THE NEXT CHAPTER
It had been a year since that day in the clearing when my family and my friends had stood side by side to protect the most precious thing in our lives.
Renesmee was now the size of a 5 year old but as smart as any teenager she hated having to pretend to like colouring in or playing child games but she knew the importance of our secret.
Jake was like a big brother to her they were virtually inseparable and thanks to his bonding with Renesmee the treaty had been dissolved and the Cullen's were free to go on to the reservation if we wished, which was probably just as well considering the amount of time Renesmee spent there.
Not to mention the fact that my dad had since moved in with Sue Clearwater so that made things a lot easier for me not having to worry about breaking the treaty every time I visited.
The rest of the Cullen's, including myself were enjoying a peaceful time after all the worry and stress that had followed from our return from our honeymoon it all seemed like another lifetime ago and funnily enough that was exactly what it was.
Today started the same way every other day had , if you can call it starting or maybe that should be daylight started as much as the same way as daylight normally started, night time had finished with me wrapped in Edwards arms still trying to get my full of him and yet still coming up short no matter how long we were together it just never seemed enough, I still felt off balance whenever I looked into his eyes and I'm sure if my heart could still beat it would jump whenever he would touch me.
The sun finally came in through our little garden windows and we knew it was time to start another day, it wouldn't be long till Renesmee was up and wrapping her father around her little finger, Edward once joked about how it was difficult to say NO to me when I wanted something but with Renesmee it was impossible she had only to smile at him and he would cave in, Jacob was no good in this department either, I don't think I had ever heard him utter the word NO to her in the past year.
I finally pulled myself away from Edward and went into my very over sized closet, I had got used to my new figure and my new balance so I was not afraid of heeled shoes or tight fitting clothes but much to Alice's annoyance I still refused to wear half of the garments she had bought for me, instead I chose to wear tight jeans and fitted tops with a nice pair of heeled boots and kept my skirts for special days,
Today was one of those days. We would be attending the wedding of Sam and Emily it would be held at the La Push beach which had been covered in large canopies just in case the weather decided to play up, not that, that would bother most of the guests as one half had a temperature that could melt Alaska and the other had the temperature to freeze it right back up again but for the sake of the charade and the handful of humans that would be there this was a good idea.
Alice of course had been involved with most of the arrangements which was a strange thing in itself considering Emily's cousin Leah was not what you would call, happy about our new arrangements but as Emily had asked Leah to behave and to be her bridesmaid she went along with it so this was a start.
I dressed in my light coloured skirt a blue blouse and my favourite little diamond sandals I was just sorting my hair when I noticed Edward in the mirror behind me he was wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and his hair sitting perfectly, I stared at him wondering if we had time to snuggle back up in each others arms, when the door flew open and in came the most beautiful child anyone has ever seen with one graceful leap she was in her fathers arms and was being hugged like there was no tomorrow.
I Finished putting my hair up and turned to catch Renesmee as she hurled herself from her fathers arms into mine I could feel her warm skin through my blouse and felt her sweet breath on the side of my neck. "Morning princess "I whispered in her ear, she replied by giving me the most brilliant smile ever "can I go to Jakes house this morning"
She beamed up at me, I stood her on the corner of the bed and looked her up and down and laughed,
She looked back at me then smiled "I meant when I get dressed first" "that is what I thought you meant "I replied
In 2 min she was back at our side and heading out the front door, Edward and I were going to Carlisle's first, we had a few things we wanted to chat about namely what we were going to do about still being here as none of us were getting any older it was starting to get a bit strange and with Renesmee's ever changing size we needed to come up with some answers.
Alice and Jasper where just passing the edge of our little path in the forest when we left.
Renesmee flitted to Alice Side "where you going can I come"
Jasper looked at her "we are going hunting before the wedding just to be on the safe side"
Even though Jasper had been careful over the past year he still liked to make sure that he was never put in temptations way for no reason this seemed fair enough, but it sometimes annoyed him that I had skipped the full mental newborn phase and seemed to have perfect control over the whole not eating humans thing but for some reason it seemed to come easy to me.
Renesmee looked at me
"Off you go if you want but just mind the time "
Alice grinned "she will be back in time and she will look exquisite "
The 3 of them disappeared into the thick woods, Edward took my hand and we headed to the house.
Esme was busy hanging another photo of Renesmee on the wall and Emmett was pretending to be the ladder as he held Esme up so she could reach where she wanted it to go.
Carlisle was still at the hospital and Rosalie was staring at the TV, the channels flew past so quickly I doubted if she was even watching them. I sat on the sofa as Edward headed to the garage no doubt to sort out which car he would be using this afternoon, Rose turned to look at me then nodded. Even after everything Rose and I had been through and although things were so much better between us I still sometimes wondered if she fully accepted me into the Cullen's.
