This is Keely again. Mellie, stubborn lady that she is, wanted to update and gave me her rough draft for this chapter and trusted me to type it up for her and get it updated for all of you. She had the majority of it all typed up and ready to go, I just had to add some things that she wanted and do the final run through proofread. So here it is...we hope you like it.

Mellie and Jensen say thank you so much for the thoughts and congratulations. Mellie and Blakely are still doing great and the family is gorgeous!

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I could tell, by the way Jasper was looking at Alice, that he definitely didn't want to just be her 'BFF'. Was Alice blind? The look in his eyes…I would kill for Edward to look at me like that, and he was the father of my child. He was totally in love with her, and she didn't even see it. Hell, I had known the two of them for a matter of hours and I could already tell. It was a little pathetic, really. Alice just talked and talked and Jasper sat there, hanging on to every word she said and looking at her like a sad little puppy dog.

Alice had introduced me to their friends Emmet and Rosalie as well, and they were pretty intimidating. Both of them were gorgeous, just like Jasper and Alice were, and they were extremely touchy feely with each other. I understood handholding and hugging and some thigh gripping and kissing…but this was making me a little uncomfortable. They hadn't stopped sucking face since we sat down…almost twenty minutes ago.

"Bella? Do you want to come with me?" Alice asked, and I snapped out of my thoughts. "Daydreaming about the boyfriend?" She teased, and I shifted uncomfortably in my seat, blushing. "Lighten up." She chided. "I was just asking if you wanted to go to with me to Port Angeles this weekend. I need to get a new pair of shoes and I don't want to go alone."

"I'll go." Jasper volunteered immediately, but Alice shook her head.

She patted Jasper's arm. "I really want some girl time, Jazz. We can do something Sunday." She said nonchalantly. "Well…Bella, are you up for it?"

I hesitated, knowing that Edward had to work all day Saturday and that I couldn't rely on Charlie to watch Avery every weekend. "I'm sorry, Alice, I really can't. I have to unpack and settle in and stuff, plus catch up on my homework." I said, hoping Alice would just buy my excuse and let it drop. "It's fine, why don't you just go with Jasper?

Alice pouted for a moment, and then sighed. "Alright, Jasper, it'll be just me and you then. You want to drive?" And with that, I tuned out of the conversation again, thinking back to my life at home and what my evening would consist of.

Edward and I would have to pick up Avery from Charlie's house right after school, and then we would pick up dinner from the diner. Afterwards, I had laundry and homework to get done. After not getting to bed until two this morning, I knew that tonight would probably be just as late. My day was dragging on, and it was even worse knowing that I would probably end up not doing very well on the biology test I had attempted to cram for. By the time school finally got out and I made my way out to the parking lot, I was unbelievably relieved to see that Edward wasn't running late and that he was waiting for me in the car.

"Hi." He said, leaning over the console and pecking me on the lips as I slid into the passenger's seat. "Good day?" He asked, putting the car in reserve and practically whipping out of his parking spot.

I gripped the door handle, trying to avoid getting whiplash. "Not too bad." I sighed, rubbing my forehead and clinging onto the handle as Edward whipped out of the parking lot and onto the road to my dad's house. "I think I made some new friends."

"That's good." Edward murmured halfheartedly, although I knew that he didn't really know what that meant to me. "You had a biology test this afternoon, right? How did that go?"

I smiled slightly, touched that he had remembered such a trivial detail when he had so much on his plate. "Oh…not too good." I admitted, watching out the window as we neared my dad's house, which was only a few blocks away from the school. "I don't think I failed…but I probably got a C." I said with a sigh, and Edward patted my hand.

"Sorry I had to work last night." He murmured, but I shook off his apology.

"Edward, it's fine. You have to work, I know that. And I appreciate that." I said earnestly, and Edward leaned over the console and kissed me again just after he pulled into Charlie's driveway.

Edward smiled crookedly, cupping the side of my face with one of his hands. "Anything for you and Avery." He said lightly, and then glanced up towards the house. "The Chief has spotted us, we had better go in." We got out of the car and approached the house, walking up the steps of the porch and opening the screen door, walking right into the house.

"Hey, Dad!" I called, and Charlie appeared in the hallway, holding Avery's bag in one hand.

"Hey, Bells." He said, walking forward and handing Edward Avery's bag. "Edward." He added, nodding politely in his direction. "Come on…Avery just woke up from her nap." Charlie said, turning around and leading Edward and I into the living room. Sure enough, Avery was in her playpen, sitting up and chewing on a teething toy.

"Baby!" I exclaimed, hurrying over to her side and scooping her up eagerly. "Oh, mommy missed you, little girl!" I said softly, cradling her warm body against me and kissing the top of her head. "Were you good for Grandpa Charlie today, punkin?" I asked, and then turned to my dad. "Thanks for watching her…again." I said, giving Charlie an awkward one armed hug.

Laughing, Charlie tweaked Avery's nose. "She's no problem, honey. In fact, she keeps me company." He said, and then checked his watch. "I don't mean to kick you kids out, but I have to get to my shift at the station. When do I get to see you again?" He asked as Edward took Avery from me to strap her into her carrier.

"Hopefully this weekend." I said, tucking a piece of my hair behind my hair. "Edward has to work on Saturday, so I might drop by with Avery for a little while."

"Sounds good." Charlie said as we all walked out of the house together. We said our goodbyes and Edward strapped Avery into the backseat of our car as Charlie locked up the house. By the time we got out on the road, I was starving and ready to go home and spend the evening with Avery and Edward.

But there was always this horrible little part of me that wanted things to go back to normal. And there was an even worse part of me, one that was growing every day, that made me want to just give up and run away and get the hell away from what my life had become.

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