Disclaimer: Sorry I've been gone so long! I've been busy with the conquest of the universe and trying to get the rights to twilight…
Chapter 3
I walked back into the living room with a newly dressed little spider-man in my hands to find Emmett running around the room in a green cape, Rosalie shaking her head in embarrassment, and Edward trying not to laugh. Logan started jumping in my arms and surprised me when words came out of his mouth.
"Daddy wook! I'm Spiderman! Mommy gotted me all dressed!" Logan yelled excited.
"And I'm Cinderella!" Heather giggled running down the stairs with the rest of the mini princesses and super heroes running behind them. The two of them ran off to play with the other kids, but before they both turned back to say:
"Thank you Mommy!" Although Heather paused and ended up saying, "Thanks you Mom- Miss Bella."
"Sweetie you can call me Mommy if you want to." I said gently, Heather nodded before running off with the other kids again.
"Heh, who would have thought a spider-man costume, could get a 2 year old to speak?"
"He's quite a talker actually… he's reached the terrible two's…" Edward chuckled slightly.
"Hey, we're going to go set up the stuff for the party-"Rose stared.
"Remind me why we're having a party again?"
"To welcome my brother and his family to the neighborhood… and so the kids can play 'tea party'." Rose explained.
"Right. Ok whatever, go set up in the main exhibit." I waved her away, and rose stuck her tougn out at me, stealing a fuzzy pink Tiara and exiting through the basement. Emmett followed with his green cape.
"I'll send Alice and Jasper to get their costumes!" Emmett declared, zooming down after Rose 'flying' like a super hero. When everyone had left Edward turned to me.
"You're letting them throw a party with toddlers in a wolf exhibit!?"
"What?" I complained, "It's not like it's dangerous, the wolves will all be in their pens, the exhibit is just for shows during the day. And plus the only wolves that would be there is Jacob and Maybe Seth, and they are completely trained!" Jacob put his head up when I said his name and I turned to the russet furred wolf. "Jake, go back to you pen and get ready for the party." Jacob immediately jumped up and trotted down the stairs. Edward stared in shock.
"God, what's wrong with you Cullen? What happened to fearless 'I'll protect you from mountain Lions' Cullen?" I teased. He smiled a bit before looking pained.
"He disappeared with his honor…"
"I miss that Cullen…" I said in a low whisper. Alice suddenly burst in.
"ROSE SAID WE GET TIARAS!!"
"Yes Alice, you get tiaras, now out this on, "I handed her the tiara, "and here's a cape for Jasper." Jasper put on the yellow cape with Alice's help, and then she turned to me again.
"Oh Bella! Can I do your make up and dress you up like a real princess?"
"Right Alice, because we all know how much I enjoy that… We don't even have princess clothes for my size."
"Weeeeeell…. Actually…"
"Alice, what did you do?"
"Well… Edward might have let it slip that you were buying dress up clothes for the kids…"
"Edward told you!?!" I turned to glare at Edward, "This is so NOT helping you case Cullen!" I yelled as Alice dragged me away across the street. I scowled as she led me to what had to be her room. There was clothing and make up… everywhere….
"Traitor!" I yelled at Rose, who was already in the huge room with magenta walls. She was wearing a very princess-y green dress.
"I'll just leave you to it, Alice." Rose said walking out of the room.
"Eeee! I'm so excited! I haven't played Bella Barbie in soo long!"
In a few minutes, I was surprised (like I always was) to see myself looking like a real princess. My hair was curled lightly, and a fuzzy tiara was resting on my crown. The dress was blue, deep Safire, and my make up was light and natural. Alice disappeared for a few minute before coming out dressed in a yellow dress that was elegant and fun looking. She smiled at my reflection in the mirror, but then walked up behind me with a sad look in her eye
"Do you hate me Bella?"
"What? Why would I hate you? I mean sure, I don't really enjoy being a Barbie doll, but the outcome is always fabulous-"
"No, I mean… You don't hate me… for what happened?" she whimpered. Realization dawn upon me and I grabbed Alice for a tight hug.
"Oh, Alice! I don't hate you for that! It wasn't even your fault! You're still my best friend." Her eyes teared up and she squeezed me tighter.
"I've missed you so much! I'm so sorry for every sadness my family has caused you!"
"Really Alice, it's okay! You going to ruin you make up if you keep crying…"
"Oh No!"
"Here, let me help you… I've had to learn to apply eyeliner without you here to do it for me…"
"You have no clue how proud of you that makes me feel right now!"
The sun had set by the time the three of us (Me, Alice and Rose) set out into the wolf exhibit which was decorated with lights strung everywhere. Jacob, Seth, Quil and Embrey sat by the small bonfire that someone had stared in the center.
"Well Rose, you've certainly done a lot o f planning for this welcoming party that I just barley agreed to"
"Well I knew you would say yes!"
"Only because you guilt me into it."
"Miss Be- um... I mean… Mommy you look very pretty." Heather said timidly.
"Thank you heather, you look very pretty too.
"Edward had yet to speak, so I looked up at his frozen face.
"Cullen, you can stop staring!" I snapped my fingers in front of his face and his eyes blinked back into the real world before he blurted out: 'Bella… You look… beautiful. Absolutely stunning." I blush deeply before looking down.
"That wouldn't be the first time I've heard you say that…" Seth came up to me and nudged ne gently before jumping up and knocking me over into Edwards's arms.
"Seth! What was that for?" I heard Embrey and Quil laugh in their doggie voices. Seth just smiled, his tougn hanging =g out. Then I looked at Edward (who was still holding me… His eyes were still as green as I remembered them…
"I AM AWESOME MAN! HEAR ME ROAR!" Emmett yelled suddenly, jumping out of a bush and running between us.
"No offence Em, but that is a lame super hero name." I said, glad to be away from the hypnotizing green eyes…
"No Offence sis, but I am not this 'Em' that you speak of… I am AWESOME MAN!! He said grabbing me and swooping me off the floor to carry my bridal style and ''flying; across the exhibit.
"Emmett! Put me down! Rose Help! Control your Husband!"
"I won't put you down until you say it!" Emmett said.
"Never!"
Say it!"
Put me down Awesome man before I bite you!"
"Fiiiine." He whined, putting me down." What are you, some kind of Vampire?"
"Ha! I wish… But alas no, I am only a princess."
As the night went on, the little kids al fell asleep, cuddling with the wolves, while us adults continued to dance.
"May have this dance, CinderBella?" Edward asked, using the nickname that Lizzie had given me earlier.
"I suppose I could humor you with one dance." I answered, letting him lead me to the middle of the dance floor (or in our case, the middle of the exhibit…) a kind of romantic song was playing, and I saw that Alice and Rose had coupled off with their guys.
Edward leaned in as the song ended, as if to kiss me, but then thought better of it and pulled away, with want in his eyes.
"It's late," I whispered, "You should spider man and Cinderella to some real beds, instead of my wolves."
"Yeah… Good night Bella."
"Goodnight Edward." I said and his grasp finally released me. I watched him pick of his kids and follow Alice and Jasper home. Rose and Emmett stayed behind to help clean, and then both of them hugged me goodnight. I put all the wolves away, except for Jacob, who helped carry the sleeping kids back to my house. When we got inside, I gently put all the kids into their respective sleeping bags, and Jacob plopped down on his pillow, and I tip toed up stairs and fell into a deep sleep.
-Tuesday-
I slept in today. I knew Emmett would take care of the wolves, and Rose would open mike's shop and take care of the guests. They helped me every morning. I stayed in my bed until I heard Lizzie's small voice call for me.
"Aunt Bella! Wake up and make me breakfast…please!"
"Coming! I'm coming…" I groaned sleepily, getting up and slowly trudging down the stairs. Lizzie was already there, sitting at the breakfast table with two bowls and a box of cereal.
"Elizabeth, if you just wanted cereal for breakfast, then why did you wake me up? You know how to pour in the bowl."
"Aww, but it's so much more special when you do it! Besides you need to wake up anyway!" I laughed at her sucking up and then noticed how quiet the house was.
"Lizzie, where is everyone else?" I asked as I poured her, and myself a bowl of Kix.
"Aunt Rosie picked them up and took them to Uncle Mike's store."
"Why didn't you go with them?"
"Um… I wanted to ask you something private."
"Ok, what is it?"
"Are you really gonna be Heathers new Mommy?"
"Well, I guess."
"Do you love Heather's Daddy?"
"No, absolutely not!" I laughed.
"Why not? Uncle Emmy said you used to love him. Why don't you love him anymore?"
"We got into a big fight, and he went far, far away with Heather's real Mommy."
"Ooh… Heather told me she really wants you to be her real mommy. She says your really nice, and don't hit her like her old mommy dose."
"Her mother hit her?"
"Yeah, she showed me the bruise mark on her tummy and the scratches on her arm."
"Oh my god. Dose Edward know?" Lizzie shrugged.
"I don't know, but Heather told me not to tell him."
"Hmmm, I'll have to talk to Edward about this. Thank you for telling me Lizzie, let's go to the wolf pens and I'll let you play with the puppies today."
"Yay! Puppies!"
We walked together down through the basement and out in the enclosure. Emmett and Rose we're waiting for me right outside of the store with 3 new employees, or Jasper, Edward, and Alice in the khaki uniforms of my workers, I realized as I got closer.
"Hey Look! The boss is awake!" Emmett exclaimed as I walked over to their group.
"Emmett… Rose, why the heck is everyone in a uniform?"
"They need part time jobs until they can get some other work… so I thought maybe we could train them? Please? They're family…" Rose said, trying to guilt me into letting them stay.
"Ug, fine, they're hired for now. But they better not mess up." I gave in; just as I'm sure Rosalie knew I would. Alice, Jasper and Edward all looked confused.
"Wait. You're the boss?! Like the real actually boss?" Alice asked.
"Yes, I thought I told you that 2 days ago."
"We thought you we're being sarcastic." Jasper shrugged apologetically.
"Well, I was being serious."
"Well in that case…"Alice started, "Look what Rose made me wear!! It's so ugly! Please tell me this isn't the real uniform! You're the Boss you can change it!"
"Alice, this job is about practicality, not style." Alice gasped in horror. "God Alice, it's not the end of the world, you can customize it! …To an extent…"
"Really?" She squealed, "How?"
"Well, for starters, you can all un-tuck the shirts. Even I know how weird that looks. And you don't have to have those kaki shirt's buttoned, you can leave them open and just have a shirt underneath-"
"What about jewelry? Accessories? Shoes?" Alice interrupted me.
"Shoes, must be practical, think 'dirt', you'll be in it all day. Accessories? I don't care as long as you don't care that it might get dirty, or ripped, jewelry… um... nothing dangly, or sharp, or shiny… animals like shiny… you do not want a wolf eating your shiny hoop earrings."
"What about-"Alice started, but I interrupted her.
"I don't know Alice, I'm still tired and there's too much to explain… Rose, why don't we have an employee handbook or something? Alice just wear something you think is practical and I correct you as we go… Now! What are we talking about again?"
"You were hiring us." Jasper said.
"Oh right. Welcome to the job, don't screw up… and all that blah…"
"Um, Bella, Aren't you forgetting something?" Rose asked.
"Huh-? Oh yeah… Come on Newbies, let's introduce you to the wolves."
"We get to meet the wolves already?" Jasper asked kind of excited.
"Well, Jazz, this is a wolf shelter… not much else to do but take care of the wolves." I lead my new group of employee's to the back of the enclosure, where the wolves were, "So first I'll see if Sam likes you. You need the Alpha's approval if you want to get near the other wolves. And then we'll see which wolves like who. Now, there are 20 wolves here at 'La Push Reserve'. 4 of them are elders, and don't take kindly to strangers. I would advise you to stay away from them if you want to live. However, if Edward would like to go see these wolves, then I would have no problem with it." I smirked, "We also have 6 puppies currently, all either abandoned, or rescued." I thought for a while, "Hmm, Alice, that might be a good job for you, you just have to play with them all day, a lot less messy than full grown wolves, and the interns tale care of the poop."
"Yay! I get to work with puppies!" Alice squealed again.
"Yes, there are a few other employee's there, and a couple interns as well, not to mention that is where the kids spend most of their days, so Lizzie, Robert, Katie, and Julie will be able to show you stuff. Ok and then there is Sam's Pack, which include Sam, Jared, Paul, Quil, Embrey, Leah, Seth, and Jacob. They are the main attractions here. The other two wolves were recently rescued and are very injured; you won't see them for a while, if at all…" The three people listened with complete silence.
"Anyway, Jasper and Edward, you guys will be working with Sam's pack most likely. The work with trainers a lot, so you two will be they're caretakers. That means you feed, water, bathe, walk, and clean up after them." I explained as we finally reached the biggest pen. I stopped and directed them to sit on the bench. I walked into the dark enclosure and walked out with a large black wolf.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce to you our Alpha wolf, Sam." Sam strutted over to Alice and started sniffing her, before moving on to the other two. When he was done he walked back up to me, whined, and then sat down in front of me and sneezed. Edward, Jasper, and Alice waited in silence.
"I know Sam, I know, they are defiantly city folk, but Rose talked me into giving them a chance." Sam shook his head before barking once and started rolling on the ground. My new neighbors stared at me.
"Were you talking to the dog?" Edward asked.
"Yes I was. That's what happens when you dedicate you whole life to raising 20 wolves so that you can forget you have no boyfriend." I scowled."
"So wait, did Sam approve us?" Jasper asked ignoring Edward's head fall in shame.
"Huh? Oh yeah, Sam says your harmless, so you can stay." I said nonchalant, I whistled loudly, and 7 other wolves came running out. "This is the rest of the pack guys, have fun and get yourself acquainted. All 8 wolves started playing with Jasper, and a more hesitant Edward. A girl walked out of a different pen, and came up to me.
"Who are they?" New neighbors. Anyway, Alice, this is Carol, "I said gesturing to the girl. "Carol, Alice. Carol, can you take Alice to the Puppy pen and get her situated? I have to take care of the other two.
"Oh, sure!" Carol said, "Hey isn't the blonde guy Rosalie's brother?"
"Yeah, him, and Alice, his wife, plus her brother Edward moved in a few days ago."
"Cool, hey when the Newton's and Ben and Angela getting back are?"
"They should all be getting back sometime tomorrow."
"Can't wait to see the new baby! Well come on Alice, I'll show you the puppies…" The two of them left and I turned to Edward and Jasper.
"Ok boys! Time to feed the wolves. Jasper, you can go get the water over there, And Eddie, you can get the meat in the cooler."
"Meat?"
"They aren't vegetarians idiot, not go pick out a nice juicy deer carcass…"
I would just like to thank my first and only Reviewer,VampireGirl141995. Thanks for reviewing, and for the ideas! ^-^
I already have to next chapter and a half…. I just have to type it -.- bleh…
I Kind of have and idea of where I want this story to go… but I have no clue if I'll ever get there XD
I was also thinking of writing another story to go with this, kind of like a 'before' story, when you find out how Bella and Edward first met (in this story) and etc…
