Disclaimer:

Me: Why do I have to say this every chapter?

Luka: Are you just trying to avoid saying it?

Me: No… maybe… yes *head falls in shame*

Luka: Just say it…

Me: Fine… world domination has been postponed due to laziness… so sparklez is still out of reach…

Luka: Which translates to: "I do not own twilight"

Me: Jerk… TT~TT

Luka: Stupid human… -.-'

(P.S. Luka is my wolf-dog (Siberian husky) XD)

Chapter 4

-Wednesday-

Yesterday ended with Edward and Jasper being more tired and dirty than they've ever been in their life, while Alice went home as hyper and clean as always. I then took all the kids (and Edward, who tagged along on his children's request) out for ice cream, and then we all crashed on my couch to watch Shrek 2.

And so now, the next morning, I got the surprising pleasure (heavy on the sarcasms) of waking up, not only to the sound of banging on my front door, and the crying of Logan, but also to the movement of my pillow, which I realized after waking up a bit more, was NOT a bed, but rather… EDWARD?

Oh crap…why the heck was I using his chest as a pillow?!

"Edward, get you son will you?" I said, jumping up to answer the door, and get away from his smirking grin.

"Hi Mike, Welcome back, how was your trip? Did you get much inheritance? What are doing here? Haven't we talked about waking me up this early..?" I babbled on to Mike, who was at my front door, as I tried to hide my embarrassment of waking up on Edward.

"Good morning Bells, I'm here to pick up the girls…"

"Oh great! Katie and Julie are still sleeping , like I should… speaking of which, wake me up again Mike and I swear I'll set Jake on you.

"But it's so fun seeing you in the morning…" Which translated into: I love seeing your half dressed body in the morning… He must be disappointed that I was fully dressed. Why was I friends with this guy again?

"So what's been going on while we've been out of town?" Mike asked coming in and picking up his sleeping girls. Edward was nowhere in sight, neither was Logan, so I assumed they were in the bathroom or something.

"Well, we got some new neighbors…" I said pointing to Heather, who was sleeping next to Lizzie. "I'm watching a few more kids as you can see."

"Really? New neighbors? Who are they?"

"Rosalie's brother and wife moved here, plus his wife's brother and his children."

"Oh really? What are their names?"

"Oh, um…Jasper and Alice Whitlock, and um Edward Cull-"I was interrupted by the sound of running water, and both Mike and I looked up.

"Is someone here?"

"Uh yeah…Edward He's the girl's father."

"Oh…wait a second...Alice and Edward? Isn't that a bit of a coincidence?"

"Uh-"
"Um, Bella? Logan made a mess of you make up…" Edward said coming down the steps with Logan in his arms.

"CULLEN?" Mike exclaimed, "What the hell is he doing here?!"`

"Um-"

"You jerk! Don't you know what you put her through?" Mike yelled, coming at Edward with his hand in a fist. Edward ducked, and I ran over to Mike to calm him down.

"Mike! Calm down, he's not here to hurt me!"

"Bella, I thought you were over him! How could you let him back into your heart so easily?"

"Puh-LEASE! I have definitely NOT let him back into my heart. I hate his entire being with all my existence. However I happen to adore his children who have recently gone through the scarring process of being abused by their mother, and then being abandoned by her. Somehow during this process I have become their new mother, and I'm afraid that if I correct them now it just might scar them some more! They might never be able to trust another mother figure ever again." I turn to Edward and exclaimed, "Oh! Speaking of abuse, did you know Tanya was hitting Heather? She told Lizzie about it and showed her the bruises and scars."

"NO I did not know this, "Edward panicked as he rushed to see for himself the multiple marks on his sleeping daughter's body. "Oh my god…"

"Well anyway, nice talking to you Mike. Don't come back this early ever again. Goodbye." I said rushing Mike out the door with his two children and then shutting the door behind me.

"God I swear the creep wakes me up in the morning just to see me in my pajamas… is Heather alright?"

"I don't know, "Edward said devastated, "Why hasn't she ever told me about this? Why haven't I noticed?"

I gently shook Heather awake and set her up on the couch.

"Heather, we need to talk sweetie."

"What is it mommy?"

"We need to talk about these scratches on your body."

"Did mommy give them to you?" Edward asked. Heather quickly shook her head.

"No! Mommy is the nicest person ever! She would never hurt me, right mommy?" I look surprised before answering.

"Oh yes, of course sweetie, I would never hurt you... what Daddy meant to say was, did your old mommy hurt you?" Heather nodded slowly.

"Old Mommy punished me for when I was bad."

"Why didn't you ever tell me?" Edward asked.

"She said she was gonna hurt me…" Heather suddenly burst into tears, "Am-m I i-in-n t-tro-uble?"

"Oh no sweetie, you not in trouble, you daddy and I love you!" I said picking her up and rocking her gently in my arms while her eyes poured out tears.

A little while later, we had managed to get Heather to fall asleep again. I held her on my lap and stroked her head softly humming lullabies.

"Why are you doing this?" Edward finally spoke, he was hold Logan how was also sleeping again.

"Because they need me."

"But you don't have to do this, you have the right of despising them like you do me, you should be laughing at us, mocking us, and yet here you are, taking care and loving my daughter as if she were your own."

"She should have been mine."

"Huh?"

"She's the child that I should have had with you in high school… I can't help but think of her as my own, because she was supposed to be mine."

"I'm sorry… I know sorry will never be enough, but I truly am."

"I can't forgive you yet, I'm not ready."

"I know, but I hope that with time we can at least be friends…"

"Why? So I can hide in your bed when Alice throws parties? You have a lot of making up to do…like six years worth."

"Are you saying you want me around that long?"

"I'll have to think about that and get back to you-"I was interrupted by another person banging on my door. This time it was Jessica.

"OHMYGAWDIT REALLY ISEDWARDCULLEN!!!"

"Yes Jessica, Edward is back."

"What's he doing here?"

"Crawling on the floor begging for my forgiveness while I take care of his kids."

"Wait, what? Why are you doing that?"

"I'll tell you later… can you tell Mike that he needs to open his shop, and tell Emmet he needs to Open the pens!"

"Ok, later then. Sorry Mike keeps waking you up so early." Jessica rolled her eyes knowing the reason he did it.

"Do you want me to do anything?" Edward asked.

"Um…what time is it?"

"10:45."

"Crap… I have to go pick up Ben and Angela from the hospital!" I started to panic, "Quick grab a child and put it in the car! Wait! No leave them here!" I ran to the door and stuck my head out. "ROSALIE!!" I yelled.

Rose walked out of her house, that was next door, and came up to me.

"Did you forget about the hospital?" I nodded and she sighed, "Ok, don't worry, I'll watch Lizzie and Robert, you take Heather and Logan."

"Thank you Rosalie! You are the best sister-in-law that anyone could ask for!"

"Don't let Alice hear you say that. Anyway, stop wasting time and go!" Edward and I carried the kids into the van and left.

The car ride was mostly silent, until Heather and Logan woke up. Heather was pointing at every landmark and sign on the road, and Logan was crying.

"Edward. Would you please, Tell. Your. Son. To be. Quiet. "I emphasized my words; unfortunately it was at that moment that he two year old decided to speak again.

"MOMMY" He half cried/ half screamed.

"Please tell me that "mommy" is baby talk for Daddy." I whispered. Edward just shrugged. Oh great, thanks for all your help Ed.

"I WANT MOMMY!" The toddler cried again, holding his arms out to me. With a swift movement, I pulled the car over and parked on the side of the road. I got out and opened the back seat, pulling Logan out to hold him.

"What's wrong Spider man? Are you hungry?" The boy sniffed and nodded poutting his lips so much like Edward could that it was scary.

"Ok, let mommy drive to the gas station and we'll get you a snack okay?" Logan nodded but when I tried to put him back in his seat, he clung to me and started crying again. Edward, of course, was just staring at me with this dumb dreamy look in his eyes as I sat in the back with Logan in my arms.

"DRIVE CULLEN!" I yelled, snapping him out of his trance.

Finally, after 2 stops to the gas station (Once for snacks and again for a 'potty break') we arrived at the hospital.

"Edward, get the new born car seat from the trunk and set it up please. I'll go get Ben and Angela." I said getting out of the car and walking inside.

"Excuse me, I'm here to pick up Ben and Angela from the maternity ward."

"Hello Bella, Welcome back to the hospital. Glad to see it's not because of another accident." Nurse Brown said. "We've got a new doctor you know, since you were here last."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, when I mentioned you once, acted really excited to meet you. Well anyway, just fill out this paper work and I'll go wheel her in." Nurse Brown left the reception room and I signed the release forms. In the back I could hear a male voice talking.

"Bella Swan in here? Right now? In this Building?"

"Yes Doctor Cullen. She's here to pick up her friend Angela." Nurse Brown's voice replied. I turned the corner to see her walk into another room, and my favorite Doctor was about to take a step forward when he looked up.

"Hi Carlisle." I said smiling shyly. He came over and gave me a big hug.

"Bella! It is you! It's been so long! How are you?"

"I'm fine; I own a wolf shelter that's less than an hour from here. So I guess I can say I'm doing quite well for myself."

"That's wonderful!" He demeanor got very serious, and he sadly whispered to me, "How are you doing since… you know."

"Well to be honest, it's been rough. And I was doing great until what's her face cam into my gift shop, put her kid on my shelves, causing it to crumble and almost kill the child, and then 2 seconds later Edward shows up, tells me that what's her face is his wife, the kid I saved was his daughter, and oh! By the way! We're moving next door!" I ranted, Carlisle eyes widened. "And then "Tanya" walks off with his money and somehow through all the craziness I became THE NEW MOTHER OF HIS KIDS!"

"What?!"

"Yeah, I know, totally unlikely. And yet here I am, with Edward and his kids in my car. I'm still surprised I haven't killed myself yet. I keep on telling myself that payback is worth it, but I don't know what I'm going to do If I have to see him every day."

"Edward is with you? Tanya walked out?"

"Yeah, did you know she was abusing Heather? The poor girl has bruises and scratches all over her!"

"Wow, sounds like much has happened since we last saw each other. I had no idea she was that abusive. You could always kick him out of the neighborhood."

"Any other time I think I would, but I can't do that to his kids. It's only been a few days and they already call me "mommy." And what kind of Father are you suggesting I kick him out?" I laughed.

"'m amazed Bella, You must be the most compassionate, and responsible person I've ever met. I'm glad your back in our lives, even if it has to be in this situation. God, Esme will be ecstatic. She misses you so much! You should come over to dinner tonight, that is, if you're willing."

"Eh, why not? We'll be over at 7. Oh maybe I can surprise her?"

"She'd love that. Good to see you again Bella."

"Yeah, you too." I said just as the nurse came around with Angela in a wheel chair, and Ben walking behind her with the baby.

"Oh god, she's adorable. What's her name?" I gushed at the newborn wrapped in pink blankets.

"We named her Aislin. It means dream." Ben said.

"That's beautiful."

"Oh! Bella! Guess what!" Angela smiled. "Carlisle is here! "

"I know, I just had a nice chat with him, and I'm going to dinner at his house tonight."

"And your ok with that?"

"Trust me, I've been through waaay too much in the last few days for this to bother me."

"Why? What happened?"

"Let's just say we have some new neighbors…Edward and Alice are back."

"What?!"

"Yeah and Edwards wife left him, and his kids are calling me 'mommy."

"Oh my god…"

"Yeah…and they'!" I rushed.

"WHAT!?!"

"I'll explain everything later!!"

"God you go into labor and miss EVERYTHING!!" Angela complained.