Chapter Three Rewrite
Bella's POV
I knew when we took the detour that we would be later than what I had originally thought, but I knew that would be okay. I was not ready to face my parents again, especially with two sleeping newborns in our back seat.
"Well, we are just about there, be ready okay?"
"Okay." I whispered.
Was I ready? No, not one bit.
When we straight bypassed the street where my parents live, I wondered where I was going. Hadn't he said we were going to my parents?
"Where are you taking me?" I asked.
"To my place," he said.
My heart started to race, we were going back to where our family started.
"Do you still have your keys Bella?"
"My keys to what?"
"Your car silly," he laughed.
Did I know where the keys were left? Hell, no.
"I think the apartment?"
He laughed as he pulled up into a very familiar parking spot.
"This is our spot?"
"Well of course," He said kissing my hand.
No matter what this man did, he always made my heart race.
We each grabbed a baby carrier in the back seat, and Edward immediately locked hands with myself. "What are you doing? What if someone sees us?"
He shook his head.
"I don't care anymore, let them see us." He exclaimed letting out a deep breath.
We slowly walked to the front door, Edward took his hand from mine and opened the door for the both of us.
"Thank you, dear man," I said giggling.
He playfully smacked my shoulder, but I had to be the over dramatic person and pretended to be in pain.
"Ow. That hurt baby," I said rubbing my shoulder with my free hand. "I'm sorry—"
"Gotcha," I laughed.
"Silly woman," he said.
When we finally were in the door, I looked over hoping to see the old receptionist who was very happy to see me whenever I would come by, but in her place was a girl around my age who was smacking her gum and playing on her cell phone, probably texting her friends.
I rolled my eyes at her as Edward went up to the front desk to obtain his keys for the apartment. She didn't notice him and he had to slam his fist on the desk for her to see him.
"What..."
"Excuse me, are you not supposed to be helping out the residents of this building or smacking your gum and texting your friends?" He snapped setting down the baby carrier.
"I don't even want to do this. My mom lives in this building she is forcing me...and your baby is hideous," she said going back to her friend.
My baby is hideous? Now she has crossed a line.
"Do you a manager I can speak to?" Edward just about yelled.
It wasn't long before the manager came out after the horrible front desk lady called her.
The sight in front of me made my night even better.
"Bella! Edward!" She exclaimed running to hug us.
"Jennifer!" I exclaimed putting down the carrier to give my favorite front desk lady a hug.
"Oh, I have missed you two so much, and who are these two cuties?" she asked bending down to the twins level.
"This is Charlotte Grace, and this is Aurora Lee, but we will call her little Lee because she looks just like my little sister when she was a baby," I said.
"Oh they are just so precious. Now what seems to be the problem up here?"
"Your receptionist needs to be fired. No matter what we did, she would not give us any attention, and that she didn't want to work this job because her mom was forcing her, my final straw was her calling the babies 'hideous'," I exclaimed.
She shook her head and sighed.
"You guys are not the first to complain about Megan, I really hate to let her go, she's been helping her mom pay the rent with this job...but I have to do what is best for my tenants. She will be gone by morning," Jennifer said.
"Thank you, Jenn. Maybe you should get back behind that desk," Edward said pulling her into a hug. She laughed as the hug ended.
"Oh no. I did my days behind that desk, I'll find someone else," she said.
That made me think of the right thing for me.
"Jenn, I don't know how long we will be back, but if you need, I can fill in until you find someone?" I asked.
"Oh Bella, I can't ask you to do that with two newborns," she said.
I shook my head.
"Jenn, you didn't ask, I offered," I said.
"I can only accept your offer if you promise me to not over do yourself, you have to worry about those babies now," she said.
"Of course Jenn, whatever you need," I said.
She jumbled behind the desk and soon found the apartment keys we had left in her possession when we left seven months ago.
"Everything is how you left it. Enjoy being home and get some rest, let me know if you ever need a babysitter, I miss having babies," she said.
"We will, thank you again," I said giving her one last hug.
