"I'll stay long enough to deal with the Newborn Army, but I must meet my packmates in New York later and head home. I will be back in the Fall, though," Ambrus tells Alexis.
"Thank you, Ambrus, for helping us with this problem. When we get back to Forks, we can make plans with the Cullens to take care of the newborns. Would you like to attend Bella's graduation with us?"
"I would love to, Pup."
When they arrive in Forks, The two vehicles veer off in different directions. Emmett and Rosalie are going to the Cullen house while Alexis, Samantha, and Ambrus went through the town to drop off Samantha and then go back to Alexis' house.
When they arrive, Elizabeth is just getting home from work. She smiles and waves to her daughter and Ambrus. They get out of the car, and Elizabeth hugs her daughter. She takes in her daughter's scent and smells Emmett all over her. Elizabeth smirks at Alexis and moves her daughter's hair aside.
"I see that congratulations are in order."
Alexis blushes, "Um, yeah, I guess so."
Elizabeth laughs, "You don't have to be shy about mating with Emmett, Sweetheart, it's only natural. Although I think Daddy's going to be a little upset when he finds out his little girl isn't a little girl anymore."
"How little? A little upset as in disgruntle or a little upset, like on a psychotic rampage."
Elizabeth laughed, "Probably somewhere in the middle."
"Oh, I think Emmett can handle that," Alexis said.
"Let's hope he can," Elizabeth replies.
After they finished saying hello, Elizabeth hugged Ambrus and welcomed him into her home. Ambrus thanks Elizabeth then they go into the house. Ambrus goes into the guest room while Alexis goes to her room to unpack and freshen up. Once she's done that, Alexis heads downstairs where Ambrus and Elizabeth are talking.
"So, you think that it would be best to lure the Newborns out of Seattle then attack them?" Elizabeth asks.
"Yes, this way, there is less collateral damage."
Elizabeth nods. She looks at Alexis when she walks into the living room, "So, baby, how do you think you did on your finals?"
"I think I did pretty good; the tests were easier than I thought they'd be."
"Good, I'm proud of you."
"Thanks, Mom."
"You're welcome, honey. So, are you going to go visit Bella and Charlie?"
"Yeah, Ambrus, do you want to come with me?"
"Certainly, I would like to congratulate Bella."
"Great, let's go now."
"Alright, while you two are gone, I'll get started on dinner."
"Oh, Mom, you don't have to cook."
"Nonsense, I want to. Since you're going to go to Charlie's house, invite them to dinner."
"Okay, Mom. Let's go, Ambrus."
Ambrus stood up and accompanied Alexis to the back yard; they jumped the fence and made their way to Charlie's front door. Alexis knocked on the door and heard Bella running down the stairs, she opened the door and smiled happily at see her cousin and Ambrus.
"Alexis, Ambrus, when did you get back," Bella asked.
"We got back a little while ago. We came over to congratulate you and ask you and Charlie to join us for dinner."
Bella stepped aside and allowed her cousin and Ambrus to come into the house, "Thanks, and sure Dad and I would love to join you for dinner," Bella said as she led them into the living room.
Alexis and Ambrus sat down, "Are you nervous about graduating tomorrow?"
"A little, I'm more excited than nervous. I can't wait to move on with my life."
"Have you decided where you're going to school?"
"I got accepted to UW and a few schools back East. I'm leaning towards going to NYU."
"Have you decided what you want to study?" Ambrus asked.
"Law. I want to be an attorney."
"That's great; I think you'd make a great attorney."
"Thanks. Oh, Alice is throwing a graduation party tomorrow night, of course, you and Ambrus are invited."
"Thank you, Bella, I would love to come to your graduation party," Ambrus said.
"So, what's been going on with you, Lexie? How are things between you and Emmett?"
Alexis beamed at Bella, "Wonderful, Emmett and I are very happy."
"I'm glad to hear that, after everything you two went through, you deserve to be happy."
"Thank you, Bella, how are you and Edward?"
Bella shrugged, "They're okay, he and I are finally friends, but I've decided that I don't want to get back together with him. He's not the right person for me."
"Are you okay with that?" Alexis asked.
"Yeah, when I came to that realization, it felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Alice was very disappointed in my decision to not get back together with Edward. She told me she was looking forward to having me as her sister. But she understood that Edward was too obsessed with me and that we would never have a healthy relationship. Edward is having a harder time accepting it, but hopefully, one day, he will."
"I'm sure he will, and if he doesn't well, that's his problem. Did you tell Charlie."
Bella laughed, "Yeah, he's so happy I decided to move on with my life without Edward."
"I'm sure he is."
At that moment, Charlie walks into the house. He hangs up his gun belt and walks into the living room. Charlie smiles at Alexis and Ambrus, "Hey, you two, when did you get back?"
"A little while ago, we came over to catch up with Bella and to congratulate her on graduating; also, to invite you both over for dinner."
"Oh, that nice of you, we'd love to join you and Liz for dinner. What time do you want us over?" Charlie asked.
"In about two hours, Mom just started dinner." Alexis looked at her watch, "And I should probably get back to help her. We'll see you both later."
Bella and Charlie agree. Alexis and Ambrus said goodbye, then left the Swan house. They went back to Alexis' house, and Alexis went to the kitchen to help Elizabeth, "Why don't you relax in the living room until dinner," Elizabeth told Ambrus then hands him a glass of wine.
"Thank you, Elizabeth, are you sure you don't need any help?"
"No, thank you, Ambrus. Lexie and I have everything under control."
Ambrus nods and goes to the living room to have his wine and watch a little television. Elizabeth sets out some hors d'oeuvres for Ambrus and the others when they arrive. A short while later, Charlie and Bella arrive. Elizabeth hugs her brother and Bella and invites them to join Ambrus in the living room. After a while, Bella gets up and joins Alexis and Elizabeth in the kitchen to make dinner.
Once dinner was ready, the women take everything into the dining room and call Ambrus and Charlie to dinner. They all sit down to a lovely meal, talking about how things had been going since the last time Charlie had seen his niece. The conversation flowed smoothly throughout dinner.
Meanwhile, at the Cullen house, Alice was taking care of the last minute details for the party, when Emmett and Rosalie arrived. She smiled at her siblings and went to greet them. The minute she hugged Emmett, she smelled Emmett drenched in Alexis' scent. Her eyes lit up at what that meant. She looked at Emmett, who had this smug look on his face, "I gather by the look on your face, and by the way, you smell that you and Alexis finally made it official. You two are mates."
Emmett grinned and looked at Rosalie, who rolled her eyes, "Yep, Pixie, Alexis and I are officially mated. She's mine forever," Emmett said, then pulled the collar of his shirt aside, showing Alice his mating mark.
Alice squealed and hugged her brother, "Congratulations, Emmett; I'm so happy for you."
"Thank you, Pixie."
At Emmett's announcement, the other vampires came into the living room to congratulate Emmett. Carlisle pats Emmett on the shoulder, "Congratulations, Son, I'm happy for you."
"Thank you, Carlisle."
Esme gave Emmett a fierce hug and kissed him on the cheek, "Oh, Emmett, I'm so thankful that you and Alexis got back together, and I'm happy for you as well."
"Thanks, Mom."
Jasper and Edward congratulated Emmett, though, Edward did it half-heartedly. When Rosalie asked Edward what was wrong, Edward informed them about Bella's decision; she didn't want him anymore.
"I'm sorry about that, Man," Emmett told Edward.
"Thanks, Em, but it's my fault, I went about mine and Bella's relationship all wrong from the beginning. I shouldn't have treated her the way I did, and now I'm paying the price," Edward said with a sigh, "And Emmett, I'm sorry I almost cost you your relationship with Alexis."
Emmett only nodded, he couldn't quite forgive Edward for what he had done. True, everything worked out in the end, but Alexis and Emmett had suffered a lot to get to that point. Edward hung his head, knowing what Emmett was thinking, and he couldn't blame Emmett for still being angry with him. Edward excused himself and went to his piano and began to play. Emmett went upstairs to his room to unpack and then came back down to ask Japer if he wanted to go hunting.
When Emmett got home from hunting, he took a shower and called his mate, "Hello?"
"Hey, beautiful, how are you," Emmett asked, Alexis
Alexis smiled, "Hello, handsome, I'm good; I'm about to watch a movie with the family."
"Oh, well, I'll let you go, I only wanted to check in with you and tell you that I love you so much."
"Aww, Emmett, I love you too. I'll call you later tonight if you want?"
"Yeah, or better yet, how about I come over right now and watch the movie with you?"
"I like that idea better. Then you can sleepover, and I told my mom that we mated; she knows we shouldn't be apart."
There was a long pause, "How does your mom do it with your dad?"
"It's hard on her to be away from my dad for so long, and that's why we spend the whole summer with him so that my mom can reconnect with him in some way."
"Man, that's awful."
"I know, but there's nothing we can do about that, but wait for my dad to wake up."
Emmett sighed, "I feel terrible for them."
"Me too."
"Well, I'll be over in a little bit, okay?"
"Okay, Honey Bear, I love you."
"I love you too, Babe."
With that, Alexis hung up and went downstairs and went into the living room where everyone had gathered to watch a movie. A little while later, Emmett arrived, He knocked on the door, and Elizabeth answered the door. She smiled at Emmett and hugged him, "Emmett, it's good to see you."
"Hello, Mrs. Hale. I hope you don't mind that I'm here."
"Of course not, please come in."
Emmett walked in and went into the living room, where everyone greeted him. Alexis got up and hugged her mate; she wrapped her arm around his waist, then Bella got up and hugged Emmett, "I'm so happy for you and Lexie, Emmett."
"Thank you, Bella."
Charlie looked between Alexis and Emmett, confused.
"What happened between each other, besides you getting back together?"
Alexis beamed at her uncle, "We're officially mates, Uncle Charlie."
Charlie understood what that meant and smiled at his niece, "Congratulations, you two."
Emmett was surprised that Chief Swan congratulated them, but smiled anyway, "Thank you, Chief."
"Oh, please, Emmett, you're practically family now, you can call me Charlie."
"Thanks, Charlie."
Emmett greeted Ambrus then sat down with Alexis, and they started the movie. After watching two movies, they called it a night. Charlie and Bella went home while everyone went to bed. Emmett carried Alexis into her room, he changed her into one of his t-shirts then put her in bed. He then undressed down to his boxers and got into bed with her. Alexis cuddled into Emmett and kissed his bare chest.
"Goodnight, Emmett."
Emmett kissed the top of her head, "Goodnight, Lexie."
The next morning, Alexis woke up to Emmett kissing her neck. She smiled as she felt Emmett's cold lips on her skin. He licked her mating mark, making her moan, Emmett chuckled at Alexis' reaction. Alexis rolled over to face him and smiled, "Good morning, Honey Bear."
"Good morning, Baby."
Emmett leaned in to kiss Alexis, but she put her hand on his face and pushed him away, "Let me brush my teeth first."
"I don't care," Emmett told her.
"Yeah, but I do, I'll be right back."
Emmett groaned but let Alexis get up. She quickly went to the bathroom to do her morning ritual, then came out and got back into bed with Emmett. Alexis looked at the clock and noticed that it was only six in the morning. They still had more than enough time until they had to get up. Alexis rolled to face Emmett and kissed him, "Now, you can kiss me," Alexis said with a smile.
Emmett growled and kissed her fiercely. Alexis giggled when Emmett rolled them over so that he was on top of her. He started kissing and nipping his way down her neck, while his hands roamed her body. Emmett began to slide Alexis' shorts off until she caught his hand.
"We are not having sex in my mom's house."
"Why not?"
"Oh, I don't know, because this is my mom's house and I'm not going to do something like that in her house. Plus, these rooms are not soundproof, and I don't want her and Ambrus to hear us."
Emmett sighed, "Fine, then, let's go back to my house."
"How about you go back to your house and get ready to go to Bella's graduation?"
"Babe, it's still early, we have time."
"Fine, we can make out for a bit, then you're going to help me make breakfast for Bella at her house."
Emmett huffed, "Fine, now, where were we?" Emmett asked as he wrapped his arms around his mate and started making out with her again.
An hour later, Alexis and Emmett finally got up. Alexis went to take a shower while Emmett quickly went home to shower and change. By the time he got back, the Lycans were at Bella's house, getting ready to start breakfast for Charlie and Bella. Emmett jumped the fence and knocked on the front door. Charlie opened and greeted Emmett.
"Good morning, Emmett, what brings you by so early?"
"Good morning, Charlie, I'm here to help with breakfast."
Charlie raised an eyebrow, "You know how to cook?" Charlie asked as he let Emmett into the house.
"I learned when Lexie and I started dating. I need to keep my mate fed," Emmett said happily.
Charlie nodded, "Well, Lexie and Liz are in the kitchen if you want to join them, or you can watch the news with Ambrus and me."
"I'll go see if they need any help."
Emmett walked into the kitchen, and Alexis instantly put a bowl in his hand and told him to start mixing the batter for waffles. While Emmett was doing that, Alexis and Liz were busy making eggs, bacon, sausage, and hash browns. As soon as Emmett was finished with the batter, Alexis showed him how to use the waffle iron, and he got started on making the waffles. By the time Bella got up, breakfast was ready.
They had an excellent breakfast and talked for a while. Bella informed her Aunt Liz that she decided to go to NYU and study law. Liz hugged her niece and congratulated her on her decision, "And you won't be alone, Laura, Derek, and Cora all go to NYU, so you'll at least know someone in the city."
Bella's eyes brighten, "That would be great, do you think they'll mind if I hang out with them? At least until I'm comfortable."
"Not at all, Bella, you're part of the pack. We take care of our own," Liz tells her niece.
A few minutes later there's a knock on the door. Alexis answers the door, and Alice comes in. She has greeted everyone and hugs, Alexis, congratulating her on becoming Emmett's mate. Alice then hugs Bella and gives her a box that has her a dress in it for graduation. Bella thanks Alice, and Alice takes Bella by the hand and takes her upstairs.
"It's time to get you ready for graduation," Alice tells Bella.
Bella smiles and agrees; she was no longer the girl that hated dressing up and having people fuss over her. She would prefer that people wouldn't fuss over her, but at least now Bella could handle it better.
"Okay, let's get started," Bella tells Alice. Alice squeals and ushers Bella upstairs.
A few hours later, Bella was ready, and Alice had gone home to get ready as well. Bella, Charlie, and Liz drive to the school in Liz's SUV while Alexis, Ambrus, and Emmett take Emmett's Jeep. When they get there, Alice, Bella, Edward, and Jasper join the graduating class while the other go sit down with the Cullens and Samantha. A few minutes later, Jacob, Seth, and Billy show up and sit behind the Cullens and Alexis and Ambrus, Liz had to go up on stage. Jacob and Seth talk with the Cullens while Billy talks with Alexis, Ambrus, and Charlie.
A few minutes later, the graduation ceremony starts. Jessica Stanley came on stage to give her speech. It was an excellent speech but not nearly as good as the year before. When she finishes, they begin handing out their diplomas.
The Cullens, Alexis, Samantha, Ambrus, and Charlie all cheer when Alice, Edward Jasper, and Bella get their diplomas. When the ceremony was over, everyone congratulated the Bella and the others. After that, Bella, Charlie, Elizabeth, Alexis, and Ambrus went out to eat while the Cullens went home to get ready for the party. Bella had a lot of fun with her family during dinner. After dinner they went home so that Bella and Alexis could get ready for the party. It was going to be an eventful evening.