When I heard her soft snores I went downstairs to face my family. "Congratulations." Alice shouted, jumping up and down. In her mind she was thinking about how to plan our wedding. Before I could say something to her, Esme hugged me.
"Now Edward won't be left out anymore." Emmett snickered.
My family was happy for me. I needed Jasper to calm Alice down since she was debating whether to go upstairs and wake up Bella. "When she turns it'll be like this forever." Rosalie mumbled. I growled at the thought in her head. If you don't like it, stop reading my mind, but, Bella may turn back into a child.
I didn't want to listen to her; Bella was not changing back. She can become an Original again, but not an Original child. Emmett and Jasper were talking to me, mostly cracking jokes about the honeymoon, when we heard a door slam and footsteps. It wasn't Bella.
Anabell stood in a long blue cape, covering her face. "Anabell, isn't it dangerous for you to be out?" Esme asked, bringing out her motherly instincts. Anabell didn't answer but stared at me. "You and mommy are getting married?" It still bothers me that she calls Bella mommy when she's not around. I nodded. "Even if she turns back into a child?"
"She won't." Anabell looked at me before walking down and sat next to me. "I hope you're right."
"Anabell, go back to sleep, you are still tired from lack of blood." Ashton said, descending down the stairs. Anabell nodded and left. "Edward, can I talk to you?"
"Sure." I got up and followed him outside, slightly worried since the sun was out and all he had was his cloak to protect him. I calmed down a bit as he stopped in a shaded area. "I heard the news." He looked at me. "Are you prepared for what happens in the future?"
I was getting annoyed. "I love Bella and I will protect her." Haven't I been saying this the last few days?
"How will you protect her if she changes? You cannot help her then."
"I don't care." He stopped to stare as I realized I yelled that last part. "I'm sorry."
He smiled slightly and sat down. "We never had to deal with this before. The others were alone with no family. Just another mystery when it comes to Isabelle."
"Her name is Bella." I correct him, sitting down beside him.
He sighed and nodded. "Yes, Bella."
"You really think she is your mother?" Ashton did sort of bother me; he was our age, who knew what he was thinking about Bella. I couldn't help but feel, jealous.
"Yes, that is all she will ever be to me." He assured me, sensing my jealousy. "You know, the original Isabelle, always sang a song, a strange song, but we could never hear the words. When we would ask her what it was about she answered that it was about a girl who meets a man different from her, but they fall in love anyway. She said the man feared for the girl he loves, and they face many hardships, but in the end, they managed to stay together." It sounded like Bella and I, I wonder… "Though I never knew the words, she once played it to us on the piano; it was a beautiful melody, full of love. We asked Isabelle where she heard it and she said that she made it up, describing the future of something close to her. We were confused; never knowing any of Isabelle's friends who would go through such thing. Throughout the years it still stayed in my head, until now." He turned to me, smiling. "I think Isabelle saw Bella and you, and saw what you had to face. I think the song is her way of saying everything will be alright."
"What was the melody?" I asked; curious. Could this Isabelle really see that far in the future and see Bella and I, and how we are now?
He closed his eyes and began humming, I gasped. He was humming my lullaby for Bella, the one that appeared in my head after a night watching Bella's sleep. Could it be that Isabelle put that song in my head? Impossible. He stopped to look at my face. "You know of this, don't you?"
I nodded, running into the house and to the piano and began playing the lullaby. My family surrounded, confused why I would be playing this now, interested in what Ashton and I talked about. Ashton, Anabell, Skylar, and Wyatt also came; Anabell staring with disbelief as Ashton looked with a knowing face.
When I was finished playing, Anabell was crying. "You know mommy's song." The Cullens looked with confusion. "Isabelle created the song a long time ago, talking about a romance unlike no other. I guess Bella and Edward are who it was about." Ashton explained; they gasped.
"Mommy." Anabell whispered before turning and running upstairs, my guess is to Bella. I followed her, leaving the others downstairs. When I got to my room, Anabell was snuggled next to Bella, who was still asleep. "Mommy, wake up."
"You should let her sleep a few more hours." I suggested, suddenly not able to feel anger or irritation towards this girl.
"She was always so peaceful in her sleep. I was very fond of her talking." Anabell said.
"It is quite amusing." I agreed, sitting on the edge. She smiled and sat up.
"Edward, since you are marrying mommy, what are you going to do with us?" I looked at her with surprise that she would ask that. "It's up to Bella, though, I don't think you should wander around by yourself."
She seemed to like that answer. "You know, my human father was a drunk and was always passed out on the ground. My human mother was too busy cleaning up his mess to even pay attention to me or Ashton, which is why he ran away. That's why I was happy when Isabelle turned me and became my new mother; she was the only one who cared for me. There were times when I would yell at her for changing me at such a young age, and all she would say was everything happens for a reason. I would get so mad and leaving, coming back after killing at least three people." I gave her a look when she said the killing part. "She was never disgusted with me though. She would always wash the blood off, tuck me into bed and say that she loves me. After three or four times, I realized she was serious and I loved her even more. I have come to terms of being changed at a young age. I was 12, which back then, it was normal for a girl to be married around at least 13, which I could pass as easily. My only wish is to experience love, and not have the fact that I am stuck in a 12 year old body get in the way. Isabelle always made me believe I had that chance." She smiled, staring at Bella. "I can see it in your eyes that your love Bella, the way I want someone to love me. Therefore I wish not to harm your relationship with her, but wish Ashton and I could be a part of it." Did I just receive her blessing? Did she want me as, a father?
I coughed. "Well, Anabell, I don't see what the harm is. I can see you do care for Bella, and as long as she says. Yes, I would like one who makes her feel happy be in her life." I smiled. She smiled and hugged me, whispering. "Daddy." She let go and got off the bed. "I'm tired now so I have to sleep, but daddy, we are getting hungry and unless you want to accompany us to go hunting, would it be OK if Carlisle could go get some blood. Since he is a doctor."
I already called and will be collecting blood packets tomorrow. Carlisle answered in my mind.
"He will have them tomorrow." She smiled. "OK, goodnight daddy."
Daddy? Could I get used to that?
