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Dedications – Arellawhite & JustcallmeRiley!

Chapter 3 – Wide Open For Learning

The world was nothing but a vast blackness around Renesmee Cullen as she lay on the baby mat. She reached up to find the things that dangled above her and grasped on tightly in her pudgy hand.
"Moma's here baby." Bella promised as she walked over to the baby at human pace. The whole Cullen clan had taken to human pace at all time so not to scare the babe. They hoped as she grew older and came into her own vampire skin she'd get used to it. Bella took her hand and pressed it to her cheek. Renemsee cooed as the blackness receded and a still picture of the room around her came into view "That's better isn't it." The baby's hand pulled on the middle toy hanging above her; she gurgled. In the few weeks since the revelation of her powers, Edward's own power had become obsolete when it came to his daughter. She told them what she wanted by the image and what she reached for. One thing his power had found though was the fact she loved to learn. Said father walked over and sat opposite his wife.
"That is a Giraffe." He explained "The brown bits are spots and the yellow his fur." Jacob had already taught her all the colours in the world much to his displeasure. Renesmee's hand moved to the left one.
"That's a loin." Bella said kissing her daughter's nose making her laugh "The red is his Maine." The parents shared a smile before carrying on teaching her.

Renesmee drifted off to sleep eventually leaving her parents time to themselves.
"Charlie's coming over tomorrow." Bella sighed leaning against her husband. She had been practicing hard the last few weeks to act like the human her father remembered. She was doing well as long as she concentrated but that stopped especially when her daughter was near.
"You have the mutt to thank for that." Edward growled slightly rubbing her hip as his foot rocked his daughter's crib.
"It was going to happen at some point Edward." Bella scolded watching him intently trying to understand how he could act human so fluently. Obviously he'd had 100 and odd years practice more than she had but even now when no one in the room was humanly blind he still kept us appearance.
"When we'd moved to Alaska and it was too far away for him to hunt me down for monstering his daughter."
"You're so dramatic." Bella huffed and folded her arms.
"Hmm it seems my teasing turns you human." He smirked leaning in to kiss her. She kissed him back for a second letting him distract her from the dread of tomorrow before shaking her head.
"What are we going to do with her?" She hoped that somehow she would pass for her old self around her father however if Renesmee was to showcase her power to him...
"I'll speak to her in the morning." Edward said "She'll behave." He hoped…

"Bella." Chief Swann hugged his daughter tightly. Her wish had been granted so far; he hadn't noticed she was any different. Bella hoped it was her acting skills but more than likely she knew he was just so glad to see her. In all her nineteen years Charlie had never shown much emotion; not when she ran away to hide from James or when she got back from Voltera not even on her wedding day. The fear of losing her to some tropical disease had truly affected him.
"Chief Swann." Edward said politely holding his hand out to him; Charlie took it letting go of his daughter.
"Edward. Thank you for making sure my little girl got better."
"I wouldn't have anything less." Edward promised putting his arm around his wife and showing his father in law to the sitting room.
"Is there something wrong with your eyes Bells?" Charlie asked sitting down in the arm chair "You're blinking an aweful lot."
With her new hearing Edward's snort of laughter came through loud and clear. She elbowed him too quick for her Father to see "It's not funny." She hissed under her breath "It's just something that I'm left with after the illness."
"Tell me about it Bells now your well you had me so worried; your mom too." If her heart had still been beating it would have clenched at his words; she hadn't thought how much it would have affected him.
"I'll go check on Nessie." Edward said getting up sensing Chief Swann wanted some alone time with his daughter. He kissed his wife softly on the lips whispering;
"Blink every 10 or so seconds and keep moving too; like the couch is wriggling beneath you and you'll be fine."

Edward held his daughter's hand to his face waiting for her to see the image of her grandfather in the sitting room.
"He's human so no biting and no doing this either." He told her kissing her forehead "Don't want to scare him." Her little hand patted his cheek and he took it as a yes before holding her close and walking back into the room. He'd already given them an hour together he was sure that would be enough "Sorry love but she wants her mother." Edward said like a proud father as he walked over to the love seat Bella was on. Immediately Chief Swann's eyes widened taking in the baby in his son in laws arms.
He knocked her up that's why they got married so quick! The anger flashed in his eyes as he looked at said boy.
"We adopted her." Bella said quickly as she took Renesemee into her arms not looking forward to trying to concentrate on being human "From an orphanage by our hotel. She's blind dad; no one wanted a blind baby."

Note – Jacob didn't turn into a wolf in front of Charlie in this version