His Saving Grace

forty four

I walk behind the line of people who are waiting to greet the couple. I smile to Paul who takes Savannah and plays with her causing the baby to smile.

I take her into my arms when Jake walks up to us and whispers something into Paul's ear. Paul shakes his head at Jake.

"Don't bring this up til later. Let Grace have one day with her family." He says a little above a whisper but I still catch wind of it.

I take in a deep breath before walking up to Edward who's smiling brightly to the baby in my arms. "Sunflower!" He coos taking her into his arms.

She smiles brightly at him as I hug Bella. "I'm so happy to gain you as a sister." I whisper. She pulls away with tears in her eyes.

I nod my head when she squeezes my hand. Edward smiles at me and hugs me sideways. Bella takes Savannah from Edward and coos down to her.

"I'm your aunt now." She whispers to her. I smile at Bella before kissing Edward's cheek.

He smiles at me when I pull away and Paul takes Savannah into his arms. "Congrats big brother." I say with a wink before walking away with Paul.

Sue and Charlie Swan walk up to us as we are grabbing drinks. "Let me take Savvy. You go enjoy yourselves." Sue says reaching out for Savannah.

"Okay." I say as Paul takes my hand and drags me to the dance floor. He looks to the DJ who's watching us for a second and starts playing a romance song.

I smile softly to Paul as the couples start dancing and Edward drags Bella to dance. I look into Paul's eyes as he pulls me close with one hand holding mine and the other loosely on my waist.

"Look at us
Two Sugar Land kids looking all grown up
The same ones that were too young to stay in love
But here we are, so good so far

Hey, baby, look at us
Sleeping on a mattress on the floor
When we got what we got, we don't need nothing more
What a life, what a love, look at us

From, "Hey, can I get your number?"
To, "Whatcha doin' Friday night?"
Straight through a teenage summer
To goin' on our fifth July
From porch lights and swingin' on swings
To real life doin' its thing
From some silly seventeen fling
To tryin' on rings

Look at you
Lookin' at me like you always have
Lookin' for the ways to make me laugh
And just like that, it takes me back
Boy, right back

To, "Hey, can I get your number?"
To, "Whatcha doin' Friday night?"
Straight through a teenage summer
To goin' on our fifth July
From porch lights and swingin' on swings
To real life doin' its thing
From some silly seventeen fling
To tryin' on rings

From the close calls and almost walking out the door
To runnin' so fast, straight back to the thing worth fighting for

It all started with a, "Hey, can I get your number?"
To, "Whatcha doin' Friday night?"
Straight through a teenage summer
To goin' on our fifth July
From not knowing what it all means
When real life is doin' its thing
From some silly seventeen fling
To tryin' on rings
To tryin' on rings"

I lay my forehead against Paul's when the song comes to a close. He releases my hand and takes my face into both of his hands to move my face to where I'm looking him in the eyes.

I stare into his beautiful brown eyes that I've come to love on him and also in our daughter.  "I love you." He whispers.

"I love you so much." He slowly places his lips on mine. I ignore the multiple pairs of eyes on us relishing in the love that is being shared between the two of us. I pull away as some taps me on the shoulder. I turn to find Edward.

"Do you mind?" Edward asks Paul with a smile.

"No not at all. I'm gonna go get my daughter back from Jake." He says smiling. I smile at him as he winks at me before going to get Savannah. I turn to Edward who twirls me under his arm and we sway to the music.

"You excited about the honey moon?"

"Yeah, I'm just nervous." He says biting his stone lip.

"Why?" I ask with crossed eyebrows.

"Bella, wants to have every human experience before we decide to change her." He says twirling me.

"You're worried about the sex part." I state. He nods his head with a sigh.

"I don't want to hurt her or put her in any form of danger that I can prevent." He says I nod my head understandingly.

"I know where you're coming from." He smiles at me softly.

"How long are you and Paul gonna wait til you have another kid?" He asks catching me off guard.

"I'm hoping for at least a few months after Savannah's first." I say regaining my reaction. "We'll see what happens first though."

He nods his head before pulling me into his chest. "You'll always be my little sister." He whispers into my ear. "Always."

I hug him as tight as I can with him being a vampire. "Call me when you get home?"

"Of course." He says pulling away. I look at him before nodding my head and walking to Paul.

"Let's go home." I say taking his hand in mine. "I'll say bye to Bella and the others when we pass them."

"Okay." He says kissing my forehead. And then we leave with a sleeping Savannah clinging to her father's shirt. And me lost in my thought wondering what's to come next.

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