|| You, Me and Penny Green ||

| Somehow this family tree is more confusing than helpful lol |

| Chapter Thirteen |

"Mommy?" The tiny voice of Penelope sounded throughout the dim bedroom. The only light on being the bedside table as the ginger was sleeping after giving birth to their little boy. Iris peeled her eyes open and leant up on her elbow to get a better look at her princess. A sleepy smile quirked at her lips as the toddler gently crawled onto the, newly changed, sheets.

"Hi, my darling. How'd you sleep, what happened to your hair?" Iris arched her brows as she ran her fingers over the lopsided pigtails on her head. The perfectionist in her desperately wanted to redo it, but she was slightly too tired for that at the moment. Penny touched her head and turned to the door where she pointed towards her father.

"Daddy did it." Iris made a sound in the back of her throat as her eyes alit with amusement.

"Hm, no wonder." Edward verbally protested, coming closer to the two.

He tried his best, it's not like he was a hairdresser or anything. This was the first time Iris didn't do her hair and he was left to take it out of her face. The strawberry strands were so wild and curly, it was hard to fit them in a rubberband let alone get them symeterical. Iris chuckled softly, stopping Pea before she could plop beside her. The new baby was there, snoozing away like an angel. They're always angels when their first born, then they don't let you sleep for four months.

Iris could already tell that his progressive development hadn't stopped when he was born. Little details like the fullness of his cheeks and the alertness in his eyes when he was awake, worried her. Edward and her had discussed it when Carlisle finally returned and did some tests. They would keep a close eye on it for now, but it didn't help ease Iris's worry.

"Okay Pea, remember the baby that was in mommy's tummy?" Edward started and Penny nodded her head with a smile, lightly poking her mother's slowly receding stomach.

"Well, now baby is here. Look at him, your baby brother Pea." Iris cooed as she carefully cradled his tiny form beside her. He squirmed slightly, eyebrows scrunching cutely until he settled again, snoozing away. Iris held him to show Penelope, her heart melting as the toddler petted his wavy head of dark hair. "A boy?" Penelope voiced and the sadness in it caught them both off guard.

"Uh, yes honey. A boy baby," Iris met eyes with Edward briefly, her husband fighting off a laugh bubbling to the surface.

"B-but I want girl baby, like Penny." The ginger couldn't hold in her chuckle anymore as she witnessed her daughter poke her lip out in a pout. Edward smoothed down her curly locks with a sympathetic smile on his lips. They didn't expect this response from her, but then again, Penelope was unpredictable. Hopefully they'd get along as much as siblings do, which is not very much if they thought about it.

"I'm sorry Pea, but I'm sure he'll play with you just as much as a baby sister would. And who knows, maybe mommy will give us another one -"

"Excuse me Sir. I think not," Iris interrupted him with a stern glare. She was still feeling the effects of birthing this one, let alone thinking about another in the future. The intense, earth-shattering agony she just went through, she didn't even want Edward to come within an inch of her. "Mommy is out of the baby making business."

"For now," Edward smirked as the ginger rolled her eyes. He reached for his baby boy, cradling his swaddled body to his chest as he admired his sleeping form. A soft knock on the door disturbed the family from their quite moment and Iris tried to make herself presentable for the family as they all piled in to get a glimpse.

Rosalie, Alice and surprisingly Bree were leading the herd eager to get a view of the new family member. The girls squealed causing little Masen to slightly fidget in his sleep. The round of supernatural family overwhelmed the room with how many there were. Even Colton, Bella and Morgan were able to squeeze in with much effort. Iris glanced around their bedroom, seeing all the old sheets and clothes over the floor. She was a tiny bit embarrassed. "Sorry guys for the... mess, we would've -"

"Ah, Iris don't you dare apologize. You just gave birth, you're allowed all the time you need." Alice warned as she reached for the baby from Edward. Bree and the pixie immortal crowded together, cooing over the bundle. The redheaded beauty rolled her eyes but accepted her words. "My baby's always come in the most inconvenient times," Iris mumbled to which Alice agreed, seeing last time a group of nomads were on the hunt when Penelope was born. Esme stepped up to her and asking how she was, doting on her like Donna would. It warmed her all over and she appreciated more than she'd be able to confess.

"So what's the squirts name, guys." Emmett grinned like he always did, enthralled with the little Masen as much as everyone else.

Iris pulled Morgan and Penelope closer to her as the brunette joined them on the bed, snuggling the toddlers as she kissed her daughters head. Making eye contact with Edward for reassurance, she took a deep breath, building up everyone's anticipation. "We decided on... Anthony Don or Donny Masen. Anthony because of Edward, this is his only son and I wanted to honor him." Edward sat on the bed beside his wife, wrapping his arm around her as he watched Alice coddle his son. "And we chose Don, in memory of Donna. We thought it fitting since Donna was such a huge impact on us."

"It's beautiful," Rosalie smiles as she reaches for Donny next and Alice reluctantly relinquishes him. He curled into her arms, rubbing his pink lips together like he was dreaming of milk.

The constant exchanging of the newborn happens for another hour until Edward called the family meeting a quits. He wanted Iris to get some rest because he could tell by her slumping shoulders and slow reactions that she was pretty warn down. With Carlisle's promise to come back later on in the day to check up on the mother and son, the Cullen's were pushed subtly out of the front door. Colton and Bella offered to bring Penelope out with Morgan to get some ice cream, to give the family a break after the last couple of days they had.

Edward relaxed as he fed Donny while Iris took a shower. His eyebrows scrunching as he gently tried to probe the thoughts of his son. It was strange... he could see into his mind but there was nothing to see, which wasn't out of the ordinary for the child just born. However, it was like he entered different atmosphere when he peered into Donny's mind. The metaphorical door would shut close behind him and he'd be wandering around in a dark empty room, endlessly.

Another curious mystery to him being that, he could hear Iris's thoughts easily again. She was worrying about the natural things, her children and the plants she neglected outside, revolving around her mind. Which meant Donny had been the reason her thoughts were blocked from him. He wondered if he had the same mind as Bella, making it impossible to read her thoughts. But he thought better of it, seeing that he wasn't shield from his thoughts, they were just void - a blank canvas.

Shaking his clouded mind, he pulled away the bottle from Donny's suckling lips and gently put him on his shoulder to burp him. The cute grunts from his son sound throughout the room as the faucet shuts off in the bathroom. Iris emerges from the bathroom with a towel secured around her chest. Her vibrant locks dripping over her shoulder as she rubs her head with the small towel. Steam follows after her and Edward can't help his eyes from wandering up from her creamy feet to her luscious swaying hips and delicate décolletage. She had just given birth to his son and she was still a vision, if not even more radiant than before.

"What's that look for?" Iris eyed him warily, stepping to their dresser to grab her undergarments.

"How was your shower?" He deflected slyly, his palm patting Donny on the back as he squirmed to burp. The ginger pursed her lips, catching his subject change. He may be slick with others but he wasn't with her, she could see right through him, funnily enough. Nonetheless she sighed contently, wrenching open the draw with nimble fingers. "It was good, refreshing. I needed it."

"Mm, think of me?" Her head snapped up and she glanced over her shoulder incredulously. Her husband's golden orbs held a mischievous glint that sent off tingles throughout her whole body, branching from her spine and shooting straight towards her womanhood. Damn him, she thought.

"Oh, you think you're slick don't you? Well Iris is closed for business for a while Sir." She glared half-heartedly, adjusting the long t-shirt she threw on. Edward pouted but the ginger was not having it, playfully flicking his nose as she got comfortable beside him. "What? I can't just admire my breathtaking wife when she's dripping from a warm shower?"

"You can look all you want, but you can't touch," She sassed. And with the perfect timing, Donny finally burped. A cute noise that made the couple chuckle for a moment before Iris gasped. Her eyes wide as she tapped Edward's free hand in bewilderment. "Edward look -"

"What is it?"

"Donny, he's already lifting his head... He's not supposed to do that yet, is he?" Iris and Edward watched as their son's head bobbed with full alertness in his eyes. Their undead hearts somehow dropping at the accelerated development of their twenty-four hour old son. This confirmed the worry the couple held when she was only pregnant for a month and a half. Now it was carrying over into Donny's life and terrifyingly, they didn't know when it would end.

Iris's lower lip wobbled as she sucked in a sharp breath. She silently prayed to anyone out there that her son wouldn't grow old and grey before she even got the chance to blink again. The couple just welcomed their son into the world, and it seemed he would be taken away just as sudden.

"W-we should call Carlisle, and quickly."

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This is the end of part 1 guys! I don't know how I feel about this chapter but let me know what you think of the name. Some of you guessed it already and it was hard not to say anything lol Part 2 will start next Friday because I have to plan it out some more. I want the last phase of this book to be the best and most memorable moments of the series! I desperately don't want it to end but we'll go out with a bang, I promise.

What do you think Donny's gift is?