So i wanted to get this chapter out, because i like it. It starts the drama!! Plus i am not sure when i can get the next chapter up because I am working all weekend. Dont hold me to this, but i think chapter 8 will be up next thursday. Usually i write Wed & Thurs because they are my two days i have off all day, but wed. i have surgery so i wont be writing! I hope this is enough to last until then!! Enjoyy! :)
BPOV
I woke up the next morning with a huge smile on my face. I looked over and saw that last night did indeed happen. Edward looked so beautiful while he slept, his hair disheveled from our activities last night, and he had a slight smile on his flawless face. I crept out of bed carefully, not to wake him, threw on his white dress shirt from last night, and made my way to the kitchen. I was in the middle of making the pancakes when he came up behind me, pulling me back against his chest.
"I hate not waking up without you. Why did you leave?"
"I didn't leave; I was coming back when breakfast was ready. It's the least I could do; you were so perfect last night."
"Only the best for you love." I smiled as he called me my old nickname. He turned me away from the stove so I was facing him.
"Have I told you how fuckin sexy you look in my shirt?" I gasped, Edward hardly ever curses.
"No i don't think you ever have." He didn't respond. He just kissed my head, then made his way to my shoulder, pushing his shirt out of the way. I moaned when he sucked on the skin right under my ear, that was going to leave a mark.
"So what are we doing today?" Did he really expect me to be able to concentrate when his lips were lightly kissing my neck? I don't think so.
"I..uhh..we could…hmm Edward." He smiled against my neck.
"Yes Bella?" I pulled back and narrowed my eyes.
"Don't 'Yes Bella' me mister, you know exactly what you are doing to me."
"I, my dear, have no idea what you are talking about. Well I was thinking..." I cut him off.
"You're dazzling me! STOP IT!" He chuckled and apologized, I had a feeling he didn't mean it.
"Before you so rudely interrupted me, I was going to say that you, Kasey, and I could go to Port Angeles, maybe take her ice skating or something fun."
"Ice skating? Have you met your daughter, not to mention your girlfriend? We cannot ice skate."
"Don't worry baby, I will be there. Would I ever let you fall?" His lips found my neck again. Cheater.
"No, it's not that I don't trust you, it's me I don't trust." Slowly his lips made their way to my collarbone, licking, kissing, nipping, anything to get me distracted. He knew exactly what he was doing, and I am sure he felt an easy victory.
"Bella, you have such little faith. I would never let you hurt yourself. Now how about we go and get ready, then pick up our daughter?" I smiled at the "our" in that sentence. I cannot deny this man anything. I just nodded, not sure if I could speak yet.
An hour later (we might have gotten a little distracted) we were on our way back to my house to pick up Kasey. We pulled up and walked in hand in hand.
"Kasey, we're home."
"MOMMY, DADDY!" I saw her running down the stairs, that would not end well, and of course she tripped only to be caught by my father.
"Woah there princess, remember what I told you last night, you need to take your time coming down the stairs, or we will be going to visit Grandpa Carlisle at the hospital." I rolled my eyes, Lord knows I was there enough times, I am sure Charlie was as sick of hospitals as I was.
"Hey dad, hey baby. Guess what we are doing today?" I faked enthusiasm.
"We are going ice skating….yay." I heard Edward chuckling at my sarcasm, and I threw him another cold stare.
"Ice skating? Are you sure you'll be okay Bells?" I was still kind of fuming so I just nodded.
"Don't worry about it Charlie, they are safe with me." Edward said, with such distinction that you couldn't help but believe him.
"Yeah actually, Bella while you get Kasey ready I would like to talk to Edward." I was surprised at this, Charlie was fine with Edward and I getting back together, why would they have to talk? Edward, of course, picked up my distress, and answered for me; saying that it was fine, just to find them when Kasey was ready.
"If you are sure." I gave him a quick kiss, and then went to take Kasey from my dad.
"Be nice, please." He smiled and just nodded.
When I was making my way up the stairs I glanced back, Edward just winked. How could he be so calm about this? I was losing my mind.
"Mommy, what do you wear ice skating? How can we go ice skating? It's summer time."
"It's an inside rink, it is there all year round. And you have to wear something warm, and gloves, because we both know you are going to fall." She scowled but then nodded.
"Well I fall, I am sure you will too. You are one thousand times worse than I am. At least I don't trip over air."
"Kasey Elizabeth" I wasn't really mad, she was right, but it was funny to watch her squirm. Usually, not often, I only used her middle name if she was in trouble.
"Sorry mommy, I was just saying the truth." She said with a shrug. It was amazing how much of everyone she had in her. Not only did she have Edward's and I personality traits, but I saw Esme's love, Carlisle's compassion, Emmett's sense of humor, Alice and Rose's sense of fashion and love for fashion, and Jasper's calmness, along with Charlie's stubbornness. In the five years without Edward, this was one of the things that made me still feel close to him; because she was so much like his family, it made me feel like I belonged, even if he wasn't around.
"Bella are you ready?" I looked up to see Edward standing against the door, with that beautiful crooked smile, holding Kasey.
"Yup, let's get going."
EPOV
I looked up and saw Bella looking back with a worried expression, I just winked. I was nervous of course, but I knew Charlie and he knew me. We had always got along, even after the incident. He was just happy to see Bella happy.
"So Edward, I am assuming you know why I want to talk to you."
"Yes sir."
"Good. I see that things are going well with all of you."
"Things are great, I have never been happier." He nodded.
"That's good to hear. Now Edward, you know I always liked you; I forgave you a long time for leaving Bells, I never understood, until you called that one time. But as a father, and now a grandfather, I have my concerns. This isn't just about Bella anymore, you have a daughter to consider, and I will not let you hurt her or my Bella again. So if you have any doubts I suggest you deal with them now because I don't want to see that side of her again." He wasn't being an ass, I saw where he was coming from, and if this was Kasey I would probably say the same thing.
"Sir if I may, I love your daughter more than life, and Kasey, well she's amazing. I love them both so much, I have no doubts; this is where I want to be. I will be around until they don't want me anymore. I appreciate you hearing me out all those years ago, and that you were able to forgive me, I know that wasn't easy. But just know that I will never make that mistake again."
I remember that phone call like it was yesterday. It was about two years after I left; I hadn't talked to anyone in my family for a very long time. The only one who would call was Emmett, and even that was rare. It was the day of our (would be) anniversary. Every year while I was away, I made it a priority to get out of work on that one day, and spend it wallowing in my house. This year was especially hard, but I didn't know why. So I called Charlie.
"Hello"
"Chief Swan, its Edward."
"Cullen? What the hell do you want?" He spat; he was angry, with every right to be.
"Sir, I was just calling to apologize…" he cut me off
"Apologize? TO ME? I am sorry son, but you shouldn't be calling me, you should be on the phone with my daughter, remember the one you just left, the one you claimed to love?"
"Sir with all due respect, I do need to apologize to you, first and foremost. It's the first thing on my list of apologies, the most important being B-Bella." It still hurt saying her name.
He grunted, and I waited for him to say something. Then I heard him sigh.
"Listen kid, you messed up, I get it. I've made mistakes too, but this is my little girl we are talking about. Why don't you tell me what was going on in your head two years ago?"
So I did. We talked for a good two hours, about everything. At the end, he told me he accepted my apology, and that he was always hoping I would be the one to end up with Bella. He told me not to give up and do everything in my power to show her just how much I loved her.
"Edward, you okay?"
"Yes sir, just thinking."
"Well I am glad we had this talk. I'm sorry if I came off too strong, but I don't need history repeating itself." I nodded, knowing exactly what he was talking about.
"Trust me sir, me either." He stuck out his hand and I shook it. As long as everything was alright with Charlie, I didn't have to worry. Because I knew that what Charlie thought was important to Bella.
"Want a beer?"
"No thanks, we should be going."
"Alright. Are you sure you know what you are doing? Bella with sneakers on is bad enough, you sure you're up to watching her on skates?" He asked, laughing. I joined in
"I'll watch her, she'll be fine."
A few minutes later, I was making my way upstairs to her bedroom. I stopped and leant against the door, Kasey saw me immediately and jumped into my arms; Bella was lost in thought, and didn't even hear Kasey and me talking.
"Bella are you ready?"
"Yup let's get going." I grabbed her hand and the three of us made our way to Port Angeles.
BPOV
We got to Port Angeles about 45 minutes later. We pulled up to the ice rink, and I thought I was going to throw up; Kasey was bouncing up and down in her seat, clearly she wasn't nervous.
"Alright, are my girls ready?" Kasey rolled her eyes, her impatience getting to her again.
"Yes daddy, can we go in now?"
A little while later we were standing outside the rink in our skates. I was surprised that I could walk in them, but I wasn't ready to test them on the ice.
"You know, why don't you and Kasey go out first, then when she gets the hang of it I will come out?" Edward was going to protest, but Kasey quickly agreed. I have never been more proud!
"Alright, but you are coming out soon! Even if I have to force you." I nodded, and made my way to the bleachers. It was about ten minutes later when I felt someone staring at me. I glanced around and didn't notice anyone, so I went back to watching. Kasey fell only two times, each time Edward was there to catch her.
"Hi, you look familiar." I looked up to see a red head woman talking to me.
"Um I am sorry; I don't think I know you."
"Oh, hmm, I guess I was thinking about someone else. I am Victoria."
"Bella, it's nice to meet you."
"So why aren't you on the ice?"
I laughed "I am not the most graceful. How about you?"
"I am just watching, my boyfriend is around here somewhere."
"Oh mine too. He's out there with our daughter."
"Daughter?" She all but choked out. I looked at her confused.
"Yeah, are you okay?" She nodded and asked which one she was. I pointed out Edward and Kasey; Victoria looked a little green.
"You're boyfriend is Edward Cullen?" I was shocked
"You know him?" She smirked at me.
"Ohh I know him. I worked with him in New York, he wrote some songs for me. We got along great, actually more than great if you know what I mean. He never mentioned you or a daughter." I was speechless; Edward told me there wasn't anyone else when he was away. I wouldn't blame him, we weren't together, but why would he lie?
"Oh sorry, yes well we weren't together at the time. When were you two together?"
She was just about to answer but Edward came over with a hard look on his face.
"Victoria, what are you doing here?" He handed me Kasey and pulled us to his side.
"Now Eddie, that's no way to treat an old friend." I didn't miss the emphasis she put on friend.
"Friend? Right, I wouldn't call you stealing my songs, being friendly would you? And I told you to not call me that." I could tell he was getting pissed, so it was time to step in.
"Edward, we have dinner reservations, we should get going." He nodded
"Don't come around me Victoria, and definitely don't come near my family. If I see you anywhere near them I swear, it will be the end of your career." With that he pulled me away, looking absolutely livid. When we got to the car, he had calmed a bit. Kasey fell asleep and I took it as an opportunity to ask.
"So who exactly is she? She mentioned that you two worked together." I tried to sound casual but I don't think I was doing a very good job. He sighed
"Yes we did, in New York about a year ago. She was an artist that the company picked up, she never really took off, but they signed her again, hoping that my songs would help her. I had a few written that I wanted her to try out; I admit they weren't my best work, but it was still my work. She took them to learn them, a week later I learned that she had changed things and then claimed that they hers. I of course, made the mistake of never initialing them or anything that would represent they were mine. She got away with it; the company believed me but there was nothing they could do. So when we went to California, the same time I saw you, it was to decide if they were dropping her, when they didn't I was pissed. So I quit, I wasn't going to work for a company that condoned stealing." He stopped, his grip on the wheel getting tighter. I moved closer to him and put my hand on his, he automatically calmed.
"Anyway she got her karma. About a month after I got home, an old co-worker called and said that she got fired, for reasons unknown. The company wouldn't let anyone know why. They kept calling, saying that she was gone and I could go back. But of course I wasn't leaving you again, so I turned them down. I don't know why she is in Port Angeles, she lives in New York, at least I thought she did."
"Why didn't you go back? You obviously love your job." He looked over at me, trying to decide if I was just saying this or if I meant it.
"Bella, yes I love my job, but I love you more. When i went to California I already planned on coming back to Forks, and setting things straight. When they fired Victoria, it was my luck, because I finally had an out. I thought it was going to be hard, quitting with no reason, especially when I was in contract, but Victoria helped me. Trust me when I say this Bella, I was coming back for you whether or not they fired her. You were, and still are the most important thing in my life, along with Kasey of course."
I knew it was probably the wrong time to ask but I wanted to know.
"So you two were never…together?" he turned his head to look at me
"Is that what she told you?" He let out something sounded like a growl, and it was actually pretty sexy.
"No, but she implied it. I know you told me there was no one else, but you can tell me if there was. I won't hold it against you; I have no reason to get mad over it."
"Bella I swear to you, there was no one else. I couldn't even look at other woman without thinking about you. Plus she is a red head."
"So?"
"Haven't you noticed? I prefer brunettes." I blushed.
"If she comes around make sure you tell me, I don't trust her at all. She's trouble and I don't want her around Kasey or you." I nodded.
"Good, now what should we do for dinner?"
