Life Goes On

Author's Note: Things have been nuts, I am sorry it has taken so long to update but I hope you like what I am bringing to the table. On with the show.

Disclaimer: I'm still not Stephanie Meyers but I love playing with her characters…especially the very sexy Carlisle. :D

Chapter 11

Noah's POV

For the next few months following Ashley finding out she was pregnant things were hectic around the Cullen house. On days when we weren't at school, or in the case of the wolves patrolling, we were helping to build Ashley and Jesse's house next door. True to Alice fashion she already had two…I repeat TWO…huge storage bins full of stuff to decorate the new house as well as to set up a nursery at Mom and Dad's.

Ashley and Jesse thought it would be cool to add enough room for Maria and I to move in with them since Ashley and I couldn't be that far from each other without one of us freaking out. Ashley was my rock, as well as Maria, and I was hers, well me and Jesse that is. The thing I had to do though was ask Maria if she actually WANTED to move in with me, that's the hard part.

Maria and I were celebrating out 4 months anniversary the same day that Ashley and Jesse were going to find out what they were having. I had everything planned, with the help of Alice of course, for a romantic evening down in La Push with Maria and I was going to ask her then if she wanted to move in with me.

To say that I was nervous about the evening was an understatement because about an hour before I was supposed to go pick Maria up for our date, I was standing in my room in nothing but my boxers trying to figure out what to wear. Luckily Alice saw me doing this and immediately came to my aid helping me to pick out a baby blue button up and a pair of black pants that she said helped to show off my assets…whatever that meant. I decided instead of driving I would take Jake's Harley, which he was happy to lend me for the evening, to pick Maria up for our date. She had always wanted to ride on a bike and damn it I was going to take her on one.

I arrived at Maria's right on time and before I even had time to set my helmet on the bike Maria was running toward me. She jumped on me and immediately started kissing me passionately.

"We're taking the bike?" she asked excitedly and I nodded. "WOW! How did you get Jake to actually let you use it?"

"He was happy to let me." I said with a smile and then she kissed me again before putting on the extra helmet I had under the seat and climbing on the back of the bike. I slipped my helmet back on and climbed on. Maria scooted as close to my back as she possibly could and wrapped her arms around me as we took off toward First Beach in La Push.

Once we were in La Push I parked the bike in the sand and took Maria's hand to help her off and to lead her to the picnic that I already had set up in the sand. We began…or better yet, I began…to eat and when we were done I asked her.

"Maria, will you move in with me when the house is done?" I asked and she got quiet for a second before finally nodding her head.

"I would love to move in with you Noah." Maria said taking my hand across the table.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yes, I would love to baby!" she said with a smile.

"Cool." I said pulling her hand up to my lips.

We finished up at the restaurant and headed back to Maria's place for the remainder of the evening. Maria and I had yet to take the next step in our relationship physically so I figured if we moved in together then that would follow. We ended the night with a heated kiss and both went out separate ways.

When I walked into my own house Ashley and Jesse were sitting in the living room with the rest of the family. Judging by the look on their face, they got the answer that they wanted.

"So, what's the deal? Am I going to be the uncle to a niece or a nephew?" I asked.

"Well it seems that the twin gene runs thick in this family." Ashley said with a smile.

"What? Are you shitting me?" I said shocked and Ashley and Jesse started laughing.

"She's just playing, man!" Jesse said.

"Well then what is it a boy or a girl?" I asked impatiently.

"2 girls and a boy." Ashley said with a smile and my jaw dropped.

"WHAT?" I finally said and they started laughing again.

"I'm sorry, Noah…I just had to ass with you a bit." Ashley said between giggles. "You are going to be the proud uncle of a little boy."

"Really?" I asked and she nodded. "Well what are you going to name him?" I asked.

"Well that's a good question…and Jesse and I have been talking a lot about that even BEFORE we found out it was a boy. I was waiting for you to get here to announce the name." Ashley said.

"Yeah, she was…thanks for taking your time!" Alice said rolling her eyes and then giggling.

"Well before we get into that…what did Maria say?" Ashley asked me.

"She said she would love to." I said beaming.

"That's GREAT Noah…I'm so happy for you!" Ashley said pulling me into a hug.

"Yeah Yeah, we're all happy for you. Now what's our little nephew's name?" Rosalie said and we all started laughing.

"Well we had though of Mary Lillian if it was a girl." Ashley began and both Rosalie and Alice perked up a bit. Alice's name in her past life was Mary Alice Brandon and Rosalie's was Rosalie Lillian Hale.

"That's a beautiful name." Mom said with a smile.

"Now we didn't want to cause riff between my other brothers but I just loved this name so much it stuck with me." Ashley said and I knew exactly what she was going to say.

"What is it princess?" Dad asked.

"OK OK enough with the suspense stuff. We are naming our little boy Anthony Masen Tinsel. We will call him Tony for short." Ashley said.

"You are really naming him after me?" Edward asked beaming.

"Aww, Eddie. You know I have always LOVED your name. Edward Anthony Masen Cullen. I just decided to use the Anthony Masen." Ashley said.

"I'm honored that you chose to use that name." Edward said.

"It is a nice name." Jasper piped up, " I like it too." Emmett boomed.

"I wanted to honor you and Emmett too but I couldn't think of anything to use as a combo. Other than Emmett Jasper of course. So instead I went with my oldest brother's name…Thus, Anthony Masen." Ashley said.

"Aww sis, you don't have to worry about honoring us. We are honored just to be able to be there for little Tony like we are Nessie." Emmett said.

"By the way Eddie, when IS Nessie coming home from college?" I asked curiously.

"She and Claire are supposed to be heading this way on Friday until after the baby is born then they are headed back to school." Edward replied.

"It'll be nice to see Nessie and Claire again, it's been so long!" Ashley said.

"It has that." I said in agreement.

"It will be nice to have my granddaughter home." Dad agreed.

"Yes, how much longer do Claire and Nessie have until graduation?" Mom asked.

"Well Nessie has one more year to get her Doctorate in psychology and Claire just graduated with her Masters in business." Edward replied.

Just then Quil, Jake and Embry came inside from patrolling. "When's my Claire Bear coming home? I asked her and she said it was up in the air." Quil said.

"Yeah, Nessie said the same thing to me." Jake added.

"She told me when she's coming home but it's a surprise." Edward said "Why do you think they haven't told you yet?"

"Come on, Edward, I mean I would tell you if Bells was away from you forever and a day when she was coming home." Jake said.

"I know Jake, I know but I have to respect my daughter's wishes and keep this a secret." Edward replied. Jake and Quil both threw up their hands in defeat.

"So, what are we having and what's it's name?" Embry finally said.

"We are having a little boy named Anthony Masen Tinsel." Jesse said proudly.

"I'm digging the name…after you Eddie boy?" Jake said elbowing Edward in the side.

"Why yes it is Jakey poo." Edward said elbowing Jake back with a laugh.

"That's enough boys." Mom piped up.

We sat around joking and talking for a while before everyone left to spend time with their significant others. I went upstairs to chill in my room for a while. I ran downstairs when I heard a scream that sounded like Alice in the living room. When I got downstairs she was sitting on the couch with Jasper holding her as she rocked back and forth.

"What is it Ali?" I asked.

"It's Ch-Charlie and B-Billy." She said sobbing.

"Oh shit what about them?" I asked.

"They were out fishing…she came in through the water. She had someone with her. She…She…She killed them." Alice said.

"Oh my god! We need to warn them." I said "Where are Jake and Embry?"

"They are out patrolling." Jasper said.

"Where's Bella?" I asked.

"She's at the lake house with Edward." Jasper replied.

"I've got to go." I said and I thought about the lake house and within seconds I was standing in the living room.

"Wait a sec…how'd you…" Bella started.

"Don't forget I can teleport." I said.

"That's right, I forgot." Bella said.

"What's going on Noah that you needed to teleport here?" Edward asked.

"Ali just had a vision. Esme's going to kill Charlie and Billy while they are out fishing. We need to warn them." I said.

"Oh HELL No…she is NOT going to kill my father." Bella said jumping up. She raced out of the house with Edward hot on her heels. I then teleported into the woods and tried to communicate with Jake, Embry and Quil through my mind.

"Guys are you here?" I thought.

"Yeah man, we're here. What's up?" I heard Jake think. I pushed the images from Alice's vision at them as she told them to me and I heard the boys growl before taking off toward La Push to warn Billy. I ran back to my house at lightening speed to find Alice sobbing on the couch.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Charlie's not home. They were too late, Sue told them he went out fishing with Billy. Jake also called and said Billy wasn't home either. They are headed down to their normal fishing spot and will call from there. Noah, I think we were too late." Alice sobbed.

"No, we can't be too late…we just CAN'T." I said thinking about my two uncles' favorite fishing spot and teleporting there. When I got there it was a sight I never wanted to see.