It was 7am in the morning and Jake and Nessie were still asleep. They looked like they weren't going to wake up for hours and Edward and I were hunting soon and then practicing my shield. It had been days since I had hunted and I was starting to get thirsty. Renesmee went hunting yesterday with Jacob before they came to watch me practicing so I knew she would not be thirsty today. Edward and I thought about going hunting last night while Jake and Nessie slept but me, Edward, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Rose, Carlisle and Esme were talking for hours mostly about the vampires in Port Angeles that were trying to kill me and my family. I remembered Carlisle saying...

"Bella once you have practiced holding your shield more and you are confident that you can hold it long enough, then we will be able to fight. Do not feel pressurized, Bella. We all weren't expecting you to hit 20 minutes today so if you continue going the way you are going now, we will be ready in a couple of days!" I had officially memorized the words. I kept saying them over and over again and I knew the more time I get practicing the quicker we can finish this once and for all.

"Are you coming Bella?" Edward began.

"Yes, coming now but I am just going to leave Jake a note telling him where we are" I replied to Edward quietly not wanting to wake them. I lifted a piece of paper of the mantelpiece and wrote:

Jake, Gone hunting with Edward and then practicing my shield. Be back later. Make sure there is someone with Nessie at all times.

Bella xo.

I stuck it on the cupboard in the kitchen because it's the first place Jake goes in the morning once he has woke up to get his massive breakfast which is more like a three course meal dinner to me!

"Come on" Edward laughed when he saw where I put the note, he wrapped his arm around my waist as we walked out the front door.

"Smell that?" I asked him as my nose attracted a wiff of it.

"Yes I can smell it all right" He replied.

Edward and I ran into the forest to where the smell of the deer was coming from. We arrived to a small set of deer. There must've been about 10 of them but 2 filled me up. Edward leapt into the air and jumped on top of one of them. He was quick. He had the deer finished in less than a minute. I do not know how he does it so flawlessly without any effort at all. I was watching him and I forgot that I was supposed to be hunting too. I snapped out of my train of thought and joined my husband. That sounded so good to say now. I jumped on the biggest one I saw and when I was finished Edward was looking at me.

"What?" I asked him embarrassed.

"Nothing, you look kind of sexy" He complimented.

"You don't look to bad yourself." I replied knowing that was an understatement.

I looked around me after I ate my second deer and Edward had finished his third one. He was standing waiting for me. It didn't take me long either though because he started before me. I looked down at my long sleeved white top, dark skinny jeans and white high heels I was wearing due to Alice and saw that there was no blood stains on them. The heels didn't bother me much anymore. I knew that I would have to get used to them the way Alice kept dressing me.

"Your getting nearly as good at this as me" Edward smiled smugly at me.

"Well I would be better at this than you by now if I didn't have to wear these high heels" I pointed down to them. "Maybe you should give it a go" I teased him.

"No thank you" He responded shaking his head from side to side. "You know I saw Alice showing Nessie some of her clothes yesterday morning and Nessie's face lit up. At least Alice can't say Nessie never inherited anything from her" He told me laughing.

We were walking slowly holding hands. I looked ahead and could see the area we practiced in. "Come on" I said to Edward excitedly.

"You never slow down, do you?" Edward acknowledged.

"No" I answered his rhetorical question.

"Ok, off you go" Edward said ready.

I pushed my shield as far as I could. It stretched 10 metres out across the field. I only need it to stretch to 5 metres but the more the better.

"Impressive" Edward complimented. This was the first time he saw me stretch my shield this far. I didn't feel the need for it but I thought that maybe with my shield being stretched further that it wouldn't hold as long so I decided to try it out.

"Thanks" I said concentrating.

"Since when can you stretch it out this far?" Edward asked with surprise in his eyes.

"Since before the Volturi came" I told him truthfully.

"That's is why I want to be able to read your mind" He told me.

"Now that we have a found a way you can read it you just need to ask" I told him.

"Bella, can I read your mind?" He asked.

"Yes Edward" I replied.

I let my mind go and let him into my thoughts. The only time Edward could read my thoughts was whenever I had my shield up and let him in. I was thinking about us and Renesmee and Jake and I was thinking about our wedding. One of the best days of my life where I walked down that aisle to Edward who was waiting on me...Me. At that moment I knew he was my Edward forever and ever. Then I thought about our honeymoon on Island Esme and.... I had run away with my thoughts again and realized that Edward had heard them. I blocked him from my thoughts.

"Why did you stop?" He asked "I was enjoying that" boasted Edward.

"Really, I wonder why?" I said to him sarcastically rolling my eyes.

I was starting to feel weak. "Wow" Edward complimented looking down at the stop watch.

"What?" I asked him confused.

"Bella you have been holding your shield now for 40 minutes" Edward congratulated.

I was stunned. I was so happy. It didn't seem that long. The time flew by. "I don't believe you" I confessed looking at Edward with shock.

"Look" He said holding up the stopwatch. It now said 41 minutes 39 seconds.

I was still holding my shield. "You can stop now, Bella." Edward shouted. "You can stop. You did it."

Edward came running over to me. He lifted me up and swung me around. "I'm so proud of you" He praised me.

"Thank you" I replied so happy.

He put me down. His lips met mine and I felt so happy.

"Now we can finish this once and for all" He smiled at me. "Come on. I want to tell Carlisle and the others. They won't believe it."

Edward kissed me again then held me by the hand and we started running. He was suddenly getting on like Emmett, like a baby. I laughed into myself. We stopped in front of the house and walked from there. Edward burst through the door like he was going to attack someone. Everyone except Alice jumped.

"Thank you very much for the warning Alice" Emmett turned towards her and said sarcastically.

"You are absolutely welcome, Emmett" Alice returned smirking fluttering her eyelashes at him.

"Edward, What happened?" Carlisle asked.

"Guess?" Edward told him.

"Edward calm down" I rolled my eyes at him.

"Bella hit 41 minutes 39 seconds on holding her shield" Edward precisely told them all.

"Well done, Bella" They were all up of their seats congratulating me and coming over and hugging me.

"Thanks" I said. Next thing I felt was Emmett grabbing me in a big bear hug.

"Yea,...Emmett you can let go now," I protested as he crushed me into him. Although he wasn't actually crushing me, he was holding me really tight.

"Congratulations Momma" Nessie said in Jacob's arm's.

It was the first time I saw them both. Nessie was holding her arms out for me. I lifted her from Jacob's arms. "Thank you" I replied looking at her.

Jacob wrapped his arms around me. "Got your note this morning. Don't know why you stuck it on the cupboard though." Jake said confused.

"Yea,...Jake you can let go now." I protested again as he hug me the same way Emmett had

He put me down and me and Edward started laughing at what Jake said. How did he not know why I sutck it on the cupboard?, I thought to myself. Nessie wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Love you Momma" She said.

"Love you too, Nessie" I replied to her.

"I think now we can finish this once and for all" Carlisle announced to everyone. Everyone nodded and we all fell silent.

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