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Previously,

MPOV

"Are you my mom's new boyfriend? I need a new daddy who can take care of my mommy, my little sister, and me. Do you know what happened to us?" I questioned.

"Your mother has informed me about almost everything. Has your bruise healed yet? My dad is the doctor who took your x-rays and gave you the lollipop you loved so much at the hospital."

"Seriously?" I asked. "I love him! He's the best doctor in the world!" I exclaimed throwing my hands in the air. "We talked a lot. No wonder my mother seemed to know him." I added as an afterthought.

"I'm glad you like Carlisle. He absolutely adores you too. He told me you were very entertaining to talk to."

I heard my mom yelling at Tracy and I got up to start walking towards the door.

"Hold on a second," I told Edward. We both fell silent as I listened to Tracy and Bella yelling at each other.

"I'm sorry, but you shouldn't be asking me to look after your daughter while you're in the other room with a-a with a . . . well, you know what he is. It's just not right." Tracy said. What were they talking about?

"No, I don't think I do know what he is. Please, humor me," my mother said, crossing her arms.

"You know EXACTLY what he is. He could drain all the blood out of you and yet, you don't seem to care. You have a mystical creature as a boyfriend, you know he could kill you, and yet you seem to lip lock with him and the very thing that could kill you is always IN YOUR MOUTH!" Tracy yelled. I dropped the phone. I was speechless. Was this all true? Was my mother's boyfriend really someone who could kill my mother? Was this the carefree guy I was just talking to on the phone?

My mom whirled around and ran to me. I stared up at her in horror as I thought about what had just been said. My mom looked down at the phone and picked it up and put it to her ear.

"Edward?" she asked. "Can I call you back?" a few seconds later she laughed nervously and hung up the phone.

She looked at me while I asked, "Is that true?"


BPOV

I didn't exactly know what to say. Why couldn't the ghosts leave Tracy alone for once? Ugh!

"That depends . . ."

"On?" she urged.

"On what exactly you think is true," I answered as calmly as I could. I was afraid of what this could mean to our relationship, Maria and I. What would happen if she didn't think she could trust me? What happened if she figured out what Edward was and then she didn't want me to be happy with him. What if she did like Edward still but then he left me again, leaving me forever broken and unable to heal. I was just barely able to get through the emotions I was in 11/12 years ago when he had left.

"Well, first, who is your boyfriend? Is it Edward?" Maria asked, crossing her arms. I nodded and picked her up. I carried her to the bed and I sat down with her, folding my legs underneath each other.

"Second, why did Tracy say he was a mythical creature, and third, why did she say he could drain out your blood and kill you?"

I glanced over to the door and glared at Tracy. She was as white as a ghost and she didn't look to pleased about who I was dating. Well just wait until she finds out who Jacob is. Then let's see who's so in danger.

I leaned over to the nightstand and picked up the phone. I dialed a number and waited for someone to answer.

"Hey Bella!" Alice yelled. I had to hold the phone away while she continued to talk. The volume on the phone was at it's minimum. "I'm so excited to see her! I've been bugging my parents FOREVER!" I let her calm down for a bit while she rambled on about all the makeovers we could do with her.

"Alice!" I yelled when I had a chance to. "Could I speak to either Edward or Carlisle please?" I looked over to see Maria's eyes light up when I mentioned Carlisle.

Carlisle's voice came onto the phone and I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard his doctor mode.

"Bella? Is everything all right? Is the baby ok? Are you ok? How's Maria? Do you need someone to come over?" Carlisle rambled. I rolled my eyes. I definitely know where Edward got his protectiveness.

"No, no. Everything's fine. The baby is still kicking. I'm fine, Maria, I'm not sure of mentally right now. That's why I'm calling. We have . . . ghosts in our house supposedly and my twin sister-"

"Twin sister?"

"I'll explain later, but she can talk to them. Anyway, they told her about what Edward was and she was yelling at me about him and to make a long story short, Maria thinks Edward is going to kill me. Should I bring her over?" I asked taking in a breath and holding it.

"Bella, breathe, and bring Maria over and I will explain to her what we are and all the other aspects about it. Do you think Tracy would come so I could explain to her too? It'd be better to have her know the facts."

"I'll try, hold on."

"Mm Kay" I set the phone down and looked over to her.

"Tracy?" I asked hesitantly. She started shaking her head as if she knew what I was going to ask.

"No way, no how. I am not going to go over there."

"Why not?" I asked, anger was rising in my voice. She wasn't even giving them a chance to explain themselves.

"Because, they're, well, you know what they are." My blood was boiling and I all but threw myself across the room as I stomped over to her.

"And you should talk! Do you even realize who you're dating?" I yelled.

"Yeah, your ex!" she shouted back.

"Not only was he my ex, he was a werewolf!" I whispered angrily. The look on her face turned from anger to confusion.

"What are you talking about?"

"Jacob, yep. What else could've caused that big of a mark on Maria, or all the bruises? Do you really want a relationship with someone that will hurt you and fling you around like that?"

"Well you married him! Why are you yelling at me for dating him!"

"Because I didn't know what he was until a few years after I was married to him. It was a little hard to back out then, I loved him. Until he started beating me almost everyday. You at least have a chance to back out before it's too late!" I yelled, balling up my fists.

"Well, you're dating a vampire!" she whispered.

"That may be, but I'd rather die being loved then die being hated and bruised up. Besides, when I was a teenager there wasn't anyone I wanted to be with more then with Edward for the rest of eternity."

"You have a baby now! You can't just give everything up!"

"I never said I was going to. Besides, I'm just starting my family, I have a few years to go until I'll want to be a vampire again." I whispered the word. "They aren't like you think they are you know. They don't feed off of humans," I stated.

"I heard. The ghosts told me. I still don't believe them though." Tracy answered.

"Then come with us and they can tell you all about themselves," I pleaded.

"No, I can't. They'll eat me!" she answered, looking defeated.

"Humor me!" I smirked as I rushed to the phone.

I picked it up and put it to my ear. "Carlisle?"

"Yeah?" he seemed amused.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"You sticking up for us. Thank you."

"Oh, it's nothing," I smiled. "Anyway, they're going to come so I'll be there in a little bit. Do you want to talk to them together or apart?"

"Together, though on the way here tell Tracy not to argue or roll her eyes or anything because that could influence Maria's thoughts also. That wouldn't be too wise."

"Ok, I'll see you in a bit. Tell Edward I'll be there in a couple minutes."

"8 minutes and 29 seconds to be exact!" I heard Alice yell somewhere in the background I laughed and Tracy eyed me suspiciously.

"Bye Carlisle."

"Bye Bella. See you in a few."

I hung up the phone and I turned to look at Maria. "Go get your shoes on," I looked over to Tracy. "You too, I don't want to be late."

I got up and slipped on some slippers before I walked downstairs. I knocked on my dad's door and walked in.

Charlie had blinds in his room I had curtains. A slight yellow tint was cast through the room from the little light that was being cast across the night sky and through the blinds.

Charlie looked up at me confused. He was just pulling on a T-shirt when I walked in.

"What can I do you for, Bells." He asked as he walked over to his nightstand and took off his watch and set it beside his glass of water and his picture of my mom, him, and I.

"Tracy, Maria and I are going to go on a little drive for awhile. I don't know when we'll be home. Don't wait up. We're going to have a little girl's night out, just the three of us."

"Are you sure that's such a good idea? Maria's only 6."

"She needs to have a little fun. Besides, I want to show her how unfun it is to try to stay up all night long only to be extremely exhausted the next day. She needs to learn the hard way."

"Ok, I've learned not to argue. Mothers always know best. Good night, Bella."

"Good night, dad," I walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the forehead before heading downstairs.

I walked over to Tracy beside the kitchen table.

"When they're talking to you, be respectful. They have feelings too. You may not think they do, but they do. No rolling of the eyes, no back talking, basically don't do anything Charlie would get mad at you for doing if you did in front of Sue. If that makes since."

"Fine, let's go and get this over with," Tracy grabbed her coat and headed for my truck.

I walked over to Maria and took her coat – along with mine – and hand it to her while I put my coat on. We walked out the door and I strapped Maria in and I buckled my seatbelt and headed for the all too familiar house.

Tracy looked like she had just seen the devil and wouldn't move to get out of the car.

I got Maria out of the truck and held her like a toddler on my hip and started walking towards the house. I looked back to see that Tracy wasn't moving from her spot in the passenger seat.

"Jasper, a little help here?" I said in a normal speak voice as if he was right in front of me.

I looked back to see Tracy's face, confused as ever getting out of the car and walking up the sidewalk towards me.

I was so busy tonight arguing with her that I hadn't noticed we were wearing the same thing, right down to the color of fingernail polish we were wearing.

"Did you notice that we're wearing the same thing?" I asked.

Her eyes swept from my hair to my toes and a smile appeared on her face. We giggled and we walked up the stairs hand in hand.

I was about to knock on the door when it opened. Figures.

There standing in the doorway was Alice. She was jumping up and down. "They're here!" she yelled behind her shoulder. I walked in and I saw Edward running down the stairs.

I gave Maria a kiss and told her to stay with Tracy as I ran into his arms smiling with joy. He picked me up and twirled me around before setting me down and lightly kissing my lips. I closed my eyes and sighed into his side.

I had waited for hours to be in his arms. If felt as if all my troubles were lifted away when I was in his arms. But unfortunately I had to snap back to reality. And I looked over to see that Maria really wanted me.

I walked back to Maria and Tracy and I took hold of Maria's hand. I looked up to see everyone except for Edward staring between Tracy and I. I looked over to see Tracy's scared expression.

"It's fine." I whispered, even though everyone could hear me. The silence was almost too much to handle. Fortunately Carlisle spoke up.

"How are you feeling pumpkin?" Carlisle asked as he looked at Maria.

Maria let go of my hand and tried to walk but Tracy was holding her hand. I looked up to see Tracy's shocked face.

"Let her go."

"Bella…" she warned.

"She's my daughter." I said. It seemed to be enough that she let her go and I watched as Maria ran over to Carlisle. He picked her up and Maria giggled and kissed his cheek. Everyone except for me watched in amazement as she talked to him as if nothing had ever happened.

I was quite proud of how Maria was acting. Not many people can be comfortable knowing they're by something that could very well kill them in a blink of an eye, but she seemed to trust them just like I had.

"Hi! I'm feeling fine. Just so you know, I don't really care who or what you are. I trust you people. You look very kind. I don't know why I ever doubted Edward. He's nice. Funny too," I heard Emmett scoff and I giggled. "My mommy seems to be happier also. She needs good people in her life. She won't get over the abuse my dad brought on us unless she finds real love and I believe she's found it here!"

Everyone was speechless, as was I. I was astonished. Maria was speaking from her heart and it was very sweet what she was saying. Did she really think everyone was nice here?

"Do you want to learn about us anyway?" Carlisle asked. "It might scare you."

"So I have a few bad dreams, who cares. Wherever my mom goes, I follow. If she jumped off a cliff I'd follow."

I saw Esme flinch just as I did and Maria looked scared. "Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry, I didn't mean…I just…I'm sorry," she looked down at her hands.

Esme walked over to her and Carlisle handed Maria to Esme. "It's ok, that's how I almost died. I lost my baby a couple days after it was born. I was so distraught that I jumped a cliff. I was taken to a hospital and I was put in a morgue. They thought I was dead but my heart was still beating. Carlisle changed me and we've been together ever since." Esme looked lovingly into Carlisle's eyes.

"Oh, I'm sorry, about the beginning anyway. I'm glad you're happy and that you've found love. Ok, so I have a pretty good idea what you guys are, but I'd like to learn everything about you so please tell me."

Carlisle looked over to Tracy and I. "Would you like to come with Bella? I know you know everything, but it'd still be good to come in for Maria's sake."

"For Maria's sake then. Tracy are you coming?" she nodded and I held her hand and we walked towards Carlisle. Tracy was shaking and I felt her grip on me tighten.

"Dad? Can I come to?" Edward asked Carlisle.

"I guess so." We followed him into the room and I took a seat in the middle chair while Tracy sat to my left, Edward on my right and Maria on my lap. I held hands with Edward and I looked over to see Tracy's eyes glancing around nervously.

"My family and I are vampires," Carlisle glanced at Tracy and Maria gauging their reactions. They were sitting still listening before continuing. "I was born in London around the 1640's. My dad was a pastor. He led hunts for witches, werewolves, and vampires to rid the world of all evil. I was to take over when my dad got older. I wasn't too keen on the idea; I did find a true vampire clan that was living in the sewers. I found one but he looked to be too hungry to run away from my men I had brought with me. The vampire attacked me and left me bleeding in the streets while it ran away.

"I was disgusted with myself and I buried myself in rotting potatoes for the three longest days of my life, three days of pure agony. See, when people are turned – into vampires – it takes three days to get changed. If feels as if your flesh is being burned while you're alive.

"I tried everything to kill myself after I emerged from the cellar. I was so nauseated by what I was that I didn't kill anyone to quench my thirst. I even tried to starve myself. I found that the thirst was much too potent and I attacked a deer nearby. I found that I could live off of animals and not have to feel too bad about what I was. Over the course of two centuries, I developed a…resistance to the scent of human blood and now I'm a medical doctor.

"I moved around a lot, going to Italy to Chicago where I met Edward. I could only stay in one place for so long until I had to move. I could only keep up my appearance to my age for so long. I played it off as a 35-year-old. No one would really believe me if I told them I was actually about 23.

"I was working in a hospital in 1918 treating people with the Spanish influenza. I worked on a young lady by the name of Elizabeth Masen and her son Edward," Carlisle glanced over to Edward and smiled. I squeezed Edward's hand and he leaned over and kissed my forehead. I looked over to see Tracy on the edge of her seat. Maria looked very interested in the story. She crawled onto Edward's lap and lay against his chest. "Elizabeth had asked me to save Edward she begged me to save him the only way I could, in my special way. See Edward was on the verge of death. His mother died shortly after her request and I acted out of loneliness more than anything else."

I had tears in my eyes. Even though I had heard this story many times, it still made me sad. To know that they guy you love was at the brink of death, probably looked even paler then he did now, lying on a bed coughing and throwing up. Maria had tears streaming down her face too. I was broken from my daydreaming to Carlisle's voice.

"Edward has the gift to hear people's thoughts," I looked around and saw Tracy's eyes bug out. "Though he can't seem to hear Tracy or Bella's thoughts. He seems to think you're on AM frequency and everyone else is on FM," Carlisle smirked using Edward's words.

"We moved to Wisconsin in 1921 and I tended to Esme. I had remembered seeing her as one of my patients a few years prier. She had injured herself with a failed suicide attempt. I changed her and we got married. We've been together ever since."

Carlisle seemed to doze off into another world for a moment or two and he snapped himself into focus just as quickly as he went.

"In 1933 I found Rosalie lying in a street bleeding to death. Her soon to be husband raped her. She had everything she could ever ask for. I changed her in hopes that she could be Edward's companion, but they were no more than friends were.

"We were out hunting when Rosalie found Emmett being mauled by a bear. She ran more than 100 miles just so I could change him. She didn't think she could do it herself. They've been in love ever since.

"Alice and Jasper are different, they came to us. I didn't change them. Alice was changed when she was about 19, we aren't sure who changed her, as she has no recollection of the incident. Alice is very peculiar. She was put in a mental asylum because she had visions of the future.

"A worker there liked Alice but a hunter vampire, named James wanted her first," I shuddered and Edward pulled me closer without actually hurting a chair or me. "The worker vampire let Alice go and changed her before James could kill her. She had visions of meeting a vampire named Jasper.

"Jasper was a Major in the Confederate army during the Civil War. A vampire named Maria changed him when he was 20 in 1863. They fed off of humans. Jasper and his covenant killed others that tried to take over others territory. In time, Jasper became depressed and he searched for a better life. In 1948 he met Alice and they were led through Alice's visions to our family.

"Jasper had the most trouble with our vegetarian lifestyle. That's our little joke for not feeding off humans. Jasper has the gift of affecting the emotions around him. For example he could make people happy or sad.

"We came to Forks around 1936 and we found out there was an Indian tribe that could transform into werewolves. We set a treaty so that the wolves would leave us alone as long as we stayed off their land and didn't bite any humans. We moved shortly after to a few new places and moved back her about 12 years ago I believe." Tracy stared at me like I had two heads. Did she believe me now?

"I think I can take over from here," Edward said as he stroked his thumb across the back of my hand.

"One day there was a new girl at school. Everyone was talking about her. Her beautiful brown eyes, brown hair, her amazing skin, everything about her was said to be hot.

"At lunch I heard Jessica mention Bella. I tried searching for a mind I wasn't familiar to but I didn't hear anyone. I tuned into Jessica again only to find that she was talking about me to a girl called Bella. I turned my head to see that she was staring at me. Her beauty immediately struck me. Everything everyone was saying didn't even come close to her. Not one think in the universe could ever describe how beautiful she was. I couldn't help but get mad at what the male population was thinking about her.

"I went to my next class, Biology only to be paralyzed as Bella sat down next to me. Her blood was too strong and as soon as the bell rang I bolted out of the classroom. I went to my dad's hospital and borrowed his car. I went to Alaska for a couple of weeks. I knew I couldn't hide forever so I left to come back.

"We eventually became boyfriend and girlfriend. I took her to a special baseball game that could only be played in a thunderstorm."

"What's so special about a baseball game in a thunderstorm?" Tracy spoke up.

"We're so fast, strong, and we feel as though we're made of steel that if we run into each other, we won't be heard because of the thunder. Our bodies crashing into each other at top speed is very loud.

"We were informed by Alice that a group of non-vegetarians were almost to the field and there was no where to run. James, the same person who tried to kill Alice – though we didn't know that at the time – smelled Bella and wanted to kill her. It was a wild goose chase as Alice and Jasper looked after Bella while the rest of my family and I looked for James and Victoria, James' mate.

"Bella ended up going to James without my permission so she could keep my family out of harms way. She thought she wasn't special enough to be looked after and go through all the trouble to keep her safe, though she didn't understand how much I loved her. I'd do anything to keep her safe. Even if it meant killing myself in the process.

"Bella was bitten by James but I got there just in time to pull him off of her and suck out the venom that was trying to take over her body. I almost didn't stop either. Her blood was just so sweet! She still has a scar on her palm where he bit her. It will be there forever." Tracy looked at him in horror. She pulled at my wrist and I let her see the half-crescent moon shown in a slightly paler tone then it originally was in before 12 years ago.

"Bella's birthday came and she was opening the wrapping paper on a present when she got a paper cut. Jasper tried to attack her. In the process she fell on glass and got even more cuts up and down her arm. He wasn't as adapted to our lifestyle as we were. With the help of Emmett, we managed to keep Jasper away. He sent himself away he felt so bad. I decided to keep her safe because I didn't want to cause her anymore trouble then she had already been in. I told her I didn't love her so that she could move on without me and get on with her life. I didn't think it'd take so long for her to even get over me for a fraction of time. If I had known, I wouldn't have never left," Edward leaned over and kissed my lips softly.

"That is basically the whole story about us," Carlisle smiled. "Feel free to ask me any questions you have. I'd be glad to answer them. You have to realize this is a secret between us now. No one can know. It'd be dangerous if people found out." Maria and Tracy nodded, showing they understood what he was saying.

I got up and stretched. I walked over to Maria and she placed her hand on my tummy before lifting up my wrist and examining the scar that was left behind. I heard her intake of breath and she looked up at me with tears in her face.

Edward opened his arms and I climbed into his lap. Maria crawled into my arms and I cradled her between Edward and I.

A few minutes passed before Tracy spoke up. "Bella? Can we go yet?"

I glared at her. Was she so impatient that she had to break up this little cuddle fest? "No, I'm enjoying myself here."

She glared back but didn't say anything else. All of a sudden I felt the house shake. The door flew open and I saw Emmett smiling wildly. A look of horror crept up my face.

"Emmett no!"

"Please?" he begged.

I shook my head and clung onto Edward for dear life. He bounced over to me, rattling the things around him. A picture frame fell off Carlisle's cluttered desk.

"I'm assuming you'll pick that up, son?" Carlisle muttered.

Emmett picked me up and placed Maria on Edward's lap. He was about to throw me over his shoulder when I scolded him.

"Emmett! I'm pregnant. You'll hurt the baby if you do that!"

"Oh, I guess you're right." I relaxed into his arms. I was completely taken off guard when I was thrown over his shoulder my back against his. At least my stomach wasn't getting smashed.

I screamed and held on to his waist. I felt him reach behind him and tickle my stomach. I started laughing like crazy, afraid I would pee my pants. Pregnant people don't have a bladder that can hold very well.

"Emmett…" I wheezed. "I…really…don't…think…you want…bodily fluids…on you," I gasped through all my giggles.

"Yuck!" He gasped and swung me back over his shoulder and into his arms. "Now play this with me," he pointed to his x-box and I saw that he was playing a race car video game.

"Ugh! Fine. But you will pay for this." I promised.

I sat down on the comfy couch and I picked up a purple light up controller.

"Hey! That's mine!" Emmett whined.

"Oh, grow up. Besides, if I'm going to be playing I'm going to pick my controller."

Emmett huffed a sigh of annoyance but didn't say anything on the matter. I started playing the game but went off into la, la land.

Did Maria really like my second family? It seemed as though she had taken a liking towards Edward and Carlisle. It was nice that she liked them though. It made my life easier. I didn't have to hide anything from her. It's not like I wanted to either. We were best friends and I needed her to trust me. She was my daughter after all. Even if she wasn't mine biologically I still cared for her the same.

I felt two arms wrap around my shoulders. I relaxed into them and tilted my head so Edward could kiss me. He gave me a peck on the cheek and sat down beside me, Maria in his arms.

"Hey!" she smiled up at me.

"Hi, what have you been up to?" I asked.

"Bella," Emmett whined. "Play the game."

I turned back towards the TV and proceeded in racing ahead of Emmett.

"Edward hunted for me!" Maria exclaimed.

My car I was driving in the game swerved off the road when I had processed what she had just said.

"He what?" I yelled.

"Yeah," she said, holding up a bowl of fruit in front of my face. "See? He made me theses strawberries and pineapple! They're so yummy."

I let my anger out on the controller and I raced Emmett until I won. At least he didn't do what I thought he really did. If he ever took Maria out to hunt without taking me first, I swear to all things holy I'll—"

"Bella? Are you going to go home yet?" Alice asked excitedly.

"I don't know, why?" I asked, hesitantly.

"Because," she screamed, "I want to have a makeover!"

I groaned and hugged Edward. He chuckled and kissed my forehead.

"Ugh! Fine, but you have to take these two with you also," I stated pointing at Tracy and Maria.

Rosalie stood up and pulled me along with Maria up the stairs. Tracy refused to have anyone touch her and she walked up the stairs on her own.


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