As the sun peaks over the mountains lighting the forest around our cottage with a gentle green glow, I rise from my sitting position. Renesmee is still very much asleep, as I can hear her light snores coming from the other side of the cottage. Edward is away with his brothers hunting, it pains him to leave me and Renesmee alone, but I insisted he go.
With the silence that echoes throughout the house I walk gingerly across the wooden floors to start my day with a new outfit from my extensive closet. I begin to walk through the door that leads me there but stop as I catch my reflection in the full length mirror and suddenly remember the words Edward had spoken to me what feels like lifetimes ago, "Who do you want to see when you look in the mirror a year from now?"
Had it really only been a year since all my dreams came true? Since I started on the path that lead me to who I am today. As I look in the mirror I see me, my face, my body, every insignificant detail that makes me, me. But at second glance I can see who I really am, a mother, a lover, a friend, a protector, a vampire, all the things that make life worth living.
I look in the mirror and I see Bella Cullen.
The End