Chapter 9

Starlight

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Starlight- Muse

Sadie's POV

Noah was still asleep on Daddy's lap while I sat next to him. I could barely contain myself because we were almost home, almost back to Mommy.

Even though Noah says that it was all my idea and he was just trying to make sure nothing happened to me, he wanted to go home just as much as I did. He especially wanted to see Daddy. Ever since he started to be able to read people's minds, he just wanted to be with someone who understood. I couldn't understand what he was going through. Sure, we could hear each other's thoughts, but I couldn't hear what Noah heard, just like he couldn't see what I saw in my dreams.

The flight was very short so we were already landing and getting off the plane. Noah had woken up and now Daddy was carrying us both.

"Make sure you give your mother a big hug. She was really worried," Daddy told us. I frowned. I didn't realize how much Mommy would have worried, but she wasn't ever suppose to find out until we got home. I wanted it to be a surprise.

Daddy chuckled. "Sade, you know your mom doesn't like surprises,"

I smiled at him. "I know," Daddy just shook his head and laughed. I looked over to Noah who had his head resting on Daddy's shoulder. He still looked tired. I frowned.

I took a breath and caught the most familiar scent in the world. I whipped my head around to find Mommy with the rest of the family standing behind her.

"Mommy!" I yelled as Daddy set me down and I ran into her out stretched arms.

Bella's POV

I could barely contain myself as I could hear Edward talking to Sadie.

When I had gotten the phone call from Edward about Sadie and Noah taking off, it felt as if my heart had plummeted into my stomach and the distinct feeling of wanting to throw up overcame me. It took all I had not to lose it. I wanted to be there, to be able to have them safe in my arms but I couldn't. All I could do was sit, my head in my hands, and wait for the call that they were safe. All that time, I couldn't help but think of all the 'what ifs'. What if they got on the wrong plane? What if someone tried to take them? What if Victoria managed to get to them before Edward could?

I was torn from my thoughts as I saw Edward, holding Noah and Sadie, turned the corner.

"Mommy!" Sadie scrambled out of her father's arms and ran straight into mine. I swept her up, clutching her to me, whispering her name as she wrapped her arms around my neck.

My baby was back where she belonged, in my arms. The ache that had rested in my heart since they had left was half gone. All I needed was Noah.

Sadie pulled away from me, smiling. "Surprise, Momma!" She giggled. I could only sigh and smile gently at her. "Sorry about making you worry," She added, her hand playing with a lock of my hair.

I pulled her to me again. "It's alright. Just promise me you'll never do something like that again," I knew I was asking for the impossible, but I just needed to her say it, to ease my mind even if it was just for a moment.

"I'll try not to," She amended in true Sadie fashion. Edward had reached my side and was still holding a tired-looking Noah. I kissed Sadie's cheek.

"Why don't you go see Nana, she missed you," I set her down and she went right to Esme. Edward placed Noah into my arms. I raked my eyes over his face, frowning as I took in his sickly pallor and dark circles under his eyes. With Noah and Sadie being half-human, they didn't share the same coloring as the rest of us.

My eyes reached Noah's and I saw how his were rimmed red and glazed over.

"Hi Mommy," He placed one hand on my cheek and the other wrapped it self around a lock of my hair as he rested his head on my shoulder. I missed you... Even his voice in my head sounded weak and tired.

"Hi sweet heart. I missed you so much," I rubbed my hand up and down his back, while my eyes shot over to Edward's.

"He's just very tired and exhausted," He explained to me, though he looked worried. "He's already asleep,"

Edward was right. Noah's breathing was soft and even as he slipped off to sleep. I sighed and held him a little tighter to me.

"Let's get him home," I turned to the rest of my family. Sadie was perched in Jasper's arms, relating to him a story from their journey.

Once we were home, Noah had woken up saying he was hungry. Esme gave Noah and Sadie a plate of the dinner that had been made for the wolves.

Of course, they noticed Jacob and his pack.

"These guys are gonna be fighting with you," Sadie asked, her voice full of disbelief as she watched as they came in and out of the kitchen, grabbing food.

"Hey kid," Paul said from the fridge. "We were made for kicking vampire ass,"

"Language, please, Paul," I glared at him. He rolled his eyes, taking his bad attitude and cheese puffs out the door.

Sadie finished first and then ran off to tell Emmett and Rosalie about her adventure.

Noah took a little bit longer, staying in my arms the whole time. Sadie was very resilient; she could bounce back from anything but Noah was the opposite. He was very sensitive to the world around him and very affected by the happenings in it. It would be awhile before he would be completely comfortable being without either Edward or me by his side.

After he finished, Edward took him upstairs for a bath and then to put him to bed. I doubted he would stay in his own bed the rest of the night and would make his way to Edward and my room.

I made my way to the living room to get Sadie. She was watching a movie with Emmett and Jasper now. I had to hide my giggles at seeing two fully grown male vampires watching The Aristocats.

The things Sadie got them to do with the same crooked smile that Edward had, amazed me.

"Sadie, time to get ready for bed," I called to her.

"Mom, please. Just until the movie is over," She whined, her little head suddenly appearing next to Emmett's shoulder.

I shook my head. "You've had a long day. I want you to rest,"

"Better listen to your mom, kiddo," Emmett nudged her.

She sighed. "Fine," She hopped over the back of the couch, landing lightly on her feet and grabbed the hand I held out to her. After Sadie's bath, I got her changed into her favorite pajamas and noticed that her eyes started to droop as french braided her hair.

Once I finished her hair, she turned to me. "I can sleep with you tonight," She asked me, yawning.

"Of course," I lifted her into my arms, her head going to my shoulder. I found Noah already sleep and curled into Edward's side as he scribbled in his journal.

Sadie crawled under the blankets and I settled in next to her. Her hand went for the same lock of hair as always and she held it in between her fingers. After a few minutes, her fingers stopped rubbing the lock of hair and went limp, her breathing evening out.

My eyes would dance from Noah to Sadie and back. It had been over a week since I had laid eyes on them and my mind tried to find any differences in them, anything I had missed since they had been away.

"I'm so happy their back," I said aloud to Edward, my eyes looking up to his. His golden eyes reflected the emotion in mine and his answering smile was brilliant.

"So am I," He set his journal on the night stand and turned so that he was facing me, his eyes running over our slumbering twins. "I don't think I thank you enough for giving them to me,"

I rolled my eyes. "No problem," We smiled at each other. Mine slowly faded as a thought crept on me.

"What is it," Edward asked, worried.

"What are we going to do now? I mean, they're here and Alice said that we only have two more days until Victoria gets here and after what happened in the airport, she knows that they are here," I bit my lip, my eyes lingering on my children's sleeping faces.

Edward sighed. "We'll have to have a couple of wolves stay here with them. Make sure they don't go running off,"

I snorted quietly. "As if two shape-shifters could contain them," I was half joking.

"Well, we'll just chain them up in their rooms then," Edward suggested. We shared a smile, though they quickly slipped from our faces. "Let's just take care of it tomorrow, yeah,"

I nodded. "Yeah. We should just enjoy this night," My eyes went back to Noah and Sadie and I couldn't help but smile. Even if anything happened to Edward and I, they would always have each other. Edward and I had already laid out our just-in-case plans to our family. If anything happened to Edward and I, of course Noah and Sadie would stay with them. If somehow all the Cullens were no more, then they would go back to La Push and live with Jacob and Angela, both who had already agreed to take care of Noah and Sadie.

Edward's hand cupped my cheek, brushing his thumb against it. He leaned over our children and placed a kiss on my lips.

"It's going to be alright, no matter what happens," He whispered, his lips brushing against mine. I nodded and kissed him again.

*******

When morning came, Edward and I left a slumbering Noah and Sadie, to have a chat with Jacob about said twins.

"So you want two of my guys to stay behind and babysit your kids," Jake asked, clarifying what we wanted into one sentence. He leaned against the kitchen counter and bought a hand to his chin, his face taking on a thoughtful expression. I rolled my eyes and lightly smacked him causing him to smile.

The kitchen wasn't noisy as much as it was just loud. It was breakfast time and the wolves were currently filling their plates with the eggs, bacon, toast and pancakes that Esme and I had prepared.

"Don't be such a smartass," I chided him, crossing my arms. Edward's arm draped itself around my shoulders, pulling me into his side.

"No, really though, I was thinking two of the older wolves since Noah and Sadie are the targets." His black eyes searched the room. "Brady, Collin!" He called to a pair of men who were already done with their breakfast. They came over to Jacob. They weren't as tall as Jacob but they had equal the bulk though their faces were totally different from each other. One was hard and angular, sharply defined. The other was softer, more round than most of the wolves and his hair was slightly longer than the other one.

"Whadda need, Jake," The one with longer hair asked.

"Brady, I need you and Collin to stick around the house tomorrow and protect the kids," Jake told them.

"I thought they were suppose to be somewhere safe," Collin's eyes flashed to us and then back to Jake.

Jacob chuckled. "They snuck back. The red headed bitch almost got them," Both Brady and Collin's eyes went wide. "Yeah. So since they are what she's after, I want you two with them at all times starting after dinner,"

"Alright," Brady nodded and Collin shrugged.

"Brady, Collin," Edward's voice grabbed their attention. "I just want to say how grateful Bella and I are that you'll be with them,"

"N-no problem, Edward," Collin said, both him and Brady caught off guard by how much gratitude you could hear in Edward's voice.

"Oh Mommy!" I heard Sadie's voice call to me as she rushed into the kitchen, wrapping her arms around my waist. "Good morning," She sang to me.

I smiled down at her, smoothing her crazy bed head. "Good morning, sweetie. Hungry?"

"Of course!" The girl never turned down food. I turned to make her a plate, when I heard her ask, "Who are you?" and Edward's low curse. I turned back around to find Brady's focus locked on Sadie, his eyes glazed over and his mouth hanging open. I didn't get what was going on until I heard Edward's growl.

"I'm Brady," He answered Sadie at the same time Edward's eyes whipped to Jacob.

"Oh, I see," Jacob said, his voice slightly tight.

Wait, what just happened...Oh...OH!

"Did he just-"

"Uh huh," Collin nodded, looking slightly shocked.

"Shit," Jacob swore.

Edward was positively seething and Jacob noticed. I tore my eyes from them to watch Sadie and Brady.

"I'm Sadie Elizabeth Cullen," She told him proudly as she stuck her little hand out. His hand was huge compared to hers as they shook hands.

"Very nice to meet you," Brady got down on one knee so he was almost the same height as Sadie. "I'm Brady Price,"

"We should be friends!" She smiled as she wrapped her little arms around his neck. He hugged her back, his face over taken by a smile.

My gaze flipped back over to Edward. Jacob was holding him by his shoulders, telling him that it was alright and that it wasn't like that with Brady and to just look at Brady's thoughts.

I was next to them in a millisecond and I couldn't help but notice that everyone's eyes were on either Brady and Sadie, who were talking about movies, or Edward, Jacob and I.

"Come on, Brady! I didn't get to finish the movie yesterday. Mommy made me go to bed," She grabbed his hand and dragged him to the living room.

Once everyone noticed my attention on them, they seemed to scramble out of the house, leaving Edward, Jacob and I.

"Bella," Jacob called to me.

"Yeah," I looked to him. I just couldn't believe that my daughter had just been imprinted on. My mind didn't seem to be able to process it, so I wasn't sure how I felt.

"Are you alright," Edward asked, his hands on my face and his eyes seemed to search mine.

"I think she's in shock," Jake noted.

"No, no I'm fine...just trying to process," I let out in a breathy whisper. Should I be mad at the fact that some eighteen year old had just imprinted on my five year old daughter? Should I be happy about it?

The advantages of this whole thing was that Sadie would always have someone, no matter what happened. There would be always be someone there to protect her, love her.

I couldn't help but feel annoyed that this meant that Brady would probably stick around and he would practically be glued to Sadie's side. I'll be damned if I let that wolf take over the precious and limited time I had to watch my only daughter grow up.

She was mine for, at the very least, another decade.

Stupid wolves.

"I have to lay down some ground rules," I told Jake, who only nodded.

"You're still her parents," He said to me, clapping me on the shoulder. "Don't over think it, Bella. He'll listen to you, but him staying away isn't exactly an option. If you do that, you'll have a creepy guy lurking around your house," He laughed, trying to ease the tension. I gave him a hard smile.

"I think Edward and I need to discuss this, but not now, there's a lot to do," Soon after this Noah woke up, looking and acting more like himself though he looked slightly annoyed when he saw Sadie and Brady. He went straight to Edward, his arms crossed.

They just looked at each other, their lips not moving. Since they both can openly read each other's mind now, their conversations became silent ones.

"If you say so..." Noah said, skeptically. He threw a concerned look at Sadie and Brady before heading into the kitchen to get a plate of food from Esme.

I turned to Edward, my eyes questioning. He wrapped his arms around me.

"He's annoyed, concerned, among other things," His voice was quick, fast and low.

"I can't help but agree with him," I laid my head against his chest, letting out a heavy sigh. Edward rubbed a soothing hand over the back my neck. I felt my eyes close, my body relaxing.

"We'll figure it all out," He whispered to me. I felt him stiffen underneath me, suddenly.

"That'll have to wait till later, we have a problem,"

Of course we do.

AN: So here it is. I'm sorry it's kinda fillerish and kinda boring at the end there and there's a cliff hanger.

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