We'll be A Family

C17: Extended Family

Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters.

Rosalie's POV

Two months later, when Bella was just in her final month of pregnancy, we were waiting on the arrival of the rest of the Volturi, who were set to arrive early this morning, coming here for the meeting the three Queens has set up, mostly to talk about the pressing issue of Edward and James' pending attack.

Alice had seen that he would try and take out the complete Volturi out in one swift stroke with the help of a newborn army he and James had created, and that they had abandoned their plan of getting Bella and Victoria back and were just going for annihilation.

I tried not to think about it too much, since Bella was being extremely calm about this, I didn't see the need to worry her with this, and since I was still determined to make this as stress free as possible for her, I tried to distract her during the day with copious amounts of affection and sex, since she had truly become insatiable since hitting her third trimester.

Right now she was resting against me, shivering slightly with post-orgasmic aftershocks every so often, and even if it was nearly two in the morning, she just didn't seem to be able to sleep, and I had an inkling on why that was.

"Rosie, I'm hungry, or rather, your daughters are hungry again." She said with a tired groan.

I smiled and kissed her softly. "Why am I not surprised. What are you hungry for?"

"Pizza, a large meatlovers with mushrooms. Can you get me a pizza baby?" She asked softly.

I smiled and kissed her. "Of course love, do you mind waiting downstairs though? I would rather not spend the night in the smell of pizza in our bedroom, and it will make me feel better about your safety too."

She nodded and rested her head against my shoulder as I scooped her up in my arms before carrying her downstairs. "You're so precious Bella, even now that your stomach really seemed to have become a bottomless pit."

Bella pouted and slapped my arm softly. "Don't remind me. I don't even know where I'm keeping it all. I'm not used to eating that much and still be hungry."

I smiled and pressed a kiss to her cheek. "It'll be okay love, our little girls are growing really fast now, it's only a month after all. I'm so excited to meet them."

She smiled at that. "So am I, and I think we're not the only ones. The entire family is ecstatic to meet our bundles of joy. We might need to fight everyone off them."

"We won't, because everyone knows that my instincts will flare when they are born, and they will know to act appropriately, I think the only ones who I will not be affected by are Esme and Sulpicia, and I think we will be glad for their help in the first couple of weeks, since you won't be very mobile after giving birth, and I will probably not let you leave my sight." I said softly.

Bella smiled and gave me a kiss before I placed her on the couch. "How will you handle feeding then baby? I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable."

"I'll be okay love. Heidi will bring in a couple of people that she will drain into bags and then give to me so I can feed safely. You don't have to worry about me." I said with a soft smile.

She smiled and got comfortable in the couch as I quickly put on my shoes. "I'll be right back love, and don't hesitate to ask for help if you need anything."

"I won't Rose, but hurry, I don't know how long I can keep our daughters placated." She said softly.

I just smiled and kissed her before running off into the night, thinking where I could go at this hour to get my love a pizza.

Bella's POV

The moment Rosalie had left, Jane and Heidi were next to me. "Hello little dove. What are you doing out of bed at this hour?" Heidi asked with a sweet smile.

"My daughters are hungry and have a hankering for pizza, so Rose is going to get me a pizza, and I agreed to be placed here where everyone can keep an eye on me." I said softly.

They smiled at me. "We figured as much, your cravings seem to revolve around junk food lately, much to the consternation of your mother." Jane said softly.

I smiled at that. "I know, and I really feel bad for that. I love everything that Mom and mother do for me on any given day, and I just feel like I'm betraying them by craving pizza, burgers and tacos all the time."

The two smiled at that. "It's okay Bella. From what I've read it's completely normal to crave these things in your final months of pregnancy, and I know Rosalie will be quicker to get a pizza then it would be for Esme to make one from scratch."

I smiled and nodded as Esme and Sulpicia walked into the living room, both seeming a bit surprised to see me on the couch. "Sweetie what are you doing out of bed? It's the middle of the night." Sulpicia asked with a soft smile as she and Esme took a seat on the other couch, although they were there for only a second before Jane and Heidi moved over so they could sit next to me.

"Cravings happened mother. I'm sorry. I just can't sleep when the girls are demanding junk food." I said softly.

Sulpicia smiled and pressed a kiss to the top of my head and Esme smiled sympathetically at me. "It's okay sweetie, we were merely worried about you. We know you haven't been sleeping well lately."

I smiled at them. "That's mostly because the girls won't let me sleep on my side anymore and I can never fall asleep on my back, so it's something I have to live with until they are born. I'll be okay."

They smiled and Esme pulled me against her body, which as always never failed to relax me and for just a moment I could feel my eyes drooping a little.

When I opened my eyes again, I could smell the pizza, which meant I had actually fallen asleep in Esme's embrace. "Hey sleepyhead. Did you have a good nap?" Sulpicia asked softly.

I nodded and smiled at her. "I did, although I didn't mean to fall asleep."

The two smiled and pressed a kiss to my cheek. "That's quite alright sweetie. We're glad you got at least a little sleep."

I only smiled at them before turning my attention to the delicious smell on the table, and my Goddess on the sofa next to us. "Thank you love. I hope you didn't have to go too far."

She smiled at me. "I didn't love, there is a pizza place close by that is open twenty four hours a day, so if you get more cravings for pizza anytime soon, that's where I will go, if you enjoy it of course."

I nodded and took out a slice, moaning softly at the taste. "This is amazing pizza. We're definitely going there more often." I said before turning all my attention to the pizza in front of me.

I finished it in record time, because I really was hungry and only when I sat back I noticed the amused looks on the faces of my mate and my mothers and I couldn't help but blush at them. "Sorry, I really was hungry." I said softly.

Esme smiled at me. "It's okay sweetie, I know what you're going through, it's actually nice to see you coping with your cravings as well as you are."

I smiled and pressed a kiss to their cheeks before Rosalie once again scooped me in her arms, letting me rest against her once we were in bed. "I think this might help you sleep baby. You sure seemed comfortable resting against Esme when I got back."

"I was, and I really didn't mean to fall asleep, it just happened." I said softly.

Rosalie smiled at me. "It's okay love. I know that Esme has that aura of comfort that you need right now. There is nothing wrong with falling asleep in your mother's arms."

I blushed at that as I subconsciously rubbed my belly, soon to be joined by Rosalie's hands. "What's wrong love? Was it something I said?"

I shook my head and relaxed against her. "No love, it's just hormones. I'm so damn emotional right now that I am struggling to contain them."

Rosalie smiled and pressed a kiss to my neck. "It's to be expected at eight months pregnant baby. Is there anything I can do?"

"No not really, I just need to deal with them later today, because I won't be an emotional wreck when the others get here. Just keep holding me like this so I can get some sleep at least." I said softly.

She nodded and wrapped her arms around my waist again, while her hands came to rest on my belly, and soon enough I fell asleep in her arms.

Rosalie's POV

When Bella woke up again, it was well past ten in the morning, and I was happy to see that she seemed at least a little bit rested. "Good morning gorgeous. Did you sleep okay?" I asked softly.

Bella nodded and kissed me as she tried to curl into me, groaning softly as her belly prevented that. "Once I finally got to sleep, yes. I think this will be our regular position until they are born, and probably for a while after."

I smiled and kissed her softly. "You know I won't have any problems with that love, but we do need to take a shower before Esme and Sulpicia come to help you get into your dress today. It's your first official event as a Volturi princess after all."

"I know, I'm so excited to meet everyone. Will you join me for a shower? You know how much I hate contributing to the abuse of the environment." She said teasingly.

I only nodded and kissed her as I helped her get out of bed and into the bathroom, still very grateful that Bella seemed to have developed an aversion to clothes in bed. It gave so much options in the morning after all, especially with her constant state of arousal as of late.

As we stepped under the spray she pressed herself against me. "There are few things I love more than being so close to you Rosie. Thank you for everything."

I smiled and kissed her softly as I rubbed her belly. "You and the girls have been the light of my life in these past months, and I would do it all again in a heartbeat. I love you so much Bella, and I really should be thanking you."

Bella smiled and kissed me as her hands joined my own. "I would do it all again too baby, with one notable exception, or two rather."

"Two? I can get one, but what is the other?" I asked softly.

She smiled at me. "Dating Edward in the first place, of course. I should've listened to my gut and I should've tried to get close to you from day one. It is so obvious that you are the only one for me, even if we don't account for the mating bond we share."

I nodded and smiled at her as I gently turned her around so I could wash her back and hair. "I am to blame for that as well, I should've told Edward where he could stuff it from the beginning. I should've told you about my feelings as soon as you started coming over. I could've prevented everything that happened to you."

She smiled and squeezed my thigh softly. "In a way I am glad that I got pregnant. Because now I can give the most beautiful woman in the world the family she deserves, but I also think that we would've found a way to fulfill that dream."

I smiled at her. "Perhaps, but I hope you know that even without the girls I would've been more than happy to spend the rest of eternity with you, my love."

Bella smiled and nodded. "I know, but I'm glad we will have our girls too, no matter how they were conceived. All that matters is that we will love them forever and that we get to take care of them forever."

I nodded and pressed a kiss to her neck before I grabbed her shampoo and started massaging it into her hair, and I couldn't help but smile at the soft moans of contentment she let me hear.

After our shower and I helped Bella get her underwear on, I pressed a soft kiss to her cheek. "I'll be right downstairs, my love. I'll see you in a bit for breakfast."

She nodded and kissed me before I made my way downstairs to prepare her breakfast while Esme and Sulpicia would help her dress in her official Volturi princess dress, something the two had been very excited about for the last couple of days.

Bella's POV

While Rosalie was fixing my breakfast, I waited patiently for my mothers to come and help primp me for today, even though I was only in my panties because none of my bras would fit anymore, which reminded me that I needed to ask Alice to buy me some new ones, but perhaps in the meantime I could borrow one from Heidi. She seemed to be the one that was closest to my new size, if she owned bras at all, which I sometimes doubted.

Rosalie had barely left before the bedroom door opened to reveal Esme and Sulpicia, both wearing beautiful dresses that seemed to come right out of the Victorian era. "Good morning sweetie. I hope you slept okay?" Sulpicia asked with a soft smile.

I nodded and smiled at them. "I did, I am a bit miffed that none of my bras fit anymore though. Would it be possible for me to borrow one of Heidi's?"

Esme smiled at me. "Of course sweetie, I think she's already searching for you, and I hope you are used to them, because this will be your new size, maybe a bit smaller once the milk dries up, but this size is what you will be stuck with."

I blushed a little at that as there was a soft knock on the door. "Bra delivery service." Heidi called out, to which I couldn't help but laugh a little. Leave it to Heidi to make light of any situation.

Sulpicia took the scarlet colored bra with a smile before turning back to me. "For once we'll forgive you the faux pas of having uncoordinated underwear sweetie. I'm sure Alice will be delighted to go shopping for you."

That only darkened my blush as I clasped the bra, which fit surprisingly well. "I'm sure she will. At least she will know which size to get. This one fits perfectly."

The two women smiled at me. "That's good news, and I am sure Heidi will be glad to have another woman here that has a similar size to her. I'm sure you two will have plenty to talk about."

"I'm sure we will, but can we please talk about that later, I don't know if it's possible for me to pass out from blushing too much around you two." I said softly.

Esme and Sulpicia smiled and took a seat next to me on the bed. "Sorry sweetie, we're only teasing you. We're just so happy that you seemed to have gotten out of the funk you found yourself in over the last few weeks." Esme said softly.

I smiled and leaned against her. "I think that I'm just happy to almost be done with this pregnancy, because while it has been a very uneventful pregnancy, I just want to be able to see my toes again. I'm so done with feeling bloated and miserable all day."

They wrapped me in a hug and smiled at me. "I can understand that sweetie. I remember feeling the exact same when I was pregnant. I was also done with it all in the last month, but I promise you that it will all be worth it when you hold your daughters in your arms for the first time."

I only smiled and relaxed in their embrace. "I know, and I will probably have forgotten all about the miserable moments by then. I'll just have to power through them for now."

They smiled at me. "We'll be there for you the entire way sweetie, now shall we get your dress on, the others are on their way, and we need our princess to look perfect today." Sulpicia said sweetly.

I nodded as they helped me to stand and step into the emerald colored dress they had selected for me today. "Don't worry sweetie, we made sure the dress doesn't overemphasize your belly too much." Sulpicia said softly.

"I appreciate that mother. I'm still so happy that you adopted me as your daughter." I said softly.

They smiled at me. "Sweetie, you are our daughter and I think if our theory is proven right today, we'll have definitive proof of that too. Didyme as you know has the ability to see bonds in people and you know there are more bonds than just mating and sire bonds, and we will talk about those later, but we think we both share a maternal bond with you, which is almost as powerful as a mate bond, but on another level."

"Honestly, what I feel for the both of you comes very close to that, and I think Didyme will see that too, but even if we somehow don't share such a bond, you two will always be my mothers, no matter what happens." I said with a soft smile.

They smiled as Esme pulled up the dress and started to lace me in. "And you will always be our daughter Bella. We both love you very much and there is nothing we wouldn't do to keep you safe."

I pressed a kiss to both of their cheeks as I regarded myself in the mirror, and for the first time in a very long time I liked what I saw, but also had trouble recognizing the woman staring back at me. "I never thought a dress could change one's perception so much. I barely recognize myself in the mirror."

"It'll grow on you sweetie, and there won't be many occasions where we will force you to wear a dress, since we know how much you hate restrictive clothing. If all goes well, it'll only be once a year, maybe two." Sulpicia said with a soft smile.

I smiled at her, relaxing against the ancient vampire who guided me to my vanity table. "I know this is usually Alice's job, but I hope you won't mind me doing it today."

"Of course not mother. I will never object to that." I said with a soft smile.

Sulpicia smiled and got started my make-up, which all in all wasn't much, just a bit of a touch up to make me look not as tired as I probably looked right now.

Afterwards Esme helped me to step into my shoes, which thankfully where without a heel, since I didn't trust myself even a little not to fall flat on my face with my distorted equilibrium right now, especially since it was sketchy even when I wasn't eight months pregnant.

"You look beautiful sweetie. A Volturi princess if I ever saw one." Sulpicia said with a soft smile.

I blushed a little at that. "Are there more princesses then?"

They nodded at me. "Jane is a princess too, and so are Kate and Irina, Didyme is still waiting to find her second daughter, at least as far as we know, if things have changed we'll find out today, and I think Rosalie is also just about done with your breakfast, so shall we go downstairs?"

I nodded followed them downstairs, where Esme helped me navigate the staircase with ease.

Sulpicia's POV

After Bella had her breakfast I could hear a car come up the driveway. "Ah, impeccable timing as always. Please stay close to your mother and myself, sweetie. We don't know if Edward might try something already." I said sweetly.

Isabella smiled and nodded. "I promise mother, but I would feel better if Rosalie could stand next to me too."

I smiled at her. "Of course sweetie. She is your mate after all and I think she has just finished dressing for the occasion."

She turned and smiled at the blonde that walked up to us, wearing a scarlet dress that accented Isabella's perfectly, and the amulet we had given her to identify her as a princess' mate looked almost natural on her.

As a family we walked outside and I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face at the thought of seeing my sister again. It had been quite a year and I hoped she would take to Isabella as everyone had, although I knew there was no other way. The two would have plenty to bond over after all.

As we gathered outside Esme placed a hand on Isabella's shoulder, with Rosalie taking her spot behind her mate, and I placed a hand on Jane's shoulder, the blonde giving me a quick smile, one I couldn't help but return.

One by one the car doors opened and the two Covens filtered out, and I was surprised to see a new addition to Didyme's group, a young redhead who stayed close to Didyme.

"Welcome everyone, it's so good to see you all again. Shall we leave introductions for inside, I wouldn't want my daughter to be on her feet for too long in her condition."

Didyme smiled and focused for a moment. "Of course, we wouldn't want to make your princess uncomfortable."

I smiled at her as we all moved inside, only the men staying outside to guard the perimeter, and that certainly wasn't a sexist thing, it was merely smart use of gifts and strength.

Once we were all seated I turned to Didyme. "So Di, I see you have a new member to our little family, why don't you introduce us to her."

Didyme smiled at me. "I was going to Cia, don't get your panties twisted. Everyone, I want you to meet Anna, who came to me after Dora and Tanya ousted the Romanian Coven. She has a gift of lie detection, which given my presence in Volterra has come in handy quite a bit already. It was her who laid bare all of Carlisle's lies, which run deeper than we thought. She is also my daughter."

"We figured as much Di, and were happy you found your second daughter. It was high time, and I suppose I should do the proper thing and properly introduce our daughter. This is young Isabella, and of course our two as of yet unnamed granddaughters. I won't go into details on how that happened, all that I will say that it was not consensual and that it resulted in her pregnancy. Now we've already talked at length about this, and I see no reason to repeat those things. We already know Bella is a Soul Seer, and that our granddaughters have shields, both a physical and a mental, but we don't know in what capacity as of yet, nor will we push for that until the timing is appropriate." I said with a kind smile to the others present.

Didyme smiled at that. "You don't have to tell us Cia, we can get the picture, and I must say that your daughter's bonds are very impressive. Not in the least the maternal bond she shares with both you and Esme, which is among the strongest I have ever seen, and of course her mating bond with Rosalie is extremely powerful as well, but what surprises me more is the familial bonds I can see to everyone of your Coven."

"We had those suspicions to be honest. Bella was very affectionate with me from the beginning and that has copied itself to Sulpicia from the moment they met, and of course the bond with Rosalie was instantaneous as well." Esme said with a loving smile to Isabella.

The girl blushed a little at that. "Thanks Mom, I love you too."

Esme smiled at her and pulled our daughter into her side. "We love you too sweetie, and we always will."

I smiled at them before turning back to the room. "While I know we've gathered to discuss our plans for the coming year, there is something more important we need to discuss, something that will be coming our way today. Young Alice has seen that Edward Cullen is currently on his way with Victoria's sire and a newborn army to annihilate us, and he seems to think that it will be easy pickings too. This is of course a foolish thought, but his state of mind might have led him to create a newborn army the size of which we haven't seen in a millennia, and this is cause for concern. The sooner we deal with this, the better it will be for everyone. So I propose we wait with our planned meeting until we have dealt with this threat, but I think you will agree with me that protecting Isabella will be most important, simply because she is still human and therefor doubly vulnerable now that she is so far along in her pregnancy."

Everyone nodded at that as there was a shout from the outside, and within a second everyone was on their feet, save Heidi and Rosalie, the latter scooping up Bella in her arms and taking her downstairs to the basement, Heidi following the pair as an extra line of defense.