A/N: I did not write this all myself. Actually I didn't write any of it; it's just mostly my ideas. Writing credit goes to April Nichole. She has a few other pretty good Twilight Fan Fictions, and I suggest you check them out.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of this story, or any of the things from the original 'Twilight Saga' by Stephenie Meyer. But I, and April Nichole, do own Adora Mireya, and everything that happens to her in the past and future.

A/N: This is a time lapse chapter. It's over the course of about 5 years, so just be aware.

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8: Jumping.

RPOV

We had been spending more and more time at different parks that we were slowly getting to know a few parents. Of course because Emmett and I were so different from everyone most people kept there distance but Adora was making a few friends. Alice loved this when it came to planning for Adora's first birthday.

We were going to have the party at Carlisle and Esme's home because they were a little closer to town than we were. Alice thought this would make it easier on those that said they would come.

The day came and Carlisle and Esme's living room and dinning room was decorated beautifully. We went with a theme of fairies. There were little fairy statues scattered through the rooms with pale pink, blue and green streamers along the ceiling creating a little canapé over everyone. Alice had even put some fake vines around to make it look like a fairy forest.

There was a cake in the shape of a fairy in a blue outfit and hair just like Adora's. Esme had made a few other things to satisfy the parents while we just pretended as usual to nibble on things. Adora had a great time with her friends. They may be only around the age of one but they could interact with each other a little. Time passed and everyone slowly started leaving. We packed up the car with presents and a sleeping Adora.

Six months later the terrible twos hit early. She learned to push the limits and her favorite word became no. With having Alice and Edward around for a little help I'm sure the terrible twos could have been worse then they were. Adora was developing physically, emotionally, and mentally very well for her age. She loved Dr. Seuss, Winnie the Pooh and Curious George. She was doing things that usually weren't done until they were the age of three or close to four. She really enjoyed coloring and doing puzzles.

At three she learned to ride a tricycle and Emmett and I figured out that oddly enough for a three year old she liked to organize things. Adora and Emmett still went on there "father daughter" walks and with Adora liking to help organize things we started gardening. Considering she was only three there was only a little that she could help with but she seemed to enjoy it. I figured this way as she got older we could send Emmett away and have some serious talks while I taught her about gardening.

When she was five we really started working with her to get her ready for school. She knew the whole alphabet and her numbers up to twenty. She could write her name and other basic words like cat, dog, blue and yellow. She could even write most of the family's names.

She loved doing different things with each of the rest of the family members whether it be cooking with Esme, playing video games with Jasper, trying to play checkers or chess with Edward (granted he had to really try to not play very well but she did enjoy it), reading and playing with Nessie and Jacob. Alice and I did a good job getting her to enjoy shopping at a young age. I think that Adora could tell that Carlisle knew the most out of the family because anytime he was around she wanted to go spend time with him and ask him all kinds of questions. Random things like why the sky was blue, how things work? Carlisle never seemed to get tired of it.

About six months before Adora was to start school we thought it was the perfect time to move. It was still too soon to go back to Forks. We just had to wait one or two more times of moving before we could go back there. It was mainly Jacob because of family and his pack, Bella and Edward because that is where they met that were ready to get back their. We moved to a little town that wasn't too far from the Denali coven but far enough to not draw attention to anyone called Geisler and we enrolled Adora in Strobel Elementary.

Adora was so excited the first day of school. The whole family came over to see her off, even Carlisle told the hospital that he had to come in late to work. We pinned the sides of Adora's hair back so the natural curls feel in the back. We have had to learn that young children can't help but get dirty so Alice and I had to fight the urge to put her in a dress. We put her in dark jeans and a hunter green long sleeve top with a black coat.

Emmett and I had to get several hugs before she could finally make it inside. It was really hard for me to let her go. I wanted so bad to stay with her all day to make sure she would be alright and the other children would be nice to her. Alice told me that she had an eye on the day and didn't see anything bad happening but that didn't mean that my nerves were subsided. They wouldn't be until I had Adora back. Adora even had to tell me over and over again that she was ready to go.

"Mama, I gotta go. I'll see you later."

"I know baby. I love you."

"I love you too mama, daddy." She hugged us both.

"Bye giggles have a great first day."

"Daddy," She said with a big laugh as she took off for the door.

Emmett pulled me to him as we stood there watching her go in.

"Come on, let's go home."

We started for the car and then it hit me.

"Emmett, it's been six years since we have had a day that we haven't had her for longer than a couple of hours or one of our weekend getaways. What do we do?"

"Well I say on the way home we go hunt and then I'm sure I could think of something to pass the time till we come pick her up."

"Emmett."

"What?"

"Get your mind out of the gutter that's what."

"Oh come on Angel."

"We'll just have to plan another weekend getaway after she gets settled with school. And, I doubt that anyone is around now to notice the car so speed it up because like you said we don't really have all day." His face lit up with that as the car speed up.

The day was mixed with slow and fast times. I was counting down now the last hour before I could leave to go pick up Adora from school. Emmett and I finally took off to pick her up and I was able to breathe a sigh of relief when she came out with a huge smile. As soon as she got in the car and we took off she told us about her whole day pretty much from the start of when we dropped her off till when we picked her up. The family got to the house after she had dinner and she told them everything again that she had told us.

Emmett and I put her to bed and it felt good to have one day of school behind us. It gave us more of a boost to know that not only could Emmett and I do this but so could Adora. She could handle doing new things. She could handle being in a new environment. My worry now was wondering if she could handle how often we would have to move. I also wondered when she would start to ask why we had to move so much and why none of us aged. I also wondered if we did tell her how she would handle knowing it.

A/N: I hope you liked it. Suggestions on how to make the story better are gladly accepted. Please state your opinion. Please review. Chapter nine will be up soon.