Chapter Seven: Midnight Visitor
I opened my eyes to a dark room, waked by a cool touch on the back of my hand.
John had been proud to tell me that I had a healthy, six-pound baby girl…my little Jasmine Pearl. I had seen her briefly; she was the first of my children to actually look like she belonged to me. None of them looked alike; Carl was the image of his father, while Esme Renée looked like Aunt Bella (especially like the pictures of her as a human, though she did have a little of the vampire fineness to her features), but with Uncle Edward's coloring. But little Jazzie had my darker skin and curly black hair.
She had been taken off to the nursery, John insisting that I needed my rest.
Now I blinked through the dark room at the figure standing beside my bed. "Uncle Carlisle?" I breathed.
"Shh," he murmured. "Sorry; I didn't mean to wake you."
"But — why are you here?" I gasped softly as I finally grasped the meaning of John's earlier words. "Oh — did you deliver my baby?"
Uncle Carlisle chuckled softly. "No. But John wanted me on hand…just in case."
I smiled slightly. "Have you seen her?"
"Yes. She's beautiful, Winnie. She looks exactly like a darker version of Nessie."
My breath caught in my throat. "Then — do you think she is half vampire?"
"No," he assured me quickly. "I haven't done any tests, of course, but she smells human, and she drinks formula. There's no reason to believe she has any more vampire in her than your other children."
I sighed, finally believing it now that I heard Uncle Carlisle say it.
He brushed his hand across my forehead. "Sleep, Winnie," he murmured.
I closed my eyes…and when I opened them again, he was gone. Only a lingering trace of his scent was left, so faint I might have been imagining it. I never asked John; never knew if my midnight visitor had been real or only a dream.
The End
A/N: I have a drawing of Winnie's three children on my DeviantArt account; I'll be putting the link on my profile for when they're (hopefully!) working again. Barbie
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