[Disclaimer] SM owns Renesmee and the rest of the Twilight Universe. I own Lilly and the McCarthy twins.

This chapter is dedicated to Amyzee07 for being my 1400th reviewer and to the-poetry-of-ink for inspiring the little scene at the end. Hope you'll enjoy.

**Chapter70**

"Nessie? That's probably the stupidest nickname anyone ever told me." Rosalie stated, sipping on the glass of water in front of her.

"It was Lilly's idea, because the name that Emmett chose for him, well it's just a little long for such a tiny thing."

"I like Nessie." Ali told her sister cheerfully while she tried to keep the other one of the twins from sucking on her little finger. Her caramel eyes sparkled like melted amber and I doubted that she would let anyone else hold him this evening.

"We shortened Elizabeth to Lilly too. None of us uses her real name anymore."

I nodded my head and tried to remember how many of those delicious almond cookies I had already eaten. No matter how many it had been. It was definitely too much. If only they weren't that yummy. Oh, dear diet goddess, above give me strength…

"I don't like the Nessie thing at all, who on earth nicknames a child after a monster?"

Emmett chuckled and pulled her blonde hair over her shoulder to plant a kiss on her exposed neck.

"The Loch Ness monster is supposed to be kind of cute. And it's fitting because the baby is at least one eighth Scottish."

She turned her head and cupped his face between her hands to kiss his mouth.

"It's still a stupid nickname…and the monster is supposed to be a girl, don't you know that, McCarthy?"

He turned to me, while he continued playing with Rosalie's hair.

"Is the cousin of the Loch Ness monster going to join us again or will she spend the rest of the day in the kitchen with that little blonde girl?"

I sighed and searched for a mint in my handbag. It would hopefully keep me from stuffing down any more of the dessert.

"You've hired Aro to do the catering for the baby party. I didn't know that he would bring Jane with him."

"It's kind of amusing how Lilly hangs on every word that comes out of Jane's mouth."

She's so easy to be influenced, I thought. Lilly would probably do everything for someone she cared for.

"Bella, do you have time on Wednesday?" Kate asked me while her husband next to her held Tennessee as if the baby was a ticking bomb.

"Wednesday? Yes, that's good. I don't have to work, I think."

"Fine," she stated.

"I squeeze you in between some of my other appointments. Let's just hope that you're better in self-defense than with the alarm system. I can't believe that a five year old understands…,"

"Kate, that's enough. Not everyone is so obsessed with electronic stuff like you are."

She cringed and spilled the content of her coffee cup over the table.

"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that."

"It's okay. You're actually right. It's embarrassing that my child understands the stupid alarm system better than I do."

Emmett took the screaming infant from her husband and started rocking him back and forth until he finally fell asleep.

His brother chose exactly this moment to start his own little tantrum.

"Shhh," Rosalie whispered taking him from a silently protesting Ali.

"You're going to wake up your brother."

"It's not that easy when you have two of them at the same time, isn't it?" Aro asked her sympathetically.

"When Alec and my principessa were born they always woke each other up at night. I and my wife decided to give up to expect sleeping more than two hours in one night during their first year."

He placed a new bowl with the almond cookies directly in front of me. His lips twitched into a wide smile. God, who was this man…the devil in form of Italian candy?

Ali took one of the cookies in her hand and waved with it in front of my mouth.

"You know that you want it, don't you?" she whispered before I parted my lips to nibble on it.

She wrapped her arms around me and pulled me closer to kiss away a few crumbles on the edge of my mouth.

Carlisle cleared his throat nervously.

"Mary Alice, is it necessary to do that in public?"

She gave him a dirty look and pulled me even closer. Then she put my hand to her lips and planted a kiss on each of my knuckles.

"Mary Alice!"

"Jeez, dad, calm down again."

He sighed deeply and twisted his hand into the silver highlighted wisps of his blond hair.

"You're influencing the kids with this behavior."

"We're what?" Ali's voice raised two octaves.

"You'll see what I mean." he mumbled, taking another sip from the herbal tea in front of him.

"Are you still not drinking any coffee?" I asked him in a weak attempt to change the subject of our conversation.

"Tea is better for my nerves."

"It's a lot healthier than coffee, especially when you're trying to avoid getting heartburn." Angela stated, while her husband next to her swallowed two small yellow pills.

"You're right, dragostea mea."

He took her hand and blew a kiss over the back of her hand. I wondered if she had still not talked to him about his affair.

"You should drink tea like Carlisle. It could help your heartburn problems."

Carlisle's mouth twitched while Stefan's face paled a few shades.

"Is something wrong, darling?" Esme asked him, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"It's nothing. I was just thinking."

His pager went on and he pulled it out to read the text.

"Don't tell me that you have to leave now. Didn't you ask Dr. Bennett to cover all your surgeries for today?"

"Hmm, yes, I did. But it seems like his useless secretary mixed some appointments up again. I'm really glad that I have Miss Brown. Miranda has an incredible organizing ability. It's so difficult to find a nurse who's also a good secretary. I should probably stop being so rude to her all the time."

"Amen to that." Ali whispered into my ear, her voice so low that no one apart from me would be able to hear her speak.

Angela stiffened and stood up from her chair.

"Excuse me; I think I need some fresh air."

I recognized that her hands were trembling slightly.

"Are you sick, dragostea mea?" Stefan asked her worriedly, taking her hand in his again.

"Don't touch me! Don't you dare to touch me!"

She rushed out of the room, while her husband starred after her with a confused look on his face.

"I don't know what's wrong with her. She's been like this for the last past weeks. At first I thought it was just because of my brother-in-law but he's gone now."

"Maybe you should stop lying to her." I croaked out, instantly regretting the words as soon as they had left my mouth.

"Forget it. This is none of my business."

"Lying?"

"Just forget it, Stefan. I shouldn't have said that."

"Oh, yes, you should." Carlisle stated.

"Lying is never a good idea in a marriage. Most of the problems people have in their relationships come from them not talking enough."

"And you know that why? Because you've always been so incredibly honest to your wife, haven't you?"

Carlisle's blue eyes narrowed angrily.

"Whether or not I've been honest to my wife is between me and her. At least I don't…,"

"Carlisle, please calm down. I'm sure he didn't mean to provoke you."

"He meant it exactly like that."

"He meant what?" Angela asked Carlisle when she returned again. Her eyes were glassy but she was desperately trying to keep the tears from falling.

"Bella, can I sleep at your house tonight?"

"Of course, you can. You can stay with us as long as you want to."

"Why would she stay at your house? Dragostea mea, what kind of nonsense is that?"

"Leave me alone. Why don't you ask your whore to move in with you?"

"My what?"

"Jeez, stop lying to her. She knows the truth. Ela is not as stupid as you think she is."

"I don't think she's stupid. I just don't want to…,"

"Oh come on…tell her the truth. It's way better when she hears it from your own mouth." Carlisle told him, adding another spoon of sugar into his tea.

"I didn't ask for your opinion."

"Whatever. I don't care whether you keep your little secret or not. What can you expect from a man who marries a girl that is young enough to be his daughter."

"Watch your mouth. I don't have to take any crap from a guy who knocked up an innocent girl who was almost a child."

Carlisle growled and stood up from his chair so quickly that it almost dropped to the ground.

"The past is over. I can't change anything I've done back then."

"Hmm,"

"But I suggest that you to talk to your wife about…you know what I mean, for I assure you that you can't keep it from her forever."

"Damn it, Stefan. I can't believe you talked to Carlisle about this. Are you planning on starting some crappy self-support group for unfaithful husbands?"

"I'm not cheating on you, Ela."

"Stop lying to me, Stefan. I may be younger than you but I'm not completely naïve."

"Dragostea mea, you can't honestly believe that I would do something like that to you."

"I fucking told you, that I'm not stupid! Don't you think I know exactly what's going on here? Do you have some kinky nurse fantasies that you want to live out with her?"

XXXX

"Maybe you should consider talking to him." Ali suggested while I handed Angela a cup of hot chocolate.

"She's right, Ela. He sounded completely miserable when he called the last time."

"I hope he's miserable for what he did to me. The only thing I'm sorry about is that I ruined Rosalie's baby party with my outburst."

"You didn't ruin it. Don't worry."

Her cell started vibrating and moved all over the table until I finally took it in my hands. Unsure whether or not I should let the mailbox pick up again.

"Is that him again?"

"No it's Benjamin. Do you want to talk to him?"

The doorbell rang and I stood up to open the door, being greeted by a completely miserable looking Benjamin. He didn't even wear his contacts, the caramel of his eyes, framed by a pair of glasses.

"Hello, Bella. Is she here? She doesn't seem to grasp the concept of answering her cell."

"Yes, she's here. But she doesn't want to see…,"

"Bella, it's okay. It's not his fault what his father did."

We walked back into the living room, where Benjamin sat down next to Angela and took her hand in his to squeeze it gently.

"Please…please, you have to come back. Dad is going to lose it, when I can't convince you too. He swears that he didn't do anything and I believe him. The only person I know that is a worse liar than him is Bella."

"Please, Benjamin…just drop it. This is just between me and Stefan."

"Are you fucking kidding me? This is about our family. I won't let…,"

"Benjamin, leave her alone. Can't you see how miserable she is right now? Give her some time."

She sighed and shoved her wedding band down her finger.

"Give that back to him."

"No, I won't. That would be the death of him. Ela, please, he swears that he didn't cheat on you."

"Oh, Benjamin, you're still a child and don't want to see the bad things in the world."

He shook his head and closed her hand around the fragile gold ring on her palm.

"Keep the ring...at least for now."

She nodded her head and blinked back a few fresh tears.

"Okay, I will. Can you tell him…no, don't tell him anything. But promise me that you'll take care of him. You know that your father doesn't even know how the dishwasher opens."

"Yeah, I know. I should go back home now. Bella, can I say goodbye to Lilly before I go?"

"Of course, you can. I think she's still upstairs." Playing with that little witch child, I added in my head.

We walked up the stairs and heard some giggling noises coming out of the bathroom. I hoped that Jane hadn't convinced Lilly to play with my makeup.

"You're lying."

"No, I'm not. Say you do it or I won't give my Arielle Barbie to you."

"But you promised I could have her."

"Only if you do it…"

"Lilly Cullen, you're a stupid baby and don't know anything. I told you that it's not possible."

"Of course it's possible."

"No, it's not."

I opened the door and tried to ignore the red lipstick that was smeared all over the girl's lips.

"The two of you aren't fighting, are you?"

"Mrs. Swan, Lilly won't give her Arielle Barbie to me, although she promised me that I could have her."

"But you promised…,"

"Look, Lilly, I keep all my promises. Didn't I promise you to hit Alec for calling you a carrot-head again?"

An evil smile flashed over her face, making her look like a little witch with all the dark eye shadow around her grey eyes.

"Jane you shouldn't hit your poor brother all the time. Lilly needs to learn how to defend herself…without hitting people."

"My stronzo brother doesn't deserve it any other way. Lilly is my best friend and I'm going to protect her."

"See? This is why we need to do it."

"Lilly, stop being such a baby...It's not possible. I've already told you that."

"What are you talking about? Are you fighting for the Barbie?" Benjamin asked Lilly taking the tiny doll into his hands.

"Oh Benjamin, tell her that I'm not lying. She doesn't want to believe me."

"Believe you what?"

"Lilly, wants me to marry her but I already told her that's not possible. Anyone knows that a girl can't marry another girl, can she?"

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[A/N] Check out the new one-shot I've written and tell me what you think of it. The story is called 'Coming in'

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