AN: Hello everyone! Thanks to all for reading, reviewing, following and favouriting this story! Special thanks to the reviewers from last chapter: acw1, Goldielover, catgrl, kouga's older woman, and ckaren09! You all are why I write this :D Okay, so I have a bit of a warning for you here. *There's a really adorable scene with Emmett and Esme at the end of this chapter, but their interactions fall firmly under the category of Mommy Kink. So if anyone has issues with or triggers surrounding that sort of thing, you will definitely want to skip Esme's POV* And now, here is Chapter Ten!
Chapter Ten: Plans for New Family
Carlisle, Alice, Fiona and I were sitting in her parents' bedroom explaining things to them. They had a few questions, of course, but thankfully we were able to give them the answers they needed.
I was shocked to find out what their most pressing question was because Fiona hadn't mentioned it at all.
But as soon as we had finished explaining absolutely everything to them, Ceit spoke in her feeble voice, which was weak because the cancer had spread to her throat. She asked: "Before I was sick when we lived in Glasgow, we already had an open, polyamorous relationship. So, would we still be expected to wait until we've been married twenty years for that?"
My eyebrows raised at Fiona then. She shrugged. "It wasn't my place to say anything."
Carlisle smiled. "I think, if you were already committed to living that way, an exception could possibly be made."
"Besides, they've only been married sixteen years, but they've been together for twenty-one, I think," Fiona explained.
"Almost twenty-one, yes." Fiona's dad, Arthur, nodded. "We became sweethearts when Ceit was twelve and I was thirteen."
Carlisle smiled again."Well then, I'd say it counts in my books anyway."
"Good. Will Fiona have to miss very much school?" Arthur asked.
"That would depend on her control as a newborn, but if it were necessary, we could always switch to homeschooling. All of the kids have attended secondary school and university several times over, so she would have her pick of quality teachers and as vampires, we don't sleep, so there would be plenty of time for whatever she wishes to learn," Carlisle offered.
Ceit lit up at that idea. "Would I be able to continue my own education as well?"
"Of course! We believe that the further pursuit of education should be a permanent endeavor." Carlisle beamed.
"How soon can we deliver our boy and begin this? I want to see Ceit healthy again as soon as possible," Arthur asked.
"Well, she is thirty-one weeks along in the pregnancy. Thirty-six weeks and beyond is considered to be full-term. So if Ceit can hang in there that long, we can be reasonably well guaranteed there won't be too many complications on the baby's end of things. But you have my satellite phone number, which I always keep on for emergencies, and as you now know, I can be here lightning fast if necessary.
"But I think I will also leave several syringes of vampire venom at the house, in case I am ever away on another call or anything, because Edward also knows how to perform a cesarean and can administer my venom just as easily via syringe, which gives us a viable backup plan," Carlisle suggested.
"Thank you, Carlisle." Arthur nodded.
Carlisle smiled. "I am happy to be able to help."
"Bella, is it alright if I stay with my parents and I can come round yours for my book bag on the way to school in the morning?" Fiona asked me.
I nodded. "Of course, Fiona. That's perfectly fine."
"Thank you, Bella. Thank you both for everything!" Fiona beamed giving each of us a warm hug.
When we arrived home, Carlisle called a family meeting. He explained to everyone about Fiona's family and about their situation. "Wait, so they're joining the family?" Emmett grinned. "Fuck yeah! Fiona is hot!"
I realized just then, I didn't know the lifestyle ruling on single people joining the family, so I thought I had better ask. "Baby, what is the rule for single people?" I asked Carlisle. "I mean, Edward wasn't mated for his first several decades with the family. Did he actually have to wait to participate, or did he choose to?"
"He chose to wait, Bella." Carlisle smiled. "Single people are allowed to partake, but if they do find their mate, the twenty-year rule applies at that time. The Denalis actually join us fairly often and they keep to the same rules as well. Kate was a little upset when she realized that because of finding Garrett, she had to wait twenty years when she never had to before. But their twenty years is up soon too, as I'm sure you know since they married a few short years after you and Edward."
"So Fiona doesn't have to wait then either if she wishes to participate?" I confirmed.
"Yes, Sweetheart, that is correct," Carlisle nodded.
"Interesting." I mused, getting lost in my fantasies.
"Indeed." He smirked taking me by the hand and leading me upstairs.
"So, you like the idea of Fiona joining our lifestyle, hmm?" Carlisle asked me as we entered our room.
"Yes, I have to admit, I do." I nodded, as he pulled me into his arms and slowly stripped me out of my clothing.
"That's interesting. I, myself, will be looking forward to the time when Ceit is healthy. I think as a vampire her beauty will be quite striking. Though Arthur isn't exactly hard to look at either." He smirked.
"Well, well, Dr. Cullen. I think I know who you'll be making your next offer to, when our time is up," I teased.
"Perhaps." He shrugged, laying me down on the bed. "But right now? All I want to think about is you," he said, illustrating his point with a kiss.
"I'm perfectly alright with that."
As Carlisle made slow, passionate love to me, we could hear the various duos begin their coupling throughout the house. The two couples with shorter unions had switched about a week before school started though, so now it was Emmett and Esme we could hear through the walls, whereas Jasper and Rosalie were out in the backyard as they often were, sharing a mutual love for stargazing.
Rose's POV
"How do you think this new family joining us is going to work out?" I asked Jasper. My brother had a brilliant, logistical mind, so when I had the type of questions that I knew he could best answer, I brought them to him.
Though, I had to admit that lying naked in Jasper's arms was the most fun way to bring him my questions.
"Their emotions seem honest," Jasper conceded, pulling me into his arms so we could gaze into each other's eyes as we talked. "I didn't go into the MacDougalls' house while they had their meetin' today, but I stayed within range o' my gift so I could keep tabs while the others were over there," he explained.
"Thank you, Jasper. That's reassuring." I smiled.
He kissed me slowly and sensually.
I always loved my times with Jasper. He always made me feel so contented and peaceful. One year, during a decade when Em and I had our maximum time limit set as one full year, I accepted a deal from Jasper for the maximum time and Em spent that year with Alice.
They went off hunting all over the world, chasing big game for Emmett while Alice spent her days shopping and Em hung out just watching people mill about living their daily lives. They had a blast and I know the arrangement totally suited them both to a T.
But Jasper and I? We spent our nights gazing up at the stars together. Because it was something our hyperactive mates never had the patience for. We would stay out there, under that celestial abyss for hours every evening, making love and seeing what the night sky had to offer. The stars were always so much more beautiful with vampire eyesight than they were when I was human.
And we spent our days curled up on the couch together, reading. I would recommend a book I thought Jasper would like and he'd recommend one for me and when we finished, we'd discuss them for hours.
And after our year was up, we were both in better spirits for the whole following decade, because we'd needed that time to just recharge our batteries.
Don't get me wrong, our mates were perfect. Their exuberance was exactly what we needed to balance us out most of the time. But when one spouse was introverted and the other was extroverted, you tended to often try to meet in the middle. So, it was nice to get to just be an introvert once in a while.
Jasper was the only person I had ever thought about changing one of my hard limits for. We'd never had anyone in the family change one of their hard limits so I didn't even know if it was allowed. But sometimes in the middle of my time with Jasper, I often found myself wishing I could give my whole self to him, physically, since we were always so emotionally connected.
I had talked to Emmett about it before and he had said, if I ever wanted to talk to Carlisle and see if I would be allowed to change it, I could.
We hadn't set that rule because of Em since he definitely wouldn't have minded. We'd set it because of my history. But that was the thing. It was getting to be ancient history. And while I would never forget it...so many good things had happened in my life since then, that really I think mostly, I was holding onto that pain out of habit.
Jasper broke our kiss to ask me about my emotions. "You okay? You're all over the place."
"I'm thinking about something I've wanted to do for a while and wondering if I even have the option, now that I feel brave enough," I began.
He looked at me like he was trying to puzzle out my cryptic statement.
"Ah." He nodded. "The hard limit?"
I beamed. The fact that he knew me so well was one of the many reasons I wanted to talk to Carlisle.
"Am I that transparent?" I laughed.
"No, but, there have been a few times over the years that I've sensed you might've wanted to go further if that rule hadn't been there." He shrugged, like it was no big deal, even though I knew he was aware of exactly how big a deal it was for me.
"Yeah. There have been a lot of times like that," I admitted.
"Well, let's make a deal. Why don't you wait until after our union to talk to Carlisle? That way, you have the time to make sure it's really what you want going forward and not just us gettin' caught up in our chemistry?" he advised.
I sighed happily, kissing him with gratitude. "I knew I could count on you to say the right thing."
"Good. Now can I go back to kissin' you?" Jasper grinned.
"You'd better!" I laughed.
Esme's POV
Sex with Emmett was always a guilty pleasure for me. Because Emmett had always had a serious Mommy kink.
Sometimes over the years, I had worried it might be unhealthy. But Carlisle assured me every time that it was common, even in the human world. It would be a whole different story if I were actually his mother. But I had never had any reason to suspect it stemmed from any issues with his human mother.
In actuality, I think it stemmed from the fact that Rosalie tended to be someone who needed nurturing, especially early on in their life together, so Emmett tended to be the nurturer in their relationship.
Which left a void that needed to be filled, and I was more than happy to fill it.
"Hold me, Mommy." Emmett groaned, pressing his length inside of me. "Sing me a lullaby." He pleaded as he began suckling my breasts.
"Hush, little Baby, don't say a word.
Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird.
And if that mockingbird don't sing,
Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama's going to buy you a looking glass.
And if that looking glass gets broke,
Mama's going to buy you a billy goat.
And if that billy goat don't pull,
Mama's going to you a cart and bull.
And if that cart and bull tip over,
Mama's going to buy you a dog named Rover.
And if that dog named Rover won't bark,
Mama's going to buy you a horse and cart.
And if that horse and cart fall down,
You'll still be the sweetest little Baby in town."
"Ughn, Mommy, you feel so good," he grunted.
It wasn't long before he was driving me over the edge of bliss.
"I love you, Emmett!" I moaned breathlessly.
"I love you, Mommy."
"Come for me, my Sweet Boy!" I begged.
"I'm coming, Mommy!" He cried out, filling me with his venom.
"That's a Good Boy. That's my Sweet Emmett." I sighed contentedly.
"Sing me to sleep, Mommy," he whispered. Vampires couldn't sleep but they could get pretty close to a sleeplike state at least. Emmett liked to take "naps" after we would make love. It was pretty adorable.
"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, show your shoe.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, that will do.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, go upstairs.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say your prayers.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn out the light.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say goodnight."
"Goodnight Mommy."
"Goodnight Emmybear."
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