Hey Guys...

So I'm super exited to post this story here, because I've been writing and editing this for the past 3 years, and I'm really proud of the way it became.

Disclaimer: None of the characters belong to me, only the storyline.

4. GOODBYE

Edward, Renesmee and I walked to the main house at noon and like any other day she ran into the kitchen to get something to eat.

"Bella, you owe me a shopping trip!" Alice shouted at me when I sat down on the floor.

I laughed at her and smiled. "Can't you wait until after we get back from vacation? We're leaving tonight you know." I told her.

"I know, I'm just stating the fact." She laughed.

"I know you are." I told her and put my arms around my legs. I leaned back against Edward who had sat down next to me.

Renesmee ran out of the kitchen and sat down between us. "We're going to see Grandpa, right?" She asked us.

Edward laughed and smiled at her. "Of course, but if we're going to see Charlie, we need to hunt first." He told her and placed his hands around Renesmee's arms. He pulled her up into his arms as he stood up. "Because we can't bring this little half-vampire to Charlie before we've hunted."

She kissed his cheek and laughed with him as he swung her over his shoulder and ran out the back door.

I followed the sounds of their laughter into the trees. I jumped across the river and when I reached them they were both laying in the grass, laughing loudly.

"Don't you ever grow up?" I asked them, laughing too.

They looked up at me and laughed again.

"We can't technically 'grow up', you know." Edward told me. He laughed again and jumped to stand beside me, with his arm around my waist.

Renesmee rose up too and walked towards us. Her smile faded, as she got closer to us. "Do you think Jacob is going to follow us tomorrow?" she asked us.

This was the first time she had talked about Jacob, since that day.

I walked to her, kneeling so I could look her in the eye. "I don't know sweetheart. But we're just going be very careful and we will protect you, I promise." I told her. I put my arms around her and hugged her closely.

"If we're going to make it to Charlie's before we have to leave again, we have to hurry." Edward told us. He took Renesmee's hand and together they ran into the trees.

I caught the scent of a mountain lion and raced after it. When I saw it, my vampire instincts took over.

I jumped quick and strong and landed on its back. It jumped up and turned around in the air, landing on its side.

I felt its nails against my skin, but I didn't stop. I leaned down to its neck and bit through the skin.

When I tasted the sweet blood, my whole body relaxed. I felt the dry ache in my throat fade away, while I emptied the lion for blood.

When I was done I realized that Edward and Renesmee were looking at me.

"What?" I asked and dried my mouth with my hand, and avoided looking down at myself.

"You should look at yourself." Edward told me.

I looked down, even though I knew what I would see.

My T-shirt was almost cut I halves; my pants had several cuts down my legs, not to talk about the mud and the blood that nicely spotted my whole body.

"Shoot." I said to myself.

Edward and Renesmee both laughed at me. Then Renesmee took Edward's hand, and looked into his eyes.

"Well, your mom has to change her clothes, and we have to pack the car. And then we can go." Edward told her.

She smiled widely and ran impatiently into the trees.

Edward smiled at me and reached for my hand. I took it and we ran after her.

When we reached the cottage she was already inside, grabbing her luggage.

Edward smiled. "She can't wait to see him." He told me, and gave me a kiss on the forehead. "You go find some clothes for yourself and we'll pack the car."

I walked into out closet and found some light jeans and a blue T-shirt.

When I joined them Renesmee was jumping around in the living room, waiting for us. "Hurry up!" She called after us.

We both laughed and ran after her. When we hit the back porch we slowed down and walked inside.

They were all there, including the Denali's, talking about how to handle the rumors.

Renesmee ran into Esme's arms and hugged her closely. "I'm really glad you let us borrow your island. I'm so excited." She squealed.

Esme laughed. "Of course, honey," She said and kissed Renesmee's cheek. "Have a great time there."

Renesmee smiled. "We will." She said and went to Rosalie, and gave her a hug as well.

We said goodbye to everyone before walking to the car, and waving s we drove down the road.

Renesmee seemed so restless. Seeing Charlie meant a lot to her, but the fact that we were going to Rio afterwards made her ecstatic.

"It's going to be nice on the island, how is it there?" Renesmee asked us.

"It's unbelievable, it's so beautiful, and – it's perfect." I told her.

"I'm so happy we're going. It's going to be so much fun." Renesmee said and leaned forward against me. She stroked my cheek and smiled.

I smiled back at her and looked at Charlie's house, now in front of us.

Charlie was standing in the door, waving at us as we got out of the car.

Renesmee ran to him and gave him a big hug. "Hi grandpa, it's good to see you." She said and smiled widely at him.

He smiled back. "It's good to see you too, kiddo. I've missed you." He told her and ruffled her hair.

Renesmee ran into the house both slower and less graceful than she would have, but she knew not to act to susceptibly around Charlie.

Charlie turned to me. "Hey Bells," he said and gave me a quick hug, avoiding the awkwardness of a longer hug.

"How are you, dad?" I asked him, as he shook Edward's hand and let us into the house.

"I've been fine, just dealing with some things at work." He told me and sighted.

"What kind of things?" My voice was worried.

He smiled at me. "Nothing to worry about, Hun." He first told me, but when I sent him an insistent look, he continued. "We're just dealing with a thief we can't seem to find. He's been rubbing some stores in town, and he's armed so we're afraid he's going to hurt someone."

"That really doesn't make me any less worried, dad." I said and sent him a smile. "Just promise me you'll be careful."

"Always am."

The visit at Charlie's was much shorter that Renesmee had wanted, but she left without argument because she didn't want to miss the flight.

We said goodbye to Charlie, and Renesmee waved at him until he was out of our sight.

Renesmee then returned to being restless and kept asking us questions until we got to the airport where she suddenly stopped, midsentence.

"Wow, that's a big building. Is that the airport?" Renesmee asked us when we turned off the road.

"It is." Edward told her.

When we were out Renesmee took the bag I handed her and put in on her back. "I'm so excited." She said and jumped up and down so her bag went flying.

Edward and I both laughed. She had told us a thousand times on our way here.

We walked to the 'Check-in' and dropped off our luggage, and then sat down at a table to wait, and to get Renesmee something to eat.

"How long do we have to wait?" She asked us when she had finished eating the fries Edward had gotten for her.

"I don't know exactly, about half an hour." Edward told her.

She nodded thoughtfully. "I thought that bib-thing was funny. Didn't you think so, too?" she asked us.

"Yeah, it really was." I told her and stroked a hair back behind her ear.

"Can we take a walk?" She asked us.

We did, and she walked between us holding both of our hands. We walked onto one of the stores and looked around.

"This is so cute." She said and held up a white teddy bear with a big red heart in its hands.

Edward reached into his pocket and handed her some money to buy the bear for.

She squealed and gave him a big hug before running to the cashier. "– to Rio de Janeiro with my parents." We heard her tell the woman.

"That sounds very nice." The woman told her and looked at us when we walked up behind Renesmee and put a hand on her shoulders. "These are your parents?"

"Yeah, she's our madcap." Edward told the woman and laughed.

"I'm not a madcap." Renesmee protested. She took the teddy bear in her arms and waved to the woman as we left.

We looked at the big screen. Our flight was not boarding yet, so we kept walking, Renesmee between us again.

Suddenly she tensed. She stopped and pulled us back to stop us as well.

Edward growled low in his throat. "What the hell is he doing here?" he hissed.

I looked up and saw the reason for their behavior, and saw Jacob.

Jacob, standing in the middle of the crowd, towering over everyone, standing very still with his arms crossed across his chest.

We stood still and let him come to us.

He walked hesitantly towards us. When he was about five feet from us, he stopped. "I'm sorry," he just said.

Edward put himself in secure position before Renesmee and me, but I knew that Jacob wasn't going to do anything. Right now he was the kind kid who was also my best friend, no the dangerous werewolf with uncontrollable feelings.

"You should be," Edward said, looking straight into Jacob's eyes, his face hard and angry.

Jacob stepped forward and looked at Renesmee. He closed his eyes and sighted. Then he looked back at Edward. "I know you won't forgive me, so I just came to tell you that I'm leaving," he said and let his shoulders drop, looking more relaxed and not dangerous. "I'm leaving and I'm never coming back. So you don't have to worry about me anymore."

I stepped forward, past Edward. "You don't need to do that, Jake." I said, suddenly feeling very emotional about the guy who had tried to kill us just a few days ago.

He looked sad. "Yes I do."

I walked even closer to him, but he backed away.

And in that second he looked like the lost little boy I had seen after he had changed into a werewolf.

I reached out for his hand. "I don't want you to go," I told him, and even though I could hear Edward say my name behind me, I took a step closer to Jacob again. "I don't want to lose you."

Jacob pulled back again. "I tried to kill you, Bella. I have to stay away from you!" he yelled.

"That was the other part of you. The real you could never hurt anyone you care about."

It doesn't matter; the other part of me is who I am." He said, sounding like that little boy.

"Not the only thing you are," I told him, my voice soothing. "The real you is sweet, kind, funny, and my best friend."

He looked like he hesitated for a second, but only that, then he backed away again. "Don't come any closer, Bella. I'm leaving now." He said and for just a second he was there, and then he was gone.

Edward walked up to me and gave me a hug. "I'm sorry," he told me and gave me a quick kiss. "The plane is boarding."

Renesmee gave me a hug as well and grabbed my hand. Then we walked to the gate and got on the plane.

When landed in Houston Edward had to carry Renesmee out of the plane.

We'd only been in the air for a little more than an hour and she was already sleeping.

We had about an hour before the next plane took off so we sat down at a table and waited.

After only a little while Renesmee got bored and we went for a walk.

After some time the boarding stared and we took off for Rio de Janeiro and Isle Esme.

Renesmee was talking to the stewardess in the beginning but fell asleep. She snored quietly against Edward's arm.

Edward had his other arm around me and I was resting against his shoulder.

I reached out for Renesmee's hand and hold it so I could see what she was dreaming about.

She was sitting on a beach in a white dress. The waves gently hitting the sand, making her feet wet. She was looking out over the ocean at the dolphins jumping over the water.

She looked over her shoulder and there, behind her, were Edward and I sitting.

Edward had his arm around me and we were both smiling at her.

She looked out over the ocean again and suddenly I felt something on my forehead.

I freed Renesmee's hand and opened my eyes to see Edward's face before mine. I put my hands on each side of his face and pulled his face down to mine.

Our lips touched and he kissed me gently and soft for a minute, until I put my hands into his hair and kissed him deeper.

He pulled away and laughed. "Be responsible, love." he laughed.

I grimaced playfully and kissed him again – without as much tension.

Too many too long hours later we were sitting in a taxi in Rio, on our way to the docks.

Renesmee was speaking Portuguese to the driver and laughed.

He stopped on the side of the road and Edward paid him his money while Renesmee said goodbye.

We got our suitcases and started walking down the docks in the bright moonlight.

"Which one is it?" Renesmee asked. She was jumping up and down, laughing.

"That one," Edward told her and pointed at the white yacht we had used the last time we were here.

She ran to it and jumped onto the deck.

Edward and I hurried after her and put the suitcases on the deck.

Edward got the boat ready to leave the dock and we raced out on the open ocean.

Behind the horizon I could see the sun slowly rising. I could see the red light filling the sky and giving everything a red light.

"This is so cool." Renesmee shouted over the roar of the engine. She walked to Edward. "Can I try?"

He laughed and smiled. "Of course," He told her and moved side for her to take the wheel.

He taught her some things about the boat and how to steer it, and she listened intensively to everything he said.

When I found the island I called Renesmee and pointed. The closer we got to the island, the bigger her smile got.

When Edward stopped the engine he jumped off the deck with the suitcases and Renesmee and I followed.

I looked around and found everything much more beautiful than the last time I laid eyes on it.

We started to walk into the little jungle and Renesmee was running after a little monkey, running for it's life.

She caught it and to both the monkey's and my surprise she started to ruffle it. "Hello, I'm Renesmee and you're Mr. Monkey." She told it and laughed. Then she sprinted to the house before us.

When we reached her Edward opened the door and before Renesmee ran inside she put the monkey down and let it run into the trees.

"Did the cleaning crew buy a new head frame?" I asked Edward and laughed.

He laughed as well. "Yes, I made them fix it." He told me and wiggled his eyebrows at me.

Before we were even inside the house Renesmee called, "I want the blue room!" and when we reached her she was jumping in the bed so all the pillows flew around. She looked at us with a wide smile on her face. "The other bed isn't as jumpy. I have tried it."

I shot a glance into the white room and saw the bed with crumbled bedspreads and pillows on the floor. I laughed.

While Edward unpacked I went into the kitchen and started making pancakes for Renesmee.

When she smelled them, the jumping instantly stopped and she came running out of her room.

I gave her the first pancake and she smiled at me before starting to eat it.

I felt arms around my waist and turned around to see Edward smiling at me. "Pancakes?" I asked him.

He smiled. "Nah, I think I'll have to do without." He said and leaned down to kiss me.

"Hey. Someone is eating here." Our daughter said and we both pulled away to look at her. She smiled and went back to her food.

When she finished her pancakes and we went for a walk.

We didn't walk very long because when Renesmee set her feet in the sand she didn't want to go any further.

So we went inside again and changed to swimming suits.

I helped Renesmee into her red suit that looked amazing with her bronze hair.

She ran outside where Edward was waiting for her.

I looked after them as they ran into the waves and threw themselves into the water.

I changed into the blue bikini my mom had given me when I still lived in Phoenix. I put my hair in a ponytail and walked outside.

Renesmee was sitting in the sand by the edge of the water and was looking at a stone. Her hair was wet and straight, and was so long it was lying in the sand.

"Momma, look." She said and handed me the stone. It was gray with blue spots on it.

"It's beautiful." I told her. I looked out at the sea and noticed something very far out.

Edward.

He shook his hair and disappeared under the water again. In less than a half-minute after he was walking on the sandy bottom with a big smile.

"Daddy thinks he's a shark." Renesmee said and laughed. "The last person in the water is a slow vampire." she said. She shot up and ran into the water.

Edward got off his feet and followed her into the water.

I just walked. My feet touched the water and I took a second to feel the hot sand and the warm water.

Renesmee and Edward were laughing and playing in the water, waiting for me to get in.

"Come on momma!" Renesmee called and splashed water at me.

I got into the water and kissed Renesmee's cheek before diving into the water, swimming further out. I opened my eyes and saw the most beautiful fish. They were all colors and swam away fast when they saw us. Edward swam up behind me grabbed my hand, and we swam deeper into the water.

There were colored corals and colored fish and it all looked so happy and alive.

Renesmee raced up behind us and stopped next to us. She waved and followed a fish in its try to get away from us. She followed it down to the bottom where it disappeared in the corals. She swam to the surface of the water and took a few breaths.

I pulled Edward up with me.

"It's so beautiful down there. So colorful," Renesmee said. She took a deep breath and got under the water again.

Edward kissed me lightly before we followed her.

We swam around all day and when Renesmee was sitting in the kitchen in the evening, she couldn't keep her eyes open. She was hungry so she ate her food quickly and went to bed.

"Goodnight sweetie." I said and kissed her forehead. She nodded sleepily and closed her eyes.

Edward told her goodnight too and then she was asleep.

"She likes being here. She thinks it's great." Edward said when we were sitting on the beach later that night. He had his arm around me and I was leaning against his shoulder.

"It is great here." I told him and laughed. He didn't laugh with me so I looked up at him.

I looked up at him. "Do you ever regret it?"

His eyes changed. "What are you talking about? Do I regret what?" he asked me, taking my hand.

"Regret getting married to me, getting Renesmee and turning me?"

"Don't ever think that," he said, placing his hands on both sides of my face. "I do not regret anything about our life together."

I nodded and leaned my head into his hand. "I know," I told him. "I guess it's just hard to understand why you chose to be with me, even with all the odds against us."

He laughed. "If anything, you should be the one regretting being with me," he told me. "You could have had a normal life. You could have gone to college, married Jacob."

I removed his hands from my face. "Don't you ever think or say that."

He tilted his head. "I saw how you looked at him today, in the airport. You still love him."

"He's my best friend, of course I love him. But not for more than a best friend." I told him and looked deeply into his eyes. "I love you, more than anything. And I do not regret one thing."

He was about to say something, but he was interrupted by a scream.

"Momma! Daddy!" I heard Renesmee scream from inside the house.

Without thinking, Edward and I shot up and hurried to her room.

She was lying in the big bed, her hair spread wildly out around her face. Her breath was ragged and her eyes open.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" I asked her when her eyes had focused on me.

She looked scared "I had a nightmare. It seemed so real. Like it was happening, right in front of me," she said in a shaky voice. She sat up and pressed herself into my arms. Her heart was pounding.

I stroked a wet hair away from her forehead. "It was only a dream. You can go back to sleep again. I'll be sitting right here." I told her and lay her gently down again.

She closed her eyes, but opened them again, looking at me with a frightened look on her face.

It took some time for her to feel safe enough to close her eyes and sleep, but she finally got tired enough and fell asleep.

"How bad was it?" I asked Edward who was lying next to her in the bed. My voice was glum and he heard that.

"It was hard, violent," He told me and gently put his hand above Renesmee's hand in mine. "At first she's sitting on the beach and then suddenly we're there too. We smile at her, but our faces change and we start to look scared. She looks over her shoulder and sees… Jacob. He's part human and part wolf and looks very dangerous. She tries to make him stop but he phases to all wolf and kill us," he told me.

She had been dreaming that a lot since that day with Jacob, but I had thought hi apology would change that.

After a while she started to toss around again. Another nightmare.

Edward shook her gently and she shot up, looking frightened.

"Why do I still dream about him like this? He apologized to us." She cried and put her arms around me.

I looked at the clock next to her bed. "It's okay, sweetie. It's six thirty. You don't have to sleep more." I told her and stroked her hair.

She nodded slowly. "I'm gonna take a shower." She said and rose up from the bed.

When she took her second step she ran to the bathroom as fast as she could. She didn't get there before she threw up.

Both Edward and I ran to her.

I took her into the bathroom and helped her bathe while Edward cleaned the floor.

When she was in her clothes, her wet hair in a towel, she walked back to the bed.

Edward sat down next to her. "We can move you to the couch so you can watch a movie. If you want?" he asked her.

She looked at him and looked unbelievably tired. "What movies do you have?" She asked in a voice as low as a whisper.

"Everyone you can think of." I told her and smiled.

She nodded weakly so Edward lifted her into his arms with the quilt still over her and took her to the TV room.

I brought her pillow and put it under her head when Edward put her down.

He put on the movie she asked for and sat down next to me. He put his arm around me and silent whispered my name in my ear.

Bella Cullen, Bella Cullen, Bella Cullen.

Our daughter fell asleep by the end of the movie so we turned it off and let her sleep.

Edward had pulled his phone up from his pocket and was dialing Carlisle's number. He walked into the kitchen.

I listened to their conversation.

"Is it possible? I mean we can't get sick, do you think she can?" Edward asked in a worried voice after he had told Carlisle what happened.

I know as much about her as you do. Just because I'm the oldest it doesn't mean I'm the wisest. I'm sorry, but I don't. Maybe it's just the flu. So you don't need to worry. She's fine. I heard Carlisle say in his old worn off English accent.

Edward hesitated. "I know Carlisle. I'm sorry. I'm just scared that something is really wrong with her." He said, sounding sad.

Don't apologize, son. You have nothing to apologize for. You're just worried about her and there's nothing wrong with that. Carlisle told him.

Edward laughed a low-hearted laugh. "Do you think it has something to do with Jacob? I mean the Imprint? She dreams about him, nightmares. "Do you think her pain and sickness is the result of the imprint breaking?"

I heard Carlisle hesitate. I don't know, Edward. I don't even know if it's possible. We only know what the stories says, not if it's true.

Edward didn't say anything.

Don't worry, son. Everything will be all right. Carlisle said.

"I hope you're right." Edward said. "I'll call you when I know more about her condition."

Okay. Talk to you later.

"Yeah."

Before Edward had put the phone in his pocket I was out in the kitchen. "What happens when an imprint breaks?" I asked him, my voice quick and breathless.

He looked down at me, his eyes filled with sorrow, then he spoke. "Both parts of it will suffer and the human will die."