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A/N: Sorry for the little wait on the chapter I've been busy.
A month after that first speech thousands of us voted on whether we'd stick to the way things were now or if we'd change it. They changed it. I was named president of the United States vampire population even though I tried to give the job to Edward. He insisted on only being my vice. Our senate consisted of the original ten members of the group who put the plan in motion. Much to Edward's surprise there was no interference from the Volturi. At least not yet. That was a year ago though. Every vampire has taken their class in vegetarianism and passed the test. It's actually a very difficult test. We put them in a room with one adult human that was usually an escapee from a jail or at least a criminal and a deer. Not one has died yet. They're always blindfolded and ear plugged. After the tests they are turned over to the police only thinking they had been caught.
Now a year later on after a completely normal day of shopping we come home to Find Aro sitting on the back of our couch.
"Aro how nice of you to stop by" Edward said when we walked into our apartment. I took Matt and Maddie to their rooms.
"But I want to stay out here" Matt complained. I ignored his pleas and walked back into the living room.
"To what do we owe this pleasure" I asked.
"Mrs. Cullen I believe I haven't had the chance to congratulate you. On both your marriage and your new seat of power in this new vampire world you have started."
"If you're trying to stop us I believe you're a little late we've already converted thousands of vampires" Edward told him.
"Oh yes I've heard. I'm not here to stop you. I just came to tell you that I think it's wonderful that you've seized power like that. I hear you are a very powerful girl Mrs. Cullen. More powerful than I believe you know."
"What are you talking about?"
"You'll soon find out. I wanted to give you our blessing on whatever else you have planned but please don't even give them reason to think there are others in other places or that not all are as kind as you."
"Of course" Edward nodded and Aro left without another word. We then walked into Matt and Maddie's room. It used to be the empty room. Now there were two twin beds one night stand next to each bed and two dressers. There was also a TV hanging from the ceiling.
Matt was sitting on Maddie's bed as she cried on his shoulder.
"What's wrong?"
"She thought they were going to hurt you" Matt explained sullenly "they're not are they?"
"No Matt. They won't hurt us or you" Edward walked in and sat on the other bed.
"Hey Ed can we go to the park and play some catch tonight" Matt asked having completely recovered.
"You have to wear the metal glove" I told him.
"Bella come on what if someone saw me" Matt tilted his head.
"I don't care. You're wearing it and you have to be home by one."
"You know when most moms say one they mean PM. Not my mom. She means AM" He shook his head and walked out of the room. He sat on the couch in the living room and grabbed the phone sitting on the coffee table.
"Hey Jordan it's Matt I'm free this afternoon but tonight I'm hanging with Eddie."
"Dude you're the only guy I know who passes up a joyride in my brother's car for his old man."
"He's not my dad alright. He's younger than your brother remember" Maddie laughed at his comment.
"Taylor's coming"
"Then so am I" He hung up. I glared at him. "Oh come on he's a safer driver than Eddie."
"You're not going anywhere for a year if you continue to call me that horrible nickname" Edward mumbled.
"He may be a slower driver but he hasn't had as long to practice as Edward" I reasoned "besides who's this Taylor person."
"Just this girl" he said quickly.
"She's a cheerleader. She prances around all day in these tiny skirts and heels. She doesn't even get in trouble because she's so perfect. She has the bluest eyes I've ever seen and it's so obvious she has colored contacts. She just moved here and Matt and most of the other guys in school are already completely in love with her. She's taken though. She's going out with some kid from the upper school. Says he's a senior jock but he's probably a freshman nerd."
"What kind of sister are you Maddie?" Matt was livid.
"Oh please they have superhuman abilities did you really think they wouldn't find out. You're not Aunt Alice you can't lie to yourself for long. Besides Bella could probably remove your brain from your head and never get caught because there would be no finger prints."
"You have a wild imagination" I laughed.
The door burst open and Ann ran in pretending to be out of breath. She looked around then stopped panting.
"Caius just stopped by he gave us the ok to go public" she jumped.
"Yeah Aro came by here" Edward told her.
"Oh well ok we're flying to DC tonight pack anything you might need kids" she left without another word.
"I have to go. Taylor is going to be there" Matt yelled.
"You want to see them before we leave go now I'll pack for you it takes me less time anyways" I said as he was running out the door.
"Can I watch Bella" Maddie asked.
I nodded
Matt spent the whole flight in some kind of dream world. It was quite funny he got this extremely dopey look on his face. I made a mental note to ask Edward about it later. When we landed we had to go straight to Capital hill.
Thankfully it was a sunny day. All there was to going public was standing in the sunlight. It seemed like all the vampires in the country were there and it sparkled like thousands of diamonds. People stopped to look at us and gawk. Matt looked around and noticed a blonde girl who looked to be about his age but most likely was in her hundreds. She was wearing a mini skirt and heels.
"Taylor" he croaked. She turned her head and her eyes grew wide. She put up the umbrella she was carrying.
"Matt!" she squeaked "what are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same thing" He tried to stay calm so he wouldn't disrupt anything. He knew he was supposed to stay pretty quiet so when someone finally asked us what we were doing it wouldn't be too loud.
"Matt I… Wait why are you standing here of all places?"
"Taylor right" I asked.
"Mrs. Cullen" her eyes grew even wider "it's an honor to meet you."
"Likewise I've heard a lot about you."
"Really?"
"Yep. Are you alone?"
"No my boyfriend's here too."
"Oh really where is he I'd like to meet him" Matt looked around. "Bobby over here" she waved down a guy who looked a lot like Emmett but possibly a little more muscle. Matt gulped.
"Freshman nerd my ass" Maddie laughed.
"Language" Edward warned.
"Are you…" Taylor trailed off as if she didn't even know where she was going with that sentence.
"No. They're our adoptive parents. Sort of." Matt explained poorly.
"So that's why you're here" she smiled and nodded. She had an impossibly perfect smile. Even by vampire standards. She reminded me of Rosalie but not as shrill.
"Excuse me ma'am may I ask what everyone is doing standing here like this" a reporter asked.
"Showing ourselves" I replied with what we had already agreed on.
"Well this may seem odd but are you aware that you're um reflecting sunlight?"
"Yes sir" Edward nodded.
Exactly five seconds later. I raised a closed hot dog stand. A glass window behind him shook as if about to shatter. Which it would have if whoever was doing it hadn't stopped. Jasper, who, was standing behind me calmed the reporter down. One person I vaguely recognized levitated off the ground.
"What are you?"
"They're vampires" Maddie grinned.
The reporter's heart sped up.
"You're not going to lose your job your camera man has been taping this whole thing" Edward held back a laugh at his shocked expression.
Within the hour there were seven more media vans.
"Is there a leader of any kind" another reporter asked.
"That would be us" I told her. I thought it was pretty obvious. We were the only people standing in the front of our formation.
"How do you usually stay out of the sun?"
Everyone put up their umbrella at once.
"Why now?"
"They've been around for centuries don't you think that's long enough to be in hiding" Matt asked.
"Who are you and why don't you sparkle?"a reporter asked.
"I'm Matt this is my sister Maddie and we're human."
"Why are you here?"
"We're with them" Maddie pointed to us and I lifted her up.
"Don't you drink human blood?"
"No we only drink animal blood" Edward answered.
"Are they your kids?"
"They adopted us" Maddie clung to my neck.
"Do all vampires drink animal blood?"
"No it all depends on who changed you. I don't drink animal blood unless absolutely necessary. I'd rather have normal food. I'm really not one fro animal in the morning. I'd rather have cereal." I got a laugh out of some reporters "But there are no vampires who still feast on humans."
Around dark it was over and we all dispersed. Matt went off with Taylor. I trusted him to be ok with her. After all she was 60 years older than I was. Maddie and Edward went to get a hotel room while I searched the city to find something for us to eat. Not Edward of course because he had already hunted. So had I just because Edward says it's better for me to eat at least a little like a vampire. I'd rather have a hamburger ay day though. The only difference I can see in my diet is that now I'd rather have it rare as opposed to medium well like I used to eat it
As I waited in line at a Chinese restaurant I got a call from Edward.
"Hey baby" I laughed.
"We have dinner with the president in an hour" he huffed.
"Sounds like fun" I said sincerely "I'll be home in a minute then. I think I'm going to run."
"Ok just don't run into anyone."
"Very funny" I hung up.
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