1.) My Child

Is there such thing as a perfect life? I never used to believe so until I got the kind of life most girls only fantasize about. It was hard to believe that just three months ago I had been completely human. Memories of that life were vague at best almost as if a curtain had been put in front of me and all I could see were silhouettes of a life once lived but one human memory that wasn't as vague as the rest was my few moments of agony as I waited for my little one to come into this world.

Renesmee. Someone who had not been planned but a miracle child nonetheless. I never thought I wanted anyone more than I wanted Edward and I had never even planned on being a mom. I knew what giving up my human life would mean and I had been okay with that but it all changed the moment I found out I was pregnant. The fact that it was Edward's child and no one else's made me fight harder for her than I've ever fought for anything in my entire life. And now with my new heart and more space in my own mind the love I feel for her is tenfold. Renesmee. Edward's daughter. My daughter. Could this life be any more perfect?

I could smell his scent behind me. His hands no longer ice cold as they once had been, gently wrapped around my waist. He placed his head on my shoulder.

"You don't have to watch her every second," he said.

"I know," I replied back. "I like watching her sleep and it's just too hard to tear myself away."

"I know I haven't said it much but thank you."

"For what," I asked him.

"For fighting for her."

I could do nothing but smile at my sleeping child, our sleeping child.

Through some sessions of practice with my mind shield I had been able to expand it enough to where Edward and I could share both our thoughts. In his I had been able to see my human life and the fight I had put up for Renesmee. I had fought for her because she had been created out of a love more powerful than anything else. Though Edward had been frozen forever in time it seemed that fate was not done with him yet. Our love had been so powerful beyond words that it had created this infant who lay sleeping before us. And while I had also seen the pain I put Edward in, the end result had been worth it. We had a perfect baby girl, part human/part vampire, but more powerful and beautiful than anyone could ever dream of.

"Let's let her sleep," Edward said taking me out of my reverie. "She's gonna have a big day tomorrow."

I finally turned to look at him. "What do you mean?"

Edward just smiled as we walked hand in hand to our room. "You'll see. It's a surprise."

I grumbled a little. Even now I still hated surprises, that hadn't changed. Edward couldn't help but laugh. He always found my distaste at surprises quite amusing. Rather than make love as had become our fairly usual routine, we both laid on the bed in silence listening to Renesmee's tiny but strong heartbeat. The sound was so soothing that it would probably put us to sleep if that was even possible for us. Out in the distance a low wolf howl could be heard. Jacob was falling asleep to the sound of Renesmee too. I smiled before snuggling in closer to Edward as we watched the night fade away.