Authors Note: I know it takes me forever to get these things up, I'm sorry, but ever since returning from my trip my teachers have been reminding us and giving us a ton of work so we will be ready for exams, which are eight weeks away. No, I'm not studying until maybe three weeks, defiantly two weeks away. Anyways,
This chapter proved difficult, since all my ideas are basically for when Nessie is a teenager. I now have planned out how old she is going to be, because after seven years she becomes an adult. Geeze, means there is a lot more to this story. I mean, we're still on year one! I'll have to slow her growing process a tad, but hey, that's okay.
And on to the next chapter!
Chapter Four: New York is the new Port Angeles
After Christmas, winter seemed to fly by us. We had done ever winter activity possible with Renesmee before the snow disappeared. We went sliding, built a snow man and snow forts, made snow angels, had a snowball fight and Bella and I took her and made our own maple syrup. We spread it on the snow too, Bella said she heard they had done that up in Canada sometimes, and it was worth a shot. Nessie and Jacob seemed to enjoy it greatly, which was all that mattered. Emmett, Jasper and I had a competition to see who could eat more of it, Jasper ending up victorious, and privileged to use the bathroom first. For human food, it was defiantly sweet.
Spring came right after that. We planted the pinecone right outside of the house, and we picked a few seeds up from the flower shop so we could grow some plants in pots inside. Renesmee didn't understand why we couldn't plant them in the garden. We couldn't tell her yet, in case she told Jacob. He would try to stop us again, and this time we would actually have to leave. Carlisle was pushing 33 when he looked 28. People would start wondering why Bella and I haven't left for college yet. Renesmee would bring suspicions around. Not only was she very similar to both of us, she grew at a exceeding rate. She now looked to be four and a half even though she was only about nine months old. Bella and I didn't even know each other four years ago, it would be difficult for people to understand.
Myself and Carlisle think we have figures out her aging, but we still aren't sure. We believe once she hits six years old, which we believe will be this winter, she will grow a year around every six months or so, or if you like a year every two seasons. We think by 2015 she will look to be sixteen years old, and she will spend her last half human year just aging at a normal process, until she reached seventeen
"Am I always going to be the older? Ugh!" Bella had complained. I told her eighteen was a perfectly good age. What can I say, I liked older women.
It will be rough, Bella and I have fought and still are trying to let our family let our precious daughter have all the human experiences like school, swimming lessons, dance classes, etc. but Carlisle is strongly against it, due to all the moving we will have to do. If all comes to all, my small family might slip from our big family every once and awhile, just so she could get these experience. After all, we would only have to do this for seven years. We already began searching for the different locations we could go to, some even being in Canada.
Today, Bella had taken our daughter to Port Angeles for a small shopping trip while the rest of us discussed where we would be moving to.
"I personally wouldn't mind a place where its hot. So what? We wouldn't be able to go out as much, I think I could handle not going to school." Emmett said, leaning back in his chair. I had to keep my laughter at Alice thought to kick the chair from under him.
"But Emmett, people will wonder why our children wouldn't be going to school on a perfect sunny day and why I only wanted night shifts." Carlisle sighed. Emmett was about to bring up another point but Rosalie sighed and shook her head at her husband. Emmett sighed and rested all four legs of his chair back on the ground, slumping down on the table.
"Well what about Canada? What's wrong with our neighboring country?" I asked and everyone glared with me. We have lived in United States all our lives, apparently that wasn't going to change for them. For myself and Bella, perhaps.
"I wouldn't mind moving back to Ithaca. I mean, it has been a few months Carlisle, I'm sure we will be alright." Jasper spoke. Carlisle and Jasper had both attended Cornell University while we had left Forks.
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea. What do you think dear?" Esme asked, look up at Carlisle. He thought for a moment before nodding his head.
"We should be fine. I'm sure my colleagues would be glad to have us back." he said, smiling at Jasper, who beamed back. You could just feel the happiness radiating off him, or was that him?
"All those in favor?" our father asked around. All of us raised our hands except Emmett, still upset by the not moving to a warmer spot.
"Then it's decided. I shall go call up Professor Hunt now and ask if she could find us a place. I'm sure she'll be happy to help us." he smiled. I looked into Carlisle mind and saw a woman about 25 years old looking up at Carlisle with awe. Even for a old guy he was still getting girls.
Help us with what? Bella asked. She and Renesmee had just gotten back from their trip. They were just coming ion through the door. We had decided to let Renesmee know as soon as we figured out where we were going. I stood up and went to greet them, kissing Bella gently before I kneeled down so Renesmee could jump into my arms. She placed a hand on my cheek and showed me the wonderful day she spent with her mother.
"Seems like you had a very good day." I smiled and Renesmee nodded. Bella looked at me, she had opened her shield up to let me into her thoughts.
So we have decided? She asked looking into my eyes. I could see now why she looked at me with awe when she was human, I felt like melting. I nodded my head and walked back into the dining room. Rosalie smiled to see her niece and took her from my arms and sat back down next to Alice, as Renesmee shared her day with her aunts.
Where are we going? Bella asked, slipping her arm around mine and took my hand from my pocket and took a hold of it.
"Ithaca." I told her. Bella thought for a moment, and remembered Jasper telling her about it. She was reminded her shield was down we I nodded at her thoughts and quickly pulled the elastic band back. I wish she would keep it down longer, but I knew she was still get use to her powers.
That's when Renesmee stopped sharing her day and looked around at her vampire family, looking confused.
"What's Ithaca?" she asked, looking around for an answer. I stepped forward with Bella.
"It's a town sweetie. In New York." she thought for a moment and thought of sights around New York, something probably from a book she had read. I nodded.
"Yes. Remember how after you were born we were going to move away but then Jacob stopped us?" I asked, and she nodded again. "Well we are going to have to move now. Your grandfather Carlisle is pushing 33 and everyone is wondering why your mother and I haven't gone off to university yet. Questions are forming and we need to move away to protect us, from people finding out what we are. Do you understand?" I asked her. She looked around at all of us, seeming to take in our perfect features, remembering what we are and what she would one day become.
"I can Daddy. But I have a question." she didn't wait for a reaction from anyone to continue. "You said Jake stopped us. Does that mean he can't come with us?" she asked. I knew this would come up sooner or later, I just wished later.
"Yes that's correct. Jacob can not come with us." Bella answered for me. I squeezed her hand and she looked up at me quickly. We both knew what was coming next. Renesmee slid out of Rosalie's arms, tears forming in her eyes and looked up at us.
"He won't be any trouble though! He can.. He can.. He can sleep on my floor! He'll be quiet, I'll make sure and.. He can help around the house! I'll do anything! Please Mommy! Please Daddy!" I stopped listening after 'sleep on my floor'. I cringed at the thought of them sleeping so close together. Luckily Bella seemed to be listening.
"Renesmee, you know Jacob can't come with us because he had to stay here. He has to say here with Sam, he is still a part of his pack. It wouldn't be a good idea for him to be alone anyways. If he ever got out of control, there would only be us to stop him. You know how that could lead to a terrible thing." Bella explained, but she didn't want to hear it.
"Daddy?" she looked to me. Bella squeezed my hand, she knew how easily Renesmee got to me sometimes. I shook my head.
"Your mother is right Renesmee. Jacob can't come." her bottom lip began to quiver and I looked to Bella. She bit her bottom lip and picked up Renesmee before the tears and wails of "Why? Why?" flowed out of her mouth. I rubbed my daughter's back and looked at the rest of my family. Either Jasper had sent us all a wave of sadness, or we all seemed torn to not be able to give Renesmee what she wanted for the first time in her life.
"We should get her home, let her cry it out." I whispered to Bella and she nodded, heading for the back door. I grabbed the bags from my girl's shopping trip and said goodbye to the rest of my family before Bella and I strode quickly home. We put Renesmee in her bed right away and Bella stayed with her, trying to calm her down. Nothing I said would calm her down and I knew it. I just wanted everyone to be happy, so I headed to the piano, working on Renesmee's song. It still wasn't complete, there were many difficulties.
A few hours later, Bella stepped out of our daughter's room, looking upset still. I turned from the piano and walked over to her. She smiled up at me as I caressed her face.
"She wants to see you. She's very tired, she says all she wants is to sleep." Bella told me and I kissed her gently, embracing her. I knew how hard this was for her, seeing her daughter like this. I knew on some level, she knew what she was feeling. Not wanting to leave her best friend. Although, Bella didn't have I choice when I left. I squeezed her tighter and then let go, looking at her one more time before I entered Renesmee's room.
She was curled up in a ball under her sheets, sniffing constantly. I sat beside her and laid a hand on her back. She turned and looked at me, a soft smile on her blotchy face.
"Hi Daddy." she whispered to me.
"Hi Nessie." I whispered her nickname. Her smile widened.
"I can't sleep. I don't think a story going to do it either." she told me, as if asking for some other way to lure her off to sleep. I thought for a moment.
"I have a lullaby." I answered she looked up at me.
"Can you sing it?" she asked. I heard Bella move to the door now. Had she known? I knew how much she wanted to hear me sing, I would never in front of her though. Like most people, I thought I was a terrible singer. But I had a feeling no matter how terrible I was, Bella would compliment me. But with Renesmee pleading me, I knew I had to. So I nodded my head, and tucked her in. She laid a head on her pillow and looked at me once before closing her eyes as I began.
(A/N: Song is Lullaby by Billy Joel. I found it like the other day and I love it. Go listen to it now. Seriously.)
Good night my angel time to close you eyes
And save these questions for another day
I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Where ever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away
Good night my angel now it's time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I'm rocking you to sleep
The water's dark and deep
Inside this ancient heart
You'll always be a part of me
Goodnight my angel now it's time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child will cry and if you sing this lullaby
Then in your heart there will always be a part of me
Someday we'll all be gone
But lullabies go on and on
They never die that's how you and I will be
It worked. She was asleep now, and the sniffing and the tears seemed to stop for once. I wiped away the last few and kissed her forehead, wishing her goodnight before I went to meet my lovely eavesdropping wife.
She was sitting on the couch, pretending to read a book. I scoffed as I sat next to her and she looked up at me, looking confused by my scoffing, pretending as if nothing had happened. I wrapped my arm around her and kissed her cheek.
"You little eavesdropper." I chuckled as she placed the book on the coffee table.
"I don't know what you mean Mr. Cullen." she smiled, placing a hand on my chest as she looked up at me.
"Bella you should know by now as a vampire I have keen hearing." I said , placing my free hand on her waist.
"Edward you should know that I am a vampire too, and I could hear you perfectly well from where I am sitting." she stated.
"But yet, you had to come to the door to hear me." I smiled down at her.
"I was merely getting a book to read." she said.
"Really? I didn't know you were interested in mechanics."
She looked to the book and scoffed, probably thought she picked up a cooking book. "I was interested, since our family seems to love cars so much."
"Mhm." I sighed, shaking my head slightly.
After a few minutes she spoke again. "You really are a good singer."
"You would tell me that even if I wasn't." I chuckled.
"True. But I really mean it. Best I have ever heard." I sighed. Things never really did seem to change.
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It was the day before we moved to Ithaca. Everything was packed but now, and we had moved most of our stuff to the main house so it would be easier to load later on. Jacob had stolen Nessie for the afternoon, he had been told about them move a few days ago, there could be nothing done about the move then. Nessie was still being stubborn about Jacob. I was glad of the distance though, maybe it would be good for the both of them. Jacob was still a student on the reservation, so he had to stay back of course, but every month we would visit him. Nessie seemed happy about this, all she wanted was her best friend back every once in a while.
Bella and I were at the main house, Alice and Rose were still packing clothes and Jasper and Emmett were "helping". Esme was packing home decor and Carlisle was finishing up at the hospital. It left me and Bella with the piano, waiting for our daughter to return with Jacob.
And sure enough, the two of them soon came in through the door, Nessie on his shoulder, both laughing at something or other. Bella smiled and got up from her seat beside me, kissing my cheek gently as she went to greet the two. I continued the piece I was playing, not wanting to stop in the middle of it.
"How was your day?" I heard Bella ask them both.
"Lot's of fun!" I heard Nessie squeal happily, sharing her day with her mother. They had gone to the park, and since it was just another rainy day in Forks, it was just her and Jacob there.
"Oh dear! Renesmee, you are soaked! Why don't you get a nice hot bath?" Bella asked, I guess she agreed since they were both heading up the stairs, leaving Jacob there. I sighed as I finished playing, knowing I couldn't keep this up and slid out of the piano seat, heading into the living room.
Jacob looked as massive as ever. He was leaning on the wall but the stair way, looking forward, seeming to be in thought until I entered the room. His grin turned into a straight line. He was not pleased that we were moving. He believe it was all my fault, even thought my entire family insisted that it wasn't just me who decided to move. He still didn't seem to believe it.
"Jacob." I said calmly.
"Edward." he said, but I could hear it growl that he was holding back.
"Jacob, this isn't just my decision. It's my entire family's. We all decided to move away." I tried to explain for the hundredth time.
"But you are taking her from me. That's why you were so eager to move in the first place. Don't tell me otherwise." he said, trying to keep his cool.
"Jacob, we have to. I rather be with my daughter while she grows up, spend that time with her atleast. Right now, you know it too, she will choose me over you." I told him, trying to keep the grin of my face. It slipped a little, and of course he noticed, getting a little more angered now.
But he stopped himself, breathed in and smiled at me. "For now at least. When she is older, she might have other ideas." It was my turn to growl. I stopped myself though, before we both got out of hand, and the fact that Bella had raised her bubble to shout mentally at me to stop.
"Jacob, I want to make a deal right now. Since I know you and Nessie will most likely end up as a couple, I want at least two says in this. One being that she will decide if she will want you or not–"
"Which you know she will." he cut me off, but I continued without notice.
"Second, being a parent, I want her to be my daughter for as long as possible. Myself and Carlisle believe by the age of six human years she will have the presence of a sixteen year old. That is when you can have a relationship with her." I smiled, crossing my arms and looking at him. He thought hard for a few minutes, before he nodded.
"It's a deal Mr. Cullen." He grinned, stepping forward and holding at his hand. I tried to read his mind but it was blank. I didn't like this, but he had agreed. He would not have a relationship with my daughter until she was six. Or sixteen. I held my hand out and me shook, agreeing to the wager.
Well played Mr. Cullen. I heard my darling wife think as she came down the stairs, Nessie in her arms and in pajamas. Her thumb was in her mouth, she looked like a real four year old, instead of a human-vampire hybrid who was really about nine months old.
"Is this the last time..?" Jake asked me. I nodded once. Once Nessie was asleep, we would start packing, and as soon as we were done, we would be off to Ithaca. Jake nodded, the sadness filling his face now.
"May I?" he asked Bella who gave our daughter over to him. Nessie looked up at him for a moment before planted her hand on his face, transmitting memories.
"Which ones?" Bella whispered to me. She had taken her place next to me, my arm wrapped around her waist.
"Pretty much everything. She making him remember all the good times they had together, not the sad ones that were coming. " I told her, my voice hushed.
"She is only nine months old and she is taking the separation better then I had." she chuckled under her breathe. I looked at her sadly but before I could say I'm sorry she shook her head.
"Edward, you have to give that up, or eventually I'm just going to say you aren't forgiven." she smiled up at me, place her fingers on my frown, which immediately made me smile.
"But their situation is a lot different then ours, love. We love each other, they are just friends." I said, returning my gaze to my daughter and Jacob, laughing about the time Jacob got covered in snow because Nessie pushed him.
"Well.. One day..." she started, looking away from me.
"Not you too." I groaned quietly.
"Edward, you know it's going to happen. She obsessed with him." Bella sighed, looking up at me.
"I just don't want it to be true." I sighed. "Why does Jacob Black always try to steal my girls?" I sighed again. Bella giggled and I laughed along side of her.
Jacob embraced Nessie. "I'm going to miss you kiddo."
"I'm going to miss you to Jake, but I'll see you when I come back!" she said, hugging him back.
"Try not to make so many friends that you'll forget me. I know you will be a big hit." he smiled.
"I'll never forgot you Jake! You are my best friend!" she exclaimed again.
"Forever right?" he smiled.
"And ever." She smiled back at him. It was late though and sleep was soon upon Nessie. Jacob said goodbye to Bella and I once more before he left. We let Nessie sleep on the couch while Rosalie watched her as we began to move things into the trucks and cars. Soon everything was packed and we all were heading into our cars. Bella seemed particular sad. This was after all her first move. The rest of us were used to it now.
"Cheer up Bella!" sang Alice. "Ithaca is close to New York City! NYC is our new Port Angeles!" she giggled, heading into her Porsche with Jasper in tow. Bella groaned, this would require to become Barbie Bella again, except in one of the biggest cities ion the world. I chuckled and opened the door as she placed sleeping Nessie in the back seat of her car. I kissed her forehead.
"Don't worry, this time, I'll come along." I told her, smiling.
"Honestly?" she smiled back at me. It was like that was the best news she heard all day. I chuckled.
"If Alice lets me, she probably won't. With all the sports teams around, she probably make the boys and I go to a game and suggest you go shopping at the exact time." I shrugged and she groaned again, walking over to the driver's seat.
"Wait!" I said, rushing to her side. She looked up at me and I wrapped my arms around her waist and crushed my lips against hers. Her hands wove into my hair and we stayed like this for a few moments before I heard my brother cough from behind me. I pulled away to look at him and my father, both looking at me impatiently.
"One for the road." I grinned and they sighed, heading to their cars.
"We are going now, we'll be in Ithaca in a couple of hours." Emmett said, heading to his Jeep.
"I'll follow you the whole way." I told Bella once again before placing my lips on hers, heading to my Volvo as she stepped into her Mustang. Alice and Jasper sped of first followed by Bella and myself and the rest followed behind us. For the first time since I left Chicago, I knew I would miss Forks. Because the greatest part of my life was found there, something I would never forget.
Author's Note: Finally got it done! Aren't you proud of me?
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