We'll be a Family
C21: Life With Twins
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters
Rosalie's POV
I knew up front that becoming a mother was an amazing experience, but nothing, and I do mean nothing could've prepared me for the reality of being a mother. Everything our daughters did amazed me, even if it was just something as simple as a burp after they ate.
It was not just me either. The entire family was enchanted by their charm and cuteness and it never took more than ten seconds before someone would be able to tend to them if they let themselves be heard, which all in all was not as often as I thought, even at three months old they only let themselves be heard if they needed to be fed or changed.
Right now though they were both sound asleep and Bella and I finally had some time alone again, just us and our daughters, since I had taken them both to Alice's cabin that she had graciously let me use for a couple of weeks. "It feels so nice to finally have some alone time with our little girls again, isn't it love?" Bella asked with a soft smile from her stretched out position on the floor.
I smiled at her and nodded. "It is. I love our family, but they're experts at hovering at all hours of the night. I have to kick Alice out of our room at least twice a week because she has seen that her nieces need her."
She smiled at me as she switched her yoga position again. "Alice is just glad that she can see our girls now. She'll calm down in a little while. It certainly helped us a bit over the past few months, and I think that we wouldn't have convinced her to let us stay here so easily if she hadn't seen it."
I smiled at her. "Probably, but I'm glad she did. This little getaway was exactly what we needed, and I think the girls needed it too."
Bella smiled as she sat down next to me and gave me a kiss. "We've certainly had plenty of fun this past week, not to mention that we finally get to spend some time with the girls, and that is still the highlight so far."
I smiled and pulled her into my lap. "You, Olivia and Julia are the lights of my everlasting life. I can't wait to see what the future brings us."
"I wonder how they will grow up to be. Will they be more like you or more like me, or will they be a combination of our personalities, because if that's the case I pity anyone who would dare to ever bully them." She said as she cuddled into me.
"I honestly believe no one will ever be stupid enough to bully them. From what I remember, twins are usually left alone because they're very protective of each other, plus the fact that we'll have two vampires that will go absolutely ballistic when they hear about them ever being bullied." I said with a soft smile.
Bella laughed lightly at that. "Jane especially will literally flip a lid if she hears that someone dares to bully her Olivia, and Heidi might do something equally devious if it would be Julia."
I nodded at her. "That's why we'll teach them that they shouldn't mind what people say to them, they will know that they are loved beyond measure, and I honestly think that they'll get enough of my influence that they will know exactly how to respond to ignorant people, not to mention Sulpicia's inevitable influence."
Bella smiled at that as I heard them whimper in their room. "I think they want to talk too. Shall I go and get them?" I asked softly.
"Since they ate not an hour ago, I think they need to be changed too, so if you go and get them, I'll prepare everything to change them." Bella said with a smile.
I nodded and walked the short distance to their room, smiling as I saw them fighting with their blankets. "Hello my sweets. How are Momma's princesses doing?"
They both gurgled happily and reached out towards me, and I just couldn't help but smile even bigger as I lifted them out of their cribs. "You two are so precious. Shall we see if Mommy is ready?"
Again the twins gurgled happily as they settled themselves in my arms, which had been another fear of mine that our daughters had rendered moot. I had been so afraid that our daughters wouldn't recognize me as their mother, but they always settled when I held them and they were always happy whenever they saw me, and that made my heart melt every time they did.
As I carried them into the living room Bella was already waiting with clean diapers and everything we needed to change them, because one thing that we had learned about them was that they didn't like to wait on each other, which was something I hoped we would be able to combat, because it could cause issues as they aged.
"I see Momma is enjoying some Momma time again. Is it a number one or number two?" Bella asked with a smile.
I smiled at her. "Only a number one Mommy."
Bella smiled at me as I handed her Olivia, who gurgled happily as she was changed hands. "Hello my sweet, did you have a nice nap with your sister?"
The little girl smiled and tried to catch Bella's fingers as she always did, and of course her sister tried to do the same to me, and we were both powerless to indulge them while we tried to change them.
"Just imagine a few months from now when they start talking. I have a feeling they will be quite the chatterboxes, if Alice's influence on them will show itself that early." I said with a soft smile.
Bella smiled and nodded at that. "I'm sure they will, it'll be good for Olivia too, since Jane is so quiet most of the times. Julia I have no doubt about since Heidi is so outgoing too. They'll be able to give Alice a run for her money, wouldn't you agree, my sweet? You're going to talk auntie Alice's ear off, aren't you?" I said in what Bella had come to call my Momma voice.
Bella smiled at me as she redressed Olivia, cradling her in her arms. "And what about you sweetie. Will you become a chatterbox as well? Maybe you can someday teach auntie Jane how to be a bit more outgoing."
The girls merely gurgled happily as they slowly drifted asleep again, and both Bella and I couldn't help but smile at each other as we slowly rocked our daughters to sleep.
Bella's POV
After a few weeks of spending time with just Rosalie and the girls, we both thought it was high time we went home again, mostly because Esme and Sulpicia had been calling almost every day to ask when we were coming home.
The girls were now safely strapped into their seat in Rosalie's car and I couldn't help but smile as they looked at their mounted mobiles completely mesmerized. "It'll be nice to be back home again. I could tell the girls have really missed their grandmothers."
"I honestly can't blame them. Esme and Sulpicia are fast becoming the most doting grandmothers in the world, and surprisingly all without excessively spoiling them. It gives me good hopes for the future." Rosalie said with a soft smile.
I smiled and nodded at her. "So do I. I was a bit worried that they might have gone all out with spoiling them, especially Sulpicia. But I must say that she really surprised me."
Rosalie smiled and took my hand. "She surprised me too, but I have to admit I am most surprised by Alice. I thought she would've almost literally buried us with gifts and clothes, but she's kept it surprisingly tame."
"That she has, and I had honestly expected the same. Do you think we'll be overwhelmed by gifts once we set foot in the house?" I asked softly.
Rosalie laughed lightly at that. "I don't think we will, I think Esme and Sulpicia have managed to temper her a little. She also might have seen what it might lead to if she spoils them too much, and for once I am glad for that foresight. We wouldn't want them to become those entitled brats that expect everything to be handed to them."
"No we wouldn't, because I know neither of us will react well to that. We've fought too hard to let them become like a Jessica or Lauren." I said with a soft smile.
She nodded at that as she glanced at them through the second rearview mirror she had fitted to the car. "Not if we have something to say about it. No matter how old they are, I will put them over my knee if that happens."
I smiled at the visuals of that. "You know I am now imagining you spanking them when they're like fifteen right?"
"I will if it's necessary, or perhaps we should let their mates handle that by then. They might have more inspirational punishments for their mates." Rosalie said with a smile.
I looked back at the slumbering girls and quirked an eyebrow at the blonde. "Could you not put images into my head of our daughters being intimate with their mates. I would like to keep those innocent looks on their faces for as long as I can, thank you very much."
Rosalie smiled at me. "Baby, we can pretend like so many parents that our daughters will stay innocent forever, but we both know that is not going to happen. All we can do is prepare them as good as we possibly can, and I also don't think that Jane and Heidi will push things before they are ready."
I smiled at that. "I know they won't. It's just so difficult to think of them as young ladies when they're not even six months old, it's just weird to think that their love lives are already planned out."
"I know, and I had a good talk with both Jane and Heidi when they told me that they were mated to our daughters, and they have every intention to let the girls enjoy their childhood and teenage years to the fullest. We don't have to worry about that, plus they get to experience something not a lot of children will be able to. They get to explore and experience the world in all its beauty while knowing they will be forever safe and protected." Rosalie said with a soft smile.
I smiled and nodded at that. "That's true. We'll be able to give them so many opportunities to have fun in different countries that I just can't help but think about what they will grow up to love."
Rosalie smiled at me as she drove onto the driveway of the mansion. "Time will only tell, or Alice will if she sees anything impactful. Now are we ready to face the family again?"
I nodded and smiled at her. "I know we are, but our darlings are still sound asleep."
"The family probably already knows love. They'll keep it down. We should probably wake them up soon anyway. I think they need to eat soon, don't they?" Rosalie asked softly as she parked the car and went to unbuckle Olivia and I did the same for Julia.
"They do, but I think they'll let their needs be known in an hour or so. Plenty of time to get our things packed away and be welcomed home by our family." I said with a soft smile.
Rosalie smiled and cradled Olivia close to her chest. "We'll leave the unpacking for a bit, besides the essentials of course. I'll bring everything up while you are offering your breasts to our daughters."
I smiled at her. "Every time you say that it sends very weird images into my mind. As far as I know my boobs are not an offering to any type of deity."
Rosalie only smiled at that as we walked inside, where we were greeted with most of the family, albeit a lot less exuberant when they saw that our angels were still sound asleep.
Esme's POV
I was over the moon that my daughters and granddaughters had come back home after two weeks. We had truly missed them and now that they were back, we could share our surprise with them.
Sulpicia and I had been working on resettling the family now that the girls were born, mostly because we didn't want them to grow up in the cold of Alaska. We had several places in mind, but ultimately settled for a plot of land outside of Sacramento. It would give them a warm climate to grow up in and give them plenty of opportunity to choose a proper school.
Sulpicia and I had settled ourselves next to Bella, our granddaughters sleep in our arms. "We're so happy you're home sweetie. We really missed you." I said with a soft smile.
"We missed you too, but we really needed this time away from everyone. It was getting a bit too much for us." Bella said with a soft smile.
I smiled at her. "We're sorry sweetie, we were just so happy to be able to be grandmothers that we kind of went all out. We promise to tone the affection down for a bit."
Bella smiled at me. "It's okay Mom. I understand. They're so adorable after all, but I do have to ask. Where is everyone? The house is surprisingly empty."
"Well, we have a surprise for you and the girls, sweetie. You know we talked about resettling after the girls were born and I am please to announce that we have found a permanent location. So everyone with the exception of Jane and Heidi is working to get the house done. They wanted to stay here for both protection and in case you two came back." Sulpicia said with a soft smile.
Bella smiled brightly at that. "Really? We're moving? Where are we going to live?" She asked in rapid fire.
I smiled at her. "We're building a house near Sacramento sweetie. It'll be a lot warmer and we'll have plenty of schooling options as well, plus the property has a similar lake to the one we had in Forks, so we can go swimming all we want."
She smiled and gave us both a quick hug, mindful of her slumbering daughters in our arms. "I'm sure they'll love it in California."
"It is not only for them though. We could all use the change of scenery and have so many big cities nearby will also make it easier for a Coven of our size to hunt." Sulpicia said with a soft smile as Julia started whimpering. "I think someone is hungry."
Bella smiled and took Julia while lifting her top. "She's usually the first to let herself be heard, and usually also the one that makes the least fuss as well. Don't you sweetie? You're never loud like your sister."
We both smiled at her as if on cue Olivia woke up and started crying. "Good afternoon sweetheart. If you can be patient for just a little while longer, I will hand you over to Mommy and she will get you fed. Could you calm down for Grammy?"
The little girl gurgled happily and settled herself against me and I just couldn't help but coo at her. "You're so precious sweetheart. I wonder if you already know just how loved you are."
"I think they know Mom, we've noticed they're a bit wary of strangers when we went out, but with most of the family they instantly settle down. The only one they are even remotely fussy with is Emmett, but that's probably because of his chaotic nature." Bella said with a soft smile.
I smiled at that. "In a couple of years they'll love him. He is just a big child at heart and will do anything to make them smile. They'll be a handful once they're old enough to understand that their uncle is just a big teddy bear."
Bella smiled at that. "We're going to have our hands full with them regardless of Emmett being involved in the inevitable mischief they're going to get into. If they're anything like me that is. I was a pretty rambunctious child when I had the chance to be a child."
"Every time you say something like that I want to have a word with your mother and give her a piece of my mind." I said with a slight frown.
Bella smiled at me. "You don't have to on my account Mom. I've come to terms with the fact that Renee despises me long ago. You and Sulpicia are my mothers, and I don't care what happens to Renee. She'll never accept the girls, and I will not be put in that situation, nor will I put them up to be hurt by a grandmother that doesn't want anything to do with them. I couldn't do that to them this early in our lives after the promise I made to never do that. It would make me as bad as Renee."
We both smiled and pressed a kiss to her head. "You could never be as bad at her because we will always be here to make sure you won't, plus so far you've been an amazing mother, and we're sure that you will continue to be an amazing mother. We will also always be here if things get a bit too much for you." Sulpicia said with a loving smile.
Bella just smiled and pressed a kiss to our cheeks at the same time Julia let Bella's nipple go. "Well that is good timing. Did you have enough honey?
Julia gurgled happily as Bella handed her back to Sulpicia so she could burp her and I handed her Olivia, who on her turn greedily latched on to Bella's other nipple.
Rosalie's POV
The news that we were going to move again in a couple of weeks should have pissed me off more than it did, because who would want the hassle of another move with two newborn babies, but after learning that with the exception of our clothes and personal items, everything would be bought new, I was more okay with it.
The fact that the house was at least twice the size of our home in Forks but with the same homey feel as our home in Forks also had a lot to do with it, and like our home in Forks, we would have our girls in the room next to us for at least a couple of years, until they would say they were ready for their own space.
Bella was of course over the moon that we would be moving to a warmer area of America, since she absolutely loathed the cold in all its forms, which I still thought was ironic given that she was born in Forks.
Of course when I mentioned it she had glared at me, quite adorably I might add, and I decided to not tease her about her aversion to the cold too much in favor of keeping cuddle time with my daughters. She could be very possessive of them after all.
Right now we were mostly bust packing our clothes since we were set to leave tomorrow morning, which would present plenty of problems in and of itself. Traveling with two newborns was a challenge on normal days, but now we would be in the car well over ten hours, and that meant we had to stop several times to change and feed them, which was a bit of a point of argument for us at the moment.
Bella wanted me to drive so we could be there quicker, but I for once wanted to take our time in getting there so we could make sure everything was done by the time we arrived.
Of course an argument between us never lasted long because of our shared experiences and the way we usually talked to each other, but the prolonged silences laid heavy on my heart.
"How about this Rose. We take either Jane or Heidi with us so we have some help with the girls on the road if we would need it." Bella said softly as she walked out of the closet with the last of her clothes.
I smiled at her. "I think we can fit both of them in the backseat with the girls, it wouldn't be fair to either of our sisters if we would take one of them with us and left the other one in the car with Esme and Sulpicia. Perhaps we can convince Esme and Sulpicia to switch with us so we can take their SUV and they take our car."
She smiled at that. "I think they'll agree with that when we say it will be for the benefit of their granddaughters. You know they will do anything for the girls."
"Given the fact that they are probably more than content to be babysitting while we pack our clothes, I would say you are right in that." I said with a soft smile.
Bella smiled and kissed me. "I'm glad we've finally put the arguments behind us. Those prolonged silences were unbearable."
"Every couple fights sometimes love. It was inevitable that we would have an argument at some point. But you know what the best part of having an argument with your lover is?" I asked softly.
She smiled at that. "Let me guess. Make-up sex?"
I nodded and kissed her softly. "Exactly. So what do you say love, up for a last quickie before we go to our new home?"
"How about we save the quickie and make love properly tonight after the girls go to bed. Perhaps we could ask Jane and Heidi to watch them for a night and have some true alone time." Bella said with a soft smile.
I smiled at her. "I think they won't object to that, but how will you handle the milk?"
"Alice gifted me a pump shortly after we came home for exactly these situations. I'll drain enough to last them through the night and then we can have some fun." Bella said with a smile.
I smiled at that. "Do you need help with that. You know I will never turn down an opportunity to learn more about the process of motherhood."
"Of course I don't mind love, I know you are living vicariously through me, and I want to give you every opportunity to do so." She said with a soft smile.
I smiled and kissed her softly. "Have I told you recently how much I love you, my Bella?"
"Several times today love, but I am always okay with hearing it more, because that gives me a chance to tell you how much I love you in turn." She said lovingly.
"Careful now love, you know that stroking a vampire's ego too much can lead to exhaustion." I said huskily.
Bella smiled at me. "You should know by now that I can take whatever you can dish out, my love. If the last months have proven anything it is that I can keep up with your sex drive."
I smiled and kissed her as I pulled her against me. "We both know I was holding back because you were pregnant love. You know that I have pretty much infinite stamina and can literally go all night. Perhaps we should postpone our little lovemaking session until we are settled in the new home, so I can show you exactly what happens when tease me too much."
She nodded and kissed me softly. "Of course love, but shall we also lay off the teasing and finish packing? Otherwise we won't be ready in time tomorrow, and I do have two girls to feed in an hour, maybe even less."
I only nodded and kissed her a last time as we finished packing and then brought the suitcases downstairs, so it would only be a matter of loading things into the car tomorrow while Bella gave the girls their breakfast.
