Chapter 13

*thanks to juliet709 for editing!*

Vampires? No. There was no such thing..was there? Bella had to sit down from the thought of what Jasper just said making her head spin.

"Bella?" Jasper said quietly.

"How? When?"

"It's a long story. In short, I was turned during the civil war, Rosalie turned during the turn of the century and Emmett was turned by Rosalie not long after. We've just been moving from place to place making a life for ourselves."

"That must explain why I never see you all eat. Your skin is cold." Bella looked up at them. "When were you going to tell me?"

Rosalie stood and moved closer. "We've been wanting to tell you, but didn't want to scare you and make you have the baby early. Believe me, from the first moment we've wanted to tell you." Rosalie took Bella's hand.

Bella quickly moved her hand away. "What do y'all eat?" Bella asked cautiously.

"Animals. We've survived years on it. We've all learned to control our thirst for humans. Rosalie had very good self-control her first experience with humans was helping a woman give birth. Emmett here works in the logging division. He's never had much contact with it. Me, I learned control a long time ago when I decided to keep my career of being a soldier."

Bella just nodded. She stood and began to walk out of the room. "I need some time. Please, let me be for awhile."

She walked upstairs and locked the nursery door behind her. She sat on the window seat and went through her head what she was just told. How could they keep something like this from her? It scared her, only a little, that they were vampires. What she knew of them from old stories, was that they drank blood from a human. If that was so, why didn't they drain her? Maybe they weren't the vicious kind.

"After all, they have taken care of us, Charlie. And you seem to like them just fine. It just hurts knowing I was being lied to for this long. Goodness knows I've been lied to enough. Charlie, we've got to get used to this new family."

Jasper slumped on the couch. He was afraid of this. Just as quick as he could blink, he was running out of the house and into the woods. His body was being taken over and he being pushed to the back.

A loud growl rang out. Major had made his way to the surface.

"I knew it! I knew she'd run! Why did you have to go an tell her?"

Wasn't my fault. She found that damned picture.

"Where did the picture come from? How the hell she find it?"

She said she found it in an antique shop. Don't know how it got there.

"You better fix this dammit. She's the only one."

Only one?

"You know what I mean, Jasper. She's broken and so are we. We have to help that girl. If we don't, she will be lost to us, forever."

"Since when did the Major get so deep?" Rosalie asked, stepping through the trees.

"What do you want?"

"Just coming to tell you, Major, that Bella is fine. The initial shock of what we told her is wearing off. She's in the nursery right now talking to Charlie about it. She's not scared or afraid. Just upset that we hid it from her. All she wants is a family who doesn't lie."

"Is this true?" Major asked, straightening up.

"It is. Don't believe me, go listen for yourself." Rosalie stepped aside and let him go first.

Don't go talk to her. You will scare her.

Major ignored the voice and walked into the house. He went upstairs and walked into Charlie's nursery.

Bella looked up in surprise. She couldn't help but notice that Jasper wasn't Jasper anymore. She stared into the eyes of another being. Someone primitive, someone domineering. Someone she should fear but didn't.

"Hello, darlin. It's nice to finally meet you. Jasper has kept me away from you for too long."

"Who are you?"

"I'm Major. I'm the one Jasper became after he was turned. I'm the one who controlled what he done."

Bella stood up, still amazed by the one who called himself Major. "You won't hurt me."

Major walked over and circled her, his hand grazing her body. "How do you know?" He whispered in her ear.

"I just do. Something just tells me."

Major smirked at her. "We'll see, darlin. We'll see." He walked out of the room.

Bella sat back down. Something about Major made her knees weaken.

"Oh, Charlie. Mommy doesn't know what to do now. Things have changed. I mean, I'm not scared of them. They haven't done any harm to us. But, mommy can never be anything but friends with Jasper." Bella sighed.

Bella smiled when Charlie kicked inside. She sat there, humming, thoughts running through her head. Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep in the rocker.

Jasper sat outside the nursery, listening to Bella talk to Charlie. A glimmer of hope hit him when he heard her talking about being nothing but friends with him. Did that mean she wanted to be more? Jasper stood and watched her through the crack in the door. He watched her fall asleep then went in to take her to her bed. He easily lifted her and walked gently to her room.

As he laid her down, she grabbed his arm and pulled on it. He climbed into the bed beside her. He wrapped his arms gently around her and she snuggled into him. He buried his face in her hair, reveling in the softness and the sweet smell of it. He smiled when he felt Charlie kick his arm. He placed his hand on top of Bella's pretending belly. He felt her push into his hand.

He moved down a little and placed his cheek on Bella's belly. "Hey, little one. Don't you worry. I'll always be here for you. And your mom. Don't tell her, but I think I'm falling for her."

Charlie kicked his cheek and he smiled. Jasper snuggled closer to Bella, kissing her cheek gently. "Don't worry, darlin. I'll be here, always."

Bella was reading in the sitting room with Jasper a few days after she found out what they truly were. She was closer to Jasper than before. He told her what he could do, she thanking him. She was currently reading the book she had gotten for jasper for Christmas when Rosalie came in.

"Bella, Jenks is here. He'd like to speak to you."

Bella nodded and told, with Jasper's help. She found Jenks standing in the kitchen, talking with Emmett.

"Hello, Bella. How are you?" Jenks asked, holding out his hand for her.

"I'm just fine. Thanks." She took his hand.

"Well, I come bearing some news. It's about Edward."

"What about him?" Bella asked curious as to why Jenks would come tell her about her ex-husband.

"Well, as you know, I keep a recorder on in my office every time I have business taking place there. My recorder caught Edward's confession of how he managed to sell you fathers home without your consent. I went to his boss with the information. It turns out, Edward and his partner, James, has been accused of fraud. They have been making false documents to acquire a significant amount of money from unsuspecting clients. He has been placed in custody and is waiting to see a judge for sentencing. Everything has been investigated and it looks like he will serve jail time."

Bella had to sit down. What Jenks told her sent her head spinning. "What is it that concerns me?"

"Well, seeing as how he has no next of kin he claimed, you being his ex-wife, would inherit most of what the IRS doesn't take."

"I don't want it. Any of it."

"Bella, I'd consider it. Some of the money from his personal account he gave you will be taken. If they find the house was bought with no stolen money, you will get that. You can do with it what you want." Jenks explained.

Bella sat and thought. "Okay, I'll see what they say. If they have to take what he gave me, I'll take the house and sell it."

Jenks nodded. "You will need to be at the hearing. It will be in two days."

Bella just nodded. She had to deal with Edward again. Something she thought she was done with.

A/N: Sorry for the long update! Hope you enjoy this chapter!