The next day I woke up hungry but that was soon forgotten because I felt a tiny body move closer to me.
A sensation I hadn't felt in so long.
Bella's hair was fanned out beneath her as her head was on my shoulder and her arm was wrapped around my torso.
She sighed my name in her sleep and snuggled even closer to me.
I smiled and pulled her body closer and buried my face in her hair.
She exhaled and smiled burrowing her face into my chest.
My stomach rumbled again and I sighed.
I placed her gently on the bed and wrapped the sheets around her and got dressed.
I decided to make a huge breakfast since we both hadn't eaten since breakfast yesterday. Emmett, Rose, Alice and Jasper decided to show up that day.
So while they ate half of the big breakfast Bella came down, showered and dressed in one of my shirts and a pair of flannel pants that she forgot here.
When she saw the coffee cup in my hand she reached out her arms out, opening and closing her hands like a child.
I chuckled and quickly poured some for her and made it just the way she liked it and handed it to her.
She took a sip smiling before kissing me on the cheek and sitting down on a bar stool with the others.
I piled food for both her and me onto a plate and placed it in front of her.
She picked up a piece of bacon and began nibbling on it.
I picked at a pancake with my fork as the 6 of us ate in comfortable silence.
Alice decided to break it.
"Bella, I haven't seen you in ages." She exclaimed and Bella smiled and hugged her friend.
"I seriously thought you two were getting a divorce or something." Jasper mumbled and we both choked on our food.
She gulped down some coffee and I copied her actions
. "What?" she asked clearly caught of guard.
"It's just that we haven't seen you in nearly 6 months so we thought something was going on." Rose clarified.
I shook my head and Bella blushed.
"I haven't even seen Edward in nearly six months; I had to move in with my grandfather when he was sick. We only saw each other when my grandfather was in the hospital. After he died I was busy packing things and so yeah. Yesterday was the first time we spent some time together in a long time." She said picking at her bacon.
They all offered her their condolences and hugs.
She sagged against me and I wrapped my arms around her.
"Can we please go shopping?" Alice pleaded.
"Alice" she whined.
"I have to get things ready before my grandfather's funeral tomorrow. Can we please go shopping another time?" She asked suddenly sounding worn.
Alice noticing her sudden demeanor nodded.
They left soon after and Bella got dressed and we dealt with the finer details of her grandfather's funeral.
That night we basically fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow.
The next day was the funeral.
Bella was dressed in a flowing floor length black dress that under other circumstances would have looked amazing on her.
I was dressed in black slacks and a black button up.
We silently made it to the funeral home and met Charlie there.
We made sure the preparations were ready and went out to greet the guests.
Soon after the funeral was in full swing and Bella and I were seated in the front and she had tears streaming down her face but there wasn't a sound from her. I held her close and she allowed herself to relax against me as Elijah Swan's body was lowered into the Earth.
Since that fateful day Bella and I just picked up from where we left off.
She moved back in and we sold her grandfather's house.
My life couldn't get any better.
We fell into a simple routine that allowed us to spend so much time together.
I did get the wish for a child only it was a year later.
Exactly a year later Bella gave birth to a baby girl.
My own little Bella.
Elizabeth Charlize Cullen was born on May 29th at 7:21 a.m.
She had Bella's hair and my eyes.
Our daughter was the most amazing blessing I could have asked for other than her mother of course.
If it was one thing I had learned from this experience was that a woman was always behind a man's success and for me that woman was, is and always will be my Bella.