After the Fall

by ssbksmm

Set after NM. Another he leaves, shes pregnant story? Maybe. Bella fights to get her life back. This is a story about Bella's new life. A life after Edward. What happens when she has to deal with more than she bargained for? Give it a chance.

10. Discoveries

A/N: This chapter was hard to write. Sorry I took so long updating. :) Heres the next chapter.

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'Discoveries'

APOV:

The pain of loosing Bella impacted the whole family differently.

Esme felt as if she lost another child.

Carlisle lost a daughter.

Emmett lost his little sister.

I lost my best friend.

Jasper felt guilty and had to deal with all of our emotions.

Rosalie never cared for Bella, but she did care for her family. She didn't understand how a human girl could impact us so strongly but it hurt her to see Emmett in pain.

Edward just stopped living. He tried going to the Volturi but we were able to stop him. He tried several times until Esme pleaded with him that she couldn't loose a third child. He's worst than how he was before he met Bella. Now he goes through the motions. We have to force him to feed, he rarely talks, he hasn't touched a piano, he doesn't read nor listen to music. He just stays huddled in his room clutching a picture of Bella. He doesn't go anywhere without it.

I was sitting in the couch in the living room with Jasper.

Jasper and Emmett was playing video games, while Rosalie sat on the recliner next to Emmett looking through a fashion magazine.

Esme was cuddled next to Carlisle in the other couch. Carlisle had one arm around her and the other hand holding a book.

Edward was in his room.

I got a vision."The Denali coven are visiting." I said.

We had lived in Alaska for thirty years after we found out about Bella's death, before we decided it was time to move.

We now lived in England.

"That's nice. Where they in the area?"

I nod "They are headed somewhere I'm not sure. They'll be here in a couple of minutes."

Shortly after we heard their approach and Esme got up to open the door.

Eleazar, Carmen, Kate, Garrett, Tanya and Irina made their way inside.

We talked for a while before Tanya asked, "Where's Edward?"

I frowned. While we were in Alaska Tanya had tried everything to get to Edward. She didn't care he was non-responsive. After we told them about Bella, they were understanding. Not Tanya. No, all she cared about was that Edward started dating. It pissed her off that Edward constantly ignored her advances.

"He's upstairs." Esme said getting up, "I'll go get him."

Five minutes later, Esme returned with Edward. He was clutching his picture.

He mumbled a "Hello" before he went and sat between me and Esme and as far away as he could get from Tanya.

"So, what brings you all to England?" I asked.

"I got us all tickets to a band I like. I thought it would be fun if we went as a family. Carmen and Eleazar wanted to visit while we were here and we decided to stop by." Kate said.

We all broke out into different conversations. I started talking to Kate about their trip to England. Garrett and Jasper were discussing some civil war book. Tanya was trying to get Edwards attention, Rosalie and Irina were talking about a new hair style or something, Carlisle and Eleazar were catching up and Esme and Carmen were talking about their gardens.

Kate turned to Edward and asked, "How are you liking England Edward?"

Edward wasn't paying attention to anyone, he was staring at the picture of Bella he had in his hand. Kate caught him staring at it. She looked confused and I was about to explain when she spoke surprising us all, "I didn't know you liked Breaking Dawn Edward."

Edward looked up from the picture confused "What?" Everyone turned to look at Edward and Kate.

"The girl in the picture?" Kate asked still looking at the picture.

"This is my Bella" Edward said, looking at her with confusion.

Kate gasped and said, "I'm sorry. It's just … " Kate said then grabbed her purse. She rummaged through it for a bit then pulled out a jewel case and handed it to Edward.

"She looks like the lead singer for Breaking Dawn."

He gasped and whispered one word "Bella."

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BPOV:

When Mason and Carlie suggested the band idea I was skeptical at best. But they wore me down though.

All of their siblings were supportive and I understood why they wanted to do it. Its hard to be away from the person you loved. This was their way to deal with it. Even if they couldn't see Alec and Jane they hope they could see us. It was worth a shot.

Mason and Carlie haven't been dealing well without Jane and Alec. I can tell the separation is getting to them and I know one way or another well see then soon.

Zafrina is dealing surprisingly well. I suspect shes planed Aro's death several times.

I also know that it won't last long.

I can feel it.

Somethings is coming.

Soon.

Nessa and Joshua volunteered to come with us. Nessa loved the idea of getting to dress us. She was really excited. Jacob came along not wanting to be away from Nessa, hes like our manager/bodyguard. His size is beneficial when dealing with producers and owners. Joshua loved music. According to him 'he wouldn't miss it for the world'. Seth came along for the ride and support of course. Zafrina came along too. The whole family joined us for our tour. They left early to get the house in order. They missed being back on the island. We all did.

They decided on who played who. Joshua plays the drums. Carlie plays the bass and Mason plays the guitar. I got the short end of the straw and have to sing.

It wasn't so bad.

We came to enjoy performing. It was a awesome release and just loads of fun. We wrote our own songs. Some were just for fun, others were a way of expressing how we felt.

Nessa finished putting my makeup and hair. She always loved playing with my long hair. Carlie was getting dressed. Mason grabbed a bottle and handed me one.

"Thank you baby." I smiled and drank it down quickly. We had all gotten the hang of carrying some bottled blood with us. Were always careful.

Carlie came out of the bathroom and I smiled, "Have you gotten something to drink?" I asked her.

"Yeah, me, Mason, Seth and Joshua eat while Nessa had you getting changed." She laughed.

I shook my head out of all of my children Nessa is the only one who loves all things fashion.

Joshua and Seth come sit with us. We go over the set list and make sure everything's set up properly.

We make our way to the stage and hear our opening act introduce us. It was an new artist our company was producing.

The lights dimmed and we made our way onto the stage. Joshua got set up on the drums. It was a present from me. Mason got his guitar on. It was also a gift from me. I got it custom made dark emerald green with his initials M.S.. Carlie got her bass on. Also a gift from me. Also costumed made, it was dark red and had the initials C.S.

They started playing and the lights turned back on.

[Regular – just Bella; Italic – Carlie and Bella, Bold – Mason and Bella, Underlined – Joshua and Bella, Everything - Everyone]

(Hysteria - Muse)

It's bugging me, grating me
and twisting me around
Yeah I'm endlessly caving in
and turning inside out

'Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
and I'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control

Yeah it's holding me, morphing me
and forcing me to strive
To be endlessly
Cold within
and dreaming I'm alive

'Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
I'm not breaking down
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control

[Mason's guitar solo] We always started with this song. It was about wanting something/someone you can't have and how it eats away at you, making you want it more. It was a perfect song for many reasons.

And I want you now
I want you now
I feel my heart implode
and I'm breaking out
Escaping now
Feeling my faith erode

(Light up the Sky - Yellowcard)

You're making choice to live like this,
And all of the noise, I am silence.
We already know how it ends tonight,
You run in the dark through a firefight.
And I would explode just to save your life,
Yeah, I would explode.

Let me light up the sky,
Light it up for you.
Let me tell you why,
I would die for you.
Let me light up the sky.

I can't find a wall to pin this to,
They're all coming down since I've found you.
I just wanna be where you are tonight.
I run in the dark looking for some light,
And how will we know if we just don't try,
We won't ever know.

Let me light up the sky,
Light it up for you.
Let me tell you why,
I would die for you.

Let me light up the sky,
Light it up for you.
Let me make this mine,
I'll ignite for you.

Let me light up the sky,
Just for you tonight.
Let me help you fly,
Cause you won't have time.
To cover your eyes,
Get your disguise,
They won't ask you why,
They just watch you die.

And it's still so hard to be who you are,
So you play this part,
And the show goes on.
But you've come this far with a broken heart,
Yeah you've come this far,
And you're broken.

Let me light up the sky,
Light it up for you.
Let me tell you why,
I would die for you.
Let me light up the sky,
(Let me light up the sky)
Light it up for you.
(Light it up for you)
Let me make this mine,
(Let me make this mine)
I'll ignite for you,
I'll ignite for you

Let me light up the sky,
Light it up for you.
Let me tell you why,
I would die for you.

And it's still so hard to be who you are,
But you've come this far with a broken heart.
And it's still so hard to be who you are,
But you've come this far and you're broken...

Let me light up the sky,
Let me light up the sky.

I grabbed my solid black guitar and joined in.

I wrote this song about my dad. When I brought it to the rest, they agreed with me and we gave it to Charlie as a gift. I smile remembering when we first preformed this song.

(My Hero - the Foo Fighters)

Too alarming now to talk about
Take your pictures down
and shake it out
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
Use that evidence, race it around

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary

Don't the best of them bleed it out
While the rest of them peter out
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
Use that evidence race it around

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary

Kudos my hero
Leaving all the best
You know my hero
The one that's on

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary

We changed it up and slowed it down for the last two song before our break.

(Read My Mind - the Killers)

On the corner of main street
Just tryin' to keep it in line
You say you wanna move on and
You say I'm falling behind

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

I never really gave up on
Breakin' out of this two-star town
I got the green light
I got a little fight
I'm gonna turn this thing around

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The good old days, the honest man;
The restless heart, the Promised Land
A subtle kiss that no one sees;
A broken wrist and a paid trapeze

Oh well I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you go, can you read my mind?

Its funny how you just break down
Waitin' on some sign
I pull up to the front of your driveway
With magic soakin' my spine

Can you read my mind?
Can you read my mind?

The teenage queen, the loaded gun;
The drop dead dream, the Chosen One
A southern drawl, a world unseen;
A city wall and a trampoline

Oh well I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine
Before you jump
Tell me what you find when you read my mind

Slipping in my faith until I fall
You never returned that call

Woman, open the door, don't let it sting
I wanna breathe that fire again

She said I don't mind, if you don't mind
'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

Put your back on me
Put your back on me
Put your back on me

The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds cut out of the sun
When you read my mind

Once the song finished Mason, Carlie and Joshua put down their instruments. The lights dimmed and I walked to the piano.

I sat down and started playing.

I closed my eyes and started to sing.

(My Immortal - Evanescence)

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have

All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
But now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have

All of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

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I remember this was the first song I ever wrote. It was about love. The love I still held for him and the love I have for my children. Two different types of love, but nonetheless all never wavering love. Without them I wouldn't be here. I love them and I loved my family. But the pain he left was still there. It always will be.

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[Band joins in]
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
And you still have

All of me

The song came to an end.

I stood up from the piano and said, "Well be back after a short break"

We walked backstage and into our dressing room.

Zafrina, Nessa, Jacob and Seth were there waiting for us.

I smiled and sat next to Zafrina. I noticed Joshua, Carlie and Mason were having a drink.

Nessa came over and 'touched up' my makeup. I sighed but let her do it.

Once she was done and sat down Mason spoke, "Did anyone notice the vamps?"

I was shocked. I hadn't noticed anything. I shook my head.

"Yeah it looked like a big coven." said Josh.

"I counted thirteen" said Carlie.

I closed my eyes and concentrated. I pushed my shield out. I found them quickly. I opened my eyes and frowned.

"What do you think mom?" Mason asked.

I thought about it. "It could be nothing. But just in case can you four have everything packed up and loaded up? Lets not take any chances." I said looking at Zafrina.

Zafrina nodded and said, "We'll get it done. Don't worry Bella."

There was a knock on the door signaling our five minute warning.

"Call Angela and Ben tell them well be leaving early than we thought. Early in the morning. I don't have a good feeling and don't want to take any chances. Make sure everything's ready, please." I said.

Zafrina nodded, "I got it covered Bella."

"Thanks." I said standing up.

We headed back on stage.

"How we doing London?" I said.

The crowds response was rapid and LOUD. I laughed feeling a little bad for the vamps in the audience.

The music started and I joined in with the guitar. It was one of the songs we used to get the crown riled up again.

"Let me hear you now" I said grabbing my guitar.

(Bleed It Out - Linkin Park)
Yeah here we go for the hundredth time
Hand grenade pins in every line
Throw 'em up and let something shine
Going out of my fucking mind

Filthy mouth, no excuse
Find a new place to hang this noose
String me up from atop these roofs
Knot it tight so I won't get loose

Truth is you can stop and stare
Run myself out and no one cares
Dug the trench out laid down there
With a shovel up out of reach somewhere

Yeah, someone pour it in
Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

I bleed it out
Go stop the show
Choppy words and a sloppy flow
Shotgun opera lock and load
Cock it back and then watch it go

Mama help me I've been cursed
Death is rolling in every verse
Candy paint on his brand new hearse
Can't contain him he knows he works

Fuck this hurts, I won't lie
Doesn't matter how hard I try
Half the words don't mean a thing
And I know that I wont be satisfied
So why try ignoring him

Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

Mason took over the lyrics and I took over the guitar. I took the chance and looked over the audience.

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

It took a while since it was packed and people kept moving. That's when I caught sight of people I never expected to see. Specially in one of our concerts. I was confused. Why were they here? They can obvious see it was me. I caught sight of six other vampires with them. I could tell they shared the vegetarian diet.

I left him for last. I only meet his eyes for a second. It hurt to see him again. To see them all again after all this time. I looked over at them again and noticed the strawberry blond was on his arm. I looked away. I concentrated on finishing the song.

I bleed it out
I've opened up these scars
I'll make you face this
I've pulled myself so far
I'll make you, face, this, now!

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

I bleed it out
I bleed it out
I bleed it out

Once the song was finished I chanced another look at them. They were all here. The initial shock and hurt was gone now.

Now I was pissed.

What did they want?

Why are they here?

The next song started and I pushed it to the side. I couldn't think about it now, I concentrated on the music. I put down my guitar and got ready for the next song.

(For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic - Paramore)

Just talk yourself up
And tear yourself down
You've hit your one wall
Now find a way around
Well what's the problem?
You've got a lot of nerve

So what did you think I would say?
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
So what did you think I would say?
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
You wouldn't

I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you, so much faith
And then you just threw it away
You threw it away.

I'm not so naive
My sorry eyes can see
The way you fight shy
Of almost everything
Well, if you give up
You'll get what you deserve

So what did you think I would say?
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
So what did you think I would say?
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
You wouldn't

I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you, so much faith
And then you just threw it away
You threw it away

You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up, be a man about it?
Fight with your bare hands about it now

I never wanted to say this (Say this)
You never wanted to stay, well did you?
I put my faith in you, so much faith
And then you, just threw it away

I never wanted to say this
You never wanted to stay
I put my faith in you, so much faith
And then you just threw it away

(Fences – Paramore)

I'm sitting in a room,
Made up of only big white walls and in the halls
There are people looking through
The window in the door, and they know exactly what we're here for.

Don't look up
Just let them think
There's no place else
You'd rather be.

You're always on display
For everyone to watch and learn from,
Don't you know by now,
You can't turn back
Because this road is all you'll ever have.

And it's obvious that your dying, dying.
Just living proof that the camera's lying.
And oh oh open wide, 'cause this is your night.
So smile, 'cause you'll go out in style.
You'll go out in style.

If you let me I could,
I'd show you how to build your fences,
Set restrictions, separate from the world.
The constant battle that you hate to fight,
Just blame the limelight.

Don't look up
Just let them think
There's no place else
You'd rather be.

And now you can't turn back
Because this road is all you'll ever have.

And it's obvious that you're dying, dying.
Just living proof that the camera's lying.
And oh oh open wide, 'cause this is your night.
So smile

Yeah, yeah you're asking for it
With every breath that you breathe in
Just breathe it in.
Yeah, yeah well you're just a mess
You do all this big talking
So now let's see you walk it.
I said let's see you walk it.

Yeah, yeah well you're just a mess
You do all this big talking
So now let's see you walk it.
I said let's see you walk it.

And it's obvious that you're dying, dying.
Just living proof that the camera's lying.
And oh oh open wide, yeah oh oh open wide.
Yeah, oh oh open wide,
'Cause you'll go out in style.
You'll go out in style.

We got ready to sing the next song and I smiled.

(Born For This - Paramore)

Oh no I just keep on falling
(Back to the same old…)
Where's hope when misery comes crawling?
(On my way-ay)
With your faith you'll trigger a landslide
(Victory)
To kill off this common sense of mine

It takes acquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
We don't need the headlines
We just want…

Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?

Right now you're the only reason
(I'm not letting go, oh…)
And I'm out if everyone's worth pleasing
(Wa-ah)
You'll trigger a landslide
(Victory)
To kill off their finite state of mind

It takes acquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine
You can't down it with your eyes
So we don't need the headlines
No, we don't want your headlines
We just want…

"Get ready now" I said.

Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody live like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, do you feel the pressure?

"Here we go now London." I said.

Alright, so you think you're ready?
Ok, then you say this with me Go
We were born for this
(We were born for this)

Alright, so you think you're ready?
OK, then you say this with me Go!
We were born for this
(We were born for this)
We were born for this
(We were born for this)

We were born for
We were born for

Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?
Everybody live like it's the last day you will ever see
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure now?
Everybody sing like it's the last song you will ever sing
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?
Tell me, tell me, can you feel the pressure?

We were born for this
We were born for this
We were born for this

"This is our last song for the night. Thank you for coming tonight." I said.

I took a deep breath and grabbed my guitar for the last time. We always ended the with this song. It was a intense song, but the crowd loved it.

(To be loved - Papa Roach)

Listen up, turn it up and rock it out
Party on, I wanna hear you scream and shout
This is real, as real as it gets
I came to your town to get some fucking respect
Taking it back to hardcore level
You better be ready, put your pedal to the metal
Taking it back to hardcore level
You better be ready, put your pedal to the metal.

Go!

Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved

I want domination
I want your submission
I see you're not resisting
To this temptation
I've got one confession
I love deprivation
I've got a jet black heart
It's all fucked up and it's falling apart

Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved

I've got another confession
I fell to temptation
And there is no question
There was some connection
I've got to follow my heart
No matter how far
I've gotta roll the dice
Never look back and never think twice

Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved

Take the past and burn it up and let it go
Carry on; I'm stronger than you'll ever know
That's the deal; you get no respect
You're gonna get yours
You better watch your fucking neck

Take the past and burn it up and let it go
Carry on; I'm stronger than you'll ever know
That's the deal; you get no respect
You're gonna get yours
You better watch your fucking neck

Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved
Whoa I'll never give in
Whoa I'll never give up
Whoa I'll never give in
I just wanna be, wanna be loved

Once we finished the song and we waved to the audience we made our way to the back to the room.

I closed the door behind me and turned to look at my family.

Jacob looked pissed.

"What's going on Jacob?" I asked.

"The dumb ass owner for this place decided it would be okay to sell some backstage passes." Jacob sighed.

I closed my eyes.

After our first big concert we made ourselves explicitly clear that no backstage/V.I.P passes be sold. To put it nicely it had gone horribly and we wouldn't go put ourselves through that again.

"Don't worry Bell's, I made some calls and made sure we weren't doing anymore business with that creep." Jacob said.

I nodded.

"They must have trowed him a small fortune" Mason frowned.

"I have an idea who it might be." I said.

Everyone turned to look at me, "What are you talking about mom?" Carlie said.

I didn't know what to expect from them, but I was always honest with my children and my family.

"The vampires in the audience. I think it might be them." I sighed.

Why were they doing this? I shook my head.

"Do you have everything ready to go?" I asked Zafrina.

She nodded.

"Good. Now I don't know how much time we have but I need you to do something for me." I said looking at each of them. "I want you to promise me no matter what happens no violence. If there's a danger or a threat I'll take care of it." I said. They all reluctantly nodded. "Okay."

I was glad this room was big because it was about to get crowded in here. There were three doors. One lead to a bathroom. The one we entered from lead to the stage and backstage area. The third one lead directly outside.

Mason and Carlie were sitting next to Zafrina. Seth, Joshua, Jacob and Nessa were standing by the door that lead outside.

I stood next to Mason and waited. I was about to tell them who I thought it was when their was a knock on the door.

Chuck's head came in. He was one of the bodyguards. "You have some visitors guys." He said before his head disappeared and then they entered.

Once they were all inside the door was closed. Of course, they all looked just how I remembered them.

Alice broke from the group and made to come over. "Bella!" she said excitedly.

She didn't make it far. I took a step back at the same time Mason stood up next to me and Jake and Seth growled.

Jasper quickly grabbed Alice and pulled her next to him.

It was quiet for a while.

I turned to look at Jake and Seth. Of course they remembered them. I noticed their hands were shaking.

I looked over at Nessa and said "Nessa how about you, Jake, Seth, Joshua and Zafrina take one of the cars and go home." I said. Jake looked at me and made to open his mouth. I shook my head. "I'll deal with this and explain once I get home." I said leaving no room for them to argue. I turned to Zafrina. "I'll be right behind you. It shouldn't take more than thirty minutes." I said. She nodded her head and stood up. Nessa had to pushed Jake out the door and Zafrina had to drag Seth and Joshua out the door..

Once they were gone I turned to look at Mason and Carlie. The look on their faces told me they knew who they were.

Stay calm. Please. I told them. They nodded.

I turned to the Cullen's.

"Alice," I nodded "Cullen's." I greeted them.

"It's nice to see you Bella." Carlisle said.

I didn't respond because honestly it wasn't nice to see any of them.

"Bella." Alice spoke.

I turned to look at her. She looked hurt. "How? What happened?" She spoke confusing me.

"What do you mean?" I said.

"We thought you were DEAD!" she said, "We saw your headstone. What happened?"

I could only respond with, "I'm not dead, obviously."

Jasper hugged her trying to calm her down.

"We can see that Bella… " Carlisle spoke.

I cut him off and said "Isabella."

"Pardon?" It was Carlisle's turn to look confused.

"My name. Its Isabella. You all don't get to call me Bella anymore." I simply said.

Shock and hurt crossed his face before he nodded and said," I think what Alice is trying to ask is who changed you?"

I sighed. "It really is a long story." I said looking at Carlisle then to the other vampires.

Noticing, Carlisle said, "This is our friends the Denali clan. Eleazar, Carmen, Irina, Garrett, Kate and Tanya." He said pointing to each person.

I nodded to each of them and said a simple "Hello."

I didn't say anything, making it clear I wasn't going to introduce Mason and Carlie.

It was quiet for a while before none other than Rosalie spoke. "Well, aren't you going to tell us?" She spoke clearly annoyed. Whether at me or the situation I wasn't sure.

"I don't see why I should." I said.

Apparently my response pissed her off as Emmett held her back.

Whatever.

I sighed. "Why are you here?" I asked, because honestly I didn't know.

"We wanted to see you" Alice responded, as if it was obvious.

"Why?" I asked confused.

"We missed you Bella." Alice said.

"Now, I highly doubt that Alice." I said shaking my head.

"Look I have somewhere I need to be." I said after another stretch of silence.

"Please don't leave Bella." He spoke.

Pain shot through me at the sound of his voice.

I turned to look at him.

He looked as if he was in pain.

I didn't understand.

"Please don't leave Bella. We haven't talked." He pleaded.

I shook my head again, "There isn't anything to talk about. You said all you needed to that day in the woods." I said.

I grabbed my jacket from the couch and pulled it on.

"Wait, Bella. Please" Edward took a step forward.

I took another step back and grabbed Mason and Carlie and pulled them behind me.

"I lied. Please. Don't go. It's been almost one hundred years Bella. I thought you were dead. Please. Can't we talk? Let me explain." Edward said.

"What do you want to talk about Edward? You did what you had to do. You don't love me. Hell, you probably never did. So you left." I said, "I understand. I wouldn't had want you to stay with me out of pity or some sense of obligation." I sighed.

I looked back at my two oldest children and felt sadness. I knew they were always curious about their father and his family. I had told them everything after Victoria's attach. They were hurt and angry but I knew they were still curious.

I knew I would run into them one day. I made myself a promise the day after I told them about their father and it was time I kept it.

I took a deep breath and said, "Before I leave I need you to know something." I looked straight at him and then at the rest of them and said, "I don't know if you were lying or if you truly didn't know but you were wrong about a couple of important things."

"What are you talking about Isabella?" Carlisle said. I could tell he was trying to keep me from leaving by talking.

"It is possible for you to have children." I said.

It was obvious they didn't believe me. They were looking at me as if I'd gone crazy.

Carlisle spoke again, "What are you talking about Isabella? That's not possible."

I shook my head at the same time there was a knock on the door and Chuck came in. "I was just checking how everything was going." He said.

I looked at him and said, "Everything's fine. We were just leaving."

Chuck nodded and stood next to the door. I looked at the clock and saw the thirty minutes were up.

I sighed and took a pen and a post it from my bag. I quickly wrote down the address of the airport.

"This isn't the place for this conversation." I said handing Edward the post it. "Meet us there at four in the morning. I'll explain everything. Pack one bag of clothes and things you might need to last you a couple of days." I said.

Mason and Carlie had put on their jackets and bags and were standing next to the open door.

I walked over to them and was about to walk out the door when I stopped and looked at the Cullen's then at Edward.

"Your friends are welcome to come with you, of course." I said in a whisper. "If your not there then Goodbye." I said and walked out the door closing it behind me.

EPOV:

It took Alice an hour to get us tickets. She ended up calling the owner of where Breaking Dawn was performing to get them. They cost a small fortune but she was able to get tickets as well as backstage passes.

I ran upstairs, showered and got dressed.

Half an hour later we got in our cars and were on our way.

…

The place was giant and was packed.

It didn't matter.

I was going to see Bella again.

I haven't felt alive since that day in Forks cemetery.

Alice and Emmett were both excited and were bouncing all over the place. Esme and Carlisle were excited to see Bella again. Rosalie was indifferent. She never cared for Bella. She was happy to see Emmett so excited though.

I shook my head. The years following the discovery of Bella's death were horrible.

I wanted to die. I tried going to go to the Volturi but Alice stopped me every time.

I stopped living.

Nothing was the same.

Bella's death affected the whole family.

Carlisle and Esme didn't come out of her room for a week.

Alice sobbed and stopped talking. Her relationship with Jasper was strained for months. Jasper couldn't go near her without crumpling from the pain. It hurt him that he couldn't do anything to help her. He had to deal with everyone's pain and his own. He felt responsible for us leaving Bella. He had truly like Bella but never got the chance to get close to her. When I returned to live with them before we found out about Bella's death I tried telling him it wasn't his fault. He didn't believe me though.

Emmett took Bella's death hard. He stayed in his room with Rosalie. Rosalie felt bad that we were hurting, but didn't care. To her Bella was just another human.

We weren't the same anymore. Even now things were different. Alice stopped being her bubbly, energetic, slightly crazy self and stopped shopping as much. She only online shopped now. Jasper worked on mastering his control more. Emmett stopped making jokes or pulling pranks. Carlisle worked too much and Esme stopped painting. Rosalie was the same.

I shook my head as the lights dimmed and Breaking Dawn was introduced.

I watched as two men and a woman walk onto the stage. The woman was very pretty. She had long dark hair. Almost to her waist. Her eyes were a startling emerald color. She pulled on a dark red bass and stood in front of a microphone. The first man got situated on the drums. He was fairly tall and buff. He had his head turned so I couldn't really see his face. The other man went and stood in front of another microphone and pulled on a dark green guitar. He was really tall and looked familiar. They all looked familiar actually.

All thoughts left my head when Bella walked up to the middle of the stage. She stood in front of a microphone stand and a black guitar.

She looked… gorgeous.

She looked a couple inches taller than I last saw her. Her mahogany hair was darker and now fell to her knees. I couldn't help but noticed how well she filled out. She was by far the most beautiful woman … hell person I had ever seen.

They started playing and Bella started to sing.

It was the most amazing thing I ever heard.

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We made our way through the backstage.

We were all excited.

We were going to see Bella.

The bodyguard leads us into the room. Once the door is closed I couldn't do anything but stare at Bella. She was truly an amazing creature.

Alice broke from the group and made to come over. "Bella!" she said excitedly.

She didn't make it far. Bella took a step back at the same time the guitar player stood next to her and two people growled.

Jasper quickly grabbed Alice and pulled her next to him.

It was quiet for a while.

Bella turned to look at the people sitting on the couch.

After a while she said "Nessa how about you, Jake, Seth, Joshua and Zafrina take one of the cars and go home." She shook her head. "I'll deal with this and explain once I get home." She said then turned to a statuesque woman. "I'll be right behind you. It shouldn't take more than thirty minutes." Bella said. The woman nodded her head and stood up. She and the other girl had to drag the three men out the door.

Once they were gone she turned to look at guitarist and the bassist. All of the sudden they nodded.

She turned back to us.

"Alice," Bella nodded "Cullen's." She greeted us.

"It's nice to see you Bella." Carlisle said.

She didn't respond.

"Bella." Alice spoke again.

"How? What happened?" Alice asked.

"What do you mean?" was Bella's response.

"We thought you were DEAD!" Alice said, "We saw your headstone. What happened?"

"I'm not dead, obviously." Bella said.

Jasper hugged Alice, trying to calm her down.

"We can see that Bella… " Carlisle spoke.

She cut him off saying, "Isabella."

"Pardon?" It was Carlisle's turn to look confused.

"My name. Its Isabella. You all don't get to call me Bella anymore." she simply said.

Carlisle nodded and said," I think what Alice is trying to ask is who changed you?"

Bella sighed. "It really is a long story." she said looking at Carlisle then to the Denali's.

Noticing, Carlisle said, "This is our friends the Denali clan. Eleazar, Carmen, Irina, Garrett, Kate and Tanya." He said pointing to each person.

She nodded to each of them and said a simple "Hello."

It was quiet for a while before Rosalie decided to speak. "Well, aren't you going to tell us?" She said clearly annoyed.

"I don't see why I should." Bella said crossing her arms in front of her.

Her response pissed Rosalie off and Emmett held her back.

Bella sighed again, "Why are you here?"

"We wanted to see you" Alice responded.

"Why?" She asked confused.

"We missed you Bella." Alice said.

"Now, I highly doubt that Alice." Bella said shaking my head.

"Look I have somewhere I need to be." Bella said after another stretch of silence.

"Please don't leave Bella." I spoke. My heart breaking at the idea of her leaving.

She turned to look at me.

"Please don't leave Bella. We haven't talked." I pleaded.

She shook her head again, "There isn't anything to talk about. You said all you needed to that day in the woods."

Her words almost brought me to my knees. Everything made sense now. Her anger, her words. I shook my head.

What I did that day in the woods was the hardest things I ever did. The words I spoke were the blackest of lies.

I knew we had to leave. It wasn't safe. We were putting her life at risk. I knew how stubborn she could be. She wouldn't make it easy. So I said what I needed to.

Trying to save her from my word I ended up breaking my angel.

She grabbed her jacket from the couch and pulled it on.

"Wait, Bella. Please" I said taking a step toward her.

She took another step back and grabbed the two that had stayed and pulled them behind her.

"I lied. Please. Don't go. It's been almost one hundred years Bella. I thought you were dead. Please. Can't we talk? PLEASE. Let me explain." I said, pleading her to hear me out.

"What do you want to talk about Edward? You did what you had to do. You don't love me. Hell, you probably never did. So you left." she said, "I understand. I wouldn't had want you to stay with me out of pity or some sense of obligation." she sighed.

I stood there shaking my head.

This couldn't be happening.

I can't loose her again.

She looked back at the two people behind her.. She took a deep breath and said, "Before I leave I need you to know something."

She looked straight at me for a moment. Then turned to the rest of my family and said, "I don't know if you were lying or if you truly didn't know but you were wrong about a couple of important things."

"What are you talking about Isabella?" Carlisle spoke. I could tell he was trying to keep her from leaving by keeping her talking talking.

He was confused.

Hell, the hole family was.

They didn't know what I did. After that horrible birthday party Jasper and Alice left to Alaska. When I returned that morning I told them we were leaving. After three hours they finally relented and agreed. It took two days for them to pack up and get everything packed up. I spent the last day with my angel. It took everything I had to say those horrible thing to her. After a kiss on her forehead I ran. I ran all the way to South America before stopping.

"It is possible for you to have children." Ball said.

We all stood there looking at her. What she said didn't make sense. We knew it was impossible.

Carlisle spoke again, "What are you talking about Isabella? That's not possible."

She shook her head at the same time there was a knock on the door and Chuck came in. "I was just checking how everything was going." He said.

She looked at him and said, "Everything's fine. We were just leaving."

Chuck nodded and stood next to the door. Bella looked at the clock. Our time was up.

Bella sighed and took a pen and a post it from her bag. She quickly wrote something down.

"This isn't the place for this conversation." she said handing me the post it. "Meet us there at four in the morning. I'll explain everything. Pack one bag of clothes and things you might need to last you a couple of days." I said.

Bella's companions had put on their jackets and bags and were standing next to the open door.

She walked over to them and was about to walk out the door when she stopped.

"Your friends are welcome to come with you, of course." she said in a whisper. "If your not there then this is Goodbye." she said and walked out the door closing it behind her.

…

After Bella left we were quick to follow. We made our way back home in silence.

It was all surreal.

I knew what was going to happen.

It was time to come clean.

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After Emmett and Alice stooped hitting and screaming at me we talked.

I explained what I did and why I did it. They understood but were pissed nonetheless.

We didn't know what Bella meant with her parting words, but we all quickly packed a bag. Even the Denali's.

We were going to find out.

The enormity of what leaving Bella hanging in the air.

We made our way over to the address Bella had given us. It lead us to a small airport.

Bella and her family were already there.

Without a word to us Bella lead us to a large black jet.

"It'll be about half an hour until were in the air." Bella said.

"Where are we going?" Carlisle asked.

Bella looked at him then at me and said, "I'm taking you all to my home. I want you all to meet some people."

The people from last night were there. They looked at us then made their way inside.

Bella watched them for until they were all inside.

"It'll be best if you keep to yourselves until we get there." Bella said then made her way inside the jet. We followed.

…

After two hours Bella landed the plane. We were all surprised. A lot of things had changed. We landed, got our bags and got out the plane.

Once we were all out we followed Bella. There were four black vans waiting for us.

We were all surprised when Bella parked at the docks.

We followed behind Bella and her family.

She lead us to a yacht. Bella turned to them. She sighed and said, "It's okay, take the fast one. I'll take them on the other one and well meet you there. Give them a heads up for me." They nodded and turned to a smaller yet faster looking boat. The guitarist didn't move. It seemed they were having a silent conversation. After a while Bella sighed and nodded.

Bella turned to us and said "We should get going."

Once we were all on the boat Bella surprised us once again when she sat behind the controls and started the boat. The guitarist sat next to her.

We had left the docks an hour now. It was an incredibly nice boat. We all sat inside waiting and talking amongst ourselves.

Bella came out and stood in front of the TV.

"I know you have questions and I will answer them all. But first I need to tell you what happened after you all left." Bella said reluctantly.

After a couple of seconds she sighed and spoke again. "Two months after you all left I was starting to get my life back. It was hard but did it. I was at my home with Angela and Ben when when the phone rang. My step-father Phil was dead and my mom was in the hospital. I called my dad and got on the first flight out. My mother died." I heard Esme and Alice gasp. "We stayed a week in Texas taking care of everything. She left me everything they had." Bella continued. "After saying goodbye to my mother and Phil we went back home." Bella took a deep breath before continuing "I made some friends down in La Push. Things were looking up. A month later I started getting sick. It had been four months after you all left and Charlie sat me down."

BPOV:

This was harder than I had anticipated.

Standing in front of the Cullen's and telling them my story was hard, but I would do it. They should know what they were walking into.

"Charlie was the one that made me realized I wasn't sick. Just pregnant." I could tell they were about to say something so I continued, "He took me to the doctor in Seattle and they confirmed it. She told me I was four months along."

"Who knocked you up?" Rosalie hissed.

I didn't pay her any attention. I looked at Edward and said, "The day before my eighteen birthday."

He was about to say something when Emmett interrupted, "WHAT? You guys did the nasty?"

Rosalie pulled him back down on the couch and glared at is. It shut him up.

"Like I said. You were wrong." I shook my head and continued, "No one in Forks knew I was pregnant expect Charlie, Angela, Ben and my friends from the pack." I turned on the television and put on a DVD and moved to the side. "As you can see half way through the pregnancy I went through a change." The DVD was shot shortly after my run in with Laurent.

"The pregnancy was relatively normal. It lasted as long as a normal pregnancy would." I said.

"How is that even possible?"Carlisle spoke, still staring at the TV.

"I wasn't sure until we ran into another set of vampire hybrids in the amazon. It turns out that male vampires can still reproduce. The females on the other hand … Since their bodies can't change, they can't get pregnant." I said.

It was quiet for a long time.

"We have a child?" Edward spoke breaking the silence.

Everyone turned to look at me. I didn't respond and skipped through the DVD until I found what I was looking for.

I turned to look at Edward and said, "Eight, actually."

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