A/N: Edward has been through a lot too. Thank You for reading

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Chapter 5 Rose Speaks

BPOV

We piled into to our hydrogen powered SUV and took off down the road. We let Garrett drive, it felt good to have a man at the wheel again. Two stops and six hours later we got out of the vehicle to set up household at our new cottage. It was stunning the previous owners left almost everything behind. It had beautiful log furniture, a modern kitchen, three bedrooms, three bathroom and a large open family room. It had a huge hearth and fireplace. It was the definition of rustic. It was much bigger than our cottage outside of Seattle. The sun was rising and we had each settled into our rooms. Slowly we gathered in the big family room.

"I guess we should go check in with them." Garrett said looking at Elizabeth and myself.

We ran in the direction of the Cullen's compound. When it came into view. I suddenly stopped, I could smell them. I fell to my knees, sobbing. My companions stopped and looked at me.

"Bella, you know you don't have to do this, they don't know you are here yet, well I'm not sure because of Alice but….."Kate trailed off.

"Yeah, mom we can go home to Seattle, If you like." I could see the disappointment on my daughters face.

"No, I just need a minute."

A few moments later, I was on my feet.

"It's now or never, let's get this over with, I have a lot of explaining to do." I grabbed my daughters hand, "You need to meet your father." We ran to the front door. I could hear a lot of commotion. I lowered my eyes to the ground, I was terrified.

Carlisle opened the door.

Kate, Garrett how are you and who are these lovely ladies." Carlisle asked as he stepped aside to let us in. My head still down. My arm locked in Elizabeth's she was holding me up, as I walked past Carlisle into the foyer. He closed the door and faced us.

"Carlisle, I'd like you to meet Bella and Elizabeth" Garrett said.

I looked up and my eyes meet his and it took a minute for it to register.

"Bella, Bella Swan is that you?" He is more beautiful than I remember.

"Hello Carlisle" Was all I could say.

He came at me and scooped me up into the biggest hug I have ever received. He smelled so good and he felt like home. He started firing so many questions at me softly in my ear. I couldn't speak. It seemed like time stopped. When he finally let me down, we were surrounded by everyone. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, Edward and a blonde girl I assumed to be Tanya. My eyes instantly focused on Edward for a moment, his features were even more stunning then I remember. His hair a mess, his purple circles under his eyes seem darker. I tried to focus on his clothes but all I could do is picture him naked. I would be blushing if I could. Boxers, I wonder….

"Heard you guys were in trouble." I snickered

"BBBBEEELLLLAAAA!!!" Alice lunged at me and we fell to the ground she covered my face with kisses. My pixie sister was just as beautiful as I remember. Her scent was home also.

"Hi Alice, I missed you too."

She pulled us to our feet and Emmett was right there to scoop me up. He is bigger than I remember, He squeezes me with everything he had. I almost had to ask him to stop.

"Damn Bella, you're hot as a vampire, Welcome home little sis." He whispered in my ear and I heard the blonde girl growl.

The girl I assumed was Tanya was beyond gorgeous, even more than Rosalie. She had strawberry blonde wavy hair, her curves were killer, she looked to be about 5'9". She looked like she belonged next Edward physically. They're gorgeous together. It hurt my dead heart to look at them.

"Hi, big brother." He put me down and I noticed Edward staring at Elizabeth.

Esme grabbed me next, "My precious Bella, where have you been, dear?"

"Esme, there are no words, I missed you." She was always a mother to me, I used her example in raising my own daughter.

"I know everyone has questions, please let me explain." I looked at Carlisle.

"This way" He said

I hooked arms with Elizabeth and followed Carlisle. Kate and Garrett excused themselves to go hunt. We gathered around the dining room table. Carlisle at the head, me an his left, Esme on his right, Alice and Jasper next to Esme, Elizabeth on my right, Rose next to her, and Emmett next to Rose. Edward stood in the doorway and did not join us at the table. Alice shot him a look. The blonde girl was gone. I assumed she left with her sister Kate.

"This is difficult for me so please do not interrupt me, I will answer any questions you may have when I'm done." They nodded in agreement.

"The first thing I'm going to say is, this lovely woman sitting next to me is my daughter, Elizabeth, I had her when I was still human, she is my biological daughter."

They gasped.

I locked eyes with Edward "She's yours too Edward." They all looked at Edward. He sulked and looked back at his family in total shock.

"How?!" Edward asked. They looked back at me. I looked directly at Edward.

"We made love the night of my birthday, did you forget?" I shot venom at him with my words.

Everyone gasped again.

I let it go and started speaking.

"I need to tell you about a night in the forest, the night Edward told me he didn't want me anymore." Everyone of them growled at Edward. I'm sure he was flooded with thoughts. His face looked pained. For the second time in 24 hours I was telling my story. True to their word they were quiet, and I told them everything, I had been through in the past 60 years.

"…and so we bought a little cottage about 10 miles from here to assist you with the Volturi." I ended my story

"Questions?"

"I had no idea what that blood was for, I just knew I needed to get it. Carlisle thought I was losing my mind, but indulged me anyway." Alice said

"Thank you, Just so you know I paid you back every penny of the money I borrowed from you and Jasper." I looked at the ashamed, I hated taking their money.

"Hosh, posh, Bella you are my sister, anything you need, is yours" God how I missed my pixie sister.

Jasper looked pained, I could tell he was flooded with emotions. Jasper is beautiful.

"Jasper," he looked at me, "I want you to know I do not, nor have I ever blamed you for any of this, it was an accident, you didn't do anything wrong. I never got a chance to tell you that." in an instant he was at my chair pulling me into a big hug.

"Thank you Bella" he sobbed, into my shoulder. I never noticed his scent before, Jasper kept his distance from me. He smells like pine and rain with a little bit of musk. Delicious.

A wave of peace and love filled the room and everyone was sobbing, If we could cry, there wouldn't have been a dry eye in the house.

"Bella, do you or Elizabeth have abilities?" Carlisle asked. Jasper returned to his seat.

"Yes, we have kept them quiet because we did not want to alert the Volturi. No one knows except Kate and Garrett. I just told them yesterday. I guess now you all will know too." I was keeping them in suspense, it was killing them.

"I am a shield, I can block other's powers, and I can expand it to protect those around me. Alice try to see our future, I'll put a shield around Elizabeth and myself." I said with a bit of arrogance.

"I see nothing, I can't read either of you at all." she said

"That's badass," Emmett spoke for the first time. Esme, shot him a look. He smiled.

For the first time Elizabeth spoke, "I can touch people and tell them what I'm thinking, also I'm Intuitive. Mom says I'm a lot like you Alice."

Elizabeth smiled and Alice beamed.

"When Elizabeth was two days old she touched my face and told me she needed blood, and I was still human." I continued, "It was interesting to that neither one of us struggled with bloodlust. I drove through port Angeles the night I woke up from the burn, after I hunted." Everyone growled at me.

"Don't worry, I kept an eye on her, remember I killed Victoria." My daughter smiled at me. Carlisle beamed.

"I have one more ability, I can use someone else's ability as my own. As long as I'm touching them. When Jasper hugged me I absorbed his power and sent it out just like he did." Quiet conversations erupted.

Everyone quieted down and I seized my opportunity.

"So, tell me about your trouble with the Volturi?"

"Edward, would you like to tell her?" Carlisle said with a venomous tone I had never heard him use before.

"No, I need some air" He turned and left.

"Carlisle, just so you know, I've known about Edward and Tanya for about 40 years now. I met the Denali coven around that time. Carmen received an email from Tanya saying all of you were moving to Nova Scotia. She explained to me that they were a mated pair." I said as calmly as I could. I can't stand to see Carlisle so upset.

Growls erupted around the room. Did I misspeak?

"What?!" I looked at all of them, even Esme was irritated.

"Bella, Edward does not love Tanya, she uses him. We are not sure why she is even still here. They fight, they make the rest of us miserable, especially Jasper, our home has not been the same since we left you." Alice said.

Rose spoke. Rose is Rose, she's Perfect. Elizabeth grabbed my hand knowing our history.

"Bella, I know that we did not always get along and I was the biggest bitch to you, but I realized a long, long time ago that you should have been here instead of Tanya. In fact, I had planned to come and talk to you about 4 months after we left you, just to bring peace to my family and that is when we found out about your disappearance and funeral." she paused and I reflected on her words. "It took all of us years to get past it. Alice spent months trying to keep Edward from ending his own life. She would see his plans and we all would pitch in to stop him. Then he gave up. He was a shell barely there, even worse then just right after we left you. He barely ate, we couldn't even get him to hold a conversation. Five years after you were declared dead, he started to finally come around we could see bits and pieces of the old Edward. We took a vacation as a family to see the Denali's, and as per usual, Tanya made her intentions known toward Edward. We were shocked that he actually gave into her advances. Needless to say he seemed to be happy again. So when we left Alaska, she can with us. At first she seemed to be good for him and we were all happy."

Rose continued, "I would say they that they were ok for about the first five years, then after that things just fell apart. One day we all came home from school to find that Tanya had packed her stuff and left. Edward and Tanya had been traveling right before that so they we not enrolled yet. Anyway, we found him on the floor in a fetal position, he stayed like that for days. We tried to talk to him and help him. We were again on suicide watch. A month later he came around again. She showed up on our doorstep 6 month later, begging Edward to take her back she made a big mistake, blab, blab, blab….The idiot took her back. They seemed to be happy again until after we moved to Nova Scotia. At the fifteen year mark Carmen told you about. So, the fighting started again, and this time he kicked her out. We all rejoiced. All we want is peace. This time there was no sulking or depression from Edward in fact, Jasper said he hadn't felt him that happy since you were in the picture. Twenty years past not a word from Tanya, not even her coven in Alaska had heard from her. Here she came again bags in tow, begging Edward. For the past twenty four years she walked in and out of his life another four times. She has only been back this time for two years."

"Geez Rose, I think that is the most you have ever said to me" I giggle covering my mouth.

Everyone's eyes are on me, wide as saucers.

"I'm kidding I had to break the tension, I'm sorry." I heard a collective breath, and few giggles.

"In all seriousness, I'm truly sorry I did not contact you sooner, but to be fair I was trying to honor Edwards wishes or what I believed to be his wishes. I had a daughter to take care of, and consider. It would have been very damaging to Elizabeth to watch me be rejected again. Even after I gave her my blessing to seek you out, I had been determined to stay away. She refused to come here without me. I am here right now, even though it pains me, to help you. I couldn't keep Elizabeth from you anymore, because of my stubbornness. I had to risk the possibility of his rejection of us, because this family deserves to know her." I smiled at her. "Yesterday, I forgave Edward, as I sat in the meadow and reflected on my life. I can't be mad anymore. Now we're here."

"So tell me what is going on now?" I asked the room.