Hello readers!

Not much happened this week so I'll keep it short and sweet! lol

Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Kaya

Chapter 29

Zoé took her time to return to her bedroom with Sylvie. It simply felt too good and perfect to have her sleeping daughter in her arm. Somehow, she did not want it to end. It felt like she did not get to see her much since she found her. The Cullens took care of her most of the time and since they were back to Forks, Rosalie had the little girl with her all the time. Zoé just needed to be with her baby a bit. Deciding upon not going to her bedroom directly, she went downstairs, walked around for a bit, then went back up. No one seemed to be outside their room. Maybe they all guessed she needed some time with her baby? Well, with Edward reading thoughts, Jasper feelings atmospheres and Alice seeing the future, it certainly was a possibility.

Thinking it was rather late, and feeling her arms weakening, Zoé decided to return upstairs and to her room. The door was already opened, but she was not worried, contrary to how she would feel when her bedroom door was open when she lived with her father… When she entered the room, she could not keep a smile from touching her lips when she saw William. He was changing the linens in Sylvie's cot and then she saw a tiny stuffed lamp in the corner. He was trying to be a daddy, she realized. It half scared and half made her happy.

-"Good evening." He said happily before he turned to her and smiled

-"Hello." She smiled back, though shyly

Entering the room, Zoé took her daughter to the freshly changed cot. William touched her shoulder as she lay Sylvie down. He then led her to her bed, where a nightgown laid. She stopped breathing. Did he want to…?

-"I'll leave you to change for the night." He said softly, as though sensing her discomfort and uncertainty. "I will be back in a few minutes."

On that, William left the room. Zoé sighed and went to the bathroom to change. She did as quickly as her broken body could…which was not very fast, actually. As soon as she came back into her bedroom, William entered, carrying a few things with him: a box wrapped in pink paper and her backpack. She thought she had left it at her father's… William followed her gaze and smiled as he closed the bedroom door.

-"I brought your books. I thought you might want to continue with your studies, now that things settled down." He said softly, then placed the backpack by the doorway. "But it's not for tonight. It is already late. All I want is for you to sleep…and open my present…not necessarily in that order."

Zoé smiled shyly and sat down, waiting nervously for him to come closer. William knelt before her and placed his wrapped present on her lap. He motioned for her to unwrap it. She did, though slowly. She never really had gifts before she came into this singular family… Opening the lid of the small box, she discovered a leather bind book and a pen.

-"It is a journal. I thought you might want to write what you think, what you feel, into these blank pages." He said softly

-"Edward will tell you everything, why do you want it in a book?" She asked, unsure of what he wanted

-"You think I want you to write so I can read it?" He frowned and he sighed when she did not answer, only bowing her head. "Love, this is not what I want. I want you to write in this journal if you want to write in this journal. I won't read it, I promise."

-"Oh." She thought she understood

It was still hard for her not to mistrust people whenever they were doing something for her. It was a different concept… She liked his present now. She shook a bit as she leaned forward and kissed his cheek. He seemed a bit shock and, truth was, Zoé was too. She never made the first move before… She bit her lip, looking down. William reached up and touched her face with tender fingertips. He made her look up and when she did, he brushed his lips to hers. Zoé closed her eyes as a jolt of warmth spread into her entire being. She did not understand the feeling, at first at least. Then she figured it out, as his lips trailed down her jaw bone. She was falling in love and she desired this man…vampire…whatever he wanted to call himself.

William pulled away before he could kiss her neck. He sighed against the skin of her neck, then looked into her eyes, smiling warmly. His hands cupped her face, his thumbs running lightly on her cheeks and eyelids.

-"I think you should go to bed now." He whispered, taking her aback, she really did not think he would say something like that. "We are going to school tomorrow."

-"Alright." She answered and he helped her under the covers

This day began strangely and it ended the same way.