Hey guys! Hope you're having a good Saturday! I've been contemplating online shopping, so I thought it would be a good idea to start writing, so I don't run a hole into my bank account. (I am obsessed with American Eagle – add them on facebook for 20% off today and tomorrow.) Okay, time to stop endorsing. This will probably be the only chapter for today, but hopefully it'll turn out to be a little longer than yesterday's! OH, and thank you so much for your reviews! I was reading some this morning, and they make me so happy! Thanks for the love guys!
All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer
Bella POV
After having dinner with Edward and Emily, I was in love with this little girl like she was my own. She was so smart, and so much like Edward. I wasn't used to being around kids all the time, so typically I would get annoyed with all the interruptions, but with Emily, it was the exact opposite.
Edward called me the next afternoon, wondering if I wanted to come over and spend the day with him and Emily. I immediately said yes, so excited to see those two again. As soon as I drove up to the house, I saw the curtains twitch and a little face peeking out through the bottom. I had barely made it up the first step when the door flew open.
"Bella!" Emily screamed, running out and hugging my legs in a Dora the Explorer bathing suit.
"What are you doing in your bathing suit, Em? It's freezing out here!" I laughed and hurried to get her inside before she got sick.
"Daddy said it was too cold for the pool so he let me go swimming in the bathtub!" she giggled and froze, just as Edward came running downstairs.
"Emily Carlee Cullen, did you answer the door? What did I say about that?" He asked, crossing his arms.
"It was just Bella!" She shrugged, hanging onto my leg.
"What if it wasn't Bella? What if it was a stranger?" He sighed.
"I looked out the window first, duh daddy." She giggled and ran upstairs.
"She's three going on sixteen," he shook his head and chuckled, "How are you, love?" he asked, kissing my head.
"Good. How was swimming in the bathtub?" I giggled.
Edward narrowed his eyes. "I didn't go swimming, thank you very much." He chuckled, eyeing me.
"What? Your daughter was the one who said it!" I laughed. Before I could stop him, Edward tackled me to the couch, tickling me.
"Stop, Edward!" I giggled, out of breath.
"Say you're sorry!" He laughed, not letting me up.
"Okay, okay, sorry! Please stop!" I said, pushing him away. He finally let me up, just as Emily came running downstairs.
"Bella, don't play with Daddy! He's boring, come play with me!" Emily demanded and grabbed my hand. Edward scoffed towards Emily, but gave me a look basically saying, "You don't have to," but I honestly didn't mind. As I stood up, Emily cheered and ran back upstairs.
Edward shrugged and stood up also. "I guess I got out of playing Ken for once. I'll go make us some lunch."
Edward POV
I couldn't believe how well Emily was taking Bella. I don't think she saw the connection that I wanted Bella to be my girlfriend yet, but I was just happy that she wanted Bella around.
I searched my kitchen for a minute, and instead of risking food poisoning, I stuck to making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Easy enough. Just as I was about to call the girls down, the doorbell rang. Before I could even go to answer it, said visitor walked on in.
"Hey little bro! You made me lunch! Thoughtful!" Emmett grinned, grabbing a sandwich.
"Hey Em, nice to see you know how to wait for people to answer the door." I rolled my eyes.
"I know everything about you, Eddie. There's nothing to hide." But there was. Bella was upstairs, and, of course I wanted her to meet my brother and family, but I hadn't even had the chance to ask her to be my girlfriend yet.
"Uncle Em!" I heard Emily shriek from the top of the stairs, and I knew Bella was bound to follow. Emmett immediately went for the living room, and I ran after him. Here goes nothing.
"Hey shortie!" Emmett grabbed Emily as she came running down the stairs, just as Bella was visible from the top of the stairs. "Oh and hello there…new hot nanny, Edward? Nice. " Emmett chuckled.
Bella blushed and slowly came down the stairs. "Emmett, shut it. Bella, this is my annoying brother, Emmett." I sighed.
"OHH." Emmett nodded, suddenly making the connection. "Hey Bella, so you're the one who Eddie was spazzing out about the other night."
Bella chuckled, blushing even deeper. "I guess I am. Hi Emmett."
"Bella is Alice's roommate, you know, who's dating Jasper?" I announced.
"I see. You know Bella, I could give you some serious dirt on Eddie here. Did you know that when he was in elementary school he called the teacher mom?" He chuckled, changing the subject.
"Enough, Emmett…" I growled, glaring at him.
Bella giggled and took Emily's hand. "Why don't we let you two chat for a minute? It was nice meeting you, Emmett."
"You too, Bella. Oh wait! Mom's having a little barbeque next weekend, she would love for you to be there!" Emmett suggested, "Good food, plenty of baby pictures of Edward…"
"Sure, I'd love to." Bella laughed, taking Emily upstairs.
"Well, I did all I needed to do today. I like her!" Emmett announced.
"Thanks for the entertainment, Emmett." I sighed.
"No problem! Anytime! We should double date sometime!" He chuckled, taking one last sandwich and heading for the door. "Just wait until I tell mom that I met your girlfriend before she did. She'll be pissed."
There was no doubt about that.
Bella POV
I spent the rest of the day at Edward's after Emmett left. Needless to say, Emmett was hysterical. I grew up without any brothers or sisters, so Emmett seemed like the perfect embarrassing older brother. As soon as he left, Edward kept apologizing, but quickly dropped it after I brought up the fact that he called his teacher "mom."
"It was a mistake! I swear! I was only seven!"
"Okayyy Edward…I believe you." I giggled.
A few hours later, we decided to go pick up some Chinese, and watch a movie back at the house. Emily sat intently on the floor of the living room, eating chicken and rice while she watched 'The Little Mermaid.' Edward and I started out sitting about a foot apart, but when the movie ended, I was lying across his chest and he had his arm around me. I started thinking that he had fallen asleep until he sat up gently and looked over at the floor.
"Em's out." He chuckled, and sure enough, light snoring came from a few feet away. I smiled, taken by how adorable she looked when she was sleeping. I let Edward up, and he picked up Emily's sleeping form from the floor.
"Be right back." He grinned and went to tuck her in. A few minutes later he came downstairs, looking very nervous.
"Is something wrong?" I asked, taking his hand and pulling him down next to me on the couch.
"Uh, no. Everything's perfect." He grinned and kissed my forehead. "I just need to ask you something, Bella."
"Anything," I smiled faintly, thinking the worst. Was he going to tell me that he didn't want to see me? Or that he didn't want me around Emily? Pull yourself together, Bella.
He sighed for a moment, then smiled at me. "I don't really know how to say this, so I'm just going to ask," He admitted, taking a deep breath, "Bella, do you want to be my girlfriend."
And then I fainted. No, not really. But I definitely felt like it. I was turning into the freshmen that I taught in class.
"I would love to be your girlfriend." I grinned, trying to stay calm.
"Oh thank God." He smiled widely. "If you would've said no, I don't know what I would've done."
"You're silly." I laughed. "If I didn't want to be your girlfriend, I wouldn't be here right now."
"You could just be using me for my daughter. She's known to be more charming than I am." He laughed.
"Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing." I laughed, biting my lip as he started to lean in closer. Edward kissed me softly, and immediately the kiss deepened as I pulled him closer.
"DADDY!" Emily screamed from her bedroom.
Edward and I both groaned at the same time, but I quickly shrugged it off. Emily was much more important.
"I'm so sorry." Edward chuckled as he ran upstairs. Seeing that it was starting to get pretty late, I started picking up our plates and started cleaning up the living room a little. Edward came jogging downstairs a few minutes later.
"Sorry, bad dream. Mermaids were attacking the house this time." He laughed, then noticed that I was cleaning. "Bella, stop, I can do that later."
"I really don't care, I want to help."
"It's just a few plates and blankets out." He shrugged. We quickly picked up the living room together, and then I got my purse to leave.
"I had a really good time with you guys," I smiled as he walked me to the door and kissed me softly.
"Me too. I think Em really likes spending time with another person besides me all the time." He laughed. I kissed him once more and started walking towards my car.
"Wait, there's one more thing." He added quickly before I opened the door. "I'd like you to meet my parents next weekend. I know Emmett already covered the invitation, but they'd really like to meet you. Plus it's another way to spend time with me." He joked
"Of course I'll be there." I smiled, "But just to spend more time with Emily, you're alright." I laughed and hopped in my car.
Wow I am exhausted. I started this much earlier and it's starting to get late now. Of course, I probably won't sleep for a while once I get ready for bed. Reviews = fantastically awesome. I'll probably have an update tomorrow. This week might be trickier for updates because I have friends and family coming back home from vacations, so I'll try to at least start chapter 7 tomorrow after chapter 6 is out. Thanks guys!
