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Chapter Ten

Announcement

EPOV

I was apprehensive when Bella joined Jacob and I on the porch to tell us that she wanted to venture to the cottage alone. If I hadn't heard Rosalie's thoughts as she had gotten close to the house and I had figured out that she wanted to talk with Bella privately, I would have never let Bella go alone. I knew Rose would show up at the house moments after Bella left and that would give the two of them a time for some private moment. They had just gotten back to the house when Alice had seen a vision of Charlie coming over. I told Bella she should call and invite Charlie over so we could tell him of our impending arrival. Charlie was still need-to-know and so it wouldn't be too hard to tell him that in a day or two Bella would be delivering a new baby. He would know it was our baby from the moment he saw the child so we decided that it would be good to go ahead and let him know. I had sent Bella in to drink more human blood just in case she would get thirsty or the baby would get thirsty with the smell of Charlie lurking in the air. Bella insisted that her father's scent didn't make her thirsty but I wanted to take the precaution since we knew the baby was craving the blood.

I heard the police cruiser turning up our drive so I bounded into the house to let Bella know she needed to prepare. She no longer needed the contacts so there wasn't much to prepare other than brushing her teeth to get rid of the blood residue in her teeth. Human blood discolored her eyes only slightly from the topaz, but not by much. Charlie shouldn't notice that small of a change. I walked behind my Bella and put my arms around her waist. I kissed lightly on her ear then her neck. She raised her shield to let me know that it wasn't a good idea to tease her before company was to arrive. I spun her around with a slight chuckle pulled her close to my chest. "Oh, my Bella, love, you are too funny," I said. I kissed the tip of her nose. "Bella, Charlie will be thrilled. He is wondering what is going on that you asked him to stay away a couple of days, so he is very curious now. He suspects something is up since that is how we handled him and the situation with Neisse."

Bella kissed my lips. "Edward, I love you."

I never would get tired of hearing the reason for my existence, the woman I waited a century to be with, to tell me she loved me. "Bella, you are my existence. I love you."

We made our way into the living room as we heard Carlisle open the front door and greet Charlie. Alice bounced in to say hello to Charlie. She and Charlie had always had a camaraderie, even when my family had disappeared when I insisted that we needed to keep Bella safe from me. Every time I reflect back on that time, I get so angry at myself for doing that to my Bella. I almost lost her forever and I would never do that again. "Bells, what's going on?" Charlie said as he gave his daughter a hug and stretched out his hand to shake mine. Charlie had finally began to like me again, but he was a bit irritated at the moment because of Bella's phone call asking him to stay away for a few days. "No lies. Need to know only, but I need something."

I gestured toward the living room area and spoke, "Charlie, lets have a seat to discuss the matters at hand, and we will keep it need to know."

Jacob had came over to lend Charlie what he called moral support. Jacob sometimes forgets my gift and I knew his true reason for volunteering to come over while Charlie was here was to be closer to my little girl. Although we had learned to accept that Jacob had imprinted on Renesmee, Bella and I still had difficulties accepting it. His age alone was bothersome as with his previous feelings for Bella, but we knew that his imprinting primarily is what stopped the wrath of the werewolves from coming down on our coven.

I led the way into the room, pausing to let everyone go in before me. Carlisle and I accompanied Bella into the room with Charlie as well as Jacob. We had discussed that we were the only ones that needed to be in the room when Bella told Charlie. Charlie, much like Bella, didn't like an audience. "Come on Bells, lets hear it," Charlie pushed. "You aren't sick again, are you?"

I could hear Charlie's thoughts a bit more since I had spent more time around him. Charlie was in great fear that Bella was sick. Bella took her father's hand, and this time, he didn't flinch away. When Bella first began to touch her father, you could see that her coolness had made him uneasy and his thoughts confirmed that much. He couldn't understand why she was so cold but he didn't want to know the truth about the life his daughter had signed up for or know anything more than he did about his daughter's in-laws. "Dad," Bella began as she lifted her shield to let me know she was okay and calm. "Its nothing bad, Dad. But its still the need to know so you might not understand it. Just know before I start, everything is going to be fine and I'm really happy about my news." Bella waited until her father nodded his head for her to continue. "Well, dad, you remember how Renesmee is really special but she is completely, truly mine and Edward's?" Another nod. "Well, in about two days, Nessie is going to be a big sister to another very special child that is completely mine and Edward's." Bella gently began to rub her abdomen as she looked down and then looked back up and straight into Charlie's eyes. "What I'm saying is dad, you are going to be a grandpa in two days. Edward and I are expecting again."

Charlie sat on the couch stunned. His thoughts were more clear to me when he let his guard down. His mind was racing with the thoughts of how it had just been a few days since he had last seen his daughter and she appeared to have a small bump under her shirt but not enough to be giving birth almost immediately. He wanted to stay in the need to know but he was so confused to what to say. I began to reassure him. "Charlie, everything is going to be okay. Remember, Jacob told you Nessie was special. Bella is special too and I am. And the new baby will be. So congratulations Grandpa, pass out the cigars."

Bella was so much more like Charlie than her mother. Charlie shifted uncomfortably in his seat, leaned forward, then relax back. A slow smile spread across his lips. "Well, Bells, you sure do know how to take things fast." Charlie wasn't a man of many words. "But then again, you have always been one to set your on pace for things. Nessie is still pretty young, but if having another baby so soon is what you and Edward want…"

Bella put her arms around her father's neck and was full of happy energy. More than I had seen in the past few days since she had gotten to the point of extreme thirst almost constantly. "Dad, this is what I want. Edward too. We are thrilled to pieces…"she looked to her father solemnly. "I know you don't understand and you want just enough information to keep you sane, but this is how my life should be. Extraordinary."

Rose had taken Renesmee upstairs while we had discussed the impending arrival with Charlie but now I could hear her bringing Charlie's granddaughter down so that they could get some time together. Renesmee adored Charlie almost as much as Bella and I. Our precious firstborn was full of love and giving love just as her mother had been. Nessie still had difficulties trying to maintain a bit of a human façade around Charlie. I had heard her thoughts and knew she wanted to show Charlie the way she showed the rest of her family but she understood the consequence to us and to her Charlie if he should know the truth of his family. Charlie took his granddaughter in his arms and held her close. These with the times that I wanted and hoped that Bella would remember for the rest of our existence. No other vampire in the world had been able to do what Bella had been able to accomplish, keeping her human family in her life.

As the day wandered on and Charlie and Bella said their goodbyes, I settled Renesmee in our room in her crib for the night. She didn't really need the crib anymore but to keep up the façade, the poor child had to endure it. Bella slipped into the room. I turned to see my wife. "Love," I started. "You have made me the happiest immortal in all of the existences of the world."

Bella kissed my lips softly. "Edward, I am the happiest immortal."

As we were enjoying our moments of aloneness, we heard Carlisle call to us from downstairs. Rosalie had something she wanted to say. Bella and I looked at one another curiously and headed down the stairs. We arrived to see everyone in the dining area. This seemed like a family meeting more than Rose wanting to speak. I tried to pick out of her mind what she was to be saying and she wouldn't let me in. Rose turned to look at me, grinned, and spoke, "Edward, I'm going to speak so get out of my thoughts."