Author's Note: Sigh I love this part. I wonder how Bella would take it if she knew where her daughter was...? Oh and this chapter's told in Rosalie's POV. Just to mix it up a bit.
By that time, she was infront of us, hiding behind Emmett and trying to make it look like she wasn't there.
Alice walked--more like bounced--up to her and bent down so that she was right infrom of her. "Hello. Desiree, my name is Alice." She grinned at her.
If the child was going to be around for awhile, I wouldn't mine at all. I had always wanted children so it was nice to know that if Edward played his cards right, this little girl could be my niece of some sorts.
I had excepted long ago that Edward wanted to be with a human, even if she wasn't around. I guess seeing him in pain changed that. It was hard work, but I did it for him. It also helped that Alice saw Desiree before she was even born. Another reason that that I worked on it was that she saw Bella in his arms again.
I've worked hard.
"How.. how do you know my name?" the little girl stuttered. For wanting to see her 'Aunts' and other 'Uncle', she was pretty nervous. Alice also saw that. Immediately, I felt Jasper trying to calm her down so she would be more comfortable around us. We were lucky she was too young to have a natural aversion towards us yet.
"I know a lot more about you than you think," Alice said in a secretive voice.
"Alice, quit it, I think you're starting to scare her!" Esme said in her best motherly voice.
Desiree shook her head up and down very quickly. And she did look creeped out. Her eyes were big, and she hid behind Emmett even more than she had. It was kind of cute. I think she was starting to grow on me quite a bit.
I walked over to Alice and but my hand on her shoulder and said so quietly that she couldn't hear, "Alice, I know you don't mean to, but I think you're making it so that the child's going to be scared of us for quite awhile."
Alice sighed. "It's not on purpose, I'm just so happy to have finally met her!" She started to jump up and down again.
I sighed and wrapped my arms around Emmett, which brought me close to the child. She jumped a little bit, but didn't move and stood her ground behind my husband. Brave kid.
"Desiree, this is Rosale, my wife." Emmett tryed pulling her out infront of him, but it didn't work.
"Hello, Desiree. It's nice to meet you." She slowly stuck her head out from behind Emmett's back.
"Are you my aunt?"
Sweet kid. "Sort of." In a wierd way I guess I was. "Yeah, I'm your aunt. And so is Alice here."
She smiled at me and slowly let go of Emmett's pant leg and walked up to me and Alice. "If you two are my aunts, who are they?"
I reached for her hand and she let me take it. I had so badly wanted children before, but now I wanted them even more than before. We were going to get along famously. "Well, this is Uncle Jasper." I pointed to him and Desiree shook his hand with the hand that I didn't have hold of. "This is..." I wasn't sure how Bella would like Carlisle and Esme introduced, but I didn't think she would mind if I said "This is your grandparents. Grampa Carlisle and Granma Esme." In a way she would be their grandchild, so I didn't see a point in introducing them this way.
"Wow, I never knew my Grandma Swan (A/N: Don't shoot me! I didn't know what Renee's new last name is!), so you're the first grandma I've ever met. And only Grampa Swan was still living, but he's all the grandparents I have left." She blushed, just like Bella. "Well, except you now."
Esme loved children even more than I did. She slowly pulled her into a hug and whispered softly, even for us, "So long since I've held a child." Then said loudly "You look just like your mother."
"Really? I was always told I look like my daddy." She looked at Esme like she was confused.
"Well, to me you will always look like Bella. I've never been around your father."
"So, Grandma Esme, can you bake?" I smiled and so did Esme.
"Some, but I'm a little rusty at it. But I can learn to do it over again," Esme hadn't baked since she was changed. Hopefully it's like riding a bike.
She smiled really big.
"Grampa Carlisle, can you tell stories like Grampa Swan? He always told the best ones!" Her eyes got misty, most likely because she was remembering ones Charlie had told her.
"Sure can. I have so many of them that I could tell you stories for years and not have to tell you one more than once." It was true, believe me. He used to tell me stories when I was first changed to help take away the pain, and it worked. His stories were so deep and hyponotizing that it felt like you were there with him.
Carlisle ruffled her hair.
Finally, she walked up to Jasper. "Hello, little one," Jasper said softly.
"Hi! Uncle Jasper! You, know, you're quiet. Much more quiet than Uncle Emmett." She took his hand and smiled at him. She was either really brave, or really stupid. Personally, I think it was bravery.
It worked though. Jasper laughed and smiled down at Desiree. "Emmett hasa tendency to talk more than needed."
"Hey!"
"You know it's true!"
Disiree giggled. "Aunt Rosalie? When I have to go, will you take me back?"
"Sure. It will have to be soon so that your mother doesn't worry though."
"Can we stay just a bit longer? It's fun here! It's boring at home..."
"Sure. We'll leave in about 10 minutes." Before I could finish what I was saying, I picked up Desiree because she looked like she was going to fall from being so tired. Sure enough, as soon as she was in my arms, she was asleep. "I'm going to leave and take her home now, ok?"
I went up and kissed Emmett on the cheek and said my goodbyes.
Then, with Desiree carefully laying in my arms, I took off.
Desiree was so little that it took nothing to run and keep a hold of her to make sure hat she wasn't hitting her head.
It took about 45 minutes or so for me to reach Bella's house since I had to return home to get directions to her house. But Desiree didn't wake up the whole time.
I walked up to the front porch and knocked. It took a few minutes for Bella to answer the door, but when she did she let me in.
"Rosalie, what are you doing with my daughter?"
Author's Note:D Sigh, I so love that child...review!
XOXOX
Adrian
