Nessie's POV
Momma was a good cook just like Mrs. Esme. After we all went to the grocery store together (there was so much food there and I wanted to try it all!), we went back to Grandpa's house and Mrs. Esme looked at the recipes with Momma and answered her questions, while I opened up the new sketch book Edward had bought for me.
After that, Momma started cooking for us every night instead of Grandpa. (Momma's food was almost always way better!). Every week Mrs. Esme took us to the grocery store, and wherever else Momma needed to go. Sometimes we went out to a café and had lunch and even though I could see Momma was still scared… she was starting to act different too.
But we didn't just go out with Mrs. Esme. We also started to go places with Edward more… sometimes it was just a walk down the street or to the park, and sometimes he took me to the art store to pick out a new pack of pencils or erasers… or to try new paints. Mrs. Polly who worked at the art store always spent lots of time explaining everything to me and I liked to take the paintings I did back to show her the next time. It was my favourite place to go.
We also went out with Grandpa… usually just to the diner or the store. He asked me to go fishing with him but Momma said not yet. And then there was Mrs. Alice. She liked to come over and talk to Momma and me a lot too, and sometimes we went out with her, or over to her house. Momma still didn't trust Mr. Jasper, even though she tried to. But he did look a lot like Mr. James and so he always smiled at her and stayed way back.
"You brought the baby!" I almost screamed as I opened the door and saw Mrs. Rosalie standing there with her baby in her arms. Mrs. Rosalie and Mr. Emmett had come over a few times, but they always left the baby with Mrs. Esme.
"I sure did Ness… is your Mom here?" Mrs. Rosalie asked me and I nodded, stepping back so that they could come in. Momma was in the bathroom but I had looked out the window first and Momma told me that I could let them in.
"Can I hold her? Pleeeese!" They had barely come in, and Momma was just coming downstairs, but I wanted to see the baby so badly. I had never been close to a baby that small before except for my brother… but I never got to hold him and I didn't really remember him that much.
"Let us get settled and then you can hold her." She answered with a smile and I sat down on the couch to wait for them. Momma was smiling as she looked over at Mrs. Rosalie and it made me happy to see Momma so happy. She was still sad, but sometimes now she was happy too.
"Hi Rose," Momma said and reached to take her jacket from her. Mrs. Rosalie's hands were full with the baby and her bag.
"How are you Bella?" She asked as she sat down. I tried to be patient but it was hard while they talked and Mrs. Rosalie took off the baby's jacket and hat.
"Alright Ness," She finally said and turned to me. "This is Haley." She smiled as she reached over and I put my arms out the way that she showed me. Finally she set Haley down in my hands and put a pillow under my arm to help hold onto her. Haley just looked at me.
"Haley? Like Hale?" Momma asked. I was only listening a little bit. Haley was too cute.
"Yes, we wanted her name to have meaning to us," Mrs. Rosalie answered. "Her full name is Haley Isabella Cullen." I looked up to Momma and saw her face. She looked sad again but she was smiling a little bit when she said 'thank you'.
Mrs. Rosalie and Haley didn't stay for a long time, but I did get to hold Haley almost the whole time that they were there. Mrs. Rosalie even showed me how to change her diaper, and told me that she was four months old now. She was starting to roll over a little bit and Mrs. Rosalie said she wasn't ready for her to get so big yet. She still looked small to me, but Momma agreed with Mrs. Rosalie and told her about when I was a baby.
I listened when she talked about me. She didn't do that a lot because when I was a baby we lived in the shed and Momma wasn't happy… even though she tried to be happy with me. She was still a little girl and I was a surprise but she loved me anyways and was a really good Momma… she never let Mr. James hurt me like he hurt her.
"Bella, I can't tell you how absolutely amazing you are… you are an inspiration to me. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be in your situation, and then to have a baby on top of that. You and Nessie are both so incredible, and you have done such a great job and become an amazing mother to Nessie." Mrs. Rosalie said and I nodded my head. I agreed with her. Momma was amazing.
"Do you want to hold Haley Momma?" I asked before they got ready to go. Momma said 'yes' and came over to sit beside me, reaching over and taking Haley from my arms. It looked kinda funny to see her holding a baby.
And then she started to cry again… but I think it was the good crying because she smiled at me, even though she was crying. After they left she told me that she liked holding Haley and visiting with Mrs. Rosalie.
I asked her if one day, her and Edward would give me another brother or a sister.
She never answered me.