AN: Thanks to my Beta ACEMCKEAN - Read her stories The Cullen Brothers and Marital Bliss?

CHAPTER 36

EPOV

I stood at the doorway, completely unable to move, as Bella went inside to see our children.

"Children? Our children!!" I thought to myself. Still too stunned to move, I listened to the sounds inside the house. I still couldn't hear anything from my Bella. I had somehow hoped that if or when she became a vampire, I would be able to hear her thoughts, but still nothing. I concentrated on the small thrumming sounds, that I now knew to be my children's heart beats. From one child nothing but from the other, little Arriel, I saw the most brilliant picture. Bella and I standing at the door together. I could see the love in both of our eyes. I couldn't believe that Bella still loved me, yet I saw the proof in the eyes of my daughter. How could she still love me after I left her, and at the worst possible time? I was such an idiot! I didn't deserve her or them.

I heard Bella speak to Arriel then, "That's right my girl. Your daddy is here."

Daddy?!? Wow!! In all my years I never thought that term would ever apply to me. I had never even dreamed of having children as I knew it was an impossibility, yet the proof was standing no more than ten feet from me. Even that fact was not enough to get my frozen feet moving.

Then I saw Bella as she hunted again. Admiring her grace as she took down a mountain lion. It was beautiful to watch. My clumsy Bella was so graceful. I smiled at that picture and watched the next as my little girl pictured herself eating with her brother next to her. In the vision, I could barely see the sides of their faces, but it was a lovely scene to watch as Bella looked so beautiful with the babies at her breast. My babies.

I heard her comment to Arriel, "Such a bossy lady, but you win."

It was almost like Bella could see the visions I saw, but that wasn't possible. I heard her arrange to sit and I assume feed them. She called to me, but I was still frozen in place. I willed my lips to open and answer her. I willed my feet to run to her. Nothing. For the first time since I found out about my children, I concentrated on taking a breath. Their strange scent filled my nostrils, not quite vampire yet not quite human.

"The family will likely be here very soon and I would really like to finish talking before they get here," she called to me. I concentrated on breathing again and blinking my eyes.

Then she called to me again, "She has your hair color Edward, and your eyes. He got my hair and eyes. Other than that he looks just like you and she looks more like me."

I willed my feet to shuffle forwards. I could hear the pain in her voice and I focused everything I had to get to her side. I did it! I dropped to my knees in front of her as she sat with our children on the couch. I looked at her and noticed she had tears streaming down her face. My heart broke into a thousand pieces knowing that I had put those tears there. I had hurt her again. I gently reached my hand up to wipe away her tears.

"I've made you cry," I said. "I'm so sorry." I leaned over my amazing babies and kissed her lips softly.

"I'm a vampire for crying out loud. I'm not supposed to be able to cry," she sobbed.

"I always knew that you were special," I said as I rubbed her cheek. She leaned her face towards my hand and soon I was cradling her cheek. How this beautiful creature loved me after all I had done was beyond me. I looked from her face down to my children nestled in against her skin and suckling at her.

"So Jace and Arriel. WOW! They are stunning Bella. How did you do this?" I asked her, staring at my children.

"Umm, well we did this first off." She said, grinning at me. My eyes shifted from my children to my beautiful fiancee.

I loved that smile. I never thought I would see it again, at least not directed at me. I thought I even saw her blush a little, but quickly decided that it was only my imagination. I couldn't believe that she could smile at me like that after I had left her pregnant and alone.

"I guess we did," I said sadly, unable to come to grips with how I left her. "I feel like such a heel leaving you to deal with this alone. I should have been there."

"Edward, we can't change the past. We can only move on with the future. Just don't leave us again. We need you," she said passionately.

"Bella, I will never leave you again. I swear!" I vowed to her as I sat by her feet watching her nurse our children. I reached my hand up and stoked along her jawline as I did when I had first dared to touch her.

"I have never seen anything more beautiful than you three like that," I told her, unable to help myself.

She smiled at me lovingly and I sat back staring at her. She seemed to blush again, stupid imagination. I listen to the twins suckling and breathing patterns, noticing they were beginning to get sleepy.

"So how did it go?" I finally asked her. "I mean I want to know everything I missed."

She sat and slowly filled me in on all the happenings, I interrupted her a few times filling in details Alice and I had figured out. Arriel turned from her position at Bella's breast and looked at me with her gorgeous green eyes. She reached her tiny chubby fingers to Bella and the image of me kissing and hugging Bella filled my mind.

"What was that?" I stuttered out, shocked by her vibrant visions. The only time I had ever seen pictures that vibrant were from Alice during her visions.

"You saw that huh? She has a gift. She can put pictures in peoples minds. So far she has to touch me or Rose to do it. But I guess with your gift she doesn't need contact. Also she can show you things that haven't happened yet and places she has never seen." she told me, smiling proudly.

"And Jace?" I asked stunned.

"Nothing yet other than the fact he is venomous," she told me.

Venomous? My son was venomous. She sat back and told me about her amazing conversion, only 12 hours, and her golden eyes stared back at me, shocking me more still. Then she told me something that shocked me even more, no burning thirst.

The twins were finally finished their meal and she adjusted her shirt over her creamy white flesh. I stared at her unable to stop myself. I guess my silence alerted her and she looked at me slyly.

"Do you want to hold your son or daughter?" she asked me.

It was like asking a parched man if he wanted water. It was not a question of want. I needed to hold them both, to feel their warmth in my arms. My children, our children.

"Nope, "I replied, stunning her slightly, before I continued. "I want to hold them both." She smiled her brilliant smile at me, making my dead heart leap.

I moved onto the couch next to her and she lifted them into my arms. I couldn't believe the way they felt in my arms, like my arms were meant for them. They sighed in their sleep and I watched little Arriel dream. Visions of her brother, her mother, her Aunty Rose and surprisingly me graced her dreams. Nothing from Jace, silent just like his mother.

"You're right she looks just like you, but with my hair and eye color. Jace looks like me with your coloring. They are perfect. You did so good," I said, smiling at my her.

Bella sat and watched us for a long time, tears glistening in her golden eyes.

"I have never been so happy," she told me and I couldn't have agreed more. Not only had I never been so happy I was pretty sure the joy I felt at this moment had never been matched in the history of forever. It's not everyday that you get everything you ever wanted and so much more that you never even dreamed of.

"Me neither Love, me neither," I told her. At that exact moment I couldn't bear to have her away from me anymore. I reluctantly handed her Arriel so I could pull them both into my arms. I knew there was not a lot of time until the family joined us and I wanted to hold her, to be complete. My love and my children. Soon, very, very soon I would make her my wife!

I heard the cars turn off the highway and waited to hear my family's thoughts. Alice was thrilled, anxious to get her hands on Bella, little did she know Bella's arms were a little full. I wondered what my pixie sister would think of all this. Jasper was curious about something Rosalie said and was very perplexed by the situation that he was approaching. Esme and Carlisle were just thrilled that we were going to be all together again, with Bella our family was complete. Our family is complete, I thought to myself, just with two extra members they don't know yet. Rosalie was anxious to get back to us, wanting to make sure I wasn't messing anything up. Her thoughts were so protective as far as the babies were concerned. The fact that she was protective of Bella too, surprised me. I guess Bella finally had that effect on her too. And Emmett was well, Emmett. He was anxious to see Bella but he also knew there would be some games on TV and he hadn't watched sports in a long time. I loved my family.

I would never be able to thank Rosalie for what she had done. I owed her so much and I knew I would be thankful to her for the rest of my life. My life, I had never referred to my existence as my life, while since my conversion all those years ago. For the first time I was alive. I wanted to see a million tomorrows. I wanted to enjoy life, to love Bella and our children forever. My little Jace and Arriel.