Chapter 1: Realizations

Disclaimer: I am not Stephanie Meyer nor do I own any of the Characters which she created or their back story. She is the originator creator of the Twilight Saga books which created the basis for this story.

It had been five years since we left the sleepy little town. Five years since forever began. Five years since I got everything I could ever want in this world. Everything was perfect my husband, daughter, and family were perfect…what more could a girl ask for.

"Bella? Bella?" I heard that beautiful voice calling to me from a far off place. I opened my eyes and realized that I must have been day dreaming. In front of me now was the most beautiful being to ever walk this planet, my husband Edward.

" What are you doing? And why are you wearing a smile that could power New York City for a year?" He spoke in his beautiful melodic voice.

" I was just thinking about all the times we have had together and about how it seems like so long ago that our lives began."

"Well its time you stopped reminiscing and started to make your way to class. It's 7pm and you know what professor Elochlovich gets like when his students are late."

"I know I'm going." With that I stood up and kissed him lightly on the lips and began walking away. I paused at the bottom of the staircase before heading out the front door.

"Ness?" I sang out.

"Yea mom what now?"

"Please behave for your father and need I remind you no boys after 9:30?" "That means no texting, no iming, no visits. Also before you try it Jake counts as I boy I do not care if you are just friends."

"Yea yea I got you mother"

That kid could be such a snot sometimes but I absolutely adored her. She had gotten the best of both worlds and no short end of the stick in her life. She was a vision of perfection in the looks department and when it come to personality she got a mixture of all of us. It was so strange to think that she was only born 5 years ago. She looked like a teenager and for the sake of appearances was now a senior at Nazareth Area High School. She still though had not figured out what was going on with Jake. She knew he was a wolf and she knew that she was imprinted upon when she was a baby, but she still hadn't had any change in her feelings for him. I could tell that Jacob was growing somewhat impatient with the situation. He was in love with her and Edward and I had finally excepted that but now it was just a matter of time. So we had to lay down some ground rules just incase.

Beep Beep, the horn of the car behind me had pulled me out of my reverie. I guess I should get out and make my way across campus.

Lafayette University worked for us. It was more practical then Dartmouth, not that it mattered. It was a compromise…we wanted to be able to keep the family together and here seemed like just the Mecca center for us to do that. Close by was Lehigh Valley Hospital which was well respected and needed a doctor in their Trauma Center of Carlisle's expertise. An hour and a half east was NYC which has a playground of stores for Rose and Alice to knock themselves out in when ever they felt like going on a shopping binge. Emmett got a job working as a personal trainer at LA Fitness at night, Esme was a collegiate professor for interior design at two local colleges, and Jasper was working as a counselor for alcoholics which worked out well for him since the alcohol created almost a toxicity to the blood and made it unattractive to vampires.

My class was small. Night had been the practical time to take classes as the area really had the potential for many sunny days. We were almost done and we knew we were just waiting till Ness had graduated then moving on to our next "home". It moving wasn't something that I grew fond of thinking about so I decided to focus on my professor and worry about the future when it comes.

Class really dragged on today and I was glad that it was time to walk through the front door and back into my amazing life.

Suddenly the door flew open. "Bella you need to get in here and we need to talk." Edward seemed stern tonight.

"Ok what's going on"

"Your daughter, and that dog, they ummmm……god Bella I could kill him, and if she doesn't keep her thoughts to herself I am going to try and kill her too."

I looked at him a lightly chuckled "What are you blabbing about now?"

" Ness had an epiphany tonight…..she was sitting in her room looking at photos of her and Jake and it just clicked. She proceeded to call him and he "snuck" into her window about 20 minutes ago and have been making out ever since. The thoughts going through both of their heads is enough to make a father want to commit murder."

"Edward we knew this day would come eventually. We also both agreed that we wouldn't stand in the way." I tried to get him to calm down to assess the situation.

"Yes I know that….but" he hesitated.

I had never really seen Edward this sullen before except maybe once and those were times that I liked to forget.

" But what…..She has the mentality of a 25 year old she is smart beyond her years. I know that to you and I it seems like our 5 year old little girl is doing things that would be against the law in this country, but she is an adult. In mind, body, and soul she is not a child, pigtails and frilly dresses are a thing of the past." I looked into his eyes and spoke in an sympathetic tone.

"It's just hard because she is my little girl" I could tell that if a vampire could tear up he would right now.

" Your such a softy Edward." I gave him a swift and loving kiss on the lips. "I think we should call them down here and talk about this."

"Ok but will you hold me back if I go after the mutt?" He said it with a smile on his face but I could tell that the possibility of a fight did exist.

" You wont hurt him he is like a brother to you and you know it" I said with a good wind chime laugh.

"Yea brother, NOT son."

I could no longer control my laughter….his reactions to situations with our daughter were priceless.

"Oh sweet Nessie get your butt down to the living room pronto" I yelled up the stairs. "Oh and bring the wolf with you" I added on with a laughing undertone to my voice.

Suddenly there was a loud thud which I assumed was Jake falling in surprise. One look at Edward's face it was evident that was right. We could hear moving around and suddenly 2 very red faced swollen lipped teenagers bounded down our steps.