Jake-

Standing in the living room waiting for Charlie I remembered another time I had stood as the test subject for a newborn. I was just as happy to do it this time around.

The door opened from upstairs and I locked eyes with Esme. She gave me a small smile and retreated to the far wall behind me. Demetri came to stand next to me.

I took a deep breath and braced myself.

"Holy crap!" I couldn't stop the words. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped.

I stared incredulously at the man with the red eyes coming down the stairs, Bella's arm wrapped around his waist.

"I know." A deep smooth voice came from the red eyed stranger in front of me.

"I look hot."

"Charlie? Is that you?"

This was not what I had been expecting.

When I had first seen Bella after her transformation she really had seemed just like herself.

Standing here 10 feet from Charlie I was trying to find him within this new face.

A memory of Charlie and Renee's wedding picture hanging in Charlie's house came to my mind.

There it was.

This Charlie in front of me looked no more than 21 years old.

His skin had smoothed out the deep set wrinkles and laugh lines and his gray hair was back to it's dark brown.

Despite the deep crimson color even his eyes seemed youthful.

"Um, hey Charlie."

"Jake." Charlie smiled and took a few steps closer.

He pulled up quickly.

"Jake is that you?" Charlie asked, wrinkling his nose.

We all laughed now.

This time I took a few steps to close the space between us.

I watched Charlie's eyes slightly unfocus, Jasper put his hand on Charlie's shoulder. His eyes immediately refocused.

"Sorry." He laughed a little taken aback. "It really is so easy to get distracted."

"How do you feel?' I asked.

"I'm not sure. Mostly normal now that my throat isn't on fire."

I sensed Demetri relax and looked over at him.

"This coven, excuse me, family...truly is something amazing." He smiled as he spoke.

It struck me then that we were the weird family in the already weird world.

"How is Ness?" Charlie asked his eyes full of concern.

"She is great. Anxious to see you." I said hoping I calmed him.

"How long do you think until I can see her?" Charlie asked looking over at Bella.

"Not long apparently." Edward said his voice full of fury.

"I know you told me I had to wait but I was too worried." I spun around at the sound of Nessie's voice.

Instantly the entire room changed.

It seemed everyone had moved at the exact same time and were standing all around Charlie with their hands on his shoulders.

Bella was standing in front of Charlie with her hands on either side of his face talking so fast I couldn't understand the words.

Esme and Demetri were in front of Renesmee.

"Esme get Ness out of here." Edward spat out between clenched teeth.

It was then that I looked into Charlie's eyes.

My blood ran cold.

His eyes were so wild and intense the red almost seemed to be burning.

With so many vampires holding him back it didn't look like he was struggling, especially with Emmett's arms around him.

I could tell that the combination of Bella's words and Jasper's calming power were working. Charlie's eyes were starting to lose their desperation and he was struggling less.

Of course Ness was arguing with Esme about staying.

It was Carlisle who spoke next.

"Ness, you need to go and let your grandfather get his bearings. We need to help make this as easy as possible."

I walked right to Ness and grabbed her by the arm taking her out of the front door.

She didn't even protest. We got into my truck and I got us away from the house as soon as possible.

We continued to drive in silence.

I heard a sniff and looked over at Ness.

She had her head in her hands and was silently crying.

"Ness, it's going to be okay." I was anxious to calm her.

"What was I thinking Jake? Now Charlie is going to feel so guilty!" She said through her tears.

My phone buzzed on the dash.

Ness grabbed it.

"Hi mom."

Ness listened for a few minutes with her eyes closed.

I pulled up in front of my house and killed the engine.

"Okay, love you too." Ness handed me the phone and looked out the window towards my house.

Ashlyn was on the porch waiting for us.

Ness got out of the car and they hugged.

"Come inside." Ashlyn said.

We all walked in and immediately our son Ephraim bounded into Ness's arms.

The rest of the evening Ness and E watched movies and built lego houses.

Demetri -

Twenty four years of being a part of this family had definitely not kept me from being surprised by them. Standing in the foyer of The Cullen's home I watched as four vampires talked a newborn out of a frenzy. Throughout my time with The Cullen's I had often been struck by how "human" they all were. Apart from their immortality and appetite for blood they were more human than vampire in all of the ways it truly mattered. I had witnessed many transformations throughout my lifetime. I had even been tasked with taking the more coveted newborns on their first hunts. My talent was useful in case they were to run off. The scene in front of me was not just some newborn. He was Charlie. My father in law and a man I had come to admire. My first meeting with him had gone as well as one could expect however he had accepted me. I realized that The Volturi thought they knew what civilized meant but Aro had missed the mark by quite a lot. My life had changed so dramatically and I had The Cullens to partially thank for that. If not for the child I would never have found Leah. Thinking of her brought me out of my reverie.

"Edward." I thought, knowing he would hear me.

He angled his head toward me.

"Let's give Charlie sometime before he sees Leah and Seth."

Edward nodded.

"I can accompany you for his first hunt."

Edward looked at Bella.

"Bella why don't we take Charlie for a hunt? Emmett, Jasper and Demetri can come with us."

"Dad? Do you want to hunt?" Bella asked still holding both of her father's hands.

Charlie just nodded and his eyes took on a slight version of the frenzy I had witnessed before.

This one was going to be challenging.