Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in Twilight. The only ones I own are the ones I created which are Thomas and Matthew. I know what I said, yall. Give me some grace. I'm sorry.

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She's blushing. Why? "Matthew." Rosalie called my name and I looked toward her. "You are a very special part of our family now. I will let my daughter fully explain that to you, so we are going to go out for a while. I would like for you to be here when we get back." Emmett nodded at me and I said, "Yes, ma'am."

"There are clothes in the bathroom, if it gets too late after your chat. You are welcome to stay, if you feel comfortable" said Esme. I smiled at her and everyone left the house leaving Bell and I alone.

~NOW~

BELLA'S POV

I can't believe everyone just left me! When I actually ask for privacy no one wants to leave. When I'm scared shitless, I get privacy. He's looking at me.

"Well, Bell. Why am I special?" He came and sat next to me on the couch.

"Whatever you tell me. I will try my best to understand" He smiled at me. He's so beautiful, in some ways he reminds me of Daddy.

"OK. Vampires have mates. Soulmates, if you will. Just one person that they spend the rest of their existence with. And we know when we find them because of how they make us feel. When I saw you today, I knew. I knew you were mine." He's staring again, but he's not moving away from me. That's a good thing. He's taking deep breaths.

"OK, Bell. So, you are saying I am your soulmate and you knew this because of how you felt when you saw me. Would I have felt this connection too? When I saw you this morning I felt something, but I didn't understand."

"Yes, Matthew. It's normal so to speak, if you felt it as well. How do you feel? Do you have any questions?"

"Are you forced to be with me? Because of the connection or whatever?"

"Yes and no. We do not have to be in a romantic relationship. It does not force physical love. We do that. It just makes you notice the person."

"What if I told you I don't want it? What would happen to you if I reject it?"

It's my turn to take a deep breath now. "I would accept it and ask that I can still be in your life as your friend. It would cause me great pain, but knowing that it's what you truly want would bring me comfort".

He lifted my chin up and made me look into his eyes. "Don't look so sad, Bell. I am not rejecting you. I'm just asking. You said you dreamed of me. Can you explain that to me?

I smiled. "Well, I don't really know how to explain it. I just had a dream of you. We were talking and holding hands and stuff like that."

"OK. Can we try to be friends first? I've never really had a girlfriend before. I would like to get to know you and your family. Will I become like you eventually?"

"Yes. If that's what you want."

"Don't look so forlorn, Bell. We can talk about that later. We still have a project to do. And I think your Mom and Dad are going to want to have a pretty grown-up talk with us when they get back."

"Ok. Let's work on the project." I really want to hug him but I don't want to make him uncomfortable. It's like he knew what I was thinking because he reached over and pulled me to his chest.

"Calm down. Get out of your head. I'm OK, really. I understand everything that you have told me. I want to try. I want this too. For partly selfish reasons, I've never had a big family and I think it will be nice to have someone who will always love me and want me around." He pulled away and I leaned up and kissed his check.

He blushed and said, "Let's get back to the project. Although, we probably shouldn't put the whole vamp thing in there". We laughed.

TIME SKIP: THE REST OF THE CULLENS HAVE RETURNED, INCLUDING CARLISLE

MATTHEW'S POV

It's almost 9 at night. I wonder how long everyone will be gone. We finished getting the information for our project and we are going to put together our posters separately. I wonder if I should have told her I'm really good at art and shit. Naw, I'll surprise her. When she was explaining the mating stuff, she called me hers and I liked it. I want to be hers and I want her to be mine. We've been watching this really dumb cartoon called South Park. It is so stupid, but funny as hell. By the end of the 3rd episode, the other Cullens have come back including Carlisle.

"I heard you have been let in on our secret, son." said Carlisle.

"Uh, yes, sir"

"Do you have any questions?"

"No, I asked Bella a few. I'm sure I'll have more later though." He smiled at me and he and Esme went upstairs. Jasper and Alice disappeared, I saw a flash and that was it.

During our TV show, Bella explained the vamp basics. They are super fast, strong, and damn near indestructible. She has not fully matured yet, so she still has some human tendencies, other vampire born children have human tendencies until they reach the age of 21. She is fast and strong, but not as fast as an actual vampire. She sleeps and eats human food as well, she doesn't need as much sleep or food that I would need though. She's fully rested with 3-4 hours of sleep and eats once a day and is good.

We were left in the living room with Emmett and Rose. The TV had been muted and they were sitting across from us.

"Thank you for staying until we got back, Matthew," said Rose.

"Yes, ma'am".

"You use ma'am and sir a lot."

"Oh, sorry. I know some people don't like it. Makes them think they are old or something. My dad used to pinch me on the back of my arm when I didn't use yes ma'am or yes sir when I was younger and it kind of stuck. He said it was his southern roots, he was from Louisiana."

"Your father sounds like he was a great man. He would be very proud of you for keeping your promise to him," said Rose.

Oh, shit. I feel the tears. Matt! We are not about to drop tears in front of our soulmate's mother. Just nod. So, I did. I nodded at her and sniffled and cleared my throat. Bella placed her hand on my arm and rubbed it. I smiled at her. It made me feel better.

"I'm sorry, Matthew. I didn't mean to upset you. We wanted to speak with you and Bella, but as a mother I feel obligated to let you know how proud your parents must be of you. You've been alone all this time. It's been over a year and you have handled yourself remarkably well. We've only been here a few days, but we have heard about your father and your mother from everyone. I am not your mother, Matthew and I won't try to be, but I want you to know that I consider you my son. If you need a mother's perspective or advice even if it is about my daughter or even a hug. I'm here." she said.

Damn it! The tears are falling now. Bella is going to think I'm a wimp. I've never had a mother's love before. I mean I have, mine quite literally died for me. But, she's not here. Bella's hugging me.

"Mama! You made him cry."

"I'm sorry. Ugh. I'm OK, Bell. Thank you. I appreciate it. I think I'm having an emotional overload from everything that happened today".

"OK, kids. SO the talk we wanted to have. We know that Bella told you what you mean to her. Do you have any questions?" asked Emmett. I stared at him. I have to pick my words carefully. It seems they like well enough, but this is still his baby girl.

"Umm… Bella told me that we are supposed to be together for like ever. Y'all are vampires. Obviously, I'm not. What will happen to her if I die and no one can make it to me fast enough to turn me? Will she die too? How does everyone know that mates stay together until the end of existence? What if we break up or fight a lot or something?"

"Well, as far as death goes. There has only been one vampire that we know of that lived without his mate for so long and that was only because another vampire with a gift made him not kill himself. If you were to actually die Matthew, Bella would be in excruciating pain. Mates never usually break up as you put it. This is more than a fling. This is for life, for eternity. I know you both are young, but this is it for both of you. Something as silly as a fight would not break y'all up."

"What are you really trying to say, Matthew?" said Rose. I looked up at her.

"I don't know. I guess I want reassurance that if this is it then, no one will go anywhere. Everyone I've ever loved has left me. My mom and dad are gone. I don't know if you noticed, Bell but I don't have friends. I'm scared that if I let someone in. Something will happen, not just death but what if I do something they don't like and they leave me". I looked at Bella and said, "I just want to know that you won't leave. I mean sometimes I am a really sucky person to be around. My dad used to tell me that I have the moodswings of a toddler. These past couple of years I swear I have gotten some major issues with people leaving me high and dry."

She grabbed my hand and said, "I promise. I'll be here. Nothing will make me leave you."

I heard sniffing and looked up to see Rose crying in Emmett's arms.

"Oh, mama! Why are you crying?"

"I'm sorry, baby. I'm just so happy that you will have someone to love you like Daddy loves me"

"Oh lord. We are so sappy!" She laughed and then I laughed and then I heard everyone in the house start laughing.

"Let me pull myself together. OK. So I know you both may not want to have this conversation with us, but we need to have it."

"Mama, daddy, please. I am pretty sure Matthew knows about sex." Oh God. They wanted to have that talk.

"I know, I know. We just want you both to be careful. We are not dumb and Matthew has a whole house to himself, where I'm sure you two will be spendng a lot of time together". Ahh, shit. I am blushing.

"Do you both understand?" asked Emmett. I looked at him.

"Yes, sir".

"Good, I like you good enough, boy but I don't want you to knock my daughter up".

"Daddy! Oh my God. You are embarrassing him. I'm sorry, Matty. My dad has no filter." I laughed. "It's OK, Bell." She called me, Matty.

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Cstina