About the story, I picked the title 'A Broken Road' mainly for the simple fact it describes my story. So now quick summary of it:

Edward Cullen married his high school sweetheart, Bella Swan after they graduated. Later Bella gave birth to a little girl they named Renesmee Carlie Cullen. Edward's life couldn't be anymore perfect.

Though not even a year later Edward says goodbye to Bella before taking sweet little Renesmee to her Aunt Alice, and going to work himself. What he wasn't expecting was for that to be the last time he would see his wife alive. Getting a call around noon Edward's life turned upside down when he found out Bella had died. Now the widowed father struggles to keep what's left of his family together.

It's an Edward and Renesmee story-all human. Please review if you want an update, but here is the first chapter.


The Past

My name is Edward Anthony Cullen, I am twenty-three, and a now widowed father. The love of my life had vanished three years ago, leaving me and her now three-year-old daughter, Renesmee. It pained me when I got the call November 5, 2007-a week before Renesmee's birthday. That day still haunts me, and pains me to this day:

Beep! Beep! Beep! I quickly slammed my hand on the alarm clock with a groan. I stretched while stifling a yawn before getting ready for work. I worked at a National City bank in Forks, Washington. Sure there were other banks, but National City was the bank I managed to get a job at.

Once I brushed out my hair-or at least tried. My hair was the most unkempt hair I've ever seen in my life. No matter what I did to it, it would always go back to its natural messy way I went downstairs to see my beloved wife feeding our little girl. My sweetheart looked up at my entrance and smiled.

"Look Renesmee, its daddy."

She spoke in a soft whisper, but sweet little Renesmee's big brown eyes lightened up at me. Minus the eyes she was a spitting image of me. She had my unusual pale complexion, the bronze hair, and she had my face. Her eyes were her mother's-beautiful browns.

"Could you take her? I need to get ready for work."

"No problem."

I outstretched my arms as Bella placed Renesmee in them. She looked up from her bottle I was now holding and smiled. She definitely had her mother's smile. I sat on a chair in the kitchen while just smiling at Renesmee.

"You sure are hungry today, Nessie."

Bella hated it when I called our daughter that, saying something about she didn't want her baby to be nicknamed after the Loch Ness monster, but Renesmee-even though it's a beautiful and unoriginal name, it was a mouthful. I would always call her Nessie when Bella wasn't around.

I was in a complete daze just feeding Nessie when the phone went off, making me nearly jump out of my chair.

"I'll get it, Edward!"

I heard Bella call from upstairs and soon heard her footsteps creaking on the ceiling. I just shrugged and placed the empty bottle on the table before putting Nessie in her burping position. Gently I patted her small back while retreating up the stairs into our room. Just like I assumed, Bella was in her waitress uniform sitting on the edge of the bed talking. Curious I moved closer to her.

"Who is it?"

She looked up at me.

"Your sister, wanting to make sure she was watching Renesmee today."

"Last I check she was. Something come up and she can't?"

"No, no, she is ecstatic to see her, Jasper too. She was just making sure you weren't letting my mom or your mom watch her today."

I rolled my eyes. Typical of Alice to think I would take away her Wednesdays. On Mondays and Thursdays my mom would watch Nessie, Wednesdays and Fridays, it was Alice, and Tuesdays her mom would. Bella's mom was only free on Tuesdays with her job, but mom and Alice didn't have jobs, so they were more then willing to split up the time. Saturdays and Sundays were pretty much my only for sure days off and same with Bella, though there are times she gets a Monday or something off.

Bella got off the phone and smiled.

"Well, I'm going to pack Renesmee's bag for Alice-"

"No, you get ready for work, I'll do it."

"You sure, last time you did you forgot her baby wipes."

I scoffed. So it was one time…I was getting use to the father thing still.

"Please love, that was when she was first born, I've gotten well aware of the necessities now. I have had a little girl for going on almost a year."

Bella smiled at me. As if on cue Nessie let out a little and hardly audible burp. I placed her back on her back in my arms while slightly rocking her side to side in my arms.

"True and you are a very lovable and terrific dad."

"Should I take that as a compliment or the fact that I'm maturing after years?"

I arched an eyebrow. When it came to who I was in high school, I was one of those pranksters and slightly immature guys. Though that's how Jasper and Emmett were too. They were my best buds, hard to believe Jasper is engaged to my little sister though. However the guy cannot wait to be Nessie's uncle, something tells me he's going to have a child soon, he loved kids. Emmett was still the lug in high school, but matured a bit after he started dating Rosalie Hale- Jasper's twin sister.

I walked out of the room to let Bella finish getting ready and gently placed Nessie in her cradle while I packed her bag. I made sure to have everything this time; I'd place a couple bottles in the bag once I got downstairs.

"Okay, did I forget anything, I have diapers, wipes, her pacifier, and I'm going to get a couple bottles for Alice."

I called out of the room. Bella came in the nursery while trying to put her thick brown hair in a ponytail. She smiled up at me.

"Nope, that's everything, but don't forget our daughter."

I laughed without humor.

"Funny, love, funny."

***

I strapped Nessie in her car seat and closed the door once Bella kissed her on the forehead.

"Be careful."

"Always am, you do the same little miss falls a lot."

She pushed me with a grin, but I laughed.

"We'll see. So are you picking Nessie up or me?"

"When do you get off?"

"Seven, you?"

"I'll pick her up, I get off before seven."

"Alright, have a good day, I love you."

"Love you too."

She got to her tiptoes to kiss my waiting lips. I kissed back and just like always she would pull away too fast. I pouted and she giggled.

"Hey, last time I didn't do that you got me pregnant."

"Ya' know Renesmee was the best thing to ever happen to us. I don't feel ashamed for taking it all the way."

"Neither do I, but I'm not ready to have another kid yet. I wanna spoil Renesmee more before thinking about bringing another child in the picture."

"Do you think maybe we could go for a boy?"

She rolled her eyes at me before kissing me one last time and headed to her red Mercedes. When I first met her she had the most annoying and ancient rusty old truck, but my father got her a new car once he found out she was pregnant. Me, I've always been the shiny Volvo owner.

I got in the driver's side and drove to my sister's house. The whole way I listened to one of my composed CD's I made. Nessie loved them. Once she got old enough maybe I'll teach her how to play the piano too, but she may be one of those kids that didn't want to learn. I loved the sound of the piano.

I parked on the side in front of Alice's apartment.

"Ready to go see your crazy Aunt Alice?"

Of course Nessie wouldn't answer; she couldn't even crawl yet, let alone talk. I slung the baby bag over my shoulder and took Nessie in my arms. I closed the door with my free hand and made my way to the front door. I pushed the red button and heard a buzzing sound before I heard Jasper's voice moments later.

"Hello?"

"Does Alice still want to watch Nessie today?"

"Of course! Come on up, Edward!"

I opened the door once I heard a buzz sound again and went to the steps. I knocked on the door and sure enough it swung open and I handed Nessie to Alice's waiting arms.

"Hi Nessie! Oh, you are getting big! Did you remember wipes this time?"

I gave Jasper the diaper bag and glared at Alice.

"Jeez, no one will let me live that down. Yes, I did."

"Good boy, see Nessie, you're daddy is learning."

"Funny Jazz, my ribs are killing me."

***

It was nearly noon as I finished a customer up. Just a couple more hours then I will be at home.

The phone rang and I answered.

"Hello, this is Edward Cullen from National City, how may I help you?"

"Edward, its Bella!"

I wasn't expecting for Bella's father to be calling me. He was the chief of police here in Forks.

"Charlie, what happened to Bella?"

"She's…she's dead!"

My breathing paused as did my heart. This had to be some sick joke.

"She-"

"She was returning to work from her lunch break when a car swerved into her lane. It was a big enough impact to where her head slammed against the windshield and snapped her neck!"

"No! It's got to be some other girl, Bella can't be-"

"She is son. She's gone."

Charlie's voice cracked at the end. I was hearing sobs from the other line. My heart was aching-no...breaking. The love of my life was gone?

"Who all-"

"Everyone knows."

I gulped, but felt a lump in my throat. Without thinking I hung up and ran to my Volvo. I refused to believe Bella was gone. I jumped out of my car and ran into the hospital's entrance. She couldn't be gone!

"Edward."

"Jackie, I need to see my father."

She led me to him and his face is what made my heart rip. I stayed where I was.

"I'm so sorry son. The kill was instantly."

His voice was low and weak. I shook my head at him.

"No…"

"I'm sorry-"

"No! She can't be dead! She just can't be!"

My voice echoed in the hallway, luckily no one was there except for me and him. I started to punch the wall closer to me when he refused to speak.

"Edward, stop!"

My father's hand enclosed on my fists. I shook as reality slowly came rushing down upon me. I could feel the tears slipping down my cheeks at the pain. So this is what a broken heart felt like.

Not a day goes by that I don't think about her. I make sure Nessie still remembers her. It pained me when her first word was 'da da' instead of 'ma ma'. That's one thing Bella and I jokingly fought about, I was trying to have Nessie's first word be 'da da' while Bella did the opposite. I won that fight-unfairly I thought. After the days went I got more determined to raise Nessie on my own. I wasn't going to lose her. I refused to. I still went to work after taking a few weeks off-my job understood.

Nessie's first birthday was celebrated at my parent's home, but even though it pained us that Bella wasn't able to witness her daughter's first birthday, we pretended everything was okay, for Renesmee's sake. Now, three years have gone by since Bella's death, Renesmee's hair was in bronze ringlets to the small of her back now, but her voice was Bella's same alto voice. She finally asked me where her mom was. I told her-didn't take it lightly, so now she had a silver locket around her neck with a picture of her and her mother inside so she'll always remember her. Nessie didn't feel it was fair I wasn't in the locket, but I was still here. But to settle arguments I put on the other side a picture of me and her. Just like her mother she was stubborn.

The house was just how it was before Bella's death. It was still her father's old house (before him and his wife got back together and moved closer to my parents), same black furniture, same fireplace, same everything. The only thing that changed was Nessie's nursery evolving into a toddler's room.

The past is the past, even though it still pains me. I couldn't wallow in pain, I had a daughter, and I had to take care of her. Truth be told, Renesmee was the only thing that kept me going and still keeping me going even after three years.


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