"She calls you.. Mommy?" Jessica said with a disgusted look on her face. "So young. How sad." The way she said it made me want to rip the bouncy curls right out of her skull.

"Well, Jessica, Bella and I did adopt her over a year ago, and Renesmee is young. It would only be natural for it to evolve that way, wouldn't it?" Edward appeared at my side, saving the day. Jessica rolled her eyes and downed her champagne, walking away. Edward scooped Renesmee into his arms and her hand went to his face. Lower than any one else could hear, I heard him whisper to her.

"No, no, sweetie. Mommy isn't mad. Just be quiet for a minute, okay?"

"Oh, she's beautiful," Angela said sincerely, staring at her.

"Thank you, Angela," I replied.

"Renesmee," Edward asked her, "Would you like to meet miss Angela and mister Ben?" She nodded, hiding in her massive amount of hair.

"Angela, Ben, this is Renesmee," Edward said to them formally.

"Hi, Renesmee," Angela said, and leaned into her a little more.

"Hi," She replied, and peeked out from under her hair.

"That's a mouthful," Ben said, and we laughed with him.

"It is. We call her Nessie or Ness for short," I replied.

"Well, then, it's nice to meet you, pretty Nessie."

"Thank you," She replied, and flashed a wide grin at them. They both looked at each other, eyes wide and smiling, then looked back to Renesmee. I knew that they instantly fell in love with her.

"Well," I said after a few seconds of silence, "I know that Renesmee wants to see the petting zoo before midnight. We should probably go. But Angela, if I don't see you again tonight, I'd really like to see you before you leave to go back to school."

"Of course, Bella. I would love to get together. It was so good to see you."

"Good to see you guys again," Ben said, towing her away. He kissed her cheek and she giggled. I sighed, smiling at them. Edward snaked his arm around me and his lips were at my ear.

"Renesmee is really anxious to see the goats." I laughed. He took my hand set Renesmee down, getting in between us and grabbing each of our hands. We lifted her every few feet and swung her back and forth on the way to the petting zoo. Afterward, Carlisle met us at the gate and she replayed pictures of us all petting the animals to him, then Edward and then me.