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The Temptations ~ My Girl

Edward Cullen POV

A loud growl erupted from my lungs as I looked out the large revolving doors to my home. Emmett and Jasper were standing next to me as we eyed the paparazzi in contempt, right outside hoping to catch a picture of us with Lyla. BASTARDS.

She just turned one week yesterday and news leaked out about the "famous" Edward Cullen having a baby living in his home. Most of the speculation was true, but they are buzzards who scratched and prodded until you were a fleshless corpse picked apart with their malicious lies.

I would never allow anyone to degrade my daughter or make up ridiculous lies about her. They can talk all their shit about me, but Lyla will not be touched.

Emmett's fists were curling and his knuckles were straining not to pop. Jasper was popping his neck and back. Come on we're hockey players…we had a lot of pent up rage. Our temper was legendary and it was coming out in epic proportions right now as we stared at the assholes with cameras. Lyla was lying back in her stroller with a blanket covering her so she couldn't be seen, but this was still ridiculous. All we wanted to do was take her to the zoo. . .yeah we are all whipped beyond reason.

She had me by my balls. . .so what.

"Should we just head back upstairs?" I whispered with a strained voice. I was shaking with rage, but we all know that shit needs to be checked soon because Lyla was right here.

Jasper shook his head. "Fuck 'em, we're taking Princess to the zoo," he said with determination.

Emmett nodded in agreement and cracked his knuckles. "Let's go boys, Princess needs to see some Penguins" he hissed and stomped to the doors.

Jasper and I exchanged a glance and I pushed the stroller. Jasper had the black leather 'bag' hanging off his shoulder and Emmett was carrying another one, we weren't sure what we needed. So we packed two diaper bags with ten outfits each, twelve bottles, two boxes of wipes, six pacifiers, two containers of formula, and forty diapers twenty in each.

The doors opened and we are blinded and screamed at. We run to the waiting SUV that Emmett owned and he jumped into the driver's seat. Jasper grabbed a blanket and held it up to block Lyla while I put her in the car seat and buckled her in.

"Edward we heard you have fathered a daughter with a teenager?"

"Jasper is it true you are homosexual with your 'best friends' and decided to adopt?"

"Emmett, tell us is she from a surrogate mother who died?"

I backed away making sure Lyla had a blanket to keep her warm and to cover her. I shut the door quietly even though I wanted to slam it. Jasper climbed in the front seat as I climbed in the back, Emmett peeled away from the curb.

We're all silently fuming knowing if we said anything we would let our temper get out of control and we couldn't do that with Lyla right next to us.

"Did you get the camera?" Emmett asked, as he drove trying to reign in his temper for the sake of our Princess.

Jasper nodded holding up the camera bag, and sighed heavily. "Did you grab her bunny?"

I nodded and reached down to pull it from the bag. She liked having something soft to snuggle up to and us being hairy muscled men that didn't qualify. So we got her a really nice bunny from F.A.O. Schwartz. I leaned over and gently brushed my lips on her bald head and tucked her bunny next to her.

Emmett pulled up to the zoo and parked. We glanced all around us to make sure that we weren't about to be bombarded again. It was clear.

Jasper hopped out and grabbed the stroller from the back as I walked around to grab Lyla. I unbuckled her and delicately pulled her up to me. I placed a blanket over her. I just wanted to hold her.

Emmett and Jasper grabbed the bags and placed them along the strollers handles. Jasper pushed as Emmett walked next to me to keep peeking at Lyla.

Emmett purchased the tickets and we walked into the zoo as I still held Lyla.

We decided to just start at the monkeys and see where we went from there. Jasper held his arms out. "Can I hold Princess?"

I smiled and nodded handing her over gently, I covered her up with the blanket. Her head was resting on his shoulder and she was sleeping. We took pictures of Jasper and Lyla in various places, then of Emmett and her, and then her and her daddy got snapped too. Her first trip to the zoo and she slept the entire time. We didn't think this one through.

While we were visiting the penguins a small girl with curly blonde hair and missing teeth walked up to Em who was currently holding Lyla in his arms. The little girl started chattering away about the adorable baby. Her mother and little brother stood to the side while she asked about Lyla's mommy. I took a shaky breath eyeing the mother and her little family.

Would Lyla ever have a. . . mother?

Then this started a whole new freak out for me.

Women…how the hell was this going to work, now?

I can't even imagine a pick up line along the lines of 'Hey beautiful lady, my daughter has your hair color want to be her mommy?' working.

At this moment in time I couldn't even think about getting laid. But where does this leave us in the ladies department. We were the kings of parties and bachelor life. There is no way in hell that we are having skanky ass women back at the penthouse shaking their fake tits at Lyla. That just completely disgusted me. UGH…GAH.

I hissed at the image and quickly pushed it away and just stared at my little miracle. I was completely lost and had no idea on what to do, but I am not a heartless asshole that's not going to try. I will be the best goddamn daddy, ever. I always have known I was going to eventually have Christmas's filled with Transformers and My Little Ponies. I just never imagined it would be like this.

A tiny cry made me snap out of my musing's. We all crowded around Lyla trying to figure out how to sooth her. Jasper quickly snapped into his 'mommy' mode, he had been reading all kinds of shit. He had ordered all kinds of books and instruction manuals from the internet which I am grateful for because some of this shit is just. . .daunting.

He checked her diaper and determined it's dry; next he grabbed a pacifier holding it gently to her tiny lips. He waited patiently for her to take the rubber nipple. She does with enthusiasm, and then he determined her enthusiasm was a sign that she's hungry. I watched in complete awe while he conducts making a bottle with amazing precision. My nerves and emotions are just everywhere. I needed help and my best friends were here doing it like it was the most natural thing in the world.

Emmett took the bottle and was still cradling her. He removed the pacifier handing it to Jasper then offered the putrid liquid to Lyla, she took it like there was no tomorrow. We all surrounded her and watched her eat still completely mesmerized by her.

When the bottle runs dry Emmett lifted her and laid her head on his shoulder over a burp rag and started to burp her. A grunt echoed followed by the notorious sound of upcoming liquid. I took the burp rag away folded it up and placed it in a plastic bag so we could wash it later. Oh yeah get this babies needed special detergent. We had never really even done our own laundry because we had a cleaning service come in once a week, but now . . .now we are doing like twenty loads a day.

Lyla's eyes were open and they don't really focus on anything. We chuckled because she would stare at our foreheads then make a face like we're cramping her style. She's making little sounds and we chuckled again at her because she started making some pretty ridiculous, but completely adorable faces.

I shuffled over closer and bent down with a smile of complete love and devotion while I looked down at her. Her dark blue grey eyes blinked and she searched my face which makes my heart swell because she looks like she knew who I was. Her father, her daddy. I try not to let the tears of complete 'daddy is baby girl whipped' surface they eventually do, but don't fall.

"Hey Lyla," I cooed and reached my pinky out to let her hold onto it. It's one of my favorite things to do with her. I love feeling her tiny fingers wrap around me and feel that bond with her. It felt like she knew she could count on me when she gripped me.

Her fingers wrapped around and I lifted them to my lips and brushed my lips against them. I love you Lyla.

She kept her eyes on my face and her fingers were still wrapped around me. I am completely lost in the moment with my daughter. I don't even notice the flashes going off behind us. Then a growl rumbles from both Emmett and Jasper. My moment with my precious daughter is gone as I snap my head up to see what the problem was. Then I see it and my stomach bottoms out, my eyes narrow into burning slits, and my blood is simmering.

Two young men are snapping pictures with their cell phones and digital camera's…of my daughter. I am fucking livid. I kissed her tiny fingers again to let her know I was sorry because these assholes ruined our moment as father and daughter. I then looked towards those assholes releasing myself from my most cherished someone in the world and dropped my finger from Lyla's grip.

My jaw is clenched, my fists are curled, and my neck cracks as I rolled it along my shoulders not once taking my eyes off these complete dicks. Their eyes widen at the three hockey players that are known for brawling on and off the ice who are glaring death in their direction. Emmett quickly but tenderly put Lyla in the stroller, popped the pacifier in her mouth and covered her with a blanket.

We started walking over, Em pushed her. Jasper and I were ahead of him. The two turned on their heels thinking this shit was okay.

Nuh uh. . .I don't fucking think so.

We caught up to them quickly throwing our arms over their shoulders and gave them a menacing smile. "Hey guys let's take a walk," I said loud enough for only us to hear but that tiny sentence was full of malice and promise.

I could hear their gulps and internal screams.

"Look dude we will erase the pictures, we swear," one of them squeaked at me.

I gave them a dark chuckle and shook my head. "See that shit doesn't fly, you fucked up my moment with my baby girl. Give me your goddamn cell phones and camera's," I demanded with a hiss.

Their hands were trembling and their squeals of fear kept being cut off by intakes of air. They handed Jasper and I what we wanted and I deleted all fifteen pictures from each cell phone then glanced over at Jasper. He had a hard determined look on his face.

I handed them back their phones and gave them a glare. Jasper handed back their camera while he shook his head in disgust.

"She is just a baby, think of that next time you invade someone's life," Jasper scolded. The two guys nodded and ran hysterically somewhere hopefully far, far away.

"Let's get out of here for lunch," Jasper suggested and bent down to pick up Lyla. He held her to his chest wrapping her up in the blanket, she was sleeping.

Emmett and I followed him out of the zoo and to the SUV.

"What sounds good?" Emmett asked as he loaded up the stroller and the bags into the back. I shrugged not really caring as long as we were somewhere private and didn't have to go through this shit again.

"We can try out that new place the guys were talking about near the stadium," Jasper answered as he buckled Lyla into her car seat. I grimaced at that. Kate was a waitress at a restaurant near the stadium.

Emmett glanced at me for my reaction and he saw my displeasure. He shook his head slightly and walked to the driver's seat hopping in. Jasper climbed into the back this time with Lyla and I climbed into the front seat.

"Edward. . .man, you can't let something like this rule your life. Any woman you slept with, it could have been any of them. You can't stop eating near the stadium because of a choice that you have made hundreds of times. . . Princess is the best thing ever to happen in any of our lives," Emmett tried comforting, and it did help. I nodded and leaned my head back against the headrest.

I sighed heavily. "I just wish, she had a mother. I have no idea what I would have ever done without mine," I said truthfully.

Emmett started the car and drove out towards the stadium. "Well there are always babysitters…" Emmett trailed off suggestively wriggling his eyebrows.

Edward laughed and playfully socked him in the arm. "That's disgusting…this isn't some raunchy porno you perv!"

All three men laughed, but all three were seriously thinking about a mother for Lyla.