Bella pov
- - Flashback - -
In a flash of light and a swoosh of air, Jane dematerialised. Only hours before I was supposed to be getting married to the love of my life...and death. He was my existence, my everything, my sole purpose for breathing.
She had told me in a cold, detached, neutral voice, "Aro told me to tell you if you are not to stay with Edward as a human longer than the next 24 hours, or else you will personally sign the Cullens death sentence for disobeying our laws, hence you must become one of us. But, you still have the chance to live. You may choose to never see them again. You may not keep in contact with them, and you should try and forget them altogether."
My decision was clear, I would continue with the wedding, and after our amazing night tonight, I'll tell Edward everything tomorrow evening. Of course, we wanted to wait until after the honeymoon for me to change, but I guess we'll just have to accelerate the timeline now.
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The wedding was incredible, Ilse Esme was gorgeous, and last night, was just perfect. Edward had made love to me for the first time, and it was just sublime. I pad out to the kitchen where Edward had written a note in his uniquely him handwriting, telling me he had gone hunting and would be back before I woke. Guess not.
I meander over to the fridge where I remove leftover chicken from last nights dinner, but before I could even place it on the counter, the stench of old cheese wafted up into my nostrils and hit me like a storm.
I sprinted off towards the bathroom before I could lose the contents of my stomach. I heaved into the toilet, racked with violent waves of nausea. What the hell? This is so unfair. I have to be sick and turn into a vampire all this afternoon?
I walk over to my bag with my wedding presents and toiletry items. Edward had insisted we leave straight after the reception so we could have as much alone time together as we needed, and since he didn't know when we would return, he decided to just bring the gifts for me to sift through.
I looked at the first one placed in the top bag. It was from Jessica Stanley. In it was a baby onesie, and a pregnancy test. I scoffed, I told Edward people would think I was knocked up because we were getting married at 18.
- - End of flashback - -
I couldn't tell you why I took that test, a premonition, mothers intuition, I'm not quite sure. But I did, and when it came back positive I was shocked, so I rummaged for Laurens gift because I was sure, she and Jessica got a kick out of the whole pregnancy theory, and she too would have gotten me a test, sure enough, she did. Anyway, it too was positive. I knew I had to leave. The only way to keep the Cullens safe was to 'not know them anymore' or 'be one of them.' I couldn't transition now. I would lose the baby. I couldn't tell Edward because he would try and be a hero and save us all, only getting himself killed in the process.
So I took the boat we came on, back to the mainland, and a plane back to the U.S. Deciding to settle in Mobile, Alabama. It only took one month before I had to give birth to Renesmee, I didn't know if I would survive and I didn't know who I could ask for help.
In the end, I had to deliver in the motel room I was staying in. It was the most excruciating pain I have ever experienced in my life. The lady next door aided me during this, but after Renesmee bit her way out of me, the woman was gone. I knew I had started the transition, and it killed me, but I placed Renesmee on the bed next to me with the bottle of human O-negative blood that I stole from the hospital. When I regained my body movement 3 days later, I was dying of thirst, but Renesmee came first. I could already tell she was different. In the first three days where I was unable to aid her, she had quite clearly cared for herself, drinking the blood bottle dry.
But what was most shocking was the dead woman on the floor who had tried to help me in labour. But what was even more confronting was Renesmee, sitting up, drinking her dry.
From that day on, we learned that Renesmee had difficulties consuming animal blood, in fact, human blood, aside from a few select items of regular food, was all she could stomach.
From there, her rapid aging, and my lack thereof, had meant that we moved around the lot. But I guess we kind of liked it like that. Us against the world. Best friends. I sometimes felt guilty about her lack of a greater family, and every day I thought about my husband. I've never removed my wedding ring, I did change it to my middle finger when we started to attend high school, but I needed to have this connection with Edward.
Renesmee and I had to create a new back story when she stopped aging at 16, and now she was my younger sister, and I was her legal guardian after our mother *died* and our father was in prison. Two emancipated sisters. The swan girls. We were quite aware of the boys that would look our way at school, but neither Renesme nor I were interested. Friendships never lasted long anyway because we had to move on quite frequently.
Hopefully, this place will be different. Lafayette, Louisiana was out the new home of residence, and I had a full supply of blood bags for Renesme, so we shouldn't need to rob the hospital for a while. Aside from blood, there wasn't really anything we brought along with us. I had a pretty run-down car, a few toys from Renesmee childhood and some money. I use to keep pictures like crazy, but with Renesmee ability to recall memories in pictures, the extra weight was deserted in Massacucites.
Renesmee didn't sparkle like me in the sun, she had a slight glow, but not obvious to humans, so she was able to at least participate in the things I wanted for her. Money was tight, id' often have to pick up part-time jobs, but as long as she was happy, so was I.
"Mom, are you sure you can't come to school today?"
The melodic sound of my daughter's voice ripped me away from my memories. "I really shouldn't go to school considering I haven't hunted in a few days."
"Do-do you think that I should feed before I go?"
"It couldn't hurt-" I begin to say, but then I remember the emotional effect she has afterwards. And this was our first day at the high school in Lafayette, it was something I wanted her to remember positively. "On second thoughts, maybe you just feed tonight, and take some toast with you this morning?"
"Okay," she seemed more pleased that I said that. I kissed the crown of her head, and she headed out of the motel room we were staying in and off to school.