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A/N This chapter has skipped forward a few months and now is mid-December.
It's about a week till Christmas.

Guys, I use some Irish slang in here. Here's the translations:
- What's the crack = how are you.

-Wee = little. i.e. wee dog, wee baby.

-Grand = alright/fine/okay . . . etc.

-Séamus - shay-mus. Áodh - E. Yes the letter "E."

Chapter 14: Surprise calls and Irish slang.

Bpov

I was sitting in my room, waiting for Emmett to collect the Cullens and Hales and bring them to our house, when my phone started ringing.

The caller I.D. read 'Renee.' I flipped open my phone and answered.

"Mum! Hi! How are ya?" I squealed. I hadn't heard her voice in so long. I heard laughter come from the other end.

"Try again Bella. It's me silly!"

"Emmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaa!" I screamed and she screamed back.

"OHMYGOD OHMYGOD OHMYGOD OHMYGOD! What's the crack? I miss you sooooo much. It's unreal!"

"Aw, my wee Belliekins. It's been great without you here. Hardly noticed that you've gone," she said jokingly.

"Don't lie to me, Murphy." I call her Murphy because of Murphy's Law - anything that can go wrong will go wrong for her.

"Okay to be honest it's been absolutely shit without you here. You're my sistah from anothah mothah, and there's an entire ocean separating us. How do you think I feel?"

"Okay, Emma, calm your head," I said. "Hold on, why are you calling from my mum's phone?"

There was silence before she answered.

"Erm, well, you see, Aunt Renee was going to call you but I sort of ... erm ... grabbed the phone off her before she could. I just really, really wanted to talk to my favorite cousin."

"Emma, how could you? She's my mother. I may have wanted to talk to her."

"Aw, you'll be grand. You can chat with her later. We have more important things to discuss. Like boys." Does she ever think on anything else but boys?

"Well, I've actually met someone."

Before I could say anything else Emma immediately asks, "Is he hot?"

Typical of her to ask that.

"Yes," I laughed. "Unbelievably gorgeous. He's great. Smart, funny, tall, strong, and a great kisser."

"Oh my God, honey. You're making me swoon just talking about him. What's his name? Is it love?"

"His name is Edward. And yes, I love him." She screamed and I could hear her jumping up and down in her chair.

"WOW! Does he love you? Did you tell him? How long have you known? Oh my God, will you you guys get married?" It's actually scary how similar Emma and Alice's personalities are.

"Hold your horses there, Emma. I think he loves me, but I haven't told him yet. I've known nearly three months. Emma I doubt we'll be talking about marriage . . . yet."

"Isabella Marie! You must really, really love him if you can see yourself marrying him."

Emmett and the gang walked in just then. Edward came over to me and kissed my cheek. I motioned for them to be quiet.

"I do, Em, I really do."

"Hey Bells, who are you talking to?" Emmett asked

"Is that Emmett?" Emma asked.

I turned to Emmett and answered him. "It's Emma. You know our cousin. Aunt Kathleen's daughter."

"NO way! HEY EMMA!" Emmett roared and started dancing around the room.

"HEY EMMETT!" Emma screamed back. She shouted so loud I held the phone from my ear.

Emmett continued to dance and sing around the room. "Emma is a dilemma and her name is really crappy because nothing rhymes with Emma except dilemma."

It was really irritating.

"Emmett for once in your life will you hold your whisht! You're long enough in the tooth now to know to shut up when someone is on the phone or could you at least move to another room."

"Come again?"

"Aaaagghh!" I cried in frustration. "That means – just shut up will ya!?"

"So, Emma. What were we talking about again?" It was weird how my voice could go from being angry to sweet.

"Erm, I can't remember but I have to go now because Renee wants to talk to you!"

"Bye Emma!" I screamed down the phone.

"Bye Bella! Love you!"

"Love you, too, dollybird!" There was a scuffle as the phones changes hands, and then I heard my mum's voice on the other end of the phone.

"Hey pet. How are things?"

"Hey mammy. I'm good. Actually I'm great, but I miss you all so much."

"Don't worry pet. I have a wee surprise for ya. We're coming over for the holidays!" Her voice was full of excitement.

"NO WAY! WOW!" I screamed. "Who's we?"

"Well there's myself and your granny and Emma." I could hear her screaming in the background. "John, Kathleen, Séamus and Áodh."

"That is so cool! I'm so excited!" I started dancing like Emmet around the room - fetching some weird looks from the others.

"We'll be there on Friday evening."

We continued to talk about their flight and we arranged that Emmett and I would collect them from the airport. After another ten or fifteen minutes, Mum had to go.

"Sorry pet, but I must go now. This call is going to be really expensive. I love you, my wee Bella."

"Love you too, mum. See you soon." I felt my throat tighten. I really did miss her so much. After she had hung up, I sat there on my own for a little while until Edward came to me.

"Hey, Bella. You ok?" He put his arms around me and held me close to him.

"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks. It's just that phone call made me realize just how much I miss my family. Oh, by the way, I need to tell you all something."

Edward and I walked hand in hand to the other room, and the others followed. I stood in the middle of the room.

"Hey guys. My family is coming over for Christmas. They'll be here on Friday."

They all seemed excited about it while Emmett yelled, "YA-HOO!!"

"Who's all coming over Bells?" he asked. I told him who was visiting. His face froze when I mentioned our Granny.

"Oh, is that your grandma that calls you by your real name, Emmett?" Jasper asked.

"The very one Jasper. I'm glad you remembered," I answered.

I couldn't wait until everyone found out his real name. He would be so embarrassed. They'll never let him live it down. I was looking forward to the visit more and more.

Emma is based on my cousin and guess what her name is ... Emma! Big shocker there. Séamus and Áodh are my brother's names. If anyone reading this is called James then Seamus is your name in Irish. if your name happens to be Hugh well guess what you name is in Irish ... Aodh!! YAY your called after a letter of the alphabet! SO I'm closing the poll on Emmett's name and you'll all find out his name soon enough. I might not upload a lot this week because my prom is on Thursday and there are missions on in my parish so I'm going to mass pretty much everyday this week.

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Helen =]