Here it is. The last chapter. By far my favourite. I don't know why but it is. I hope you all enjoyed it and if you have any questions, comments or randomness feel free to send a review and I will reply. thanks to everyone who did review and I hope you like the last chapter. :)
TEN YEARS LATER:
Bella Swan sat frozen in the driver seat of her car. She had been there for twenty minutes and yet she hadn't moved. The house was unfamiliar yet she knew it was the right house. Every fiber of her body screamed at her to run up to the house and find her son, yet she remained frozen.
"The longer you sit here, the less time you have with him," Bella mumbled to herself. Pulling the keys from the ignition she opened the door. Ten years ago the cold wind would have sent shivers down her spin, but now they bitterness of the wind barely registered against her cold skin. She had made sure to focus on blocking the abilities of the Cullen family before she had stepped off the plane so Bella knew Alice couldn't see her coming. She wondered, not for the first time, why they had chosen England of all places to live. She had figured it had to do with the weather. Taking an unnecessary deep breath she pressed the doorbell and waited.
"Coming," she heard Emmett call out and the the door swung open. His light topaz eyes roamed over her body and then up to her face, but the recognition was vacant in his eyes.
"Can I help you?" he asked. She smiled widely at him. Bella knew that he wouldn't recognised her. The transformation had changed her completely and even she had believed the mirror was lying when she first saw herself. Not to mention the recent haircut and colour change she had gone through. Long gone was the long chocolate brown locks. They were now replaced with shorter brown locks that sat beautifully on her shoulders in layers. Also added with light blonde streaks.
"I came to see my son," she replied. Emmett gave her a strange look before his eyes popped open.
"Bella?" he asked and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. Bella laughed out loud and hug Emmett back. He pulled back and looked her up and down again. "Damn, you got hotter."
If Bella had the ability to blush her face would have been the colour of a tomato.
"Come in," Emmett said and stood aside. Bella walked in slowly and took in the spacious home before her.
"I'm sorry I didn't call or anything. I wasn't really sure where I was going until a few days ago. Demetri helped me find you," Bella explained.
"Friends with the Volturi now?" Emmett teased. Bella smiled but shook her head.
"Demetri was the only friend i had there. He was with me from the day I woke up," Bella replied. She glanced at the fireplace and wasn't surprised at all to find photos of the family. She looked closely at them but stalled when she came across a photo of Edward and a younger boy that looked just like him. Sadness swept over Bella in waves and she turned away from the photo.
"Geez Emmett. Stop with the sad trip. It's depressing," Jasper called out as he bounced down the staircase, two steps at a time.
"Wasn't me mate," Emmett replied as he watched Bella carefully. Jasper followed Emmett's gaze to Bella. Being the gentleman, he walked slowly towards Bella and held out his hand.
"Jasper Hale. Nice to meet you," Jasper said. Emmett burst into laughter that rang through the large house, and slapped Jasper on the back.
"It's Bella you idiot," Emmett said. Jasper's eyes grew wide and threw his arms around her. Bella awkwardly hugged him back. She had long since forgiven the Cullen family. She came to realise as time went by that their hearts were in the right place.
"Damn," Jasper mumbled. Before he could say another word, a squeal came from the direction of the stairs and Bella was suddenly assaulted by a small pixie with black hair.
"Oh my Carlisle," Alice repeated over and over as she hugged her best friend. Seconds later, Carlisle, Esme and Rosalie joined the reunion. Their reactions to the new Bella was nothing new to her, but she took the compliments well. After ten minutes of idle chitchat, where Bella explained all about her time with the Volturi, she finally asked her most important question.
"Where's Hayden?"
Esme smiled in a motherly fashion at Bella.
"He had a piano lesson after school. Hayden and Edward should be home any minute," Esme explained. Bella nodded and a wave of nervousness washed over her.
"Don't be nervous. Edward has told him all about you," Jasper reassured her. Bella gave him a small smile and glanced back to the mantle to the photo of Edward and Hayden.
"Please dad. I promise the second things get funky I'll quit," Hayden pleaded as he and Edward walked through the door.
"Maybe next year. Your strength is new to you and you need to learn to control it," Edward replied and suddenly stopped as he noticed his family watching their exchange.
"What's the problem?" Carlisle asked as he surveyed his son and grandson.
"Dad is being old and won't let me join the soccer team at school," Hayden explained as he walked off towards the kitchen.
"How often does he hang around you Emmett?" Bella asked. Emmett grinned but said nothing. Edward was watching Bella with a strange expression.
"Wow," he finally said. "You were beautiful before but now. Wow."
Bella said nothing and watched as Hayden walked back into the living room, a soda in one hand and something vaguely resembling a sandwich in the other.
"Aren't you going to greet our guest?" Esme asked as Hayden sat down on the floor and popped open the soda can. He downed half the contents in one gulp before turning to Bella.
"Hi I'm Hayden," he said and held out his hand. Bella slipped her cold one into his but he didn't flinch at the contact.
"He knows what we are?" Bella asked the family as she shook her son's hand.
"Yes," Carlisle replied. Bella looked at Hayden again. Age wise he was ten years old but he looked much like a fourteen year old.
"He looks older then ten," Bella commented.
"With the venom already in his system, it's aging him slightly. He maybe ten in years but physically he's a teenager," Carlisle explained.
"Stop talking about me like I'm not here," Hayden snapped. Bella smiled and turned to Edward.
"Your attitude, I see," Bella commented and Edward smiled.
"Am I supposed to know you?" Hayden asked rudely, sick of being talked about like he wasn't in the room.
"This is Bella," Edward said simply. Hayden turned his attention to his mother. Before she had time to react, Hayden launched himself at her and threw his arms around her neck.
"Thank you," he whispered. Bella just nodded and hugged her son back.
"Your welcome," she replied. Hayden grinned a familiar crooked smile and pulled his mother up the stairs and towards his room. They had ten years to catch up on and neither Bella nor Hayden could wait to get started. She had her son back with her again and she was finally free on the Volturi. Life was perfect.
