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Don't kill me! I've been writing a one shot for a contest. It is up and running on the website, and I hope some of you have taken a look, I put a lot of work into it. But anyways.

So without further a do…

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Here We Go Again

Chapter Seven:

'Dad'

Brooklyn, NYC,

Riley.

In the morning, my eyes were still wide open; staring at Charlotte's left cheek. The light pick mark had turned into a bruise over the duration I had stared at it.

It was around seven a.m. when I heard the toilet flush and someone walking down the hall; Charlotte was still asleep so I quickly jumped out of bed but the door opened before I could reached it. My heart stopped for a moment, I would literally die if it was Charlotte's dad, but Instead I saw Charlotte's mum pop her head into the room, she didn't look surprised to see me, somehow relieved?

"Good morning, Riley," she smiled.

"Good morning," I smiled back.

After a moment of awkwardly standing there, her smile faded, "well you better get back to the couch before the big boss wakes up," she warned.

I nodded and walked past her, I paused, "thank you," I said and walked down the hall.

After collapsing onto the couch, I decided I could probably get a few hours sleep before going home, but just as I closed my eyes, I felt a small smooth hand on the top of my head, Charlotte.

"Morning," she whispered in my ear.

I opened my eyes and just nodded at her as I sat up straight, I weaved my fingers through my hair and tried to keep my eyes off Charlotte's left cheek.

She sat down next to me, "thank you," she muttered.

My eyebrows pulled together, "for what?" I questioned.

"For staying with me last night," she mused.

I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her closer to me so I could kiss her check. She smiled and rested her head on my shoulder. "You have to go soon, don't you?" she assumed.

I nodded, "yes, I need to speak with my dad about something's," I tried to keep my voice even.

"Which one?" she laughed.

I looked at her for a moment; confused, but the poor attempt at a joke sunk in, I didn't bother laughing, "my real father, Edward."

Brooklyn, NYC,

Edward.

"Time to wake up baby girl," I whispered into Renesmee's ear.

She moaned and rolled over – away from me, "Bive more minutes."

I chuckled, "No, no, no, you need to get up, mummy is busy working so I had to take the day off work so I could take care of my baby girl," I kissed her cheek, then moved my arms under her body and swiftly picked her up.

Her eye flew open and she looked around, "I said bive more minutes!" she wined.

"Come on Nessie, don't you want to have fun with daddy?" I asked her with a pout.

"In bive more minutes," she said cheekily.

"You cheeky little monster, you're definitely your mother's daughter," I laughed putting her over my shoulder and walking out of her room.

"Put me down!" she giggled as she hit my back with her small fists. Laughing I carried her all the way to the kitchen and set her down on one of the bar stools. As soon as I walked away she jumped down and took off towards Bella's study.

"Renesmee get back here!" I shouted after her.

"No!" she shouted back and slammed the door.

I ran after her and opened the door to see Renesmee sitting on Bella's lap, her small arms wrapped around her mother's neck in a tight hug. I couldn't help stay standing in the doorway and smiling at the sight in front of me.

I cleared my throat and Renesmee turned her head to look at me with an innocent look on her cute little face. The same look that Bella always gave me.

"You're not suppose to be in here Renesmee," I said in the sternest voice I could muster.

The little devil just smiled sweetly and jumped off her mother's lap and walked over to me with her arms out in front of her wanting to be picked up. I rolled my eyes and swiftly picked her up and rested her on my hip.

"I just say good morning to mummy," she said with a pout.

"You're a monster!" I chuckled and tickled her sides. Her laughter was infectious and I couldn't help but laugh along with her. When she started pushing me away and telling me to stop, I put her back on the ground.

"Go watch cartoons."

Her eyes instantly lit up then and she ran out of the study. I laughed at her retreating figure then turned my head when I heard Bella giggling behind me. I smiled and walked over to her, kneeling down next to her.

"I don't think I got a proper good morning," I said softly.

Bella smiled and leaned forward in her chair. Her hair falling down creating a curtain around us.

"I'm sorry Mr Cullen, let me make it up to you," she said so seductively I wanted to forget about everything and hold her captive in our room all day long.

I was so lost in my thoughts of what I wanted to do to her that I didn't even notice she had stopped kissing me and was now lounging back in her chair looking at me with an amused smile. I shook my head and looked up at her sheepishly.

"Didn't realise I was still that good," she said with a smirk as she motioned towards my jeans.

I growled and jumped up caging her in her chair. "You always have this affect on me," and to prove my point I captured her lips in a passionate kiss. When I tried to deepen it she pushed me away and I groaned.

"As much as I would love to continue this, and believe me I would but I can't. My deadline is tomorrow and I'm no where near finished," she said looking at me apologetically.

"I'm sorry handsome. Later, I promise," she added with a wink.

I knew though that there wouldn't be a later. We never had time for that anymore, with work and the kids, I couldn't remember the last time I had made love to my wife.

I sighed and walked towards the door, "I'll keep her busy," I said but Bella was already in her little world furiously typing on her keyboard, sighing again I walked away leaving Bella alone, too caught up in her work to notice anything.

"Alright Nessie, what shall we do today?" I questioned.

"The zoo! The zoo! The zoo!" she kept chanting while running around the living room imitating every animal she could think of.

She had a huge fascination with the zoo lately and I swear she has been there every weekend for the last month. Inwardly I groaned, I had been to the zoo so many times while Riley was growing up and now that Renesmee had discovered it she was just as bad as he had been.

"Okay, we'll go to the zoo," I muttered not at all enthused.

"Yay!!!!!" she yelled and took off around the living room again. This was going to be a long day.

I got all our things together and just as I was about to put sunscreen on Renesmee, Riley walked in, "Riley!!!" she screamed and ran over and jumped on him.

"Hey Ness, how you doing?"

"Good, where you been?" she questioned.

"Um at a friend's house. You going to the zoo?" he questioned finally looking at me.

I nodded and he smiled, "Mind if I come too, dad?" he questioned.

I couldn't help the smile that formed on my face when Riley called me dad. It was like his first word all over again. "Sure son," I said with a smile.

"Let me just go tell mom," I said and walked toward the study.

Bella was still typing away at her computer and had the cutest look of concentration that I just had to lean on the doorframe and admire her for a minute.

"Stop staring at me, its distracting," she mused without looking up from her computer.

I chuckled and walked over to her desk, "I'm taking the kids to the zoo."

"Let me guess Renesmee wanted to go?" she questioned while still typing. It amazed me how this woman could be so completely focused on her work and still have a conversation.

"Of course, who else." I smiled and nodded; she chuckled. "Riley called me dad," I murmured.

The typing suddenly stopped and I looked up at Bella to find her looking at me with a smile. "Well of course he did, you're always going to be his dad."

"I know, I just I like hearing it."

Bella nodded in understanding and went back to writing. I rolled my eyes and turned to leave. "You better be finished by the time we get back. I've had enough of being neglected," I teased.

"Yeah yeah, I promised later didn't I?" she mused.

"I better get my later or there will be serious consequences!"

"Go away," she said in a teasing manner.

"I love you too!" I said back as I walked out the door.

***

"Dad…"

"Yes?"

"What was it like?"

"What was what like?" I questioned.

"What was it like to know that he had touched her, and you couldn't do anything about it, that you weren't there to help her?" Riley asked, looking up at me.

We were walking along beside one of the animal enclosures; Renesmee was a couple of meters in front.

I thought about my answer very carefully, "I don't really think there are words to describe the pain and frustration I went through, but it was almost impossible to deal with it all, your mother never wanted me to meet Jacob, just in the off chance that if I ever saw him, I'd get hurt. " I rolled my eyes.

Riley just nodded and looked away.

We walked in silence for a while then he finally spoke, "what is the worst memory?"

I took a deep breath, "well when your mother was about seven months pregnant, my mother got very sick, so I flew to Forks to see her and help her get better, I felt absolutely horrible leaving your mother when she was that pregnant but my father couldn't be there for my mother since his work was too much, and Bella had Alice…

"So while I was away, your mother and I were on webcam to each other, and Jacob came to visit her…" I broke off mid sentence, the memory was too hard to relive.

Riley let me pull myself together before he said, "dad, it wasn't your fault, you had to help grandma…"

I turned to look at him, "Riley, you don't get it, you don't know how it feels… I witnessed that….that monster hurt the love of my life," I explained.

"I know more how it feels than you'd think…" he whispered.

I stopped in my tracks and put my hand on his shoulder, "what do you mean you know how it feels?" I demanded.

He looked away from me, "don't worry, it doesn't matter…" he muttered.

I put my hands on both of his shoulders and looked into his eyes, "god dammit Riley, If someone is hurting Charlotte you need to tell me right now!" I yelled.

He stared into my eyes for a moment then sighed, "alright ill tell you, but I'm not a hundred-percent certain what happened, he said and looked away for a moment. And in that one moment I saw his eyes widen, I felt his heart miss a beat, he pulled away from me ran to the spot Renesmee had been a moment ago, she was nowhere in sight, "RENESMEE!!" he screamed.

Author's note:

I know that was awful of me, but hey! Look on the Brightside, riley can actually see that Jacob isn't his true father!

Please tell me what you thought of the chapter, and again, boose08 and I are terribly sorry about the really long wait!

School holidays are soon, so hopefully ill be able to get in more writing in that time :)

Did anyone see Remember Me?! Or the eclipse trailer!!! OMG BOTH AMAZING!!! Robert is gorgeous in both!

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