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Despite what had happened yesterday with Edward being able to make out with Jacob, the younger man still wanted to keep his distance. It hurt, but Edward understood that Jake needed his space right now to sort himself out, besides they were busy with the kids all night.
After Alice had brought the children back, Edward ordered movies and the four of them had a movie night. It was fun. Popcorn was popped, pizza ordered and movie after movie played. They ended up watching the entire Toy Story trilogy, plus the Princess and the Frog, which Elijah adored the most. Before he went to bed, the child kept singing Friends on the Other Side.
Bedtime had been easy with the kids being exhausted to the point where they didn't protest to being put to bed. However Jake didn't want to spend any time alone with Edward. Not to even talk, his reasoning being that he had enough of the older man earlier. This ended up with the two sleeping apart, Jake in the bedroom and Edward in the living room. Waking up neither spoke, as Edward readied himself to go to the clinic. The only words from Jake were to Nessie telling her to be good.
Edward sat in a medical clinic with Nessie at his side; he hadn't told her the real reason they were there, only that there was something he needed to do.
Waiting patiently Nessie smiled to herself, earlier that morning Edward had announced that they would be spending the entire morning together, just the two of them. Happy that she had her daddy to herself, she made sure to wear one of her favorite outfits. "Daddy what are doing after this?" she asked innocently; what she wanted to do was go shopping.
Still being emotional distant, he barely paid her any mind as he did work on his I-Phone. "I don't know go shopping," he replied.
She smiled brightly at her wish coming true. "Okay."
"Mr. Cullen, we're ready," said a nurse coming into the waiting room.
Taking her hand, Edward led Nessie to where her blood would be drawn. Not even bothering to explain what was going on, he sat in the chair and barely moved an inch when the doctor cleaned his arm and stuck him, so the blood would fill a small vial.
Nessie stood in shock; until it was her turn then she got scared. "Daddy, I don't want my blood taken away," she cried trying to run away, but was stopped.
"Stop being a baby, it won't hurt." He got her into his lap and held her tight, as she tried to wiggle around as tears ran down her face. "I promise it will only feel like a pinch."
"No Daddy," she cried wiggling more. "I don't want a shot."
With one arm, he held her across the waist and the second arm; he forcefully held her left arm still. The doctor found the vein, wiped it clean and put a child sized needle into her arms. Nessie screamed at the top of her lungs that almost made Edward strangle her.
Within two minutes the doctor was able to get her sample, took out the needle and put a pink bandage over the puncture wound. "Mr. Cullen, we'll have the results in the next couple of hours," he said cleaning up.
"Thank you."
Nessie was let go, she slid from his lap onto the floor sobbing while she rubbed her sore arm. Why did Daddy do this to me? Getting up, she wiped her tears and reached for his hand; he did grab it to pull her out of the office. "Where are we going next?" she asked
"I'm hungry." Deciding not to go and sit in a restaurant, he went to the nearest McDonalds and ordered off their breakfast menu, then drove to a private park, so that they could eat in peace.
Drinking her orange juice, Nessie nestled in the peace that it was just her and Edward and hoped that they could eat breakfast like this again. No Jacob or Elijah who would ruin this moment. "Daddy."
"What?"
"Why did the doctor take my blood?"
"To check for something important."
"For what?"
"Nothing you need to know about right now. Eat your food."
"Can I go play on the swings?"
"No, eat already."
"Yes sir," she whispered biting into her lip until it split open, blood slowly rushed out, but she didn't care. Actually she was hoping that Edward would notice, but he didn't as he continued to do work on his phone.
All his attention was on receiving and sending out emails to various people, doing business deals and trying not to be sued because he had to fly back because of Jake. Luckily for him his lie about being with his daughter was working wonders, because it was still commonly believed that he cared about her and would drop anything at the drop of a hat.
Hearing a slight whimper he finally looked over to see blood dripping from her bottom lip onto her shirt. "Are you crazy?" he snapped taking a napkin to wipe up the blood. "Why didn't you clean it up?"
"I don't know."
"God forbid you turn out like your mother." He opened up his cup, took out a few ice cubes, wrapped them up in two napkins and applied it to her lip. "Keep it there until the bleeding stops." She just nodded excited that Edward did something. Ideas went through her mind about more ways he would notice her.
Returning to his work, he kept glancing over to make sure that her lip didn't swell up or spilt anymore. Silently he thought about getting her more therapy to prevent a second Bella, but she was her mother's child and it was a possibility that even the greatest therapy in the world couldn't stop her being like Bella.
"Daddy?"
"What?"
"Can we get out of the car to play?"
"Didn't I say no? I need to run an errand real quick." Starting the car, he pulled away and went to a private jewelry store that only catered to the rich and famous. Since it was a high profile store, it kept all its customers purchases secret from the media.
In the store, Nessie ohhed and ahhed at all the fancy jewelry, while Edward picked out an expensive silver round twisted braid necklace complete with a diamond digital watch for Jacob hoping the gifts would help in their makeup.
"Daddy can I get this watch, please, please, please, she cried jumping up and down while pointing a display of Hello Kitty jewelry. Going over, he looked over the one she wanted. It was a stainless steel pink watch that had kitty's face in the in the middle, while diamonds surrounded the outside casing as well as made up the cat's eyes.
"Sir, can I have the watch to for her?" Edward asked the clerk.
"Thank you Daddy." She wrapped her little arms around him as a huge smile graced her face. For once Edward felt happy that she had a genuine smile on the little face, instead of the sad smile she mostly wore.
"All right Mr. Cullen, anything else?" the clerk asked.
"No, the cost?"
"That will be $3720, Mr. Cullen."
Whipping out his credit card, Edward paid and took his purchases. Nessie jumped with excitement as he helped put her new watch on in the car. "It's pretty isn't it Daddy?" she asked as she stared at it. She couldn't wait to show it off at school to all the kids that made fun of her. She wanted to make them jealous. "Where are we going next?"
"Back to the doctor, so I can pick up something."
"Do I have to get another shot?"
"No don't worry."
Once there, Edward didn't have to wait even a minute before the doctor called to speak with him. Leaving Nessie with the receptionist, he walked in and took a sit. "What are the results?" he asked nervous to the point that his left leg kept bouncing up and down.
"Well Mr. Cullen the results were 99.9 percent sure that you are the biological father of Renesmee."
"Dammit!"
"What?"
"Nothing thank you for clearing the matter up for me."
"No problem Mr. Cullen, here is a copy of the results as you requested."
Mumbling a thanks Edward took them and left with Nessie. All the way home he ignored her questions, as he silently foamed. He cursed himself for ever deciding to love and sleep with Bella now he was saddled forever with the burden in the backseat. He wanted to kill himself.
Back at home, Jacob waited anxiously for Edward to get back with Nessie. All morning he laid on the couch with Elijah watching cartoons, only stopping to take a quick shower and to eat breakfast. The child didn't mind being stuck inside all day watching TV, he and Jacob was alone for the first time in months without Nessie tagging around begging for Jake's attention. To Elijah despite his age, he found her pathetic and he didn't pity her at all.
Jake not caring what Elijah watched popped in a dvd of The Simpsons and the two laughed at Bart as he let off a cherry bomb into the school's toilets causing an eruption. Just as Bart was about to get in trouble, Nessie and Edward walked in.
"Jake look at the watch Daddy bought me," she exclaimed showing it off.
"It's beautiful," he replied. "Show Elijah the watch, while your daddy and I talk in private."
"Kay."
Edward followed Jake into their bedroom, where they closed and locked the door. "So what are the results?" he asked.
"She's my daughter end of story. So now that you know the truth are you happy?"
"Yes now you can treat her with respect."
"I brought her a watch that was expensive that says love."
"No that says you use material items to act as love between you and her. The news doesn't even bother you. You're still going to treat her like crap aren't you?"
"No, I'm not, but I don't have time right now to play daddy with her. She's not the reason I came back; you were and only you. I want you not her."
"But she's your daughter."
"Despite what the tests say, she's is more like Bella than me. I never wanted her."
"Well she's here and alive, so live with it you selfish child. I'm not about to stay here and let you mentally abuse her, just like you did her mother."
"I never did anything to harm Bella, we had issues since day one, but neither of us wanted to acknowledge the fact. I admit we were young, stupid and naïve when we met and married. And to this day I regret that decision, but telling me that that I harmed Bella mentally is just plain stupidity. That girl is in love with romance novels that feature forbidden love, in our first few years together; she thought our love was a part of a book. I was on the road a lot, so I allowed her to have her little fantasy."
"That's retarded."
"It's true. Our relationship was growing a part when she gave birth to Nessie, as a final plan to keep me around. Well you know what happened months ago. Besides, why are we even talking about this? We had this conversation before."
"So what if we did? Obviously you need to be reminded how you harmed Bella and you never got her the help that she needed."
"Even if I had gotten her help early, she wouldn't have liked it and I would have given her the decision if she wanted to seek out help like I did you. Look I don't want to get into Bella. I got the test and she is mine, so can you forgive me?"
"No."
"Why the hell not? I did what you said and last night we had a good time with the kids. Give me another chance."
"Getting the test doesn't mean anything if you'll still going to treat her like crap. Forget it no matter what I say; it's not going to help."
"Hey I could have gone through life not taking the test, but you were the only incentive. I want to be with you," Edward said.
"Well maybe I don't want to be with you. I've been thinking a lot about you lately and I decided that I don't want to go through all the lies with you. I want to break up."
"Like hell you will, I put a lot on the line to be with you Jacob Black."
"Really? Because that's a bunch of crap."
"Hey, there is a possibility that I may be sued after the many times I rushed off from a project just to help you with your problems. It's my money that sends you to therapy and that puts this roof over your head."
"So what now I owe you?"
"You could give a little appreciation."
"I never asked you to do anything."
"But you accepted everything I gave," Edward yelled. "Despite what I did, I still do love you."
"Well maybe I don't love you back. You betrayed me Edward Cullen even after all that I've been through. I hate you."
"You're such an immature child; I don't know what I saw in you."
"The feeling is mutual. We're done I don't' think that this so called relationship can ever be fixed."
"Okay whatever."
"Elijah will never be in your life again."
"And Nessie won't be in yours," Edward shot back.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Stop fighting," cried Nessie banging on the bedroom door with tears running down her face. Despite being in the living room, she and Elijah heard the whole argument. "Please don't fight. We'll be good."
Edward unlocked the door and Nessie rushed in face red like a tomato. "We're not fighting," he muttered.
"Yes you are please stop," she begged. "We'll be good please stop." Edward pushed her and Elijah out of the room and locked it again. "Daddy let me in! Daddy." She kept screaming as she banged on the door.
"Great father you are," Jake commented. "Father of the fucking year."
"Should you be talking, because if I remember correctly you left your son alone, so that you could sell yourself on the street? Jake, I have so much shit on you that I could have Elijah taken away." In anger, Jake punched him in the mouth. "Shit." Edward threw Jake on the bed and straddled him. "I wasn't fucking serious."
"You shouldn't have said it then." He struggled and managed to get from under Edward and punched him again. "You bastard, we're done."
"Fine get the hell out."
Screaming from the kids continued from the other side, but the adults didn't care. Jake quickly packed some of his things, then threw open the door and went to Elijah's room and packed some of his items. As he did Edward sat on the bed foaming to stubborn to go and stop him. Nessie confused kept crying and begged Jake to stop his packing, but he didn't. Once he was done, Jake grabbed Elijah and the two left the apartment.
"Jake come back," Nessie screamed as she tried to run after him, but he only ignored her. Rejected she went to Edward. "Daddy, why did you and Jake fight?" He just ignored her as angry tears ran down his face. "Daddy?"
"Just shut up and go to your room," he yelled. More tears ran down her face as she raced off scared that Edward would actually physically hurt her. Once she was gone, he collapsed on the bed disappointed with the decisions he made. He came to the realization that he took to many things for granted and the only good thing that came in his life was now gone.
Hours later, Jake sat at a bus stop with Elijah asleep in his arms. Thinking he was sure it wasn't the best thing not to go crawling back to Edward, not even for Nessie. Now it was time to figure out a plan for the rest of his life. Going back to the reservation was out of the question, neither was staying with Edward's family. He guessed he would go with his original plan to move to Hawaii and live with Rachel's family until he could get his life in order. But he didn't have enough money to book plane tickets. What little money he had in the bank had to go to the essentials. You fucked up Jake leaving the only thing that seemingly made you happy in life, he told himself. He thought about going to sell his body again, but after therapy he didn't have the will to let his body be degraded again.
Pulling out his phone, he thought about calling Quil and Embry, but decided against it. He could call Alice, but he didn't want her pulled into the situation. Feeling truly alone, tears ran down his face not knowing what to do, how to go on. Sighing he pulled Elijah closer knowing that the little boy was his last line of stability. He didn't want him to suffer, because of his mistakes, but Elijah always did. Crying harder, Jake began to walk not having a destination in mind just as long as the two were together.
Elsewhere Edward sat still in the dark as his brain replied the events of just mere hours ago. Quietly a depressing song filled his ears, he had thought music would help his mood, but it only made him more depressed. Hearing his cell go off, he saw it was Tanya calling him. He didn't answer. His penis had controlled his brain and heart forcing him into this mess.
Tanya kept calling and calling, but Edward never picked up and let the phone go to voicemail. Eventually he got sick of the calling and he just turned the phone off.
Nessie hungry walked into his room and felt her heart break seeing how sad Edward was. She knew he didn't love her, but she never wanted to see him in this state. Climbing on the bed, she didn't say a word as she slowly inched towards his side. Edward knew she was there, but didn't say anything as well. Jake wanted father and daughter to have a relationship so bad, but Edward was too damn stubborn even after the test revealed she was his. Looking into her brown eyes he didn't see Bella, he saw Jacob's smiling face, he never noticed that despite not being biologically related Jake and Nessie eyes were similar brown to the point of being black and the same eye structure. For the first time, he pulled her into his lap and held her close hoping to feel something love perhaps. Surprised she still kept her mouth shut and rested into his arms, finally feeling content in her short life.
Nessie fell asleep not knowing if she would wake up in Edward's arms, but the next morning she did. Gently she shook him awake. "Daddy is Jacob and Elijah coming back?" she asked.
He pushed some curls out of her face, knowing it was time she needed a haircut. "I don't know; I messed up, maybe he'll come back and we'll repair our family."
"What if he doesn't come back?"
At first he didn't know how to answer as he held her closer, finally said something. "If he doesn't I'll try to get him back; if he doesn't want to we just have to go on with our lives."
"Okay," she said snuggling into his embrace.
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