AN: Well, heres another chapter! Again another HUGE you to my Beta xxtwilighx, your amazing! My best friend for giving me her brain at 3am, and my boyfriend Harrison for putting up with my shitty mood the next day :)
Hopefully this will shead some light!
Disclaimer: S'all SM's world
"Come on baby, just one bit" He smirked I poked my tongue at him.
"Nuh Uh"
"Uh huh"
"Edward" I giggled, shoving his food in my face "No matter what you say, I will never eat that, whatever that is" Edward had been baking muffins. He was never a baker. Or a chief for that matter. The kitchen had become out of bounds after he almost burnt the house down making popcorn.
He'd given one to his mother who is now upstairs with her head in the toilet.
"Oh come on they aren't that bad. Look" he shoved the muffin in his mouth chewed twice. A sour expression crossed his face as he shot up and ran to the sink spitting out the content of his mouth, coughing and spluttering everywhere.
"Okay so maybe it is that bad" He looked as if he was going to be sick. I was laughing so hard I was in tears.
"Shut it Swan!" he washed his mouth out and sat down beside me, wrapping his arm over my shoulder. I gazed out the window as I saw a car going high speed down the quite street with 3 cop cars behind him, pretty much every car apart of the Forks Police Department.
This had caught both mine and Edwards attention as we watched from the large dining room window.
My dad was in the front car driving. Edward's dad, Carlisle, had just got home from work and stood in the drive way watching from his mail box.
The front police car pointed his gun to shot the car as it turned the corner. I heard a gasp behind us as Esme emerged from the bathroom. Edward kept his arm securely around my waist.
Three shots were fired from the front car. Dad's car.
I screamed as Edward pulled me to the ground. A piercing scream filled the room
As I looked out the window, a lifeless body lay on the ground next to the mail box, as the procession of cars continued their chase through the sleepy town.
"DAD!"
I bolted up straight in my bed taking in my surroundings. Panicked, I touched the lamp as the blinding light filled my room. Dazed and covered in a cold sweet, I collapsed back on my pillow sighing.
When the clock hit 6.50 I got up. Jumping in the shower.
I started shaking just thinking about my dream. Dream Bella, that's all it is, no need to freak.
Alice had called last night after Emmett left, filling in with even more gossip about the small town of Forks. Something she said had been annoying.
…Word on the street is his mother's sick…
I hadn't seen Esme Cullen since I left Forks. She was my worst nightmare. When I think of witches, I think of Esme.
My father fired the 3 shoots, 2 of the 3 killed Carlisle Cullen. Esme has blamed us for every unfortunate event to happen to her and her family ever since. When I say us, I mean me.
The day Edward crashed his car. Esme let rip, blaming me for destrating him with my 'slutty ways' and being out for his money, effectively pushing me away from Edward.
Edward lay motionless in his hospital. As I walked passed I touched the glass whispering my goodbyes. I didn't want to wake him so I left without another word.
That was the last time I saw Edward.
A timid knock broke me from my thoughts before the thumping began.
"Mommy, mommy! Wet's go! We has to gets to Fork earwy! Before uncle Em and Rowsie!" Kenzie was outside my door nocking. I turned the shower off and got dressed.
When I came out Kenzie and Charlie were sitting on my bed clothed and watching TV together.
Moments like these I treasured. The moments when they weren't at each other's throats or screaming at one another. Kenz had her head rested in Charlie's shoulder and was fully immersed by whatever was on TV.
Charlie looked up and smiled at me his beautiful brown eyes glowing. "Can we go now? I finished packing my bag, I already put it in the truck." I know the kids missed mom, and I hated keeping them away from each other, so summer holidays were always something they look forward to, even though we spent the first month of our summer holidays in the wettest place in America.
I smiled, picking Kenzie up and bouncing her on my hip. "Well if you have everything I suppose we can get going"
Kenzie got down as Charlie and Kenz ran down the stairs to the car.
All week I had heard about the adventures Charlie and Kenzie were going to have with Nana, and playing at the park with nana, and shopping with nana. Right now, all I could think about was dinner with Edward.
I don't know why I was so nervous. I think it was the way things had turned out. I never said goodbye, he'll probably hate me for that. I guess I'll find out soon enough.
What was only meant to be a 4 hour drive, turned into a 5 and a half hours.
After 3 bathroom stops, 1 lunch break, 4 stops to look at scenery and Charlie being car sick 3 times, we finally made it to Forks.
As we pulled up Moms drive, Kenzie had her seatbelt off and was out the door before the car had stopped moving. Charlie followed pursuit.
I hadn't been here in almost a year. It still looked to same from when I was kid. The old white wooden planks surrounding the outside had just had a fresh coat of paint. I only knew this because mom had told me on all about it during one of her calls. The porch was about to be redone sometime over the next week and all of the windows had been replace while the house had been rented out.
When we went to Seattle the house was rented out, so when my parents retired they could move back in.
Mom was standing on the porch with Rose and Em standing together. Em had his arms wrapped around Rose's waist.
I looked away from their embraces, it was little things like that that reminded me of Mike, the way we were.
I took a deep breath and stepped out of the car. I walked up the worn dirt path watching my daughter in Rosalie's arms telling her and Em about her last week at preschool.
Mom gave me a knowing smile and a wrapped her arms around my shoulders "It'll get easier with time sweetheart" she cooed in my ear. I stepped back and gave her a tight watery smile.
She squeezed my hand "Now, who wants to help me bake some cookies" She looked toward Charlie and Kenz as they eagerly jumped up and down before running inside. Mom followed.
I gave Em and Rose a hug. "So have you told her bout' the baby?" I smiled at Rose.
She laughed and turned to Em "Really, you couldn't have waited just a few days?"
"I was excited okay. And no, we haven't told her yet" Emmett held his hands up in surrender, kissed Rose's cheek then went to help unload my car.
We giggled "Well congrats to you both. You'll both, make amazing parents" Rose kissed my cheek.
"Thank you" She whispered and went inside while Em and I unpacked the car.
Mom had covered the hallways in family pictures. I ran my fingers over a picture of Mike and Charlie the day he was born.
I held our baby in my arms, grinning from ear to ear. He was the most perfect baby in the world.
I looked up to Mike, he pressed his lips to my forehead and whispered "Thank you, he's so perfect Bella. You, my love, have made me the happiest man on the planet" Not knowing what to say I kissed out baby's forehead. As we gazed down at our precious son, Charles Jack Newton.
The rest of the afternoon was uneventful. I finished unpacking our bags as everyone settled into their rooms.
We had pizza for tea while everyone shared their stories about work and school.
Emmett really wanted to tell Mom about the baby, I could see it in his eyes. But Rose wouldn't let him, so he stayed quite most the night.
I smirked at their quite banter throughout the evening. Rose had trained him well.
Charlie and Kenz fell asleep while playing hide and go seek with Emmett. He started to panic when he couldn't find them, running out the lounge with a panicked look on his face.
I jumped up "What happened? Who's hurt?"
"No one. I, I can't find them" Half an hour later we found them away with the fairies in the linen cupboard.
Em took Charlie and I took Kenz and we put then to bed in the quest room.
"I think I just lost 20 years off my life"
"Just wait till your little one comes, you'll lose another 40 years" I heard a gasp and turned to find mom standing in the door way had over her mouth with glassy eyes.
"Is Rosalie pregnant?" I turned back to Emmett mouthing sorry.
He nodded "But please, please don't let Rose you know. She will have my balls!" He whispered as mom hugged him.
The plan for tomorrow was for everyone to go shopping in PA while I meet up with some old friends in Forks. In other words, I would sit at home and worry about how dinner was going to go. Alice wasn't in town till Monday and everyone else I had called was busy till Sunday, and there was no way I was shopping with my mother.
I headed to bed around 9. Our trip to Forks was long and I had hardly any sleep last night. I felt like I had only just woken up when Charlie came into my room with puffy red eyes holding the teddy Mike got him when he was little in his hand.
"Baby what's wrong?"
He snuffled his fists rubbing his eyes "I had a bad dream"
"Come here baby" He climbed up on my bed and slid into my arms as I rocked us in a soothing manner humming a soft melody in his ear.
We must have fallen asleep like this because mom came in to take him out at 8. I never wanted the day to come when he'd be too cool to be seen with Mommy any more. He was my baby, he wasn't allowed to grow up.
Not yet anyway.
I dosed back to sleep waking up around noon. Feeling peckish headed down to the kitchen, iPod dock and iPod in hand. I settled for making pancakes then start on something for dinner.
I turned my iPod on and swayed my hips to the beat while dancing round the kitchen to the soothing voice of Plan B.
She said I love you boy
I love your soul
She said I love you baby oh oh oh ohh
If anyone was home I would have been extremely embarrassed right about now. I checked and rechecked the vinyl blinds were shut, blocking the street view.
she said I love you more than words can say
she said I love you bayayayayaybayyyy
I cracked the eggs and started to sing at the top of my lungs still swaying round Moms kitchen in my underwear and an old Seattle University shirt of Mike's.
so I said, what you sayin girl it can't be right
how can you be in love with me
we only just met tonight
so she said.. boy I loved you from the start
when I first heard love goes down
something started burning in my heart
I said stop this crazy talk
and leave right now and close the door
she said but I love you boy I love you so
she said I love you baby oh oh oh oh
she said I love you more than words can say
she said I love you bayayayayby (yes you did)
I put my rap on for my favourite part of the song. Charlie and I always see who can say the verse word for word. Charlie always wins due to the fact that I can't sing…or rap.
so now up in the courts
pleading my case from the witness box
telling the judge and jur-
-y the same thing that i said to the cops
on the day that I got arrested
I'm innocent I protested
she just feels rejected
had her heart broken by someone she's obsessed with
cos she likes the sound of my music
which makes her a fan of my music
that's why love goes down makes her lose it
cos she can't separate the man from the music
and I'm saying all this in the stand
as my girl cries tears from the galleries
got bigger than I ever could have planned
like that song by the Zutons Valerie
so the jury dont look like they're buying it
and it's making me nervous
arms crossed screw faced like i'm trying it
their eyes fixed on me like a murderer's
they wanna lock me up
and throw away the key
they wanna send me down
even though I told them she...
she said I love you boy
I love your soul
she said I love you baby oh oh oh oh (yes you did)
I twirled a couple of times hearing and ignoring a bang out on the street. Pouring pancake mixture into the pan. Charlie and Kenz were going to have a field day. I smiled to myself a 'dropped it to the floor.'
she said I love you more than words can sing
she said I love you bayayayayby
so I said why the hell you gotta treat me this way
you dont know what love is
you wouldn't do this if you did
oh no no no noo
mmmmmmm
As it morphed into the next song, I heard someone clapping from behind me. I spun round to see two perfect hands clapping in synchronisation and as greenest of green eyes bore into mine. His crooked smile lighting up the room while his lean frame and long legs leaned against the door frame steering up and down my body. I did the same. He hadn't changed much. He was still as sexy as always.
He made me feel 18 again as I looked into his eyes for what felt like forever.
"Nice moves" he smiled and I almost died. "Bella" He nodded at me.
I'm sure my chin was somewhere on the floor. I was struggling to string together just the smallest of words. He smiled his crooked smile and I forgot everything, my name, my, n-n-name, and that fact that he had just seen my dance around my kitchen in my underwear!
"Eed-waard" I squeaked "Uh, hi?" Kill. Me. Now.
AN: Oh, I went there! My first cliffie. There is a button just below it says review, click it! Any you may get a teaser for the next chapter.
Song-She Said by Plan B
I will post a outtake of Alice's phone call, and the next update will be in a day or two :o)
x Amiee x