Chapter 2: Found
Bella's POV
I watched my daughter as she left. I blinked back the tears that I could feel forming in my eyes. I hated that I couldn't tell my daughter anything. The truth though is that it was much safer if she didn't know the truth.
Keeping the truth from her is one of the hardest things that I've ever had to do in my life. It doesn't help that she's just so damned stubborn when she states that she needs to know who her father is. She definitely gets the stubbornness from Edward. Although if Edward were here he'd insist that she gets the stubbornness from me.
Oh Edward. Just thinking of him sends a stabbing pain into my heart. I hadn't seen my husband or the rest of my family in over 13 years.
Just when it seemed like we would finally be able to live in peace; the Volturi decide to end that. It happened just after Edward and I had returned from our honeymoon. Alice had a vision of the Volturi coming for us. They wanted to destroy my family once and for all. They thought my family was a threat to them and their power.
That's why Edward and the rest of my family decided that it would be safer for me if I left and hid while they confronted the Volturi. Edward had told me that once this was all over he would come look for me. That he'd search for me for the rest of eternity if that's what it took. That he'd never give up the hope of finding me so that we could finally be happy together.
Saying goodbye to him, to my family, was one of the hardest things that I've ever done. I will never forget the looks on all of their faces when I left. Especially Carlisle's and Esme's. They were a mother and father to me and I was a daughter to them. I knew that it must've been extremely painful for them to see me go, even if it was for my safety.
About a month later I started to get really sick all of the time. At first I thought it was because of all the stress and all of the emotions. Then I realized that my period was late. Again I thought it was because of all the stress. I never would've guessed that I was carrying another person inside of me. I waited and waited for my period to come but it never did. Eventually I took the test and discovered the truth. I was pregnant. This was shocking because I knew that vampires couldn't reproduce, but here I was pregnant.
Once I got over the shock I was filled with happiness and sadness at the same time. I was going to have a baby. I was going to have Edward's baby. I was sad because Edward wasn't here. None of them were here to celebrate this moment with me.
My pregnancy continued on normally. Then about nine months after the honeymoon I gave birth to our precious baby girl. I named her Renesmee Carlie Cullen.
Nessie grew up like any normal child without a single hint of vampire in her. That I was grateful for. I didn't want my daughter to have anything to do with that world because I didn't want the Volturi to find out about her. I wanted to keep my daughter completely oblivious about that world and the dangers that it entails. Nessie was born human and human is what she'll be.
I turned on the news and was surprised at what I saw. several more men had fallen victim to the strange animal attacks that have been happening in recent months. I had a feeling that it wasn't an animal at all. It was a vampire that was doing this.
I looked at the clock and was surprised that it was almost eleven. Nessie had better be soon then. Just then the door open and in she rushed.
"Oh thank god" I said as I hugged her.
"Mom what's wrong?" she asked.
"More animal attacks. Nessie I don't want you out so late anymore. This is making me extremely nervous" I said
"It's okay mom. I can handle myself" she said.
I looked at her small frame and disagreed with her. "Nessie you're five feet tall and you only weigh 100 pounds. You're to small to be able to put up a good fight against any animal this dangerous" I said.
"You'd be surprised" she countered.
"Nessie don't argue and just get ready for bed" I said.
"Okay mom" she said.
I turned off the TV. I hated seeing the coverage of all the "animal attacks"
I went and got ready for bed myself. I fell asleep quickly that night.
I didn't wake up until I felt someone press on me fast and eagerly.
"Mom wake up" my daughter said.
"There is some people at the door asking for you" she said.
"Who?" I asked.
"They said their names are Carlisle and Esme Cullen"
I felt the color drain from my face. It couldn't be true! It just couldn't be true!
I sprang from my bed and ran to the door with Nessie right behind me.
There they were. They looked exactly the same as they did all those years ago. Time would never erase their physical baeuty. They stared at me in shock as well. Realization hit me that time had changed me in the way that it would never change them. I had aged. I was no longer the teenager girl they knew, I was now a 32 year old woman.
"Bella, is it really you?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes. Mom, dad, it's me" I started to cry.
Then for the first time in nearly 14 years, I was in their comforting arms again.
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