(AN: we are still on summer break from school so that is why the kids are home. Charlie is still off work he decided to take a couple more days off work before he returns on Monday. Carlisle took a few days off as well to help Charlie adjust to the vampire life and to hang out with his grandkids.)
"Edward I am going to call Rene right now so that she and Phil can come here next week."
"Sure love, why don't you offer to pay for their tickets" Said Edward
With that I picked up the phone and dialed my mom's number
"Hello"
"Hey Mom"
"Is that really you baby, you haven't called me in weeks or emailed me I was starting to think you either don't love me anymore or something happened to you."
"I am sorry mom for being such a horrible mother. I do love you I just have been really busy. I have several things that I need to tell you but I don't want to say it over the phone. Is it possible that you could come with Phil to Forks next week?"
"I don't know baby, Phil has a lot to do and we just moved to Florida. I am trying to find a job and
Although Phil is doing well we still struggle not to mention he might have a game or practice. I have to get back to you on that."
"Is he there now?"
"Yes he is hold on while I get him to come to phone."
"Hello"
"Hey Phil"
"Hello Bella I haven't heard you voice in a while. What have you been up too?"
"Why don't you put it on speaker phone so that I can discuss things with you both?"
"Sure, it is on speaker phone now. So what do you need to speak with us about? You are not pregnant are you, because if you are then you are going to come back to live with me because obviously living with your father was a mistake."
"Rene. Sorry about that Bella that was a little rude. Why don't you let your daughter speak before you make accusations? I know you miss you daughter but she made the choice to go live with her father."
"Sorry Baby you speak now."
My family was trying to suppress their laughter including my dad who had been listening to both sides of the conversation. I myself was trying not to laugh because it was a typical Rene response but the irony was that I may not be pregnant now but I had been pregnant and had given birth. I was right to call now instead of then. She will still argue when she gets here but she will calm down. It may take a week but she will.
"That's ok mom. Anyway I wanted to invite you and Phil to come visit I have things to discuss with you but I don't want to do it over the phone. Do you think it will be possible if you guys came down to Forks next week and stay a while?"
"Yeah that is fine, I don't have any game or practice scheduled and I have vacation time saved up, plus I am still on the DL list due to breaking my leg. I could have gone back but I just wanted to make sure I was completely healed before I return. Rene what is your opinion."
"Well I forgot to mention your injury to Bella, are you sure you can travel in your condition?"
"Stop making excuses. You complain that your daughter hasn't called or emailed you in a while yet you are making all kinds of excuses not to see her. Is it her or are you worried about an interaction with you ex. I know that the last time you spoke with him he still wasn't over you, but you have spoken to him since Bella decided to move in with him, so he could be dating someone. I am also fine to travel. My cast is scheduled to be removed in a month I believe and I can go see a doctor in Forks"
"Ok, you are right I guess. I have been making excuses. How are going to buy tickets in such short notice they are going to be really expensive and what do I pack I don't have clothes for Forks. I wish you had called me sooner so I can have time to buy the tickets at a cheaper price and so I had time to go shopping to get appropriate clothing. Now I don't have time. Where are we going to stay because there isn't enough room at Charlie's and the hotels are too far from Forks? "
Edward spoke to me in his mind to me that he bought first class tickets for my mom and Phil Dwyer for this Saturday and that they would be ready to be picked up at the counter any time including the day that they are due to travel. He also mentions that they are one way tickets since we are unsure when they are going to return. He also suggested since Charlie is staying here that there would be room at Charlie's house and that we could redecorate. I spoke to him back through my mind that, that is a great idea. Also we could maybe try to make the place more private from neighbors and add onto it to accommodate more guests and to update everything so my mom will know that he has moved on.
"Mom-Rene, stop your ranting. Anyway about the tickets your tickets are already purchased for this Saturday and are ready to be picked up at your ticket counter anytime. We thought it would be best to get one way tickets because we are unsure when you are going to be returning. Don't worry about a place to stay there is room at Charlie's I promise you. Also about clothes don't worry about that either, in fact you don't have to bring anything. My best friend likes to shop and she is dying to take you shopping."
"Ok, how are you paying for tickets? Charlie doesn't make a whole lot being the Chief of Police and I know you don't have a job. I hope you are not getting into your college savings. About your friend I don't want to burden her and I don't have a lot of money. I like shopping though."
My college fund has remained virtually untouched except that it is now quadrupled thanks to mine and Alice's abilities. You see I invested some of the money in various stocks and bonds much like what the rest of Family does with the money they earn throughout the centuries.
"Don't worry about how I am paying for your tickets, and no mom I am not getting into my college savings. We will discuss the shopping thing when you get there. About the doctor my best friend's father is a doctor he would be happy to take a look at your broken leg to make sure it is healing properly. Although he is a Forks Doctor he is better than your doctors I can assure you."
"Ok Honey, I guess I will see you Saturday do you want me pick up a rental? Or can either Charlie or you pick us up?"
I quickly looked into the future. Ok it isn't going to be sunny. She will freak out if Charlie picks her up due to his changes not to mention his Red eyes covered in contacts. She will notice my changes but won't question me until I get home. She will notice the similarities between me, and Edward but she won't freak out as much as she would if Charlie picked her up. I don't need to take Alice or Jasper because I can use my gifts to see the future and calm her down if she did decide to freak out, which she won't until we get home.
"No need to rent a car, I can pick you up on Saturday. You will be flying into Seattle not Port Angeles. "
"Ok honey. Do you think your truck will make it to Seattle it is very old."
There were a few chuckles with that. I guess I haven't spoke with my mom in a while since she is unaware that I no longer have the truck instead I have a fast car. Which reminds me Charlie is going to need to buy a car. He can't be traveling in the police car on his day off, not to mention he loves my car. I will have to talk to him about it.
"Don't worry about that either. I no longer have the truck, it died long time ago. I since then have a new vehicle and trust me it can make it to Seattle just fine."
"Ok honey, I don't want you to go alone to Seattle to pick me up, so maybe your friend could go with you."
"Don't worry about that either I won't be traveling alone."
"Ok honey I will see you later." "By Bella see you then too."
"Bye mom, Bye Phil"
With that we hung up the phone.
"Ok here is the plan. I quickly looked in the future which is why I said that it was ok to pick her up. It won't be sunny. I also looked into all the scenarios of who will pick her up and the best possible solution is for me to pick her up with Edward. She will notice my changes and the similarities between me and Edward but she won't say anything until we get to the house. Besides I can use Jasper's and Alice's gifts if need be. As soon as they get to Charlie's house she will demand some explanations and there will be an argument but the neighbors won't hear any of it because I will sound proof the room using my shielding ability. Before we pick her up we need to update your house dad. Edward and I were discussing silently while I was on the phone with mom that we really need to redecorate the house and build some more floors and bedrooms. Also create better privacy maybe move the house backwards a little so that it is more into the forest away from the neighbors. There is a lot of land back there. I am not usually for taking some of the forest down but we can always relocate the trees or plant new ones.
Since you are living here maybe that house could just be an extra house for us. I am sure that you don't want to really be living in the same roof as your ex wife even if you both have your own mates. Yes Phil is her mate even if they are not vampires yet."
"That sounds like a great plan. We need to buy out more of the surrounding lands behind the house which shouldn't be a problem and then get this done as quickly as possible. I think we should start by clearing forest behind the house once we buy more land so that the neighbors won't see us working vampire speed. We only have a week but we can get a lot done with all of us being vampires. The kids could either help or spend the time with Seth and Jacob or hang out with us while we get to work. Once we are done we just need to move the house back and then build and plant around the house further concealing the house from prying neighbors."
"Hey kiddo, are you sure you want Rene to be a vampire? Phil is tolerable but Rene is something else. Now that I am a vampire I now know why we didn't work out. She is so annoying, and something else that I can't quite describe." Said Charlie
I chuckled. She can be annoying and scatterbrained. "Yes dad, she can be a bit much and she did tend to hover. The problem is that she does have the right to go to the wedding and even if we didn't invite her she was going to make a surprise visit and when she did she would freak out and leave and then bigger problems will arise because she wouldn't have confronted us. She can handle things but we need to do it on our terms not leave it up to her. Trust me. Besides once she has Halflings like me and becomes a vampire she will be a lot less scatterbrained, well no that isn't exactly true, she will be a lot easier to deal with. Basically the scatterbrained tendencies that she has a human will be manifested in her power instead. She won't have the need to try and learn a multitude of things; she will be able to settle and not have to move as much. She is already starting to mellow out now that she is married to Phil she hasn't had the urge to try a new hobby only to get bored with it and move onto something else. It was crazy living with her when she did that because I had to learn to be the adult while she continued to be childlike. I guess her human personality will allow her to have the gift of Knowledge as a vampire."
"That makes sense. Ok I trust her judgment" Said Charlie
"That is interesting. I wonder what gift Phil will have, or the children that they create." Said Carlisle
"Well Phil will have the gift of Control. He will be able to control his bloodlust and help others control theirs. He won't control everything just the ability to prevent others from losing control. He too will bypass his newborn stage. He will also be able to control his strength from the get go. I know how many kids they will have and the powers they will have but I decided to keep that a secret. When they arrive I don't want anyone to say anything unless either of them asks questions. They mainly will be asking me because she doesn't know any of you and you are her ex dad."
With that Carlisle and Charlie called the city and got permission to buy out the surrounding forest, while Esme went down and paid for the permits and properties. It just so happens that the two houses directly next to the house was also for sale so we decided to purchase both as well. The less nosey neighbors the better. (AN: The swans and the Cullens decided to combine all their assets since we are all family now. Once the Dwyer's and the Chaney's join the family of vampires they too will combine their assets. Also because they bought the property outright the turnover of ownership was instantaneous)
As soon as the permits and the properties were bought the Cullens and the Swans got to work. First they made room so that they could build a house further in the forest. Initially they were just going to move the house but instead they decided to just build a new one and tear down all three houses that they owned. We decided to do something else to prevent nosey neighbors. We put all the surrounding neighbors asleep and involved the La push wolves to help us build and take down the other houses and we just purchased. Now that they are forever connected thanks to the imprints they were more than willing to help. We also explained and got permission to change Phil and explained that Rene my mother will be turning like I did. Because they both will have control of their bloodlust like Angela and Ben will have they were ok with it. We promised that no other people will be changed. They told us that they will put in the new treaty that if the person is dying and chooses to be changed we could change them. We assure them that won't be happening but agreed to the terms anyway. We also planted new plants to replace the ones that we had to tear down so that the environment and atmosphere wouldn't drastically change.
We donated all the appliances and old furniture to make room for new things except for my rocking chair. The new house was a lot bigger, more practical and indestructible. We even figured out that if we mixed vampire venom and fire retardants in the building structure the whole house including the game room was vampire-proof and fire proof. We also added more security. The house was now a gated community and had hidden video cameras. We also got fictitious but legitimate documents stating that Charlie and I inherited money from a distant relative which is why we could afford such drastic changes to the house and eliminate any suspicions from the town folk which was proven necessary when the neighbors started questioning things. Both Jasper and I both had to use our powers to persuade them into thinking that we built this house gradually. The rest of the town we didn't have to do much because they just went along with the gossip that our nosey neighbors created.
During the creation we had to feed more often so that we could continually have enough venom to make the house because of that we took turns traveling to the surrounding states/forests and drained animals that were overpopulated.
The house itself has several floors that housed 12 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, 8 offices, a basement, very library, kitchen, living room, dining room and a garage. Several levels were underground so only five floors showed. The offices and library was fully stocked with the latest technologies and hobbies of every interest. The Kitchen was remodeled so that it had the best appliances and equipment. The living room and dining had all matching furniture that we and our resident shape shifters created using the trees we had to cut down to make room for the house. They too were mixed with venom. The floors were made of bamboo and venom.
The house also had a ventilation system so that the scents of both vampire's and shape shifters didn't permeate the house. This way we all could converse without having to worry about each other's senses. We also made sure that the house is impenetrable by both vampire and human alike meaning all supernatural creatures with or without powers couldn't break in without having proper codes or keys.
The basement was essentially a game room which we permanently soundproofed. It had an indoor heated pool and Jacuzzi, pool table, bowling alley, track, room to practice our powers and learn how to fight, basketball court, video game room, batting cage, and Baseball field which were all vampire-proofed.
Then the upmost top floor was essentially one large room which we turned into a soundproofed music/ recording studio which we stocked with vampire-proofed music equipment and instruments. The bed rooms we soundproofed as well and had walk in closets and vampire-proofed queen sized venom infused titanium bed and wood furniture. The bathrooms each had Jacuzzi's and showers that were big enough for two people. The inside of the house was painted in neutral colors and the outside of the house was painted sage with a few accented colors. The windows were tinted so that if a human were to come by they wouldn't be able to see inside the house. Not that it mattered anyway because from a human standpoint the house wasn't anything out of the ordinary, meaning a human couldn't tell that everything was indestructible and infused with venom.
The bedrooms rooms we created were for Edward and me, Renesmee, Elizabeth, Masen, Angela and Ben, Charlie and Victoria, two bedrooms for Rene and Phil's future kids—but for now I told them they were guest rooms—,Rene and Phil, Carlisle and Esme, Emmett and Rose, and Alice and Jasper .
We also created a working lab and interrogation rooms on one of the levels below ground so that all of us could research if we needed to research. These rooms were heavily protected in case unsuspecting humans or unknown vampires were to venture into the house for any reason.
There was also an unattached garage for our cars, tools and equipment.
This Swan House which is what we are calling this house was also created with the mindset that if we wanted to stay in the town without moving we could live here for many years without raising suspicion since it is completely gated, private, and equipped with everything imaginable. We could also attend schooling online as well and home school the half human/half vampire children as well. We just had to be careful when we left to go shopping. After a few years we just wouldn't step foot in the town of Forks but could travel to the adjacent towns to go shopping if need be. This place will also become necessary when we join forces with the Volturi in the future. This house will be our Volturi headquarters.
Once the Swan house was completed and trees were planted around the house for more privacy, which took only three days—we could have completed it faster but because it wouldn't be right to keep the neighbors asleep for three days, we had to work at night and keep them asleep while we worked throughout the night—the Cullen, swans and the Shape Shifters decided to remodel the Cullen household so that it too would be vampire-proofed and well ventilated. Because it wasn't near any neighbors we could do the remodeling in two days which also included the shopping needed to restock the place.
We put all the furniture and belongings in weatherproof bins, tore down the house and quickly built a new and improved house and used more of the land but still had a huge open space. We figured since we were creating another place indoors to learn how to mock fight and test our powers we didn't need as much land. We also couldn't create a gated community like at the Swan residence here because of the nearby river, so we kept it open so we could enjoy the views.
This newly built house had five floors above ground and three floors below ground and had a multi level car garage much to Rose's delight. The entire house was soundproofed and vampire-proofed much like the Swan residence. Also each bathroom and bedroom was designed similarly to what we created in the first house but still reflected each of our personalities and tastes.
The three floors below ground was the game room/recreation/exercise/Play room much like what is located at the Swan residence. It also had an interrogation room in case we needed to question an unfamiliar vampire who decided to stop by unannounced. The first floor, which is also the floor you enter when coming into the house, had the kitchen, living room dining room and spare bathroom along with an entrance to the top floor of the garage. We also added built in speakers and entertainment area so that if we were to invite guests we could entertain them. Not that we would but you never know.
The second floor housed Carlisle office/medical library, Carlisle/Esme's bedroom, Charlie/Victoria's office/library, Charlie/Victoria's bedroom, guest room, Esme's office/library and three bathrooms. The third floor was Jasper's war library, Alice/Jasper's bedroom, Alice's office/library, two guest rooms, Renesmee's bedroom and four bathrooms. The fourth floor was Rose/Emmett's bedroom, Emmett's hobby room (Rose didn't need a room since her room was the multi-level garage), Small library, Elizabeth's room, two guest rooms and four bathrooms. The top floor/fifth floor had a music/recording studio room, fully stock library that also had children and medical books, Masen's bedroom, Edward/Bella's Bedroom, Two guestrooms and four bathrooms.
The garage was multi-layered. The bottom two floors housed all of our cars, the top floor is where Rose does all the work on our cars and we enter from when we arrive at home. Because the house is soundproofed we had to add an intercom within each room.
Because of the newly designed houses we no longer had to play baseball only during storms. They could play anytime they wanted and at any time of day thanks to the soundproof game room/basement.
Both houses were completed and livable with one day to spare before Edward and I had to pick up Rene and Phil from the airport so we all got to enjoy the houses and be our selves. Also both Carlisle and Charlie did return to work Monday and because they had to work didn't participate as much in the construction, shopping and remodeling of both houses but still enjoyed the end results. We went food shopping and restocked both houses even though Phil will be turned into a vampire with a week of arrival and Rene will get pregnant and start her slow transformation into a vampire a week after Phil becomes a vampire. She will be pregnant during Edward's and my wedding. The food won't go to waste due to the Shape shifter's, imprints, their children, Halflings, and Ben and Angela who will continue to hang out with us as humans until graduation.
(AN: Next chapter Rene and Phil's arrival, transformation, weddings and Voultri arrival. Originally Rene and Phil were going to remain human during the wedding but I decided to change it. Ben and Angela and the imprintees who are aware of the supernatural will be human along with the town folk who are unaware of the supernatural)