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ReneePOV

"Was I hearing her correctly? Did my daughter just tell me that her husband and his family were vampires, like real-life blood-drinking vampires? No way, I must have misunderstood her," I thought to myself.

"You heard her right Renee. We are very real; we are vampires; and we do drink blood, but not human blood. Well, at least our family doesn't; and there are a few more that choose our diet, instead of humans," Edward said.

"Crap, I had already forgotten he could read minds. Hmm that could be an interesting talent to have," I thought.

Edward laughed and nodded his head.

"It can be as interesting a talent, as it is an annoying one," he said.

"Whoa! If Edward, my grandchild's father, was a vampire, and he and Bella created a child; does that mean my grandbaby was a vampire too?" I wondered.

"I'm curious; how did you all become vampires? Bella, how did you get involved in all this? Is the baby a vampire too?" I asked.

"Mom, we will answer all of your questions, and everyone can tell you their own story. I was still completely human when I got pregnant, and I am still somewhat human now; but once Ren is born, we assume that I will finish turning completely. Ren will be half vampire and half human, but we think her human characteristics will be more prominent until she reaches adolescence; then, we anticipate her vampire side will begin to emerge. Carlisle has been doing research for us, but hasn't been able to come up with much. It is mostly going to be a 'learn as you go' experience," Bella explained.

"I'm assuming by you telling us this that we will be able to be part of your lives then?" Phil asked.

"Yes absolutely, we want all our baby's grandparents involved in her life and in ours too," Edward answered.

"So, what do you think, mom? Can you handle it, knowing what you know? Also, I need you to be able to not tell a living soul about our secret. The fewer humans that know what we really are, the better it is for us all," Bella asked.

"Well, it's definitely not what I expected when I came here, but I can see you are happy and well; and even though it's strange and will take some getting used to, I think I will be okay with it," I told her, although I was still in shock.

"Phil, you have a say in this too; are you okay with this?" Edward asked him.

"I'm with Renee, as long she's happy; I'm happy. You certainly don't have to worry about us telling anyone either," he answered.

We all laughed and enjoyed our day together.

APOV

I was glad to know Bella's mom and step-dad were going to be okay with us being vampires. I had gotten a vision of it; but people could always quickly change their minds and therefore change my visions, so you never really know how some things would turn out.

Now that everything was out in the open, we had plenty of time to concentrate on the Christmas Ball at the hospital. We all had our dresses bought already; I had been waiting on them to arrive, which happened just a few minutes ago. Now we had to try them on to make sure they fit properly; and if not, I would have to alter them, so they would be ready for next week. The ball was going to be a week before Christmas. I hoped Bella would be more satisfied with this dress than the other one we talked her into buying. She had tried it on a few weeks ago; she liked it until Emmett made a crack about her belly looking like a Christmas tree ornament in it. That was all it took before she wailed loudly and ran off to Edward, crying and yelling she wasn't going to wear it.

Flashback…

We were in my room and had just opened the door to go show Esme how the dress looked on her, and Emmett walked by.

"Whoa, Bella! You're all belly; it looks like you got one of those shiny gold Christmas balls under there," he stated, laughing.

"Nooooo," Bella wailed and burst into tears.

She squeezed past Emmett and got away before I could catch her. Her vampire traits were really kicking in lately, especially when she was upset.

"Emmeeeeeett, what the hell did you say to my sister!" Jasper yelled from the front door he had just come through.

"Better yet, why is my wife in tears right now?" Edward growled, as he came in behind Jasper.

He had caught Bella as she was going out the front door and had her swept up in his arms. He was murmuring loving words to her, trying to get her to calm down.

Emmett looked scared and contrite at the same time. He hadn't known what he said would make Bella cry. If she wasn't pregnant and her hormones weren't so out of whack, she would probably have laughed and joked back with hm.

"I'm really sorry, Bella; I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, little sister," Emmett said, keeping out of reach of Edward.

"Emmett McCarty Cullen, you get your behind over to the kitchen right now!" Esme told him.

"You will not waste one second following orders either, buster, if you know what's good for you," Rosalie piped up.

Emmett gulped loudly knowing he was in deep shit, as he quickly made his way to the kitchen. The next thing we heard was two hands meeting the back of Emmett's head.

"Owww, mom! That hurt Rosie, and I really didn't mean to hurt her feelings; you know I wouldn't do anything to make her cry on purpose.

"Meant to or not doesn't matter, you did it; you fix it, young man," Esme scolded.

"Yes ma'am," Emmett told her.

"Until Bella forgives you; I'm not forgiving you either," Rose stated.

"Yes dear, I'll fix it," Emmett mumbled, walking away into the living room where Bella and Edward were on the couch. Bella was curled up in Edward's lap sniffling.

Emmett knelt down in front of them and proceeded to apologize to Bella. She forgave him after a few minutes of him begging and making faces at her. She hugged him and told him it was okay, and that she was just hormonal right now.

End flashback

Even though she forgave Emmett for his comment, Bella still refused to wear that dress; so, we got her the one she picked out online. I will admit I liked it even better than the other one; from the picture, it looked like it would be flattering to her figure.

The dresses arrived just in time; and thankfully, they all fit perfectly. I was immensely pleased by this.

The hospital Christmas Ball had finally arrived, and I was sure it was going to be a huge success. The hospitality committee had really outdone themselves. They had rented the ballroom at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle; it was gorgeous.

I was right about Bella's new gown. It was a gold strapless floor length gown, overlaid with sheer material. The dress flowed away from her body and didn't cling to her growing belly. It was beautiful, and she loved it. She wore a pair of strappy gold flat sandals. Edward had bought her a beautiful diamond and topaz ring, along with a topaz necklace with matching earrings and bracelet. The day he gave it to her, I think she was channeling me. She squealed and jumped into his arms, kissing him all over the face.

Lots of eyes turned in our direction, as we entered the ballroom. It was easy to see the looks of jealousy and envy on the other women's faces as we walked by. I didn't need Jasper's or Edward's talents to know what they were thinking or feeling.

"You look stunning in that dress love, like a golden goddess. How did I get to be so fortunate to have you for my wife?" Edward told her, while looking her up and down.

I saw that hungry look in his eyes.

"Don't you even think about it, mister; you can wait until the ball is over with, before you do that," I warned him.

He just grinned and looked smug; I wanted to slap him sometimes.

Since Renee and Phil were visiting us, we insisted that they join us. Renee had brought party clothes because she wasn't for sure what all we would be doing over the holidays. It was a pretty strapless deep crimson dress with an uneven hemline down to her knees. Esme let her borrow some onyx jewelry: a choker, earrings, ring, and bracelet. It was very young looking, but that was just Renee. Phil had on a black suit with a crimson red tie to match Renee.

The other doctors' wives were looking enviously at Esme. She looked gorgeous in a strapless deep green floor length gown. She wore a pearl and emerald choker, with matching earrings, a pearl bracelet, and a diamond and emerald ring. She walked around the party on Carlisle's arm ignoring the mutterings of the catty women.

"Ugh, I am so envious of that woman; it's not even funny. She has a beyond gorgeous husband and old Hollywood starlet good looks; it's so not fair for anyone to be that beautiful," one woman said to another that she was chatting with.

"Yeah, but I bet she's spent more than a year of his salary getting those looks," the other woman replied back.

Rose and I listened with indignation, and we decided that we could not and would not let those jealous hags talk about our mother like that. An idea formed in my head.

"Follow my lead, Rose," I told her, grinning wickedly.

We walked up to the jealous women.

"She really does look beautiful, doesn't she?" I asked them.

They both turned to look at us. They eyed us up and down, practically turning green at our youthful beauty. I had on a strapless white dress that went to the knees. It had swirl designs embellished with pearls and outlined in gold all over the dress. The top and bottom hems were covered in pearls. I had on golden pearl jewelry and gold shoes. Rose was dressed in an off-white floor length gown with spaghetti straps. It had ruffles on the bust with a rose in the center; the bodice was ruched and figure hugging and flared out at the bottom with more ruffles. She had on a ruby and diamond necklace, earrings, bracelet, and a ring.

"Yes, she is. You must be their children," one of the women said with a forced smile.

"Oh yes, we are adopted children though. Esme isn't nearly old enough to have teenage children!" Rose said and giggled, as the women's eyes narrowed. I couldn't help but giggle as well; these women both had teenage children.

"Yes, well anyway, it must cost Carlisle a fortune to keep her looking that good," said the other catty woman.

"Oh no! Not really, her dress only cost $250.00; her jewelry was the most expensive, and they were a gift from Carlisle. He loves to buy our mother beautiful things," I told them sweetly, acting like I misunderstood them.

"Yes well, we weren't talking about the clothes and jewelry, dear," said catty woman No. one.

"Well, considering Esme has never had surgery, I wouldn't know how much that cost. Well, tell me how much was your nose job or how about your face-lift?" Rose said with a completely innocent expression on her face.

"Well, I never!" both women said and then stormed off in a big huff. Rose and I couldn't contain our giggles then.

BPOV

I was having so much fun. This was my first ball; I felt just like Cinderella, except I was huge.

"You are not huge, love. You are beautiful and sexy; and I am about ready to just rent a room for a few hours, so I can have my way with you," Edward said, as he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me.

"You are so biased; and I wish we could too, but our parents would kill us if we ran upstairs to have sex!" I said; and he chuckled, as I turned around to give him a kiss.

He looked so good tonight; he had on a white tux jacket with a gold tie and vest and black tux pants. All our men looked good. Jasper and Emmett had on white jackets and black pants as well; Jasper had on a bronze colored tie and vest, and Emmett had on a red tie and vest. Carlisle was dressed in a black tux with a green tie and vest.

My mom and Phil were having a good time too. Some of these people she knew from when she was married to dad, so she was able to chat with them easily. We sat at the table with the chief-of-staff and his family at dinner. They were a nice family, even if his daughters were a little too flirtatious. They soon gave up, when none of the men at the table paid them any attention. We all danced and had a great time. We left around midnight, and I fell asleep on the way home. Edward had to carry me into the cottage and take my dress off. I was so tired after our fun filled evening. This was turning out to be the best Christmas I have had in a long time.

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