Hi guy's! Sorry it has been so long, explanation at bottom. Just realised I didn't give a name for chapter one.
All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer, I only own the story.
Chapter two: The test of time (it flies)
Bella's POV
Months had passed since Edward had taken me to the opera and then to the Edgewater Hotel for an over night stay in Seattle. Let's just say it was a long night. Renesmee had stayed at the, "Big House" overnight so the cottage was freezing when we got back. Of course that didn't bother us, but Renesmee could feel it.
Carlisle has been running regular tests on Renesmee to see her growth rate. When she was first born the speed she grew at was rapid, over the past year it has slowed considerably, but Carlisle thinks that it will speed up again in her last year of growth. He says when she has an almighty growth spurt and when she appears to have usual teenage hormones and mood swings that'll be when she's close to full maturity. He thinks she has three years to go, and by then she'll be considered an adult to the human world.
It still feels weird that I call it that, "human" world. But it's true, it's not my world anymore, it's Charlie's, Sue's, the Wolf Pack's. It belongs to the humans. It might belong to Renesmee. I've been thinking of her future more often now. Edward thinks it will go down either two paths.
She'll either want to go to college and have the full, normal human life; education, marriage, kids. Of course there'll be sacrifices if she falls for a human being. Or, she'll be satisfied with the secret life of being a vampire and decide to stay with her family, where she belongs. She'll be with Jacob for the rest of eternity, and maybe have a family together.
Edward told me of Alice's vision. The one where Renesmee grows and becomes a young woman, she'll eventually end up with Jake. But the future can always change. Of course Edward and I will never let that happen too soon. It will be brought up when and where we say, and Jacob will be getting an extremely long lecture from both Edward and I, and other members of the family. But this will only ever happen if Renesmee says yes. She might decide to go down the other path. And right now, a part of me wants her to. I want her to have a life outside of this one. I want her to experience the sights and sounds of cities, and for her to travel and see the world. But the selfish side of me also wants her to stay here. When the time comes I guess it will just be down to her to decide.
Next year she'll be starting High school. Edward has always wanted her to graduate, and hopefully study music. Esme, Edward, Jasper and Carlisle all tutor her. She could probably go to college already, she's already smarter than the average adult human. Hopefully she'll stay that way. I don't teach her anything, I help her read, I give all the classics; Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, To kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Wuthering Heights, etcetera. The shelves in her room are filled with all the american and british literature, even some italian and french.
"Mom?"
I turned to see Renesmee standing in the doorway, arms folded. "Yes honey?"
"Jacob wants to speak with you and daddy. He's in the living room." She raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow in speculation. "What could that be about?" She started tapping her chin dramatically, eyes cast up in silent contemplation. First sign of the teenage hormones.
"I'll go see what he wants."
I moved passed her out of my bedroom, down the hall, and into the living room. Edward was sat on the couch facing Jacob who was standing all denim and leather clad, with dripping wet hair.
"Great," I sighed over dramatically. "That's all we needed, a soaked dog stinking up the house."
Jacob's bronze face and full lips spread into a grin. His eyes crinkled at the corners. "Hey Bella."
"Jacob was just sharing some good news," Edward informed me. "Sam is leaving the pack, which means Jacob will become alpha of Sam's pack as well as his own."
"Congrats Jake," I said smiling at him, he gave me one in return.
"There is bad news though along with the good," he said. "Edward, how would you feel if another treaty agreement was enforced?"
"That's not bad news Jake," I said.
Edward heaved an unnecessary sigh. "I am not the one to ask, Jacob, Carlisle is head of this family. Not me."
Jacob continued, "Even so, if there is a possibility that I could get the wolves to co operate with me, I would be able to change it. The bad news is that Sam might decide to stay in wolf form for a while longer, then resume mortal life with Emily. This would be because no matter how strong an imprint bond is between you know who and me, and even though the pack helped us out in the confrontation, doesn't mean that they still don't hold a grudge."
"We can live with either way Jacob, but this cannot and will not affect you know who, will it?" Edward said sternly.
Jacob's face fell. "I'll try my best, nothing will change. I might not be around as often, but she won't notice the difference. My shifts will get longer and they will be more frequent, and then I'm still at work. I'll try and make as much time for her as I can, no ... I will make time for her. I promise. I wouldn't want to do anything to hurt Nessie, ever."
"Good," Edward said. "Make sure it happens then."
"And since Emily's pregnant, my shifts are gonna get longer, sooner."
I had forgotten Emily was pregnant. She and Sam had already had a baby girl almost three years ago, they named her Citlali, which means star. Jacob thought it was incredibly cheesy, I agreed, and the big surprise was that Sam did too. When Emily announced the name five minutes after giving birth, she said it was because as she was pushing out the child her head got so dizzy that she could practically see stars. Baby number two was on the way, and they had found out that it was a boy. Emily and Sam had already decided on the name Adahy which means lives in the woods. Jacob says it's weird the way that Emily finds a reason for every single little name. The boy will be called Adahy because the first home he has is practically in the woods. I agree with Jacob, it's completely weird. Pregnancy does weird things to people.
Over the next few months we saw less and less of Jacob. Normally, he would come around everyday, it turned into every other day, and then every four days, then once a week. Edward thinks it will soon turn out to be once every fortnight. No matter what we tried to do to distract Renesmee, her thoughts were always on Jacob. Whenever he did come round, her whole body relaxed, Edward said her mind did too. Renesmee's feelings were growing stronger, turning into a crush.
Her feelings started to develop, continuing through her sixth birthday.
The celebration was small as Renesmee had asked. Alice tried to persuade her otherwise, but she failed. The cake was simple too. It had butter cream, vanilla icing, and a moist, chocolate sponge, baked by Esme and I. The words, 'Happy Birthday Nessie xx' were written in neat, cursive writing, using pink icing. A banner was placed over the head of the door frame also saying Happy Birthday, a few balloons were coupled and spread out evenly around the room. The music was low, it came from a playlist that Renesmee had created, all of her favourite songs and albums. She got all sorts of presents. New sheet music, diamond earrings (real diamond), and a new ipod dock from Edward. New literary books from myself, new clothes from Alice, new make up kits from Rosalie. Emmett gave her a new xbox and a stack of violent games, which were confiscated, especially so Emmett couldn't get to them. Jasper gave her some rare artefacts from different periods of time, (he and Renesmee are fascinated by history). Esme and Carlisle gifted her with a new top of the range camera with four different lenses, I honestly havent a clue! Jacob made her a bracelet as it has started to become a little tradition between the two of them. He also bought her a few valuable trinkets. Emmett suggested buying her a packet of condoms, he got a punch from Edward, a thump from Rosalie, a glare from the rest of the family, and a tackle from Jacob. He got what he deserved.
As the year started to pass into Winter, Renesmee started to notice some changes within her.
"Mom?" She asked one Friday afternoon after her tutoring session from Esme on the geographical points in India.
"Yeah."
"Do you think painkillers will work on me?"
"Why?!" Suddenly I was all in a panic, Renesmee rarely hurts herself, or gets migraines.
"My lower abdomen is sore."
"Crap."
I immediately called Carlisle, and he checked her out. She hadn't started yet and it would be a while, he simply called it, 'Early menstrual cramps". He told us that either she will have a period and have normal courses like any average human girl, or just suffer the cramps and some discharge without bother of mother nature's gift. Of course the latter would mean no children in the future.
By late May she had started to develop more hunger for blood, more hunting trips, more wild deer and wildcats. Her eyes were changing to jet black when she got hungry the same as every other vampire. She was starting to go from opposite ends of the spectrum. One day she was seeming to turn more human, the next, she was becoming more of a vampire. We all started to wonder where her future would lead to.
Edward took me away in late July to late August. We returned to Isle Esme. Of course, it was difficult leaving Renesmee, but we talked on the phone almost every day. Almost.
Edward was so caring all the way through the trip. We had exotic dinners everyday, I never thought as a vampire I could get so full, then for dessert we had each other, all night, and all day. We took lovely day trips to places all around Rio and farther a field, but that was only whenever we managed to take our hands off one another.
He showered me we gifts, as I showered him. He made me promise to accept them gracefully and to just, 'be thankful your husband can afford to give you the gifts'.
"Bella, I told you when we got married to get used to it," he pleaded with me on one knee.
"Just because I've changed, doesn't mean my feelings about gifts have," I answered him.
He gave a really uncharacteristic puppy-dog-eyed face. And I gave in. "Fine." I received a kiss, and much more.
The last few days of our trip were spent blissfully in the bed room, We could stop. We had to drag ourselves out of bed and the Island. The reunion with our family was great, we got a miniature party from Alice, and had another welcome home party with just the two of us, then later got teased by Emmett.
Another one of Renesmee's birthdays passed, making her seven, and in the body of a fifteen year old. She hadn't gotten all the usual aspects of womanhood yet, but Carlisle said she wasn't far off it. It wasn't until one day she came screaming out of her room and into the living room that I knew that the next year was going to be the hardest one of her life...
To be continued ...
A/N: I know it has been a while but I've had a serious amount of writers' block. I didn't know where the story was going to go, but in the next chapters it's going to start getting more interesting, because these first two have just been starters.
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