What he left behind Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3

Yellow eyes. Staring straight into mine.

I can't move. I was so surprised that I didn't even breathe - not that we need to.

"B..Be..Bella?"

I stood there, frozen, still unable to answer. After a few heartbeats of my daughters, Aro cleared his throat.

"So..uh..Bella, this is our visitor, Carlisle. I'm sure you know him, am I wrong?"

Atlast, I could move. But I didn't speak. I was afraid my voice would crack. So I just shook my head at him, still looking at those golden eyes.

Carlisle.

Carlisle Cullen. He's here.

I felt a smile on my face form.

"Momma..?" Nessie asked.

That got Carlisle's attention. Nessie and Carlie walked towards me and I picked them up, inhaling their beautiful scents that helped me calm down more.

"Momma?" Carlisle asked, unbelieving in his eyes.

"Yes. These pretty little girls here are Bella's daughters. I'm going to leave you alone to talk." With that, Aro left the throne room, leaving me,Carlisle, and my twins altogether.

"What's the meaning of this, Bella?" Carlisle asked.

I took a deep breath. "Nessie, Carlie, meet Carlisle." I said. The twins looked back at him and smiled.

"Hello, Carlisle." Nessie said.

"Are we related?" Carlie asked. I froze. I wanted to answer her so much but I can't form a good sentence yet.

"Bella?"

"Nessie, Carlie, please play in the corner for a minute, would you? I need to speak to Carlisle."

"Yes, momma." Then they went to their 'playing area' far enough for them just to hear murmurs.

"Bella, what happened to you? Why are you a vampire?"

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes, please tell me. How come you have...daughters?" Huh. He thinks I got involved with someone else rather than his son.

"So..uh..you see,when you left..." I flinched but continued with the story. "I was...pregnant." There. I said it. Please, Carlisle, do the Math.

"Pregnant? Wha - is that even possible? Wait - with whom?"

"Yes, it's possible, I get that a lot. And you know who I was pregnant with...I really don't want to talk about him." I confessed.

"Does he knows?" Yey! Carlisle knew who I was referring to. I thought sarcastically.

"No. You all left, remember?" I said with accusation clear in my voice. God, I wanted this to be over with. I don't want to remember.

"We're sorry, Bella. We thought it was for your own good. We didn't know anything about...this." Carlisle said stepping towards me.

Then I broke down. I can't help it - I miss them so much. So I sobbed then hugged him.

"Shh, now, Bella. Calm down. Your daughters are here - they're coming here."

I took a deep breath again to stop sobbing.

"Momma, are you okay?" Carlie asked hugging my leg. I crouched down to her level.

"Carlie, Nessie, I have to tell you something. This vampire here - " I said, looking up at the smiling Carlisle, "is your grandfather."

Both of them touched my cheek.

Really? Can we meet him momma? asked Carlie in her head.

Can we hug him? and that's Nessie.

I just nodded and smiled at them.

"Grampa!" they both squealed and jump to Carlisle's arms. I laughed at their exuberance.

Carlise also laughed. "That's something I should get used to." he muttered.

"Calisle, this is Renesmee Janice Swan - or should I say Cullen - and Carlie Roxette Swan - Cullen."

"Beautiful names Bella." he smiled at me. "Hello Renesmee, hello Carlie. Wow, Esme is going to be so happy when she heard about this - especially when she learns that you kind of named Nessie after her."

"Really?" I said. I hadn't thought about that, my twins meeting Esme. Let alone the Cullen family. "Won't they hate me?"

"What? Of course not. So tell me Bella, would you like to come with me back to our home?"

That was a shock. "I..uh..I'll talk to Aro about it first."

"You could go, Bella." Aro said, entering the room. "But you should visit here, too."

"Thank you, Aro." I smiled at Aro who was like my father here. "Okay then. We'll come with. Would you like that, girls?"

The twins nodded fast.

"It's settled then. We'll leave tomorrow." Carlisle said.

This is it. I'm going to see them again.

Even Edward...