Carlisle Cullen sat on the hard plastic chair out side the nursury, watching his wife Esme rock his new born daughter through the large glass window. Two other woman where talking to her, each holding a bundle. He had been sent out because he groaned when the girl talk started. Peter Whitlock was forced into the hall when he nearly dropped his new son, while pretending he was a football.
Charlie Swan sat beside him, watching the same scene but in more trouble. He had been banished for asking if his daughter got blue eyes from the milk man, since he and his wife both have brown eyes. Charlie was un aware all babys had blue eyes to start with, he failed to notice them on his elder child, Emmett, as he only ever saw his son sleeping in the first months of his life.
The three men argued about sports, and which is the best. Peter thought football, as it was for manly men. Charlie argued Baseball, because it used all the sporting capability's. Carlisle wasn't as into the argument as the others, but still gave his reasons for basketball being the best, the fact that tall and lanky people finally had a sport they where good at, you don't need brute strength to play basketball.
While the three men bickered like children, the woman introduced them selves properly, and told each other of the children they already had, waiting for them in the hospital play center to be taken care off rather than leave them with the knuckle head husbands.
"Emmett is adorable, little Charlie really. Got his brains unfortuently, but luckily is a mommys boy, just like Charlie." Renee bragged, so proud of Emmett already "Im naming her Isabella, like my mother, and Marie as her middle name like Charlies mom"
"Its strange, Jasper is nothing like his dad in aperance, ringer for me aparently. Blonde curly hair and Blue eyes, i will be dragging the girls away" Charlotte laughed, smoothing her new sons hair "Im thinking Edward, not Eddy or anything, i hate that. But for his middle name we have to go with Anthony, we promised Peters dad to carry out the family tradition since we didn't with Jasper, but we thought it was a girl until three months ago so we agreed." Charlotte frowned, frustrated with her babys bronze hair, so much like Peters in colour, but Peters stayed nice and flat.
"Oh Rosalie looks like Carsile i think, but this one is going to look like my sister, she had black hair too, like my mother." Esme said, holding a paticularly small bundle "It skipped me unfortuently, i always loved it. Im going to call her Mary, Mary Alice." Esme held back tears infront of these new woman, she lost her sister Mary a year ago to cancer, they had been very close.
Eventually the men were sent home with the kids, and the woman sent back to bed after agreeing to stay in touch. And they did, after a month they became very close, spending almost everyday with each other since their husbands had to work. They had all just moved to Grand ridge Florida, into the same street and hadn't noticed each other.
Everyday the three wives would have coffee together, the men would go home and shower, go to what ever house the woman where in and stay for about an hour before the familys went to their own homes for dinner. The routine ment the kids spent alot of time together, and grew up with each other around. By the time Bella, Edwards and Alice's sixth birthday rolled around, they where inseprable.
The party was being held at the Swans house, so the kids could swim in the pool. Twenty six year olds, and their parents where in the back yard, all laughing and having a good time. Bella and Edward where talking to Mike Newton, a boy who just moved in on the next block.
"Edward why do you have to bring Bella everywhere?" Mike asked, stepping away from the girl "We will get Cooties"
"What are cooties?" Edward asked, squeasing Bellas hand "And Bella is my best friend"
"Cooties are gross man, you only get them when your six. Its why no one has got them yet, your the first to turn six" Mike explained "My cousin George is nine, he says you get them from girls" Edward dropped Bellas hand, Bella felt like crying now she can't play with her best friend.
"What happens?" Edward asked, worried the itch he hand on his leg was from cooties "I have this itch, it started this morning"
"You need to stay away from now on, or your willy falls off" Mike exclaimed, grabbing Edwards arm and pulling him away to the other side of the yard. Bella sat down under the big tree where her daddy had built a tree house for her and Emmett and cried.
"Bells?" Jaspers voice called out, he was the only one who called her Bells, because her mom hates it and only Jasper is able to charm his way out of trouble with Renee Swan. "Whats wrong, wheres Edward?"
"He went with Mike so he doesn't get cooties, or his willy will fall off" Bella explained, Jasper took her hand and pulled her towards Edward and Mike "Jasper, you can get it too!"
"Edwards, cooties arn't real" He said harshly to his younger brother "Don't you think me and Emmett would have got them from Rosalie?"
"Well Rosalie doesn't count" Mike said quickly, he knew cooties arn't real, and his cousin George is nine months old, not nine years.
"Then Bella doesn't count either" Jasper argued "Because its not real"
"It is too Jasper, i have it, Mike said" Edward pointed to his leg, where a rash had broken out "He said if i kiss a girl, my willy falls off right away"
"Thats not true Eddy" Jasper sneered.
"It is too, Jazzy" Edward glared at his taller brother.
"Is not"
"Is too"
"Is not and i will prove it" By now, the parents where watching amused with the silly argument, Charlotte had taken pictures ready to tease them later in life. What the where not expecting was for Jasper to kiss Bella just as Charlotte took a picture, then for him to pull down his shorts to show his willy didn't fall off had them in hysterics.
"You lied Mike!" Edward screamed, pointing at Jasper "Im telling my mom!" Mikes mom rolled her eyes at her son, it wasn't the first time he told someone about cooties to make friends.
Charlotte snapped a few pictures of her sons, and grinned at Renee and Charlie.
"I got your daughters first kiss documented, and her first look at a naked boy" She waved her camara at them "Im getting it framed" The rest of the day passed as any other birthday party they had had for their children. Emmett nearly drowned, Emmett threw up, Emmett accidently hurt Bella, Emmett dropped Alice in the pool. Rosalie smacked Emmett for hurting her sister.
The usual really.