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BPOV

It had been one week today since we left La Push. No sign, no word. Not even a hint that anything was coming. A part of me was relieved. The other part devistated. Could he really not care enough to see what had become of me? Did he think I was able to fend for myself? Which I was. I was more than capable of taking care of myself and my children. No man save Jacob and Charlie has ever helped me in raising two children and surviving the life I lead. Through the pride there was still the hurt.

I watched Nessie and Masen re-adjust just as I had, except their attitude was much more possitive. They loved the attention they recieved from Charlie. Masen was always the first to jump up and volunteer for a fishing trip even though the act bored him. Another man in his life was what he needed.

Today was different from the other days, though. Masen declined the fishing trip in order to hunt. Although Charlie was in on the charade, he didn't need the gruesome details. Nessie also needed to feed and where Nessie went, the shadow that was Jacob fallowed.

"Hey Ma, we're heading out just east. Is it okay if we look around after we hunt?" Masen asked me all the while looking at his feet expecting the answer. But like I said, today was different.

"Hunt quickly, be careful of your location. I'll give you one hour after your finished to explore the area but trust me you're not going to find much." I laughed and kissed his forehead as Jacob and Nessie came barrelling down the stairs.

"I told you she would let us. She's getting soft in her old age." I glared at Jacob, "Old? I would rather be mature than be a child like yourself. I'll always have years on you." How easy it was to joke not knowing the impending doom I was about to face...

I didn't go with them this day. I had hunted the night before while on patrol around the house, the same thing I did every single night to make sure no unexpected or curious visitors came near. I went about myself, picking up Jacob's shredded clothing from the front yard before heading inside to finish off the rest of the laundry.

It had been like this for the past week. Me playing house while everyone else went on their own way. It was as if it was my very first week in Forks taking care of Charlie, except this time I was the mother of two and the provider of a love crazed puppy dog. It felt good though. I was grounded and although not quite whole in my heart, I was content. I loved my family, my life, what I had become. I was not a monster. I was the worlds fastest Mother and it really helped.

By the time I drowned my thoughts with the dishes I felt it. Fear crept up my spine as the wind blew in past the open windows of the house. When my family was gone, the windows were always, ALWAYS open. I dropped the dish in my hand and I ran.

I ran blindly through the woods, I pushed through trees in my way not even bothering to dodge them. If a human was around I did not care. There were multiple and unfamiliar vampire scents in the area. Cullen or not, I would kill. I couldn't feel the ground below me as I ran, all I felt was the rage and fear flowing through me bringing out my instincts. All rationallity was gone. All that was left inside of me was a raging vampire looking for her children.

It felt like minutes before I reached the clearing. Our clearing. I would have thought about how ironic it had been but the beast in me raged. The sound coming from my throat startled me as I landed in front of Nessie and Masen. Jacob flanked me but there was nothing he could do. I would get to them first. I would kill them first.

I had never smelled these seven vampires but, as I looked up, I knew the faces. I had loved these faces at one point in my life but right now, I would kill them if they raised one hand in my children's direction..

"Mom?!" Nessie's startled shout made me jerk my head in her direction. I could see her fear. Her fear wasn't coming from the right place though...It was coming from me. "Mom, calm down, Mom. We're okay I swear Mom. Please calm down." I looked for Masen to see that he was now standing in front of me.

"Whoever you are, you should leave now. You're not welcome here." I heard one of the seven growl at my Masen and the rage immediatley flowed through me again.

Just as I was about to lunge forward Nessie grabbed my hand and stood by my side while Jacob hovered over her. What was wrong with her? I am her Mother. She can't stop me from...

"Bella," Jacob snapped me out of my internal dilema, "You need to calm yourself. You're scaring Nessie and if you don't get Masen under control he's going to fight." I closed my eyes and breathed in deep.

"Okay. Alright. Masen, get behind me right this instant!" He looked at me like a kicked dog before stepping behind me. "Jacob, take them back to the house. Get the pack on patrol around the house. No one gets near them."

"NO! Mom, I can't leave you here with them. Don't make me go, I can fight. Jacob taught me, you've seen me!" Masen protested, too protective to leave his mother to face her greatest fears.

"Leave, Masen. I love you." I squeezeed his hand without taking my eyes off the seven vampires before me. I could feel his glare as he backed up into the woods before I heard the silent thud of his feet running through the thick woods.

After our quiet fight I had finally realized that none of them had said a single word. Would I be a coward now? After so long would I run?

No. I was better than him. I had something to prove. My kids deserved better. Jacob had more faith in me than to run away.

I took one small step forward, "Hello, it is so very nice to see you all again." I watched their faces carefully, all the while keeping my shield up. I could be poliet but I was full of rage and there was no way I would let Jasper control that.

I didn't have to predict who would step up first. Carlisle stepped closer, hands raised. "Bella, what a suprise to see you. A pleasure, surely, but a great suprise." His eyes looked worried. I imagined he thought I was so depressed and desperate I went out looking for some rogue vampire to change me. Nope, had my little Masen to do that for me.

I smiled at him and shook my head as to agree, "Oh yes, I'm sure it is quite the suprise to you all. Under the circumstances it's nice to see my old friends again." I smiled to them all, excluding...well, him. He was just as beautiful as ever. I wonder what I looked like to him now...

"You look lovely as a vampire, Bella!" Esme snapped me out of the train of though, pushing my inner demons back down. "I do believe we have quite alot of catching up to do!" I was about to smile at her before her words caught my ears. Was she inviting herself back into my life?

I stood there, shocked to the core. Could they seriously believe after so long they could come back and get to know the new me? I knew they were intelligent, but come on. By this point I was beyond pissed.

"Not to be rude," emphasis on the rude, "but I've made a life for myself now. I have a family I have to provide and take care of. My son and daughter may look older but they're hardly twelve. I will not be inviting strangers back into their lifes." If I had been human I'm sure my face would have been red.

I looked up and straight into the face of Alice. My best friend Alice... She looked so hurt. How could I call her a stranger? She knew- NO! I couldn't. I wouldn't.

Carlisle took another step forward. "Bella, I know we never had the chance to say good bye, but you're vampire now. There are rules." Rules? I must have looked confused because he continued.
"Vampires are not allowed to turn human children, you see, they-." My laughter cut him off. I looked him square in the face, ready to tell the truth. It was now or never, right? I was better, stronger and braver than him.

" I did not turn my children. My son, Masen, he turned me. I gave birth to them, as a human. Please do no insult me by insinuating that I would turn human children against their will. Now, it was nice to see you all but I must get home to my family."

And with that I shot off, their shocked and what I thought was a glint of horror struck faces etched in my mind.

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