Back again. I received less reviews for the last chapter than normal. Did you not like the fluff? Here is a good balance between fluff, Edward's loving family and drama/action. I really hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 11-

Edward wakes up with a jolt in the middle of the night and instantly hears why. He looks down at the sleeping girl on his chest and smiles, remembering the night before. Looking at the clock, he sees that it's 4.30am so he gets out of bed slowly so he doesn't wake Bella, walks over to the baby monitor and silences it before walking out of his room. He leaves it ajar and walks into Bella's room, flicking on the light as he goes, and to a crying Charlie. He picks her up.

"Hey baby girl, what's wrong?" He asks, bouncing her gently to calm her down. When she's calmer, he notices her dummy isn't in her mouth and understand why she's crying. "Did your dummy fall under the cot? Let me find it." He tells her. He walks over to the changing table and lays her down knowing she will also need to be changed before walking back to the cot and getting on his hands and knees retrieving the dummy.

He stands back up and sees movement out of the corner of his eye. On auto piolet, he reaches into the drawer underneath the cot, grabs a gun and turns to whoever was in the doorway. The entire movement took about 2 seconds from the moment he notices the person to when the gun is trained on them but once it is, he notices that it's Alice. "Sorry Ali." He says lowering the gun and placing it back in the drawer. "Can't sleep?" He asks her as she moves closer into the room. He can see that she's wearing her favourite duck pyjamas and fluffy unicorn slippers. Edward just shakes his head and laughs.

"No, they sent me up here around midnight and I think I've got about 2 hours sleep since then." She says slumping in the rocking chair next to the changing table and placing her finger in Charlie's hand.

Edward walks over to the changing table and starts to change Charlie. "Why not?"

"Everything. I'm so worried for Bella. I mean it's one thing after another. She got dragged into this unknowingly, her entire life Aro must know about. We know everything about whoever it is that's investigating us, their family life, their home addresses, he must have known too. From the moment she was born he was a silent member in her life. He sent both her and Emmett gifts for Christ sake."

Edward finishes changing Charlie, picks her up and walks out of the room towards the stairs leading downstairs with Alice following behind. "I never thought of that. Jesus. None of this is her fault and now she has to deal with the fact that one or more of her family members may have not died in the fire and have been abducted by Aro. Fuck, they may have even died after the fire, either in hospital or with Aro. There are so many possibilities and we don't even know if the fucking claim is true."

They walk into the kitchen and Alice turns on the light, taking Charlie and sitting with her at the table while Edward takes a bottle out of the fridge and warms it up. While he waits, he leans against the side. "She's putting on a brave face but I know she's hurting." He hears the beep letting him know the milk is ready and he gets it out before walking over to Alice and Charlie.

"I want to do it." She says holding out her hand for the bottle. Edward places it in her hand and sits down next to her while she begins to feed Charlie.

"The shitty thing is, Bella's going to feel guilty that she's not here feeding Charlie herself but she needs to sleep. She pumps for this reason but every time she doesn't feed Charlie herself she beats herself up about it." Edward pauses. "I don't think she realises, but every time something bad happens, we always sleep in my room. I knew it was going to happen tonight, that's why I walked slightly behind her instead of next to her but I don't mind." Edward smiles. "She kissed me tonight."

Alice gasps and smiles at her brother.

"Then she asked me to be her boyfriend." His smile widens.

"And you said…?"

"Yes of course. I asked her if she was sure and if she was ready and she said yes and seemed to be sure of herself, so I said yes."

"You two act like a couple anyway. I'm so happy for you Eddie."

"Thanks Pip."

There is movement out of the corner of their eyes and they see Jasper, Carlisle, and Alec walk through into the kitchen.

"We sent you up to bed hours ago babe." Jasper says to Alice. He then looks her up and down before smirking, "Nice pyjama's."

She winks at him and then answers. "I couldn't sleep and then I heard Charlie crying so made my way to her room. I've been talking to Edward."

Jasper walks over to her and gives her a kiss and sits next to her. "Speaking of which, lost your clothes, Edward?"

"Fuck you, I was woken up by Charlie. You'll learn this in a few months, but when a baby is crying, you don't have time to get dressed and it's not like I'm walking around with my cock out."

Carlisle hits Edward round the head.

"What the fuck, dad?"

He hits him again. "Language, there's a baby in the room."

Alec laughs from the fridge. "Like that ever stopped you, Edward's first word was 'fuck' and he hasn't stopped saying it ever since."

They all laugh and then Charlie finishes her bottle pushing it away. Without thinking, Alice slaps a towel over her shoulder and starts to burp her. Carlisle smiles at his daughter.

"What?" She asks.

"You'll make a great mother, baby girl."

"Thank you daddy." She smiles at him and then they hear Charlie burp. Alice wipes her mouth. "I'm going to put her back to bed and then go back myself. Goodnight all." She give Jasper a kiss, then kisses her dad on the cheek.

Alec places a sandwich down in front of them all and sits at the table. "We've found something, so the meeting will be tomorrow when everyone is awake. We're going to eat this and then go to bed. Rose went up about an hour after Alice." Alec tells them all.

"Okay. I'm going to go back to bed." Edward says to them all once he finished his sandwich.

"Night baby boy." Carlisle calls after him, a jokey tone in his voice.

"Night daddy." Edward calls back, blowing his father a kiss, playing along.

Alec and Jasper laugh at the exchange and shove the rest of their food in their mouths. Edward runs up the stairs and down the corridor to his room. He stops off at Bella's room to check on Charlie and sees that she's fallen back asleep. Smiling, he walks back into his room and jumps seeing Bella awake and sat up in bed.

"Jesus, you scared me." Edward exclaims.

"Sorry."

Edward gets back into bed and Bella lays cuddled up to him again. "I woke up and you weren't here so I went and checked on Charlie and saw she wasn't there so I figured she was hungry."

"I didn't want to wake you. I had a nice conversation with Alice though. She's amazing with Charlie, a natural."

Bella smiles. "I can't wait until she has her baby. I've always loved babies, all my life I've dreamed of having 5. I want a big family."

Edward smile. "I like the sound of that. Let's have an army. One down, 4 to go."

Bella sits up in shock and looks down at him.

"What?" He asks.

"You're not freaked out?"

"Why would I be? I want children, I want you, and I want children with you." He pulls her back to him.

She smiles up at him and he leans down to give her a kiss. "Let's go back to sleep, Angel."

"Okay." She lays her head down on his chest and they fall asleep again.

The next time Edward wakes up, the sun is shining through the window and Bella is nowhere in sight. Looking at the clock, he sees it's 8.15am. He gets up and goes into the bathroom, taking a shower and getting ready for the day. Walking back into his room with a towel wrapped around his waist, he sees Bella bent over at her side of the bed, looking underneath it. Edward clears his throat and Bella flies up.

"I… um… I dropped my bracelet and was just looking for it… I'll come back." She stammers, her face red.

"You don't need to leave. I'll just get my clothes and get changed in the bathroom." Edward tells her. "Can I get a kiss first though, I missed out this morning."

"Sorry, Charlie was up so I got up."

"That's okay." He smiles at her.

She walks over to him and gives him a kiss on the lips. "Good morning." She smiles up at him. "Now go and cover you nipples, if I can't get mine out, you can't get yours out."

"Who said you can't get your nipples out? This is a safe place." He says gesturing around his bedroom with a smirk on his face.

She hits him lightly on the arm. "Behave." She leans up and kisses him again before walking back over to her spot on the bed, leaning back down to look under it while Edward grabs his clothes and walks into the bathroom again.

When he walks back into his bedroom, Bella is no longer there and the bed has been made. He smiles at the sight knowing Bella hates making beds as she sees no point in it as it's only going to get messed up again, but she knows that Edward needs everything in its place. He leaves the room and walks down to the living room.

"Alice is still in bed, we'll wait until 9.30 and if she isn't up by then, we'll wake her up, have breakfast and then hold the meeting." Marcus says from the sofa. He's watching cartoons with Jake.

Edward nods his head and then walks over to Bella, sitting next to her and she leans against him. He wraps his arms around her and then leans down to give her a kiss. When they pull apart, they see Esme, Carlisle, Rose, Alec, and Marcus all watching them with varying expressions of shock, surprise, and happiness on their faces.

"What?" Edward says with a smile.

Alice walks down the stairs at that moment and squeals. "I'm so happy for you both!" She walks fast over to them and gives them both a hug. She then stands up. "Now I'm hungry." She walks into the kitchen wearing the same duck pyjamas and fluffy unicorn slippers as she was wearing last night.

Esme laughs and follows her into the kitchen.

After breakfast, they all congregate in the living room, this time, Bella and Edward are sat on the sofa at the back of the room, Esme and Carlisle next to them, and Jake in the corner of the room with Charlie like last time. Alice is on the chair and Marcus is in the beanbag. Jasper and Alec are stood in the front of the room.

"Yesterday, Laurent Kyle was killed by Edward, Rose, and myself. Just before he died, he said, 'Isabella isn't the only one who survived.'"

Esme and Marcus gasp and look at Bella who has her head buried in Edward's chest, tears streaming down her face. "Oh, Bella." Esme says. She runs over to her and wraps her arms around her.

When everyone is calm again, Jasper continues. "Rose, Carlisle, Alec, Alice, and I have been looking into this claim and we found something. In the newspaper, they reported that the entire family had died. Which is obviously wrong because Bella is sat in this room."

"They knew." Bella interrupts.

"What?" Jasper asks.

"The neighbours, they all knew that I was okay so should have queried the article. They stopped me from going back in or round to the front of the house. Oh my god, what if someone got my family out of the front door?"

"Alice-" Jasper gets cut off.

"On it." She says tapping on her tablet. "Who told you that your family was dead?" She asks Bella.

"James's father, Brian Rothwell, was the one that told me it wasn't safe to go back into the house. Then there was my next door neighbour, Maria Ivans, who told me that I was the first one out of the house since they noticed the fire. The fire wasn't visible from where we were and they wouldn't let me go back in. Her and her husband but I never knew his name. Then the neighbours on the other side of us, Jake Brines, told me that him and his brother, Kevin Brines, would watch the window and that I should go with James back to his father's house but then the roof caved in so I assumed that no one survived. Then James's father told me that he asked a fireman and no one lived. I saw the beam fall on them all and so didn't bother to help them. They must have died from that, right?" Bella asks them all.

"I don't know Angel." Edward tells her softly.

"I've looked into your neighbour's bank records and it seems like they were all working for Aro, or at least they all were around the time of the fire. They all received a substantial amount of money a week before the fire." Alice tells the room.

"It was a set up. They all knew where you were going to run out of because of where the fire was blocking. They know where it was going to be set. That's why they were all waiting outside your brother's room window. I'm so sorry Bella." Jasper says looking at his own tablet.

"Does this confirm that my family or at least one of them, are alive?" Bella asks.

"Not necessarily. They knew you were going to run out as they were waiting there, or at least they knew someone was going to run out. The James thing was a nice way to get you to America. When you got pregnant with Charlie, the money was removed because he probably wasn't supposed to touch you but then they figured out a way to make money off of it. Selling her. If they buy her off of James they could get a better price for her later on." Edward tells her.

"What did they want to do with her?" Bella asks, not sure that she actually wants to know.

"Laurent said that Aro trains the young girls for sex and sells them at whatever age the buyer wants." Edward answers gravely.

"I think I'm going to be sick." She says.

Edward rubs her back. "Don't worry, we've got an address where the drop off was supposed to take place and are looking into it. Obviously they will know something's wrong when he didn't turn up and is now missing so they will probably move the girls somewhere else. The drop off address wouldn't have been the final address because we got it out of him to easily. We may have to stage another sale."

Bella nods her head. "Okay. What else did you find out?"

"We have people undercover that are working for Aro and they told us about some people that they're watching for him in a warehouse. In that group of people are 3 women and 4 men that match the description of your mother and father. We have them pulling hairs and we are going to run a DNA test on them when we get them later today. Laurent also told us that they take boys as well and train them to be fight for him so we have our people watching out for any young boys that may match your brother's description. Unfortunately, he was 13 when the fire occurred so he would be 15 now and his body may have changed a lot in that time. We have completed a computer simulation off of the pictures we found in files of you brother to what he would look like now and sent them to our guys. They will pull hairs from anyone who even slightly resembles the picture of your brother to carry out a DNA test to find him as well." Alec says.

Bella nods her head. "Can I see the picture please?"

Jasper taps a few times on his tablet before passing it to her.

She gasps. "It looks just like my dad at 15."

"Well then we know that we're correct then." Jasper says with a smile.

"I know this is hard hitting and a lot to take in, but focus on the positives, we have a picture of your brother that we have sent out that is probably one hundred percent accurate and a group of people that may house your parents. If they're alive, we will find them." Alec says to her.

"I'll try." She whispers.

"What funeral service handled your family?" Alice asks looking at her honorary sister.

"I don't know, James's parents handled that and I was too depressed to go to the funeral. I don't even know where their graves are."

"Okay. I'll look into it." She says to Bella.

She nods her head. "Sorry."

"Don't worry, this is what I do." She says trying to reassure her best friend.

Edward stands up and walks to the front of the room. "Is your house still there?" He asks Bella.

"It should be, it was completely paid for so my parents owned it, they left it to me and Em in their will. It's mine now to do with as I please. No one should have touched it."

"Okay, Jasper, look into it and see if there is anything on the house since the fire and we will all need tickets to England for a few weeks' time to see the-" He gets cut off by a loud bang and then the alarms start going off like crazy, signalling an attack on the house.

Rose runs to get Charlie and Jacob who had flung himself across Charlie to protect her when he heard the bang. She takes hold of Jacob's hand and picks the baby off the floor, running towards the safe room where Edward is rushing Bella, Alice and Esme.

"Angel, go in there, we'll get you when it's safe. It's soundproof so no one will know you're there. Mom and Alice will explain it all. Rose has Charlie, she's coming." Edward rushes out trying to reassure his girlfriend but knowing they don't have a lot of time.

"Be safe baby." She says to him, in floods of tears.

"Always am, Angel."

He kisses her on the lips as Rose rushes Jacob inside and Esme takes Charlie. The two break apart and the last thing Bella see's is a man crash through the back door and start to shoot before the door is closed in her face.

Sorry for the cliffhanger, will get the next chapter up ASAP but it needs to be written first. It will probably be up tomorrow because I write to help with my anxiety and results day is in 6 days so for the last few days I have been writing a chapter a day and posting it as soon as it's finished. Don't worry, I won't leave it like this for long. Please review. ~Megan xxx