1. Strength
It had been a few months since it all happened, Edward, Renesmee, Jacob, my whole family, our friends and I against the Volturi. A few months, yet it felt like a few days. It's amazing how quickly time passes in this new life. Everything I remember from being human just seems so dull and colourless, like watching a black and white movie, in my new life. The smallest things, like lying here with Edward, seem so much better then they used to be, as much as I thought I couldn't possibly love him anymore than I did, I proved myself wrong.
"Bella..." He interrupted my thought
"I know, she's awake. I can hear her too, remember?" I laughed as I got out of the bed.
"Of course I remember, that's not what I was going to say though love." He shot me a quick glimpse of my favourite crooked smile of his. "I was going to say that Emmett is on his way, prepared for that rematch he's been waiting for."
"Oh for the love of..." I was interrupted then, by the sound of a loud knock on the door.
"Let me in little sister! Or I could always just break the door down! You would love that, wouldn't you sis!"
I opened the door to see him laughing to himself. In a matter of seconds, Edward was behind me with Renesmee in his arms.
"Good morning Emmett," Edward was kind of annoyed based on the tone of his voice. "Do you really have to do this? Aren't you tired of losing yet?"
Before Emmett could respond, Renesmee reaching out to put her hand on his face stopped him. Of course, she could just tell him what she wanted, but she preferred to talk to people this way instead.
"No, not for sure, her strength isn't going to be so powerful forever, if I keep trying, I can beat her!" Emmett smiled at Renesmee for a moment, then turned to me. "What do you think, are you up for it or not?"
"How about later on, I have a little girl to feed at the moment."
"Uhh, fine. But I'm not going to forget!"
"I know you won't Emmett."
He never forgets anything. One of the many things about Emmett that annoy me. However it can sometimes be useful. He hasn't seemed to have forgotten about the little bet that we had. There have been no jokes about my sex life, except for the occasional slip, since he lost the first arm wrestling match. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that he is right. My strength is probably not going to be this strong still in a few months, but until then, I'm free from all of the annoying comments for a little while longer.
Rosalie had come not long after Emmett had left, and she took Renesmee. This was something that she did almost every morning. The two of them would go hunting if it were what Renesmee needed, or they would just spend some time together doing whatever they felt like that day. Lately, Rosalie has been teaching her different things about cars. Something that I'm sure Rosalie enjoys a lot more than Renesmee, but Renesmee is always happy to just spend time with her. I'm sure that she will have a lot of fun this morning, because Jacob is going to be joining them.
Edward once again stopped me mid thought. He placed his hand on my cheek, something that would have me blushing if possible, and gently rubbed his thumb back and forth across it. Then he leaned in, wrapped his other hand around my waist, and kissed me gently with his lips on mine. A few seconds passed, and then he softly pulled away.
"Well, what do you want to do today Mrs. Cullen?"
"I'm fine staying right here if that's okay." I aimed my head up, for him to kiss me again. He took the hint, and again I was lost in his gentle embrace. Then, once again, he gently pulled away.
"Why don't we go to the house and see what everybody is doing?"
He grabbed my hand, holding it gently with our fingers intertwined. Very slowly, we began walking towards the house.
"What do you hear?" I asked quietly as we were walking.
"The same as you." He responded
"I can hear them moving around and doing different things in the house. Esme writing something on a notepad, Alice threatening Jasper and Emmett that they better not destroy anything during their wrestling match or they will hear it from Esme later. Of course Carlisle in his office. I mean what can you hear that you know I can't."
"I know what you meant, but you know that I'd like to try to give them as much privacy as possible."
"Well I know you too well, you are listening anyway, I can tell because of the look on your face, so fill me in. What's going on?"
"You always find a way to win with me." He smiled at me but said nothing else. I tried to make him continue.
"So, what is it?"
"Charlie was considering moving with us when we go." He had a look of concern on his face. "He talked to Carlisle and Esme last night while we were in the cottage putting Renesmee down for bed.
I think that he decided not to though, as long as we come and visit him with Renesmee. He is worried about not seeing her for long periods of time. He doesn't want to miss out on anything because she is growing so quickly. He also would miss you."
"Oh, I didn't think that he would even consider it for a moment. He has never lived anywhere but Forks I don't think. I couldn't picture him leaving here."
"I don't think that he is going to. He just wanted to talk to Carlisle and Esme, to be sure that if he stayed he could still see Nessie."
"Okay, well let's finish talking about this in a little while. I hear Renesmee and I don't want her to get excited about her Grandpa coming if he's not going to."
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea."
"And it's not like we are leaving tomorrow. We might not even leave at all. I still don't know if I'm ready to leave here quite yet."
"Of course, we have plenty of time to think about it love. I have no doubt that you are strong enough to handle being around people if you we were to go to school. If you need more time to be here with Charlie though, then that is perfectly okay too."
"I know, I think I'm just enjoying being able to be with him. I never imagined that it would be so easy to be around him so soon."
"I know, and I'm so proud of you for having so much strength. Well we're here, let's go inside and say good morning to everyone shall we?"
"That sounds good."