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Chapter 7

Bella's POV

I had just left the Cullen's mansion and I was driving home. Thankfully Lizzie was still sleeping. I need to talk to Luke. He has to help me. I can't make these decisions alone. He's a part of the family and I value his opinion. I know he will help me.

I was driving a bit faster than usual, not that I didn't like velocity but most of the times I have three kids in the backseat and even knowing I won't have an accident I'm always careful, but I was anxious to get home.

I parked in the driveway, got out and took Lizzie out of the car, carefully adjusting the blanket. The afternoon was chilly and I didn't want her to get sick. I picked my keys and opened the front door, getting in the house and closing the door behind me. The TV was on but I guess Luke wasn't paying much attention. He was never the one to spend hours watching TV. In fact he only watched TV with the kids. I slowly walked into the living room trying to recompose myself. I was still shaken due to what had happened in the Cullen's house. As I expected, though the television was on, Luke was reading a book he had bought last week.

"Bella you're home. I thought you were going to come later." He said getting up from the couch.

"Yeah… me too, but it didn't take as long as I thought it would." I tried to keep my voice normal but judging by his face I wasn't doing a very good job.

"Is everything okay Bella? Where did you go? What happened?"

"Let me put Lizzie in her bed." I asked.

"You went there! You went to their house!" I could hear concern in his voice.

I silently entered the girl's room and placed Lizzie in her bed, tucking her in. I kissed her forehead and glanced at Lilly, making sure they were fine before leaving the bedroom. Luke had been waiting in the doorway and followed me when I left the room and went to the living room. He didn't say anything else. He was waiting for my confirmation.

"Yes, I did" I confirmed and started to sob, covering my face with my hands.

"Oh Bella!" He came closer and hugged me. I took my hands away from my face and hugged him back with all the strength I could muster, burying my face in his chest.

"I shouldn't have gone. I shouldn't have stayed here. I should have left right after I come back from the supermarket that day." I cried. He pulled me to the couch and we both sat.

"It's going to be okay sis. Why don't you tell me what happened?" He asked faintly patting my back, trying to calm me.

"I discussed with Edward. First he didn't believe the triplets were his. He was looking at picture of the three of them and he still didn't believed. He even dared to ask me if they were his! It was the first thing he told me. The first freaking thing he says to me after five years and he accuses me of cheating on him!" I exclaimed. I could fell my anger arise.

"Calm down Bells. I know you're angry but think about the kids. You don't want to wake them, do you? Besides I don't like to see you like this." He was truly worried and I was making it worse. I had to calm myself.

"I was getting ready to leave but he screamed to stop me and woke Lizzie up. When she fell asleep again he apologized. For what I don't really know but it doesn't matter anyway. I don't need his apologies. I survived five years without them. Then he wanted to talk."

"About what?" he asked curious

"The fact that we have three kids together. Though I don't think that's really necessary. I mean we spent five years without talking with each other and everything is just great. He apologized a few more times like if that would change anything. Like if that would erase all the whispering and gossip I heard, all the pain I've been through because of him…" I trailed off, now laying in the couch with my head on his lap, looking at his face.

"Ssshhh little sister. I know nothing will erase that but you have to be strong now. Your kids will need you more than ever." He was right but it hurt so much to think about all this again. To think about him again…

"He wants to meet them. He wants me to take them tomorrow and I don't know what to do. When he started saying that he was their father and that he had rights I lost it. I got really angry. Does he really thinks that just because they have their genes he can say he's their father? He never did anything for them. He didn't know but that doesn't change the fact that he was never there. God! I'm so confused."

"You're right Bella. He never was there for them and he never was there for you. He left when you most needed him."

"I'm afraid! I'm afraid he gets bored and leaves them like he did with me. I don't want my angels to go through the same I did. He promised he wouldn't leave but I can't trust him anymore. As much as I want to, I can't. I need your help. I need you to help me decide what to do." I pleaded.

"Whatever you decide is fine for me. I'll be there to support you no matter what. What do you think it's best?"

"I don't know. On one hand I don't want to ruin their happiness and if they meet Edward and then he leaves, they will be heartbroken, but on the other hand I don't want to deprive them of meeting their father and his family. There is so many things the Cullens can share with them, teach them; and they were always so kind with me. You should have seen Esme's reaction today when I entered the room with Lizzie, she was ecstatic… Emmett was completely amazed and Rosalie even hugged me when I told her I had named Lilly after her... I don't know what to do Luke. I fell so helpless. I don't think I can forgive Edward but if it's what's best for my angels I can try to get along with him… He doesn't love but I can try to be friends with him…"

"It's okay Bella. Your fears are totally justified. Edward hurted you a lot. I saw it. I saw how torn you were when I saved you five years ago. If I was in your place I wouldn't trust Edward either. There is nothing that can assure you that he will stay this time. Do you think he can leave?"

"That's it. I fell like I don't know him anymore. I don't know what he's capable of anymore. He's not the same Edward I knew. He stopped being that Edward in the day he abandoned me in the woods."

"I don't like the idea but maybe it's best if you take them. I'm saying this because I know you Bella. I know that if you don't do this you'll spend the rest of you existence wondering what could have happened if you had done it. Maybe Edward will do the right thing this time, maybe he had learned with his mistakes. If he hurts them or you I promise I'll give him hell for it." When he talked like this, it made fell like I had always been his younger sister. It made me feel safer. "But this is not the only thing that it's upsetting you, is it?" He knew me so well.

"Edward kissed me." I told him.

"What?" I started sobbing.

"I can't believe he did it! He doesn't love me! Why did he do it? Can't he understand that this only hurts me more? It brought back so many memories. Memories that I that I have to hold off." I was starting to panic. I had to stay strong.

"If I find him… I'll kill him. He doesn't have the right to do this." His voice was cold as ice. I had no doubt that if he found Edward it would not be pretty. "You can't let this affect you so much. I know it's hard but you're strong Bella. You can do this!" He was right. I had to be strong. I needed to protect my kids. I would be strong for them.

Luke has been my rock these past five years. He is always here when I need. Of course it was not the same as if Edward was the one to be with me, but I couldn't have asked for better. The truth is that Edward wasn't there, Luke was, and I couldn't be more thankful that he was. I would have never been able to go through these last five years alone.

"Thank you so much for all you have done for me. I will never thank you enough." I loved these conversations we had. He always made me calm down and helped me to think.

"It was my pleasure sis. You're the little sister I never had Bella." We stayed in the living room just enjoying the silence until a small voice call.

"Mommy." They were awake. I had a lot of thinking to do but talking to Luke made me see things more clearly. I just hope to be able to make the right choice.

Edward's POV

Bella had just left taking the little girl with her. The little girl that I now knew was my daughter. She was so beautiful: she had the face of an angel, her hair was chocolate brown like Bella's and she had the same green eyes I had when I was human, and her name was Elizabeth, which was my mother's name. Did Bella knew that? Bella… there is no words to describe how gorgeous she is. I was absolutely stunned when she entered the room. Her hair was a bit darker and waved, her eyes were bright gold, she was very thin but she was absolutely astonishing. When she was human I couldn't believe she could be anymore beautiful but I was clearly wrong.

"Bella is absolutely gorgeous. Maternity suits her so well. Like if she was meant for it." Esme spoke, breaking the silence that the room was dived in since Bella had left.

"You're right Esme. Though she's a lot thinner than I remembered. I wonder if she was sick before being changed or if it was because of her pregnancy." Carlisle commented slightly worried.

"I can't believe you actually kissed her." Alice choked out. It had been the best kiss of my life, even if it was the last one I would ever give her. Her lips were perfect, everything about her was perfect, and my memory didn't do her justice. Even the clear images of my accurate memory palled in comparison to her beauty when she was here. Her voice, her skin, her smile… she was absolutely faultless.

"Yeah, me neither." I sighed. "But that doesn't matter. She hates me. She doesn't trust me. She doesn't believe me. I will never get her back." I cried. "Hell! She doesn't even care!" I screamed. I was desperate. I would never hold Bella in my arms again. I would never kiss her again. I would never touch her soft skin. I would never hear her say she loved me again. I had lost Bella forever.

"Of course she does Edward." Rosalie said.

"If she didn't care she wouldn't be so mad Edward! If she didn't care she wouldn't even have come. She may not want to but she cares. And she does love you otherwise she wouldn't be so hurt by some of the things you said and she wouldn't be suffering so much." Alice continued trying to convince me.

"If she doesn't love you, if she doesn't care, why did she kissed you back?" Rosalie finished.

"In case you hadn't noticed she pushed me away." I replied hurt.

"Of course she did Edward. She thinks you don't love her; she doesn't want to suffer more. She cares." Alice reasoned.

"I love her. I love her more than anything Alice. I would do everything to have her back! I want to be with her and with our kids but she will never forgive me." What could I do? She had just left and I already missed her so much. These years had been hell. The only reason I hadn't gone to the Volturi and beg them to kill me was because of my family. I couldn't do that to Esme and, secretly, I still had hope that maybe Bella and I could be together again.

"Never say never Edward. If you really love Bella you won't give up! You will fight for her, for your kids. You have to show her that she can trust you, that you will never leave her again. You'll have to tell her the truth, the real reason that made you leave. Don't give up Edward! Bella needs you! Your kids need you! You have to fight for them!" Alice was right. I had to, at least, try. No matter how hard it is, I'll do everything in my power to have Bella back.

"You are so lucky Edward!" Rosalie said.

"Lucky?"

"You have three beautiful kids and unbelievably Bella still loves you, eve after all you've done to her." I should have known this was probably being very difficult for Rosalie. All she ever wanted was to have a baby, someone that she could love and raise, that's the reason why she hates being a vampire so much.

"I don't even know if she will come and bring the kids tomorrow." Bella's fears were justified but I hoped she would put them aside. I just needed one opportunity.

"You're lucky she's even considering to do it. If I was on her place I would have left on the same day I had found Alice and Jasper at the supermarket." Rosalie was right. No one in Bella's shoes would have done what she did.

"Bella has been through a lot and she loves her kids very much Edward. If she brings them tomorrow you'll be the luckiest guy alive. They are everything to her. Today when the little girl woke up and Bella talked to her… I don't even have words to explain it. I had never felt anything like that in my entire existence. Of course I already felt the love parents have for their kids but nothing compares to the way Bella loves hers. It made me feel so complete. It's an amazing feeling. It can overcome all the other feelings." Jasper commented. I believed. No one could love like Bella did. After all she fell in love with me, the most awful monster you could find. I was a monster, no matter who says I'm not, I am. I left Bella when she most needed me and I would never be able to forgive myself or make it up to her. There was no way I could.

"Snap out of it Edward!" Alice said.

"I really hope Bella comes tomorrow, I missed her so much. And now she has those tiny children. They are so cute." Emmett said looking at the pictures Bella had left here again.

"Emmet give the photos to Edward. He hasn't seen them yet." Esme asked.

"Of course not he was too busy ogling Bella and kissing her." Emmett snorted.

"Emmett!" Rosalie yelled slapping him in his harm.

"Ouch baby! Why did you do that?" Rosalie ignored his question while he gave me the pictures.

What had I missed? This was the first thought that came to my mind when I started looking at the photos. There wasn't many but it was enough for me to realize how much I had been missing. The first picture had been taken at Christmas, maybe last year, Bella and the triplets were sitting in a beautiful living room in front of a Christmas tree, and they all had huge smiles on their faces. The other pictures were very varied. Some had been taken on a park, others at the street; some inside of a house that I assumed was theirs.

Look at those pictures gave me the strength I needed to start fighting for my family. I would bring Bella back and I would be a father to my kids. I wouldn't give up. I had already lost too much.

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