Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.
A/N: Happy Mother's day to all the mother's reading this; I hope you ladies all had a good day.
One by one the Cullen's filed into the living room. Rosalie had practically shoved Edward out of the way so that they could all get in. I don't know if the Denali's did it on purpose, but all the furniture to sit on was already taken by the Denali's and me; so the Cullen's were left standing. Tanya continued to growl softly at Edward and Edward seemed very tempted to walk to me; I think Tanya's growling was stopping him.
Once they were all in, I was able to take in all the expressions. Carlisle and Esme looked shocked, Rosalie looked annoyed (probably still from Edward blocking the door), Emmett looked a cross between happy and shocked, Jasper looked like he was struggling; probably with the emotions of everyone and Alice looked happy.
There were a few moments of silence, at least I think it was since I didn't hear anything and I doubt they, except Rosalie since I'm sure she wouldn't mind, would talk at speeds I can't hear given the circumstances. After what seemed like forever, Tanya finally spoke up.
"Carlisle, it's good to see you and your family again." Tanya said, almost like she was forcing herself to be polite. She is the coven leader, so I guess she would have to be.
"You as well Tanya; though it seems your family has grown since we saw each other." Carlisle said.
I would be lying if I said it didn't feel nice to hear his voice again. The voice that I had accepted as a father figure; the voice of the person that left me, I almost forgot what he sounded like… what they all sounded like.
"She is not one of them." Edward growled, his eyes getting very close to being pitch black.
"You have no right to say who is in my family or not. You better watch what you say child, you wouldn't want to insult my family." Tanya said in a calm voice, but still very threatening and held all the authority a coven leader should hold.
Edward seemed to relax a little and I almost gave him credit to being able to calm down, until I saw Jasper giving him an intense stare. I guess Jasper doesn't want a scene and neither do I.
"You'll have to forgive him Tanya. You see, we have a history with Bella." Carlisle said, trying his best to keep the peace.
"I don't have to do anything, you are on my land. If he can't control his temper, watch his mouth and show me and my family the proper respect we have earned, then I still teach him how." Tanya said just as calmly back.
After Tanya's not so subtle threat, everyone went quite again. I could see most of the Cullen's were practically begging me with their eyes to talk with them, to explain the situation. I just can't find myself to talk; I don't trust my voice right now.
"Why are you here Bella? Shouldn't you be in Forks?" Edward asked, breaking the silence.
The Denali's kept the eyes on Cullen's, Edward in particular like they were waiting for him to do something stupid; and the Cullen's, even Rosalie gave me their full attention. Tanya tightened her grip around my waist, something Edward noticed since I saw his eyes narrow slightly. Tanya's small action gave me the courage to talk.
"Well, after you all left me, I sort of became a shell of myself. I got a little better with the help of Jacob, my best friend," When I said that, I saw Alice deflate a little knowing that she lost her title. "But that wasn't enough for Charlie. So he moved us here, where I had Tanya as a teacher." I explained.
I felt very proud of myself, I didn't stutter or anything when I mentioned to their faces about them leaving and I didn't even get close to breaking down. I don't know if Jasper was involved with that happening but I'm very glad it did. Though I didn't really go into that much detail about what had actually happened. As far as I'm concerned, they don't need to know that at the moment; they're the ones that left me.
"Charlie shouldn't have moved; you would have gotten better." Edward said.
That got me mad. He doesn't know anything. He doesn't know how I really was, granted he would only know if I told him; but he knew how much I loved him, did he really think I would just get over it? Why would he think if he left me, without a trace that he even existed, that I would ever get over that easily? It's not like I could talk to someone about losing my vampire boyfriend because I couldn't explain to them that my boyfriend's brother tried to suck the blood from me. No, I don't think anyone would believe that. He left me with a broken heart and no way to get over it; at least not until I met Tanya. I met Tanya because Charlie decided to move; it's all because of Charlie that I'm happy again.
"No, Charlie should have moved. If it wasn't for him, I don't know what would have happened with me." I said, defending Charlie.
"Was it really that bad?" Emmett asked, sounding afraid of what the answer might be.
I'm not used to Emmett sounding this sad and serious, I'm not sure I like it. Though it his partially his fault that I ended up like I did; he left with them.
"Let's just say even with the mate bond working for Tanya, it still took her a while to get this close to Bella." Kate said, sounding just as unusually serious.
"Bella is not her mate!" Edward yelled and growled at the same time.
Immediately Tanya slid a little further in out seat, so she was on the edge and growled loudly. At the same time, Jasper put his hand on Edwards shoulder so that he could calm him even more. I saw Kate and Irina, who closest to me, shift a little as if they were getting ready to bolt to Edward from their seats. Carmen and Eleazar looked ready to bold as well, though I'm not really sure where they would go, but I'm sure it would be someone in my direction.
All of the Cullen's, not just Jasper, also reacted. Alice moved the side a little and slightly closer to Carmen and Eleazar; away from Edward. Emmett seemed ready to grab Edward if Jasper wasn't able to keep him calm enough. Carlisle seemed to tense a little as well, probably to stand in Edward's way if he chose to attack. Esme and Rosalie both just tensed but didn't exactly move.
"You will watch what you say Edward. Remember, just because more of your family has powers than mine, it doesn't mean it makes up for experience. We have centuries on all of you, if you chose to start a fight, you will lose. I will not stand for anyone questioning my relationship with my mate or threatening her. You better be careful about what you chose to do." Tanya said, not even bothering to hide the threat in her tone.
"Ask Jasper to confirm the bond. You can read his mind the moment he confirms it, before he even could have a chance to try and hide what he feels." Irina said.
"They shouldn't have to prove anything; he should be able to read Tanya's mind and know." Kate muttered just loud enough for me to hear.
Edward smartly chose to ignore Kate's comment and faced Jasper. After a few seconds, Edward completely relaxed into a more defeated stance. It seems Jasper saw what Irina knew he would and Edward actually accepted it; I hope at least.
"If Alice didn't have to have that stupid party, you would still be mine." Edward said, making Tanya growl.
"She never would have been yours." Tanya said.
"Don't blame me Edward. Yes it was bad for Jasper to lose control, but ultimately nothing happened. We could have stayed; you're the one that forced us to move." Alice said, for once sounding very angry.
"Even if we had stayed, I doubt she would have stayed with you forever." Emmett commented.
"What do you mean? Of course she would have." Edward said, still not realizing that he's pissing Tanya off.
"Don't be stupid Edward. Naturally you two would have had some sort of ceremony or wedding of some sort that we would of course have invited the Denali's. Once Tanya saw Bella, there's no chance in hell she would have allowed you to take her mate on a honeymoon or even complete the vows." Rosalie said, sounding very bored by all of this.
I wasn't expecting that. I never would have thought Rosalie would have defended me. Though I think it was more defending Tanya and her mate, the fact that I'm Tanya's mate was just a little detail Rosalie decided to over-look.
"I'm sorry Edward, but it was never going to work between you two. It may have at one point, but then something changed and I didn't see Bella with you anymore." Alice said.
"What do you mean Alice?" Edward demanded.
"Well, you know how my visions work, they are all based off of decisions that people make. So when you made a decision, I saw a couple different courses that Bella's life could have taken, all of them ending with Tanya." Alice said, looking a little sheepish.
"I hear a story coming on." Kate said, finally relaxing back into her seat and sounding more like the upbeat, annoying sister that I've come to know.
"You knew this was all going to happen?" Esme asked, sounding confused.
"I did." Alice answered.
"You knew what you all me leaving was going to do to me, but you still did it? Why?" I asked, almost pleaded, but the hurt I felt was very evident in my voice.
"Well, it started with one vision." Alice started what I'm sure will be a long story.
A/N: Short I know, but I'm still working on explaining how it all works, but I wanted to at least put this part up.
Also, woot I have 100k words and over 100k hits, this is awesome! =D