Chapter 2: The First Three Days

When I woke up, I was in the arms of Aunt Rosalie. I stretched and yawned. I looked around and I was in the living room. It was about then that My Jacob, came back. He was with another man. He looked like the other wolves.

Sam: "Carlisle."

Carlisle: "Sam. I'm glad you came."

They shook hands. Then turned in my direction. My Jacob, came over and took me from Aunt Rosalie. He then brought me over to the one that grandpa referred to as Sam.

Jacob: "Sam, this is the object of my imprinting. Nessie, this is your big brother, Sam."

I reached out and touched his face. I showed him his own face, and told him that I love him. He looked at me with awe.

Sam: "Oh my god! She is adorable! I can not believe that this is the vampire spawn that I feared would destroy us all!"

He smiled at me with gloating affection.

Carlisle: "Perhaps we should discuss the treaty?"

Sam: "Of course."

My Jacob, carried me to the couch and set me on his lap.

Carlisle: "So, I think the first order of business is, the hopeful end of hostilities between our two families, as Jacob explained that his imprinting on Renesmee has made our two families, extended family."

Sam: "Of course. And we only were prepared to destroy Nessie, as we felt she was an uncontrollable monster that would destroy us all."

Carlisle: "That is understandable. We thought the same thing, though some of us took a chance on it, and we got lucky; turns out she's completely benign."

Sam: "I think the next matter is that Edward bit Bella."

My Jacob, interrupted him.

Jacob: "Three exceptions on that. One, Bella chose it, it wasn't forced on her. Two, at the time of Bella being bitten, you considered the treaty null and void. And three, as the rightful Alpha, I gave Edward permission."

Sam: "That's fair. So, how shall we renew ties?"

Carlisle: "Well, firstly. I would like permission to save people's lives with vampire venom. Though it will be highly unlikely that I ever will again, and an absolute last resort if I do."

Sam: "Well, I suppose if you can keep them under control, it would be alright. And no more then one newborn vampire at a time."

Ok, at this point I thought the conversation was kind of boring. I began to squirm in My Jacobs arms. I touched his face.

'Where is momma?' I thought. And I showed My Jacob an image of momma's face.

Jacob: "Your mom can't see you right now, Nessie. She's hurt and she's healing. She can see you in a few days."

Sam: "When Bella's transformation is complete, will she be like the young vampires back in the spring?"

Carlisle: "We're not sure. Most newborn vampires have no idea what's happening to them when they're bitten, and then feel the thirst. Bella is mentally prepared. Only time will tell."

My Jacob looked at my body with an odd face, and tugged at different parts of my dress.

Jacob: "Hey Alice, Esme, and blondie. This dress that you dressed Nessie in, it doesn't fit."

Aunt Rosalie, Cool Aunt Alice, and Grandma, were there in an instant. Grandpa looked at me closely.

Carlisle: "Her body's size has increased by approximately nine percent since she was born."

Rosalie: "Her hair is longer too."

Aunt Rosalie took me from my Jacob.

Rosalie: "Let's change your clothes, Nessie."

They took me into the other room, where they put me into another outfit.

Aunt Rosalie then took me upstairs and into one of the rooms.

Rosalie: "Edward, someone is here to see you."

Daddy turned in my direction and walked over to me. I smiled and reached in his direction. He took me in his arms, and I touched his face. I showed him telepathically his own face and told him that I loved him, but he seemed to take no notice of it or have any reaction to it.

Edward: "I love you too."

He kissed me on my forehead. I saw momma lying on the hospital bed there in the room. She looked pale and emaciated, but she was cleaned up, there was no more blood on her body, her hair had been washed, dried, and combed, she was wearing a blue dress, and I could hear her heart beating very strongly.

I reached for her, and then I touched daddy's face. 'I want momma.' I thought.

Edward: "Soon sweetie. Your mother needs to heal, and change first."

What did he mean by that? I touched his face. 'Why does momma need to change for?'

Edward: "Your mother is human, but in order to heal her wounds I needed to put a great deal of vampire venom into her. But the venom doesn't just heal her, it is transforming her into a vampire, like the rest of the family."

I understand. I let the matter rest. Daddy began to hum a beautiful melody, I laid my head against his shoulder as I listened and felt my eyes get heavy under the lullaby of his voice.

A little while later, daddy, who didn't want to leave the room without momma, handed me off to grandma. She took me downstairs, where My Jacob, Big Brother Sam, and grandpa had just finished talking. Grandma handed me off to my Jacob. I then felt hungry, and I bit into My Jacob's arm and started to drink.

Sam: "Jacob, what is she doing?!"

Aunt Rosalie burst into laughter.

Jacob: "Well, she is a vampire."

He kissed me on the forehead.

Sam: "One of our concerns before she was born was that she wouldn't be able to control her thirst."

Carlisle: "She's just a baby. She will learn to control her thirst. We all will make sure of it."

Sam: "Very well. I assume she's not venomous?"

Jacob: "No, she's not."

Carlisle: "What if she was?"

Jacob: "Vampire venom is poisonous to us."

Grandpa raised his eyebrows in curiosity.

Carlisle: "Interesting."

Big Brother Sam, stood up and headed for the door.

Sam: "I need to return to the reservation."

Carlisle: "Thank you for coming, Sam."

Sam: "No worries, Dr. Cullen."

Jacob: "Sam?"

Sam: "Yes Jacob?"

Jacob: "I don't know if you want to keep seven wolves in your pack, but I was thinking we could split them down the middle. Five to each pack. And I want my two best friends back on my flanks."

Sam: "Sounds reasonable."

I fell asleep.

And when I woke up it was the next morning. Grandpa had the scale and tape measure. Why? What was the point of that. He measured me from my forehead to my toes. Then I spread my arms wide as he measured my arms from side to side. I was heavier too. I was getting thinner as well, but not lighter. My hair had grown significantly, it was long, thick and full, and was almost down to my shoulders. Aunt Rosalie, liked to brush it, I liked when she did it as well.

Grandpa kept putting the awful icky white stuff in my cup at feeding time, I couldn't stand the stuff. I frequently saw my Jacob, and Cool Big Brother Seth, eating sandwiches, but that didn't smell much better.

Aunt Rosalie took me outside. By the trees I saw some pretty little birds on the ground pecking at different spots. I touched her face.

'I want to go over to see the pretty birds.' I thought.

She walked me in the birds direction, but before we got very close, the birds took flight and we're gone.

She then handed me to my Jacob. And she then asked him if he would help me find some birds that I could see up close.

My Jacob carried me over to the tree where we then sat down on the ground and he poured few little seeds into my hand and he told me to toss them on the ground near us.

A little while later the pretty sparrows returned. They pecked at the ground where I had tossed the seeds. They hopped closer and closer on their tiny little legs.

They changed my clean clothes five times that day because I kept getting too big.

The next day, started out like the last one. I bit my Jacob when I got hungry. They changed my clean clothes for a slightly bigger outfit. Grandpa tried to feed me baby formula which I refused. Grandpa measured me, I didn't always listen to what they were saying, but it was something about 'tracking my rate of growth', boring. I asked again where momma was. He said she was still transforming.

It was later in the day when I heard daddy's voice.

Edward: "Carlisle, it's time."

Carlisle: "Keep the baby away."

I could hear momma's heart upstairs speed up.

It was just me, Aunt Rosalie, and my Jacob in the room. Everyone else had gone upstairs to momma's room.

I then heard momma's heart stop. After another minute there was some conversation upstairs with everyone. Then everyone came downstairs, but no momma and no daddy. I touched Aunt Rosalie's face.

'Where is momma?' I thought.

Rosalie: "Your father has taken your mother hunting, it is important."

So they all just sat around with me.

It was two hours later when daddy and momma came back. I couldn't see them though. My Jacob went outside.

Jacob: "Seth, Leah."

I then knew that the two large wolves outside had gone to my Jacob's flanks.

Edward: "Carefully Jacob. Maybe this isn't the best way,"

Jacob: "You think it would be better to let her near the baby first? Isn't it safer to see how Bella does with me. I heal fast."

Edward: "It's your neck I guess."

Jacob: "I gotta say, Bells, your freak show."

Edward: "Watch yourself mongrel."

Bella: "No, he's right, the eyes are really something aren't they?"

Jacob: "Super creepy. But not as bad as I thought it would be."

Bella: "Gee, thanks for the amazing compliment."

Jacob: "You know what I mean. You still look like you, sort of. Maybe it's not the look so much as…you are Bella. I didn't think it would feel like you are still here. Anyway, I guess I'll get used to the eyes soon enough."

Bella: "You will?"

There was a pause.

Jacob: "Thanks. I didn't know if you would be able to keep it from her, promise or not usually you just give her everything she wants."

Edward: "Maybe I'm hoping she'll get irritated and rip your head off."

Bella: "What's going on? Are you two keeping secrets from me?"

Jacob: "I'll explain later. First let's get this show on the road."

There was then a response from the wolves.

Jacob: "Cool it guys. Stay out of this."

There was another pause out there outside.

Jacob: "Come on bells. Do your worst."

Another pause.

Jacob: "I'm getting older here Bella. Okay, not technically, but you get the idea. Go on, take a whiff."

Bella: "Huh. I can see what everyone's been going on about. You stink, Jacob."

Jacob: "Look who's talking."

Bella: "Okay, so I passed, right? Now are you going to tell me what this big secret is?"

Jacob: "It's nothing you need to worry about this second."

My Jacob came rushing inside and stood in front of me and Aunt Rosalie. And then she came into view standing beside daddy.

And then, there she was. It was momma. At least I thought it was momma, she looked different, her skin was pale white and her eyes were bright scarlet red. Daddy was shirtless, and momma was wearing daddy's shirt. Momma's hair was all messy and she was covered in blood, it didn't smell very good. I place my hand on Aunt Rosalie's neck and asked her if that was momma. She patted my hand that I had on her neck.

Rosalie: "Yes, that's her."

I looked back in momma's direction and I smiled. I stretched out of Rosalie's arms and reached towards momma. Momma stepped towards me and everyone blocked her. I did not pay attention to the argument that then took place.

I got so impatient that I screamed in frustration. Everyone patted me and tried to calm me. Aunt Rosalie handed me off to my Jacob. I touched his face and told him that I wanted momma. Then momma took me in her arms but my Jacob did not let go. I placed my hand on her cheek and I showed her the memory I have of her the moment after I was born.

Bella: "What was that?"

Edward: "She showed you the first memory that she ever had of you. She's letting you know that she's made the connection, that she knows who you are."

Bella: "How did she do that?"

Edward: "How do I hear thoughts? How does Alice see the future? She is gifted."

Bella: "I remember you too."

She kissed me on the forehead as I pulled on a lock of her hair, which was a beautiful brown that was almost to her waist.

Jacob then began to tug me out of momma's arm's.

Jacob: "Haven't we experimented enough for one day? Okay, Bella's doing great but let's not push it."

Momma looked irritated at my Jacob and she tried to pull me back.

Bella: "What is your problem Jacob?"

An argument began between daddy, Aunt Rosalie, and my Jacob. I didn't really pay attention to the details of the argument.

Bella: "No!"

Momma was very upset. She let go of me and held her hands at her sides, stiffly. Daddy wrapped his arms around her tightly. My Jacob held onto me and stepped back.

Bella: "Rose, take, Renesmee."

My Jacob handed me off to Aunt Rosalie.

Bella: "Jacob, outside."

My Jacob then rushed out the door.

Bella: "Edward, I don't want to hurt you so please let go of me. Go stand in front of Renesmee."

Daddy let go of momma and came and stood in front of me. Momma rushed out the door at vampire speed and then was face to face with my Jacob. I watched through the window into the backyard. I was scared, was momma going to hurt my Jacob?

They argued about the morality of a werewolf imprinting on an infant. My Jacob said that it wasn't his choice and that he didn't choose too, and that he doesn't think of me that way.

Jacob: "Come on Bells, Nessie likes me too."

There was a pause.

Bella: "What did you just call her?"

Jacob: "Well Bells, that name that you came up with is kind of a mouthful and,"

Bella "You named my daughter after the Loch-Ness monster?"

Momma then sprang at my Jacob. No! I panicked. She could kill him. But Cool Big Brother Seth, jumped in front and, CRACK!, Cool Big Brother Seth's shoulder broke when momma made contact. 'Sigh', that was close. My Jacob was not hurt.

Momma backed off immediately. Big Sister Leah, growled.

Jacob: "Leah, stop!"

Big Sister Leah obeyed. Grandpa went to Cool Big Brother Seth's aid. Daddy led momma back inside. As they passed me and Aunt Rosalie, at vampire speed I reached out and grabbed momma's arm. I want momma.

Bella: "No, no, no, sweetie. Mommy needs to calm down, ok. I want you to go with Aunt Rosalie. I'll play with you later, l promise. I love you."

She kissed me on the forehead and pushed me towards Aunt Rosalie.

Daddy changed his shirt, and stood next to momma while grandpa tended to Cool Big Brother Seth's shoulder. Aunt Rosalie took me outside to where she and my Jacob fought over who's turn it was to feed me.

They took me back inside, where Seth was asleep wearing a cast, and Grandpa brought out the scale and tape measure.

Carlisle: "Time to measure Ness...ah, Renesmee."

Bella: "Oh, you do this often?"

Carlisle: "Four times a day. She's still growing fast."

Oh, not again. Being measured is so boring. No matter, I stretched out helpfully for him.

Momma had a worried look.

Bella: "What do we do?"

Carlisle: "The rate of growth is slowing. It will take a few more days of measurements to track the trend."

When grandpa was finished, I wanted momma to hold me. I started to squirm. I touched Aunt Rosalie's face. 'I want momma!' I thought.

I was handed to momma. She put one arm under my butt, and one hand behind my back. I touched her face.

I showed momma my memory of her charging at my Jacob, and that I was glad that Jacob wasn't hurt by Seth leaping in front, I wanted momma to know that Jacob belonged to me that he was mine.

Bella: "Oh wonderful, perfect."

Edward: "It's just because he tastes better than the rest of us."

Jacob: "I told you she likes me to."

I showed momma that I liked it when on Rosalie brushes my hair. How boring it is that grandpa has to measure me so many times each day.

Edward: "It looks like she's going to give you a run down of everything you missed."

I then showed momma the human blood that they feed me in my cup. Daddy grabbed me out of momma's arms and momma was then being held by uncle Jasper.

Bella: "What did I do?"

Edward: "But she was remembering being thirsty. She was remembering the taste of human blood."

Jasper: "And?"

Edward: "And nothing at all it seems. The overreaction is mine this time. Jazz, let her go."

Daddy handed me back to momma.

Jasper: "I can't understand. I can't bear this."

Uncle Jasper then left.

Edward: "He'll be back. He just needs a moment alone to readjust his perspective on life."

Bella: "Is he mad at me?"

Edward: "No. Why would he be?"

Bella: "What is the matter with him then?"

Edward: "He's upset with himself, not to you, Bella. He's worrying about…self-fulfilling prophecy, I suppose you could say."

Carlisle: "How so?"

Edward: "He's wondering if the newborn madness is really as difficult as we've all thought, or if with the right focus and attitude, anyone could do as well as Bella. Even now, perhaps he only has such difficulty because he believes it's natural and unavoidable. Maybe if he expected more of himself, he would rise to those expectations. You're making him question a lot of deep-rooted assumptions, Bella."

Carlisle: "But that's not fair. Everyone is different. Everyone has their own challenges, perhaps what Bella is doing goes beyond the natural. Perhaps this is her gift, so to speak."

Edward: "That's an interesting theory and quite plausible."

My Jacob was asleep with Cool Big Brother Seth. While grandpa, Aunt Rosalie, and daddy are having some discussion that I wasn't paying attention to. My attention was focused on momma, my hand on her face and I told her what had happened during the day, I wanted her to know me and I liked it this way while momma held me. I had momma all to myself, but it wasn't long before I began to get sleepy, but I didn't want to go to sleep yet, I wanted to tell momma more about myself, but my alertness became fuzzy, my head and my eyelids drooped again and again, until I let out a huge yawn. I close my eyes and laid my head against momma's shoulder and I was out.

When I came to, I was in grandma's arm's. I stretched, yawned, and then looked around. Momma was gone, so was daddy, and so is my Jacob. I touched grandma's face, I showed her a picture of mom's face, 'where is momma?'

Esme: "Your mother and father will be back soon. They just went out for the night."

I wasn't going to accept that has an answer, 'I want momma now!'

Esme: "I'm afraid that you are just going to have to wait, sweetie."

I was a little bit more demanding, I thought maybe that would get me what I want. The rest of the family showed up. Grandma took me back to the bedroom, Aunt Rosalie was there, as well as Cool Aunt Alice. The clothes that I was wearing were getting a little tight. So they brought out another outfit that was a size larger. They then took me to the living room and set me on the floor and then grandma handed me a set of silverware. I bent and twisted the metal. It was actually kind of fun.

It was then that there was a knock on the glass door. And there was momma. I pointed at her excitedly and chucked the spoon on the floor. Momma came in and picked me up. We smiled at each other widely. I placed my hand on mom's face, I showed her the image of a cup full of blood, 'I'm hungry.'

Momma winced. I'm sorry, momma doesn't have a tolerance for human blood, it's harder for her, I knew this, I should be more careful.

Daddy went towards the kitchen, possibly to get my breakfast.

Bella: "How long has she been up?"

Rosalie: "Just a few minutes. We would've called you soon. She's been asking for you, demanding might be a better description. Esme sacrificed her second best silver service to keep the little monster entertained."

Aunt Rosalie didn't seem upset, though her words might say different.

Rosalie: "We didn't want to bother you."

I can't quite tell, but there was some kind of hidden meaning in the words, but I knew that it was something that I shouldn't ask.

Bella: "We'll get your room set up right away. You'll like the cottage. It's the magic. Thank you Esme so much, it's absolutely perfect."

Uncle Emmett then began laughing.

Emmett: "So it's still standing. I thought you two had knocked it to rubble by now. What were you two doing last night, discussing the national debt?"

Momma seemed slightly upset, but she seemed to disregard it.

Bella: "Where are the wolves today?"

I was curious about that myself, my Jacob never leaves my side.

Alice: "Jacob took off this morning pretty early. Seth followed him out."

Bella: "What was he so upset about?"

I saw the cup in daddy's hand. I reached for it. Momma looked at it to, only she stood there utterly frozen.

Rosalie: "Bella, give Renesmee to me."

Momma then took a deep breath, and stretched out her hand towards the cup.

Bella: "Give me the cup. I have to learn to do this sometime. Plus, it should be me anyway, I am her mother, traditionally I'm supposed to breast-feed her."

Daddy handed the cup of blood to momma. Momma then held the cup of blood close to my mouth and kissed me on the forehead.

Bella: "Drink up sweetie."

I began to drink. I did not pay attention to the conversation that the rest of the family was having. After I finished eating, my Jacob had arrived.

There was then a very heated discussion and confrontation between momma and my Jacob. Jacob seemed to have gone to someone to talk to them. Momma was upset that he had talked to them, and now that person was coming here. I didn't really understand everything that was going on, but that was the gist of it. Jacob began to explain how everything was okay, and how everything was going to work out.

I wanted my Jacob to hold me, I smiled at him. I bent my waist forward leaning out of momma's arms and reached towards my Jacob. Momma held on tight and pulled me back. After my Jacob's explanation, momma began to feel slightly better about what he had done. I paid attention as best I could. Momma then needed to prepare for something.

My Jacob took me from momma. Aunt Alice came back into the room. She directed Jacob and Seth to get out of the way while Big Sister Leah went outside. Momma then put on contact lenses that made her eyes look brown. The whole family then began giving her tips on how to act human. Momma sat down on the sofa.

Bella "Jacob, I need Renesmee."

Alice: "Bella, that doesn't help me see."

Bella: "But I need her. She keeps me calm."

Alice: "Fine. Hold her as still as you can, and I'll try and see around her."

My Jacob handed me off to momma. Momma held me on her lap with me facing her. Daddy sat down beside her, placed his arm on my shoulder and looked me straight in the eyes.

Edward: "Renesmee, someone very special is coming to see you and your mother."

He wasn't referring to me in the third person like everyone usually does. He was talking directly to me, but he wasn't just giving me some affectionate anecdote like everyone does when they speak to me, I knew he was trying to convey a very important message, something that he needed me to understand. I looked back into his eyes.

Edward: "But he's not like us, or even like Jacob. We have to be very careful with him. You shouldn't tell him things the way you tell us."

I placed my hand on his face, I then showed him an image of me touching everyone's faces.

Edward: "Exactly. And he's going to make you thirsty, but you mustn't bite him, he won't heal like Jacob."

Bella: "Does she understand you?"

Edward: "She understands. You will be careful, won't you, Renesmee? You will help us?"

I placed my hand on his face again, I showed him an image of me biting my Jacob, 'is it okay if I still bite my Jacob?'

Edward: "No, I don't care if you bite Jacob, that's fine. Maybe you should leave Jacob."

Jacob: "I told Charlie I'd be here. He needs the moral support."

Edward: "Moral support. As far as Charlie knows, you're the most repulsive monster of us all."

Jacob: "Repulsive?"

It was only about another minute later when a car drove up outside of the house. The car door opened and closed and someone came up to the front door. He knocked. I got a little nervous and shy, I then hid myself under the curtain of momma's hair. Grandpa answered the door.

Carlisle: "Hello Charlie."

Charlie: "Carlisle. Where's Bella?"

Bella: "Right here dad."

The man came into the room.

Charlie: "Is that you Bella?"

Bella: "Yep. Hi dad."

So this was my other grandfather, momma's father.

Jacob: "Hey Charlie. How are things?"

Charlie: "Bella?"

Bella: "It's really me. I'm sorry dad."

Charlie: "Are you okay?"

Bella: "Really and truly great. Healthy as a horse."

Charlie: "Jake told me that this was necessary. That you were dying."

Bella: "Jacob was telling you the truth."

Charlie: "Well that makes one of you."

I then sniffed. I smelled his sent, it wasn't quite the burning fire in the throat that momma feels, but his sent made me feel parched and hungry, and I felt a very strong animalistic desire to bite him. Much like how my Jacob makes me feel.

Charlie: "Oh, this is her. The orphan Jacob said you're adopting."

Edward: "My niece."

Charlie: "I thought you'd lost your family?"

Edward: "I lost my parents. My biological older brother was adopted like me, only by a different family. I never saw him again after that. But the courts located me when he and his wife died in a car accident, leaving their only child without any other family."

This was a downright lie, not true. But I understood why daddy said this, it was important that grandpa remain deceived.

I peeked out from under momma's hair and sniffed at grandpa's smell again, I looked at grandpa's eyes only briefly and then looked away.

Charlie: "Well, she's a beauty."

Edward: "Yes."

Charlie: "Kind of a big responsibility though. You two are just getting started."

Edward: "What else could we do?"

Daddy gently ran his fingers over my cheek. Then his finger pressed against my lips. I understood what he meant, a reminder to me, no biting.

Edward: "Would you have refused her?"

Charlie: "Hmph. Well. Jake says you call her Nessie?"

Bella: "No we don't. Her name is Renesmee."

Charlie: "How do you feel about this? Maybe Carlisle and Esme could,"

Bella: "She's mine, I want her."

Charlie: "You gonn'a make me a grandpa so young?"

Edward: "Carlisle is a grandfather too."

Charlie: "I guess that does sort of make me feel better. She sure is something to look at."

Grandpa was really close now, and his scent was very strong. I shook off momma's hair and looked him full in the face for the first time. Grandpa was in shock, Jacob stood up and walked over to grandpa and patted him on the back

Jacob: "Need to know Charlie, it's okay I promise."

Grandpa seemed a little more determined now.

Charlie: "I don't want to know everything but I'm done with the lies!"

Edward: "I'm sorry. But you need to know the public story more than you need to know the truth. If you're going be part of the secret, the public story is the one that counts. It's to protected Bella and Renesmee, as well as the rest of us. Can you go along with the lies for them?"

Grandpa glared at momma.

Charlie: "You might have given me some warning kid."

Bella: "Would it really have made this any easier?"

He knelt on the floor in front of us, I could see the vein in his neck pulsing, my thirst became intensified, I was also interested in him as a person, and on a scientific level, he was so much different from the wolves and the vampire family. I smiled at him and reached my hand out towards him. Momma grabbed my hand and held me back.

I smiled at him showing my teeth.

Charlie: "Whoa, how old is she?"

Edward: "Three months. Or, rather she's the size of a three-month-old more or less. She's younger in some ways, more mature in others."

I then lifted my arm and wordlessly waved hello to him. He had a look of shock and surprise on his face.

Jacob: "Told you she was special didn't I?"

Edward: "You see Charlie, even though she's only my niece, Bella and I don't think of her that way. Even though she's only been in our legal custody for the last few days, as far as we are concerned she is our real daughter and nothing will ever change that…we love her!"

Grandpa didn't seem to have a response to that, but the look on his face indicated that he understood completely.

Jacob: "Oh come on Charlie. I'm the same person I've always been. Just pretend this afternoon didn't happen."

Charlie: "Just what is your part in all of this Jake? How much does Billy know? Why are you here?"

Jacob: "Well I could tell you all about it, Billy knows absolutely everything, but it involves a lot of stuff about werewo,"

Charlie: "Ungh! Never mind."

Jacob: "Everything is going to be great Charlie. Just try not to believe anything you see."

And then we all sat down and watched football until I fell asleep in momma's arms.

At some point while I was asleep, momma got upset and growled and hissed which woke me out of my sleep. I looked around. Where was grandpa? His scent was still in the room, but it was dissipating, its source was no longer renewing it. I touched momma's face and asked her where grandpa was.

Bella: "Charlie will be back tomorrow."

Uncle Emmett then made some anecdotes that were a little too adult for me. Momma then proposed a wager of pride, respect, and honor. She suggested an arm wrestling match of whether uncle Emmett could make fun of her even more or not at all.

We all went outside. Uncle Emmett and momma place their elbows on a boulder and locked their hands together.

Emmett: "On the count of three. One, two, three,"

I saw uncle Emmett shove his arm against momma's, really hard. But momma wouldn't budge. She waited only a brief moment where she then slammed uncle Emmett's hand into the rock.

Uncle Emmett was a little disappointed. He punched the boulder in a temper tantrum, shattering off a portion of the boulder, and then told momma that he wanted a rematch in the morning. Momma then told him that the superior strength of the newborn would not wane by then, but he insisted.

Momma then placed her hand on the solid rock, closed her fingers, and lifted out a handful of gravel. She seemed amused by this. She then karate chopped the boulder and it broke in half. I thought it was funny. Momma then proceeded to break the boulder into small pieces with her fists and feet. I then couldn't help it I let out a heartfelt laugh.

Momma then turned in my direction having heard it.

Bella "Did she just laugh?"

Everyone looked at me with a shocked expression.

Edward: "Yes."

Jacob: "Who wasn't laughing?"

Edward: "Tell me you didn't let go a bit on your first run, dog."

Jacob: "That's different. Bella's supposed to be a grown-up. Married and a mom and all that. Shouldn't there be more dignity?"

I frowned at my Jacob's comment when I placed my hand on daddy's face.

Bella: "What does she want?"

Edward: "Less dignity. She was having almost as fun much fun watching you enjoy yourself as I was."

Bella: "Am I funny?"

Momma then took me from daddy's arms and offered me a shard of rock in her hand.

Bella: "You want to try?"

I smiled at her and took the stone with both of my hands. I squeeze the rock with all my might. There was a tiny grinding sound and a bit of dust, but I couldn't seem to crack the rock open. I was a little disappointed at myself, but I know I would get stronger as I got older. I offered the rock to momma again.

Bella: "I'll get it."

Momma then pinched the stone into sand.

I laughed and clapped.

The sun was setting, and a ray of it broke through a hole in the clouds, and as it shone on us, every vampire in the family sparkled with rainbow glitters, except me. I was a little disappointed. Though, I was not completely different, my skin in the direct sunlight had a faint luminosity.

I touched momma's face showing her I was disappointed.

Bella: "You're the prettiest."

Edward: "I'm not sure I can agree to that."

Daddy looked stunning in the direct sunlight.

Jacob: "Freaky, Bella."

Daddy thought about what My Jacob had just said, and commented on how amazing momma is.

I thought. I could not believe how lucky I am. That I was born into this family. My life is perfect...

...may it never change.

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