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Chapter ten: You Touch My Heart

Weeks pasted since the birth of my daughter. I was a fully fledged vampire and Hope had grown strong and so big right before my eyes. She was five months old, weighing at a healthy twenty one pounds. She smiled, cooed, laughed, cried, anything a normal mortal baby would do. It was hard to think that in just one month we'd be leaving our family.

I was sitting in the living room with Emmett when the phone rang.

Alice, who was in the kitchen at the time, leaned out with the phone in her hand,

"Esme, it's for you." She said.

I got up and handed Hope to Emmett, "Can you watch her for a few minutes?"

"Sure." Emmett smiled bouncing Hope on his knee.

I kissed his cheek, "Thank you."

I walked up to Alice and took the phone. Covering the receiver, I turned to Alice,

"Who is it?" I whispered.

Alice shrugged, "Some Ms. Cathy Moore."

I put the phone up to my ear, "Hello Cathy, how are you this morning?" I asked cheerfully.

"Not very well dear, not very well at all…" she mumbled.

"Oh." I said surprised, "What happened?"

"Well, the house you fixed up, the 1920s one, remember?" she asked.

I nodded, "Of course."

"Well, it's the reason I called… you see dear, some teenagers spray painted it…" Cathy said sounding upset.

"Oh, well, I can come fix it up if you'd…" I started to say when Cathy interrupted.

"That's not the reason I called, whoever did this spray painted your name and the name Hope in big black letters before putting a big re slash through the name Hope. Isn't your daughter's name Hope?"

My heart froze, "Y-yes."

"It seems to me somebody's playing a prank on you. It's probably nothing, but if you'd like to come out and take a look…"

I nodded, "Yeah, I'll be right over Cathy, thank you."

"You're welcome dear."

I hung up the phone and walked into the living room. Emmett was bouncing a cooing Hope on his knee. He started to bounce her faster and faster until she became a small line of color.

"Emmett!" I shrieked.

He stopped immediately.

"Be careful with her! She's very delicate!" I said sternly.

"Geez! Esme! I'm sorry! I didn't realize you'd be so uptight! Hopie Bopie seems fine." He said defensibly.

Hopie Bopie was Emmett's nick name for Hope. I looked at Hope. She smiled at me as Emmett lifted her up to his face. She took his nose in her mouth,

"Ah!" Emmett laughed, "She attacking me! Quick! Somebody save me before she gums me to death!"

Hope gurgled with pleasure. Drool dripped out of her mouth and ran down Emmett's nose. I couldn't help but smile. Then I remembered,

"The graffiti!" I gasped.

"What?" Emmett looked at me confused.

"Nothing, I'll tell you later… Where's Jasper? I need him for something." I asked looking around.

"He's out in the woods… Is something wrong?" Emmett asked. Hope was still attached to his nose.

"I'm not sure." I said running out the door.

"JASPER!!!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

There was a rustle, and Jasper emerged from the forest.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Come on, we're going on a little ride." I said getting into the driver's side.

Jasper hesitated before getting into the passenger's side.

We arrived at Cathy's house in five minutes.

"There's the house…" I murmured, "Cathy was right…look…" I whispered pointing at the side of the house.

There, on the side, was a just what Cathy had described. Jasper sniffed,

"Something's not right…" he mumbled jumping out of the car.

I followed him up to the house. I could smell what he was talking about. Jasper went up to the house and sniffed again.

Suddenly his face twisted in pain.

"Jasper?!" I asked worriedly.

"It's Jane…they're here…" he gasped.

"What? No! It's too early!" I whispered in a high pitched voice.

Jasper shook his head slowly in disbelief, "They're all here. The whole Volturi guard and coven…"

"No…" I crumpled to the ground, "No…"

"Well, Esme, it's about time we met again." A childish voice laughed.

It was Jane.

"Run Esme!" Jasper screamed.

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