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I'll Love You Forever?
How could life have given me such wonderful blessings? My imperfection, compared with his dazzling perfect perfection... I gazed soulfully at Edward's scintillating, perfect visage. I got lost in the glowing, sun kissed strands of his hair and the golden flecks in his topaz eyes. The sunlight bathed the garden and made our skin sparkle as though there were a thousand tiny diamonds per square inch on our skin. I was attempting to increase the time I could hold that mental shield that had kept Edward out of my mind for so long, wanting him to know every single thing I thought all the time, so he could know just how much I loved him.
Since the Volturi had been defeated, it had become a lot easier to hold the shield away from my mind, but I was still struggling especially when Edward ... well Edward seemed to like it so much every time I did and he was in the vicinity he couldn't keep his hands off me. He would grab me before crashing his perfect lips onto mine, his skin no longer cool to the touch but warm and silky smooth, as though we were humans but in a way no human could comprehend. I wished such kisses and what happened after such kisses could last forever.
But nothing lasts forever.
Even when you live forever.
Renesme walked sedately towards our cottage, hand in hand with Jacob. My love stiffened ever so slightly but relaxed at my touch. His strong but lean thigh twitched under my hand as Jacob and Renesme came closer, I was just so happy to see my perfect family together, so very much in love and (for the most part) peace. Renesme was already so grown up and beautiful, golden locks curled to perfection flowing abundantly from her tiny perfect head. Although she was barely nine months old she looked and acted like a girl of thirteen. She had no need for makeup, her skin didn't so much sparkle as glow luminescently. She radiated light and happiness as she gazed up into Jacob's eyes, a look that spoke volumes, more than a book on their love might tell. I sighed happily thinking that Romeo and Juliet merely seemed infatuated in comparison to these two.
Renesme was perfectly formed and walked so daintily down the garden path, barely level with Jacob's elbow, the golden sunlight turned her hair into a halo of light. Jacob leaned down to whisper something in her ear (though, naturally, I could hear every word said), and she giggled, her face transformed by the radiance of her emotions. I could feel a pulse of happiness as her feelings intensified. Jacob, by the blissful look on his face also felt this spike in her feelings. He was handsome, although not as good looking as my husband, well muscled and tall, with tan skin and long dark hair, I was so glad that Edward and him had reached a truce, however uneasy.
'Mother.' Renesme called, her voice like silver bells. I smiled and got up from the blanket upon which Edward and I had lain. She ran from Jacob into my arms and I buried my nose in her hair, her unique scent, sweeter and fresher than any perfume. Even as a human I would have loved and been able to recognize, in a heartbeat, that glorious smell. Edward joined the embrace, his topaz eyes so hard to read, but still were radiating love under that inscrutable look. When she released me, his perfect, chiselled arm hung over my shoulder. I remained still, revelling in the feeling of being in his arms, the cashmere of his v-neck jumper soft against my face, rejoicing that I was married to him. Eventually he released me gently to sit back down on the blanket, like a statue of Adonis. I joined him with Renesme on my other side, Jacob's arm draped protectively over her shoulders.
'Jacob, how is the pack?' The tension was barely audible in Edward's voice. I flicked a glance at him, his eyes searched for mine and found them, holding my gaze for a second before moving over Renesme to Jacob.
'Fine, no problems since the Volturi left.' Jacob replied lazily, if he sensed the tension in Edward's voice he didn't show it. He met Edward's eyes.
The silence held.
'I'm going hunting.' Edward stood up abruptly. His clothes hugged his figure as if they had been made for him (knowing the Cullens, they probably had), he could easily have been a model, or taken out from a scene in a movie, far removed from normal, imperfect humans. This was the second time in three days, I was confused but didn't question him, he had been a vampire far longer than me and it seemed to be his way of blowing off steam caused by Jacob. Anyway, it gave me a chance to practice holding my shield away. I stood up and held my shield away, trusting the presence of our daughter and Jacob to keep him from taking me into the cottage and make sweet and passionate love to me here and now, not that I would complain or protest all that much. He gave me look as I thought that and kissed me gently on the mouth before speeding off to find Emmet, Jasper and Carlisle for brunch. Even after he left, his smell still lingered, and inhaling deeply I attempted to capture as much of it as I could.
Renesme, Jacob and I chatted for some time after, though I kept glancing towards the house, waiting for that familiar, chiselled body, those perfect cheekbones, those enigmatic amber eyes...
At twilight, I realised that he was probably staying out hunting and would return tomorrow. I had been practicing and had managed to hold the shield away from my mind for a full two hours before tiring, hoping that, wherever he was, he could hear my thoughts, how much I adore him in all his perfection. As I drifted off to a dreamless sleep I wished I could hear him play that beautiful piano piece he wrote me and bask in his glorious scent.
If I had known then what I know now, my sleep would not have been so peaceful.
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