26
THE BIRTH AND THE NEW HOME
The end of July came and so did Carlisle, he was amazed to see how large our abdomens were; he tried to do an ultrasound but couldn't penetrate through the amniotic sac that held the baby.
"You know Bella; I'm beginning to believe there are two babies and not just one, I'm not sure how much more Sarah can stretch and it may be time for me to end her misery as well as yours," he said.
Sarah's illness had been in remission but it had resurfaced because of the pregnancy and she had to contend with that as well; it seemed she was fading away. Carlisle recognized this and made his decision.
"If nothing happens by the end of the week, we will deliver what I now believe to be two babies," he told Aro.
The end of the week came and Sarah lost consciousness, her body continued to function and she was fed by a stomach tube as well as IV fluids. Carlisle prepared the room as an operating room and had Edward assist him, Alice and Rosalie were there to take the babies as they were born and Aro stayed with me until Carlisle called for him to end Sarah's life.
Everything went smoothly, the babies were born and started crying immediately, Aro cut my 'baby' off me and I was able to hold my real babies in my arms after the blood was removed from them. Aro didn't have to end Sarah's life because she left on her own very peacefully.
After finishing with Sarah, Carlisle turned his attention to me and removed the computer chips but I was quickly removed from the room and taken to our apartment before the blood affected me. The babies were beautiful and as in my vision, they looked just like Aro with their thick dark hair, Little Aro looked at his father and I through scrunched up eyes and we laughed; Carlotta just lay peacefully in my arms and seemed very content.
Alice and Rosalie took charge of the babies while Aro enjoyed me for a while with my flat abdomen; Carlisle called Emma and told her to bring Jenny and come on the plane which had been previously arranged; finally I was able to move to our new home.
Edward and Esme had gone on ahead to welcome us when we arrived, Aro and I sat in the back seat of the car snuggling the babies and each other while Alice drove us; Carlisle and Rosalie came in his car.
When we arrived we had quite a reception committee, a gardener, a butler-chauffeur, a housekeeper and a nanny for the children, they were all lined up to greet us and the nanny immediately took the children from me.
I ran into the house and jumped on Edward and kissed him.
"Well are you happy now?" he asked.
"Why wouldn't I be, you and Aro have given me so much more than I deserve, I have two beautiful babies, two wonderful, wonderful husbands, a wonderful family and companions, a beautiful home and Jenny will be here soon, what more could I need?" I said smiling.
"Why me of course," he said seductively, feeling my flat stomach.
"Well I guess you deserve a turn since Aro already had one," I said.
We ran upstairs to our beautiful new bedroom, I stripped off my gown and he stripped down too and we jumped in our new bed and made love; finally I felt normal again.
After we were done, I looked around.
"This is so beautiful, I loved our other home but this is even more beautiful if that's possible," I said.
"I'm glad you like it love," he said.
"I more than like it, I love it," I said.
I pulled him off the bed and we went outside to the veranda, there were chairs and we sat down admiring the view; of course Alice found us.
"There you are," she said, "All of us thought you might need a little privacy but why don't you come and see the rest of the house."
"I guess so," I pretended to be reluctant, "I'll race you to the beach later though," I said.
Edward caught me and pulled me to him kissing me.
"We'll be down shortly," he said to Alice.
She left quickly and we made love again before we dressed and went down stairs.
Aro smiled when he saw us, so did you enjoy her flat belly, Edward?" he asked.
"Very much, it reminded me of a girl I once knew a few months ago," he grinned at me as I pouted.
The house was full of furniture and now looked like a home; in the large family room was a grand piano near the front windows and lots of comfortable furniture closer towards the fireplace. The large kitchen was equipped with every kind of pots and pans, plate's dishes, cups, glasses, cutlery etc., not to mention appliances which included a dishwasher and huge refrigerator. There was a beautiful dining room and office as well as a library which was also equipped with stereo equipment; of course there was our dance room and this time it had a ballet barre.
Out in the back yard was plenty of play equipment for the children as well as a beautiful garden. We all went back up stairs to look at the nursery where the nanny had taken the twins and had laid them down together in one of the cribs.
"They seem to prefer to be close together," the nanny explained.
When we looked at them they were sucking each others thumbs and we laughed.
The twins' nanny was named Rachel and she along with our new housekeeper, Estella, George our chauffeur, and Bartholomew our gardener, all spoke Italian. Estella and George were married and Bartholomew was Estella's father and they were all living in the other house. The nursery was set up with everything two babies could need and that included diapers formula and outfits galore.
Eventually it was time to pick up Emma and Jenny from the airport so Carlisle and Alice went to get them, I wanted to go but as usual I was forced to rest.
"You've had a difficult several months and for the next week at least you need to take it easy," Carlisle said as they left.
I went with Aro and Edward to our bed and they both made love to me with plenty of rest in between. Esme and Rosalie came to our room with the babies and laid them down with me, they both started searching my breasts as if looking for food and before any of us quite realized what was happening, they both started feeding on me; both of them were soon guzzling greedily from me and swallowing noisily. How could I possibly have anything to sustain them, I had no idea but they both rejected the formula and only would have me.
When Carlisle arrived he was completely surprised and when he tried to pull them away to see what they were feeding on, they were reluctant to release from me. He was able to pull them away finally, and he squeezed from my breast a milky, reddish, brown substance.
"This is so amazing," he said, "It must have to do with the computer chips forcing the same effect from you as with Sarah, it was almost like you were pregnant and your body is reacting the same way, fortunately this has occurred because the babies are particular about what they drink."
Aro was extremely pleased that I was able to breast feed.
"As a vampire, you always seem to amaze us, who would have thought a vampire was capable of breast feeding, you will of course continue," he said.
"You will need to hunt more often," Carlisle said, "You will be feeding three of you so you will need to rest as much as possible and not stress out, young lady,"
I sighed, "I was hoping to do more normal things than constantly be resting," I said.
"We'll see how you handle the breast feeding, if you do ok, I'll let you off the hook but you must promise to take it easy for now, is that a deal, Bella?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes doctor, I'll do as you ask," I said resignedly.
"You'll have plenty of assistance Bella," Edward said, "Just relax and let us take care of you, you've had quite an ordeal with the pregnancy."
"Yes masters," I said and giggled.
When I finished breast feeding, Rachel took the babies from me; I slipped on a nightgown and went in search of Jenny and Emma.
I was so thrilled to see Jenny and Emma and they were excited to see me.
"I missed you so much Bella," Emma said, "They told us you were having a baby but now I find out there are two, I was so worried for you but they insisted I take care of Jenny and even though she was no problem, I missed you so much and wanted to be here with you," Emma said.
We kissed and hugged each other and Jenny too.
"I'm so glad to have you home with me, both of you, I hope we never have to be parted again," I said happily, "Have you both seen your rooms?"
"We waited for you to show us," Emma said.
"Well let's go upstairs then."
I led the way and we arrived at Jenny's room first.
"Wow!" Jenny exclaimed as I opened the door, "I never even dreamed of a room like this, it's so beautiful."
She ran around the room looking at everything and found her closet full of brand new clothes.
"My goodness, look at all my clothes," she said, "Can I try them on please?"
"Yes of course Jenny, just remember to put them back on the hangers when you're done and please keep your room clean so Estella won't have to work too hard. You have a computer for when you go to school and Edward and I will help you as much as possible so you can get good grades, we plan to speak Italian around here too, so that will help you become familiar with the language. You can explore the rest of the house and outside when your finished with your room, the beach out front is private but don't go there unless an adult is with you, love," I said.
I gave her another big hug and Emma and I left her alone and went to Emma's room. She was pleased to have a larger room than before and she too had received a new wardrobe, she had a TV and computer and a comfy reclining chair; her room overlooked the front of the house and also had a veranda so she could sit outside and see the sea view.
"I absolutely love this room," she said, "You are all so good to me."
"You deserve it Emma, you helped save my life and that of Jenny, plus you are a wonderful companion because you put up with my sexual activities as well as my other needs; I love you Emma,"
I gave her a big hug and she became teary.
Edward searched me out then.
"Ok young lady, it's time to rest and later we'll hunt so you can feed the babies," he said.
He came over to me and picked me up, I kissed him.
"Whatever you say, master," I told him and I gave him my beaming smile, "Bye Emma, enjoy your room and go explore the kitchen, its well equipped so you can make human food for you and Jenny; are you going to rest with me, master?" I asked Edward.
"Later my love, for now you can stay by yourself and relax, the rest of us have some business to discuss with Aro and I'll tell you about it later."
I pouted.
"You're to be a good girl and I'll reward you later," he said.
He put me on our bed and helped me off with my nightgown.
"You stay there until I come for you love," he said.
I nodded and he left me alone.
I found out later that the meeting mostly concerned me but also how our lives would now intertwine with Aro, it was decided I still should continue home study and this shouldn't interfere with me taking care of the children; I would need to spend time at the castle with Aro and there would be several duties for me to perform as Aro's wife, when I went there I could take the babies with me and of course Rachel and Emma would come with me. Now Emma was back with us, she was expected to resume her duties as my constant companion, no exceptions; Jenny would go to a school close by our home and when she returned home, someone would be with her. Edward would start school at one of the Italian Universities he'd been accepted at, which would be evening classes and otherwise he would be at home working or spending time with the children and me. I was to go to the castle usually in the afternoon and return home by the time Edward returned. Sometimes I might be expected to spend the night with Aro at the castle and sometimes he might come home with me to stay overnight with Edward and I. Occasionally I would need to start my duties at the castle early and sometimes I might have to stay later; in that case I would need to rest at the apartment in between my duties. I must hunt every morning so I wouldn't become too weak while breast feeding; I would be allowed to spend at least once or twice a week at home all day so I could interact with Jenny, go to her school to be a parent helper and take an interest in what Jenny was being taught, Emma would have to come with me but the babies could stay home with Rachel; I should breast feed before we left and then when we returned. It would be possible for Rachel to pick Jenny up from school when I was at the castle and then bring her to me and Aro could spend time with Jenny too; even though she was human, Aro had affection for her and would never hurt her.