EPOV
I sat here with all the guys as we watched the women socialize and the children play. There was this one little girl - I had yet to see her face but from the back, she was a mini version of Bella.
As if she heard me think her name, Bella and some of the other women came over to sit with the men. Bella sat to my left, my brother was on my right and Rose sat to his right. "So Bella, Rose, will Rosey and I be able to take the girls out this weekend? I know I have become close to them over the last few weeks and I am sure Rosey is missing those two dearly. That's all I've heard the last few weeks - Aunt Rosey this and Aunt Rosey took us here! We would really like to take them out for the weekend." Rob asked my Bella.
"Of course Rob, that will be fine with me and I'm sure it will be fine with Bella as well," Rose said, while Bella nodded her head. "Are you guys sure though? I mean, you just got reunited. I don't want the girls to take up your reconnecting time..." Bella replied.
"Don't worry about us Bells, we can have all the reconnection time we want over the next five nights. We'll pick up the girls from Charlie's Friday night, as I'm sure you girls will have plans." Rosey winked. If she was thinking what I think she was thinking, I know Bella will have plans next Friday.
"Oh Bella, has Edward met little Clara?" Rob asked.
"No, he hasn't. Why?"
"Do you mind if I introduce them?"
"No, not at all Rob, I'm sure she would love that."
So now was the time that I got to meet little Clara. Rob got up and walked toward the children, picked up a little brown-haired girl and came over to me.
"Clara, I would like you to meet a friend of mine. He knows Aunt Rosey and your mom too. His name is Edward." Rob sat down on the chair next to mine with the little girl perched on his knee. This little girl was beyond gorgeous, just like her mother. She had dark mahogany hair, big chocolate brown eyes and a smile that would go on for days. Something inside of me was pulling at this child to bring her close to me and to protect her. Something beyond my control wanted this little girl to be my daughter.
I made no move to reach out to her, only to sit up a little stick my hand out and say, "Hello Clara, are you having a good time?"
She reached out and shook my hand, biting her lip, something I have seen her mother do while working.
"I am having a very good time, Edward. It's nice to meet you." Clara said to me and then jumped down from Rob's lap, crawling into mine. That was where she sat for the remainder of the afternoon, and by the time people started leaving she was asleep in my arms. All I wanted to do was keep her there.
"Here Edward, let me take her up to one of Kristina's spare rooms to put her down." Bella smiled. As I leaned forward to hand her over. Clara wrapped her tiny fist in my shirt and whimpered a little. "I'll just carry her up if you don't mind?"Bella nodded her head and smiled warmly at me. I hadn't seen such a warm smile since the day I met her.
As I followed Bella up the stairs to one of the bedrooms, all I could think of was how much I didn't want to let this little girl go. Or her mother. My heart was aching at the thought of never seeing them again.
I laid Clara down on the bed in the room Bella led me to, tucked the blankets in around her and kissed her on the head before I left her side.
She mumbled something in her sleep that sounded like 'I love you daddy', and it made my heart swell. I thought to myself, in time, sweet girl, in time. As I followed Bella back downstairs, I knew I had to do everything I could to make those girls mine.
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