Chapter 6

I Wasn't Prepared

It's bugging me, grating me
And twisting me around
Yeah I'm endlessly caving in
And turning inside out

Hysteria- Muse

I let out a long sigh as I stared at the dark sky through the airplane window. I missed Mommy and Daddy. I missed everyone.

I never thought that Sadie and I would ever have to leave our family for anything; I thought we would always be together. Watching Mommy try to be happy as we left was just as painful as Sadie breaking down on the way to the airport. I tried to comfort her with my thoughts, but she blocked me out so I do what I always do, I asked myself, what would Daddy do? Daddy, of course, would hold Sadie and tell her exactly what she needed to hear to be quiet. But, I wasn't Daddy.

I held Sadie though, and I told her that everything would be alright and that we would see them again. She stopped sobbing, but she kept on crying.

I could tell that neither Siobhan or Maggie knew what to do and Liam seemed to just focus on the road as he drove. I knew that they had never been around kids before which meant I would have to look out for Sadie, just like Daddy told me to.

Noah...

Yeah, Sade,

I miss... A memory of Mommy and Daddy came to her mind followed by a session of pictures of our family.

I do too. But we had to go.

I know. We had to be safe... Flashbacks of her nightmarish visions came to her mind. I wrapped my arms and mind around hers.

They won't be able to get us. Liam, Siobhan and Maggie will protect us.

She sniffled. I know, but what about Momma and Daddy? And Aunt Ali and Rose and Uncle Jazz and Em? What about Nana and Papa!?

"Shh, calm down." I whispered in her ear. Sadie always worried herself to pieces. She shouldn't have to worry. I was her brother. It was my job to worry about everything.

They can protect themselves. 'Member what we heard about Uncle Jazz? 'Bout how he was in a vampire army?

Yeah, but, they need us there, Noah. They need our powers. Sadie stared at me with her dark eyes. We're not normal kids. We're Cullens! It's just like Uncle Emmett says, We need to kick some ass!

Uh, Sade, I don't think we're allowed to say, or think, that word.

Oh right. Oops. She giggled slightly which drew the attention of Maggie.

Maggie was nice. She had pretty red hair and reminded me of Aunt Alice. She was able to sense when someone was lying which meant Sadie wouldn't be able to get away with anything.

"What are you two talking about," She asked.

"Oh you know, this and that," Sadie answered smoothly. I rolled my eyes. She was going to have to learn that we couldn't lie, not to Maggie.

Maggie narrowed her eyes. "Really?" Sadie kept her poker face.

"Yup," She smiled at Maggie, challenging her. "Just a little brother, sister talk," That was close enough to the truth to throw Maggie off.

"Alright," She could still tell that she wasn't being told everything.

Sadie. That isn't very polite. Mommy said we had to be respectful of the Irish Coven. They are being really nice by watching over us.

Sadie rolled her eyes. Yeah, yeah. I know. I'll try harder, I guess.

When the plane landed, Sadie held on tight to me with one hand enclosed around mine and the other gripping my coat. My head had been feeling funny ever since we had gotten on the plane back home. The pain in my head increased as Liam and Maggie gathered our luggage.

Noah... Sadie's voice was worried and thats when the dam broke and everything came flooding in.

I hope the flight isn't delay... I wonder when... Hopefully my wife...-we can get somethin... -mmit! I mis... I wonder if I should tell hi... I hate visitin... Rain? Really, thats all it doe... -she's quite a looke...

The voices wouldn't stop. I couldn't get them to stop. I just wanted them to stop.

Maggie's POV

I didn't know what to do as Noah suddenly pressed his hands against his head and fell to his knees, begging for it to stop. Sadie fell to her knees beside him and lifted his head with her tiny hands, making Noah look at her.

"Focus on me, Noah. Don't worry about anything else, just focus on my voice, my thoughts," She instructed him in a calm, but loud voice. Noah seemed to struggle to do as she said as he squeezed his eyes shut and gritted his teeth.

"I.. can't," He huffed out. "They're... all too...loud!"

"Noah Cullen, focus on me. Listen to only my thoughts. Open your eyes and look at me," Noah did as his sister said.

I noticed that people were starting to look at them so I moved myself beside them, using my body to shield theirs from everyone else's line of view. I kept my eyes on Noah who's eyes suddenly flashed open and stared directly at his sister. He didn't seem to be in pain anymore.

"Noah, lad, are you alright," I asked him, putting my hand on his back.

He nodded. "Yeah. I'm not sure what happened..." His gaze was still locked with Sadie's, as if looking away from her meant the end of the world. Sadie helped Noah to his feet, whispering "Stay with me" to him.

I could hardly believe that these children we're only five years old. They acted beyond their years.

"Are they alright," Siobhan asked me as they walked over to a bench and sat down.

"I think so," I shook my head, unable to understand what had happened. I didn't have anymore air left. Not breathing was uncomfortable, so I nodded to Siobhan and Liam towards the exit. I went over to Noah and Sadie, and motioned for them to follow. Noah stayed glued to Sadie, just like she had done earlier during the plane ride. I let them walk in front of me, so I could keep an eye on them just in case something else happened.

I decided that when we got back to the house, I would give Edward and Bella a call.

Bella's POV

Come, come back to me, my, my darling
I wasn't prepared for this

I Wasn't Prepared- Eisley

"What," I let out in a quiet whisper.

"Noah is just like his father," Maggie's accented voice sounded far away. "Sadie was able to get him to focus on her thoughts and to turn everyone else's down,"

Noah could read minds. I leaned back against the wall, the phone being held limply against my ear. In a way I wasn't surprised; Noah and Sadie were special. How many more powers could they have?

"Thanks for calling Maggie," I sighed. "I want to talk to them,"

"Sure," She laughed as I heard the phone being handed off.

"Mommy!" Hearing Sadie's voice made me want to cry.

"Hey, sweetie. How are things?"

"They're alright. Mommy," Sadie stressed my named. "They live in a freaking castle," I couldn't help but laugh.

"Do they?"

"Yeah. Oh my goodness. We have to get one, we just have too," I laughed again.

"I'll talk to Daddy about it," I teased her. I could hear her rolling her eyes.

"I miss you, Momma," Her usually loud voice, was quiet. My heart broke.

"I miss you, too. But, you and your brother will be home soon," I swallowed thickly. I hoped I wasn't lying to her.

"That's what Noah keeps tellin' me," She sighed. "You wanna talk to Noah,"

"That would be great, love." I heard the phone being handed off again.

"Hi Mommy," I hearing Noah's normal, quiet voice made my heart soar.

"How are you? Maggie told me what happened," I had to make sure he was okay.

"I guess I'm okay. My head still hurts," I could hear something in his voice. He didn't need me at the moment, he needed his father. "Is Daddy there?" I could have smiled at how well I knew Noah. He was just like me; an open book.

"He's hunting, baby," I wish I could tell Edward to get his butt back here, to comfort his son in the way that only another mind reader could.

My wish was granted as Edward came zooming in through the back door.

"You're in luck, sweetie, he just came home," I could Noah sigh with relief as I gave the phone to Edward who wrapped his arms around me, kissing the top of my head.

"Noah," Edward's voice floated into the receiver. Edward listened quietly for a few minutes as Noah described what had happened to him at the airport. "I know how hard it is, Noah, to have every voice floating in and not being able to block them out. It took me awhile to gain control over it. Just keep focusing on Sadie's thoughts and try to imagine that everyone else is like a radio. You can turn the dial to focus on one station, the rest of it will become background noise," I smiled, remembering how Edward had compared my blocked thoughts to a radio frequency that he didn't receive.

Edward laughed. "Well, your mother is one of a kind," Edward listened to another one of Noah's questions.

"It's very rare to come across people that you can't hear well. Your Grandpa Charlie was hard for me to hear, which is where your Mom got her silent mind from," I shot a confused look at Edward. He had never told me that he difficulty hearing Charlie's thoughts. Edward gave me a look that said he would tell me about it later and I nodded.

"Put the speaker phone on and get Sadie," Edward instructed Noah as he turned the speaker phone on.

"Daddy!" Sadie's voice cheered.

Edward's smile was dazzling. "Hi love,"

"Daddy, they have a castle! We should totally get one. Seriously, it rocks." Suddenly Sadie bust out laughing. "Get it, Daddy? It's a castle and it rocks 'cause its made of rocks!" Edward laughed as he told her he got it. "But seriously Daddy, I want one," He told her he would think about it. I suspected that Edward would willingly give them anything they wanted, not that I was any better. I would give them the world if I could.

"We love you," I told them, knowing the conversation was coming to an end.

"We love you, too," The answered together.

"Be good for Maggie, Siobhan and Liam," Edward reminded them. I sighed.

"We'll be seeing you soon," I told them as they gave a loud good bye. Noah threw in to tell everyone else that they loved and missed them. A final good-bye and Edward hung up the phone. I clung to Edward even tighter.

"I miss them so much," I sobbed out. God. It would feel wonderful to cry.

"I know, I do too," Edward whispered to me. "It takes very ounce of my control to not go and get them,"

Edward and I stayed like that for awhile. Suddenly his head shot up and he let out a growl. Alice bust through the back door, nearly taking it off its hinges.

"We have a problem," She muttered in a bleak tone. My thoughts started to swirl with what the problem could be and they immediately jumped to Noah and Sadie.

"Victoria is coming sooner that we thought," Edward told me. I could his mind trying to process how we were going to win this fight.

"We need help," I muttered. Everyone had gathered in the kitchen and their eyes turned to me.

"Who," Esme voiced.

"Other covens," Emmett suggested.

"No," Carlisle shook his head. "The Volturi is sure to investigate any of them if they help,"

While everyone discussed who to get to help us, my mind whirled with the thoughts I had had just days ago when I was thinking of who could protect Noah and Sadie.

"The wolves," I looked up to see every staring at me, questioning my sanity. "They can help. They can handle vampires; they took down Laurent and we're on good terms with them. The wolves would jump at the chance to rip apart some bloodsuckers," I smiled a little.

Everyone was quiet, thinking if my idea was a good one or had I finally just lost it.

"It could work," Jasper said from his corner of the kitchen. He looked up, his eyes had a slight shine to them. "Alice said there could be up to twenty newborns. The eight of us won't be enough,"

"Should we really involve them? I wouldn't want them to get hurt," Esme worried from her place at Carlisle's side.

Carlisle side. "I'm afraid we have no other choice. It's either them or we face this army alone,"

"I'll make the call," I offered. "I've been meaning to call Angela anyways. I need an update on the baby," I smiled lightly.

Carlisle smiled. "That would be great Bella. You do have the best relationship with the wolves and now that Jacob Black has taken his place as the alpha," He trailed off.

I laughed. "Yeah, he's finally owned up. I'll go call," I kissed Edward's cheek and then raced to my bedroom to grab my cell phone- the number that Angela would recognize- and scrolled down to her name which was named as "Blacks".

The phone rang twice before Angela answered me with an annoyed hello.

"Well, Hi to you too," I chuckled.

"Bella!" I laughed again.

"How is my little niece or nephew," I asked her.

"Your nephew is just fine," She replied happily.

"It's boy!" I cheered. Jacob owed me some money. "Boys are easier than girls, trust me."

She laughed. "Oh I do. If all my kids were like Noah, I would have ten." We chatted for awhile. Her parents were doing just fine and her little brothers were adjusting well to sixth grade. The pack was doing well, now that it had stopped growing at almost twenty wolves. Mike Newton and Lauren Mallory had a quickie marriage just a couple of months ago; no one even knew they were dating and just a couple weeks after, Lauren announced that they were expecting; a shot-gun wedding for Lauren and Mike. How ironic.

"So how are things in your neck of the woods," Angela finally asked me. I let out a nervous chuckle.

"Oh you know you, the usual, another vampire hell bent on killing my family," I tried to play it off lightly- no need to stress out the pregnant woman.

"Bella Cullen," She sighed. "You should have called sooner. The pack has been expecting it,"

"Really," I questioned.

"Yeah. The mess on the islands has been all over the news. A few of the boys wanted to come down the minute they heard, but Jake told them to wait for your call. He said, 'If they need us, they'll call,'"

"Well, they can get excited now, we need help," I sighed.

"Bella, is something else wrong," Angela asked me. Damn. She was good.

"I had to send Noah and Sadie away," I breathed, trying to hold in my heartbreak. "I had to do it to protect them,"

"Oh Bella," She sighed. "I'm sorry. I can only imagine what you're going through..." Her voice trailed off as a door opened with a deep laughter following. "Jake's home," Angela said, but not really to me. I waited as they exchanged hellos and as Angela told Jacob what was going on.

"Hey Bells," His deep voice greeted me in a very official tone, well, official for Jake. "Just tell us when and we'll be there,"

"When," I said in a defeated tone.

"How many bloodsuc- I mean vamps," He cleared his throat.

"All depends, the number goes up and down, but around eighteen," I told him and listen as he hissed in a breath.

"This is gonna be awesome," I heard his laugh. "It's been awhile since we've gotten any action. We'll be there A-S-A-P,"

"Thanks Jake, for everything,"

"No problem, Bells. See you soon,"

"Bye," I hung up the phone, letting it fall to the side as I flipped onto my back and sighed. The wolves were coming. Maybe we could win this with them, but at what cost? How many would they lose? How many would we lose?

I bit my lip. I shouldn't think like that. I couldn't bare to think like that because I couldn't imagine losing anyone of my family. I don't think my silent heart could take it if anyone lost their life because of what I had brought upon them. Yes, it was my fault for this. If only I had-

"Bella, what are you doing," Edward's slightly annoyed voice broke my train of thought. I turned my head to stare at him. He was leaning against the door frame, his arms crossed, his face an odd mixture of anger, annoyance and slight amusement.

"Thinking," I teased him. He rolled his eyes as he strolled over to me. He flopped down next to me, though for Edward to "flop" anywhere was an amusement in of itself. He played with my hair, running his hands through it. I closed my eyes and just let him stroke my hair, relaxing me to the closest thing a vampire could get to sleep.

"Are you going tell me what you were thinking about," He whispered in my ear.

"Cheater," I breathed. I turned my head to look at him. He looked up at me through his eyelashes, his honey eyes clear and honest.

. . .

"What was your question," I asked him again, truly forgetting what it was. He still was looking at me with his hypnotic eyes.

"What were you thinking," He asked me again, tracing a pattern on my collar bone with is lean finger.

"Just how none of this would have happened if it wasn't for me," I gulped, knowing that my train of thought would make Edward angry.

True to his nature, he let out a puff of air through his nose and his jaw tensed. His eyes hardened. "How on earth is this your fault," He demanded.

I sighed and turned on my side to face him. I traced his features, trying to smooth out the angry lines. "If I had protected Noah and Sadie better, there are just so many things I could have done different and-"

"No. If anyone is at fault, it's mine," Edward huffed. "If I had taken care of Victoria back when..." His eyes narrowed, remembering the horrible ordeal that was Phoenix. "She wouldn't have threatened our children, she wouldn't have gotten together an army of newborns to come and attack us," He sighed. "It's not your fault,"

"Well, if it's not my fault, then it's not yours either." I told him, my voice firm.

"Bella-" He started, but I cut him off.

"No," I sighed. "You know, this isn't doing us any good by blaming ourselves," I wrapped my arms around his neck, running my fingers through his hair. "Noah and Sadie wouldn't want us blaming ourselves,"

"You're right," He sighed as he snuggled against me, resting his head underneath my chin.

"I love you," I whispered as I kissed the top of his head. I could feel him smirk against my chest. "I know you do," I could feel his lips move against my collar bone. I smiled against his head as I felt his hand move from where it had been resting on my knee, up to my thigh.

"I love when Alice dresses you in skirts," He mumbled as he placed kisses along my neck, his hand now resting on my hip underneath my gray, pink and black tiered skirt.

"Why is that," I breathed.

I felt his smirk grow, "Easy access." He stated simply as he kissed his way up to my lips. I attacked his mouth eagerly, taking control and Edward let me as he slipped my black panties down to my ankles.

"How..long...ung... do we... have," I panted out as Edward worked his fingers inside me.

"Long enough," he muttered as he rolled us over.

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