“Daddy!” said Serena. I felt my eyes go wide and my jaw drop almost all the way to the ground. I thought I saw Bella’s eyes going wide, too, but her jaw stayed intact. Then she said, “Mommy!” This time I saw Bella’s jaw dropped as well. “I love you!” she squealed.

My daughter just said she loves us. Her parents. Her first word was ‘Daddy.’ Am I imagining this? Is this really happening? My thoughts were buzzing around in my head. For the first time, it felt like I could hear only my thoughts. Even though there was a slight murmuring in the back of my head . . .

“Edward? Edward! Earth to Edward!” Bella was frantically shaking her hand in front of my face. I guess I was too deep in my thought to notice my surroundings. It seems I’d been thinking for quite a while.

I looked around our room and saw that my whole family and the Denalis had joined us.

“Hmm?” I responded.

“Edward, are you okay? You were . . . unresponsive for a while . . .” Bella trailed off.

“Yes, love. I’m fine. I just went into a shock, I guess. It’s not every day that you hear your daughter say Daddy for the first time,” I said with a laugh. Bella smiled.

“Alice,” she said. “Was that what you saw in your vision?”

“Yeah. I would’ve told you, but I knew what Edward’s reaction would be and it wouldn’t’ve been the same if I’d told you. And I really wanted to see him react like that for the first time in his lifetime,” Alice explained. I growled.

“Calm down, Daddy-o!” Emmett said, chuckling.

“Shut. Up. Emmett.” I was losing my patience with everyone. They were ruining this for me!

Bella placed a hand on my cheek and I instantly calmed down.

“Guys why don’t you give us some time alone?” Bella asked. It sounded more like a demand than a question. Everyone nodded and left. I sighed.

“Bella, our daughter is talking already, and she’s only one. Soon, she’ll be thirteen and she’ll have boys chasing after her. Just like her mother.” I was honestly worried about my baby having boys all over her. I just hope I’d be able to control myself and not kill the guy that tries to go after my Angel!