Bella's POV
The week flew by quickly. Edward and I went on a little trip to visit an old friend of mine: J. Jenks. I phoned him, as to not give him a heart attack since another Cullen was asking for one of the specialties in his menu. Ivee needed a passport and an ID and fast. During her stay in Alaska with the Denali's, I asked Alice for a picture of Ivee and sure enough, it was in my email in less than 30 minutes.
Esme and Rosalie were the most exicted next to the children themselves. Rommel was a little reluctant but that was only because there were a lot more women in the house now. He simply could not wait until his other new cousin was here. I just ruffled his already messy hair and told him the same thing.
Next to Alice in the decorating business was Rosalie. She, Emmie, Nessie and Esme would night and day on the preparations for Ivee. Starting from a brand new room to the whole house, every surfaced was polished with this and that for Ivee's homecoming. We decided on the last minute to not invite the wolves for now, for they might frighten her.
I tried to help out at the best of my ability but then having Edward Cullen as your husband and the father or your children made it a little more than difficult to even walk up and down the stairs. He was only acting this way because my stomach grew significantly and my cravings were acting up more than ever. It wasn't a surprise to me that the only human foods I still enjoyed were eggs that Edward cooked. My baby seemed to also enjoy lots of sweets like ice cream cake.
We were all piling up in the living room now. Alice, Ivee, and Jasper's plane landed about an hour ago. Carlisle and Emmett left tp pick them up.
It wasn't long until we heard the car pull up on the driveway.
I was happy to see that she was already clearly attached to her new parents. Of course, with Alice as your mother, you'd be looking fashionable any day and every day.
She was all smiles and her expression was classic the second she stpeed foot into the house. Shouts of welcome erupted and filled every room. Her eyes were so close to popping out of their sockets.
"Oh daddy," she cried, hiding sheepishly behind Jasper. "Is all of this for me?"
"Yes, all for you my precious little red tulip," he answered placing a kiss on her forehead.
Esme was quick to claim her newest grandchild. "Hello, Darling. Welcome home! I've cooked all sorts of foods for you and your Aunt and I prepared your bedroom. Oh, you do not know how much you mean to us," she said rocking her back and forth. She was so small compared to everyone else, her being the youngest by far. She looked to be about a big 5 year old.
I hugged her next, taking advantage before the children sweep her away to give the grand tour of the house.
"Hi Aunt Bella," she greeted with the cutest chime.
"Hi Ivee," I replied, "welcome home sweetheart."
SHe smiled in return and started batting her full, long lashes.
"CanI kiss your belly? Mommy said that there's baby growing inside," she asked rocking on her feet and her hands crossed behind her back. She was too adorable. I laughed and nodded.
She hesitantly walked closer to me and patted my stomach. By now everyone had been watching our little exchange, hypnotized by her cuteness.
She gave one quick peck to my 5 month looking stomach and dashed right back to Alice's side. The party officially started with feeding the children. Esme and Edward were busy the whole day in the kitchen cooking spaghetti, lasagna, and other italian foods. Nessie helped occasionally, too. The whole day was dedicated to the newest Cullen member. I don't know how everyone else felt, but for me, I was the happiest for Alice and Jasper. Things were really going well for those two. I noticed that as her siblings moved on, starting families, she looked just a little bit sullen. She probably felt the hole in her heart growing again, just like the first few years of her transformation, not remembering at all her human past. All that changed when she met Jasper and joined the Cullens. I've always known that Alice would make an exceptional mother. Seeing her so distressed in finding Ivee in time really reflected that. As for Ivee, it was obvious that somehow, someway she belonged in this family, like it was her destiny to be joined this way.
I had no doubt that she would fit right in with our family. She and Emmie were almost inseparable. The two had rooms of their own, but we found them sleeping together more often than not in either of the rooms. Ivee looked up greatly to Nessie as well. She was intrigued with her skill at playing the piano and she would always tug her shirt to play something or teach her. Rommel enjoyed her company as well. Surprisingly, despite her girly exterior, Ivee was very into sports. If she wasn't with Emmie or Nessie, she would be outside with Rommel and the rest of the guys playing with some sort of ball.
She had no trouble forgetting Jesse, that's for sure. She was really smart, too. When we left her in Alaska with Alice and Jasper, Alice reported that she was a really talented painter. All she had to do was watch the sunset for about 5 to 10 minutes and then within the next hour, the most perfectly creative interpretation of the sunset would be made.
The most astonishing of all would have to be her gift. I know she had never used it on any of us yet but I knew that one day it would be inevitable. Alice and I were looking through some magazines the other day and the topic of Ivee's power came up.
"She did what to Jesee?" I asked, my head shaking in disbelief.
"Well she was really mad that one day, when I had the vision of her fleeing, and she used her gift to manipulate him. Like actually control his thoughts and told him to swim far, faw away."
"So wait, let me get this straight. She has the power to persuade? And if she gets furious, it gets so powerful that she can control your mind?"
She nodded nonchalantly. Well I knew who's bad side I was to steer away from.
Alice saw my face and she laughed.
"Bella, don't worry. Jasper and I told her to never use her power for evil. She also knows the rules about humans and exposing our kind. She's smart, all of the children are. Oh Bella, you don't know how much I like the sound of all the children running around the house. Ever since Ivee came prancing into our lives, I've been more complete, jubilant and elated. Jasper and I should've adopted sooner," she rambled on and on.
I just smiled, still listening to her. In fact, all of our lives were more complete now. Edward and I loved Nessie dearly, more than our own lives and now we were expecting another bundle of nudges with Eddie coming soon. Then with the twins, Emmett and Rosalie became the parents that they always wanted to be. With Ivee, she brought out the maternal and paternal sides of her parents, which I would've never discovered. Even with Nessie being born, Rosalie was like her second mother whereas Alice was the aunt that didn't know how to change diapers. Esme and Carlisle were the next to be completely overjoyed.
Esme loved cleaning, cooking and caring for her beloved grandchildren. She even did nightly tuck ins now. As for Carlisle, he took more time off from the hospital to spend time with the children, too.
The Cullen house was definitely full of happiness now a days. And to think that these children were thought to never even exist. Like what Rosalie said, "I guess this family is just blessed with miracles."
I wrote 'precious little tulip' as Jasper's responce to Ivee because red tulips mean "perfect love" and I just thought it matched because Ivee was a perfect match to be Jasper and Alice's daughter because she makes the both of them feel more complete and such. Oh and red being that her hair is red... xD
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