I continued to battle both with Edward and my hormones. It was clear that he wanted the same thing that I did, but he was still adamant that we wait until our honeymoon. I'd gotten him to cop a feel and few other private moments, but that was it. The underwear stayed on despite my argumentative hormones. We both knew that was the driving factor; the stupid raging hormones. I was also now regularly eating enough food for two people and had begun to show. By the time my sixteen week appointment came, there was no hiding it. I had succumbed to maternity clothes.

Alice had understood my fashion demands when I explained how I was feeling physically and she accommodated me. It was a nice compromise; she still got to dress me and I was comfortable. She managed to dress me in a way to hide the bump until last week. Oh, boy did the gossip mill start churning then. Everyone thought that Edward and I were getting married because he got me pregnant. Neither of us did anything to dispute that and we both avoided questions about what we were going to do when the baby comes. Mike was attached at the hip to Tanya and it was hard to find a private moment for me and Edward alone. He had started piecing things together and Aro decided that he could be trusted. He took the Volturi home and said that they would be back for the wedding. It was now up to Tanya to decide when to tell him and we would all be there for moral support. She had to tell him soon; Edward told me that he figured out that they never ate. We were both waiting for him to say something, though he never did. I decided to talk to him privately.

Edward walked me to Carlisle's office and helped me hop on the table. Carlisle was concerned about my weight gain and made me promise to take more walks. I agreed and thought it was a great way to get Edward alone. It seemed like we were always surrounded by people. I looked at the image on the screen always amazed at how much it had changed in the last four weeks. The baby' features were much more clearly defined now and it was moving a lot more. I even saw it do a flip. I was wondering when I would get to feel it. I knew that I was anticipating and dreading it at the same time. I think that once I feel it kick me, I would have a harder time sticking to my decision which is primarily why I haven't told anyone else yet. Carlisle said that I looked great and to come back in a month. If I wanted to know, I could, but since I had an ultrasound every time, there was no rush. I would let Rosalie and Emmet decide that one.

I went upstairs for my customary alone time after an appointment and called Mike. I knew that everyone in the house would at least be able to hear my side and once they knew who I was talking to, probably plant themselves outside the door so they could hear both sides of the conversation.

"Hello?"

"Hey, are you busy?"

"Not at all, what's up?"

"I wanted to see how you were doing? How's Tanya?"

"I'm…I don't know. I love her, but something isn't right."

"What isn't right? Talk to me."

"She never eats; none of them do."

"I know. They have a special diet."

"She never seems to be affected by the cold weather. We've taken walks and she never complains about the cold; ever. None of them are at school on sunny days; what is going on? Do you know?"

"I do know, but it isn't my place to tell you. I can tell you that you will find out soon and there is a good explanation for everything and it will make sense once you find out. If you truly love her, it won't make a difference." Edward silently entered the room. I smiled at him. I saw Tanya in the hall, as well as everyone else.

"I do love her. My parents think she's great." Tanya smiled at that.

"I'm glad. Do you remember when I first got here and you complained about my infatuation with Edward?"

"Yes."

"Now you know how I feel."

"It's intense."

"I know. It's the true meaning of the word soul mate. He was born to be with me just as I was born to be with him." Even though he was born eighty years earlier than I was.

"That's how I feel." Just wait until you find out how old she really is, Mikey. I smiled to myself. Edward looked at me quizzically. I held my hand up.

"You know that I'll be here whenever you need to talk, right?"

"Yeah, thanks Bella."

"Don't worry, everything will make sense soon enough." I assured him.

"Yeah, I'll see you later Bella. I've got to get ready. I've got a date with Tanya later and then we're going back to the Cullens."

"Ok, I'll see you then. Bye."

"Bye." I put my phone away and snuggled into Edward's side. I looked at Tanya still in the hall.

"You have to tell him soon."

"I know, I'm going to do it tonight. It's a Friday and he'll have some time to adjust to it all."

"We'll be here." Edward promised her. She nodded and closed the door on her way out. As soon as it clicked, I went to work on his shirt buttons. Even though Tanya was mated, Irina was not and I was still feeling crazy impulses to mark Edward with my scent. He let me. Carmen, Eleazar, and Irina came back and stayed with us for a bit to get to know Mike and see the Volturi off. They were relieved when Aro chose not to punish her. They liked Mike and Edward told me that Irina was seriously considering enrolling in the high school since it seemed to work so well for him and Tanya. I hoped that she too would find a mate. Eleazar could see no discernable talents that Mike would have, but that didn't mean he wouldn't have any. Maybe they were still suppressed by his humanity. Edward returned my passion with equal ardor and even slipped his hands under my shirt to remove it. He palmed my now larger breasts, causing me to moan and arch up into his hands. I was in heaven when his mouth joined the party his hands had started. My hands were tangled in his hair and I pulled hard on it; not that he felt anything. He only moaned. He wouldn't remove my bra out of the way no matter how many times I either pleaded with him or tried to move it myself. He said that he wanted to save some sights for our honeymoon. I knew it was a good point because soon, someone was bound to break us apart; someone always interrupted me. One of my hands left his hair and started to move all over his body. I knew he was aroused, I could feel it against my thigh. I slipped my hand under the waist band of his pants and squeezed his ass. He bucked into me.

"Bella, that feels so good; your hand is so hot." I knew he liked my warm skin. He caught me when I tired to go underneath the last layer separating me from his bare ass.

"No, not here, not now." I pouted. I didn't try to plead; I knew it wouldn't work anyway.

"It's not like I'm asking to see it. I know you won't, but I just wanted to touch."

"Bella, I want you too, believe me, but if I let that happen then before you know it, your beautiful little hand will make its way to the front and then under and then bare skin. I want to wait until we are secluded on our honeymoon before that happens. Ok?"

"I know, blame the hormones; I am."

"It's not just your hormones and you know it." He teased. I rolled away so he wouldn't see my half smile. He rolled me back.

"If you're going to hide your smile, then don't face the window." He was grinning and I had to put an end to that so I lunged up and kissed him. He stopped abruptly and I knew someone was coming to interrupt. He covered me with his body and we looked expectantly at the door. This time it was Rosalie.

"Ok, you've stopped. Now get dressed." She was blunt and left the room. I would find a way to hurt all of these vampires, I swear I will. Edward chuckled at my customary growling under my breath.

"Come on, let's go eat and take a walk before Tanya and Mike get back." He helped me dress again and took me to Port Angeles for mushroom ravioli. It was still just as good as the first time I ate it. Afterwards, we strolled along the beach as I ate some ice cream and we talked. You would think that with all the time I spend with him it would get boring, but we never ran out of things to talk about. I loved him.

We got back to the house just in time. Alice called and told us what time that Mike would be bringing Tanya home so we had to make sure that we were there first. We were all seated on the couches in the family room, waiting for them to come in. Even Kate and my dad took a break from sex to join us. It was the primary reason I had been avoiding my house for the last month. I pretty much lived at the Cullens now though my address was the same as my dad's. My dad understood. He only left his house to go to work. He was debating whether or not to put in his notice at work saying that he was getting married and moving to Alaska to spend time with Kate's family or just get married and fake his death. Everyone suggested the second option as it was a clean break with all of his ties. We could all play the grieving family and the paperwork was set up so that everything in his estate would go to me. He stated that he didn't want to have his daughter worry about money and that his wife was financially independent. It didn't matter. When I 'died', it would all go to Edward and stay in the family anyway. We both chose to be 'cremated' over a closed casket service and I was a little disturbed planning my own funeral like this, but it was a necessity. Jasper made sure that all of our paperwork was finished so that we wouldn't lose anything when we died. We were thankful to have him and lawyer who would do anything for an extra buck.

Five minutes later, Tanya opened the door and walked in followed by Mike. He was startled, to say the least, to see all of us sitting there waiting for him.

"Uh, hey everyone." We all answered back and Tanya led him to the only two seats left in the room. We all remained silent as she turned to face him.

"Mike, I love you, you know that right?"

"Yes. I love you too." He glanced at me and I nodded; assuring him that it was ok.

"I have something to tell you; about me, and the rest of my family."

"Ok." He knew he was about to be let in on the big secret. There was only a few weeks left of school, that's how long he had to stay quiet and only talk to me, Edward and Alice about what he was about to learn. He understood this.

"We're not human." Nice Tanya; just jump right in. I rolled my eyes, but hid it from Mike.

"What do you mean, 'not human'?" She took an unneeded breath.

"I heard you when you were talking to Bella last night on the phone. You've noticed certain things about me and you're right. I don't eat and the weather doesn't affect me in the slightest. My skin is this temperature all of the time." She held onto his hand and he gasped.

"Mike, my diet consists of animal blood." He fainted at that point.

"Smooth Tanya." Emmet chastised her.

"I can't help it if he's got a weak stomach. I've never done this before. How am I supposed to tell him? How did Edward tell Bella?"

"She figured it out on her own and confronted me." He said before I could. Mike came around a minute later.

"What are you?" They all looked to me.

"I'm supposed to tell him?" Edward nodded.

"Aro said we he could know, but you had to tell him because you're still human."

"You big jerk, why are you telling me this now?" I didn't hit him because I knew that I would be the only one getting hurt out of the deal.

"You've got experience. You told Charlie."

"So?" They all looked and me, and Mike was silently pleading with me.

"Ok fine, Mike, they're vampires. There, I said it, now you all tell him the rest."

"Bella, you are his friend, that's the other reason why you were chosen over me." My dad told me.

"You knew about this? That I was going to be the one to say the word?" I yelled at him. He had the decency to bow his head. Kate straightened her posture, but made no move to defend him; most likely because I didn't move to attack him. Edward would have defended me and it would have turned ugly. He would lose a fight with her because of her amazing defensive gift. I looked to Tanya. She looked to Mike, who was staring at her.

"Uh, yeah, what Bella said." He looked at me.

"How long have you known?" He accused.

"A while; before prom of last year. I noticed things too, and other people gave me clues as well. I took the pieces to the internet and figured it out. I also had some big clues dropped in my lap too."

"Like what?" I told him about the van and Port Angeles when he saved me. I told him how I noticed that he never ate and on the way home we ran the heater for twenty minutes on high and his skin was still cold. I told him about some legends that I'd heard and how Edward knew about my Jacksonville excuse to avoid prom before anyone had said anything.

"Whoa." I looked at Edward.

"Would you get me a glass of milk?" That way, I didn't have to get up from the sofa and he could demonstrate the speed thing. He was back before the fridge closed. Mike shank back in his seat.

"It's ok, Mike. It does take some getting used to." My dad assured him.

"How long have you known, Chief Swan?"

"About four months now." He answered.

"There's a reason that we're telling you this Mike." Alice told him and then ran to get him some water.

"Why?"

"Because you're Tanya's mate."

"Her what?"

"Her mate. We mate for life and we know instantly when we've found the one person we're meant to be with. There is only two ways that we can be irrevocably changed. One is when we find our mate, and the other is when we lose them. Tanya has been looking for you for a long time." Kate explained.

"How long?"

"Don't tell him, he can't handle that one, yet." Alice warned. Mike looked at her in confusion.

"What does she mean?"

"Some of us have gifts; Alice gets visions of the future. Kate can shock people. Jasper can sense and manipulate emotions. Bella is a shield, and I…I can read minds."

"You can what?"

"I can't help it, Mike. If I could turn it off, I would. It may be one reason why Bella is my mate; she's immune to my gift, and a few others." Yeah, I was smug that he couldn't read my mind. I snuggled into his side and he wrapped an arm around me.

"Um, why don't you stay the night; there is still so much more to tell you." Carlisle suggested. Mike nodded and called his mom. It took a few minutes of convincing and Carlisle got on the phone to assure her that Mike and Tanya will not be sleeping in the same room before she accepted it. I was giggling about the sleeping in the same bed, I couldn't help it. Mike was looking at me quizzically.

"They don't sleep, Mike; ever." He smiled, but was still quite pale. He was still absorbing what he's been told so far and there was still so much to tell him. I got up to wash out my glass and put it away; just for some exercise.

"Mike, do you have any questions?"

"I don't know where to start." He confessed.

"Well, there are some good things. All of our senses are heightened and we never get tired." Emmet said and waggled his eyebrows at the never getting tired bit.

"What about the sun? How come you're never at school on those days?"

"It's easier to show you." Edward said.

"I think it's cool." I said.

"It's emasculating." Edward complained.

"Even if you had a choice, you'd still do it for me if I asked you to." I said.

"You're right, I would. That's another thing, Mike. We would do anything to keep our mates safe and happy. It's harder for me because Bella is a human, but also because her blood sings to me. I battle everyday with the scent of her blood." He looked downright scared.

"Does…does my…blood…" He couldn't finish.

"No, it had no effect on us and it doesn't sing for Tanya. We go against our very nature and drink animal blood to be less of a monster. We value human life. Bella and Charlie have chosen to forfeit those lives to spend eternity with us. You have the same choice, but know that there are consequences. It is against our laws for humans to know about us."

"What do you mean?"

"Basically, join them or die. If you choose to join, then you must cut all ties with everyone in your life; including your parents. Your death would be faked and you have forever with Tanya. If you choose not to, then you will be killed for real and Tanya will be begging for death as well. Do you remember that guy Aro?" Mike nodded.

"He's the leader and along with his guard, they enforce the rules. He knows that you know. He knows that me and my dad know and he knows that we want to be changed. Both of us are being changed after the wedding. My dad will go first and Kate will take him to Alaska and I will be here, just after we get back from the honeymoon." I explained.

"Is…is the…" He looked at Edward.

"No, I am not the baby's father. The baby is fully human." Edward looked a little sad when he said that. I was sad too. I shook my head at Jasper, I wanted to be sad for a moment.

"Mike, I'd rather not talk about that right now." I said. He nodded.

"Will you tell me someday?"

"Yes."

"If I say yes, when will this happen?"

"That's between you and Tanya. Aro will want to know your decision and your plans as soon as you've made them. He will be keeping tabs on you."

"Wait, you said Bella is a shield, what does that mean?" This time Eleazar answered. He explained about his gift and how I am exhibiting many characteristics while I am still human. He said it meant that I will be pretty damn powerful when I was changed. I was equally proud and worried.

"He's ready to know how old we all are." Alice announced.

"I was born in 1901. Carlisle changed me in 1918. I was seventeen in a hospital in Chicago, dying of Spanish influenza. My parents had already died of the disease when Carlisle changed me." Edward said. Carlisle told his story as did Esme and Emmet. Rosalie and Jasper only shared how old they were. Alice shared what little she knew, which was mostly from James and the research she'd done on the internet. Kate, Irina, and Tanya shocked me as well when they said they'd been around for a thousand years. Eleazar and Carmen shared part of their stories. All of us shared the feeling we had when we met our mate. I wanted to still talk to Mike in private, but it was getting late and I get tired faster these days.

"Good night everyone. I'll see you in the morning." Edward scooped me up and we vanished up the stairs. He set me down on the floor and I disappeared into the bathroom. He waited for me.

"I want to talk, but I'm too tired. Are you going hunting?"

"Yes, but I'll wait until you're asleep."

"Good, take Emmet; he needs to go too."

"You're so good to us. I love you."

"Hmm, I love you too." He hummed my lullaby and I fell asleep instantly.

A/N: Ok, so Mike knows, now what? What do you think he'll do? There will be a little from his POV in the next chapter as well as from Edward.

Reviews are wanted and appreciated. Have a great day! Kelly