Chapter 1:

Kenzie was watching Animal Planet while studying and I was making dinner. Edward startled us when he entered the kitchen.

"Oh, I didn't hear you come in," I said.

He went to the table and kissed Kenzie's head. "That's probably because of all the elephant noise coming from the TV."

Kenzie laughed. "Hi, Daddy."

"Hi, Sweetheart. How was your day?"

Kenzie shrugged her shoulders. "It was okay. I didn't learn anything, though."

"That's because you already knew it all."

Kenzie nodded.

I made a mental note to check on getting her into more advanced classes.

I felt Edward's hands come around my waist as I stood at the sink. I smiled. I missed him. For the last few weeks he had been working on a pretty significant murder trial and we hadn't seen much of him. He kissed my cheek.

"Hi, Baby. How was your day?"

"It was good, better now," I said as I turned to kiss him. We gave each other a knowing look. Edward has this stupid rule about sex when he's in the middle of a trial. We don't have it. Trials consume him. It's all he thinks about 24/7. He never sleeps in our bed, hell, he just never sleeps. He refuses to allow me to distract him. At first it made me feel bad and unwanted, but then I discovered that it was what made him the best prosecutor in Oregon. He never loses. He always makes it up to me when the trial is over. Tonight was our make up night.

"I don't know if I can wait until tonight," he whispered.

I giggled. "You have to."

He pulled away from me. "Where are Masen and Molly?"

I looked at the clock. "Molly went shopping with some friends after school. She should've been home by now and Masen had baseball practice."

"No he didn't."

"What?" I asked.

"He didn't have baseball practice. It was cancelled. Coach's father passed away."

Edward always seemed to have the inside track on Masen and I never understood how. I turned off the faucet. "Well maybe the guys got together to practice on their own."

"Or maybe, he's lying to his mother."

I rolled my eyes. Edward always thought Masen was getting in trouble. Edward pulled his cell phone out and stepped out of the kitchen, into the foyer.

"Where are you?" I heard him ask.

He sighed. "Why do you even bother lying, Masen? Yes you are!" he yelled.

I dried my hands and walked around the corner. I gave Edward my warning glare.

"Masen, I'm sick of this shit. You're always lying to your mother and me and it needs to stop. I don't know where you are, but you need to get home, now. Fine, twenty minutes. Hurry up."

Edward went upstairs to change and I followed, after I made sure Kenzie was engrossed in the elephants on TV.

Edward was pulling his tie off. "Why are you being so hard on him? How did you find out about his coach?"

"Because, I don't want him to get in trouble and I don't like the way he talks to you sometimes. Coach's wife is a paralegal with the state. Word got around."

I sighed. Masen's behavior had been a little unusual lately, but he was a teenager, it was to be expected.

"Who the fuck is that?" Edward asked as he looked out our bedroom window. A green car with a male driver was dropping Molly off. He got out when she came around to his door to say good-bye. He was much older than her. When the boy put his hands on her ass, Edward lost it.

"Jesus Christ, Bella! Why do you believe everything they tell you?" he stormed past me and headed downstairs. I watched from the window.

Edward raced up to the car. "Molly, where the hell is the rest of your skirt?"

I laughed. Molly rolled her eyes. "Dad! Quit, go back inside. Where's mom?"

He pushed the boy up against the car. "If you ever lay a fucking hand on her again I swear to God I will kill you. Let me see your driver's license."

The boy immediately started retreating inside his car. He handed his license to Edward and based on the look he gave Molly and the way he started screaming threats at the kid, I'm assuming he was over 18. I went downstairs to intervene before my husband got arrested.

"Molly, get inside. You're grounded."

"But, Mom! He's embarrassing me!"

"We will talk inside. Go, now."

Molly went past me and went inside. I took note that she was not wearing what she wore to school earlier that day. It made my stomach clinch. I was not ready to be grandmother.

"Edward, come on. Leave him alone."

Edward offered one final threat before he came inside. McKenzie was standing next to Molly at the dining room window, watching.

By now, I was sure my dinner was ruined. "Kenzie, why don't you go watch the elephants, please? Daddy and I need to talk." Kenzie nodded and returned to the kitchen.

"Molly, go to your room. We'll be in there to talk to you in a few minutes."

Without a word, she went upstairs. Once I heard her door close, I asked Edward to follow me.

I went to our bedroom and closed the door.

"Edward, I really don't appreciate you talking to me like that."

Edward sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry. I panicked."

"And it's my fault that some boy is bringing her home?"

"It's not your fault. He's fucking 19 years old! That's illegal and if I ever see him around her again I'm pressing charges."

"It's only illegal if they're sleeping together."

Edward's face paled. I shouldn't have said that. "Do you think she is? She can't be. She's only 14. She's still my little girl."

I sighed. "I don't know anymore, Edward. Maybe we should talk to her about it, see if she wants to be on the pill."

"I'm not condoning her having sex."

"It's not condoning it. As you saw, she will find ways around our rules. It doesn't matter how protective you are, she will do what she wants. I'd rather her be doing it safely than to end up with an unplanned pregnancy like I did." As soon as the words left my mouth, I wanted to take them back.

Over the past several years, Edward and I never spoke about what happened. It wasn't because we wanted to ignore it, or forget it, it was because we had six additional ears in the house and we didn't want them to find out. I heard a bedroom door close and looked out in the hall, but didn't see anyone. Molly's door was closed. I could hear the elephants down stairs.

I sighed, "I hope she didn't hear that."

"You better lie if she did."

Edward still carried the guilt with him. He feared every day that his children would find out that he wasn't perfect and far from it. He knew it would shatter his girls' impressions of him.

I sighed. "Okay, how do you want to handle this?"

"Well, she's definitely grounded until she's 18."

"Edward..." I warned.

"Fine, a month minimum. You need to take her to school and pick her up every day and then she is not to leave this house and her cell phone is gone."

She was not going to be happy, but I felt that was reasonable until we determine whether or not she is sexually active and if so, how to handle it.

He sat at the foot of our bed. I walked over to him and stood between his legs as my arms went around his neck.

"Why are you so grumpy? You should be happy. You won your trial."

"Because! My son is into god only knows what and Molly is dressing like a whore and has grown men bringing her home! I'm a little stressed out."

"Oh, Edward." I kissed his lips softly. "Masen is a good boy. Molly will grow out of it."

His arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to him. "I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm an ass hole."

"You're forgiven," I said as I kissed him again. He hugged me and his lips moved to my neck. His hot breath on me was enough to undo me.

"I need you," he whispered.

"I need you, too." I paused. "Later," I said, as I walked away.

"You tease!" he said after me.

We both laughed and made our way to Molly's room.

She had changed clothes, again. The latest outfit was definitely more father friendly.

"So, who is he?" Edward asked.

"His name is Josh. He's just a friend."

"Where did you meet him?

"At the Starbucks inside the mall. He gave me free coffee!"

Edward gave me a hopeless look and I tried not to laugh.

"Molly, I'm thrilled that you got free coffee, but that's probably not all he's trying to give you."

"Daddy!" she gasped. "Don't say that."

"It's true. You have to be careful. You have no idea what his intentions are. You are entirely too young to be dating at all, much less a 19 year old."

Molly rolled her eyes.

"Molly, have you had sex?" Edward asked.

Molly's face turned bright red. She got that from me. "Dad!"

I shook my head at Edward. He really should've left this conversation up to me.

"Well, when you dress the way you do, guys assume you are asking for it. You could find yourself in a compromising situation before you know it and you won't know how to stop it or how to get out of it," he said.

"Not that he means girls who dress conservatively don't get things they don't ask for," I chimed in. "Anybody, no matter how they dress, could be a victim of rape, or sexual advances they didn't ask for. Right, Edward?" The look he gave me was enough to let me know I was teetering on crossing the line. I wasn't trying to take a jab at him, but it was true. I never asked for what he did to me, not verbally, or with the way I was dressed.

Molly observed our silent exchange. "You guys are crazy. I am not getting raped or touched or anything sexual."

"That guy grabbed your butt!" Edward yelled.

Molly rolled her eyes. "Dad, seriously? We were hugging."

"Well, my little princess, unfortunately, you lied to your mother about what you were doing and who you were with. You're grounded for a month, which includes no cell phone, so hand it over."

"Dad! That is not fair! I didn't lie! I was at the mall and he's my friend!"

"Molly, friends don't grab your butt. That's inappropriate. Give me your cell phone." She reluctantly handed it over to Edward.

"Can we have a minute; girl talk?" I asked.

Edward nodded and left the room. I closed the door behind him before returning to sit on the bed with Molly. She was sulking. I ran my hands through her long mahogany hair. She wouldn't look at me. "When, and if, you decide to become sexually active, let me know. We can see about getting you on some birth control, okay? I know you think your Dad and I are out to ruin your social life, but we've been through more than you'll ever know and we are just trying to protect you."

Molly nodded. There was silence for a moment before she spoke. "Mom, when did you lose your virginity?"

I smiled. I loved that she felt comfortable enough talking to me about stuff like this. She knows Edward would have heart attack. I had to think back. "I was in high school, but older than you. It was my junior year and I had been dating Jake since I was in 8th grade."

"Jake?" she asked.

"Yea, we grew up together. When I went off to college, we just went our separate ways. We wanted different things. We were always careful, though. I promise you don't want a baby right now. That will really ruin your social life."

Molly laughed and agreed. "How did you and Daddy meet each other?"

I turned my head and stood from the bed. It was a knee jerk reaction. I couldn't look her in the eye when I told her, "We met in college." I walked to the door before she could ask more questions. "Get your homework done. Dinner will be ready soon."

When the kids had previously asked about how we met and why we waited to get married, we told them we didn't have the money at the time for the wedding we wanted and their needs were more important than ours, so we waited. They took our word for it, but the older they got and the more spoiled they were from their grandparents, the more they began to realize that money was never an issue. Edward and I avoided the topic at all costs.

When we finally sat down to dinner Masen still had not shown up. Edward was clearly irritated. Masen eventually came through the front door just as we were finishing. He sat down to his cold plate.

"Sorry I'm late."

"Where have you been?" Edward asked. "Why do you smell like smoke?"

"Me and the guys were just hanging out. They were smoking."

I sighed. I feared Masen was getting in with the wrong crowd.

"Is that why you weren't at school today?" Molly asked.

I heard Masen kick her under the table.

"Ouch!" She hit him on the back of the head. "That hurt!"

"Masen? Did you skip class?"

"Apparently so. At least I'm not screwing a drop out," he said referring to Molly.

"Ugh!" Molly screamed. "That is not true!"

"Well, the entire school seems to think it is."

I could see tears forming in Molly's eyes. Kenzie meanwhile, had wide eyes and had stopped eating.

Edward stood. "Masen, apologize to your sister. That was uncalled for, whether its true or not."

Masen rolled his eyes and Molly excused herself to her room.

"We'll talk later. Your language is too inappropriate around, Kenzie."

"Sorry, Kenz." Masen said as he got up from the table.

"Masen, you didn't eat," I said.

"I'm not hungry," he disappeared upstairs.

I tried to hold it together. Kenzie helped Edward and I with dishes. When we were finished, I suggested she go get in the bath and get ready for bed. She obliged and I told her I'd be up to tuck her in later.

"Come outside with me?" Edward asked, reaching for my hand.

I took his hand and followed him. It was already getting dark and we sat on the swing on the deck. It felt wonderful out. I loved the quiet after all the drama inside.

"Masen was right," Edward started.

"About what?" I asked.

"Molly. I read her text messages."

I felt my stomach drop. "Oh, God, Edward. What do we do?"

"I don't know, Bella. It's statutory rape. I think we should press charges. She's only 14 years old. Jesus Christ." He shook his head before holding it his hands.

I rubbed his back. "Good thing we quit trying to get pregnant," I said quietly.

Edward scoffed. "No kidding. At the rate we're going, we'll be grandparents."

I laughed, but it wasn't funny. Edward and I had tried to get pregnant, one last time, a few months back. When it didn't immediately happen, we decided we had enough on our hands with the children we already had.

We made our way back inside and Edward went into his study as was his usual habit. I went upstairs to find Kenzie. She was in bed reading a book. It made me smile.

"You all ready for bed, honey?"

"Yes, I just wanted to read a little bit."

"What are you reading?" I asked as I sat down on the edge of the bed next to her.

"A ZooBook. This one is about dolphins," she said excited.

"That sounds interesting," I fibbed.

"It is, mom!"

I smiled and kissed her forehead. "Don't stay up too late, okay?"

She nodded and put the book down for a moment to hug my neck. "Love you, Mama."

"I love you, too, Kenzie. Daddy will be up later, okay?"

She nodded and went back to her book. I hoped she would always be this easy.

I checked on Molly, who was still mad at the world. She was laying in bed with her earbuds in. I guess she was bored without her cell phone. I told her goodnight and not to stay up too late.

I knocked on the door at then end of the hall. "Masen? Can I come in?"

"Yeah," he responded. "It's open."

I opened the door to see Masen sitting at his desk, working on homework. I don't know why Edward gave him such a hard time. He was still my pride and joy, my firstborn. Every day he looked more and more like his father and the girls went crazy for him and his hair. It was copper colored with hints of blonde from all the time he spent outdoors. His skin was sun kissed and he had little freckles on his nose. "What are you studying?" I asked.

"Chemistry. I hate it."

"Yuck, that's no fun."

He shook his head. "I'm sorry I lied about today. Me and some of the guys were just hanging out. We skip class occasionally, it's no big deal."

"Just ask next time, okay? You're driving your father crazy."

"He drives me crazy. He gives me such a hard time for no reason."

I sighed. "He just wants you to succeed and stay out of trouble."

"Yeah, well, I'm doing the best I can. He needs to lay off. If he had any idea what other guys my age were into..." he trailed off.

I didn't like the sound of that. "What are they into?" I asked curiously.

Masen scoffed. "Girls, drugs, alcohol..."

"Well I'm glad you're not into those things. You're better than that. Drugs and alcohol will get your baseball career nowhere."

"I know, Mom."

I hugged him. "I love you, kid. You're growing up way too fast."

Masen laughed. "Not fast enough."

I smiled when he kissed my cheek. "I love you, Mom."

"I love you, too, Masen. Don't stay up too late. You are going to school tomorrow."

"Yeah, yeah. I know."

I left him alone, satisfied that Edward was over reacting about his recent behaviors. I worked on a few lesson plans for later in the week and graded some papers before I grew tired. Edward had yet to emerge from the confines of his office. I admit, it was kind of starting to piss me off. I hated sharing Edward with his job and I craved him when a big trial was over.

I stepped inside his office unannounced. He was engrossed in reading a file, what appeared to be someone's deposition.

"Is it good?" I asked.

His head shot up, surprised I was there.

"It's interesting," he said, looking back down at it.

"It's after 11:00 p.m. When are you coming to bed?"

"Soon."

I huffed. "It's supposed to be our night."

He looked up at me then and smiled. "It is our night, baby." He stood, pushing his chair back. He walked over to me and kissed me as he pushed me up against the wall.

I laughed against his lips. "Edward, stop!"

He laughed, too. "I want you right now, though," he breathed down my neck.

"Not here."

"You're no fun, Bella," he teased.

"I am, too! I just don't want to have to explain to our children what we're doing when they catch us!"

Edward laughed and let me go. He took my hand. "Let's go."

I smiled as I followed him around the house making sure the doors were locked and the lights were out. We tiptoed upstairs into our bedroom and closed and locked the door behind us. Our clothes were off in record time and Edward had me pinned to the bed as he worshiped every square inch of my body, just the way I liked it.

...

Edward and I were laying in bed, nearly asleep in our post coital bliss. That's when I heard it. The occasional little tap, tap, tap. I knew immediately what it was. There was only a bathroom separating our room from Molly's. I didn't know if Edward had caught on and I wasn't sure if I should tell him.

Edward began to get up. "I'll kill him."

"Edward!"

"It's nearly one o'clock in the morning and he's throwing rocks at a child's window!"

Edward headed to the closet and I knew exactly what he was after.

"Edward Cullen, don't you dare!"

"I just want to scare him, teach him a lesson," he said as he reached for the locked box on the top shelf in the closet.

"No!" I nearly yelled. "The kids don't know we have a gun and they don't need to know!"

Edward paused. He knew I was right. He hesitated.

"If you get that gun out, I will never sleep in our bed again."

Edward groaned and headed to leave the room. "I guess a knife will do."

I breathed a sigh of relief. I could deal with a knife, just for the fear factor. I quickly followed Edward downstairs and grabbed his arm just before he opened the door.

"Wait!" I whisper-yelled.

He turned around.

"I have a better idea."

We called the police.

Josh Harlan was arrested for trespassing and attempting to contribute to the delinquency of a minor because they found alcohol in his car parked nearby.

Molly was angry, but we played it up as if one of the neighbors must have called the police. It was a long night for all of us.

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Author's Note: Wow, you guys! The response thus far has been amazing, and that was just to the preface! Thank you all SO much for the kind reviews. This chapter just gave a little insight into each of the children, what they were into, etc. but the main focus will shift towards Masen, Bella and Edward in coming chapters. I'm planning to post the next chapter on Sunday. Thanks again, and don't forget to review. :)

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