7 years later...
I sat down next to Alice and she leaned in to me. We were back in Forks. My dad had had a heart attack two years before and died. I'd been pretty upset, but Alice and the others and the others helped me through it. Ness was fully mature now, and was out with a nomad we'd met. She seemed pretty close to her lately. We'd been back for a few weeks and met Bret out first week here. They seemed to get on pretty well, and Bret had stuck around.

What about Seth?

That's where it gets tricky. About a year before, we'd had a problem with a few nomads, and one got the better of him. Ness was distraught, but she was coming around.

"Where's Ness?"
I looked at Alice, and wrapped my arm around her.
"Out with Bret. Again."
Everyone was out, and we had the house to ourselves. We went up to our room, and I walked out onto our balcony. Alice walked out and stood next to me.
"Ness is getting pretty close to Bret."
That made me laugh, and I spotted them walking back, she wouldn't see us, we knew that.
She turned to Bret, and I heard Bret ask her something.
"So, you wanna tell them?"
"I do. I know they'll be fine with it. Come on."
Ness grabbed Bret's hand, and kissed her.
I looked at Alice, and she shook her head. From the look on her face, I knew she's seen this coming. I understood why she didn't tell me. This was something Ness had to do herself.
We walked back into our room and there was a knock on the door a few minutes later. Ness walked in with Bret and looked at us.
"We wanted to talk to you about something."
I looked at Alice, and we all went downstairs. We sat down on the couch, and Ness looked at Bret and at us.
"What is it, Ness?"
She looked at me, and took a deep breath. She was nervous, and I knew she had to be the one to tell us.
"I ... It's about Bret and I. We're ... We're dating."
I looked at Alice, who was watching Ness, and at Bret. She was watching Ness, looking concerned. She grabbed Ness' hand, and I could actually see her relax a tiny bit.
"We love you, no matter what. It doesn't matter who you date, as long as they treat you right."
She looked at me, and she stood up and hugged the two of us. Bret sat on the couch, watching us.
"So, how did this happen?"
Ness looked at Alice, and started to tell us. Bret knew everything about what had happened with Alice and I, and Edward. She couldn't understand why he reacted like that.
Ness got a little embarrassed, but I knew this would've been worse if I'd been next to Edward. I told her to relax, and Bret squeezed her shoulder. She looked at me, and told me what happened.

"I had been here for a while and we were getting closer. We went out for a walk, and ... I'm not gonna lie, I liked her, but I would never do anything. Little did I know, someone felt the same way. We were walking by the river and ... Well, you can guess the rest."

I listened to her, thinking about what she'd said. I didn't care who she was with, as long as she was happy. She had been so much happier when she met Bret. She had been so different, since Seth died. Bret looked at Alice, who was watching Ness. Ness looked at her, and took a deep breath.

Bret looked at little nervous, but Alice looked at her, and shook her head.

"Bret, you have nothing to worry about. What Bella said is true, we don't care about who she's with as long as they treat her right."

Bret seemed happy about that. We spent a little while talking to them, before they went up to her room. Alice called her, as she stood up.

"You have to tell you aunt and uncle though."

I had to stop myself from smiling, that was going to be interesting.

"I know, momma. I waiting for Uncle Emmett to start making jokes."

She still called Alice momma and I was mom. We all laughed as that, and they went upstairs. I looked at Alice, as I stood up. I grabbed her hand, and pulled her closer to me. I kissed her, wrapping my arms around her.

"I saw that, but I knew she had to-"

"Ssh, I know. I could see you knew when we were upstairs. I understand why you didn't say anything, pixie."

We went up to our room, and I sat on the bed while Alice closed the door.

"Emmett's gonna love this."

Alice laughed as I said that, she knew I was right. She sat next to me, and cuddled into my side.

"I know. But, he just wants her to be happy. Rose is the one you should be worried about."

She was right, I knew she was. Emmett would make jokes, but Rosalie ... Oh boy, was Bret in trouble if she screwed up. If Rosalie got to her before Alice did, that is.

"Yeah, if she gets to Bret before you do."

"Hey! I'm not that bad!"

I looked at her, and she looked away.

"Fine, maybe I am. But, I'm not the only one. I care about her, Bella. You know I do."

I shook my head, and pulled her closer to me.

"I know you do, pixie. And I know she loves you to."

The others got back a little while later, and everyone was in the living room, when Ness and Bret walked in. She looked at me, and I nodded.

"Hey Ness, where have you and Bret been?"

I looked at Esme, as she spoke to Ness. Ness told her that they had been out, and spent a while in the woods.

"Actually, there's something I need to tell you."

Everyone got a little nervous as she said that. Rosalie, who was next to Emmett, was watching Ness. She looked worried, and obviously thought something was wrong.

She told them, and everyone was happy for her. I wasn't surprised when I saw Alice and Rosalie talking to her. I could hear them, and knew they were making sure she knew what would happen if she fucked up. I wasn't surprised, I knew what they were going to do that. They wanted to know what she was going to do, being a nomad. She wanted to settle down and she was invited to join us, as long she changed her diet. She agreed, and everyone was happy about that.

When Bret managed to get away from them, she sat next to Ness. I sat next to Alice, and she leaned against me.

And what happens? Emmett.

Rosalie slapped him, and he grumbled, crossing his arms. Ness blushed, and Bret shook her head.

A little while later, Alice and I went back to our cottage. We had fixed it up.

I sat on the couch, and Alice sat on my lap.

"Was it me, or were you two threatening Bret?"

Alice looked away, and didn't say anything for a few minutes.

"Maybe..."

That made me laugh, and I made her look at me.

"I was expecting someone to do it. She knows what will happen if she fucks up."

"I know, but-"

She stopped and I waited for her to tell what she saw. I kissed her cheek, leaning my head against her shoulder.

She was happy about what she had seen, and I knew whatever it was a good thing.

"What is it, pixie?"

"Well, lets just say, Bret is gonna be around for a very long time."

I knew what that meant, and I was happy about that. I pulled Alice closer to me, and she lay her head on my shoulder.

"I love you, pixie."

"I love you to, Bella."