DISCLAIMER: I do.... not own Twilight : (
"You know them?" the angry vampire asked.
"Ugh, well not exactly. It's kind of a long story. Remember what I told you about my mom?" the girl asked.
"These are the... he's the one who..?" the vampire said, unable to finish his question.
The girl nodded, "Yes, he is."
Emmett looked around at the scene and broke the awkward silence, "So are you going to tell us how you know us or what?"
Alice sighed, "It's obvious who she is. The resemblance is uncanny. You're Bella's daughter."
The girl nodded, "Yes."
The Cullens were at a loss for words. They had come here to start over and now as soon as things were going well they had a reminder of Bella flung back at them. Bella's daughter looked nervous and her husband walked over to her and wrapped his arm around her waist. Both families seemed to be sizing the others up.
Alice continued, "So, what do you say we cut school today? I think that we have a very interesting story to hear. You can follow us back to our house. Esme and Carlisle will want to meet you. Carlisle doesn't start work until tomorrow."
Bella's daughter glanced at her husband who was still glaring daggers at Edward, "Okay. I guess we do have a lot to talk about."
Edward had said nothing during the whole exchange. He looked as if he had seen a ghost- that and he was mortified that he had thrown himself on the love of his life's daughter. Bella's daughter looked at his ashen and when Edward met her gaze it felt like he was staring into the eyes of his love.
Bella's daughter introduced her coven, "I'm Carlie and this is my husband Owen. That's Meredith, John and Gwen."
"I'm Alice and this is Rosalie, Emmett, my husband Jasper and that's Edward," Alice introduced.
Carlie nodded, "I kind of figured. My mom told me a lot about all of you. I've even seen pictures."
Edward's eyes snapped back up to hers, "Pictures? But I..."
"Hid them?" Carlie asked, "Under the floorboard in her room."
"She found them?" Edward asked, "So she found the letter I left?"
Carlie nodded, "And the CD and the plane tickets."
Alice interrupted as the bell rang to signal the end of lunch, "I think it's time we left."
Everyone followed Alice to the parking lot and sped away from the school. It wasn't long before they had reached the new Cullen house. Esme walked out onto the porch as their cars pulled up.
She called out, "You really couldn't get through one whole day of school?"
Emmett laughed, "Nope. Sorry mom but we have some guests and you'll never guess who one of them is."
Esme looked at Edward who had an odd look on his face, "Who?"
Emmett replied, "Apparently Bella had a kid."
Esme's eyes widened, "So you brought her here?"
Alice nodded, "Her car should be pulling into our driveway in 3...2...1..."
On cue Carlie's car pulled up behind the others with the rest of her family in tow. When everyone had gathered at the front porch Esme ushered them inside to the living room, calling Carlisle to come down stairs. When he came down the stairs he looked shocked to see Carlie- or as he probably thought, Bella.
"Hello, " Carlie said, standing up and shaking his hand, "You must be Carlisle."
"Yes," Carlisle responded, "May I ask who you are?"
"Carlie," she replied, "My mother was Isabella Swan."
Alice interrupted, "Let's get on with this story. I'm dying to know all the details."
Carlie looked surprised, "Can't you see what I am going to say? My mom said that you could see the future."
Alice smiled, "You haven't decided what "details" you are going to leave out of your story yet."
Carlie replied, "Well I guess I better just tell you everything then. My Grandpa Charlie died years before I was born from a heart attack. This was only a little while after all of you left so as you can imagine my mother was absolutely torn apart. On her way back to the house that night she got into a car accident. Her best friend at the time Jacob lived nearby and had been heading out when the accident happened. He stopped and he saved her. For the next few years Jacob helped my mom heal and they fell in love. There was only one problem though- Jacob was a werewolf and when my mom was twenty-three he imprinted on someone else. So she was alone again. She stayed in the house in Forks and eventually started working at Forks High school. That's where she met my dad. My dad, Richard Anderson, was a new teacher there as well and they fell in love. They got married when my mom was twenty-seven and I was born a year later. We were happy for a while. It wasn't until the year I turned sixteen that everything started to take a turn for the worst. I was madly in love with my boyfriend at the time, Owen, and I didn't know that he was a vampire yet. I stumbled across all the stuff that you left behind in my mom's old room when we were re-doing the floors and when I showed it to her she told me the truth. That's when I realized what Owen was. That was also the year that I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I had a year at best and when he found out Owen changed me. We got married when I turned twenty. That gave me enough time to get over the new born stage so I could have my mom at my wedding. I was still able to stay in contact with my mom because of course she knew what had happened. We never told my dad though. My mom died a few years ago."
"That's quite a story," Carlisle said.
``My mom loved all of you so much,`` Carlie said, ``I mean she even named me after you guys. My first name was a combination of Carlisle and Charlie because she always thought of you as her second dad and my middle name is Alice after her the best sister in the world. She used to tell me that all the time.``
``Why didn`t she ever come and find us? I mean you were changed and I`m sure that you needed help as a new born,`` Emmett asked.
``She had moved on. She had already gone through enough pain to last anyone a lifetime. She knew after reading the letter that you all loved her and that you had wanted the best for her. She needed to keep herself in the present. She was married, she had a daughter, and she had a life. She always figured that I would run into you all eventually so she told me to make sure I told everyone that she loved all of you no matter what had happened,`` Carlie explained, ``I`m not sure if you ever got it or not but she left a tape recording in your old house on top of the piano. I have an updated message for Edward though. I never read it but it`s at my house if he would like to read it.``
Edward glanced up at her, ``She left me something?``
Carlie nodded.
Edward got up, ``Can we go get it now?``
Carlie nodded, ``There is one condition though.``
Edward asked, ``What`s that?``
Carlie replied, ``You have to read it in your meadow.``
