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Chapter Seven

Edward and I decided it was finally time to head back downstairs to join the others after spending the last two hours catching up. I ended up telling him about everything he missed with my life and Renesmee's, and then he told me all about his. I think it's safe to say the two of us are pretty caught up on the basics and just want to start over again.

As I headed down the steps, I smile seeing that Renesmee, Alice, and Jasper were getting along with Emmett and the others. All the Cullen's were in the living room while most of the other vampires went for a hunt or they just went out to have some space of their own.

I'm so happy to see that they were all getting along. It seems as if everyone has known each other for years than a single day.

Everyone was laughing at some story Emmett was telling them. I could tell my brother was really getting into it as he began to laugh at his own words. However, when I heard 'Belle' and 'accident prone' I frowned. I shared a look with Edward, who just bit his lip nervously. I raised my eyebrow at my mate before turning my attention back to the others.

"So, what else did my mom do as a child?" Renesmee laughed. Oh no, I thought. What did Emmett tell them? Emmett knows too many embarrassing things about me. That is if he remembers them, but knowing my luck he remembers all of them...Then again, I do have dirt on Emmet.

My dear brother bear better watch what he says, or this ain't gonna be pretty.

"Yeah- oh hey Bella," Emmett said innocently when he noticed me. I raised my eyebrows at him. I studied his face to see a big grin on it. I knew he was up to something, there is no doubt.

"Emmett Dale McCarty, what did you tell them?" I groaned as I sat down on one of the couches. This only made Emmett snicker.

"Just some old childhood memories...Like the time you tried to bake Ma a birthday cake and almost burned the whole house down because you didn't use the stove properly." I growled at my brother as he held a smug look on his face. Oh, I was ready to knock that look right off his face.

"You know, Emmett, I can bring up some things as well...like the time I got you to play tea party with me." I grinned deviously at him, rubbing my hands together. Emmett's smile turned upside down and began to scowl at me. Everyone else snickered at the memory.

"Wait you got him to play tea party?! Daddy plays tea party with me, too! But, I'm not allowed to tell anyone," Emalie said bewildered.

All the Cullen's chuckled while Emmett pouted. "Oh come on, she's my kid! I can't say no to her! If she wants me to wear a tutu and a crown, I'll do it! Besides, rather toxic of you all to think guys can't do that."

"Hey! I think it's sweet," Alice commented. "Renesmee and I used to get Jazz to play fairy princess with us all the time. He even had his own designated crown and pair of sparkly wings."

Jasper shrugged. "Those were some quality tea parties."

"Seth and I play fairy princess," Emalie declared happily. "You should play with us sometime."

I arched an eyebrow, "Seth?"

"Oh her imprinter. Don't remind me," Emmett mumbled with lackluster, as he went to rest his chin in his hand. Rosalie went to give him a little nudge and the whole room got a little quieter.

I frowned. So did Renesmee, Alice, and Jasper. Imprinting? What the heck is that? "What's imprinting?" I asked. Everyone stiffened as they heard the word mentioned again. Was it something bad? The word sounds kind of strange to me.

"It's a bond a wolf shares with a person. Almost like soul mates," Edward explained. I notice Rosalie and Emmett both tense up even more as they looked at Emalie, who seemed to be oblivious to the whole situation.

"Wait, did you say wolf?" Alice asked them slowly.

"Like Children of the Moon?" Jasper questioned.

"No. They live on the reservation nearby. They are a Native American tribe that have the ability to transform into wolves if a vampire is near," Carlisle told us.

"They are technically called 'shape shifters', but they're just werewolves in my eyes," Emmett said to me.

"So this imprinting, it means that your daughter already has a soulmate?" I said to him quietly, not wanting to jeopardize anything if Emalie doesn't know about it yet.

"Yeah...but he's more so her protector. He's a good kid, and it's not something a wolf can control, so in a way I forgive him. I'm just happy that Emalie will always have someone else to protect her," Emmett said sincerely.

"Though it can get a tad bit annoying sometimes," Rosalie added. "I've known Seth since I was a kid and he knows not to mess with me, which means he most certainly won't mess with my daughter." She then looked at Emalie, who was mindlessly playing with her toys on the living room rug.

"How about we drop it," Emmett muttered. "Don't want to hear anymore." We all nod in agreement.

"So, Renesmee might you have a mate? Or special someone?" Rosalie asked her, trying to revert the subject. Edward seemed a bit curious as well. I guess his fatherly instincts are taking action.

"Yeah, so we can annoy Eddie," Emmett teased, nudging my mate in the ribs. Edward scowled at him and I could hear a small growl escape his lips. Edward only just met his daughter a few hours ago, and something tells me he's probably going to be really protective.

My daughter blushed and shook her head shyly. "Never had luck. Nahuel tried, but he'll always be just like a brother to me. Nothing more and nothing less," Renesmee explained. "Plus I never get out much because of who I am. Mom was scared from the start that the Volturi might try to take me, so I normally stayed far away from most people. She home schooled me for the beginning of my life, but I have been to high school and college. It's just, no one has made me feel like they're the one yet..you know?"

"Don't worry, sweetie," Rosalie said to her as she leant forward in her seat to look Renesmee in the eyes. "Most of us don't know when it'll happen, but one day you'll end up coming across that special one. I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I first bumped into Emmett in the hallway...Your special one is going to be the one who makes you feel like the only girl on this planet. Trust me, you'll find him."

"I hope I do find him soon," Renesmee said softly. I smiled and went to rub her hand reassuringly.

"Well, it's time for bed my little missy," Rosalie announced as she went to tickle Emalie's sides, causing her to giggle.

"Momma, can Aunt Bella read me a story tonight?" Emalie asked her mother quietly, without realizing I could hear as well. Rosalie looked up at me with a soft smile.

"That's up to her," she said to her daughter. I smiled as Emalie came over to me.

"Will you, Aunt Bella?"

"Sure sweetie," I told her. She squealed and then dragged Rose out of the room to get ready for bed. Emmett chuckled as he came to pat me on the back.

"I like seeing her attached to you already," he said to me.

"She truly is adorable. I can see so much of dad and mom in her," I mused thoughtfully.

"I know," he replied with a smug grin. I rolled my eyes as I go to give him a playful nudge. He chuckled as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder.

"At least she has the chance to meet her wonderful aunt," Emmett murmured. I smiled as I went to wrap my arms around his neck, so I could hug tight to him. I feel his large arms wrap around me and pull me into a tighter bear hug.

"I missed you Bells," he said into my hair.

"Me too, Em. Me, too."

Moments later Emalie came out in her princess pajamas and her hair all wet from the bath she took. She said goodnight to everyone before grabbing my hand and leading me to her room.

Emalie's room was a light pink with purple and blue bears all over the walls. The room was filled with almost every toy imaginable and her closet was stocked with clothes. She had a large book shelf in the corner of the room, and a big bed in the middle of the room. The bed had a large pink comforter on it with a bear pattern going across it. Emalie had photos of her family all over her walls and many of the pictures she drew. Some of Emalie's drawings amused me, like the one she drew of Edward. It was a stick figure with a blob of fiery red hair on the top of his head. Some of the other pictures were of the vampires that were here to witness, like Zafrina and Senna, the Denali's, and even the Egyptian coven. There was one particular drawing that did catch my eye.

"That's you guys. Do you like it?" Emalie asked me, pointing to the new crayon drawing on the wall. "I just made it today."

It was of Alice, Jasper, Renesmee, and I. Renesmee had the same fiery blob of red hair like her dad, Alice looked a lot like tinker bell in the picture, Jasper has a mass of yellow crayon hair, and I had long brown hair with lots of pink blush on my cheeks.

"My daddy said you use to blush a lot," Emalie said shyly.

"It's beautiful, angel,"I said to her as I went to give her a kiss on the top of the head. Emalie beamed at this as she traveled to her book case.

"You know you remind me of Belle, from Beauty and the Beast. Daddy told me you like books just like her, and you're very nice like her," Emalie told me as she went to look through her selection of books. "My momma reminds me of sleeping beauty cuz when I was born she was sleeping and when she woke up, she woke up as a beautiful princess. Grandma Esme is like Snow White because she's kind and nice. Alice reminds me more of Tinker Bell because she looks just like her, and Renesmee reminds me of Ariel because of her hair." Emalie smiled at me. I felt myself melt from the cuteness of this little girl. She was just too adorable.

"Sweetie, that's very nice of you to say," I said to Emalie as she sat down on the edge of the bed with a picture book in her tiny hand.

"Thanks...what princess do you think I'm like? My favorite is Cinderella. My wolf, Sethy, said his is Mulan because that was his sister, Leah's favorite. I call her Le Le because it's easier and funner to say that," Emalie told me.

"Well I don't think you are like just one of the princesses. I think you're like all of them in your own way. You are your own unique beautiful princess," I told her. "You're Princess Emalie."

"Really? I'm my own princess?" she asked me, her wide violet-blue eyes filled with joy.

"Yes, I think so," I told her as I went to stroke her hair. She beamed at me and went to give me a hug before plopping down on the bed.

Emalie handed me the book before deciding to snuggle up to my side. When I saw the cover of the book, I recognized it right away. The book was my and Emmett's old copy of Winnie the Pooh. Our mother use to read us the book every night before we went to bed as children. I had tried to find the book before I left for Chicago, but thought maybe my brother got rid of it. Guess he took it and had it this whole time.

My niece yawned and snuggled closer to my side. I could feel my dead heart melt at the kindness and love of this little girl. She reminded me so much of when Renesmee was little. I didn't realize how much I missed having a child around me. Maybe I can look forward to Renesmee's possible grandchildren. I know she wants to have at least one child soon. At one point she was thinking of the idea of just seeing if she could maybe ask Nahuel if he wanted to have a baby with her, so they can both have a kid without having to find love, but then she might never experience the chance of making a child out of her love for another person.

I begin to read the to Emalie and in no time she began to fall asleep. I smiled once I saw that she was sleeping soundly in the midsts of the covers. I go to kiss the top of her head and pull the blankets up so they were covering her little body. I quietly left the room and began to head down the stairs.

When I enter the Cullen's living room I see Emmett and Jasper were both laughing at something, I just hope that the thing they are laughing at is not me because both of my dear brothers know a bit too many embarrassing stories about me. I looked to see Carlisle and Esme talking to Rose and Alice. I couldn't help but take the moment in on the stairs, but then a thought crept into my mind. Where was Edward and Renesmee?

"Outside," Alice whispered to me. I frowned as to how she answered my silent question, but then I mentally smacked myself remembering she probably had a vision of it. I turn my head to where Edward's scent was the strongest.

The image before me made me just want to burst into tears of happiness, that is if I could produce tears.

Renesmee was talking to Edward, and both were smiling. My daughter was finally getting to know her father, and vise versa.

My daughter noticed me and waved me to come over to them. I smiled as I made my way to my mate and my daughter. I go to put my hands on the backs of each of their chairs."So what are you guys talking about?" I ask them.

"Just catching up. You know, telling him everything and stuff," Renesmee said nonchalantly as she looked up at the night sky. "I can see now where I get my musical talent from." I chuckled and turned to Edward. He smiled as I went to bend down and kiss his cheek.

"Wow there's a lot of stars out tonight," Renesmee breathed, looking up at the sky. We all looked up at the mass amount of stars twinkling in the black of the night. This moment was just perfect. This is something I have waited decades to happen. Just having them here with me. That's when a thought crept into my head. We wouldn't be safe for long. The Volturi were coming. I don't know how this was going to end. Would the Volturi try to kill us? Or would they spare us? I let these questions ponder in my head for a bit as I looked at Renesmee and Edward. I had two of my most loved people with me, so I should enjoy it while it lasts.

I go to sit down right next to Renesmee as we looked up at the stars for a bit as a family. Soon I hear her breath's even out and looked over to see her asleep. I smiled as I went to kiss her head.

"You want to know something amazing about her?" I said to Edward.

"What?" he whispered. I took her hand and placed it on my cheek. He seemed confused as Renesmee's dreams flooded my mind.

"You can watch her dreams. I always loved doing this when she was a small child," I said to him softly as I placed her hand gently at her side. I saw a sad expression on Edward's face as he looked at her.

"Because of my mistake, I missed out on her childhood. I can't believe you two accepted me that easy. After everything I did," He whispered harshly. I sighed as I went to cup his cheek.

"Edward, look at me," I said to him as his head hung low. He slowly lifted his head up to reveal the familiar topaz colored eyes I loved. I went to brush some of his hair softly.

"I forgive you. It's not just because I can be very forgiving, which I admit, but it's because I knew why you did it. Yes, I knew you left to protect me. You didn't know I was pregnant."

"Yes, but I shouldn't have left you after everything. It was stupid. I was stupid," he blew up a bit, but kept his tone low so Renesmee wouldn't wake. She was normally a heavy sleeper, so it wouldn't be easy to wake her up. Edward was in the clear as long as he didn't yell.

"Edward," I snapped, getting his attention as he still ranted. "I. Forgive. You. I never blamed you. I was never angry at you. Look at Emmett and I, you think I'm pissed at him for going off to get a bear that could of hurt me. You both left me to protect me. Sure, I get angry sometimes. Furious, even, but after all the loss I've had in a lifetime, I just rather focus on the present."

He didn't say anything as he nodded in understand. I sighed. "Edward, you have time to get to know your daughter. We have forever. I know you two have a strong bond already, and sure this may be all a bit overwhelming, but I am not going to stop and quit. You know why, because I love you and I'm not scared to fight anything. Not even the Volturi," I said to him. He stared at me a bit, love in his eyes, as he then bent over to kiss my forehead.

"I really do not know what I did to deserve you, Isabella Swan," he said softly.

"Me either," I said. He smiled slightly and I did too. I then looked at Renesmee.

"She should go to bed, you guys have any free beds we can borrow?" I asked him.

"She can sleep on my couch? If that's okay," he said. I nodded at him and I could feel the venom pooling up in my eyes. Edward then picked her up in his arms and we all went upstairs as a family. He placed her on the couch and took out a big yellow comforter for her. I smiled seeing her sleep and Edward gently brush some hair out of her face. I think I even saw a small little smile play on her sleeping face.

I go to take Edward's hand as we watch her sleep there for a few moments. Edward and I then took a spot in his room and just held one another in each other's embrace until we saw dawn rise above the clouds.

A/N: So did you like the chapter? Love the family moments? Btw next chapter more about Bella and Edward's past will be revealed and it'll be in Edward's POV. Plus I promise there will be more Bella and Edward moments. Also who loves little Emalie? You can't help but love her!

Anyway, in the meantime please review and be on the lookout for the next update :)