'Sometimes When We Touch' by Newton "Sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much and I have to close my eyes and hide. I want to hold you till I die, till we both break down and cry. I want to hold you till this fear in me subsides..."

I'm watching Rosalie and Emmett supposedly playing with Renesme and Bella, but they seem to have got a bit distracted by each other. They're doing that thing they do where they go all gooey-eyes and public-displays-of-affection, making everyone around them feel slightly nauseous... even though it's not actually possible.

Back before Bella found me, I resented these moments they had. I felt actual jealousy, although fleetingly, for all of them – all the other members of my family. They were all coupled up and happy together whilst I had no-one. When they did their couple things I felt so alone, and in an infantile way, left out – like a child when the new baby is born.

Now though, I was happy for them; happy to see them obviously happy – as happy as I was with my own little family – my Bella and my daughter, never would I have dreamed the pleasure saying that sent through my veins. Now we all had someone; we all had our happily ever after endings, much as I had been convinced that we were hell damned monsters.

"Edward." Just my name in her beautiful, musical voice sent chills down my spine. I turned to watch her walk towards me through the door, the light catching the red tints in her long hair. If we'd all got our fairytale endings, I had most definitely been chosen by the princess too. "What are you doing skulking in here?"

"Who said I was skulking love, I was just watching you with... our daughter." Yes, it stills chokes me to say it, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Bella smiled at the amazement that was always present in my voice when I spoke of our Renesme, and she reached for my hands.

I pulled her in front of and wrapped my arms around her middle, turning towards the window again. Now that Bella had come inside Emmett and Rosalie were paying more attention, as too was Jacob who had jumped down from where he had been perching on a rock observing.

Renesme was trying to tickle Emmett – not the easiest task for any of us – but he was being extra careful with Renesme just because of how little she was compared to him. I wasn't worried though – Renesme was every bit as durable as the rest of us, even Jacob, though nobody would ever, ever, test that. Emmett was just looking for an excuse to give Renesme a chance really – even if I couldn't read his thoughts it was obvious.

"She's amazing isn't she?" Bella breathed after we had both laughed at Emmett, accidentally-on-purpose falling over and having Renesme launch herself on top of him.

"She certainly is," I answered quietly though I knew Bella would hear. "She takes after her mother that way."

"Yea well, it takes two to Tango you know..."

Outside Rosalie grinned on hearing my wife's words; even through the glass. Emmett flashed a glance in our direction too but was too busy to really pay much attention, trying to restrain our little one's quick hands.

Back in high school, what seemed decades ago but was probably only years, I had learnt to notice the look that came over Emmett and Jasper particularly when they wanted to do couple stuff. The way they stared at my sisters; even Carlisle did it with Esme. Even though sometimes it wasn't properly private couple stuff they were thinking about, I always made myself scarce; feeling oddly disgusting sitting there being able to read their thoughts. Emmett's were especially vulgar at times.

"Oh well, let the band play and we shall dance on then..." I whispered nuzzling Bella's ear making her giggle.

"You are in a very funny mood today, any particular reason?" Bella asked looking up at me, and I pulled back to look, stare more like, at her. I still couldn't believe she was mine although we had celebrated three months of marriage only a week ago. I knew that the very same look that I had learned to be wary of back when I was alone and desperately lonely, would be in my eyes in that very moment – eagerly welcome for all that I cared now.

"Just feeling appreciatively of everything I have love. Or rather – everything I have gained recently."

"Well you've had me for a long while," Bella replied lightly smiling up at me. "So you must mean your daughter."

"You have only been completely, lawfully... physically... mine for such a short while love." I replied running my hands up and down her sides. "Don't forget I have that to be appreciative of."

Bella murmured in agreement not really listening; she had leant back into me as my hands moved, urging me on. I chuckled darkly in her ear, "Later..."

"So you don't feel appreciative of your daughter then?" Bella finally said a moment later though her voice still was a bit rough.

"How could I ever not be reverent of our little miracle love? Speaking of our darling daughter..." My voice turned dark as I noticed another with the smitten look that I now carried too, and it was not someone who I would particularly wish to have it. Jacob Black.

"What?" Bella moved forward a little trying to understand what had me concerned but I wasn't really paying attention. I was too busy scanning Jacob's thoughts for anything that could be taken in an inappropriate manner. As her father I didn't need much of excuse to take him for a time-out; far, far away...

Without answering my darling Bella I moved swiftly outside. Jacob was staring at Renesme so religiously, so devotedly, that it scared me. She was still only young for heaven's sake, and although I had unfortunately found nothing in his head even close to smutty (all there had been were wishes and concerns for her happiness) just the level of his feelings that were on show terrified me.

Although I knew my actions would be viewed my everyone as very over-protective-father-esque, I walked straight to where Renesme was crouching at Emmett's side poking his marble ribs causing laughter and growls to fill the air. She looked up at me as I stopped and smiled widely, her sheer beauty as her own unique individual and as her mother's child, took my breath away for a moment.

"Daddy!" She squealed as I swooped down and scooped her up from where she sat. I swung her high into the air, listening to the laughter and amazing at the way it made my heart swell. Finally hugging her into my chest, I walked to rejoin Bella and to take them home. On my way past however I couldn't resist one tiny split-second glance at Jake; just to make sure that he knew I had noticed him.

After all – if I couldn't be protective who could?