Chapter ten

Today was a fairytale
You've got a smile that takes me to another planet
Every move you make everything you say is right
Today was a fairytale
Today was a fairytale
All that I can say
Is now it's getting so much clearer
Nothing made sense until the time I saw your face
Today was a fairytale.

Edwards POV

Wow.

That one word pretty much summed up my date last night with Bella. She's everything I want and more. She's beautiful, intelligent, funny…

Knock! Knock! Knock!

I was pulled from my thoughts of Bella by a knock at my bedroom door. It was already seven and I was still lying in bed.

"Come in!" I hollered. The door knobbed turned and in walked little Teagen. "Hey baby girl." I said. She had a frown on her face. "What's wrong?" I asked as I picked her up and sat her down beside me on the bed. "I'm sad." She said with a pout. I knew it wasn't funny but I had to try really hard not to laugh. She was just too cute.

"Why are you sad, baby?" "Because I ruined your date with Bella." I pulled her in for a hug. "Having you and your sister there just made the date that much special. I'm not mad. But next time, ask to come, okay?" She nodded. "Okay daddy."

There was another knock at my door and Kensley poked her head in. "Teagen, are you ready. We need to leave for school now." Teagen kissed me on the cheek then got up and walked right past Kensley without saying a word to her. "She hates me." Kensley said then walked away before I could say anything. I sighed and lair back on the bed. If I could I'd lay her all day and enjoy my last day of freedom. Tomorrow I start my first shift at the hospital. I work in the ICU, intensive care unit. But, I work with the children. It was sad sometimes, seeing all the sick kids. But it was a great feeling when I could help save a kid's life.

I love my job.

As I sat in my bed I thought about Bella and what question I would ask her today. There's just so many to choose from.

"Hello?" Bella said in her soft voice. I decided on a question so I decided to keep it simple and just call her and ask.

"Good morning love." "What can I do for you this morning?" I could hear her shuffling around in the back ground. "I have my daily question, but if you're busy I can call you back later." I really didn't want to hang up. I love hearing her voice. "No it's okay. I was just grabbing the news paper on my way to work. What's the question?" "If I were to ask you on a date would that count as my question of the day? If so, I have to warn you that I'll never learn anything about you because I plan on asking you out, a lot." She giggled. "No Mr. Cullen, that wouldn't count as your question." I smiled. "Good, so after work would you and the boys like to come over to my place for supper?" She was quiet for a minute. "If you don't want to that's okay too." She laughed. I didn't know I was being funny. "Silly man, of course I want to come over, but are you sure the girls would be okay with that?" "Bella, don't be crazy. The girls love you. How does six sound?" "Perfect, see you then."

I smiled as I hung up the phone. That woman is amazing.

So, since I had a long day ahead of me ahead of me I decided to get up and go to the grocery store to get the ingredients for tonight's dinner. I couldn't go to the grocery store here in Forks because Bella is working and I want tonight to be a surprise. So, I had to drive all the way to Port Angeles. Along the way there I tried to decide what to make tonight. To be honest I wasn't much of a chef. I can barely cook a box of Kraft dinner without burning the house down. Thank God for Kensely. She was a great cook. I could probably ask her to help me, but I really wanted to do this myself. I wanted to do something special for Bella. "Mom, I need your help." I said over the phone to my mom in panic. I was pacing up and down the meat isle at the grocery store trying to figure out what to make. "Are you okay honey? Are the girls okay?" I sighed. She always jumps to conclusions. "Mom, calm down. Everyone is fine. I'm making supper tonight and I need your help on deciding what to make." I heard her let out a breath of air she must have been holding. "Gosh boy, don't do that to me. You had me scared. Now, why are you having such a hard time deciding what to eat all of a sudden?" I really didn't want to tell my mom about Bella yet. She would start planning our wedding. I was never one for dating in school. My mom always said I needed to find someone to spend my life with, but girls these days just aren't, classy. Except for Bella. "Um, a friends coming over tonight." "A friend? A girl by any chance?" I sighed. "Yes mom, a friend that just also happens to be a girl." "Oh honey, that's great! What's her name? I can't wait to meet her!" Didn't I say this would happen? "Her name is Bella. Mom, please just stick to the topic. I need help, remember? You know I can't cook to save my life." "What does she like?" I tried to remember her saying what kind of food she liked, but I came up empty. Out date was cut short last night so we didn't get that far. "I don't know." "Then keep it simple. Try something like a chicken breast with mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables." My mother is a genius. "Perfect. Thanks mom, love you!" I hung up quickly before she could start quizzing me about Bella. At least I had a new question on my list of things to ask her; what is her favorite food? I grabbed the chicken, potatoes, and every fresh vegetable in the store I could find and went to check out. By the time I got home it was already four. Teagen had soccer practice after school. Thankfully, Kensley offered to take her. Now I have an hour to get the food started and make sure the house was clean before they got home. I put the oven on five hundred and stuck the chicken in. Cooking it on five hundred would have it done on time, right? I put the veggies in the slow cooker and peeled the potatoes and put them in a pot of boiling water. "There." I said to myself as I washed my hands off. I dried them off on my jeans and went into the living room to clean up. Luckily, it wasn't too messy so I sat on the couch and watched TV while the food cooked. "Dad!" I heard Kensley scream. I jumped up and fell on the floor. Crap, I must have dosed off. I got up off of the floor and ran into the kitchen. The room was filled with smoke. "Dad, what is going on?" Kensley asked as she took the chicken out of the oven and threw it in the sink and ran cold water over it. She turned everything off and opened the windows. After the smoke cleared out of the room I could see how much of a disaster the place was. There was water all over the floor and stove from the boiling potatoes, the chicken was as black as coal and well, let's not get started on the vegetables. I think you get my point anyway. "Uh, cooking supper?" It came out more like a question. "Dad, you don't cook chicken on five hundred, and you have to cut up the potatoes and vegetables before you try and cook them. Why are you trying to cook anyway?" I scratched the back of my neck. "Um, Bella and her boys are coming over for supper tonight." I looked over at the clock and my eyes practically bugged out of my head. 6:02 PM "Crap! Is it really that late?" I asked as I started to scurry around the room and clean up. Teagen came skipped into the room eating an ice cream cone. "Yeah, dad why, what time are they supposed to be here?" Ding Dong! "Now." "Edward, what happened?" I turned around and saw Bella, Grayson, and Rylan all standing in the door way to the kitchen. Teagen was standing in front of them so she must have let them in. I'll have to talk to her later about answering the door. "Oh um, hi Bella. I was just, making supper?" Again, it came out more like a question. I watched as a smile spread across her face. "And how is that going for you?" I heard Grayson laugh from beside her. "Is that your question for the day Miss. Swan?" I can play the game just as good as she can. She shook her head then walked over to me and grabbed my hand. "I'm sorry, I can make something else. I'll just need a little bit more time."I said. "Edward, its fine. We can just order a pizza or something." I looked down at the wet floor. "I wanted to do something special for you." She guided my face up to meet hers. "It's the thought that counts." "Okay you two love birds. Stop before I lose my appetite." Grayson said jokily from across the room. "Rylan, do you want to go play with me?" Teagen asked. Rylan's face lit up and they both ran off to do whatever seven year olds do. "I'll go order the pizza." Kensley said as she grabbed the phone off of the counter and left the room. Grayson was left with us "love birds." He was still standing in the door way, awkwardly. "Um, I'm going to do something, not in this room bye." Grayson said and left the room quickly. As soon as we were alone we burst out laughing. "We sure know how to clear a room." I said. Bella laughed and elbowed me in the side. I started to clean the kitchen while we waited for the pizza to get here. I throughout the food and washed the dishes before the leftover food stuck to them. Bella was on the floor with a rag cleaning up the water. "Bella, what are you doing?" I asked. "Cleaning, silly." I went over and sat down beside her on the floor. "You don't have to do that you know. I can get it." She smiled up at me. "I want too." "Pizza's here!" Grayson yelled as he walked into the living room where everyone was with three boxes of pizza in one hand and shoving a piece of the pizza in his mouth with the other. "Grayson." Bella scolded. I laughed. Kensley got up and grabbed the pizza from his mouth and took a bite. This time it was Bella's turn to laugh. "I win! I win!" Teagen yelled. Her and Rylan were playing a very intense game of snakes and ladders. "Okay kids, come eat." Bella said. Everyone sat around the coffee table and ate. "I want to watch a movie." Kensley said as she stood up from her spot on the floor. "Sure." I turned to look at Bella. "Would you and the boys like to stay?" She smiled at me. "We'd love too." "This movie sucks. Next time I'm picking!" Grayson said as he leaned back in his chair and hit the button to make it recline. "This is a great movie! Look at the love between Allie and Noah. If only all boys were that loving and not self centered jerks." Kensely said. She was lying on the floor on her belly with her ankles crossed. She sat up and sat crossed legged. Grayson rolled his eyes. "Girls are to winey." He said and threw a piece of popcorn at Kensely. "We are not! Boys are just insensitive. And stop throwing popcorn at me!" "And I think you just proved my point." He said and threw another piece "Hey!" Kensley yelled and jumped up and dumped the bowl of popcorn over his head. "Hey!" He jumped up from his chair. "Okay you two, save it for another time. Teagen and Rylan are sleeping." Bella said. I looked over at the love seat and sure enough both of the kids were still sleeping. Grayson and Kensely huffed and sat back down. "Bella, you know you still haven't asked me a question yet today." I whispered in her ear. She turned and looked in my eyes. "Kiss me?" She asked, never breaking eye contact. I leaned in slowly and lightly touched my lips to hers. I kept it quick and simple, yet it was passionate. In one kiss, there was so much love. Amazing. Grayson made a gagging sound and Kensely laughed. I broke the kiss and both Bella and I blushed. Next thing I knew Kensely and Grayson jumped on the couch. Kensley cuddled up to my side and Grayson put his arm around Bella's shoulders. I took Bella's hand in mine and she smiled a breath taking smile at me. I could stay this way forever. I really like this chapter, do you? I'm working really hard on this story and would really appreciate some feedback. What you guys think mean a lot to me. Thanks to everyone who does review, it means. I love every single one of them. P.S. Is anyone wondering where Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie are? Keegan reading to see what those four are up too! Next chapter: Grayson reads the first chapter of the book from his dad. REVIEW! xxoo