Esme's P.O.V
My family may not be the usual, but it's perfect all the same. This holiday was going to be good; I had all my children (and grandchild) together, and we might even come away from this with new friends.
I could hear Bella and Edward in the room next to us; Edward was humming a lullaby to sweet little Renesmee, and Bella seemed to be unpacking.
I'd have to thank her for her choice in names, it's a great honour to have someone named after you, and I think it just shows how thoughtful she is. I'm so glad Edward found her, even if she had been human; he had been alone for so long, and it did him no good. But now he has Bella, and the love they have is clear for all to see.
They deserve some happiness; we all do.
Bella's P.O.V
As I put the last of the clothes away, I noticed that Edward had stopped humming Nessie's lullaby. I turned around and saw that she was all tucked up in the little cot we had set up in the corner of the room, fast asleep. She wouldn't wake for hours…hours, now what could we possibly do in that time?
I turned back around and was suddenly aware of someone standing right behind me
"I love you" they muttered into my ear, their voice silky smooth
I whirled around, not caring that all the vampires in the house could hear every movement we made; including Emmett.
All that mattered was him, his arms wrapped around my waist, his perfect face only inches from mine. At that moment there was no one else in the word but him.
I pulled his face closer to mine and kissed him with a sudden fierceness, a passion like no other. A low moan built up in his throat, sending that burning passion shooting through my body like an electric current; I wrapped myself around him, my body moulding to his shape, I couldn't get close enough to him.
We moved towards the bed, never breaking the kiss.
I felt the fabric of his expensive shirt ripping under my hands; no doubt Alice would have something to say about that later. I showed the fabric out of the way, revealing his milky white body, so perfect, so soft. I traced the lines of his chest, every contour and crease; he was so much more beautiful with my new sight, with the murky shadows of my human sight taken away.
I was still much stronger than he was, and I tried to remember that; but to no avail. It was so hard to focus on anything but his body, and the million different sensations giving me feelings I never even thought existed. A small part of my head wondered how on earth he had managed not to break me on honeymoon; all that had happened were a few measly bruises. The passion flowing through my body now was so intense it was all I could focus on, how had he managed to rip his focus away from the feelings, and focus – even for a millisecond – on not hurting me?
We continued on like this; wrapping our bodies closer and closer together, trying to get our fill of each other, I could taste his sweet scent on the tip of my tongue, until the sun rose in the sky.
We were just lying there, gazing into each others eyes, a thousands words were said; none of which were spoken, when I was aware of an impatient knocking on the door.
Edward made to sit up, but I pushed him back down
"Ignore it" I growled, I didn't want this moment to end
"Bella, don't you dare ignore me!" the all to familiar voice of Alice rang through "Open this door now! Or else I'm coming in" she warned
"Let her" I told him forcefully, unaware of why I was in this strange mood.
"Let's at least get you covered up" Edward chuckled, pulling the sheets up around our bodies. I had forgotten about that fact.
"I'm coming in" Alice told us chirpily, opening the door to reveal us tangled together. She smiled briefly, before her face fell
"This!" she screeched, holding up a shred of Edward's shirt "This is designer!"
"It got in the way" I said reasonably, tracing the lines of my beautiful husband's jaw
Alice just stared at the shreds of clothing on the floor, completely speechless.
Edward chuckled softly again
"My my, you have been busy" A new voice said from the open doorway…Emmett.
"Go away Emmett" Edward said, looking at his brother "You'll wake Nessie"
Emmett laughed his deep booming laugh
"I'm surprised you two didn't last night, I swear the whole town knew what you were up to" he looked at the bed "And what did that bed ever do to you?"
Rose came out of their room
"Emmett, come help me choose what to wear." She said, helpfully removing Emmett from our room. "Alice, jasper wants you" she added.
I mouthed thanks to her, and she just smiled. Ever since Nessie was born, we had become friends. Though she still didn't agree with my choice to become immortal, she had forgiven that…ish.
Alice frowned, and then darted over to the chest of drawers. She expertly rummaged around in it, before grinning triumphantly and producing a set of clothes. She threw them over to me on the way out; she obviously still thinks I need help with my fashion sense…
"We're going out in 5 minutes, you might want to wake Nessie" She added from the hall, shutting our door behind her.
"I suppose we better get dressed then" Edward told me, pulling me up with him and giving me one last kiss.
I groaned; I didn't want to get up! But now we were parents, we had other responsibilities.
I picked up the garments Alice had thrown at me and put them on, not even bothering to see what they were, but I could smell denim, and that made me slightly more comfortable.
I wandered over to where my perfect daughter lay sleeping and I picked up her hand, placing it against my cheek. Immediately I got a swirl of pictures, colours and words; one word that cropped up a lot was holiday. She was pleased that she had learnt something new and exited about what would happen.
Nessie looked so peaceful. Her pale eyelids covered her chocolate brown eyes, and her tiny pink mouth shut sweetly.
I scooped her gently out of the cot, cradling her in my arms
"Time to wake up" I told her, gently rocking her. Her eyelids fluttered open, and she yawned, her mouth making a tiny pink o.
"Momma" she said, her tiny bell voice thick with sleep, reaching up to touch my face.
Ouch, my throat burned dryly at her demand; I tried to remember the last time I had hunted. Renesmee was telling me it was time for breakfast.
"I'll get you some in a minute" I told her as I placed her down on the bed. "Oops." I laughed as I saw the bed for the first time and realised what Emmett meant; the headboard had handprints indented into it, and the frame itself looked close to collapsing.
Nessie laughed with me; though I'm sure she had no idea what I was laughing at.
I went over to the dresser and dug around for Renesmee's clothes; after a bit of digging I found a cute little blue sundress. Even though it wasn't sunny outside, it was warm.
I got a small pair of white socks, and Nessie's favourite white sandals and took them back to my daughter.
Once she was dressed, Edward emerged, dressed in his usual expensive looking attire.
"You ready Mrs Cullen?" He asked me, offering his arm
I picked up our beautiful little girl and took his arm
"Yes Mr Cullen, I am" I giggled childishly.
Xxx
Edward's P.O.V
It was so nice not to have to worry about hurting her, last night had been amazing. She truly was the most beautiful creature possible.
Nessie was happily sucking on her bottle full of donated blood, she hated animal blood, and we loved her too much to not give her what she wanted. Bella was leaning away from the smell; the tantalizing smell that made your throat burn and the venom flow freely. It was so moist and appealing, much more than elk or deer. I looked closer at her eyes and noticed they were almost black, hadn't we just gone hunting at the weekend? No, I realised. Bella had stayed behind to take Nessie to Charlie's house for lunch, she had missed it. I was going to take her yesterday, but then we got a bit preoccupied in the early hours of the morning…
I would have to take her tonight, she must be hungry.
"Are you okay love?" I ask her, concerned "We'll hunt tonight"
She smiled when I said that, relieved that I had offered
Are you ready? Alice thought
"Yeah" Bella looked at me funny, but then she realised I was answering a thought.
I heard Alice enter the room closely followed by Jasper, who hated leaving her alone for a single second.
I'm sorry, it's a necessity she thought as I groaned loudly at what she was thinking
I held my hand out reluctantly; I hated these things, they blurred my vision.
"Bella, take these" Alice said, and I saw Bella's irritated expression as she recognised the little white box. "I know, but we can't have them knowing what we are. Our eyes will give us away"
I opened my box and picked up one of the little flimsy half circles and placed it into my eye, hissing lowly as it threw a vale over my normally clear vision. It felt uncomfortable.
"Here, you'll need more" Alice said, handing me and Bella more boxes. Bella put hers into her bag and held her hand out for mine. She put them in the bag as well.
"Let's go then" she declared happily, she was so glad we were doing something human for a change.
