"This was a really bad idea," Emmett muttered as he finished making his side of the bed.

"I'm not looking forward to it either," Carlisle shook his head, folding the sheets down.

"Do you think they'll report us?"

"No, Tanya, Kate, and Irina will be against it, but I don't see any of them going to the Volturi. They'll do their best to discourage us, and hopefully we can convince them it'll be okay. And Eleazar will keep them from going as well."

"It's not like we're creating an immortal child."

"But we don't know that for sure. We don't know what it is. It'll be the first of its kind..." Carlisle stopped, still fluffing the pillow in his hands and thinking quickly.

Emmett waited patiently, watching his face as if he could figure out what he was on his mind.

"Do you remember exactly where you heard the rumors?" he grinned.

"Do you work tomorrow?"

"No," Bella sighed. "I already took off."

"Good so we can go straight back to the house!" Alice bounced her seat as Jasper drove them away from Forks. Her dad and Sue had been surprised and a little disappointed that her friends came to pick her up, but they gave her a warm goodbye and made her promise to visit again before the end of summer.

"So you guys used to live here? That's kind of a crazy coincidence," she rested her head on the cool window, sleepily.

"We never lived here. It was before Alice found me," Jasper spoke up.

"Oh…"

"Okay, I feel we should warn you before you fall asleep," Alice turned around in her seat.

"About the Denali Coven?" she guessed.

"There's five of them – six if you include Laurent – but they can be…"

"Bitches," Jasper offered as Alice tsked him.

"Okay it's kind of true. Have you heard the legend about succubus?"

"Uh yeah," Bella blushed, remembering the stories of demons taking the form of beautiful women and seducing men to kill them.

"Well those legends derived from Tanya, Kate, and Irina."

"Like…the origin?" she gaped. "Oh… I thought you said they were vegetarians like you?"

"They are now, but they're a thousand years old. They've only been on our diet for the last three hundred years or so," Alice shrugged.

"Oh…"

"And Eleazar was in the Volturi guard. He might look intimidating, but he and his mate Carmen are both really nice."

"Oh…" she nodded, remembering what Rosalie had said about the Volturi. The Volturi who were the vampire leaders of the world – who also had a guard. She wondered if they had a developed government like wizards did in Harry Potter.

"It's overwhelming, but don't worry, I'm still the one you need to worry about the most," Jasper smiled in the rearview mirror.

"You?"

"Yes, even more than Edward."

"Why?" she blinked. Edward was harmless – annoying and manipulating – but harmless.

"I'm the newest to this lifestyle. I still slip sometimes," he explained as Alice placed a hand over his on the gear stick.

"Oh..." she repeated dumbly.

Edward glanced at his watch again with a sigh. Alice and Jasper had their phones turned off, and the Denali coven would arrive soon. He waited for them, leaning against the railing on the back porch.

"Should we go out and greet them?" Esme asked, opening the back door and joining him.

"No," he shook his head. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" she knitted her eyes, studying him.

"I'm just apologizing in advance. I know I am being difficult."

"It's alright. You care for Bella. We all understand."

"Do you?" he questioned. He knew the new bed had been a joke, but he wasn't entirely sure if they understood his feelings for Bella – his worry for her safety.

Do you? Esme smirked causing him to frown.

"They'll be here in thirty minutes." They heard Rosalie announce from the living room.

"Tanya texted her?" Edward pulled his phone from his pocket to see no new messages.

"Bella texted me," Rosalie corrected him as he flew into the house.

"What?!"

"Alice and Jasper are bringing her," she rolled her eyes up at him, closing her magazine.

"What happened?" He thought they were heading to Portland for the day, and he'd planned to pick Bella up after Jacob drove her back in the morning.

"I don't know. When are the others getting here?"

"Soon," he groaned.

"This is your fault."

"This wouldn't be happening if it weren't for you," he snapped at her.

"You didn't have to go tell Tanya. I'm sure one of them is going to get us killed."

Bella jolted awake when she felt something cold tickle the bottom of her foot. She found herself laying an unfamiliar bed in a dark room.

"Sorry I was trying not to wake you," Rosalie gave her a small smile.

"Told you I wouldn't wake her up!" Emmett laughed, causing Bella to flinch. She hadn't realized he was lying on the other side of the giant bed.

"Oh god, is it happening now?" Bella mumbled through her sleepy haze.

"Shut up she's not awake yet," Rosalie scolded as she pulled off Bella's other shoe.

"What did she mean?"

"Not sure," she shrugged.

"Where are we?" Bella blinked, adjusting to the darkness.

"Home. Everyone else went out to meet Tanya and her coven," Emmett explained.

"Who's room is this?" she asked, knowing it wasn't theirs. She remembered the giant canopy bed from the tour Esme gave her.

"Edward's," Rosalie smirked.

"Why? Why am I in here?"

"We had to give some of our rooms to our guests. Edward insisted you stay in here."

"You thought we were going to have sex?!" he cackled.

"No!" Bella blushed.

"Did you think that's how it was going to happen?"

"That was the original plan, wasn't it?" she palmed her cheek, feeling it burn brighter.

"It'd be better if we saved this conversation for another time," Rosalie glared at her husband before looking to Bella. "You should take a shower, you smell."

"Everything is going to be okay," Alice reaffirmed as they waited patiently for the new coven to arrive.

Edward nodded, feeling guilty as he listened for their running footsteps. He'd only wanted Tanya to come to talk to Bella, but to bring the whole family into this…

It wasn't too long before they heard two vampires running towards them, and for a brief minute Edward thought maybe they were the only ones coming. Tanya and Kate broke from the trees and sprinted faster towards the Cullen home.

"Ha, I win!" Tanya laughed as she reached them. Kate pouted behind her, and Edward grimaced seeing that he was the prize for the winner of their race. "Carlisle, my friend!"

"Hello Tanya, how are you?" he greeted her as a close friend, giving her a hug and kiss on the cheek.

"Fantastic now that we're finally here," she smiled brightly. "Esme, always lovely to see you."

"Thank you, you as well," Esme returned with a hug. "How will the others be arriving?"

"Eleazar and Carmen drove. They should be here soon, and Irina and Laurent are on holiday. Katie is the only one who'd race me."

"You've got to release all that pent up energy you've got somehow," she shrugged.

"Oh, I know a better way of getting the job done, right Edward?" Tanya grinned, leaning over to hug him.

"Hello Tanya," he reluctantly smiled, quickly releasing her.

"Alice, Jasper, joined at the hip as always. How are ya'll doing?" she winked at Jasper playfully, eager to hear his accent.

"Alice keeps me happy."

"Ugh I'm sure she does," she laughed. "So we'll settle in and then we'll talk about that favor, Edward?"

Tanya took a few steps toward the house before Edward stopped in front of her. "Actually Tanya-"

"Oh! Someone smells delicious…"

AN: Sorry for leaving it there, but it's been long enough without an update – am I right? But would it make you feel better if I told you I got an A on my first test? No – just me? Okay haha… and AND! I saw my first real-live vaginal birth! It was amazing – my patient did really well and it was her first! I'm not afraid of childbirth anymore haha - do not believe what you see on TV! haha

Thanks for Reading!