Title: Butterfly Kisses
Genre: Family
Rating: K
Pairing: Paul/Bella
Word Count: 500
Prompt: picture of a dad getting kisses from his baby.
Pre-Reader: my awesome fic twin, Kat
Disclaimer:
All characters and known situations belong to their respective owners. Everything else came from my own mind. In no way shape or form have I made nor do I intend to make a profit from this story…. All rights still belong to Stephenie Meyer…
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Bella smiled and kissed the curls of the sleeping infant in her arms. Makenzii Lahote had won the hearts of both her daddy and Bella nearly six months earlier when she'd been dropped into Paul's life. Bella had told him then that she'd be there to help- no matter what.
She looked down to the floor where Paul lay sleeping after a brutal day of work. She smiled and eased Makenzii onto the floor beside him and watched as the wolf in Paul woke enough to wrap a protective arm around the slumbering baby. She couldn't help but pout at her charging phone on the other side of the room.
With a quiet sigh, she started cleaning the mess made in the kitchen, taking care not to wake either the baby or her slumbering wolf. She had just put her hands into the soapy water when a knock sounded on the front door. She huffed and dried her hands before making her way to still the noise. A frown marred her lips at the sight of her best friend.
"Hey Bells… can we maybe talk?"
She checked to see that Paul and Makenzii hadn't been woken up before she stepped outside, closing the door behind her. "If you came to tell me I shouldn't be with Paul, you can leave Jake-"
He shook his head, stopping her mid sentence. "I just… I'm sorry. I've been a real ass lately. I talked to Sam yesterday… I just… I'm happy for you Bells."
She smirked. "You imprinted."
"How did you… Yeah… I did. Her name is Noel."
Bella nodded and motioned for him to follow her. Their steps faltered when they heard the deep bass chuckle of Paul and the high pitched squeals that followed it. They peeked into the living room in time to see Paul lowering Makenzii to his waiting lips in order to place raspberry kisses to her cheek.
"Fly fly little butterfly. Fly away and come home to me." He whispered kissing her cheek.
Jacob arched an eyebrow at Bella who only smiled and walked into the living room to join her boyfriend and his daughter. She stole a kiss from both of them before Paul sat up and saw their guest.
"Bella?"
"He imprinted." She didn't say anything else.
Paul relaxed and smirked. "What's her name?"
Jacob grinned and sat on the couch. "Her name is Noel Rivers. She just moved back with her parents a few weeks ago."
"So you're finally going to leave Bella alone?" Paul's tone was light, but the threat was still there.
Jacob nodded. "I just… I'm sorry Paul. I loved her… I guess I was…"
"You were jealous?" Bella teased.
They all laughed and fell into an easy silence. Jacob smiled as he watched Paul and Bella playing with Makenzii. He thanked Taha Aki for sending someone to him who could see him as he was. She loved him and he finally saw that. They were good for each other.