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Renesmee Black

I watched as my baby sister left with Chloe and Lexi for the third day in a row to sit on the beach all day. I frowned to myself in concern, I didn't know what they expected, if the mermaids were strict enough to banish her then what did Lexi think they had done to her sisters for aiding her to come see Beth every day? The thought disturbed me.

"She's only a child. She's hopeful they haven't hurt her sisters" my father answered me, his hand playing with my hair, I sighed and turned to hug him, he was initially shocked, I wasn't sure why but he pulled me tighter into me anyway and returned my hug.

I didn't realise until this week how much I missed being by my parents. Jacob and I mostly spend our time in the states but we had travelled the world over the past few years, seeing everything we wanted to see before we started a family. We never got to do that when I fell pregnant with my first son on our honeymoon so we took the opportunity after all our children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren had grown up.

"I missed you too" my father whispered into my hair. I closed my eyes as he held me, trying to memorise the moment and comparing it to every other hug he had ever given me in the past, he chuckled slightly.

"You'll always be my first baby girl" he winked, I smiled up at him.

"Too right" I giggled.

"You guys having more after Elizabeth has grown up?" Eddie asked coming up to us. "I want a brother" he grinned at our dad, Edward laughed, a real laugh, not a chuckle or a tickle, he was nearly keeling over laughing. "What?" Eddie frowned; I was smiling as I pulled away from our hysterical father.

"What's so funny?" I laughed at him, I couldn't help it, I had never seen my dad laughing like this before. He managed to stop laughing but still had a huge smile plastered on his face as he looked between me and Eddie.

"You are 122 years old with children of your own and you're asking for a little brother now?" he asked Eddie, his eyebrow raising, Eddie looked innocent.

"What?" he shrugged and looked down to his feet as if he was slightly embarrassed. "Part of me wants a brother, I always have. I had sisters growing up." He said and looked over to me, I had to admit I was about to break into a laugh too.

"Awww poor Edward. You were so deprived as a child" I joked and pulled his head to my chest to hug him, he was 6 foot 4 though, it didn't work very well. He pulled away from me and glared at my sarcasm.

"You had a sister and a brother I just had sisters!" he said. "And now I have another one, and I spend all my time with women."

"You have a son!" I laughed at him.

"So?! I want a brother!" he moaned like he was a 5 year old child.

"You had Jacob" Edward said as a matter of fact.

"He wasn't my brother, he was Nessie's"

"Ew dude" Jacob said joining the conversation

"You were. Until she hit puberty then all you wanted to do was put a baby in her" Eddie said with a wink. I slapped Eddie's arm and he laughed.

"We have Lexi now, your mother and I won't be having another one for another hundred years" Edward laughed. "Probably after your fourth round of kids" he winked at Eddie.

"Chloe and I felt obliged to carry on the family name, I had to have a son" he pouted.

"No you didn't" I laughed.

"Well you didn't name a son Edward!" he glared at me. I rolled my eyes.

"Because three Edward's would have been confusing back then. You had Teddy 30 years ago. Could you imagine what it would have been like if he was born when his sisters were and we were all still in La Push?" I laughed.

"I suppose, but we nicknamed him Teddy so it wouldn't get confusing" he shrugged.

"It still would have been too much, don't get me wrong I think it's really sweet that you had him but im glad you had him when our kids had grown up" I smiled at him.

"Yeah dude. Im not naming my kid Edward, sorry" he laughed. I glared at my husband, and so did Edward and Eddie. "What?" he cringed.

"Edward is the best name in the world" Eddie boasted.

"I wouldn't have thought twice about naming our son Edward, when we had our kids though I left if open for Eddie and Chloe. If we had named William, Edward or one of the twins he wouldn't have been Edward Cullen, he'd be Edward Black and that wouldn't really be passing on the name" I explained.

"Really? You wanted to name William, Edward?" he asked. I shrugged guiltily. I couldn't lie, it crossed my mind, I just thought it would have been better as a middle name instead.

"Huh" Jacob mumbled.

"What are you four talking about?" my mom said happily, she wrapped her arms around Edward's arm in a hug.

"Baby names" Eddie explained

"You're not pregnant are you Nessie?" my mom gasped.

"No" I laughed in response.

"I have more self-control, im not ready for my second round of kids yet" I winked at both my brother and my parents and started walking towards the couch.

"Will you ever have more?" Eddie asked following me to the couch, I sat down and rested my feet up.

"In the near future? Hell no. I like being child free, I mean sure I miss my children. Every day. But it's so nice not to have responsibilities." I smiled happily as Jacob towered over me; he had his eyebrow raised and his hands on his hips. "What?" I gasped. Was he angry at me for telling our family our future plans? "You said you liked being childfree" I frowned. He laughed as if I had completely missed the point.

"Im not glaring at you because you don't want more kids Ness" he chuckled. He bent down, his arms winding around my body and nearly threw me up in the air. I squealed as he caught me and replaced me on the couch, I landed on his lap and his strong arms wound around me, my squeal died down as he cuddled me into him. I saw my mom smiling at us as she sat on Edward's lap in the lounge chair.

"I miss this" my mom smiled at us. Eddie had squeezed onto the end of the couch Jacob and I were on; despite the fact there was an empty couch next to us. I reached out and he took my hand, he played with my wedding ring as we spoke to our parents.

"Me too, I miss teasing my sister" Eddie laughed, I rolled my eyes at my brother but I agreed with him, I missed having him around a lot. I wished we didn't have to leave.

"Well maybe next time you have to relocate you can move back to the US and live by us" Jacob grinned at Eddie.

"Yeah definitely, I miss home" he sighed still stroking my hand. I squeezed it and reached round to touch Jacob's face. I want to hug my brother. I placed in his head, he nodded and loosened his grip on me, allowing me to crawl from his lap and over to Eddie, he smiled widely when I sat on his lap and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around me as we continued to talk with our family.

The afternoon went by so fast I didn't realise the time until I heard Jacob's stomach rumble, telling me he was hungry. It was nearly 8pm. Chloe would be back with the girls soon.

"Lexi hasn't eaten all day" Bella gasped. "Im not used to looking after a human child" he scolded herself.

"Lexi is fine Bella. Chloe got her to eat some of the island fruit around lunch time, she hasn't been hungry. They're on their way back now" Edward told her. My mom relaxed.

"Oh good" she sighed and headed to the kitchen.

"I'll come help momma" I said as I climbed off Eddie's lap and followed her into the kitchen leaving the men together. Bella and I began making spaghetti bolognaise. It was one of my favourites and I thought since Lexi had only been on human food for 3 days, she needed to taste as many things that were possible. We could hear the boys laughing in the living room and I tried to pay attention to what they were saying.

"It's so nice to see Jacob and Edward together like that" my mom smiled wistfully. I smiled back at her.

"In other words, when you were human you had no idea they'd ever become such close friends?" I asked her.

"No, I always had the idea but I thought it would be impossible. I knew them both separately as people and knew they'd get along if they weren't fighting over me" she chuckled.

"Well im glad it came true for you mom" I told her truthfully.

"Me too" she smiled as she transferred the pasta into the strainer and I continued to work on the sauce.

"Have you ever thought about what it would have been like if you chose Jacob?" I asked her then. I expected her to laugh or quickly answer no or push the subject away to avoid awkwardness but she didn't, she surprised me with her answer. All the times ive asked her this in the past or it has been brought up she and my father have always pushed the question away and said it didn't matter anymore.

"Once." She answered and eyed me carefully. I encouraged her to continue and jumped up on the counter as I waited for the sauce to cook. She shrugged. "I didn't like it though" she laughed. I smiled but didn't say anything to interrupt her. "When your father and I first decided to come live here, one night we were just talking and he asked me the question. It shocked me at first, Edward never likes to bring up the past, especially not that far into our past. We both knew it was always going to be me and him so we didn't feel the need to discuss what ifs" she began and sat on the island counter so she was opposite me.

"So you starting thinking about Jacob?" I asked.

"No, I imagined being dead. Which I would be now if I had picked Jacob. We'd have grown old together, probably had a bunch of wolf kids and be surrounded by our grandchildren or maybe great grandchildren as we died. It was quite a depressing thought" she explained. I smiled slightly, trying to imagine it. Of course I couldn't, not truthfully. I only saw myself with Jacob and I only saw Bella with Edward but I appreciated the thought of it.

"I don't think it's depressing. I think that's wonderful. If Jacob and I couldn't live forever there is nothing in this world id have wanted more than to grow old with him" I explained. My mom managed to smile slightly.

"I suppose I can't put myself in human's shoes anymore. The idea of not having forever is unthinkable to me, to have spent the last 100 years getting weaker and more fragile instead of being able to do whatever we wanted doesn't bear thinking about." This shocked me coming from my down to earth mother, I knew as a human she always wanted immortality and to live forever by my father's side but I always thought if she could chose she'd have made Edward human and they'd have grown old together.

"That was my ideal not Bella's. Your mother always wanted immortality. I was the one that wanted to grow old with her" Edward explained coming in, Elizabeth was holding his hand as they entered the room.

"Nessie!" she called and ran over to me, I jumped down from the counter to lift my little sister into my arms.

"And I take back everything I ever said. I am glad we have this life. I see my 124 year old daughter hugging my 6 month old. That's just not possible in the human world" my father smiled. "We're gifted and we should be thankful of that everyday"

"As for me and you Bells... we wouldn't have had nearly as cute kids" Jake laughed and came in to the room, he reached across the island counter and wrapped his arms around my mother's waist, causing her to squeal slightly as he pulled her backwards and into his chest before pulling her off the island and putting her on her feet. She laughed.

"Like I said, we'd be dead by now if I picked you"

"Why would you be dead?" Elizabeth gasped; I saw tears in her eyes at the mere thought of Jacob or our mother being dead.

"Oh no sweetie. Forget I said it. Jacob and I are just being silly" our mother said, moving from Jacob's side in a flash and appearing in front of me to caress Elizabeth's cheek.

"You're not going to die right Jakey?" she asked looking over to Jacob.

"Nope. Don't worry kiddo, I'll be around for a long time, just like you" he winked at her. Her face lit up into a smile.

"Good" she said and wrapped her arms around my neck tighter so her cheek was squashed against mine. I giggled and held her tighter to me. It was then Chloe and Lexi came in, Eddie greeted Chloe and Lexi climbed up onto one of the island chairs.

"Still no sign sweetheart?" my mom asked Lexi, appearing at her side and stroking her hair, she shook her head sadly. I let Beth down so I could start dishing up the food for Jacob, Lexi and myself.

"What do you think happened after you left?" Eddie asked her and sat opposite her. She shrugged.

"My family aren't like most families. We were really close. Most parents after having children let them go free after a few years. As soon as they're not physically dependant on their mothers most girls go off on their own, some chose to go through school to learn about being human and then as soon as they're 16 they set foot on land and never look back, others go off to live their life in whatever part of the ocean they desire. Only really important girls have to stay to be married off. I would have had a husband, my dad was in the Nel and that meant I was classed as high born, I already knew who my future husband would be, he was picked out for me the day I was born, just like I was picked for him. Most girls don't get that privilege though as there aren't nearly enough boys to marry off every girl. We're taught independence by the time we're physically 10 and like I said, most girls live on their own at that point but my family was different, I knew all my sisters and brothers, we were close. I still lived with my parents and my older siblings, our parents adored us and loved us in ways that the Nelifia have never seen before, or at least it's rarely seen. My dad fought so hard for me, most fathers would have accepted the consequences of my actions but my daddy didn't. He saved me, and I know he'd do everything in his power to help my sisters too. They'll come see me, I know it." She said. All I wanted to do was hug her and tell her everything would be ok. It was such an awful thing to happen to a child as young as her. It made me so sad to think about how she had been abandoned by her own kind.

"We'll keep going every day until they come to see you Lexi" Beth said as she hugged her friend. Lexi nodded and quickly wiped away her tears.

"Dinner is served!" I said happily trying to brighten the mood, Beth got off one of the stools to make room for Jacob and I to sit either side of Lexi so we could eat our meals.

Our family stayed with us whilst we ate, we chatted about nothing in particular, I could see my family were trying to keep the mood light after Lexi's heavy speech. By the time we were finished, Chloe and my mom had already started cleaning the cooking equipment, there was music on in the background and when a particular catchy song came on Chloe turned it up and started dancing as she dried the dishes, I was smiling at her as she tried to get my mom to dance with her.

"Chloe I don't dance you know that" she laughed hysterically at Chloe. She was laughing with her more than at her.

"You dance with Edward" she reminded her.

"Yeah, I let him pull me around. I don't do anything but follow" she giggled.

"Well this isn't that kind of dancing" Chloe smiled and nudged my mom's hip with her own, my mom couldn't help herself she nudged her back "see" she laughed and she danced around the room to put the dishes away. I finished the last of my meal and stood up to give my mom the plate. I then grabbed my own towel and joined my best friend dancing around the room. Elizabeth and Lexi were giggling as they watched us. Eddie, Jacob and my dad were all smiling widely too and my mom was just refusing to participate.

"Come on momma" I giggled and tried to pull her with me.

"No" she laughed again, I saw my dad move and he was behind Bella in a second, his hands going to her hips and he turned her around to face him, he grinned at her knowingly. "Seriously Edward?" she laughed as he started dancing around the room with her. Chloe and I continued as my parents twirled in the kitchen.

"You have such a fun family" Lexi laughed to Beth.

"It's your family now too" Eddie told her, picking her up from her chair and putting one arm around her waist and holding the other one out as if they were ballroom dancing, only she was tiny so her legs were dangling towards the ground as he danced around the room with her, she giggled infectiously.

"Dancing is so much fun!" she laughed.

"Jakey!" Beth called, standing on a stool. I watched as my husband sighed and did a small eye roll as if to say no. "Please Jakey" Beth pouted.

"You're so much like your sister" he groaned and walked over to her, taking her in his arms the way Eddie had Lexi, she giggled delightfully and wrapped her legs securely around his waist. Jacob just couldn't seem to resist Elizabeth. I smiled widely at him as he danced with my sister. He was such a sucker when it came to children, I remember him doing the same with our daughters when they were children too. We were all laughing as we danced around the kitchen; it was a shame the song had to stop because I knew Beth and Lexi were enjoying it immensely.

"Alright kid songs over" Jacob said and put Elizabeth on her feet, she was still laughing but she curtsied towards him and he humoured her by bowing, she giggled harder.

"That was fun! I like having you around, you make momma and daddy smile" Beth told us. I smiled back at my baby sister.

"We're just happy to have all our children in one place" Bella answered her, stepping away from Edward and kneeling in front of Beth. Beth giggled and threw her arms around our mother in a hug.

Chloe and I finished the dishes whilst my parents put Elizabeth and Lexi to bed, they had been exhausted after their day's activities, Chloe had told me that even though they had been waiting for Lexi's sisters to show up, they had been playing on the beach and in the water all day.

Jacob and I sat with my parents and Eddie and Chloe for a while before heading to bed a few hours later.

"I love seeing you smiling like that" Jacob said as he undressed for bed, I looked up from the dressing table where I was taking my jewellery and makeup off. I hadn't even realised I had been smiling as I was doing it. I was thinking about seeing Jacob dance with Beth.

"I still smile" I frowned at him.

"I know you do but you love your family, and I don't blame you. You're at your happiest when you're with them" he said pulling the covers back and climbing under the thin sheet. I quickly finished taking my rings off except my wedding and engagement ring and crawled into the bed next to him.

"I wouldn't be happy if you weren't here too" I said, feeling the need to remind him, it wasn't just my family, it was seeing him with them that made me happy.

"I know Ness" he chuckled and reached to turn off the bedside lamp. He sighed in contentment and closed his eyes.

"But you're right, I love being with them and Elizabeth is so much more than I ever imagined. I love her so much already" I explained and tucked myself into his side. He wrapped his arm around me, hugging me to him.

"I know you do. Part of me wishes we can stay so you get to be a sister again but I wouldn't want to intrude on the life Edward and Bella have built here"

"They wouldn't mind. I am their daughter" I smiled, I loved the idea of staying, if Jacob would agree to it maybe we could go live on Isle Esme for a while, that way I wouldn't be far from my sister or my parents.

"I don't think it's right to ask them, it was their idea" Jacob said to me softly. Maybe he was right.

There was a small knock on the door and I quickly pulled the sheet up to cover my torso, I was only wearing a bra and underwear.

"Come in" I said awkwardly. My dad was smiling as he entered.

"100 years Nessie, im used to the fact you have sex" he said then winked at me. I blushed, despite the fact he was right.

"Eddie and I couldn't help but overhear your conversation" he began. I mentally groaned, he didn't think I would push him to let me live here did he? Was he here to tell me no?

"Renesmee" he said softly. "You are my daughter, I love you more than life itself, I would love nothing more than for you to stay here with us. Believe it or not Eddie and Chloe feel the same, they've missed you and Eddie was serious when he said he wanted to relocate nearer you. You and Eddie are more than just brother and sister, you grew up incredibly close, you act more like twins than regular siblings, Eddie completes you as you complete him, you two will always have that special bond, it doesn't matter how many more siblings you obtain over the years to come, you two will always be the eldest and so after a very quick conversation; Eddie and I agreed with your mother and Chloe to give Esme and a builder a call and build you two your own homes on this island, that way you can come whenever you please and you can both stay here as long as you wish whilst Elizabeth grows up."

"You'll let us stay?" I gasped.

"As long as you wish" he smiled at me softly. I reached to hug my father, not caring that I was practically naked, I couldn't wear pyjamas to bed with Jacob in this heat, our body temperatures were just far too hot in them. He didn't seem to mind, he returned my hug willingly. We pulled away and my father gave me a kiss on the forehead before leaving the room and closing the door.

"What do you think?" I asked turning to my husband.

"As long as you're happy, I'm happy. You won't miss our children?" he asked.

"Of course I will, but I don't get to see them all the time now anyway, and this way we can see Sarah more often. We'll live closer to her and it's only for a few years, what's is a few years to us?" I asked her. I didn't get to see Sarah as often as my other 5 children and I missed her, this way she'd be able to visit often and we could see her.

"I suppose spending the next few years with your parents and brother isn't the worst idea you've ever had." He smiled at me. I smiled back and kissed his lips in thanks.

"At least we'll get our own house" he grinned and rolled on top of me, careful not to put his weight on me. I hummed as he kissed my jaw and neck. I flipped him over so I was sitting across his stomach.

"Thank you" I told him sincerely.

"What for love?" he frowned, as if he didn't know.

"Everything" I told him, "for the past one hundred and twenty four years" I added and put my chest to his so my face was millimetres from his. He smiled the smile I love so much.

"Here's to the next one hundred years" he grinned as he rolled me back over and started to attack me with his kisses.

I never planned in this story to have Eddie and Nessie move to the island but when I was writing this chapter I just didn't want to ever write the chapter when they went home. My Nessie is a family girl at heart and wouldn't spend too much time away from any of them so this chapter just wrote itself. This story will of course still focus on Beth but now she gets her big brother and sister in her childhood and the idea of that had me rewriting the entire future plot line. I will remind you though this story is a short story in comparison to my others. It won't be any longer than 10-20 chapters.

Before you all start asking, you will hear more about Eddie's son, that was something I wanted to do to pass on the Edward Cullen name ;) I realised I couldn't just end it with Eddie. Thank you for the amazing response to last chapter too :) I've had quite a few requests to tell Allesandra's story in full so I'm working on something small for you guys and I'll tell you more about it soon.