CHAPTER 9

Bella POV

It felt so good to be back in his arms. It felt natural and correct to be kissing his lips again. We could go on forever no physical need could make us stop. I knew we had three reasons to stop, but I couldn't quite bring myself to. At about half seven there was a light tapping at the bedroom door. I shouted "WHAT?" Nathan's voice came from the other side of the door.

"Bella and urrm Edward Carlie has just woken up and she is proper confused about how she got in the house and I don't know what to say to her." I looked at Edward and he nodded.

"We'll be a few minutes. Okay?" I called back.

"Ummm." Nathan replied and then I heard his footsteps fading away. I got up and got dressed into an American Appeal hoddie, t-shirt, jeans and converse. When I was done dressing I turned to see Edward dressed. He smiled, his crooked smile, at me.

"You beautiful Bella. I don't know how to say how sorry I am. I missed you much."

"You don't look half descent yourself Edward. I missed you too." He laughed and then I walked other to him. I faced him and I ran my fingers through his hair and he did the same to me after thirty seconds I asked him, "Are you ready?" he nodded and said,

"As ready as I'll ever be." We walked across the hall into Renessmee's and Carlie's bedroom. Carlie was sitting on the bed listening to the iPod that Nathan had given her for Christmas last year. She looked up and smiled.

"Haiy. Edward you still here." She said taking the headphones out and pausing the music. I went to sit down on the end of the bed. And Edward knelt on the floor.

"Carlie we have something to tell you." I told her. She smiled and nodded. She said,

"Oh. I know" She said.

"What do you know?" I was confused.

"That Edwards my dad." How did she know this? Did Renessme tell her.

"How did you know that?" I asked her.

"You said it out loud. You didn't you?"

"No I didn't" I looked over to Edward.

"Bella I think Carlie might have a gift. I think she got her gift of me but a little stronger." Edward explained to me.

"What Carlie can read minds?" I asked him and Edward nodded. I looked at Carlie she did the little lopsided smile she got from her father. "What do you mean a little stronger?"

"She can hear your thoughts and still I am unable to." I was gobsmacked. "What's weird is that I can't hear your thoughts through her unless she is thinking of what you are thinking."

We sat and talked for about half an hour. Carlie was thrilled to pieces about Edward being her dad. So there was only Anthony to tell. This was going to be a hard job. We walked to his room and I opened the door he was playing a video game. When he saw us he glared and carried on. I sat on his bed and Edward stud by the door. "Anthony" Edward smiled a little when I said our son's name. "We need to talk."

"Okay talk." Anthony said.

"This is Edward"

"Yer. So you have a boyfriend."

"He's your dad"

"No he's not. I don't have a dad. He may be my biologic father, but he's not my dad. He certainly hasn't been a dad to me Nessie's or Carlie's. They both may be pushovers but I'm not."

"I'm sorry about that. I know there is nothing I won't do to make up for it" Edward pleaded.

"Edward, I don't care" Anthony snubbed him off.

Anthony's pov

So what if that vampire was my father, the fact is that he left my mum when she was pregnant with me and my sisters. I could tell it kill my mum when I said "Edward, I don't care." I was never going to call him dad.

The truth is that I did care but saying I didn't care helped me keep my anger in; I wanted to punch him in the face. I hate myself for what I did to Carlie yesterday and it was only something stupid. This isn't stupid he man who 'loved' my mum. He wasn't there for us. He missed our first steps and words. Nathan was the one who taught Carlie how to play the piano. Matt and Jacob taught us all how to ride a bike and how to swim. All the things dads are supposed to do, Nathan, Matt or Jacob did it instead. They were our dads. I know deep down I was glad he did come back. I turned back to the video game I was playing and they left.

Bella Pov

"I'm so sorry, Edward. He's so urm volatile." I whispered to Edward.

"You have nothing to say sorry for love. Our son is correct. I was a right idiot and for that I'm deeply sorry." he told me and pulled me into a big hug. Then he pulled back. "Can I meet the people that you've been living with for the last two years?"

"Oh of course I think there down stairs" I listened to the noise down stairs. There was the usual babble of the TV and crackle of the fire, it was October after all. Usually the piano had an electrical tone so Nathan had given Carlie her birthday gift. He had got her a Yamaha keyboard so she can play to herself. She must be trying it out one handed as one was in plaster. Still she was pretty good; she gets that of her dad like other things. We walked into the font room.

"Jake, Matt, Nathan this is Edward Cullen. He's the father of the kids." Jake stud up and looked pissed off.

"I've met him before at your prom remember." Jake snapped, Carlie stopped playing. "He left you when you were pregnant with his kids. Alone in the woods. It was a good thing that we found her anything could have had happened to her. She's been a right mess the last two years. She tied to hide it but she's a dreadful actress. You have a lot of making up to do. If you hurt her or the kids you'll have hell to pay you know that?" the first part was directed at me and the last part was more aggressive and directed at Edward. Jake was growling very quietly and was looking furious. He looked like he was going to phase right in there were he stud. Nathan stud up trying to pull him outside, without any success. Then a little voice spoke out. It was the only thing that could snap him out of his rage. His Imprint's voice, Renessmee's voice.

"Jakey you're scaring me please stop." As soon as she had said this Jake had given her what she wanted and calmed down straight away. He picked her up into a big hug.

"I know, I have a lot of making up to do. I'll do whatever I can, but I know there is an awful lot of stuff I've missed and I'll never get that back. I'm just so thankful that you three have been there for my family. I own a lot to you. No not a lot everything. I will never hurt Bella or my children because they are my world."

"I love you" I whispered into to Edward's ear, as Carlie started to play again.

"As I love you." he whispered back. "I think that we break the news to my family without the children, because I don't know how they'll react as I'm no Alice." I nodded as what he said made sense I didn't want our children in any danger if the Cullen's reacted badly. I couldn't see that happening but I'm a protective mum.

We walked out the door and followed his sent towards the white house, which I had tried to avoid for the last two years. I had failed in avoiding the house visiting only twice. Now I was walking up to it like these past two years never happened. It felt right walking up the steps to the porch holding Edward's hand. "Ready" he mouthed I nodded. "All right then." He opened the door and as soon as I stepped in the door a caramel haired vampire had me in a big hug.

"Bella we've missed you." Esme told me pulling back looking at me. Before I could reply Carlisle spoke.

"Bella, I'm glad Edward found you I have my daughter and son back. May I ask you how and who changed you?"

"It's a long and complicated story. I would want the whole family to hear it, as it will affect all of you." I explained to him.

"Of course Bella." He replied to me. He called everyone down. I got all the hellos out of Jasper, Alice and Emmett. Rosalie just gave me a weak smile; I see that nothing had changed her feelings towards me in our time apart. Were as Jasper's had as he hugged me and was smiling; maybe it was the loss of my humanie smell. I finally got to explaining.

"Well I came to be a vampire because I was dying and a vampire bit me to save me. The vampire who changed me is now a close friend."

"How were you dying Bella?" Carlisle asked me.

"I was losing a too much blood."

"What had happened to you?" Carlisle was really concerned.

"I had just given birth" everyone's faces were in complete shock. I felt like I couldn't go on any farther. So I was thankful that Edward spoke.

"They're my children. I mean I am the father."

"WHAT?" Rosalie screamed. "THAT'S IMPOSSIABLE. I KNOW I'VE TRIED SO MANY TIMES."

Rosalie POV

"They're my children. I mean I am the father." Edward said matter of factly.

"WHAT?" I screamed. "THAT'S IMPOSSIABLE. I KNOW I'VE TRIED SO MANY TIMES." I knew he was an idiot but I didn't think he was this much of one. That insure cow was telling him this to make him stay with her even though he would have stayed with her anyways. "EDWARD YOU DON'T BELIVE HER DO YOU! OF COURSE YOU DO YOUR A RIGHT IDOT AND BELIVE EVERY WORD SHE SAYS. SHE IS LYING! CAN YOU NOT SEE THAT?"

Edward shook his head and said, "You're wrong. It's all true. They look an awful lot like me not to my children. Anyways Bella wouldn't lie about something like that. So shut up Rosalie!" He was angry because in my thoughts I was insulting Isabella.

"I'll believe it when I see it but I won't because she's lying." I felt Emmett's hand on my shoulder pushing me down back. I hadn't realised I had stud up. Across the room I could see Edward pulling Bella into his arms like she was crying. She buried her head in to his chest. Emmett whispered into my ear,

"Hear them out. I think it might be true." I was put out that Emmett believed them. I felt a wave of calm spread through me. Jasper obviously I growled.

"Well it could be possible." Carlisle said, "The reason female vampires can't conceive is those vampires bodies don't change. Carrying a growing child means the body has to change very quickly. A human male's body does not change from puberty till the day they die." What Carlisle said made sense, but no it IS impossible.

"Do we get to meet them?" Esme asked.

"You've already meet one of them." Edward said. I was confused and by look on everyone's face they were too.

"I am not sure who you mean Edward" Carlisle said.

"Carlie the little girl I brought to you yesterday. She's my daughter." Edward told everyone.

"She did have your eyes that you had when you were human." Carlisle mused.

"The other two are called Renessme and Anthony" Edward said with a big goofy smile on his face. It made me sick. "If it is alright with Bella we'll bring them over later on today."

"Of course it's alright." Bella said looking up at Edward with the expression of love that Emmett looks at me sometimes. It made me want to gag. So we were going to meet these bratz. Oh the joy. Edward bent down to Bella and kissed her. Not a little peck, a full on snog. It was gross.

"Is that all?" I asked hopefully. I wanted to get out of this gag fest.

"Yes, Rosalie. Tha…" Edward told me. He had started to thank me but I was half way to mien and Emmet's room.

Bella's pov

Things with Rosalie hadn't got any better at all they had got worse. I don't know what I had done, but that's something I had got used to when I was human. Edward pulled me back towards the door. "Are we going back, Edward?" I asked him.

"No. Not just yet." He let go of my hand. "Just wate there" He was gone back in to the house and was back with me in under a second. "Come on bells" He pulled me through the forest. We were running for about ten minutes, when we reached a very familiar place. We were at our meadow. The meadow I hadn't been two in more than two and a half years.

Edward led me towards the centre of the meadow. He stopped and knelt down on one knee. "Isabella Marie Swan I know that I have been a right git by leaving you like I did. I was nothing without you. I want to be yours forever." As he was saying that he was taking a small jellawary box out of this pocket. He opened it and inside was a silver oval shaped ring encrusted with lots of little diamonds. It was beautiful. "Bella will you marry me?"