Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer so therefore NONE of the amazing characters belong to me. Even though I would love to own Edward, Emmet, Carlisle, Jasper or even Jacob, but sadly they all belong to Stephenie Meyer.

The Family Talk

After Edward and I layed in bed for a while I decided to listen in and see what was going on with the rest off the family. First I tuned in to Carlisle's thoughts.

"I should probably gather the family, this is pretty important but I think Aro's intentions are decent enough"

When I heard Carlisle's thoughts I felt like I would pass out if I could. I thought they wouldn't check in for a long time. I looked over to Edward to see his reaction to Carlisle's thoughts. I could see the anger in his eyes so I sent him a message into his thoughts to calm him down.

"Edward my love relax. Carlisle would not be this calm if we had some reason to believe we were in danger. He would obviously be more tense and panicky."

He nodded and thought back.

"I know love. But it worries me still. I mean why are they checking in on you so early. I certainly hope Aro's intentions are as pure as Carlisle believes.

I nodded as I closed our mental connection and cuddled closer to him. After I was secure in his strong arms I continued listening to the rest of the families thoughts, starting with everyone's favorite little pixie.

"Ooh after the meeting with Carlisle Rosalie and I should take Bella shopping. It might help relieve some stress from this situation with the Volturi."

I shuddered first at the thought of the Volturi and second at the thought of hours of torturous shopping with Alice and Rosalie. But I continued listening to the others tuning into Esme's thoughts.

"I really am worried about this situation with Aro but Carlisle seems assured that he doesn't mean any harm. My biggest worry though is how the rest of the family will take Aro's request.

I knew that Edward and I were missing something so I decided to see if jasper knew what was going on.



"The tension coming from Edward's room is nearly unbearable. What could be causing this, its worse then when Bella was with those mutts? I need to talk to Alice and see if she saw anything.

Well it is reassuring that at least one member of the family doesn't know yet that I am again disrupting their lives. I'm curious if Emmet and Rosalie know what is going on. So I tuned into Rosalie's mind.

"Where in the world is my idiotic husband. There he is. OH MY GOSH! He really an idiot. What does he think he is doing in my bra and underwear? Now I am going to have to burn them."

There is good old Emmet for you. Only he would put on his wife's underwear. Let's see what he is thinking.

Man I guess there is a reason they don't make this type of stuff for guys. It doesn't look nearly as good on me as it does on Rosie. Uh oh Rose looks totally pissed. But boy does she look hot when she is pissed off."

I cut off the connection there not wanting to hear any of Emmet's fantasies. I glanced over at my angel only to see he had a disgusted grimace on his face. I chuckled imagining what he was seeing in Emmet's head right now and said

"It's a darn good thing that I can shut on and off the connections to the others minds because I really feel no desire to hear Emmet's fantasies, in fact I don't think I could handle his fantasies."

He growled as he replied

"You should be extremely happy. You have no idea how repulsing it is to continently hear what is in his perverted mind."

I was about to reply when I was interrupted by Carlisle calling out

"Can everyone please come down to the family room for a family discussion please?"

I pulled out of Edwards arms and started pulling on my clothes that were scattered across the floor. I went into the bathroom and brushed out my hair while Edward got dressed. As soon as we were both done we headed downstairs into the family room. Edward sat in the big chair and pulled me into his lap. As Edward and I got settled the rest of the family came in and sat down with there spouses. When we were all relaxed Carlisle started speaking.

"Ok, everyone the first thing I wanted to talk to all of you about is Bella's newborn status. It is obvious because of her behavior that she is not a normal newborn. First of all she has absolutely no bloodlust for humans and her fighting skills are more then impressive.



Everyone nodding agreeing with what Carlisle was saying as he continued.

"We will have to do testing ourselves to find the exact level of her capabilities but something else has come up. This morning I got a call from Aro concerning Bella."

Emmet and Rosalie gasped in reaction to the news. I looked over at jasper to se his reaction and he was surprisingly calm so he must have talked to Alice earlier. Meanwhile Carlisle just kept talking.

"I informed Aro of Bella's change and he wishes for all of us to take a weeklong trip down to Volturra to test Bella capabilities himself."

I took in a deep breath as I took in the missing piece of the puzzle that we were missing. I felt Edward tense up underneath me and he let loose a furious snarl. I knew he was going to lose control quickly if I didn't do something so I sent him a calming message into his thoughts.

"Edward! Look at me."

When his eyes met mine I continued

"Love you need to relax, getting angry will not help anything in this situation. Aro just wants to see what I can do for himself. I highly doubt that anything will happen and there is no way Aro will let any harm come to us."

He nodded and I looked over to Carlisle letting him know I had calmed Edward down so he could continue.

"I have received tickets from Aro to fly to Italy the day after tomorrow. Hopefully he will test Bella in a few things and see what he needs to see so we can go home and leave in peace. There is no possibility that the Volturi will force us to stay as long as we are all abiding by their laws. So we should all be on our best behavior. So tonight and tomorrow we can pack and get ready for the trip."

Before he could say anything else Alice cut him off.

"Tomorrow Rosalie and I are taking Bella shopping to get her more clothes for her new figure. We didn't have a chance to get much the day Tanya's family came because we were in a hurry."

Rosalie nodded agreeing with Alice. Meanwhile I just groaned frustrated at the shopping torture that I coming tomorrow. Edward chuckled amused at my reaction and I stuck my tongue out at him. This only made him laugh harder.



Everyone started drifting away from the room to spend the next 8 hours or so with their spouses. Edward and I followed the others upstairs and headed to our room.

About 8 hours later

Reluctantly I was pulled out of bed by an over exuberant Alice and pulled into her room for Bella Barbie makeover time. As we got into her room she tossed me a pair of designer jeans, black lacy underwear set and a royal blue v neck top with a light lacy blue trim. It was actually a somewhat a simple outfit as far as Alice was concerned, but I assume it was only because I would be trying on clothes all day.

She pushed me into the bathroom o I could shower and get dressed. After I was all cleaned up and dressed Alice barged into the room and grabbed her hair dryer, her hair supplies and set to work. After she was finished I glanced in the mirror. I looked pretty good if I must say so myself.

Alice had done a basic style today she had just dried it and she gave it a little curl so it cascaded down my back. Before I could finish admiring myself I was pulled out of the bathroom and handed and pair of blue flats matching the top. (A.N. Sorry if the outfit is totally horrible and dorky, but to tell you the truth I know absolutely nothing about fashion so let me know if it's horrible and any tips would be great.) As soon as I was fully ready we headed out.

6 very long hours and 50 shopping bags later

We were finally on our way home. This had to have been the longest and most tiring shopping trip that I have ever been on.

As soon as we pulled into our supersized garage I jumped out of the car and stumbled right into the arms of my angel. I looked up to see his angelic face and pushed my lips up to meet his in a very passionate kiss. The kiss lasted a few minutes before we were rudely interrupted by Emmet running into the garage.

"Whoa!! No more P.D.A." He yelled

"P.D.A.?" I questioned "What does that mean?"

"It means public display of affection love" Edward answered embarrassed that we had been caught.

I scoffed as I spoke to Emmet "YOU of all people are telling Edward and I this. You and Rosalie are always all over each other."

He frowned and said "Well I guess that's true bummer now I don't get to tease you guys about that." After wallowing in self pity for a few seconds he left the garage.



Edward and I followed him carrying all of my bags up to our room. We quickly put everything away that we were not planning on bringing to Italy with us and then we packed our bags. As soon as we were packed we went downstairs to see if the others wanted to take a quick hunting trip with us.

It turned out everyone wanted to go. We set off running when I quickly caught a delicious aroma. One unlike any of the others that I have ever smelt. I followed the smell as it led me closer o the mountain. Finally I reached the source of the smell; I discovered it was a mountain lion, Edwards's personal favorite.

I could here the others behind me but I paid no attention to them as I pounced on my prey and snapped its neck. I sank my teeth into the animal and the most glorious liquid filled my mouth. I drained the animal quickly and disposed of the carcass before looking around for the others. I spotted my angel hunched over another mountain lion and I could hear the others a few miles away feeding on a small pack of deer.

As Edward finished and disposed of the carcass I heard the others approaching us. We all ran back to the house to spend the last remaining hours with our spouses before our flight. Let's hope that everything turns out ok in Italy. Well I guess we will find out in a little while.

A.N. SEE! I told you that I would update quicker this time. But I don't think that I got nearly enough reviews for the last chapter so I expect tons for this one. Especially considering the amount of hits the chapter got. So basically PLEASE REVIEW. Like I have said before it fuels my writing. By the way sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors. If anyone has any advice tips or questions feel free to message me.