Chapter 51

Alive

Edward was smiling from ear to ear. He was happy. He had a wife and child.

Bella on the other hand was trying her best to make people not hate her.

"Seth, I'm sor-"

"Don't worry, Bells! I'm fine. Fit as ever. I'll heal in no time." He spoke to her in that happy Seth tone way.

Bella and I are the crazed newborns. Everyone had to be on edge at least.

"At least I wasn't bitten!" Seth laughed out after a second of silence.

Apparently, wolves don't take vampire venom as well as humans. According to Jacob, vampire venom is like poison to wolves. The good thing though is the babies aren't venomous. Bella and I were told they like to bite Jake and Seth when they are hungry. Gave them both a good scare before they found out the babies weren't poisonous to them. Although the bite still hurt.

Carlisle disappeared up to his office where Bella was operated in. Thinking bad to those days as a human, I can't remember clearly. It was foggy or like a filter was over the memories. I'm scared that one day I won't remember my human days. I will have to write them down, so I remember. I must remember. I must.

Looking over to Seth, he had fallen asleep. So fast.

Sleep. I'll never have that again. Which is a shame. I loved to sleep. At least I get to have a real-life dream for the rest of my life. I am a vampire now. How many people can say that?

I don't know how many vampires there are in this world, but I highly doubt there are a lot. Maybe five thousand? Nah, there must be a little bit more than that.

There is so much history I don't know about vampires. I'll have to go to Carlisle later for a history lesson. Now that I have way better memory, this shouldn't be too hard to remember. I am still me though. Vampirism probably didn't fix all of me.

It was so quiet, minus Seth lightly snoring, in the house now. The kids were outside with Rose and Jake. Edward, Bella, Jasper, and I were inside while Carlisle was in his office. The rest of the family were out hunting.

I can't stop thinking about my father. I try to think of other things, but there is that voice in the back wondering about my dad. He was watching us. He was watching me. Why did he want me to change? How is he a vampire now? How did he know about vampires?

My mother and them were told Bella and I had come down with an illness. Charlie was also told this too. Bella went on a honeymoon and got sick. I went to visit and caught it. We were under quarantine and it didn't look too good for us.

I heard Carlisle on the phone with my mom. She was crying and wanted to see me. Even though she wasn't there for me, she still loved me. Maybe it was an act.

Her husband though, I heard him in the background telling her to can it because he couldn't hear the football game. It took everything in me to not run out the house, go there, and kill him.

That was me now. A killing machine. I wanted to feed constantly. It wasn't as bad as when I woke up. Still, it was annoying.

We would have to leave to another city or state now that we were vampires. We would be pronounced dead and to make sure no one saw us, the family and I would leave.

Bella wanted Charlie to see her and make his own assumptions. Just giving him enough answers to satisfy him, but not give him everything. Keep the secret about vampires safe. That was the main goal.

It wouldn't be good enough for my mom though. It would be better off if she thought I died. However, the thought of telling her that saddened me.

Being a mother myself, being told my child was dead, I would lose it. I don't want that for her. Maybe going down the same path as Bella would be okay too. I would just need to reminder her that I am different now, but I am okay and alive.

"Alive".

While I was in my thoughts, I felt a hand on my lower back.

"Darlin'?"

Ohh that voice.

I turned my head to look at Jasper, speaking gently so I didn't wake Seth. "Yes?"

"You have been quiet for some time now. Are you okay?"

I went to reply but I heard a door open and Carlisle was there with a tape measure.

"What is that for?" Bella asked.

"I don't think we grow." I add with a little teasing tone to my voice.

"It's time to measure the babies." Carlisle answered with a small smile. "It's 6."

"So?" Bella asked while her eyes were locked onto Rose, Jake, and the babies.

The babies were impatient but knew what was coming. Jake and Rose looked concerned and weary.

"You do this every day?" Bella asked as he began to measure them.

"Yes, four times."

"Four times?!" I could sense her anxiety.

See? My vampirism didn't fix everything about me, because I didn't see what was wrong with that. It did seem excessive, but I knew that the babies were growing fast. However, it never dawned on me until now that maybe that was a bad thing.

"They are still growing very quickly." Edward spoke gently to Bella.

"What do we do?" Bella asked with a little hiss.

If they can go from newborn to toddler within a week, what does that mean for their lifespan?

"It's slowing." Jake spoke up.

"Not really…" Carlisle said as he moved onto their heads.

"She grew two inches yesterday." Jake added.

"I hardly doubt it will be two inches every single day. There have been days when they grew over two and under two. It really depends." He rubs my son's head. "He seems to be growing slower than Nessie. She is a little taller. However, he is stronger than her. I'm wondering if this is because of their genders. It could be because of their genes though. Lori is shorter than Bella."

"Thanks." I spoke up and then added, "Now I'm imagining toddler arm wrestling matches."

There was some laughter from the group, but Bella looked over at me.

"I can't wait to see what you and I can do. I'll totally kick your ass." She gave e a thumbs down.

"Oh please. I'll put your vampire ass to sleep." I laugh.

Bella and Edward were given a house for Bella's birthday. I was jealous about it, but I knew I couldn't have everything.

"Yes, it isn't your birthday…howeeeever…." Alice spoke to me when they got back from the little trip to Bella's house.

"You deserve this too…" Esme spoke, grabbing my hands.

I felt something in them and looked down. It was a key.

"Jasper helped with the house. He had it built, and I decorated." She smiled at me.

"When did you do this?" I looked up at Jasper and he smiled down at me.

"Well, this was planned before you got pregnant. I knew we would be together for life, so I made up the plans and it was finished a few weeks ago. I didn't say anything because…" He looked down at my belly. "Honestly, the house was the last thing on my mind during that time."

I felt my eyes tingle, but there were no tears. I leaned into him and put my forehead on his chin.

"Thank you." I whisper.

"Now go, you two. We will watch the babies." Esme said and made a shooing motion.

Taking Jasper's hand, we both ran in the direction of the house. I had no idea where to go, but I would follow him anywhere he needed me to be.

As long as I was with him.

A/N: Enjoy~! I can't wait to show you guys the house. Of course, it is going to be modern and sexy. Let's be honest…anything with Jasper is sexy.