A/N: Sorry its taken so long to update.
It was a few days after she'd learned of her father's relationship that Bella convinced him to invite Tiffany over for dinner.
"I really hope you two like each other." Charlie said as he surveyed all the food Bella had made
"I'm sure we will."
A few minutes later the door bell rang and a grin spread across Charlie's face as he headed for the door. Bella could hear a few mumbles and the shuffling of feet as everyone made their way to the kitchen.
"Bells, I liked you to meet tiffany; Tiffany, this is my daughter Bella."
Bella wiped her hands off on the dishtowel thrown over her shoulder and shook Tiffany's hand.
"It's nice to meet you, why don't you guys have a seat while I finish this up and then we can eat." She said motioning to the cake she was still icing.
Tiffany and Charlie chose to go into the living room while Embry stayed behind in the kitchen.
"Hope you don't mind me hanging out in here." Embry said
"Of course not; so how do you feel about the fact that our parents are dating." Bella asked
"Well they're both really happy, so I guess I'm ok with it." Embry shrugged as he swiped his finger through the bowl of icing
"So how come Sam's not here?" He asked
"He said he had some things he needed to do."
Embry nodded and went to stick his finger back in the bowl of icing only to be popped with a spoon.
"At least wait until I'm done icing the cake." Bella scolded
A few minutes later the cake was finished and Bella instructed everyone to wash-up and come eat.
"This looks delicious Bella." Tiffany said as she took her seat at the table
"Thanks; hopefully it tastes as good as it looks." Bella smiled
As everyone dug into the food, Bella and Tiffany began to question each other about various things while Charlie and Embry remained fairly silent throughout dinner; Embry because he was too busy eating and Charlie because he was happy that his girlfriend and daughter were getting along so well and he didn't want to interrupt.
After dinner, Tiffany insisted on helping Bella clean-up so while the two women cleaned, Embry and Charlie migrated to the living room with large slices of cake to watch some TV.
"So do you and Embry have any plans for Christmas?" Bella asked as they worked on washing dishes
"The usual I guess, but nothing special."
"Well why don't you two come down on Christmas Eve and just spend the night then we can all get up on Christmas morning and open presents; and maybe if you'd like you could help me cook."
"Oh I wouldn't want to intrude." Tiffany said
"You wouldn't be intruding at all." Bella assured her
After that the two of them began discussing what should be cooked and whether or not they should convince Charlie to bring in a Christmas tree. They both agreed that it would be nice to have a tree; now all they had to do was convince Charlie and rope Sam and Embry into helping pick out a tree and get it in the house.
Tiffany and Embry stayed until around eleven o'clock, and probably would have stayed later if it weren't for the fact that Tiffany had to work in the morning and Embry had patrol at twelve.
"You and Tiffany seemed to get along ok." Charlie commented as he helped Bella pick up the dessert plates and take them to the kitchen
"Yea, I really like her and the two of you look so cute together." Bella smiled, chuckling when a blush spread across Charlie's cheeks
"She told me that you invited her and Embry over for Christmas."
"Yea, I thought it'd be fun."
"Do you know if your mother and Phil are planning to spend Christmas here?" He asked
Bella shook her head no, "I tried to ask Mom when I talked to her a few weeks ago but she was so busy talking about her latest hobby that she never gave me an answer."
"So we should just be prepared for her to show up on our door step anytime between now and Christmas."
"I guess so." Bella shrugged
Knowing how Renée was and knowing her tendency to make split second decisions and just show up whenever she felt like it; it really came as no surprise when she and Phil showed up a few days later.
"Oh there's my baby!" Renée squealed when she entered the living room and spotted Bella
She pulled her up off the couch and into her arms, shoving her face right into her bosom and squeezing her tightly. Sam watched all of this with an amused smile while Bella struggled against her mother and glared at Sam with the one eye that wasn't buried in her mother's chest. Eventually Renée released Bella and turned her sights on Sam, who went a little wide eyed as she made her way to him.
"Come here and give me a hug." She smiled
Sam reluctantly rose from the couch and allowed himself to be hugged by Renée, his cheeks darkening when Renée commented on how firm he was.
Bella just smiled and chuckled to herself as her mother continued to comment on Sam's physique.
At some point Renée had turned to survey the room and gasped in horror when she saw that there was no tree.
"Why don't you have a tree?" She asked
"Just haven't brought it in the house yet." Charlie informed her as he flopped down in his chair
"Well what are you waiting for?"
"Dad and I wanted to wait on Tiffany and Embry before we brought the tree in and started to decorate."
"Friends of yours?" She asked Bella
"Well Embry is, and Tiffany is his Mom and also Dad's girlfriend." Bella answered
Renée's eyes widened at the word 'girlfriend' and she turned to Charlie, shock clear on her face.
"You have a girlfriend?"
Charlie's entire face lit up as his lips turned up into a smile, "Sure do."
"Oh, well that's nice."
"By the way you and Phil will have to find a hotel." Charlie told her
"Why? We usually just stay here." Renée said
"Well Tiffany and Embry are spending Christmas with us, so they'll be spending Christmas Eve here; Sam and I will be in my room and Embry will be on the couch so there won't be any room for you two." Bella informed her mother
Renée frowned and muttered "Oh."
Phil had been watching this all silently and he didn't mind too much that they would be staying in a hotel, he'd always thought it a little weird that anytime they came to visit they ended up staying at Charlie's; staying with your wife at her ex-husband's house is just odd.
Renée eventually steered the conversation to decorations and Christmas dinner but was quickly surprised to find that Bella had already planned everything out with Tiffany; so of course the water works started and she whined and pouted, clinging to Phil and going on and on about how her daughter was replacing her. Bella rolled her eyes at her mother's antics and explained that as Charlie's girlfriend it was only right that Tiffany have a say in the planning. Renée still wasn't happy about the fact that she wouldn't be involved in the planning this year, but once she realized no one besides Phil was really paying her any attention, she stopped whining and started asking what had been planned.
After a few hours, Bella decided she'd had enough of Renée's antics for one day and so she bid everyone goodnight and all but dragged Sam out the door. Shortly after Sam and Bella left, Phil and Renée left as well in search of a hotel.
A/N: Next chapter... Renee meets Tiffany. If you have any suggestions on how that should go or if there's anything you would like to see incorporated into future chapters, feel free to let me know.