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Chapter 14

Bella Pov:

Edward had been driving us to our reunion with his family in his new Volvo that he had bought on moving to Alaska. It was very similar to his other one which he had left with his family in Hopeston.

The Cullen's had moved to Hopeston when we separated, and it was really only around an hours journey from Forks. It was around the same size as Forks and in a lot of ways quite similar. I cannot believe that I could have found my family sooner and them being so near.

I was sitting staring out of the window and began to notice some of the similarities between Hopeston and Forks, it was just as small and just as green which was not surprising as it was in the same "weather climate", cold and damp most of the time.

Suddenly I felt Edwards hand on mine, giving it a gentle squeeze. He must have felt my uncertainty and discomfort and this was his way of offering me some reassurance, which I gladly accepted.

It wasn't too long after, perhaps ten minutes or so that we turned down a long dirt road surrounded by trees and I then saw the house come into view. It was large, very large indeed, it looked like a mansion, it was totally awesome! It was at least four floors in height and had large patio style windows and a beautiful garden leading up the house. I knew the garden was Esme's doing, she loved to potter about in the garden in her free time.

Edward spoke softly then, "This house has been in the family for over sixty years now"

"It's beautiful" I whispered.

"Ahhhh it's alright" Edward replied looking at me closely. I had a niggling feeling that he was not talking about the house at all but I didn't ask what he meant. I was right because then he said something that really embarrassed me.

"It's so much more beautiful since your here"

I said the first thing that sprang into my head and I felt it quite inadequate,

"Thank you".

My nerves were at breaking point as the car pulled to a stop outside the house. Before I even realised it, I was crying and my breathing was becoming shallow and erratic. I could do nothing to stop myself.

Edward pulled me onto his lap before could I could even blink.

"Shhh my love it's okay, you need to calm down, and it's not good for either you or the babies. There is nothing to be afraid of, we all love you and I will be with you, I will not leave your side for a minute".

He gently stroked my hair in an effort to soothe me and true enough before long I was calmer and my breathing much settled. He then gently kissed my forehead offering me yet further reassurance.

Edward then in his true gentlemanly style then lifted me from the car and proceeded to carry me towards the house. I thought to myself will he ever let me do things for myself, why on earth does he need to be so over protective all the time, I'm not made of glass, for god sake! Over protective and stupid vampire that he is!

I looked towards the porch and was delighted to see Alice who was all but jumping up and down like a big kid. At that point I knew there was nothing to worry about, I was "home". Edward set me down on my feet but held onto my hand as we walked together up the porch steps.

Alice was beside me in a second, still bouncing up and down and now talking excitedly, almost way to fast for me to understand. I managed to get the gist of it however!

"Bella oh I have my sister back".

Before I had a chance to respond Alice was bounding her way to me to grasp me in what I could only describe as a "bear hug", however just as she neared me Edward stepped in front of her, preventing her from making any bodily contact with me.

Edward spoke sternly and with concern in his voice, "Alice be careful please, it's not that I think you will hurt Bella but you should know, she is pregnant and I don't want anything to happen".

The look on Alice's face was a picture and she looked totally confused, to say the least.

"What? Bella is pregnant? How is that possible? If vampires could have children thenRosalie and Emmett would have had a child by now, and maybe even Jasper and I would too" replied Alice.

I decided that I should explain, at least I would try to explain.

"Alice, it's because I am human, my body can still change but yours cannot, and obviously a male vampire can father a baby, well as far as I know even human males can still father children into their senior years, much longer than women can, and that's as much as I can tell you, it's a miracle to have happened, don't you think so? ".

I could feel the blush creep up my neck into my cheeks, of course Alice would know how both the female and male bodies worked, she didn't need me explaining the facts of life to her!

"Oh god it's true they will look so much like both of you" She said with a big smile on her face as she walked around Edward to give me a gentle hug.

"Welcome back sis lets go see the rest of the family."

Alice did not immediately respond and I could tell she was having some sort of vision, I wondered to myself what it was and then her next words gave me a clue.

"Edward, Bella, its true, and they are going to look so much like each of you, its wonderful news" she said with genuine feeling as she sneaked behind Edward to get to me. I was glad that she was happy for us, she had a great big goofy smile plastered on her face and she leaned forward to give me a lovely big hug and was very gentle too so Edward needn't be worried on that score.

"Welcome back sis, and I can't believe you are going to make us all aunts and uncles! Come on, let's go see the rest of the family, they are going to be so delighted".

As we turned around, Edward took hold of my hand again and then before us stood each of the Cullen family right there on the porch waiting to welcome us back into the fold.

They all had big silly grins on their faces and I then realised that they had heard the conversation we just had with Alice, they were all really happy, I could tell, well all apart from Rosalie. Nothing new there I thought to myself. Will this girl ever like me?

I would never understand Rosalie's feelings of hatred towards me. Maybe hate was too strong a word, maybe it was just sheer resentment. I knew it was not jealousy as what did I have for her to be jealous about. She would never accept me and I would just have to learn to live with it. Oh well, I thought to myself, at least I have the love and respect of the rest of the Cullen's, I can always work on Rosalie, maybe one day she will come around!

Each of the Cullen's approached Edward and I with a warm and loving welcome, each of them congratulated us also, well all except Rosalie of course.

Esme became extremely emotional, and it was understandable. She pulled me into her embrace and I could feel the happiness she felt for us.

Once Esme managed to let go of me she turned and spoke to Edward saying, "I'm so proud of you son, welcome home".

Carlisle turned and embraced Edward and welcomed him home saying how much he had missed him and myself too. They each expressed their pleasure in the fact that we had returned to them, again all apart from Rosalie.

In the midst of our reunion I heard Bella shout at the top of her voice, she seemed very distraught.

During the hugs and welcome homes, I felt my cell phone vibrate in my pocket, I turned away for a moment to answer it and when I looked at the caller display I realised it was my old friend Jacob Black calling me. I couldn't have been happier at this moment in time, I had just been welcomed into a lovely family once again, I had my love and my babies and now my best friend was calling me, his timing was perfect.

Don't get me wrong, there has been a lot of sadness in my life recently but for some reason right now the good seems to be outweighing the bad, or so I thought.

I answered my phone without another thought.

"Hey Jake"

"Bella, are you okay? Bella, do you know about Charlie? He is dead, where the hell have you been? I've been so worried"

He sounded really upset and in such a state and I could tell that he was in shock by the manner in which he spoke to me. His next words proved this.

"I'm sorry Bells, I shouldn't have given you the news about your dad like that, please forgive me? I need to know you are okay and if you are coming back to Forks?"

I could feel a massive lump build up in my throat, not that I needed reminding that my dad had been killed by that monster, but when someone actually spoke the words it hit me like a bullet to the heart. I had lost my dad and I needed to deal with it.

"It's okay Jacob, I know about my dad, I needed to get away, to be safe so I am with family in Hopeston". "

"What family are you with Bells, tell me where you are and I will come and get you, I need you to be safe"

"No, no Jacob, you don't need to come and get me, I am fine here, I am safe so don't worry about me but thanks for the offer anyway". I explained.

This was really not the time to tell Jacob just who I was with, if he knew I was with the Cullen's, who just happened to be vampires, I could just imagine his reaction, he would totally flip,

Jacob was not ready to let it drop however, "Bella you need to come back to Forks, this creature is not safe, you need to come home so that I can protect you, please?"

I looked over to see the Cullen's still welcoming Edward home.

"I can't Jacob and anyway, I want to stay here. Will you let me know the date and time of Charlie's funeral, I know the people of Forks would have arranged something for my dad, they all loved and respected him so much".

Tears were coursing down my cheeks now and I could do nothing to stop them.

"Oh Bells the funeral is today in just around three hours time, did you not know?"

"What" I shouted down the phone, not realising that I would draw the attention of each of the Cullen's with my outburst.

Edward was beside me in an instant.

Jacob spoke again, "It's today Bells, they wanted Charlie buried as soon as possible, they wanted him to rest in peace".

I could feel the weakness take over my entire body and before I knew it my boneless body was falling towards the floor, then everything went black.

I woke up to find myself on a warm comfortable bed, my hand being held tenderly in Edwards. He had laid his head against my baby bump, his eyes were closed and he looked very serene.

I lifted my free hand and played with a strand of his hair, his eyes fluttered open and he lifted his head and smiled his glorious smile.

His voice was full of relief "Oh thank god" as he began to nuzzle my neck.

"I was so worried" he said again.

"What happened? " I asked stupidly, as if I didn't know I had fainted!.

"You fainted love? "

"What? How long have I been out?" I asked.

"It was only seventeen minutes and thirty four seconds but it was one of the worst periods of my life. Carlisle said your brain was trying to protect itself but I was worried nevertheless. How are you feeling now? "

"I'm fine now, I think, I mean, I know I fainted but why? I was on the phone?" I said in a confused voice.

"Well you were on your cell speaking to someone when you passed out, I caught you before you could fall but your phone was shattered on the floor" I carried on "I don't know who was calling you but if I could get my hands on them for upsetting you…. "

"No Edward, no, don't speak like that"

"All I heard Bella was you saying Charlie's name and something about a funeral. Please tell me love, what happened, is Charlie dead?"

"Okay, I will tell you, but the rest of the family need to be here so I can tell you all together".

No sooner had I uttered the words but the entire Cullen family had gathered at the bedroom door, each one of them looked quite worried.

"Please tell us love" pleaded Edward.

I took a deep breath and began speaking "Okay then, well I was on the phone to my best friend, back in Forks, his name is Jacob Black, he lives on the La Push reservation, he was there when you guys left".

"He called to find out if I was okay…you see they found Char... I mean my dad dead at our house".

Edward must have realised how hard this was for me because I then felt his arms encircle me and hold me close.

"How did he die? Was he murdered?" asked Alice, pain evident in her voice.

"Yessss" I whispered brokenly.

I really didn't want to have to tell them, I knew the pain I felt, and I also knew it would be painful for them, vampires were very emotional beings and their pain was always worse than a human.

Edward urged me to continue, "Love please, we need to know?"

"Oh Edward, it was….it was….Vic... Victoria! She killed him, she tried to kill me too but the ba…babies protected me with some kind sh…shield, and then something strange happened, a w..wolf appeared and it wanted to protect me too" I told him as I sobbed into his chest, soaking his shirt with my tears.

I could feel the tension and fury build in Edward and I was worried at what he might do then. I knew he hated Victoria with every fibre of his being and he would take any opportunity he could to dispose of her, but this was not the time, I needed him to be here for me, selfish though it was.

Then Edward spoke and his voice held sheer hatred and anger, "That evil being tried to hurt you? " All I could do was nod; I really did not want to say a word for fear of causing him more distress.

Again he spoke and again the hatred was still there to hear, "I am going to kill her".

I knew I needed to stop him, to try and calm him, soothe him in some small way.

"No Edward, please don't do this, I need you, we need you, please Edward?"

I could see him calm down and I hoped that it was my doing although I could not be sure. His next words confirmed it however.

"Bella, please forgive me, I am sorry, I will protect you, I will not leave your side even for a minute"

I knew Edward would never leave me again willingly, he would stay with me and protect me and our unborn children, I also knew that if anything or anyone ever tried to hurt any of us now or in the future then Edward would be there, standing strong, protecting us with every fibre of his being.

I looked around and realised then that all of the Cullen's had a protective look about them, they were all looking at Edward and myself and it was then

I realise that I was truly part of their family.

Carlisle spoke to me first, "Bella. you are part of this family now and we will make sure that nothing will hurt you ever again".

Esme was next, "It will be okay Bella, that monster will never come near you again" she said reassuringly.

"Hell yes little sis, I will kill anything that tries to hurt you " said Emmett whilst pumping his fist into the air, obviously eager to fight anything or person who wanted to hurt any of his family.

"Now please do not worry Bella, I know you are the babies are going to be okay, we will keep you safe, so please relax" said Alice in a comforting voice whilst giving me yet another hug.

"I suppose that none of my family will let her harm you, I wish you no harm either but why should I care? " said Rosalie looking at me with loathing.

Oh well, there is a surprise! Rosalie being Rosalie!

Last, but not least was Jasper who spoke reassuringly and in a brotherly kind of way,

"Don't worry about her Bella, she did not really mean it, you have all of our support and protection, so there really is no need to worry" he said with a friendly smile on his face.

I smiled at Jasper, he was always trying to help calm me, sometimes I hated it but right now it was just what I needed and I was grateful for his gift.

I looked over at Edward again and then to each of the Cullen's and said tentatively, "Can we all go to Charlie's funeral please? I need to say good bye?"

I was trying very hard not to cry but it was hard, I knew I was about to break down and let the pain run its course.

"Of course my love, we will all go" Edward replied and gave me yet another gentle hug bringing me even closer to his side. I felt safe at his side and I never wanted to be apart from him again, ever. I was where I wanted to be and I was determined to stay there.

Hi thanks for reading, I hoped you enjoyed.

Hi would also like to say a big thank you to my brilliant beta Bridie (Biddy 429) who did all the editing for this chapter