Bella

An hour later my beautiful baby was born. As I looked up at Edward, exhausted yet ecstatic he smiled and seemed to know my exact thoughts. He said one word before leaning down and kissing both of us gently:

'Evie.'

We had just ten minutes to admire our perfect creation before a timid knock was heard at the door. Carlisle poked his head around, smiled as he saw us and asked:

'Can everyone come in? We'll come in small groups.'

Firstly Esme and Carlisle materialised in the room to coo over our baby. They both gave us space, understanding the emotions we were feeling at the time.

'What's her name?' asked Esme.

'Evie,' Both Edward and I replied softly, our gazes never leaving her perfect face.

'That's a beautiful name; we'd better go and let the others come in.'

We barely acknowledged that they were leaving and as Rosalie and Emmett entered, our world was broken by Emmett's booming laugh as he watched us:

'She's got you wrapped around her little finger already!'

I laughed with him. She'd done that before she was even born despite all the side effects she had caused.

'We bought you a present guys.' Said Rosalie softly, and handed over a floppy parcel. I gestured for Edward to open it as my hands were taken up with Evie. It was a tiny sundress in navy with sprigs of white flowers printed delicately all over it.

'It's beautiful Rosalie, thank you.' I said simply and then gasped as Evie began to murmur. We were lost again in our world and silently Emmett and Rose left us to it.

Last of all to visit were Alice and Jasper. Alice was immediately all over us, gasping and making faces at Evie even though her eyes were still closed.

I noticed that Jasper stood near the door looking bemused. He wasn't ready to have children yet I thought. Finally we were left totally alone and we simply sat and watched as Evie slept in my arms.

The next morning Carlisle and Esme came to take us home. We hadn't got a car at the hospital and I thought that Edward would be distracted anyway by Evie if he tried to drive.

Esme voiced what we had been thinking whilst we were in the hospital:

'She's go Edward's hair but Bella's face shape. Hmm I wonder what colour eyes she's going to have?'

'Green, I hope,' I added, 'like Edward's eyes.'

We were going to have today alone with Evie but then visit everyone at Carlisle and Esme's house the following day to introduce her properly to the rest of the family. We were going to lunch and there we would tell everyone her full name as they only knew her first name: Evie.

We were sitting on Carlisle and Esme's sofa when Emmett finally got bored and asked:

'So what's her name?'

I nodded at Edward to make him say it, he always seemed so proud.

'She's called Evie Hebe Cullen.'

'What does Hebe mean?' asked Carlisle.

'Hebe is the Greek goddess of youth.'

'That's pretty. So, when can I go shopping for her?' No guesses that Alice was speaking. I groaned and answered in a tired voice:

'Alice we already have a whole wardrobe of clothes for her and she's going to grow so fast that she doesn't need loads of clothes.'

Alice went into a huff and Esme saved the situation by calling us into the dining room to eat where everyone toasted to Evie.