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Chapter 8

Bella's POV

I had spent the entire night in the girl's room thinking, going over my options. I was so scared of making the wrong choice. The last thing I wanted was to make my kids unhappy or cause them any kind of pain. They were my angels I would not bear to see them suffering.

I decided to take them to the Cullen's house after lunch. I couldn't run away forever, they would have to meet the Cullens. Maybe Luke was right, maybe Edward wouldn't leave this time. I know he can be a wonderful father; maybe he just needs an opportunity with them. I'll give it to him, he better not waste it.

Edward's POV

I was so nervous. It is past midday and I haven't heard from Bella. She won't bring them. She has probably left the town by now… I couldn't blame her…

"Edward? Come downstairs immediately!" Alice screamed. I don't know why she yells so much… We're vampires, our hearing is perfect, she could have just whispered, I would still hear perfectly. I did as she asked. I knew Alice too well to dare not to go and my mood had improved slightly since I had seen… and kissed Bella.

When I got to the living room they were all seated in the couches, just like the day before.

"What's happening Alice?"

"We are waiting for Bella and you should wait with us." She said excited. Wow! Bubbly Alice was back! Bella hadn't been missed just by me.

"Did you have a vision?" I asked animated.

"No but I'm pretty sure she'll come."

"How can you know that?" All this anxiety was killing me. I needed to know if Bella was going to come or not.

"Relax Edward! I know she'll come."

"But if you can't see that how do you know?" Emmett asked confused.

"Bella is my best friend I know her. She's hurt but she won't let that interfere with her kids' happiness. She'll do what's it's best for them…"

"What if she thinks that the best for them is not to meet us?" I cut her off.

"Don't be such a pessimistic Edward. Are you forgetting that Bella almost never seen Charlie until she moved to Forks? She knows what it's like not to know your own father, because even though she knew Charlie she just spent a few days with him every year. I know she won't put her children through that." She explained. I had to admit that her arguments were very plausible and logic but I couldn't stop myself from being negative.

"I think Alice is right Edward, besides Bella may be hurt and angry but she still cares. She won't deny us the pleasure of meeting those beautiful little angels." Esme agreed calmly. They seemed so sure Bella would come…

"By the way, why can't you 'see' Bella? You never saw any of this happening right?" Emmett asked puzzled.

"I don't know. Maybe it's her power, maybe my power doesn't work on her anymore, like Edward's didn't work when she was human."

"Or it may be because of the triplets." Carlisle suggested. "Let's hope Bella can explain it to us."

"Don't forget Emmett we don't want to scare them or kill them so try to control yourself when you greet them." Rosalie said to Emmett looking at him seriously.

"Could you stop Edward?" Jasper asked suddenly. I looked confusedly at him. I wasn't doing anything.

"What?"

"All those feelings… you're killing me, can't you just stick to one feeling at a time? "

"Sorry." I mumbled. "It's not like I can control it…" I defended myself. Then a wave of calm washed through me, I felt more relaxed. "Thanks Jasper."

"You're more than welcome." He replied

Twenty more minutes passed… God! Why doesn't she just call saying she won't come? At least it would spare me all this anxiety…

Before I could finish my thought I heard a car coming up our driveway and park.

"It's her! It's her! I knew she would come!" Alice screeched getting up from the couch and graciously dancing to the window to confirm. I was so relieved and happy. I would never thank Bella enough for this opportunity.

Bella's POV

"Mommy we're done can we go watch TV?" Luke asked while I cleared the table.

"Just while I clean this. Then we have to go to a place." I answered.

"Where? Where are we going?" Lilly asked curious.

"You'll see. Now let me clean this so that we can go." I replied ushering them to the living room while they pouted. I started putting the dishes in the dishwater when Luke entered the kitchen.

"You're going to take them to their house, aren't you?" He inquired too low for the kids to listen.

"I will. I just hope I won't regret it." I breathed.

"We have to believe everything is going to be fine. Think positive Bella."

"I'm worried about their reaction." I explained referring to the triplets. "After I told them that Edward had left me they never asked about it again. And everytime I would try to talk about him they would ignore me. I don't want them to judge Edward because of the past. They may be four years old, they may look four years old but you know that mentally they appear to be eight years old. Most of the times they act like they're four years old."

"Think positive." Luke insisted. "Do you want me to go with you? I can postpone the meeting I'm going to have in the hospital..."

"No. You came here to help you friend to diagnose his patient, and you'll do it. I'll be fine." I assured him.

"Okay. I'm going to leave now. Remember you're strong. You can do this. And think positive." He said smiling.

"Thank you." I said while he went to the living room to say goodbye to the kids and left.

I cleaned everything as slowly as I could. I wanted to delay what I was about to do for as long as I could. But eventually I finished.

"Okay kids, get ready to leave. Go get your coats." I told them while I picked a small backpack where I put some yogurts and cookies as well as some fruit in case they got hungry during the afternoon. I put the backpack on my back and went to the front door where my kids were already waiting.

I knelt down and buttoned up their coats. I grabbed my cell and my keys and we went top the car. I was nervous and worried…

"Mommy is everything okay?" Lizzie asked. Why did they have to be so observant?

"Yeah honey, everything's fine." I relied trying to hide my feelings better.

One by one I put them in their car seats, making sure they were safe. I headed to the driver's seat, put the backpack in the front passenger seat and started the car, heading once more to the Cullen's house.

"Mommy where are we going?" Lilly asked.

"You'll see when we get there."

"Why don't you tell us? Are we going to visit someone?" How did she know?

"Yes."

"Who?" Luke inquired.

"You'll see."

"Are we too far?" Lizzie questioned.

"No. We're almost there." I said as the Cullen's house appeared at the end of the road. Two minutes later I parked the car in the Cullen's driveway announcing. "We're here."

I got out of the car, put the small backpack on my back and reached for the car's back door when I heard a screech coming from the house. I was sure it was Alice. They must have heard me parking the car.

I opened the door and took the kids out of the car. They looked a bit frightened.

"It's okay." I picked Lizzie up and after I knock at the door Luke grabbed my free hand, while Lilly stood behind me.

Not ten seconds had passed when Alice opened the door smiling broadly.

"I knew you would come!" She said enthusiastically, jumping up and down. Lizzie put her arms around my neck and hid her face in the crook of my neck and Luke squeezed my hand harder. "Come in!" She was way too excited and she was scaring my kids, they weren't used to her bubbly personality.

They reluctantly entered the house. I knelt in the ground so that I could look them in the eyes. "It's okay. Nobody is going to hurt you. Do you think I would bring you if there was any danger?"

"No." They faintly whispered.

"She's just excited." I said getting up again and entering the living room where the entire family was. Alice hadn't stopped jumping. "Please stop Alice. You're scaring them." I explained. She stopped immediately. "Thank you."

"Hello Bella, thank you so much for coming." Esme said sweetly smiling at us.

"Bella!" Emmett said running to us. Before I could say something he was floating in the air. Damn!

"Lillian!" I scolded. Al the Cullens were staring stunned. "Put him back on the ground immediately." I ordered. "Carefully. Luke help your sister please and try not to ruin anything."

"But he was going to hurt you and Lizzie." She defended.

"No he wasn't. He was only going to greet us. Now put him down." I asked gently. This really wasn't the best way for the Cullens to find out about my kid's powers. Thankfully they lowered him down without breaking anything, which I considered difficult taking into account Emmett's size.

"I'm so sorry." I apologized.

"It's fine for me Bella. I actually thought that was really cool." Emmett said excited. I could see he wasn't going to be a very good influence to my kids. I just wanted to see if she had sent him flying through the wall, I was sure he wouldn't find it cool. Esme certainly wouldn't like. Lilly and Luke smiled mischievously.

"Don't give them any ideas." I said looking sternly at Emmet. "And you don't even think about pulling a stunt like that again. Haven't I told you already not to do that?" I said turning to Lilly and Luke again.

"It's okay Bella." Esme told me kindly. Lilly leaned against my leg looking for support. That was another reason why I didn't want them to use their powers like that.

"Here." I said handing an apple to Lilly and another one to Luke. Using their powers drained energy from them.

"Mommy what are we doing here? Isn't that the girl from the supermarket?" Lizzie asked pointing at Alice while I put her in the ground.

"Yeah who are they and what are we doing here?" Lilly asked confused. Everyone was staring at me. It was time. I had to put my fears behind and do what I came here to do; there was no turning back now. I made my decision and now I had to stick to it.

"Guys," I looked at the Cullens. "meet Lillian Esme, Elizabeth Alice and Lucas Anthony Swan-Cullen." They looked a bit surprised; they probably weren't expecting that I had given the triplets the surname Cullen. "Kids," I said kneeling on the ground behind my children. "These are the Cullens." They looked at me wide eyed. "Your uncles Emmett and Jasper, your aunts Alice and Rosalie, your grandparents Esme and Carlisle and… your… father, Edward." I pointed.

"Hello! It's very nice to meet you." Esme said tenderly. Edward just stared, like he had been doing since we came in, like if he closed his eyes we would disappear.

"No!" Lilly screamed. "You can't do this mommy!" She turned to me.

"I want to go home!" Luke asked.

"Stop kids! Please greet your family." I asked.

"No!" Lillian said crossing her arms.

"Lillian Alice! Behave!" I hated to have to talk like this to them but they couldn't do this. They had to meet the Cullens. I had kept them from their family for too long.

"We will not greet them because they are not our family. We don't know them and we don't want to." She yelled stomping her foot. The Cullens were staring shocked and I could see they were hurt.

"Excuse me but I think my kids forgot their manners outside. We'll be back in a few minutes." I knew the Cullen were probably going to hear everything anyway but still…

The triplets went to the door while I looked one last time at the Cullens.

"Bella you don't have to… We understand they…" Esme started.

"I have to Esme. I'm trying to raise three polite and civilized kids not savages." I answered before leaving the room.

"What was that Lillian?" I asked when I came outside.

"We want to go home. Please mommy." She begged.

"No. You have to meet them they are your family too…"

"No they're not.. We don't know them and we don't want to. They are nothing to us. They'll never be after what they did to you! They made your heart hurt. Our family is you and Uncle Luke and grandma Renée and Grandpa Aro and Uncles Felix and Demetri."

"They are your family whether you want it or not and you owe them the same respect you have for me." I felt so guilty. They were being like this because of me.

"No we don't. You can't compare it. They did nothing to deserve our respect or love. They left you alone, they made you suffer mommy." She insisted. I couldn't give up. I had to make them see how wonderful the Cullens are.

"You don't know them. You have to give them a chance. Didn't I teach you that we should always give people a chance before judging them? What they did to me doesn't matter. They love you. When they left they didn't knew I was pregnant. Please go back inside and greet them give them a chance. Edward is your father and the Cullens are your family too."

"He's not our father. He never did anything for us. He never went to our school parties and he never taught us anything. We don't need him. We don't want to meet him."

"You don't know what you're saying Lillian. I know what it's like not to know your own father. Before I moved to Forks I barely knew your grandpa Charlie and I only realized that when he died two years ago, when it was too late. I lost so much time. I regret so much not to have spent more time with him. I don't want you to go through the same. I don't want you to grow up regretting not to have met your father." I sobbed. I didn't want to talk about this because I knew I would break but they had to understand. I know how much I suffered when Charlie died. I felt like I had wasted too much time. I don't want them to feel the same.

I should have come sooner. I should have looked after the Cullens right after the triplets born. All this was my fault. They needed to understand how important this was.

"Mommy don't make us do this. What if they take us from you? We don't want to stay away from you. They make you sad and we want you to be happy." Luke talked.

"Honey they just want to meet you. They'll not take you from me because I won't let." I tried to tranquilize them.

"But they are so many and that big one is very strong." Lizzie cried.

"They won't take you from me but if they tried Uncle Luke and grandpa Aro would help me. Don't worry about that. They won't hurt you. Look I'm not asking you to like them. I just want you to be polite and give them a chance. They are wonderful, I'm sure you'll like them. Emmett likes to play video games like you Luke. Alice and Rosalie would love to play with your dolls Lizzie. Jasper and Carlisle adore reading, I'm sure they would tell you wonderful stories Lilly. Esme is always very kind and … Edward likes music just like all of you, he plays the piano very well and I'm sure he would love to teach you." I tried to show them how they would like to meet the Cullens.

"But mommy they hurt you…" Lilly insisted.

"Lillian, listen to me, you don't know them. Don't judge them for something they did to me. That it's not important. If I brought you it's because I want you to meet them. Nothing would make happier. Understand something, when I'm with you all the pain goes away and when you're happy I'm happy too. Please go in there, greet them and give them a chance. If you don't do it for you then do it for me." I asked.

"Mommy…"

"Please Lillian."

"But…"

"This is the end of this discussion. You are going to go inside and give a kiss to each one of them. Just be polite please. We'll talk better when we arrive home." My voice was gentle but firm.

I hope this works or I'll blame myself forever. I never wanted them to hate Edward and his family. It may be difficult now but they'll calm down and when they meet the Cullens they'll like them, I'm sure. It was impossible not to. For me it was going to be difficult to have to talk to Edward but I would do it for my kids. I had to be strong.

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