Renesmee's story

Chapter 31 She looks so young Edward's POV:

Edward's POV

Bella and I have been hunting for hours now. We left home when Alice and Nessie left, and it's now five-thirty in the morning. Nessie is spending the night at Carlisle and Esme's. It helps because we know that we trust them, and we know Alice or Rose aren't going to take Nessie out shopping anytime soon. Bella and I have to start heading home soon. Bella won't say it but I know that she misses Nessie right now, and I know that she's worried that something is going to happen to her. My thoughts were interrupted by my cell phone ringing.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Edward, its Alice. How far away are you from home?" she asked.

"About an hour by car, why?"

"Nessie is going to start freaking out when she wakes up, you and Bella need to come home now!"

"We'll be there Alice, just calm down," I told her.

"OK, bye," she told me quickly before hanging up. I ran to find Bella. It didn't take long because she was just finishing up a deer.

"Bella, love, we have to go home now," I told her.

She turned around and wiped her face off. "OK, let's go!" she said eagerly while grabbing my hand.

"Do you really miss Nessie that much?" I asked.

"Of course I do, she is our daughter, and she’s going though something… very unusual right now," she told me. I smiled at her explanation. She's so caring.

We got into the Volvo and speed off home. Bella still doesn't like going as fast as me, but she doesn't complain anymore.

We arrived at Carlisle and Esme's at six-thirty and raced inside. Alice looked like she was waiting for us when we got in.

"Go, both of you. I sent Rosalie upstairs to see if she can distract her from freaking out," she told us.

"Has it worked so far?" I asked.

"Yes, that's why I called you to tell you to get your butts home as soon as possible," she said sarcastically.

"OK, let's start heading up Bella," I said grabbing her hand as we started walking up the stairs.

'Three, two, one,' Alice said in her head, and on queue, Renesmee started screaming. Yep, she sounds like a two and a half year old. Bella and I started to run up the stairs.

We entered my old room to find Nessie in Rose's arms, still crying. Bella walked up to her and took Nessie from her.

"Thanks Rose," she said quietly. Rosalie nodded and walked out the door.

I walked up to Bella and stood next to her, trying to calm Nessie down.

"Nessie, what wrong?" she asked. Nessie said something into Bella's shirt, but it came out muffled.

I tried to read her mind: …, I got nothing. Is it even possible to gain and mental shield? I started to think about it when it got quiet.

"She's asleep again Edward," Bella informed me. That's good.

"Let's head home, love," I said. We headed out of the room when I felt Bella's hand slip into mind. I turned her way and gave her a quick peck in the lips. She smiled and we walked down the stairs, with Nessie still in Bella's arms.

"That's why it got quiet, she fell asleep again," Rose whispered softly.

"Yeah, we're going to head home. Thanks for looking after her for us," Bella said quietly as we headed out the door.

Bella and I walked on our way home. We didn't want to run, we wanted to spend as much time as a family as possible. Nothing was happening to us, we just wanted family time even though one of us was sleeping.

We were almost to the cottage when I noticed that Bella was in deep thought.

"What are you thinking, love?" I asked. I still hate not knowing what she was thinking at times.

"Just this whole thing with Nessie turning half human," she told me. She let out a sigh and continued, "I mean we have to figure out where we're going to move, we're going to start school again when we move and Nessie will be starting school again soon. Carlisle and Esme are going to want to spend some time by themselves, and the rest of we will be in school. What if we get called in for a parent – teacher interview and Carlisle or Esme can't go?" she asked. I know that there is going to be more.

"She hasn't been called in for one her whole life yet," I told her.

"That because we haven't lived in one place for her to be called in for one," she retaliated. It's true. Nessie has been to a couple schools around Forks, and we home schooled her until she said that she didn't want to be cooped up in the cottage or at Carlisle and Esme's. By now, we've reached the cottage.

"We'll worry about it when the time comes, OK love?"

"OK, let's get inside," she said opening the door. We walked in and headed for Nessie's room. Bella set her under the covers and placed a kiss on her forehead, and then I did the same. We walked out of her room and sat in the living room. We flipped though the channels on the TV until we just settled on watching 'Romeo and Juliet.' Near the end – which was about ten-thirty – Nessie woke up and sat in Bella's lap. She stared at the TV but she wasn't really watching it. She looked like she was still tired, but didn't want to go back to sleep. She's stubborn like her mother. I picked Nessie up and brought her to the kitchen – which was now cleaned – and I started to make her some breakfast. I put in some bread in the toaster and the peanut butter out for her. The toast was ready and I spread the peanut butter for her before giving her, her breakfast.

"Thank you Daddy," she said quietly.

"Your welcome Nessie," I replied giving her a kiss in her forehead and sat down with her. She started to eat slowly and quietly. I can tell that she has something on her mind.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I'm sorry I made you and Momma come home early," she said with a shaky voice. Momma? She hasn't called Bella that in a long time. She looked down at her lap, but I put a finger under her chin and lifted her face to meet mine. Her bottom lip was quivering and her eyes were teary.

"Nessie," I said, "we were going to leave soon. You didn't change the time we were going to leave. OK?"

"OK, Daddy."

"Now, no more tears and smile," I said. She gave me a forced smile, so I tickled her genially and she started to giggle. She then gave me a natural smile.

"There we go, now eat" I said. Nessie still had a smile on her face.

"OK Daddy. I love you," she said in a voice that sounded like a two year old. I still have to adjust to her looking and sounding so young.

"I love you too Nessie. Now eat so we can spend some time with Mommy," I told her and she started to eat.