Hey everyone! Sorry it took me a bit, I have a huge project due pretty soon so I dedicated yesterday to knocking a whole chunk of it out. Thank you for all of your reviews! Here is chapter four! Enjoy! Oh and anything that you would like to see happen let me know!

Chapter Four

I've Just Seen a Face

"Pancakes, Mommy!" Gracie yelled as she pounced on her mother.

Bella groaned and then looked over at the clock. It was nine in the morning. She hadn't slept this late in so long.

"Get up, Mommy!" Gracie yelled. "Pancakes!" She emphasized the word cakes in her exclamation.

Bella rolled over and saw her baby girl. Gracie had way too much energy. Bella was still half-asleep.

"Pancakes, huh. You go ahead. I'm guessing Emmett let you out?"

Gracie nodded her head excitedly.

"I'll be right there."

Gracie climbed off the bed and then ran down the hallway yelling "pancakes!". Bella stretched and then smiled. Today was going to be a good day. Nothing was going to hold her down. The first thing she did was go to the window and when she drew back the curtain sunshine poured into the room.

"So much for rainy Seattle." Bella laughed to herself.

She really needed a cup of coffee but she figured it would be best to get dressed first and then head out for breakfast. Emmett and Rosalie would get her situated. It was nice to know that someone else was there to help her with Grace. She had been raising Grace all by herself ever since she was born, but now she had not one, but two pairs of extra hands to help her. She could actually have a moment to herself.

He thought process was interrupted by the sound of a text message going off. She padded over to the side table and picked up her phone. It was from Alec.

Flight canceled because of storms. Will be there tomorrow instead of this afternoon.

Bella quickly texted back.

That's all right. It's Saturday. Spend the day with your wife and kids. It works out better this way because I am going to a BBQ at the Cullen's.

A few moments later she received a text from Alec.

That works out quite well. I think I will take the boys to the park. Cya tomorrow.

With that out of the way Bella went to take care of her mundane morning routine an change into her day clothes. She changed into a pair of hard cotton shorts that were army green and a sleeveless white shirt that floated as she walked, which she paired with ballet flats. She spent a while brushing out her hair and once she was satisfied she smiled and then headed out to the kitchen.

Gracie smiled a huge smile when she saw her mommy. She was sitting on her heels on a tall stool.

"Gracie, sit on your bottom please. I don't want you to fall down and get a boo-boo."

Reluctantly, Gracie sat down and then went back to watching Emmett flip pancakes.

"Morning, Bells." Emmett greeted with a smile.

"Morning, Emmett. Breakfast smells good. I know that Gracie is excited."

Rosalie then appeared from the living room with a relaxed smile on her face. She was wearing a short sundress that was no doubt designer.

"Morning, Rosalie." Bella said with a smile.

"Morning, all." Rosalie chimed as she walked up to Bella and took her hand.

Rose led Belle to the counter and they both pulled up a chair and joined Gracie in watching Emmett cook.

"Well would you look at that. Emmett and Gracie are the only two still left in their PJs." Rosalie laughed.

"Figures. Gracie loves her jammies and Emmett, well he's just a big boy." Bella teased.

They were all starving by the time the pancakes were done. They all sat together at the island counter and ate. Grace even managed not to get messy with the syrup.

"So Bells, how much of the paperwork do you have done?" Emmett asked when he went for thirds.

"Emmett, save room for the BBQ." Rosalie reprimanded.

Emmett stuck out his tongue and then stuffed a pancake into his mouth, which Gracie happened to think was hilarious and so she imitated him.

"Gracie, we don't play with our food." Bella reminded her.

Gracie swallowed what she could and then put the rest back on her plate. She relaxed back in her chair and smiled mischievously at her mother.

"Anyway, Emmett, I got a lot of the stuff done. Well the things that I could fill out on my own. I was smart enough to bring the tax files with us. I honestly don't know how it all fit in the car. Alec is going to have to help me fill out the rest."

"Well you're just ready to get this over with aren't you?" Emmett teased.

Rosalie elbowed him and he wailed.

"Emmett, be nice."

" I didn't mean anything by it. I was just saying." Emmett explained.

"It's all right, Emmett, I knew what you meant. I am ready to divorce him and have been for a while."

Then Gracie spoke up and smiled at Bella.

"Mommy, can I go put on a pwetty dress for the Barbie-Q?"

Emmett almost fell over laughing when she Barbeque. Of course a three year old would think it was like a Barbie.

"Sure, baby, but you're going to be outside. So let's find something you can play in. But we have to put the dishes away first."

"Don't worry, Bells. We've got them." Rosalie reassured.

"I don't want to seem like a free loader." She objected.

"You're not a free loader, we love having you, Bella. The house is big and there are only two of us. It's nice to have some lively guests."

"All right then, I'll go help Gracie get dressed."

Today was strangely sunny for Seattle. At least Edward thought so as he sipped a glass of lemonade as he sat on the bench seat of the picnic table. A small smile crossed his face as he watched his family prepare for the cookout. His sister, Alice, was helping her fiancé, Jasper Whitlock, bring out the cooler. Alice was small but you couldn't say the same for her personality. Pixie, is what they called her. Her short black hair was cropped like a fashionable pixie, and her close never lacked a label. Her brown eyes were full of joy and life. His soon to be brother in law on the other hand was a tall and Texan man. His blonde hair was wild with gel and his sparkling blue eyes laughed. The only blood Cullen that was missing was Emmett, Edward's older brother. Edward was 28. Emmett was 30. And Alice was 27, who he didn't know it yet, was the same age as Bella. Rosalie would be coming with Emmett. Rosalie was 29 and Jasper was 28. Rosalie was Bella's best friend in high school even though Rosalie was a senior, but Rose didn't go to college right away. She went the same year as Bella because she took a year off to stay home and take care of her mother, who too had passed away. Rosalie never knew her father and so when her mother died and Bella went off to college she had no reason to stay in forks anymore. Edward knew that Rosalie and Bella had both attended Boston College, Bella on Scholarship and Rosalie with inheritance that her runaway father left her specifically for college. That was where Rosalie met Emmett and Bella met James.

"They're here!" Esme exclaimed and then hurried to get the door.

Edward just smiled at his mother's excitement, preparing himself for the storm to come. Bella, he expected, would be in tears, or near hysterics, or at least stressed and hurting. He didn't expect any less from a woman who had just left her husband so recently. Especially with the ass hole that he had heard he was. Of course, Edward hadn't made the connections as to whom her soon to be ex-husband was. Esme had only told him that the man's name was James. He wasn't prepared to discover that the man was the rival of his father's company.

His entire thought process stopped after Rosalie and Emmett cleared the way. There standing in the threshold of the door French doors, was the most beautiful woman that he had ever seen. Her face was heart shaped and her skin was pale as the snow. She was small, but not as small as Alice. She was curvy in absolutely all the right places. She had the body of a goddess. Her brown doe eyes nearly melted Edward's heart. His heart rate had definitely gone up. She had the cutest nose that he had ever seen. He couldn't believe that he thought someone's nose was cute. Her lips were full, her bottom a bit more than her top. She bit her bottom lip out of nervousness and when she realized she had done it she let go and smiled. Her hair fell down to the middle of her back in breathtaking waves of mahogany. He swore that she was an angle.

He then looked down at the woman's hand and saw that her dainty fingers were being clutched by those of a small child. The girl looked about three, though Edward wasn't good with telling how old children were. She looked so much like her mother. She had the same pale skin with the same large doe eyes and thick lashes, except her eyes were sparkling blue unlike her mothers deep brown ones. Her heart shaped face was so cute. The little girl was cute as could be. Her hair hung down to just below her shoulders. The child was dressed in a pink shirt that had "It's all about me" written on it. She had on a pink ruffled skirt and a pink bow with Mary Jane's and socks.

His family rushed to greet her, all of them seeming to remember them. Carlisle picked up the small child and gave her a hug. Edward put down his glass and then got up to go see the woman.

"Oh, Edward, you're the only one who hasn't met, Bella." Esme exclaimed when she saw her son.

"Edward, meet Bella Mart- Oh, um, I guess we won't be calling you that anymore." Esme laughed.

Bella extended her hand to him with a breathtaking smile and blush in her cheeks.

"It's nice to meet you, Edward, I'm Bella Swan, formerly known as Bella Martin."

He grasped her hand and shook it.

"It's nice to meet you Bella. My family has been talking about you non-stop since they heard about you coming to Seattle."

When they dropped their hands Bella blushed again.

"Your family is very sweet. They've certainly been here for me when the times have been rough." Bella laughed.

Edward was intoxicated by her laugh for it was a tinkling laughter that he heard. Just as he was about to say something the child came running at Bella with a box in her hands. The child jumped into Bella's arms causing Bella to laugh.

"Look, Mommy! Grandma and Grandpa got me a presie!"

Edward was confused. He had no idea why the child was calling his parents her grandparents. He had seen them put the box on the table earlier so he knew it was for her.

"Oh, my! An Eloise tea set from the Plaza Hotel, you have been wanting one of those for a while. Did you say thank you?"

The child nodded happily.

"Grace, I'd like you to meet Edward. He's one of Carlisle and Esme's children."

Gracie studied Edward for a while. After she seemed to be satisfied she smiled at him. She liked to imitate her mother and so she stuck out her hand as she had seen her mother do.

"I'm Gracie. Are you sure that you're a kid? You seem like a very big to be a kid like me."

Edward had to contain his laughter. He swore that she must have heard that on TV or something. He played along and shook her hand.

"Well it's very nice to meet you, Gracie. You're a very pretty girl just like your mother. And I use to be a kid, but I'm all grown up now."

Bella blushed at the complement, but then thought of it only as a nice thing to say like you do to a stranger.

Gracie gasped and looked at Edward with wide eyes.

"You use to be small like me?" She asked quite amazed by the fact that someone as tall as Edward use to be small like her.

"Yep. How old are you, Gracie?"

Gracie had to think for a moment. She was using her thinking face, which Edward thought was adorable. Then she held out her fingers that didn't quite match up with her words.

"I'm three years old! But Mommy says I'm a big girl."

Edward couldn't help but smile back at Gracie. Never so quickly had anyone won his heart. Gracie was the most precious thing in the world. They both just stared at each other for a while.

"I'd say that you're a very big girl." Edward agreed.

"Baby, why don't you go ask Emmett if he'll open the box for you and set it up?" Bella suggested as she put Gracie down because she was fidgeting.

"Okay!" Gracie giggled and then ran off towards Emmett.

When Bella walked through the threshold the first thing she was made her heart stop and then speed up. The most handsome man that she had ever seen was sitting on the picnic table bench. His eyes were the first things she saw. They were spring green and full of wonder. She could get lost in those eyes easily. His eye lashes were long and thick, and when he blinked it was like she missed those spring green eyes. His nose was sharp but the bridge was strong. His skin was paler than hers and she never thought that that was possible. His face over all was like a sculpture done by Michelangelo. His jaw line was so strong and sharp. She all of a sudden had a vision of kissing it. his lips, oh she could have melted at the sight of his slightly reddened lips. They looked like ones made for kissing. He lifted his hand and ran his long fingers through his strangely colored bronzed hair. His shoulders weren't too broad or narrow and his frame was tall and lanky. He was absolutely breathtaking, not to mention mouthwatering.

All of the Cullens, except for the man sitting down rushed towards her. Carlisle took Gracie off her hands, which left her to meet the stranger. They made awkward introductions, but when they touched, electricity surged between them. Bella was ecstatic that Edward and Gracie hit it off. He was just too adorable with her.

"She's got quite a personality." Edward commented as they walked to sit on the bench.

"Thanks. I'm glad that she is more out going than I am. I was so worried when she was born that she was going to be an exact replica of me. As Rosalie has always said, there's only enough room for one Bella Swan in the world at a time."

They both shared a laugh over that.

"So Bella, you said your last name was Martin. I was told that your husband's name is James. You wouldn't happen to be in the process of divorcing the James Martin of Martin & Co.?"

The moment he asked it Bella could tell he regretted. He was about to apologize but she stopped him.

"Don't worry. I understand. Your father owns their rival company. Yes, that's the James I'm leaving, good riddance. I remember I was afraid of all of this when Rosalie introduced me to Emmett. I was afraid your family wouldn't like me because of who I was married too. I mean you might be different than them. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion."

"No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it that way Bella. I was just curious."

She understood that he truly was just curious and smiled at him.

"Bella can we chat for a sec?" Carlisle interrupted.

His smile was so friendly that she couldn't say no. The only reason she didn't want to say no was because she didn't want her talk with Edward to be over quite yet. She got up off the bench and then followed Carlisle to the far end of the fenced in part of the yard.

"I'm sorry to hear about James." He started off.

"Oh, Carlisle. Really don't be sorry. It was time. Alec is coming up tomorrow to help me with the paperwork. He's getting me an advance so I don't have to wait for the six months. I'll be plain old Bella Marie Swan before you know it."

"Are you planning on staying in Seattle?"

"Yes. Rose and Emmett are here. You know that Renee and Charlie passed when I was in college. And I really didn't think I could handle going back to Forks even to stay with Billy in La Push. It would be too much."

"I understand. I want you to know that Esme and I, we're here if you need anything." He signaled to come over and she did.

Esme took Bella into her arms and Bella returned the hug. She needed a mother right now and Esme was just the right mother to be here at the current moment.

"Bella, Carlisle is right. We'll be here if you need anything at all. You know that ever since we met you back when you were in college, that we've considered you one of our children. We love you and Gracie so much. If you need us to take Gracie off your hands whenever we'd be happy to play Grandma and Grandpa. We're just so happy that you chose us to come to."

Carlisle put her hand on Bella's back to show his support of her and smiled.

"We know that you've done great work for the Martin's but we don't think that they gave you enough of a chance. What would you say to a job at Cullen Incorporated as a Marketing Executive? I know you might feel like you're betraying your husband's company but…"

"No, no, Carlisle, thank you! But I will take it only if you want me for my work. I don't want you to be offering me this because you feel sorry for me and know that I need a job. I can show you some of my work so that you can see that I am worthy of this opportunity."

"Bella, I wouldn't be offering this to you if I didn't think you could do it. Would you feel better if we did a mini interview and showed me your work?"

"Yes, I have my work on my laptop it's in my bag on the table."

"Let me have a look."

After they were finished looking at her work Carlisle looked at her and smiled.

"Well I sure feel bad for the Martins for losing you as an employee. Welcome to team Cullen, Miss Swan, we're very happy to have you."

Bella threw Carlisle off guard by throwing her arms around him.

"Thank you so much Carlisle! You have no idea how much this means to me." She pulled back and let go and then looked him in the eyes.

"Carlisle. You know that I'm trying for full custody of Gracie."

"As you should." He replied.

"It's hard to get full custody when you're unemployed. James was never a fan of you guys, only because you're rivals. And now I don't have to be friends in secret with your family because I'm getting divorced. I'm going to need you to be there when I go to court. They're going to question why I'm going to the Cullens, the rival of the Martins. I know it's a lot to ask. But I need help. I can't do this alone."

That's when she lost it. Rosalie rushed over and told her that everything was going to be ok. Esme came running as well.

"Mommy!" Gracie came running and pushed through everyone until she got to her mom's lap.

She climbed up onto her mom's lap and hugged her.

"I'm sorry, everyone." Bella murmured as she looked down at her baby girl.

Gracie lifted her small hand and put it on Bella's cheek.

"Why are you crying Mommy, you aren't fighting with Daddy, why are you crying Mommy, why?"

"I'm sorry, Baby. You're right, I don't need to cry." Bella wiped away her tears and smiled.

Gracie nuzzled her head against her mother's breast. Bella took a deep breath and then smiled as she pressed a kiss to her daughter's head.

"Thank you, Gracie." She murmured.

Edward looked over at her and asked more with his eyes than his mouth.

"Are you ok, now?" He asked, wanting to touch and comfort her in some way.

"Yeah, thanks."

She wanted to change the mood so she laughed.

"What's so funny?" He asked now quite confused.

"Nothing is." Bella chimed.

"Then why are you laughing?" He asked as Gracie climbed off her lap and onto the bench on the space in between her and Edward now that Carlisle, Esme, and Rosalie had left them alone.

"Laughter is the best medicine. Didn't you know that?" Bella chimed again.

Then she threw her head back and laughed. "My mother, Renee used to tell me that and it always worked. When you laugh you smile and if you smile the tears stop falling."

"Then your mom must have known Gandhi."

"It's possible."

During lunch Bella and Edward sat with Gracie in between them. She was very content to be sitting where she was. Bella was afraid that Gracie was going to stop her from getting close to another man, but she seemed to be quite satisfied between Edward and Bella.

"Do you like Shakespeare, Edward?" Bella asked as Gracie nibbled on her hotdog.

"Very much so. I'm quite a fan of Romeo and Juliet."

"Why don't I doubt that?" She chimed. "You know I use to read Shakespeare to Gracie when I was pregnant with her because I thought it would make her smarter."

"Did you have her listen to classical music?"

"I still do."

"Then I think it's worked because she's a pretty smart kid. You know she's pretty lucky to have you for a mother."

"Thanks." Bella replied as blush ran to her cheeks. "I always wanted to be a mom like Esme. The most important thing I think that she taught me has been that patience is key. Trust me, there have been times were Gracie has defiantly tested my patience, but I keep my temper because I love her."

"Edward." Gracie piped up. "Do you like Eloise?" Her smile was so big it looked like it hurt.

Bella had to contain her laughter.

"Sweetie, I'm not sure he's read Eloise."

"Your mother is right, I'm afraid I haven't. But it looks like I'll be reading it real soon."

"It's about a girl who lives in the Plaza Hotel in New York. Esme bought her the book for when she got older but I started reading it to her early and she has loved it. Lately all she wants is Eloise related stuff. I'm afraid that she'll ask me to buy her a hotel."

They both shared a laugh after that.

"I know you just got in town yesterday, but since you start work on Monday, have you thought about a place for daycare for Gracie? " Alice asked seeming as peppy as ever.

"Uh, not really. Any suggestions?" Bella asked as she reached down to stop Gracie from playing with her food.

"Edward, your friend, what's your friend's name who had that sweet little girl named Lucinda?"

"Oh, Justine. Lucy is actually Gracie's age. Let me give her a call, I know that Lucy loves her summer camp and day care program. Justine was telling me just last week how the kids had a pow-wow and ran around the tissue paper fire doing Indian calls."

Bella looked down and Gracie and smiled.

"Does that sound like fun, baby?" Bella asked hoping that she would say yes.

Gracie nodded her head several and smiled a big cheesy smile.

"I'll call her up right now and see if she can see if she can get you in."

After a few minutes on the phone Edward smiled at Bella.

"Drop her off at this address on Monday morning at 8."

"Why don't you text to it to me?" Bella said pointing to the number on the phone. "I'll forget other wise."

"Sure, what's your number?" Edward asked with a bit of blush in his cheeks.

Bella told him and then he texted it to her.

Once everyone was finished eating Gracie started getting cranky like she does when she needs a nap.

"Well, we better get going. It looks like Gracie needs a nap." Emmett chuckled.

He went to pick her up and just when he had scooped her up in his arms and Bella was saying a reluctant goodbye to Edward, her phone rang. The pair had been soul staring as if they had seen a face that they could never forget, but the sound of "Hate my life" by Theory of a Deadman broke their concentration. Bella's face went pale and Edward took her hand.

"Bella, what's wrong?"

She couldn't answer right away. It wasn't until her phone rang a second time with the same song that she could respond.

"It's James."