HI! HELLO?! IS ANYONE THERE?
As you can tell, I'm still alive and as promised on twitter here is the next chapter. I'm so sorry for the long absence but a lot went down the last few months in my life. I got sick, really sick, some virus and ended up in the hospital a couple of times, then my grandma died so I wasn't in the mood to write so between that and a couple other things... I wasn't in the right state of mind to continue my stories. But thankfully I'm back, I'm almost fully recovered and I'm ready to move on.
As I said previously this story will be short around 15-20 chapter, it's going to be fluffy but knowing me it'll still have a bit of angst.
This chapter is not betttaed, I don't know if my betas are still around since I didn't really stay in contact with them =( But as soon as I get hold of them and get an answer chapters will come up corrected.
Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Sweets and stuff
"What the fuck are you doing here?"
I closed the door behind me and turned to glare at the woman before me.
"I wanted to see my grandchildren… I heard it was their birthday." She held up two wrapped presents.
"Their real birthday was on January while Bella was in coma, I think you are a little bit late."
"Oh," Her eyes filled with tears "I didn't know that."
"Yeah, Ok… so bye-bye."
I reached the doorknob and was about to get back into the house when she stopped me.
"Wait… is Bella home? I'd like to talk to her."
I sighed impatiently.
"She doesn't want to talk to you, you know that."
"Yes, but… I was hopping she changed her mind?"
"Renee, I can't do this right now. Bella was clear, she doesn't want to see you. She is pregnant and still healing from the accident, she can't have more stress in her life. If you really care about her please stay away."
"Please…" she cried "just tell her I'm here, I'll go if she says no."
"I'll tell her you stopped by, Ok? I still have your number, she'll call you if she wants to."
"Thank you… and here, please give this to the kids."
I shook my head.
"I can't accept those until Bella agrees to it. She'll decide if she wants you in our children's lives."
"Ok, I understand." She said quietly.
Her face was filled with shame and so much regret, and I knew well about regrets so it tugged at my heart to see the woman in pain but there was nothing I could do. My family came first, their well being came first and Rene wasn't part of my family.
"Don't come again unless Bella asks for it." I said before closing the door to her face.
"Daddy?" I turned around and saw Marie coming down from the stairs "I can't find Andy."
God, that kid was going to be the death of me.
"Did you check his room?"
She nodded.
"Andrew?!" I called him, but no one answered. "Go with mommy, I'll look for him."
Marie turned on her hills and went back upstairs. I stayed quiet and tried to listen around the house. I walked into the living room and took a look around through the window at the back yard and saw nothing but Sam… wait… what's that on Sam's shoulders?
I opened the door and called for Sam, he immediately came running and started chewing on my shoelaces. I stroke my fingers through his blue and red fur and smelled the still fresh substance.
Fuck.
I left Sam in the backyard so he wouldn't make a mess inside and immediately went upstairs to Bella's and I studio. I opened the door and gasped at what I saw.
But… but I was here not two minutes ago!
There was paint all over the place, Bella's drawers were opened and her oil tubes were scattered everywhere. The're were some figures on the walls still fresh and brushes on the carpet.
"ANDREW!" I yelled.
"Hi daddy!" He jumped from behind the couch scaring the hell out of me.
"Gosh! You scared me!"
The little demon giggled.
"What the hell are you doing with mommy's paints!" I said quickly running into the bathroom and soaking a towel.
"Painting." He simply said as if it was obvious.
"Andrew, you can't do that! God, you are in so much trouble!" I said sternly "You made a mess! Mommy is gonna be pissed!" Fuck the carpet was ruined.
"Why am I gonna be pissed?" Bella stopped in her tracks as she entered the room. "Oh my god! What happened here?!"
"That." I pointed at the little monster.
"I'm sorry mommy… I wanted to make you a pretty picture." Andrew pouted.
"On my carpet!" Bella cried still stunned by the tornado that had just passed here. "Oh god my walls!"
Andrew's chin started quivering.
"I'm sorry mommy, I'm sorry… me wanted to make you and the peanuts pretty pictures… look." He pointed to the right wall. I don't know what he expected us to see there but he was showing us proudly.
Bella turned and glared at me.
"I told you to keep an eye on them!"
"How is this my fault?!" I asked shocked.
"He's just a kid! He doesn't know better!"
"I was just answering the door, it took me two minutes!"
"God! You can't do anything!" She screamed at me, turning around and walking out of the room. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Don't loose it Edward, she's pregnant… it's the hormones talking.
"First the trampoline, then his clothes on the floor and now this!" She continued stomping to our room.
"The instructions where in mandarin!" I defended myself.
"They have drawings!" She shot back "I asked you for one thing. You had one job."
"Bella calm down," I said trying to be patient "you know that's not fair. I was just answering the door."
She sat on the bed and covered her hands with her face as she started crying. I sat next to her and hugged her to me.
"I'm sorry." She cried "God, I can't control myself."
"It's Ok, I understand. You are making our babies…"
"Why are you so understanding?" She cried looking up.
I smiled sadly at her and kissed her eyes.
"Because I'd prefer to have you crazy and all for the rest of our lives than having to live without you again."
She smirked.
"Smooth talker, you and that sexy mouth of yours… You want a second round at the laundry room?"
"You know pretty girl, as much as I'd like to have that sexy ass of yours…" I kissed her lips "we are already late to brunch."
She pouted but nodded in understanding.
As I said, she did have her hormonal episodes several times a day but thankfully they were short lived.
"Mommy?" Andrew's head popped around the door.
Bella opened her arms and he came running towards us with Marie right on his heels. They jumped to our laps and I hugged the three of them, or five… if we counted the peanuts.
"I'm sorry mommy, please don't be mad at daddy." He mumbled.
And this was the other part of our healing that we were still working on.
The kids.
They were still a bit sensitive, Bella and I barely fought but when we did it was because of silly things like this, and we tried not to do it in front of the kids. But with our history the kids still got stresses over it and needed reassurance that everything was okay.
"I know Andrew, I wasn't mad at daddy… I'm sorry I yelled." Bella kissed his head.
"I promise me be a good boy now."
Bella and I chuckled. That was unlikely.
"You are a good boy Andrew, you are just a little troublemaker." Bella kissed his forehead.
"Andrew you know you can't paint on the walls, that's what your coloring books are for, alright? And tell daddy or mommy beforehand."
"I prwomise."
"Good boy." I smiled.
"This doesn't mean you are not grounded" Bella said sternly "No dessert for you today."
Andrew pouted.
"Not gonna work honey." Bella finished giving him a kiss and Andrew grumbled.
"So, who was at the door?" Bella asked standing from the bed.
Fuck, how do I tell her?
"The woman from the store!" Marie said.
Crap.
"Who?"
"The woman with brown hair and funny face!"
Bella stared at me with a raised eyebrow.
"Renee?"
I nodded, studying her carefully.
She turned around and started putting away my pajamas that I had left on the floor. So that's what she was complaining about earlier.
"She wanted to speak to you." I said.
"Oh. Again?"
I nodded, still watching her.
"Baby, you ok?"
"Yeah, it's just… why? You told her no when she visited you at the clinic, and then at the hospital."
I shrugged.
"Maybe she is feeling guilty?"
"Sure, after what? Twenty years?" She spat.
"Easy," I stood up and hugged her to me "no stress, remember?"
"Yes, sorry… let's not talk about it anymore. We should get going. God, we are so late!" She changed the subject.
"Daddy, can we take Sam with us?" Andrew asked.
"That would be a no. Speaking of Sam, I need to make sure he can't get back inside until I give him a bath, he looks like a unicorn vomited on him."
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"¡Nana!" Andrew and Marie run into my parents house, I closed the door behind us and took the Tupperware Bella was holding with dessert. She gave me a grateful look as she run straight to the bathroom next to the stairs.
I followed the kids into the kitchen where mom, Rose, Jasper and Liam were. Mom and Rose were by the stove and Jasper was on the floor helping Liam with his lego.
"Where's Emmett?" I asked as I kissed mom and then Rose.
"He's upstairs, stomachache." Rosalie explained.
"Why?" I asked concerned but Rose rolled her eyes.
"It's nothing, he just ate to many sweats yesterday at the twin's party. I swear, Liam is more mature than him sometimes."
I chuckled as I put the Tupperware in the fridge and turned back to my family. Marie tugged at my pants and motioned me to carry her. I placed her on my hip and she whispered in my ear.
"Daddy, can I have one of nana's cookies?" She asked with a glint in her eyes.
I looked around and spotted the jar on top of the fridge, without anyone seeing I reached with my free hand and grabbed a couple of cookies for my princess.
"Mom?" A tiny voice whispered and everyone looked down to see Liam holding up his lego toy with a tiny but proud smile. "Look, uncle Jasper helped me."
"That's wonderful baby." Rosalie smiled widely and kneeled before him "why don't you go show it to daddy?"
"But… what if he gets mad?" He asked in a soft voice.
"Why would he be mad?" Rose asked in confusion and Liam hesitated.
"Uhm… he's sick… I don't want to bother him. What if he gets mad."
Rosalie smiled sadly at him before wrapping her arms around him and whispering in her ear.
"I'm a hundred percent sure he won't be mad, in fact, I'm sure he'll be happy about it." Rosalie assured him, he still seemed to hesitate but nodded and left the kitchen looking after Emmett.
Mom's eyes were glazed as she continued to stir something on the stove.
"I thought he was getting better?" I asked Rose in concern.
"He is," She dried her tears as well "but he still get's insecure at times… the psychologist says it'll still be a while before he truly feels at ease with men."
"Sorry."
"It's ok, he trusts me but he is still wary of Emmett at times… we are working on that."
"I'm sure he'll be fine soon, you are great mom Rosalie." Mom hugged her.
"Thanks… I'll go check on them." Rose said leaving the kitchen, I heard her bump into Bella on the hallway before she appeared on the kitchen.
"What's wrong?" She asked with concern in her eyes.
I shook my head and kissed her forehead.
"Liam… they are alright, don't worry about it."
"Oh, Ok." Bella said sadly in understanding, she had seen Liam's tantrums the first months after they adopted him, when he would try to push Rose and Emmett's buttons to see if they would strike.
"Mommy, can we have dessert now?" Marie asked suddenly, breaking the tension.
"Have you eaten yet?"
"Uhm, no?"
"Then no." Bella said and Marie huffed. "Besides, I see daddy already gave you a snack." She glared playfully at me, no doubt seeing all the chocolate and crumbs around Marie's mouth.
"What about me mommy?" Andrew asked.
"You are grounded mister, remember?" she cocked a brow and Andrew huffed too, crossing his arms over his chest.
"What did he do now?" Jasper chuckled as Bella opened the fridge, no doubt looking for something to munch on while brunch was ready.
"You don't wanna know." I told him.
"Actually," Bella said opening a jar of Nutella after closing the fridge behind her "You want to know, where's Alice? I need Adam."
"Why?"
"I need to redecorate Edward's and I studio?"
"Someone said something about redecorating?" Alice asked excitedly as she entered the kitchen with Camille in her arms.
"Oh! How's my little niece!" Bella said cheerfully, taking Camille from Alice's arms. "Who's my favorite niece, huh?" She started making kissing noises while Alice waited impatiently, and by the smirk on Bella's face I knew she was doing it on purpose.
"Bella!" Alice screamed running out of patience as we all laughed.
"I need a new carpet and paper wall for your brother's and I studio."
Alice huffed.
"Andrew?"
"Yup," I said "he tried to make pretty pictures for mommy with her oil paints."
"Awww, that's so sweet!" Mom gushed, of course she never saw anything wrong with what Andrew did but Alice looked horrified.
"God, you know how hard it was to find that paper wall? It was so beautiful." Alice said in dismay.
"I know, that's why I need your assistant. I know you are still taking it slow after giving birth to Camille, so…" Bella shrugged.
Alice shook her head.
"Nonsense, I'll send someone tomorrow to take measurements and stuff."
"Thank you." Bella said, taking a spoonful of Nutella into her mouth.
Brunch was ready, and we all sat outside to enjoy the good weather and watch out after the kids who spent the afternoon on the swing set in their grandparent's backyard. Around three Emmett finally came downstairs, he looked pale but was still his cheerful self. He sat down with a huge sigh next to his wife.
"I'm starving, is there anything to eat around here?"
Rosalie looked at him as if he was crazy.
"You've been constantly throwing up since you woke up this morning, I think you should stick with the juice."
"But I'm hungry." He whined.
"Rosalie is right, there's fruit, if you can keep that down then I'll make you a sandwich." Mom said patting him on the back.
"Mkay." He grumble chewing some grapes from a fruit bowl.
"So Bella," Dad said from the head of the table "when will you two find out the sex of the babies?"
"We have an appointment on Wednesday, Lee said we could try to find out the sexes but Edward wants it to be a surprise."
Jasper laughed.
"He won't make it, I give him a week."
"I give him a month." Emmett said.
"I say two weeks." That was Alice.
"I bet he'll sneak into Lee's office as soon as I leave." Bella said sure of herself.
"What?!" I was shocked "Pretty girl, you hurt my feelings. So little trust." I shook my head in mock disappointment and she laughed blowing me a kiss but I was having none of that. So I leaned in and stole a kiss just as she was about to get another spoonful of Nutella, therefore I ended up with chocolate all over my right cheek.
"Sorry!" She laughed cleaning my face with a napkin.
"It's Ok." I laughed stealing another kiss.
"Eww, get a room. There are children present." Alice complained.
"If Bella get's pregnant again, do you think you'll end up with another pair of twins?" Emmett asked around a mouthful of cake. The idiot would only get himself sick again.
"I don't think so," I answered "it's rare to end up with two set of twins, it was pure luck the second time."
"How many are you planning on having?" Mom asked, her face full of glee at the prospect of having more grandkids.
Bella and I stared at each other and shrugged.
"I don't know, we haven't discussed it but one thing is clear. After I pop these little ones out I'm taking a break."
I chuckled.
"I could go for another one, you know?" I said.
"You say that now, but gosh… I remember when all of you were little, it's your fault I had early grays." Dad remembered fondly "Between you, Andrew and Emmett there was never a quiet peaceful Sunday… then came Alice and god, I don't think I slept at all that first year."
"Hey, remember the time mom was cooking Christmas dinner and we switched the sugar jar for salt?" Emmett asked laughing.
"That was Andrew." I chuckled remembering the catastrophe.
"Oh right!" Emmett laughed loudly "It was his idea, but the fucker blamed it on me!"
"See what I'm talking?" Dad said as if proving his point.
"Oh, hush it Carlisle if they want more kids let them!" Mom scolded.
Bella giggled.
"Don't worry Esme, if we fail I'm sure Alice and Emmett will still give you more grandkids."
"That's true, Alice honey, Camille is four months already… don't you think it's time you start working on a little Jasper?"
"Mom!" Alice blushed horrified "that's soo inappropriate!"
You'd think mom would relent, but she was a woman on a mission. It was kind of scary.
"What about you?" She looked at Emmett and Rose expectantly.
"Uhmm…" Emmett hesitated "We've thought about it but… with Liam's issues we think we should wait until he get's used to the idea of his new family before we throw a little sister in his life."
"That's smart." Dad said "There's just so many changes a six year old can take."
Mom didn't look pleased but she loved Liam and she wouldn't want to pressure him either.
"Andrew!" Bella suddenly yelled and we all turned towards the swings "Not so high love! Be careful!"
I made sure Andrew obeyed Bella before I turned back to the conversation. Mom was now harassing Alice into getting pregnant already while the rest of the table laughed at Alice's mortification.
"Are you having sex at all?"
"MOM! Stop it! We are not ready for another baby yet!" Alice huffed while a blushed Jasper kept drinking from his coffee.
"Just answer my question."
"No!"
"No, you are not having sex, or no, you are not answering my question?"
"We had sex this morning! Satisfied?!"
Suddenly Jasper started coughing and wheezing, not being able to meet my dad's eyes.
"Uhh, I'm… I'm going to, yeah." Jasper stood up and run inside through the back door.
"See? Now you've met him uncomfortable." Alice glared.
"I'm just looking after you baby. You are twenty six, time's running out."
"God!" Alice threw her hands in the air before standing up and following Jasper inside the house.
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Mom went after her "At least tell me if you are using protection!"
The rest of the table was in hysterics, when suddenly we heard a scream.
"ANDREW!" Bella cried at the top of her lungs and I looked up to see Andrew flying over the lawn from the swing and landing on the ground with a loud thud.
Oh no! See Andrew? That's why you listen to mommy! And YES! It was Rene! Congrats to all of you who guessed!
I know the chapter was short but that's how this story will be.
Next chapter will be up next week! Now, I'll go and finish SLA's next chapter... damn, that one will get intense soon!
Saludos!
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