Esme and I kept it out of our heads, but as soon as Jacob and Renesmee woke up Edward knew. He was furious. "You're not old enough, Renesmee!"

"We don't even know if I am yet, but for arguments sake, I am definitely old enough to have a child."

"Renesmee you might look like an adult but you don't have the knowledge."

"I am well aware of what I am and am not capable of, dad. I can do this."

"No."

"It's not your decision! It's not any of yours!" She yelled at everyone. We were all in the room listening to their argument.

"You sound exactly your mother did when she was pregnant with you…" Rosalie said. "That's exactly what she said."

I received a text and everyone looked at me. "Results are ready. They're getting faxed over as we speak."

"Dad, I am hoping just as much as you that I am not pregnant, but if I am, then there is nothing we can do about it."

"Carlisle can get it out of you."

"No!"

I went upstairs to my office to receive the results. I walked downstairs slowly, reading the paper.

"Carlisle?" Esme asked.

"You're not pregnant Ness." I started.

"Oh thank god." She said, relieved. She sat down beside Jacob.

"So is she just sick?" Jacob asked.

"I think it's false pregnancy."

"What causes that?" He asked.

"Well when a woman has a strong desire to get pregnant, or get married, her body can show pregnancy signs. Her brain can misinterpret this for pregnancy and release hormones to have pregnancy symptoms. We don't actually know the exact cause yet, that is just what we have determined from tests." I explained.

"We've got a pack meeting, Jake." Seth said.

"Oh yeah. We better go. Thanks Carlisle." He stood up and Renesmee stood too.

"You're not going to the reservation." Edward stopped her.

"Yeah, I am." She said, turning around and walking towards the door.

"Renesmee—"

"Bye, dad." She walked out with the wolves and Melody.

"Well it's a relief, right?" Esme asked Edward.

He glared at her before standing and storming out. Bella apologised for him and followed.


"Desire to be pregnant or married, huh?" Bella asked Renesmee. They were sitting in the living room with Rosalie, Alice, Esme and I. The guys had gone hunting, and the wolves had stayed at the reservation as well as Melody.

"Every girl wants to be married." She defended.

"Not every girl and they don't have a strong desire…" Bella emphasised.

Alice muted the TV and turned around to face them, leaning the side of her face in her hand and rested her elbow on her knee.

"Carlisle, you're ruining the girl talk…" Rosalie joked.

"Sorry." I went to stand up before Esme pulled me back. "She was joking…"

"Oh, okay. Sorry."

"Don't apologise." Rosalie laughed.

"Sorry." I said, on purpose.

"Stop!" She laughed again.

"Back to Ness…" I changed the subject.

I put my arm around Esme and kissed her when she tilted her head upwards towards mine.

"I just want that…" Ness motioned to us.

"With Jacob." Alice confirmed.

"A dog? Really?" Rosalie made a disgusted face.

"Oh, Aunt Rosalie get over yourself." Renesmee snapped.

"Don't, Renesmee." Bella scolded.

"Ness you can do so much better than a stupid dog."

"Rose!" Esme censured.

"I do want to marry Jake, but not right now. I just feel like I haven't really done anything that most girls do before marriage."

"Like go to party and drink too much and end up in someone else's bed?" Alice asked.

"Alice!" Bella said.

"What? That's what most girls do these days…"

"Um, maybe anything that doesn't involve betraying Jacob." Renesmee laughed lightly. "Did you do that, Aunt Alice?"

"No." she shook her head.

"Why was that your first example?" Rosalie asked.

Alice shrugged her shoulders and smiled.


Renesmee had made her way back to the reservation once the guys got home. Edward and Bella went out to the movies, Rosalie and Emmett on the couch at the back of the room talking quietly and Alice and Jasper were watching a movie with Esme and I.

Although tension still lingered between Renesmee and Edward, everything was settling back down with everyone and our lives were calming down.

Esme was lying down and leaning on me. Alice was sitting on the floor and resting on the couch between Jasper's knees. He was sitting forward, captivated by the new movie that none of us had seen yet. I was relaxed, thankful that peace was returning to our family.

Bella had sent a photo of Renesmee to the Volturi. They accepted it with a thank you letter. We were all happy with our significant others, and everything was perfect.