Disclaimer: Twilight and all it's character's belong to Stephaine Meyers. Not me, too bad.
Authors Note: I'm saying this advance, I am very very very very sorry for the no updates on this story. A lot has come at me and plus, exams and stuff. But I find myself home, 'sick', and a will to write. I'll try my best to update, but with exams next week and people leaving in a couple of weeks, it requires a lot of time away from the computer. But as soon as everything settles down, I can get started back at writing.
A new thing I'm added, I find music inspires each of these chapters. So I'm going to choose a song that fits the most with each chapter, and of course, telling you guys. I'll put the lyrics at the end, in case you're computer is slow and can't handle two things at once. But yeah, let lets get this show on the road.
Song: Bubbly by Colbie Caillat
Chapter Five: Rain Doesn't Bother Me.
Another rainy day. A perfect day for unpacking in out case. We could go and carry things to and from the moving van with ease, without worrying about people seeing our dismond covered skin, as Bella so lovely like to put it. Professor Hunt found us two and I had taken the smaller one, to live in with Nessie, while the rest of our family had taken the bigger one, a few blocks away from us.
Everything was almost unpacked, thanks to vampire-speed. We had unpacked Nessie's room first, allowing her some time to her own. She seemed quite interested in the house, it was one of the older ones in the city, a fixer-uper if you would. But Bella and our daughter loved it, so of course I had no objections. She was currently exploring the attic with her Teddy-Wolf, while Bella and I unpacked the living room. My piano stayed with Carlisle and Esme, much to my digression, but Bella promised we'd go and pick up a simpler one tomorrow. She knew me too well, and the buying things was starting to grow on her. I started to fear, perhaps we would have a new Alice on our hands in no time.
Bella went to check on Nessie while I called Carlisle to see what was going on at their house. He said they just finished unpacking, and that they should come up. I agreed, and told them that we would be there shortly, before Alice cut in.
"Oh Edward, please let Nessie have her way with this one, and make sure Bella brings a camera." Alice said into the phone. Too bad I couldn't read her mind over the phone, because before I had a chance to ask, she had hung up on me. I huffed and went to find my girls.
They were in the attic, and Nessie was showing Bella the places she had found in the attic, the perfect hiding spots. She called it her "club house". I chuckled and Nessie gasped. "Daddy!" she screeched and ran at me. Lucky for my vampire speed, or I could of dropped her. She was starting to get some immortal traits to her.
"Hey there." I smiled, spinning her around, forcing a chuckle out of Bella. I smiled at my wife. "Grandpa Carlisle called, he wants us to come to their house." I told my daughter. She gasped.
"Oh really Daddy? That sounds like fun! A new place to explore!" she exclaimed, bouncing in my arms. Bella chuckled and moved towards us.
"My car or yours?" she smiled, pulling her keys out of her pocket. She had gotten used to the fast driving life of the rest of her family. She was now a regular speed-demon.
"No!" Nessie protested. I knew this was coming and sighed, shrugging to Bella as she gave me a curious look.
"Mommy, you said that Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme and–" Bella just nodded, knowing she meant all the Cullen's. I suppressed a chuckle. "Yeah well, you said that they don't live very far away right?" she asked, and both nodded, which made her beam wide. I read her mind a chuckled, and Bella glared at me, hating when she was left out of these conversations. Nessie seemed to noticed, and made to clear.
"I want to walk there! In the rain! Aunt Alice got me new boots and a jacket!" she said, squirming out of my arms and ran down to her room. I looked back at Bella a chuckled.
"Alice says to bring the camera, I'm not quite sure why." I smiled lopsided, earning myself a kiss as I wrapped my arm around her waist, descending down the stairs trying to find our precious daughter. When we found her, she was puttingher bright red rubber boots on. Bella smiled and quickly ran to get her camera and took a shot of the scene. I laughed and took her rain jacket from the rack and put it on her, before I got myself a navy rain jacket and Bella a deep green soon as we were all done, we headed out the door.
Carlisle and Esme's new house was about four blocks away. There was enough rain puddles in between those four blocks to make it look like Nessie had gotten a ran ahead of us while my arm stay securely around Bella's waist while she snapped a few photos of Nessie jumping in the puddles. I'm glad Alice told us to bring her camera, it was highly amusing watching my daughter jump from puddle to puddle.
But I found out the real reason behind the camera. Stupid future seeing pixie.
"Daddy come play with me!" she squealed, grabbing my hand. I let off Bella and did as Nessie told me, laughing gently as she pulled me along. I could hear musical laughter as Bella took pictures of us strolling down the road, Nessie jumping in puddles and getting my pants soaked. But that wasn't all. She began to skip along side of me, while I just walked.
"Daddy skip!" she commanded looking up at me. I looked back at Bella who was having a field day, and knew she would enjoy the sight of her husband skipping down the road. Perfect blackmail for anyone in his family. I couldn't say no, so of course I did. And for two straight blocks I skipped down the street with my daughter. At first I agree, it quite embarrassing, trying to keep in step with legs that were so short. But after a while I didn't seem to care who saw, like any true father would. The laughter stopped from Bella, but I could still here the camera snapping pictures from behind us. When we finally got to the street, I pointed out the house to Bella and Nessie. Nessie ran ahead, and just as I was about to follow after her, Bella grabbed my arm. I turned around and it looked like she could of cried.
"Edward Cullen, you are the best father, husband and soul mate anyone could ever ask for." She said, stepping up on the balls of her feet, kissing me in the rain. "But skipping is not your forte, I say keep to your piano playing." she laughed, grabbing my hand and pulling me to the house.
Nessie was already in the living room with Rosalie and Emmett when we arrived. She was sharing her trip over with Rosalie, and by the looks of Emmett, dying of hysterics on the floor, he had already seen it. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair, whilst Bella reached up again to kiss my cheek. Alice came down the stairs and just as she went to grab Bella's camera she looked at my pants.
"Edward! You're getting worst then Bella ruining you're clothes!" she shrieked, pointing to my pants. Bella scoffed, and I tried to hold in my laughter. Alice had already snatched the camera and was looking through the pictures at vampire speed.
"Well, it was Nessie's fault, so I can't be too mad." she said, still flicking through the pictures. When she heard her name, Nessie jumped off Rosalie's lap (who was join her husband in laughing fits) and ran to Bella, so she could get a look at the pictures as well. I took this advantage to get change and look around the house.
It wasn't as old as ours, but it did look to be a house that had been fixed up. It was defiantly bigger, with three bathrooms, six bedrooms and three stories. It was like the house out in Forks, but not so lonely, since they had house surrounding it. Finally, I found my piano, it was on the second floor, in a living room area. I quickly ran over and began to fiddle with it, playing a few tunes and such. It must of been an hour before I felt something tap me on the back.
I turned around to find my daughter, holding out a picture. I look at her and she offered it to me. I took it from her and she sat down on the bench. It was a picture of us, I was walking she was skipping into a puddle. I was looking down at her with my crooked smile, and she was looking up, mimicking my smile.
"That's me and Mommy's favorite." she told me once I looked away from the picture. I pulled her into my lap and kissed her forehead with a smile.
"And make it Daddy's favorite too." I whispered to her.
"Everyone else has a favorite one too. Auntie Alice printed off this one of you skipping down the road with me, they said you look very funny." she giggled and I groaned, rubbed my face with my hand. I would never hear the end of this one.
"Daddy? Can you play Mommy's song?" she asked, and I nodded moving my hands to the keys and began Bella's Lullaby. I heard her come up from behind me, placing two hands on my shoulder and kissing my head gently as I played her song. Once I finished playing it through I looked down at Nessie, who was asleep in my arms.
"I think there's some magic in the song Edward, it but me right to sleep when I was human as well." Bella told me, taking Nessie from my arms.
"Perhaps love. We should head back now, I'll ask to borrow Carlisle's car, since he'll probably be the only one willing to take my car, and not laugh as soon as they see my face." I said, thinking about the picture. Bella giggled.
"Aww honey, I think it's cute that you aren't perfect at everything. It make's you normal." she giggled, kissing me on the cheek before descending the stairs. I sighed, first day here and I already found something for everyone to make fun of me for, even Bella.
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The next day was just as gloomy, except for the rain. I thought it would be a perfect time to explore the neighborhood. Bella had promised Alice a shopping trip, so I decided to take Nessie with me. The neighbor we live in now seems fairly nice, we spotted a few houses that seem to have children around Nessie' appearance age, so I figured that there must be a park around for them. Sure enough, after about a ten minute walk we found one.
Nessie had never been to a park before, so she was truly amazed by it. She ran around to each thing, climbing, exploring, sliding, and even spinning at everything she could find. But her favorite part was the swing. I help her up into it and showed her how to get momentum. After a few tries she finally got it, and I only needed to give her a few pushes before she could handle it herself. She loved the felling of flying, as she put it, and swung for a good half hour before someone showed up.
I knew Nessie wanted to make friends, and seeing the women bringing her daughter into the park, I knew that it was time for Nessie's first human child interaction. Nessie say her too and looked at me, as to wondering what to do.
"Nessie, this girl and her Mom are like Grandpa Charlie. They aren't as durable as us. So you have to be a good girl and play nicely, and don't be rough." I told her, looking over at the mother and daughter as the little girl climbed the jungle jim. I noticed the women looking over at me.
My, what a fine boy, must be that girl's brother, he looks too young to have a child at that age. The mother thought before looking back to her child, which made me chuckle slightly. I looked back to Nessie.
"I can do it Daddy, I'll be a good girl and play nice, like I do with Jacob, but I have to be carefully." she nodded her head, slipping out of the swing and running towards the play set. I smiled gently and placed my hands in my pocket, walking over to the mother.
"Hello." I greeted her with a smile. She nodded a hello and looked back to the children, Nessie had already engage the child in some conversation.
"Is she your sister?" the women asked, a smile on her face. I shook my head.
"No that's my daughter." I smiled, I didn't even need to look at the women's face to noticed the shock. She reminded me of Esme, but her hair was a darker chestnut color, and of course the more humanly looks to her. Nessie then took a hold of the girls hand and pulled her towards us, not in a harmful way though.
"Daddy, this is Sasha. Can we stay a bit longer and play?" she asked me. Sasha was just like her mother, the dark chestnut hair, the bright blue eyes, but she must of received the bright warm smile from her father.
"Of course sweetheart, as long as it's alright with Sasha's mom." I told her. The two girls looked to Sasha's mother and with a warmer smile she agreed, sending the two girls off to explore the park together.
"I'm Lauren by the way." the women greeted me. "I usually don't come out in this weather with Sasha, but she insisted. She loves overcast days." she explained, a soft chuckle following.
"I'm Edward, and my daughter, who forgot her manners to introduce herself is Renesmee. It's a mix of both my mother and my wife Bella's mother's names. We just call her Nessie for short though." I smiled at her.
"What a interesting name." Lauren said, actually sounding serious. This was a first, most people just nodded their heads and thought that we were foolish for naming our daughter with such a peculiar name. "I haven't seen you before, I'm guessing you have just moved?" Lauren asked as we walked over to the park bench.
"Yes from Washington, it's where myself and Bella first met. We moved here for a bit of change, my father's colleague Professor Hunt from the University found us our home." I explained to her, watching as Nessie showed Sasha how to swing.
"If you don't mind me saying, you look quite young to be a father, and I wouldn't believe it but she looks so much like you." Lauren said, I could tell she was slightly embarrassed to bring up the subject.
"No it's not trouble at all. Yes, myself and Bella are quite young, only fresh out of highschool. But Bella had become pregnant during the end of our junior year. She talked about losing me because she was some loser who got pregnant and that I probably didn't want to be with her anymore. But actually, I had been waiting to find a way to ask her to marry me. She thought at first it was just because of Nessie, but once I assured her that wasn't the case we got married, and shortly after she gave birth to Nessie.
"My parents and hers agreed to help us raise Nessie while were pursued careers. I'm going to the University here to finish my surgeon degree while Bella has received an editorial job with a publishing group that allows her to stay home so she can watch Nessie. Our lives have turned out for the better with Nessie." I smiled looking at my daughter's face as she flew through the air. Bella and I had practiced this story to tell me. It was true, I was going to university to learn how to become a surgeon again while Bella worked with a publishing group.
"That's fantastic. I'm a nurse at the hospital while my husband Dave is a contractor. We were high school sweethearts." she smiled, also noticing how happy her daughter was. "What school do you plan on enrolling Nessie in?" she asked.
"We only just arrived yesterday, so we are waiting to settle down a bit before Bella and I go looking at schools. I'm sure Sasha is already attending somewhere?" I asked, we had yet to find a place for Nessie to attend.
"Oh yes, she is going to Brooksfield Elementary School. It's a fine school, my older son Matthew has already been through there and my other son Christopher is in grade three. They both loved it there." she smiled. "You should really think about enrolling Nessie. Her and Sasha seem to be getting along well." Lauren said, looking over at our daughters again. What I couldn't get is how she didn't seem to mind being around me, that I didn't strike fear in her like our kind did. But she perfectly comfortable. How peculiar.
"Oh I defiantly will. I'll tell Bella as soon as we get home." I smiled, looking down at my watch. "Oh shoot, we were suppose to be home a half hour ago. Nessie!" I called, ushering my child over. She did, knowing it was time to leave and looked at Sasha.
"Daddy I want stay longer and play with Sasha!" she complained and I chuckled.
"Nessie darling, if we don't leave now, your mother will worry about us." I looked to Lauren. "Perhaps we can another time to meet?"
She nodded. "That sounds perfectly fine to me. What do you think Sasha-Bear?" She asked as her daughter clung to her leg.
"Yes please! Me and Nessie are going to be best friends!" Sasha beamed at Nessie, who smiled right back.
"Then it's decided. I'll give you our number." Lauren said and I keyed in their number into my cell phone, along with their address. "I'll hope to see you soon Nessie." Lauren smiled as they headed off in the other direction. "Thank you Mrs. Carell! I'll see you later Sasha!" Nessie called waving goodbye with the hand that wasn't holding mine. Once we were out of the park she looked up at me.
"Daddy you were right! I did make new friends!" she beamed, skipping a bit. I chuckled.
"Of course I knew you would Princess. Who can't love you?" I smiled lopsided, squeezing her hand gently.
"Can I do something with Sasha tomorrow?" Nessie asked, her eyes pleading.
"If she's not busy. You can call her tomorrow morning and see, okay?" I told her and she nodded, a smile that was wider then ever was plastered on her face.
"Daddy?" she said, looking up at me. I looked down at her, my topaz eyes meeting her chocolate brown eyes. "I think I'm going to like it here actually."
Author's Note: Ugh, I'm terrible with endings, I'm sorry. Actually I'm sorry for this whole chapter. But it's what's pulling me away from exams right now, and exams are taking up my better brain, stupid gosh darn exams. But hey, it means that summer is almost here! Hoorah!
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Lyrics to Bubbly by Colbie Calliat
I've been awake for a while now
You've got me feelin' like a child now
'Cause every time I see your bubbly face
I get the tinglees in a silly place
It starts in my toes
And I crinkle my nose
Wherever it goes I always know
That you make me smile
Please stay for a while now
Just take your time
Wherever you go
The rain is fallin' on my window pane
But we are hidin' in a safer place
Under the covers stayin' safe and warm
You give me feelings that I adore
They start in my toes
Make me crinkle my nose
Wherever it goes
I always know
That you make me smile
Please stay for a while now
Just take your time
Wherever you go
What am I gonna say
When you make me feel this way?
I just, mmm
It starts in my toes
Makes me crinkle my nose
Wherever it goes
I always know
That you make me smile
Please stay for a while now
Just take your time
Wherever you go
I've been asleep for a while now
You tucked me in just like a child now
'Cause every time you hold me in your arms
I'm comfortable enough to feel your warmth
It starts in my soul
And I lose all control
When you kiss my nose
The feelin' shows
'Cause you make me smile
Baby just take your time now
Holdin' me tight
Wherever, wherever, where ever you go
Wherever, wherever, where ever you go