Bella's POV

"She's so cute mommy." Amelia whispers as sits on my hospital bed as still as she can be. Which isn't very still at all actually.

Kaylin was born 4 hours ago after 20 hours of labor and Jake just brought Amelia up to see her.

"Can I hold her?" She asks.

"Of course, go sit in the chair and Daddy will help you." She bounces up and I try to hide my pain. I'm just glad she's excited. She was upset when she first found out we were going to have a baby. Mike and his girlfriend had a baby just before I found out I was pregnant and she was so upset she wasn't going to be our only child anymore.

So we've spent the last few months spoiling her and telling her what a great big sister she's going to be and it seems to have worked.

Sam takes Kaylin from me and helps Amelia get settled in to hold her.

"Hi baby Kaylin. I'm Amelia; I'm going to be the best big sister ever! I have a little brother too but you're going to be a lot more fun. Boys are dumb sometimes. Except Daddy." She looks at Sam like oops and he just smiles at her.

"Mommy what was I like as a baby?" Amelia asks completely innocently but I burst into tears.

"Amelia, I don't know how much you know about when you were baby but I wasn't really there." I start to explain and Sam tries to tell me it's OK, it can wait but she needs to know and now seems like as good a time as any.

"When I got pregnant with you your dad, Mike, left me and I was so sad that I couldn't take care of you like I should've. So I left you with Gramma and Papa Amelia and I didn't come back until they died when you were 3. It was a bad thing for me to do and I wish I could change it. But Amelia, you have to understand that now I love you so much and I can't imagine my life without you and I've tried every day since the day I came back to be the best mom to you that I could." I explain as best as I can in a way a 9 year old will understand.

"Mommy, don't cry. You're the best mom ever. I love you. I didn't mean to make you sad." She's crying and I feel awful. "Everyone does bad things mommy, I hated Kaylin when you first told me about her."

"Oh baby, come here." I tell her and Sam takes Kaylin and Amelia climbs into the bed with me and I hug her so tight. "I love you baby girl, you're a wonderful daughter and you're going to be the best big sister."

She lies with me for a while until Kaylin gets hungry.

"Where do you want to stay tonight Amelia?" Sam asks her, both Jake and Mike offered for her to stay with them for the next few days.

"I want to stay with Jake! Paul and Jessie are staying for the night before they go back home tomorrow!" She's over being sad.

Paul took his job back at the shop once he came back into town, it was weird at first with me still working there but we managed to work it out and we're friends. Amelia adores him and he adores her. About six months ago Jessie, broke down and got towed to the shop. She was running from an abusive relationship and had nowhere to stay so Paul offered to let her stay with him until her car was done. A week later the car was done and they both left. They moved about 3 hours away where Jessie found a job, that's where she was headed. She makes him happy and he makes her feel safe and I'm so glad he found someone.

Sam calls Jake and asks if he wants him to drop her off but Jake says no he'll come get her.

"Paul!" Amelia runs to him as he walks through the door a little while later.

"Hey sweetie." He hugs her.

Sam tells me he's going to walk to the car to get a change of clothes while I'm not alone. Because I can't be alone for 5 minutes with the baby… I love him so much but he's a bit overprotective. Amelia runs off after him.

"Hey Paul, where's Jessie?" I ask him.

"At the house, I wanted to see you and the baby before we head out tomorrow. Is it OK?" He's suddenly nervous.

"Of course but she could've come." I assure him.

"Oh, babies and hospitals make her nervous." He explains. "I'm going to ask her to marry me." He blurts out.

"Paul that's great, I'm so happy for you."

"I don't want to screw this up Bella like I did with you."

"We were so much younger Paul, and I was messed up, too emotional and you were… different. Scared and cold. It just wasn't meant to be. Jessie makes you happy and she loves you so much. Don't worry about screwing up, everyone screws up. It's part of life." I try my best to make him feel better.

"Thanks Bella. She's beautiful and you look amazing." He says looking at Kaylin.

"Thank you." I tell him as I look down at her, she is beautiful.

"Bella, I'm glad you picked Sam that day. He's so much better for you than I could have ever been. " He says quietly as Amelia runs back into the room.

"Be that for Jessie, Paul." I tell him and he smiles at the mention of her name.

Amelia kisses me and Kaylin goodbye and they leave.

"What was that about?" Sam asks after they leave.

"He's going to ask Jessie to marry him and he's worried about screwing up with her like he did with me. Then he told me he's glad I picked you."

"I'm glad you picked me too. I love you." He kisses me and takes Kaylin.

"I love you too, so much. And I love our family." I tell him as my eyes get heavy.