TILDA'S POV:

I woke up slowly, aching around my ribs and shoulder, but the pain had lessened. I opened an eye, then both eyes when I realised it was pitch black and I was alone.

I fumbled around randomly next to my bed for the light switch, "Where is the goddamn light switch!" I muttered angrily under my breath. I cursed again when I managed to knock my alarm clock off my bed side table.

Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light and the lights were on. "The light switch, ma'am." Jasper stood in the jet black doorway, the light switch at the end of his pointed finger.

"Thanks Jazz." I sighed and sunk back down in to the pillows. I frowned and Jasper came in to the room, probably sensing my change in mood, he pulled the door shut behind him and sat on the edge of my bed.

"I'm sorry about pushing and hitting you yesterday, Jazz, and you know I didn't mean anything that I said, right?" I asked, I felt really bad about it.

" No need to apologise Cadet, " Jasper said with the shadow of a smile, "I know you didn't mean it, and you did stay visible for the whole thing. But, you do know enough curses to stun be few people!" Jasper finished with a sort laugh.

"Well I learnt from the best," I said laughing and giving Jasper a pointed look. " But I am sorry for it, okay, I sorta flipped out when I realised what you were going to do and I wasn't the easiest or politest to restrain, I'm sure. "

"Apology accepted, ma'am." Jasper said before he worked to the door.

"And Jazz?" He stopped, half way out the door. "I'll get changed and be down in a sec, alright?" He nodded and I heard the door softly click behind him.

After I got changed, into jeans and a light jumper that wouldn't damage my broken ribs and shoulder any more, I headed down to see the Cullens.

"How are you feeling honey?'' Esme asked as soon as she saw me enter the sitting room they were in.

" A lot better, thank you. " I said, and then I turned to Carlisle apologetically. "Thank you for fixing me up, I'm sorry I want the best patient ever. You know, if all doctors were as nice as you though, no one would ever eat apples."

He laughed his gentle laugh and then said, "it was my pleasure, Tilda, just don't be too vicious on the bandages, alright?"

"I won't, doc." I said laughing, then asked, " Do you happen to know where Edward is?" You see, I felt like I needed to thank him for helping on my shoulder.

"Oh yes!" Alice suddenly said, "He told me he wanted to talk to you outside." I have Jasper a worried face, that didn't sound good!

"Okay Alice, thanks." I said turning to go. "Also just wondering, where are Bella and Rosalie?" I had notice their absence and I was curious.

"They will be back later in the morning," Esme said with an excited smile, "they have a surprise." I gave a smile and left to find Edward, I was still unsure of what to say when people were so nice to me after ten years of hardship.

"Edward? Edward?" I called again. I had been walking around the clearing and woods surrounding the Cullen house for at least half an hour now, but still couldn't find him. He was probably just winding made up. I groaned and turned to head back inside.

"Giving up that quickly?" I heard Edward's vice drift down to me. Looking up I saw him gripping the trunk of a tree like a spider monkey.

"You didn't want to make life easy for me, did you? " I said rolling my eyes as I climbed up after him, it was hard using only half of my body and Edward had to pull my up most of the way. "Thanks for fixing my arm and stuff, I know I wasn't very polite to anyone once I worked out what you are going to do to me. " I said when I reached the branch Edward was sitting on.

"That's true, but it was nothing I hadn't heard before, so don't worry." He then grew silent and I knew he had something more to say to me.

"What is it?" I asked warily.

"Well, you know when Carlisle asked you what implement gave you your cuts," Edward began.

"Yeah, I think I can remember" I said slightly sarcastically.

"Okay, so anyway, after he asked you that, you began to have some flashbacks about-" Edward said before I cut in.

"I remember perfectly well what they were about." I snapped.

" Yes, then you told yourself not to cry, that we would think you are a wimp if you did. " Edward stated

"I didn't think you had heard that." I muttered angrily .

"Well I did. " Edward did and then said a bit softer, "I just wanted to tell you that no one would think you weak if you cried or asked for help, alright. "

"Okay, thanks," I said very awkwardly and jumped off the tree. Starting to walk back to the house, I turned and called to Edward who was watching the road, "Esme said Bella and Rosalie have gone to get a surprise. You don't happen to know what that is, do you?"

Edward laughed and smiled, "It is the best surprise possible."

" Hmmm, " I thought to myself, still musing, as I sat next to Emmet on the sofa.

"Somethings up, Squirt." Emmet said with his arms crossed over his muscular chest. I followed his gaze and saw Esme and and Alice huddled in a deep, whispered conversation outside.

"I know right!" I said back, ignoring the nickname, I knew Emmet well enough to know that it was his way of being nice and friendly. "I thought you would know, everyone but me seems to."

Here Emmet gave a snort of disgust, "According to Alice, I'm not good at keeping secrets."

" Well then, " I said mischievously, "Why don't we try and find out."

Emmet looked at me cheekily, "I thought you would never ask. So what's the plan? "

Ten minutes later, Alive had us standing in front of her as she admonished us firmly. "I told you it was a surprise, Matilda! You were NOT meant to go snooping invisibly with Emmet. Besides, didn't you think I would notice your future just vanish? "

"I was curious!" I said helplessly as the furious small lady turned to Emmet.

"And you!" She said loudly, "you knew that you weren't meant to know. What happened last time you were told to keep a secret? "

Emmet tried to recent himself but Alice was having none of it, I suppose it would have looked funny, huge Emmet being scolded by the much smaller Alice.

We walked off sulking, Emmet muttering about 'how unfair everyone was.'

"You up for a game?" Emmet asked me as we sulked into the house.

"Sure," I said nodding. "Lets play ping pong."

"Huh" Emmet said, looking confused.

"You know, ping pong?" I said slowly. " Balls, bats, a table with a net on? "

"Ohh!" Emmet said , finally understanding. "You mean table tennis!"

"no it's called ping pong. " I corrected him.

"Table tennis."

" Ping pong. "

"Table tennis!"

" Ping pong! "

"Table tennis!"

" Fine! " I said laughing. "Whatever you want to call it, in gonna beat you so good in it! "

"Good luck with that, Squirt." Emmet laughed, " you're gonna need it! "

One hour later I let out a cheerful yell, "and I win again!"

Emmet hurled the ball into the floor, leaving a tiny dent. "I just let you win."

" Oh yeah? " I asked laughing teasingly, "so you just let me win all three games then?"

"Ugh!" Emmet threw the ball at vampire strength at the door...just as it opened.

"Woah!" Jasper reached his hand out and grabbed the plastic hall just as it was a few inches away from his face. "If that had hit the wall, Esme would have killed you."

I laughed slightly they chucked a bat at Jazz. " I'll play you Jazz, then I can beat you too!"

"I would love to play you Cadet, except even you know that I would beat you instead. " Here Jasper sighed, "however, I believe that Esme needs you."

" Oh. What for" I asked, confused. I thought the interrogation had finished?

"It's not a bad thing. " Jasper said quickly, probably sensing my mood suddenly change. "In fact it's the surprise you were told about. "

I immediately dropped the bat and rushed out, yelling over my shoulder a quick "back soon, maybe later. I don't know."

"Ahh! " Esme said looking up from her magazine as I rushed down the stairs."Did Jasper tell you I was ready?

I nodded, not entirely trusting my words as I was too excited, it had been years since the last time I had been given a surprise.

"Good! Follow me," Esme called as she walked out towards the garden. "So the surprise is-"

" MATI! " I heard a loud, high voice yelled at me as a blur of purple launched itself at me. I felt two small, fiery hands grasp my face and immediately images of Edward, Bella and a girl perched on Edward's shoulder. In my head I could hear a strange voice tell me, "I'm Renesmee, your cousin."

"Renesmee!" The image stopped and I watched as a chuckling Edward walked towards us. "Ness, I told you not to introduce yourself like that. "

"Sorry Daddy, but Mati doesn't mind it. " Renesmee said innocently.

I cleared my head and finally had a chance to look at the girl who must be Renesmee, Edward and Bella's daughter. She had pale, faintly glowing skin, like backlit alabaster, similar to mine. Her curly, brown, silky hair tumbled shown her shoulders and made her eyes look large and happy.

"You don't mind me calling you Mati, do you? "Renesmee asked," they said you were called Matilda. "

"I don't mind at all." I clarified . She then started to raise her hands to my face and, with a quick, questioning glance at her father, the twin infernos were once more pressed to my face.

I was ready this time and watched as Edward explained my story to his daughter, I watched Renesmee with her family and her bouncing excitedly on a plane and finally Bella, Rosalie and Renesmee in a car on their way back here.

After she finished showing me about herself, she said in an excited rush of words: "Would you like to play me, and my dolls? My favourite three are Gracie, Bea and Amber...I know! " She suddenly exclaimed, "you can look after Amber and we can play in my play house. "

"I would love to play with your dolls and you, Renesmee! " I said which made her smile. "But where's the house?" I asked.

" Follow me, " she said, taking off. I followed her, and we rounded a corner and I was the biggest play house I have ever seen.

It was made it wood and stone, and had two storeys. I had an about six or so feet high ceiling and it had cute little windows and shutters. All in all it looked like a mini cottage. "It's huge!" I gasped.

" I know. " Esme said, suddenly next to me laughing. "Renesmee's uncles, Emmet and Jasper when a bit over the top when she asked for a play house. "

"Typical!" I Laughed as Renesmee pulled me off to play with her.

I had a very good afternoon with my little cousin and I actually felt like a child for once. I found that even after what everyone was telling me, she was really just an eight year old girl. Not the mini adult she seemed from what I had been this about her.

As we were leaving to go indoors for Renesmee's bedtime she said to me, "Thank you for playing with me, Mati. Normally there's never anyone even remotely young around here, 'cept sometimes Seth" she said through a yawn as ran off to Bella's waiting arms.

I walked off to the living room and wondered: Who's Seth?

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