(This chapter is for my first reviewer. Thank you Lg1998.)
Chapter: 4
Jacob turned and ran, knowing what was coming. I felt an anger inside that I've never felt before, not even the day I learned he imprinted on her. Only then did I understand the true feelings an imprinted bond held.
Renesmee would always love Jacob, even if it more than her parents. Edward and I, we loved her more than anyone else in the world. But Renesmee, she loved Jacob more than us. And it killed to have to admit that. Admit that she would always call for Jacob if she has a nightmare, always want Jacob to kiss her scratches and scrapes better, and always put Jacob first. She would give anything for him, maybe even her own life. But I would not see my daughter's life go by like this. She needed options, and we needed to be a family. An idea was starting to form in my head.
Instead of continuing to go after Jacob, I whirled and ran back to Edward. He had his hand on Renesmee's forehead, keeping her still. She had woken up when I handed her to Edward. "What is it love? You didn't go after Jacob? I already called Jasper and Emmet over."
I smiled at his worry for the man he used to hate. I looked up at him, the smile growing bigger as I lifted my shield and showed the images I was imagining. Us, at Isle Esme, walking down the shoreline, as Renesmee plays in the water near us. All three of us, again walking down the beach, Edward and I holding hands with Renesmee, her in the middle. Renesmee growing with us, all three of us as a family, no Jacob, and nothing to ever pull us apart.
He smiles at me, looking me straight in the eye, and says "Are you sure Bella? Is this truly what you want? Because I do. I want this for our daughter, living as normal a life as she can. Without the imprint."
"Yes." I insist, because I do. "And our other family members can come visit us. And I guess Jacob can too." I add begrudgingly.
Renesmee looked up at us with excitement on her face. "We're going to a island?"
"An island, sweetheart, and yes, we are." Edward smiles as he corrects her grammar, and leaves the room to go get everything in order. Renesmee leaps up and jumps all around, her tiny body going a foot in the air.
She stops suddenly, turning to stare at me, her happy look gone. "Without my Jacob." She doesn't say this as a question, but as a fact. She glances at her feet, sighing heavily.
"Is that alright sweetie?" I ask, hoping she'll be okay with it. She looks up at me with those huge, brown, innocent eyes and I almost give in, but she says slowly, "I know I'll miss him, and everyone else a lot, but we need to be a family, right?" She reaches her hand towards my cheek and flashes me a vision, almost the same one I showed Edward; us on the beach. "And I wanna go mommy, because it will make me and you and daddy happy!" She says with a smile. And I love her even more because of that.
(A/N I'm sorry that it's going fast. I wanted to get to this part quickly. Time will be moving faster in the next couple of chapters. Sorry. If you don't like it tell me and I'll see what I can do.)