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Thanks to RTP4ME and myheroin for pre-reading and keeping me on track!

Thank you Mel for the quick turn around and making this much easier to read :)

"You're lucky you're so cute," she tells him and he smiles around the bottle in his mouth like he knows just how much he can get away with.

Once the baby is fed, burped, and changed, he falls asleep in Bella's arms. Jacob is busy coloring as she dares to take a bite of the apple she brought for herself, musing as she chews that it really is a miracle she isn't much thinner seeing as she never has time to eat a real meal anymore.

Six months doesn't seem like a very long time, but she can hardly remember what it was like to be child-free. What it was like to be aunt and not a full-time stay-at-home mom. Sure she could put them in daycare, but the boys have been through too much already so she couldn't bring herself to do it. Luckily, the advertising company she works for only cares about the final product and not where or when she works on the designs.

"Excuse me, ma'am. We've taken a look at your car and I'm afraid it may need a bit more than brakes." The nice man who greeted her earlier with a big welcoming smile looks afraid. Like it's somehow his fault that her car is a piece of crap. "Would it be okay if I went over it with you here so your son could keep coloring?"

Bella nods and doesn't even bother to correct him. Nearly everyone she comes across assumes they are her children and she jumped to correct everyone for the first month or so, before the reality of their situation set in. But now it seems silly to correct them. They are hers, and even though Leah will always be their mother. Bella can't bring herself to mention her step-sister's death around the boys.

"So along with the brakes and rotors needing replaced, the tires are bare, the engine oil and transmission fluids are low, and you also need a new oxygen sensor."

"This is all stuff I really need, right?" Bella asks, hoping that the sensor is optional or something.

Edward nods and says, "Unfortunately, yes. They are all vital components of your vehicle. All in it will run you about $800. We can have it done in about two hours."

"Okay. I guess go ahead and do the work. I'll try to keep these two under control." Shifting the sleeping baby to keep her arm from going numb, she sees Jacob looking at her and Edward. She narrows her eyes at him making him giggle as he goes back to coloring.

"I must say you have a very well behaved young man," Edward says with a smile.

"Thank you, that's very kind of you to say." Bella blushes and notices a man pacing just outside the glass door into the lounge. "Does he need you?"

"Oh. Um..." Edward smiles as he turns to see his brother. "That's my brother, Jasper. He's just anxious to start working."

He gives him a thumbs up and Jasper nods excitedly and walks back towards where the cars are being worked on.

"I'm Edward, please let me know if y'all need anything. The restrooms are just outside the door to the right." He stares at her just a bit too long, but long enough to feel guilty for lusting after a married woman with two young children. He stands abruptly and quickly walks into the shop.

He goes to check in Jasper, not that he needs to. His brother is very self-sufficient when it comes to cars.

"Thank you, Edward for getting her to agree to the repairs. This car is not safe." He shakes his head and continues undoing the lug nuts to remove the wheels from the car. " Not safe, not safe at all. The cords are showing. Do you see them, Edward? They are showing and the oil was three quarts low. That is not good for the motor."

"Hey, Jasper." Edward says in a loud but kind voice.

"Yes, Edward. Did you see..."

"Jasper, you're fixing it. The car will be safe now. Okay?"

"Okay. Okay, Edward." He continues removing the wheels and stacking them up; talking to himself but perfectly focused on his task.

Edward smiles and goes to order the parts. Thankful that Jasper is exactly where he is meant to be, and that he didn't have to deal with him being upset for days about an unsafe car that the customer didn't want fixed. There was nothing that bothered Jasper more.

Did you catch the y'all in there, Amanda? I figured you needed a Texas fic :)

Thanks for reading!

Love,

J