AN: Hey all! Yes, it's finally finished! Sorry it's been so long! It's been hectic around here! I'm going to try and get back to my schedule. It was a little hard but I'm going to try to fix my schedule. So this should be updated in a couple more weeks. I would love to hear what you all think this chapter so please read and review! I really want to know what you all think about it! If you are a reader of my other story "What Happened in 1918?" I'm gonna try and update it in the coming weeks, hopefully very soon. I think I'm going to put up a poll on that story asking about the baby/babies about the number and things similar to that area. But anyway, check out my poll please if you read the story because I may be able update sooner if I know your guys' opinions so please vote! If you don't, I'm just going to choose so...please let me know!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or the characters! Stephenie Meyer does!

Summary: Set after Edward left in New Moon. Bella's life started to fall apart when he left but then some surprises come her way and practically takes away her life in Forks. Edward and his family come back a year later to find out Bella had died about two weeks after they left. Edward and his family are heartbroken until Jasper gets a call from an old friend asking him and his family to be a part of her wedding. Tensions rise and some angers are tested. Secrets and pasts are revealed and some relationships are tested. It's time to see what all of them are made of.

Chapter Twelve

Bella POV:

I wasn't surprised when the Cullens asked about my story. Things had definitely changed since the day Edward and the rest of the Cullens left. I doubted the fact that Anne would have told them everything. It wasn't like she told them from the beginning I was alive. She had to avoid that but she knew she couldn't avoid the subject of me completely so she probably told them very little. The extra details were most likely left out, the things they may have wanted to know. It was about time they knew.

"When you guys left…when Edward left…I felt like…like I had nothing left to live for anymore. It was an awful feeling. For weeks I was catatonic, or at least that's what the doctors diagnosed me as. I walked around school, empty. I didn't really speak to anyone either. I had some problems with eating and sleeping, especially sleeping. I had woken up at night, screaming. Dad came in and checked on me from time to time. He really got worried. He saw how lost I was, how lost without Edward I was. Things just weren't normal anymore. Normal didn't seem to even be a concept even close to how I was feeling. The only time I even felt the slight bit normal was when I was around Jake.

"Jake had been there since the first day. I locked myself in my room the first day and he'd been persistent, trying to talk to me. He wanted to be there for me and never gave up. I wanted him to at first but then I let him in and he became like an addiction to me. We'd gotten so close and I could not bear him being away from me. I didn't understand it at first, neither did he. We both felt the same way. It scared me. I wasn't ready to feel anything for anyone after what happened between me and Edward. I did try to push him away for a bit and he did the same but for different reasons. I couldn't resist being away from him but he kept trying to keep me away from him. He claimed it was to help me, to keep me safe. I didn't understand that then. Jake eventually hinted to me what he was. He asked me about the story and I started remembering him telling me about the Quileutes being descended from wolves. It was then that I figured out he was a werewolf. I thought nothing could be stranger than the fact that my best friend was a werewolf and the love of my life was a vampire but then I realized something else. It was about two weeks later that I found out I was pregnant.

"I came home one night, feeling sick to my stomach. I originally thought I just ate some bad food but I dismissed that idea the minute I realized I was late. Edward, you were the only one I have ever done anything with. I couldn't believe it. I didn't think that vampires could have kids. I was not prepared for this. I realized even quicker more things about me being pregnant. It had only been two weeks since I got pregnant and I already had a bump. It wouldn't be possible unless the father was you and you know that. When I saw my bump, it was when I realized I had to get away. Charlie would notice so I packed my bags. I called Jake and asked him for help, knowing he would help me. He immediately answered and I explained the situation. At first, he was furious but he pulled himself together for me, so we could get away unnoticed. Jake told Sam about the baby and Sam then called a friend of his hanging over in Oregon. His friend was a werewolf and he knew a vampire who they thought could help me, a vampire that later became family to me…John Andrews.

"Jake and I drove to Oregon where we met John. We were both nervous about the meeting. After all, the only vampires I knew besides you guys were the ones that drank human blood. I didn't know what to expect from John. I assumed he had to have been a great vampire, a vegetarian, because the werewolves liked in a way. They respected him. Sam's friend had a pack and they respected him but still didn't like him on their lands. In a way it was similar to what you had with the Quileutes, except they got along better. Jake had been protective of me when we met up with John. John was very curious when we first met. I told him my story, how everything happened. He listened intently, genuinely interested in what I was saying. I asked him what he thought and how he thought it may have worked. John had no clue. When I reached the end of my story, I started to cry. Jake came over and comforted me. John watched the two of us and said he would help me. He would help me go through this, have the baby without any troubles. I was grateful to him. It then became John, Jake, and me. It was just the three of us for awhile. A month went by and…I started to miss someone, someone who always made everything feel better, someone who saved me from everything, someone who made me laugh when I was sad, someone I loved dearly, Jason.

"My emotions were a little off around that time. I was a bit unreasonable if you asked John. When I told him that I wanted my brother here, that I needed him, he and Jake were immediately against it. They continued to say that he didn't have a clue about this life and that it would put him in danger to know the secret. Jake said it just wouldn't be safe here because for all we knew my baby would be dangerous. He actually used the word 'monster' but I didn't believe my baby was a monster. Jake believed that because I was dying. I was heavily pregnant within a month and I was dying from it. I had some ribs broken and I couldn't hold any food down. I thought I would be strong enough to at least have the baby but I thought that if these were my last moments, I didn't want my last words to my brother being 'I hate you'."

If I could have cried at that moment I would have. That was one of the worst moments in my life. I had hurt his feelings so deeply that day. I told my mom that day that I wanted to go back to Forks, to live. She was shocked and saddened. She had asked me to stay but I told her I wanted to live with Charlie. My mother then did a last minute effort by telling me to do the task I had not wanted to do. She told me that I had to tell my brother. My brother was going to take it hard but when I told him, things between us took for the worst.

I walked up the stairs to my brother's room, dreading each step closer. I was scared. What would Jason say? Would he yell at me? Would he hate me? Worse, would he not even care? I walked closer. I saw the white door and hesitated before knocking on the door. I could hear the music blasting from outside the door. A minute passed and I began to walk away, panicking. But as I walked away, I heard the door open and a voice call out to me.

"Bells? Hi, is there something you wanted? Sorry I thought you were Mom. I was trying to finish clearing things up in here because you know how she can be." said Jase with a huge grin on his face.

"Yeah I do. Um, I need to talk to you for a minute or two about something." I replied. He nodded and let me in. I saw his art easel in the corner of the room. The red on the walls and the blue carpet, the computer on the back wall were all as I remembered. I sat down on his bed and he came and sat beside me. He looked at me silently, waiting for me to say something. I gave him a hug, holding onto him, knowing soon I'd have to let go. He was surprised by this sudden move but hugged me back. I felt him tense up. He knew something was coming. He knew what I was going to say was bad. We pulled away. Jase looked worried. I looked away when I told him.

"Jase, I'm moving." I blurted out. I peaked a glance at him and saw his face looking confused.

"Moving? Where? I didn't know we were moving, at least not yet anyway." Jase responded. I closed my eyes.

"There's no 'we', Jase. I'm moving, just me. I'm uh…moving in with Charlie." I clarified. There was a silence between us. I opened my eyes and saw pain on Jase's face.

"You're going away…from Phoenix? Why?" he asked.

"I don't want Mom to have to choose between me and Phil anymore. She doesn't ever have to worry about you because you are always out. You hang out with all your guy friends and don't need to be taken care of and she's not going to put the pressure of taking care of me on you so she stays. I'm not going to make her choose between us, especially when she chooses me and is always upset with the decision. So I decided that I'm going to move in with Charlie. He told me it was alright. In fact, he's excited to have me around. I just…I need to go." I answered.

"So you are just going to leave me here alone?" he replied, hurt. I looked at him pained. His face broke my heart into pieces.

"Jase, it's not like that. I love you, Jase, but I can't do this to Mom anymore."

"Bells, I'll take care of you. I'll tell Mom to go with Phil and I'll take care of you. I've done it a lot of your life anyway. Who taught you to ride your bike? Who taught how to read and write? Who taught you how to defend yourself? Who taught you how to throw your first punch? Bells, I want you to stay here. Please don't leave. I'll have nothing here anymore. Who will stop me from getting into fights, Bells?" he replied, almost crying.

"It's not like you can't come with me, Jase. If you really want to stay with me, you'll come to live with me and Charlie."

"Bells, you know I can't do that. Charlie and I would end up killing each other and you know it. It wasn't just boredom that made you refuse staying in Forks in the summer. It was the fact that we fought and there was no escape from it because of the weather. In California, you could always get one of us out to do something outside because it was sunny more often than it was in Forks. Besides, after that last fight we had, I doubt he would even want to see me, let alone live with me. We can't live together. That's just the way it is, Bells. I can't just go there like you can. It's not that simple and you know that. So why are you leaving?" he yelled, raising his voice.

"Jase, I have to. Look I don't have anything here besides you and Mom. I just need to leave." I replied.

"So you are just going to abandon me?" he responded bitterly.

"I don't want to leave you and I'm not abandoning anyone. You are the one who won't put your issues aside so that we can stay together. It's not my fault here!" I yelled.

"Oh yeah, you are the one leaving to a place I refused out loud to ever go again and it's not your fault at all!" he replied.

"Why must you be so difficult?" I responded, angrily.

"Well, why don't you look in the mirror?" he spat. We glared at each other.

"You know for a split second, I actually felt bad about going but you know what? I don't feel bad anymore. I'm glad to go. It means I'll be away from you!" I yelled.

"Then go! I don't care anymore! But don't expect me to be here when you get hurt in Forks!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!" he yelled. I ran out slammed the door and then went into my room and did the same. I heard a knock on my door and saw Jase, still glaring at me. "I want my pictures back!" he yelled. I found the pictures he drew and did something I to this day regret, I threw them at his face, a couple of them tearing.

"Now get out! I hate you! Get out!" I yelled, hurt, and slammed the door in his face. That would be the last time I saw him human and from that moment on, I would regret everything I said, especially after I heard my brother went missing.

"That was one of the hardest days in my life. I said some horrible things to him. I was so out of character that day. That wasn't me. I was just so hurt, so upset. Only Jase could ever make me feel that way. We didn't say anything to each other for weeks. The morning I left, he stayed in his bedroom and watched from his window as I left. He didn't even say goodbye. I didn't understand why I wanted him to be around so badly. We both hurt each other so deeply. I didn't understand it one bit but I knew I had to see him one last time so I dialed his number one day. He picked up the phone.

I was nervous. I felt like I did the day that I told him I was moving away. I was questioning my decision again. Was he going to hang up or ignore me? I didn't know but something in me…something made me keep going. Something made me call him. I dialed the number before even knew I was doing it. I had just been thinking about it. I put the phone to my ear and heard the dial signaling a call going in. It rang four times before I heard a somewhat familiar voice answer the phone.

"Hello?" greeted the voice.

"Hi, Jase." I responded quietly and roughly. There was a silence on the other side. For a second I thought he hung up on me. He had obviously not looked at the caller ID on his phone. I was about to hang up the phone.

"Bells?" he asked just as quietly.

"Yeah, it's me…it's…Bella." I replied nervously.

"Well um…it's great to hear from you. I've um…gotten some messages from Charlie and Mom wondering where you were and telling me that you went missing. I um got a little worried about you."

"You did?" I asked with hope that he did care.

"Yeah, of course I did. I got really worried about you. You are my sister and…and my best friend. I'm sorry for that fight we had before you left. I didn't mean anything by it. I just…I didn't want you to leave. I was hurt and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have egged you on as much as I did. I really do regret it and I'm really sorry. It went too far." he responded.

"No, I shouldn't have fought with you either. I should have known that you would feel that way and let you vent at me rather than fighting with you. I'm just as responsible for the fight as you. I'm sorry too. And I don't hate you. I never have. I love you, Jase. I really do."

"I know. Everyone does." Jase replied. I laughed. There was the Jason humor I missed so much. "I missed that laugh. I missed you."

"I know. I missed you, too. I missed you a lot, especially now." I replied.

"I know, me too. Um, why'd you call me? Did you call me just to tell me you miss me?" he said. I could just see the smile on his face as he said that.

"Um…I just…I needed to talk to you, Jase. I…I want you here…I want to see you, Jase." I heard him sigh.

"Bells, I can't. I can't really tell you why right now but I can't. I'm sorry."

"I didn't expect you to drop what you were doing. I just wanted to tell you that…that I need you, Jase. I can't go through this alone. I need my big brother here…I've been through so much and I just…I want my brother here…please. I know I sound a little selfish but Jase, I need you here, really. Don't make me beg." I pleaded. There was a silence before I heard another sigh from him and he replied back.

"Where are you?" Jase asked, letting me know he's coming. I smiled and told him. I had a little excitement now. My brother was going to be here. I hadn't felt this happy in a long time.

"The day Jase came, I was never so excited. John and Jake had no clue I had called him. He came into the house that day and John and Jake were so mad. See John separated from Jason and Anne a couple months before this happened. He let Anne and Jase have time alone. Anne told him that Jase wouldn't respond madly or anything like a normal newborn. He was ok and wasn't going to hurt anyone so while Jase was changing John left. He never knew what Jase looked like so when Jase came in both he and Jake attacked him. It wasn't until Anne came in they backed off. John had Jake back off when he realized that this was her Jase. Then Jase surprised everyone by running to me and hugging me. He realized then that I was pregnant and demanded an explanation so I told him everything. Jase was mad, very mad, he was furious. I calmed him down and asked him to tell me about what happened to him. He told me about how he met Anne and how she changed him and why. I was so glad to have him there with me. He told me he fell in love with her and I couldn't have been happier for him. I told him he didn't have to stay but he insisted. He wasn't going to let me go through this pregnancy by myself so he stayed. It made everything so much simpler.

"He and John discussed what would happen when I gave birth. We had been unsure of what to do. Anne couldn't see my future. She was worried just like the rest of them. It was only a couple days ago that Jake and Jase figured out what I needed. They were having a fight one day and Jake mentioned things about blood and so Jase figured out that that must have been what the baby needed. John went out and got the blood from a hospital (donated blood) and it worked. I was slowly feeling better but time kept coming closer to when the baby would be born. We were running out of time and John and Jase then agreed that if it came down to letting me die or changing me they would change me. They said it was both because they cared about what would happen to me and wouldn't take away a mother from a child. So when the time came for the baby to be born, things got complicated. They couldn't breathe. We didn't even realize that there were multiple babies but when the time came, Jase and John got them out. E.J was first, Nessie was second, and Emma was third. We were surprised to see three of them but didn't really have time to focus on that because I was getting closer and closer to death. John and Jase then worked together and gave me enough venom to change me.

"I woke up three days later and Jason and Anne were beside me. John was downstairs taking care of the babies. They explained some things to me and Jase took me on my first hunt. When we came back, I saw Jake was very protective of my baby. He was worried I'd hurt Nessie. I was happy about this at first until I realized he had imprinted on my baby! I was furious and attacked him. Seth was there holding Emma when I attacked and he handed her off to Anne and stepped in the way so I didn't hurt Jake. I ended up attacking Seth instead for a second before I realized what happened. I was furious at Jake, especially when he came up with the nickname Nessie.

"Eventually, the name grew on me and so did the two of them being together. I was glad it was him and not some jerk that she fell in love with. When she first stopped aging, I let her and Jake go on a date. It was around that time that E.J found Taylor. He met her after getting in a fight with Nessie and they talked a lot to a point where the two of them became an addiction to each other and fell in love. It then went from the three of them being inseparable to them kind of growing apart. Nessie got closer to Jake, E.J to Taylor, and Seth became really good friends with Emma. When Emma really needed a friend Seth was there. He had been there for her when she was little but it was even truer now. Nessie and E.J spent less time with her and she just wanted a friend to relate to for awhile and that was when Seth came along. The two of them get along so well. They are very amusing when they are together. He knows her so well. He knows how to calm her down. That was the reason she came back that one day. He was there and he talked her into coming back. He's good at it, better than I ever was. She was not easy to calm down, especially when it came to you, Edward.

"When they were kids they asked me about you and I told them what happened and E.J and Emma hated you more and more as time passed. I think part of them thought you abandoned them. Nessie never had the problem. I think part of it was because she knew you'd come back one day and another part was because she truly had nothing against you. She's an intuitive girl and I bet she knew why you did what you did without you even explaining it to her. Nessie was also the most forgiving of the three so when you came she forgave you easily. She loved you too much to hate you. She loved hearing the story about Edward and me. She said we had a fairy tale like romance no matter how bad it turned out in the end. She grew up feeling like she knew you. I loved the fact that one of the kids actually approved. But for a better explanation as to why E.J and Emma hate you, you need to talk to them.

"As for the current stuff, we met up with Angela and Ben about three years, a little bit after E.J met Taylor. He was already in love with her and wanted me to meet her and she wanted same with E.J so they agreed to get all together and introduce each other. They came to our place and saw me. They hugged me and we explained to everyone how we knew each other and we caught up with each other. They were both sympathetic toward what happened between me and Edward. They though understood. Ben I think knew why you did it too. He shared a theory on it just like Anne did. It would explain his lack of surprise when it was explained why you left. And a little bit ago, Jason asked Anne to marry him after getting irritated with John. He had been waiting for John's blessing but it never came so Jase decided he was going to do it without his blessing. I think it made John respect him a bit more but hate him more at the same time. It's a big brother thing I think. John's currently irritated at the wedding plans and such and Anne's been acting very strict about where to put things. There have been some names thrown around that I'm not going to mention. She's been kind of scary. I'm worried about when the wedding gets closer. She's going to be the true definition of a monster according to John." I heard a slap being made and an 'OW!' in response further away. "Anyways, now we've come full circle."