Chapter 7

"Do you love me daddy?" she asked in a small quiet voice.

He stopped on the stair he was on and looked at her. I stopped beside them and looked at Edward's expression before looking at Carlie.

"Of course I love you princess," he replied back as he stroked her hair lightly and kissed her cheek.

She grinned at him, "Really? Because mommy told me you did but I didn't know if she was telling the truth," she explained to him quickly.

"Mommy would never lie to you," he replied back. Unless it was necessary.

"I'm sorry I doubted you mommy," she said as she looked over at me.

"Its okay baby," I reached over and kissed her cheek.

Edward kissed the cheek I kissed and started going down the stairs again. I followed slowly behind him as he headed into the kitchen. She's too young to be doubting things like that. She shouldn't even doubt her parents' love. No one should start doubting things like love until they reach they're teen years.

He placed Carlie in her highchair and I went over and started making the pasta she wanted. I have no clue what happened. One minute I was putting the pasta in the pot and the next thing I know I'm feeling a very strong stinging pain in my right eye.

"Ow! Owowowowowowow!" My eye instantly watered from the pain. I quickly brought my hand up and rubbed at it.

"What is it? What happened?" I heard Edward ask from beside me as he placed a hand on my shoulder.

"Hmmm," I moaned out in pain as I continued rubbing at it, "Something hit my eye," I told him as I leaned against the counter.

"Here let me see," he told me as he started turning me toward him. My eyeball was watering and stinging so much it felt like it would never stop. He lightly touched the hand that was on my injured eye but I kept it closed. "Open your eye love," he replied back as he placed his hand gently on my face.

"It hurts," I whimpered out.

"Just listen to daddy mommy!" Carlie replied back from her high chair.

I tried to open my eye but all it would do was blink like crazy as the pain increased. He gently opened my eye up making it water more and lightly blew into it. It just made the pain worse at first but it started easing down a bit after a couple more seconds.

He stopped blowing into my eye and moved his hands to the sides of my face, "Better?"

I couldn't even blink. I was totally mesmerized by his topaz eyes. My eyes were just stuck there. I probably looked like an idiot just staring at him. He seemed a bit pleased by my reaction but even after a minute of not blinking and saying anything he was starting to get worried.

I could see the worry slowly start from his eyes and etch on his face, "Bella?" he asked with concern in his voice.

I finally blinked and pursed my lips before I wrapped my arms around his neck and reached up to softly brush my lips against his. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me back tenderly. I pulled away to catch my breath slightly before I reached my lips up towards his and kissed him again.

I finally pulled away and rested my head against his forehead, "Thank you."

He smiled, "You're definitely welcome."

I placed my feet flat on the ground again, "Mommy!" Carlie whined, "I'm hungry," she complained.

I chuckled softly and turned back to the pasta, "Okay I'm sorry I'm going," I put some water in the pot and placed it over the hot stove.

I looked over at her to find her coloring in one of the coloring books that was on the table. I looked beside me to find Edward standing next to me looking at her, "So what does she usually do after dinner?" he asked in a whisper.

"I usually let her play or watch a movie than she gets tired and we go to sleep," I told him as I stirred the pasta.

"Is the routine the same everyday?" he asked.

"No…sometimes something will happen that makes the schedule change around but she usually takes her nap and eats at the same time everyday," I informed him as I looked over at her.

He stared at her for a long moment before he leaned against the counter beside the stove and sighed. I stopped stirring and looked at him with a bit of confusion, "What?"

He looked up at me, "Everyone seems to doubt my love today," he said in a melancholy voice.

"Well you have to understand why we do it," I told him as I stirred the pasta again.

"No I don't understand it. I don't understand any of it," he replied back honestly.

I sighed and stopped what I was doing and looked at him, "For me it's because its kind of hard to believe someone so perfect and gorgeous can love me," he opened his mouth to say something, "Wait let me finish," I told him as I placed my finger against his lips. "As for Carlie…you haven't been here since she was born…it's just logical to think that you might have been gone because of her."

"That's logical?" he asked skeptically.

"It's logical for a two year old," I told him as I turned the stove off. I grabbed the end of the pot and walked over and placed it on the counter. I poured the pasta into a bowl and started adding the necessary ingredients.

"What I don't understand is the part where you are basically telling me that you aren't attractive," he announced as I stirred the ingredients in the pasta lightly.

"What's so hard to understand about that?" I asked a bit amused. I took a fork out from the utensil drawer and placed it in the pasta before walking over and placing it in front of Carlie, "What do you want to drink?" I asked her as I tucked a curl behind her ear.

"Apple juice," she replied immediately.

"Do you want your Sippy cup?" I asked her as I walked towards the refrigerator.

"Yeah," she replied back with a small giggle, "Can I get the one with Spotty Dotty on it?" she asked excitedly.

"Spotty Dotty?" Edward asked confused.

I smiled at him before I showed him the Sippy cup that had the cute little Dalmatian puppy on it. I filled it up with Apple juice before I walked over and handed her the cup.

"Thank you mommy," she replied back as she took it from me.

I walked back over to the sink to wash the dishes but before I could even reach the sink Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and turned me around towards him. I placed my hands on his chest and looked up at him.

"After all these years and you still doubt yourself about your looks?" he asked a bit saddened about this fact.

I shrugged lightly, "I've gotten used to thinking that I'm nothing special or pretty," I told him as I looked at my hands on his chest.

He tilted my chin up so that I could look at him, "You aren't special or pretty Bella."

My eyes narrowed in confusion. I was a bit confused that I wasn't feeling my heart break at this moment. Maybe deep down inside I had always thought he would say that. But I was also confused because Edward would never say anything like that to me. I almost pulled away from him in fear that he was possessed.

"You aren't special because you're unique and you aren't pretty because you're completely and utterly gorgeous," he murmured to me softly as he lightly caressed my cheek with the back of his hand.

A smile slowly spread across my face before I brought my hands off his chest and wrapped them around his neck. I leaned against him as he wrapped his arms around my waist. I don't know why but my leg popped up from the ground and bended towards my bottom.

I felt like I was in a cheesy princess movie. "Seriously where do you come up with this stuff?" I asked as I smiled up at him.

He tightened his arms around my waist and pulled me more up against him, "Everything I say comes from my heart Bella. And I mean every single word."

"If I wasn't already dead I would have so jumped his bones," Melissa announced from her favorite spot–the kitchen counter.

I smiled at Edward from both their comments. I slowly reached up to kiss his lips softly, "Mommy," I stopped completely and looked over at Carlie. She bit her lip lightly in guilt once she noticed she had interrupted us.

"Can I play with Melissa when I finish playing the piano with daddy?" she asked.

I looked over at Melissa to see what she thought, "Why not kiddo?" she asked as she popped up beside Carlie.

I looked back over at Edward and smiled, "Now…where were we?" I asked him.

He grinned back down at me, "Right," he leaned down towards my lips, "Here," he whispered before he gently brushed his lips against mine.

A/N: I might post another one up today so keep your eyes open! Okay well most of the chapters have kind of been fillers so far but I'm getting to the good stuff…trust me. Please review!!