SUNRISE

The continuation of Breaking Dawn

By Giselle Soto
 Chapter 1

It has been ten years since our daughter was

born, and I still can believe how fast she has
grown. She doesn’t look like she’s 10, but rather
looks like she is 18 years young. And, wow, is she
beautiful. Her hair is still copper color and with
curled ends which is way past her lower back. She
still blushes here and there and she still has that
laugh that no matter how angry one is, you can’t
help but laugh with her. Rennesmee, my beautiful,
rare, talented daughter. Everyday that goes by she
looks more and more like her father Edward. And
everyday, somehow that I can’t explain, we love her
more and more. Even the pack loves her like a baby
sister. They can’t even believe that they wanted to
destroy Rennesmee when she was still in my womb.
Sam and Emily are much more protective of her then
the rest. Of course no one can pass Jake, who is
there 24/7. He never leaves her side and the
smallest sign of threat he always takes his guarded
position in front of Rennesmee to shield her from
whatever is or was about to come. Many times my new
family just laughs at how guarded and protected and
sometimes overly dramatic Jake is, but I don’t mind
because at least I know no harm will come to her. I
mean she doesn’t only have her family’s protection
but she also has horse size wolves or shape
shifters like Aro would call them, and many other
vampires from the Denali clan to the Amazonian.
Every single vampire that stood beside us years ago
when the Volturi wanted to destroy Rennesmee has
grown to love her more then we expected. Amun, from
the Egyptian coven has never been too fond to grow
close to us, or Rennesmee for that matter but he is
still friends with Carlisle. Of course the rest of
his coven, Benjamin and Tia especially love
Rennesmee very much and visit her as often as they
can. I love my new family and my old family more
then I thought possible. How can someone like me
deserve so much? I have a loving and extremely
beautiful husband and daughter, new brothers and
sisters and many vampire covens that have accepted
me with arms wide open. I sill stay in touch with
my dad, but of course my family and I don’t live in
Forks, Washington anymore. A year after Rennesmee
was born we had to leave because of course, she was
growing so fast and none of us was aging. People
would suspect something sooner or later so we just
decided to move. We now live in Elma, Washington,
which is a little over 100 miles from Forks. At
first we were going to go to Alaska, but when I
told Charlie, I could see that he was absolutely
heart broken that I would take myself and his grand
daughter Rennesmee so far from him, which is why
The Cullen’s decided to stay closer. They didn’t
like hurting Charlie now that Charlie has grown
much fonder to them then you could ever imagine.
Before we moved Charlie was over everyday watching
the game with Emmett. Sometimes he would even bring
Billy Black over and they would all sit on the
couch and cheer when their team scored, or grumble
and curse when they didn’t. It was one of the
funniest things you could ever see, especially when
Emmett would jump up in and scare the wits out of
Charlie and Billy.
“Hey Bella love, are you alright?” Edward asked
me. I never thought I could fall in love with his
voice all over again. “Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean
to worry you. You know how I am when I daze off”, I
told him. He smiled the most beautiful smile
imaginable and came to my side in a blink of an
eye, or so it would seem for human eyes. “It just
drives me insane when you do that because I can’t
read your mind”, he said, smiling at the same time.
I almost forgot he couldn’t read my mind, not
unless of course I would let him. I have been
practicing my mental exercises Kate thought me to
remove the shield from my mind and every time I
did, Edward would go insane because he could
finally read my mind. “Would you prefer if I do
this?” I replied and quickly removed the shield. I
recapped everything I was just thinking about while
smiling as I saw the excitement in Edward’s eyes.
“Yes love, I must say I do”, he said happily. Then
he leaned in and kissed me passionately. I started
to take my hand and glide it down his back but
quickly stopped when I heard Rennesmee’s beautiful
laugh. I quickly opened my eyes to see Edward
looking at me with a smile on his face. It was
around 9:00am so I know that she must have just
woken up. “Come on Edward, I want to say good
morning to our baby”. As I walked down the stairs I
could see my entire family in the living room, with
Jacob of course. Jake decided to come and stay with
us for a while, because of course he can’t leave
Rennesmee’s side, or Nessie like he and the rest of
the family used to call her. “Hi Momma, good
morning. Hi Daddy!” she said, with the most
brilliant and happiest smiles I could ever see. She
was sitting on the floor by Rosalie’s legs, while
Rose played with her hair. Jake was opposite
Rennesmee on the floor as well. Rose grew to accept
Jake now that I guess she knew he was never going
to leave. Emmett was right next to Rose while
Alice, Jasper, Carlisle and Esme were sitting on
the white sectional just across from where Rose,
Emmett and Rennesmee were. Jake was sitting right
by Carlisle’s legs.
“Hi baby, did you sleep well” I asked her,
while I went to sit right next to her. Edward was
right on my heels. “Yes Momma, I did” she replied.
I bent down and kissed her cheek while Edward
kissed her head. Rennesmee has the mental capacity
of an adult and was developed like one, but she
never stopped calling me Momma or Edward Daddy. I
have to admit, I absolutely loved it. So did Edward
for that matter. Right before I got up from the
floor, Rennesmee touched my cheek, letting me know
she was hungry. Rennesmee could tolerate human food
but for breakfast she always preferred the Cullen
way. Edward, reading her mind before she even
finished telling me quickly went to get her jacket
in the closet by the front door. Jake, guessing
what Rennesmee had told me, got up and stretched
his hand in front of Rennesmee so she could have
that support to get off of the floor, not that she
needed it. Rennesmee smiled at him and took his
hand. “Guys, we’re gonna go hunting this morning,
we’ll be right back ok? Unless if anyone is hungry”
I told my family. “No Bella, we are fine, thank
you” Carlisle answered. I smiled at them and headed
for the door with Rennesmee and Jacob. Edward was
already there holding out her jacket, now that it
seemed somewhat cold and murky outside. There was
no way she was going to get sick but Edward was
just like that. Rennesmee smiled at him and put on
her jacket while Edward kissed her once more on the
head. Then he let her and Jacob walk ahead while he
grabbed my hand and we were off. A little into the
woods, I could already sense some Elk at the same
time that Rennesmee also spotted them. Jake quickly
turned into his wolf form so he could join
Rennesmee while me and Edward let them go ahead so
we didn’t disturb them. A little to the right of
where they had gone I smelled a delicious mountain
lion, which made my mouth water. Edward also
smelled it but his smile widened when we sensed
another mountain lion close to the first one. “One
for each” I told him while I started to get into my
defensive crouch. Edward smiled and also crouched,
not before winking at me. We headed off after them.
They were next to the river, drinking some water
right before we jumped on them. Sinking my teeth
into that mountain lion was the best thing I have
ever tasted. To me it felt like water for someone
who has been on a hot desert. It was amazing! I
finished quickly and so did Edward. “Great, no
scratches or stains this time, I’ve gotten really
good at this” I said looking at Edward. He smiled a
taunting smile and touched my cheek. “It has been
10 years love, I would hope you would get better at
it” he replied with mockery in his voice. “Ha ha,
very funny”. Son after I heard Rennesmee call for
me so I knew she was done. I took Edward’s hand and
raced towards our daughter, who was sitting on a
fallen tree trunk. Jake had gone a little bit into
the woods to change back to his human form and put
his clothes back on, I would assume. “Are you still
hungry sweetheart?” Edward asked her. “No daddy,
I’m fine now, just waiting for Jake. Right before
she got up, Jake was back. So we all headed back to
the house.

Chapter 2
 “Bella, what are going to do today?” Alice
asked me, with a little bit of mystery in her
voice. I knew she has our day planned out was we
know it. “Ok Alice, what do you want?” I asked her,
with a lot of sarcasm in my voice. “Well, I can
already tell that you are in dire need of clothes
and I don’t mind shopping so what do you say? How
about all of the girls go out shopping while the
boys can either catch a game or do whatever boys
do, what do you say? Are you in?” she said. Esme,
Rose and Rennesmee all looked exited so why not.
“Sure Alice, that sounds like fun” I replied. Alice
beamed her most alluring smile but then looked at
me from head to toe and frowned. “What is it
Alice?”. “Well, Bella you look horrible, maybe you
should go change before leaving” she told me.
“Alice, do you honestly think I would go out of the
house like this? I mean don’t get me wrong I love
my sweatpants but I’m not that bad” I answered.
“Good, then you and Nessie go change and we will
leave in 15 minutes. Go, go” she said while almost
pushing us upstairs. I went to my room while
Rennesmee went to hers and we both finished
changing at the same time. I put on a T-shirt and a
pair of jeans with my favorite sneakers while
Rennesmee put on a summer dress that complimented
her looks completely. While we headed downstairs
the guys were still there and Alice was by the
staircase. She looked disappointed as she saw what
I chose to put on. “Wow Bella, you are in dire need
of clothes, just look at yourself!” she yelled. I
smiled at her while Edward came to stand next to me
and Jake took Rennesmee’s hand. “Alice, stop
criticizing my wife” Edward told her while he
leaned in and kissed me. “So, what are you guys
going to do today?” I asked Edward, but also
looking at the rest of the males in the house. “We
might just go hunting or go play some tackle
football” Edward said, with a smile on his face.
“Hey, sounds like a plan bro” Emmett interjected.
“Daddy, just remember Jake is not a vampire and he
can break, so please be careful with him” Rennesmee
told Edward. “Aw don’t worry Ness, he heals fast!”
Emmett teased. Rennesmee looked scared for her love
while Jake smiled and mock punched Emmett on the
shoulder. Emmett then went by Rennesmee and hugged
her. “Don’t worry hun, we will be easy on him, I
promise” Rennesmee smiled at one of her favorite
uncle’s and then went to say goodbye to everyone
before heading by Jake and giving her special
goodbye. I said goodbye to Edward and waved to
everyone else before heading out the door. So did
the rest of the females.
 We arrived at the mall that Alice took us to.
This mall was scary now that it had a lot of
stores. But I was going to enjoy myself, I was with
half of my family.
Half an hour in and Alice already had spent
$1,000 dollars. She is dangerous when it comes to
shopping. But after a while we all had a few bags
in our hands. Rosalie always bought some of the
most extravagant clothes, while the rest of us
purchased not so extravagant clothes. Of course we
had a dress here in there because Alice would never
let us elude that, but I guess I would use it
sooner or later. A few hours in and we went to all
the stores so then it was time to go home. As we
arrived home, we caught the scent of the wolves, so
it must of meant that the pack was here. Rennesmee
caught the same scent. “Momma, the pack is here!”
she gushed from the back seat. “Yes hun, they are”.
Alice didn’t even park the car all the way
before Rennesmee was out of the car. I quickly
followed her. As soon as we walked into the door
Rennesmee was greeting and hugging all of the
wolves and they quickly embraced her and smiled. I
did the same thing to each and everyone, even Paul,
who in my human life almost attacked me if it
wasn’t for Jake, but that’s water under the bridge.
“Hey guys! Long time no see. How are you” I asked
them, while hugging them at the same time. “Well
Bells, Forks is different with out you guys there
and we decided to surprise you!” Sam said. “Yeah,
we missed ya’ vampire girl” Embry answered, smiling
and putting his arm around my shoulders. “But we’re
not the only ones who decided to visit, we wanted
to surprise you and the only way we could do that
was to tell them to put some of our clothes on so
you couldn’t smell them, but here they are!”. Soon
after, Charlie, Billy, Emily, Kim, and everyone’s
wife and child came. Sam and Emily had one 4 year
old son named Samuel, Jared and Kim got married 2
years after dating and had one 1 year old daughter
named Kimberly. Paul and Rachel recently got
married and Rachel was 3 months pregnant. Embry
imprinted one year ago on a girl named Kailen, who
moved to La Push with her mom and Quil of course
was still with Claire although she was only 12
years old. Leah was still single, I guess still
heartbroken over Sam and Seth was still single as
well. The rest of the wolves, including Collin and
Brady were single as well. They all came in the
house right after another. We all got so happy and
started hugging and greeting everyone. “Oh wow
guys, this is so great! I missed you guys!” I said.
After we all hugged we decided to have a BBQ party
for our human friends, although of course we
weren’t eating. We all sat out on the screened
patio and started to catch up. “I can’t believe how
big Samuel and Kimberly have gotten. Thanks for
coming guys, really” I told them while looking at
the children play. “Anytime Bella, you know we will
always be here for you guys” Sam said. A few hours
have passed and we were having a great time. “Dad,
I missed you so much! You look so good” I told
Charlie, who was sitting next to Billy. “I missed
you too Bells, how could I not want to come, you’re
my daughter and Nessie is my grand daughter. I
missed you like crazy!” he replied. Of course Sue
Clearwater was next to my dad. They got married
about 3 years ago and have been inseparable. Sue
didn’t feel as uncomfortable as she did at the
begging. Now she is just one of us, in her human
way of course.
A few hours passed and everyone started to say
goodbye. It was going to be a long ride home for
them. “Well Bells, now it’s time you came to visit
me” Charlie said, while hugging me goodbye. “I will
dad, I promise. I love you!” I told him. “Love you
too hun, always will”. “Wow, I forgot how much I
missed them” I told Edward as we were heading to
our room. Rennesmee already was asleep and so was
Jake, of course in different rooms. You see this
house had 10 bedrooms, way more then needed but we
liked the extra rooms for whenever Jake stayed
(although he had his permanent room) or when
Charlie came or any of our vampire friends.
Rennesmee had her own room with a walk in closet,
compliments of Alice of course and Edward and I had
one room, Carlisle and Esme had one, Alice and
Jasper had one and Emmett and Rose had one. So
basically there were 3 rooms available now that one
of them was turned into Carlisle’s office. Having a
full house like this was great! I loved it.
“So love, when are you going to visit your
dad?” Edward asked me as he came to lie next to me
in the bed. “I don’t know, in a few weeks we could
go up there. It was great to have all of them here
wasn’t it?” I asked him. “Yes, it definitely was.
Do you think he ever knew that I spent most of the
nights in your bedroom?” Edward playfully asked me.
I smiled as I remembered those days. Edward took
his fingers and ran them down my back. “I wonder
what would have happened if we did anything, he
might have heard us” he laughed. I smiled and
leaned in closer to him to kiss him, and ultimately
ended that conversation.

Chapter 3
 We laid there for a few hours and watched how
the sun came up and the first rays of sun entered
our bedroom. Once it hit the bed we looked at each
other and the way our skin sparkled. I have seen
Edward sparkle in the sun many times, and every
time I do he is more and more beautiful. “I have
never seen someone so wonderful and beautiful as
you”, I told him while caressing his cheek. “I
have, I’m looking at her”, he said and placed his
hand under my chin to kiss me. We stayed in each
other’s arms for a while longer until we ultimately
decided it was time to get up now that our daughter
would be up any minute. It’s funny how no matter
how old, or should I say how grown up and
developed, Rennesmee will always be our baby. She
will always be seen in my eyes as the little girl
who would pout when we first stopped giving her the
donated blood and gave her animal blood or the
little girl who would hide in my hair whenever she
was scared or shy. Now she is grown up and does
things like a grownup should. I smiled at myself
about those thoughts. “What’s so funny love?”
Edward asked me. “Oh, nothing really, just thinking
about how fast Rennesmee has grown up”. “Yeah, time
does go by fast when you don’t age” he told me.
We linked our hands as we were walking
downstairs. Everyone was already there, except for
Rennesmee and Jacob. They were probably still
sleeping, although I know for a fact Jake was now
that I could hear his snoring all the way on the
first floor. “I wonder how Nessie can sleep with
that chainsaw in the other room” Rose said,
whipping her hair back. “Oh Rose, you are so
judgmental sometimes, I bet you snored when you
were human too, and probably very loudly” Alice
interjected, winking at me. Rose laughed but said
nothing in return. Rose has changed during the past
10 years. For one thing, she doesn’t dislike me
anymore. In fact we have become really good
friends. And also she doesn’t say anything mean
when someone is joking with her, much less Jacob.
It was quiet for a few minutes until we heard
movement upstairs. The sound of someone getting out
of bed, walking to the mirror and opening the
closet door to probably get her robe. My baby was
awake. We all looked at the staircase at the same
time that she started to come down the stairs. She
was so beautiful. She smiled at all of us and her
dimples were very pronounced. “Good morning
everyone” she said. “Good morning, morning hun, hey
Ness, Hello sweetheart” was heard as a chorus by
every single person in the room. “She came to sit
by me and Edward, as she always did every morning
we were downstairs before her and laid her head on
my shoulder. I quickly placed my hand on her head
and started to play with her hair. She hugged me
around my waist, just like Edward sometimes did.
She was so much like her father. “Sleep well
sweetheart?” Edward asked her. “Yes daddy I did,
thank you” she replied. After a few minutes she got
up at the same time the snoring stopped upstairs
and we heard heave footsteps. Now Jake was awake.
Rennesmee and I were looking at the staircase when
he came down and he smiled at me and at her. He
then came to where I was and kissed me and
Rennesmee on the head. “Hey Jake, have a nice
sleep?” I asked him. He stretched and nodded his
head. I smiled at his expression. “What’s for
breakfast?” he asked right away. He looked at me
just in time to see me roll my eyes and when I
looked at him again, he beamed. “You know this is
your house too Jacob, eat anything you like”,
Carlisle said while smiling up at him. Jake smiled
back and headed for the kitchen. We could hear the
refrigerator door open and close and the cabinet
doors open. Rennesmee giggled and got up. “I think
I might join him today, something different I
guess” she said while she was heading for the
kitchen as well. I then proceeded to get up and
walk towards the door. The sun was absolutely
beautiful outside although the clouds were starting
to roam in. If I was human this would have bothered
me to no end, but now that I am a vampire, I like
it when it’s cloudy because then I can go outside
just like any other human. While I was standing
there I heard Edward get up as well and walk
towards where I was. I then heard Alice and Jasper
have one conversation, while Emmett and Rose
playfully fought over the remote and Carlisle and
Esme talked about Carlisle schedule this week. He
was working at Grays Harbor community hospital
located in Aberdeen, WA, just about 10 miles away.
He really liked it there. Edward came up behind me
and wrapped his arms around my waist. I then took
my hands and placed them on his and pulled him
closer. We didn’t say anything, we just stayed like
that for a little while. “Have I told you lately
that I love you Mrs. Cullen?” he whispered in my
ear. I smiled and turned my face a little so that I
could see him and gave him a small peck on the
lips. “Have I told you that I love you much more?”
I responded. He smiled and raised his right
eyebrow. “I doubt that is at al possible” he
replied.
“Oh how wonderful” Alice said aloud. We all
turned to look at her. “Zafrina, Senna and Kachiri
are planning to come visit us in a few days. They
really miss seeing Nessie” she told us. That was
great news. We haven’t seen the Amazonian coven in
a little over a year, and although it might sound
like a lot of time, it really isn’t in vampire
eyes. “Great! I can’t wait to see them” Rennesmee
yelled from the kitchen. “Yes, it would be good to
see some of our old friends once more” Carlisle
said. I then sat down next to my adoptive mother
Esme and she turned to look at me, smile and give
me a one arm hug. I hugged her back tenderly. I
loved her very much, I love all of them more then I
thought possible. Just then the phone rang. Alice
went to answer it. “Hello? Oh hi Charlie it’s
Alice” she said. I obviously knew it was my dad on
the other end. “Yes she is right here, hold one
please” she said while stretching the receiver
towards me. I quickly got up and before taking the
phone Alice whispered in my ear that something
wasn’t right. “Your dad sounds different for some
reason Bella”. That worried me and made me quickly
place the receiver by my ear. “Hey dad, how are
you?” I asked him. He took in a deep breath before
talking. Something he didn’t usually do. “Hey
Bells, I’m afraid something happened” he said. At
that moment, since my new family has good hearing
they all turned to look at me while Edward came to
stand by my side. “It’s your mom Bells, she was in
an accident” Charlie said. My entire body froze and
I knew Edward could feel it. Edward was rubbing my
back as if to sooth me but I couldn’t even think
about that. “But…is she ok?” I asked him with much
fright in my voice. “She is hospitalized and is on
some machines. Bells, Phil said that she keeps
calling for you. I’m so sorry hun. I know this must
be hard for you haven’t seen her in over 10 years.
I don’t know what to tell you” Charlie said. I
quickly looked at Edward who also had a sad look in
his eyes. “Whatever you decide love” he told me.
That was enough for me. “Dad, I’m going to see her.
She needs me and I can’t abandon her. She was there
for me when ever I needed her. I will figure
something out…I will call you later dad. I love
you” I said as I hung up the phone. Every single
member of my family has stood up and was looking at
me. Rennesmee came to my side as soon as I hung up
the phone and Jake was right behind her. “I’m so
sorry Momma” she whispered. I just wrapped my arms
around her and held her close. “Jeez Bells, I’m
really sorry, I hope she will be OK” Jake
interjected. I gave him a smile to at least thank
him. “Bella I can help you with some makeup to make
you look older” Alice said, also with sadness in
her voice. I just nodded and slowly let my daughter
go. I had to start packing. I didn’t care what
would happen to me, but I needed to be with my
mother. She needed me. If it was me who needed
Rennesmee I knew she would be there with a blink of
an eye.
“Lets go pack love, I will go with you and be
by your side” Edward told me while taking my hand.
We headed to our room to pack. Almost halfway done
Alice knocked on the door. “You can come in Alice”
I spoke. She came in and told me that the next
flight leaving to Jacksonville was in 3 hours. She
had booked it for us. Soon after Rennesmee came
into the room and looked really sad. We had never
been apart for more then a few hours and now I was
going to be on the other side of the United States
for a few days. How could I leave my baby behind? I
could see that Rennesmee didn’t like the idea but
understood my position. “Momma, I will be OK, go to
grandma, she needs you”. I went to sit next to her
and give her a very tight hug. I didn’t want to let
her go. Right after I pulled away, a single tear
fell from her left eye. I wiped it off and caressed
her cheek. “Don’t worry sweetheart, I will be back
before you know it” I said while trying to comfort
her.
We were all done packing and were heading
downstairs. Edward had both mine and his suitcase
while I never let go of Rennesmee. I simply
couldn’t leave her behind. What was I going to do?
Edward then proceeded to put the luggage in his car
and came to say goodbye to everyone. I hugged and
kissed every one of my family members and left Jake
and Rennesmee for last. I hugged Jake as tightly as
was safe for him and he kissed the top of my head.
“Don’t worry Bells, I will take care of her. Please
tell your mom I wish her the best” he told me. I
softly pulled away and smiled at him. Then I went
to hug my daughter. I embraced her and still
couldn’t let her go. I could hear the soft sobs
from the inside of her chest. She tried not to cry
but was unsuccessful. That was like taking a knife
to my heart. It hurt so much. Jasper quickly felt
my pain and came to stand next to me and place his
hand on my back. I looked up at him with thankful
eyes and kissed my daughter on both sides of her
face and her forehead. Edward did the same thing.
Then we headed out the door followed by Alice and
Jasper, the ones who would drive us to the airport.

Chapter 4
 Our flights departed from the Seattle
international airport and we arrived in
Jacksonville in about 8 hours. We arrived around
7:30pm, which meant the sun wasn’t out so there was
no need to hide. We quickly got a rental car a
drove to the hospital my mother was located at. As
I entered the hospital I got somewhat nervous to
think about my mom lying in a hospital bed,
fighting for her life. I squeezed Edward’s hand and
he looked at me and smiled as if to comfort me. I
found my mother’s hospital room right away. She had
her eyes closed and was completely bruised up. I
gasped from seeing her like this. Phil hadn’t
notice me standing there until I did that. He then
stood up and came to hug me. He flinched when he
felt how cold my skin was. “The air conditioning is
really high on the first floor, sorry” I tried to
tell him. He just nodded and then went to shake
Edward’s hand. He flinched once more and then
proceeded to tell me about what the doctor has
said. “The doctor was here just a few minutes
before you arrived. He said that she isn’t really
improving and that if she doesn’t get any better,
they might have to put her on some oxygen machines
now that her breathing has slowed down” Phil tried
to tell me in his most soothing voice. I froze once
more but Edward tried to loosen me so I didn’t look
to strange to Phil. I quickly did so and went
straight over to my mom. “Mom, can you hear me?
It’s me Bella. I’m here” I whispered. I knew she
probably wouldn’t recognize me with my new voice.
Phil’s small wind intake confirmed that. My mom
didn’t open her eyes but I felt how her fingers
softly moved inside mine. That made me smile to see
that she at least knew I was there.
We spent all day in there with her. Phil would
leave and get something to eat or just get some
fresh air. I then convinced him to go home and get
some rest, now that me and Edward would stay there
with her. He agreed and asked us if we needed or
wanted anything before he left. We both said no.
Edward was always at my side no matter what. How
could I deserve someone like him? He was just too
good to me. Every now and then a nurse would come
in and check her vitals. She would then smile at me
and stumble when she saw Edward, not that he was
too beautiful, and walk back out. I couldn’t help
but smile at that. A few minutes after that I hear
my mom. “Bell…a…are you th…ere?” she tried to say.
“I’m here mom, I’m right here”. She tried to open
her eyes but failed. “No mom, don’t open your eyes
just relax. I won’t leave you” I told her while
trying to comfort her. She half smiled and went
back to sleep. An hour later a doctor came in and
went over her file again. “You must be Isabella, am
I right?” he asked. I read his name tag which said
DR.Lunsten PhD. “Yes doctor, I am her daughter. How
is she doing?”. He went to the machine my mom was
strapped to and then took some notes. “Well, I have
to admit, she has improved a little since you came
in, but her vitals are still a little bit low. I’m
going to keep an eye on that for a while, to see if
she improves. You see Isabella…your mom suffered
internal injuries when the car impacted her, so she
is going to be down for a while”. My body shook a
little and Edward, as quickly as was human-like,
came to stand next to me and place his arm around
my waist. “Don’t worry Isabella, like I said, she
has improved”, DR. Lunsten told me. “Excuse me DR.
can you please tell me how bad her injuries are and
what was injured?” Edward politely asked him. “Oh,
well I don’t know if you will understand, it’s
somewhat scientific” he replied. “You see, I am in
medical school so I might be able to understand
you” Edward quickly interjected. “Oh…well ok”. The
DR. stumbled and I could imagine why. How could
someone who is as young as Edward be in medical
school? Of course he was lying but Edward did know
a thing or two about medicine, thanks to his
adoptive father Carlisle. “Well you see, she
suffered from damage to her kidney associated by…”
the doctor went on. I tried to block out all of
that medical talk now that I didn’t understand a
single word of it. After a few minutes the doctor
left and Edward quickly grabbed his cell phone.
“Who are you calling?” I asked him. “Carlisle, he
might know what to do to help your mom” he replied.
I quickly stood up next to Edward and was relieved
that he thought of it. I mean, Carlisle has had
centuries of medicine practice so if anyone knew,
it would be him. Edward then was rambling on about
what the doctor had told him to Carlisle. After a
few minutes he hung up the phone. “Well what did he
say”? I eagerly asked him. He smiled at me and I
knew that there was a solution. “He said there is a
medicine that can help your mother but for some
reason it is extremely rare to find. Luckily we
have our own supply at home, for when you were
still human and he said he can send it to me. He is
going to Fed Ex it to us over night and we should
receive it tomorrow morning. I beamed at that.
Thanks to my husband quick thinking and to my
talented medical father in- law, my mom was going
to be OK. “Oh Edward, thank you so much! How could
I ever repay you?” I asked him. He laughed a soft
laugh and placed his finger under my chin to lift
my face. “Love, you are my wife, you don’t need to
do absolutely anything to repay me. Renee is also
like my mother, just like Esme is to you and it
pains me to see her like this” he said. I lifted my
head up so that I could kiss him.
It was night time when Phil returned, and he
looked much better then he did this morning. “You
looked refreshed Phil” I told him. He half smiled
at me. “Yes I feel much better, thank you Bella. So
what did the doctor say”? I didn’t know if I should
tell him the truth and then let him be shocked
after my mother completely healed or what. Before I
could think of something it was Edward who replied.
“He said she has improved immensely and should be
fully awake by tomorrow” he said. Phil smiled and
went to sit next to Renee and grabbed her hand.
Edward turned to look at me and winked. I smiled in
return.
The next morning the package Carlisle sent us
arrived at out hotel room. He also sent a needle
now that he might have guessed it would be hard for
us to get one. He also sent Edward a letter with
the instructions as to how many cc’s he had to give
my mom. “How will you do it without having Phil
freak out?” I asked him. “Well, you can ask him to
get you a drink or something or I can simply ask
him to walk with me downstairs and you can give it
to her” he told me with somewhat of a mockery in
his voice. “No thank you DR. Cullen, you do it, I
will figure something out”. He smiled at me and
took the medicine and the needle and hid it in his
pocket. We then arrived at the hospital and quickly
went up to my mother’s room. Phi was still there,
of course. I went by my mother and kissed her
forehead while Edward stood next to Phil. A few
minutes later I looked at Edward and he gave me a
nod as if to signal me to start our plan. “Oh,
Edward, I am feeling thirsty, do you think you can
get me something to drink please?” I said. “Of
course love, but where is the cafeteria?” he asked,
as if he really didn’t see it every time we came
into the hospital doors. “Oh don’t worry Bella,
I’ll go, I need to stretch my legs anyway” Phil
said. I smiled at him and at Edward, now that the
plan worked. Phil then asked me what I wanted and I
told him a coke, the first thing that came to mind.
He then exited the door. As soon as we heard him
get on the elevator, Edward went to work. He took
the needle and filled it until it had 5 ccs of the
liquid Carlisle had sent us. He then took it and
stuck in into my mom’s right arm.
A few minutes later he heart beats started
increasing and so did her breathing. I looked at
Edward with happiness in my eyes while he was
getting rid of the needle. As soon as he did, my
mom called for me. “Bella, is that you?” she asked.
I happily laughed and replied. “Yes mom, it’s me,
it’s me”. She then proceeded to open her eyes. The
last time I was this happy was when I saw our
daughter Rennesmee for the first time. Right then,
the doctor came into the room. He froze when he saw
my mom’s eyes open. “Wow this is amazing! How are
you feeling Mrs. Dwyer?” DR. Lunsten asked her,
obviously perplexed. “I feel good actually, a
little bruised up is all” my mom replied. Just then
Phil came in and was absolutely shocked to see my
mom like that. He quickly went to her side and took
her hand. It was amazing to see my mom alive and
well, thanks to my talented family.
The next morning, my mom was released from the
hospital now that the only thing wrong with her was
the small bruises on her body. The hospital was
stunned and couldn’t explain it. Edward and I
checked out of the hotel we were staying at and
decided to stay with my mom for the remaining day
of our stay here, after she begged over and over.
We stayed in the room that was meant for me. My mom
could do everything herself, which shocked Phil
even more. The rest of the say she would ask me
questions about my marriage and how dad was. “I
have to say Bella, hunny, you do look different,
but that’s good” she told me. Thank God Alice gave
me some makeup that in fact made me look older. Of
course my body still looked some what toned but I
couldn’t hide that. “I’m just glad your OK mom, I
have missed you so much!” I told her. “Well then,
why didn’t you stay in touch with me Bella, it’s
been years since I have seen you”. I didn’t know
what to tell her. Edward and Phil were on the couch
watching the last few minutes of a baseball game.
“I know mom and I’m so sorry, I promise to keep in
touch with you from now on” I told her. She smiled
and came to hug me. I guess she didn’t notice my
cold skin, or she didn’t say anyway.
Around 8:00am the following day, Phil and my
mom drove us to the airport. “Are you sure you
can’t stay any longer Bells?” my mom asked me. I
felt horrible that I was only here for three days
and out of those, only spent half with my mom being
conscious. “I’m sorry mom, but I need to get back
to work before I’m fired, besides the hospital
already informed my boss that you were released so
they expect me back to work on Monday”. Of course
the fax number I gave the hospital was to our house
but they didn’t need to know that. And to be
honest, I missed Rennesmee and the rest of the
family very much. “I promise I will visit you
really soon mom, you can count on it” I told her.
She hugged me and Edward goodbye and then we got on
the plane and headed home.
Chapter 5
 Alice and Jasper were waiting for us at the
airport. Alice came to me and hugged me and did the
same with Edward. Jasper simply smiled his kindest
smile. I knew Jasper well enough and when he smiled
like that, I already knew that was his ‘welcome
home’ gesture.
As we approached our home I could already hear
Rennesmee’s heart beat. That sound was the most
beautiful sound on this planet. A big smile grew on
my face and when Edward saw me, he knew why. “I
know, I can’t wait to see her either. You would
have thought we were away from her for a year” he
said. “Yea, it’s amazing how much I can miss her in
such a little time” I answered. When we got to the
front of the house, Rennesmee was waiting for us
with Jake at her side, of course. She quickly ran
to me and I waited with my arms wide open, even
though it took her less then 5 seconds. At that
moment it was like nothing could hurt this perfect
place for me. I had my daughter in my arms and that
was all that mattered. She then let me go and
quickly went to Edward. He smiled and wrapped his
arms around her neck and just held her there. Then
Jake came up to me and gave me a quick hug and his
usual forehead kiss and mock punched Edward in the
arm. “Welcome back guys” he said.
 When we walked in the door there was rose
bouquets everywhere arranged in every order and a
huge banner by the entrance of the kitchen which
read “Welcome home Edward and Bella”. I knew right
off the bat who was to blame. I turned to give
Alice my attempt at a mean glare but once I saw her
expression, I simply couldn’t. The girl knew how to
make me not hate her. “Oh Bella, it’s just that we
missed you so much! I just had to show you” she
said. “Yes Alice, but did you have to make an
occasion out of it?” I answered very dryly. She
just rolled her eyes at me while everyone smiled. I
guess I had to suck it up. Alice was going to be
Alice no matter what I did. Before the party began
I wanted to make sure Carlisle knew how grateful I
was for him saving my mom’s life. “Carlisle, thank
you so much for what you did, I don’t know if I
could ever repay you but someday I will, I promise”
I told him. “Bella, you know you are like a
daughter to me and when you were in pain, so was I,
all of us. There is nothing you have to repay and I
will do that anytime for you” he said. I went up to
him and gave him one of the biggest hugs I have
ever given to him in a long time. He responded, of
course while smiling. He was a true savior.
It felt good being home. I mean, I missed
my mom terribly but now that I was a mom myself, I
missed my daughter a little more. Seeing her smile,
her dimples that formed on each side of her face,
her chocolate colored eyes, and then I looked all
around me and saw Jake, Carlisle, Esme, Rose,
Emmett, Alice, Jasper and Edward and realized that
I am the luckiest girl on this Earth. How could I
ask for more then this? About 3 hours into the
conversations, Rennesmee started to lean her head
on my shoulder, a good indication that she was
tired. “Do you want to go lay down hunny?” I asked
her. “No momma, I wanna stay here a little while
longer. I will let you know when I want to go to
bed”, she replied. I simply smiled and leaned back
into the couch I was sitting at, gently pulling
Rennesmee along so she would be more comfortable.
“So Bella, you never did tell me how was
Jacksonville” Alice giggled. I looked at her and
rolled my eyes. “Well it was very sunny and bright,
something I haven’t seen in heaven knows how long,
but now that I’m a true Cullen, I missed the clouds
and rain”. Everyone around us laughed. “Oh Bella,
at the beginning you couldn’t stand the rain, and
now you miss it? You’re very difficult to
understand you know” she replied. I smiled at
myself because she was right, I did like the sun at
first. But I guess that’s what being a vampire does
to you.
 “Um, Bella love, I think we should take
Rennesmee to bed” Edward told me. I turned to see
my daughter dead asleep. I caressed her face and
hair. “I can take her if you want Edward” Jake
said, who was standing right behind me. Edward
looked at me and I nodded in agreement. Jake
giggled and came to lift Rennesmee. He lifted her
with such ease. He took her and hugged her closer
while walking her upstairs. I obviously followed
him. He placed her on her bed and threw her blanket
over her. Jake was so gentle and sweet to her, I
knew, without a doubt he was perfect for her in
every way. He leaned in to kiss her cheek and after
he stepped back, I came and did the same. Even
though she looked like, acted and carried herself
like a grown up, she was still my baby. We quietly
walked out of her room and closed the door behind
us.
“So, what have you guys been up to when we were
gone?” I asked Jake as we descended the stairs?
“Well, Nessie and I ran off to Vegas and we got
married…mom” he teased. I playfully slapped his
arm. “Very funny Jacob Black” I snapped. “Hey, that
hurts you know” he said. I keep forgetting how
strong I actually am, but he deserved it. “Well
Mrs. Isabella Cullen, we just relaxed around the
house, because Nessie didn’t feel like much when
you and Edward weren’t around” he answered. He was
still rubbing his arm when we got outside, which
made me feel bad, a little it anyway. Once we
reached everybody they were all surrounding Alice,
which made me realize that she had a vision while
we were gone. “What happened, what did you see
Alice?” I quickly asked her. She was getting off of
the couch and approaching me. Jasper was right on
her heel. “I don’t know, it was very blurry. I just
saw Rennesmee and she looked…sad” she responded. I
looked at Edward, who quickly came to stand next to
me and wrap his arms around me. “Don’t worry love,
we won’t let her be sad. How could she with all of
us who love her and care for her” he said. I looked
up at him and smiled, but I was still worried.
“Hey, maybe we need to take her out, take a
vacation with her” Jake said. To be honest, that
didn’t sound half bad. I turned to look at Jake at
the same time that Edward said “That’s a good idea
Jacob. Let’s take a vacation. All of us”. “I know
where we can go, and she is sure to love it” I
said. Everyone looked at me. “Where is that?” Alice
said. I raised my eyebrow because I knew that if I
was right, Alice would foresee it. She smiled in
agreement, and that confirmed that I was right. “Of
course” Edward said, reading his favorite sister’s
mind. “She would absolutely love to see the
Amazonians. They were going to visit us, but why
not us visit them first?” Edward asked. Everyone
agreed while I turned to look at Alice. “Alice, do
you see any problems at all about our visit?” I
asked her. She smiled and nodded, knowing there
would be no problem at all.
If this was a few years back I would of told
Jake to stay, but ever since our last encounter
with the Volturies, our vampire friends have grown
to accept the wolves, most of them anyway. So I
knew the Amazonians would have no problem having
Jake there too. I mean how on Earth would Jake
every let Rennesmee go to South America with out
him? That would be like asking me to divorce
Edward, a simple waste of time and energy. So now
we had to plan a visit to our friends. That would
definitely cheer Rennesmee right up, after all she
adored them.

Chapter 6
 The next morning we told Rennesmee the good
news while she came down the stairs. She got really
excited, and even more so when we told her that
Jake would come along. So while I went to hunt with
Rennesmee and Jake, Edward would call the airlines
and purchase some tickets for all of us. We walked
quietly in the woods, contemplating the trees and
the small animals that, like always, would run away
when we approached. We were almost at the end of
October, which meant snow. Rennesmee loved when it
was snowing outside. Every time it did, she would
hold her hand out to catch a single snow flake
before it melted in her hand. The trees were
absolutely beautiful, covered in snow. It was
amazing how something so wet and cold can make
anything look so amazing and enchanting. “So Jake,
when are you going to go back to La Push and visit
your dad, sister and brothers again” I asked him
while walking along the small snowy track. We
always referred to the pack as Jake’s brothers
every time we spoke directly to him. He just
shrugged. “I don’t know, I will soon though, I’m
starting to miss them” he said. I could see in his
eyes that he did miss them, somewhat anyway but
nothing could pull him away from Rennesmee. “Jake,
you know she will be well taken care of if you
decide to stay there for a while. She will
understand you know” I said while looking at
Rennesmee, who was a few feet ahead of us. His head
snapped in my direction and that was a confirmation
of what I thought earlier, no one could pull him
away from her, no one and nothing. I just nodded,
to let him know that I understood him. After that
we spotted some deer up ahead and that made
Rennesmee and me crouch into our usual positions
ready to attack. Jake went behind a tree, took off
his pants and phased. He always his behind the
trees before he phased not that he would be naked
and wasn’t going to disrespect us that way. Behind
his macho attitude, he was still a gentleman.
We spotted the deer nestled together under a
tree. There were three of them to the right and
about 2 more to the left. Rennesmee and I headed to
the right while Jake headed to the two located
towards the left. We quickly took them down and
snapped there neck so they wouldn’t suffer while
our teeth dug into them. I was the first one done,
followed by Rennesmee and then Jake, who stopped
right after he saw her drop the deer’s carcass. He
then headed to a small water creek to wash off his
mussel and then, once, more went behind the tree to
phase and put his clothes back on. “Man, that water
is cold” he said from behind the tree. Rennesmee
and I just giggled. He then came out and smiled at
us while he ran his fingers through his hair. He
then stretched his hand out for Rennesmee and we
headed back home.
Everything was set for our trip to see our
Amazonian friends. We were leaving in 2 weeks. I
have to admit I was very excited to see them again,
and so was everyone else. Right after that, I went
to call my dad and see how he was doing. He
answered right away. “Hello?” he said in his husky
voice. “Hey dad it’s me” I answered. “Oh, hey
Bells, how are you hun?”. I didn’t have to be in
front on him to know that a simple phone call
changed him completely. “I’m great dad, just
calling to see how you’ve been? I miss you”. He
softly giggled, which made me realize that he must
have been blushing. You see, ever since the
beginning me and my dad haven’t been open to
express our feelings like a normal person, but ever
since I became what I am now, and my dad accepted
me, it made me open up. “I’m doing good Bells, just
hanging around the house with Sue, you know how I
am. A homebody” he laughed. I laughed with him
because boy, did I know him. “Dad, you should go
out, have fun” I told him. “Yeah Bells, I know,
it’s just I still haven’t adjusted not having you
around like before, even though it’s been ten
years” he responded. That made me feel a little bit
sad to hear, now that I thought he would have
gotten used to it by now. “Aw dad, don’t say that.
You know I’m not that far away and I will be there
whenever you need me” I told him. “I know Bells,
hey just ignore me, you know it’s the old age
speaking” he laughed, but I knew different.
We continued talking for about 30 minutes more
until he told me he had to go to work. “Ok dad, I
love you and I will call you later all right?” I
told him. “Sure Bells, no problem, love you too
hun”. Right after I hung up I came up with a great
idea that would make me and Jake very happy. Before
we headed south, we could go to Forks and La Push
to visit out family. But of course Alice foresaw it
and knew what I was going to do. “That’s a great
idea Bella” she yelled from the second floor.
Sometimes that frustrated me that she could see my
plans before I could even tell anyone, but if I
wasn’t used to it by now, I never will be. I huffed
and walked towards where Jake was with the rest of
the family. Alice came down the stares, giggling
when she saw my expression. “Hey Jake, I have an
idea” I told him while I sat next to him and
Rennesmee. “Oh yeah, what’s that Bells” he asked,
curiosity in his voice. “Well, I just got off the
phone with my dad and he sounded really sad because
he misses all of us like crazy, so I was thinking
that we should surprise him and the rest of the
guys in La Push. What do you think, are you in?” I
asked him. His eyes lit up like a starry night,
which confirmed that he was more excited then I
was. “Sure Bells, that would be great… but hey,
what about our trip to the Amazon?” he said. “Jake,
of course we are still gonna go, we can just spend
a few days over in Forks, and then we can come back
in time for us to visit out friends. What do you
say, are you in?” I curiously asked. “Hell yeah I’m
in, as long as Rennesmee comes along” he said with
a huge grin on his face. “Jake, sometimes I wonder
about you. What makes you think we are going
without any of them?” I snapped. He furrowed his
eyebrows in confusion. “Them? Who do you want to
take over there? Everybody?” he asked me. I grinned
and smiled. “That’s the idea” I told him. I looked
around to see all of my family members. “We can
stay at the white house and the cottage we still
have. I miss it so much!” I said, looking at Esme.
She smiled and came to sit next to me. “I am still
really happy you like it Bella, I was hoping you
would” she said. “How could I not Esme, it’s my own
little fairy tale world, you made it so perfect for
me…it’s amazing!” I told her. “That’s right, it’s
still standing…forgot it was you and Edward and not
me and Rose in it…HA!” Emmett laughed. I gave him a
mean glare. “Emmett, do you want to arm wrestle
again, so I have to remind you to shut it?” I
snapped. He laughed his booming laugh and just
shrugged.
After that, we all agreed to go back. We all
packed out suitcases for a few days and got in our
cars and headed to Forks. Edward, Rennesmee, Jake
and I went in our new Volvo XC90 SUV, our family
vehicle we purchased right after Rennesmee was
born. Emmett and Rose went in their BMW M6 coupe,
while Alice and Jasper went with Carlisle and Esme
in Carlisle’s Mercedes Benz CLC 350. We were really
going to stand out in these cars, but I didn’t
care, I wanted to see my dad again. The trip took
us about one hour, although to a normal human it
would take about two and a half hours. We just like
to drive fast, as usual. The first thing we did was
head to our big white house, now that my dad was
still working.
As we pulled up, I remembered all the good
times I had in this house, human and vampire
experiences. I remembered when Edward brought me
here the first time to meet his vampire family, and
then I remembered my horrible 18th birthday party,
although that memory I tried to shield. I
remembered all the nights I spent here before my
wedding day and all our vampire friends gathered
here to confront the Volturi. When we pulled up
into the garage, I remembered having my Porsche
that Edward gave me for my 19th birthday, and that I
still have, even though Edward said we should sell
it now that it was 10 years old, and also learning
to use my ability that Kate thought me in the
backyard. So many memories in this house. As I got
out of the car I could see on Rennesmee’s face how
much she missed this house as well. We all did,
really. “Edward, I want to go to the cottage. I
want to see our house again” I told him. He smiled
and caressed my face while nodding. We took our and
Rennesmee’s bags and headed towards the cottage.
She decided to stay in the white house for a while
to remember all the good times she had. While we
were approaching the cottage, I looked all around
me to see all the woods would see everyday ten
years ago. I smiled at every tree I saw, and every
bird I heard. I missed this place more then I led
on to believe. The cottage was already coming into
view, and this made me grin. Edward looked at me
and smiled as well. We stopped right in front of
the door, looking all around. Everything was
exactly the same it was ten years ago. From the
flower bed to the entrance. Everything perfectly
the same. “Wow, it’s more beautiful then I
imagined” I said. Edward smiled and took my hand.
“You’re right love, its amazing isn’t it?” he told
me. I went to reach for the door knob but Edward
swept me off my feet once again. Before I could say
anything he spoke. “Remember love, threshold is my
job, especially this one” he said. I smiled at him
and giggled when that memory came back to me. The
memory of our first night together as vampire
husband and wife. As I entered the house the first
place I looked at was the fireplace. Amazing as
always. Then Edward proceeded to put me down, but
not before kissing me. I ran my fingers through
every wall I could touch. From the small kitchen to
the living room, the hallway, Rennesmee’s bedroom
and finally our bedroom. The big iron bed was still
there. Everything was so perfect. I walked into the
walk in closet Alice had for Edward and me and
smiled while shaking my head when I remembered that
horrible closet filled with garments. Edward was
always behind me. Then I went to sit on the bed and
pulled Edward closer. He turned to look at me and
kiss me. Sparks flew like crazy. I felt the shocks
I felt every time he kissed me, but more so in this
bedroom, where it all began. He then picked me up
and placed me in the middle of the bed and started
kissing me with much more urgency. Of course, that
ended all conversations at the moment.
Chapter 7
 A few hours later we started to return
back to the white house when we heard heavy paws
approaching from the woods. We knew it couldn’t
have been Jake now that he would never lease
Rennesmee alone, ever. So Edward and I both stopped
to see I we could pick up the scent, even though
who ever it was, was still very far away. We both
turned and smiled at each other because we
recognized the scent immediately. I was Seth
Clearwater coming to greet us. “Hey Seth”, I said,
even before he came into view. I then heard him
phase into his human form. He came out of the woods
with a huge smile on his face. He came up to me
first and gave me a very strong embrace and then
went to Edward and hugged him as well. “Hey guys! I
knew you would come back” he said. “Seth, we are
not staying, we are just here for a few days so
that Bella can spend time with Charlie and Jacob
with his father and you guys” Edward replied.
Seth’s expression became sad and my heart, even
though it’s not a beating one, broke. “Aw Seth,
don’t be sad, you know we can’t stay here” I told
him. He gave me a one sided smile and shrugged. I
didn’t know Seth had missed us so much. This was
going to feel so bad, especially when it was time
for us to leave. I went up to Seth and gave him
another hug, he looked like he needed it. “Don’t
worry Seth, you know we will visit a lot and you
can come visit us is Elma anytime you want” I told
him. He smiled his happy smile and I knew that he
liked that idea. So, have you seen Jake yet?” I
asked him while we headed back to the house. “Nope,
I know he’s here too but since I was coming from
the woods, I caught your guy’s scent first” he
said. We didn’t even make it to the steps when Jake
must have sensed Seth here and came outside. As
soon as he saw Seth, he grinned and came to where
we were. “Hey man! How did you know we were here?”
Jake asked Seth. “Jake, we are from the same pack,
so obviously I’m going to sense your presence no
matter where you are” he answered. Jake smiled and
mock punched Seth’s shoulder. “What, no hug for
your brother?” Seth teased. Jake rolled his eyes
and hugged him. “What about the other guys, do they
know I’m here?” Jake asked. “Na, well, I don’t
think so. You see as soon as I sensed you here, I
came with out telling anyone. Wait until Quil and
Embry find out. They are gonna flip! They miss you
like crazy man, especially when we are in our wolf
form, you know how we can sense each other. Well,
they aren’t themselves with you not around. It gets
annoying after a while. You would have thought it
was their girlfriends or something…I think they got
a crush on you…Ha!” Seth teased. Jake playfully
slapped Seth in the back. “Don’t be jealous Seth,
you know you love me too” he mocked. Seth just
rolled his eyes. “Hey I want to see the other guys,
are they inside?” Seth asked. “Of course, come in
Seth” we heard Carlisle say from inside the house.
We all laughed while he entered the house,
following after him.
Ten minutes later, after Seth was with my new
family I decided to go surprise Charlie. He should
be home by now. “Edward, let’s go see Charlie, I
can’t wait to see his expression” I said. Edward
smiled, now that he knew how excited I was.
Rennesmee, Jake, Edward and I hopped into our car
and headed to Charlie’s. Charlie’s new police
cruise was parked outside so I knew for a fact that
he was already home. I had Edward park a little bit
up the street to he couldn’t see us. We all got out
of the house and walked quietly to the front door.
I could hear the game on TV so I knew he was in the
living room. I could also hear the water running in
the kitchen which meant Sue was probably cleaning
up after making him dinner. I smiled as I
approached walked up the steps, remembering so
much. I turned to see everyone with huge smiles on
their face, we were all excited. I lifted my hand
and knocked three times on the door. I heard my dad
huff while getting up off the couch and come to
answer the door. As soon as he saw us his eyes lit
up. “Bells, hun, what a surprise!” he said while
reaching out to hug me. I hugged him like never
before. I missed him so much. Our difference in
skin temperatures didn’t even bother him anymore.
He held me for a while and then held his arms open
for Rennesmee to run into them. That embrace was
worth the trip alone. To see them both smile like
that was the greatest feeling ever. Charlie then
went to give Edward and Jake a somewhat quick hug.
“Come in guys, come in” he after letting Jake go.
“Hey Sue, look who came to visit!”. Sue came out
from the kitchen and smiled when she saw us. She
came and, just like my dad, hugged all of us. Then
we all headed to the living room to sit. “So Bells,
to what do I owe this big surprise hun?” Charlie
asked me. “Well dad, this morning when we hung up
the phone, you sounded really depressed because I
was far away and well…I missed you so much so I
decided to surprise you” I answered. He blushed at
my answer and playfully bumped his shoulder into
mine.
“So Bells, how was your mom doing?” he asked
me. There was no need to hide what Carlisle did for
her, now that he knew everything. “She was doing so
great dad. If it wasn’t for Carlisle and Edward I
don’t know what would have happened” I told him. He
turned to look and smile at Edward. “So Nessie, has
your parents been taking care of you?” he playfully
asked. I simply smiled and rolled my eyes. “Of
course grandpa, they are the best parents. You
don’t have to worry about me. Momma and daddy will
always take care of me. And Jake too” she said
while smiling at Jake. Sometimes the way they
looked at each other seemed so private that even
looking at them seemed as an interruption. At first
it bothered Edward and me to no end, but of course
we got over it.
We stayed there for two hours until we decided
it was time to go visit our friends and family in
La Push. Dad, not wanting one second away from us,
decided to come along, and so did Sue. We all
hopped into our car and headed to the rez. Jake was
as happy as a 5 year old locked in a candy store.
He really missed the rez, more then he lead on to
believe. As soon as we pulled up to the Black’s
house, Billy came out onto the porch in his
wheelchair. As soon as he saw me and Edward in the
front seat, he knew Jake was there too. “Hey guys,
look whose here!” he yelled. As soon as he said
that, Rachel and Paul came out of the house. As
soon as Edward shut off the car Jake grabbed
Rennesmee’s hand and was out of the car. He quickly
went up to Billy and gave him a big bear hug while
Rennesmee hugged Rachel and Paul. It was great to
see that Paul no longer had any grudges against any
of us and he loved Rennesmee very much. Then they
switched, Jake hugged Rachel and Paul while
Rennesmee hugged Billy. This was picture perfect.
Then Edward and I came up the ramp with Charlie and
Sue on our heels. “Look who decided to visit us old
folks Billy” my dad said. “Bella! Hi, how you
been?” Billy said while we hugged. Edward went to
say hi to Paul, giving and gratefully getting a one
armed hug and then hugging Rachel. Sue said hi to
everyone and then went inside to, my guess, call
Sam and Emily and inform them. I must have been
right because no less then 5 minutes later, the
entire pack showed up. We all hugged and said our
hello’s and how are you’s. I never thought seeing
Jake reunite with Quil and Embry was going to be so
touching. As soon as they saw each other, they
hugged, with no shame at all. What surprised me the
most was that Quil actually shed a tear. Jake mock
punched his shoulder. “Well bro, I’m not made of
stone you know…I really missed you” Quil said. Jake
hugged him again. As we were about to go inside the
house, a new scent approached. I turned to look at
Edward who smiled as he recognized the scent at the
same time that I did. As soon as we turned around
Carlisle and Rose’s car was approaching. We also
caught the scent of Seth, so we knew he was with
them. “Hey, you don’t think you are gonna have a
reunion with out us do you?” Seth yelled from the
back seat of Carlisle’s car. I smiled as I saw his
head pop out of the passenger window. They all came
out and, just like us, they all hugged one another.
Rose even came up to say hi to everyone. Amazing
how much she has changed.
“So, are you guys back in the house for
now?” Billy asked us while we were all hanging
outside. “Yes, we are here for a few days and then
we will head to the Amazon to visit some old
friends” Carlisle answered. It was moments like
this, looking all around and seeing everyone smile
and having a good time that made me, once again
realize how lucky I really was. For one quick
moment I was thinking about how my old high school
friends were, Angela, Jessica, Mike, Ben, Tyler and
Eric. I knew that Angela and Ben were married and,
after an ending number of break-ups and make-ups,
Jessica and Mike were engaged. I still wondered how
they were doing but knew, right off the bat that I
could not contact them at all. I was not going to
involve any more humans into my world and endanger
them. The last time I spoke to any of them was at
Edward and my wedding. That was when I saw them
last. It made me really sad, since Angela was a
really good friend to me. But I knew she was happy
with Ben.
It was around 11:30pm when we finally decided
it was time to head back home and let our human
family and friends sleep. We said our goodbyes and
planned to meet up again tomorrow at our home. On
the way home, Rennesmee had fallen asleep on Jake’s
shoulder. I was so happy that we got to spend time
with our family again. It felt so great. We asked
Jake if he wanted to stay over his dad’s house but
of course he denied. He said that he was gonna stay
there one night before we left, but just not
tonight. As we pulled up into the huge garage we
decided to lay Rennesmee on the bed in what used to
be Edward’s bed now that we didn’t want to wake
her. We were going back to the cottage, since we
missed it so much. Edward took hold of my hand and
we headed back to our magical place. “It makes me
so happy to see you like this love” Edward told me
as we approached the door. “I knew that you missed
your dad so much, and these few days will make you
and him really happy, not to mention Jake and
Nessie as well” he laughed. “Yes you are right,
they are really happy that we are here” I replied.
We shut the door and headed straight to our
bedroom when, all of a sudden we heard Rennesmee
scream. We were out of the cottage in 3 seconds
flat and were back in the white house in 5. We went
straight up the stairs and directly into her room,
where everyone was. Alice was sitting on the bed,
hugging Rennesmee. She was crying, something she
hasn’t done in years. “I went straight to her and
hugged her fiercely. “Sweetheart, what happened?” I
asked her, with much fear in my voice. “Momma, I…
had the worst…dream” she cried. I hugged her even
closer. “It’s ok hunny, we’re here, your safe” I
said, trying to sooth her. “What was your dream
about?” Edward asked her, while sitting on the
other side of her. “I dreamed that…they were coming
for me again” she said. “Who was Ness?” Jake asked.
“The Volturi” she replied. A growling sound erupted
from Jake’s chest and his hand started to softly
shake while Rose started to take a defensive
position in front of Rennesmee. I touched Jake,
signaling him to calm down. He closed his eyes and
refocused on us. “Sweetheart, they aren’t coming
for you…its over, don’t be afraid” I told her. “It
was just a bad dream. “Yes momma I know, but it
felt so real” she said. I softly rocked her back
and forth while Edward softly caressed her hair. It
was just a dream, because we haven’t heard from
them in years and they had no reason at all to come
after her. None of us would allow it. Edward and I
decided to stay in the white house tonight, so that
Rennesmee would feel better that we were there. I
lay down next to her until she was sound asleep.
Jake sat on the floor by my feet as well. She fell
asleep right away. Jake and I then got up, very
quietly and let her sleep. We headed down the
stairs where everyone was sitting in the living
room. “Edward, it was just a dream right?” I asked
him as I came down the stairs. He turned to look at
me. “Of course love, they have no need to come” he
answered. I turned to look at Alice, to see if she
had “seen” anything or anyone heading our way. She
sensed I was looking at her because after about 3
seconds she turned to look at me. “Don’t worry
Bella, I haven’t seen anything out of the ordinary.
If the Volturi were planning something, I would
have seen it. You know that”. “But Alice, Aro knows
how your visions work, maybe he is working around
them so you don’t see them coming and they can
surprise us and kill us all now that they failed
the last time. It was Carlisle who spoke for
everyone. “Bella, Aro has no need to come, we
parted on good terms last time. I know him well
enough and believe me, he or any of the Volturi
will not come. Don’t worry yourself now that if
Nessie sees you like this, you might frighten her
as well” he said. “He’s right sweetheart, don’t
worry, they have no need or desire to come” Esme
replied, coming to give me a hug to try and make me
relax. It was quiet for a few minutes until Jake
spoke. “But even if it was, why would she dream
about them? She has never had a dream like that,
ever!” he yelled. “Jake calm down, it was just a
dream, like everyone said. And even if they did
decide to come, do you honestly think any of us
would let them just take her?” I asked him. He
nodded stiffly. “Jake, look at me…relax, they
aren’t coming”. After a few minutes Jake finally
relaxed.

Chapter 8
 The next morning everything was going great.
Rennesmee woke up around 9:00am and it was as if
nothing happened. Just like every morning she came
to sit by me and I hugged her fiercely, now that
she was in my arms and I knew she was safe. Once
Jake saw her, he started to get into his protective
mode, but I gave him a mean glare and shook my head
for him to stop, now that if she saw him like that,
she would get worried just like Carlisle commented.
He took in a deep breath and relaxed. “At what time
is everyone coming momma?” Rennesmee asked me. “I
think around 11:00am or so sweetheart” I answered.
She nodded and smiled, now that she was excited to
be back with her old friends and family, even
though it was for a few days.
It was around 10:30am when I caught Seth
Clearwater’s scent approaching. I have to admit,
that put a smile not only on mine, but on
everybody’s faces. He came right in, after all, he
knew that our house was also his house. “Hey guys”
he said as he came in. “Everyone is on their way, I
just beat them to the punch. Hey, where’s Jake
at?”. I smiled and rolled my eyes at him as if he
didn’t already know. “In here man!” Jake yelled
from the kitchen. “You hungry?” I asked Seth. He
looked down at me and smiled, which meant he was.
“Go help yourself, you know we always keep the
house packed with food for our human or close o
human friends” I said, winking at him. He grinned
as he headed to the kitchen. I could smell them
making eggs, bacon and toast, a big meal for big
boys, after all they were wolves and they can eat
like cows. Five minutes later I caught my dad’s
scent which made me grin. Rennesmee also caught his
scent and got up and headed to the door even before
he was coming into the driveway. As soon as he got
out of the car she ran up to him and gave him a big
hug. “Hey Nessie, how are you hun?” Charlie asked
her. “I’m great Grandpa, I just missed you” she
said. “You know I miss you too, even though your
mom took you almost 3 hours away from me” he said
while turning to wink at me. “Hey dad” I smiled.
“Hey Bells, how you been?” he asked. “Great, just
like Rennesmee I missed you guys too…a lot” I
answered. Right after my dad was everybody else
from La Push. After we all hugged and said hi, as
if we haven’t seen each other in years, we went to
the backyard to sit and relax. Before anything,
Jasper was feeling a little hungry so he decided to
go hunting with Alice, Emmett and Rose. “Hey, bring
me back a grizzly would ya’? I’m kinda’ hungry!”
Paul teased with Emmett. “Sure no problem, how do
you like em’ though?” Emmett said. “Rare is good”
Paul answered. They both smiled and then my family
was off. Absolutely amazing that 10 years ago, Paul
and Emmett almost fought each other. Seeing them
like this made me more and more happy.
They came back about 30 minutes after they
left, which was a sign that they hunted the nearest
deer’s and elk’s. After that, Jasper was much more
relaxed. Everyone was sitting in a huge circle,
talking about everything and nothing, about what
everyone has been up to. I felt so comfortable
here, I didn’t want to leave at all. One thing that
absolutely shocked me was Leah. She was there,
playing with Sam and Emily’s and Jared and Kim’s
children. They would run around acting all silly.
Leah would even come and sit next to me and just
talk like we were good friends. I really liked the
new Leah, and I guess, somehow she must have
finally gotten over Sam. It was about time,
although I could understand her pain. So maybe she
could finally imprint on someone new and then she
could have her fairy tale ending just like I had
with Edward and Emily had with Sam. About 2 hours
into the conversation Emily was talking with Esme
about the decorations and the remodeling Esme loved
to do. “You have such a talent for that Esme, I saw
Edward and Bella’s cottage and it is so beautiful”
Emily said. “Thank you Emily, I just love
decorating, it is part of who I am” Esme replied. I
soon remembered that Emily’s birthday was
approaching and I had a great idea for a present
that she will never forget. I was going to, with
the help of Esme of course, decorate Emily and
Sam’s house just like she loved it. I was sure to
mention it to Esme after they left, so that Emily
couldn’t hear or suspect anything. I smiled at the
idea that I had and Edward turned to look at me.
“What is so funny love?” he asked me. “Tell you
later” I whispered. After a few minutes, the women
had gone inside and the men were still outside. We
were all in the living room having a great time.
Alice, being herself, planned a make-over day for
everyone. Emily, Kim, Leah, Rachel, Kailen, Claire,
Sue, Rennesmee and Rosalie absolutely loved the
idea now that they love make-over’s. They must be
crazy, but I guess it was a good idea to have a
girl’s day out, or in I should say. At that same
time the men started to come in. “So what are you
ladies doing?” Jake asked. “Just planning a make-
over day for the girl’s” Alice said. Jake rolled
his eyes and came to sit by Rennesmee. “What’s the
matter Jacob, are you upset your hair and long
enough for us girls to put curlers in your hair?”
Rachel said. “Har har, very funny sis” Jake
responded. “Well, now that the ladies have a day
planned, we should do something to entertain
ourselves” Emmett said. “You could paint our toe
nails” Rosalie laughed. We all laughed with her.
“Humm, as tempting as that might sound, I’m gonna
pass babe” he snickered. After a while, the guys
decided to go play some baseball. Billy was going
to be the empire while Charlie was gonna play as
the catcher, and the rest was just gonna play like
they are used to. “Umm, I hate to break your fun
plan guys, but don’t you sort of need thunder to
play?” I asked. Edward smiled and turned to his
favorite sister. “They are well prepared Bella,
right before Edward suggested baseball he asked me
about the weather and of course, there will be come
thunder in the mountains. If I must say its perfect
timing” she answered. I smiled because at least
they could have fun being boys.
So after we all discussed and made our plans,
everyone started heading home. It was great to
spend our days like this, as a huge
vampire/werewolves/human family. After they all
left I told everyone, especially Esme, about how I
wanted to surprise Emily by redecorating her house,
Esme’s style. “Bella, that is a wonderful idea, I
would love to” Esme said. Everything was going
absolutely perfect after that… what could go wrong?
Chapter 9
 “Momma” Rennesmee screamed from her bedroom. I
quickly went to see what was wrong, and just like
the night before, she had the same dream about the
Volturi coming for her. This worried me now that it
was the second night in a row that this happened.
Edward and I decided to go talk to Carlisle and
Alice about this so we, along with Rennesmee went
to the big white house. Jake was right next to
Rennesmee and he was in his wolf form, now that he
was pissed and worried that she had the same dream
again which wasn’t a very good sign. “Carlisle, she
dreamed it again, so this must mean something”
Edward said as he entered the house. Rennesmee went
to sit next to Esme, who wrapped her arms around
her from one side and Rosalie from the other. “I
don’t know son, but this can’t be a premonition now
that Nessie doesn’t have that ability” Carlisle
replied. “But she can be developing it, something
is not right!” Edward yelled. It has been very few
times that I have seen Edward like this, which
worried me even more. “Edward, I haven’t seen
anything, you know I would see it, you know I
would” Alice said. “Maybe Bella was right the other
night when she said that maybe Aro is working
around your vision or who knows, maybe they simply
have a new addition to their family, someone who
can block people like Alice from seeing their
plans” Emmett said. That did make sense. It was
quiet for a while, which made me nervous. “Somebody
say something before I go crazy” I yelled. Edward
came to hug me and try to calm me down. “Bella,
love, you know we won’t let anything happen to her”
he whispered in my ear. Of course I knew that but I
was still worried. “I say we should beat them to
the punch and just go to Italy and kill them all”
Jake screamed. I turned to look at Jake while
Rennesmee scolded him. “Jake, don’t say that. You
better not do anything like that…maybe it is just a
dream since they made a big impact in my childhood
life” she said. “Humm, she could be on to
something” Carlisle said. Everyone turned to look
at him while Jake rolled his eyes. “Maybe she is
having nightmares because she is remembering her
childhood and since the few memories she has is of
them trying to eliminate us, maybe she is dreaming
it after all”. “Even though this might make sense,
we should keep a good eye out and Alice should
constantly try to keep a watch on them” Rosalie
interjected. “Yes, that does sound like a fair
suggestion” Jasper agreed. Then after everyone
calmed down, including myself, Rennesmee went back
to sleep. She decided she wanted to sleep on the
sofa, where we all were. Edward, being a gentleman
that he is, brought down a bed from upstairs and
placed it the living room so she would be more
comfortable. Rennesmee was like me in the sense
that she rolled her eyes when she saw her dad
carrying the huge bed downstairs. “Daddy, I can
sleep on the couch, you don’t have to do that” she
said. “Sweetheart I want you to feel comfortable, I
don’t mind at all” he said as he placed the bed
down. Edward then went back up the stairs and
brought back down a second bed, for Jake. That was
so sweet and nice of him. I smiled and caressed his
face after he put the bed down, letting him know
that I appreciated this gesture. “Aw thanks man!”
Jake said. “You are welcome” Edward replied. Jake
and Rennesmee fell asleep 5 minutes after they lay
down. “Carlisle, please be honest with me. Do you
think that you’re theory of her dreaming it is at
all possible? I asked, with much worry in my voice.
“Of course Bella, I would not lie to any of you. I
am not saying that is the conclusion, but it could
be a possibility” he said. I looked down at the
floor to contemplate if it was at all possible.
Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t who knew…but what I
did know is that I wasn’t going to let her out of
my site for one moment, not even when she is
sleeping.
The next morning Rennesmee woke up before Jake
and she was, just like the morning after she dreamt
it, normal. She was hungry and decided that she
wanted to eat our way this morning so Edward,
Emmett, Jasper and I went hunting with her. Emmett
and Jasper weren’t hungry at all, but they were
very protective of their niece so, just like me,
they weren’t going to let her out of their site. We
hunted some deer we found a little out from the
cottage. As we were heading back we caught Jake’s
scent, which meant he was heading our way. I guess
he was worried that Rennesmee wasn’t there when he
woke up. He calmed down when he saw us coming,
having Jasper and Emmett on the left of Rennesmee
and Edward and I on the right. We kept her in the
middle just in case something was to happen. This
reminded me for a moment about the time Jane came
with Felix and Demetri to destroy the newborns
Victoria had created to kill me. While we were
waiting in the clearing, my family placed me in the
center of the group, the safest place. It still
shocked me that I remembered my human experiences
with my family. “Hey Nessie, you kind of worried me
there for a moment when you weren’t there, although
they told me you were hunting” Jake said as he
approached, breaking my reverie. “Sorry Jake, I was
hungry” Rennesmee guiltily smiled. “Its ok, you
don’t have to be ashamed, cause I know your mom
ain’t gonna let you out of her site now” he said
while winking at me. Amazing how my best friend
still knew me well. I smiled and then headed back
to the house with everyone else. As we got there
everything seemed normal, Alice was dancing around
the house arranging flowers, Rosalie was flipping
through channels and Esme was humming to herself
while looking at an interior decorator’s book. As
soon as we walked in they all turned to smile at us
and continue with their activities. Rennesmee
decided to take a shower while the rest of us went
to the backyard. After a few minutes the pack was
coming, by themselves and in their wolf form. That
wasn’t very normal of them, lately anyway. “Hey
guys’ what’s up?” I asked them. Sam looked at me
and huffed while looking towards the trees, an
indication that they were going to phase back to
their human form. A few seconds later they came
back to where we were. “Jake said that Nessie was
in some sort of danger?” Sam asked me. I turned to
give Jake a very mean glare, now that he was told
not to make a huge thing out of this. “No Sam, you
were miss-informed. There is no immediate danger to
Nessie” Edward said. “But what about this nightmare
she keeps having about the Volturies”? Seth
interjected. That made me really upset because I
never though Jake was going to go and tell his
pack. “Jake why did you tell them? You know what
Carlisle said last night, it was just a dream!” I
yelled at him. Jake’s face fell a little, which
made me feel horrible but I guess he sort of
deserved it. If something or someone was coming for
Rennesmee I didn’t want to have the wolves involved
and risk any of them getting hurt, although now
since she is connected to Jake and he is connected
to the pack, they feel an obligation to protect
her. “I know Bells, but something just doesn’t add
up. Why would she dream that for two nights in a
row?” Jake asked me. I didn’t have an answer to
that. “Well what is she dreaming about exactly?”
Sam asked. “She is dreaming that the Volturies are
coming for her, but she doesn’t see a reason why or
which one is coming” Jake answered. The wolves went
into their thinking mode for a few seconds. “Maybe
they are…Alice have you seen anything?” Paul asked.
“No, nothing out of the ordinary, just like I tell
them over and over” she said. “Well, Jake is right
Bella, something is not right, because Nessie
wouldn’t dream something like that for nothing.
Besides, you know her dreams are always colorful,
happy and what not. We are gonna keep a good watch,
just in case” Sam declared.
After a few minutes, Rennesmee came outside and
was happy to see the pack, once again. They tried
to act as if they were just visiting but every
single noise they would hear, they would go into
almost-phasing mode. To be honest, this drove me
crazy. “Guys, calm down…nothing is going to happen”
I tried to convince them. “So, maybe we should
cancel our plans for today so we can keep an eye
out” Quil suggested. “No! we are not canceling
anything because everyone is very excited about our
girl’s day…even Claire!” Alice yelled. “She’s right
guys, besides, Rennesmee is going to be with Alice,
Rosalie, Esme and me who can protect her if
something was to happen, which you guys know it
won’t” I said. They knew I was right, I mean I am
still the strongest in this house yet, and I do
know how to fight since Jasper taught me a few
moves about 5 years ago, and after I begged Edward
to let him teach me. We were all prepared for
whatever was to come, if anything. “Ok so Sam, call
Emily and tell him that she can start coming over
with the rest of the girls while you guys get ready
for your baseball game. Charlie is going to be here
soon” Alice said. They all agreed and went back to
La Push to put on some descent clothes, like a T-
shirt and then came back with their wives and
girlfriends while Charlie showed up with Sue.
“Bella love, I will have my phone on me at all
times. If anything, and I mean anything goes wrong
call me please” Edward said. “Yeah Bells, call him
and we will be here in 1 minute flat” Jake
interjected. “Yes guys, I will call you if anything
goes wrong, which it won’t…you guys are driving me
crazy!” I laughed. They all smiled and as soon as
all the girls were inside, Charlie and Billy went
in their car while the pack and the Cullen’s went
by foot, my guess to have a look in the woods just
in case anything or anyone was there. I could see
it now, as soon as they got as close as it was
drivable to the clearing, Jake or Sam would carry
Billy in. I laughed to myself, imagining Billy’s
face as he is being carried into the woods.
Everyone was having a good time. Emily and Kim
decided to leave their children with Embry’s mom,
who didn’t mind at all since she adored them. Alice
had everyone with different colored toe nails while
Rosalie was doing their hair just like Alice
ordered. I didn’t want to have anything done to me
but Alice and Rennesmee insisted so I let them do
whatever they wanted. After about an hour, all the
girls had manicures and pedicures and their hair
was looking great. Alice gave everyone some hair
treatment that made everybody’s hair shine like the
sun. I have to say, having their hair like that,
with their copper colored skin made the girls look
like models. I know the guys were going to flips
once they saw their new ladies. I didn’t get away
from the hair treatments either and I have to
admit, it did feel very good on my hair. After that
we all sat in the living room talking about boys
like we were 15 years old again. It felt so nice to
just relax and have a great time. I decided that,
since I haven’t cooked for my dad in 10 years I was
going to make one of my famous Italian dishes for
everyone. So I had Emily, who loves cooking, help
me out while the rest stayed in the living room. I
could hear Alice’s wind chime laughter and
Rennesmee’s giggle from the kitchen and every time
I did, I would grin. I liked it when they were
having a good time. I decided to make 4, very large
lasagnas for everyone. Emily said it smelled great
but to me, it kind of made my stomach turn, now
that human food had no effect on me anymore. I also
made a large salad and garlic bread to go along
with it. I laid everything out in the formal dining
room table. I must admit, it looked beautiful.
About 10 minutes after everything was arranged,
they boys walked into the house. It was funny to
see Paul, Quil and Jared covered in mud. “What
happened to you guys?” I laughed as I saw them.
“Well, I must say Bells, Edward has a good arm and
we would run after the ball and fall in the mud.
But hey, we caught it!” Quil said. We all laughed,
but before anyone ate, we decided to wait until
they took a quick rinse off. Thank heaven for the 4
showers this house had since they all jumped into
the showers and were done quickly. Alice, being
Alice, had a stash of brand new clothes that she
kept for the wolves in case they phased out of the
blue, and handed a set to each. Alice always
thought ahead, which in a time like this was great.
“Wow Bells, it smells great!” Embry said. There
were 2 dining rooms so Edward and Emmett grabbed
the table from the second dining room and put it in
the first dining room so there would be enough room
for everyone. The rooms were huge so both tables
fit great. Everyone loved the lasagna, especially
Charlie now that after every bite he would make his
normal ‘umm’ sound. Even Rennesmee ate one piece of
it, while Paul joked and told her not to eat the
garlic bread because vampires are allergic to
garlic. Rachel playfully slapped him on the arm
while we all laughed. I loved every moment of it.
The wolves were so full that after a while, they
didn’t want to move from their chairs. We all
laughed hysterically at that.
But, just like every day, the sun was setting
and everyone was starting to go back home, now that
they haven’t seen their kids in a while. I could
understand them because if I don’t see my daughter
every day, I will go crazy. We all said our
goodbyes and then they left. “Nessie sweetheart, do
you want to sleep in the living room again?” Edward
asked her. “No daddy, its ok, I can sleep in the
cottage with you, momma and Jake. “Are you sure
hunny?” I asked yes. “Yes momma, I’m fine” she
confirmed. Emmett and Jasper wanted to come with us
as well, but we told them it wasn’t necessary. Jake
would be there anyway and if something happened
they were a few feet away, in vampire eyes anyway.
So we all headed back to the cottage. We let Jake
sleep in our room, even though he offered to sleep
in his wolf form outside. I couldn’t do that to my
best friend. So after insisting for him to sleep in
our room, Edward and I went to sit right next to
the little pond Esme made for us in the backyard,
contemplating the stars. The sky was absolutely
breath taking, no clouds what so ever, just stars
and the moon. “Wow, this is beautiful” I said as I
was looking up. Edward took my hand and kissed it.
“Yes, it is beautiful, but you are much more so” he
said. If I could have blushed, I would have been as
red as a tomato, but since I couldn’t I just leaned
in and kissed him. Then I laid my head on his chest
and we stood there for a few minutes. “I wonder is
Rennesmee is having that horrible dream again” I
said after a while. “I don’t think so love, she
would have called for you or done something to
alert us” he responded. I was so worried about her
dreams, worried that they were a sign, worried that
something was going to happen, worried that the
Volturi was coming for my baby. Edward sensed my
mood, and placed one finger under my chin so I can
look at him in the eyes. “Bella, love, nothing is
going to happen to her, please don’t worry
yourself” he said. I took a deep breath and started
to walk back to the house. “Where are you going
love?” he asked me. I turned to look at him and
smile. “I am going to check on her and see if I can
see what she is dreaming about, if anything”. He
smiled and decided to come with me. We quietly
entered Rennesmee’s room, who was sound asleep. She
looked so peaceful and absolutely beautiful with
the light of the moon entering from her window. I
softly took her hand and placed it on my face, so
that I can ‘read her mind’. As I did she was
dreaming about all of her family and friends,
having a good time. She was there with Jake and
they were holding hands and smiling at one another.
Then she was next to Edward and me and we were all
happy. Her dream remained this way for a long time,
so I knew she wasn’t dreaming about the Volturi
tonight. I stayed in her bedroom until the sun came
up and was thankful that she didn’t dream the same
dream again. When she woke up and saw Edward and me
in her room she smiled. “Good morning sweetheart,
did you sleep well?” Edward asked her. She softly
stretched and nodded, confirming that she did. I
smiled and touched her face. After a few seconds
she got up and headed towards the backyard. The sun
was absolutely beautiful today, shining right in
back of our cottage. We all sat there, enjoying the
sun, even though we couldn’t tan until we heard
Jake wake up. He stretched, went to the mirror to
see himself I guessed, and then came to where we
were. Rennesmee grinned when she saw him and he,
just like every morning kissed her and my forehead.
“Hey Jake, sleep good?” I asked. He simply nodded
and turned to Rennesmee. “How about you? Any bad
dreams?” he asked her. She grinned and nodded,
letting him know that she slept well. He grinned
back and softly touched her cheek. Edward, after
all of this time was still somewhat jealous of his
daughter’s relationship with Jake because he gave a
very soft huff. I turned to look at him, now that
he was closer to me and I was the only one who
heard him, thank heaven. He looked at me and I
raised one eyebrow, letting him know to calm down.
He gave me my favorite half smile and nodded.
After that we all headed back to the big white
house. Carlisle and Esme had gone hunting. Alice
and Jasper were sitting under the staircase, Jasper
with his head on Alice’s lap and Emmett and Rosalie
were lying on the couch. As soon as we walked in
Jasper and Emmett got up and looked at their niece.
“Hey Ness, sleep good hun?” Emmett asked her. “Yes
uncle Em, I did”. “No dreams?” Jasper asked. “Nope”
she answered, grinning. They both grinned back, and
just like Edward and me, were relieved. Maybe this
was a childhood memory of hers. We hoped for it
anyway. Jake went to have breakfast, and Rennesmee
decided to, once again, have breakfast with him.
“Humm, I’m in the mood for pancakes” Jake said,
turning to look at Edward. When it came to making
breakfasts, Edward made them really good, as far as
I can remember and according to Jake. Edward smiled
and followed them to the kitchen. He made them huge
pancakes and then came back to the living room. I
was sitting on the couch next to Rosalie. “Momma,
can we go see Grandpa Charlie and Grandma Sue
today?” Rennesmee asked me from the kitchen. I
thought it was a good idea, since we were leaving
in a few days, sadly enough. “Sure sweetie, we can
go after you eat” I told her. But then I asked
myself if Charlie would be working today so I
decided to give him a call. He answered so I knew
he was there. “Hello?” he said. “Hey dad, it’s me!”
I replied. “Hey Bells, what’s up?”. Everyday I
spoke to Charlie he sounded happier and happier.
“Dad do you work today? Because Rennesmee wants to
go visit you guys today, she misses you already” I
told him. He laughed as he said “I only work for
about 5 hours today so if you want come over around
4:00pm”. “Ok dad, so what we will do is, we will
swing by La Push and stay there until you get home
alright?” I asked him. “Sure Bells, sounds like a
plan sweetie. I will see you guys later, love you
hunny”. “I love you too dad, bye” I said as I hung
up the phone. “Sweetie, grandpa has to work until
4:00pm so we are going to hang out in La Push ok?”
I told her. She grinned because she liked that idea
too.
A few minutes later Carlisle and Esme returned
from their hunting. “Good morning” Esme said as she
came into the house. “Did you sleep well
sweetheart?” she asked Rennesmee while coming over
to hug her. “Yes Grandma, I did” she replied. We
told them all about our plans for today. Everyone
had plans of their own so we simply got into our
car and headed to La Push.

Chapter 10
 As we entered La Push, it gave all of us a
really good feeling. We loved being once more with
our friends, human and werewolf alike. We were
greeted by Seth, who must have ‘smelled’ us
approaching. “Hey guys! What a surprise…I didn’t
expect to see you today” Seth said while grinning.
“Oh yeah? Then why were you waiting for us kid?”
Jake asked as he got out of the car and went to
open Rennesmee’s. Seth just kept on grinning and
came over to where I was to give me his usual
salutation hugs. I hugged him back as strong as was
safe for him. He then went to Edward and they shook
hands followed by a one sided hug. Finally he went
to Rennesmee and Jacob and kissed her cheek while
giving her a hug and hugged Jake. “Come on guys” he
said while walking back towards Billy Black’s
house. “Hey Billy look who’s here!” Seth yelled
from the porch. “Hey guys, how’s everything?” Billy
asked us. “Just great Billy, how are you?” I asked
him. “Everything’s great Bella, thanks for asking”.
“Dad, where is everyone?” Jake asked him? “Well I
think that they’re at the beach. Seth was there too
but he knew you guys were coming so he just came up
here without telling anyone” Billy answered. I
haven’t been to first beach in years…10 to be exact
so why not stop there? “Edward, do you want to go
surprise them too? Although they might smell us,
just like Seth did” I said, looking at Edward. He
smiled while Rennesmee was already out the door
with Jake. “See you later Billy” she said as she
headed down the porch. I smiled while waving
goodbye to Billy and then followed by daughter and
Jake to the beach. Edward held my hand, like he
always did when we were walking, and it felt
amazing…I loved him so much. We tried our best to
sneak in on the guys but honestly, who can sneak on
a pack of wolves that are trained to sniff out
vampires? “Hey guys!” Quil screamed from where he
was sitting on the sand. He wasn’t even looking in
our direction which was an automatic sign that our
sent reached them. Rennesmee stood there, looking
at him until, as if it was choreographed, the
entire pack turned to look at us and smile. We all
smiled back and proceeded to walk to where they
were. “Hey guys…surprise!” I said as I was in front
of them. “Oh wow Bells, you got us…we never
expected to see you here…HA!” Embry jokingly said.
I just rolled my eyes at him and smiled. Hey,
Bells, Nessie come sit here” Sam said as he got up
from the sheet that was laid out on the sand so
that Rennesmee and me could sit down. “Aw Sam, you
don’t have to get up…were fine!” I told him. “Na, I
don’t mind, besides, I think it’s time I start
enjoying the water” he said as he winked at us. I
smiled and sat next to Emily. “Humm, sounds like
fun” Edward said while looking at Sam. Of course he
read Sam’s mind and whatever Sam had planned,
Edward was in. “What is it?” I asked Edward, as
curiosity got the best of me. He grinned and arched
his eyebrow. “Remember how you were into
recreational sports when you were human love?” he
asked me. My mouth popped open, unexpectedly since
I remember my ill fated day that Edward thought I
was committing suicide over 10 years ago and the
Alice and I had to go all the way to Italy to stop
him from exposing the truth about the existence of
vampires. “Are you serious?” I asked him,
perplexed. “Sure love, why not?”. Maybe he didn’t
remember what I went through, which must be
impossible since us vampires have a perfect memory
and can remember anything forever. “Edward, do you
happen to remember what happened the last time
cliff diving was done? And what needed to be fixed
before…” I stopped right there since the memories
where still very shocking and frightening just to
think that I could have lost Edward if I didn’t
make it in time. He must have seen my expression
because he quickly came to me and hugged me. “Love
I will never forget what happened, but I am a
vampire, you know nothing will happen to me. I am
just enjoying the time with our friends” he said.
He was right, of course nothing would happen to
him. I smiled and nodded, letting him know that I
trusted him. He kissed me and went with the boys.
All of them left, leaving us girls on the sand. We
all turned to look towards the cliff they would be
jumping off of. On the sand there was Emily,
Kailen, Rachel, Kim, Rennesmee and me. Claire was
at school and wouldn’t be out for another 3 hours.
I know how Quil must feel being away from her but
at least he would see her soon. He would be the one
who walked her to school and picked her up
everyday.
“So Bella, how is life back in Elma?” Emily
asked me. I didn’t want to lie to her and tell her
that everything was great, I mean it was but it
wasn’t the same without our friends and family.
“Its…good Emily, just fine” I said. She knew
something was up from the way I quickly paused on
the sentence. “Bella, what’s wrong, come on you
can’t lie to me, you never were a good liar” Emily
smiled. All the girls turned to look at me which
felt somewhat awkward. “Well, Elma is great, but…I…
I mean we miss you guys so much!” I finally said. I
had to correct my statement after Rennesmee huffed
when I only talked about myself missing them. “Aw
Bella, we really miss you guys too…more then you
know, but we understand that you had to leave, I
mean how much more makeup could you guys put on to
look older” Kim said. I laughed at that, since she
was right, having to put makeup on for a while when
we were here was really annoying. But Emily was
right, we couldn’t stay here with out people
suspecting anything. “Hey ladies!” we heard Quil
scream from the cliff. We all turned once again to
look at them and as we did, Seth waved to us. We
laughed and waved back. Right after that, he jumped
off the cliff. The jump went so quickly but yet, I
vaguely remembered that when I jumped, the trip
seemed much longer then what it looked like. I
guess it feels like that since you feel like flying
and the exhilaration is intense. After Quil, then
jumped Jake, Embry, Paul and Jared. Right after
them was Edward.
It was obvious that it was him since he was the
palest one there. From where I was I saw him close
his eyes, stretch out his arms and leap off the
cliff. His jump was so graceful yet masculine,
completely amazing. I know that I never looked like
that when I was human, although that’s probably
why, because I was human. A few seconds later, even
before Sam jumped, Edward was coming towards us. He
was very fast, no matter if he was on land or sea.
“Now I know why you liked it so much love, that was
a great experience, even for me” he said as he was
drying off his hair with a towel Emily gave him.
“Momma, you did that before?” Rennesmee asked me.
Edward and I both turned to look at her, but said
nothing. “Momma did you?” she asked me again. I
didn’t mind telling her the truth but after that,
wouldn’t I have to tell her about the whole thing,
including me having to rescue her father? Before I
could answer he knew Sam was about to jump so we
turned to look at him. He looked very experienced
doing it even more so then the rest of the wolves.
“Yes Nessie, your mom did jump, but she was still
human so she didn’t enjoy it so much…maybe she
should jump again, as a vampire this time!” Jake
said. I glared at him while Edward softly growled.
“Wow, ain’t we touchy!” Jake said, looking at my
expression. After a few seconds I though that maybe
he was right, this time I could finally enjoy it
now that there was no chance that I would drown. As
soon as Edward saw my expression he knew that I was
going to do it and quickly disapproved. “Edward,
its not like I’m going to drown or anything,
besides if you did it, why can’t I?” I asked him,
caressing his face. He knew I was right, and even
though I am a vampire now, he still felt the need
to protect me. “I will be fine, trust me” I told
him. “Then let us do it together love” he said.
That was an even better idea. “Great, but wait…what
about Rennesmee?” I asked. I still didn’t want to
leave her without Edward and me, as crazy as it
might sound. “Uhh, hello Bells, I’m not useless you
know” Jake said. I smiled and winked at him. He
just rolled his eyes at me, somewhat annoyed. “Aw
Jake I know, but you know how I am” I told him.
“Yeah, yeah I know” he smiled. Edward and I then
proceeded to walk toward the cliff hand in hand. As
I approached the cliff, all of the human memories
came back to me. All the happiness, sadness,
exhilaration, anger, frustration, everything as if
I was watching it on a screen. I froze for one
quick moment, and Edward sensing my emotion turned
to look at me. “Love, what’s wrong?” he asked me.
Somehow I couldn’t find the right words so I just
looked at him. Something he saw must have worried
him because he wrapped his arms around me and held
me close. “Bella, you are worrying me, what is the
matter, why do you look so frightened? We don’t
have to jump love really. Come let’s go back to
Nessie” he said after letting me go. “No, no Edward
I’m fine. It’s just that…I was remembering
everything from my last jump, that’s all” I said,
trying to smile at him. He took his hand and
caressed my cheek. That always, somehow made me
feel better. “Love, nothing wrong is going to
happen this time. I am here, we are together and
nothing and nobody is going to get hurt” he
comforted me. He was right. We were together and
nothing was going to separate us. I smiled at the
idea and he knew I was going to do it. “Ready?” he
asked me, taking my hand again. I nodded and walked
towards the edge of the cliff, never letting his
go.
As we stood on the edge I looked out at the
beach. Everything looked absolutely amazing with my
vampire eyes. I could see the world from up here. I
looked to where my daughter was sitting with our
friends and saw her smile as she saw me looking at
her. She waved and we waved back. “Don’t tell me
you’re afraid Bells!” Seth yelled from the shore. I
knew he was just doing it to tease me but that made
me want to jump off and playfully smack him. But I
simply just turned to Edward, smiled and we jumped
off.
The feeling was much more liberating then the
first time I leaped off the cliff ten years ago.
Not only was I holding Edward’s hand as I dropped,
but this time I didn’t have to worry about
drowning. It was the best thing I had ever
experienced. As we hit the water and went under
Edward smiled, his teeth glistening and then he
pulled me close. We kissed quite passionately under
the water, which to me was a new addition to my
fairytale world. We were under for a few minutes
but then decided it was time to come back up, we
didn’t want to worry anybody…well Rennesmee anyway.
As we emerged we saw her standing close to the
shore looking at where we had fallen, as if she was
indeed frightened that we didn’t resurface right
away. Edward and I started swimming back to the
shore. “Momma, what happened?” Rennesmee asked me,
with much worry in her voice. “You and daddy stayed
down there for a long time. I was worried something
happened to you”. “Don’t worry sweetie, nothing
happened, we were just enjoying the water” I told
her. Then Edward came to us and smiled at Rennesmee
while running his fingers through his wet hair.
They both laughed when he playfully shuffled his
wet hair toward her, getting her face wet. Then he
gave her his sly smile and ran up to her, picked
her up the floor and got her clothes all wet.
“Daddy! Haha” she laughed as he put her down.
Everyone started laughing, including Jake who was
bursting into laughter when Rennesmee turned around
and she had wet patched everywhere. “This is not
funny Jake” she said as she wrapped a towel around
herself. “You’re right, you’re right, I’ll stop” he
said, but he couldn’t help it and burst into
laughter again. Rennesmee gave him her serious
look, the one she inherited from Edward but this
time, she couldn’t contain it either and started
laughing too.
While Jake was lying on the floor, laughing
until he was tearing, Rennesmee ran to the water
with little Kimberly’s bucket, filled it with water
and splashed it all over Jake. Jake stopped
laughing immediately but stood up and looked
straight at her. “Oh yeah, you think that is
funny?” he asked as he scooped her up and started
walking towards the water. “Jake, put me down!” she
said. “Ok Nessie, I’ll put you down” he said,
playfully dropping her in the water. She was
drenched from head to toe. We all couldn’t help it
but laugh with them. We all stopped as we saw the
face she put on. She looked like she was about to
cry. Jake got worried and bent down with his arms
stretched out. “Aw, Nessie, I was only playing
babe, I’m sorry if I upset you” he said as he
started to lean closer. But Edward read her mind
and laughed making Jake and me look at him. It was
too late for Jake to realize what was happening
because by then, Rennesmee pulled his outstretched
hand and made him fall in the water with her. This
time we all burst into laughter so hard, that our
human friends had to wipe the tears coming down
their faces. Jake saw us laughing and got up and
headed to where I was. “Excuse me Mrs. Cullen, but
who do you think you are laughing at?” he asked me.
“I’m laughing at my talented daughter who fooled
you…HA it was hilarious…nice one hunny” I said
while I winked at her. She giggled at the same time
that Jake looked at Edward in a mysterious way.
“Sure, go ahead” Edward said. This seemed very
awkward to me since it hardly ever happened. Jake
and Edward were having a private conversation.
Before I even realized what was going in Jake
scooped me up, just like he did with Rennesmee and
ran towards the water. I could have easily stopped
him but why spoil the fun. A few seconds later I
was under water. I popped up just in time to see
Paul and Sam drag Edward into the water. Soon after
we were all in, splashing some and dunking others.
It was a lot of fun just being able to have a good
time like this.
We stayed in for a while until little Samuel
and Kimberly were getting cold. Then we all got out
and headed towards La Push. Sam was holding little
Samuel and Jared were holding little Kimberly,
since their skin is much warmer then a normal
human, they could easily keep their children warm.
We all split us as we got the reservation, having
each go into their house to change while Edward,
Rennesmee and I went to Jake’s house. There Jake
lend some clothes to Edward while Rachel lend some
to Rennesmee and me. We changed very fast and then
came back out. A few minutes later, everyone had
come back to Billy’s house and a few minutes after
that, my family started showing up. Thank heaven
Billy had his house extended because if the house
was the same size it was a few years ago, we would
have never fit. “Hey guys, it’s great to see you
again” Billy said as the Cullen’s started walking
up the stairs. “Hello Billy, may we come in?”
Carlisle asked. “Of course, you know you don’t have
to ask…this is your house too” he said. “Thank you
Billy” Carlisle replied. “Hey guys” I said as they
all started coming in. The part that was extended
in Billy’s house was a very large, screened in
patio. It was built by all the Cullen boys and the
wolf pack. They all worked together and had it done
in a few hours, which shocked Billy. So we all
decided to head back there. We all sat down on the
great comfortable patio chairs that Esme had given
to Billy as a present. Alice sat next to me on one
side and Edward on the other. Alice then wrapped
her arms around my right arm and laid her head on
my shoulder. I turned to look at her who smiled
back. “I missed you Bella” she said, grinning. Our
relationship has grown much closer since she came
back from South America with Nahuel. The thought
that she had abandoned us was one that I never
wanted to feel again. So I simply leaned back into
the chair and gave her a one sided hug. She stayed
like that, which didn’t bother me. “What did you
guys do today?” Emmett asked us, eyeing our wet
hair. Edward smiled as I answered his question. “We
spent the day at the beach, cliff diving. Jasper’s
eyes opened wide while Rosalie’s mouth popped open.
I didn’t need Edward’s power to know what they were
thinking. After what happened on my last jump, why
would I want to relive that memory again? Before I
could answer, Edward was answering an unspoken
question. “Why not? It is not as if something bad
will happen to her. Besides, we jumped together. It
was quite exhilarating” he said, looking at Jasper.
“What about you guys? What have you been doing
today?” I asked them, to somewhat change the
subject. “We went hunting a little out of Forks”
Alice said. And I could tell, since their eyes well
all a warm honey color. Edward and mine must have
been a dark honey or light brown, since we haven’t
hunted in days. Jasper sensed my emotion and looked
towards me. “You are right Bella, you, Edward and
Nessie should hunt soon. You don’t want to let it
go too far” he said. He didn’t mean it as if I
couldn’t control myself, it was just that when a
vampire was hungry, they could get cranky and I
didn’t want to get like that with my dad or friends
here, since I wasn’t going to be here for long.
“Don’t worry love, we can go before the sun sets”
Edward said, leaning in to kiss my cheek. “Aw, how
cute are you too” Emmett teased. I turned to stick
my tongue out at Emmett who laughed.
“Bella dear, can you walk with me to the car?
I forgot to get something” Esme said. I nodded and
got up, having Alice get up with me and walk
towards the door following Esme. I knew something
was up since Esme never forgot anything at all,
especially in the car. “What’s going on Esme?” I
asked as soon as we were outside. “Do you remember
how you wanted to surprise Emily by redecorating?
Well, let’s go have a look at what can be done t
her house before they suspect anything. I smiled at
them while we were off. All three of us made it to
Emily and Sam’s home in less than 10 seconds. While
we were there, we looked all around the house,
picturing different things we could do to it. Esme
smiled to herself and then shared her ideas with
Alice and me. We loved everything she planned.
“Sounds wonderful Esme” Alice said. I second that.
After we were done, we headed back to Billy’s
house, before anything didn’t seem right to them.
We were back in 2 minutes flat. It was great being
as fast as we were. Edward was the only one who
suspected anything, but he knew I would tell him
when we got home.