Bella sat outside of her house, rubbing her baby bump. It was late and she should have been inside sleeping, but couldn't until Paul came home. Eli was fast asleep in his bed. She still couldn't believe that he was ten years old already. Then, there was Ryan that just turned seven and then there was her little bug, Lily, who's four. Now Bella's having her fourth child, and she didn't know its gender. Paul and Bella didn't want to know yet.

Since she said 'I do' to Paul that beautiful, summer day, her life was never the same after that. Paul and this other guy added to their house because Eli was born. When her water broke, he was born at a bonfire. It was sort of funny seeing a man built to kill vampires suddenly turn into a panicked, frightened man because his wife was in labor. Paul was always a little terrified at the thought of giving birth.

Paul was the ideal father for her children. He is their biological father, but he's also very compassionate and loving towards them. She knew he would be a good father because he's practically a child at heart. She loved it when he was teaching them sports and there was even a time when Lily and Jared's little girl, Daisy, got Paul and Jared to have a tea party.

Bella's head jerked towards the sounds coming from the woods. As if on cue, Paul came walking out. Bella stood up and he smiled widely at her. Bella was getting very big, and if Paul didn't know any better, he'd guess she was having twins.

Paul pulled Bella into a hug, but Bella pulled away. She sensed something was wrong.

"What's going on? Is everyone okay?" She asked.

Paul sighed. He was unsure if he should tell her about Sam's son and how he phased already. He knew she would be worried about their children. But Paul always played it off, pretending like it wasn't going to happen. Up until Sam's son proved them wrong. Tonight, everybody's worst dream came true.

Paul felt terrible as he saw Mike lay on the ground, weeping. Emily was petting his head and Sam's wolf was trying to calm him down. Mike only turned sixteen about a month ago, but even before his birthday, he had already started the process of shape shifting.

Paul made Bella sit and then held her hands. "Mike started phasing, Bells."

Bella was speechless, she didn't know what to make of this. Finally, she managed to blurt out intelligible words.

"But how?"

Bella knew there was a ninety-percent chance that it would happen because the Cullens stayed around, but with them staying means that chaos will be risen, too. Instinctively, she rubbed her baby bump.

"He was showing signs for weeks. But we were all hoping that it wouldn't happen. Billy said it looks like the other boys are showing signs, too." Paul informed her.

"What about Eli and Ryan?" Bella asked, swallowing past the growing lump in her throat.

Paul stared blatantly at his wife. "There are no signs of them phasing yet. Billy said they have a few years before they start to phase. But the rest of us think that Eli has three years."

"But he will only be thirteen, Paul." Bella wailed.

Paul stood up and Bella looked a little scared.

"Bella, you knew this might happen. You can't pretend you're taken aback by this."

Bella stood up. "I'm not taken aback, Paul. I'm just scared for our boys. I know what you and the others had to go through, but the one thing that makes me feel just a little bit better about all this is that they won't be alone."

Paul pulled his wife into his arms and held her for a while. He never understood how she always knew what to say, no matter how obvious it may be. He kissed her forehead quickly. He was so lucky to have found her in the woods. Since that day, he did everything to make up for lost times.

"Come on, baby, let's get some sleep."

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Paul has woken up to the smell of vanilla cake. He smiled to himself; he couldn't believe his little boy was fourteen already. It felt like yesterday when Eli was playing batman and made Ryan be the joker.

Paul walked into the kitchen, wearing only his pajama bottoms. Bella pulled the cake out of the oven and then heard Liam yelling for his mother. Paul snuck up behind his little boy and lifted him off his feet. Liam squealed.

"Daddy up, mommy!" Liam told his mom.

Bella kissed her little boy on the head and then wrapped her arms around her husband.

"Hello, sleepy head." She murmured.

"What time is it?" Paul asked.

"Daddy!" Liam squeaked. "this many!" Liam said, holding up two fingers.

"Two. Long night?" Bella asked, brewing him a cup of coffee.

"Yeah. Sam and I were showing Tommy the ropes last night. I'm kind of happy Sam only had two boys."

Bella grinned at Paul, who picked up Liam and placed him on his lap.

"Tommy can't be hard to teach, right?" Bella asked.

"Have you met Tommy?" Paul laughed. Eli, Ryan and Gill walked into the house.

"I'm telling you, that Beth chick was checking you out, bro." Gill muttered.

"Hell no, she was not. She would never go for me." Eli laughed, and Ryan rolled his eyes.

Paul stared at his sons as they entered the kitchen, clearly allured by the scent of vanilla cake. To Paul, his boys were little to him. Eli looked just like Paul did when he was at that age, and acted like him, too. Bella was always teasing to Paul about how Eli was his clone. Ryan, on the other hand, looked like Paul but his eyes were lighter, like his mother's.

"Hey mom and dad," Ryan said, walking up to the cake. Bella smacked his hand away.

"This is for you brother tonight, Ryan."

"Ooo! Ryry got in twouble!" Liam laughed. At the same time, Lilly came walking into the room with a huge smile on her face. Paul was still shocked at how Lilly looked so much like Bella. Lilly was only nine years old, but she was wiser than her older brothers.

Ryan grinned menacingly at his little sister. "So, how was the kiss?" Ryan smirked, biting an apple.

Paul whipped his head towards his little girl. "What?! Who kissed you?"

Bella walked over to Paul, who was lightly trembling and put a calming hand on his shoulder, which seized his shaking.

"Lilly, did someone kiss you?" Bella asked, calmly.

"Yeah, her boyfriend Lucas did." Ryan sung, walking out of the kitchen. His job as the tattle tale was done.

"Ryan, I'm going to murder you!" Lilly shouted, running after him. Eli shook his head and followed her, to make sure no one got hurt. Liam followed closely behind.

Eli was the a fantastic big brother. Bella and Paul couldn't have asked for a better role model for their younger children. Eli always made sure that his little brothers and little sister never got hurt or into serious trouble. Eli was ready for anything and he's very responsible. Ryan was the troublemaker in the family, but he always had his family's back when they needed him. Lilly was the princess of the house, but she never acted like one. Liam was the baby, even though he couldn't really talk, he was funny.

Paul stared down at Bella, slightly frowning. "It's already started."

Bella laughed melodically. "It was bound to happen at some point!"

"Yeah, but I didn't think it would be our little girl!" Paul shook his head. "Lucas! That's Embry's boy. The one who used to eat bugs?!" Paul shook his head again. Bella giggled. "Yeah, nothing wrong there. Nothing to be worried about."

Bella raised her eyebrows. "Why? Is it because he ate bugs?"

"No. He's Embry's boy. He's just like his father; shy and goofy."

"Well, you know what they say about shy boys." Bella half-smiled and then proceeded to walk out the kitchen.

Paul's eyes widened as he processed what she just said. He had no idea what she meant, but he was going to find out.

As Paul walked down the hallway to find his wide, he past Eli's room and saw him sitting on his bed, doing home work. Paul walked in and sat next to him.

"Hey there, birthday boy. I thought you were going to keep your sister from killing Ry."

"Mom came in and pulled Lilly off of him."

Paul snorted humorously. "So, who is Beth and why is she checking you out?"

Eli looked up at his dad. "How did you know about that?"

"I remember things." Paul stared at his son. He wished wholly that Eli didn't have to shift soon, but he was already showing most of the signs. "So, tell me about Beth."

Eli frowned down at his homework. "She's in my math class and I think she likes me."

"Well, do you like her too?" Eli shrugged. "Well, if you have a thing for her, get to know her. You don't know, it might end up being a good friendship and maybe a good relationship."

Eli smiled as his dad got up to leave.

"Hey, dad, thanks. Maybe I'll talk to her tomorrow."

Paul nodded and left. Paul really was happy that Eli was sensitive and had a great personality, like his mother. Ryan will end up being like Eli and Paul made sure that they had money to bail them out of jail, just in case something goes wrong...especially when they first start shifting.

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-two year later-

Eli sat on the beach with his pack brothers. At the moment, there were only six of them: Sam's sons, Mike and Tommy. Jacob's twins, Nathan and Carter which were only two months younger than Sam's youngest boy. There was one of Embry's four sons, Luke and then there was Quil's son, Brayden.

Eli had joined the pack a year ago, when he was fifteen. The same day he turned fifteen, he got angry at Beth because she started hanging around and flirting with his best friends. Eli remembered that day, the day when he first phased because he was angry and the first thing he saw in his mind was his father, telling him everything. Eli was furious at first, but now he understood that this gave his life some meaning. And he completely adored the fact that he can keep his family and friends safe without causing harm to himself.

"Eli, do you think your brother's going to phase anytime soon?" Mike asked, skipping stones.

"I'm not too sure, he's only thirteen. But my dad said he's already showing some signs." Ryan was already growing really tall.

"Thirteen doesn't mean shit when you're short tempered like he is." Carter commented.

"Yeah, man, I mean my dad told me the story about your dad at our age." Luke laughed.

Eli heard stories about his father. He heard the story about how he imprinted on his mother and Bella ran away. The only interesting story Eli had was that he imprinted on Beth two weeks after he phased.

"Well, Ryan's not going to be the only one phasing soon." Nathan said.

Eli and his pack brother spoke for a while and had come to the conclusion that there were going to be at least fourteen of them in total. Afterwards, Eli walked back to the house and could hear Ryan blasting his music. Eli could hear Lilly talking to her best friend on the phone and he could hear his mother and Liam laugh at a movie they were watching. Eli loved how the house was always noisy, it was more homey.

"What are you doing out here?" Eli turned around and saw his father getting out of his truck.

"Just listening."

"I love that sound, too. I remember when you were just a baby and I had responsibilities...I would sit at the edge of the woods and listen to you and your mother's heartbeats."

It was silent for a moment.

"Dad, did you ever want this?

Paul frowned. "What do you mean?"

"All of this. I mean, you and mom were both scared and that's why she left, but..."

"You mean, did I want the house with the family around it?" Eli nodded. "Eli, when I was a younger, no, I didn't. But as I got older and know what I lost, and knowing that my mother left me...this is what I wanted. A happy family."

"What if your mom never left and worked it out?"

"Eli, I really don't know what would have happened if my mother had stayed. Right now, all I really care about is you and your siblings. That is enough for me." Paul put his arm around his son. "Don't worry, one day you will have a family, but all I want is for you to stay as young as you can and enjoy yourself. Why don't you go inside and call your girl?" Paul winked.

Eli smiled and went into the house. His mother exited the house and walked up to Paul.

"What was that all about?" She asked.

"Just a father and son bonding moment." Paul smiled.

Bella nodded approvingly. "So, how did the meeting go?" She asked.

"Well, Jake's taking over for Billy and Sam. Jared and I are the new heads of the council. I can't wait to see the boys' faces when we tell them that their father and uncle are in charge of them now." Paul kissed Bella's forehead.

Bella and Paul went back inside the house. It might have taken them a while to get to this point; where they were all happy and everything worked out smoothly.

Even though there are ups and downs to all of this, they wouldn't have it any other way.

Beta'd by: Moriarty's Diary - I hope you guys enjoyed this story. I certainly have! (: Leave a nice review for Allie, this was entirely her work, I just simply edit it. Allie is a fantastic writer and I highly suggest you go read her other stories because they are just as amazing and you will be addicted!

HEy guys well here it is. I hope you like it. I just wanted to thank you for reading and liking the story. I was thinking of maybe adding so out-takes of Eli and the other kids or making a story out of it. IF you would like to see that let me know and I'll pot something this weekend or next week.