Swan's Secrets

Forty

~Jacksonville, Florida~

"Oh!" Mom comes outside of the house running out to see me, the kids and Demetri. Demetri has a ring to keep him looking human in the sun "There's my beautiful baby and beautiful grand babies!" She hugs the kids first before kissing their cheeks, she then comes over to me hugging me and kissing my cheek "and your having another baby" she has her hand on my belly rubbing it feeling the babies kick "and their kicking!"

"Grandpa Phil!" The girls run to Phil when he comes out of the house.

"You must be Demetri!" Mom goes over hugging Demetri and kissing his cheek "and is that a ring?! Your engaged!"

"Hi mom" I greet before mom runs off saying something about getting a camera "hi Phil"

"Hi Lera" he kisses my cheek "how far along are you?"

"About eight months" I think, I don't know "I need to sit down" Demetri picks me up bridal style before walking me over to a chair to sit down.

"Tell me everything" mom orders after taking a photo of me and Demetri.

"We met over a year ago" I tell mom as Demetri brings the kids inside, getting them situated with Phil while I'm with mom "we became pen pals first before starting to date. He proposed a couple months ago and he's amazing with the kids"

"I was so sorry to hear about Zephyr" she says "but I didn't like him, even though he fathered my grand babies there was something off about him. What about Demetri's family?"

"We're going to Egypt to meet them in a week" I tell her "tomorrow Demetri and I are going to take some pregnancy photos at the beach and also a family photo" with a female photographer because Demetri hates the idea of a male photographer taking photos of me.

"I'm going to ask because I need to know" mom asks "do you love him?"

Nodding my head looking off into space "With all my heart mom, I've never felt this way about any man before. I can picture waking up on Sunday morning with him by my side as the children run in wanting him to make them pancakes. I picture him coming home seeing him he tackled by the kids or me coming home and he's with the kids on the couch watching some movie" tears run down my face looking at mom "I love him"

She smiles "Then I'm happy for you" taking my hand "now this is the love I expected to see from Bella and Edward but I don't, when you came in I saw how Demetri looked at you with nothing but love and devotion. When I saw Bella and Edward together a couple weeks back, all I saw was a toxic relationship. I mean they could barely be next to one another, they only held hands. Sure they kissed but it wasn't like how your father described it to me"

"So your not approving of Bella's engagement?" Yeah they got engaged a week ago "or how the wedding is in August?" They invited us to the wedding for some reason, we aren't going.

"No" shaking her head "I know about Bella's pregnancy and how she's doing a shot gun wedding—she'll divorce him in a couple months, maybe a year" I let out a laugh "only you could find a healthy relationship"

"Thanks mom"

Nodding her head "Now, tell me about the wedding? When will it be?"

"We decided December twenty first, it'll be time after the babies are born" I tell her "also not this upcoming twenty first but in a few years after I'm done with college"

"What does Demetri do?" She asks

"He owns night club in Italy, he's an investor" I tell her "he's currently opening a hotel in Miami"

"Really?" She asks, nodding my head "oh! If he does then we can visit you and the kids"

"Yeah" nodding my head "I'm actually going to Full Sail University here in Florida so"

"Oh!" She claps her hands "I love it! I can't wait for you to be here, when do you start?"

"In the Spring" I tell her "give us time to settle in with the kids and everything"

"Good" nodding her head "you have more of a plan than Bella" she gasps "Oh! We can look for schools for the kids! I can baby sit for you guys if you want"

~Egypt~

"Daddy?" Ripley asks Demetri, the kids have recently started to call him daddy "why is mommy crying?" I'm on the bathroom floor eating a whole carrot cake afraid of Demetri's venom family not liking me.

"Because she's scared" Demetri tells them "why don't you girls go finish your dinner?" Demetri comes over to my side "mi amor, you are wonderful and amazing and my venom parents will love you. You look so amazing in that blue dress" it's really hot in Egypt right now so I'm wearing a short light blue dress with brown sandals. I cut my hair so it's to my shoulders.

"Really?" I ask, he nods his head. After an hour we make it to the house of the Egyptian Coven. I push the stroller as Demetri holds the girls hands when we walk inside.

"Amun?" Demetri calls out when we walk into this sitting area, we see four vampires. Two males and two females, black hair, tan skin that sparkles in the sun and red eyes. Two look to be in their early forties while the other two are teenagers.

"Demetri" the older one stands up greeting him coming over while the others are away "what brings you by?" He looks at me and the children "who're they?"

Demetri brings me forward "Amun I'd like to introduce you and Kebi to Leralynn my mate and our children, well my stepchildren but my children nonetheless"

Amun smiles to me "Hello, Leralynn? As in Leralynn Swan?"

Nodding my head "Yes"

"Zephyr told me of your existence" he says "and it has been made known of what you did to Aro"

"Hello" Kebi I'm assuming is before me "it's nice to meet the Chosen One"

"Hi" Ripley waves her hand

They look down at the kids "These are our children Ripley, Ruby the twins" Demetri introduced them "these are the triplets River, Orion and Winter"

"Hello" the one male vampire comes over "you smell really nice, not like eating but nice"

"Thanks" I say

"Demetri, Leralynn" Amun introduces to us "this is Benjamin and Tia"