Okay here's the next chapter! Things are about to get messy!

Chapter 14

"Angela," I warned to her as she still grasped the empty bag of blood. "I need you to go upstairs. Now. Don't make any phone calls. I'll be up there in a minute."

She nodded in agreement and slowly turned up the stairs leaving me, Bella, and Renesmee in the living room alone.

Bella still clutched the empty glass. Her eyes were swimming with thirst and shone a little brighter than when I had left her. The last time she had tasted human blood was when she was pregnant with Renesmee. The potency of if now as an immortal was nearly impossible to ignore.

"Bella?" I asked with my hands slowly extended. She was in full hunting mode now. No human was safe.

"Bella, sweetheart, it's okay. Give me the glass."

Her eyes averted from the glass to the stairs; trailing the scent Angela had left behind.

"Ness, go upstairs to watch Angela. I don't trust her not blabbing to anyone."

Renesmee darted up the stairs. Before reaching the top room she looked back at her mother wearily, then came running back downstairs to give her a hug.

"Mommy, it's okay. You're going to be okay. We can go home if you want. I'm sorry!"

Renesmee's apology snapped Bella out of her trance of thirst. She looked down at our daughter and reciprocated her hug, pulling her in tighter. She dropped the glass cup, and I barely caught it before it shattered into pieces on the ground.

Bella had been holding her breath. She leaned her head into Renesmee's hair and took in a gasp of hair.

"Oh honey, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to I'm sorry! It's not your fault." She sobbed.

"Hey, it's not either of your faults. I should have been listening to Angela's thoughts, but instead I was listening to Renesmee's. I'll fix this, I promise."

There was a knock at the open door and I looked back to see Jacob standing there.

"I saw what happened. Bella, do you want to come out here with me for a second?" he gestured for her to follow him.

"I had Seth round up buck out here for you by the trees out back. I know it will probably taste like crap compared to what you just had, but it will help."

"Thanks Jake." I replied.

Bella nodded and followed him outside. He took her hand and led her around out back.

Renesmee and I were left in the living room alone.

"Well, we should probably go check on Angela before she goes into shock."

"Sorry I didn't go up there earlier. I just didn't want to leave Mom…"

"It's fine sweetie. Let's go upstairs to see what's going on."

We ran upstairs and I knocked on the door where I could hear Angela's breathing behind it. I didn't wait for a response and just let myself in and Renesmee followed behind me.

Angela sat at the foot of the bed with blood bag still in hand, tracing the corners of it with her fingers. I didn't wait for her thoughts to answer my questions. I wanted answers now.

"What do you know Angela, and what do you want?" I yelled.

She wouldn't look up at me. She continued folding in the corners of the plastic bag.

"I'm not sure," she replied. "I mean, I don't know if I believe what I saw. Shouldn't you be the one giving me answers?"

"I don't owe you anything. Do you realize the danger you've put my family in?"

"Look Edward, ever since you and your family moved into Forks years ago, everyone knew something was up. I was the only one who paid attention to the details. What did you do to my best friend?"

"I didn't do anything to her."

"Did she know what you were when she was with you at the beginning?"

"Bella has known everything about me since she moved here."

"And what exactly does that entail Edward? What is everything? Cause I want to know too."

"I can't tell you that."

"But you can tell Bella? What makes her so special?"

"A hell of a lot more than what makes you special!" Renesmee yelled.

"And what exactly is your part in this Renesmee? Kind of a strange name considering Edward's and Bella's mother's names, don't you think?"

"Renesmee is my daughter." I retorted pulling Ness towards my side.

"That's impossible."

"Look, you're the one asking questions, and I'm answering them. If you don't want to know, and I advise you against it, then I suggest staying out of our business."

Angela stood up and approached us. Her brows her furrowed and lips quivering.

"I'm going to ask you again. What happened to Bella?"

I exhaled a great breath and tried thinking of something that wouldn't end in death for this poor human girl.

"I can't tell you everything Angela, but Renesmee is our daughter. Bella became pregnant with her on our honeymoon. As you can see, she has an unprecedented growth rate, and Bella carried her to term in just one month. The result of it caused great malnutrition for her and almost cost her life. It took us almost three days to get her stable again. Carlisle and I didn't leave her side the whole time as we weren't sure she would make it."

"But that's preposterous. Vampi…I mean… you can't have children. Can you?"

And there it was. The very thing that we had been trying to hide for centuries exposed in one word. I had to stray her from the truth as much as possible.

"Look, I don't know what kind of preconceived notions you have Angela, but you're wrong."

"Don't play dumb with me Edward. I interned on the reservation's clinic for a month. I heard enough stories from those adolescent boys through the curtains to think they were all crazy. But then one day the Cullen name came up. I'm not one for folklore and fairytales, but something about your family doesn't match up. Like how you're always out of town when it's a sunny day, or how I've never seen you eat a meal. Although that rumor was put to shame the other night…"

"Don't remind me."

"So Renesmee, how old are you really?" she asked.

"Five years old," she replied.

"And you Edward?"

I didn't respond.

"I can't believe this is happening." Angela said, collapsing back at the foot of the bed.

"Angela, you've always been Bella's closest friend from school. Please don't ruin this for her."

"I can't unsee what I've seen. I saw her fly across the room in under a second and consume a full glass of human blood; which I stole from the hospital by the way after my shift. What about Charlie! How much does he know?"

"He knows just enough. We've been in Forks the majority of the last five years. Charlie is very involved with our family and has looked past any differences with Bella because it was better for her to be safe than dead; which she almost was after her pregnancy. He loves Renesmee and would probably hurt or kill anyone who threatens her."

Footsteps headed up the stairs and Jacob soon materialized at the door.

"Bella's okay. She's sitting outside on the front steps with Seth."

"Thanks Jake."

I turned back to Angela. "I think it would be a good idea for you to talk to Bella. I'm sure she feels awful right now and it would mean the world to her if you'd console her."

"She won't hurt me will she?"

"I wouldn't let that happen, but she'll be fine, I promise."

"Okay."

Renesmee ran into Jacob's arms and let out a sob. He brought his hand to the back of her head and nestled her into his shoulder for a good cry.

"It's okay baby. Your mom is totally fine, I promise. I would never let anything happen to her."

Angela looked over at me, eyebrows raised.

"So Jacob is with your daughter? I have to say I'm kind of surprised you even let him near her."

"There are weirder things, trust me."

A phone beeped and Angela reached into her pocket to check her text.

"It's from Jessica. She said she's running late. Should I call her to cancel?"

"Not yet. Let's go see how Bella is doing."

All four of us headed down the stairs and turned the corner facing the front door. Bella was sitting on the porch with her hands wrapped around her knees. Seth was sitting next to her patting her on the back.

"Bella, are you alright?" I asked.

Both of them turned towards me as I headed to sit next to my wife.

"Thanks Seth. I missed ya man." I gave him a pat on the shoulder.

"Yeah, it's good to have you back. I'm sorr…"

But he was cut off immediately. His gaze ran across Angela and his world moved in seconds. The intensity of his mind was something indescribable. Every pre-existing thought was left in the dark and all he could see was her. She stood wide-eyed in the center of his gaze without words.

Jake and I exchanged looks and the rest of my family put together the pieces in a matter of seconds.

Relief flooded through me. If there was one thing that could have saved this human girl from death or immortality, it was acceptance into the pack. Seth had just given her a "Get out of Jail Free" card.

"What's going on?" Angela asked without removing her eyes from Seth.

I cleared my throat. "Umm, Angela, this is Seth. Seth, Angela."

Seth stood up and walked slowly towards his newfound existence.

"Hi." He said holding out his hand.

"Hi." She answered, taking his hand.

"Umm, maybe we could reschedule for another night?" Renesmee answered. The whole group sat there collectively staring at both of them for a few minutes before Jake broke the silence.

"Maybe you guys should call Jessica. I think tonight will be more of an information overload." Jake replied. He walked up to Seth and pulled him into a hug.

"Congrats man. How about we go get some grub?"

He continued to stare at Angela.

"What's going on here?" Angela asked again.

Bella stood and walked towards her friend. "Maybe we should go inside. Are your parent's coming home anytime soon?"

"No they're out of town."

"Okay. I'll call Jessica. Maybe we could meet her for a ten o'clock showing. That would give us a few hours for chit chat and get acquainted."

Poor Ben, I thought. He was such a nice guy. A little quiet, maybe a little eccentric, but really nice. I don't see how he's going to stand a chance against Seth.

The crowd headed back into the house and made themselves at home on the couches.

"Okay I'm really confused. Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on here?" Angela was really started to get irritated, but it didn't go unnoticed that she hadn't yet removed her hand from Seth's, and he sat extremely close to her without removing his eyes from hers.

Renesmee went and took a seat next to Angela.

"Seth has imprinted on you." Ness said to Angela.

"He what on me?"

"Dad, maybe you should start from the beginning."

I took a step closer into the room and moved towards Bella, taking her hand into mine. I had to look into her eyes to see if they were okay. They burned a little more amber gold; a side effect of the human blood. She wouldn't lower her shield, but she gave my hand a small squeeze and a slight smile.

"It's a long story, but I'll just give the specifics." I said.

"When my family moved to Forks several decades ago, the Quileute tribes were not happy. It was against their nature to make any type of amicable ties with us."

"You mean with vampires?" Angela asked. Everyone stiffened at the word.

"Yes. But we convinced them we were not like the others. We survived off of animal blood, not human blood. We created a treaty with the chief, who was Jacob's great grandfather saying we would never bite a human, nor go on their land. When there are vampires near the tribe, their genes mutate and those with the genes change into shape shifters. The Quileute tribe takes on the appearance of wolves."

"Like werewolves?"

"Sure, if that makes it easier we'll call them werewolves. Their natural instinct was to hunt our kind. We moved away after a short while our first time in Forks. When we returned, the boys started to change into wolves again. Jacob and Seth are two of them. There are two packs in the Forks area, Jacob being one of the alphas."

Angela's heart rate quickened and she finally removed her hand from Seth's. the absence of contact nearly made him whimper, but he held I together fairly well.

"Vampire's sometimes encounter something called "la tua cantante." When I met Bella, she was this for me. Her blood was more appealing than anything I had ever smelled. It took nearly all the strength I had not to mutilate and kill her our first day in biology. But she was strong. She figured out what we were and didn't run. We quickly fell in love and I became aware how dangerous we were for her. So I convinced my family to move away from here so Bella could move on and live a healthy life."

"You left to keep her safe?"

"Yes. There was an accident and Jasper nearly attacked her. Anyways, Bella came to find me when I almost went through with something incredibly stupid. She saved me. Our family came back to Forks because I realized that I couldn't live without her. Bella made the decision to become one of us, even though I didn't want her to be. We made a compromise that as soon as we became married, I would change her myself. Well obviously there aren't many vampire to human relationships in this world because we weren't aware Bella would be able to conceive a child. After only two weeks on our honeymoon, we realized that Bella was pregnant and in grave danger. The whole family tried to convince her to abort the baby, but she would have none of it. We ended up having to do an emergency caesarian less than a month later and I was able to turn Bella at the last moment."

"Oh Bella, I had no idea."

"It's okay, really. I couldn't have wished it to turn out any better than it did."

"Anyways, the wolves have many legends, one in particular that has proven to be true time and time again with their pack. They have the ability to imprint on their mate. The first time they lay eyes on that specific person, they become bound to them. It is completely involuntary and they don't have any control over it. After they've become a wolf, if they look at you and don't imprint immediately, then they never will. But once they do, it's for life. There are different types of imprinting. Some that become the spouses of that particular person, or sometimes they imprint on someone much younger; like a baby. Renesmee was only minutes old when Jacob imprinted on her. Another wolf, Quil imprinted on a three year old girl. Don't feel in any way that you are obligated for anything, but there isn't anything in this world Seth wouldn't do for you."

"But what about Ben?" she whispered.

"Who the hell is Ben?" Seth grumbled.

"Well, he's kinda my boyfriend. Since junior year of high school actually."

"Angela?" I asked. "How are things really with Ben. Do you see yourself marrying him eventually?" Seth clenched his hands tighter.

"I'm not sure. He has another couple years of school left, and he's in Seattle while I'm in Forks. We only see each other a few days out of the month. But I do love him. It's just been stressful."

"I understand. I'm sure Seth would like a few minutes with you if that's alright. He knows just as much as I do and I trust him completely. We'll just be outside if you need anything."

"Okay. Edward? One thing before you go?"

"What's that?" I asked.

"How come all of a sudden you've been so forthcoming about all of this? I mean, twenty minutes ago you were fighting tooth and nail to keep all of this a secret."

"Seth can fill you in on the details. Basically, you're part of the supernatural now. It's your responsibility just as much as ours to keep the secret. Call us back in when you're done."

"Thanks Edward," Seth called out.

"Anytime."

Jake, Ness, and Bella followed me outside into the backyard.

"Well that worked out better than we could have hoped." Bella sighed.

"No kidding. I thought I was going to have to scour the planet for someone gifted enough to erase memories."

"What's going to happen to Ben, Daddy?" Renesmee asked. I looked up at Jacob who was thinking the same thing I was; Sam and Leah. Emily couldn't have refused him and she even tried, but Leah still got her heart broken.

"I'm not sure sweetie. Why don't you talk to Jacob about it."

"Want to take a walk Nessie?" Jake asked with his arm outstretched, reaching for her hand.

"Okay." She looked back at her mother and me before reaching out for his hand and heading into the forest.

Bella let out another sigh.

"I came so close to ruining everything for us." She sat on the grass cross-legged and started absentmindedly pulling out blades from the ground, creating a small pile to her left.

"Shhh, don't even think about it, love. Everything worked out and that's all that matters." I laid down next to her but she kept averting my gaze.

"I've never been that exposed before. I had no control, at all. I was already holding my breath a little bit when I went in there because her own blood was already tempting. I didn't even smell her preparing it. She put it in the microwave and everything!"

"Bella, baby it's okay. You were exposed to human blood and you still didn't attack her afterwards. Do you have any idea how proud I am of you?"

She kept her eyes focused on the grass.

"I wanted more Edward. That deer I consumed afterwards was vile and disgusting. How do you live with it after tasting human blood?"

"We'll get through this one day at a time, alright? Do you feel tempted right now with her in the house?"

"No, I feel disgusted that I even toyed with the possibility."

"And that's why you're the strongest woman I know. Angela is your friend. Every person on this planet has a family or friend that will miss them when they're gone."

"How was she when you were talking to her alone?"

"A little defensive. She kept asking me what I had done to you." I whisked my fingers delicately over her face, removing a strand of hair from her eyes.

"You have given me everything." She whispered. "I can't imagine life any other way."

"I love you my Bella. You are my life, and I couldn't live a day without you."

"And to think I almost moved to Jacksonville with my mom instead of Forks."

"I would have found you anyways."

Bella finally looked up and gazed into my eyes. She was hurting, I knew her that much. She felt responsible for everyone's pain. Her own compassion almost gave Esme a run for her money.

"It looks like they're already a sappy pile of goo, maybe we should come back later." Renesmee joked with Jacob.

Bella took a handful of sod and chucked it at our daughter. She moved in the nick of time before the dirt clod hit her square in the chest.

"Whoa Mom, can you imagine the look on Alice's face if she saw that you ruined this blouse she got me just two days ago?"

Bella smirked and sat up. "Come here baby."

Renesmee let go of Jake's hand and ran over to her mother. She sat down next to her and hugged her like a small five year-old might hug their parent. Eyes clenched shut and with all her strength.

"Mom I was worried. Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes baby, I'm going to be fine. Just a moment of weakness, that's all."

"I'm glad you have a friend in on the secret now though. Angela seems really nice."

"She was my closest girlfriend at school besides your Aunt Alice. I'm glad she can be part of my life."

It started nearing nine o'clock which meant Jessica would be arriving any minute. The four of us just sat outside, shooting the breeze and joking with each other; my immediate little family. It's strange how I spent over ninety years of my existence with each day blurred together. Only five short years ago, my world was turned on its head. I now had a beautiful wife, a loving daughter, and even a potential son-in-law. Oh, who am I kidding. Jake and Ness would be married in a few short years and there's nothing I can do about it. I think back towards how much animosity I held towards Jake when he was after Bella. I can now think of no one more deserving of my daughter.

We heard footsteps approaching and looked up to see Angela and Seth coming through the door. They weren't touching, but they weren't avoiding each other either. Seth looked nervous, and Angela looked weary.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Baby steps." Seth explained.

"Sorry, this is just a lot more than I expected to get tonight. I really just need some time to think."

Bella walked towards her long lost friend and brought her into an embrace. We sure were a hugging family.

"Call and let me know if you need anything Ang. Anytime at all."

"Thanks Bella. I'm really sorry for earlier. I was just scared for you, and I…"

"I know, it's okay. Really I couldn't be happier than I am right now."

"Really?"

"I promise."

Jake cleared his throat. "Don't you have Jessica showing up any minute to take you ladies to a movie?"

"Crap, yeah, I guess we should go grab our coats."

"I'll get them!" Seth yelled running into the house a little over eager.

"That'll take some getting used to." Angela laughed.

"You boys should all probably leave before Jessica thinks she's some seventh wheel." Bella nudged me.

"Hey! Are you ashamed of me?" I joked.

"Not at all. But I might kick Jessica's butt if she undresses you with her eyes one more time."

I chuckled. "Alright boys, let's leave the ladies alone for their movie night."

"Can I see you after Angela?" Seth asked. He had it bad. Jake yanked on his arm before he could answer.

"Come on bro, let's go get some food."

"I'll drive." I volunteered.

I blew a kiss to my girls and headed towards my car. Seth closed his passenger side door as I heard Jessica approaching Angela's house in her little, white Honda civic. She had Katy Perry blasting and was singing at the top of her lungs. Thank goodness I'd be out of earshot in just a few seconds. Seth started at the back window like a lost puppy watching his owners leave him behind.

"It'll be okay Seth. We'll see them in just a few hours."

Sheesh! That was a close one huh? I wonder how Ben is going to take the news...I wonder what Angela is going to do about Ben! I actually wasn't even planning on Seth imprinting, but well, he just kinda showed up and I don't have control over these types of things! Leave a review! Thanks for reading :)