Chapter 10 – The Truth

When Issy woke up that morning she was still in her mother's arms. Renesmee was sitting next to her and they were talking quietly. Issy rubbed her eyes and yawned. She couldn't wait to play with her parents and tell them all about her.

"Finally sleepy-head," Nessie said, "Nanny's making pancakes for breakfast and we're waiting for you."

"Pancakes?" Issy repeated before jumping off Bella's lap and running into the kitchen.

Bella and Nessie laughed before making their way into the kitchen where Esme was serving Issy. As Nessie sat down a pancake landed on her plate and she inhaled its sweet scent; before adding lemon juice and sugar to it.

"Mmmmmmm," Issy was saying, "Mummy-"

"-Don't speak with your mouthful," Alice chided from the stairs.

Issy swallowed then started talking again: "Mummy can you play Barbies with me after this?"

"Of course Poppet but finish first," Bella replied smiling.

After breakfast Issy could be seen dragging a large box down the stairs to the lounge where Bella was waiting. She got there panting and took the lid off. Giving her mother a Barbie with brown hair and blue eyes she said: "Your one's Daisy and my one is Lydia."

Issy took a Barbie out of the box which looked like the traditional Barbie; blonde with blue eyes and hung onto it.

Bella smiled, she remembered doing this with her own mother. But with Renée it was always so much more imaginative. Instead of dressing up or going shopping their Barbies would be picking cabbages or doing gymnastics which they seemed to excel in.

"Mummy, Mummy," Issy's voice sounded panicked.

"What darling?"She looked around and saw to her surprise the whole family staring at her open mouthed.

"Bella," Carlisle announced, "I think I may have figured out how you got pregnant with Issy. What were you thinking of then?"

"Playing with my mother," Bella answered confused.

"Ah, accessing your human memories," Carlisle said thinking.

"If you want to put it that way," Bella replied.

"Now tell me what you were thinking about that night you got pregnant."

If Bella could've blushed she would have at that moment: "Esme Island," she whispered.

"I'm right," he sounded pleased before carrying on, "You have two gifts my dear. You can shield but you are also able to show human traits when thinking about your human past."

"Mama you're extra special," Issy said," Please can I try it?"

Bella laughed and allowed her daughter to become fully human for a moment by using her gift.

"Bella," Edward's voice sounded pained, "I am going hunting with the boys. It's hard for me as I've been away from humans for four years and I know you'd never forgive me, and I'd never forgive myself, if I attacked one of the girls."

"Ok," she replied, "You go to the mountains and we'll go for a walk."

The male members of the family departed as the female's prepared to go for a walk. This involved a very complex conversation between Issy and Alice about which wellies went best with her outfit. Bella rolled her eyes realising her daughter had Alice's love for clothes and shopping.

When they were finally ready Bella took one of Issy's hands and Rosalie took the other.

"Swing me please," Issy asked.

"One, Two, Three..." They said in unison.

"Whee!" Issy finished flying through the air. As she landed again she said, "Again!"

Bella looked at Rose whose expression could only be read as; we are going to spend a long time doing this.

They walked on for a bit. Nessie daydreaming mindlessly until Issy asked; "Mummy, now that you're back can I have a woolly pig and a callerpitar?"

Bella looked at her confused.

"She means a sheep and a caterpillar," Rose answered for her, "She's always called them that and we think it's too sweet to correct her."

Bella laughed and mouthed thank-you to Rose who nodded.

"Well honey, I don't think that would be the best of ideas. You know that our family eat meat and well, someone might just eat him," she told Issy.

"That's what Nanny said but can I have a callerpitar?" she asked again.

"Yes Sugar, if you can find one."

"Mama," Issy said, "We learnt the callerpitar's life cycle at school and I want to tell you: first it's a callerpitar, then it's a raccoon, then it's a chrysalis, then it's a butterfly."

Bella laughed at Issy's innocent mistakes before picking her up and carrying her.

By this time they were back at the house and it was getting dark. There were no lights on inside the house so the boys were still out hunting.

Issy was wondering what it must be like to go hunting. She'd never been allowed because they'd all said no.

"Why can't I go hunting?" she suddenly asked.

Bella looked at Esme: "She's never been?"

"Well we thought that as she was starting school earlier than Ness it would be better if she didn't. We could just see the teacher asking what they had for dinner, and her replying that she'd drank mountain lion blood or something of the sort." Esme replied.

Bella nodded agreeing with and understanding Esme.

Nessie was already upstairs and on the phone to Jake.

"Yes...You could have met us when we went for a walk...Come over tomorrow then...Ok..."

At that point she'd started walking down the stairs and slipped. She came flying down and landed in a heap at the bottom. Everyone gathered round her when she rolled over groaning. Though she wasn't hurt - being half vampire saw to that.

Issy who had been standing in the corner came over.

"Nessie," she whispered her eyes filling with tears, "I think you landed on my callerpitar."

So, I just want to say thank-you very much to ink-stained-sleeves for coming up with the idea about how Bella got pregnant again. My cousin used to call a caterpillar a callerpitar which is where that idea came from. My other cousin is still positive that that is the life cycle of a caterpillar. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. Thank-you XxX