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Chapter Five
I felt all eyes stare at Emmett and I as we looked at one another with wide eyes. My brother was alive. I couldn't believe it. After years and years grieving over his death, he was alive all this time. Joy spread through me like a rocket. I haven't felt this happy since...since– well since Renesmee was born, or when Edward and I confessed our love. He was really alive, well he's a vampire, but he's on this earth still. He isn't with Mama and Daddy. He was always on this earth, with me.
His eyes are wide as he takes a step closer to look at me, his gaze fixated on the charms around my neck. "It can't be, my sister died years ago. I was sure-"
"Well I thought my brother was gone all these years," I said to him.
"You have to be Belle, I gave her those charms. She never took them off," Emmett muttered.
"Well I am, Belle," I said to him as I slowly approach him. "I just grew up," I simply answered with a smug smile on my face. A big old grin makes it's way onto his face and he goes to sweep me up in a big bear hug. We both laugh as he swirls me around the room, feeling like two little kids. When he goes to place me down I do go and smack his rock hard arm.
"Ow! Belle, what was that for?" he asked incredulously, rubbing his arm where the smack was.
"For going after that bear! As glad as I am that I can see you again, Em, you do know you put Mama and Daddy through hell when you were never found! I was upset for weeks, hell years, knowing that I would never see my big brother again!" I ranted angrily. My emotions were all over the place.
"Sorry Belle," Emmett apologized sadly. I sighed as I then threw my arms around him and squeezed him tight.
"Damn Bells, you've got stronger," he teased, chuckling as he patted my back.
"I really missed you, Em," I mumbled into his shoulder.
"I missed you too, Belle," Emmett said as he hugged me back even harder. When we pulled away from our hug, the eyes of our family and friends were looking at us with confusion or shock.
"Wait, so she's your long lost sister?!" Rosalie questioned incredulously, breaking the silence.
"Yep, everyone this is my baby sister Isabella Marie McCarty or Belle," Emmett said proudly as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder. If I was human, I'd be blushing.
"Bella, is he actually your brother?" Jasper asked as Alice and him went to approach me from behind. "I mean, he does look like the boy from the photo you have..."
"Yeah Jazz. This is Emmett," I said as I smiled looking up at my brother.
"So he's my thought to be dead uncle?" Renesmee asked bewildered as she came over closer to me.
"Wait hold up, uncle? Belle, you had a daughter?" Emmett asked, looking at me with wide eyes. I nod as I take Renesmee's hand gently.
"Yes. This is my daughter, Renesmee Carlie," I said to him, a bit nervous. I was scared by his reaction. He took one look at Renesmee and then smiled at her.
"She has your old eyes," he mused. When we were kids, Emmett would say I had the most brownest eyes he's ever seen. He said they were brown just like a milk chocolate bar, or he's joke around saying they were brown as mud. Renesmee blushed at the comment from her long lost uncle as she hugged tightly to my arm.
"It's nice to meet you Uncle Emmett. Mom's told me all about you!" Renesmee said as she held her hand out to him.
"Well it's nice to meet you Renesmee, by the way we hug in the McCarty Family." He shook it, but then pulled her into a bear hug. She blushed as they pulled apart and I went to hug her tight to my side. I was still chuckling and smiling. I was just bursting with happiness at the sight of my brother.
"Um, so...Belle, is Blondie your boyfriend?" Emmett asked me, motioning to Jasper with his thumb. Jasper looked embarrassed by this comment and hugs Alice tight to him. Alice doesn't take any offensive to Emmett's comment and just giggles as she pecks Jazz on the cheek. Guess she saw that coming.
"No. God, no! Ew! No offense, Jasper."
"None taken!"
"Jasper and Alice are part of my family. Jasper's my brother," I explained. Emmett looked a bit upset hearing I have another brother so I continued. "And before you jump to conclusions Emmett Dale McCarty, he did not replace you. He's just my other brother, and Alice over here is my sister. They've been my family for the past sixty-eight years." Emmett sent me a small smile hearing this. I noticed now that the Denali's and all the other covens left to give us some privacy, which I was grateful for. I needed to spend this time with my family.
"So who's Renesmee's father?" Emmett asked me right away, getting into over protective brother mode. Knowing Em, he'll probably track Edward down and rip his head off for doing what he did.
"Well her father left before he even knew about her," I muttered as I looked at Renesmee. "I met him when I was a human and he was scared he'd hurt me. I wanted to be a vampire just like him so we'd have forever together, but he refused me to become like him. One night we did make um love and he did give me bruises in the process. That's when something snapped and he just couldn't stand the idea of hurting me anymore. He just left me alone without knowing I was with child. He though he was a monster that would just cause my soul to be damned."
"So the bastard is a vampire who knocked you up! Oh when I get my hands on that little asshole I'll-"
"My dad wasn't just some asshole who knocked my mom up," Renesmee spoke up, all eyes going to her. "He was her mate..."
"Mate? Like how Rosie is to me?" Emmett questioned as he motioned to his wife and then back to me. I sighed as I go to hug Renesmee tighter to my side.
"That's why he left, Em. To protect me. That's all he ever did was protect me. He protected me from any danger that came to me and he loved me more than anything in the world. Even though, I don't like it that he made his own discussion about my life...I still love him and I forgive him. He didn't realize he did more harm than he wanted to," I said defending Edward. "I've had a lot of time to be angry about it and I've had a lot of time to think about it and...Well, if I could find him, I want to because he deserves to know about his daughter..."
"She's been trying to find him for decades," Alice muttered from Jasper's arms.
"Sorry to hear that, Belle," Emmett said to me.
"It's okay," I said softly. Renesmee looked a bit upset as she went to take a seat on the couch. Renesmee doesn't talk about her father much since she never knew him. It hurts her.
"You know Renesmee looks a bit like Uncle Edward," Emalie remarked all of a sudden looking at Renesmee as she approached her on the couch. "She has his hair." I froze when I heard that, so did Renesmee, Alice, and Jasper. They all know how Renesmee resembles him. His hair was the main one. They both had thick bronze hair, but Renesmee's was curly and Edward's was more so messy.
"You know what, you're right. Even the same unique color. Like, exactly," Rosalie mused as she took a closer look at Renesmee's hair.
"Where is Uncle Edward!? He needs to see this," Emalie announced to the family. "Uncle Edward!"
"Is everything alright?" A velvet voice questioned as a new figure appeared in the room. Emalie ran to him and he picked her up in a quick hug. When I heard the voice I froze. It was the same velvet voice that would hum me to sleep every night.
"What is it Emmy?" the man asked his niece.
"Uncle Eddie, you got to check this out!" Emalie rambled to her uncle as he then goes to set her back down. "Come on," she said, grabbing his hand to drag him closer to us.
That's when he looked up and our eyes made contact. He froze, causing Emalie to let go and look at her uncle in confusion. I felt like fainting, even though it's not possible for a vampire to, I was feeling very light headed. He really was alive all this time. My love! He was alive and I had finally found him. After decades of trying to find him, I finally found him.
I was debating right now if I'd murder or kiss him in the end. All my emotions were all over the place as I looked at him.
"Edward," I whispered softly. He looked like he'd seen a ghost with his expression. I really could not believe it. My two guys were alive all this time?!
"Bella," he whispered.
"Edward, it's me," I told him as I gently approach him.
"It is you," he replied softly, a small smile forming on his face.
We didn't wasted time as we rushed over to one another. I ignored the stares of the others around me as I felt myself break into a dry sob when he held me close to his muscular chest. Everything was so familiar. His scent of lilac and honey to the way his arms use to hold me close. It felt like the whole world froze as he held me in his arms. He was the missing puzzle piece that I needed to fit into.
"I missed you Edward. I missed you so much. Why did you leave?" I demanded, smacking his chest. "You left me alone, you idiot! I needed you." I made out the last words meekly.
"I'm sorry love. I am so sorry. I am so sorry. I don't expect you to forgive me, but I'm so sorry...Leaving you was the hardest thing I ever did, I thought that you'd be better off," he said to me as he held me tighter to his body. "I hurt you and-"
"You never did," I whispered as I hushed him. "I was happy Edward, why didn't you see that?"
"I didn't want you to become like me, a monster."
"Well you're not one," I said softly. "And neither am I, for that matter..."
Edward sighed, letting a hand touch from my cheek."But Bella, how are you a vampire? Why? And who did this to you?" he questioned me, getting into a protective mode. "This is why I left. I wanted you to live a normal human life."
"Well I didn't after you left," I muttered to him. "It's a very long story,"
"I'm so sorry for leaving you, Bella. I just thought it would be best for you. I didn't think you would become like this. I missed you so much. Leaving you is something I've regretted since I left. You are my mate, and I never stopped loving you. I am so sorry. God, I am so sorry. I love you," Edward said to me, falling down to the ground so he was on his knees. He only faced the ground as a dry sob escaped his lips.
I slowly knelt down so I was eye level with him. I gently go to cup his face so his eyes could look into mine. I saw sadness in his honey golden topaz eyes. He looked like he would be crying as well.
"Me neither Edward, I have always loved you," I whispered. "And I forgive you." I go to kiss his cheek before helping him up.
"I don't deserve you," he mumbled under his breath. I shook my head as I go to give his hand a squeeze.
"No. Edward, I finally found you after all these years, I don't want us to be apart again," I said firmly to him. "Trust me, I know what I want."
"So, you two know one another?" Emmett questioned, snapping Edward and I out of our moment while the others looked at us in shock.
"How many people does Bella know?" Jasper asked out loud in a bit of a teasing tone. I rolled my eyes at that comment.
"Mom, what's going on here, is he my-"
"Yes, Renesmee," I answered her as I turned to my daughter. She looked at Edward and bit her lip, a habit she obtained from me when she gets nervous. Alice went to hold Renesmee's shoulders while Jasper stood his ground.
"Wait hold up! My little sister Belle is the Bella you met in Chicago! And you left for her own well being! The girl that's made you a living ghost for the past sixty something years!...Wait, that means you knocked up my baby sister! It was you!" Emmett growled, stalking towards Edward once he put the pieces together. I pushed Emmett back so he couldn't get to Edward. I did not want a war beginning between these two. That's the last thing I needed.
Edward looked confused just as some of the others did. "Baby sister? Wait a second Bella-"
"Edward my real name is Isabella McCarty. I changed it to Swan right before I met you because I wanted a new start," I explained to him and the others. "Emmett's the brother I told you all about. I just never mentioned his name because it was too painful. Remember?" Edward nodded, remembering.
"But what does Emmett mean by knocked up?" Edward asked me slowly, and I sighed. Alice gives me a nod and so does Jasper. Renesmee looked up at me with tears in her eyes and begins to tremble. She's waited for this moment just as much as me.
"Edward you know how when we met in Chicago...We, well we got to know one another pretty well and one thing led to another and...Edward, we have a daughter together. She's like Emalie and her name is Renesmee," I told him gently.
He goes wide-eyed and I turn over to where my daughter is. She is starring at Edward in shock now. I could hear her heart pounding and her breath hitch. I motion for her to come over. She then makes her way over to my side slowly and looks at Edward for the first time in her life.
"Hi Dad," Renesmee said shyly, gripping to my arm. I rub her arm to make her calm down a bit.
"I have a daughter?" he questioned slowly. I could tell he was shocked.
"Yes, Edward. You can tell she looks so much like you, as you can tell," I said, letting the emotion come through my voice.
"I left you with a child," he whispered, clearly starting to get angry with himself.
"Edward, you didn't know," I said to him. "Don't blame yourself. Just please talk to her, do something. She needs to know you." He turns towards his daughter and I saw a small smile form on his lips.
"She has your eyes," Edward whispered. I smiled, nodding, and Renesmee blushed.
Renesmee lets go of my arm and slowly approaches Edward. He stands still as she looks up at him, taking in everything about her father. I smile seeing the two masses of bronze hair they share. I then watch as Renesmee gently goes to place her hand against Edward's cheek. I share a look with Alice and Jasper. They shrug as Renesmee shows Edward something.
"What is she doing?" I heard Emmett ask.
"It's her power," I explained. "She's showing him something." Renesmee takes her hand away with tears in her eyes as Edward looks at her. I then watch as for the first time Edward goes to hug her and she holds on tight to him. Edward hushes her as she sobbed in his chest. Soon he was cradling her like a small child.
"I never thought I'd meet you. Mom's told me so much. I can't believe it," she said, crying a bit.
"Well I'm here now. And I'm sorry I wasn't there to be your dad," Edward said softly.
"It's okay, as you can see I had a short childhood," Renesmee said, trying to lighten the mood as she pulled away from him gently.
"What did you show him?" I asked her curiously.
"My childhood, some things about us," she said. I smile at the moment they shared. Something I've been dreaming about for years. I go over to hug them both and grin. My family was complete.
"Okay, so well Belle you need to explain your story," Emmett said once our moment was over.
"I will dear brother. You must explain yours as well," I point out to him.
"Alright my dear sister, let's all sit down and tell our tales," Emmett suggested, motioning to the living room couches. I agree as my daughter, Alice, Jasper, and I follow the rest of the Cullen coven towards the couches, ready to tell our stories.
A/N: I wanted to get this chapter out soon because I know many of you have been dying to see the reunion, so how do you like it? I felt like Bella was always the forgiving type and loves Edward no matter what. And who liked the Dadward moment with Renesmee? Anyway, please review and be on the lookout for the next update :)