To Live Again (Twilight)

🗯️20: Meeting the Cullens🗯️

All three mated pairs spent the rest of Bella's new born year together. Alice and Leo left Paris along with the Whitlocks and they travelled together. They spoke a lot and discussed a lot. They even speculated why Edward would lie to everyone about her and blame her instead.

Bella spoke of everything that happened after they left and Alice was so guilt ridden and sad. She also told Alice that the Volturi was after her ass; both Leo and Alice were shocked and amused to learn that all the deaths the Volturi covered up as some expert or a group killings were actually Bella soloing them.

"You know we should go and meet Esme and the others, don't you?" Jasper asked one day after he finished talking to Esme on call. He told her he and Alice met their mates and they are together with Peter and Char, that they would visit soon. Esme kept insisting on a visit for a while now.

"We will go after my birthday." She agreed reluctantly. Jasper knew she was very reluctant but he knew this was a start. He just wanted all the misunderstandings cleared. He knew how much Emmett, Esme, Carlisle and even Rose missed Bella, even though they don't show it to anyone.

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Bella's birthday was like any other day. She was one year old in vampire years and 23 years old in human years. Jasper and Bella laid curled up on their bed facing the window to watch the sunrise. They went hunting on Alice's insistence. Bella knew what was happening but she played along anyway.

She knew Alice was trying to throw her a birthday party and she wanted it to be perfect unlike the last disastrous attempt. She had Char, Peter and Leo helping and had Jasper distract her. Not that Bella was complaining about his distraction methods, quite the opposite, she was actually enjoying them.

They spent the whole day at the cabin they had nearby in the woods all three couples used whenever they wanted privacy. Not that it was completely possible with two seers in the house, but they learnt to make do with whatever they had.

In the evening, Jasper and Bella got dressed, he closed her eyes and led her towards the main house.

She knew a party was coming but not how it was going to be. How do vampires celebrate birthdays anyway?

"Happy birthday Bella!" Everyone wished her as soon as she stepped into the house. Alice decorated the living room quite exquisitely. She made it taste in shades of blue, purple and white without them clashing with each other.

There were balloons, candles and a music system. Bella also noticed drinks; quite a lot of drinks.

"Fun fact, we can get drunk, if we drink extremely high levels of alcohol. The kind of amount that gives poisoning to humans." Peter chimed in as soon as he saw where Bella was looking.

The might was a whirlwind. They drank, played games which they would remember forever, revealed a lot of secrets, embarrassed each other, drank a lot and also danced till they literally dropped.

All in all, Alice deemed the party a success.

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They were leaving to visit the Cullens the next day. Everyone packed, had a drink and set out around midday. They were driving to the Cullen house. It would take them 3 days to reach but, they figured it would give Bella time to adjust and accept that she was going to see her other family again.

On the other hand, once they started their journey, Bella felt it was more like a torture, all the waiting and tension and anticipation were killing her. She would have preferred a short plane ride over this 3 day road trip.

"We will be there soon, Isabella." Jasper reminded her gently. "It's just an hour away."

The minute they stopped in front of the house, she could see the five Cullens waiting for them on the front stoop. They came in three cars; Alice and Leo were in the front followed by Peter and Char and Bella and Jasper were in the last car.