Hello All!! Here is the next chapter and it some bonding time with Bella, Paul, and the boys. Along with a little information on a question I recieved about Leah.

Only one person guessed correctly on what the great tragedy is and she knows who she is. Everyone else had some good guesses, but unfourtunaly were not on the mark this time. I guess you will all just have to read in future chapters to see what happens. I know I am so evil ;)

I loved all of the reviews I recieved on the last chapter and I hope to get the same amount from this one as well.

To be warned there is a lemon in this chapter!!

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Chapter 25: Reaffirming Bonds

BPOV

I had finally fallen into a deep sleep around three in the morning because my body was so exhausted it just sort of gave out on me. I wish I could have stayed asleep even if my dreams could have been considered nightmares, but alas one must face life and all the challenges that are thrown at you head on. One thing that was a constant in my dreams was Edward. I haven't dreamt of him in months; especially since I have Paul, but he was there always in the distance, but close enough for me to see his golden eyes and bronze hair clearly. I have no feelings of love for Edward anymore, but with this epic battle looming in the not so distant future I do wish that I could at least talk to him so that we could clear the air of all the feelings of abandonment and hurt that I was left with.

I was starting to wake up and I could feel his hands and lips caressing my breasts and stomach with gentle strokes. I opened my eyes just in time to see Paul kiss my stomach three times and look at it with such love and wonder that tears started to prick at my eyes at the sight. I stayed quiet and I know that he probably knew that I was awake, but did not change his position.

"Hello babies, Daddy loves you just as much as he loves your Mommy. Now you three have to listen to me and stay nice and safe and toasty warm inside of there until it is time for me to see your beautiful little faces in a few months time. We will love you forever and I know that even without this prophecy you would still be our special little ones." Paul was rubbing circles around my belly button and occasionally kissing just above the top of my panties. The tears were now freely flowing down my cheeks at watching him show just how much he had already accepted the triplets and loved them so much.

"Okay, now I want you three to go to sleep if you can because it is time for Daddy to spend some time showing your Mommy just how much he loves her heart, soul, and especially her body." He ordered with a serious look on his face and I just burst of laughing knowing that the babies were not developed enough to know what was going on.

"What is so funny my beautiful fiancé?" Paul asked with smirk on his face; letting me know that he knew exactly why I was laughing.

"You know they probably don't even have ears to hear you talking yet, but I think it is just so cute that you wanted to warn them about your sinful intentions with me." I answered still chuckling.

"Well I don't want to damage them psychologically before they are even born. I mean I plan on you screaming my name more than a few times before I let you even think about getting out of this bed; and if these babies are suppose to have super powers I didn't want them thinking I was hurting you and throw me across the room or something. That would just suck and put a serious damper on our alone time in the coming months if I couldn't even come near you" Paul said with a serious look on his face; and I could see that he had really thought about that.

It was something that had not even crossed my mind about when the babies would develop these powers. I guess that is a question that I will have to ask Billy when I go over to see him today before we head over to the Cullen's; along with a few more I thought of during the night.

"Oh really and just how do you plan on getting me to scream your name so many times Mr. Levi?" I asked sitting up to whisper in his ear before biting down on the lobe. I felt him shiver in desire beneath me before pulling my shirt over my head leaving my top have bare for him.

"I am sure I can come up with a few ways Miss Swan." Paul said before kissing me passionately running his tongue across my lips and I granted him access. I loved kissing Paul, it was so addicting that I knew that I could not survive a day without feeling his warm soft lips on mine, in combination with his woodsy spicy scent and taste overwhelming my senses.

His hands were roaming my back occasionally brushing against the sides of my breasts making my core become moist with my juices. I moaned into the kiss and he growled in return pushing me back down into the mattress. When we need to break for air he continued to kiss down my jaw to my neckline where I felt him bite down, essentially marking me as his for the world to see. My lust for him was growing by the second and I was bucking my hips into him; trying to create some form of friction.

He moved down from his new mark and paid attention to my perky breasts. They were sore with the pregnancy, but in this moment I could push through the pain as he sucked one of the nipples into his mouth and bringing it to a hard peak. He gently bit down causing me to growl in pleasure. At the same time I could feel his hand move down to my lacy blue boy shorts and slip underneath them. He brushed a finger across my clit sending electrical sparks to flow through my body.

He moved to the other breast as he continued his assault of my clit. I needed more and was trying to move to get him to give me more friction.

"Patience, my love, I want to build you up; so that when you let go the whole of La Push will know who is giving you pleasure this morning." He said as he slipped one of his fingers into my folds and moving it in and out in a slow by forceful rhythm. I was panting in shallow breaths trying to control the deep burning that was painfully beginning to grow in my stomach.

Soon he added a second finger as he moved his body down mine until his face was equal with my mound. He pulled off the offensive piece of clothing that still remained until I was completely exposed beneath him. I saw his nostrils flare as he smelled my arousal that was permeating the room.

"You smell so good Bella; I just have to taste you." Paul said as he brought his head until I felt his warm tongue flick across my clit causing me to yelp out at the sensation. He then began to twirl it in a circular motion while increasing the speed of his fingers moving in and out of me. I was getting close to going over the edge and my moans were getting louder. I hoped that the boys were still asleep so that they didn't have to listen to their parents having sex in the next room.

"Ah…Paul so…close…please…need more." I screamed out.

"More what Bella?" Paul asked with a smile.

"More of…you…Harder…Faster." I groaned.

"As you wish my love." Paul answered before biting down on my clit and adding a third finger before angling them upward hitting my bundle of nerves and sending those electrical currents shooting through me and causing me to clamp down hard on his fingers as they continued their ministrations.

"Paulllll." I screamed out just like he said that I would as I came hard on him releasing a new wave of my milky cream which he greedily devoured slowly bringing me down from my climax.

He moved up my body and I felt his tip move along my folds before positioning it at my entrance. He pushed in and I felt the completeness that only came from our joining. He was moving slowly, but with each thrust becoming more powerful. I moved my legs around him and dug the heels of my feet into his lower back trying to get him to move inside me deeper. I was meeting him thrust for thrust bringing my hips up to his.

"Paul…I need you deeper." I panted out feeling my release building again.

He lifted one of my legs over his shoulder and began to slam into me in a fast and hard rhythm that sent me screaming in pleasure as he was hitting places that I didn't know he could reach.

"Fuck Bella you are so tight baby. I love feeling your warmth surrounding me." Paul grunted out.

"Me too honey, I love how you ram that long thick shaft of your deep inside of me." I moaned in return my climax fast approaching.

The next thing I knew my back is flying through the air and we are both standing straight with Paul continuing to trust into me hard, my one leg still up over his shoulder and the other wrapped tightly around his waist. With the help of gravity I grabbed onto Paul shoulders for leverage and joined him in the hard thrusting. He had one hand on my back keeping me upright while he maneuvered the other around our vertical bodies and began rubbing my clit in lazy circle; making me feel like I was going to explode at any second.

"So close." I screamed.

"Cum for me now Bella," Paul growled into my ear before biting down hard on it sending me over and screaming out his name in combination with ever swear word my mind could create. A few thrusts more and I heard my name escape his lips in an animalistic roar.

He laid me back on the bed and pulled out. We just laid their looking into each others eyes while relishing in these last few moments of our alone time together today.

"I love you so much. You are my life forever." I said leaning in to give him a deep kiss.

"I love you too my Bella, always." He replied kissing me again before helping me off the bed.

We went into our bathroom and took a shower together filled with both sensual and tender touches and a few kisses, but nothing overboard. Every second with him was so filled with love, even with the most innocent touch of him washing my hair or body made me want to take him back in the bedroom and continue where we had left off, but I knew that we had responsibilities to take care of this morning. I was anxious to get started on training because I wanted to be as prepared as possible.

"Do you still want to have the wedding, not knowing when Victoria and that Maria will attack; or did you want to postpone it?" Paul asked while we were getting dressed in simple jeans shorts and t-shirts, mine red and his black. We both were foregoing shoes today because they would just come off when we phased later.

"No, I am looking so forward to becoming your wife in six weeks. I want all of us to have something to look forward to because I am sure that the next few weeks are not going to be all that fun. Also if she does attack and something should happen to me I want to leave this world with us having been joined in every possible way. Is that okay with you?" I answered his question, but curious of how he felt.

"I feel the same way. I can't wait to be your husband, but you are not going anywhere that I would not soon follow myself." He said while kissing me once on the lips before we made our way to the kitchen.

The boys were sitting in the living room watching some sports news program and just looked up with knowing smirks on their faces when we came in. I should have felt embarrassed at having my sons hear our love making, but seriously nothing Paul and I did was ever anything to be embarrassed about; and also how did they think I got pregnant in the first place.

"Good Morning. Did you two have breakfast yet?" I asked kissing them each on their forehead.

"Nope," Collin answered.

"Okay how do eggs and bacon sound before we head over to Billy's house?" I asked.

"Sure, sure." I got from all three of them at the same time. I just shook my head at how alike they all are and gathered all of the ingredients from the fridge.

I made our food and we ate in relative silence which wasn't an odd thing. None of us were what you would call morning people so it was nice just to spend time together as a family, but I did have a question that I wanted to ask the boys without others around.

"Brady, Collin how do you really feel about the babies coming?" I asked making them look at me.

"To tell you the truth I have no problems with it because we both knew that you guys would eventually start a family together, and I am really happy for you. I just hope that we won't be in way when they arrive because three babies too look after and along with us might be too much for you." Brady asked his face twisted with worry and I immediately stood up and pulled the both of them into a tight hug and I could feel Paul's arms surrounding us as well.

"I want you boys to listen and listen well, nothing will ever lessen my love for you. You are as much my children as these babies are. And while they will be a lot of work I will always have time for you both. You are our sons and even if I did not give birth to you it would kill me just the same if anything ever happened to either of you as if something were to happen to these three. I love you, Paul loves you, and we both want you forever; the only thing that is changing in this family is that there will be more people to love." I said sternly trying to convey my undying feelings for both of these boys.

"I love you too Momma B." Collin kissed my cheek.

"You will forever by my Mom, and I love you." Brady kissed my other cheek before breaking the hug.

"You guys are my sons and Bella and I have a surprise that we were waiting to tell you." Paul said and the boys looked at him waiting for him to continue. I just nodded to him to show that it was a perfect time to tell them, he saw it and smiled at me in return before he spoke again.

"Your mother and I have talked to a lawyer in Seattle that was a good friend of my dad's and he is going to help us draw up some adoption papers for me so that I will now legally be your dad." Paul announced with a wide smile on his face and I could not stop more tears from falling at seeing just how much he wants this as much as I do.

Before I could comprehend the boys had rushed towards Paul and tackled him to the ground in their excitement. I joined them on their pile on the floor and we just stayed like that for a few moments just being content as a family. When we got off of the wooden floor we locked up the house and phased in the woods to run the short distance to my uncle's house.

When we entered the house Uncle Billy and Jake, along with Embry were sitting at the kitchen table all eating cold cereal. We said hello to everyone and I asked Billy if he wouldn't mind talking to me in private for a few minuets and he agreed; so I helped him down the wheelchair ramp Jake had built a few summers ago and pushed him to the small garden that I had planted with my Aunt Sarah before she died. I sat on the small bench and Billy just waited patiently for me to get my thoughts together.

"Uncle Billy are you sure that I am this woman that the prophecy talks about?" I asked him.

"Yes, Bella all the signs that we were told to look for have happened and I believe me that when you first phased all of elders were really scared that this would start a dangerous road for you; and it appears to have come to pass. I wish I could say that the future was set in stone and ends with a happily ever after, but I cannot. You are going to be given amazing powers from those little ones inside of you and because of this you will be tested to see if you are strong enough to help protect the tribe." Billy answered in a concerned voice.

"I don't feel any stronger; did the prophecy say when the babies would develop these powers?" I was confused on this subject and hoped he had answers.

"Only that they would develop when you are ready to handle them, but sorry it does not mention how you would know when you would be ready little one." He continued to answer my question.

"If I was suppose to be the only female wolf in the history of the tribe; then why did Leah phase?" This question popped into my head last night because I just did not understand why all of a sudden there were two female wolves in the entire history of the transformations at the same time.

"The other elders and I do not have the answer to that. We were all shocked when Leah transformed into her wolf and the only theory that we can come up with is that she must play an important role with you in the upcoming battle. You must understand that though our powers so far have been carried only by the male members of the tribe for centuries and they alone have been considered our protectors that our legends have been based upon, like the great Spirit Wolf Taha Aki; all the power and strength we have ever had originated from a single woman and it is only now that the power has come full circle back into a woman will the tribe have a true chance at peace from the dangers in the world.

That burden lies on you shoulders sweetheart, but I think that you have been given Leah as your rock to cling too when things become too hard because she is the only one out of anyone near you who knows what you are going through. Trust her and let her help you with your heart and we believe that it will be this friendship that you create that will, along with Paul, help you out of the darkness." Billy explained and I listed interested in every word he spoke. There was an authority in his deep voice that showed wisdom; and I would be stupid not to listen to his advice.

"Thank you Uncle Billy. That answers a few of my questions." I gave him a kiss on the cheek and a light hug before starting to push him back towards the house.

"No problem little one and remember that I am always here if you have anymore questions; so please to hesitate to ask. I may not have all the answers, but I can try to help you through this. I love you very much Bella." Billy answered just before we entered the house.

"I love you too Uncle Billy." I replied back.

The boys were all playing video games in the living room and I watched and waited until they finished the level they were on before telling them that it was time to go. We said our goodbyes to Billy and ran into the woods to phase.

Everyone in the pack was going over to the Cullen's today to start training and I was looking forward to it. I agreed with Carlisle, I would listen to my body to tell me what it thought was okay for me to do during this pregnancy; and I knew that if something was telling me that it was too dangerous I would not do it. I wanted these babies to be safe and would not jeopardize them for anything. I would train as hard as I could and be as prepared as I possible; so that I could protect myself and all of my loved ones no matter what was thrown at me.

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***So what did you think of this chapter. I know that it was a little slower than previous ones, but I wanted to have some Bella/Paul alone time. I promise that the upcomming chapters will be crammed full of drama. I love this story and hearing what you think as well so please send me a review or a question if you have one.

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