*Gasp* Me updating & it hasn't been at least three weeks? Wow, writing is such a nice way to kill those feelings.(:
Charlie P.O.V. Four Months Later- September 11
Elizabeth and I were visitng my mother, Tracy. She only spoke French, so little Lizzy was always giving her confused glances.
(Pretend they are talking in French, I don't see the point of looking up French words and putting them in this story, most of you probably know English anyway.)
"Charlie and Elizabeth! How good it is to see you two." My mother was an old woman, at the age of seventy-nine, she could die at any momemt. I loved my mother, she and my father gave me the best childhood I could have asked for.
I had a feeling that she wouldn't be on this Earth in spirit, for much longer- a few years at the most, maybe eight. Her heart was starting to give out a few years ago and my father dying, certainly didn't help. I was their only child, so I spent a ton of time taking care of my mother.
When Bella came to live with me, my visits were very minimal. Bella never really took much interest in her grandparents at all, not even Renee's, so she wouldn't have liked to go with me anyway.
Handing her Elizabeth I said, "G'day, Mother. How've you been?"
Elizabeth giggled, and ran her small nimble fingers through her great-grandmother's white hair.
"Well, I have a very nice woman taking care of me, when your at home taking care of this little one," she said looking at Lizzy, "Well anyways, she is a nice woman, Charlie. Far better than that Reba you married years ago. No, this woman is named Gianna. She has a daughter, too. Actually, she adopted her sister's daughter after she passed away, the little girl's name is Andrea. That child is so bright, Charlie. Really cute, too- just like Elizabeth."
I rolled my eyes, Lizzy saw and chuckled as if she understood what was going through my mind. My parents never truly approved of Renee, they said she was flighty and was the type of girl that didn't like to be tied down. My parents, like they usually are, were right. Not even a year together, and she left with Bella.
"Mom, I uhh, don't appreciate any of your suggestions for women. I am very happy with to lovely girls in my life right now, you and Elizabeth."
"Just give her a shot, Charles," she demanded in a stern voice. "I invited her over before you got here. She said she'd have to pick up Adrea from preschool, before she came over to this dingy old person home," she grumbled.
I laughed, "Alright, I'll see if we have any chemistry here, before I even consider dating her! She has to be okay with Elizabeth, though."
"Oh she will, but you have to learn to love Andrea, too."
There was a knock on the cherrywood dooor. Mother motioned for me to go open the door and when I did, I met the eyes of such an amazing woman that I even forgot to introduce myself.
A little girl with dark auburn hair ran past me into the homey room yelling, "Tracy! Tracy! Tracy!"
Chuckling a little I looked back to the woman, "Hello, I'm Charlie."
She put her small pale hand in mine and smiled, "I'm Gianna, it's nice to meet you, Charlie. You have two daughters, correct?"
"Yes, I'm sure my mother told you all about them. Bella, my eighteen year old, is already married with twins and my youngest is Elizabeth, her first birthday is today, actually." I replied, sheepishly.
"You two should go celebrate out through dinner! Take the children, too!" My mother yelled, excitement clear in her eyes.
I looked at Gianna and said, "You know, that wouldn't be such a bad idea. If you don't mind, Gianna."
She looked down, dark blonde hair getting in her face and replied unsurely, "Well, if you wouldn't mind. I'm certain that Andrea would love to play with Elizabeth."
"You want to meet her? My mother is holding her right now."
Gianna nodded and brushed past me to go further into the room, "How's your evening been Mrs. Swan?"
Two Months Later, Gianna P.O.V.
"Charlie, what do you want to do with Elizabeth's pumpkin costume from Halloween?" I asked. Andrea and I moved in with Charlie, not even after I dated him for two weeks. Maybe we were rushing into things, but I already loved him and Andrea did too.
I also simply adored Elizabeth. Andrea, doesn't as much, but she'll c ome around when she starts realizing Elizabeth is like her baby sister. Probably because I didn't pay as much attention as I used to, but she is still one of my most important priorities.
"It wasn't her first Halloween so it doesn't really matter, but... Hmm, I dunno. What do you want to do with it?" He called back.
We were cleaning all of the rooms and closets in Charlie's small mansion.
He and I shared a room, Elizabeth slept in a crib next to our king sized bed and Andrea has her own room in the hallway. There are two more rooms that are empty, as of the moment, and will be used for storage until Elizabeth wants a room to herself.
An idea of what to do with the tiny pumpkin costume popped into my head, "You know what, nevermind! I have an idea of what to do with it!"
Did I mention that Elizabeth started crawling? It was so cute! I remember it, just like it was yesterday.
*Flashback*
Charlie had recently bought a video camera and was playing with it, showing Andrea what all the buttons did. "And this one, Andrea, actually starts making the camera record!" he said, excitedly.
Andrea had her small hazel eyes transifixed onto the camera in Charlie's hands, "Cwan we rwecorwd me going pwotty?"
I laughed and noticed Elizabeth, who had been napping on a blanket on the floor was rolling around. "Charles, look!" I yell whispered, frantically pointing at Elizabeth, "She looks about ready to start crawling!"
He turned the camera to me, looking bewildered. I could have growled, "Over there, you idiot!"
Turning to me and his face paled, "No, no, no! She's too young for this and that means I'm getting old!"
"This is a special moment!" I squealed and then added venomously, "If you miss this, I will hurt you so bad!"
"Alright, alright. Jeeze, women!" Charlie turned the camera to Elizabeth.
She was murmuring to herself, her gorgeous face turning red when she couldn't sustain her body. "Mmmrrrrrr!" she growled.
"Go on, baby! Yo can do it! Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Elizabeth!" I chanted. Her face turned towards me and she gave me a small toothless smile of gratitude it seemed.
Once again she went into a sort of push- up position and propped her slended arms in from of herself. I saw her bones move together in order for her to move. Her arms were the first to move forward, then her tiny knees.
I squealed as she tried crawling towards me. Running to go just a few feet in front of her, I plopped myself down to my bottom.
Within a few seconds, she had mastered crawling and was practically on my lap. I picked her up and turned her in a cirlce, giving her kisses all over her face.
"Great job, Lizzy. I'm os proud of you"
Charlie congradulated her and was giving her small high-fives. Andrea went to go play with the camera, which she had pointed at us. "Lizabweth is so smawrt, Momma!"
Elizabeth just giggled and signaled me to put her down, which I did. That whole day she crawled throughout the bottom part of Charlie's home, Andrea, Charlie and I watching close behind.
*End Flashback*
"Momma, my lessons are starting soon!" Andrea wailed, holding her one piece orange swimsuit close to her body.
My little girl had started talking just a bit better and grew an inch since when I adopted her. Her birthday was actually two weeks ago on November 2, she is now officially five years old.
I sighed, "Alright, did you tell Charlie goodbye?"
She nodded, her small curls bouncing, grinning she said, "Yeah, he was wonderwing if we could take Lizabeth with us!"
"Did he tell you why?"
Andrea shrugged, "Beats me, Mom. Now, c'mon we have to go now! I wanna see Max one lash time, he's going away to visit his grwanma in New Zealwand in a few days!"
I laughed, "Are you going to tell him about your boyfriend, Hamington?"
She blushed and then muttered, "No way, Max said he tinks stuffed wolwves werwe stupid and for babies. I am not gonna let him tink that I'm a bwaby, Mom!"
Chuckling I went upstairs to get Elizabeth, last time I checked on her, she was taking a nap, which was almost thirty minutes ago. When I opened the door to my bedroom she was rolling around in her white crib, clutching a medium sized light brown teddy bear.
Her parents, Bella and Edward, sent it to her on her birthday with a picture of their family. And I must I say, it is so strange to believe that they are all vampires. The two children, though, Edward Jr. and Renesmee seem to be vampires, too.
If the Volturi ever give the Cullens a surprise visit and see the children, I can honestly say that Elizabeth's parents are dead and there would be nothing I could do to stop it.
Anyway, I gently lifted up Elizabeth from her crib, she giggled the whole way up into my arms. "Brrrgggg," she greeted, smiling a for now toothless smile. A few baby teeth were already starting to tear their way trhough her gums, very painful.
Elizabeth is now almost always drooling, or wanting to bite something. It breaks my heart when she starts crying because of the pain, I always feel that I'm doing something wrong because, well this is the first time I am experiencing the teething of a child. Andrea wasn't legally mine when she went through teething, so I am almost completely lost with what to do to help.
"Momma, hurry lets go! We're gonna be late!" Andrea whined.
Teasingly I asked her if she wanted to skip her lessons because of the cold weather.
Immediately she shook her head, "Nope! I has to see Max, I has to! He's my best frwiend and he's rweally nice looking so I gottas mawke agwood impession."
"Okay, just let me go sasy goodbye to Charlie. Here," I handed her the car keys, "Just open the door and do not even think about plugging the keys in the hole to start the car, if you do, Andrea, I won't let you see Max until you start kindergarden," I said, sternly my voice full of authority.
She laughed nervously and grumbled, "Okay, okay! Sheesh, I don't even know how to drive, Mom. Elizabeth, make sure to close your eyes when they kiss."
Lizzy cooed at her, "Ysshhh, Mmm."
"You girls are so strange," I mumbled and handed Andrea her jacket, "If you get cold, just get inside your booster seat, Andy."
"YEAH, MOM!" she screamed, skipping towards the front door. I found Charlie in the kitchen making a sandwhich, the only thing he can make with ease.
He saw me and said, "Hey babe. Hiya, Lizzy. How was your nap today, honey?" Elizabeth reached for him and I handed her to him, gently making sure she didn't fall.
"Ptttyyy Gmmmmddd," Elizabeth mumbled, sticking her hand into her mouth.
I quickly, grabbed it out of her mouth and softly chided, "No, Lizzy. No, if you keep that up, you'll get sick." She probably understood every word I said because she didn't do that again, instead she pouted and reached for me.
"Charles, why did Andrea tell me I gotta must take Elizabeth with me, today? It's freezing outside, she might catch a cold!"
He looked down sheepishly at his sandwhich and offered me a bite. I stared at the sandwhich, which appeared to be made of ham, cheese and lettuce. Sighing, I took a bite as he laughed.
"Well, I have to do something for my mother today, very important. You'll be a part of it later on, hopefully." He blushed lightly and ate his sanwhich in three bites.
"What is thing thing I'm going to be a part of, hon?" I asked, adjusting Elizabeth on my hip. Charlie didn't meet my eyes and instantly I knew something major was up, "When I come home in three hours, I expect an answer Charles Alexis Swan."
Pecking a kiss on my lips so fast I didn't even realize what he did, he said, "Your going to love what I have planned for you. Three hours is all I need, actually." He looked down at his watch a started looing nervous, "Crap, listen I have to go. Love you. And love you, too Lizzy," he said rapidly and place a kiss on top of Elizabeth's head.
Yes, we already say I Love You, so shoot us, but it's what we felt and what we felt was something special-that I hope lasts for a very long time.
"Men, are so weird, Lizzy. Never ever get involved with one or you'll be forever confused."
Aww, isn't that cute? Next chapter will have the Cullens & them sort of moving on after Elizabeth. Oh! & This is what the next, few chapters will be like for a while; Charlie with Gianna along with Andrea & Elizabeth's upbringing, Rensmee & E.J. reaching hybrid adulthood, all that good stuff, unless Renee comes into the picture & maybe ruins everything.
So if you don't like these kind of chapters, skip them for a more exciting part.(:
