Moving Day

Dartmouth 2018(ten years after Breaking Dawn)

Bella taped up the last box and looked around the building that had been her, Edward's, and Renesme's home for the past 4 years. "Well…that's the last one." She said to her groaning husband.

"Is it really the last one? Cause you said that about the last four boxes and I had to rearrange the whole thing to make room for 'just one more'.

"I am positive this is the last one…there are no more boxes in this house."

With that, the box was in the trailer and Edward was back in the house with a crooked grin plastered on his face. Even after 10 years of marriage he still dazzles her with that smile. Before Bella could act on her most recent "dazzling" by her husband, Renesme walked through the door.

"Eww guys…do your poor daughter's eyes a favor and get a room." Playfully shielding her chocolate brown eyes she fled back out the door and to the cars. Bella and Edward's eyes followed her bouncing curls to the black Aston Martin.

"Don't even think about it young lady!" said a terrified Edward.

"Yeah right…you of all people should know that it's already too late!" Renesme already had the keys and taunted her father with thoughts of driving the car on the highway without any supervision.

Edward rolled his eyes and sped to the vehicle to rescue his favorite car from the dangerous clutches of his daughter. Before Renesme could react, she was slung over her father's shoulder with the keys quickly out of her hands. As Bella watched father and daughter playfully bicker over who was to drive what vehicle she reflected on the last ten years.

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The year after Renesme was born the Cullens had moved to Alaska to allow her to grow up with her family and have as normal of a childhood as she possibly could have. In the remote Alaska, Nessie did not have to worry about hiding from humans as much as she would have in Forks. She could venture out of the house and not worry about meeting someone she would see in close enough intervals that they would be suspicious.

Nessie was able to grow up with her family and her Jacob nearby, even though her childhood would not last nearly long enough in her family's eyes.

After Renesme was full grown, the Cullen's split up temporarily to allow for some individual family time. Emmett and Rosalie went on yet another "honeymoon" in Europe. Carlisle and Esme stayed in Alaska and taught at the College in Denali. Jasper and Alice moved to a town just outside of New York, so that Alice could enjoy fashion heaven. Jacob went back to La Push (after much persuading on Edward's part) to check on his pack. And finally Edward, Bella and Renesme moved to Dartmouth. Edward, Bella and Renesme enjoyed their time together as a small family. While they loved the other Cullens, they needed time alone.

At Dartmouth, Edward once again pursued a pre-med major, Bella was a classical literature major and Renesme majored in Native American studies. Edward at first wasn't so keen on Renesme's choice of major but Jacob appreciated it and thus it made her happy. And if the princess was happy daddy was happy. Even though they were across the country, Edward, Bella and Renesme always traveled back to Forks to visit Charlie, Jacob and the pack, then to Alaska to visit Carlisle and Esme during their college breaks. Alice and Jasper lived close enough that they visited Dartmouth often, but the visits usually became a monumental shopping spree with Nessie and Aunt Alice.

After they had all gotten their bachelor degrees, the Cullens decided that it was time that they found another ideal place to live all together. Nessie had been becoming curious about her family history, and since her father only remembered so much, she at least wanted to visit his hometown and see what she could dig up on the Masen family history.

Eventually, the Cullen clan decided to move to Chicago and the younger ones would register for high school, yet again, but this time with the addition of Renesme. The original plan was for Jacob to also register for school but they decided that he just looked too old so he applied for a job as a mechanic instead. Today was the day that Bella, Edward and Renesme would pack up and meet the rest of the family in Chicago.

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"Mercy, Mercy! I give up…I promise not to drive the Vanquish without your careful supervision!" Renesme screamed while she tried to wrestle from her dad's steel grip.

"That's a good child. Now to make sure that you've learned your lesson I believe that somebody needs a spanking."

Nessie started really squirming at this point, "What?! I'm far too old to need one of those!"

"Nonsense, you're only 10."

"Fine then scratch that. I'm far too big to need a spanking!"

"Nope. As long as I have you incapacitated mom can come and take care of that for me." Edward winked at Bella and she came over and playfully swatted Nessie on the hiney while she was still slung over Edward's shoulder.

"Not cool guys. Can I get down now?" I guess I'll just have to drive the Volvo; I really don't want to drive while pulling the trailer. Nessie thought as she climbed down.

"Absolutely not! I will not have you driving while pulling anything behind the vehicle!"

Great…back into overprotective dad mode. I'm really not looking forward to seeing how he acts around Jacob.

"Well what else do you suggest? I have to drive something. You can't have three cars and two drivers." Besides mom practically bites anyone's head off if they even look at the steering wheel of the Ferrari.

As if on cue a yellow Porsche and a silver Ducati motorcycle pulled into the driveway. Out of the Porsche hopped a typically overexcited pixie, "Hey guys, I saw your dilemma and came to the rescue…you know you love me"

Bella cocked an eyebrow, "Alice, how does adding two more vehicles solve anything?"

"We put the Ducati in the trailer; have Jasper drive the Volvo, everyone else drive their respected vehicles and Nessie rides with one of us."

Just the thought of not having Nessie drive relaxed Edward. No matter how well a girl drives, her daddy will always have a heart attack when she is behind the wheel, even if said daddy's heart is technically dead.

The two families made it to Chicago without any delay, due to Alice's prediction of the traffic patterns, and reunited with the rest of the Cullens and Jacob right as the sun had set into twilight.

"Nessie!" boomed an ecstatic Jacob. Before Nessie could even open the door of the Volvo herself, Jacob had her out and was swinging her in his arms.

Darn imprinting, thought Edward, you'd think he hadn't seen her for a hundred years rather than months. All it took for Jacob to put her down was one growl from vampire daddy.

The Cullens focused on getting Renesme's room set up so that she could go to sleep. Her white and brass rod- iron bed was carefully set up, her hardwood bedroom furniture was placed and filled (mostly thanks to Alice) and bed was made up with a Quileute made blanket. Nessie would later work with Esme and Alice to decide on further decorations.

For Nessie and Jake, it's rather annoying to be the only ones in the family that need sleep, though they don't need as much as normal humans, they still need to rest when the rest of the family doesn't.

What's worse, Jake also has to live under the same roof as the father of his future love interest. Jake assumes the role of whatever Nessie needs and eventually that will be lifetime companion, but right now his role is that of big brother and since Edward reads minds big brother is all Jake is going to be for a while. Also having an apartment above the garage that is on the opposite end of the house from Nessie's room doesn't help much either.

Regardless of any awkward situation that has risen because of the Cullen family gathering, everyone is happy to be back together. As Nessie drifts off to sleep to the sound of Edward's grand piano, she dreams of what her new life in Chicago will hold for her.

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A/N

I just realized that I made the mistake of not putting a disclaimer on the preface so this applies to the preface and chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own anything…iz just a poor college student that will probably never own anything *tear*

Anyway…please tell me what you think. I really want to know if anyone enjoys this and if anyone has any pointers for a new writer.

Thanks for reading,

Jonsie