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[notsocommon]

Helen had never been away from home without her father and now she was on some strange island with a husband and a baby, neither of which she remembered. She had always prided herself on never fainting but she had come very close when waking up without a stitch of clothing in bed next to a man.

Will had been kind enough to explain that there was a place to get tea and to relax and that was where Helen was now, trying to soothe her jangled nerves. It was terribly awkward, the whole situation, made even worse by this strange technology she did not understand and these people she did not know.

"How much time have I missed? How many years in the future is it now?"

[PB aside, she looks enough like Magnus to be recognizable - just blonde and 17.]

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"I suppose I can endure just for a few days," Helen said, comforted by that. She settled her tea cup back on the saucer and watched the baby for a moment. She had never really been around one before now and it was fascinating when she wasn't expected to care for it herself.

"Women don't have nannies here, I presume?"

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Bella followed her gaze to the baby in her lap. "We have the Children's Office, a sort of 24 hour day care, but no, I don't think there are any dedicated nannies here."

She turned the baby in her arms more towards Helen and smiled. "Would you like to hold her?"

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"I...suppose," Helen said. "I am nervous about this, as you can imagine. I've never held an infant before."

And yet, now, she was a mother and responsible for a child almost as young as this one. It was a frightening prospect.

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"I can imagine," Bella smiled. She really liked the symmetry of the moment. "In much the same way you could when you put Gregory in my arms nearly a year ago. Just keep her head supported and you'll be fine. I know it."

With practiced ease, she transferred Ness into Helen's arms.

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It was strange but it seemed instinctual in a way, cradling a child. Helen could imagine that she did do this with Gregory and was as comfortable with him as Bella seemed with her daughter.

"She's perfect. Oh, how I wish I had a girl now. In...addition, not instead."

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"My mom always said that pregnancy and babies are contagious," Bella smiled, watching the other woman and her daughter. "We got very lucky with her. She's a wonderful baby and barely fusses at all. Just when she's tired or hungry, or has something not very pleasant in her diaper."

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"I think that happened to Gregory earlier. Will handled it," Helen said, giggling lightly. She traced a finger along Renesmee's soft cheek.

"She's beautiful. So beautiful. I think she looks like you."

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"Good for him. There's just something about a guy not afraid to conquer a dirty diaper." Bella giggled right along with Helen, her eyes falling on the soft pink cheeks and rosebud lips. "Thank you. That's what Edward says, and I see a little of me in there, her hair, and her eyes. I even see a little of my father, too."

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"I have not met your Edward, so I cannot say if she favors him or not, but I definitely see you."

Gregory seemed to favor Will, mostly, but Helen wondered if she could see some of herself in her own child.

"Thank you, Bella. This is helping."