The next couple of days went by quickly and it was now Thanksgiving Day. They would all start the day by going to see Renesmee's ballet recital before going back home to eat the meal that Bella and Klaus had worked very hard on early in the morning and that would only need to be reheated a bit.

Charlie had arrived the day before and for the duration of his stay, Rebekah was sleeping with Renesmee. It had been weird for the chief of police of Forks to meet his daughter's thousand years old soul mate and his just as old siblings but they had gotten along pretty well and everything was going fine. He had come alone though and it disappointed Renesmee a little but Sue had to work and Charlie didn't want to risk taking Seth in a house where vampires would be. He didn't know how the young wolf would react and he wasn't feeling like risking Bella and Renesmee's life on it.

The little girl was very excited for her show and made sure everyone was ready on time.

"Don't worry honey, we'll even be there early." Bella reassured her.

"I just don't want to let Jenny take my place, she's been real mean to me." She explained.

"She won't." Bella promised before they all got in the cars and drove to the school.

Renesmee was happy that everyone was coming of course but she was really hoping that Elijah would like it. She hadn't told anyone but she really liked him. She wanted him to be her prince when she grew up and if he didn't like her dancing at the ballet recital, then she was certain that she would lose him. She got out of her thoughts when Klaus parked the car and as soon as they were inside, she made sure that Elijah was still with them before she joined her class mates in the back.

"She seems pretty nervous…" Charlie noticed.

"Yes, she's been acting weird lately… I wonder what's going on with her…" Klaus replied.

"Oh come on, like you two have no idea…Seriously?" Rebekah asked them.

"What? What's going on with her?" Klaus asked his sister while Bella shook her head.

"Our daughter just has her first big crush, that's all." Bella replied.

"Crush? No! No way. Absolutely not. She's way too young for that." Klaus shook his head.

"On the contrary… I think I was about her age when I had my first crush… Of course being who I am he was the main character from a book but you get the picture…" Bella explained.

"Who is it?" Charlie asked curiously.

"You seriously didn't notice who it was?" Rebekah asked as Charlie, Klaus, Kol, Finn and Elijah shook their head.

"Men... She's crushing on Elijah, it's obvious. She keeps on checking on him, she's always around him, if there are two free seats she always takes the one closest to our big brother and at the mall she never got something if Elijah didn't say he liked it first… She's in love with him. Surely you noticed something Klaus, I mean, she did ask you to draw him as a prince next to her as a princess..." Rebekah explained.

"No… How can we stop it?" Klaus asked.

"There's nothing to fix honey. It's just a crush, it'll pass or it'll grow. Only time will tell." Bella replied soothingly.

Klaus then looked at his big brother and said:

"You're forbidden from dating in front of her until this crush passes. If you break her sweet little heart I'll dagger you again." Elijah only nodded, still trying to swallow the fact that he was the object of this young girl's crush.

He had no idea she felt this way, he had been impervious to it and felt guilty now. What should he do? Talk to her about it, about their age difference? Ignore it? Yes, ignoring everything seemed like a very tempting solution, especially since he had no will to date anyone in the future.

After that the ballet started and everything went well.

When it was over, they gave Renesmee pretty flowers and they went back home to have the Thanksgiving dinner they had planned.

Elijah wanted to test out the crush theory so he sat down first and watched as cute little Renesmee, dressed in one of her new dresses, quickly ran to sit by his side. He did notice that the dress she had chosen was the one he said was the prettiest of them all on her.

"Do you like my dress Elijah?" She asked him with a big hopeful smile.

"Of course I do Renesmee. You look very pretty." Elijah replied with a kind and sincere smile.

He wasn't lying either, Renesmee was one of the prettiest child he had ever seen. She looked like she belonged on top of a Christmas tree or something. He couldn't deny that he had been feeling overly protective of his brother's new daughter and he didn't really understand it. He decided not to think about it for now. He had time to study everything later.

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Klaus and Bella brought the turkey and everything they had cooked on the table.

The dinner was filled with joy and laughter. Watching his family like this, Klaus had a hard time believing that they ever were at war. They were happy, united in a way they always should have been and he was sure that if Mickeal came now, they would all stand against him, as one. But then again, maybe he would simply be won over by Renesmee's smile, just like everyone else seemed to be.

At some point during dinner, Elijah asked Klaus if he was still planning on breaking his curse with the ritual and it made the hybrid realise that he hadn't told his family about the real reason he came to find Bella in the first place, about the motivation he had to come here. Not thinking twice, he told his siblings about the witch who told him about True Love's kiss and its powers. He explained how he had been shocked when it happened because at the time breaking his curse was far from his mind, all he could think about was kissing Bella and show her how much he loved her.

Of course this little story moved everyone and it took them some time to go back to another subject but they did and everything went fine.

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Charlie didn't stay for long. He came the day before Thanksgiving and left the day after, needing to get back to his job and new girlfriend Sue. He made sure Bella knew that he approved of Klaus before he left though. Of course he knew nothing of the man's past but he saw how he was now with Bella and her daughter and he could tell that he was serious about them. To him, it was the most important. His daughter and granddaughter were happy and safe.

What did you think? The next update will be on the 24th before I leave to spend it with my father and sister.

Christmas is near!

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Lorelei Candice Black