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Leah opened the door to the diner, the bell jingling overhead as she did. She was sweaty, just finished up a run, and was not at all surprised that the door was open so early on a Saturday morning. The man behind the counter was grinning as he set a plate in front of a girl sitting at the counter. The little girl turned at the sound of the bell and Leah felt her heart squeeze in her chest, just a little.

She smiled, one of her front teeth missing, and jumped down from the stool.

"Mommy!"

"Hey, beautiful," Leah said as she bent down to kiss the top of her daughter's head. The little girl looked up again, her brown eyes shining with excitement.

"You're all sweaty," she giggled as she tried to pull away. "Did you have a fun run?"

"I did," Leah nodded and led her daughter back to the counter. Edward leaned over for a kiss and handed her a cup of coffee after. "Now I'm dying for some of Daddy's waffles."

"And bacon," Edward teased as he set a second plate down in front of his wife. "Nora, eat your eggs before they get cold."

"Okay, Daddy." Nora settled herself back on the stool next to her mother, still smiling.

It was a Saturday and it had been their routine very early on in Nora's life that she went to work with Edward while Leah went on runs. Edward loved the time he got to spend with his daughter on the early mornings in the kitchen. It reminded him so much of his childhood and how much he loved spending the time with his father doing the exact same things.

"Can I go running with you one day?"

"Hey!" Edward protested. "I thought you liked cooking with me?"

Nora shrugged. She had just turned five and had a variety of interests that included princesses and superheroes and playing in the mud.

"I like doing a lot of things," his daughter said through a mouthful of scrambled eggs. "Can I have some coffee?"

"Sure," Edward replied just as Leah answered with an emphatic, "NO."

Edward just shrugged and made her a mug full of milk with just a little coffee in it. Nora smiled and sipped from her mug as Edward helped an early morning customer and disappeared into the kitchen. Leah reached over and smoothed down her daughter's unruly brown hair and watched her for a long moment. She was a dream come true, when Leah really thought about it.

When her mother had gotten sick Leah had nearly given up on being happy, on finding someone to share her life with. She was afraid that if she loved someone they would leave her, like her mother was going to.

Finding Edward the way she did sometimes didn't make sense. The fact that they were both going through the same thing had to be against some type of odds. But, yet, here they were, years later. It will hurt. Every day when they looked at their daughter and realized that two of their parents would never get to see her grow up. If they had other children, there would always be hole in their lives without Carlisle and Sue.

By the time Edward came back from the kitchen, his arms laden with plates, Leah and Nora's were empty. Jasper came through the door behind Edward and grinned at them.

"Hello my favorite niece and sister-in-law," he greeted them.

"Your only niece and sister-in-law," Leah laughed, but Nora beamed at being called someone's favorite. She also enjoyed being the favorite cousin to Jasper and Alice's little girl, Olivia.

"Details," he said as he waved his hand. "Livvy says hello." Jasper winked at Nora before hurrying off to take an order at the other end of the counter.

"It's getting busy." Leah scanned the diner as Edward came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and kissing the top of her head.

"We've got some more people coming in for their shift in a few minutes. Should be fine," Edward told her with a smile. She could tell that he felt proud at the busyness of the place, of carrying on his father's dream. Even if the diner hadn't always been his dream.

"We should go, I need a shower." Leah stood up and held out her hand to help Nora down from her stool. She jumped down and held her other hand out to Edward, who smiled and took it.

"Yeah, you really do." Edward wrinkled his nose and Leah couldn't even pretend to be offended. "I'll walk you ladies out. Come through the kitchen so I can grab my keys for you."

Leah and Nora followed, Leah having ran to the diner as she normally did on Saturday. Nora said hello, and goodbye, to everyone in the kitchen. Jasper passed her a piece of bacon, extra crispy, and she quickly hugged him around the waist before following her parents out the back door of the diner.

Edward swung the door open wide and Leah flinched.

"What?" He asked with wide eyes before checking behind the door to make sure no one was there. "You okay?"

"Memories." She shrugged. He rolled his eyes.

"Best day of your life," Edward muttered. Leah laughed, loud and unreserved.

"Yeah, probably." She grinned and took his hand. "How about you not hit any other girls with this door, though. Okay?"

That time Edward laughed. He drew her to him and kissed her cheek. When he pulled away, Edward lifted Nora into his arms and she rested her head on his shoulder.

"You're the only one for me, Leah."

"And me!" Nora piped up. That time they both laughed.

"Yep," Edward agreed. "You're a dream come true."

Leah couldn't disagree.