces.

"Shit, Carlisle, the kids are on their side. You know what we have to do." They nodded and ran up the stairs.

"What do they have to do?" I asked, but none of us knew. We chatted a little before we heard Charlie and dad coming back down the stairs in a…oh shit!

We all burst out laughing at what we were seeing. Both Carlisle and Charlie were wearing matching African Safari costumes along with the hat and a big ass butterfly nets in their hands.

"What…the hell…are you…two wearing?" Alice wheezed out.

"We have to hunt our wives down, and what better way to do it than in safari costumes. Now, we can truly have our heads in the game, while looking stylish." Carlisle explained. Jesus, he was like a male Alice!

Bella got up and walked over to them to examine the costumes. She tugged at Charlie's shorts and burst out laughing at what she saw.

"It's a…one piece…safari costume!" she wheezed. We burst out laughing at that while Carlisle and Charlie looked offended.

"Well, now we don't have to worry about our pants falling down." Charlie explained, but that just sent us into more hysterics.

"Please…please, God, stop!" Alice begged through her laughter and tears that were streaming down her face.

"What do you need the belt for then?" Jasper surprisingly got out clearly through his laughter.

"It…came with the costume." Carlisle mumbled with a matching sad face like Charlie's.

We couldn't stop laughing, so they walked away grumbling about how cruel we were. Bella literally crawled back over to the couch, and climbed on as she held onto me.

About five minutes later, we were able to calm down, but little giggles and chuckles could be heard when we mumbled something like 'one piece' or 'butterfly nets'.

"Oh, Lordy, that was funny." I said as I finally calmed down fully. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, before we all got quiet and enjoyed the stark beauty of silence.

"Hmm." Alice hummed. We all turned to her curious to see why she did that, but she was wearing a soft smile.

She shook her head, "Just…just look at us. At one point we were so far apart, broken, and battered, and now…we are back together again. This is how it's meant to be…just like this. We're a family, and no matter what, we've got to stay that way, because I don't know about any of you, but you guys can't get rid of me that easily." She said.

We laughed and agreed with her.

"It's amazing how we all felt betrayed in some way, but just by talking…" Bella shook her head and chuckled, "We worked it out. Granted it took some pushing from our parents, which goes to show that no matter how old we get, we're gonna need them. This feels…right." She smiled and looked at each and every one of us as she talked.

"Damn it, Renee!" Charlie and Carlisle yelled followed by loud giggles. That definitely ruined our sentimental moment. We watched as Renee and mom ran upstairs with their wine and glasses, which still had some wine left in them.

Charlie and Carlisle came running into the living room with the front of their costumes covered in red wine.

"We just bought these!" Carlisle yelled, "This means war!" They ran up the stairs and followed the giggles to where ever they were hiding.

"Yep, this feels just right." Emmett said and we all crossed our legs and put our arms behind our heads in a relaxed position.

It sure does.

A/N: Awww, that is so sweet. They're a family again, but let's see how the relationships really are when they are just with their spouses. Will fighting still be around? Has everyone been forgiven? Will there be romance anytime soon? Find out in the next update!

"Merda": "Shit" in Italian

"Lingua": "Language" in Italian.