Chapter 1 (Bella Swan)

I woke up to my little baby crying out in my arms and hugged her at once trying to comfort her and let her know I would always be there for her.

"Morning Ella" I smiled and looked at her angelic face and saw her smiling and touch my face "Good morning momma" she said in her baby babble making my heart swell.

I smiled and carried her out of bed and inside the bathroom, I filled in the sink with warm water and put the plug on till it was half filled with water and peeled off her dress, putting her in the water to which she started crying.

"Oh baby" I sang and she smiled at me through her tears I wiped them away and finished with her shower and got her ready for the day. I put her down with some stuff toys and went to get ready myself slipping on my normal jeans and a button up shirt and tying my hair into a loose bun.

I made breakfast for myself with eggs and bacon and finished it with a glass of juice. Smiling as I saw Ella rubbing her full tummy after eating her cookies and milk.

I ran into work a little late than usual after dropping off my little Ella at daycare. I worked at a book production house with my friends Alice and Rosalie. We had to read articles and stories written by authors and point out the flaws, It was a job I enjoyed because of my love for reading and the stories coming in here were really good though they never got published. Our boss Jasper Whitlock was Alice's boyfriend and Rosalie's twin brother which gave us the comfort of staying at home and finishing my work, that was good for me too as I could relax and could work my part time without the fatigue getting the best of me. We finished our work and drove out for lunch.

"Pasta with cheese, Fajita with fries and an Evergreen" I raised an eyebrow as Rosalie ordered herself nothing but a salad. "I'm planning on cutting down with the carbs" she said as me and Alice snorted, we casually discussed about the weekend to come until our food arrived, once we were done Alice assured me she would pick Ella from daycare and stay over at my place until I was done with my other part time job.

I bid them goodbye as we drove off in opposite directions and yet again I reached my other place of work. I worked at a gift store and my work was to just assist the customers with gift ideas, I wondered how well Alice could do this instead of me being the great artist she was.

I slid my phone out of my pocket and texted Alice inquiring her about my baby.

Hey sweetie, how's my little angel doing ? Troubling much ?

Xo *Belly*

I sighed as I got no reply even after half an hour, thinking both of them must be watching a movie or fallen asleep.

I looked up to see someone stand in front of me, then I saw the most stunning person I had ever laid my eyes on. He was simply beautiful to look at, Tall and lean but not very muscular contrary to the one standing behind him. I stood there struck by his beauty and stared at his unusually beautiful copper colored hair which was messy but HOT. I continued to look at his nose never meeting his eyes; I would keep that for the end. I ran my eyes through his nose and saw how perfectly pointed it was and then his oh-so-kissable pink lips and the faint dimples on either side of his mouth and his jaw line which was square and perfect. Oh God, could someone be this perfect? I thought and then looked into his eyes. Beautiful emeralds that were bright and cheerful I instinctively smiled as I stared at into his eyes and then I heard a snap.

He snapped his fingers in front of me to break me from my reverie. I nodded and shook my head trying not to think about this man in front of me. He had another man standing behind him who faintly resembled him but was tall, broad, brawly and scary looking, his bands of muscles covered around his chest and arms made him look huge, he winked at me and smiles showing a set of deep dimples.

"How may I help you?" I asked in a serious tone and looked at each of them. He smiled as he read my name card and spoke "mm..Bella I'm actually here with my friend, he needs something for a girl…friend" he took a short pause between the words and grinned crookedly as I watched his emerald green eyes that looked tired. Yeah, for his one night stand. How about a pair of crotch less panties? Would that be good? I thought and scrunched up my nose.

I looked over to the big brawly one who was walking where the flowers were stacked and let out a giggle, he looked so big and menacing and just didn't fit well with the flowers in the background he fit well with the monster trucks, chains and black. I looked over to the boy next to me and smiled watching him laugh as well.

"Emmett I suppose she could be of help" he looked at him sticking out his thumb in my direction as I saw Emmett walk towards us, and he stopped in front of me and smiled bashfully I smiled a little trying not to show how annoyed I was and asked him what he wanted. Suddenly the entrance door flew open and a woman with black hair walked inside and looked at the big brawly man and approached him, I kept looking at her as she hugged him and kissed his cheek. "Oh Emmett I thought I would never see you again baby" he nodded and whispered something into her ear and she ran out the store choking with sobs.

He shrugged and looked at the boy standing next to me and then turned to look at me "Well I have this girl I wanna impress, so I guess you should know what girls like" I nodded and walked over to the flowers thinking about Rose and the flowers she would like cause' this guy looked like what Rose wanted always, big and menacing looking but still equally adorable and cute. I picked a bunch of red dahlias and tied them with a string before wrapping it in a decorated plastic wrap and walked over and handed them to him.

"Thank you" He looked at my name card "Bella.."

"You're welcome Emmett" He gave me a confused look before I handed him the little card to go along with the flowers and saw the other one nodding at him. I turned to him and demanded "And what's your name?" I asked, curious to know his name.

"Edward. Edward Cullen" he said extending his hand as I took it hesitating a little. "Bella Swan" I said and gave him a tight lipped smile and pulled away. He said goodbye and walked out as I saw there weren't many customers I told the manager Mrs. Weber that I would leave and she agreed so I pulled out my sweatshirt which belonged to the store and tucked it in a drawer and walked over to the staff parking area to drive home.

I unlocked my door with the key and walked in to see Ella, Alice and Rosalie all sitting on the floor and cuddling together watching some boring sitcom. "Momma's home" I called as I walked in and watched my baby toddle towards me. I picked her up and kissed her cheek.

"Haven't you slept yet baby ?" I asked her and looked over to Alice and Rose smiling unashamed. I carried her into my room and lay her on bed and had her fall asleep in my arms in no time. I walked outside after making sure she was fast asleep and sat down next to Alice and wrapped my arms around their shoulders "Hey girls" I greeted. "Hey Belly wanna go out for drinks" Alice asked looking over to me and then to Rose "Rose has something to show you and tell you" she smirked and kissed my cheek as I closed my eyes relaxing for a few minutes and felt Alice nudging me.

"I got flowers today Belly and the guy sent me his number too" I heard Rose whispering in my ear and I smiled still keeping my eyes closed and hugged her softly.

"Can I see those" I asked and stood up pulling Rose with me as she dragged me to the table and I saw the same bouquet of dahlias I had handed over to Emmett thinking about Rosalie. I almost beamed and pulled out the card stuck to it and opened it

Rosalie, to the most beautiful girl in the world, I ask you out for a date Grant me what I wish, please. Love, Emmett Cullen

I stood there with my mouth hanging open. Shit, those flowers were for Rose. Oh dear Jesus, am I dreaming? This is ridiculous. He's a hooker he can't deserve Rosalie.

"OMG Rosie your really gonna go out with this guy?" I asked tilting my head and twisting the card in my hand. She winked and grabbed her phone from her pocket and was dialing the number on the card

"Hey um..Emmett. It's me Rose I….Uh..Umm..I" She said playing with her lovely blond curls as I sat listening to her and just praying that she says 'no'. Alice sat on the other end hiding her face in a pillow muffling her giggles as Rose started yelling over the phone "Just called to say..I'd fucking love to cut open your balls and throw them and you off the highest building in this city" and snapped the phone shut.

"Ouch.." I teased, putting a hand on my heart and giggling feeling happy and relieved at the same time.

"Asshole" She muttered flipping her hair back and smacked Alice in her ass as she started laughing harder.

"Rosie why did you turn him down?" I asked in a sing-song voice giggling.

"I don't wanna be played around with Belly". She sighed and let her head fall back and closed her eyes. "You know I don't trust men anymore, Well at least after what happened with you" I winced at the thought and stood up "I thought we were gonna go out for drinks". The girls were all ready and sprinted out of the house, we spent the evening at a bar drinking until we passed out until Jasper came to our rescue.

X.X

FEW WEEKS LATER

I sighed as I sat at home watching Baby TV with Ella as she squealed and hummed to the songs playing in the background when my phone started ringing and I picked it up thinking it was Rose or maybe Alice and held it close to my ear "Hello" I asked in a inquiring tone. "Hey Bella its um.. Edward" the soft honey like velvety soft voice answered stammering a little. "Oh Edward…Hey how did you get my number?" I asked a smile running along my lips as I watched Ella dance along with the characters on TV.

"Bella…you do know Emmett right?"

"Nope. Not until you answer my question".

"Well I inquired the owner of the gift shop, she was a bitch and said it was against the rules so I threw a heavy bunch of bills at her face and had your number on my phone".

"Jeez that's pathetic".

"Whatever, I happen to not to care. So as I asked you do remember Emmett right?"

"Sure. What about him?"

"Emmett wants Rosalie and I couldn't think of a better person to ask for help other than you" I could almost hear the smirk in his voice.

"Okayyyy…How does Emmett know Rose? And how do you know that Rose is my friend? And why is he after Rose?" I dragged the words a little and wrinkled my nose trying to grasp what he was really telling.

"I and Emmett saw you girls at a diner one afternoon and Emmett couldn't stop thinking about your friend and we saw you one night at Eclipse too, you guys looked pretty tight huh?"

"Yeah we've been friends for a while"

"Aha…" He breathed and spoke again urgently "Bella I need to go. I'm so sorry I'll catch up with you tomorrow. Are you free tomorrow?"

"Excuse me?"

"Are you free tomorrow Bella?" he asked his voice impatient.

"I guess I am. What do you want?" I spat, totally annoyed. What the hell was his problem? I thought to myself and frowned at the television screen.

"We need to talk and I'm going to call you tomorrow and tell you the rest. Bye and oh! Goodnight Bella"

"Night" I mumbled and threw the phone away. I tried to smile seeing my little girl smiling and singing in her baby babble.

Later that night after tucking Ella into bed I decided to watch some TV and sat curled up on my couch watching reruns of South Park and giggling under my blanket. At almost ten thirty I got up from the couch and walked into our bedroom and lay next to Ella and pulling her into my arms and closed my eyes drifting into a dreamless sleep.

I woke up next morning and found Ella already awake and bouncing on the bed giggling and playing with my hair. I smiled and caught her pulling her onto my lap and kissing her hair "Morning angel" I said groggily as she giggled and kissed my cheek "Good Morning" she said in her baby voice and brightened up the not so bright morning.

I stuck to my daily routine of driving Ella to daycare and going to work, As I sat on my revolving chair, rolling like a little kid because there wasn't anyone to see me at all and then picked up my phone to see if I had any calls from Alice or Rose and then my eyes shot wide when I remembered I had agreed when Edward asked me to meet him and banged my head with the palm of my hand and read the messages.

I opened the first one and read a morning greeting which didn't catch my attention.

Good Morning Bella. We're supposed to be meeting today hope you remember. Have a nice day *Edward*

I opened the second one which asked me to meet him at noon. Pop, was that my bubble ? Yes, it was my bubble that burst thinking about my few hours of sleep I could have gotten at noon.

Hey . Meet me at 12 noon at Starbucks down the street. *E*

I sighed and closed off the messages window to see that I had almost a hour and a half to meet him so I rushed home and lay on my bed thinking about the meeting and thought of calling Alice to ask her what she was up to today ? So I picked up my phone and dialed her number she answered in two rings and I started, "Hey Al it's me Belly, I kinda have a meeting with a guy Edward no it's not a date, his best friend or brother or whatever is crazy about our Rose so he thinks I could help him". "BELLY…" Alice shrieked over the phone, "Are you really gonna help them? I mean, it's hard for Rose right now and those guys are nothing but a bunch of hookers waiting to get laid.". "I know that Alice, you really think I would do that to Rose? I know how she feels, so I'm gonna meet Edward today and let him have a piece of me" I sighed.

"I know Belly I trust you, I'll be there in five, okay? Bye" she hung up and I threw my phone under the pillow and fell asleep as the fatigue took over.

I woke up to find Alice and Rose on either side of me cuddling with me. "Hey girls" I greeted them and shot up from bed as I noticed the time. I had just half an hour to get ready and go meet him so I ducked into my closet and stripped down pacing back and forth deciding what I wanted to wear, until I decided to keep it simple and slipped on my pair of faded jeans and a navy blue top and ran over to my room grabbing my purse, phone and brushing out my tangled hair and let it fall loose behind my back.

I made it in time and walked inside and saw him sitting at the table counters near the glass windows looking out to the busy New York street. "Hey" I mumbled climbing onto a stool next to him and setting my things down awkwardly.

"Hello Bella" he smirked and sipped his coffee staring at me over the rim. "What?" I asked hating the flirty looks his eyes shot off at me and winced looking out.

"I assume your Rosalie Hale's friend" he looked at me unsure. "Mm? What about that" I asked sounding totally blasé. "Well the thing is, my friend Emmett as you already know him, adores your friend." He paused short waiting for my reaction but I didn't answer him yet and leaned back in my seat making myself comfortable and staring out the window waiting for him to prattle on. "So I was thinking maybe you could be of some help to me and we can make things work out between them" he smirked crookedly and leaned closer to me.

I crossed my arms and shrugged turning to look at him and jabbed a finger at him "Listen up you dog, Rosalie is my friend and I think of her as my sis so don't you ever fucking think I'm gonna hand her over to dogs and whores like you" I jumped of the stool and grabbed my bag walking out and heading straight to my apartment. Asshole thinks I'm gonna hand Rosey over to him like she's a piece of meat. I could hear him call my name and I stomped of in double speed fuming all the way and sighed heavily asI sat inside my Audi Coupe and turned the music so loud it hurt my ear.

I glanced down at my watch and gasped as it was time to pick up Ella and I started the car and sped out of the basement onto the main street and glanced at the Starbucks window and found it empty. Blah, Chicken. I giggled thinking of Edward in a chicken costume running down the streets and drove away laughing with tears in my eyes and got stuck in the usual New York traffic and reached Ella's daycare almost two hours late.

"Baby…I'm so sorry I'm late love" I squealed and took her into my arms twirling around as we exchanged our little Eskimo type kisses on the lips and giggled together cuddling and kissing. Suddenly Ella slipped off of my arms and pulled my hand taking me inside "Momma come". "Where to Ella?" I asked confused and followed her inside as I saw all the little children surrounded around one person and watched Ella let go off my hand and run over to the person. The person seemed memorable to look at from the backside with reddish brown hair. Wait a minute, was this Edward? Oh hell no. I watched Ella run to him and hug his neck from behind and mumble something in his ear which made him chuckle and he pulled Ella in front and lifted her turning towards me when I noticed my breath stopped and my eyes went wide.

E-E-Edward with Ella.

He turned to look at me as I noticed his eyes bug out of their sockets and saw Ella rubbing his cheek and giggling, he stopped staring at me and mumbled something indistinct to Ella and watched her point towards me and smile. I watched them walking towards me and I straightened up and kept my expression calm.

"Momma this is Ewward" she said and kissed him on the cheek. What the fuck! This man was stealing away my daughter. "Hello Bella" he said smirking and held out a hand for me to take which I denied and just smiled at him "Hey Edward" I grimaced and reached for Ella holding her close to me and kissed her hair showing him that she belonged to me. "Let's get home angel" I said loud enough for him to hear and smiled at him as I noticed Ella reach out for him and he snatched her away holding her close to him and smiling at her. "Ewward come" she cooed to him and I found myself fuming, I could feel the smoke rising from my hair and my red face, I wanted to scream at his face telling him that was my baby he was messing with.

"No Ella I think you should go home with Momma today, I'll see you tomorrow. Bye baby girl" he smiled and kissed her again and handed her to me. I stomped away not wanting to face him anymore as he called out. "Ella you forgot your things" I turned around and snatched away her backpack from his hand and walked out as I drove home fuming all the way. "Momma did you like Ewward?" she asked looking at me innocently as I stood in the elevator with her in my arms. "I don't know baby. How do you know him? Does he come there often?" I asked, wanting to know what a dog like him would want to do at a children's daycare center. "He work there momma, he's new there he said he like babies like Ella" she smiled pointing to herself and babbled on "he not come every day I see him only today and I louve him".

"Oh, by the way, did you enjoy your day baby?" I asked stepping inside and locking the door behind me. "Ella enjoy today" she smiled and touched my hair "Ella and Ewward play hide and seek, and we color Mickey mouse but then momma come and bring Ella home." She pouted crossing her arms sitting on the couch and pulling out her shoes.

We made through the day and were exhausted by night so we snuggled up on our bed and started talking about our day but mostly about Ella- her daycare, the kids there, the babysitters and other things. But today all she could tell me about was Edward, Edward and EDWARD!

"Momma Ewward gave me a gift too" she giggled and hugged her new little teddy bear that Edward had gifted her today which was hiding inside her backpack making it look ballooned.

"Baby you shouldn't take gifts from people you don't know. Was it just you or did your friends get presents too?" I asked wanting to make sure this wasn't some lame way of trying to trick me into helping him out for his friend.

"But momma he is a nice person and he gave everyone gifts. Claire got a dolly but Ella like teddy because it be soft like momma" she said clapping her hands and hugging her teddy. Aw, isn't she adorable?

"Okay baby, just be careful. Wasn't Leah there today?" I asked- Leah was the owner of the daycare and the one of the babysitters. The funny part was there were many male babysitters than female ones and one of them was my best friend Jacob Black who was Leah's husband.

"No Leah go home with Ebecca and then Ewward come and play with me" I cringed hearing Edwards name again. Rebecca was Jacob's younger sister and was married to Paul who was one of the babysitters there too. And I felt absolutely safe having Ella there as the people were known to me and were safe to leave Ella with.

"Okay angel" I smiled and glanced to the clock on my nightstand and the digital numbers read it was Eight o' clock which meant it was time for Ella to go to sleep. I tucked her into bed and waited till she drifted off and tip toed outside and called up Leah to ask how she was feeling?

"Hey Leah" I smiled and tilted my head holding the phone between my shoulder and ear as I baked cookies for Ella.

"Belly…OMG I'm so sorry I had to leave Ella and bail out but I made sure Jacob was with Ella and we had this new guy who came over today his name is Edward, he said he didn't want to work but just wanted to visit these children few times a week and Belly did I tell you? I went with Rebecca to the hospital cause' I felt really sick and guess what?" She finally stopped after talking a mile and giggled nervously. "I'm pregnant Belly" she choked out and paused. "Bella are you listening?"

"Oh yeah…OMG Leah sweetie I'm so happy for you and Jake. Does Jake know?" I smiled as I asked her thinking about Jake's face when he would know he was going to be a proud dad.

"I'm gonna tell him in bed. Jesus, I'm so excited Belly" she squealed as I laughed humorlessly to keep the conversation flowing. "That's nice Leah, Good Luck" I wished her and smiled to myself.

"Okay Bella Jake's home I should go now, I'll catch up with ya later" she blew a kiss through the phone and hung up. I finished baking the cookies and put them in a cookie jar and stored them in one of my many cabinets and snuck back into bed with Ella and slept thinking about the new baby-to-come.