Teddy and Family

Chapter 10

A/N: For those of you who aren't Twilight fans and wish that I wouldn't integrate the characters into my story, sorry but I love them too much and well it's my style. They aren't nearly the same as Meyer's not in the least. They're cured you might say they don't, um, sparkle anymore…and enjoy the sunshine whenever they want to…all the perks are still there just no thirst for red stuff. I'm very good at it and its fun how they interact with one another. Let's put it this way I'm using the names and places more than actually going by the characters that both authors created. Again this is not SM's Edward! Mine is mercurial as always, but he's not the brooding, sulking, stick up his ass, Cullen. He's very AU. They all are. Seeing as this is set in late 2014. They've had plenty of time to live, love, and raise a family.

Thank you, so much for your lovely reviews. I love you all and am thrilled that you are all loving this story. To all the guest reviewers and those who follow and fav it, again Thank you for the support!

Shout out to the girls at Top 5 Completed FSOG Fanfiction for a wonderful Facebook group. I was honored that Teddy's Day Out was nominated for August and got fifth place! Thank you for everyone who voted for it.

I tried to get this out yesterday on my birthday, but they just had a lot more to say and it took me a while to finish this chapter. All mistakes are mine…Happy reading. Hope it makes you laugh and smile.

Cin XoXo

Disclaimer: EL James and sometimes SMeyer (I love to play with her characters but with my AU spin on them from my other story. Sorry folks I don't do Cannon ever. Like, Love it, Hate it…you have been warned ^^) own it all I'm just having fun with the characters, but the OC ones and story ideas are all mine.

Teddy POV

It's been days and the snow's finally stopped and we have enough to build a whole castle and dozens of snow people and animals with lots left for us to still play in. Daddy doesn't even need to use those snow makers either, but when it's all gone we can always make more so we can have snow when we want it all the time.

The Disney people are gonna be here anytime now and Daddy wants Jason to do something with their ID's as soon as they arrive. Daddy is big on checking everyone's ID's and having Adam or Barney run something called a Background check.

Nana Ella isn't staying with us anymore, because Uncle Marcus is lonely and needs her to keep him company. That's code for they wanna be all mushy. I saw them kissing when he came to check on Daddy. They kissed for long time like Mommy and Daddy. They hold hands like them too. Well, like all of the grown ups and even TJ gets all mushy with Chloe. The only grown up not getting all mushy is Carrie, but my aunts are gonna fix that real soon. Whatever that means.

The only one not happy for some reason is Aunt Mia. She didn't like that Nana Ella and Uncle Marcus are together. There was lots of screaming, crying, and door slamming. Mia can really throw a tantrum! Like Ava! I didn't hear much, but would you believe that she's jealous that Nana is getting married and doesn't wanna share her with anyone else. Marcus tried to get her to calm down. Big mistake she called him some unrepeatable stuff in French for keeping their mother hidden from them all these years. There's more, but she changed to a language that I haven't learned yet. Nana knew what she was saying and I guess that she wanted to put Mia in timeout, because she left and hasn't been back. She's watching over Ethan.

Hope's with Nana Grace and her mommy getting a check over, cuz she can't breathe sometimes, but it hasn't happened since she and her mommy came here to Grey Meadows. Her old home had bad spores that caused lots of others to get sick like she was, so mommy and daddy have given them all a new healthy place to live and safe too. He's even arranged for everyone to have buses to take them where they need to go and lots more to help.

Gail is cooking up so much food that it could feed a whole army, but Nana Ella says that the Disney people will need it during their lunch and dinner breaks to keep their energy. Wow. Disney people must use a lot of energy to eat all of that. Huge sandwiches, all the sides that you can think of, tons of her homemade chips! And that's just for lunch! If they stay for dinner she's got like five hams in the ovens and then all of the fixings. I'm not even going to describe the desserts that Mommy's been making while we've been snowed in.

"Gail? Do you think that it's enough? I mean, I can have the guys go out and get you the entire deli meat selection at Costco's? I know that Ella mentioned that they had healthy appetites, but this is extreme!" Daddy's gaping at the kitchen counters and the island. He's in one of those fast chairs, so he can go all over the house and even outside even though he got's the bad owies.

"Out!" Gail's not in the mood for Daddy's sass.

"I came in here looking for Teddy!" Daddy scoops me up into his lap with his good arm and we both flee the kitchen. "It was just an observation! Eat some chocolate or a cookie! Maybe a Nap!"

"Daddy, she's been working really hard to make sure that the Disney people get fed for lunch. She's not in the mood for sass." I frown up at him.

"Teddy, that's enough to feed an Army for a couple days. No one can pack away that in one sitting. It's not humanly possible." Daddy looks at the time and heads for the front doors. "Unless they're running late they should be at the gates."

"Chris, that's not the Great Room." Mommy's having a time trying to keep Daddy from zooming around in the chair instead of resting. "Go watch over the babies. Jason and the rest of the uninjured will handle our visitors."

"I'm off my feet, as ordered." Daddy reluctantly heads the chair back to the Great Room. "I can't even work. Ros has banned me from GEH's servers. I'm bored out of my mind, Ana!"

"You're on leave until spring by your own choosing. Ros is only following the protocol that you put in motion when you handed over the reins. Don't give into my pleas, no matter how much I beg. I need to focus on the Homefront. Only if you absolutely need my signature or to handle a client were your final orders…It's not her fault or anyone else's that you can't relax and focus on healing and all of us. This crew has been personally vetted by Ella. We're fine, there is no threat to be found. Please, Babe, let them do their job." Mommy's getting Daddy all settled on the couch again for the fifth time this morning.

"That was before I ended up laid up again. I need something to focus on, before I go stir-crazy." Daddy's climbing the walls or that's what he keeps telling everyone. Not that he can climb anything seeing as he's broken.

Mommy hands him a pencil and a thick book. "Work your brain with that and stay put!"

"Fine." Daddy takes the book and pencil then locks eyes with mommy. "But I still want to meet them, before they start."

Mommy scoops me up ignoring Daddy. They've been growly for days, cuz Daddy's driving her mental and threatening to have Flynn commit him until he comes to his senses. "Let's go get you out of your PJ's and bundled up to play in the snow."

"I'm waiting to see if Hope can come outside and play…" I protest, shaking my head.

"Angel's getting her ready. Grace gave her the all clear. Luke and Logan are going to help you with your snow people and animals. Then maybe Sophie and Chloe can take you both sledding on the hill when they get home from school." Mommy kisses my nose as we head to my room.

"Mommy? Are you mad at Daddy?" I decided to play peacemaker.

"No, baby, Daddy and I are fine." Mommy hugs me then sets me down on my bed. "He's just being stubborn about his treatment and Nana Ella gave him a puzzle that he can't solve and thinks that I can."

"Can you?" I scramble out of my PJ's.

"Teddy, what Daddy doesn't know can't raise his blood pressure and that's a very good thing. Okay, little man." Mommy's helping me put on my winter thermals.

"Oh, you mean if he figures it out too fast he might have a stress attack?" I hold my arms up and she puts a turtle shirt on me. It's soft like my blanket.

"Well, he'll be pulling his hair, saying naughty words, and yelling. We don't want him doing all of that while he's still healing." Mommy helps me put on some Jeans with soft stuff inside. I think its call flannel like what they used to make my PJ's.

"If it's that bad then why are they coming here to create our Frozen Christmas?" I hold my arms up again for my Olaf sweater.

"They happen to be experts at what they do and Nana Ella trusts them, so that's more than enough for me. I know a few of them and they are very nice people. They just happen to be related to Daddy's, um, rival…" Mommy bites her lip, as she puts my warm socks on my feet.

I can usually handle all of this, but Mommy seems like she needs to help me so I just go along with it. Rival? That means something like competition or competitor? Oh, boy! The only one that Daddy goes crazy about lives in that town named after a fork? And his last name sounds like colon.

"Do you mean that Colon person? That lives at that fork place? That rival?" My eyes pop wide.

"It's Cullen, baby. And they are very nice…" Mommy giggles and kisses my nose. "Into your snow pants…"

"Um, how do you know they're nice?" I step into my blue snow pants.

"I've met them, baby. You've met his wife when you were really small. She came to GP to work on a project with me for a worthy cause. Daddy happens to do the same thing as one of them loves to do. They sometimes compete for things and Daddy's a really sore loser." Mommy helps me with my coat.

"They got the Seahawks? Didn't they?" I frown. Daddy was really mad and he was crying on Mommy's shoulder.

"Yes, baby, but in Daddy's game it's the one who bids the fastest wins. Daddy didn't bid fast enough." Now it's time for my boots. It takes a lot to go outside in the winter!

"Is this like Alex? Cuz I can't keep that from Daddy. It wouldn't be right." I narrow my eyes. This seems like bigger than Alex.

"The crew that's arriving any second now doesn't include his rival, just family members who are here to make Christmas awesome for everyone. They even built this house for Nana Ella to give to Daddy and me. Sweetie, if you want to go tell Daddy then go ahead. He can't stop what's already in motion and will brood and sulk all day that his rival is doing something nice for a change."

Phew, I'll have to think about it. On go the mittens, hat, and scarf. I have so much on it's a miracle that I can even move, but I can.

"We'll see what happens when they…" I stop because it sounds like Charlie Tango is coming, but he's far away cuz there's no room and the landing pad is all covered.

"Holy crap!" Mommy's nearly jumping up and down like I do when I want some cookies.

Wow! That's way bigger than Charlie Tango! I think I saw it on TV! The president has one! This one is coming from across the water! The Disney people came in a helicopter! It's the color of Gryffindor too that's so cool! "Mommy, are they coming here?"

"It looks like it." She scoops me up into her arms and races out of my room and we make it downstairs in record time. "Mommy just added another wish to her Christmas list, Teddybear."

Daddy's back in his chair and heading towards the sun room. "What the fudge?! Is someone landing on Charlie Tango's pad?!"

"Yes! It's an AgustaWestland AW101 and I want one for Christmas!" We race by daddy and she opens the sliding glass doors. She's already got her boots on so we're outside before Daddy can answer her.

"Anastasia Rose Grey! Get the heck back here with our son! We don't know who they are!" Daddy's roaring from the doorway.

"Dial it down, baby brother!" Logan's standing outside with Jason, Luke, Sam, well, almost everyone who isn't hurt is outside staring at what's landing on Charlie's pad. "The Disney crew decided to fly in instead of drive. The roads still aren't plowed and it was easier for them. We're not being invaded, so go back to convalescing on the couch! Now or I call Ella and Grace!"

"How the fudge did anyone from Disney score a billionaire's dream helicopter! Ours won't be ready until after the New Year! Who the heck is setting up Frozen Christmas and don't fudging tell me that they're from Disney!" Daddy's staying put in the doorway.

"We're getting one?!" Mommy is squealing like I do when I get the toy that I want really bad. Like my R8 Power wheel!

"I'm adding to the fleet. We've both wanted one and with our growing family Charlie Tango isn't big enough for us. It was supposed to be a surprise." Mommy hands me to Logan and then races over to get mushy with Daddy.

"Um…Hope and I will just scoot around…" Angel's all red as she squeezes by Mommy and Daddy. Hope's all bundled up in her Frozen themed snow gear. They walk over to where we're all still standing staring in awe at what's landing on the pad. "Did I just hear a chopper go overhead? Is it landing?"

Adam's with Jason and takes Hope from Angel. "They called ahead to warn us, but that's not what I was expecting to land. That's a wicked cool helicopter isn't it, Princess." He sets Hope up onto his shoulders so that he can kiss Angel hello. "Morning, beautiful."

"Morning…" Angel kisses him back.

Mush is everywhere around me! I can't escape it!

"I kiss Teddy!" Hope likes to hug and sometimes kiss my cheek. She doesn't cling like Ava, so I tolerate it.

Logan's got me on his shoulders and moves me within range so that she can reach me. "Take one for the team, buddy."

Adam holds her so that she can hug me and then kiss my cheek. "There you go, Babydoll. You've gotten your morning Teddy fix, let's go check out the chopper and see who's here."

"Love my Teddy!" Hope isn't gonna let go until I give her a hug and kiss on her cheek.

So I do. "Love you too, Hope!" She giggles and let's go.

Everyone who isn't holding a kid has their phones out and are making a home video.

"Can we go see the helicopter please?" I sulk and my face is getting hot.

"Let's go, kiddo." Logan chuckles. "We'll be nice and as soon as we greet the crew. It's playtime in the snow."

"We're just waiting for the snow to clear before we head towards it." Luke grins.

The helicopter has created a mini-blizzard of snow and we can't see it.

Since Jason had the paths cleared Mommy couldn't ban Daddy from going to see the helicopter either. The superfast chair has wheels that let it go through snow.

I guess they were waiting for the snow to clear too, because the door that has stairs sort of like Daddy's Jet is opening just when we all get to the pad.

Two men dressed in Team USA sweats skip the steps and jump onto the pad.

"That was epic! I can't believe that big brother took us up in his new toy!" One high fives the other. It's hard to tell them apart they look so much alike. They remind me of the werewolves on TV and the movies, only they're like lots, lots, bigger.

"Tell me, bro!" The other guy is grinning at his friend.

"Seriously! Brady! You too Collin! The stairs are for stepping down not vaulting over! Act your age! You are supposed to be professionals not teenage daredevils!" We can a hear girl growling at them from just inside the chopper. It's familiar somehow and so are they, but I can't remember how yet.

"Don't bother, Nessie. Those two are on an extreme high right now, because big brother let them fly it for like two minutes and now they're on adrenaline highs." Another girl seems just as unhappy with the two men, but we can't see her yet. Again the voice is familiar.

"Like you two weren't all smiles while getting a turn too." A deep low growl echoes behind them. "Collin and Brady will fall in line that I promise you. Now, the rest of us are getting old standing here while you two sulk that the boys are acting their ages. Being daredevils is in their job description and they both excel at it. Move your fannies or I'll carry you both down the stairs."

"Jacob! Lorelei! Renesmee! Enough!" Oooh…that sounds like a Mommy!

"The kids are just excited to help tackle this project." Another Mommy voice!

"Mir's right. The build isn't gonna get done unless we get out and get started." He sounds nice.

"Move. We're burning daylight and I'm taking off! Emmett's already coming up the drive!" That one sounds like a Daddy too a lot like my Daddy! What gives?!

"What the fudging heck!? Ella's family friends for generations! The ones that built that house behind me! And Mia's are all Cullens!?" Uh-oh! Daddy's figured out the clues! Not good!

"Chris, relax. He isn't getting out of the chopper. He's leaving. Breathe." Mommy's trying to soothe Daddy, but he's CEO mad right now.

"That bastage in there lives to torment me for no gosh darned reason! I've never even met him! He doesn't know me! Yet, because of some fudging book series the man has vowed to make my life heck! I didn't make her write the books! I wasn't a Social Media addict! You girls were and it's come back to bite us all in the butt! I can't even sue her because she put that legal garbage in the front of her books! We can't go out without getting ambushed and he's pissed because she used his wife's characters in her fudging fanfic! That's BS! He still gets to have his privacy! He needs to grow the fudge up and move on! He acts like a sulky seventeen year old and I'm supposed to just grit my teeth while he shoves the fact that he out bid me for one of my childhood fantasies to own my favorite NFL team! To top it off the bastage is a fudging family friend of my mother! My kid wants Frozen Christmas and that's the only reason why I'm not telling everyone who isn't family to get the fudge off my property! You hear me, Cullen! Grow the fudge up! It isn't funny anymore! Find someone else to torment because I'm done!" Daddy's gone what TJ calls nuclear and everyone in the chopper has come out to hear it.

Wow one of them looks like Daddy and he's even got the same CEO are you finished look like Daddy does when someone is trying to get out of being in trouble. Then standing beside him is a woman that looks like Mommy and she's glaring at him like Mommy does when he's done something that makes her mad. Then there's a man with his arm around a woman that kinda looks like Angel. Oh, and then two girls, both of them look like Mommy too, only one has hair like Daddy! Wow! I think I know what Rory is gonna look like when she's TJ's age! The one standing with his arms around the girl that looks like Rory is like the Alpha Werewolf on TV and the other two, only he's huge!

"Bella, I'm not tormenting him on purpose! I collect sports teams, as a hobby of mine! The Seahawks were too good to pass up! Jaz wanted the tech company, not me! I needed the shipping yard for getting supplies out for the foundation! Mergers and Acquisitions is cutthroat and he has to grow some thicker skin! Master of the Universe my butt! He's still in diapers! How he managed to make that first million by seventeen boggles the mind! Yeah, he's my cousin's kid and brilliance runs in the family, but he's whining like the kids when we take away their tech!"

I'm guessing that he's Edward. Daddy's rival. They look so alike they could be brothers. Daddy's staring at him in shock that someone is actually going CEO on him. He's pacing the tarmac and pulling at his hair just like Daddy does. This is unreal! My Uncles are all getting this with their phones!

"Granted, it's true that I loathe that book series with a passion, but it has nothing to do with a vendetta against him! He's bloody paranoid! It's not like I don't make up for it by helping his causes when he loses! I'm not heartless! I am the CEO of the Elizabeth Mason Foundation! I make the blooming planet a better place to live on! I give more than all of his foundations combined!"

No one says a word, so he keeps snarling at Daddy. He's almost up to his chair and then he starts pacing again. Another thing my Daddy does when he's mad.

"Who wouldn't wish to own the Seahawks or the Mariners for that matter!? I just happen to have more contacts than he can possibly imagine and when a team comes up for sale I get the first call. It's not personal! Now as for about being able to walk freely in public that's BS! We just don't choose to live in a major metropolitan city! By choice! They've been in the social spotlight since social media became a cult following! He's a Grey and she's a Steele! You both come from very affluent families and because of that have always been in the public eye. That's why she chose to use your names and likenesses. You gave her the perfect characters to spin her tale to the masses. She fell in love with Bella's characters at first, but then you became an international sensation over night and she switched them towards you. The only one that needs to grow up and put his big boy pants on is you, Grey! If I had a vendetta against you! GEH wouldn't even be standing right now! I would have stopped your little empire before it even began! Remember that the next time a deal falls through that the two of us are both after! I'm the Master of the Universe! You are nothing but an apprentice still learning the ropes! My Net worth could buy GEH a thousand times over and not even make a dent in it!" Now he's stopped to glare down at Daddy!

He reminds me of Damian and Stephan. I've seen them on TV and all he's missing are fangs! That and Mommy and my Aunts were watching a movie while I was napping in her arms and he really looks like him a lot too!

"How are the two of you cousins?" Mommy makes this noise with her throat like there's something stuck in it and is the first to say something, because Daddy's still smarting and he hates being wrong about anything.

"Ella's a Walker and so was my birth mother. It was happenstance that Ella's great grandmother or thereabouts became close friends with my adopted family and it's continued through the generations, until tragic circumstances be felled her family and our own for a time. Her twins were adopted. She had another path to follow. However, the family connection was there for her to draw upon, as her family had been there for our own over the generations. Our sources are unimaginable and our reach is infinite. No one harms what's under our protection and those who do pay a heavy price." He explains in a soft tired tone.

"You…South America…holy fudge…" Daddy's not making any sense and he's gone really pale. I think he broke him.

"Family takes care of family when they come under attack…" Edward seems to understand, but I'm lost.

"Yeah, okay…" Daddy blows out a breath and holds out his hand. "Sorry… losing the Seahawks stung a lot…Cousins…holy fudge…Ella's more mysterious than the Bermuda triangle and Area 51 combined! I'm Christian Grey nice to meet you."

"Edward Cullen. Nice to meet you as well, as for the Seahawks that's more than understandable." They're shaking hands. "I may be willing to sell you half of my stake in the team, as you're family, and my actions seemed to have caused you severe mental trauma. Rosalyn Bailey your acting CEO recently lost a deal against me that I might also be willing to go fifty-fifty with you as well. I believe that it's something she was trying to surprise you with for Christmas? Again. I have excellent contacts, so I got the call first, no hard feelings meant. Like I was telling Isabella, I collect sports teams for a hobby and then make them into the best in their fields. I excel at it. Baseball, football, soccer, basketball, hockey. Minor or Major league it doesn't matter. I collect them all and they thrive. It's why when I bid the answer more often than not is yes."

"What was Ros after and is that why I've been locked out of my own fudging company?" Daddy's focusing on Mommy now and she's looking really guilty.

"We didn't want you to lose your mind again if the deal didn't happen…"

"Anastasia Rose…"

"The Mariners…we got word right after the triplets were born that they might be going up for sale and it wasn't until last week that anyone could even make a bid…They tried, but we've never gone into the sports business and they wanted someone who knew what they were doing…I think that's what happened when you went after the Seahawks…Edward has more experience and success than anyone who bids and they want their teams to continue to thrive." Mommy blurts out really fast in nearly one breath.

"She's right, Christian. You'll never acquire a team, unless you partner with someone who excels at it they won't take you seriously. I'm a seasoned pro at Sports Entertainment. You aren't. You focus on Green Technology, agriculture, hospitality, publishing, to name a few. You're still a minnow swimming around with seasoned sharks. Buying into Sports Entertainment isn't just about following a childhood dream. There is a dark side. Gambling. Serious money changes hands in the big leagues. There's the underworld side of it and your squeaky clean, boy next-door, Boy Scout attitude isn't welcome in that world. Players will do anything to keep their contracts. Those decisions can and often do come back to bite the owner in the posterior. I know how to deal with issues as they arise and I could careless what the underworld likes or dislikes. I have the power and the reputation and they know that I mean what I say. You have the power and quite a reputation, but you let your security handle your problems. They are the force behind GEH. Aribella, sorry, Ella. Your mother, Jason and Logan Taylor, Adam Welch, Luke Sawyer, Ryan Reynolds, to name a few are names that send even the darkest bottom dweller scurrying back to their dens in fear. They are the reason why no one and I do mean no one will even attempt to take you down. I have no such fear nor does anyone in my family. Our reach is infinite and even you know not to challenge us, wise move cousin. We make excellent allies, but if you cross us we're the worst nightmare imaginable…" Edward get's hit in the head by Bella several times.

"Edward Anthony! Enough, he gets the idea! You've got the babies clinging to their Uncle and Daddy! We are not here to threaten or scare toddlers! He thinks that you are out to get him, because you send a calling card every time he loses to you! That's not sorry, Lion! That's rubbing it in his face! You will share ownership with him, as he's family, and that's the last time that I wanna hear about this! You got me, Cullen!" She's grabbing and twisting his ear! Ouch!

"Ana and I are friends and cousins on our moms' side of the family tree. This resemblance isn't coincidence neither is the fact that you and Christian look like mirror twins! We see and talk to each other at publishing conventions and symposiums. On Skype. Texting. Email. We met during the Shooting Stars charity book project. I met Teddy when he was barely two and I brought Jake, the girls, and the boys, as they all excel in what they set out to do. I would have introduced you to Christian then as you'd just met Ana, but you'd gone and ruined everything by buying the Seahawks that afternoon. Christian would never have forgiven her and seen it as betrayal, so we've had to be secretive ever since!"

"For the love of God, Isabella! Let go before you rip my bloomin ear off! Fine! We'll play nice! I already shook his hand! I was just explaining the playing field!" He's tough, that looks like it really, really, hurts.

"That goes the same for you Christian Alexander! Ella's a staple in your life now and she'll make you fall in line and be nice!" Mommy growls at Daddy and then turns her glare at Edward. "He'll get his feet wet with the Mariners and then we will see about the Seahawks after he gets his footing. It won't take him long. Chris is a natural at what he does and excellent at it. And to correct your statement about the first million. He was sixteen and it was a group effort. GEH and GP are both the result of endless hours of hard work by all of the younger generation and recently my baby brother TJ has begun to get his feet wet in the IT department with Barney as his mentor. Chris is ruthless when he has to be and earned the title Master of the Corporate Universe and the cover of countless prestigious magazines. He's not a destroyer unless you cross him and he's known as the savoir of failing companies, because whatever he acquires thrives under his watch. My Flyboy is not and never has been a minnow and it's insulting for you to insinuate that because he's a good man he can't play ball with the big boys!"

"Truce. We promise!" Daddy and Edward know when to surrender.

"Good." Mommy and Bella growl.

"Having a showdown on the tarmac is not breaking the ice and you promised Ella that you would be civil. That was not civil, Daddy! He has a right to be cross with you and grouchy. Look at him! He's clearly healing and doesn't need you telling him that he's not up to your standing! In front of his son! How would you feel if someone did that in front of us with a whole audience of family members? It's embarrassing and juvenile." The girl that looks like an older Rory is growling at her Daddy.

"Renesmee, it is not juvenile to defend oneself, which is precisely all I did. No blood was shed. I consider that very civilized. I seriously doubt that the little ones understand what we're talking about, as they're both toddlers." Edward defends himself.

"Um, I'm crazy smart and so is Hope. You took Daddy's dream away twice and now wish to share it with him, because he doesn't know all about sports business and stuff. Oh, and you out bid him for a yard with ships to help send stuff for your company. Um…Daddy's more of a tiger than a minnow that's a really small fish. Daddy thinks that you're being mean, because of some lady's books and you think that it's because Mommy and my aunts use the Facebook, twitter, Insta, and Youtube social stuff…" I pause, because they're all staring at me in shock. It's a common reaction and it doesn't bother me that much anymore.

"Teddy, they be good…not dark…" Hope's been staring at them and finally chimes in her opinion. "They be meeting for first time. Sometimes they have to growl before be friends. He needs to share. Not nice to keep good toys to self. Family means be nice, no be mean. Not right."

I wasn't really thinking that they were dark, just not what they seem.

"I apologize. Had I known that the two of them were so bright…they're what three if that? Being the father of six little wonders myself, I should have surmised that Theodore would be no different. You and Ana are brilliant, so your children would be bright as well. I was only aware of your son and recent newborns…" Edward looks like Daddy does when he's in trouble with Mommy.

"Angel and Hope are new members of the family." Mommy speaks up. "She's Adam's fiancé and he's adopting Hope. Teddy and Hope are both three and soak up everything like a sponge. Teddy has an eidetic memory and Hope's isn't far behind. She also has this uncanny talent to know if anyone is bad or not and has never been wrong. That's high praise you should be flattered that you've passed as one of the good guys."

"Baby brother! You promised Mom and Dad that you'd stay in the chopper! I'm already setting up and that needs to move! It's in front of the hanger!" Wow! He looks like Uncle Elliot! Does everyone in their family look like a member of ours?!

"I landed with enough clearance so that you can easily access the hanger. Emmett, I was going to stay in Lionheart as promised, but Christian and I needed to come to an understanding, which we have." Edward growls at his brother.

"Baby brother, never misses a chance to come face to face with a rival, so this doesn't surprise me in the least." This one looks like Uncle Ethan! Who's next? "Howdy, all, I'm Jasper Hale. My Alice is swooning over the little ones inside while chatting with, I believe her name is Gail, over nursery design and maternity fashion. She brought along a whole slew of her latest for the gals to take a gander at while we focus on making this place sparkle like our homesteads back home." He tips his Mariners baseball cap at us and is smiling.

"Emmett, you said that this was gonna be an easy undertaking. You lied. It's a bloomin castle! Not only that it's Eddie and Bella's place on an epic scale! We should have brought the whole pack to tackle this monster! Making matters worse the layman didn't know jack what they were about and were putting clips in backwards and upside-down! This might take more than the day you promised it would…" He looks like daddy too, only with superman like muscles! He must be the head Alpha! "And I thought Eddie and I looked alike?!"

"Nah, Van, we pretty much have this memorized after doing the white castle and Edward and Bells place since Frozen took over the kids minds." One of the ones wearing team USA sweats grins. "Hi, I'm Collin Wilder."

"I'm, Brady Storm. This beauty in my arms is my finance Lori Swan." The other one introduces himself and the other girl who looks like a younger version of Mommy and Ana. "No worries, yeah, this place is epic compared to Bella and Edward's, but we're not nearly as breakable and heights don't shake us ever. Collin and I have a stack of gold medals to prove it. That and we've summited Everest this is nothing."

"Hi, Nessie and I are here to help make this place sparkle too and can more than keep up with the boys." Lori rolls her eyes at Brady then smiles at us.

"I'm Renesmee Cullen. Their oldest daughter and this one behind me is Dr. Jacob Black, my fiancé." Nessie is next to introduce herself and the alpha standing behind her. "All the females in our family excel at keeping up with the boys and this will be no exception. Delicate flowers we are most certainly not."

"We're an equality for all kind of family. I'm Tyler Crowley and this is my wife Dr. Miranda Frost. We'll have this place looking better than Disney."

Leo, Max, Mystic, and Mage come zooming from the backyard and to all of our surprise the four of them screech to a halt and laid down right in front of the new arrivals with their heads between their paws whimpering! And I mean even the kittens are cowering at their feet! What gives?

"Holy crap! How the fudge?" Daddy's in shock. The pups are never this calm around company ever.

"The pups more than likely smell the wolf pack that we protect and or Misfit our rescued lynx-ocelot hybrid and resident couch potato. Then again they might smell the wolf hounds. I let them out for a run this morning before we left. Scents that these four have never experienced, but are hardwired in their minds that caution is best." Edward calmly gets down to pet and scratch the pups and kittens.

"Or they sensed all the Alpha pheromones that hosed the tarmac a little while ago." Bella snorts under her breath but loud enough for us to hear, as she scoops up Mystic.

"It's enough to overload anyone's acute senses. Isn't it cutie? Don't worry they don't bite." Mir scoops up Mage.

"Daddy? Can we go to Forks? I wanna see the wolves, wolf hounds, and that cat!" Wow they have a wolf pack in their backyard that is so cool!

"See, puppies and kitties like, so they be good." Hope chimes, happily clapping her hands. "I wanna see too!"

"We have hybrid dogs that are part wolf that we've rescued and the wolves that Daddy mentioned are a rare breed that are usually shy around humans. Jacob is a veterinary practitioner, but also excels in zoological medicine as well. Our family has a way with all creatures and we specialize in wildlife conservation and work closely with Fish and Wildlife as well as other government agencies." Nessie walks over to Hope and me and shows us pictures on her phone. "See, it's from a distance, but they do run quite on the large size of the scale. Poachers were trying to hunt them and that's why we've created the Olympic Peninsula Wolf Sanctuary. Now these are my kids Rad, Lady, and Misfit. The next ones are their kids Tosh and Ranger. They are Irish Wolfhound/Red Timberwolf hybrids."

"Those are like werewolves on TV. Don't see bears or big eagles like movies? Are they there too? Why's you all look like movie characters? Do they turn into bears like in movie that 'tant Chloe likes to watch lots of times? She has books and reads them lots of times. She and 'tant Carrie went to big 'ventions to see ones that play in them and had to sleep outside for nearly week. They really like that movie and books." Hope's making our new family members awful nervous for some reason. But I'm just as curious as she is.

"Sweetie. I wrote the books and believe me when I say that they are pure fiction. There are no wereanimals roaming the forest. No Sparkling Vampires with golden eyes. These wolves are just really big and extremely timid around humans. I based it loosely on our courtship. The rest was done using lore from the stories that I've been told about Quileute tribe legends. I moved the town from Forks to Squamish, British Columbia where their legends focus on Bears and eagles. It's all make-believe and from short stories that I wrote in college that turned into something more. The Cast resembles us, because they were going by how the characters looked in the books and as I fashioned them after us they searched for suitable actors and actresses to play the parts. They were as close as they could get." Bella seems the only one doing what Daddy likes to call damage control of the situation and walks over next to Nessie. Though, looking into her eyes it seems like she's telling the truth and not trying to what's the word, um, pacify us with false information.

"Mommy says that all legends and tales are true, just changed so they don't scare people when they tell them over and over. I think change ones would want to hide cuz people no like when other be strange. They be mean that way." Hope isn't really convinced and that makes me wonder too.

"She's right. They are, but in most cases a story is more often than not spun for the reader's entertainment. In The Singer Saga Bella took her courtship with Edward and spun it into one of the best selling Young Adult series of all time. Native American tribes are full of legends past down for generations and through books like Bella's we get a glimpse of those stories that we would never have been able to hear before. Then other tales of Shining Ones live on through writers such as Shakespeare, Tolkien, and Rowling to name a few. Pixies, Fairies, Hobbits, Wizarding folk all come to life through their writings. Bella draws from family stories and lore making them come to life. She put her own spin on vampires and weres enough that we have to question whether or not there is truth to them or not, just like with Rowling's Wizarding world as she based her characters off individuals that she knew as well. Daddy and I know firsthand and can assure you both that Bella is telling the truth. It's only stories, not real. Okay, sweeties?" Mommy's really good at damage control.

"Oh…" Hope's eyes get wide and her mouth forms a big O shape. "Secret. I no talk about it. Stories not real. Just stories. Understand. You light, not Dark." She's nods her head at Mommy, Nessie, and Bella and then sticks her thumb back in her mouth and goes back to watching. She does that when she's nervous or thinks she's done something naughty.

"Hey, you're good guys, its fine by me. Hope says you are, so stories it is." I shrug my shoulders like my Uncles do when they know that there is no way to win the argument.

"I'm so sorry…" Angel's face is really red and she thinks she needs to say sorry, but I don't know why. We didn't do anything wrong by asking questions. That's how you get answers.

"Hope has a natural radar when it comes to measuring someone being good or bad. She has no filter when it comes to telling someone her verdict. If they're dark she turns them in to the nearest police officer. She's never been wrong and has been doing this since she could talk. It started when she was barely one she said that this man in the park had black or dark color all around him that he was bad. Carrie took a picture with her phone then ran him on her laptop and he was wanted for a list of crimes. It spiraled from there and every time she was spot on with her verdict. She doesn't have a problem turning them in either. She usually stops with a person being good. This is new…"

"There's no need to apologize. She's an extremely gifted child, as is Teddy. They can't help but ask questions and expect answers in return. We're flattered that she thinks we're colorful and good guys. We're also quite accustomed to curious questions, as we've extremely gifted children ourselves. All of whom have no problem speaking their minds or asking questions. Miranda might be able to answer any questions that you have about the colors that Hope is able to see, as she specializes in Natural Medicine. She's a lucky little one to be able to see a person for who or what they really are and protect herself from them by turning them in to the proper authorities. Let me assure both of you that we're not nearly as fascinating as you two believe we are. We're just as flawed as everyone else. The outer appearance is never something that either of you should base your first impressions by. It's what's inside that matters. To quote your dad's post on social media. It's just a face." Edward's very wise like Daddy then again if they're cousins…I guess they'd be sort of alike.

"I believe what this little pixie is seeing is what is called an Aura. The energy that radiates around all living creatures. Depending on the individual the colors can be vibrant or black. The darker the person the darker the color. In some cases the person is able to get a feeling from the colors and gauge from that like our little pixie here. My big brother Donavan could probably explain it better as he specializes in gifted children and all aspects of the mind. Donnie is often called in to observe and treat savants who are locked away in their own worlds but are brilliant beyond words. He also consults with psychiatrists and psychologist who need guidance in dealing with highly gifted young patients. The mind is a delicate instrument and needs guidance to maintain a healthy balance. He's developed games that train a brilliant mind to be able to navigate through what he calls static. Those memories that they can't forget or cause distress for them can be filed away. He's worked with agents as well. Isn't that right Agent Taylor?" Miranda's got a nice soothing voice. I like her.

I think I've met her big brother when I was playing a game with him at Dr. Flynn's while Daddy was talking with him in another room. He reminded me of Jack Frost. He has silver blonde hair and ice blue green eyes just like Miranda and Angel. He was really nice and drew a funny picture of me while we played our game. He's there whenever Daddy goes to talk to Flynn and I play games with him.

"Donnie's quite the character and fantastic at what he does." Logan nods.

"Doctor Donavan Ryan Frost is your brother? He works with Teddy at Flynn's." Daddy's thinking the same thing I am. "John recommended him as soon as Teddy tested off the charts and he sees him while I have my sessions with John. He makes the sessions into fun interactive games. Someone like him worked with me when I was Teddy's age, it was after the fire for I guess a few years and then John took over when I was nearing my teens. Aiden McCloud."

"I would imagine that Ella had sent word that you needed guidance and Aiden heeded the call and it would be the same with Teddy. One call and Donnie wouldn't hesitate to answer it. He's mentioned that he's been working with a brilliant little boy. I admit that I was curious, but then he's bound by his oath as are all of us in the healing profession. Donnie has his hands full, as off the scales intelligence runs high in our family." Miranda has that soothing tone that makes you feel like you're wrapped in a warm blankie when she talks. "Angel, may I ask what your mother's maiden name was?"

"Momma? Sure, I don't know how it would hurt any. My Daddy was Patrick Michael Sanders and my mother was Dr. Marie Angelina Donavan-Sanders. She was a parapsychologist and taught at UW. Growing up was fun with Momma. We got to go to some very interesting places. It's why I love sci-fi and fantasy so much and I don't even bat an eyelash at Hope's little talent." Angel smiles her warm welcoming smile at Miranda.

"My Momma is a Donavan. Nice to meet you Cousin." Miranda winks at her.

"Small world…Momma had a falling out with her family when she married Daddy. Neither of them talked about it all that much and really it was their loss. Daddy was a wonderful, loving, gentle, man. It's true that the wars that he fought broke him, but he never let that influence his relationship with Momma and me. We were his world. His balance. Anchor. It's lovely to meet all of you. One can never have too much family. Hope and I have been on our own, well, we had Carrie and Chloe. Now, I thank the powers that I have them all…" Wow, no wonder they look so much alike. They're cousins!

"Fantastic! We'll have a feast when this build is finished! Right now we're burning daylight!" Wow! Emmett's a grouchy pants. "Baby brother, take them up in the chopper. Show off your new toy while we get the shipping crates out of the hanger. They aren't boxes that ain't nearly enough room to get them all out and sorted…Take some aerials for Mom of Walker Crossing. I'm having serious doubts that Grey can handle the rebuild. He can't even handle putting up lights and deco. How he's become my competition boggles the mind. Ella's gone soft because he's family…"

"Elliot had us for his crew and none of us are professionals. There was a puppy/Kitten incident that got us all broken. We wanted to attempt it ourselves, because it means more to have us put it up than to hire professionals. Yes, we should have heeded the blaring warnings all over the instructions, but it's the principle of the matter to be able to take credit for something that our kids are going to be in awe about. Our efforts have nothing whatsoever to do with my brother's building mastery. He was working with what he had." Daddy's defending Uncle Elliot's honor.

I climb down Logan's back and stomp over to glare up at Emmett. "My Uncle Lelliot is the greatest builder in the universe and has built huge ones like Grey House and it's like one of the highest ones in Seattle! Lots and lots of people come from everywhere to see it! It's gotten awards and everything! Where are you awards? What have you built? Did it win any awards?"

Emmett gets down to where we're looking eye to eye and I can tell that he's trying like mad not to smirk at me. "You're living in one of my award winning designs, kiddo. Your Aunt Mia is in another. The Mile High is on the top floor of another. JamesWalker Plaza. Our team renovated the Quileute reservation. The Venus Storm Olympic Training Center and the Olympic Peninsula Sports and Recreation Center…The Sara Black Public Library…I built the new schools in Forks and the surrounding towns…Those are just a handful of the local ones…Want more?"

Yikes! Damage Control, Teddy. Give him the works on anyone pout and puppy dog eyes.

"Um…I really love my house…thank you for making it for Mommy and Daddy…I'm sorry…please…please…make my house like Frozen Christmas…" I all but sniffle and whimper like the pups when they've been caught chewing Daddy's really expensive shoes in his closet that's like it's own store.

"Just Frozen Christmas? Aren't you being a little selfish there, Mr. Grey? I've got more than just Grey Meadows to Disney-fi and it wouldn't be good to make Santa mad this close to Christmas now would it?" Wow! He's good! I'll get coal and nothing if I don't say something quick.

"I was just thinking that you'd have ta do one at a time, cuz if you don't then you'll get everything mixed and that would make you have to do everything twice. I wasn't thinkin that the others weren't gonna get all Disney too…" I bite my lip and stare back at him.

"That's enough, Mr. Grouchy pants." Edward growls from beside Daddy's chair. Huh? How? I was thinking it and never said it out loud? "Teddy was only defending his Uncle's honor and scaring him into submission was bad form. Santa indeed. Play nice or I'll tell Mom. She'll cancel Christmas for your sorry hide. You know she will."

"I was just teasing the little guy…" Emmett winks at me and grins. "You little guy are golden compared to our boys and girls. Edward and Bella have their very own tween Caesar and Alexander in the making. So far they've managed to commit GTA twice with their Daddy's toys."

"GTA?" I have no idea what that means.

"Grand Theft Auto…They borrowed Daddy's prized wheels twice in less than a span of two months." Nessie scowls.

"They even crashed our Senior Prom. Complete with the county sheriff and local deputy giving chase…" Lori rolls her eyes.

"Rory, our Dances on Air, prima ballerina in training, got spooked and went to find her folks that last time and in their defense they were chasing after their baby sister…Rory, Tony, and MJ are Edward and Bella's triplets." Collin grins wickedly.

"Then the science geeks pulled the mother of all pranks and nearly everyone was hit with a modified version of Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac. They called in the CDC for that disaster." Brady is shooting Ness and Lori a look and they're both turning red. Something tells me that they had something to do with them all getting itchy.

"Momma and Daddy were far from pleased. It took them more than a week to sort them all out and even then some of them weren't completely rash free for most of the summer. They even called in family from across the pond to lend a hand in solving it and still it took a while to set right. Thank, the goddess, Taylor Swift or any of you weren't inflicted by that outbreak." Miranda is also giving Ness and Lori the stink eye. Yep, they so did it and the science geeks took the fall.

"Mom was called to consult on that as was Marcus, as many were taken to Seattle Grace to be quarantined. I remember it happening once before, only it was some rare strain of Chicken Pox. Forks sure has its share of outbreaks." Daddy's giving them all very odd looks. I believe he's thinking naughty shouty capitals right now.

"Teddy caught the chicken pox last May and Chris turned the wing here at the Meadows into a mini clinic so that we wouldn't be exposed to whatever was happening at Seattle Grace…I'm not kidding he had Grace, Paul, and Marcus go through a clean room that he had Jason set up, before they could enter the house…well, that and anyone visiting." Mommy finally chimes in her take and it has nearly everyone, rolling around on the ground laughing hysterically. I'm just staring wide eyed at them all, because itchy spots aren't funny, not at all.

"It's not funny and Ana was expecting the babies too! You can never be too careful when it comes to the health and safety of those who are your world! Yeah, it was extreme, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat! At least my children aren't committing felonies before they've even hit their teens!" Daddy's sulking and his face is red like a tomato.

"He's three…give him time, Grey!" Edward gasps then he's laughing again. "Fair warning. Never…sit him in your lap….let him steer or work the gears on your cars…it will come back to bite you in the tail end when he's old enough to reach the pedals…"

"Um…Uncle Lelliot and Uncle Ethan already showed me how to do that…was that a bad thing too?" Uh-oh!

"They are never! I do mean never! Going to be left with him or any of our kids unsupervised again! You got me, Grey!" Mommy's mad.

"Baby, that's not gonna be a problem. They'll be laid up for months and then after they're fully healed they'll be put through hell and back again that I promise you." Daddy's worse than Mommy mad wise. Who knew that having fun could get you in this much trouble.

"Daddy?" Two little heads peek timidly out from the doorway of the chopper. "Mommy?"

"Our little Houdini's are up." Bella rolls her eyes at Edward and goes to answer the mommy call. "Childproof my fanny. Jasper you need to go back to the drawing board on their seats."

"It's not my fault that Dromi and Mason take after the other side of the family tree. They're little two year old escape artists and have been since they could crawl." Jasper shrugs.

"The chairs are fine. I unbuckled them after we landed the bird." Edward has a little girl now in his arms. I guess she's Dromi and she's staring wide eyed at us. She's a mini-version of her Mommy.

"Who be, Daddy?" Dromi chimes out.

"It was loud, Mommy." Mason frowns up at Bella. He's like a blending of both his Mommy and Daddy with his mommy's hair. Though you can see that these two are twins, as they really look alike.

"Family reunions can get loud, baby boy. We're all done now. Promise." Bella kisses him like Mommy kisses me on the head.

"These are our cousins and their family, angel face." Edward kisses her on the nose. Daddy's like to do that when it comes to little girls.

"They go see Santa too?" Dromi and Mason ask.

"Fantastic idea, guys." Emmett is grinning. "Your Daddy can take all of you to see Santa in the bird while we work on Frozen Christmas here.

"Can we go, Daddy?" You never miss out on a chance to talk to Santa again this close to the big day! Snow people can wait! "Please, please, Mommy!"

"Can we please see Santa?" Hope's joined in and is giving Adam and Angel the eyes and pout.

"It's fine by me…" Mommy said yes. Now it's up to Daddy.

"Go inside and shed your snow gear first that's overkill for visiting Santa and you'll be too hot." Yes! Santa here we come!

"I don't see why not." Angel smiles at Hope.

"Give us a bit to get things sorted, princess. In the meantime, why don't you and Teddy take your cousins up to the main house for cookies and hot coco while the two of you shed your gear?" Adam kisses her nose and sets her down beside me.

"Coco that's brown drink that's hot and not yucky! Good with GG's yummy cookies!" Hope grabs my hand and drags me off towards the main house. "Let's go, Teddy!"

"Dromi! Mason! I'm Teddy! This is Hope! Come with for some yummy snacks!" I call back to them, as Hope's on a mission for yummy goodness.

"Cookies!" The second that Bella and Edward set them down they give chase after us.

We'll let the grownups figure out who stays and who goes. Cookies and yummy chocolate marshmallow goodness awaits!