The Other Twin: the story of Renesmee's Twin. BOOK 3

Chapter One

"Lex, we're here." Seth mumbles in my ear as I stare distantly out the windshield at the snow covered mountains. I nod and look into his worried eyes. I stroke his jaw bone with the back of my hand and get out of the car. "Jaden, take the twins hands please. It's slippery." I tell my daughter whose eyes are still fogged in terror. She nods and takes the sleepy twins by the hand to the door of our makeshift home. We ran to Alaska, fleeing the terror of the Denali Coven. Luckily, my parents had a house here that they were planning on living in when they went on to college, but that never seemed to happen. It was the perfect place, no trace of my parents scent. John, Max, and Emily walk into the house, stiff as rods, knowing exactly what is going on. Seth has Olive and I take out the three car seats containing our peacefully unaware babies and shut the door quickly. "We'll be okay." Seth half assures me, half assumes himself. I smile and follow him into the gigantic house. "They really don't own anything small do they?" Seth chuckles, taking in the enormous cabin type house. "Have you met them?" I raise my eyebrows and walk into the master bedroom. "Mommy, can we sleep in here?" Emily asks, laying under the covers with all of the other children. I can't help but smile when they look so cute all snuggled up together. "How could I say no?" I giggle and she laughs her bell like laugh. I look around at the wooden panels on the wall decorated sparsely. The white king sized bed almost protruding in the bare room. "Lex? Are you going to put them down?" Seth jokes and I blush as I look at the three car seats on my arm. "I guess I could." I pretend groan and he chuckles as his lips press to my forehead. I beam at him and turn to the kiddos. "Who is ready for a bath?" I ask and all of my little loves cheer. "Alright, almost babies first!" I exclaims and scoop up Hope, Olive, and Spencer. "No fair!" Emily pouts, her actual age of six showing through. "It'll be quick!" I shout back and close the doors. "Into the tub you go!" I say and place them in one by one after undressing them. "Mommy, what are we going to do tomorrow?" Olive asks absentmindedly as she plays with Hope's hands. I sigh and finish rinsing the girls' hair. I wrap them up and sit them down on the edge of the tub. "We'll just have to wait and see won't we?" I smile and they nod. I kiss each of their clean faces and send them to Seth, who is on pj duty. "Emmy! Jaden!" I shout and they come trodding in butt-naked. I shake my head and help them into the tub. "You two are a mess." I laugh and they giggle. I finish bathing the girls and Seth supervises the boys as I go and put on my pajamas which consist of old athletic shorts and one of Seth's T-shirts. When I walk back into my bedroom, the girls are cooing to the babies who must have woken up. "What great little helpers I have!" I smile and they giggle. I change the babies and fix them bottles quickly, before glancing at the clock and realizing that it is only 7:00 pm. "Seth, we got here so early." I smile and he grins back. "Fate is on our side." He says and I kiss him quickly before placing the babies on the bed, lying them in the bopees and leaning their bottle to the perfect angle. "How about we have a movie night?" Seth suggests, throwing Max on the bed so that all of the kids and I are crammed under the covers. I laugh looking at our beautiful family, playing and surviving despite our odds. I see a flash out of the corner of my eye and look up quickly to see Seth taking a picture. "What! Alice isn't here so someone has to do it!" He half jokes and we all chuckle. "Mommy, are we going to be okay?" My sweet Olive asks and I hug her close to me. I look around at all eight beautiful curious faces and smile. "Yeah, we'll be okay." I decide and smile at Seth as all of the kids snuggle closer to us.