AN: Hello again. I would like to thank all of you that have reviewed, made this story a favorite, and followed the new adventures of the Cullen family. In this chapter, Edward and Bella will meet their new daughter for the first time, much to Bella's surprise. This chapter is going to be a little longer than those of the past, and I hope you enjoy it. Here's chapter four of A Better Forever.

Chapter Four: Happy Birthday Princess

Three Weeks Later

Bella POV:

Pregnancy was becoming weird. I'd seen Rosalie go through it, but I never dreamed how frightening it would be for me. Even when I was pregnant with Renesmee I didn't have all of this going on.

I was sitting on the sofa at the cottage while Nessie was at the beach with Jake and Edward was out hunting with his brothers again. Everything was going great, I'd eaten my lunch consisting of a grilled cheese and dill pickles—eating human food was really weird, but it's what the baby wants and needs—and a cup of good old mountain lion blood—Edward had banned me from hunting alone while I'm pregnant—but then as I was watching TV, I just burst into a fit of dry sobs.

That was how Alice found me. Sitting on the couch and sobbing over an animal cruelty ad. She didn't say anything, but I knew Alice was shocked at the severity of my emotional outburst. "Alice, we have to donate to these people. We have to help save them," I wailed.

"Okay, we will, but Bella you do remember we drink from animals right?" I knew she was asking to make sure I wouldn't be so insane and start crying every time I got myself a cup of animal blood from the fridge to heat up, but with my emotions the way they were it just upset me more.

"We don't eat domestic animals, Alice," I protested and leaned my head on her shoulder. "They're just so helpless." Then I realized that I was acting like a crazy person and started crying harder. "Oh, my God, what's wrong with me? I'm acting like a mental patient."

"No, you're not, Bella, but you've got to calm down. You don't want Edward to come home and see you like this," she told me as she got up to go get me another cup of blood.

"Edward's on his way home," I asked calming down a little.

"Yep, and he'll be here in ten minutes, so calm your butt down," she said as she handed me the glass.

As I began to drink, I felt a little stir in my abdomen. My baby had moved for the first time. "Alice, the baby just moved," I laughed as I leaned over to place the glass on the table in front of me. When I settled against the cushions again, my little boy moved again. "Oh, my gosh! My little boy is moving!"

"Bella it could be a girl," Alice reminded me as she sat next to me.

I ignored her and took her hand to place it on my stomach. "Feel that? It's like little flutters." A smile lit up her face as she felt the strong movements of the baby. Thankfully my body retained its strength or I'd be on the floor in pain for sure. His strength combined with the sensitivity of our skin made it where Alice and I could feel the movements with our hands. I couldn't wait for Edward to feel him.

"Hey there, munchkin. Are you feeling energetic today? I wish you could pass some of that energy over to Momma so she could do something besides sit here," I said to my stomach. Alice and I sat there like that for a little while, occasionally telling the baby something, and then Edward came through our front door.

"Hello, Alice. Bella, how are you?" Edward placed the bags of blood he'd brought home in the fridge and came over to where Alice and I were still in our moment of communication with the baby. "Ah, the little one kicked." He must've picked the information out of Alice's head before he placed his hand on my belly. "Hey there baby." He smiled my favorite smile and laid his head where our little baby was resting.

"I'll see you guys later," Alice said as she hopped up from her spot and headed out the door. Edward and I seemed at peace to stay in our little moment forever, but eventually the baby got hungry and I was forced back into my routine of cooking and eating to feed him.

Five Weeks Later

Edward POV:

I had developed a routine over the previous five weeks. I would, for at least an hour each night, lay my head on Bella's stomach to hear my little girl move. I couldn't hear her thoughts yet, but it didn't matter. I could tell my little princess was happy and healthy.

Bella and I had gone to the main house to meet Carlisle for our gender identification ultrasound. I couldn't wait for Bella to see that we were indeed having a girl.

I watched as Carlisle readied the machine and prepped Bella's baby belly for the ultrasound. "Okay, here we go." Carlisle ran the wand across Bella's belly trying to get a good angle to see what the baby would be, but baby girl was obviously bashful. He couldn't find a single angle to show us that we were having a girl. I didn't know if I should take it as a good sign or be upset that my little princess was not giving me the chance to prove to her mother that we were indeed having a girl and not a boy. Not yet at least.

"Bella, I'm sorry, but I can't seem to get an angle to see the baby's gender. He or she seems to be a little bashful," Carlisle stated as he froze the screen on the baby's face and printed out a copy for us. "Although, I do believe that we are going to have a little jokester on our hands." He pointed to the screen and Bella laughed.

"Oh, look, Edward. He's already sticking his tongue out at you," Bella laughed as I looked at my daughter. Oh, yes, my little princess had her tongue stuck out at me. I had gotten all of my hopes up and now was teasing her poor father. I had a feeling this child was going to be a handful.

Fourteen Weeks Later

Edward POV:

My earlier though about my new daughter being a handful was an understatement. Carlisle had resulted in performing an ultrasound every five weeks trying to get a picture to confirm what we'd be having. Although I knew the gender, Bella was very insistent in declaring we were having a boy.

In a last stitch attempt to prove that I was right, we went back to Carlisle office to see the last picture we'd have of our baby before she was born. The little booger still wouldn't let us see anything. She was definitely stubborn like her mother.

Bella's due date was fast approaching, and we still didn't have our little girl a name picked out. I made a quick trip to Seattle with Alice that night in search of a baby name book. Alice sat in the passenger of the Ferrari—I thought someone should get some use of it—and looked over at me in exasperation. "Are you going to tell her or am I?"

"What are you talking about Alice," I asked in return as I took the exit off into Seattle.

"Are you going to tell her that the baby's a girl or are you going to wait until it's too late?" She thought about the vision she had in which she saw me and Bella holding our new little girl.

"Bella only wants to believe what Bella wants to believe. You've seen how she is when anyone mentions that the baby could very well be a girl. She ignores them and starts talking about how the baby is going to be such a gorgeous boy. I think she needs to leave the predicting to you." I continued driving until we reached the mall.

"Okay, you go get your book, and then meet me in Babies R Us. We might as well sneak and buy a wardrobe for the little princess before she has to wear boy clothes." Alice in that moment had let the rest of her vision slip, my new daughter with a crown on her head being named queen in only eighteen short years. "She's going to be a great queen isn't she? And she'll be the person to finally get the Volturi off our backs. I can't wait to see her put Cias in his place." Alice laughed and got out of the car, and I followed suit.

As we walked she silently asked the question that had been confusing her though. Edward, why will this daughter be the new princess instead of Nessie? In all honesty it was a great question, one I asked Amelia after she had visited with Bella and I was taking her back to her car—she had decided to drive that day.

"The heirs to the crown are not decided upon by the order of birth," I explained so quietly, only she could here. "There are certain traits and abilities that and heir will have that marks them as next in line for the throne. There's also a prophecy that, in summary, states that this new baby will be the queen they've been waiting for. She will rule over all things supernatural and do it justly. She'll be the first true immortal queen. She will continue to reign until such time as she decides to pass the crown down to one of her heirs, but I have no clue if she'll do that.

"All of that, combined with the fact that Nessie is the immortal imprint to an alpha wolf that won't age, is the reason Nessie isn't the heir. She's already seen as the queen of the Quileute wolves, but if something were to happen to her sister, Nessie would then take over." Alice nodded at the information I gave her and then smiled.

"I can't wait to see her take over and limit the power of the Volturi. Cias will throw a fit," Alice laughed at that and we headed into the mall.

After I had grabbed the book I wanted, along with some lullaby CDs, I met Alice in Babies R Us. She had already filled two shopping carts with clothes and other things we would need for the baby. "Alice you do realize she won't be able to wear all of these before she out grows them right?"

"Edward," she said while rolling her eyes as she added another box of diapers to one of the carts, "do you honestly not realize how much babies spit up? Plus I have clothes for the first six months. You need to pick out a few things from you and Bella while I go pick out the stuff for the nursery. Thankfully Bella left that all to me so I could guarantee it wouldn't be blue and decked out in baseballs."

"Alice how are you going to get all of this stuff home," I demanded as she started to head off in the direction of the cribs.

"Oh, ye of little faith, Jasper and Emmett are will be here soon with the Jeep and Esme's Escalade. They should be here in about ten minutes. They will also be going to that baby store that's just beside the exit we have to get on to go back home. I have to get a few things there as well. This isn't just me doing all of this. Esme's in on it, too. She just isn't able to be with us because she's keeping Bella company. Anyways, no more distractions. Guard those buggies with your life and pick a few thinks out for your little girl." Alice then turned and headed off to get someone to help her get the furniture she wanted.

With a sigh I turned to the clothing racks beside me. Anything that had anything about momma or daddy was then added to the carts. One little item caught my eye though. It was a little sapphire blue dress with a white sash that came with a white rose headband and little white bottoms to cover her diaper. Get it Edward! It's perfect! Alice mental approval was all I needed to pick up the dress and put it in the basket.

At that moment Jasper and Emmett walked in. I looked down at my watch and noticed they were twenty minutes late. "Where have you been? Alice said you'd be here twenty minutes ago."

"We had to make a run for Esme and Alice. Esme had custom ordered some things for the nursery and the baby and it took longer than expected. We had to get her something, too. So, we made an executive decision to be good uncles and get our niece some cute little baby clothes and toys," Emmett explained as he picked up teddy bear and looked at it.

I rolled my eyes and told Emmett to watch the buggies or face the wrath of Alice. I then went over to the stuffed animals, and to my surprise Jasper followed me. "So, I take from the shopping and the warm and fuzzy feeling I'm getting from you that you're excited about this new little girl."

I laughed and nodded. "Is Bella really the only one that doesn't know that we're having a girl," I asked him as I looked at a little princess bear.

"Yes," Jasper answered with a serious tone. "Even Charlie and Renee know. Alice has tried to tell her, but Bella won't listen. I'm glad we got to do all of this or my niece would be decked from head to toe in cars and sports clothes. Speaking of clothes, you should see the little outfit I picked out for her all on my own."

He then turned his thoughts to the little white onesie with pink pants that he'd bought. The onesie had a pink bow on it and said in pink writing "I'm just a cupcake lookin' for my stud muffin." He really couldn't wait to be an uncle again, and he was a good one too. He absolutely had spoiled both the nieces he had at that time and his nephew, and now he was getting a head start on his new niece.

"You'd make a good dad, you know." I looked over at him as he thought what I'd said over. He really liked the sound of that.

"You really think so?" He smiled one of the biggest smiles that I've ever seen him smile as he thought about having a little boy to play catch with and a little girl to spoil. The only obstacle would be Alice. She'd be the one to say yes or no.

"You should just talk to her about it," I told him honestly. "You never know. Maybe she wants one, too." I went back to focusing on the little toys that were in front of me and just went with the flow after that.

Seven hours later, we made it back home. Everyone headed over to the cottage and left Bella, Nessie, and I at the main house. We had decided to move in the day before until after the baby is born, and since it was the eighteenth, it wouldn't be long until baby girl Cullen was born.

I had found Bella sitting in the living room eating a grilled cheese with dill pickles—this kid really had a thing for bread, cheese, pickles, and maple syrup. She was watching CSI Miami on Netflix and was yelling at the screen. "Oh, my God, he's the killer right there! He's acting way to innocent!"

"What would the show do without brains like yours," I asked her as I sat next to her with the book of names I'd bought earlier.

"Continue on like it is now. Overlooking the killer and then going back and arresting him," She grumbled and took a bite out of her pickle. "What's that?" She looked over at the book in my lap.

"Oh, I thought we could look over some baby names since we haven't picked out a name for a girl," I told her opening the book.

"We won't have to. I'm sure this one is a boy." She turned her head back to the screen without another word.

"Well, love, you were also sure that Nessie was going to be a boy. It'd be nice to have a backup plan just in case, especially with the due date so close," I told her as I started reading some of the names and their meanings.

She didn't say anything, but I looked over and saw her face scrunch up in what looked to be pain. "Congrats, Papa," she panted after the pain subsided. "It looks like you're going to get your little boy tonight."

"What," I demanded hopping up from the sofa. "You're in labor?" She nodded and I pulled out my phone to call Carlisle. My baby girl was on her way.

"I'm here Edward," Carlisle said as he entered from the glass doors. "Alice saw that I would be needed so I rushed right over. Bella, how are you doing?"

"I'm okay. I just had my first contraction. My little boy'll be here soon," she said with as much excitement she could muster. Carlisle smiled, looked at me and thought, She's in for one huge surprise isn't she?

Esme entered the room then from the stairs. I hadn't noticed her head straight for the study to get everything ready. She smiled at me and went to help Carlisle as she tried very hard not to think about what was going on in the nursery. "Everything's ready upstairs," she told Carlisle as she started gathering a couple bags of things she had hidden from Bella and took them upstairs to the bathroom closest to Carlisle's study.

"Okay, Edward, please carry Bella to my study and help her get ready. I will be up there shortly. I need to help Esme set up everything so she'll be able to gather the information and clean the baby up after birth," Carlisle said as he ran up the stairs.

I picked Bella up and started up the stairs with her being careful not to jostle her too much. Once we entered the study she gave a small chuckle. "This is the second baby we will have in this room. Hopefully this birth won't be as bad as the last one."

I smiled at her. She was right on both accounts. As I helped her change, I focused in on the baby's thoughts like I've been doing for the past five weeks. They were anxious about what was going on around her. I had to admit I couldn't hold that against her no matter how much I wanted to meet her. If I was being forcibly removed by the only home I'd ever known, I'd be anxious, too. During my human birth, I probably was.

While I helped Bella onto the table where she'd give birth, I made sure to let her know of the baby's thoughts. "I know it's going to be hard, love, but do try to keep as calm as you can. If you get anxious, the baby will get even more anxious and that may cause problems." She only nodded as another contraction hit her, and again I focused on my little girl's thoughts. She didn't like it when there was a contraction. It made her uncomfortable and that in turn made her anxious even more.

Carlisle entered the room then and began to sit the things he was going to need where he'd need them. "Has her water broken," he asked me and as if that were its cue, Bella's water broke. "Okay, water broke at eleven, fifty-five pm on June nineteenth. You're going to have someone to share a birthday with now Edward." I smiled at that and then began to help coach Bella through her contractions.

She did remarkably well at handling the pain and breathing to keep the oxygen flow to the baby. The only time she faltered was when it came time to push. I could tell she was in serious pain and tended to hold her breath while she pushed. "Bella, I know it hurts, but you have to keep breathing. The baby needs the oxygen, and when you don't breathe the baby doesn't get what it needs." She nodded and tried to work on breathing more.

Alice, who had came over to help with Bella while Esme waited for the baby to be born, turned out to be of great help to her. As I counted for Bella to know how long to push and rest, Alice told her when to breathe and when to exhale. With the support of Alice and me, Bella delivered our little girl.

"Baby girl Cullen, born at two thirty am on June twentieth," Carlisle said as he clamped the cord.

"It's a girl," Bella asked in shock. "Are you sure? Carlisle check again. It has to be a boy. I just knew it this time." Bella collapsed back onto the table and groaned. "I guess we can have more later. Is she okay? Ten fingers and toes? Two eyes?"

"She's perfect, Bella, absolutely perfect," I answered still amazed.

"Edward, would you like to cut the cord," Carlisle asked me as he handed me a pair of surgical scissors.

I stared down at the amazing little girl in Carlisle's arms as I cut the cord that had nursed her through her gestation. She was finally here, and she was perfect. From the little curls on her head to the tips of her toes, she was the most beautiful little miracle.

Carlisle handed her off to Esme then for her to be cleaned up. That was when it really hit Bella. "I was the only one that didn't know wasn't I?"

I chuckled, but Alice answered. "Yeah you're the only one. Even Charlie and Renee knew."

"Why didn't anyone tell me," Bella moaned and the rest of us laughed.

"You wouldn't listen. Thankfully we all knew so she wouldn't be dressed in boy colors and living in a baseball themed room," Alice told her. "Speaking of the room, let's get this show on the road. I have to go supervise the rest of the decorating before Emmett ruins everything."

When all was said and done, Bella had cleaned up and was already starting to look like her pre-pregnancy self, Esme brought our new daughter to Bella and I in my old bedroom. Esme had dressed her in little black onesie that had in pink, blue, and green writing the Shakespeare quote, "Though she be but little, she is fierce." She was also wrapped in a matching pink blanket and wearing a matching green hat. My little girl looked absolutely perfect.

"Weighing six pounds and seven ounces, with a length of nineteen inches, I present to you, your baby girl," Esme said as she placed my little girl in Bella's arms for the first time. "Now all you have to do is name her."

"Oh, yeah, that," Bella said with a sigh. "Where to start?"

"How about we wait a little while and just enjoy having our little girl," I suggested looking down at the little face whose beauty rivaled her mother's. Bella smiled her agreement and we admired our little girl. What I wasn't expecting was the challenge naming her would be.

Three Days Later

Bella POV:

"How long does it take for two vampires to name their vampire baby," Alice complained from her spot in front of the TV.

"We haven't found anything that really sticks out yet," I said defensively while she put in a Disney princess movie.

"So, your solution to all of it is to have a Princess movie marathon with me instead of thinking of names," she demanded as she came to sit by me on the bed.

"We have to pick out a lot of names for her for some royal reason, and we need your help to find a name she will like. The movie's for her. We are thinking of names," I informed her as I handed her a notepad and a pen.

Edward finished changing Baby's diaper and getting her ready for bed then and came to sit on the other side of me with her in his arms. "I like Elizabeth," he said as he gave our daughter her pre-bedtime bottle.

"It is pretty and I agree it should be one of her names, but I think it should be a middle name. There's already a Queen Elizabeth in the royal family. I think her name should be unique to the royal line," I said as I tickled her foot. She made a little noise of protest and kicked my foot away.

"You're right. How about Alison? It's pretty, names her after her aunt, and there isn't a queen with that name." I watched him with our daughter, and it was clear to see that he'd already been wrapped around her tiny finger. "I take that back. Put it as a middle name. She doesn't seem to react to the sound of it."

"Edward, she's three days old. She'll have to learn her name when we give it to her. When she knows it's her name she'll react to it."

Just as I said that, the song "Hail to the Princess Aurora" started playing from the movie Sleeping Beauty. Edward's head snapped up and he looked at me and then back to our daughter.

"Aurora," he said to her as if he were gauging her response. He looked back up at me. "She likes Aurora. She doesn't know what it means or anything, but she likes the sound of it."

I had to think about it for a minute, but my decision was made when Alice chimed in. "She'll love that name. Aurora Cullen. It's beautiful, but of course her mother has to agree." All I could do was nod and smile down at my daughter. "So first name's Aurora, now what are her middle names going to be?"

"Elizabeth," Edward named off.

"Alison." That made Alice smile.

"Jasmine, for jasper."

"Carlisle."

"Charlotte."

"Emma and Rose."

"Marie," my husband said while looking to me.

"Esme."

"Renee."

"Antonia, after her daddy's middle name."

"And Amelia," Edward said finishing off the list. "Now she's named after everyone."

Alice sighed a sigh that seemed to have a little annoyed edge. "Okay so how will the name flow? Man, she's gonna have a name that's a mile long."

"Aurora Elizabeth Alison Jasmine Esme Carlisle Amelia Renee Charlotte Emma Antonia Marie Rose Cullen." The name seemed to roll off my tongue and I looked to Edward for approval.

"We'll call her Aurora Marrie for short," he commented as he looked down at our daughter who was slowly falling asleep. "Hello, Aurora. It's about time we named you isn't it?" He then began to hum the "Sleeping Beauty Waltz" by Tchaikovsky to her.

"The princess Aurora is here," I laughed quietly.

"I think Nessie will like the name," Alice commented very quietly. "Now we can plan her meeting Renee and Charlie and everyone as well as the state christening she has to have. You need to pick her godparents and you also have to pick out a gown for her. The little blue one you picked out Edward will do for the reception, but you need a whit gown for the christening. I have a few different designs you can pick from when you're ready. Also we have to-"

I put my hand over her mouth to halt all of her planning. "Alice I will help you tomorrow before we finally get to go home and see what you've done to the nursery. For now, Edward and I would like to spend some time with our newly named daughter. I trust you to plan everything except what has to have a say-so from me and Edward. So go pick out announcements and converse with Amelia about the guest list." I removed my hand and turned back to my daughter.

Edward had been right three days ago. She's absolutely perfect. She inherited her little curls from my dad and had Edward facial features along with some of mine. Her beauty gave her father's a run for its money. She was a very beautiful, special girl. Even at three days old her face gave showed her sweet and gentle nature along with some of the strength I knew was born in her. I had a feeling that my daughter would take us all by surprise, and I had no doubt in that moment that she'd be the one to end all of our fears of the Volturi once and for all.

AN: Alright, that was chapter four. I hope you liked it. In the next chapter Alice reveals the nursery and something they were not expecting. I will tell you this in the words of Garrett in Breaking Dawn part 2 "The Red coats are coming."

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