A/N: Hey, hey, hey.

OMG, BELLA'S RETURNED!

This chapter is all about Bella's life after having Sam and Luke. It's in italics in Bella's POV because its her telling the story.

Chapter 7: Welcome Home

Previously...

"Mom?" I whispered, Jake came up behind me, absolute shock on his face.

"Bella? Is that you?" He asked. She smiled and nodded.

"Yes it's me, Jake." She said.

"M-Mom?" I repeated, still in shock.

"Samantha, Luke?" She asked, we nodded slowly. She smiled and lunged at us, wrapping her arms tightly around us.

She was alive?

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Samantha P.O.V

I was sure I was dreaming. I was sure I would wake up at any minute. It was her, really her. But she looked different than she did in pictures that Grandpa had lying around the house. Her bright red eyes shone out like a warning on her pale face, but she wasn't scary at all. Looking at her made me feel safe. Like I finally belonged to a family.

"Bella?" Jake asked again. She looked at him, and he laughed, "Bella!" He exclaimed, hugging Mom tightly, but letting go quickly.

"What?" She asked.

"You're freezing, Bells." He told her, she chuckled.

She turned to me and Luke, and smiled proudly at us. "I never thought I'd see you two like this." I smiled, and Luke cracked a small smile too, "My kids... wow. Sam you look-- just like me and Luke, your so much like... him." Her face fell a bit when she mentioned Dad, I guess she didn't know yet. "Thanks Jake." She said.

He sighed, "Bella, I've got something to tell you, something you might not want to hear... Edward's back."

"What do you mean he's back?"

"I mean he's come back to Forks, he thinks your dead, hell we all thought you'd died. But he seems really sorry, I mean is there any chance of... you know even if its just for the kids?"

Beside me, Luke waited anxiously just as I did for her answer.

"Jake that's... well thats really sweet of you, but a lot has changed. I've-- I've moved on, found someone else. Someone who would never leave me, never break me like he did." She admitted.

"Who?" Luke asked.

"He's, well, he's the one who saved me, he let me live again, let me love again. His name's Marcus. I hope you'll meet him one day, but Jake, he's a blood drinker like me. I'll understand if you don't want to meet him."

"But Mom, you love Dad." I whispered, she sighed. "You belong with him."

"Like I said, things have changed. Marcus helped me." She explained.

"Bella," Jake began, "How did you survive? I mean I-- you told me to leave you in that meadow to die--"

"Look, I owe you all an explanation, so here it is...

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Bella P.O.V

"Jake," I breathed, "Jacob!" Every word I spoke was agony to me. He ran in,

"Yes, Bella?"

I put my hand on my bruised stomach, "It hurts." I told him, beginning to cry, "So, so much."

He sat next to me, putting his arm around me. It was so warm. I leant down and put my head on his chest, it felt nice.

"You have any names?" He asked me.

"Well... for a girl... maybe Samantha and for a boy... Luke." I breathed, feeling a stabbing pain in my chest, it made me breathe deeper. "Jake, can I ask you something?"

"Anything, hun."

"Can you--" I felt the pain again, except it was stronger. "I--" I screamed, it was horrible, the pain was horrible.

"Bella?" Jake asked frantically.

"Help!" I screamed, clutching my stomach.

"What? Are you in labor?"

"You thi--" I screamed again. "Get it OUT! PLEASE!"

"How? Cut it out?" I nodded before screaming again.

Jake laid me down, and ran into the kitchen, and came back with a towel and a scalpal. "Don't you need morphine?" He asked.

"I don't fucking care, just get it o--" I screamed again.

He muttered something, and I screamed even more when the knife pierced my skin, "Oh God." Jake said, I saw his face, and splash of blood on his cheek. He cut again, making me scream even more.

"Oh shit." He muttered.

"What?"

"Twins." He told me. "There's two of them." I started crying, I didn't know whether it was from the pain or the happiness of the twins.

"You've got a girl..." He began, "And a boy." He told me.

"Luke and Sam." I whispered, I felt very weak. "Jake, take me to my meadow."

"What?" He asked, wrapping up the twins.

"The meadow, please."

He stitched me up as best he could, and carried me to the car, then carried the twins to the car. He drove me to the meadow like I asked, and carried me to the centre of it. I laid down,

"Bells? You okay?"

"Leave." I breathed.

"What?"

"I'm dying now, I don't want you to see me go." I told him, he shook his head.

"No, I won't Bella--"

"For me." I said, he looked down. "But, can I ask you one last thing?"

He was on the verge of crying now, "Anything?"

"Take care of them, Luke and Sam. Protect them from everything, everyone." I told him.

"Of course." He whispered. He knelt down next to me, "I'll miss you." He told me, he kissed my forehead and stood up again. He walked away, not looking back.

My eyes felt heavy, and my chest felt like bricks were crushing it. I was dying. I opened my eyes, everything was blurry, but I saw the sun beaming through the trees... and a dark figure walking towards me. Was it Edward?

"Edward..." I tried to say.

The figure knelt beside me, "I'll help you."

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Samantha P.O.V

"So he turned you, this Marcus?" I asked her, she nodded. "And you love him, not Dad?"

"Yes, Sam." She answered.

"Where is Marcus?" Luke asked, "Is he in Forks?"

"No, he couldn't leave Italy." She told us.

"You've been in Italy?" I asked, she nodded. "Why didn't you come back to us, if were alive all this time?"

"I woke up from the change in Italy, Marcus was part of the Volturi and--"

"The what?" Luke and I asked.

"They're kind of like a royal family, they enforce the laws of the vampire world." She explained. "Anyway, Marcus was part of the Volturi, and Aro, who's kind of like the leader, wanted me to join."

"Why didn't you say no?"

"Because I was a newborn, he told me that... if I didn't join they'd have to kill me." That shocked me.

"What about Marcus, where does he come in?" Luke asked.

"He helped me through the first few months of my new life, and you could say we fell for each other, I guess." She smiled.

"Why didn't you leave with him?" I asked.

"Because centuries ago, Marcus had a wife called Didyme, who was also Aro's sister. They were planning on leaving together, but Aro found out and murdered Didyme."

"Well, you're here now, won't he--"

"No, I told Marcus about you two, and he thought it was a good idea to come see you, but thought it was best I came alone."

"Do you have to leave soon?" Luke asked, she nodded.

"Yes, in a few days." We sighed, "I'm sorry."

I paused for a minute, but looked up, "Mom, if you're leaving in a few days, can I ask that you do one thing?"

"Anything." She smiled.

"Could you visit Dad?" I asked, she looked down. "I mean, just let him know your alive."

She sighed, but nodded and smiled weakly, "Of course I will, for you." I smiled.

"Thank you."

So, do you like the MARCUS x BELLA pairing? Me and my beta were squealing all day yesterday about it, we thought it was so unusual, yet so cute, and I think they're perfect song is 'Bleeding Love' by Leona Lewis.

And next chapter, Bella's 'confrontation' with Edward after so long!

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