Author: Thanks again for reading reviews are sooo welcome! Mwarr u rock! I'm so thrilled you really enjoy this story! Once again click the link to my profile above to read some One Shots of characters from Negative Exposure, they are completed stories and are essentially chapters between the chapters I have written in this story. If you've stuck with me so far, then you will probably really enjoy the one shots. Lemme know what you think!

Also I had a Legit question for my readers; you can PM me if you do NOT feel commenting about the topic. Does anybody find any fluff/lemons/sexual content/whatever (lol) scenes that I have written go too far? I'm not trying to write a porno here, I just write what comes to mind when I think of what happens next in my story. But I don't want to end every scenario ending with "and they made love until the sun rose blanketing their glistening bodies."….Like c'mon…

I try to write them as realistically as I can. As I have had sex but am not a vampire, I can only hope I'm doing alright. So anyways that's the question, I would really actually like feedback on. PM me if u don't wanna comment.

oo oo oo and one last thing…

Current list of pix of the Twilight Universe on my DeviantArt account, under Whatsername21018, in the Gallery Twilight Fanfiction:
Nahuel's Family
The Black Family
The Cullen Family Gen 1, 2, 3.
The Swan/Clearwater Family Gen 1, 2, later 2. And Nahuel's family. I don't know any of their last names sorry. But….Aria's in there…. Haha take a look.

Enjoy the next chapter!

Chap 36

2/2/13

Renee's POV.

I was staring into the sun, admiring the variety of colors emanating from it. I felt the breeze swaying through the leaves. I couldn't help but to feel Phil flow through me during moments like this. I have made many mistakes in my life. Falling in love with that man was not one of them. I missed him every day, and it pained me trying to view memories with him. They were blurry and fading as time was going on.

I noticed Marcus walking into the clearing I was in. I was certain he could smell me but made no indication of noticing me. He came out to the same oak tree everyday around sunset. I had always wondered what he was doing when he did this. Maybe he just enjoyed the scenery? It was very peaceful living here in Volterra. This was the type of place I had always wanted to travel before I became pregnant with Isabella. But it looks like destiny had a different plan for me. Maybe I was meant to be on my own.

No that was silly. I wasn't on my own. I was surrounded by so much family. So much love every day, this was the biggest adventure I had ever been a part of. I have all the time in the world to explore it; I was in no rush anymore. Marcus turned suddenly catching my attention. He growled in the direction of the castle, not at me. I was confused until I heard the screaming. Rosalie was shouting for her father, and then I heard my daughter's voice echoing around me.

I leapt from my perch at her cry for help and was only a few feet behind Marcus entering back into the castle. The sight I waked into was not one I had been expecting. My baby girl, Renesmee, was in the arms of Jacob. She was bleeding in several places and black and blue mostly. I couldn't help but to feel terrified.

"What happened?!" I asked my daughter as I saw Rosalie carrying her daughter in her arms behind them.

Bella looked panicked, at a loss for words. She gestured towards the small group of people whom were not my family. I recognized them instantly. The fear I felt on the final day of my life. It was caused by them. And then my eyes fell upon the petite blonde girl darting her eyes furiously between the people assembling around her. I looked down at my scar, the half-moon that symbolized the line I crossed to become a part of this life. In a sense, she gave me the joy I felt being a part of the life my daughter would have kept from me.

I didn't understand why she was here though. "Bella. Tell me what happened to them."

"I don't have time right now!" She exclaimed. "Please mom take dad and Sue to a room. Protect them. We have injured to tend to and…" She stopped looking back towards the blonde girl and her company again. "Prisoners to deal with." She finished looking menacingly at the group of four.

I looked towards the children who all looked wounded and nodded to my daughter. I walked over to my ex-husband, his wife and their son. Emily and Rebecca came rushing over to us as we began to make our way upstairs, away from the more threatening group.

"Please!" Emily shouted with her daughter and son on each of her hips. "Please take them with you, just in case anything happens down here."

"Jacob told us to follow you, that you would keep us safe." Rebecca pleaded looking towards Ramone and Solana. Then looking up to face her husband, Solomon. He did not look pleased with the situation. I was more than willing but I was only one vampire, how could I protect them all? Sue started beckoning the children to follow her; I was starting to feel uneasy. Billy walked over to us on the stairway and eased my tensions.

"Huilen is going to stay with her nephew, but I will help you Renee. After all we must protect our family." He ended smiling at me.

It was still so crazy to think of how deeply entwined our lives were destined to be. When I was 20 in no way did I envision my life would turn out this way. Billy led his daughter and her family into one of the rooms with two beds. Rebecca Solomon Ramone and Solana sat down upon the bed relatively close to each other. Billy stood next to them trying to keep his grandchildren calm.

Sue sat Sammie and Samara on the bed trying to calm them down. Ian moved to sit with them. Talking to his friends, trying to take their mind off of what was happening. Those two hated when their parents left them to deal with pack orders. They were scared, they couldn't help themselves, and they were weak and young. Charlie was the only one who was pacing; I walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"She's going to make sure that we are alright." I told him reassuringly. "Our daughter has kept us safe this far."

He looked me up and down and snorted. "Renee, not that you don't look your best, your health certainly isn't at its peak."

"Nonsense." I corrected him "This is the best I have felt in my entire life, and if I wasn't like this, do you really think Bella would have let me be a part of all of this, a part of our grandchildren's lives?"

He shook his head. "I don't know why that girl thought we would want nothing to do with her. She thinks she is being selfless, but I'm unsure if she realizes how selfish she is at times."

"She was trying to keep us safe Charlie." I looked at him pleadingly. "I can see what you mean, but ultimately she was trying to keep us alive."

He didn't look convinced and mumbled. "Yeah well, I still blame that Edward."

I laughed. "Oh Charlie will you give that poor boy a break. He does have to put up with the stubbornness that is our daughter."

Finally he laughed. "Well I'm pretty sure that's from your side of the family."

I laughed along with him, allowing him that remark, I knew I had hurt him so many years ago; I shouldn't have left him the way I did. Bella really got her stubbornness from him but I will let him figure that out as Ian grows. I looked over toward the new family he created, I was really happy that he got this second chance to be a father, to really be there.

I noticed Sue looking over to us. I hope she knew there was nothing between Charlie and I anymore, other than our daughter. She looked almost sickly looking at us; maybe she was worried about the going-on's beneath us.

"Why don' we go sit with your family. You should be pretty proud of yourself there Charlie." I said encouragingly.

He grinned enormously. "I really am. I love them so much."

We made our way to them and Charlie embraced Sue lovingly, ending with a slight kiss. I could hear her heartbeat racing when this happened. I was used to the different patterns a human heart made, having been living with all different kinds of humans these past few years; you take some mental notes of things. Sue's heartbeat was rapid, very rapid. Maybe this was just accompanying old age; Charlie was about 46 now and Sue 43. She shouldn't be having heart problems so early in life, especially for me to have not noticed before.

She noticed my perplexed face and shook her head slightly, not wanting me to mention a thing. I doubted whether I should, but I would respect her wishes.

"Grampie, why do we have to stay up here?" I heard Solana ask Billy.

I turned my attentions to the family that was sitting across from us. "Just to be safe." Billy said calmly. "We can go outside and play when our guests leave."

"Are they scary?" Ramone asked him next.

Solomon stiffened at his son's question. He didn't seem like the type of man who liked being the least powerful. He was a burly Samoan man and, by human standards, was probably very strong.

"Not scarier than Grandpa when he gets angry." Billy finished smiling ruffling his curly hair.

He giggled "Stoppit Grampa! Don't mess with the do!"

I even found myself laughing at this. Ramone stood upon the bed with his chest puffed out; he was going to be a feisty one as he got older. The laughter died down when there was a knock on the door. No one moved for a moment. Sue rose to see who was on the other end, as no voice had identified itself.

That caught my attention, I was asked to stay here and protect them, and I wasn't going to let her open the door! I rushed over to her and grabbed her, sitting her back down onto the bed. It was during this moment I understood why her heart was so labored, why she looked so ill. That tiny heartbeat coming from inside her tummy was putting the strain on her.

"Sue" I whispered quickly before letting her go.

"Please Renee. Not now." She said.

With that I left her walking back toward the door. "Who is it?" I demanded before opening it.

"Angela." The high pitched voice answered from the other side.

I opened it and she came into the room accompanied by her two brothers. "Sorry for startling you." She began. "The conversation was getting a little, intense down there. I was hoping to drop these two off to you." She tilted her head towards Joshua and Isaac.

"We were just fine where we were Ang." Isaac said to his sister.

"Besides, we are almost old enough to be turned anyway." Joshua stated.

She glared at him with the most vicious eyes. "I've told you already, you are not being turned."

"Oh so you get to live forever and we get to wither away and die?" Isaac rounded on her.

"I'm not alive!" She exclaimed waving her arms emphasizing her statement.

Joshua walked over to her and leaned against her, putting all his weight on her. "You feel pretty alive to me, much sturdier too." He ended snickering with his brother.

Angela grinned and used her talent, allowing Joshua to phase right through her hitting the floor. Her lower legs and feet looked as if she was standing inside him, she moved before becoming solid again, hopefully not wanting to kill her brother.

"See." She began. "Can't really be alive if I can do that." She chuckled lifting her brother off the floor. "Now stay here until I come back for you. The both of you." She said looking between her brothers.

"Angela!" I called out to her before she left. "How is it going down here, what's happening?"

She sighed and quickly explained to all of us in the room what happened in the forest when Renesmee ran off. She explained why the four of them were here and who they were.

"SO what is going to happen with them?" I asked her. "Are they really going to be let to stay here?"

"Well the young one, Aria, she refuses to stay with Jane and Alec. She views them as her family. Her mother, Anahi, wants to say and be reunited with her sisters and brother. I'm not sure what they are deciding to do." She paused briefly, smiling.

"Masen seems to have taken a liking to Aria, he was making her glow right before I came up here, Her mother kind of caused a scene on both sides, she didn't know what Masen was doing to her daughter and started a huge uproar. I thought it best to take my humans up here." She ended smiling at her brothers again.

"I will come back when everything has been decided." And with that she left us all here again to wait.

I couldn't help but feel an instant need to talk to Sue about her pregnancy. Why did she want to keep it quiet?

Edward's POV

I've noticed so many changes in Bella since her transformation. Some of them I didn't like. There were times where she acted ruthless, almost heartless. This was a side of her that I had never seen when she was human. I was unsure if I simply had not known her well enough, or if this was the only negative side effect since she was changed.

I was skeptical of letting Jane and Alec staying here with us. But it would devastate Nahuel if we turned away his sister and his only niece. And Masen….I looked over toward my son who had not left the side of our guests, namely Aria. His head was swimming with her. She confused me however.

Aside from Bella I have never encountered a mind that I could not invade fully invade. Aria's was different. I could hear her, but there were large parts that I simply could not find, as if they never existed, as if she never experienced them. I vaguely heard my sister direct the people in the room to go to one side or the other, corresponding with their decision with our guests.

My son was the first one to move. He whispered "It will be alright." Before he continued on to be the first one leaning against the wall supporting they stay.

Alice, along with Jasper followed suit behind Masen. I knew she had already foreseen that side winning, but she couldn't see the future of the wolves. They had votes too.

Bella adamantly walked over to the opposite wall and was followed by Tanya, Carmen, Eleazar, Sam, Embry, Collin, Jared and Kim.

Maggie, Kate, Garrett, Emily, Nahuel, Maysun, and Serena made way to stand with my son. Leah and Seth stood together in the center conflicted for a moment.

"Leah." Nahuel stated. "What are you doing? Come stand with me." He said longingly.

She cast her head to the floor. "I can't." She said quietly. "If they were only willing to stay without them." She spat looking toward her husband.

"She's my sister." Nahuel said with no other explanation as to why she should choose.

"And she was our daughter." Leah said silently, although it seemed to echo through the room. "Whatever the outcome is I will deal with the repercussions, like I always do…" She said more firm, and confident.

"But if I don't at least vote in favor of her, vote for her….I just can't go against her." She ended looking back towards Seth. "I understand." She said smiling at him before moving to stand with her step-sister.

"I have to make her happy." He said not pleased in the least bit. He didn't want to vote. Especially since Serena acted like she wanted nothing to do with him. Begrudgingly he made his way to Serena's side but stood as far away from her as possible.

Three more couples next had split decisions on the matter as Benjamin Emmett and Esme moved to stand with Masen and Carlisle, Tia and Rosalie stood with Bella. Marcus also joined with the side voting against allowing Jane Alec Anahi and Aria to stay with us. After discussing some things among themselves Paul and Rachael followed suite behind Marcus.

Angela, Demetri, Quil, Damien and I were the last ones in the center of the floor, still having not made a decision. Leah and Nahuel's children had been standing off to the side speaking quite rapidly to one another since their parents had made a split decision. They were all changing their minds so rapidly I was unsure how this was going to turn out.

One by one the five of us in the center chose our side. Demetri and Quil voted for allowing them to stay, whereas Damien and Angela voted against it. I was left standing alone, knowing from the beginning what I was going to choose. I looked deeply and sorrowfully into Bella's eyes before turning my back to her and moving with my son. Having Jane and Alec around could be very dangerous. But Bella would protect us from the both of them.

My head was still reeling from what Alec had done to my daughter yesterday evening…but if my conversation with Jacob went according to plan I wouldn't have to worry about my daughter being in the wrong hands again. I laughed to myself. I would simply have to endure her being in somebody hands at all. I was mostly making this decision for Masen's sake. His head was spinning from Aria. Although I was still extremely intrigued as to why I couldn't hear all of her thoughts, she wasn't a bad person. If I was going to support one of my children I was going to support them both.

Bella didn't acknowledge my decision at all other than the disappointed look she gave me before turning from her.

"Okay." She started, having kept track the entire time of the votes. "Correct me if I'm wrong but the side with the most votes would be this side. 18-17" She ended smugly. It wasn't an emotion that suited her well.

"Your count is wrong Bella." Alice chimed in from across the room.

Bella looked at her confused, quickly counting again and shaking her head in disagreement. "No Alice, that's the right count."

"It isn't Aunt Bella." Lena, alpha of her siblings, spoke up. "We all get a vote too, if Damien and Masen do."

The five of them moved to the center of the room and looked towards their mother. "Mom we understand why you made the decision you did. And the reasons behind it." Nahuen stated calmly.

"And dad, please don't be angry with mom, she wants your sister here, she has always encouraged your search for her." Pyre said batting her eyes toward her father.

"The people they keep company with are part of the reason we lost a sister." NJ began his statement looking at his dad; he continued staring at the Aunt and Cousin he has never met. "You need to understand why this is a difficult decision for all of us to make. The people you call family, actually cost us a family member. A part of us." He finished proudly.

"So that's why we want you to understand." Huenu began addressing to all in the room, talking over his mother's very audible sob. "We are choosing to give them the opportunity to stay with us. We know what it is like to lose a sister, we don't want dad to lose one too. And we certainly don't want to see our Aunt and cousin walking out the door. That would be just like if Aunt Maysun or Serena left, or Uncle Seth or Aunt Bella, hell even Uncle Ian. I don't want to lose any more family members." He finished solemnly.

And with that the five of them moved to stand with their father and their Aunts and Uncle, awaiting Anahi and Aria to join their side.

There was nothing said by anybody else for a few moments. Carlisle stepped forward to where Jane Anahi Alec and Aria stood awaiting our decision. "I do suppose that everyone deserves a second chance. We have offered housing or resolution to other former Volturi members, and it was usually met with a violent decline. If you are willing to adhere by our rules, and treat us civilly, then you are more than welcome to stay. The votes were in your favor." He ended with a smile.

"That's it?" Jane expressed…distastefully? I scowled at her but Carlisle did nothing of the sort.

"Was this not the outcome you desired?" He asked her sincerely.

"It wasn't the one I was expecting no." She said…truthfully?

"Many things have changed around Volterra since you last were housed here Jane." He replied. "Would you like to be shown to your quarters?"

"I already have a room." She said indignantly.

"It's actually taken." I spoke up sparing my father anymore harassment.

She glared at me, but managed to keep some composure. "Oh, by whom?"

"The adjoining rooms you are referring to are now shared by my son and my daughter." I answered her as graciously as I could.

"She is in no condition to move out of there right now, and won't be anyway." Bella said sarcastically, clearly not as enthused about this vote as some others were.

I looked over towards my son who was practically beaming at Aria. She seemed distracted while they were talking, but I clearly heard her think about her excitement getting to know the family she has missed out on, and Masen…as an afterthought. I chuckled for him, and would be sure to let him know later.

Aria's cousins made their way over to her first while Anahi reunited with all four of her siblings for the first time in about 40 years, gathering from their collective thoughts.

I knew Jasper had been sending waves of tranquility and optimism through us all since he had stood in line to cast his vote, but I was actually feeling fairly secure, and much less stressed now that this was decided.

"Edward." The voice of my normally melodic wife called from behind me. "Can I have a word with you for a moment?" Her voice was sickly-sweet and obviously her attempt at masking her emotions.

"One moment please my love." I said to her. I ran over to Angela who was mingling with a group being reassured by Alice good would come from this. "Angela, would you please let those who went upstairs know that it is safe to come down if they wish." I asked her as quickly as I could.

"Of course Edward, my brothers are probably pissed I sent them up there anyway." She smiled at me before dashing out of the hall to inform the others.

"Edward!" Rosalie called over to me, not meeting my eye. Her thoughts were screaming The Declaration of Independence, which could only mean she was once again furious with me. "Emmett and I are going to sit with Cassie, now that this is done. I just wanted you to know where I would be, if another massacre breaks out." She finished storming off without letting me get a word in.

I finally made my way back towards my wife, genuinely apologizing for making her wait. Even if we were about to argue, I still hated making her wait for me. She ignored my apology.

"We need to talk." She said unable to mask her emotions this time, taking me out side to the main hallway.

"Yes Bella, we do need to talk." I agreed with her for reasons of my own.

She scoffed at me. "What could you possibly be angry with me about?"

"I will be worried if you aren't aware when I bring it up. I was going to let you start." I said to her blankly as she finally stopped finding a suitable place to talk.

"Actually I am dying to know what you concerns are, since I should already be aware of them." She spat at me.

I looked at her pleadingly and saddened. "Bella do you not hear yourself? Have you not noticed differences in your behavior recently? Or should I say consistently more recent? "I practically begged her to understand me.

"No." she said flatly.

I shook my head. "You have developed some…negative and irrational tendencies since you changed…or became a mother…or maybe this is who you were all along, and I was just so busy trying to save the terrified you all the time, I never realized who you were."

She finally displayed some emotion other those related to anger. She looked confused and wounded. "Edward what are you saying? You start off by insulting me then go to practically telling me you didn't know who I was when you married me? Or worse, when you created our children with me, when I was changed, the last 8 wonderful years we have spent together? You haven't known me all that time" She finished almost yelling, completely hurt at this point by coming to her own conclusions.

I walked up to her and embraced her. "Silly little lamb. I would never intend to insinuate that you are my mistake. I love you with everything that I am."

She interrupted me by placing her lips against mine passionately. When she stopped I almost didn't want to finish this discussion.

She decided to continue for me. "Are you sure? Cause for a minute there it sounded as if you were ready to hand me divorce papers." She chuckled; at least her mood was lightening.

I however couldn't have taken that more seriously. "You are my everything. I would never willingly give you away." I said stroking her perfect mahogany hair. "I'm just concerned for you Bella; you really haven't noticed anything different about yourself? About your attitude? You seem to be growing almost…a thirst for control."

She bit her bottom lip. I learned back from her days as being human, when she couldn't let me hear her thoughts every now and then, that she had a tell when she secretly agreed with me. Especially when she didn't want to agree with me, and the lip bite was it.

I smirked at her, letting her know I understood she knew what I was referring too.

"Dammit." She started slightly grinning. "I wish I had enough control to stop doing that."

I laughed with her, but I was going to wait for her to address my statement.

Finally, sighing, she nodded. "I have noticed it from time to time. I feel stronger than I am….but that isn't really true."

She ended casing her head toward the ground, speaking to it rather than me. "I am strong. I am powerful. I'm the strongest person in this house. I've never asked Eleazar, I know he could tell me, I just don't need to. I could take anybody in this house. I could take them all at the same time too. Without really flexing a muscle…" She trailed off.

I was looking at her horrified. Everything she said was right; I just didn't know that it was affecting her in such a way. When she finally looked up at me, realizing I hadn't said anything to her she looked remorseful.

"Edward." She whispered. "God don't look at me that way. As if I am a monster."

I shook my head and tried to clear it. "You're most certainly not a monster. I think you just have some control issue's you need to work out. That's what I am here for." I hugged her and inhaled the wonderful scent that was my Bella.

"Thank you Edward." She whispered burying her head into my shoulder. "For Always."

I laughed looking into her eyes. "Don't you mean for everything?"

She shook her head and said nothing more, just stood perfectly still with her eyes shut leaning against me.

After a few moments like that I encouraged her that we should visit our daughter. She had been awake when Bella left; maybe she was up and starting to feel better. Besides, Jacob had been alone with her long enough in my opinion.