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Where Do We Go From Here?

E POV

It had been a month since Bella was transformed into a vampire. I was beyond amazed at her control. She had not shown any newborn tendencies except for the one time when she asserted herself to the lost female. That was to be expected though; it didn't matter if she was newborn or not. Vampires were naturally possessive creatures and especially a mated vampire. Emmett and I were the same way when another male got too close to Bella. We automatically went on the defensive ready to protect what belonged to us.

It had come time to move on though. I was thinking it might be time to rejoin our extended family for awhile. I sat Bella down with Emmett joining us and explained this. I also invited Alice and Jasper to come along. The two of them had been in the area a bit longer than we have; they agreed to go. Bella seemed to have no reservations about the move either.

I did laugh, when she asked me if there would be other female vampires around. I was honest with her, and told her yes there would be at least one unmated female and maybe more. I assured her that she had nothing to worry about. I wasn't quite as sure about Emmett though. I knew he loved Bella, but his thoughts let me know he was not as content as he had been at first.

"Bella seems to prefer you most," he had said one day, when we were alone.

I tried to tell him she loved him as equally as she loved me, but for the first time ever our fraternal bond was not holding us together as it once had. This is one reason I was ready to return to my extended family. I had questions that I was hoping Carlisle my adoptive father could answer.

Emmett and I had come across Carlisle, shortly after we had been turned; he was kind enough to take us in and teach us his vegetarian lifestyle. I told Emmett that he needed to discuss his feelings with Bella before we made this move and he agreed.

I stayed at home, while Emmett and Bella went out hunting. I hoped everything was going well. I didn't want anything to happen to either one of them. I was sitting in my office preparing some papers, when I heard them returning.

I heard the kitchen door open and Emmett's booming laugh followed by Bella's giggle. I knew everything was fine.

"Edward, darling, where are you?" Bella asked.

"In my office, my love. Come on up, if you wish." I told her.

A second later both Emmett and Bella entered my office.

"So, I take it your talk went well?" I asked.

They smiled, before Bella moved to my side and hugged me tight.

"Of course, it went well. I want nothing but pure happiness for all of us. I realize that sometimes you and Emmett need more attention than I can give both of you at once. I am perfectly fine with him going in search of his true mate. I know his feelings for me will never change and he will always love me regardless; it will just be in a different way than you do," she said.

"You two are much more suited for each other anyway. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that," Emmett said smiling at us.

I didn't need Jasper's empathic abilities to know Emmett was feeling a lot better about things. I was glad; I had to admit it was nice knowing that I would now have Bella all to myself and wouldn't have to worry about monopolizing her. I loved my brother and wouldn't want to do anything to hurt him.

Everything was set; I had contacted Carlisle and let him know what was going on. It just so happened that he and Esme, my adoptive mother and another unmated female vampire was getting ready to move as well. When Esme found out her sons were returning home and they we were bringing a few extras with us, she took it upon herself to find a place big enough to house all of us.

It took a few weeks, but she was able to find us a mansion on the outskirts of Forks, Washington in the Northwest Olympic Peninsula. She emailed me the pictures, and I shared them with Bella and Emmett. They were very pleased with what they saw. I emailed her back and told her we would meet up with them there. Emmett was also excited to meet the female that was with them. He inquired about the young woman to Esme. Her name was Rosalie.

Esme hooked the two of them up via the internet, and they hit it off. Both of them were very excited about meeting the other one. It would be a couple of more days before we had everything ready to go, but after that we would be headed to the Olympic Peninsula.