Disclaimer: I hope everyone realises that all the original characters of Twilight belong to Stephanie Meyer.

Sorry for the slow update, I was really busy with work. Forgive me?

Chapter 25

I blinked my eyes several times as I surveyed the woman I had known as my mother in a new light. Four-hundred and ninety-four?! How was I supposed to react to this?! On the plus side I wasn't hyperventilating, yet, but I suddenly felt so distant from my Mum. "Y-You what?!"

She bit her lip and looked pleadingly at me, "Ana sweetie, please-"

A laugh turned my attention to the black-haired vampire in the centre of the sofa, "You didn't tell your own daughter Marie?! How interesting."

"Shut up Aro!" Mum turned to me again, "Ana I was going to tell you when you turned eighteen, like Sasha-"

"Sasha knows about this?! Has she told Seth? Is she older than you've told me too? Why did you keep this from me? Oh my god, Da- I mean William, did he know too? What the hell Mum?!"

"Who is this Sasha?"

She put her hands on my shoulders and made me look at her. "Ana I wanted to tell you, god how I wanted to tell you. But I wanted you to be happy and normal too. This would have ruined your childhood. Your father knows nothing because when I was about to tell him... well, things got complicated-"

"Your mate left you Marie? Pity."

Now I turned to that black haired vampire, my blood pressure sky-rocketing under the stress right now, I doubted even Jasper could help me fully, "Aro was it? Do you ever shut up?!" Jane hissed at me, and I hissed back. Annoying brat. I turned to Mum again and dragged her out of the room and into the kitchen. The others would still hear us – damn amazing hearing – but at least it would make me feel a little more private than talking in front of them all. And it would lessen the interruptions. "Okay, talk. Now. And don't skip anything."

She pushed me to sit on the chair while she took a seat opposite me. "You want to know why I'm this old."

"Duh."

"I don't know."

"You're kidding, right?"

"I'm sorry, no." Mum started playing with a simple chain bracelet on her wrist, no longer looking at me, "I remember being very sick when I was about Sasha's age. Nobody knew what was wrong with me. Mother had died when I was a child, and I was all father had. He was so upset when I was sick. He tried everything. The last thing I remember was getting this bracelet from him, and falling asleep to my father's voice saying "he'd found a way" or something. When I woke up, I was in the middle of nowhere, with no one else there, and I couldn't find my father anywhere."

"Mum-"

"I spent years looking for him, all alone, but it was as if he'd vanished. I eventually ran into the Volturi. They knew I was human, but one touch from Aro and he realised how 'special' I was. They wanted to keep me there, but I left. Centuries later I found your father, William. He was so...perfect, I was so in love instantly. We both were, at least for a time. We married quickly, and nine months after Sasha was born. Then I started to age."

"You would've still been young if you hadn't had us?"

"I'm not sure," Mum reached up to trace the corners of her eyes and mouth, softly following the light wrinkles present, "But I was so... pleased to be getting older. I thought it was time. This way I'd get to watch my two beautiful baby girls grow up as a mother should. And I would be properly grey for any grandbabies." She added with a smirk. "I thought I'd finally found my happy ending after centuries of self-isolation, and then-"

"Stefania." I practically growled.

"Yes... William did always like beautiful women."

"You're beautiful Mum."

She smiled, "Young and beautiful. I'm nearly fifty sweetie, an old bag now."

I sat in thought. If she only started aging after having children... could I?- "Mum you think Sasha and I could be-"

"Yes. I believe so." Mum reached over and took my hand, patting the back of it lightly, "I don't know what will happen to you when you have babies though. Both you and your sister don't have 'normal' partners. Maybe I passed on my 'gift' because I had to compensate for your father... you both... may... not..."

I looked up at Mum, my eyes wide in surprise and hope. There was a chance? It was all so overwhelming, all this new information. I had to look at my life from a whole new perspective now. Nothing was the same, yet nothing had really changed. It all just looked different... I could live forever, with Remy! If he lived that long too. Forever with Remy. I couldn't stop the smile that crept across my face at the thought, and I saw Mum smirk at my expression. I didn't doubt that she could guess what I was thinking of.

"I want grandbabies Ana, but not from you just yet."

"Mum!"

She chuckled, "Come on, we had better get back to the others. They'll be itching for an interrogation I'm guessing. They probably heard every word we said, right?"

I smiled at Mum, "You pretty much guessed it." We re-entered the living room, and found everyone exactly as we had left them, staring each other down, the only ones that were breathing – and moving – besides Mum and me were the werewolves and hybrids. I immediately felt tense. "Remy?"

He was instantly by my side and had me wrapped in a warm hug, making me sigh in contentment. "You okay baby?"

"As much as I can be I guess."

"Good." He said, planting a kiss onto my temple. I sent a small smile at him which he returned, before my attention was drawn once again to the leader it seemed of the foreign vampires; Aro. He beckoned me closer, and after a rigid nod from Remy, I tentatively shuffled to stand in front of him. I know he could have reached out and grabbed me before I even noticed, but I left more than an arms length of space between us.

"No handshake?"

"Knowing what you're capable of, I'd prefer it if you kept your hands to yourself thanks."

He smirked but nodded, before closing his eyes and rolling his neck. "Well Carlisle, I think it's safe to say you can divulge what information you see fit with Marie. We'll take our leave for now." Aro rose to his feet and made his way to the door, pausing beside me momentarily, "We'll be watching."

Everyone watched as the infamous Volturi left the house, not even putting up a fight. Was I the only one here thinking that was too easy? I saw Edward shake his head, and knew everyone thought this was a little too easy, too suspicious. It took half an hour and Emmet to crack the lamest joke on the planet to break the tension in the room. Everyone eventually paired off and left to their own devices, until only Carlisle, Esme, Mum, Remy and I were left in the living room. Even then it was only a few more minutes before Carlisle and Esme went out to hunt. Mum smiled cheekily at me, "I'll leave you two lovebirds be then. Be safe, I don't want to find out if you age or not just yet-"

"Mum!"

"I'm going already! Bye darling, bye Jeremy."

"Seeya Ms Clays."

We waved Mum off – I considered pushing Mum out of the house before she said anything else embarrassing – before Remy pulled me into his side again. "You really okay baby?"

"Yeah."

"Okay." And that was all the warning I got before he pushed me backwards onto the sofa and jumping beside me, pulling me into a hug. "I was really worried about you."

Aww, I smiled, "Me too. Love you."

"And I love you." He mumbled, before he started nipping at my neck. "Can you do that growling thing again, it was really sexy."

"Remy!" I slapped his shoulder. He blew a raspberry into my neck, making me laugh, before he proceeded to kiss down my neck and along my collar bone. I was barely aware of the fact that he lifted me up and started to carry me somewhere upstairs, other than the fact that his hands left my waist and moved to grip my thighs. "Remy, where are we going?"

"I found a place."

"What?" did he mean... as in now?!

"No one else is here now." Remy pulled away and looked into my eyes. "Can we?..."

"But we don't even have a c-"

"I got everything already."

I blushed, "Everything?!"

Now Remy was the one blushing, "You know... just in case... I'm a teenage boy Ana!"

I laughed, kissing him on the nose. Was I ready? If it had to be anyone, it would always have been Remy. So I guess... why not now? Let's make him squirm a little. I grinned to myself as I ground my hips into Remy's, hearing him groan in my ear. "And I guess I'm just a teenage girl." I pulled away from him, "But...-"

"Not now."

"...No." He sighed but nodded his head, resting his head on my shoulder while he still held me in his arms. I pulled his head up to face me, planting a soft kiss on his nose, "Five minutes ago."

He looked really confused, but only for a second, before breaking out the biggest grin I had ever seen. "Really?!" I grinned, nodding my head. He shook his head, putting on the worst fake-angry face I had ever seen, "Don't tease me like that Ana."

"Who else will?" I hopped out of his arms and took some steps back, "But if you don't want to..." and then I ran.

"Come back here Ana! Just wait until I catch you!"

I laughed and ran through the house. Remy may be fast, but I was the master at dodging around and behind objects and backtracking. Remy kept almost catching me, managing to pinch my butt or grab my waist before I twisted out of his arms. I know he was playing with me, he could have kept me in his arms, but I think the wolf in him was enjoying the chase. I don't know how long we spent chasing, but suddenly I found the house too quiet.

I looked all around me, expecting Remy to jump out at me or something. Nothing. He was up to something...- "Ah!" I spun round to face Remy rolling on the ground practically laughing his pretty head off. He had silently snuck up behind me and planted a kiss right on the back of my neck. The sneak... "That was not funny! I almost had a heart attack!!"

Remy managed to pull himself up to sit, "Still need the kiss of life?"

"Hmpf!" I was about to say something else when I saw the hilarious sight of Emmet manoeuvring his way into the room – we were back in the living room by now – with one hand covering his eyes and the other held out in front of him.

"Are you kids decent? I don't want to see you two getting it on, that's just nasty!"

I blushed while Remy blew a raspberry at him, "And what do you think I feel like when I walk in on you and auntie Rose?!"

"Lucky?"

Rosalie walked in after her husband, whacking him on the head in usual Rosalie-fashion, "Shut up Emmet, they're still fully dressed."

Emmet peeked between his fingers before whining, "What?! But we left hours ago like Remy said so they could-"

Thud, "Idiot."

"Sorry Rose."

I turned, "You told them to leave?"

He was scratching the back of his neck now, smiling his most adorable smile at me, not working this time buddy, "Ana baby, I love you. I just thought maybe today we could finally, well, you know..."

I rolled my eyes at him, inwardly pleased at the fact he had thought that much about us having sex as I had. I leant up and pecked Remy on the jaw before turning around, "I think I had better head back home."

"Already?!"

"Yes Remy, already. I've been here since after lunch, and I can see the sky is already starting to grow dark. I'll call you tonight. Oh! I almost forgot. Mum found a house, not far from here actually. Maybe five minutes away. She paid the deposit on it already, but we need help getting everything together. Can you ask Esme if she could possibly help us? Please please please, with a cherry on top?"

Remy smiled tapping his chin, "Well if you're begging-"

"Fine then, never mind. I'll have to tell Mum to call in some big strong moving men to come and help-"

"Why must you always tease me so? You know I'd do anything for you."

"I know, but you're the one who gives me such wonderful opportunities to tease." I grinned up at him, "Love you. Bye now."

Remy pulled me into one of his unfair but delicious goodbye kisses – usually making me not want to leave – before sighing, "Goodbye I guess... for now."

"Uh-huh." I walked out of the living room, hugging Emmet and waving to Rosalie on the way out. Mum wasn't here anymore, and I didn't want to go back in to ask for a lift... I guess I was going to take the scenic route. Cross my fingers that I don't get lost again.