Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

A Fresh Start

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 25:

“What do you mean I can’t have a baby?” I asked, not believing this
shit.

Bo and I had been trying to get pregnant for 6 months now. He got
checked and was good to go. I got checked. Now I am sitting in a
doctor’s office barely hearing him say things like anovulation,
polycystic ovary syndrome, increased risk for breast cancer.

The only thing I heard clearly was that the chances of me conceiving were nearly zero.

I looked at Bo, who looked shocked.

I suppose I looked the same.

The doctor spoke about possible treatments but the odds they would work were nearly zero. I stood up and walked out. Bo was walking behind me. I heard him say a thank you to the doctor. What the fuck was he thanking him for?

I can’t give him children.

He drove me home. He tried to talk to me. I didn’t respond. He told
me once I wouldn’t ruin his life. He wanted kids. Now he was stuck
with a wife who couldn’t give him kids.

I walked inside and headed for our bedroom. I noticed the rooms
down the hall that I had planned to fill with children. Now they were mocking me.

“Bo, I need to be alone.” He stopped following me. I walked into our bathroom and turned on the shower.

He couldn’t hear me cry in the shower.

Bo POV

Shit. She was going to take this hard. I was taking it hard but I had
her. The doctor’s words came back to me.

Increased risk of cancer? The idea of losing her scared the hell out
of me. I would get her to have checkups every 6 months. I would go with her. We could beat this if it came. At least we have a warning sign now. I suppose anyone could get cancer. That’s why increased risk has me so concerned.

She wanted kids. We both did. She wanted to give me kids. That
didn’t matter to me as long as I had her. But she would never believe that. I had just gotten her over her misguided guilt over her mother’s death. She was smiling more and laughing again. Wanting to go out. Do things with our friends. Now this.

I heard the shower. She thought I didn’t realize she went there to cry. I wanted to rush in and hold her.

But I would wait till she got out.

She needed to get this out and she didn’t need a witness.

“You have to leave her.”

I jumped back cursing. I turned and saw Peter Whitlock.

“You motherfucker! Do you know how fucking rude it is to sneak up on someone? In their own home?”

“You have to leave her. You have to carry on the line.”

“Fuck you and fuck the line. You want someone to carry on the line, you got Hunter. Protect him and leave me the fuck alone!”

“There is too much of a risk of Hunter turning out like his mother.”

Okay now he was really pissing me off. She was no saint but that
was my sister. I would shoot him if I thought it would do any good.

“That’s too damn bad, Peter. You’ll have to get over it. I’m not leaving her. You said it yourself. We are meant to be. She is everything to me. Sorry. She is it. Kids or no kids, I could give a damn. She is all that matters!”

“I did say you were meant to be. But I’m not always right.”

“Yeah well, welcome to the world the rest of us live in.”

“Don’t you have any respect for those who have come before you?”

“Yeah I do. Do you? Because from what I have heard and known
about the men in my family, they would never abandon someone
they love. Are you sure you’re related to our family? Cause you sure ain’t actin like it. I am going to be with Mary till we die and then afterward too. Get over it and get out of my fucking house!”

“I’m not leaving till I talk to both of you.” Peter said quietly.

“You aren’t talking to her. You never get to talk to her. Get the fuck
out now!” I was yelling. I hoped Mary couldn’t hear me. The shower was still running.

“You can’t exactly stop me or kick me out, can you nephew?” He was smiling. God, I don’t think I have ever hated someone as much as I hated him in this moment.

“Maybe he can’t, but I can.” I looked over Peter’s shoulder. Esme.

“Esme, get the fuck out of here. You are nowhere near my league.
Stay the fuck out of family business, Mom.” Peter turned to look at
her.

“She may not be in your league but I sure as fuck am.”
Garrett walked in behind her.

“Garrett, this ain’t your business.” Peter didn’t sound so sure of
himself anymore.

“My woman considers these two family. That makes them my family. You may be able to take me. Maybe. I doubt it but I give you enough credit that I admit it is possible. But you won’t take both of us. You know it and I know it. Get the fuck out of here Peter. Before you piss me off.”

Peter turned to me.

“No changing your mind?”

“Fuck you Peter. Burn in hell.”

“What if she leaves you?”

“Then I guess I will be following her wherever she goes until I die. I would take Garrett’s advice and not come back.”

Peter nodded and was gone before I could blink.

“Where is she?” Esme asked.

“In the shower. How did you find out so soon?”

“I didn’t. We were coming to visit and heard Whitlock talking. I’m
sorry for the both of you Bo.”

“Long as she is okay, that’s all that matters.” Esme nodded. She
understood.

“You mind?” She asked, nodding towards our bedroom.

“You mind if I talk to her first? Then you can have a go.”
Esme nodded.

I walked into the bedroom and saw Mary was wrapped in a towel
and pulling clothes out of our closet.

“I don’t care Mary. It doesn’t matter to me.”

“It matters to me!”

I said nothing.

“Can I hold you?”

“No.” she whispered.

I walked up to her anyway and grabbed her. She practically fell into me and started crying again.

I held her for ten minutes or so while she got it out of her system.

“I understand if…”

“Don’t you fucking say it. Don’t you ever fucking say it, Mary.”

She took a deep breath and nodded.

“You hungry?” she asked.

“Yeah. Let’s go get some cheeseburgers from the country store. But, Esme is here. She wants to talk to you.”

“Did you tell her?”

I didn’t want to tell her about Whitlock. But we had a policy. No lies, no holding back.

“No. Whitlock showed up and she overheard him talking.”

“He knew didn’t he? I thought he said…”

“He was wrong. He’s an ass so it doesn’t surprise me.”

“He wants you to leave me.” She whispered.

“Won’t happen. I kicked him out. We won’t ever see him again. Don’t worry about him.”

“I wanted to give you children. You know that right?”

“Yep. Maybe we still can. Lot of kids need adopting. If that is
something we want to pursue we can always go that route.”

“But the child wouldn’t be yours.” She wouldn’t look at me.

“Nope. He or she would be ours.”

Mary finally nodded.

“You up to talking to Esme?”

“Yeah. Ask her to come in here please.” She said a little stronger this time.

I kissed her on the mouth gently and walked out. I gave Esme a nod and she was inside before I could blink. Vampires and their freaky speed. Still not used to it.

Leah walked in. I swear nobody knocks anymore.

“How the hell did you find out so soon?” I asked.

“Find out what?”

She didn’t know.

“Nothing. What’s up?”

“You and Mary made any new vampire friends lately?” This was a
surprise.

“You talkin about Whitlock? He ain’t a friend but he was just here.”

“No. I recognize his scent from the wedding. This is a scent I have
never smelt before.”

Garrett looked at me then back to Leah.

“Show me where.”

“Let’s go.”

It still amazed me how used to vampires, Leah and Seth had gotten. Not that she wouldn’t kill them if she had a reason. But she was actually polite to our undead friends. At least she didn’t growl as much anymore around Esme and Garrett. It’s amazing how different she is here from when she was in La Push.

I heard Mary crying again. This was going to be rough. But we will
get through it. We get through everything else. As long as we were
together, we could get through anything.

Peter POV

“You were a real ass.” Charlotte said.

“I know.”

“No, seriously. You were such an ass that I don’t want to be around
you for the first time since I met you.”

Damn. She had told Rose and Emmett. They were glaring at me.
Rose walked out to make a call and then came right back in and
glared at me.

“You don’t understand darlin. I had to…”
I never got to finish that sentence. The front wall to my fucking house blasted in and I was being tackled out the back wall by Jasper.

I stood up. He was ten feet away from me. Shit. He looked pissed.
Guess I know who Rose called. I saw Charlotte, Alice, Rose and
Emmett in the backyard with their arms crossed, staring at me.
Guess I can’t rely on any help from my wife.

“Jasper, you need to calm down…”

He hit me. I was damn glad I lived in the country. I had a feeling
Jasper wasn’t going to care about how much noise he made.

I tried to get myself off the ground. His boot was on my throat. I
grabbed his leg and tossed him away. He spun in the air, landed like a fucking cat and was on me like stink on shit. I tried to stand and he had my neck pinned up against a tree. His teeth were going for my fucking neck!

I kicked him in the chest and attacked. I hit him a couple times but he stood his ground. Never even backed up. I succeeded in pissing him off more. He growled. I hadn’t heard him growl like that since the Southern Wars.

This fucker was trying to kill me.

Time to reason with him.

“Jasper you need to calm down.”

He kicked my legs out from under me. I had enough of this shit. I
charged him. And found myself flipped back into my living room. I turned my head.

At least I tried. He had his arms around my head and was twisting it for me.

He had me.

Fuck.

“Jasper.” I squeezed out. “Stop. I had to be sure.”

He didn’t let up but at least he talked.

“Sure of what? Sure you couldn’t convince Bella’s husband to leave
her?”

“No…” Fuck that was it. That was all the breath I had.

“Jasper please don’t kill him. At least not until he can explain.”
Charlotte said.

At least not until? What the fuck?

Jasper’s grip loosed and I stood up.

“This better be good or you are dead. I realize you think I’ve gone
soft but I promise you I turned you and I can fucking end you. You
best remember who the fuck I am, son.”

Jasper was pissed. His eyes were very, very black.

“I had to be sure he loved her.”

“You could have asked me. Any idiot can see he loves her.”

“Something bad is coming Jasper. He is going to have a decision to
make. They both are. Decisions that can’t be taken back. I had to
know he was committed through anything before those decisions are made.”

“Decisions! Something bad is coming! That’s it? What decisions?
What bad thing is coming?”

“I don’t fucking know! It doesn’t work like that. Your wife can’t even see her. It’s just a feeling I got. You know how my feelings work.”

“Not worth a shit from what I can tell.” Jasper whispered coldly.

“Look…”

“No you look. You stay away from those two. He doesn’t give a fuck
about your family line so I sure as fuck don’t. You approach them
again and I end you. Charlotte won’t talk me out of it either. We
understand each other?”

“Yeah. Crystal.”

“You need to come up with another name.” Jasper said, turning his
back on me.

“What?”

“You need another last name to go by. You don’t deserve to go by
Bo’s name and you sure as hell don’t deserve to go by mine.” He
walked out through the hole in the front of my house. Alice, Rose,
and Emmett followed.

“Where are you two going?”

“With Jasper and Alice.” Rose responded.

“See ya around Peter… well I guess you don’t really have a last
name, anymore. Later Pete.” Emmett said shooting the finger at me.

I looked at Charlotte.

She sighed.

“Let’s get started fixing these walls and you can tell me why the hell I should stay with you.”

God, I hate these feelings I get sometimes.

Demetri POV

Damn this was getting ridiculous. Every few months I had to check
on this girl since I found her. Why the hell Aro didn’t just let me take her? I could have had her a dozen times by now. Easy. Grab the human, go to the airport, hop the private jet and take off. Hell I could have started turning her before we even left the tarmac. Now we had a problem. I took out my phone to deliver the good news.

“Yes Demetri? Has something changed?”

“No Master, not with the girl. But there is more resistance here than I originally noted. It is not just Esme Cullen who is here.”

“Do tell Demetri?”

“At least one shape shifter. Rose and Emmett Cullen…”

“I am not hearing a problem yet, Demetri.”

“Alice and… Jasper. Garrett. Peter and Charlotte. They are all here.
Within a twenty mile radius of the girl.”

Aro was silent.

“Demetri, can you take her now?”

“No Master. Esme and Garrett are with her. The Shape shifter caught my scent. I have already left the area but I know she and Garrett are tracking my scent.”

“I see. Return home Demetri. It is time we took care of this situation before it gets out of hand.”

“We attack the vampires?”

“No. I have no desire to start a war with Peter, Garrett or Jasper. We can get her without causing trouble. I am disappointed they picked up your scent. It will make them more alert. But nothing we cannot work around. Hurry home.”

Aro ended the call. Home sounded pretty good right now. There
were way too many dangerous vampires in the area. I wouldn’t be
coming back here alone.

Aro POV

“I am simply amazed at the bonds that girl can create.” Marcus said in a bored tone.

“You are amazed brother? I thought you were past amazement after all this time.”

“Every vampire that meets her wants to protect her. We should leave her alone.”

“She is too powerful to be left alone.” Caius said from my other side.

“She is a human who knows of our existence!”

“Yes. She has known for a very long time.” Marcus pointed out.

“Her husband knows. Neither of them have told anyone. She is not a danger to us and she is not powerful now. She is only a human. Taking her would be more trouble than it is worth.”

“Marcus, you do not understand…”

“I understand perfectly Aro. You are ruled by greed and a lust for
power. A drive to collect powerful toys. Someone like this though… this young woman. You cannot control her. Chelsea cannot bend her to your will. She will never be what you want her to be. She may be your shield. Until you really need her. Then she may let the shield down. That would be quite the surprise, wouldn’t it?”

Marcus actually laughed.

“I regret your view of me brother. I only wish to uphold the law. She knows of us. She agreed to be turned before and she escaped. The law must be satisfied.”

“Then kill her if you are so concerned about your precious law.”
Marcus replied.

“It is not a bad idea Aro. She may be more trouble than she is
worth.” Caius agreed.

“He will not kill her. He will use her husband’s continued life to get
her to do as he commands. Her family’s life. Her friends. Isn’t that
right, Aro?” Marcus asked.

I turned to look at my ‘brother.’ He knew me too well.

“I suppose we shall see how this plays out. For right now, I have
made the decision that Bella Swan will be turned. In one month,
Jane and Alec will collect her. I believe Felix will go as well. Once we have her here, I promise you brother. I will control her. If her vampire friends want her life to continue they will stay away as well.”

“You are playing with a fire that may finally consume you Aro. But do as you must.” Marcus shrugged his shoulders. He didn’t care if he lived or died. I cared. I would have Bella Swan. She belongs to the Volturi. I am the Volturi. She is mine.

“One suggestion I would make, if I may brother?”

“Of course Marcus.”

“Do not turn her immediately.”

“Why on Earth not?”

“Chelsea may have a chance of forging a bond as a human that she
could potentially carry over into this life. It is worth a try. I will let you know if it works or not. I can promise you that you will have no chance once she is turned. Her friends and husband and family will die eventually. It would be good to have some sort of hold on her if possible. Don’t you agree?”

He did make sense. But I wanted her now. However, if Chelsea
could bend her human mind to the Volturi…

“Yes. We will take her and bring her here. Once we have her at the
castle she cannot be touched.”

BPOV

I was currently soaking in Lake Tyler with my legs wrapped around my husband. It was night. No one could see us making love in the water. We still had to listen to the catcalls of our friends sitting around the fire. I didn’t care. The water felt too good not to make love.

“Mmmmmmm.” All I could do was moan, squeeze a little tighter and bite his shoulder. I really didn’t want to be loud and listen to more shit from my friends but I wasn’t going to stop him. The water made me feel weightless. All I had to focus on was his cock inside me. I started moving my hips feeling him sliding in and out.

We were splashing.

More catcalls. Fuck em.

“Move me a little deeper baby.” I whispered in his ear. We got in the water at shoulder height and I went crazy. I could move as fast on him as I wanted and no splashing. Oh shit he was holding me with one hand and his other worked under my bikini top. He was
squeezing my nipple. He hadn’t even bothered to take my bottoms
off. Just pushed them aside and entered me. I was going to scream
when I came. I could hurt his shoulder or let it loose. Fuck em.
I screamed in pleasure. I didn’t even hear the noise this time. I was
lost in his grip.

God I loved this man. I was exhausted so I kept my legs wrapped
around his waist and let him carry me to the fire.

I could feel my blush. Shit, even Leah was smiling.

“Water’s free if anybody wants to use it.” I politely mentioned.

“That’s okay. I think we will stick with the tents.” Travis said.

“Awesome. We all get to hear Leah growl tonight. What is with the
growling, Leah?” Todd asked.

Leah shrugged her shoulders. “What can I say? My man makes me
feel like an animal.” She winked at me. If only her man knew.

I had been feeling better. Bo had been so great. At first I felt really
broken. Not worthy of him. But he has been so good to me. He
seemed to be more focused on the increased cancer risk than not
having kids. He was setting up screenings with my doctors every few months. I was officially on medical watch even though there was really no reason to be concerned.

We also talked about getting on the adoption list and were looking at local agencies. I wouldn’t be able to feel his child growing in me. But I could share a child with him. It would work. As long as we had each other, everything would be fine. I sat in his lap by the fire and realized from the feel of his lap that we may be needing to head to our tent soon.

“Bo, break out the guitar. Time for some Pat Green.” Chris said,
slurring a little bit. Adrian had a predatory grin. Looks like someone is going to wind up naked and loving dick tonight.
Bo grabbed the guitar. He was about to start strumming but he
looked at me. We had talked about this and he knew what I wanted. But I told him it was up to him. He played for me some nights. Mostly when I was feeling a little down about missing my Mom, or some stupid commercial came on TV with a pregnant woman. I wanted him to share this with our friends.

“Hold on guys. Before we start all singing along, I want to sing a
song to Mary.”

Laughter filled our little camp fire. He ignored them and sat down
next to me, placing the guitar on his knee. Suddenly everyone got
quiet when they saw I wasn’t laughing. I was going to try not to cry. It was tough though. When he sang to me it was so beautiful.

He began softly playing one of my favorite songs. A Woman Like You by Lee Brice. The tears were already pooling in my eyes.

I sat listening to him sing. It was a fun song, but so sweet. Described us so well.

He ended the song and kissed me. We looked up and the circle was
quiet.

“When the fuck did you learn to do that?” Todd asked.

“I don’t know. I always have been able to.” Bo replied.

“Oh…”

“Can you play ‘Songs about Texas’, George’s Bar?” Tina asked.

“Yeah, I can play all of Pat Green’s songs. But ya’ll are going to have to sing along.” Bo smiled.

“We will help with the chorus. The words are yours.” Tina said. She
had a few tears in her eyes as well.

“I think I can manage that.” He started strumming. Life wasn’t
perfect. But it was pretty damn good.