Teddy and Family

Chapter 13

A/n: This was the chapter that just didn't want to end. To say that Grey Meadows is bursting at the seams with new family members is an understatement. I do have a character list for my SMeyer characters up on my Facebook page Twilight Forever Character List it's under notes. Just search Cynthia Dudley as that's my Facebook ID, If you get confused. I know I juggle a lot of characters in my stories, but then I'm good at that in my writing. I just go wherever my muses take me. Hope it's not too crazy, but then it is what it is. Hope you all enjoy.

Okay here's how Christian, Mia, and Ella are related to Edward. Edward's birth mother was a Walker-James and married Edward Anthony Mason Senior. Thus, they are distant cousins. Ana and Bella are also distant cousins and no Carla was not Renee's sister. Charlie's adopted parents the Swans were related to the Steele side of the family tree. So to clear up they are cousins. Now as for the other characters resembling each other, well, it's just a happy coincidence. Oh and the Jose is just that JB wasn't working for me.

Edward and Bella- have six kids. Nessie, Rory, Tony, MJ, Masen, and Dromi. (One set of triplets, one set of twins)

Alice and Jasper- have four kids. Allysia, Amelia, Wyatt, Casey (Two sets of twins, as of now in this story the boys are with grandma and grandpa as they're nearly three.)

Emmett and Rosalie- two kids. Devlin and Juliet.

Jake and Ness, Lori and Brady have no kids.

Collin doesn't either.

The others at least for now aren't relevant, but they do have kids back at Forks.

Hope that clears any confusion. I know it's a lot, but it's how I roll in my stories. And I make it work. Don't ask me how. It just kinda does.

Thank you to all that fav, follow, or review this story! You are all fantastic! And I love that you are enjoying this story!

Cin

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.

CPOV

"Chris, we promised each other full disclosure…" Ana breaks off our kiss and make up session to lock eyes with me. Shit! This is gonna get dicey!

"I was playing a role, baby. It was a means to an end, but odds are that those bastards and the rest will retaliate by sending you damning evidence that I am not the man that you married…" I blow out a breath.

"Chris, they can bring it all they want, but you could never stray from me anymore than I could stray from you. If it had been me in your shoes, well, I would have done the same thing no question…" She runs her fingers through my hair to calm me and her words are like always a soothing balm, so much better than any drug on the market.

"Baby, there is no way that you would have been a part of any of this, because where I have no problem playing the role of a Dom. You, my love, don't have a submissive bone in your body and you abhor senseless acts of violence making it near to impossible for you to even attempt to fill the role of female Dom or a Submissive. It wasn't just pedophiles praying on innocents, it was far reaching into the darker aspects of The Scene. None of it was consenting all of it was slave to master. Watching it was bad enough for me…" She has no clue, not really and I bite the bullet and spell it out for her.

"Chris…Kate, Mia, and I were all, um, approached the summer before senior year and while I told them to fuck off…Kate and Mia were curious about what they were talking about…" Ana's not making eye contact with me and that's really, not a good sign.

What the fuck! Ana and I couldn't even officially date until she turned sixteen and even then it was like having the chaperones from hell shadowing us! Now, she tells me that The Black Lotus Society tried to get their claws on the three of them!

"What the fuck, Anastasia! Tell me that the three of you did not step a toe in Crimson, Obsession, Thrall, or Dominion!" The fury radiating off me is palpable right now, but Ana doesn't move from my lap. Retreating would only make this worse and she doesn't want that nor would I ever lay a finger on her in anger.

"You were off to some mandatory sport camp with the boys for a month that summer while our Cheer and Dance camp was held near home. Kate was on a mission to get El to notice her and Mia was crushing hard on Luke, because Ethan was terrified of ruining their friendship like someone else I know…"

"I valued my life…" I narrow my eyes at her for trying to stall.

She rolls her eyes and blows me a raspberry.

"Don't push it, baby." I growl.

"Fine. But you're not gonna like it." She blows out a breath and sighs heavily.

"I don't like it already, Anastasia! My baby sister and little sister of sorts were lured onto the dark path…"

"Before you finish that sentence remember that I am not a sheep and if I did happen to go with them it was only because I wanted to make sure that they were safe! I never once skived a self-defense course that Jason forced us all to endure like the two of them were prone to do and by the time I was nearly sixteen could easily take on a clan of ninjas, so don't even go there with me, Grey!" Ana hisses at me, her eyes flashing sapphire blue fire.

"Fuck that, ANA! You had PANIC BUTTONS! Why the FUCK didn't any of you PRESS THEM! Teen or not! Lethal or not! NEVER go with STRANGERS still APPLIES! You could have become victims of the WHITE SLAVE MARKET! FUCKING HELL!" I roar at her.

"STOP BARKING!" She screams back.

"Hell no! You could have…I could have…" Not even counting to ten in my head is working. "Curiosity killed the kittens, Anastasia! Kittens like you were go missing every day no matter who their parents are! Three walking goddesses and innocent ones at that and you thought that it would be a kick to take a peek at the dark side!?" I school my tone to lethally soft, a clear sign that I have passed my limit. "Go sit over there, Ana. Now!"

"Chris…" Ana's staring wide eyed at me in alarm.

"Now…" I hiss and she scrambles off my lap and blots over to the chair by the window.

"It was nearly ten years ago..." She whimpers.

"I don't care if it was twenty years ago! It was fucking stupid! Who the hell got you out of there! Once you enter only a member can let you out! That's how they lure in their prey!" I'm so pissed that I slam my good fist down on the rolling wooden tray and easily break it in half.

"ELLIOT!" She screams back at me and all I can do is stare gobsmacked at her. Elliot!? Big brother is a member of The Black Lotus Society!? Fuck! This is bad!

"That's not all…" Ana's pacing the room. "Logan…Sam…were there too! We barely made it into the lounge! Though, they did have some sort of glass room towards the back for their members viewing pleasures that freaked the shit out of us! Now do you understand why I've never said anything until now? I didn't know that Sam and Logan were agents or that Elliot had the bankroll to help them…All I knew was that three of the people that I looked up to were into some really freaky shit and I didn't want to break Gail's heart that her son and his girlfriend liked to…" She shivers. "Play…" She squeeks.

I'm stunned speechless so she continues while I try to wrap my mind around this.

"We avoided them for the rest of the summer…If they were in the room I'd race over to you and climb into your lap…"

"That's why you clung to me when I got back? Not because you missed me, but because you were scared of our older siblings? That hurts, Steele." I don't know whether to beat the tar out of my brothers or hug them. On the one part Ana stuck to me like glue. Win-win. On the other it was because she saw something that even to this day scarred her for life. Then again that ordeal could have spooked her into joining a nunnery, so I count myself lucky that she chose me to keep her safe from the freaks of our family.

"Oh, please…" Ana snorts, rolling her eyes. "I did miss you and it did give me an excuse to cuddle with you, even while you were terrified of our chaperones…"

"So the three of you weren't late for emergency cheer practice that summer when you tried to swim back home from your dad's boat?" I choose to evade, as the truth is that I was waiting for Ana to make the first move and wasn't about to risk our friendship and rush into anything she wasn't ready for.

"Logan, Elliot, and Sam cornered us in an attempt to explain and we freaked…nice deflect, babe."

"Good thing that Ethan and I were on the rowing team, because we were about five miles out and even you can't swim that far. That wasn't fun by any means and the three of you just sat back and let us row home."

"No, but I had fun being your coxswain. Mia and Kate were spent and collapsed at the back of the dingy. In my defense there were only two oars."

"How did they finally manage to come clean with the three of you?" This I have to know.

"We were early from cheer practice and swimming in the pool to cool off, as it was a hot late summer evening. You were stuck with weight training that evening and they had us trapped in a spot where we couldn't run away. Logan and Sam flashed us their badges and we had to sign this NDA. To say that their bosses were on their asses was an understatement and they'd been ordered to get us to sign those for weeks. Elliot was all but groveling on his knees in front of Kate and she wasn't having it. Mia and I couldn't look at them without turning red. No one wants to see their siblings…just gross…I know why Sam's favorite weapon of choice is a whip and just leave it at that…" Ana's the shade of an over ripe tomato and I have to bite the inside of my cheek to keep from chuckling.

She races into the en-suite of the rehab room to go splash her face with cold water. "Baby, I'll beat up Logan and Elliot when I'm fully healed. Promise. You do know that you could have come to me…"

"And say what, Christian? That Kate, Mia, and I found our way to a private club that catered to the exotic and that Logan, Sam, and Elliot were active members? And I knew firsthand, because Logan and Sam were giving a LIVE demonstration…uh, no, I don't think so!" She's pacing again and her blush has deepened even more. "Enough, stalling! Your turn!"

"Oh, no, not until you look me in the eyes and swear to me that the three of you didn't research what shock and awed you." I shoot back. Kate and Mia can't stand not knowing everything about anything that freaks them out and that was a big one.

"I didn't research it! For Fucks sakes, Christian! I was already blinded for life and freaked out of my mind! Kate and Mia are the bloodhounds! I just hack! It was bad enough that they got caught researching by Jose and Paul! Andrea, Barney, and I were working on the rescue website in the clubhouse while Kate and Mia were inside working on their summer homework in the library! I think Jose's scream will forever be etched in my brain!" Ana whirls on me, shooting me a death glare.

"Logan was Jose's first crush and Elliot was mine and we were not expecting to see that…" Paul makes himself known with Jose beside him.

"My brain went on total meltdown…" Jose is fanning himself.

"It was eye-opening." Paul winks.

"You'd be surprised of the special design requests that I've had to make happen..." Jose grins, eyes dancing, wiggling his brows.

"TMI!" Ana's once again in my lap, with her face buried against my chest, hands covering her ears. "Make them stop!" she whines.

"Baby, if you can't handle talking about it…." I croon, kissing the top of her head.

"It's not The Scene that bothers me it was seeing them…" She sniffles.

"Well, I promise that none of them were there while I was playing my role. I only recorded when the scene players were underage to gather the Intel that they needed. Other than getting a facial recognition of the members, the first few nights were fairly tame. They gave me something that would allow me to drink anyone under the table and not become effected by what I was drinking. I'd watch then we'd go into the back room and play poker where they would indulge in drinking the gift of fine scotch that I had brought with me as a thankyou for inviting me to their secret order. I don't know what the hell was in it, but they confessed a whole load of fucked up shit that made my blood run cold and I captured it with my glasses during every meeting. Jason had to have air barf bags in the SUV because as soon as I got in I was physically ill and then to make matters worse I had to lie through my teeth to you while I told Teddy goodnight over the phone and that I was working an all-nighter and would crash at Escala. Ros was aware of the operation, so she would have covered for me if you'd called GEH." I cuddle her closer to me and she kisses my neck. We're good, so I continue.

"I was near my breaking point after the fifth and final night. I didn't even have to fake it when I broke down at the elite club that I couldn't keep hiding things from you and this wasn't for me. I was just frustrated about having to share you with another kid and was having an early life crisis. This happened during the final card game and they started talking about the latest crop that was fully trained and ready for shipment…" I swallow down the bile that is trying to force its way up my esophagus and Ana hands me a bottle of water.

"Easy, Tiger. It's over. We're safe. The world is safer now because you stepped into your mom's shoes and that's all that matters." She croons soothingly, as she runs her fingers through my hair.

I take a few deep calming breaths and then continue on. "I broke the tumbler that I was holding and it took everything in me not to use the signet ring or the pen on these monsters. I looked like I was drinking myself to death and it was clear that I couldn't handle it. It wasn't like they were worried, if I said anything I'd destroy my marriage…"

"That was the night I was called to Escala to sew up your hand, after you'd taken your anger out on the crystal over a deal gone wrong…" Paul blows out a breath. "Your eyes were bloodshot. Your blood alcohol levels seemed fine, yet you smelled like you'd downed a case of scotch…You had dark streaks in your hair too…"

"Temporary hair dye that was a bitch to get out and contacts that irritated the fuck out of my eyes…I hadn't shaved either…" I shrug.

"Bitch about the aftercare after you finish with the deets!" Jose growls.

"They didn't have clue one that I'd been planting bugs in every club. Barney specials well beyond any known tech, so tiny that they were like microdots. I had to plant something a little more complex in the last inner sanctum, so a breakdown was in order. I was more than ready to comply. I also made it crystal clear that if word ever got out to any of my family members or my wife that I'd happily bury them. They threatened the same. Then I pulled out my phone and showed them LIVE footage of my office at GEH where you could clearly see Ros and myself burning the midnight oil hammering out a deal. I confided to them that I never go into anything without a backup plan and that I had an ironclad alibi for every secret meeting. It was their dumb luck that they hadn't the brains to wear a mask or disguise their identities and that the nearly ten million was mere pocket change and left." I finish the cliff notes version of my op and she hugs me fiercely.

"You had twenty stitches! Nightmares! Mercurial mood swings to the extreme! I made you start seeing John again and put an end to GEH all-nighters! No wonder John urged me to be patient with you. That all you needed was TLC and you'd be yourself in no time." Ana's back to pacing again and is throwing one hell of a snit. "That's why Hyde sent you those nightmare movies and went after Teddy! You rattled the vipers den! Logan and Ella must have wanted to string you by your balls, but couldn't stop you either! No more 007 for you! Your time of walking in Mommy's boots is over! You got me, Flyboy!"

"I promise that it's completely out of my blood and not nearly as badass as they make it seem in the movies. It's the stuff of nightmares and I can't even imagine the hell that Logan had to endure for three years. Five nights over two week's was hell on earth for me. It's like Everest has been lifted off my shoulders, being able to finally confide everything to you." I swear on everything that I have to her.

"You aren't finished, Tiger. The parents and sibs need to be read in too." She shoots me her don't even fight me on this glare.

"Nah, Luke told them to start recording in the security office as soon as Ana asked for full disclosure and your make up session was done…" Jose shrugged.

"Jason wanted a heads up on what was wrong now, so that he had a chance in hell of mediating…" Paul, now that the dust had settled, walked over to the TENS machine and started it up again. "Max headed back to the hospital, so I'll finish up."

Ana's eyeing the torture machine with fascinated interest. "Can I help?"

Oh, fucking hell! I knew that was too easy!

"Ana, baby, shouldn't you go check on the babies?" I wince as the Machine kicks into action.

"They're snoozing in their swings while the ladies deck the halls. The guys are finishing up the back, as the front is completely done. Alice has been working with Gail and Angel on the wedding, as dinner prep is done. Everything is wrapped at SPD headquarters and they are all on their way home. I set the formal dining room for the feast we'll be having tonight. The family wing and guest wing and will be at capacity. Chloe all but fainted when she saw those two teenage Indian warriors working on the roof shirtless and she was on the phone with TJ, so yeah he's trying to bribe his CPO to take pity on his sorry ass and drive him over here after practice. Brice Black is the cousin of Jacob, Brady, and Collin so he might have mercy on him. Carrick's going to be burning the midnight oil over some high profile case. Grace has been dividing her free time between Mia and Elliot, as Chris growls when anyone hovers, and the other two are needier. Ray and Carla have a VA charity benefit tonight, so TJ will be getting his wish or worst nightmare. That's a lot of man candy out there to contend with and Chloe is far from immune, as are nearly every female in this house." Jose ticks down what's been going on while Ana and I were making up. None of it helps me get my wife away from that bloody torture machine!

"Sure, Ana. You can hold the big Wuss's hand while he growls about how I'm torturing him with mad-science." Paul motions for Ana to have a seat on the stool beside the bed.

Wuss! That thing hurts when you're still mending your bones! I am not a wuss! I glower at him.

"If you and Max wouldn't crank it up to maximum all the time then he wouldn't growl at you as much. He's still mending and the two of you are still pissed at him for getting broken again when it wasn't his fault this time. Ethan squashed him flat, so take it out on his hide not Christian's." Ana makes sure that I'm good and comfortable by adding more pillows behind me before taking a seat and linking her fingers through mine.

"We're not it just seems that way, because of the mending bones, and it will fill more intense until the breaks are fully healed. His body is so bloody acute that anything at first is more intense than with any other patient. It takes him a few minutes for the therapy to work its magic. His mind is playing tricks on him, it's just that simple. Anything health related is hard wired into his skull that it's gonna hurt regardless if it actually does or not because that little boy that was badly burned is still very much alive and well inside that thick stubborn skull of his. Daddy Labor is a hell of a lot more than this. You won't last an hour let alone two." Paul's placing the pads on my hand, wrist, and arm.

"Chris shared in the joy of trying to have Teddy for quite some time and never complained not once." Ana growls, narrowing her eyes. "That he knows what to expect. This is a more advanced TEN's unit and you know how he is with anything like this…" Paul's phone saves his ass from the wrath of my wife.

"Seattle Grace is about to get slammed with incoming from a multivehicle accident on the I-5…" Paul's turns off the machine and then quickly starts removing the pads that done he turns to Jose.

"With this crazy weather it's bound to happen. We'll see you tomorrow. I'd say save us some leftovers, but there won't be any… " Jose fishes out his key fob from his jeans.

"Drive safe." We both call after their retreating forms and our three year old bundle of energy races passed them into the room.

"Daddy! Mommy! Guess what! Me and Hope got's real police badges, hats, and jackets too! We got's the baddies! Just like Uncle Logan and Nana!" He's jumping up and down with so much energy that Ana and I look at each other and roll our eyes before giving him our full attention.

"Wow, Buddy, sounds like you had a really big day." I catch him with my good arm and haul him up on the bed.

"Nana and Uncle Logan had to stay at the police place and then Grandpa Cary walked inside while we were leaving! We even got to ride in a police car with the lights and everything! We had cake and ice-cream and lots of candy! Cuz they were having a Christmas party for the kids from Safe House and Sanctuary there at the police place! There was all kinds of trucks and cars with lights all over where the Needle is and we were even buzzed by one of Uncle Barney's toys! Mason and Dromi are really smart too like Hope and me and we got to go buy lots and lots of presents for everyone on the huge list that Bella and Edward were reading! I like giving presents! Its fun! Are you done with therapy, Daddy? We brought even more food and lots more cousins too! Some of them had to go back to Forks, but Mason and Dromi's siblings came with us!" Teddy's on such a high it's hard to keep up and I'm trying not to think of why Dad was called in to police headquarters.

"Are you hungry, Teddybear?" Ana reaches over and scoops him up for kisses and hugs.

"Bella only let us have a little piece of cake, two scoops of ice cream, barely any candy, and lunch was hours ago! I'm starving that's why I raced in here to come see if you were done or not! Everyone is starving and it smells so good!" Teddy whines his answer like he's been deprived of food forever.

"Well, buddy, she's a mommy and all mommies have that rule about sweets before dinner." I carefully lever myself up to my feet and grab my crutch.

"Daddy's right, baby boy. Count your lucky stars that you got to have cake, ice cream, and candy before dinner." Ana kisses his nose.

"It's because we were really brave and didn't cry, not once. I wasn't scared, cuz Adam was there and Bella. Edward is crazy scary like you Daddy. He can also swear in like a zillion languages and boy did he when that drone buzzed us and made everyone act all crazy. Logan, Jason, and Edward had to go to Grey House, because the police came and the drones scared a whole bunch of visitors. We stayed and wandered around the Center while they did damage control that's when Hope started pointing out the baddies. We had to go to the children's museum, but that was fun too. Then when Edward came back we got's to go to headquarters and sit in the Comish chair! He's like the CEO of all the police and got's one sort of like yours and Mommy's, Daddy! Logan and Jason came there with Nana. After they all checked on us we got's to go to the party and Santa was there too that's like three times already! But I think that's just someone helping out Santa, because it's super close to Christmas and he's really crazy busy, so he has his spies come down for him instead! Santa has a real beard and the Santa at the police station didn't and you could feel the pillow that was taking the place of a belly…Oh, and he was wearing a wig and I could see his real hair which was blonde, not white! It must be an honor to fill in for Santa." Teddy's trying to pull us down the hallway chattering nonstop all the way to the main dining room.

"Tony! He looks like Dad!" A boy with my face and hair stares at us with wide eyes and his carbon copy rolls his eyes.

"Duh, MJ! Teddy looks like our min-me, so it was a given that his Dad would highly resemble our Dad! Didn't have a clue that his Mom mirrored ours though, now that's unreal!" His brother's snarky retort changes when Ana comes into view from behind me.

"I've met Ana when I helped with the Shooting Stars project. You know the one that you both thought was lame. Then again neither of you have done anything noteworthy that isn't against the law, so you couldn't contribute to the content. Borrowing our parents vehicles doesn't apply nor does it make one a role model for future generations. The next book maybe, seeing as you both have your heart set on becoming CEO's." This must be Rory. She's so much like my Ana was at her age. "I wish you all the luck in the world trying to rein my brothers in. Then again you have their Tech God and Goddess working for you, so you might just survive next summer after all."

"Hey!" Tony and MJ narrow their eyes at their sister. "We work at the animal shelter and help all around Forks and the reservation! We ace our classes! We are star athletes at school and are members of Team Lonewolf-Storm! We got our Little League team to the World Series three times and we won! We didn't steal Dad's car the second time round for fun! We were chasing after you and the girls! Little Miss Dances on Air!"

"Time-out!" Bella's growl ends their, well, it was sort of like a pissing contest when you think about it. "Indoor voices! We are not at home! Every one of you is special in their own ways! The three of you are already in it up to your necks and sinking!"

"Mom! I didn't buzz innocent citizens with those drones! They did!" Rory's not so snarky now.

"No, but you did leave the tour that's guilt by association and we've heard enough sniping out of all three of you for the evening." Edward walks in with the twins on his heels.

"Santa's listening." The twins warn in their tiny voices.

"We'll work it off at Uncle Aiden's next weekend." Tony shrugs.

"Yeah, nothing like mucking a zillion stalls to make up points for Santa." MJ rolls his eyes.

"I'm dancing this weekend for Toys for Tots and helping out at the Shelter and Children's wing at Grandpa's hospital." Rory can't be bested by her brothers, not happening.

"It might help that my staff were very impressed with all of you and really all that you were doing was taking in how GEH works. Barney took full and complete responsibility for Drone gate. He and Carrie also were impressed that you were able to help them with the glitch in their new game that their team is working on. All major brownie points with the big guy up North." I decide to bail out my miniature clones. Truth be told they are so like I was at their age that it's kinda scary.

"We have an excellent summer internship program at GEH or GP. We give teens a taste of everything that we have to offer career wise and you would be able to shadow Chris, Barney, Ros, and Carrie. We try to fit our interns where they will be able to soak in the most experience and to what suits them. You'll have to take the intern exam just like all the applicants, but if it's something that you wish to take on. Ros, Barney, Andrea, and Carrie all are onboard with having you at GEH this summer. TJ and Chloe both have internships during their breaks and Holidays. Oh, and it's a paid internship, not just something that looks good on a college application. We believe in rewarding hard workers and you will work your tail off just like any other summer job. You'd stay here at Grey Meadows for the summer, as Forks is quite the commute to Seattle." Ana's really selling it and Edward and Bella look like they really want their boys here this summer. Rory's practically dancing in place with glee. Christ! How bad are these little demons!

"Ana's left out a few details like we have our interns work with our foundations during certain days. We've found that it opens their young minds and eyes to the reality of the world around them. It also encourages them to serve their community and help those who can't help themselves. Though, I would imagine that Edward and Bella have already gotten you entrenched in The Elizabeth Mason Foundation, so that little factor shouldn't be a trial for you in the least. You'll have to dress the part and depending on who you're shadowing it could mean suits and ties. Kicks as long as their not blinding are allowed, but if you are shadowing me then you have to look that part. Barney, well, he's eclectic when it comes to what he wears. Whines that suits stifle his synapses and make his brain shut down. That he's allergic to Saville row and seeing as he keeps GEH's heart going we indulge him and have since kindergarten…" I'm not about to let them run around GEH looking like they've come from the beach or skate park. They also know that we encourage interns to give back and pay it forward. God help me, they might be running GEH by the end of next summer and I'll be out on my ass fishing with Ray, Dad, Jason, and the guys.

"Can we shadow Jason, Logan, and Adam?" MJ is the first to respond of the three of them.

"You'd have to join ROTC for the summer, because all of my security are former Special Ops, CIA, FBI, NSA, Interpol, MI-6, MI-5, or Secret Service. We're an International Company, so my men come from all areas of the globe, but I can guarantee that a few of your weekends will involve working with them. We call it Taylor's Weekend Bootcamp. Spartan has nothing on it. You'll definitely find it challenging and it will give you a taste of what his team trains like." I answer with my CEO face on.

Shit! Hell no! They are not running wild with my Security! It would be a fucking zoo! My order will be shot to hell and I will never get it back! Shadowing me I will have a leash on them.

"The boys compete in Spartan Kids and have their heart set on climbing to the top of Mt Midoriyama. Venus has a training dojo for ninja's in training…" Edward has to just rain on my parade! Fucking Ninja Warrior teens! Fucking fantastic! They'll be treating Grey House like a free running playground!

"Brady and Collin made it to the end of the third stage in the finals, but the Flying bar beat them and they ended up wet." Tony snarks.

"It's fudging rigged!" Collin and Brady snarl from the great room.

"Butter fingers!" The twins sing back.

"The bar was greased!" Another snarl.

"You used too much force on those bars and that's why you made a splash on LIVE TV! You should have learned your lesson from Sauske, but no you both just love showing off for your adoring fans!" Whoa! Rory's not a fan of the Ninja!

"Enough! We're discussing next summer and the boys being offered an internship, not what went wrong during a national or international broadcast. This is not home. We are guests act like you were taught manners or I will be reporting this to Esme and Lily when we get home." Bella's threat works because instant order ensues. Impressive that two women strike terror in the hearts of these kids. Must be like Grace and Ella. I'd be terrified too.

"Dearest, I wasn't trying to start a battle. I was only clarifying…" Edward's attempt to soothe his wife's feathers isn't gonna work.

"You were trying to start up another pissing contest, which is crazy seeing as his son is three and ours are tweens. Christian was trying to point out that the boys will not be bored and that MJ would be able to see his security team in action while they trained during the weekend. He was not suggesting that our sons weren't super athletes! You promised to behave, Lion! This is not behaving!" She's hissing at him and he's actually cowing.

Edward Cullen is just as whipped as I am! Who knew!

Teddy's had enough and he nearly makes us all deaf by demonstrating how he calls the pups. The only problem is that the formal dining room has a glass wall and great acoustics. Yep, we're gonna be having ringing ears for days.

"Rory's right! I watched it with Daddy in the Man cave. You goofed and ended up wet because you missed the catch thing for the bar by a lot! Everyone makes mistakes! No one is perfect! Can we please eat now?" There's my future CEO doing the folded arms and fierce glare stance.

"Yeah! Can we stop barking and eat?" Hope stomps in with her little hands planted on her hips. It's too cute for words what these two are doing. Thank god for CCTV we'll have this forever to torture them with when they're teens.

"Oh, we'll eat alright…" Shit! When did Mom get here?

"Grace? Have you met our newest family members yet?" Ana quickly scoops up Teddy and carries him over to his chair to get him settled in his booster seat at the kids table by the floor to ceiling glass wall.

Edward scoops up Hope and settles her next to Teddy, while Bella gets the twins settled across from them. Their boys sit on the far end and Rory takes a seat beside Hope.

"Mom? I thought you were on baby watch?" I don't even make direct eye contact.

"Christian Alexander!" Shit! I forgot to make introductions!

"Dr. Grace Trevelyan-Grey, I would like you to meet Edward and Bella Cullen and their kids. Rory, MJ, Tony, Mason, and Dromi. Everyone, my mother Grace." I hastily straighten up and make introductions before she boxes my ears.

"Grace, It's a pleasure to see you again. We saw Carrick while we were leaving police headquarters." Edward walks over and hugs my mom.

What the hell?!

"Dad, sends his regards and the offer that he's only a phone call away if you need him at Seattle Grace. Mom sends her love and looks forward to seeing you next weekend at the Twilight Ball. Bella and I are sorry that we haven't attended the Coping Together Ball or other foundation events, but now that Christian and I have buried the hatchet I don't see how it will happen again. Our wives will skin us alive if we don't follow through with our truce. Now seeing as we're blood relation on both sides of the family tree I don't think that will be an issue for us going forward."

"Ella reassured me that when the two of you finally met that things would level out between our families, but knowing my son's temper I was having a difficult time believing it to be true. Though, Ana and I have found ways around your rivalry it's a relief to know that it's over. Ella's never actually said how you were related, but having met you both it was clear that your resemblances to my kids were uncanny. Carrick suspected that you were at least distant cousins though whenever he asked Ella or even Carla both of them never really did answer." Grace returned his hug and I'm stood gaping at them like a fish out of water.

Then it hits me that I've been doing the exact same thing that Edwards been doing to me when it comes to his foundation. The check is in the mail and sorry, but we're booked solid. Well, hell, that's not any better than when he donates to mine because yet again he's kicked my ass in a deal. Fuck! We really are alike!

"Mom and Carla don't really get along that great. She's super mom and well, mine wasn't when I was growing up. I was the parent and she was the child and it started when I was young. Then again I wrote it plain as day in my saga. I do know that Carla and Renee are cousins, just not close by any means. I think that my Gran and her Mom had a falling out or that's what Mom growled when I asked why I never knew that I had family in Seattle. She just said that not all family were as close as the Cullen's and what brought that up. I told her that I had just met my twin mirror image all but for our eyes and it spiraled from there that Carla was her exact opposite and that they never stayed in touch because they clashed. I told her that Ana and I were the exact opposite of that and that we liked the same, well, everything and were instantly best friends. She promised to play nice if and when she saw Ana's mom again, but don't expect miracles because it won't happen." Bella gets straight to the point about why the two of them had not met before they were adults.

"Tell me about it. Mom rolled her eyes at me and said she was fine and was in no hurry to touch base with her flighty, selfish, scatterbrained cousin. She said she could only imagine what Bella had to go through having her as a mom, because she would basically have to raise herself while Renee chased after whatever caught her fancy. I shot back that everyone changes and that your mom finally settled down and has a very successful bakery/cafe in Florida with her husband Phil who manages the Florida Suns. To that she snarked miracles do happen. Hell had frozen over that Renee had finally put down roots and stuck to something long enough to achieve high praise. I am curious though as mom said something alarming. Did she really take you and run while she was married to your dad and he was nursing dying parents at the time? That's just wrong." Ana was next to confide in what Carla thought of her estranged cousin.

"Yes, and she basically lied to me until I was nineteen that Charlie didn't have time to be a dad and that's why he let us go without a fight. When in truth he was always keeping watch even from a distance and that everything she'd spewed about him was a lie. I was an extremely accident prone and klutzy kid. Seriously, Google Klutziest Teenager in America and you'll see the award winning home movies that got my dad set for life. Renee wasn't alarmed by any of my countless visits to the ER, but Child Services in Arizona was and if it wasn't for Daddy coming down to clear things up Mom would have been in big trouble and I would have been living in Forks sooner than planned. It's my curse in life that trouble follows me, but thank the goddess that I've outgrown my klutzy side."

Holy shit! She's the girl that we used to tease Ana about because they looked like twins and then Ana would kick our asses in the sparing ring to prove that she wasn't. Who knew?

"If my Daddy had done that to me I would have sunk his classic hot rod car collection in the Sound and that's just for starters…" Ana snarls darkly, glowering at me. "The boys used to tease me about those videos…"

"It was a long time ago and we were teenagers! You got your revenge in the sparing ring! We weren't wrong! She could be your twin! And you were an adorable little klutz when you were little until you started on the ballet, gymnastics, and martial arts. In her Dad's defense. He sent those videos in for her college education fund and by the sounds of it invested it into a fortune." I growl back in my defense.

"I took it and invested it for him for baby sister's schooling, but that was before Edward met Bells and when baby brother became her everything, well, it wasn't needed anymore." Jasper stuck his head in the dining room. "Suppers on. Can we table this until after our bellies are full? Your Mommas don't mesh, it happens. Let's eat."

"We're starving!" The tweens devils growl from the kids table. It's a good sized table and runs the length of the floor to ceiling windows. Why it's loaded with dinner wear escapes me.

"Mom's coming to the ball next week, so this is gonna be interesting. I will say this. Carla is not gonna recognize her at all when she sees her. She's done a 180 for the better and is striving to make up for all of her past misdeeds. She's a wonderful grandmother. She's a wonderful mom now. She's a devoted wife to Phil. She did achieve a teaching degree and taught while I was growing up and for her new career she's a culinary school graduate and is sought after by the A-listers for her creations. She specializes in sugar work and specialty cakes. We had a major falling out a few years back and after we came to an understanding she changed for the better and hasn't backslid yet. Edward and I trust her with our kids and that's saying something. Now let's eat."

"Finally!" Two adorable tween fashionista versions of Alice race into the room and join the kids at their table. "Hi! We're Allysia and Amelia! Your house is awesome! So was GEH! We borrowed Daddy's keycard and we're sorry for any trouble! Can we work there this summer too?! We love to tinker and hack! And are more than ready to hang up our toe shoes. It's too much work and we want to rule over a lair like Barney and Carrie and tinker whenever we want to…" They chime at lightning speed.

"I'm Julie Cullen thank you for having us. I'm sorry if my cousins and brother caused all of that chaos today." The spitting tween image of Kate walks in with the spitting tween copy of Elliot.

"Yeah, that did go south…sorry about that…I'm Devlin Cullen…we're grounded for life, so yeah, not gonna pull that again. Dad's bragging to your big brother on skype that he got this job done in hours with no on the job injuries. Mom's going crazy over your babies, which is good because she'll focus on them and not on us." They go over to the kids table that's nearing capacity.

"And you thought that your family was big. This isn't even half of them." Bella winks at me and Ana.

"Carlisle and Esme are blessed with a wonderful family." Mom smiles.

"That they are and they love every single second of it." Edward smiles warmly.

"It's never dull in Forks." Jasper winks. "The troublemakers got suspended until the New Year and there was nothing that Rose could do to fight it. They broke off the tour, Hacked GEH, terrorized tourists with drone gate, and it all ended up LIVE on TV, not to mention the authorities were called into action. Their vice principle and principle couldn't turn a blind eye, so we'll keep them busy decorating the rest of the homesteads."

"And I thought that my kids got into mischief when they were younger…" Grace can't believe what she's hearing. "I just stopped in to say hello to everyone, before I head over to check on Mia, Ethan, Kate, and Elliot. The house looks as amazing inside as the outside. All of you did a wonderful job transforming the Meadows. Cary would have been with me, but he got an emergency call from three of his clients. He was going to talk to you about some of his cronies daughters being fired, but then he got the call and raced out the door."

"The bimbettes sexually harassed staff and broke their NDA by mouthing off to the press. It's the last time that Dad will ever pull the 'you owe me card' on me again." I growl not the least bit sorry to see them burn. "Their fathers are being charged with serious crimes that Dad will not be able to get them out of…"

"Ah, yes, the three desperate debutantes with nary a brain between the three of them. Ms. Bailey and Mrs. Sullivan took great pleasure in seeing those three thrown out of Grey House in front of the endless lines of media circling it. If it had been our wives they would have been black and blue and scalped bald, as all three slipped me their number with a detailed description of why they were better than my wife and insinuated that you'd tasted their wares. Having dealt with my share of brainless tarts in my lifetime I handed the notes to your right hands and they took it from there. Mr. Sullivan added to their doom, by showing them CCTV footage of the three of them trying to seduce countless males working in the company, all of them turned them down flat. He also showed visual of them plotting to seduce Christian away from Ana while she was carrying their precious cargo and of them wearing inappropriate work attire and lastly caught leaking GEH info to the press clearly breaking their NDA. All grounds for immediate legal action and dismissal without prejudice. Their fathers are being charged with heinous crimes against innocents and we shall leave it at that. Carrick will want to stay clear of this altogether for there is nothing that he will be able to do. The Lotus Society is finally meeting its demise thanks to Christian's determination to see that innocents were finally gotten justice. His undying loyal security force, and Ella's team of special federal officers kept him safe and out of the line of fire." Edward locks eyes with me and it's like staring down Batman.

"It was a one off, never happening again. James Bond envy satisfied. The fallout caused them to go after Teddy and that can't happen ever again. I wasn't thinking clearly. I just wanted those kids hurting in Safe House and Sanctuary to have justice. That and for the kids that they already had to be rescued, which Logan and Mom's team took care of on their side. It was a team effort…" I meet his glare with my best Arrow one.

"Daddy got to play Arrow too! Awesome! Can we please eat now?" Teddy's done with the grown up talk and has scrambled out of his seat and stomped over to glower at me.

"Ella and Logan will be having a talk with you, after they finish consulting at the Federal building here in Seattle. She's proud. We all are, but you took a risk that will never happen again. I'm going to make it so that they all pay for what they've done with everything they hold dear." Dad's ditched headquarters and has arrived just in time to hear my kid growling that I played hero. He scoops him up and carries him back to his chair. "We'll talk more about this after the kids are in bed."

"And I am going to take great pleasure in helping you make them pay." Kate's twin vows, carrying in a tray loaded with toddler friendly plates of food. Rosalie Cullen one of the best, if not the best, female attorney's in the country. Dad's tried to poach her for years, but she's loyal. You do not want to face her in any court of law.

"Who's ready to feast!?" In comes tray upon tray of food along with Gail, Angel, Alice, Ness, Carrie, and Chloe and this discussion is tabled until the kids are tucked away. Not saying that I'm looking forward to that. The triplets are snuggled in their Aunties arms.

Emmett's easily balancing two massive trays loaded with ham in either hand and is grinning from ear to ear. "Don't sweat it, Chris. Edward's played Batman too. You did a solid. The bad guys are going down. It's part of the family business. Now, let's eat and then we'll all go outside and bask at the glory of the spectacle that may or may not be able to be seen from space."

"Chevy Chase has nothing on Frozen Christmas." Jacob and his brothers grin.

"Let's hope that it doesn't blow the power grid." Lori smirks.

"Grey Estates is geo thermal and solar powered to begin with, and even uses wind as well. Their generators are beyond state of the art, so I don't see an issue power wise. The electric companies pay them for energy, so I don't see it being an issue." Nessie counters before I even get the chance.

"Please, don't get him started." Ana groans, knowing that I will talk endlessly about my passion for Green energy. "This looks wonderful. Let's all take a seat and enjoy."

"It would have been midnight, before we'd be able to eat." Adam, TJ, and Jason roll their eyes. All three of them have a baby swing which they put down a little ways from the formal dining room table.

Ana and I both get the babies happily settled and snoozing in their swings, while the family settles down at the table that's only ever this full during holidays and special occasions. They've even added the eves to accommodate everyone. Too say that we've got a packed house is an understatement, but I never tire of breaking bread with family and friends. Besides, we're celebrating meeting new family and that's always a good thing.