BELLA

I stared at my son, his face a sea of confusion.

"Okay, we're gunna go now," Chantelle said standing up after she had finished her breakfast.

"Okay sweetie have fun," Rosalie said. Wasn't she going to ask where? What she was doing?

"Will do, bye," she said, gave her mom a kiss on the cheek and her and Alex left the house. I immediately stood up and followed them out, Eddie was right behind me.

"Chantelle!" I shouted after her. She and Alex stopped to look at me.

"Yes aunt Bella?"

"What do you think you are doing?" I asked her, my mom instincts kicking in. She may not be my daughter but I still loved her like one, and if her mother wouldn't question where she was going with a newborn vampire I sure as hell would.

"Going out with Alex," she said, her tone was patronising.

"Chantelle why are you manipulating our family?" I nearly screamed at her, she wasn't getting the point.

"I'm not," she said innocently.

"Yes you are," Eddie answered before I had a chance. She narrowed her eyes at him.

"What makes you say that?" she said straightening her face and looking back at me.

"Because no one would have acted so cool to Alex being part of a newborn army, no one would be okay with him drinking human blood if you weren't controlling them!" Eddie said.

"Chantelle, when did your ability become so strong?" I asked her, she shrugged.

"It's good isn't it, I can get anyone to do whatever I want. I'm not using it for bad. I just need everyone to stop asking questions about Alex and freaking out about his answers," she said smiling.

"Chantelle…" I began, she wasn't brought up like this, something was happening to make her do this to her family.

"How come you two know what I'm doing anyway?" she asked. "I used it on you too."

"We have mental shields, it's not going to affect us," Eddie answered.

"But it used to affect you," she said to me.

"Yes, it seems to be only certain things you can make me do. When you were little you only used it to get attention, you physically affected my emotions to get me to care for you or want to be with you. Now you are controlling people's minds. My mind is safe and you do realise I am going to be keeping my shield around everyone for a while so you can't get them to do things," I said to her. She frowned.

"You can't have your shield around them all the time, and it doesn't work like that, I've already told them that everything is okay, that nothing bad is going to happen, that they don't need to worry. Putting your shield around them isn't going to cancel the effect I've already made."

"No but it will stop you from doing it again," I said to her.

"We'll see wont we?" she answered me.

"Who are you?" Eddie asked Chantelle. Chantelle looked at him and smiled.

"I'm me. Chantelle."

"No you're not," he murmured sadly.

"Sorry that I'm not a child anymore," she said to him.

"You are Chantelle! You're twelve and you're not going with Alex, Alex can leave by himself. You are staying," I countered.

"You're not my mother, you can't tell me what to do," she snarled back, I was practically burning with fury, words were just slipping out my mouth at this point.

"No, you have manipulated your mother to do whatever you say, and considering I was meant to be your mother the minute Lauren found out what you were, I am telling you, get inside right now!" I ordered her.

"You were meant to be my mom?" she asked.

"Yes I was, but Rosalie wanted a baby so much that I let her have you. We love you Chantelle, you have no idea how much, you made our family complete. Rosalie was empty without you. But now you are taking advantage of that, and its wrong," I replied. The anger had softened from her face.

"I didn't know that," she said softly.

"Well it wasn't really important before now," I answered her, I knew she was talking about the mom thing. She sighed and turned to Alex.

"You go. I'll see you tomorrow," she said to him. He nodded and leant forward, kissing her lightly on her lips before running into the forest. She made her way over to me, not saying anything else. She walked into the house, Eddie and I followed her as she walked up the stairs.

"You don't need to follow me; I'm going to my room." She said to us and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Just make sure you stay there." I replied to her.

"Will do… mom," she said, she said the word 'mom' in a way that made it sound disgusting. I sighed as she closed the door behind her. I turned to Eddie standing next to me.

"Well that went well," he said sarcastically.

"Mhmm," I answered. "Come on, Chloe will be here in a bit. We'll sort this out tomorrow; first we have to deal with Zac. I'll keep an eye on Chantelle; if she leaves her room I'll shield anyone she comes in contact with. I don't know what's going on with her but someone has to be doing something to her." I said, he nodded.

"I agree," Eddie said as we made our way down the stairs. So many things were going through my mind. I walked into the living room to find Jacob sitting there. I walked over to him and sat down next to him, letting out a big sigh. What was going on with Sarah and Alex? Why was Sarah creating an army? Visions of Victoria filled my head. The army she created, just to get to me. What was Sarah doing? I rested my head on Jacob's shoulder.

"What's wrong Bells?" he asked and his left arm wrapped around my back and he rested his hand on my thigh.

"Just thinking," I said.

"About?" he insisted.

"Everything," I sighed. He moved his hand from my thigh up to my head; he stroked the hair from the side of my face and placed a kiss on my forehead.

"Don't worry so much, everything will be fine," he said. Yeah course it will. Chantelle has everyone bewitched into thinking everything will be fine. So it has to be… right?

"Yeah yeah," I muttered just as Renesmee walked in the room. Her eyes narrowed slightly at my head on Jacob's shoulder. I sighed and stood up from the couch. "Bye Jake," I said to him.

"Later," he said as Renesmee walked over to take my place. I walked out the room and went to find my husband.

EDDIE

After all the drama with Chantelle, I made my way back into the kitchen. I wasn't there long though because there was a knock at the door. To be honest I'd heard her walk up the drive but I didn't want to seem too pushy and just run out to her. I ran to the door before anyone else and pulled it open. Chloe stood there and when she realised it was me, a grin spread across her face. I smiled back and stepped towards her, crushing my lips to hers. It felt like I hadn't seen her in months. She responded to me and put her arms around my neck curling her body around mine. The kiss quickly heated up.

"Okay okay, now my turn," I heard Renesmee behind me, I reluctantly pulled away from Chloe and Chloe smiled before she ran into Renesmee's arms. Renesmee laughed and hugged her.

"Hiya!" she squealed.

"I feel like I haven't seen you both in years," Chloe said as she pulled away from Renesmee.

"Tell me about it, you need to live here." She grinned. Chloe smiled back.

"I wish I could," she answered.

"Morning Chloe," my mom greeted her from the stairs.

"Hey Bella," Chloe said stepping back into my chest. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her head. My mom smiled at me and continued walking into the living room

"So what do you want to do today?" Chloe asked. I knew she wasn't asking me but I still wanted her to myself; I knew she had to spend time with Renesmee though; after all she was her best friend before mine.

"Well Zac will be around later. We could either clean the house, do our summer assignments…. or ride horses, do make over's and have fun," Renesmee said. Chloe laughed.

"I say ride horses, do make over's and have fun," she said. Renesmee grinned.

"I agree," Renesmee said and grabbed her hand. She pulled her out of my arms and dragged her up the stairs, both of them laughing infectiously. I felt a red hot hand on my shoulder.

"There is no chance you're getting alone time with her today. Renesmee's been bugging me for days, saying how much she missed Chloe," Jacob said from my side. I huffed, the plus side of having your sister's best friend as your girlfriend is she's always at your house, the bad side is that your sister wants to spend actual time with her best friend, which leaves you bored and wanting to be with your girlfriend.

"Don't worry, I plan to sabotage their plan and take Renesmee hunting. Edward asked me to take her before Zac gets here, you can have her then," Jacob said to me. I turned to look at him and smiled.

"Thanks man."

"No problem, we don't want a thirsty vampire whilst the child his here do we?" he asked, I laughed.

"No of course not," I answered.

By noon, Renesmee and Chloe had been riding on the horses and were currently baking cakes and other food that was not appetising in the kitchen, I was sitting in the living room, waiting for Jacob to take Renesmee out so I got my alone time with Chloe.

"Alright, I'm going to collect the monster, you'll have about two hours with your girl until my girl takes her from you again," Jacob said standing up from the couch.

"Finally," I said standing up to follow him. He walked into the kitchen and I was close on his heels. The place was covered in white flour, the girls were giggling as they sat on the floor throwing flour at each other.

"Seriously? Your mom is going to kill you. Actually I think your grandmother is going to kill you," Jacob said walking over to Renesmee who was practically white. She grinned at him.

"My grandmother won't kill me," she said, "she loves me too much," she got up from the floor.

"I thought you were meant to be making cakes not redecorating," Jacob said trying to wipe some of the flour from her face.

"Yeah, well we got carried away when Chloe dropped the tub of flour." She said smiling adoringly at him. He smiled at her.

"Well the elk are going to be petrified of you. You're a little white monster," he said to her. She laughed.

"I'm not a monster, I'm a vampire," she grinned, leaping over his head and landing on the counter top. However it was covered in flour and all she had on her feet where her socks. She slipped and her feet came up from under her. I was already on my way over to catch her but Jacob had beat me to it. Renesmee was giggling as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"You're too clumsy to be a vampire," he said to her. "Then again, you can't expect much else from Bella Swan's daughter," he grinned and kissed her white lips lightly.

"Bella Cullen," I heard my dad correct him from the door. We all spun around to see him standing with his arms crossed. Jacob quickly put Renesmee on her feet and stepped back. My dad rolled his eyes at their reaction. "If it wasn't your singer coming over I'd make you clean this up before you went but seeing as you really need to have your thirst quenched before he gets here, I'll have to let you off," he said to her. She grinned at him and skipped over to him, slipping at the last minute on some flour. My dad caught her arm, causing her to stay standing.

"Thanks daddy!" she said, letting out a giggle when he put her back on her feet.

"Go get yourself washed," he said sternly to her. "And walk! Don't run," he shouted after her.

"Shame she had to inherit Bella's clumsiness," my dad muttered before looking back up at Jacob, tilting his head to the door, indicating for him to leave. Jacob nodded and walked out. I walked over to Chloe still sitting on the floor and held out my hand, she took it and muttered thanks before using it to pull herself up.

"Come on," I said to her and walked towards the door, keeping hold of her hand making sure she didn't slip. My dad placed his hand on my shoulder, causing me to stop.

"Door open," he hissed. I rolled my eyes at him and continued walking. For once it sounded as if my dad didn't trust me alone with Chloe. Maybe it was in his plan to treat Renesmee and me equally. I brought Chloe up to my room.

"Bathrooms there," I said pointing to the door "I'll go get you a towel and some spare clothes," I said to her, she smiled and walked over to the bathroom. I walked out my room and into Renesmee's; I could hear her shower going. I walked over to Chloe's bag that she always kept in Renesmee's room and picked it up. I then walked out and over to the cupboard in the hall where we kept the towels. Taking one out, I walked back into my room and up to my bathroom door.

"Clo…" I said.

"Yeah," she answered opening the door. She took the bag and the towel from my hands. "Thank you," she answered. I tried not to let my eyes drop to her body but they did, she was only in her underwear, there were patches of flour all over her where it had got under her clothes. I quickly closed the door and took a deep breath as I walked over to my bed. Trying to make the image leave my mind. I heard Renesmee's shower stop and a few minutes later she left her room and walked down the stairs. The door opened and then closed again as Renesmee and Jacob left. Chloe was still in the shower as I waited patiently on my bed. I heard the water stop, then I waited another ten minutes before she finally immerged from my bathroom.

"It's kind of a mess in there, I'm sorry," she said. I smiled at her climbing off my bed.

"That's okay," I grinned. "My grandma loves cleaning."

She laughed and placed her bag down at the foot of my bed. She then held out the towel.

"What do I do with this?" she asked, I took it from her.

"I'll deal with it," I replied throwing it in my laundry basket. I walked over to her. "Now you're clean, and I have you for two hours until my obnoxious sister gets back, what do you want to do?" I asked her wrapping my arms around her. She smiled at me, almost melting in my arms.

"This," she said and placed a kiss on my lips.

"Mmmm," I murmured against our kiss. I pulled her over to my bed, not taking my lips off hers. Her wet hair spread out on my bed as she lay with her back on the covers. I kept my weight on my left hand as I ran my fingers through her hair.

"I love you," I whispered, my lips still resting on hers. She smiled.

"Love you too," she answered threading her fingers in my hair. "I missed you so much," she whispered desperately as I placed a few small pecks on her lips.

"I missed you too," I said, barely controlling my voice. I crushed my lips back to hers in a forceful, yet sweet kiss. She moaned, wrapping her legs around my waist and pushing her tongue in my mouth. Her hands travelled from my hair to my chest. I was getting quickly aware at how heated this was becoming. Did I want to stop it? No. Did I have to because my vampire family could hear every second of it? Yes. I reluctantly pulled away from her, catching her hands at the bottom of my shirt.

My family can hear us. I placed in her head.

"Oops," she mouthed at me. I nodded at her before laughing. I placed a small kiss on her lips, then her cheek and then I moved to lie next to her. She sighed and turned so she was on her side looking at me.

"Eddie…" she said.

"Mmmm?" I asked, staring at my ceiling.

"Have you ever thought about… us?" she asked. I turned to look at her.

"As in the future?" I asked. She nodded. "Yes," I answered her and turned to look back at the ceiling. "Occasionally," I added. She placed her finger on my collarbone and traced the shape with her finger.

"What do you think about?" she whispered.

"A lot of things. Mostly the possibilities, I think every second about what you want, what you should have and what you don't have," I said quietly now. Chloe and I had never had this conversation, I was fully aware that it going to come though, I just hoped it was a little further on in our relationship. I just wanted us to be together right now and not worrying too much about the future.

"I spoke to your mom. She told me to talk to you about it," she said to me. I nodded, I knew she had, I was glad she had someone that had been through this. I was glad we both did. "She asked me about…" she paused taking a deep breath and taking her hand off my chest. "Children," she choked out. "And whether I wanted them." I took in a slow controlled breath. That was the one thing I was against giving her. I wanted to try and stay control free, I didn't want to force her into anything, and I didn't want to tell her no if she wanted to be a vampire but children… visions of her replacing my mom on that hospital bed filled my mind. The memory Renesmee had shown me of her birth haunted me. If she wanted them, I wouldn't deny her; I just would never show her how much it would hurt me to see her dying like that.

"And?" I asked, dreading the answer.

"And… I don't know," she answered slowly. "I don't want them. I mean I can live without having kids. I don't want you to be put through the pain Edward was… but if you want them, then I will. For you," she answered. I smiled slightly and turned my body to face her.

"How long have we been together?" I asked her. Her forehead creased in confusion. I had changed the subject so suddenly.

"Two months?" she asked reluctantly as if she was scared it was a trick question. I smiled warmly at her and nodded.

"Exactly. So why are we talking about this now?" I asked her, I knew she didn't like having this conversation, so I was saving her from the embarrassment. She shrugged still staring in my eyes.

"I know we think… no. Know that we want to be together forever. It's the beauty of immortal love and seeing my parents, and everything they went through but we aren't them. We are ourselves, and we can decide our future. But right now I want to enjoy us. I want to enjoy you. If in a year, we want to get married, we will, if in a year after than we decide we want children, we will. But right now, I want to be your boyfriend, I want to tease your ex about us and I want to be with you. Okay?" I asked her, her smile grew larger and larger as I spoke. It was because we had my parents on our backs, that this was all we could think about. Our future, the risk of us being together, their past and the similarities ours had with theirs. But the truth was, we didn't need to talk about this just yet. We had forever. She leant forward and crushed her lips against mine.

"Thank you," she whispered pulling apart only a millimetre. I smiled slightly before kissing her again.

"You're welcome," I murmured against our lips.