The world of Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer. I like to play in it. In this story, I wondered what would have happened if Bella was worried enough about Carlisle and Edward's attempt to save her by aborting the baby that she felt compelled to flee the household to save her unborn child. Who would have helped her? How about a homeless girl in Seattle and the youngest member of the wolf pack?

This story takes place during Breaking Dawn, and occurs after the honeymoon, as Edward and Bella return home early from Isle Esme after they learn she is pregnant.

Chapter 12 - Home Again – Final Chapter

Bree's POV

The flight is short. Emmett flies directly into the small Forks airport. Bella spends our time in the air describing her vampire family to me and tells me a little bit about how she met them. She describes meeting Edward in high school when she moved to Forks, and then how their relationship had progressed until they were married a few weeks ago. Their honeymoon on a private island sounded amazing – how rich are these people? I mean, sure the father is a doctor and all, but that sounds like a lot of money.

After we land, Emmett opens the door to the plane. It looks as if the entire family is waiting on the tarmac. I recognize them all from Bella's description. Carlisle carries Bella down from the plane and hands her to a tall anxious man with messy bronze hair. Emmett helps me down.

Emmett makes introductions, and woman named Esme seems to take an intense interest in me. She has a warm smile, so I hope she's not planning on biting me as soon as Bella is out of sight. All these vampires are still a bit unsettling to me.

We load into two cars, a silver Volvo and black Mercedes, and head out on to the road. Soon both cars turn into a nearly invisible driveway and pull up in front of an enormous house. We go up to the house, which Rosalie enters first, turning on the lights. So this is where Bella lives? This place is amazing! It's so huge, and while all these people obviously live here, it still seems roomy to me. I'll bet I could bring in all my friends from the streets of Seattle, and we could all live here. We might have to divide off this downstairs a bit, but we could do it.

I start to think a little bit more about the living arrangements in this house. I wonder if these vampires hang upside down like bats when they sleep? I saw that in a movie once. Most movies show them sleeping in coffins in the basement. Although it seems rude to ask, I get the feeling I could ask Emmett, as he seems really friendly.

Bella is clinging to Edward. Surely it's too late to for him to hurt the baby? He doesn't look like he wants to hurt anyone. He just gazes at her so lovingly. I can only hope that maybe someday someone will look at me the same way. She and Edward are seated on a huge couch in the living room, but there is also a hospital bed in a corner. These Cullens are definitely prepared for whatever is going to happen. Now that I've met them, I find it hard to believe she could ever think they were going to hurt her, or hurt her baby.

I keep asking about Seth, but no one is answering.

Emmett's phone rings, and he talks quietly for a minute. He looks up to say that Jasper called, and he is on his way back. He said that Seth phased, but struggled with himself. He let Jasper put him in a headlock and hold him there until he was able to phase back into a human. They had to leave quickly, as his wolf howl caught the entire resort's attention.

So Seth is alive and OK. That's huge. I've been worried ever since that blond guy ran up the stairs at the chalet when Seth came back after hunting deer for Bella. When I heard that wolf howl as we were leaving the resort, I thought my heart was going to break in two. I wanted to jump out of the moving car and run back to him, but I felt that Bella needed me more.

After checking Bella out, and re-wrapping her broken rib, Carlisle declares that in his opinion, although he cannot tell much due to the vampire material of the placenta, he believes the baby can be safely delivered. He also hands Bella something red in a cup with a straw. I wonder if that's human blood.

Carlisle decides he needs a few items from his hospital office. He leaves, and we are all sitting in the living room, staring at one another. I'm starting to get tired again. After all it's like 3:30 in the morning, when a knock comes at the door. Does anybody around here sleep? Emmett goes to the door. He brings back a tall guy who looks about 17 years old and has the same coloring as Seth. Emmett introduces him as Jacob. This is the other werewolf Bella was telling me about, the one that the Cullens kept telling Bella they wanted to replace Seth while we were at the chalet.

Jacob comes over to the couch and stops, staring at Bella. While Edward talks to him, Rosalie stands over Bella protectively.

Jacob and Rosalie appear to have a borderline friendly relationship, as Jacob greets Rosalie with (page 271, Breaking Dawn) "'You know how you drown a blonde, Rosalie?' [he] asked without stopping or turning to look at her. 'Glue a mirror to the bottom of a pool.'… 'I already heard that one", Rosalie responds."

I hadn't heard that joke before, and I start to laugh, when Bella leans over to pick up her cup and…

"..there was the strangest, muffled ripping sound from the center of her body. 'Oh!' She [Bella] gasped, and then she went totally limp…a half second later, Bella screamed. It was not just a scream; it was a blood curdling shriek of agony, the horrifying sound cut off with a gurgle and her eyes rolled back into her head. Her body twitched, arched in Rosalie's' arms, and them Bella vomited a fountain of blood" (page 347, Breaking Dawn).

Author's note: I now turn you over to Stephanie Meyer, Breaking Dawn Chapter 18, page 348.

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