Forever Young

"Edward." I thought smiling at myself touching his cheek softly.

"Hmm?" He turned his head smiling into my hair. His tone sounded like I woke him up, even though he hasn't slept in over a hundred years. After the day we had it felt nice to be laying in our beautiful king size bed.

"I love you." I thought feeling his arms around me tighten. He shifted his body from his back onto his side still holding me.

"I- love- being- inside- your- head." He whispered placing kisses between each word, all over my head. I giggled nestling closer to him. I sighed thinking back to when his body seemed too cold to my human touch. Now his touch brought nothing but warmth.

"We almost lost each other today." I said out loud this time, tracing designs on his bare chest. I felt his body stiffen and a rumble rolled through his chest. I flattened my hand out feeling the vibrations from inside.

"Shh… My love, we're all here safe now. Put that beautiful mind to rest. There's nothing to worry about." He whispered softly into my ear.

We lay silent for a few moments listening to each other's breathing. I could hear our daughter's hummingbird heartbeat coming from her room. I closed my eyes listening to her faint breathing. I let my mind wonder to the events that happened just a few short hours before this very moment. I cringed at the memory of having to put my one and only daughter in the face of danger. Edward tensed around me pulling me from my thoughts. My eyes snapped open in alarm. He sat straight up in bed pulling the blankets with him. I Sat up with him grabbing the blanket to cover myself. My eyes and ears searched for any sign of danger, but I couldn't see or hear anything. I placed my left hand on his arm, glimpsing quickly at my wedding ring, then pulled myself back. "What is it?" I whispered. The words coming too quick for any human to understand. Edward didn't answer, he swiftly leaned over the side of the bed and threw his button up shirt at me.

"Put that on." He said moving quickly out of bed pulling on his boxers and sweatpants. I looked at him confused, my eyebrows a straight line across me forehead.

"Edward…" Before I could finish he was back in bed pulling my arms through his shirt and swiftly buttoning it up. Before I could say anything more he pointed to the door. I followed his gesture staring at the shut door of our room. As if on cue there was a little tapping noise on the other side followed by a whimper.

"Mommy?" It was Renesmee. I pushed the covers off dashing off the bed. I made it to the door in one swift leap across the room. Landing softly at the door I yanked it open. Renesmee looked up at me clutching her tattered stuffed wolf Jacob gave her shortly after she was born. I knelt down in front of her wiping her eyes dry from her tears.

"What's wrong sweetie?" I asked sweeping a stray curl from her face. She rubbed her face against the dog in her hands before looking at me.

She Sniffed once, "I had a bad dream." She whispered her voice broke at the last word, and fell into my arms. I held her tight trying to calm her. Without any effort I scooped her up carrying her over to the bed. Edward held his arms open as I sat her down in the middle of us. She crawled into his lap curling into his chest. She tucked the wolf tightly under her arm looking up at me. I could easily see the fear in her eyes, and would give anything to make it go away.

"Show me what you saw." I said not letting go of her beautiful brown eyes. She nodded once and pushed the wolf between her leg and her fathers stomach. Slowly she leaned away from him placing both her hands on my cheeks. Immediately I saw flutters of images from earlier today. Except these were different, there was no happy ending.

Her dream was her watching helpless from Jacob's broad wolf shoulders. Watching the Volturi kill off every member of our family. She screamed for them to stop grabbing onto handfuls of Jacobs fur. She looked down at me through tear filled eyes as I pushed Jacob towards the trees. "Go!" I yelled at him as he turned to run just as I told them to. She turned back in time to see Edward try to stand in front of me to protect me as we both became engulfed in flames.

I gasped for air that I didn't need as I pulled her hands away from my face. Yanking her off Edwards lap, I cradled her in my own, rocking her back and forth. She wrapped her arms tightly around my neck sobbing into my neck. "Daddy and I aren't going anywhere. I promise." I said rubbing her back softly.

"But… I … Saw…" She started through sobs, but I cut her off.

"It was only a bad dream. You know my shield will stop anyone from hurting any of us." I felt her body relax in my arms and I relaxed with her. I looked over at Edward who was watching me with a joking look in his eyes. "What?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him. How could he not be worried about his daughter?

"She's definitely your daughter." He shrugged patting her back. I raised one eyebrow, and Renesmee turned in my arms to look at her him.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"I mean her dreaming. They're just like yours when you were human." He chuckled touching the tip of Renesmee's nope. She scrunched it up smiling at him. I rolled my eyes flashing him a crooked smile.

"Can I sleep in here tonight?" Renesmee asked in her high little voice.

"Of course." Edward smiled pulling the blankets up so she could crawl under them. She wiggled herself into a conferrable position. I tucked the blanket around her between both Edward and I so we wouldn't make her cold. She tightly held onto our arms with her red and gray wolf tucked in at her side. Edward rested his head next to hers humming a lullaby I've never heard before. She quickly fell into a deep sleep. When I heard her breathing become deep and even I smiled up at Edward.

"That's a new one."

"I wrote it for her. It was one of the only things that would calm her when she was born, and you were… asleep." I nodded leaning over my daughter to kiss my husband.

"Living room?" I though, twitching my eyebrows. Edward was off the bed, effortlessly lifting me into his arms dashing through our small cottage. I giggled as he threw me onto the couch followed my his body.