Chapter 7

Bella's POV

To say I was nervous was a complete understatement, I was more terrified than anything else. After nearly 10 years to the day that they left, I would be seeing the whole Cullen family again and to be honest I had no idea how I really feel about it. One part of me is happy because despite all the pain that they caused I still loved and care for them, but then that other part of me is angry at how they just all abandoned me and not just me but Renesmee as well. Granted they had no idea about the pregnancy, but just imagining what could have been just brings out that anger that I've tried so hard to keep buried.

"Earth to Bella" a voice called out.

I looked up and saw Jacob standing right in front of me looking concerned.

"When the hell did you get home?" I asked, confused as I didn't even pick up on his scent heading towards the house.

"I've been home for like 5 minutes, and you're still cleaning the same spot that I walked into" he said.

I shook my head and automatically sat on the sofa and said, "Sorry Jake, I'm just really distracted."

Jake sat next to me and said, "Let me guess the Cullen's."

I didn't say anything, but I quietly nodded.

"I know you are putting up a front for Nessie's sake but honestly how do you honestly feel about them being back" Jake asked with one of the sternest looks I've ever seen him give.

"I don't know, I mean one part of me is happy that they are back, but right now I mostly feel sad and upset. In the forest the other day with Edward, I think he thought that an apology would just make up for the past 10 years."

"Do you believe him" he asked.

I sighed knowing this was such a complicated question. I could tell be his expression that there was some honesty to it, but at the same time I can't help but wonder if he is only saying those things out of obligation I mean he did only just find out about Renesmee and I can only imagine what Jacob had shown him in his mind.

I shook my head and put my hands over my face in frustration before turning back to Jacob.

"I don't know what to believe, all I know is that Renesmee finally has a chance to know her dad and the rest of her family. I don't want to ruin that for her, she's waited so long for this moment."

"Bella as long as I've known you, you've always put others before yourself especially when it comes to Nessie., but that doesn't mean you should ignore your own feelings. I don't want to see you hurt like that ever again, you need to protect yourself as well. There's nothing wrong with being selfish and putting yourself first for once, after all Nessie isn't a child anymore."

As much as it pains me to think about, Jacob is right Renesmee is a grown woman now and more than capable of making her own decisions. No matter how my relationship with Edward or any of the other Cullen's may turn out, it doesn't mean it should at all affect her relationship with them.

Edward's POV

I arrived at Bella's exactly at 7 and Renesmee and her were already outside the house.

As soon as I got out of the car, Renesmee came up towards me and gave me hug, which made me smile.

"Hey Edward"

I looked at her and noticed she was wearing nothing but a black tank top and a pair of skinny jeans. I thought the top was a bit much, showed off too much of her skin, but then again if Bella approves of her style then I'm in no position to say anything about it. However, with the little bit of sunlight that was still left, I could vaguely see the glow to Renesmee, which only amplified her beauty.

"You both look lovely as always" I said as I turned to Bella and saw that she still dressed the same even after all these years. Just a pair of jeans and t-shirt. No matter what style Bella wore, she'll always be beautiful in whatever she wears.

"Thanks" Bella said as she looked down, obviously would be blushing if she were able to.

"So, you are you two ready" I didn't need to be a mind reader to know how excited Renesmee was, the joy was written all over her face.

"Oh yeah we're ready, I'm so excited to meet everyone"

Renesmee then quickly got into the passenger's seat in the car, but Bella was a little more hesitant as she walked over.

She looked up at me for the first time with a genuine smile "A Volvo really?"

"Some things never change I suppose"

As she got into the back seat of the car, I heard her mutter under her breathe, which would have been too low for any human ears "I guess you're right".

I wish more than ever I could read Bella's mind, I wanted to know what she truly thought of me. I can't blame her for hating me, after all I hate myself as well. I hate that despite my best intentions, she still ended up in mortal danger and I wasn't there to help her through her pregnancy. Hate that I missed Renesmee growing up, especially knowing that her growth rate was accelerated. So much time missed that I could never get back and there was no one to blame but myself.

(Cullen House)

It was about a 15-minute drive from Bella's to my house, even going way above the speed limit.

When we were nearing the house, Renesmee's already fast beating heart was beating louder and louder the closer we got.

Oh my gosh I can't believe this is finally happening, I'm so nervous I really want to make a good impression.

"There's nothing to be nervous about, everyone is excited and very curious to meet you as well. Esme has been talking non stop about spoiling you since I told her about you and already has plans on converting one of our unused rooms for a bedroom for you for when you stayover, Rosalie and Alice can't wait to take you shopping and do your make up. They already love you very much, there's nothing at all to be nervous about" I said as fiercely as I could, knowing that all of her fears are for nothing.

"Really?" she asked looking at me like she was still unsure of what I said was the truth.

This time it was Bella to speak up instead.

"He's right Renesmee, they're all going to love you just as much as I do. You're a wonderful girl, you're beautiful, smart, kind'

Renesmee just let out a chuckle and said, "You're just saying that because you're my mom, but I appreciate it though."

By this time, I was pulling up into the driveway. As soon as I stopped the car, I quickly got out and opened both of their doors for them.

Bella grabbed Renesmee's a hand and said, "Look why don't you two go on in and introduce yourself ok, I'll be in a few minutes."

Renesmee turned her head scared that Bella was going to back out.

"You're not backing out are you, I can't do this without you"

"I promise I will be there, but this is about you not me. I want to make sure you have your moment with your family."

While Bella was a terrible liar, there was some truth to what she was saying, but she probably needed some time to compose herself.

"Fine, but you better come in soon" she said as she quickly got out of the car and made her way towards the house.

Sure, enough as soon as I opened the door, the rest of my family was already there waiting for us.

Oh, my goodness she looks so much like Edward, and she has Bella's beautiful eyes

Man, she's blushing like crazy, she's defiantly Bella's kid.

My eye caught Renesmee keeping her head low with a big blush on her face. While it was endearing because it reminded me so much of Bella when she was still human, but also unsettling because she's always came across as headstrong and confident in ways that Bella and I were not.

"Everyone this is Renesmee" I said finally breaking the ice.

Carlisle was the first to approach.

"It's nice to finally meet you Renesmee, Edward has told us quite a bit about you already. I'm Carlisle"

Renesmee shook his hand and said "It's nice to finally meet part of my namesake"

Both Carlisle and I both looked confused, as it's obvious who her first name refers to.

"My middle name is Carlie" She explained smiling.

Carlisle was surprised that Bella had included him in the naming of our daughter, but his surprise quickly turned into a smile.

"Renesmee Carlie, such a beautiful perfect name".

Renesmee then turned over to Esme, but Esme was already starting to talk before she could open her mouth.

"You're so beautiful, you look so much like your father and those eyes are defiantly Bella's. I really hope you'll be spending a lot of time here" Esme said as she hugged Renesmee.

"I hope so as well; I've waited so long to meet all of you"

Renesmee then turned to the rest of my siblings "I really don't need any introductions, obviously people talk at school and plus being best friends with the gossipers of the school has its benefits".

"What about how incredible sexy we all are" Emmett smirked remembering no matter where they went, humans would always gawk at our appearance.

"And I thought you were the only mind reader" she joked before turning to Jasper and giving him a sly smile.

"Of course, you must be Jasper, my stalker that I've heard so much about."

Everyone chuckled, including Jasper. I remember hearing Jasper's conversation with Zoey Davis about how she ended up becoming friends with Renesmee and what they usually did together outside of school. Next to me, Jasper was feeling a tremendous amount of guilt over how things turned out in the last decade. He blamed himself for my decision of leaving Bella, and now knowing about Renesmee has only intensified his guilt. He couldn't bring himself to talk to Renesmee in school afraid of what Bella might have told her about him, but instead wanted to know about her through someone who knew her best.

"My apologies if I- "Jasper began before Renesmee interrupted.

"Don't worry about it, any questions you have about me go on and ask. I've got nothing to hide"

She certainly is full of spirit.

Carlisle motioned to a seat on the couch and said "Yes please take a seat, we're all quite fascinated, this is the first time any of us have ever heard of a hybrid"

Apparently, Bella decided now was the time to make her entrance knowing the questions that were going to be asked.

"Bella" a chorus from the family greeted her as she appeared at the doorway.

Alice automatically went straight towards Bella and enveloped her in a big hug. Just for the briefest moment, Bella seemed hesitant before she hugged Alice back just as fierce.

"I missed you so much" Bella said in a low whisper.

Alice pulled out of the hug and took a good look at Bella. I couldn't help but chuckle at her thoughts.

Of course, Bella still dresses so plain, it's amazing Renesmee turned out so fashionable, without me being around.

"Oh Bella, you look amazing. Though I can see your fashion sense still needs to be worked on."

Emmett stood up and immediately brought Bella into a bear hug "Man I have missed you and now I can hug you all I want without breaking you."

They both laughed as Emmett spun her around.

She's still anxious, but not as bad as she was outside just a while ago. I think she honestly considered fleeing for a while Jasper commented mentally to me, once we locked eyes.

Bella then turned towards Rosalie and Jasper and said a quick hello.

Though Rosalie had things she wanted to talk about with Bella, she knew it was better to wait for a more suitable time, and Jasper could only muster a small hello not knowing what Bella's reaction to him would be.

"Oh Bella, it's so nice to see you again. I wish things would've turned out differently" Esme said pulling Bella into a hug.

Bella then pulled back with a soft smile and said "It's alright Esme, I'm glad you guys are here now"

Carlisle went to Esme's side and said "Bella let me just say on behalf of everyone in the family, how much we have missed you and apparently we have missed quite a lot in the past 10 years"

He then looked over to Renesmee with a smile.

"I know and I'm prepared to answer the questions that you have, it's quite a story"

"I imagine nothing less, please take a seat" Carlisle said motioning to the sofa where Renesmee was seating.

Bella sat on the opposite end of the sofa next to Renesmee, who mouthed a grateful thank you to Bella as she sat down. I then also took my seat at the other end of the sofa.

"I suppose it's best to start at the beginning, when did you find out you were pregnant"

Bella let out a small smile, obviously reminiscing about the day. I didn't need to be a mind reader to figure that out.

"A little less than a week after you guys had left. I was getting sick constantly and I couldn't keep any food down. It wasn't until I realized that my period was late, that the thought of pregnancy even crossed my mind. It really wasn't long after until a baby bump was already forming."

"How long were you pregnant for" Carlisle asked, already theorizing that based on Renesmee's chronological age and her biological age, that the pregnancy wasn't the typical human pregnancy.

"Only a month"

I think we were all stunned by the information, a pregnancy only lasting a month after the conception. Which only brought more questions, how did Bella manage to hide this from her friends and family.

Luckily Carlisle was on the same thinking process as I was.

"How on earth did you survive, it's safe to assume this wasn't an ordinary pregnancy"

"No, it certainly wasn't. I had no idea what to do, but I knew I couldn't stay at Charlie's, so I ended up leaving and went to Jacob's. If anyone could help me, it would be him"

"A werewolf willingly helped you" Emmett asked shocked and almost disgusted.

Renesmee of course felt the need to defend Jacob "Jacob is a great guy, besides Aunt Huilen and Nahuel, mom wouldn't have survived without his help"

Once again Renesmee had nothing but affection for the dog as he did with her, and I just could not understand why. Apparently, Jasper also picked up on it.

She was quick to defend the werewolf; she adores him and holds a lot of affection for him.

Bella took Renesmee's hand and gave a slight squeeze "Yes, he did. We ended up running to your old house in forks, as that was the only safe place for us to go. It wasn't long until the pregnancy started taken its toll on me and I was getting weaker. We didn't know what to do, until another vampire Huilen showed up with her hybrid nephew Nahuel."

Everyone but Bella and Renesmee were surprised by this news, another hybrid that exists,

"Fascinating, there's more" Carlisle said, but mostly to himself as his mind started racing with the endless possibilities.

"Yes, besides Nahuel, he has 3 other half-sisters that I have never met. Nahuel and his Aunt tend to stay to themselves in their native lands."

Renesmee perked up from her seat "Well they are coming for their yearly visit mom, maybe they can come over and meet them"

"That's actually a good idea, I would very much like to meet them" I responded before Bella could, at the very least I want to meet them to give them my thanks for saving Bella.

"I'm not sure if that's a good idea, Huilen and Nahuel are very reclusive. I'm still surprised they visit us every year, as I said before they don't like to leave their native lands in South America"

"I don't get it, how on earth did they know about you" Emmett asked, finding it strange that a vampire and a hybrid came out of the blue to help Bella.

Bella sighed most likely trying to find the right words to explain.

"When I asked Huilen the same question, she said she had this strange feeling that started pulling her away from her homelands. She didn't understand it at the time, but she believes it was Renesmee that she was being drawn to".

Fascinating, it seems like this Huilen is drawn to hybrids. I'm curious to how this kind of power carried over into her vampire life

Bella then continued with her story.

"When they showed up, Huilen explained that as Renesmee was half vampire I needed to feed her to what she was naturally drawn to, which obviously was blood. So, between, Jacob, Huilen, and Nahuel they kept me well fed until Renesmee was born in October"

"When in October" Alice asked, already beginning to plan for a party.

"The 11th"

"That only gives me a little over a month of party planning, but it's not the first time I've had to plan on short notice."

"Alice you really don't need to" Bella started to argue, but Alice quickly silenced her.

"Bella we've missed 9 years of birthdays and other holidays, please I insist we throw her a lavish birthday party" she said giving her famous passive aggressive smile that we all knew very well.

"Fine" Bella sighed in defeat, knowing she couldn't stop Alice.

"What about the birth and your transformation Bella," Carlisle was in full doctor mode, extremely curious on the events that lead up to Bella's change and how it was done.

Renesmee automatically stiffened at the mention of her birth, and her thoughts went back to the day of her birth.

There was a lot of yelling going on around and the agonizing screams of Bella. I could see Renesmee thrashing about in the womb, breaking many of Bella's ribs.

A single tear dropped from Renesmee, which didn't go unnoticed.

Bella automatically put her arms around her and started to rub her shoulder "It's not your fault, you did what you needed to survive. I would do all of that over again, just to be where we are now"

"I know, but I just hate hearing about how close I nearly lost you" she said as she wiped away the tear from her face.

Carlisle was quick to apologize. "Renesmee, Bella please forgive me for overstepping with my questions, I never meant to infer that she meant to cause you harm purposefully."

Bella just put a hand up and said "You don't have to apologize Carlisle. We know that's not what you meant, Renesmee just doesn't like to think about it."

"Well then maybe we should save this conversation for another time, after all this is the first time, we've all been together like this in so long, and I'm dying to show Renesmee her room" Esme said already taking Renesmee's hand and heading up the stairs.

I quickly without even thinking, made my way outside towards the woods. The images of Renesmee's birth was almost too much to bear for me, my poor sweet Bella going through all the pain and suffering because of me.

Author's Note

Well there's chapter 7 and I hoped everyone enjoyed it. I apologize for the long hiatus, but I've recently gotten my love of twilight back and I really hope to finish this story as it is in my opinion my best work. Right now, I'm trying to go for an upload schedule of once a month, which I believe is very doable for me, possibly 2 a month depending on how things go. So, I split this one up, as it was getting extremely long and still so much more. Next chapter will be more interactions between the family, as there's some conversations that need to happen. So, expect a new chapter out by the beginning of September.