Quinn O'Connell was the pretty girl in pink, the homecoming queen and all-around straight-A student. Most people saw her as uptight, narcissistic but most importantly... They saw her as a control freak with her perfect blonde hair and patronising sm...
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Quinn couldn't help but giggle when she saw the arrogant smirk on Emmett's face as he carried the boulder towards an emotionless Bella, the entire family had congregated to watch Emmett's potential defeat. Carlisle chuckled beside her, unable to stop himself from doing so as her happiness met his ears and she beamed, nudging into his side slightly where he stood with his arms folded. That made the man laugh again.
"Don't hurt yourself, Emmett" Edward called, eyes sparkling in excitement and pride for his wife as Quinn happily accepted Renesmee from Rosalie's arms, the baby- who was much larger than her age would allow, gurgled out in enjoyment when she met Quinn's golden gaze and the blonde vampire couldn't help but grin as she shifted Renesmee comfortably. Carlisle couldn't stop the smile for splitting across his cheeks at the sight.
Bella's arm looked so frail beside Emmetts as they locked hands and their arm-wrestle started, but her strength was impressive. The second Jasper called for them to start, Emmett grunted with the effort. The muscly man only managed to gain a little bit of victory before he had his arm shot backwards, slamming straight into the boulder with a mighty crack. Emmett was absolutely appalled as the family cheered, Carlisle, clapping politely as Quinn grinned up at him.
Bella laughed excitably at her new strength and easily punched and kicked the boulder to pieces.
"Say yay baby." Quinn cooed, bouncing the baby calmly. "Clap for your mommy" she urged and the baby startled them all in the next moment as she produced a sound they had never heard before. Quinn's eyes widened with shock- and then happiness as Renesmee giggled loudly. Looking up, Quinn met the elated expressions of the family.
"Well done, beautiful" Rosalie cheered to the baby and Bella's previous victory was easily outshined by the new development. Edward took his child with a fatherly pride on his face that warmed them all to see. Though somewhere within them all- they were concerned. She shouldn't have been able to do any of the things that she did- she was ageing far too quickly and it just left them all worrying how long they would have with her.
Everything was falling easily into place, over the next few days their happiness only grew. The Volturi seemed to accept Bella's new status- sending a beautiful necklace as their expression of joy, though they'd want proof eventually. And there was only one enemy left- Time.
"What the hell is that?" Emmett laughed out loudly as he entered the main room a few days later and Quinn pouted where she sat between Carlisle's lap on the couch. Spread around them loosely- was a knitted blanket and she was focusing very carefully on producing it. Occasionally- Carlisle's help was required but the blonde woman tried her hardest.
"It's a blanket!" Quinn cheered, twisting the needles so that the blanket rippled, stretching out slightly around her legs and Bella laughed from where she sat watching with Renesmee in her arms.
"No, Q. That's a poncho." Emmett chuckled, lifting one corner into the air and Quinn's golden eyes widened comically in horror as she saw the wide hole that had formed in her beautiful white and yellow creation.
"Oh no" she pouted, aware of the way the family laughed and she nudged Carlisle slightly, gaining his attention away from his book. The blond doctor placed his head happily on her shoulder, looking over it at the creation on her lap and he scanned it with a calm expression before shifting his gaze to her face and laughing despite himself when he saw the pout that lay there. "Carlisle!" she groaned when he laughed at her and he laughed loudly.
"I'm sorry love, I can't help... I'll help you make a new one" he promised and pressed a kiss to her cheek. Slumping to sit in an armchair opposite, Emmett made a motion in the air and hissed in the sound of a whip.
"Whipped" he whistled as if his action hadn't been enough and Carlisle glared at him slightly, teasingly before tossing a cushion at his face.
"Says you Emmett" Jasper clicked his tongue, Alice hopping over the back of the couch to land in his lap and around the room, the family laughed once more- awed by the way Renesmee joined in with them.
"What is this? Gang up on Emmett week?" he persisted, balling up a cushion into his arms like a child and huffing.
"Stop making it so easy then, Mate" Jack clapped as he passed behind them, on his way to the kitchen to check in on Esme- the Matriarch was making food for the wolves happily. Jacob had been spending a lot of time there recently and despite how disgusting the smell was to them all- they had accepted him as one of them, impossibly. Their family didn't quite feel complete without him around. And where Jacob went- Seth and Leah followed. It was their new slice of normality.
