Chapter 10:
Bella stood in the familiar room, gazing out the large glass windows that she looked out so many times before. Little EJ was at her feet crawling towards a tall stack of books on the floor. Bella looked down endearingly at her son. The more the days went by the more he looked like his father. Her face twisted into a painful grimace. If she was still human she would have been flooding in tears already. Although she was a vampire, she still felt a heavy pain well in her chest when she longed for her husband. Something's never change, mortal or immortal. She said to herself. She sat down on the couch centered in the room and picked up the remote for the large stereo system on the wall. She didn't expect to hear a soft piano medley escape from the speakers in the small room. She closed her eyes and listened intently to the music piece. A familiar scent entered her nose and she sighed deeply, letting the scent envelope her senses. She didn't know if her mind was playing tricks on her, but all that mattered was that he smelled like he was close. Without opening her eyes, she lay back on the couch and hugged one of the couch pillows next to her. Clutching the cushion to her chest she listened to her lullaby and made the agonizing pang in her chest overcome her.
She didn't know how long she sat there listening to the soft music before she heard Little EJ coo and laugh. She jumped up and looked around for the baby vampire, but the room had darkened with the setting of the sun while she was laying there. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust to the darkness, and another moment to realize she wasn't alone. She jumped up in one swift movement and crouched in her attack stance, bearing her teeth. Immediately, she relaxed when she noticed that the sweet familiar scent that she smelled earlier was a lot stronger. Standing in the doorway stood Edward, holding their son in his arms and smiling his gorgeous smile.
"Vampires aren't supposed to sleep, but then again they aren't supposed to reproduce either." Edward said jokingly.
"I wasn't asleep. Just wishing on memories." Bella said walking towards her husband's opened arms. They embraced for awhile before heading out the opened window to go on a celebratory hunt.
The sun set and Renesmee awoke in her bed. She was sweating and her chest ached like she had been crying for a long period of time. The room was dark except for the little glow of her desk lamp in the corner of her room. She was cold, and that's when she realized she was alone. She looked at the opposite side of the bed where Jake was supposed to be, but it was neatly made and empty. She lay back down and wiped some cold sweat from her brow with the back of her hand. She tried her best to remember what happened, but to no avail. Before she could get her robe on and hop off the tall bed, Jake opened the bedroom door and was encasing her in the biggest bear hug she's ever encountered.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, don't you ever scare me like that again!" Jake said releasing her from his embrace. He held her face in his big hands and planted his warm lips on hers. She couldn't remember what she did to scare the heck out of him, but she enjoyed making up for it. She threw her arms around his neck and he lifted her body a foot off the ground from around her waist. They kissed for what seemed like an eternity before he had to break away for air.
"Wow, you sure do recover quickly!" Jake said still lifting her off the ground.
"Only one of the many perks of dating a half vampire." She said wittingly. "So what did I do to scare the heck out of you?"
"You mean, you don't remember?" Jake asked with much concern. He placed her back down on the floor to much of her dismay.
"I'm drawing a complete blank. But it will eventually come back to me." Renesmee said before she tipped toed and stole a quick kiss from a dumbstruck Jake. He stood there with his mouth open for a minute before he found his train of thought again. He quickly followed her out to the small kitchen in their tiny house.
"Hey, I made a promise to Edward that I would take care of you…" Jacob started on one of the paternal tangents he had going through his head.
"I know. I'm fine. Really, I am." Renesmee said nonchalantly as she bent over the tiny fridge in the miniscule kitchen. Jake crossed his arms and stood his ground in the door way. His wide frame expanded from one side of the door to the other. He focused on her and wrinkled his eyebrows in a paternal scowl. Renesmee turned holding a large platter of many odds and ends she pulled from the fridge. She looked at the tall, muscular frame in the doorway. She giggled and placed the platter down on the counter, before pulling herself up to sit on the edge of the counter.
"I want you to go and have Carlisle take a look at you. Blacking out and memory loss isn't normal for any species." Jake said losing his demanding edge. Renesmee looked up with a big smile on her face.
"Baby, I'm fine. I feel much better. I just got a little emotional. That's all. Calm down." Renesmee said munching on a small cube of cheddar cheese. Jake dropped his hands to his side in defeat. He could never hold his ground with her. He didn't know if it was the werewolf imprinting or just the natural hold she had on him.
In the beginning he thought his feelings for the small, golden eyed, infant was purely that of the imprinting, but as the days flew by and soon the years, the small infant he cared for and protected, grew into the most beautiful 18 year old he had ever laid eyes on, and not just beautiful but intelligent and caring. He knew it wasn't just the mysterious powers of imprinting itself, but the fact that he loved her for who she was, and who she made him. It was a hassle keeping the young wolves off of her, but he always enjoyed showing her off too. They were almost inseparable, except for when she had to satiate the half thirst she had inherited from her vampire father. He had yet to stomach watching her feed off of the deer and mountain lions in the woods. It made his stomach roll just visualizing the sight.
"You ok, Jake?" She asked concerned. "You look like you're going to hurl."
"I'm fine. So are you gonna hunt?" Jake asked avoiding her gaze. The visual still in his head.
"No. I don't feel like it. This should be enough." Renesmee said holding up a rather large layered sandwich.
"Dang, Ness. I think you could out eat me now!" Jacob said in disbelief. She just replied with a wide smile and a mouth full of sandwich meat.
The sun streamed in from the glass windows surrounding Edward's old room in the large white house. Bella lay in the crook of her husband's arms and held Little EJ in her arms. They had arrived home from their hunt and situated themselves on the dark couch, catching up and playing with EJ and his ability.
"So you were tracking someone for the Volturi?" Bella asked after Edward finished informing her of his whereabouts all the past months.
"Yes and he's a very slippery devil, but not quite enough, for me to not get him." Edward said with a little smile on his face.
"Did they mention anything about EJ?" Bella asked worriedly.
"No. Aro saw my memories, but he didn't say anything at all. Believe me; I waited the whole time for him to bring the subject up." Edward said wrinkling his brow in bewilderment.
"So I guess were in the clear." Bella said cheerily, but Edward just continued to stare puzzling out the window.
"You don't think so?" Bella said sitting up and looking at her husband.
"Bella, the Volturi always have a hidden agenda. I doubt we'll see the last of them." Edward said. His eyes a fierce yet beautiful Gold. Bella looked at her husband and the dreaded feeling so common to her had sunk down in her chest. The little baby picked up on the somber attitudes of his parents made him cuddle up to his mother and reach for his father's hand to place on top of his body.
"He wants to be reassured we'll all be ok." Edward said cocking his head to the side as he stared at his son. "You are something little one. More and more like your mother every day."
Bella looked up at her husband and smiled. "We'll be ok, as long as were together, we can take on anything." Edward looked at his wife and grinned, before leaning over and planting an endearing kiss on her forehead.