Chapter 7
Edward was sitting on a small hill in the meadow where the sky and part of the ocean were visible. As soon as I walked out from under the web of trees, Edward turned his face to look at me. He smiled and stretched out his arm until he almost reached me. As soon as I put my hand in his, he pulled me next to him and sat me down on his lap.
"How was your hunt?" He asked in his charming velvety voice.
"Fine. I found two deer," I paused. "You know, I realized this was the first time I go hunting alone."
"I'm sorry I've been so busy love."
"It's alright. How did things go with Jacob?"
"Not so good. Those damn birds won't leave us alone until they get what they want. He says they have been looking for a way to get us out of Forks for a while now, and the fact that the Quileutes are on our side pisses them off."
"But we didn't do anything to hurt them, why do they want us out of Forks?"
"They used to live somewhere else, but then the plague of the Immortal children happened and most of their tribesmen were killed. They moved here afterwards and the Quileutes and the other tribes helped them rebuild their lives." Edward explained.
"But that was 1000 years ago, literally. And they have seen Nessie, they know she is not an immortal child."
"It's not about Nessie, it's about vampires in general."
"So what's going to happen now?" I asked.
His gaze left my face and stared into the ocean. "I don't know." He finally said.
"Carlisle wants to meet with them and talk about it, but I don't think that will do us any good." He sighed.
We sat under the moonlight for hours, just looking at the ocean and listing to the wind and waves and Edward's voice quietly humming my lullaby. Every once in a while Edward would kiss me or slide his hands up and down my sides or run his hand through my hair. We watched the sunrise and marveled at our bodies glittering like little diamonds set perfectly together.
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I walked into the kitchen and both Esme and Renée stopped talking and looked at me.
"Were you two talking about me?" I accused. Renée and Esme looked at each other and giggled.
"Now that you're married you think you're too old to give me a kiss?" said Renée, changing the subject.
"Good morning mom." I said then kissed her on the cheek.
"More like good afternoon." Renée laughed. "Wow Esme, this tastes amazing." She said after taking a bit of her sandwich.
"Where's Edward?" Esme asked and Renée covered her mouth to hide her giggle.
"Carlisle asked him to meet him at the hospital." I told her, giving Renée a slight death glare.
"Bella, Kimberly's mother just called. Nessie isn't feeling well. Are you going to pick her up or should I?" Alice walked into the kitchen.
"No I'll go. I'll get my keys." I said. I got up and grabbed my purse and keys from the living room.
"Can I come with you?" Renée followed.
"Sure." I smiled. We walked out of the house, Renée still eating her lunch, and got into my Ferrari.
"She probably just tired; she had a bad dream last night." Renée tried to reassure me once we were in the car.
"You're probably right. She has not been sleeping well these last few days." I said, although I didn't really believe it. I had a feeling something bad was going to happen, but I no idea what, or how bad it could be.
The rest of the ride was pretty quite except for the music playing on the radio and Renée's constant admiration for my car; apparently Phil has been teaching her all about cars. When we got the Kimberly's house, I had to circle the block twice to find a shaded spot to park my car.
"I know it's a silly question and please don't hate me for asking, but do you really burn if you go into the sunlight?" Renée asked as we started walking towards the house.
"No," I laughed. "That's just a myth. I'd have to show you later, when there's no people around."
"It's nothing bad right?"
"No, it is actually kind of amazing. And by the way, the whole thing that garlic repels us and wooden stake to the heart kills us, also all myths." I Said.
"Well, that's a relief." She laughed.
"I'm glad you asked though." I never thought this would happen: Me and my mother walking down the street, talking and laughing about me being a vampire. It felt good to finally be able to tell her the truth.
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"Are you okay honey?" I asked when I saw Renesmee. She looked pale, more than usual, and tired.
"She didn't want to eat anything. I made the kids brownies, which she usually loves, but she didn't have any. When I checked she had a slight fever." Kimberly's mother told me.
"Thank you for calling right away."
"I can give you my doctor's number if you need. He's really good with kids." She offered.
"That's alright, thank you. My father-in-law is a doctor."
"Right, Dr. Cullen, I've heard about him." She said with a devilish look on her face. All of a sudden we heard something break and kids screaming.
"We should get going, thank you for having her over."
"It's our pleasure, she is such a delight." She bent down to look at Renesmee, "I hope you feel better soon. I put some brownies in your bag for later."
We waved goodbye and walked back to the car.
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We were on our way back home when Alice called.
"Hi Bella, is Nessie okay?" She asked.
"She has a fever." I told her.
"That's weird, she never gets sick."
"I know, Carlisle said to keep a close eye on her temperature, if it doesn't go down soon it might be something serious."
"She is going to be fine. So I was thinking…" She paused. "We should have a girl's night. You know, manicures, pedicures and facials. What do you say?"
"Do I really have a choice?" I asked, although I already knew the answer.
"No. We are going to have so much fun," She shrieked. "I can makeover your mom and she can get to know Nessie and the new you. It's going to be great." That would be an interesting night, and on the bright side, Alice has a new Barbie to play with so maybe she would give me the night off.
"Fine, we'll be home in a few minutes." I said in defeat.
"Actually, I got the key to your Charlie's place. We have everything you're going to need, so meet us there."
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