Chapter 20: I Have a Family

Nessie's POV

I couldn't believe what was happening. I couldn't believe that Bella was here springing me from prison. Even through the immense physical pain I was in I couldn't help but feel happy. Happy that I was free at last. Of course I knew that it would not last. I had just been talking with my lawyer a few minutes before Bella had come for me. I had a court date set two weeks for now.

I was bailed out of prison but that didn't mean that I would avoid a prison sentence all together. But I would deal with that a few weeks from now. For now I was just happy that I was going home. The Cullens hadn't forgotten about me like I feared they would.

"Come on let's get you home," Bella said as she tugged on my arm gently. I was in pain and I was having trouble breathing but I was beyond happy. As soon as we got in the car Bella called Carlisle and told him that she found me and that I needed medical attention immediately. Although she tried to hide it she sounded worried.

On the way home I dozed off at some point. Bella shook me gently to wake me up once we had arrived at the house. I never thought I would be so happy to see their house as I did right then and there. The whole family was waiting when we entered. But the happiness I felt in the atmosphere dissapeared and was automatically replaced by extreme concern once they noticed the state that I was in.

I didn't know what to think or say as I shifted nervously from one foot to another. What would they all think about my little stint in prison? When I was surprised when Edward came up to me and hugged me. "We're just happy that you're home. Where you belong. Don't ever scare us like that again!" he scolded me in the way a parent would scold their child. Speaking of children where were my two little ones?"

"Lily and Will are fast asleep. But thet will happy when they wake up and find their mother has returned to us safely," he said. How'd he know I was thinking about them? Sometimes I swore that Edward could read my mind. His lips pulled up into a smile.

Then the rest of the family hugged me the same as Edward had. Esme hugged me the longest. I honestly believed that her capacity to love extrended far beyond what was possible for most people. Love seemed to literally radiate out of her.

This when I finally truly understood. I had a family. There were people that genuinely cared about me and what happened to me. I'd probably never understand why they just plucked me off the streets and taken me in the way they had but it didn't matter. Maybe that was why Carlisle and Esme had so many adopted kids. They just found kids who needed a family and took them in and loved them as if they were their own. So no matter what stupid shit I did I'd still have a family.

The baby kicked so hard that I heard something snap. My knees buckled beneath me. I let out a shrill yell of pain. The worst kind of pain that I had ever felt before. Edward reacted the fastest and caught me before I hit the floor. The baby started going crazy. I felt as if something was biting me from within. Repeating biting. The pain grew worse and worse each time.

"Carlisle!" Edward yelled frantically as he rushed me up the stairs at a speed I didn't think was possible.

Out of nowhere Carlisle seemed to appear. "What happened Edward?" Carlisle asked as he quickly took me from Edward's arms.

"I don't know. She fell and yelled out in pain,"

"She's pregnant. But how is this possible?"

"I should have mentioned it before but she ran into Will Sr. in the woods a few weeks ago. He's a vampire now and they-"

Pain must've been making me lose my mind because I could have sworn I heard him say that Will was a vampire. How would Edward even know about Will in the first place?

"I need to get the child out now. I think the placenta may have detached. I'm sorry Nessie but I'm going to have to do a c section to get the baby out of you,"

My only response was to yell out in pain. I was in so much pain that I could barely see.

"Can't we let the morphine spread first?" Edward asked sounding panicked.

"There's no time. If I wait any longer we will lose the baby as well,"

"Get him out now!" I begged. My baby had to survive. If nothing else.

I felt a searing pain in my stomach. I screamed out over and over again as I felt Carlisle's hands inside of my body. Then I heard the sound of a baby crying. "A boy," Carlisle said. I could feel something else moving around frantically inside of my body. But neither one of them seemed to notice that something was wrong.

"It looks he accidentally kicked the placenta and caused it to detach,"

"There's something-" I gasped and couldn't finish my sentence. But at least I was able to get their attention.

"There's another one," Carlisle said in surprise. I yelled out when once again I felt his hands inside of my body. A few seconds later I heard more crying. "A girl. A girl with no heartbeat,"

"But she's alive," Edward said. "Alive with no heartbeat,"

"We'll investigate that later. Bella can you take the babies for a few moments? Edward hand me that syringe over there,"

I hadn't even realized that Bella had entered the room. But there she was. I couldn't see my two babies.

"It's my venom," Edward spoke.

"I have a theory that by reintroducing venom into her system will awaken her long dormant vampire side thus healing her also. If I'm wrong though she'll be a full vampire like us,"

My mind slipped into unconsciousness. No longer able to handle the pain. It was a blissful reprieve.

Then suddenly I couldn't breathe. I could hear noises outside. Then there was a very bright light and pale hands suddenly grabbed me and pulled me out. It was Edward. He was holding me and I was a baby. I was dreaming.

"It's Renesmee," he said.

"Let me. Give her to me," I heard a weak female voice say.

I looked and saw Bella smiling at me. She looked different. Less pale and way more sweaty. She also had brown eyes instead of gold. She looked like death itself and there was blood everywhere but she was smiling at me. She took me into her arms. The look of pure love never leaving her face.

It wasn't a dream. It was a memory. Bella is my mother.

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