October 18th 2014 10:42 am
Renesmee turned seven today. She looks twenty-one though. Today we went to visit our family. Renesmee might grow old soon, and we thought it best they at least meet her before her hair turns grey.
She was so shy about the whole thing, when we walked in the door she just clung to my arm. She looked around the room where everyone was awaiting our arrival and remembered the faces from her childhood. Alice she had seen only a month ago and Carlisle a few years back, and Rose from years before that, but everyone else she had not seen since she was four days old.
Emmett was the first to speak. "Holy crap, you got big." He announced noting that the last time he had seen her she fit perfectly in my arms and now she was a good four inches taller than me, although she did he best to hide behind me.
I quickly turned to glare at my brother. "Would you mind not swearing in front of my daughter?" I asked him rudely and he backed down.
"Sorry," Emmett apologised. "It's just so hard to imagine that that woman was once the little baby you left here with." I nodded knowing this was true, Renesmee had grown quite a bit in the last seven years.
How can he think I'm big? Renesmee mused to herself as she hid behind my shoulder. He's Huge. I couldn't help but chuckle at that.
"Renesmee you remember your uncle Emmett don't you?" I asked her, gesturing to the man with whom I had just been conversing.
I remember him. She assured me with a nod of her head.
"She still doesn't talk much does she?" Alice asked me, eyeing Renesmee curiously.
"She talks all the time," I informed my sister. "Just not in a way that you can hear. Renesmee has never used her vocal cords in her life, she does not want to, and seeing as I know what she is saying there is no problem. I will not make her do something she does not want to do." I explained to my family, placing my arm around Renesmee in an almost protective manner.
Esme chuckled at my protectiveness of my daughter. Fathers. She sighed. "No one will hurt her Edward, she is safe amongst family." My adoptive mother assured me.
"I know." Was all I said in response. I knew she was safe here, but I still wanted to protect her, she is my perfect not-so-little girl after all, I just want to keep her safe.
Renesmee who was standing slightly behind me wrapped her arms around my waist and placed her head on my neck affectionately. I smiled and leaned into her embrace, but my happiness was short lived when Jasper's thoughts reached my mind.
Edward! Renesmee's feeling for you are more than just platonic. He warned me as I slid my arm about her to hold her against my chest while everyone stepped forward to say hello. I know you don't want to believe this but you are not good for her. You are grieving and too dependant, to cling to her like that will make her do the same to you. I understand she is your whole life, but you are becoming hers. By being the only man in her life you have caused her to see you as everything to her, a father, a friend, and even a lover. You may not have noticed before but she has romantic feelings for you and you need to deal with that immediately. Take her to meet other people, explain how she should not look at you like that, let her meet boys who aren't related to her for once because you two are both dangerously co-dependant on each other. Edward you have damaged your child by raising her in the manner that you did and you both need help, you need to get over Bella's death and she needs to learn you are not the only man in the world. Jasper was the last to meet Renesmee and he smiled politely while continuing to warn me about how unstable my daughter and I were, at least he had only picked up on her feelings.
Once she had met everyone she turned around to hold me tight, overwhelmed by so many people. Renesmee looked into my eyes and smiled shyly.
Edward, that is lust, you really need to teach her that this is wrong. Jasper stressed, not knowing that I had already tried and failed.
I really wanna kiss you right now. Renesmee confided, biting her lip and eyeing mine.
I panicked, they couldn't know that Renesmee and I were together, they would never understand. "Not now dear," I told her with a pleasant smile. "We can hunt later."
She looked behind her too our family. They aren't supposed to know are they? She asked me sadly.
"Exactly." I confirmed sounding proud, not wanting them to know what we were really discussing.
~SophieAngel69
