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Bella's POV
Silence, beautiful silence. I took a deep breath and felt my muscles relax, not
that they needed to but it still felt good. As I looked out over the amazing
field that was now mine I felt a cool breeze down my neck, I smelled a sweet
delicious scent and inhaled deeply for my nose to take as much of it in, then I
heard a velvet orchestra, deep and perfect;
"Bella." Edward breathed, "Renesmee will be here shortly, she's bringing the
twins."
"Great." I replied, slightly irritated that my rest had been disturbed but
thrilled at the prospect of seeing my daughter and grandchildren. Taking one
last look towards the vast amount of land I rose in one fluid movement from my
swing and strode into Edward's strong arms, even now in my virtual
indestructibility he was protective, very protective, but I would in no way swap
him. With my head against his smooth chest I listened, I listened to his steady
breathing, I listened to the birds flying between the trees, I listened to the
cars driving down the highway, I listened to...children, arguing and a mother
begging for them to be good and a car coming closer.
"They're here." Edward and I both said at the same time as we walked over to the
blue Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet.
"Renesmee." I smiled as I pulled her into my arms for a hug. She shuddered
against the cool of my marble skin "Sorry." I giggled. She was about to say
something when I was attacked with wooden pop guns.
"GRANDMA BELLA!" Two toffee skinned children with jet-black hair and shockingly
huge brown eyes yelled. I smiled and looked up, Edward was grinning his
mischievous, crooked grin. Pop guns, he'd made them pop guns, Ness and Jake
were going to love that.
"Hey guys." I beamed down at my grandchildren. "You guys want cookies?" The second
the words left my mouth they were holding hands and jumping around. "They're on
your picnic bench out back!" I laughed at them, the amount of excitement over a
batch of cookies was unreal! As the kids ran off, Renesmee breathed out a sigh
of relief and Edward pulled her into his arms.
"Five minutes of silence, that's all I ask for." She laughed as she settled
herself down on the lawn.
"Ness, come inside." Edward chuckled, "Don't be sitting on the grass, you'll get
your trousers dirty." She looked down at her pants and shot up.
"Shoot, they're white too, dammit Ness." She groaned at herself as Edward and I
took her inside to the conservatory.
As we sat down in the plush armchairs, we could see outside to where the kids were playing together in the sand pit. Sand pit? When did we get a sand pit? I thought to myself.
"Edward-" I began.
"I built it, Bella." Edward grinned at me, clearly pleased with his creation.
"What did you think I was doing down in the workshop all week?" He let out a
deep velvety laugh that warmed me right through.
"Well, let me see, pop guns, sand pits... Anything else you've been building?"
Renesmee released a nervous chuckle and ran a hand through her hair, a habit no
doubt that had been picked up from her father; that could only mean one thing.
She knew something I didn't.
"Ness?" I put on my 'stern mom' voice which I knew wouldn't work but decided it
was worth a try, her eyes shifted to her dad and straight back to me.
"Mom, just don't ask, you'll find out soon but you might eat him if you find out
now." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Edward's crooked grin and heard him
chuckle lightly, so lightly that if I didn't have my vampire hearing I would
have missed it. Before I had the chance to pursue the topic anymore I heard the
light patter of small feet and looked up just in time to see Lily and Jack
trudging through the French doors, covered in sand.
"Outside guys, dust off, then come back in, please." Renesmee told her children,
who huffed and trudged straight back out again. Looking at their faces through
the glass as they tried unsuccessfully to dust off. It was hard not to laugh, but
they eventually worked out that they get dusted quicker if they brush the sand
off each other, and soon after, they skipped back in triumphantly and each grabbed a
cookie.
"Oh yeah, Mom, Dad, there's a barbeque thing happening tonight down on the rez,
Billy wants to know if you'll be there, he said he has some important news."
Renesmee reeled off; too quickly for the kids to catch, her eyes shifted to her
dad's and he nodded his head in recognition, she then placed a palm on my arm
and communicated in her 'special way'.
'It's a surprise for the kids.' I understood the need for the fast speech and
nodded to show her that I got her message.
"Sure, we're not doing anything tonight, are we Edward?" I whispered too quickly
for the children to hear. Edward grinned and agreed to go to La Push. Renesmee seemed
pleased and relaxed more into the chair.
"Damn." I breathed out as two pairs of curious eyes looked at me. "What about the
treaty line? We can't cross Ness." Renesmee laughed, a loud and beautiful laugh,
one I hadn't heard since the twins could walk.
"It's alright, don't worry, the pack have made an exception for you guys
tonight," Ness grinned "Well actually, all of the Cullen's tonight. We need to
stop off at Grandma Esme's house actually in a bit to invite them."
"No need!" A high trilling voice echoed through the halls of our home. The twins
rushed to their feet and started yelling.
"AUNTIE ALICE!"
"Alice! Ne dites pas un mot, les jumeaux ne sais pas!" Edward spoke quietly
knowing that Alice would hear perfectly.
"Gotcha." She winked at him as she came waltzing through the door, her arms laden
with energetic kids. "Hey Ness." My sister in-law grinned at my daughter. "Bells."
She nodded to me. The next five minutes were spent with Alice trying and only
just succeeding to keep up with my grandkids fast speech, despite her vampire
hearing she really had to work to keep up with what they were saying. I made a
mental note to myself to lower the sugar intake for Lily and Jack; I knew that I
would remember.
Suddenly Alice's face froze, her eyes went glassy and her smile dropped. I
looked to Edward and could see the little color he had fade from his face. The
next thing I knew they both shot out of the door and began running at full speed
in the direction of the Cullen's house. The familiar feeling of dread raised in
my stomach.
"Mom..." Renesmee began, looking shiftily from her kid's eyes to mine "Should we
go after them?" I breathed in a deep sigh and shook my head.
"No, leave them to it. They'll call when they need us." I looked to the kids and
they both had raised eyebrows and were chatting to each other, I began listening
to their conversation and noticed that Renesmee was also listening in.
"Jack, we both know that Auntie Alice is, well, ya know...a bit on the odd side if
we're being perfectly honest but the way her and Granddad Edward just charged out
the door like that was just downright peculiar!" It was a good job that Lily and
her brother were in such deep conversation otherwise they would have most
definitely not have liked Ness and my laughter at their words.
"I understand your point of view Lily, I really do, but its not just Auntie
Alice who's odd is it? Our entire family, including dad's brothers who aren't
actually his brothers I might add, are strange. And it's not like we don't know
that mom and dad have told us that we're a little different to our friends but
they have also told us that we mustn't tell any of our friends... But does that
mean we shouldn't tell Granddad Edward and Grandma Bella?"
Nessie and I both laughed when we watched their faces scrunch up in question and
curiosity and they looked up at us in irritation for listening to their
conversation.
"Lily, Jack?" I giggled, "Where on Earth did you pick up those words and
phrases?"
At the exact same time they both spoke in a serious tone.
"A program Daddy watches in the morning."
Ness let out a huge grin and whispered "Morning Debates." Jacob watches Morning
Debates? I remember my Grandma Swan watching that before she died.
I had almost forgotten about Alice's vision, well that was until my phone
rang. Edward was flashing on my caller ID feature so in one swift movement I
answered the phone and stepped outside so I wouldn't worry the children anymore
than they had been.
"Bella." Edward breathed down the phone in a stressed tone "I know what you're
thinking, and for once, it's not them." The Volturi always seemed to have one
reason or another to cause havoc in our family so I was shocked to hear that
this situation, whatever it may be, was not of Aro's doing.
"Well who then?" I replied, scrunching my forehead in confusion.
"This is a silly question... But..." He sighed before continuing, "Do you remember
the Romanian vampires, Stefan and Vladimir?"
I shuddered, just thinking about the powdery skinned and cloudy eyed vampires
"Well, yes, of course I do... Why?"
"It seems that our 'friends' have been causing some trouble over in Egypt with
Amun."
"So... What does that have to do with us?"
Edward took a deep breath and began to explain.
"Bella, you understand how strong a vampire's loves are for their mates, yes?"
I rolled my eyes "Obviously, Edward."
"Well it seems that Amun never did feel the same love for Kebi as she held for
him."
"That would explain why he spoke to her like dirt then." I huffed down the phone.
"But Edward, what does that have to do with us?"
Edward breathed out slowly and shakily.
"Bella, Amun and Vladimir have been plotting against us for a while
now... They're curious about the twins."
My heart dropped to replace my stomach as my stomach dropped to my feet.
"But why? I don't understand." As Edward sighed I looked towards Renesmee whose
face was washed with confusion and worry; her half vampire hearing only allowed
her to hear my side of the conversation and not her father's. "Edward." I
continued, "What was Alice's vision?" I decided that asking this vital question
was surely the fastest way to learn about the irritating ways of our once called
friends.
"Look, Bella, it's a long story so Esme will be over in a couple of minutes to
take the kids out, bring Renesmee to the Big House and everything will be
explained." Edward breathed out smoothly just as Esme came running through the
trees of the forest. "I'll see you in a bit, my love." Then Edward ended the
call.
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