Author's note:

This chapter is dedicated to my awesome beta Ashley. Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight all I own is this story and Aiden J. This chapter is in Bella's POV. It starts right when Edward leaves.

I could tell Edward was mad at me for blocking Renesmee but I didn't want to upset him with what was going through her head. And even though he had no room to be judgmental about the situation, I knew he would be a hypocrite and be mad at her for being interested in a human. While at the same time I was also being a hypocrite, but it was only because I was worried she was rushing into an obsession with this boy so she could fixate on him to get over the fact that Jacob was gone.

Renesmee broke my train of thought. "I don't understand why all of you all are making a huge deal out of this all we've done is talk!" she sounded like I wasn't first to find this out. The answer to my unspoken question came as quickly as I'd asked it. Alice. The next thing that came to my head was Edward and me's first conversation and what that led to.

"Renesmee you'd be surprised at what talking can lead to." I smiled at the very thought.

"So aren't mad?" she asked uncertain like something in my brain was going to snap and I would attack her. I didn't when she was a baby and I wasn't about to start now.

"I would be a hypocrite if I was mad at you. It's kind of like what your father and me's relationship was but backwards…and not nearly as dangerous hopefully." I just lied to my daughter's face. It wasn't pleasant. Without thinking I got into the drivers seat of her Jaguar. To be perfectly honest I was curious about what it was like to drive it.

"Who says you get to drive?" she asked jokingly, sounding exactly like her father.

"Me because I'm your mother." I answered. I've never been comfortable with other people driving and quite frankly I was terrified of Renesmee's driving and I'm immortal! "so this Aiden guy." I said teasingly. She blushed. Holy crow. "oh you like him don't you?" all I could think was 'please say no'!

"I don't really know yet. I thought I did but when I was talking to him I realized I can't be who I am around him. I don't know if I could have a relationship revolving around lies." she answered. I screamed in my head because her answer was teenager for yes.

"I knew your dad for months before I found out the truth and look at us now." I blurted out. Oh my god I can't believe I said that!

"that's different though! You guys are so old school it's creepy." meaning she already wanted to have sex with him. That wasn't good.

"you know what? Fine. Do what ever you think is best I'm not going to stop you but your dad will probably be a different story." I found solace in this because if anyone wouldn't approve of Renesmee dating a hormonal human boy it would be Edward.

"is there something you want to tell me?" she asked while looking at my facial expression. I didn't want to hurt her by telling her the truth about how I felt so I kept it quick and simple.

"I just think you might be taking this too fast. I'm worried about you."

"don't worry mom I highly doubt Aiden is even interested in me anyway." her self esteem issues must come from my side of the family. We sat in silence the rest of the ride home. I had a chance to think about the events of the last eight years that led up to this. My best friend was dead, my daughter was responsible for it and my husband is just trying not to piss me off further.

Renesmee went straight to her room and I heard her iPod start playing. I considered keeping my shield up but decided against it. Edward was sitting at his piano playing Esme's favorite. He smiled at me and switched over to my lullaby. With vampire speed I was sitting on the bench next to him.

"so are you going to tell me what happened?" he asked very fast and low so that it was unlikely Renesmee heard him.

"my shield isn't up she might think it." I don't like telling other people's secrets.

"nope she's reading her calculus text book all I'm getting is math problems." he answered just as softly as the last. Renesmee obviously wasn't going to tell him so I had no choice. Almost effortlessly I was able to push my shield away and let Edward into my guarded mind. I replayed Renesmee's explanation from earlier and Edward's eyes widened.

"are you absolutely certain you understood correctly?" he asked as if he was in denial.

"yes Edward I'm sure. She and I are more similar than you think." I admitted. He stopped playing and cradled his head in his hands.

"a human. Why a human? Ugh Emmett's going to have a field day!" he proclaimed.

"Alice knew before us." I rested my head on his shoulder.

"How?" he asked because we both know that our daughter is a blank when it comes to Alice's visions.

"I don't know but apparently she wasn't too happy about it." I got up and started pacing.

"I'm not either. Times have changed and if she does date a human I doubt their relationship won't be limited to first base like ours was." he stated and in frustration pounded his fist on the piano causing it to collapse into pieces. "Damn it I liked this one!" he began picking up the pieces.

"Edward are you ok?" I asked because he was usually the calm one.

"my daughter lost her true love and is now dating a human. I'm super!" he yelled with thick sarcasm. I wrapped my arms around him to comfort him.

"I love you." my glee from earlier was gone because my plan backfired. I had hoped that Edward would have gone into a screaming rage and forced Renesmee to be home schooled, but instead he had gone into his self-destructive depression that was all too familiar to me.

"you guys do realize I can hear you from up here right?" Renesmee's voice called from the top of the stairs.

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