Broken Moon
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For Always
Embry's POV
It had been three months since we left the hospital with our twin boys, Ever and Hessed. Moon was still in awe. I mean, I would too if I didn't know about Ali being the surrogate mother to my children. But that was behind us... the future was upon us and it was time to enjoy my boys.
The boy may be twin, but they weren't identical. Ever was the oldest of the two and he had light complexion, just like Moon and he'd soft blue eyes and was a bit shy. Hessed was all Jacob Black. He'd Jake's smile, shape of eyes, nose and hair. But that's were all the similarities ended. My youngest son had charismatic and jovial temper, just like his grandfather, Seth Clearwater. I loved them the same. The boys were growing faster than normal children, but not as fast as Nessie did or the way Ali did.
"Embry, you got a strange package." Moon said, as she entered our new home with the mail in her hands. "It's something about that agency that we were using for adopting. I bet you is a rejection letter from them."
"I bet it is, too." I said nonchalantly, as I slowly got up from my recliner and carefully placed Ever in the playpen. Ever's blue eyes followed after me, as he inquisitively watched me move towards his mother.
"Here," Moon said, as she handed me the package. I kissed her cheek and watched as she walked into the kitchen to check on Jacob, Nessie and Hessed. Did I mentioned that Jacob was enthralled by Hessed? I walked back to my recliner and slowly opened the package. I skimmed through it and felt the air rush out of my lungs. I looked down at Ever and he smiled at me behind his pacifier.
"Moon," I shouted. "Mallory Moon, get your pretty butt in here!"
Ever was startled by my sudden screaming and began to cry and I felt so horrible to see his frightened expression. I walked to his playpen and whisked him up in my arms and began to calm him. "It's alright, Ever." I whispered, kissing his chubby cheeks. "Everything is alright."
Moon, Nessie and Jacob, who had Hessed in his arms, ran out of the kitchen. "What is it, honey? Did something happened to Ever? Is he hurt? Did you get hurt?" Moon asked worriedly, there were tears in her eyes and I felt like a douche bag for making her worry so much.
"No, Ever and me are fine." I said, looking down at Ever and then at Hessed's expression.
"Then?" Nessie asked annoyed. "What's all the commotion? You made Ever cry."
"I'm sorry about that, kiddo." I said, kissing my son. He placed his little hands on my face and began to giggle. "See he forgave me." I said gently, as I rested my forehead on his. "He wants Hessed to know that he's alright and that Daddy only scared him."
I looked at Hessed and saw him sigh in relief. Jake held the baby tighter against his chest and kissed his head. "Hessed wants Ever to know that he is fine too." Jake said, shaking his head. "This feels like seeing Nessie growing up all over again."
"Shut up, Jake." Nessie said jestingly. "You know you liked it."
"So," Moon paused and walked closer to Nessie. "Why were you shouting my name like that for, Em?" Moon asked, as she walked to Jacob and took Hessed from his arms. "Does it have something to do with the adopting agency?"
"Yeah,"
"Well, just spill it, idiot." Jake growled, crossing his arms over his chest and walking next to Moon.
Over the past few weeks, he'd gotten used to Hessed and Ever. He often commented that Hessed could easily pass as his son, since he looked exactly like him. But we knew that Ever and Hessed were genetically mine.
"Dude, shut up." I hissed annoyed. "This has nothing to do with you."
"Embry," Moon said, as she handed Hessed to Nessie. "What is going on? I'm getting worried."
"OK, but, sit down first." I said, walking up to her and taking her hand in mine. "Here, Jake." I said, handing Ever to Jake. "Come on, Moon."
"Is it very important?"
"Super," I said, kissing her lips.
Moon nodded and turned to Nessie. "Papa, Nessie, can you guys watch over the kids?"
"Of course, don't worry. We'll watch them." Nessie said happily, as she smiled at Hessed and then kissed Ever's forehead. Ever smiled happily at her and reached his hands to touch her. Hessed did the same and she giggled. "These kids are so sweet. They are saying that they love us."
"I bet they do." Moon laughed, before she turned to face me. "So, where should we go to speak?"
"We are going for a walk." I said, smiling at her.
She nodded her head and we began to trudge towards the beach. It was a pretty afternoon. It wasn't raining and the wind was slowly blowing. I held on to my wife's hand and felt my heart swell with pride and love. She had been so strong in spite of the adversities that she had to overcome in her life, yet she was always so positive and optimistic. These were traits that I'd admired from Seth and now I was glad to know that Mallory Moon possessed them. I was proud of her and to think that when I met her she was my Broken Moon. Looking at her now was amazing. She had changed so much over the years. She was now strong and determined. She was a fierce and loving mother and she would die defending her family.
I respected all her qualities, but the one that I admired was her heart. Her heart held such a deep well of love and forgiveness. She was perfect and she was mine. I stopped walking and spun her to face me. It had been so long since it was us two. I didn't regret the fact of having our children. Shit, I was proud of them. They were ours. They carried our genes and all of this happened thanks to Sarah Clearwater. She'd volunteered her body to become the surrogate mother for my children to develop and grow inside her womb. She gave us a blessing: parenthood. She also gave Nessie and Jacob a blessing too.
"Wait, let me get this straight," Moon paused confused. "You had triplets?"
"Yes," Ali said tiredly. "A set of twin boys and Sapphy."
"So, you also carried Jacob's and Nessie's daughter?" I asked confused. "But, I thought that after Nessie had you, she'd a hysterectomy and wasn't able to have more children?"
"I did," Nessie said, as she walked into the room, holding a pink bundle in her arms. I could smell Sapphire's scent. It was sweet and somewhat tangy, just like a water down scent of a vampire. "But my ovaries were left intact." she said, as she looked down at her arms. "Thanks to my daughter, I have Sapphire. Thank you Ali."
"You are welcome, Mom." Ali cried. "I'm so emotional right now."
"It's OK, princess." Seth said, kissing Ali's cheek. "You did wonderful."
"I'm not having anymore children." Ali laughed behind her tears.
"Sapphire?" Moon whispered softly.
"Yes," Jake said, as he walked into the hospital room and stood by the door, holding Hessed in his arms. Carlisle followed after Jake and in his arms he held Ever. "Your Mom gave us a new reason to live for." he said proudly, as he stood beside Nessie and carefully touched his newborn daughter.
"It's true, Moon." Carlisle said, as he handed me my son. "Ali wanted to give you the dream of motherhood and she also wanted to make her mother happy. I wasn't so sure that the zygotes were going to be viable, but it did happened."
"How do you know that she-um, well, is Sapphire," Moon paused and reached for her mother's hand. "Is she- um, like me? Does she likes blood?"
"She likes blood just like the rest of the Cullens." Nessie laughed. "She already looks like she is four months. We named her Sapphire. She has deep blue eyes. Look," Nessie said proudly, as she uncovered her daughter's face.
True to her word, Sapphire's eyes were mesmerizing. She looked from Nessie to Ali and then around the room, when they finally fell on Moon. The little girl began to laugh and giggle, making Moon smile too.
"Are my boys-" I stopped and looked down at Ever.
"Hessed doesn't like blood. We are feeding him formula for now. Ever likes blood and the formula that we have been feeding Hessed." Carlisle said. "Ever tried to bite the nurse that was attending him. He is poisonous and might harm someone if we aren't careful. That's why we are releasing them from the hospital tonight."
"What about Mom?" Moon asked worriedly. "How long is she staying?"
"She'll be out in a few days." Carlisle said.
I looked at Seth's standing next to his wife, staring at her lovingly. He was proud of her. Shit, I was too. Thanks to her, I could enjoy this feeling of completeness in my heart... I had Moon and my twin sons. I had a family. Jake and Nessie had a daughter that was beautiful. We were all happy!
Moon placed her hand on my shoulder and smiled contently at me. "What's wrong, Embry?" she asked worriedly.
I pulled the papers out of my back pocket and placed them on her hand. "This came in today. I want you to decide, Moon."
"Decide what?"
"Read those papers, please." I said, smiling at her. I watched as Moon read the outside of the envelope. "I want her."
"You want who?" Moon asked confused.
"We have been selected to adopt a baby girl. Her names is Natalee. She is half white and Quileute. She is two and a half years old. Her parents died in a car accident when she was a little baby. Her grandmother was taking care of her, but she is too old to watch over her. Moon, you and I, we have been selected to be this little girl's parent. I want to be her father. Moon, I grew up without my real father. I know how it must feel to be alone in the world. Yes, I had my mother's love, but she worked so hard to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table... I really want us to be this princess parents. I think that we should do this. We have so much love in our hearts. Our house has four bedrooms. We are capable of providing a stable home for the babies. We have our family to help us. We are never going to be alone. I know that she's mortal, but she will be loved and adored. What do you say, angel?"
"Yes," Moon cried happily. "I want this! We can do this! We can be Natalee's parents!"
"Are you for real?" I asked excitedly, as I swoop her up in my arms and brought her close to my chest. "Are you serious?" I said, tilting my head to kiss her. She wound her arms around my neck and kissed me fervently. She glided her tongue over my bottom lip before pushing it inside my mouth. I ran my hand down her back and gently cupped her butt softly.
"I am!" she breathed against my lips. We continued kissing. She wrapped her legs around me and we became engulfed in our own private little world.
"So, we are going to give the boys an older sister?" I asked, as I pulled away from her to catch my breath.
"Yes, we are giving Natalee a place in our hearts. Oh, goodness, this is going to be the best Christmas gift ever." Moon said excitedly. I spun her around and she laughed merrily. "I love you."
I carefully placed her on the floor and we sat on the sand, watching the sunset. She leaned her head against my shoulder and we continued talking about our life together, our children and our new addition to the family, Natalee. We were already in love with our little girl.
"Moon!" A little girl's voice called. Moon and I turned around and found Sapphire running clumsily towards us. She looked like a tiny one year old. She was beautiful and looked just like Nessie. I laughed when I saw Sapphire run into Moon's opened her arms. "Moon, Alice, Jasper, Rose, Emmett and I were hunting." Sapphire said happily. "You should've been there."
"Hi, princess." I said, greeting Moon's pint-size aunt. "How are you?"
"I'm fine." Sapphire said shyly, as she buried her face behind Moon's dark hair. "Hi, Embry."
"Hey," I stared at Sapphire and I could only see Nessie in her. She had the same bronze hair and chocolate brown orbs that seemed to search your soul. Her dimpled smile was the only thing that she'd inherited from her father Jacob. She was shy like Bella Swan-Cullen.
"Sapphy," Moon said, cradling her aunt in her arms. "You shouldn't run around like that. Remember that we want people to think that you are a normal baby. But if you keep screaming people's name so perfectly and talking to strangers like that, you are going to give away our secret, angel."
"Sorry, Moon." Sapphire said sadly. "I won't do it again."
"By the way, where is Aunt Alice and the rest of them?" Moon asked, as she looked back at the tree-line.
"I left them behind." Sapphire laughed. "They are so slow, Moon." Sapphire sighed. "You smell like my Daddy!" she said, as she sniffed Moon's hair.
Moon shook her head and pulled away from Sapphire. "You have to be more careful. There are people that are dangerous."
"I will." Sapphire said, yawning and snuggling closer to Moon. "Can you take me to Mommy. You smell just like Mommy and Daddy."
"Yes, they are with Hessed and Ever."
"When will Ever and Hessy grow up to play with me?" Sapphire asked as she yawned again. "All they do is tell me gossip of what's happening around them. They are no fun." Sapphire pouted, as she looked up at Moon.
"Hopefully not too soon," I said, touching the little girl's porcelain cheek. "Come, let's go back to the house and give everyone the good news."
"What good news?" Sapphire asked, resting her head on Moon's shoulder. "I want to know, please."
"You are gonna have to patiently wait, until everyone is around to hear the news."
"Fine," Sapphire sulked. "You aren't fun either, Moon."
"Come on, let's go to the house and tell everyone the big news." I said, getting up from the sand and pulling up Moon and Sapphire with me.
Moon and Sapphire nodded and in less than five minutes we were making our way back to the house. We came across Alice, Jasper, Rose and Emmett, they looked worried, since they thought they had lost Sapphire. Alice reprimanded the little girl and then gave her a hug. When we reached the house, Moon and I gave everyone the news.
"Oh my goodness!" Rose said contently as she hugged Moon. "You are going to be a mother again and of a little girl! How awesome is that?!"
"I know." Moon responded, as she hugged her Aunt Rose back. "You are gonna have to stay near me, Rose. I will be needing your help with three kids."
The house was in celebration mode. Everything was great. My family was growing and I was blessed. I couldn't help smiling, once again, I have been blessed.
Four weeks passed and with the help of Rose and Alice, Natalee Call's room was painted and decorated in rich hues of oranges and pinks and blues. Moon and Alice decided on the color pallets, since we loved the sunsets of La Push. When the day arrived to pick up our daughter from the orphanage, everyone had gathered in our house to join us in the festivity. Moon's sisters, brother, nieces and nephews were there. It was great. We had a BBQ and invited our family and friends to celebrate Natalee's homecoming.
Ever and Hessed quickly took to their new sister. But Ever did more. His blue eyes followed the rambunctious two year old around everywhere she went. She became Daddy's little girl and Mommy's little angel. Natalee was a wonderful daughter and sister. She took care of the boys and played with them. As the children grew, so did Ever's love for his sister. He was always protectin her and also Hessed. Their tempers were different, but somehow, they adjusted perfectly well. They had great affinity towards each others. It's true that opposites attracts. Hessed, Ever and Natalee were precious little children and they blessed our lives in so many ways.
A few years had passed by and we happier than usual. Moon and I have been fortunate in our lives. We had three healthy children that got along great. We moved out of La Push to Alaska after one accident filled Fourth of July evening, where Ever Call practically phased in First Beach, when Natalee and Hessed began to tease him of liking Ayden Uley's little girl. As it happened, Hessed jumped in front of Natalee to protect her and phased too.
"Oh, come on, Dad!" Hessed shouted. "That's just gross. I mean, I understand that I am the son of a werewolf, but, yuck, I don't want to be one." he said, shaking his head.
"You are such a pussy!" Ever laughed.
"Watch your mouth." Nessie said, placing her hand on her hips. "We don't talk like that around here, young man."
"Sorry, Ness." Ever said, looking down at his hands. He turned to face Natalee and smiled sweetly at her.
"I want to be a wolf." Natalee said, as she flopped on the seat. "I want to be able to run through the woods and kick vampire ass. No offense family."
"None taken." Rose said, as she sat on the armrest of the chair and began playing with my daughter's hair.
"Where's Mom?" Natalee asked, as she looked around the house. Alice and Jasper walked into the living room and shrugged. "She was outside before we went hunting."
"She never came in." I said worriedly.
"Don't worry, Dad." Ever said, as he stood up from his chair. Hessed soon followed. "We'll look for her."
"I want to go too." Natalee said concernedly.
"No," Ever and Hessed hissed simultaneously. "You are safe here."
"No, I demand to go, too." she retorted.
"You might break a nail and start crying." Hessed said teasingly. Ever glared at him and walked to where Natalee was. He took her hand in his, but she snatched it away.
"Idiots, she is my mother too." Natalee barked, as she began to tremble angrily.
Alice and Rose exchanged curious glances and Alice walked to my daughter and ushered her out of the living room. "Calm down."
"I can't calm down, Aunt Alice." Natalee cried furiously. "Those bugger heads won't let me find my own mother. Just because they're wolves, they think they can boss me around. But I am seventeen and they are still fifteen."
"You'll have to calm down, Natalee." Rose said, placing a hand on Natalee's arm.
"Nat," Ever said worriedly, as he walked behind Natalee and Alice. He looked back into the living room and Hessed quickly stood up from his chair. "Please, calm down. I apologize if-"
"Dad, my head is hurting." Natalee interjected, placing her face in her hands and began to sob. "It really hurts."
"Is your girl going to phase?" Jacob asked nonchalantly as he walked in to the living room. I nodded and walked to the hallway. "She has Quileute blood in her, doesn't she?"
I nodded and walked to where my little girl was and carried her outside. Her skin was feverish and she was trembling incessantly. Ever and Hessed followed after me and sat around their sister.
"Nat, sorry, we didn't mean to make you angry." Ever said worriedly, as he took her hand in his. His blue eyes stared sadly at her, as he traced soothing circles on her hand.
"Yeah, we didn't mean to make you angry." Hessed mumbled.
Natalee nodded and sighed. "I know, I just can't help this, this feeling of anger. I want to beat you up, Hessed." Natalee said, as she buried her head on my chest. "Dad, my head. Please, help me." she whined.
Natalee began to complain of joint pain and muscle aches and she suddenly began to tremble. I moved away from her and told Ever and Hessed to do so. I noticed Ever's worried face, as he watched Natalee phase in front of him. He looked pained, but smiled when he saw the tiny white fur wolf that stood in front of us. Natalee was staring intently at Ever and that's when I understood. He'd imprinted on her and now, my adoptive daughter had imprinted on him. We can never outrun our destinies.
"Oh, goodness!" Moon exclaimed, as she appeared from the darkness. Her hand was on her mouth and she had tears in her eyes. "My daughter, too?" she laughed.
I nodded and extended my hand for her to grab. "Yes, Nat is a wolf just like her Dad." I said proudly.
"But, why? Who got her mad?" Moon said, looking and pointing angrily at the boys. "Hessed? Ever?"
"No, Mom," Hessed said, as he moved away from Natalee and Ever. "She got mad, because Ev and I wanted to go search for you. We told her that she couldn't."
"Oh," Moon said, her eyes falling on Ever's tranquil face, as he stared at Natalee's wolf form. "He imprinted on her, didn't he?" Moon asked, as she leaned against my chest.
"Yeah,"
"He's happy. Plus, they aren't blood related." Moon whispered, as she linked her free arm with Hessed's. "Come on, let's go inside. Sapphire told me that my parents are arriving tonight and my Papito has something special planned for my Mom."
"Well, you guys go in." I said, kissing Moon's cheek. "I'm going to help my little girl phase back. I bet she wants to see her grandfather. Don't you want to see, Seth? Or your Uncles SJ and Diego?"
The white wolf nodded and walked up to Moon and rubbed her muzzled against Moon's hand. "You are still my little girl, Natalee." Moon whispered, as she rested her head on Natalee's fur. "My love for you won't ever change."
"We love you, no matter what." I said to my darling daughter. She may not have been born from us, but she was born from our hearts. Because we loved that girl from the moment we learned that she was going to be ours and that love has only increased.
An hour later, Moon stood near a tree with clean clothes for Natalee, since hers were scattered around the grass near the mansion. Natalee and Moon came out of the woods holding hands. Natalee was smiling and stopped walking when she saw Ever.
"Mom," Natalee began, but stopped. I knew that Moon and her were having a telepathic conversation. "Thank you."
"You are welcome." Moon smiled, kissing our daughter. "He is not your blood brother. If destiny chose him to be your soul mate, you can't fight it. I won't fight it either, angel. I can't stand against it, because if I did, I would be a hypocrite. Because Embry has shown me how amazing life is, when you have someone as wonderful as him beside you. Because if it wasn't for my soul mate, neither of my children would be beside me tonight, my princess. Just promise me that you'll not hurt him."
"It's true, Mom. I will never hurt him. He is my happiness. He's my best friend." Natalee sighed contently. "It's for always."
"Yes, for always." Moon sighed contently. "C'mon, let's go get ready for the party that is going to start as soon as Papito and your grandmother arrive from the airport."
I walked to the house with my favorite girls. I watched as Hessed and Ever stood up from the staircase and ran to greet their sister and their mother. Ever was a little nervous when he touched Natalee's hand. She smiled shyly at him, but hugged him.
"I'm still your older sister, so don't get all mushy with me." Natalee whispered in his ear and punched him on the arm. Ever nodded, his blue eyes shining brightly with hope. "And you, get over here and give your older sister a hug!" she commanded, pointing at Hessed. Hessed grinned and ran to embrace his sister.
"Dad, is that how I'm going to get if I imprint on someone?" Hessed asked annoyed, when he broke the hug and walked over to me.
"Worst," Jacob said, patting my boy's shoulder. "It'll only get worst. OH, and by the way, Diego called and said that he won't be able to make it here, since Ivory phased. He didn't give me enough details, but he said that she didn't like the way that he was painting their master bedroom and she got angry and ran outside and phased. Quil and him have been trying to get her to phase back..."
"Wow." Hessed grumbled. "Poor Uncle Diego. So, gramps, you said that imprinting gets worst?"
"Yep, you become a sap." Seth Clearwater said, as he walked inside the house, behind him was Chrissy and Ali. "But it's all worthy."
"Grandma!" Natalee and Ever cried, as they ran to meet Ali. Hessed followed after them and ran to Ali. She hugged them and the house got louder than usual, with the family greeting each other.
After dinner, Seth asked everyone into the living room. Moon sat on my lap, Natalee on my left side and Hessed on my right and Ever at my feet. We were waiting anxiously for whatever Seth was going to say.
"Ali," Seth began. He looked nervous, as he took her hand in his and slowly lifted the sleeve of her cardigan sweater. "I know that I promised you that one day, I was going to find that special charm that represented our daughter Moon."
Ali gasped and looked at her charm-bracelet that held a star, a cross, a sun, a heart and cherub charms, but it didn't have anything that signified his love for Moon.
Seth reached into his front khakis' pocket and pulled a small silver object out. "I found this in an antique store in Dominican Republic a few years ago. I had searched for a moon charm that would represent our daughter Moon, but I couldn't find one. I came across this one four months before we decided that you were going to be the surrogate of Moon's sons and Nessie's daughter. But, after seeing Moon so happy with her twin boys and with our granddaughter Natalee... I have to say that I finally found it! It's a half silver moon and it has three stars attached to it. Two are identical and are blue and one is pink. This is Moon and those stars represent Natalee, Ever and Hessed. I know how much you love them and I wanted you to have this on your birthday, Ali. Happy Birthday, angel. I love you, Sarah-girl." Seth said, as he placed the charm in Ali's hand.
There is an old proverb that says that if you leave the windows of your soul opened, happiness will sneak inside. I somewhat believe it. I left the windows of my heart opened and somehow, Mallory Moon, once a Broken Moon, sneaked inside my heart and slowly brought joy and happiness into my life. It was a rocky road at the start, but soon everything she touched transformed me. You can call it luck, blessings or fortunes, but to me is happiness. I am finally happy in my life. I have a wonderful life; an amazing wife, gorgeous children and I get to enjoy them forever.
THE END
AN: Well, I am glad that this story has finally come to an end. To be honest, I like Natalee. I wrote her in to the story because Moon always wanted a little girl. She wanted to be a mother to a little girl and Natalee was a gift from me to Moon. See, I made her a wolf, because I didn't want Moon to suffer from seeing her mortal daughter die. I also had her imprint on Ever, because Ever is my favorite of the twins. I can imagine a pale boy with dark hair and blue eyes, looking handsome and cute. Dibs on him! Plus, they aren't related by blood. Their relationship is not sexual, but filial and agape love. I also made Sapphire to be the daughter of Nessie and Jacob, because I think that they deserve it. If you read And Then Came You, you might remember that after Nessie give birth to Ali, she had a hysterectomy... thus, ruining her chances of being a mother. It wasn't fair for them, so now they have another chance to raise their daughter... So, I made everyone happy. Sapphire doesn't have any powers. She is just a sweet heart. Anyways, thank you for those amazing reviews that I got in the past. I was going to write an epilogue but I don't want to anymore. I think that I wrote a fair chapter. I also have my hands full and knowing that this is done, sets my heart at ease. Well, this is my last AN for this story and I wanted to take the time to thank everyone, Laurita and Luciana for always encouraging me in my writing... I will miss you all. Have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. By the way, I am accepting candy donations for me! Take care and enjoy life!
Love always,
Mercury Serenity