Okay everyone, did you like the last chapter. This one is pretty much going to centre around Bella's babysitting. Then in the next chapter we get into wedding mode! Hope you're all excited for HEANCA's wedding – I know I am!

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P.S: I've changed the twins age to almost 8 months and I've changed Darcy's age to 9 so that she is school age.

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BELLA POV

I was sitting at the dining room table painting on the last coat of Essie 'Spiced Tea Rose' nail polish. Cooper had left before 6am and I hadn't been able to get back to sleep – I'd already cleaned the kitchen from breakfast and done a load of washing. I carefully blew my nails dry and 4 minutes later I grabbed my bag and keys and headed for the door.

I pulled up outside the front of Heath and Bianca's house and was greeted by the sounds of chaos, loud music blaring from the upstairs and the sounds of two wailing babies. I let myself in and fought the urge to turn around, I found Bianca in the kitchen feeding Imogen "hey" I half shouted over the loud music, Bianca looked up at me almost as if she didn't know other humans existed "oh hi, you're early" she said and I nodded "I was up early so I thought I'd come get them and take Darcy to school for you" I said and she stood up a blank look on her face and pulled me into a hug "I think you might have just saved my life – and hers" she said pointing upstairs to the source of the loud music. I smiled and gave Imogen a kiss on the cheek, she grinned at me with her tiny, lone tooth shining, formula dribbling down her chin. I knocked on Darcy's door but the music was too loud, I pushed open the door and saw Darcy sitting on her bed scribbling on a notepad, I pressed pause on the ipod and her head whipped up "hey!" she cried looking at me like I'd just destroyed her world "come on I'm taking you to school" I said and she just stared at me "come on" I said seriously "I'm not going" she said and I raised my eyebrows "really?" I said folding my arms over my chest "I don't want to" she said and I laughed "too bad" I said and she gave me a look "you're not my mum" she said and I sighed "I know I'm not but you have to go to school Darcy" and she shook her head "no" and she reached over and pressed play on the iPod. I squinted at her and pressed pause "get up" I said firmly and she glared at me "no" "Darcy, get off the bed and get your bag" I said pointing to the bag in the corner of the room. Darcy stood up and moved in front of me "make me" she said a scowl on her face. I frowned "Darcy Braxton did I just hear what I thought I heard?" Bianca asked from behind me, Darcy looked at the floor quickly before rolling her eyes "I'm not going to school" she said and Bianca shook her head "yes you are, now get your school bag and go downstairs to wait for us" she said firmly. Darcy sighed, swung her bag off the floor missing me by an inch and stomped down the stairs.

I closed the front door of Bianca and Heath's house and looked down at my car. Darcy sat slouched in the front seat, arms crossed over her chest and a scowl on her face. I shook my head and covered my eyes with my sunnies as I made my way down to the car. We drove in silence until I pulled up at the school, Darcy went to climb out the door but I flicked the auto lock on the car, she dropped back against the seat and scowled at me "what" she snapped and I lifted the sunnies off my head "I don't what your problem is Darcy but don't speak to me like you did back at the house" I said firmly looking her in the eyes "or what – you're not my parents you can't boss me around" she said snarkily "no I'm not, but I am an adult and I am your aunt and I won't tolerate you being rude and disrespectful" I said flicking auto locks of and putting my sunnies back on. I drove off as soon as Darcy closed the door.

An hour later

An hour later I was back home with two fed, clean and happy babies bouncing in their bouncers watching The Wiggles. I was working at the dining table when the phone rang "hello?" I answered "hey it's me" Bianca said "what's up?" I asked "nothing, just wanted to see how the babies were doing" she said and I laughed "B, we've been gone less than an hour" I said and she sighed "I know it's just it's so quiet here and I'm worried they're gonna be a handful for you – you're on your own and they're teething" she said rambling "B – we're fine, the twins are in their bouncers in front of the TV watching The Wiggles, happy as pie" I said and she sighed "okay, if it gets too much call me I'll come get them" she said and I nodded "will do" I replied hanging up and looking over at the twins "your mum's a worrywart isn't she guys" I said they gurgled back at me happily which I took to mean "yeah she is"

3 hours later

It was almost lunchtime and the twins were making their presence known. I'd gotten about 2 and a half hours of work done before they had decided to test the strength of their lungs. I had them each in their bouncers on the floor as I mixed up the food Bianca had given me and placed it in the microwave. I turned around to face the twins and sighed "you two are really noisy" I said which did nothing to quieten their screams. I placed them both in their baby boosters on the table and fed them their lunch which bought me enough time to tidy up the mess from lunch before they started to cry again. I scooped Jayden from his baby booster and put him in his bouncer, grabbed Imogen in one arm and used the loop on Jayden's bouncer to slide it along the floor to the spare room where I changed each of them.

I placed them back in front of the television each with a toy and cleaned up again. Only they started to cry again, I looked at them wide eyed – I'd fed them, changed them what else could they possibly need. I looked through the bag Bianca had given me to see if there was anything I was missing when I came out with a bottle of baby Panadol, I looked back at the twins whose faces were bright red, tears streaking down their faces. I pressed my hand to their foreheads and sighed "your teeth hurting?" I asked drawing out the measurements of medicine and carefully feeding it to them. I dropped back against the couch and covered my face with a pillow praying that the medicine would kick in soon and give me 5 seconds of peace to collect a thought.

I woke up an hour later to a totally quiet house, I looked down at the twins to find Jayden missing. I bolted upright and looked around the room "where the heck is he?" I asked Imogen who just giggled at me "he's 8 months old he can't walk" I said checking the clip that previously strapped him into his bouncer - it was unclipped not broken and there was no way he could have unclipped the buckle himself. I checked Imogen who was nodding off herself and went in search of my missing nephew. I checked the hall and office, taking a quick peek into the room Natyaliah stayed in before checking my room – all empty. I'd kept the bathroom door shut so he wasn't in there, I pushed through the kitchen door and sighed – empty. I turned my head and let out a breath followed by a smile, Jayden was happily gurgling away in Cooper's arms on the balcony, a rattle stuck firmly in his mouth as he started out at the ocean. I slid open the door and Cooper looked around at me "hey" I said standing behind him "hey, I didn't want to wake you" he said bouncing Jayden gently "its okay, how come you're back so early?" I asked "lunch" he said and I nodded sitting on the seat across from him. I watched as Jayden's tiny hands latched onto Cooper's wrist, he looked up and flashed a gummy grin and giggle "you okay?" I asked frowning "yep" Cooper replied kind of bluntly. I sighed a shook my head, Imogen started to cry so I stood up and headed for the door. Cooper reached out and grabbed my hand, I looked down at him and he just stared up at me, a sad almost terrified look shone in his eyes before it was gone. He looked as though he wanted to say something but instead he just dropped my hand and looked away. I stood still for a moment before heading inside to Imogen.

2 hours later

I'd just dropped the twins back with Heath and Bianca, it had been tough work but worth it when I'd seen Bianca. She had been able to get some sleep as well as get everything she needed done so although it wasn't something I was volunteering for anytime soon, I was glad I'd done it. It was almost 6pm and I had no idea what Cooper was doing tonight – he'd been out late some nights, staying at his friend's houses or just coming home after I'd gone to bed and sleeping on the couch, leaving before I got up. I swung by McDonalds and picked up a large coke and headed for home, I parked my car – noticing that Cooper's was not in the lot and climbed out. My white graphic tee and light camo jeans were crumpled and my hair was itching to washed, I pushed through the building entrance and stopped – no one was in here, normally there was always someone guarding the front desk. Something felt off but I stepped into the elevator anyway, I stepped out of the elevator and stopped. Blood. There was blood smeared on the door to our apartment, I looked around and quickly checked the elevator again, sure enough there were a few drops of blood on the floor. I carefully walked over to the door and tried the handle – unlocked. My drink was sitting very heavy in my stomach as I carefully pushed the door open and scanned the entrance, there were bloody handprints smeared on the wall leading down the hall, drops of blood splattered the floor and smeared the entry table. I walked along the tiles – avoiding the blood, the only sound the clicking of my sandals on the floor. The handprints wrapped around the wall and down the hall towards the bathroom. I crept slowly towards the door and pushed it open. I dropped my cup – coke splashing all over the floor. Slumped against the cabinets, covered in blood was Cooper.

….what did you think? I've had this in mind for ages and since I'm finally writing again I can share it all with you. I hope you like it – sound off in the comments. Lots more twists and turns coming up as we get to the nitty gritty of the whole criminal charges things. Stay tuned! Xo Danielle