Title: Living Life
Summary: When Edward fell for Bella he knew his life would change forever, watch as he navigates this life with just love and a plan.
Rating: M because we all love our OCD lovin'
Pairing: It's always going to be an E/B story
Disclaimer: No, I still don't own these characters. Although I wish I did.
Chapter 2 – Edward
Clueless Men
"Edward what colour did we pick for the bathroom?" Bella called from upstairs.
We had gotten the keys to our new home yesterday and were going through each room to get it decorated so we could be moved in as soon as possible.
I couldn't believe this was all ours.
This was where it was all going to happen.
"Babe?" Bella called walking down the stairs with paint samples in her hand. "Did you not hear me?" she asked.
"Sorry, wrapped up in my own head." I told her and she nodded.
"That's okay Babe." She said walking towards me. I wrapped my arms around her and held her close to me. "Can you believe this is all ours?" she asked me.
"It hasn't hit me yet" I told her. "I was just thinking though this is where it's all going to happen."
"What?" she asked.
"Everything" I said and she looked at me as looking for further explanation. "This is the house we'll come back from our honeymoon to" I said kissing under her ear earning me a smile "Where we'll be bringing our kids home to, any room in this house could be where our child could take their first steps." I told her. "If we have a little girl she'll come down those steps before she goes to Prom" I whispered pointing to the stair case. "I'll try to teach our son how to play football out on that lawn. Santa's gonna come down that Chimney and snowmen are going to be made on that lawn. It's all going to happen here."
"I can't wait" She said leaning up and kissing me.
"Plus this is a lot of room's to christen."
"You ruined the moment" She said pushing my shoulder.
"No I didn't" I told her and she rolled her eyes. "And we picked this one for the bathroom." I told her.
"I knew it" She said. "You done down here?" she asked.
"Almost just getting the measurements for the floors." I told her. The previous owners had carpets everywhere. Including the kitchen. Yeah not going to work.
"Okay, I want check out Lincoln; Seth said she's due any day now." Bella said "Are you sure you're going to be okay while I'm at my place?" she asked.
Bella was going to be staying at her apartment for the next couple of nights because her future stepmom Sue and her daughter Leah were coming up to go dresses shopping for Sue and Charlie's wedding.
Bella did not want to be away from Lincoln right now with the kittens due to come but knew she had to do this for her Dad.
"It will be fine Love." I told her. "I'm watching Landon and Blake for Alice this weekend and you know how Landon is with animals." I explained.
My nephew was animal crazy right now. He had spent a good part of the summer down with my brother in law's parents. Jasper's parents had a massive farm and ever since he got back Landon has been bugging his parents for all sorts of pets. Alice said she would take one of the kittens that Lincoln had now that Blake was a little older and she wasn't worried about a cat jumping up on him.
"You're going to trust a six year old in helping the cat give birth?" Bella asked me as I followed her up the stairs; we still had a few things to do up here. We wanted to be living here by Thanksgiving I think two months is enough time to get it all done.
It means we'll definitely be here for Christmas, something I knew Bella was ecstatic about.
"Bella he's helped with delivery a calf, I think kittens will be a walk in the park for Landon." I said and she rolled her eyes.
"So did you order the new bed yet?" Bella asked as we walked past the master bedroom, which I loved. It was huge and had a balcony looking over the back yard. Plus it had a giant en suite place to the side of it where Bella had plans to put a giant tub aswell as shower. Neither of us had big tubs in our apartment, I didn't even have a little one but Bella said if we got a big bath tub we could have baths together and that sounded like a lot of fun.
"I ordered that the other week" I told her.
"How we only picked it last night... You didn't!" She exclaimed and I cursed myself realising I had just sold myself out.
"Damn"
"You picked it without me." She said.
"Well..." I said looking everywhere but at her. "Yes"
"Edward I told you, you could put the rooms in whatever order you want, well accept my home office, but the rest of the house is pretty much whatever way you want but we had to pick the furniture and the paint together." She said and I sighed.
"What's the big deal? You like the bed" I told her.
"It's the principle of the thing Edward." She sighed. "We agreed this was how we were going to do this so it would be someway fair and then at least I would have some input into the house."
"You do you picked the paint" I told her.
"No we agreed on the paint." She said.
"You... you picked the brand." I told her.
"Wow" She said sarcastically before walking out of the room.
"Bella" I sighed before following her.
"Don't" She said making her way down the stairs.
"Explain to me what the issue is?" I asked her.
"That you're taking over everything." She said.
"No, I'm not." I told her.
"Edward the whole reason we couldn't live together in either of our apartments was because my space was too hectic and you had everything the way you wanted in your space, now I get that you need to take control in some areas and by all means arrange the linen closet in whatever way you want but come on, you ordered the bed frame without telling me which means you've probably ordered the bed side lockers and any other furniture for the room so that the wood matched right?" she asked and I didn't meet her eye. "I'm right aren't I?" she asked.
"Yes" I told her.
"See, we're supposed to do this together." She said.
"You've been flitting back and forth between those furniture catalogues for weeks, I knew you were thinking about the one I liked and I hated the other one you were looking at so I knew it would the one I ordered so I did it. Why is that such a big deal?"
"I'll let you figure it out." She said before walking out the front door of the house slamming it behind her.
We had met here after work today so she had her own car with her.
I heard her get into her car and pull out of the drive.
What the hell was that?
Okay maybe I had been a bit hasty in ordering the bed but there was only one left in stock and I didn't want to have to wait until they came back into stock so I ordered it.
She liked it and the matching furniture that came with it so why was this such a big deal?
I still had a bit of work I needed to do so I quickly went and got it done before locking up the house.
As I got in my car I sighed wondering had she calmed down yet.
She was a weapon when angry and I wasn't going to go bothering her until she calmed down otherwise she'd castrate me.
I drove towards my sister's house knowing I had to pick up my nephews. As I pulled into her driveway I saw my brother's car was there.
Oh fun.
I got out of my car and rang Alice's doorbell.
"I'll get it" I heard Landon yelled before opening the door. "Hey Uncle Edward"
"Hey Kiddo ready for this weekend?" I asked him and he nodded. "Al?" I called into the house as Landon ran upstairs to get his bag.
"Kitchen" She called back.
I walked into her kitchen to find Emmett sitting there with his son Parker and what looked like a weekend bag.
"Emmett I can't take him this weekend, we're going away" Alice said "Hey Edward" She said putting Blake in my arms. "I have his schedule printed out somewhere" Alice said.
"Hey Bro" Emmett said.
"Hi" was all I said to him. Blake then decided to clap my face so I was busy smiling at him.
"Come on Alice, Rosalie's parents' got us a getaway to a no kids hotel."
"Great I'll take that and you can take the trip down to my in-laws. Jesus Emmett, Jasper's Uncle is really sick we have to go, you don't come visit me ever or my kids and just because you and Rose are bored doesn't mean you can just drop Parker on me." Alice said.
"Wait where are your kids going Mom's?" Emmett asked.
"No Edward's taking them" Alice said. "Now if you don't mind I have to make sure Landon didn't just pack two broken crayons and one pair of SpongeBob underwear." She said. "I think the schedule is on the fridge somewhere" She told me. I nodded picking up a kitchen cloth and throwing it over my shoulder as I carried Blake over to the fridge to try and find his schedule.
"So where's Bella?" Emmett asked
"At her place" I said.
I was already having a bad day with the fight with Bella I really did not want Emmett starting anything now.
"I heard you bought a house." He said
"Yep" I answered sorting through Landon's work that was on the fridge. I recognised Bella's signature on some of the work, Bella still did her extra tuition with Landon and he was coming along great with her help. "Oh look Blakey I think I found it." I said finding it under a picture Landon had drawn. He babble and hit the piece of paper with his little hands as if to approve this is what we were looking for.
"So you have the two boys this weekend?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah" I answered as I read through the schedule. Nothing too bad, plus Alice had put stuff in for Landon. I had watched him a couple of times before so I was used to him. Plus Blake was generally a quiet baby so I thought it would be pretty easy.
"So...?" Emmett began.
"No" I told him straight away knowing what he was going to ask.
"Oh come on" Emmett said "Do you know how long it's been since I got laid?" he asked.
"Did you know this is the first legitimate conversation you've had with me since Parker was conceived?" I asked him as Alice came back into the room.
"Are you still here?" Alice asked Emmett as she threw some more stuff into a bag.
"Well yeah" Emmett said.
"I can't take him, Mom's out of town, no can do" Alice said.
"Yeah I know but I was thinking maybe Edward could take Parker too." Emmett said and Alice looked at me shocked.
"I didn't know you two were getting along again." She said to me "I'm glad you apologised Em" Alice said patting our brother's back. "And sure you and Bella want three right?" she asked me and I'm pretty sure I stood there doing my best goldfish impression but she was so busy she didn't notice.
"Uh huh"
"So that's great, Edward gets the practice, you go and help your husband so goodbye to his sick Uncle and I'll go knock up my wife."
"You're trying again?" Alice asked.
"She wants a girl." Emmett explained with a shrug. "Thanks a mil bro." Emmett said kissing Parker on the head before putting him in his car seat and practically running out of Alice's house.
"That was weird" Alice said before freezing. "Damnit!"
It must have all suddenly clicked for her, by then we could hear Emmett's car pealing down the street.
"That motherfucker" Alice hissed "Oh my God Edward, I am so sorry. He never apologised did he?" she asked and I shook my head. "I am going to kill him... wait no I'll get Mom to kill him." She said "Are you going to be okay?" she asked me.
"Um... I'll try" I shrugged "What's the worst thing that could happen?" I asked suddenly terrified. "Do you think Rosalie packed a schedule?" I asked her.
"God Edward I am so sorry" She said "Bella is going to kill me."
"I'll tell her what happened."
"Okay, it won't be so bad; she'll be with you all weekend right?" Alice asked.
"Well..." I said
"Please tell me she's not in Forks" Alice said.
"No its just Sue, her Dad's fiancée is coming up to look at dresses with her daughter Leah"
"And they're staying with Bella?" Alice asked and I nodded.
"Plus I don't think Bella would be willing to do me any favours right now, we had a fight." I told Alice who cringed.
"Not a good day for you." She said. "Listen I'll call Peter, see if he can take Blake and then its only Landon and Parker" She said and I nodded feeling a bit faint. I handed Blake to Alice and went to sit down beside Parker who was asleep, for now.
Alice grabbed her phone and started dialling for Jasper's brother Peter, I could tell the minute she started the phone call it was a no go.
"Apparently Peter is coming with us." Alice said "Crap Edward I am so sorry."
"Its fine but you're taking two kittens" I told her.
"I'll take three" She said "And I'm paying you."
"Alice don't be stupid"
"No, where's my purse?"
"No I'll get Emmett to pay me."
"I like that so much better." Alice said "How are you going to manage?" she asked me.
"Mom has a double stroller for these two right?" I asked pointing to the babies.
"Yes" Alice said.
"Right well on my way home I'll pick that up; can I borrow your key to Mom's?" I asked her and she nodded "Emmett seems to have left a travel crib and you're giving me yours, they can be set up in the spare room, although I might just take Parker in with me, he's only three months he's not sleeping through the night is he?" I asked and Alice shook her head. "Wonderful"
"What about feeding?"
"Can Landon feed Blake?" I asked and she nodded "Well that's easy then, and you still have your baby bouncer? Can I take that for Parker to sit in?"
"That's in Mom's you'll find it" She said.
"Well I think I'll be okay." I told her.
"I am so mad at Emmett" She said.
After that we loaded everything into the car before getting the three kids strapped in.
I waved to Alice as I drove out her drive way. Landon looked confused.
"But why is Parker coming with us?"
"That doesn't really matter does it?"
"But I thought it was just going to be you, me and Blakey?"
"Me too Kiddo, but Parker is my nephew too." I said and he nodded. "Plus once the babies are asleep for the night you and mean can have a guys' night." I told him that got him to smile.
"Is Bella gonna be there?" he asked
"I don't know yet" I told him. I then tried to call Bella but she didn't pick up.
I tried again hoping she would get the urgency of it all.
No such luck.
I then tried her apartment phone.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Hey it's me." I said and she hung up.
I pulled up to my parents' house. Looking back I saw the two babies were still asleep.
"Kiddo I have to run in and get the stroller, if either of them wake up just jump through to the front seat and come in and get me." I told him knowing the child lock was on the car.
"Okies dokes" He said "See if Nana left any cookies." He added and I nodded.
My Mom made great cookies.
As I walked in I tried calling Bella again.
"What?" she answered her cell phone this time.
"If you had answered the first time I wouldn't have to keep calling." I said frustrated as I let myself into my parents house.
"I could easily hang up now" She said.
"Don't please?" I asked and I think my desperation came across in my voice.
"Are you apologising?" she asked.
"For what you like the bed set?"
"Fine" She said and then she hung up.
This is not the day for Bella to be mad at me over something so stupid.
"Gah!" I said once inside my parents house. I grabbed everything including Parker's schedule off my mother's fridge and some cookies before heading back out to the car. I handed the cookies into Landon and loaded the bouncer and the stroller into already packed trunk of my car before getting in and driving back towards the city.
Instead of driving straight to my place I drove to Bella's building.
I called her apartment phone again.
"Edward so help me..." She warned as she picked up the phone.
"Will you just come outside?" I asked her standing outside my car not wanting Landon to hear.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because I'm having a bit of a crisis and I think we should forget about the damn bed set for ten minutes so you can help me figure out what I'm going to do." I told her.
She didn't say anything but hung up.
I sighed and threw my head back. After taking a deep breath I decided to get back into my car when I heard the door open.
"This better be good Edward." She said
"I love you and I think you're looking very pretty today" I started with.
"Go on" She said her arms crossed.
"And I get you're pissed with me and while I don't necessarily understand why..." I began when she but in.
"Because you just..."
"We do not have time to get into this." I told her.
"Fine" She sighed.
"I really need your help" I said.
"With what?" she asked.
"Parker" I told her.
"What?" she asked and I pointed to my car. She looked in the window and Landon waved at her. She point on a smile and waved back before turning back to me. "Why do you have Parker?" she asked quietly still smiling.
"Because Alice didn't see that Emmett was lying through his teeth when he said he and I had made up and agreed that I should take Parker as well as her two boys, and by the time she realised she had been duped Emmett made sure he was very far away."
"What?" she asked. "That bastard." She said still smiling.
"Yup" I said smiling too.
"Okay here's what we're going to do"
"Oh good you have a plan because I am terrified."
"Right, I'm going to call Sue and tell her we're rescheduling until next week and then I'll just stay with you this weekend... but crap..."
"What?" I asked.
"You have that meeting with the electrician about putting more power sockets into the walls above the garage." She said. "And actually I can't cancel on Sue she has two appointment with dress shops..."
"Crap" I said pinching the bridge of my nose.
"Okay new plan. Leah and Sue will stay here and I'll sleep at your place. I'll just tell them we're dealing with a situation, plus they were only staying for tonight." She said and I nodded "And then I'll take Parker and Blake with me and you take Landon to the house, and then back to yours for the rest of the week and pray we survive it." She said.
"Okay that sounds reasonable, plus I got the double stroller from Mom's so it will be easier for you to take the two of them." I told her and she nodded.
"Good thinking" She said. "Right, I'll go lock up and then drive over to your place to help you unload the cars and get them into your apartment, then I'll come back and get Sue and Leah settled. And I am going to kick your brother's ass." She added.
"Okay" I said nodding.
"Go, I'll be there in a couple of minutes." She said giving me a quick hug before running back inside.
I got back into my car.
"So is Bella coming?"
"In a couple of minutes, in her car. Then she has to go for a little while but she'll be back later on." I told him and he nodded.
Pulling up to my parking space I sat there trying to figure out how to do this when Bella pulled up beside me. When the building manager realised that Bella was spending a lot of time here he offered me a second saved parking space for when she parked her for a good price, it was great because it meant she didn't have to park out on the street and worry about her car getting damaged.
She jumped out of her car and I got out of mine.
"Okay so I was thinking, I get the double stroller out, put the kids in it move the baby seats to your car cause you'll have them tomorrow and then Landon and I will carry up the stuff." I told her and she nodded.
"Yeah but we'll try and load some stuff on the stroller too because there is a lot of stuff here." She said looking in the packed trunk in my car.
"I know right" I said rolling my eyes. "Can we do this?" I asked her.
"It will be a good test won't it?" she asked. "Okay we have a plan let's go." She said.
I managed to get Blake out of his car seat without too much fuss but Parker woke up when I tried to move him.
"Oh cr... crackers." I said remembering Landon was standing behind me. Parker started crying loudly as I lifted him from the car into the stroller.
"What happened?" Bella asked from her car. She was putting Blake's car seat into her car.
"He woke up" Landon told her.
"Oh sh... sugar." Bella said and I chuckled at that but it did nothing to soothe the crying baby who had now woken Blake with his crying. Luckily Blake saw Landon and just rubbed his eyes. "What the hell was Emmett thinking? Leaving his Baby with practically a stranger, like serious you've seen Parker like what twice?" Bella asked and I nodded.
We switched and Bella went to try and calm down the Baby while I moved the seats over and locked Bella's car.
"Okay" I said "Faze one over" I mumbled as Bella got Parker to stop crying. He was just whimpering in her arms now.
"He might be hungry" Bella said.
"His schedule is in my back pocket Love" I said as I started lifting the two travel cribs out of the car. Luckily they folded up into two little bags.
Bella reached into my pocket and pulled out the two schedules.
"Parker is due one feed now and Blake is due one in about half an hour." Bella said. "Okay new plan, I'll bring the two kids up and feed Parker and ew who has the stinky diaper?"
"That's a Blakey" Landon said as he grabbed his nose.
"Okay diaper bags?" Bella asked and we managed to get them free from all the stuff in my trunk. I handed her the two of them and we fitted some other stuff onto the stroller and she took what she could carry along with the babies up stairs.
Landon and I loaded ourselves up and went up to my apartment. Bella was on her cell phone as she held Parker trying to keep him calm while she got his lunch ready.
"Yeah Dad I know" She said sounding pissed "Look Emmett just literally dropped the baby in Edward's lap and ran. I can't just abandon him with three kids. Look Sue understands I'm still going shopping with them tomorrow. And we've still got her bachelorette party and the rest of the wedding plans." She said. I gave her an apologetic look and she shrugged. "Oh come on Dad don't try and make me feel guilty. I already do"
She was quiet after that and Charlie must have said something that really got to her because she looked quite upset.
"Yeah okay" She said "Love you too." She said before hanging up. "What is with you people today?" she asked me.
"Who am I being lumped in with today?" I asked her.
"Males" She said like it was a cuss word.
"No idea, when I find out I'll tell you." I told her "What's wrong?"
"He wants me to spend more time with Sue and bond or something so he's got his panties in a twist." She said.
"Mr. Chief wears panties?" Landon asked looking horrified. He had met Bella's father at the barbeque my parents had for my birthday and was automatically impressed with Charlie. I thought the 'Mr. Chief' thing was quite cute too.
"It's just a phrase Kiddo." I told him. "You got a hold on things out here?" I asked Bella and she nodded.
I went and set up the two beds for the babies, Blake's in with Landon and Parker's in my room. I then set up a changing area on the desk in the spare room knowing it could easily get out of hand. Landon had followed me in with Blake on his back.
"Let's get this stinky diaper changed." I said picking Blake up.
He babbled on as I did way with the stinker diaper and put a fresh one on him.
"Jeesh that stinks." I said with a grimace on my face.
"How's it going?" Bella asked appearing in the room hold a content looking Parker and a bottle.
"We got rid of Blakey's stinker." Landon explained.
We? I let that slide.
"Good job" Bella said. "I've pinned the two schedules to your notice board and I checked on Lincoln she's asleep."
"Good, I really hope she doesn't have them this weekend." I said not wanting to say the word 'kitten' in front of Landon or he'd pester me about all weekend.
"Right well he should sleep again after this" Bella said "I have to get back to get ready for Sue and Leah."
"Bella can I go with you? Blakey's gonna go for his nap soon and if I'm here I'll have to be super quiet." Landon said and I nodded at Bella letting her know she could take him if she wanted.
"And you can help me get set up for Sue and Leah." She said "You're such a great helper. I'll just take your car Edward so we don't have to switch stuff around?" she asked and I nodded.
I walked into the living room carrying Blake, while Bella continued to feed Parker. Landon went and found Blake's bear and blankie because he knew it was nearly nap time.
I was already exhausted. I might just go for a nap too.
Bella burped Parker and handed him to me before heading out with Landon.
Looking around my apartment I saw it was already a mess, oh we were in for a long weekend.
Oh poor Edward... he can't seem to do get it right today...
So this chapter is early because you all blew my socks off with the response to the first chapter. I mean it, I am currently barefoot.
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