Okay, so I decided to write another fanfic; I didn't make up Twilight, Stephanie Meyer did, although I wish I had! I just like to write about it. This is set six years after the end of Breaking Dawn --- DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE READ BREAKING DAWN!

Hope you enjoy :)

Proud

It had been just over six years since I'd made the greatest decision of my life: ringing Rosalie when I'd found out that I was pregnant with Renesmee. Of course I didn't know at the time that it was a girl, or even if it was human, I'd only known that she was a little nudger, my little nudger, and I loved her will all of my heart. And now she was running beside me, fast as lightening through the thick trees; she took after her father on that part. I watched, fascinated, as her long, wavy bronze hair swirled behind her, encasing her face like a bronze halo. Although she was only six years old, she looked about 16, with long legs and a small chest protruding from her light blue blouse, courtesy of Alice. But her face still seemed younger, her cheek bones were more rounded than most sixteen year olds and her full lips were always pulled up into a smile. She wouldn't get any older, trapped in this young, slender body for the rest of her days.

Renesmee slowed then and turned her head towards me, her deep brown eyes focusing on my proud gaze, "What?" she sounded like any other frustrated teenager, apart from the fact that her voice sounded like a thousand tinkling bells.

"Nothing, I was just watching you"

"Mom", her tone was accusing, like I'd been watching her to make sure she was doing her homework, which I never did because Edward would always listen in to her thoughts. She continued with the same tone, "Why?"

"What? I'm not allowed to watch you now?" I smiled a perfect smile in her direction.

"Oh God! I wish you wouldn't!" she stopped running and turned to face me, I skipped to a halt behind her.

"Okay, okay", I raised my hands, palms out, "I'll stop"

"Good", she smiled her father's lopsided smile and sped off in front of me, "Bet I can beat you to Granny's!"

"Not if I can help it!" I chased after her through the thick, deep green woods, the smell of moss and dirt filling my lungs. I pushed forward, knowing that I would never beat her but enjoying the feeling of just running, letting myself feel free; we'd already hunted and so the burning in my throat was just a dull ache.

Renesmee leapt easily over the stream that separated the large, white house from the dense forest and I followed quickly. We were in the house less than a second later and Esme was hugging Renesmee tightly. Carlisle stood next to Esme, waiting for his turn. Alice stood at the other side of the doorway with her arms behind her back and a huge grin on her pixie face. Rose and Emmett stood just behind her, Emmett with his huge arm around Rose's shoulders. Jasper stood halfway down the staircase, his mouth pulled into a tight line. When Renesmee was first born I was seen as the danger to her, but after that first few months I'd become so well adjusted that nobody even bothered to watch over me anymore. That was when Jasper had stopped controlling my emotional environment and realised that Renesmee smelt more enticing than he'd first thought. I couldn't help but feel sorry for him, never being able to embrace her the way everyone else did so easily.

I could hear my lullaby coming from the piano in the other room, the light notes dancing in the air, notes that I hadn't even heard when I was human. They twirled in the air and flitted between the dust motes like invisible pixies dancing in the sky. The last note hung daintily in the air as Edward stepped to my side and placed his hand in mine. He squeezed my hand lightly and I squeezed back; his skin was the exact same temperature as my own and his hand felt perfect in my iron grasp.

"Nessie", Edward used the nickname that Jacob had given our daughter; I'd almost grown to love it, "How did your hunt go?"

Renesmee smiled and held out her hand, she still preferred to use her gift rather than speak aloud. Edward placed his hand in hers and smiled once, Nessie dropped his hand as he spoke, "Nice", he sounded proud, exactly how I felt.

Alice danced to Renesmee's side and hooked a thin arm through hers, pulling her up the stairs, "Come on Ness- err, Nessie, I've got some new clothes to show you". Alice pulled her quickly up the stairs and Jasper's nostrils flared as he stayed glued to the banister when they flitted past. He looked in my direction and quickly dropped his eyes to the floor and sat down on the metal stairs, looking like a sculpture carved from marble. I could hear laughter coming from Alice's room and I could smell cotton and silk wafting from her direction; she was obviously playing dress-up with Nessie again.

"Hey!" Jacob's deep voice echoed through the hall as he stepped through the front door, a huge smile spreading across his olive skin. Rose groaned slightly and Emmett slapped Jake on the back with his gigantic hand, causing Jake to wince slightly.

"Hey Wolfie!" Emmett's booming voice echoed the same as Jake's as he greeted my best friend.

"Hi Jake", I flashed him a wide grin as his dark eyes moved quickly through the room, searching for Nessie no doubt.

"Is she here?" Jake strained his neck to peer past Emmett's huge frame, "I thought I could smell her but… well you all smell so bad its hard to concentrate, you know", he smiled at me and winked, still the same Jake.

"She's upstairs with Alice, they won't be long", Edward's melodic voice was full of patience; he still found it hard to allow Jake to see Nessie as often as he did but he made the effort to be polite around him, my perfect man.

"Great!" Jake strode into the lounge and flopped over the arm of the white sofa, lying on his back as he took up the whole piece of furniture, I followed him into the room and sat down on the floor next to him. I rested my head against the sofa out of habit as he stroked his wide hand through my shimmering hair.

"So, where are you going today?" I tried to keep my voice casual but I always liked to know where the big bad wolf was taking my little girl, especially after the last time they'd gone out alone.

"Don't worry, we're just going to go see Billy and then go down to La Push", his voice was as happy-go-lucky as usual, with no edge to it and so I decided to believe him, after all, he knew what would happen to him if he lied to me again.

Alice and Nessie darted down the staircase three minutes later, past an unmoving Jasper, and Nessie's eyes lit up as she saw Jake lying across the sofa. She danced to his side and he stood up, picking her up easily and kissing her lightly on the forehead. She kissed him back once on the lips and he placed her back on her feet.

"Hey! Hands off my niece, dog-breath!" Emmett made a gagging sound and then shut up immediately as Renesmee gave him one of her 'If you don't shut it I'll kill you' looks. Jake stuck out his tongue in Emmett's direction and grasped Nessie's hand in his. I noticed that he was continuously rubbing his thumb against her skin, as though he couldn't get enough of her.

"Would you like something to eat before you go Jacob?" Esme's mothering instincts were seeping through again and Jake shook his head once.

"No thanks. I thought maybe we could get something to eat up at the Res", I saw Renesmee wince slightly as Jacob shared his plans of eating food for lunch, not one of her favourite past times. He was still determined to get her to eat human food, although the smell alone made her feel sick to her stomach.

"See you later Bells", Jake flashed his brilliant white teeth and practically dragged Nessie out of the house, leaving the eight vampires staring after them with worried eyes.

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