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Writer's Notes: Thank you kouga's older woman, CrazyGryl, Guest #1 and Guest #2 for your reviews! It's very sad I know! I promise there will be some revenge for the group.
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-June 15, 2019- Bella-16 weeks, baby's growth~18 weeks, Jaison and Renesmee- 2 ½ weeks~
The wedding of Charlie Swan and Elizabeth Forbes is small, yet beautiful. Liz dressed in a simple champagne colored gown that swooped to her ankles and was a soft silk, with small trims of lace here and there around the bodice. Caroline had pinned her mother's hair with some flowers matching her dress. Caroline had tears in her eyes as she looked at her mother dressed so beautiful on her wedding day.
"Oh mom, you're beautiful. Charlie isn't going to know what hit him," she said and kissed her mom's cheek. Tears came to Liz's eyes as she smiled big and squeezed her daughter.
"I'm so happy," Liz said and that's when Bella walked in dressed in a beautiful ombre purple dress that showed off her bare shoulders. Caroline pulled Bella into a group hug with Liz.
"Oh girls, you both look beautiful too," Liz said, and Bella smiled. "I'm so happy for you and my dad. You're already the best mom," Bella's voice broke a little and Liz held Bella tight.
"Oh Bella, your mom would think you looked so beautiful if she was here," Liz kissed Bella's cheek.
"Thank you, Liz. I know she would have. I know she wasn't always the best mom, but she did love me, that much I did know. Now, how about you get ready to walk down the aisle?" Bella said and ushered Liz into place. Caroline and Bella disappeared to find Jake and Seth. Caroline looped her arm through Jake's and Bella looped hers with Seth's. Jake was Charlie's best man in place of Billy and Seth was a groomsman for Harry, who couldn't be there with them. The music began and Jake and Caroline moved down the aisle towards Charlie, followed by Bella and Seth.
When the music softened, and light, airy, piano music played, Liz made her appearance at the end of the aisle. Charlie's smile grew wider on his face as he looked down the aisle at Liz, looking stunningly beautiful. His heart gave a little leap, and his breath hitched just at the sight of her. She seem to just glide down the aisle to him, and finally she was there in front of him, tears stuck in her eyes and a beautiful smile plastered to her face.
After the "I dos" and the ring exchange, everyone moved to reception and music was played and dinner was served. Klaus had paid for a good part of the wedding as a wedding gift to Charlie and Liz, and Damon helped supply the alcohol of course.
Seth had swooped Bella into a dance, and it had her giggling as the fourteen-year old wolf spun her around carefully. Caroline danced with Charlie and it was such a tender moment. "Charlie, I'm so happy that you and my mom got married. My own dad married again to Steven and he's just never been there for me. He doesn't answer my texts or calls. I'm happy to have a father figure now, and I might just call you dad," she said with a laugh.
"Caroline, you don't have to call me dad, but I won't mind if you do," he said and kissed the top of her head and she sighed and leaned her head against his shoulder, tears bright in her eyes as she smiled, feeling the happiest she's ever felt.
Liz watched her daughter and Charlie dance and it brought tears to her own eyes. Her heart fluttered with such joy. Damon appeared next to her now and held out a hand. "Care to dance?" Liz smiled and put her hand in his.
"You know Damon, you have surprised me a lot. I know the rest of the council doesn't know about what you are, and what's about to happen, but I don't think I could have asked for a better best friend," Liz said, and Damon grinned.
"Liz, you are an exceptional woman, and now you have an exceptional man by your side. I tend to surprise myself from time to time, but I'm glad that you think of me as your best friend, because I think the same of you," he said and kissed her cheek. The music changed and Damon gave her a little bow and twirled her into Klaus' arms next.
"Ah, Sheriff Forbes, you are stunning today," Klaus smiled down at her and Liz gave him a little smile too. She was still getting used to Klaus, but she was thankful for his presence in Mystic Falls for the time being.
"Well, thank you Mr. Mikaelson, and thank you for paying for the wedding. We didn't ask for that, but your gift is appreciated," she said as he spun her and pulled her back to him. "Please, call me Klaus, and anything for Caroline and Bella. I think of them as my little sisters."
Liz snorted. "If you think of them as sisters, please don't think of me as mom."
"Ah, what a wonderful idea. I should call you mom from now on," he joked, and Liz rolled her eyes. Then she was being twirled into Charlie's arms. She smiled up at him and then he leaned in and kissed her gently. "You're beautiful," he murmured, and she kissed him again. "Thank you," she said, and she leaned into the dance and swayed to the music with him.
June 22,2019-Bella 17 weeks, baby's growth~20 weeks- Jaison and Renesmee 3 ½ weeks~
Jane watched as Bella moved around the room that would be Jaison and Renesmee's nursery. Jane had volunteered her and Alec to help decorate the nursery for the twins. It had taken the group to get used to Jane and Alec. Bonnie made them rings so that they could move through town freely without drawing attention to themselves. Jane and Alec had crystal blue eyes that looked so soft and lovely. Jane looked like a beautiful thirteen-year-old now, and Alec, looked like if he aged in appearance, he would be a heart breaker as well. Alec had specks of yellow in his hair and on his face. He had been the one to paint the nursery at Jane's insistence.
"So, Violet can read minds, which means that you must be the opposite of her. Violet and Edward can't read your mind, right?" Jane asked as she folded a yellow receiving blanket and lay it on the white 6 drawer dresser. Alec was busy putting together both of the cribs and was getting increasingly frustrated.
Bella was in the closet hanging up Renesmee's little outfits that Caroline had went crazy and bought. Rebecca was equally as bad and had bought a bunch of clothes for Jaison as well. All little hipster looking clothes that Bella didn't really care for, but she was appreciative of the gesture and Jaison and Renesmee would definitely never be naked. She emerged from the closet and sighed. "Yes, they can't read my mind, but I don't know what possibly ability that I would have would be useful. I mean my ability to block others from intruding on my mind isn't really a superpower."
"Well mine and Alec's powers wouldn't work on you either, we haven't tried, but the way our power works uses your mind," Jane explained.
"That's it!" Alec roared at the cribs. "I don't understand these instructions," he said and thrust the instructions at Jane. Jane grabbed them and her brow furrowed. "Hmm, well yes, there's no words, only pictures. The pictures aren't done very well…" she said and turned the paper around to see if maybe it was upside down.
Enzo waltzed in at that moment. "Ah, Bella. Damon had to go over to Klaus', apparently there's some sort of Wolf summit thing, and so the wolf boys, and Leah left out with him to go over there. He said to call him if you need anything."
Bella smiled. "Oh yeah the summit, I forgot about that. With everything that's gone on…" she murmured and then looked at Jane who was now holding pieces of the crib up to inspect them. She gave a little half laugh at the image.
Enzo raised a brow. "Uh, do you need help?" He asked the twins.
"This makes no sense," Alec threw up his hands.
Enzo walked over to take a look. "Well, the instructions aren't going to help. It seems pretty straight forward," and then Enzo was joining in the frustration of putting together the crib.
Bella smiled and left the nursery to the trio and went down to the kitchen and ran into Jasper, who put a handout to steady her. "Oh, sorry Jazz," she apologized.
"It's okay darlin'. How's the nursery going?" He asked, already hearing Enzo cussing and Alec right along with him, while Jane laughed.
"Hmm. Well the cribs that Stefan bought came with faulty instructions. You might want to head up and see if you can calm the two men down," she said and watched him laugh and head upstairs. She went into the kitchen to fix herself some orange juice and spotted Alice folding what looked like little baby towels. "Oh, look more baby stuff," Bella said sarcastically.
Alice grinned. "Well Caroline and Rebecca bought a bunch of clothes, so I went and got baby bath stuff. I read online that you're going to need a bunch of it, especially with 2 babies. Lexi is stockpiling diapers now. She's at the nearest Target shopping center. Violet is with her, so I can't guarantee that there won't be more clothes to come." She said with a mischievous grin.
"By you can't promise, you mean, you've already saw them buy more baby clothes," Bella said, and Alice only smiled. Bella sighed. "Well, they'll have plenty of clothes and on the bright side, I can reuse Renesmee's clothes for these little girls," she said and took a drink of her orange juice.
"Thought about any names?" she asked as she continued to fold.
Bella sat down across from Alice and took a little blue towel in her hands and started folding it. "Hmm, well I'm not entirely sure. Me and Damon have talked about a few names, but we haven't really decided. I had liked the name Alessa, but he's not fond of it. He likes Analise. I don't know. I'm stuck on 'a' names for some weird reason," She said with a laugh.
Alice smiled. "Well I love 'A' names," and Bella laughed. "Of course, you would like 'A' names," Bella said and got up and picked up a stack of the towels and Alice followed her up the stairs with the big tub of baby bath supplies.
They walked into the nursery and the cribs were together magically.
"How in the world? Right…vampires," Bella said and moved to the bathroom that adjoined the room and put the towels up while Alice organized the bath stuff.
Bella joined the others in the nursery. "Well, they look great. Now I just have to get the bedding on them and get the changing tables put together," she said, and Jasper nodded. "I'll have the changing tables together shortly. Just think Bella, we have another nursery to set up for the two you're carrying now."
Bella groaned. "Don't remind me. It's so much work," she said with a little laugh.
"Well, if that's it then," Alec said and patted Bella's shoulder awkwardly and left. Jane was smiling after her brother. "Excuse him, he doesn't know how to interact with people after all these years," she said and hugged Bella. "We're going to go ahead and go check in with Carlisle. If you need anything Bella, please call us." She said and left.
Enzo and Jasper had started on the changing tables, so Bella decided to sit down in the blue glider and rest a bit. Her back was starting to ache. She placed a hand over her belly and rubbed. She was only 18 weeks, but she looked more like she was 24weeks. Twins would do that. When she rubbed, she felt a little kick to the outside of her hand.
"Oh!" Bella gasped in surprise. Enzo looked up her casually. "Are they kicking?" he asked as he flipped the one changing table and moved it to the place that Bella had instructed him.
"They are, or at least one of them is," she cooed, and Enzo walked over and lay a hand over the spot and waited until he felt a little kick. He grinned. "Oh, that is so cool, love. Damon is going to love this now that he can feel them kick."
Bella grinned when Jasper joined and had to feel too. Alice watched as the two men smiled like big goofballs.
"Something about a pregnant woman makes men act all goofy," Alice sang from the doorway of the bathroom.
Bella laughed. "Isn't that the truth," she said and stood and got a little woozy. Enzo grabbed her arm gently. "Easy there love, don't get up too quickly."
"Why don't you go ahead and lay down for a while," Jasper suggested, and Bella nodded. "That sounds like a great idea. A nap would be good right about now," she said and then Alice was there to help her to her room.
~Wolf Summit- Mikaelson Manor~
Klaus, Sam Uley, Jake, Tyler, Hayley, and Casey were all sitting at the massive dining table that was a dark mahogany. There were others that attended like the other Quileute tribe members including Quinn, who had accompanied Sam to Mystic Falls, and then Damon and Stefan stood off to the side of the room. Elijah, Kol, and Finn sat at the massive table near Klaus and then there were about a dozen hybrids that stood around the room.
"For a wolf summit, there are an awful lot of non-wolves here," Casey commented.
Klaus raised a brow. "Well, yes. Damon and Stefan are here as my special guests. My siblings are here because they are part of me. If this is an issue…"
"It's not an issue," Hayley said and cast a glance at Casey as to tell him to be careful before turning her gaze back to Klaus. "So, what is this summit for?"
Klaus stood now and started to walk around the room. He did most of his speeches better when he was moving. He hated sitting still for any amount of time. "Well, I've called the summit to get everyone acquainted with each other. I know that you were not aware of your shifter counterparts on the West coast, so I wanted to introduce you all. It's come to light that there is a war brewing come the fall time. We've called the summit as informative purposes only. I don't expect you to want to take part in the war. It's going to be easily won anyways because the other side is severely outmatched."
Ezra arrived late to the summit, which made Klaus pause and then he nodded to Ezra.
"Ah, there's Mr. Shaw now. He's got the ability to look to the future. Please, enlighten the group Ezra on what is to come," Klaus said and swept a hand towards him.
"Right. Okay, hello everyone, I'm Ezra Shaw, Bella's older brother. Klaus is right, I see the future, and I have seen the war several times, and it only changes slightly. The war will consist of what everyone refers to as Cold Ones, which is a breed of vampires, but also there are some witches that are slowly getting themselves involved. I don't have an exact count on the witches because they can hide themselves from me easier. But I can tell you, that the number is rising slowly. Even though we've managed to throw a couple wrenches into their plans a few times, they're still gathering a good amount of force. Now, the Original vampires are very skilled and take on quite a bit of their numbers, but they can get overwhelmed. We've got the Quileute's support, "he said and looked over to Sam and Jake, who both nodded their heads to confirm.
Klaus then started in on his speech. "Which brings us to the informative angle. New Orleans is far South, far enough South that you might escape the war, but what's bothersome is the Volturi. They are the council that governs the Cold Ones. We have managed to gain the help of two of their ex-members, Alec and Jane, whom were the strongest in their clan. They are in relation to Bella and came to aide her. So, with that being said, even though we have a strong chance of winning the war, we're making sure that you are aware of the trouble brewing," Klaus finished.
Hayley looked to Casey and Casey shook his head. "We won't come and fight along side you, but if the events change, and it looks like New Orleans will be affected by any means, we will defend our home." Hayley shook her head. "I'll stay behind as a support. There's no need to send our entire pack into war. I'll stay behind and help protect this Bella. She's carrying children," she said and then when she met a confusing glance from Klaus she explained. "I heard Damon and Stefan talking," she motioned to Damon and Stefan who stood off to the side.
Casey looked at his sister. "She has plenty of protection, we're not needed."
"That may be true brother, but I don't want anything bad to happen to Bella. You know how I feel about children," she muttered lowly to her brother. The look in his eye told her that he understood.
When the meeting was over, Tyler went to Leah and slipped his arm around her waist and smiled at her. She leaned up and kissed him softly and then Hayley was standing their clearing her throat. "I'm sorry to uh…interrupt."
Tyler smiled and then hugged Hayley. "Hey, I wasn't sure that you would come. Elijah said he spoke to you. Oh, this is Leah, my mate, and this is Hayley. She's a good friend of mine. She helped break the sire bond that I shared with Klaus at one point."
Leah smiled a tight smile. "It's nice to meet you Hayley. Welcome to Mystic Falls," she said and then kissed Tyler's cheek. "I'm going to go say hi to Sam and Quil. It's been a long time since I've seen my pack leader," she said and disappeared across the room and was jumping up, ruffling Quil's hair while Sam laughed at the two of them.
Hayley nodded to Leah. "She's really nice. She's your mate?"
"Oh yeah, so the Quileute tribe goes through this random thing called imprinting. It's a shifter situation, but the imprint also affected me. I felt gravitated towards her as she did to me," Tyler explained.
Hayley nodded. "Werewolves go through something similar, but it's not so demanding I suppose. I've actually heard of shifter tribes unlike my brother. I've traveled a bit before I triggered my curse. So I actually met some shifters in South America once. They go through the imprinting thing too," she explained and then Casey was joining them. "Hay, I'm heading out. I don't like being around so many vampires at one time. Are you sure you want to stay?"
"Yes, I'm staying Casey. I'll be fine. I'm going to stay and protect Bella. It's what I would want someone to do for me if I was in the same situation, and I told you how I feel about this…" she said and Casey only nodded, giving her a quick hug before leaving.
Hayley looked back to Tyler, but his attention was on Damon now, who had wandered over. "So, when are Jaison and Renesmee coming home from the hospital?" Tyler asked.
"Three more weeks. Bella was setting up the nursery today," Damon said, and Hayley looked at them confused.
"She had the twins already?"
"Oh no. Bella recently just lost her mother and step-dad. They were attacked by some of the Cold Ones, and her mom was pregnant with twins. Carlisle saved the twins but couldn't save her mom. So, me and Bella are officially adopting her brother and sister. They're in NICU right now because they were 8 weeks early," Damon explained.
Hayley felt a twinge in her heart. It was such a sad situation, and it made her decision that much better to stay and help Bella.
~Salvatore Boarding House~
Damon returned to a sleeping Bella and he smiled as he changed and slid into bed behind her, pulling her back against him. She stirred and mumbled, turning in his arms and opening sleepy eyes to smile up at him. "Mmm. I was just dreaming about you," she murmured.
"You were huh. What was this dream about," he said and brushed her hair out of her face.
"Maybe I should show you," she grinned coyly, and slid her hands up his bare chest and tangled them in his hair and pulled his face to hers and kissed him deeply.
He let her explore his mouth as his hands ran down her back to her hips, pulling the thin material away and then moving the other hand to trace up her inner thigh. She moaned softly against his mouth as his hands found her hot and ready for him. He smiled against her lips when she moved her hips against his hand as he slipped two fingers inside her. Her mouth found his neck and she bit him gently and then he was flipping her over on her back gently and hovering over her, his blue eyes piercing into hers. He watched her face as he entered her slowly. She moaned and her hands drug down his back, holding on to him as he moved at a slow, easy rhythm. Her walls clamped around him as she came, moaning his name, his lips found hers and drank in her pleasure as he reached his peak a few moments later. He pulled her against him, cuddling close, placing a hand on her swollen belly. After about twenty minutes when he started to doze off to sleep, he felt a little jolt against his hand. He opened his eyes to see Bella smiling at him.
"Did they just kick?" His voice was full of wonder. The flutter kicked his hand again and Damon smiled a big bright smile. Bella smiled and leaned in and kissed him softly. "I can't believe it. They're…."
"Real," Bella said, and he shifted down the bed to kiss her belly, chuckling when they kicked at him again. He was really truly happy, happier than he thought he would ever be in his eternity.