I blinked twice before I realised what had happened. Jacob looked at me at shocked. Fear crossed his face. Billy didn't move, he didn't even breathe. The clock had stopped moving too. Chaska looked terrified. He kept his eyes focused on Billy. "That's your Grandpa Billy, Chaska." I soothed. A look crossed his face that seemed like understanding. He smiled and looked over at Jacob. Suddenly, I heard the clock start ticking and Billy start breathing again. So did Chaska stop time when he was anxious? Was he gifted, too? It seemed that he only affected people he chose to. Very interesting. I lifted him out of his crib and swayed him. "He has teeth!" Billy gasped. He heard him, and buried his face into my arm. "Yeah, he got it from me. He's being all shy," He peaked up at me and smiled again. "Grandpa Billy's going to love you, Chaska. Don't be shy." I whispered to him. He moved so he could see him and smiled shyly. I handed him over to Billy gently. He tucked him under his arm like a football, and swung him. "You're a little cutie, aren't you?" We watched as Billy smiled, and warmed to his grandson. The same look of pride that Jacob displayed when looking at Chaska, filled Billy's face. Chaska wiggled in Billy's arms, turning to see him better. "He's so special. You can understand me as well can't you, little one?" Billy said. Chaska smiled widely at his grandfather. "I knew you could. Intelligent baby. Has Charlie seen him yet? I bet he won't like being a great grandfather much, when his own daughter's just turned 28." He laughed. I always liked how Billy made our world feel so strange compared to reality, because in all honesty it made me feel special to be part of this large conspiracy. "No not yet, I think that's tomorrow." Jacob clarified. My eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. I wasn't expecting that in any which way.
We all decided to visit my vampires, whilst Chaska was still awake. I didn't know how all four of us were going to fit into Jacob's Lamborghini. I held Chaska in one arm, and his baby bag in the other. Jacob went to get the car as myself and Billy waited for him. "He's a mighty fine baby, Nessie. He's very beautiful, and my first grandson. I bet your folks are just thrilled with him." I liked Billy a lot, he always sounded like a chief, even in normal conversation. "I think they are, I didn't stay awake long enough after he'd been born to ask." I answered truthfully. Just then Jacob brought a silver estate around for us. I recognised that sign. It was an Audi. It had tinted windows, as always. He wound the window down and smiled. "This is your car, Nessie. Remember to thank your dad." He smiled. We walked down to the car. I opened the left door at the back, there was a fitted baby seat already installed. That explained why Jacob took so long bringing the car out. I laid Chaska into it, and strapped him in. He smiled at me again. I closed the door and walked around to the right hand side of the car, climbing in besides my son. Billy got into the front with Jacob.
We pulled up next to the big white house minutes later. This car was surprisingly quick for an estate. I lifted Chaska out and carried him towards the house. He rested his head against my ear. I could feel him smiling at Jacob, behind me. I opened the door and walked in. The room was back to normal, except from the Moses basket beside the couch. My mother's golden eyes, met us and she flew to my side. She kissed my cheek and peaked around to see Chaska. "Hello baby!" She smiled. He turned his head slightly to see her and smiled back. She held out her arms for him. I passed him over. "Well Chaska, we've been waiting for you sweetie, and…" She carried on talking but I turned my attention to Alice, who was waiting for me. "I can see you and Jacob a lot clearer than I used to, but I can't see Chaska yet. So bear with me I'm trying. I can see short glimpses, snippets but nothing else." Alice was so easily frustrated. I hugged her and smiled. "Did you see this?" I said whilst pressing my hand to cheek. I showed her what Chaska had done to Billy this morning. Her mouth popped open. I took my hand away and waited for her to speak. No words formed. "Incredible." was the only word she managed. I heard the whoosh of air as my father ran into the room. "Chaska stops time?" He gasped. Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at him. He looked up at my mother. Everyone remained still, except from mother, Jacob and myself. "Edward, what did you say?" She said, expecting him to have frozen with shock or something. She heard him perfectly well, she just wanted more details. She looked at Billy then, who was incapable of being as still as my father, who couldn't last that long without breathing. "He really does stop time!" She exclaimed. Chaska looked over at my father and allowed him to be unstuck. He didn't look confused, or like he'd felt time stop. He just looked over at me for the answers that he'd required to his earlier question. His eyebrows furrowed together as he realised he was only picking up three minds, Jacob's, Chaska's and mine. (My mother was a mental mute to him, unless she wanted to tell him something). "Didn't you feel anything, Edward?" She questioned him. He looked even more puzzled. He looked around the room then and understood. "Time's stopped. Chaska did you stop time?" He seemed unaware that he was stopped for a brief period also. My son smiled in response. "Edward, he stopped you too, yanno." Jacob said. Suddenly, the room came back to life. Emmet laughed. "Aw this is really gonna annoy those Volturi creeps! Another gifted one in Carlisle's coven. Looks like we might be having a fight soon!" He chuckled. Everyone scowled at him, and he shut up. "When he gets older, he's gonna play lots of practical jokes on us!" Jasper mused. That part was so very true. I was dreading that. He looked so innocent in my mother's arms, I didn't like to imagine him being naughty. "Lets not all be so negative, this could come in extremely handy in the future. If he could freeze time when we hunt, animals need not feel any pain whatsoever. This is brilliant!" Carlisle smiled in anticipation for causing even less pain in this world. I didn't need to have my father's powers to know that Emmet was thinking that would be too easy then. Everyone continued to talk about my son's powers, except from Rosalie.
She snuck out of the back door and sat down on the grass. I followed her. "Do you mind if I sat with you? I can leave if you'd rather be alone." She didn't turn to face me but she signalled with her hand that I could join her. "Did I do something wrong?" I asked. Her eyes met mine for an instant and then she looked away. In that instant I saw so much pain from Rose than I'd ever seen before. "Of course not Renesmee. Don't think that." Her voice was filled with melancholy. I placed my hand on hers, not to show her anything, but to comfort her. "Then what's wrong. Can I help you at all?" She sighed deeply. "No Nessie. No one can. I'm faced with an impossible problem that is hindered by my existence. Damn Royce. I hope he's rotting in the fiery pits of hell!" She spat. I didn't understand what she meant. I was sure it was something to do with the brief story I was told when I was younger. "I don't understand." I said, nervously not wanting to push her too far. "If it wasn't for Royce's disgusting behaviour, I would be dead and buried now after having a few children, and grandchildren. All I've ever wanted out of life is so impossible for me. But yet, your father's managed to get everything I long for just because he's a male, and just because he happened to have a very strong willed wife. It just seems like the world's unfair sometimes. And please don't think I'm insulting you or your parents here, its just that I'm rather jealous that you've all had the experience that I want the most, to be a parent. I'd be a good mother, I've just not been given the chance and never will be." She looked out over the forest. I didn't know what to say to her. I didn't know how to make it better. She half smiled at me. "You were the closest thing I got to a baby of my own, you know. If your mother would have died, I was going to bring you up. Its why I love you so much, I see the daughter I should have had in you." She rubbed my hand. "I'm going to stop dwelling on things that can't change, and go and play with my great nephew," We stood up and made our way back into the house.