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Flash back:
I nestled my face into Renesmee's pink dress, whispering to her.
"I'm sorry, I was scared."I admitted quietly as I breathed in her pretty scent. I could hardly believe she could worry about me when she had almost died only a few moments ago.
Then, I lifted my head up and looked at Carlisle.
"Carlisle, what the hell was that?"
Bella's point of view
My baby was okay, she really was.
I had been so scared; I thought she was going to die. But by some miracle, her heart had beaten again.
It was Edward really. When he had touched her, she had woken up, started to breathe again.
Now, Renesmee was wrapped up in a light pink blanket, being passed from vampire to werewolf and so on. I felt a little jealous that she stretched her arms out eagerly when she got to Jacob, a beautiful smile filling her face.
Jacob hugged her, his expression torn between relief, happiness and concern. He must have been as frightened as I was.
I turned my attention to Edward, who was staring adoringly at our child. I stroked the back of his hand softly, pressing my lips to his shoulder.
"Why did she stop breathing?" He asked Carlisle when he didn't answer his previous question.
Carlisle sighed and gestured towards the couches in the front room, indicating for everyone to sit down and listen. We all crowded onto the seats, the wolves looking perfectly fine surrounded by vampires.
All except Leah, who stayed standing beside her brother, Seth. She had become more comfortable around our family, but she still had trouble being so close to us, unlike the rest of the pack.
When we were all seated, Carlisle started to speak.
"I'm not sure why."He admitted. Esme rubbed his arm encouragingly. "I do have ideas though. I think it may be because her heart beats so fast. She's part human; I think the rest of her body had trouble keeping up with it."
Edward's body tensed and Jacob pulled Renesmee closer to him.
"What does that mean?"I asked, confused as to why Edward and Jacob were so worried. Everyone else in the room mirrored my quizzical expression. Edward shot me a nervous glance before Carlisle explained.
"Her body is working much harder than it should be to keep going, even as we speak. It might be a long time before she starts to adapt."
I gasped in horror, suddenly understanding what this meant.
"You mean, this could happen again?"
He nodded grimly and I felt faint, clutching onto Edward for support.
What is this happened again and nobody was there to help her? Would she die that time?
"Edward. Don't let her die." I cried.
He pulled me into his chest as my sobs echoed around the room. Right now, I wished I could actually cry real tears. Maybe it would help let the pain out.
"Carlisle, isn't there something you can do?"Edward asked desperately. I sobbed harder when I saw him shake his head.
Jacob was rocking Renesmee who was now reaching for me anxiously, not able to fully understand why I was so upset.
"I want momma." She whimpered.
Jacob clutched her tighter, not willing to give her up.
"Give her to me."I whispered. Jacob hesitated but quickly placed her into my waiting arms when Edward growled threateningly
"Momma, what's wrong?"She asked, her voice muffled into my chest.
"Nothing, sweetheart, I'm fine."I lied. All the happiness and hopefulness from earlier was gone, but I had managed to stop crying.
Renesmee touched my face and I saw me, sobbing uncontrollably.
"I was just . . . frightened."I explained lamely.
Renesmee knew I was hiding something but she didn't ask anything more.
My family were very still, absorbing the information. The wolves, on the other hand, fidgeted nervously and rather noisily. Jacob was halfway in-between, not still enough to be statue like, but not moving about either.
"Carlisle, "I said quietly, my voice cracking a bit. "Is it certain that it will happen again?"
He shook his head and I felt a tiny bit relieved. Still terrified, though.
I wouldn't ever be able to leave her, not if there was a danger of this happening again.
"Her body will adjust eventually."He assured me.
"But how long is that?"Jacob asked, taking the words right out of my mouth.
"It could be only months. Her body is clever, it knows now that it can't take a break or it will shut down. Luckily, she had enough strength to wake up. I highly doubt she will . . . die; her body will be stronger next time, if there even is a next time. Let's just hope there won't be."
I nodded, glad to know more. "There will have to be someone with her at all times, won't there?"
Carlisle shrugged. "If she can survive at this age, she probably will next time. I don't think we did much to help her wake up, it might have been just her. Of course she will be with people at all times, just in case."
"Should I feed her? I don't suppose she's in any position to hunt."Rosalie offered.
I nodded my head in agreement. It wasn't very nice for me to watch Renesmee hunt even in full health; I would never want her to be surrounded by danger in this situation.
Rosalie scooped her out of my arms and carried her back into the kitchen. Emmett followed and I heard them argue about what to make. Emmett wanted to spoil her with human blood, but Rosalie didn't want to encourage Renesmee to hurt humans. She wanted to make some human food and a cup of animal blood.
I stopped listening to them, curious about a discussion Edward and Carlisle were having. I didn't understand at first, but I soon realized Carlisle was saying a lot in his mind.
I cleared my throat and Edward started to tell me what they had been saying.
"I just wondered why Carlisle had to take her blood."He explained.
"And?"
"It's a doctor thing. You can determine a lot of things from blood; I just wanted to see if there were any obvious things that can cause loss of breathing. All the tests I did are aimed at humans; it was a waste of time really." Carlisle answered.
I wrinkled my nose, remembering the smell of Renesmee's blood.
I sat quietly for a while, listening to the cars outside and the sound of birds tweeting merrily. Nobody interrupted me.
After about half an hour, I smelt a familiar smell in the air, mixed with a strong, not so pleasant aroma. Rosalie walked in, carrying a plate of meat cuts and a cup of blood. She had got her way, then.
"Do you mongrels want something?"Rosalie scowled. She hated being nice to the wolves.
They all shook their heads.
"We'll eat later."Jared said. It took me a while before I noticed Embry wasn't here. I asked Jacob where he was.
"He's ill."Jacob tore his eyes away from Renesmee to look at me, a grimace on his face.
"With what?"
Jacob let out a dark laugh. "Mononucleosis."
My mouth fell open. "Embry has mono!"
Emmett laughed, dropping down onto the couch. There was a loud smack as he hit the leather, Sam, Quil and Paul bobbing up and down like ducks as the material bounced, almost like it was on springs.
"Who?" I asked, still shocked. I had never imagined Embry with a girl.
Nearly everyone in the room was laughing now. Renesmee was the only one who was quiet, her mouth full of disgusting human food. She smiled a little, though.
"Some girl called Lucy."Jacob said, laughing along with everyone else.
"I never thought Embry was that kind of person."Alice giggled, raising her eyebrows. "Are they going out?"
"Yeah, they've been going out for a few weeks. We knew, of course, but Embry wanted to keep it a secret. Just in case it became too dangerous for her, ya know? Embry would have to dump her, he'd have no choice, and everyone would wonder why. He's a bit shy, I'm not sure he would like to lie to everyone."Jacob chuckled.
"He could have told us, we would have understood."I said.
Jacob was laughing too hard to speak, so Seth answered instead. "He was embarrassed! He thought you would make rude jokes. He tries his hardest to keep his little fantasies away from us, tries not to think of Lucy when he's in wolf form. He can think of her all he wants when he's human; he was a little bit annoyed that someone could read his mind whenever they wanted . . ."Seth trailed off, glancing at Edward."Then of course that person could tell other people."His eyes rested briefly on Emmett, who sniggered.
"Say I said 'hi'" I told Jacob and he nodded, still laughing. He reached over and pulled Renesmee into his lap, much to Rosalie's annoyance.
"Bells, don't you think you should put Nessie to bed here tonight? Just in case." Jacob said hopefully. If she slept here tonight he would be able to stay over.
I sighed and looked at Esme for permission. She nodded brightly.
"Of course!"
Jacob grinned in triumph, lifting up Renesmee's empty plate and cup with one hand, balancing her in the other. She would be very warm there, very warm indeed. He disappeared in the kitchen to put the dishes in the sink, telling Renesmee where they would go tomorrow.
"Bella, we're going to go now."Sam told me, looking at Leah when he spoke. She was perched on the arm of the chair, fiddling with a tassel on a cushion. Despite this casual position, she looked very uncomfortable and out of place.
"Bye, Jacob."They shouted and Jacob shouted Goodbye back. Everyone except Rosalie waved them off.
When they were gone, I glanced at the clock. It was only 1:30pm; about an hour and a half since Renesmee had . . . I didn't even want to think about it.
"Right, I'm going shopping." Alice said after a while, sliding into her pink designer coat and grabbing her Chanel bag, no doubt full of money.
Jasper groaned. "I guess that means I'm going too."
I smiled apologetically at him as he picked up his car keys, wondering how on earth he managed to put up with his wife's frequent shopping sprees.
"I'm not sleeping in the cottage without Renesmee."I muttered to Edward. "So I guess we're sleeping here too."
"Yeah, so you'd better be quiet when you're 'studying' or you'll annoy the hell out of everyone else." Emmett joked, nudging Rosalie.
If I could blush, I definitely would have. "Shut up Emmett, you promised never to talk about my private life!"I hissed.
He stuck his tongue out at me like a little kid. Jacob looked very uncomfortable.
"Sorry Jake."I said, still glaring furiously at Emmett. Jacob just mumbled something I couldn't understand and shifted around awkwardly.
"Aw, Jacob, I wish I knew how it felt waiting for ages, wanting something you won't get for a long time."Emmett chortled.
I shuddered, imagining Jacob and my little girl . . .
I wasn't that Jacob wasn't the most perfect person Renesmee could ever have. I just didn't want to think of my baby growing up and reaching that stage.
Edward and Jacob wore the same irritated and angry expressions, which surprised me a little. I knew Jake didn't think of Renesmee in that way yet, but he would when she was old enough to feel that way. Urgh.
"Edward, can we go to the cottage soon? I want to change clothes."I said, pointing to a patch of blood on my white jeans. I really can't understand why Alice dressed me like that. White shows up the dirt much more than any other colours do.
"Whatever you want love."Edward said, standing up and weaving his fingers through mine.
"We'll be back in ten minutes."He told the people who were still in the room. Emmett and Rosalie had disappeared rather quickly upstairs (Thank god, they had been inching towards each other with every second that passed) so Esme, Carlisle, Jacob, Renesmee, Edward and I were the only ones left.
We arrived at the cottage about a minute later, having stopped to share a mountain lion on the way. I rooted through the many extravagant clothes in the closet to find something suitable, sniffing the air for any traces of cotton or denim. I found nothing.
Then, I noticed a note stuck to the full length mirror on the wall.
To Bella,
Ha! I am so sick of you wearing hideous clothes, so I threw away every boring item you own.
If you want something 'normal' then wear this!
The arrow pointed to a short, black cashmere dress and a pair of black boots. Yuk.
I searched one last time for something casual, but I had no luck. Eventually, I put on the dress and boots, sighing in defeat. Underneath where the folded clothes had been, there was a small pile of accessories. There was a thick, black belt, some chunky bangles, a headband and some sparkly silver earrings – oh god. I put them all on, just in case Alice saw me in a vision not wearing them. She would be very angry if that happened.
"Are you okay in there, Bella?"Edward called from our bedroom, knocking on the door. "Can I come in?"
"Yes."I answered, checking my outfit in one of the many mirrors.
I looked gorgeous!
The dress ended halfway between my knee and the top of my thigh – Alice had been generous there- and the neckline rested above my chest in a 'v' shape, not showing off too much flesh. The sleeves were three-quarter lengths, emphasizing my thin but toned arms. The black belt synched in my waist and made me look even better, the headband pushing my long brown hair off my face and making waves down my back.
The boots were as high as my knee, leaving a bit of my legs exposed, which was actually a good thing; I had never really noticed how perfect my body was since I became a vampire.
Edward entered the room and gasped, his lips parted in shock and his topaz eyes wide.
"You look . . . amazing."He breathed. I smiled and ran my hands down the soft material of the dress. I walked over to Edward, stretching my arms out so I could hug him, and I felt something digging into my foot.
Edward looked at me quizzically when I slipped the boot off and turned it upside down, but laughed out loud when something pink fell out.
"Ew, its lip gloss."I said in disgust, catching it before it hit the ground and throwing it into the corner of the room.
"Come on, let's get back. I wonder what their reaction will be back at home!"Edward urged, taking hold of my hand and pulling me along. It was a bit harder for me to run in high-heeled boots, but I managed.
"Brace yourself." Edward murmured into my ear as we approached the house.
I giggled, not really expecting them to make a big deal. It was just an outfit!
I was quite wrong.
Jacob's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw me, Carlisle whispered 'wow' under his breath and Esme smiled in appreciation.
"You look pretty momma."Renesmee said from Jacob's arms.
I smiled and walked over to Jacob, who gave me Renesmee without even an argument. She pressed her hand to my cheek and showed me what had happened when I was gone. Emmett had made a large hole in the wall upstairs, Rosalie and Esme had shouted at him and she had stayed with Jacob the whole time.
It sounded just like a normal 10 minutes.
"Come upstairs."Edward whispered in my ear, too quiet for anyone but me to hear. I nodded, liking this idea, and followed him to his old bedroom. We sat on the bed, holding hands, and Edward laughed.
"I wish you could hear the thoughts of everyone. Emmett and Rosalie are still angry at each other, Rosalie is swearing at him in her head, Carlisle and Esme are both thinking about what to do tomorrow and Jacob is wondering if we're . . ."He twisted his body closer to me, showing what he meant.
"Maybe he's right."I said, pinning him down on the bed and kissing him hungrily.
"Fine with me."He said, rather breathlessly.
It felt like today's incident was a century ago, not just a few hours. Everything was nearly back to normal.
Well, nearly normal, I thought as I carefully pulled off the dress – Alice would be mad if I ripped it!
