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Lullaby for a Little Girl
Emmett smiled as he looked at the little girl laying on the couch. Renesme looked up at her uncle and held her arms up. Emmett smiled as he easily lifted the child into his arms and moved to stare out the window. Ness laid her forehead against Emmett's neck and he frowned as she started to cry.
"Nessie" Emmett said softly "What's wrong?"
"Nothing" Ness replied
"Reneseme, what is bothering my girl?"
"Why does mommy have a special song?"
"Because when your mommy was human your daddy used to play or hum a song to make her sleep and have good sweet dreams"
"Why don't I have one?"
"Have you asked daddy?"
"No. He's too busy"
"My little elf, your daddy is never, ever too busy for you. Should we go find him?"
Emmett smile as he kissed his niece and walked to the music room at the back of the house. Emmett smiled as he set Reneseme down and knocked on the door lightly.
"Go away" Edward said through the closed door
"Bro, I have a little girl out here who thinks your too busy for her" Emmett said
"Ness?"
The door opened and Edward smiled softly as he bent down and gently lifted his daughter into his arms. He smiled at Emmett and shut the door as he walked into the room and sat down at the piano.
"Hey baby girl" Edward said softly
"I didn't mean to interrupt" Reneseme replied
"Angel, nothing is more important than you or your mama"
"Why don't I have a special song?"
"Because I never got around to writing it down. But angel I hum it to you every night. It just changes every time because you change every day"
"You always love me?"
"More than all the stars in the sky and longer than all the years in forever"
"Love you too"
Edward smiled as he turned on a CD player and gently danced his daughter around the room. He smiled as her eyes stared to droop and she fell asleep in his arms. He gently laid her down on the couch and covered her up. He smiled as Bella walked in and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Em told me she was upset" Bella said softly
"She wanted to know if she had a lullaby" Edward replied
"Nessie does"
"I know, I told her that it's always different, but it's there"
"Your wrong. It's not always different"
"What"
"Edward I listen to you play it or hum it every night. Reneseme's lullaby starts out as mine and then flows into something equally as beautiful but different, but it is always the same"
"How did I not notice that?"
"Because lately you have been engrossed in research, and literature as if you're avoiding everyone"
"Sorry. Carlisle found some new literature about children like Ness, and I have been trying to completely understand it.
Bella sighed and softly kissed Edward before hugging him tight.
"You silly man" Bella sighed "Is Ness healthy?"
"Yes" Edward replied
"Is she on track developmentally"
"She's a head"
"Then quit stressing about it and relax. Nessie doesn't need a book, she needs a father"
"I knew I married you for your brain"
"And here I thought it was my body"