AN: Sorry its late... again. My Beta's computer kept malfunctioning and instead of giving you a poorly written chapter I decided to wait until she had worked her magic!

Thank you so much to Isabelle for persevering with this chapter! :) Love you!

Chapter 8

My day at work had been tiring, it seemed all the children were on a sugar high all day and getting them to concentrate was a constant battle. I dragged myself out to the car and chucked my stuff in the back, next to Sophia's car seat before climbing into the driver's seat. I pulled out of the school parking lot and headed to pick up Sophia at Butterflies. She is now five months and has been going to Butterflies for about six weeks give or take and she has settled in very well. Edward would drop her on his way to work at eight-thirty and I would pick her up just after four on my way home from work. If one of us had a day off then she would stay home with us. I parked up outside 'Butterflies Child Care' and hopped out before going to ring the doorbell. I was let in and went down the hall to where the baby room was. Sophia was fast asleep in her bouncer when I walked in.

"Hi, how was she?" I asked her worker.

"She's been great all day. She's had all her milk and slept well," she said handing me Sophia's diary.

"That's good," I said as I scooped Sophia up out of the bouncer and into my arms. I gently kissed her forehead as the worker grabbed her bag and jacket. We were now in November and it wasn't as warm as it had been. I slipped her into her jacket and took her bag before leaving. I strapped her into her car seat and set off for home.

Once we got home I settled her in her swing to sleep while I did my grading for the day. Sophia woke at five and had a bottle and just as I was putting her down into her jumper Edward walked in the door from work – six-twenty as always.

"Hey baby," he said kissing me quickly before snatching up Sophia who looked happy to see her daddy.

"Hiya princess, have you been good today?" he cooed as I took her bottle to the kitchen to clean and sterilize for later. He came into the kitchen a little bit later with her and put her in the bouncer I kept in here. She had something to sit in in every room here so it was easier for me to work around her. She batted at the toys on the bouncer while Edward sat at the table next to her.

"How was your day?" I asked as I mixed the sauce for our dinner.

"Good. A lot of kids with the flu at the moment, he said

"Yeah I know. I had a few out today."

"Yeah well other than that it was pretty uneventful. What about you? How was your day?"

"Well the children that I did have were hyper all day and I'm exhausted because of it," I said. "Getting them to do anything was hard work."

"Well after dinner why don't you relax in the tub for a bit?"

"Or after we've put Sophia down we can both relax in the tub," I amended with a smile.

"I like that idea. Does that mean you'll stay here tonight?"

"Yeah I need to grab my stuff for in the morning but we can go over there after dinner," I said as I checked on the pasta I had boiling. We chatted a little more while I dished up dinner before sitting down. We ate quickly before Edward took Sophia back for her bath while I went over to my house and packed some of my stuff. I locked up and went next door with my things and let myself into Edward's. I could hear him chatting to Sophia upstairs and followed the noise to her bathroom where he had her in the tub.

"Do you want me to make up her bottle?" I asked.

"Nah not yet," he said lifting her onto the towel on the floor. He wrapped her up and handed her up to me while he got up. I took her down to her room and laid her on the changing table while I put a new diaper on her. We had learned the hard way that she needed coverage fast or she starts peeing on you. I dressed her in a soft pink all in one before taking her downstairs to find Edward. He was on his phone and from the sound of it his mother was on the other end. I took Sophia to the living room and laid her on her mat for a little tummy time before bed. She enjoyed being on her tummy more than most children I had encountered and happily laid there while I entertained her. At eight Edward came in with her bottle, now free from his mother and handed it to me to feed Sophia.

"What did your mom want?" I asked.

"To invite us to dinner on Sunday," he said. "I said we'd go is that okay?"

"That's fine baby." Sunday dinner at his mother's house was now becoming a regular thing. Once Sophia had been fed I kissed her good night before Edward took her up to her crib. As I heard her door close I jumped into action, grabbing my bag and running up the stairs. I quickly slipped into the bathroom and turned the tub on. I poured a good amount of bubble bath and bath salts –which I had brought from home— into the water while it filled. I scraped my hair up into a bun so it wouldn't get wet and took off the day's makeup while I waited for it to fill. I knew Edward would soon be coming out of Sophia's room so I pulled off all my clothes and lit the candles in the room before turning the light off and opening the door a little so the steam poured out. I slid into the warm water and let myself slip under to my shoulders. I heard Edward closing Sophia's door and knew he would be in any second.

I was right and seconds later he pushed the door open, his eyes zoning in on my wet form in the tub.

"Hey, want to join me?" I asked seductively.

"Definitely baby," he replied, putting the monitor on the vanity and stripping down. His clothes were abandoned in a pile on the floor and he climbed in opposite me. His hand picked up my foot and gently massaged it, working out the kinks from a day on my feet. I moaned and my head fell back a little. I could hear his quiet chuckle as he moved on to the other foot. His magic hands worked their way up my lower body, massaging and smoothing along my skin. His hands reached my hips and he lifted me out of the water and turned me so my back rested on his chest. His lips ran along my bare shoulder as his hands roamed up and down my torso.

"I love you," he whispered into my skin.

"I love you too Edward," I replied softly.

"I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Sounds bad," I commented turning in his arms and sitting on my knee's so I could see him. He smiled at me and I could see the restraint he was using not to look down to my wet, bare breasts.

"Not bad. At least I don't think so," he said before taking a deep breath. "I wanted to talk about us maybe moving in together," he said unsurely.

"You want us to move in together?" I asked.

"Well yeah."

"Okay you didn't sound so sure." I laughed.

"You're laughing?"

"Edward I'd love to move in with you," I said pressing my lips to his. He smiled into my mouth and kissed me back. He rearranged me so I was straddling his thighs. His hand cupped my cheek and tilted my head so he could deepen the kiss. His hands settled on my ass, gently kneading and massaging the flesh while his tongue danced with mine. He lifted me so I was hovering over his erection before letting me slide down, slowly taking him in. My mouth ripped away from his with a cry of pleasure. My forehead fell onto his shoulder as he moved me over him. My hips slammed down to meet his time and time again, sending us both hurtling towards our orgasms. My forehead moved to rest against his as I looked him in the eyes. We both hit our completion together and his lips pressed hard to mine, swallowing my moans. We were both panting for breath as he pulled away from the kiss.

"I love you," I panted.

"I love you too baby. Come on. This water is getting cold," he said tapping my thigh. I nodded but stayed where I was, planted on him. He pinched my ass making me jump and him slip out of me. He pushed me back in the water and jumped out before grabbing a towel to wrap around his waist and then holding one out for me. I stepped out of the tub and into the towel which he wrapped around me before pulling me into his arms and hugging me tight.

"Come on, let's get to bed," I whispered. Edward nodded and after throwing our clothes in the hamper, blowing out the candles and emptying the bathtub. We went down to Edward's room and I towel dried my hair before we both slipped into bed, naked.

Sometime around three am there was a knock at the door. I quickly sat up and gently shook Edward so he would wake up.

"Edward. Wake up. There's someone at the door," I said as I grabbed a shirt and some pants.

"Huh?"

"There is someone at the door," I said leaving the room and going downstairs. At three am it's likely to be important –it better be important. I pulled the door open before Sophia was woken and saw two police officers outside.

"Hi there, I'm sorry to bother you this late at night but were looking for your neighbor. Isabella swan? You wouldn't happen to know where she is," one of the police officers' asked.

"I'm Isabella Swan. May I help you?" I asked hugging myself a little to ward off the cold.

"Oh, do we have the wrong address for you?" he asked quickly moving back to see the house number.

"No I live next door but my boyfriend lives here," I said.

"Huh, okay then. May we come in?" he asked.

"Yeah sure," I said stepping aside so they could come in. I lead them to the kitchen, feeling coffee would be important for this conversation at this time of the morning so I offered them drinks, which they both turned down.

"Now Miss Swan, I'm sorry to have to say that we had a phone call from the police force in Arizona, there was a car crash earlier this evening and your mother and step father were both killed in a car accident."

"Oh my god! What happened? What about Mia? Was she in the car?" I fired off at them.

"They were on their way home from dinner when they were hit head on by a drunk driver. As for your sister Mia, she was at home with a sitter so she is safe and sound." he said.

"Oh god," I whimpered, putting my head in my hands as tears fell.

"Bella? Who was at the door?" Edward asked as he came into the kitchen. "Is everything all right?"

"Is this your boyfriend ma'am?" the police officer asked. I nodded. "Should I tell him what I've told you?" I nodded again. He filled Edward in and Edward quickly wrapped me up into his arms as I cried quietly. The officers offered to show themselves out while Edward carried me to the sofa, sitting with me in his lap. The officers had told Edward that we could go and get Mia as soon as we were ready –I was her only living relative.

"I need to go to Phoenix," I whispered.

"We baby, we need to go to Phoenix. Why don't you go pack a bag and I'll get us a flight okay?"

"Are you sure? Edward you have to work."

"Baby you aren't going alone," he said. I nodded and he kissed me gently before I went to my house to pack. I worked on autopilot, trying not to think about the situation I was in. I packed a weeks' worth of clothing into a suitcase and made sure to grab my phone charger and purse before locking up and back to Edward. When I got there he had his laptop in front of him and was on the phone.

"Okay thank you very much." he said before snapping the phone closed. "So we have a flight that takes off at seven am. It was the earliest possible flight and I even looked into driving but that's a good 10 hours so it's easier to wait for the flight."

"Okay when should we leave?" I asked.

"In about an hour," he said. I nodded and wrapped my arms around his waist hugging him tightly.

"Thank you," I whispered.

"No need to thank me. This is payback anyway. When I found out about Sophia you took charge and sorted everything. This is me doing the same," he said before pressing his lips to my forehead.

"I'm going to go shower and get ready," I said.

"Okay love."

I went upstairs and into the bathroom and switched on the water. I had some toiletries here and I used them to wash up before climbing out. I quickly dried my hair before leaving it to fall in waves around my shoulders. Edward had bought my bag up for me and I pulled out my comfy skinny jeans and a long sleeved black top to pull on. I was pulling my socks on as Edward walked into the room.

"Almost ready?" he asked. I nodded and pulled on my black leather boots.

"Here do you want to wear this?" he asked, holding out his dark blue hoodie. I wear it all the time and he knows it's my favorite. I nodded and slipped it on before zipping it up, submerging myself in Edward's scent.

"Baby while I shower will you get Sophia for me? I've packed her bags but can you get her ready to leave?" he asked.

"Sure," I replied gently kissing him before going to the nursery. I flicked on the lamp and pulled out some soft pants and a long sleeved white bodysuit. I grabbed her white all in one coat, a hat and booties for her before gently lifting her from the crib, still asleep. I slowly stripped her from her onesie, keeping her asleep before changing her diaper and redressing her. I slipped her into her coat but left it undone for the time being. I lifted her up and held her close to me while I took her downstairs. Edward had gotten the purple car seat from his car and bought it inside so I laid her in that and then checked her bags to make sure he has packed everything she needed. I quickly sent a text to the head at my school asking her to call once she was up and was surprised when my phone rang almost immediately.

"Hi Shelly, I hope I didn't wake you," I said as I answered.

"No I was up, what's up Bella?"

"My mother passed away last night and I need to go to Phoenix, I need to get my sister. I have a flight that leaves at seven. Will you be okay to get my class covered?"

"Oh Bella I'm so sorry about your mother. Don't worry about your class, we'll sort it out and call me when your back and we can discuss your return," she said.

"Thanks Shelly. I'll speak to you soon," I said. We hung up as Edward came downstairs. "I've called out of work. Shelly's going to get my class covered. Have you called Marcus?" I asked.

"No I was going to do it now. He says he gets up now anyway," he said pulling his phone out. I grabbed the portable bottle warmer and threw it into the bag. It seemed to be the only thing Edward had forgotten. While he spoke to Marcus I went out to my car and grabbed the frame for the car seat so we could use it in the airport. I left it on the porch and went back inside to see Edward zipping Sophia up in her coat before strapping her in.

"Ready baby?" he asked.

"Yeah how are we getting to the airport?"

"That would be me," a voice said from behind.

"Carlisle. Did Edward wake you up?"

"No I just got off work. I'm so sorry about your mother Bella. Please if you need anything call us," he said hugging me gently.

"Thank you Carlisle," I replied softly.

"Babe I'm going to help dad get everything in the car," he said gently kissing my forehead. I nodded and he went off while I arranged Sophia. I put her hat on her and then took the car seat out to Carlisle's car. I strapped it in the back before going to grab her baby bag and my carry on. I put them both in the car and Edward and Carlisle climbed in too, having finished loading the car.

Twenty-five minutes later at five-forty-five we pulled up outside LAX. Carlisle pulled up to the curb and we climbed out. I quickly set up the frame for the car seat and then hooked the car seat onto it with a sleeping Sophia in it. I slung the baby bag over the handle bars and waited for Edward. He handed me my carry on and I put the bag over my shoulder. We said bye to Carlisle and headed to the ticket counter. Once we had our tickets and our luggage had been taken we headed toward our gate and Security. Sophia was now awake and wanting a bottle but we couldn't feed her until we cleared Security. The line wasn't long this time of morning so we were through in no time and rushing to our gate that way we could feed her before we took off. While I feed Sophia, Edward went to get us some coffee and pastries.

Once we had eaten we walked over to the attendant and gave her our tickets so we could go ahead and board. We were allowed on the plane and after giving the stewardess the car seat frame we boarded and Edward strapped Sophia in next to the window. First class is amazing and the seat is the perfect size for Sophia's car seat. I quickly took her out of her coat and covered her with a blanket instead so she didn't get too hot on the plane. The rest of the passengers filed in and after going through the safety procedures we took off. Thankfully it was only an hour long flight and Sophia fell asleep fifteen minutes into it. She could only stay up for an hour and a bit at a time and had woken at six so it made sense for her to be out again. Edward was quick to flip the arm rests and pull me into his arms, we snuggled for the duration of the flight and once we had landed I put Sophia back in her coat and attached the seat to the frame and we set off.

We collected our stuff from baggage claim and went to the car rental kiosk where Edward had reserved a car for us. He quickly signed everything and we were handed the keys. We went out to the large black SUV and I strapped Sophia into the car while Edward loaded all of our luggage into the back.

"You ready?" he asked.

"Yeah we need to go to the police station first."

"Okay do you remember the way?" he asked.

"Yeah but you drive," I said. We got into the car and set off for the police station. Once we arrived, Edward lifted Sophia out of her car seat and opted to carry her instead –she had been cooped up for far too long.

"Welcome to Phoenix police station. May I help you?" the woman behind the counter asked.

"Yes, my name is Isabella Swan, my mother and step father died last night in a car accident and I was told to come here to get the information I needed to get my sister Mia Dwyer," I said to her.

"Oh of course we've been expecting you," she said. "I'm sorry about your mother and step-father. Your sister Mia is currently with a social worker but before I can give you any information I just need to check your driver's license." I nodded and pulled it out handing it over to her. She photocopied it and handed it back to me before tapping something into the computer and printing some papers out.

"Okay this is where your sister is," she said circling an address, "she only has enough clothes with her to last two days. You will either have to go buy her some things or go pick them up from your mothers' house. Her car seat is currently with the social worker so you don't need to worry about that. Also, here are the belongings that were on Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer last night and someone will be contacting you sometime either today or tomorrow to go down and ID the bodies."

"Thank you," I said. She smiled and Edward and I left. I knew where the address was and it wasn't far from my mothers.

"I'm thinking that we first go to my moms and get clothes and toys for Mia and then go and pick her up." I said.

" Whichever you want to do first," Edward said. I directed him to my moms and climbed out before going inside. Thankfully I had only been here twice so it didn't evoke any memories for me –it made being here easier. I went up to Mia's room which I knew to be second on the left and started packing her things. Edward helped me to get all her things downstairs and double check that we had what we needed. We made sure we had all of her clothes, all of her toys and other things.

"I'm going to take her blankets and sheets from the crib so she has a reminder of home," I said as I folded them.

"That should help her when we get her home," he said. I nodded and we started moving the stuff to the car. As I walked through the living room, I noticed all the pictures that dotted around the room. I had Sophia on my hip as I walked around the room just taking them in. It was then when I decided to take all of the pictures so Mia could have them in her new home.

"Edward I want to take these too," I said. He nodded and grabbed a box we had found in the garage and we put them all in.

"That's it I think. We can always have everything else shipped. There's only so much we can take on the plane," I said.

"Okay baby. Let's go pick up Mia," he said as he lifted the box to put it in the overflowing trunk. We loaded up and climbed in before setting off for the house five minutes away. We pulled up outside and Edward offered to wait but I wanted him with me. We went up to the door and I knocked. The door was opened by an attractive blonde who had my sister on her hip.

"Hello I'm Isabella Swan," I said.

" Hello I'm Clara. It's nice to meet you. Please come in," she said pulling the door open. My sister put her arms out to me –clearly recognizing me—and I pulled her to my chest.

"Hi baby," I whispered, gently kissing her forehead. She cuddled to my chest and gripped Edward's sweater in her fists. She had a purple paci in her mouth and was still in what looked like to be her clothes from yesterday.

"This is my boyfriend Edward and his daughter Sophia," I said.

"Nice to meet you, again, I'm Clara and I've had Mia overnight. She's been fine, a little teary at bedtime but she settled down after a little while," she said.

"Okay that's great," I said.

"I've got her stuff here, do you want to change her now or wait?" She asked.

"I don't know, she has a nap coming up right?"

"Yeah at ten, I have a copy of her routine here," she said getting the paper off her coffee table.

"Well I'll dress her after she has her nap then. You have her car seat right?" I asked.

"Yeah it's right over here," she said reaching next to the sofa and lifting out the black seat. She handed it to Edward who said he would go and strap it in the car and put Sophia in her seat. I nodded and he went off while I spoke with Clara. She needed me to sign release forms and gave me copies of different things, Mia's birth certificate, a form stating I was her legal guardian –for now, and a release form putting her in my custody.

"You have my number if you need me and if I think of anything else I need from you I have your number," Clara said as she walked me to the door. I had Mia in my arms as we went down to the car and laid her into her car seat, strapping her in.

"Are you ready to go? I booked us into a hotel while I waited," Edward said as I got into the car.

"Thank you for this," I said. He took my hand and kissed it before resting it on his thigh and setting off for the hotel. He pulled up outside and we each grabbed a child and went inside to the check-in desk. Edward checked us in and the receptionist informed us our suite was on the fifteenth floor and that the elevators were too our left. We went upstairs and found that we had a one bedroom suite which thankfully had two portable cribs waiting for us. Mia was falling asleep against my chest so I laid her down in one of the cribs with her blanket, she didn't resist and fell asleep within a few minutes. Once she was down I made a bottle for Sophia and fed her –as she was getting cranky—while Edward grabbed our stuff from the car.

"I'm sorry we've been neglecting you a little baby, but once we get home everything should go back to normal sweetie," I said. "Daddy asked me to move in with you guys but that was before this happened so he might have changed his mind. It's not just me now, it's me and Mia."

"Bella I still want you to move in with me," a voice said from behind me, making me jump. I hadn't heard him come in. "I was thinking in the car though that maybe we should both sell our houses and buy a bigger place," he added as he sat next to me.

"Are you sure?" I asked softly.

"Baby I love you, regardless of the fact you now have guardianship of your little sister. We will raise Mia and everything will be fine," he said. I nodded into his chest and finished feeding Sophia. Once she was full Edward played with her on the floor while I went through our things. I decided to ship as much as I could back to California so we didn't have to take it on the plane. I kept a few toys that looked like she used often and the rest went into boxes. I also set aside a week's worth of clothes and the rest got packed away.

"Sophia is down for her nap," Edward said, "I'm going to head to the local market and get us some things, does Mia need anything?" he asked.

"Yeah formula and size three diapers. Just get enough for a week."

"Sure baby," he said. "Which brand of formula and diapers?" he asked. We looked through her bag and found the almost empty container of Gerber Good Start: Soothe and pampers for her diapers. After he had those memorized he gave me a kiss and left for the market. I looked in on the girls who were still sleeping and started unpacking our stuff. Mia woke just after eleven and I used the rest of the formula I had to make her a bottle.

"Now are you the kind of child who wants to do it themselves?" I asked as I lifted her into my lap. I put the nipple into her mouth and she seemed quite content to let me feed her while her hand rested over mine on the bottle. She was looking up at me as she ate and blinked slowly. Once she had had enough I let her play on the floor while I ran her a bath. She splashed and laughed in the water while I cleaned her up.

"You like bath time huh?" I said pouring the water over her soft hair while she giggled. I eventually managed to get her out and wrapped her in one of the hotels towels before taking her to the living room where Edward was with everything.

"Hey did you manage to find everything?" I asked.

"Yeah the receptionist directed me to a supermarket that had everything we needed," he said as he put it all in the cabinets in the kitchen. I nodded and put a fresh diaper on Mia before dressing her in leggings and a shirt and then letting her play in the living room.

My phone rang later on and I answered it and it was the local ME's office wanting me to ID the bodies.

"Can you stay here with these two while I go?" I asked.

"I don't like the idea of you going alone," he said.

"I'll be fine. I've accepted the fact that their gone so I'll be fine," I promised.

"If you want me to wait here I will."

"Thank you baby, Mia needs lunch at one," I added. "Give her some yogurt with a vegetable. I'll make pasta for dinner."

"Okay baby," he said hugging me tightly. I gently kissed his lips before going to shower and change. I didn't want to go in my travelling clothes. I pulled on some leggings and a long sleeved shirt to wear and grabbed my coat and scarf. My leather boots went back on and after saying bye to Mia and Edward I set off.

I followed the GPS's directions and pulled up outside the hospital. The reception desk called down to the office and someone was sent up to escort me down. The ID-ing process didn't take long and once I had verified it was in fact my mother and her husband I drove back to the hotel. I went back up to the room knowing that both girls would be up now for a little bit. I got to the room and I could hear squeals of laughter as I slid the card in to open the door. Edward had Sophia sat up surrounded by pillows while he threw Mia up in the air before catching her again making her laugh in delight.

"Hey," I said as I put my bag on the table. Mia smiled in my direction and held her arms out to me insistently.

"Hi baby girl. Did you have fun with Edward?" I asked. She giggled but didn't respond. Her speech was still very limited to babbling but hopefully it will kick in soon. We spent the rest of the afternoon sorting her things out and I had a quick nap with Mia during the afternoon before getting up and making pasta for dinner. Edward was good about giving me space to deal with my mom's death. We sat down and Mia had some mashed potatoes with vegetables and some applesauce. I was glad, she seemed to be an easy baby, she enjoys baths and food so far so we are doing well!

"Bath time sweetie," I said lifting her off the floor and onto my hip. I don't know if she used to have nightly baths but I was going to use baths as a way to wind down from the day. She splashed in the water while I cleaned her up before I lifted her out and dried and dressed her in some jammies. I grabbed a bottle for her and sat on the sofa with her while she drank it. She was half asleep when I put her in the crib with her blanket and paci. I pulled the door closed and went back to the living room where Edward had Sophia in her pajamas and was doing tummy time with her on the floor.

"She asleep?" he asked.

"Almost," I said.

"Good. Once Sophia's down what do you want to do?"

"I just want to snuggle with you."

"Sure baby. Sounds perfect," he said. I fed Sophia before he put her down in the other crib in the bedroom before coming back to me.

"I'm going to shower baby and then we can go to bed," he said. I nodded and he crouched to my level and pressed his lips to mine. "I'll be back shortly I nodded and he went off. I went to the bedroom and quietly pulled off my clothes and pulled on one of Edward's shirts with my panties. I went back to the living room to wait for Edward.

Minutes later he came out of the shower in low slung plaid PJ pants.

"Ready for bed baby?" he asked.

"Let me brush my teeth. I'll meet you in there," I told him. He nodded and I rushed through my nightly routine before locking the door to the hotel room and going into the bedroom. Edward had Mia in his arms and was gently rocking her as her head rested on his shoulder. I could hear her snivel a few times before she seemed to go soft in his arms. He gently laid her in the crib before crawling into bed to wait for me.

"Were you serious when you said you wanted to live together?" I asked softly as I crawled into his arms.

"Very serious baby," he said. "When we get back I want us to look at getting a bigger place and I may or may not have already mentioned it to my mother who is looking at places we may want."

"Really? You're already looking into it?" I asked. He nodded.

"I've got mom looking at four or more bedroom houses that are close to both of our jobs, the children's daycare and she added near her and dad as a criteria."

"Why so many bedrooms though?"

"What do you mean?" he asked innocently.

"I mean we only need three bedrooms why are you saying more than four?"

"Because I was thinking I want children with you at some point and I don't want to have to move again. That also might be why I also told my mom to look and see if there was room for expansion just in case," he said. I smiled up at him and guided his face down to mine for a soft loving kiss.

"I want that too," I whispered making him smile. "But not right now!" I added quickly. "We need to adjust to having Mia with us and I don't really want us to have another until Mia is firmly on her feet and so is Sophia." He nodded and pulled me back into his arms.

"I love the fact that you say another. Do you see Sophia as your daughter?" he asked.

"I don't know how to answer that question Edward," I said as he shuffled us down so we were lying face to face on the bed. My legs tangled with his automatically.

"Honestly. Bella nothing you say could upset me," he said.

"Then honestly yes I do think of her as my daughter," I said. He smiled blindingly and leant forward to press his lips to mine hard.

"I want her to be yours, I want you to adopt her and I want to hear her call you momma," he said.

"I want that too," I replied softly. "I'm confused about Mia though."

"Why are you confused baby?" he asked.

"Well obviously she is with us forever but do we raise her as our own or as my little sister. I don't want her to lose out on having parents but I don't want her to not know about her real parents."

"I think she's going to see us as her parents regardless and we can't not step into that role. She will see the way we are with Sophia and will want the same and when Sophia starts calling us Mommy and Daddy she will want to do the same and I think we should let her. We can put the pictures up of her and her parents all over the house and when she asks explain the truth," he said combing his fingers through my hair.

"Sounds like a plan, does that mean we start referring to each other as mommy and daddy?" I asked.

"I think so."

"I'm all for that with Sophia but with Mia can we wait till after the funeral? I don't need Phil's family to accuse us of trying to replace him and my mother," I said.

"That's fine. We can wait till we are back in California," he said. I nodded and he leant forward to press his lips to mine. We kissed softly and slowly in bed before Edward rolled onto his back and I scooted closer and rested my head on his chest and put my bent leg over his.

"Sleep baby, I love you," he whispered.

"Love you too," I replied quietly. His fingers ran through my hair and lulled me into a deep sleep.