Don't own it. I hope I am keeping things fresh. I have read a lot of Twilight fanfiction and enjouyed most of it. But I try my best to keep things fresh. To attack the story at different angles. I hope you are still enjoying it. It won't last forever but I have a ways to go yet before I reach the finish line with this one. The themse for this chapter seems to be fatherhood. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 25

GPOV

Almost, almost, don't fall. Ahh shit.

"She's never gonna get it. Just like she can't ride a motorcycle without wrecking it. It's not her balance that's the problem. She's just a natural klutz."

"Shut up Peter." I grumbled. She was going to be pissed. And she wouldn't stop until she thought she could get it right. Just like dancing. Only she hasn't got dancing right just yet.

"Bella still trying to surf huh?" Charlie asked walking up with his arm around Kat. So far we have been on this island for a few months. It was a private island similar to the one that I took Bella too the first months of her change. Charlie and Kat were able to get a handle on their stronger urges and we were all able to have some R & R. Plus this island was big enough that Bella didn't have to go under water to avoid certain noises and neither did Charlie. The two had been getting along fairly well. Charlie and Bella that is. So long as the conversation didn't go anywhere near sex it was all good. Honestly it was great to see Bella having this relationship with Charlie. Bella and Kat were getting along as well. They even walked the beach line hand in hand the other night. Charlotte stalked them from the trees and dragged Bella to our bedroom as soon as they were back and ate her out for hours but other than that it went smoothly.

Until Bella found that damn surfboard. She has been trying nonstop to surf but it doesn't seem to be working. She has tried to do other things that involved balance such as riding a motorcycle. She has now been relegated to riding with me since Peter got tired of attempting to fix the bikes she wrecked. Bella is a proud woman and these little blows to her pride are going to start adding up and making life difficult for me. She was walking out of the ocean, her body sparkling, water dripping off her body, her beautiful hair soaked and stringy around her face. Like Venus rising from the sea. I got hard looking at her.

"Why the fuck can't I get this!?"

"Baby, it takes some practice. Even vampires don't get it right the first time. Hell most vampires don't even bother to learn. Give yourself some credit."

"Kat did it yesterday." Bella pointed out.

"Beginners luck?"

Bella glared at me and stomped back to the shed. Luckily she didn't break the board. Everyone else had fun with it when Bella couldn't see. The Island was in the Pacific about thirty miles off the Coast of California. It was nice. The only problems were going to the mainland to hunt. It took some time. Luckily we sailed into LA so prey was plentiful. Charlie took to it like a champ. He seemed to relish killing criminals. I suppose it is every cops dream. I learned Carlisle and Emmett burned Charlie's house down after placing a couple unclaimed bodies from the morgue in the fire.

"You better go make her feel better Garrett." Char told me, winking at me.

It was true. It was my duty to make her feel better in the surf shack. Lying her across the board. In that black tiny bikini. I may not even take it off of her. It certainly wouldn't get in the way. Charlie won't even look at her when she is wearing it if he can help it.

"You're right Char. If you all will excuse me." I took off and heard Charlie say to Kat that now would be a good time to check out those underwater caves they had found.

BPOV

Okay I get the whole motorcycle thing. It's not easy shifting with my feet and figuring out the hand things and the clutch thing and doing it all at once. I can see why I tend to wreck quite a few bikes. But the surf thing is simple. I should be able to do this. I have perfect balance. Right? I mean I'm a vampire. Perfect balance. The damn thing is so slippery though and they water keeps going the way I don't want it to…

"Maybe surfing just isn't your thing Bella." Garrett said walking in.

"Maybe, but a girl would like to think she is good at something other than sex."

"You do a lot of things good baby."

"Like what?" I asked him pouting. I was in dire need of a confidence boost right now.

"You are a great fighter. You survived taking on multiple newborns."

"Yeah I guess so." I grudgingly agreed. But still I wasn't near the fighter Garrett or Jasper or even Char was.

Garrett laughed at my pouting face.

"You know there is nothing wrong with being really good at sex."

"You think so?" I whispered to him. He moved closer.

"You know it makes your dad very uncomfortable to see you in a tiny string thong bikini."

"Yeah well, he should have stayed in the fucking basement like I told him." I whispered to him moving my mouth to his delicious lips. The question is are you going to take this bikini off?"

"No."

Say what?

"I don't think it will be necessary. I think I prefer it on you right now."

That's my man.

"Just don't break it. I like it."

"I like it too baby. I like it too." He pushed me back gently against my board on the table. I felt his tongue softly invading my mouth. He tasted so wonderful. His hands gently ran up my thighs and I could feel myself getting soaked despite my already wet state. Every time he touches me my body has this reaction and it only seems to get stronger. I fight myself everyday not to fuck him 24/7. I untied his shorts and pulled them down feeing his cock. I felt his hand rubbing the little bit of material covering my pussy. He gently pushed it aside and placed a finger in me. I clenched around it."

"Already Bella? That didn't take long." He smirked at me. I moaned, too caught up in him to form a coherent response. I grabbed his hard cock and guided it in me and clenched my legs around his waist. I tried to hold it in. I bit the hell out of my lip. I tried to cover my mouth with my hand. But he was rubbing my clit and fucking me so hard, I couldn't stop moaning. And when I couldn't take it anymore I screamed and came so hard I would have lost consciousness if I were human. I hope Charlie didn't hear that. I lost it. My body was thrashing and he picked me up so I wouldn't break the board under me and laid me on the ground. I thought he would turn me over and fuck me from behind but he surprised me. He stretched his body over mine and stretched out my legs equally with his. This made me clench him even harder.

"Do you want to taste yourself baby?" he whispered.

I whimpered and shook my head yes. He let me up on my knees. I attacked his cock. I loved the feel of it sliding down my throat. It was amazing. I have orgasmed before from just sucking his beautiful cock and playing with myself. I could feel him get even larger.

"Where do you want it baby? Breasts or face." He whispered to me. I couldn't form words with my mouth wrapped around him do I pushed my chest forward and pinched my nipples that were already hard as rocks. Now they were even harder knowing what was coming. He was about to explode and I sucked harder cupping his balls and squeezing gently. I felt it in my mouth and pulled him out. I felt him on me. I didn't give him a chance to recover. I knocked him on his back and sat on his face. I started moaning again. Loudly. I knew everybody on the island could probably hear us but I didn't give a damn. After a few hours I came to my senses long enough to realize we should probably stop at some point. I leaned down and cleaned his cock with my mouth. "Thank you baby."

"Baby you never have to thank me for that. Want to go again? Maybe on the beach."

I was about to tell him why we shouldn't when I heard Garrett's phone ring. I looked at it and saw it was Carlisle. "Hey Daddy C. How's it hanging?"

"I remember this Bella. You wanted me to say…low and to the left right?"

I had to laugh. "Yes Carlisle, you got it perfect."

"It's good to hear your voice Bella. How are Charlie and Katlyn?"

"Good. Almost got that blood lust under control. We have only had to make two trips to the city this past week."

"And the other part?"

"Still going at it like rabbits Carlisle. But I am holding my own in that area to. As a matter of fact I just got fuc…"

"I'm glad to hear that Bella, about Charlie and Kat. I could do without hearing about your sex life."

"Pervin on my dad and step mommy huh Carlisle?"

"Bella I am going to avoid your blatant attempts to bait me into saying something I will regret and which Emmett will never let me forget. I called to invite you all for an extended family vacation."

"Really? Where are we going? Disneyland?"

"I thought my family and yours might like to go to an Island I own off the coast of South America. It is very beautiful. I bought it for Esme years ago."

"Really? You bought her an island? Garrett has never offered to buy me an island. He just likes taking other peoples. It must be nice to have a husband who would buy you an island." I told him holding a straight face.

"So who is all coming Carlisle?"

"Alice, Jasper, Hannah, Vicki, Rose and Emmett and of course little Bella who is not so little anymore."

"How tall is she Carlisle?"

"Not very tall. 5'6, 110m pounds. Getting stronger every day. She is about the age of a 15 year old now. I imagine soon her growth rate will slow to normal until she reaches approximately 20 or so and it stops all together."

"What about her heart Carlisle? Can it really pump forever?"

"If it doesn't Bella, we can always turn her." I worried about my little namesake. And I missed her. I talked to her at least twice a week on the phone. She is so smart. And pretty. She was living with the Cullens in Montana. It was winter there so it worked out for them.

"Carlisle I can't speak for the others but I would love to come to the Island. So would Garrett, Char, Peter, Charlie and Kat."

"Bella you just said you can't speak for them?"

"I did? That was stupid of me to say. So when do you want to meet?"

"This weekend?"

"Excellent. Text me the GPS coordinates and we will see you there. I want to go into LA and buy a yacht anyway. This will give us a reason to."

"Excellent Bella. We can't wait to see you all."

I hung up the phone and looked at Garrett, who was cocking an eyebrow at me.

"What?"

"So we are taking a trip?"

"Duh. You heard everything right? I mean you're hearing isn't going is it?"

"And we are buying a yacht?"

"Yep. Let's go tonight and look."

"We have a yacht sitting out there."

"Yeah but we need one that isn't stolen Garrett. I know you think it's fun but you're a freakin billionaire and stealing other people's property. I don't care if they are rich, stuck up assholes. We really should get one of our own. I mean there are 6 of us and Davey and we need the room. The ones we would steal that have that much space would attract too much attention form the Coast Guard if they turned up missing. And we can't get boarded by the Coast Guard. That would bring up all sorts of awkward questions."

"Fine, Bella. Can we get back to what we were doing before Carlisle called?"

Garrett POV

A few days later and we were pulling our little boat, a 78' Lazzara luxury yacht into Isle Esme. The boat was nice. I have stolen nicer but it is what it is. Davey had room to run which he was in desperate need of. I knew Bulldogs were short and stocky but he almost refused to move anymore. He just ate and waited for Bella and Char to pick him up. Charlie absolutely loved the boat. Despite only needing and wanting blood to survive he still loves to fish and when not driving the boat has been fishing. He caught a blue marlin. It was impressive. He was a little disappointed that it didn't put up much of a fight against his vampire strength. According to Charlie part of the challenge of catching one of these things is the fight to get him in the boat. The only problems we had with the trip was trying to be quiet while having sex. I mean I don't care how big this boat is. Peter and Char of course didn't bother being quiet. Charlie and Kat tried at first but gave up quickly causing Bella to jump overboard and swim beside us. When she came up she decided if they weren't going to be quiet neither was she. I think the awkward thing is we were all becoming strangely immune to the sound of sex. Almost like something would be strange if someone wasn't doing it. At least most of us were. Bella still loved to listen to Peter and Char and cringed when hearing her father. I can't blame her I suppose. That may take a few thousand years to get used to. After this little interlude at Isle Esme, we are heading back to the Ranch in San Antonio and building Charlie and Kat a sound proof house identical to Peter and ours. Bella and Char say they absolutely refuse to leave Texas for a couple years. We have done enough traveling for a while and I hate to say I agree with her. The idea of being in front of my TV on my couch with my dog and my wife wrapped around me was very appealing. And with that thought I realized my nomad status was completely shot to hell. I don't mind though. I liked being a nomad because I would never get bored. There was always a new adventure waiting. But now, I am never bored. You can't be bored with Bella, no matter where you are.

BPOV

We were in sight of the Island. Thank God. I have been bored out of my mind. As creepy as it is hearing my dad have sex, it is just as creepy to know he can hear me too. We could make this whole coven thing work. We just needed sound proof houses. Very sound proof houses. It has not escaped my mind the irony of this situation. Before the newborn fight last year, Dad and I argued about me staying around him. Now we are bound together. Actually I haven't ordered him or Kat a Texas Coven bowling shirt. I may have to make them work for it. That said I am proud of the progress they have made. Especially Kat. I was worried how she would take to this life but she has been a champ. She didn't relish the idea of killing another human until we arrived at a rape in progress behind a dumpster in an alley. She had no problem with that. Yep, she's my kid.

I hit the water and swam in while Charlie anchored. I could see the sparkly bodies on the beach but the one I was looking for was just glowing sort of. I ran up to her and wrapped her in my arms and she did the same.

"Bella!" she yelled.

"Bella! I missed you so much. You can't stay away that long again!"

"Well I have had my hands full with my newborns but I promise we will see each other more."

"Where is Davey? I want to see how fat he has gotten!"

"He's on the boat Bell. Why don't you go get him for me?"

Bell took off and Hannah and Vicki walked out. I gave them both hugs and Char did the same as she was emerging from the water behind me. We introduced Kat and Charlie to them since they had never officially met. Carlisle and Esme came out and Esme would hardly leave my side. Alice and Rose came out as well. Emmett gave me a bear hug. Jasper smirked at me. I don't know why but this seems to be his move of affection. Weird guy, Jasper.

We were on the beach after dark. A campfire was going and we were all sitting around. Carlisle and Esme were on either side of me. We were making small talk and laughing. I noticed Charlie was staring at me from across the fire. He had kind of a sad look on his face. I wonder what was going on in his head? I would have to ask him later.

We talked about plans for the next few weeks. Bells, as I had taken to calling her had found multiple underwater caves and a few shipwrecks she wanted us to check out with her. She didn't need to breath which was weird since her heart pumped blood and blood needed oxygen but Carlisle assured me there were technical reasons for everything involving big words and that was enough to stop me from delving to deeply into the topic.

Garrett was talking to Japer about some civil war battle and Peter was listening intently. Char was talking to Kat, Hannah and Vicki about some article in a celebrity magazine she had read on the way up here. Charlie was just sitting and staring at me. Or was it me? He may have been looking at Carlisle. Carlisle noticed. He looked up a couple times and smiled but quickly looked back at me. He eventually gave me a hug and told Esme he was going for a walk on the beach. Strange. He was gone for a few minutes when I heard Charlie tell Kat he was also taking a walk on the beach. Maybe Charlie had some vampire questions for Carlisle he didn't want to talk to me about. Esme asked if I would show her the yacht so since we were already in swimsuits we jumped in the water and swan to the boat. It would be nice to spend some Esme time. Sometimes a girl needs to be mothered.

Charlie POV

I saw him up ahead waiting for me. Just out of ear range of everyone else. He had his back to me looking at the stars over the water but it was obvious he knew I was there.

"Beautiful night, isn't it Charlie?" He said in his smooth little voice.

"I know your game Carlisle."

"What game would that be Charlie?"

"How many are you playing right now?" I asked him.

"I assure you Charlie, I am not playing any games."

"She's my daughter, not yours."

"She is my daughter in every way that matters."

"SHE IS NOT!" I knew it. "You were hoping when she was turned you would never have to deal with me. Then I found her. That had to piss you off. Then I got turned. That had to piss you off even more. You thought I would eventually die and she would be you and Esme's."

"Bella belongs to no one but herself. If you knew her better, you would know that." He said with a smile.

"I know my daughter. My daughter!"

"You know the girl who babysat you when you were human. Who baby sits you now. Who turned your girlfriend, her former roommate, into a vampire so you could continue to be together. Who lets you stay around despite your lust for her friend. Bella loves you deeply. But don't ever mistake your place in her life. She takes care of you. She always has. As a human and now. And now she will be stuck taking care of you forever. Bella needs a father, not another child."

It took everything in me not to attack that asshole. "I would have to disagree." I gritted out. "You abandoned her." See how he likes that.

"Yes I did and I regret it every day. But you abandoned her first."

"I never abandoned her." What the hell was he talking about?

"You could have left with Renee. You could have tried to save your marriage and been there for Bella. Even if the marriage couldn't be saved you could have moved closer so you could see her on weekends. But you didn't. You stayed behind where you were happy. You know Bella resents you for that?"

"No she doesn't." I whispered, feeling like I just got hit by a very large hammer.

"She told me. She told me because those kind of hurts are the things a daughter talks about with her father. She told me about how I hurt her by leaving as well. You know as well as I do that when she moved to Forks you were Charlie to her. She could hardly ever remember to call you Dad. And she never did around us. You may not like to hear this. But I am not going to step aside so you can feel better about your parenting skills. When was the last time you did a damn thing to take care of her? To ease her burdens? She has been in two major conflicts since she was turned. Most vampires go through their existence without having one. She has had to make life or death decisions. She has risked her life and attempted to give up her life for others. She is 24 years old Charlie. I don't have to compete with you for her affections. She loves us both. But we both know who she considers her father. Who she looks to when she needs guidance or love or has doubts. When she needs a father. And it sure as hell isn't you. If it was you wouldn't have felt the need to stare at me all night or follow me out here in some misguided attempt to stake a claim on a woman who no one but Garrett can claim. And that's only because she lets him. Now if you will excuse me, I heard Esme and Bella swimming towards the yacht. I am going to join my wife and daughter. I haven't had any private time with her. I miss her. Enjoy the night."

He jumped in the water and was gone. I wanted to be angry and break something. But what? I couldn't say anything. He didn't say a damn thing to me that wasn't true. He never raised his voice. He didn't have too. He was right. What the hell do I do now? I sat down on the beach and looked up at the stars. I felt Katlyn coming before I heard her. She wrapped her arms around me from behind and her legs around my waist.

"Wanna talk about it?"

I shook my head. Times like this I'm glad I can't cry. "No. I think I am talked out tonight baby. I just feel like staring at the stars."

BPOV

"Did Charlie seem weird tonight to you Esme?" We were lying out on our deck chairs. She had already been through the yacht and offered several suggestions for remodeling. She never stops. I am glad. I wouldn't want her to ever change.

"I don't really know Charlie well Bella. You would be a better judge of that." She said never taking her eyes off the stars above.

"Look at that constellation Bella."

She spent the next hour pointing out the mysteries of the sky to me. I found myself lying next to her leaning my head on her chest and cuddling up to her. Basking in her. I needed this. Carlisle came and took my spot in the chair and they both talked to me. About nothing important. Carlisle asked me about hobbies I might be interested in or things I may want to do. I told him about my failed experiments with Surfing and Motorcycles. Surprisingly he didn't laugh at me.

"Bella, just because you are a vampire, doesn't mean you are going to pick everything up right away. You learned to control your gift easily. Easier than most vampires who are hundreds of years old. Maybe you just figured everything would be easy but it's not. Just because you can't do it now, doesn't mean you won't be able to or can't ever. Has anyone showed you the basics of surfing? Or did you just get on a board and go?"

"I just grabbed it and went. It didn't seem that hard on TV."

"Tomorrow morning at sunup, the two of us are going to surf. I will not stop working with you until you get it right."

"Really? You know how to surf?"

"Yes and it can be a spiritual experience. Give me a chance." He said smiling at me.

"Okay, thanks. I don't want anybody else to watch though."

"I will make sure they are otherwise occupied Bella." Esme told me squeezing me a little bit. Suddenly I couldn't wait for sunup.

The next morning Carlisle was in the water with me. He walked me through the basics on shore. He swears this is the way to go. And since I don't know what the hell I am doing I trusted him. Learning to get up on the sand helped out in the water. Within a couple of hours I had caught my first wave. I was smiling so hard. I couldn't remember the last time I smiled this big. He was right as always. It was a spiritual experience. I needed this. I needed a win. I hugged Carlisle and saw Esme clapping from the beach. I waved to her and caught a sparkle on the top of one of the trees. It looked like Charlie sitting in a tree. I wonder what he is doing up there? Probably just watching from a distance to not make me nervous. I came out of the water and hugged Esme. I then hugged Carlisle. I forget how much I need them in my life when I am away from them for too long. I won't make that mistake again.

We were all sitting down watching the world news when Carlisle's phone rang. He had a weird look on his face and answered.

"Yes Sam?"

"Carlisle we have a vampire here who says he needs to speak with you and it's urgent. But he has no idea where you or your family are. We thought of killing him but considering everything you went through for us we just couldn't do that."

"Who is the vampire?"

"It's Edward Cullen. And he says he has to talk to you. It's a matter of life or death."

The whole room was dead quiet. Carlisle looked speechless.

"Could you put him on the phone, Sam"

For the first time in over a year and a half I heard Edward's voice. I looked at little Bell and she was shocked. She never talked about him much.

"Carlisle?" He didn't sound good. Sounded stressed.

"Edward?"

"Please come to Forks Carlisle. Please. It involves little Bella."

"I assure you little Bella is safe Edward." Carlisle told him in a calm voice.

"She isn't Carlisle. I know who was after her. I know who sent the Newborns after Charlie. Yes I know about that. I know it all. And I know who was aiding Irina. Bella is in danger Carlisle. Please come to the house in Forks."

"Put Sam back on the phone Edward."

"Carlisle?"

"Sam please allow him to go to our residence in Forks and instruct him to stay there. I don't want him going anywhere until I speak to him. Please?"

"Of course Carlisle."

The call was ended.

"Well it appears I will be heading to Forks."

"Not without me." I told him.

"Bella you and your family have done enough to help us."

"You are our family Carlisle. We all go."

I looked at Alice. "What do you see Allie?"

"Nothing Bella. I see nothing."

The next day found us driving in a caravan of cars to the Cullen house. We pulled in and Edward was standing on the front porch. We walked up. Nobody said hi. Edward opened his mouth.

"Look I know I'm an asshole. I know I don't deserve to be with the family. But I love my daughter. When I left I ddint go far and I saw what was happening. I saw Bella save my daughter from Irina. I started searching for who was after her. A vampire is after her. He is from South America. He wanted little Bella. He was a witness for the Volturi. He saw how strong Bella was. When he sent Irina to capture little Bella he watched from a distance and saw that Bella wouldn't let him. He couldn't harm her or get her away from Bella so he figured after the newborn battle if her father and friend were dead she would go off alone. He has been biding his time. I tracked him to Brazil. Zafrina doesn't even know him. He is a shadow. He has fathered multiple half breeds. But he has only one son. The other 3 that I know of are his daughters. He caught me in Brazil. I have been with him for 6 months now. He ripped my legs and arms off so I couldn't get away. He fights like no one I have ever seen. Not even you Jasper. He left a week ago and left me in a cave. Zafrina found me. She helped me pull myself back together. I came running here as fast as I could. He wants little Bells to breed with his son. He has this idea of a super race of vampire half breeds. He has not given up on her. He just decided to take his time and let her grow. And get to her when Bella wasn't around."

"Why should we believe you?" I heard Bell say. "You called me an abomination. You were horrible to my mother. I have no feelings for you. You are nothing to me." Wow, go little Bella. Get those feelings out girl.

"I realize you don't Bella. And I am sorry. I never expected you and then everything was just so messed up. I can't change what happened. But I will protect you. I will do everything I can to protect you."

"What is this vampire's name Edward?" Carlisle asked.

"Joham."

Carlisle had a strange look on his face. I walked up beside him.

"You heard of this guy Carlisle?"

"Only rumors. I almost believed he didn't really exist." Carlisle looked worried.

"This is bad Carlisle." Jasper said walking up. "If he is really doing that. You have heard the legends about this guy. He could be building an army of newborns who are easy to control. The only cost would be the lives of the women he impregnated. If he gets Bell, and can breed her with his son…"

"That's not going to fucking happen. I won't leave her side. I don't care if it takes a million years to catch this guy. I am not leaving her until he is ash." I wrapped my arm around her and pulled her close. Rose, Alice and Char stepped closer to her and Hannah and Vicki were right behind her. Nobody touches our girl.