This is another fav chapie of mine, the idea of the scrapbook is credited to my friend Princess Tasha, thanks hun : )

Some other author hinted in a review, that i stole her idea of calling the child Emmelie, well let me reassure you that i would never do that, i never did it in the past and i'm not planning to do so in the future, i have read many stories with Rosalie and Emmett and at least half of them have the potential daughter called Emmelie, but even like that, Emmelie was a name i wanted to give to their child ever since i watched Twilight and saw Emmett and Rosalie entering the cafeteria, when i hadn't learnt about the books yet... I've been an author for more than three years and stealing ideas isn't my cup of tea. That note was just for the record as i have been victim of other people stealing my ideas and i know how it tastes, i would never do such thing. Anyway, enough with that : )

Huge thanks to my beta and great friend, Marla1 for her precious help : )

Enjoy....

Chapter Ten

Two Covens, One Purpose

Alice had been more than hyper for us to go shopping. After the incident, she desperately wanted all of us to be back to normal and as we knew the baby was going to be a girl and I was feeling strong enough to travel till Seattle now, in my seventh month, we decided to go for shopping for the baby. Bella was the one less excited about the whole thing but Alice and mine enthusiasm balanced her disdain for the day.

Emmett had decided to stay at home as a very important match was on TV and the three husbands of ours wanted to watch it, Esme would also stay at home as she wanted to spend time fixing the garage and Nessie would stay at home as well as Jacob would come home to visit her. I was glad I would be with the girls, not having Emmett moaning around as we'd be busy shopping but I wished Nessie could come with us.

As always, and after Emmett's commands, Alice drove us in my BMW to Seattle, one of the first things I would do right after Emmelie's birth was to drive my beautiful car around, I was tired of not seating in front of the wile but at the passenger's seat instead. Bella sat behind my seat as to be able to see out of the window as we hadn't raised the roof of my car, rain wasn't close but Emmett insisted on having us covered as not to get a cold or the flu or whatever deadly germ could be out there. My mood swings had started a while ago and he could only make things worse with all this crazy over protecting thing of his.

'My brother can be irritating sometimes,' Alice murmured as she sped up a little and I enjoyed the smoothness of the drive as with Emmett, things were going slow in our car. That moment Emmelie kicked inside me and I rubbed the spot she had stretched.

'I know,' I murmured addressing my sister. 'I promise he won't be as suffocating with you, I won't allow it.' I went on, addressing my daughter and Bella laughed as Alice and I joined. Music was playing from the car's CD player and soon the spirits were high as Alice and I planned which store we should visit first and Bella groaned from the back seat as the list of destinations went on and on and on…

We started on the first floor of the biggest mall in Seattle, it was fun as we first decided to buy clothes and accessories for the baby and for ourselves. Bella's face every time Alice found something eccentric for her was priceless. I was confined to only accessories and shoes as we would visit the maternity shop later so I bought a few pairs of shoes, beautiful high heels that I would wear after Emmelie's was born. I couldn't resist buying shoes with average heels as I hated flat shoes even if they were more comfortable.

When we moved to the maternity shop I felt better as I finally saw clothes my size. I started buying blouses and trousers, skirts and shirts as I loved being dressed in clothes that showed my belly. I was seriously proud of my big belly and I felt brilliant among the other pregnant ladies of the shop. Alice found a beautiful blouse with the mark "I'm still in here, guys, stop the naughty things…" that we all adored and decided to buy. Emmett would love taking this blouse off me.

When we finally finished with the shopping for ourselves, we moved to the third floor where the baby stuff store was. We entered with Bella and Alice holding all our bags as they didn't allow me to carry a single thing and we started looking around for baby clothes. The only thing we needed was clothes and things as bottles for milk as the rest had been arranged by Esme when she made the room for Emmelie.

Alice was trying to find the perfect little dress with matching shoes some shelves away as Bella and I were looking on slip-ons for my little girl. Bella showed me a pink slip-on with a teddy bear on it and the words "Baby Girl" typed on the fabric. I smiled at Bella and took the slip-on in my hands, it would suit Emmelie beautifully with her teddy bear daddy tied around her little finger.

'I wish I had spend most time with Rennesme.' Bella said as our smiles faded and I sobered completely, Bella hadn't the chance to be close to Nessie as every mother would want to be. First, because Bella was a newborn and needed time to adjust and second because Nessie grew so rapidly, the girl was two years old and looked like she was eight already, I wouldn't be happy if I knew Emmelie would grow up so fast.

'I know,' I simply said as many times Nessie spent time with me and Emmett instead of her parents. 'But you'll have your time with Emmelie.' I said with a smile that was true, I meant my words as I wanted to somehow repay Bella and Edward for the happiness they gave me by having Nessie in the family. Bella smiled sadly and quickly brought her normal face on, trying to mask her feelings.

'I am glad everything is fine for you, Rose. You deserved your happy ending.' Bella said as she looked at me and I smiled and nodded my head, remembering that night with the fake pajama party in our house, when Bella was everything I wanted to be and she was rejecting her choices.

'I'm happy I'm sharing this ending with all of you, Bella.' I said honestly and she smiled at me in the same way, we indeed have changed towards each other, I had stopped being a monster at her as I finally couldn't find something to be envious of her and she had stopped being as afraid of me. Alice rushed close to us and dragged us in a corner of the store, her eyes seemed kind of dazed.

'I had a vision,' she said simply and both Bella and I moved even closer to prevent stares from the people around us. 'I saw something nice,' she said reassuringly as both Bella and I had probably frowned in worry. 'I saw the Denalis visiting us, Carmen will call Carlisle so they can come soon, probably Carlisle informed them about Caspar and Amelia and they want to meet the couple before it moves to Denali…' Alice said and I nodded my head, Eleazar and Carmen were part of the Volturi and I fully understood that both he and Carmen wanted to know Caspar and Amelia before they'd let a couple of delegates of the Volturi in their manor.

I missed our "cousins" as the last time I saw them was before a battle against the people that now helped us to expand the covens and the last time we actually saw them, Irina was executed. A shudder washed over my body at the thought of the same fate standing for me, Emmett and Emmelie in case we would break the contract and wouldn't turn Emmelie. I tried to calm myself as something like that wouldn't happen, I preferred my child to be a vampire than to have her before the Volturi and especially before Caius and that bloody brat, Jane.

'Rose, you still there?' Alice was asking and I snapped out of my thoughts as my sister was waving her hand in front of my face. I blinked several times as I wanted to forget the image of the Volturi members for now and I looked at my sister. 'We visited most of the shops we wanted so we could return as long as we're done here.' Alice told me when she made sure I was following. I nodded my head and with my sisters, finished our shopping and headed for my car.

The trip back home was nice and easy as we were cheerful for the Denalis' visit and for our many bags full of clothes, shoes and accessories. When we got home Emmett was already outside and helped Alice with mine and Emmelie's bags –which were the most of the bags in general- and we all headed inside the house. When we get to the living room I saw Nessie and Jacob seating in front of the television with a hot-dog each, I couldn't resist as the rest moved upstairs to settle their new stuffs.

'You're eating hot-dogs.' I stated and Jacob glared at me, Nessie didn't stop watching the television show that she had been watching.

'Yes… Blondie can I help you?' Jacob spitted and my smirk became wider.

'I'm just finding disgusting that you're a cannibal…' I said with the smirk huge on my face. Jacob growled at me but I just winked at Nessie who looked up at me and I moved upstairs, not wanting to hear something from Jacob that would upset me nor having Esme lecturing me about my behavior.

When we were all settled with our shopping and Emmett ecstatic about the blouse I bought for me and the cute slip-on Bella found for Emmelie, we moved downstairs to find Carlisle returning home, we all greeted our father and after the classic by now lecture to me about how do I feel and if I was careful enough during the morning he broke the news.

'Eleazar called, the family decided to join us for a few days.' He said and I smiled content, Alice was right once more. Esme smiled and started talking about where should they "sleep" and the rest of us smiled as it was about time our "cousins" would be back, the only one not happy was Jacob.

'More vampires in Forks?' he asked almost outraged, Emmett spoke this time as I didn't want to get upset and they all knew it.

'They're "vegetarians" like us.' Em said and I kind of smile as even if he and I were humans for now, that would soon change, oddly enough I didn't feel this chance would such a bad thing, not now with my child. Jacob snorted and I snapped out of my thoughts.

'They were supposed to be friends of yours as well, but they're sent from that bloody clan in Italy! Plus, they kill humans, the treaty should have been broken!' Jacob shouted this time and I stepped back as his hands started to tremble. Edward dragged Nessie away and Bella got in the middle to calm her best friend. Carlisle moved close to my sister as well.

'Listen, Jacob, calm yourself before my family and especially my granddaughter and pregnant daughter. The treaty allows for us to have visitors if we want to and we're under full charge if something goes wrong. Caspar and Amelia aren't part of the coven so they have the right to do what they want to do, you want to attack them and have another fight with the Volturi?' Carlisle said and finished his words with the question that silenced the werewolf. Indeed, all of us had been walking on the line of breaking the treaty but never stepped our foot an inch from it. The Volturi had thought a lot of the families that had made treaties with the wolves indeed.

'I hope this is all you do Carlisle, because none is going to like all this, back in La Push, and don't get surprised if you see us all against you, just one of you does the smallest of mistakes and you are in trouble.' Jacob said and I almost didn't recognize him as he spoke like that to my father, of course we were enemies but things should have been kind of quieter, even if we had done all this with the Volturi's diligences and the Denalis coming to Forks.

Jacob stopped glaring the moment he laid his eyes on Nessie, he moved close to the girl and kissed her little head, Edward sighed and I seriously didn't want to know what the wolf must be thinking to have my brother frowning and sighing like this. I felt Emmelie kicking inside me and I rubbed my belly, realizing I had gotten upset myself. Jasper's power washed over me and I was glad to feel the calm as both Emmelie and I needed it.

When the Denalis arrived, a day later, everyone was ecstatic to see the vampires. Carlisle had warned that Emmett and I were temporary humans and promised to Eleazar he would explain everything when the families would meet. Everyone was surprised to see Nessie so much grown but nothing could compare their surprise when they saw my belly and mine and Emmett's human features.

'Oh my God!' Tanya squealed and hugged me when she finally let go of Edward. I hugged her back and she smiled at me when she looked up and down my body. 'So, miracles happen.' She said beaming and I nodded and greeted her cheerfully.

Caspar and Amelia were present as well as they probably wanted to talk to Carmen and Eleazar for the "offer" we had accepted as well. Eleazar seemed almost angry as he saw the couple sent from the Volturi but didn't say anything and made sure we'd speak with each other first. We all sat in the living room, the couples close to each other, Tanya and Kate with Garret sat next to each other and Nessie moved close to me and Emmett as to sit in Emmett's lap, I started playing with the girl's locks while the rest spoke and caught up on what happened for the last two years.

The main subject of the talk was my pregnancy and I liked that as my baby was the center of attention. We didn't talk a lot about the Volturi's reasons to do something like that, I was sure Eleazar and Carmen would want us to talk in private about it as Carlisle had the time to warn Eleazar first, they needed to be prepared if they were next in Caspar's list of "expanding the covens" and I wasn't sure what would happen to him or Carmen if they didn't accept, the absence of Irina was still fresh.

When the catching up was done, most of the vampires of the house decided to go hunting but Esme, Eleazar, Carmen, Caspar and Amelia. I sighed as I felt Caspar's eyes on both me and my husband and also our cousins from Denali.

'Oh, Eleazar, Carmen, why don't you come upstairs? The nursery for Emmelie is simply beautiful, Esme and Alice's gift for the little princess.' I said politely and my cousins got the meaning of my words. The four of us moved up the stairs and got in Emmelie's room.

When Emmett closed the door, Eleazar looked at us expectantly like Carmen did. I sat in the rocking chair and started rubbing my belly as Emmett explained everything in a couple of minutes. Eleazar and Carmen had remained silent while my husband explained everything.

'So, we're supposed to corporate with the ones that killed a member of our family. Kate and Garret have to do the same?' Carmen said simply and I wasn't sure if I heard anger or worry in her voice.

'You can deny the "offer", but you will be added to a list, as Caspar said and we don't know exactly what this means, especially for you, who left the Volturi after awhile and started a coven of your own, a coven almost as big as us the Volturi…. A coven that has already three members executed… maybe this list is like a record, and your record is already bad with the murders of Vasili, Sasha and Irina. As for Kate and Garret… only one couple of each coven to have a child is enough but I think you would be the ones to have it.' Emmett said and I nodded my head as he moved close to me and kneeled so we could be in eye level, his hand moved automatically on my stomach.

'Don't you want a child?' I asked as I wanted to know their opinion on the matter. Carmen looked at Eleazar for a moment and then sighed.

'Of course we want a child, Rose. But Sasha died for her child and then Irina died because she was mistaken about another child, I'm afraid what is going to happen if we accept.' Carmen said and Eleazar nodded his head.

'I think you should be more afraid of what would happen if you don't accept the deal… You're the leaders of the coven and being human won't be easy but you have no problem with packs of wolves at the moment and the whole progress will last for a few months, and then, you'll have a child, a child that has to be turned later on, but nonetheless, a child of your own.' I said and Eleazar frowned.

'You think they'll have pretences to step in our lives if we don't accept and are added in the list?' he asked and I sighed.

'I'm almost positive, you know them better than I do…' I stated and Eleazar nodded and looked at Carmen.

'Maybe it's time for us to have our child, my love.' He said and Carmen gave the smallest of smiles as hope flickered in her eyes. I knew her small smile, that the one of little hope, I felt it the day Caspar came into this house.

When we moved downstairs everyone was still out. Esme called me and Emmett to have our dinner and we left Eleazar and Carmen to speak with Caspar and Amelia… they needed to short things out, I was sure.

When Emmett and I finished our dinner, we moved upstairs, Esme, Carmen and Eleazar decided to go and find the rest in the forest and Caspar and Amelia had left as well. They had promised they'd return soon and since they were out for hours, I knew they'd be back at any minute. When I got in mine and Em's bedroom I moved close to my beauty products, I realized that Alice had probably sneaked my body milk again so I huffed and moved in hers and Jasper's room so I could find it.

I looked around the room trying to guess where my little sister could have put the bottle, I spotted it on her nightstand and moved close to take it. When I bowed slightly as to catch the bottle in my hand, I saw something with the corner of my eye and I decided to check on it. If Alice had the option of sneaking in my bedroom, so did I. I took the scrapbook from under the bed and looked at it as I sat on the mattress of the bed and let the bottle with the beauty product aside.

The cover was white but blank otherwise, no words, no title, nothing. I became even more curious but I gasped when I opened the cover and looked inside.

For little Emmelie Esme Lillian Hale McCarthy Cullen,

The little Angel of the Cullen Family

From her aunts Alice and Bella Cullen.

Those were the two lines that accompanied the first page of the book. I turned and it and smiled as I felt the tears collecting in my eyes. There was a picture of me and Emmett in our first wedding, back in 1935 with the small description Mommy and Daddy's first wedding in 1935. I smiled as I looked at my first wedding dress as I looked at myself in the picture, Emmett, by my side was looking at me with affection. I moved to the next page and I laughed as I saw more pictures of me and Emmett at the rest of our weddings, nine in total. Each photograph was for each wedding of mine and Emmett's, the latest in 2004, every photograph had Alice's handwriting beneath it, counting the weddings and having the year that the wedding took place. I moved to the next page and smiled as Alice had placed many random pictures of the family but especially of me and Emmett in the scrapbook.

Pictures of Esme and Carlisle, of Alice and Jasper, of Bella, Edward and Nessie. There was even one picture with Jacob and Nessie as a baby in his hands. I smiled as I moved on, reading the descriptions, the tears of my hormonal mood swing running down my cheeks. I looked at the pictures of me and Emmett, out of our first cottage in 1935, with our first car in 1943, later on, after the second World War, out of our third house. And pictures that I didn't even remember taking, with Emmett and me in holidays, in Sydney, in Isle Esme and in so many more places. I kept moving the pages, I saw pictures of Emmett and me in our house, here, pictures that had been taken for the last three years possibly, some had Nessie in our hands as well. I sighed as I saw the slight sadness in my eyes as I looked at my niece. Sadness for her not being mine, but then I smiled and chuckled through my tears as I felt Emmelie kicking as I looked the scrapbook made for her, my child.

I was almost shocked when is aw pictures of me being pregnant, I couldn't believe Alice had taken all this pictures without me knowing, her vampire speed was seriously too much for my human senses. There were pictures of me, relaxing with eyes closed, of my, having my shirt up, caressing my belly in front of the bathroom mirror, of me looking at baby stuff a day before with Bella close to me, even pictures of me eating amounts of food with Emmett smiling at me by my side. There was even an ultrasound capture I thought I had lost.

I smiled as I saw blank pages, waiting for "The First day of my Life", "My first Bottle of Milk", Me and Mommy", "Me and Daddy," Me and aunt Alice"and more blank pages for the rest of the family with Emmelie in pictures along with pages for "My first Steps", "My first baby doll", and so many more empty pages. The scrapbook was going to be huge I was sure. I heard a sound and then two groans, I looked at the window of Alice's room and saw her and Bella groaning and sighing.

'Too late, the surprise gift is spoiled.' Bella said with disappointment.

'What are you doing in my bedroom? Spoiling the surprise we have been preparing for months?!' Alice asked me complaining as she took the scrapbook from my hands and flipped the pages, realizing I had seen it all so far. I didn't answer, I just gripped my middle sister with one arm and my little sister with other, they didn't protest as they were both afraid of hurting me by accident if they did so and I found the change to hug them close to me as more tears ran down my cheeks.

'Thank you very much, I'm sure she'll love it.' I said and I felt both Alice and Bella running their hands up and down my back. We remained hugged for a long time till Emmett showed up in the doorway of the room and laughed.

'OK, in any other time, three women hugged that close might be a hot sight, but my vampire sisters suffocating my human, pregnant wife is a scary sight.' Emmett said and the three of us broke the hug and pocked our tongues at Emmett and his joke.

'Don't dare us, Em, a wrestling-match is always in order.' Bella said and I laughed as Emmett frowned and moved close to me.

'Wait till I'm back to my normal form and full of human blood, little sister,' he said faking the warning and winking at me, I just laughed as I brushed my tears away from my eyes.

A few days later, the day I entered my eighth month both my family and the Denalis had a surprise for me. When I woke up from my afternoon nap a baby party was waiting for me in the living room. I beamed at everyone as they had even more gifts for Emmelie and the center of attention was me and my belly which had grown a lot. Carlisle reminded me that I should be careful and not to get too touchy with all this but I couldn't stop the tears of happiness as everyone showed their love for our baby girl.

'You knew of all this?' I asked Emmett when he helped me to a comfortable position on the loveseat. He kissed my lips, my cheek and my temple and nodded.

'I just had to hold you off with some careful lovemaking in case you were up earlier than expected, it's a shame I couldn't do the only job I had to do since you woke up the time you should.' He said and I chuckled and kissed his lips gently at first but with a demanding for him to open his lips wider.

'I promise some careful lovemaking is in order when the little party here is over.' I told him quietly and I heard Edward groaning, both my husband and I laughed at our brother.

The party went on, with Nessie dressed up as a fairy as she probably demanded it and none could deny her request, and the rest happily talking about the baby and how beautiful Emmelie would be if she got from me and how strong she'd be if she took from Emmett. I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen but tried to not yelp as my womb was probably having another hard time as Emmelie had gotten quiet big inside me. I looked around me, my family and "cousins".

Everyone was happy, talking about me, my child, my husband and how good parents we'd be, I felt like this was a dream of mine, a weird kind of vampiric, I felt my hands trembling at the thought of waking up and being the same barren, cold vampire without Emmelie on the way or even Emmett. I felt like the rest decades were a dream, like I didn't deserve the happiness and I would soon wake up a new born vampire with Edward complaining for my second chance in life, a chance I never wanted but later on appreciated.

I pinched my hand with force, knowing deep down I was stupid, I was alive, pregnant, human, happy, I shouldn't be tormenting myself with those stupid thoughts. But the desperation didn't abandon me, the same desperation I felt when Bella called and told me she was pregnant. I tried to breathe to control the mood swing but I realized not only that my lungs did not oblige but also that the pain in my abdomen had gotten worse. I stood up on my own and moved towards the kitchen, gasping, my hand left hand rubbing my belly while my right hand rubbed my chest, trying to sooth the area to allow me to breath.

I moved to the kitchen and I felt four hands grasping me, two cold and two warm hands trying to keep me on my feet as I leaned against the counter, grasping the edge for support as I kept on gasping. I had started crying as I fought for a breath. Emmett and Bella were trying to keep me standing, the pain in my belly got stronger and I finally screamed, taking just a little breath in. I felt something down my thigh and I saw Bella taking a step back as she sniffed the air with terror in her eyes. I frantically moved my hand under my long maternity, purple dress and I felt my body going rigid as I felt warm, sticky liquid between my fingers, I took my hand away and looked at it as blood was glistering on my skin. I screamed once more and tried to jerk my body away in fear. No, I had gotten way too far to lose my child, the only thing I ever wanted and always had been unable to have. I looked at Emmett as agony filled every fiber of my being.

'Emmett, help her!'

Sooo? i know i another cilf, i know, you hate me lol I have put Rose through a lot but she and Em decided to take any risk as to have the baby, please tell me what u think of the chapter, i wanna know what you think, people, come on, tell meeeeeeee

thanks for reading

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