BELLA

I looked up to Edward standing at my side. He was staring intently at Alice, his face a sea of confusion.

"What are we going to do?" Rosalie whispered into the silence.

"We'll get through it. It can't be that bad," Emmett said from her side. Alice turned and scowled at him.

"How do you know Emmett? Can you see the future?" she asked. He dropped his head.

"No," he said defeated. He had his head down but I saw his amusement in acting like a child.

"Then shut up," she hissed at him.

"Ok. Let's all calm down a second here. Edward will be able to tell if something is after us. He has a three mile radius of this house," Jasper stated.

"Jasper is right. We are safe for now, and we have Bella," Esme said. I looked at her horror stricken. Would I be able to save my family if something from the unknown came after us? Edward used his thumb to stroke my hand.

"It will be ok love, I won't let it go that far," he whispered to me.

"So what do we do? Shall we set up a patrol and get the wolves involved? Jacob will have the entire pack here if it meant Renesmee and Bella were in danger," Rosalie said.

"Jacob," I said suddenly, scanning the room. "Where is he?"

"He went back to La Push; there have been a few new boys that have phased," Edward said to me.

"Oh," I said quietly. "We need to get him here, we need his input in this," I said louder to everyone.

"Hold on a minute Bella. You are all talking like this is happening tomorrow. I can still see the near future. This doesn't happen until October. We have three months to decide what precautions we are going to take."

"October?" I asked her stunned. I wasn't the only one. Everyone else in the family except Edward was surprised at this statement.

"Yes Bella. Whatever happens to my visions doesn't happen until then. I can see the current path we are all on throughout the summer." She replied to me, I relaxed a little. This situation wasn't as immediate as I thought.

"Ok. So what do we do until then?" I asked.

"We carry on with our lives. However, we take precautions; don't get too involved with anyone new. Keep a closed circuit until the time. Closer to October we will start the lookout system. Renesmee and Chantelle need to be protected above anyone else. They are the most vulnerable and the most delicate in this situation," Carlisle said. Everyone nodding in agreement.

"What do we tell the children?" Esme asked, her face was full of concern for Renesmee and Chantelle.

"I would say we tell Eddie, if he hasn't already heard the conversation. I would also consider Renesmee but that is entirely up to Bella and Edward. I think Renesmee can handle this, I am unsure of Chantelle though."

"Don't you think it's a little unfair that Eddie and Renesmee know but not Chantelle?" Rosalie asked. The slight acidity in her voice was noticeable.

"Perhaps. Rosalie, if you wish to inform your daughter about this then that is entirely up to you but I always thought of Chantelle more faint-hearted than Renesmee. She doesn't take danger and uncertainty very easily; I do not wish to upset her," Carlisle said in a calming voice. Rosalie's tight facial expression loosened.

"He's right love. I don't think we should tell Chantelle just yet," Emmett said to Rose. She nodded to him.

"Yeah ok," she said quietly.

"Bella, Edward, what about Renesmee? Are you going to tell her?" Carlisle asked. I looked up to Edward and dropped my shield so he could see my thoughts. I don't want to tell her just yet. Let her enjoy the summer. Then when she goes back to school and she's in the process of meeting new people we can tell her then. Edward nodded at me.

"Not yet. We will eventually, but after the summer," Edward spoke for us. Carlisle nodded at us.

"Very wise," He said approvingly and turned back to address the whole room. "Ok so we have decided… Alice keep an eye out for anything else and inform me if our future reappears," Alice nodded and we all made our way out of the dining room. I heard Eddie commanding Renesmee and Chantelle to stay in the room and moments later he was standing at the bottom of the stairs staring at me.

"Renesmee knows there is something up, she wants to know," he said to me.

"Doesn't surprise me," I murmured.

"You're definitely not telling her until she starts school right?" he asked.

"No."

"Good. I think we're going to have trouble though," he said.

"Why?"

"She's going to insist on finding out. You know Renesmee. She will find it out if she wants it that bad."

"Then it's your job to keep her in the dark," Edward said from my side.

"What? Why me?" Eddie asked. The serious tone evaporated from his voice.

"Because you're her brother and you want to protect her, so you can make sure she doesn't find out until the time is right," Edward replied.

"Fiiiine," Eddie said in a huff and turned to go back up the stairs. I shook my head at Eddie as he climbed back up the stairs. Edward tugged on my hand and brought me into the music room.

"Come play with me," he said and sat down on the piano bench. I sat next to him and copied him with placing my hands over the keys. He began playing my lullaby and I easily followed along. I had often played the piano with him over the years we had been married. I didn't know the notes I was playing and I couldn't read music but with my perfect memory I copied the notes he touched. It was the same with Eddie; after Renesmee started teaching him how to play he was able to remember everything she played after her only showing him once. The lessons didn't last long and soon enough Eddie had caught up with Renesmee and they were both playing impressive duets together. Esme often came in to watch us; she would stand at the door with the biggest smile on her face. She said hearing us and the children playing the piano was one of her most favourite things in the world.

"Beautiful," he whispered to me after we had finished and placed a kiss on my cheek. I smiled at him and he smiled back. I was suddenly overwhelmed with the love I had for my husband. His smile at that moment was so perfect that my heart had swelled up and felt like it was going to explode. I let my smile fall and moved forward to crush my lips against his. He responded just as forcefully, our kiss deepened and I felt his hand run up my thigh.

"Oh! Please get a room," I heard Jacob say from somewhere in the room. I pulled away from Edward to look at Jake at the door way.

"We did have a room," I replied to him.

"I mean your own room, not a public room where your family can walk in on you at anytime and not one with an expensive breakable grand piano in the centre," he said and put his hand on his hip.

"The piano can be easily replaced," Edward muttered under his breath. I laughed but ignored him.

"Maybe we will," I replied to Jacob and wiggled my eyebrows.

"You do that," he muttered and went to turn round. Edward tugged on my shirt, at first I thought he was being impatient but when I looked at his face he was nodding to Jacob in a 'you need to talk' sort of way.

"Oh Jake!" I shouted after him after I had caught onto what Edward wanted me to do.

"Yes Bells?" He asked. I stood up from the piano bench and made my way over to him.

"We need to talk."

"We do?" he asked. He looked at me worryingly.

"No Jake it's not about that," Edward said from the piano.

"Oh ok."

"What did you think it was about?" I asked him.

"Renesmee and her small growing crush she has on Jacob," Edward answered.

"Oh," I laughed. "No, this is something different." Renesmee had developed a small, yet obvious crush on Jacob. Edward had said that she felt things for him that were very foreign to her. She assumed it was the imprint, and she was right. She never spoke to any of us about it. It was only little flutters of feelings and Edward knew from her thoughts, she wasn't in love with him or anything, it was just things starting to shift within her. It was the start of a lot of drama but I knew it would happen eventually. The older she got the more she'd see Jacob romantically. She hadn't had a boyfriend since the 2nd grade. Both Jacob and Edward were happy about that. However Jacob knew I had strict rules on their future relationship. When she was young I always thought I'd ban it until she was eighteen. As the years went by and I realised more and more how the imprint works, I had decided to cut that back a bit. I wouldn't ban them from each other; I didn't want to be the obsessive mother. I hating how fast my children had grown up but that was just who they were, and I would look at their decisions respectively and try to trust their judgements. The whole Renesmee and Jacob thing was going to happen eventually, I would just have to deal with it; she could do a lot worse than Jacob. He was the perfect match for her and he was a good man too. I wouldn't want anyone else with her than him. I honestly thought Edward was going to have a harder time with it than me; going from sworn enemies to father and son-in-law in the space of ten years is probably pushing it to the limit with Edward's tolerance for Jacob.

"Ok, I thought you were going to tell me she's still off limits and I shouldn't think too much into this," Jacob said to me.

"Well, yes, there is that but this is something different," I told him and took his hand.

"Ok, well I'm all yours," he said and gripped my hand. I led him out of the room and into the back yard. I walked a bit further than necessary just to make sure I was out of hearing range when I told Jacob about everything.

After I had explained everything to Jacob and repeated consistently that Renesmee wasn't in danger yet, we made our way back into the house.

As we reached the hall, Eddie came down the stairs. He walked up to Jacob and put his hand on his shoulder.

"They're all yours dude," he said to him then shot off out the door.

"Eddie! Where are you going?" I shouted after him.

"I'm going to hunt. Dad said I could go," he said from across the front yard.

"Oh ok, have fun," I said to him.

"Will do," he said and ran off into the forest.

"What did he mean they're all yours?" Jacob asked me. I shrugged. I was guessing he meant Renesmee and Chantelle but I wasn't sure. Soon enough our questions were answered.

"JACOB!" Renesmee shouted from upstairs. It was more of a scream than a shout. Jacob looked at me.

"What is she gunna do to me?" he asked me, feigning horror in his voice. I shrugged again.

"Good luck," I said to him with a smile and patted his shoulder like Eddie had just done. I let out a small laugh and walked off to find my husband. I couldn't imagine what the girls wanted to do with Jacob. Whatever it was had Eddie running out the door, it was probably something incredibly girly, Eddie said no so the next choice would be Jacob and we all knew he couldn't say no to Renesmee.