A/N: Hi everyone! I'm back! I know its been a very long time since I've written any kind of story. But I've decided I don't like any of my pervious work and don't know if I will be rewriting any of them. I haven't decided. But I've been away long enough that I grew up a bit and refined my writing I believe. So here it is, a brand new story. So I hope you enjoy! ;)

Disclaimer: I do not by all means own any of the content, the title, the characters or the song. I am merely using it to satisfy my own needs.

*Chapter One*

Edward was staring out the wall of windows when I came down the stairs. I came up beside him, wrapping my arms around his waist. Instinctively he put his arm around my shoulders, pulling me closer. He was watching our daughter out on the lawn; running, leaping and mock fighting with Emmett and Jasper.

It had been 3 years since the confrontation with the Volturi. Since then they hadn't bothered us, yet. We lead a fairly quiet life here in Forks, Washington. Watching Renesmee grow and flourish into the beautiful three year old little girl.

Not that I can say she was by all means little anymore. The thing is Renesmee is a very special little girl. She wasn't human, but she wasn't a vampire either. No, she was both. A Halfling.

She was conceived back before I was changed. When I gave birth to her, it was Edward that saved her life, and mine. It was his venom that ran through my veins. I belonged to him. Now here I am, 3 years later, a vampire with a vampire husband and a Halfling for a daughter. And I wouldn't change any of it for a minute. I was happy. I had forever with my family.

I turned my head to look up at his face. It was just as beautiful as the first day I had laid my eyes on him; his messy red-bronzed hair and beautiful golden-eyes, his perfectly smooth lips and his elegantly chiseled jaw line. On impulse I raised my lips and kissed the crook of his neck.

His embrace tightened around me, bringing me even closer to him. I turned my attention back outside where my daughter, who to the human eye, looked like a normal 14 year old girl. Only we knew the truth.

Her growth rate even from the day she was born was remarkably fast. It still puzzled Carlisle. At 2 and a half years old she looked to be about 6 or 7 (In normal human years anyway). But now, after 3 years, her growth rate had slowed. It was still a mystery to us. I would find Edward and Carlisle up in the library doing research every now and then.

"Jeez, she's going to get hurt doing that." Edward muttered, watching the 3 of them. Emmett and Renesmee were jumping from branch to branch of an old pine tree. Racing to see who could get to the top first. And Jasper was on the ground in front of it timing them.

Sighing, I left Edward's side and headed to the side door that would lead me to the backyard's deck. Edward followed behind me, keeping his sight on Renesmee. I stopped at the railing, ready to tell them they better quit before one of them got hurt. Of course I knew better, but it was a mother's worry.

But it was Edward that spoke first, "Nessie, get down before you fall."

From a hundred feet up, she heard him and answered nonchalantly, "Oh daddy, I won't fall!"

Emmett chimed in as Edward glided down the stairs, "come on Ed, you're no fun anymore! Climb on up here lil' brother!" his booming voice echoing off the trees.

"Not a chance Em." Edward said coming to a stop next to Jasper in the grass.

"Boooo!" Emmett's voice echoed from the tree top.

I could hear Renesmee giggling as she climbed higher; Edward had Emmett distracted. I looked up in her direction just to see her foot slip on the branch she was standing on, her hand missing the next one. In one second I had jumped over the railing of the deck and sprinted down the lawn to where Edward had been standing.

He had moved just as quickly as I had, to catch her as she fell and set her on her feet again at the base of the tree. I ran to her to see if she had been hurt. Not a scratch. Taking her into my arms and holding her close, despite her protests.

"Aw Mom, I'm ok." she said trying to shake me off.

I looked up just as Emmett's feet hit the ground. He smiled sheepishly at me, his hands up in front of him, in surrender. "Emmett Cullen, you and your reckless behavior are going to get someone hurt."

"I'm sorry Bella. To be honest it was her idea." he said, pinning the blame on Renesmee.

"It was not!" she fired back. She took a step away from me, as I loosened my grip on her. "It was Uncle Emmett's idea, not mine!" She looked over at Edward as I looked from Emmett to him. He knew of course whose idea it really had been.

"Nessie, go inside and work on your studies please." he said calmly.

Renesmee nodded and turned toward the house, "yes, daddy."

When she was inside the house and sitting down to her work, Edward spoke to Emmett, "you're lucky Emmett. One scratch and I would have-"

Emmett chuckled, "you would've what Edward? Beat me up? You know she's about as graceful as Bella used to be. And Nessie's never gotten hurt."

Edward was quiet for a minute, then he smiled, "yes, very true."

I gapped at Edward, "hey, I was only human."

Turning to me he smiled and kissed me on the forehead, "yes love, you were only human."

"Yeah, too bad about that though-" Emmett joked. "-now you're as graceful as he is. It's no fun anymore."

I turned to look at him, Edward spoke first, "of course you never missed a chance to point it out when she slipped up did you now?"

Laughing he answered, "Well, she made it so easy."

"She, is standing right here." I said, watching as Emmett howled with laughter. Shaking my head I turned to leave, but Edward caught me by my waist.

"I'm sorry love, but he's right." he whispered into my ear. This only caused Emmett to laugh harder.

Smiling I turned to him, "maybe so, but I still beat Emmett in arm wrestling."

That caused Emmett to stop laughing and stand up straight, still a smile on his face, "yeah only because you were a newborn, I bet I could beat you now little sister. It's been 3 years; you don't have as much strength anymore. Would you like to have a go?"

Giggling I turned away and headed for the house, "maybe another time."

"Chicken shit." he replied.

I ignored him. Edward followed behind me, grinning to himself. When I reached the edge of the stairs, I turned to look back, Emmett and Edward where rolling around on the ground wrestling, smiles on their faces. Jasper acted as the Referee. "Boys." I said to myself, heading up the deck stairs and into the house. I opened the door and stepped inside, Renesmee was sitting at the counter staring out the window. "Nessie, Sweetie? You ok?"

She pulled herself from her daydream and looked down, "momma, am I really as clumsy as Uncle Emmett says I am?"

Is that what was bothering her? "No honey, you're not. Your Uncle Emmett likes to poke fun at your mother. You aren't clumsy at all. Sometimes you do misjudge things. But that's ok, even I do at times." I told her, running my hand over her bronze curls and kissing the top of her head.

She of course saw right through it, "liar. I've never once seen you be clumsy. I've only heard stories, most of them from Uncle Emmett. You are a horrible liar mom, I don't know why you try." she replied with a soft smile.

Chuckling I turned and sat on the chair next to her. She shifted herself so she was facing me from an angle. "I'm sorry; I never really was good at lying. You can ask your father about that one."

Smiling she turned back to her books. Renesmee was a smart girl. By the time she was 3 months old she had read Withering Heightsby herself, along with many others. At 6 months she could name every constellation in the night sky. Yes, my Nessie was a very intelligent little girl. I sat watching her as she read and then wrote an answer down in her notebook. She was currently studying The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. Carlisle was her tutor. We hadn't allowed her to attend school, much to her protests. Not that we didn't want her to, but we couldn't, not yet. She looked too much like Edward and I, we didn't want people to get too suspicious when she went out into the public, as if they weren't already.

Off in the distance about a hundred yards away, I could hear the voices of Esme, Alice, Carlisle and Rosalie. They were heading back from their recent hunting trip. The rest of us chose to stay behind, not really needing to go. I found it odd that Jasper had stayed though; he always went with, when Alice tagged along. But I didn't question his choice. They would be here any second. I turned my head toward the side door as Edward came through, covered in grass stains. Yeah, he was graceful alright… when he wanted to be. I smiled up at him, kissing me on the lips softly as he bent down.

"How are my girls?" he asked, standing up straight again. I wrapped my arm around him, leaning my head against his side.

Renesmee looked up from her work and smiled up at her father, "hi daddy." Her face suddenly turned to a frown; she knew she was in trouble. "Daddy… I'm sorry I disobeyed you."

Kissing her on the forehead he muttered, "Its okay, you didn't get hurt, but don't do it again alright?"

Nodding her head she turned back to her studies. I heard the group emerge from the forest. They were home. In a second they were all walking through the door. Talking amongst themselves. Renesmee looked up as they walked passed; she caught the eye of Alice and blushed. She smiled at her, kissing her on the cheek and danced passed the younger one into the living room. Jasper holding her hand as they went.

Carlisle came around the corner of the counter, looking down at Renesmee's notebook. "How are the studies coming along Nessie?"

She looked up at him, giving him a sweet smile. "Good, I'm almost done, just finishing up."

"Ah, then you don't mind me asking you, how many social groups were there?" Carlisle asked. I waited for her to answer.

She smiled; of course she knew the answer. "Rome was divided into two social class groups." She didn't wait for him to ask her what they were called; she went on to tell him. "They were the rich and powerful patricians and the poor, hardworking plebeians. The patricians were the only ones allowed to hold office and made up laws to cheat the plebeians of their hard earned money. Plebeians were farmers or storekeepers-" she carried on, as Carlisle nodded his head in approval. "-Rome had a government that was ever-changing to meet the needs of the people. At first it was kings, then emperors. Rome had two consuls, the senators and the assembly called the comita centuriata. There was one man who claimed himself as leader, Julius Caesar. There were some who opposed his rule during the time of Pax Romana…"

Eventually I stopped listening, I already knew all this. When she had stopped telling Carlisle what she knew or learned about The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, he nodded his head and told her she was correct. Renesmee smiled and hopped down off her chair, and headed into the living room to see Alice. The three of us watched her go and when she disappeared around the corner, Carlisle turned his attention back to Edward and I. Watching the looks exchanged between the two of them, I knew they were having a silent conversation. Edward didn't say much, but nodded his head. Carlisle smiled at me and excused himself.

I looked up at Edward. I was curious to know what was said between the silent exchange of thoughts and nods. He looked down at me and gave me a soft smile, not my favorite one of his. "He just wants to talk."

"About what?" I asked, not really understanding.

"It doesn't matter. Not just yet." he answered, taking my hand in his and kissing it.

"Tell me Edward. Please?"

"Not here."

"Where then? Edward what's wrong?"

"Nothing love." He pulled me up to stand. He then leaned his head down and kissed me on the lips. I wrapped my arms around his neck, fighting for the kiss to last. Holding on for as long as I could. But he pulled back. I let our foreheads touch, I stole another kiss. He whispered to me, "I love you Bella."

"I love you Edward." then adding, I love you more than you'll ever know.

Edward stepped back, keeping hold of my hand. "Heads up." he whispered. I looked at him with curiosity. It could only mean one thing… Alice.

As if on cue I heard Alice's voice beckoning to me. "Bella, can you come here please? I would like to ask you a question."

Uh-oh.

I looked over at Edward, but his attention was off somewhere else. Holding my breath I walked into the living room, Alice was sitting at the computer with her fashion design program open. I was cautious as I approached her. "Yes Alice?"

She smiled sweetly up at me… Oh no, I knew that smile. "I don't really have to ask because you'll say yes. I've already seen it, but I'm taking Nessie to Seattle today. She is in need of new clothes."

Edward saw it coming. He had seen it in Alice's mind. "Alice, I don't know… what's wrong with the clothes she's got now?"

The pixie looked up at me, I swear she was appalled by the question. "Bella, her clothes are from last season, she needs this season's trends. But like I said, you'll say yes, Edward too." She replied turning her head in his direction. He was sitting on the sofa with Emmett and Rosalie, the two of them watching a football game. Rosalie pretended to be more interested in a strand of hair.

I looked at Alice, giving in. There was no point arguing with her. She always won. "Ok Alice. You know what time to be back with her."

She jumped up and hugged me, "Thank you Bella." She placed a kiss on my cheek, "Maybe I'll get you some things too, you're in desperate need of a wardrobe update."

Rolling my eyes as she turned to leave, I headed over to the sofa, hitting Edward in the chest, as I sat down. "Thanks for the warning." I said sarcastically.

"I told you, heads up." he replied rubbing where I hit him. I snuggled in, his arm went around me. We sat in silence for the next five minutes watching the game, apart from Emmett's protests in the background. Rosalie had gotten up and went out into the garage. I suppose to work on the jeep. She was currently adding some suspension to it or something. I wasn't sure. And I wasn't going to ask.

At half time I heard Carlisle voice call us from his office. "Edward, Bella, a word." I looked to Edward. He knew what it was Carlisle wanted to talk to us about. We got up off the couch and headed up the stairs. Emmett's voice taunting us, "ooooh somebody's in trouble." We entered the office together, hand in hand.

Carlisle motioned for us to take a seat. We did. "I wanted to talk to you about Renesmee."

I turned my attention to Edward, "What about her? Is she ok?"

"Oh yes Bella. She's perfectly alright. But I wanted to talk to you about sending her to school." My head snapped in his direction as he spoke. He wants to what? We can't send her to school. Not here, not in Forks.

Edward nodded his head. "I agree with you Carlisle." What? There is no way that Edward was agreeing to this. We talked about it. We both said it was too soon.

I shook my head at the two of them. "No." I turned my reply on Carlisle, "We aren't sending her to school. Not here, not now. "

Carlisle understood my concerns. He had expected them. "Of course Bella, I understand. But we wont be sending her to Forks."

Confusion must have made a presence on my face, I looked at Edward. "Where then?" Where else was there? We couldn't have her go to school in La Push. It wasn't going to happen. The school there was for those on the reservation.

Edward squeezed my hand, giving me comfort. "Tillamook."

I nearly choked. "Tillamook?" They want to send her to Tillamook High School. A place with a population of 4,675. "Edward I don't like this. Its 7 hours away. That's too long of a drive. Just so she can go to school? It's ridiculous. No."

Carlisle nodded in understanding. Edward chuckled, "for the average human going 60 mph Bella, it takes 7 hours-"

"You aren't going to drive at 180 mph on highway 101 south to Tillamook Edward." I argued.

"I know love. But we won't be leaving from Forks." He replied.

I looked at him flabbergasted. What did he mean we wouldn't be leaving from Forks? It was Carlisle who spoke. "Its time Bella. We've been in Forks too long. I've been at the hospital long enough that people are starting to notice I'm not getting any older. "

Nodding my head I understood. "Where are we moving to?" I asked looking between the two of them.

"We'll be moving 6 miles out of Tillamook. To Bay City, Oregon." Edward answered. "15 minutes away."

I was quiet for a minute, "What about the others?" I finally asked.

"It is up to them to decide what they want to do." Carlisle responded. His hands folded on top of his desk. Again I was quiet. I was thinking about Charlie. How was I going to tell him? I was moving 7 hours away to Bay City, Oregon. Oh no, how was I going to tell Jacob? It was going to kill him. I was taking Nessie away from him, I couldn't do that.

Sighing I looked up at the both of them, "When do we leave?"

Carlisle spoke, "A week from tomorrow."

Nodding, I stood and exited the office. I had to tell Charlie, I had to tell Jacob. And I didn't know how I was going to do it, or what I was going to say. I came down the stairs and went the sofa. "Jeez Bella, you ok?" it was Emmett, he must have noticed the look on my face.

Rosalie came in through the garage, a grease smear on her beautiful face. She was cleaning her hands with an old cloth. "Here comes the dog." she said irritated. A second later Jacob was on the front porch. Automatically I got up and went to the door. It was now or never.

"Hi Bells." came Jacob's voice as I opened the door for him. "What's wrong?" He had noticed the look on my face as well. I really need to learn to hide things better.

"Hi, Jake. Come in." I moved so he could make his way through. I saw his nose wrinkle at the smell of us. It made me smile a bit. He still couldn't get over that part. I heard Rosalie growl somewhere off in the kitchen.

"Hey, where's the blondie?" Jacob joked, he was provoking her to come out and play.

Rosalie's voice came out, "Watch yourself, mutt."

Jacob laughed. "Play nice Jake." I said calmly.

He looked at me again, his features turned more serious. "Aw Bella, I was only kidding."

"I know."

"Really Bells, what's wrong?" he asked concerned. "Is it Nessie, is she ok?" He looked around for her any sight of her. "Where is she?" I thought I heard a touch of panic.

Placing my hand on his arm, "She's fine, she's with Alice and Jasper in Seattle." I paused as he shivered at my touch. I pulled my hand back.

"Sorry." he replied.

"It's ok."

Moving to sit on the sofa he asked, "Why is she in Seattle?"

"Shopping." we answered together.

"Yeah, you know Alice." I said sitting in the arm chair. "They should be back before nightfall."

He nodded. We were quiet for a minute; he was watching the game Emmett had abandoned. Working up the courage I asked, "Jacob? Can we talk?"

He looked at me with curious eyes, "Sure Bells. About what?"

Shaking my head I said, "Not here…" I got up and headed for the side door. He followed. I could hear Edward upstairs; he was keeping an eye on us. I smiled to myself.

We headed down toward the edge of the wood, where the lawn ended. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Edward at the wall of windows, ready to move if he felt I needed his help. Overprotective fool. But I wouldn't have it any other way.

"So-" Jacob began. "What did you need to talk about?" placing his hands in the pockets of his shorts.

Where do I begin?

So there it is! Thanks to my lovely beta Katie for editing Chapter One. Tell me what you think! Read, Review, Enjoy! Mess531y.