Chapter 13

It has been three days since Rosalie and Emmet left for the Amazon. The house has been awfully quiet. That's due to the fact that there's no Emmet and therefore Bella has no one to do silly stuff with. She goes to every one of us for different things and Emmet is her Up-To-No-Good-Go-To-Guy.

We have been waiting patiently for their return. According to Alice, the Amazon's didn't feel comfortable leaving their home, therefore Emm and Rose had to stay there in order to get all the information we'll need. Alice has also told us that they will be back tomorrow. That piece of information had Bella bouncing off the walls with excitement which Jasper kindly let us feel too.

There was a mix of emotions radiated to us, there was love, excitement, happiness but also worry. Carlisle had taken Bella aside and asked what she was worried about and she simply told him that she thinks they will come back with bad news. We didn't quite realise how observant she is, the fact that she understood what this trip was about came as a surprise to me.

I never thought this will be easy, taking her on and everything, but for god's sake, she is too young to know and understand any of this. I guess this is what had angered me the most. She is growing too fast and for now it just feels like there's a sward hanging above her head.

She's not weak, far from it, but she is too small and too young to take care of herself if something were to happen.

I'm not saying we would not be there to look out for her but if this were to reach the Volturi, we're as good as dead.

That is the last thing I want for my Bella.

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I listened as Jasper was teaching Bella how to read one of his history books, she has already completed her children's books and apparently is bored with reading the same thing.

I shook my head as I prepared her sippy cup. I'll never forget the night we sat in her rocking chair and I asked her to read for me. She opened one of her Winnie The Pooh books and started reading, she got through the first page easily and as she flipped to the next page, she let out a huge huff and threw the book across her room.

I had sat there in shock and then couldn't help but laugh at her scowling face.

"It's not funny Edward! I have read this book already! Pooh gets stuck in the hole and his friends help him get out of it, he eats honey and then gets on with his day. I need to broaden my mind Edward!"

I carried on laughing at her and then she climbed off my lap and padded down to the study, I followed her, laughing the whole time and then helped her reach for one of the books she was pointing at in the study. She huffed at me this time and then sauntered back to her room. She waited for me to sit down and then climbed on my lap again with the book still in her little hands.

She settled on my lap and then opened the first Harry Potter book.

I laughed again, surprised she wanted to read about wizards.

"Shhhh." She shushed me and began reading. I kissed the top of her head and let her get on with it.

I brought the sippy cup out to her and without looking up at me, she inhaled deeply and stretched her short arm out for the cup whilst still reading. Both Jasper and I laughed and she shushed us both and put her tiny index finger on the sentence she stopped at she looked up and glared at us. She rested against Jasper's chest as she drank her lunch.

I then noticed the way Jaspers eyes darkened at the smell of the blood in Bella's cup.

"Jazz man when was the last time you fed?" I asked him concerned slightly.

"I was supposed to go with the family a few days ago but I had to take care of a few things, so nearly two weeks ago." He replied as he looked out the window and into the forest.

Bella looked from me to Jasper and then back to me like a tennis match. She made a slurping sound as she drank the last drop of her lunch and then set the sippy cup to the side.

"Isn't it time you drank from a big girl cup Bella?" Jasper asked as he smirked at her.

"Isn't it time you went to hunt Jasper?" Bella rebounded as she smirked back at Jasper.

"Touché little darlin'." He laughed and then tickled her just to hear her laugh.

She completes us all, without her the family just wouldn't be the same. I don't know how I didn't see this years ago, she was always the missing puzzle piece.

"Go hunt Jazzy, there's no need to make yourself uncomfortable." Alice leaned against the doorframe as she watched us.

She sang a Taylor Swift song in her head which meant she was hiding something from me.

"What is it Alice?" I asked her but she just winked at me and took Bella away from Jasper. I looked at Jasper but he looked just as clueless as I felt.

I then saw a glimpse of Alice dressing Bella in a top that said 'Daddy's Little Girl'. It looked adorable and just from that I knew Alice was planning to do some sucking up to Carlisle using Bella.

"Stay out of my mind Edward!" she called out as she walked into Bella's room.

I somehow didn't have a good feeling about this, it just didn't feel right. They were definitely up to something.

Now Bella was actually singing that Taylor Swift song out loud and then both girls giggled.

Just then Carlisle walked through the door

"Kids I'm home!" he called out and that always got a response out of Bella.

She squealed all the way downstairs and into his arms. Jasper and I followed her downstairs just to see what Alice is up to.

"What's this?" Carlisle asked as he looked at Bella's top and then raised an eyebrow at us.

Jazz and I put our hands up in response telling him that we have nothing to do with this. He then turned to Alice and raised his eyebrow. She beamed at him and then went over to him and wrapped her arms around Carlisle and Bella.

"Daddy, Bella and I were wondering if we could go out shopping?"

Silence, that was Carlisle response, he just stared at them two. Bella was batting her eyelashes at him and Alice was giving him her pouty look.

"Please daddy!" Bella said and then hugged him tighter.

"No." Carlisle finally responded.

"Dad!" both girls said and then they were pouting again.

"First of all, it might be too dangerous. What if the Quileutes are there? Secondly, Alice how could you use your little sister like that? And thirdly, Edward how are you fine with this?" he then turned to glare at me but I saw a little flicker of amusement in his eyes.

I was sure Alice will be able to see that he would indeed let them go.

"But I already saw how this would go, if our futures would have disappeared then we wouldn't go. Bella is my little minion, she's my secret weapon to everything." Alice replied and then winked as she looked at Bella. Bella herself just nodded along to everything in response.

I still stood there. Not saying anything.

"I would love to see how this plays out but I really need to go hunt." He walked over to Alice and gave her a kiss, he then kissed Bella's forehead and left out the back door.

Carlisle was still trying to look stern about the situation and I just wanted to laugh about it, especially at the next thing that came out of his mouth.

"Ask your mother."