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Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but I sure wish I did. That honor goes to Stephanie Meyer.

Chapter 20 – Their Volturi Family

Bella and I had been in Volterra for about a week and we were getting antsy to move on to our honeymoon. Didy had begged us to stay a bit longer as there were some people she wanted us to meet before she headed home to Eden.

So against our better judgment, we'd stayed. She'd put off Aro and the others for the last few days citing emotional upheaval while she absorbed everything. But they'd waited long enough and they were coming today.

Bella was a little nervous to meet everyone; she was doing her best to distract herself until they arrived. What I loved was that her distraction was me. We were in our room at Marcus' villa; I was lying on my back with her straddling me. She had her wings out and she was searching for every spot on my body that got her a reaction; she was rubbing against the biggest one.

'I love the way you react to me.' She thought.

'Was there ever any doubt sweetheart?' I asked back. 'You are my mate, my love. My body was only ever designed to react toyou.'

We were getting low on time, so before we ran out of it altogether, I grabbed her by the hips, raising her and then slowly lowering her onto me.

'Gods, I love how you fill me.' She whispered into my head.

I moaned. 'I love the way you surround me. Now come on sweetheart, ride me.'

She moaned right back as she began her movements, pulling me up into a sitting position so that she could cover us in the bubble of her wings as they continued to rub over me. I loved making love to her this way.

The lovemaking was slow and breathtaking as we shared breaths, kisses and surrendered to each other. The current that kept us bound ran wild, connecting us deeper than before. We kept the pace relaxed, wanting to feel everything we could. I felt her getting closer as she squeezed tighter around me. I slid my hand from her back around to her front, over her breasts, and down her stomach until I reached her clit. I began rubbing tight little circles over it, hearing her moan and feeling her flutter around me.

"That's it love, let it go. I want it, beautiful girl, give it to me." I murmured in her ear.

She moaned again before coming, arching her back while her hands, wings and pussy pulled me in tighter. A few more thrusts and I came, calling her name.

I laid down on the bed, pulling her down with me but keeping her on top and still connected to me. We relaxed while we got our breathing under control.

"Feel better sweetheart?" I asked after a short time.

"Yes," she answered. "I just don't know what to expect. They've all been expecting your mate for years and that's a little intimidating for me right now, Edward."

"I understand that Bella. It was the same for me before we went to Eden." I soothed. "But they're are going to love you, and they'll be as accepting of you as your family was of me."

She looked at me shocked. "Oh," She whispered. "I never thought of it that way. I'm sorry Edward; I was so excited about taking you home; it never crossed my mind."

I kissed her to soothe her. "It's fine Bella. I was excited too. Now come on, I'd like a shower before they get here."

I climbed off the bed, tossed her over my shoulder, and walked into the bathroom. She giggled the whole way and hearing her happy was what I wanted.

~*~HS~*~

Didy, Marcus, Bella and I were seated once again in their great room while we enjoyed some tea. This time, though, we waited on Aro, Scully, Caius, Dora and whoever else Didy wanted us to meet.

"They're getting close," I announced when they came into my range.

I could hear three other minds with them. I recognized their inner voices from when I was here the last time. It made me very curious, but I'd promised Didy that I'd close my mind after we knew they were almost there.

"Oh good," Didy exclaimed although you could hear the nervousness behind it. She rose to get the door, opening it just as Aro's hand was poised to knock, startling him a bit.

He then burst out laughing. "I should have known that you'd be alerted to us getting close. We'll have to get used to the mind reading all over again, I suppose."

We could hear the others laughing behind him.

Didy's giggle was light. "Yes, it is something we'll have to remember when they get back from their honeymoon. Please come in, we have tea in the great room." She stepped aside as Bella and I rose from the love seat.

"Brace yourself," I whispered to her because I could hear Felix running in first.

He barreled through the door, running straight at me wrapping me up in one of his famous bear hugs. I laughed because I couldn't help it. I'd missed his exuberant nature.

"Oh Eddie," he squealed, letting me go only to slap my ass. "It's so good to see your purrrrdy face again. Volterra has been lacking pretty as of late."

I sighed and smiled. He was the only one allowed to call me Eddie. I could hear everyone laughing, including my Bella.

'Perhaps I should have warned you to brace yourself?' She thought.

Felix heard the laughing too, and he turned to her. "Eddie, you've brought me more pretty. You, my dear, are stunning." He exclaimed, getting her to spin in a circle. "It's a shame you've got the wrong bits, although you might be able to straighten me out!"

I growled at that comment, I couldn't help it even if I knew Felix wasn't a threat.

"Oh boy, stuff it, would you Eddie. You know I'm not a threat. Besides, I couldn't go straight even for her, not when there's a chance I'll meet Marky Mark someday."

Bella was doubled over in laughter. In fact, she was laughing so hard that she had tears streaming down her cheeks.

Marcus and Didy were beaming at the interaction, but I was unsure as to why.

"Well now that we know your orientation, Felix," Marcus stated sarcastically. "I'd like to introduce you to your great-niece."

That shocked everyone.

"What do you mean, Marcus?" Aro demanded.

I listened quietly for a minute before I realized I could hear two more quiet heartbeats. It clicked for me then. Didy and Marcus had children as Bella and I would have one day.

"Of course, you all know Didy is an angel, right?" Marcus asked, to which they all nodded. "Before Didy left Eden, we told you that she had a little boy, Amos. Well, Bella here is his grandchild."

Every one of them had gaping mouths, staring at Didy and Marcus.

Didy stepped forward, wrapped her arm around Bella's shoulders and conducted the introductions. "Bella, I'd like you to meet my children. My oldest, Felix, and this is Heidi. Felix, Heidi meet your great niece, Isabella Swan."

Bella was the first to recover from the bomb that been dropped on everyone. She giggled a little before walking up to Felix with her hand out to shake.

"It's really nice to meet you Aunty Felix and please call me Bella."

"No, no, no!" He smiled at her, slapping her hand away before he pulled her into a hug. "It's FAB-U-LOUS to meet you little Bella. We are a family of huggers behind closed doors, so consider yourself hugged!"

She giggled again as he released her before pushing her at Heidi. She did the same thing, pulling her into a hug.

"It's so good to meet part of Mom's family. I hope we'll meet more soon." She wondered.

"Oh, you definitely will." Bella laughed. "Especially once they get wind of you two. My Poppa, Amos, always wanted a sibling and now he gets you two and I presume a brother-in-law."

We all looked towards the vampire holding Heidi's hand. He ducked his head as if he could be blushing.

Didy giggled at his reaction. "Yes, he will be getting one Bella. This quiet one here is Heidi's mate, Demetri. Once he gets to know you, he'll open up."

"Well, what about the rest of us?" Caius demanded, lightly. "Are we going to have to introduce ourselves?"

I laughed. "Sorry Uncle, I'll get to you now."

I turned to Bella to see her reaction to the title I'd given him. She just looked at me patiently, with all her love, for me to introduce the rest.

I couldn't help but to give her a kiss for that. "As you know Bella, my parents didn't have any siblings. When I came to Volterra, they all took me in as family and became the aunts and uncles I never had. Now, though, Marcus and Didy have become grandparents to me too."

Marcus poked his tongue out at me, like the mature leader he is.

I chuckled at him. "The others over here are the other supreme leaders," I told her, haughtily. "Aro and his mate, Sulpicia, better known as Scully."

Aro took her hand and leaned over to give it a kiss before Scully wrapped her up in a warm, welcoming hug.

"And these two are Caius and Anthenodora, better known to us as Dora."

Caius and Dora did the same.

"Please dear Bella, we'd like to be your aunts and uncles too. If we may?" Aro asked.

Bella smiled at all of them. "You can never have too much family, I believe. I'd love to be able to call you Uncle Aro."

After we all had taken our seats we got to know each other better, or, at least, they got to know Bella and her, them.

Although, she took them by surprise when she suggested we should invite the family down from Eden and have an impromptu party.

"Besides," she said. "I'm going to need all the wonderful women in my family to put together this Royal Earth Wedding I keep hearing about. This will happen while we're on our honeymoon no less." She laughed.

"Yes, you will. It will also be at the reception that the last Volturi Family member and his mate will be introduced to Vampire Society. It's the best way to keep you safe from those that will harm you when you aren't with us." Aro stated. "Does your family know anything as of yet, Edward?"

I shook my head. "No, not yet Uncle. They were not very – shall we say – Bella had a warmer reception here than she did with them. She was only accepted by Esme and Emmett, and even then, Esme was her usual overbearing self.

"The others were just concerned with knowing what she was and that we couldn't tell them. Emmett believes that they fear change, although since then Jasper and Alice have made huge strides in coming around."

"I believe we'll be able to tell Esme and Emmett soon," Bella commented, as we all looked at her. "It's just a feeling I've been getting." She shrugged.

I nodded. There were many things I'm still learning about Angels and their feelings and when one will contact them in person. It's an unusual trait.

"All right then. I'll go call the family and grab the other communicator so that my parents can be here." To which the others gaped again because they knew they were dead. "We'll explain later. I'll do that while you guys get some food ready."

Everyone agreed and I headed upstairs to connect to everyone in Eden.

~*~HS~*~

It didn't take long for all those in Eden to make their way to the villa in Italy. A couple of hours at most.

The reaction however from Amos when he was introduced to his siblings was entertaining to say the least. First, he was like the rest, stunned. Then, when it sunk in, he squealed eerily similar to Felix – at least, we knew it ran in the family. After that, he did this unbelievably immature happy dance while singing that he finally had siblings.

As Amos danced, Felix squealed and joined in before he pulled him into a bear hug. Afterward, Amos was introduced to Heidi and Demetri; a quick kiss, hug, and a handshake then they sat to get to know each other while the families did the same. Before long, the curiosity got the better of Aro.

"Edward," he started. "You said that you were getting a communicator to talk to your parents? But aren't they gone?"

I nodded. "They are you're right. But according to my beautiful girl here, you have options when you pass over. You can go on and live in heaven, you can be reincarnated, or you can become helpful. My parents knew that I had been turned when they crossed over. They knew that I wouldn't be reincarnated and they couldn't move on without knowing I would join them so they chose to be helpful.

"Thanks to this device here, made by Amos, I am able to talk to my parents. They work and live in Limbo where they help those that have crossed over." I held up the Soul Projector, demonstrating how to twist the top.

They watched in stunned silence as the image projected straight up when my father answered the call.

"Son? Aren't you supposed to be on your honeymoon?" He asked

I laughed. "We are Dad but we stopped in Italy for a short visit that seems to have taken a while. We came to find Didy. When I mentioned earlier that we could contact you guys to join in the fun, everyone became curious."

"Ah so we're a parlor trick," he laughed. "Hey, where's my Bella?"

I sighed and laughed at the same time, it was the same question every time we called.

"I'm right here, Dad!" She giggled, causing the others to laugh. "Where's Mom?"

"She's just making some lunch. Let's go get her." He replied.

After introducing everyone, that's how we spent the remainder of the day. All in all, it was very successful. And now that we could be contacted with the bracelets, everyone decided to stay on.

Considering they had a wedding to plan.

~*~HS~*~

We were still in Italy a few days later and I think it was becoming obvious that Bella and I were restless. We wanted our time to ourselves, we wanted just to be, and we couldn't do that while we were in Italy with everyone else.

We'd been helping with wedding preparations and the day before we were fitted for our royal outfits. Mine was an all-white suit, from the jacket to the shirt and vest right down to the shoes. It had accents of platinum in the embroidery and cravat and on the belt buckle.

Bella had decided that I wasn't going to see hers until the day of the wedding. We weren't going to be very traditional but she wanted that to remain a surprise. I let her keep it; she was going to be extraordinary no matter what she wore.

We'd decided on colors as well. The colors were going to be royal blue, platinum, and green. That was a stipulation from Bella. She wanted to have green in there as a tribute to her heritage. And the last major decision that had been made was that the ceremony would take place around Christmas, about six months from now. The invitations had to go to some pretty exotic places and would need time to get there, and be responded to.

During the time in between, Bella and I would go on an extended honeymoon and just bask in our bond. Because once we came back, we'd be initiated into the Volturi and I'd have to help with the everyday tasks that came with running the vampire world while Bella did what she had to do with Didyme looking after the planet.

We made our way down for breakfast that morning, almost dreading another day. We wanted to be gone.

As we got to the bottom, Aro and Marcus caught my attention.

"Go on beautiful girl, I'll be there in a minute." I signaled to Bella.

After she had gone into the kitchen, they started pulling out pictures of the one thing I'd asked them to do for me.

"Here Edward, have a look at this one. It's got all the specifications that you wanted and it's also not too far from the castle or Marcus's villa." Aro stated, handing me the photos of the country home I'd asked them to look at for me.

"It's also very rustic but absolutely gorgeous. It's surrounded by a very overrun garden but Bella could take care of that in minutes if she wanted to. Didy said that it had potential but she could see a beautiful English garden in all that mess." Marcus laughed.

Looking at the pictures, it was exactly what I wanted. It was a two-story stone house set in the Italian countryside. There was a simplistic garden out front, but Marcus was right, it was a big mess out back. Didy was also right in saying that the garden had potential.

It had a beautiful back patio where we could either sit with the whole family or be off by ourselves in the back corner. The interior was simplistic and rustic pieces would fit beautifully.

This was going to give the ladies something else to do while we were on our honeymoon. Especially once the wedding details were in hand. The only thing I wanted untouched, would be that garden. Bella could choose how she wanted it done. I would just like it furnished for when we returned.

"Thank you, guys. How much to make it ours?" I asked.

They both shook their heads at me. "Nothing Edward, consider it our gift to you. Mating, Wedding or even joining the Volturi. But it's yours free and clear." Aro stated forcefully.

"I agree, Edward. You've been through a lot over the years, we're giving this to you whether you like it or not. If you want to take it up with someone – the ladies are through that door." Marcus laughed.

I shuddered because there was no way I was taking it up with them. I couldn't say no them if I wanted too. I hadn't been able to before, and I certainly couldn't now.

"Then again I thank you. I appreciate this." I had shaken their hands before we walked into a very rowdy kitchen.

~*~HS~*~

By the end of the meal, Bella and I were dreading that there were more details to be sorted through concerning the wedding. The whole point was to get the ladies to do it while we concentrated on our bond and ourselves. Most mates had years. It was a shame that we were only going to get months. That's not to say that we won't go away often after our initiation because we will – we have to, but it's not going to be an uninterrupted stretch of time either.

Bella sighed as she pushed her plate away and I followed suit, waiting for the initial directions for the day. Most of the time, it was one of the women who stood up to play director. However, we were both surprised when it was Charlie and Marcus that stood.

"Okay everyone settle down!" Charlie commanded. Once everyone had finished talking, he started up again. "I think we have taken enough bonding time away from our lovely couple so we are going to – again – send them on their honeymoon!"

Everyone cheered at that statement.

"We have been filled in on their traveling plans," Marcus stated. "Now Bella, Edward has seen how you fly. Since you don't know exactly where he is taking you, you are now going to experience how we fly here on earth. Edward, your bags are packed and loaded into the Town Car out front. Demetri and Heidi are going to take you to the airport. Enjoy, play, bond and relax!"

"Let's have a quick toast to the happy couple," Charlie announced holding up his coffee cup. "To Edward and Bella, may you find many happy moments within the next few months and many more in the years to come. Salute!"

"Salute!" They all shouted.

With a quick round of hugs and 'call us if you need us' we were out the front door with Heidi and Demetri following.

They drove us to the airport nearby and unloaded our luggage when we arrived there.

"It was so nice to get to know you." Heidi murmured, pulling Bella into a hug. "I can't wait until you're back and we can really spend more time together."

"Me too, Aunty. I cannot wait either." Bella agreed before moving onto Demetri. "I hope that you'll be a little more vocal when I return." She giggled. "If you're going to keep up with the family you'll have to be."

He laughed softly at her words. "I'll try my best, Miss Bella. Have a wonderful time."

She winked at him, as she took my hand. "Don't worry we will!"

We laughed at his expression as I picked up our bags before pulling her into the airport.

"So…." She dragged out the word. "Where are we going?"

"You'll just have to wait and see, my love. Wait and see."

Thank you for reading! I will let you guys know that I have been having trouble replying to reviews, once again thanks to FFN, but once they are up and running again, I will get back to all of you.

If you love yourself some Nerdward, I'm going to recc one of my favorites; A Nerd Story of Love by Tufano79. FFN ID: 7049287
Geekward and Nerdella...two lost souls who just want love and to be loved. ExB, AH

This also has two sequels, A Geeks Guide to Parenthood and Surviving the Teenage Dream. She's also on FicPad as well.

Another of her stories that I adore is Star Crossed, FFN ID: 10534517
She was the leader of her people. He was a gruff, by-the-book star ship captain. An interstellar war, negotiations for a peace treaty gone wrong and a taboo relationship between two species. Will they survive this threat or are the Star Crossed lovers doomed before they even have a chance?

Have a great week, and I'll see you next Friday!