Hey guys. Thank you so much for the reviews from the last chapter. You're all awesome. A lot of you gathered that Tanya had something to do with it so well done. And you seemed to like Bella and Edward's little chat.

Oh, btw, I forgot to tell you all the similarities between Alice's children's names. Marc, Zac and Chanel are all...fashion designers, of course haha it is Alice, after all. A couple of people got it right so well done them :D

So this weeks been crazy. I've had two presentations and got my grades back today. I got a 1st in one (which is the highest grade you can get) and a 2.1 in the other (which is the second highest) so it's safe to say I'm buzzing right now haha

Anyway, I'll let you read now. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: Twilight and all characters, except for our All-American girl Cali, grammy, Chanel and a few others, belong to SM :)

And now he's wrapped around her finger

She's the center of his whole world

And his heart belongs to that

Sweet little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect

All-American Girl

(All-American Girl by Carrie Underwood)

It was around four in the morning when my cell phone started ringing, waking Tanya and I out of our slumber.

"Oh my God, turn it off, Edward," she complained before rolling over to face away from me.

I picked up my phone and saw Bella's name on the screen. I answered.

"Hello," I croaked.

"Hi, Edward? I'm so sorry to wake you up but there's been an accident."

I sat up frantically. "What? Are you okay? Is Cali okay?" I was panicking.

"Yeah, we're fine. It's my grandmother; she fell and she's broken her leg. Cali and I are flying down to look after her. We leave in a few hours so I just wanted to call and let you know that you won't be having her today."

My face fell. "Oh. Is your grandma okay? Is she in a lot of pain?"

Bella sighed. "Who knows? The woman calls the paramedics for a splinter." I smiled. "Anyway, I don't know when we'll be back; it could be a few weeks."

I frowned before an idea came into my head. "Well," I started, not knowing how Bella would react to my idea. "I mean, you could always leave Cali here."

I could almost hear Bella frowning. "Leave her here? In Washington? While I'm two states away in California?"

"Yeah. I mean, I'd love to have her here, especially because it's my birthday in a couple weeks. Plus, I'm sure it would be easier to look after your grandma without an eleven year old running around."

She was silent for a few minutes and then sighed. "Okay."

I froze, not expecting her to actually agree. "What?"

"I said 'okay'. She can stay with you. I'll drop her off in an hour, is that okay?"

I nodded frantically. "Uh, yeah, that's great. Thank you."

"Yeah. Um, I need your address."

When we had hung up, I jumped out of bed and grabbed a pair of shorts and a plain t-shirt. I made my way out of my bedroom.

"Where are you going?" Tanya asked, still half asleep.

"To get the guest bedroom ready. Cali's staying with us for a couple of weeks.

I didn't wait for her reply as I walked out to make sure the bedroom was good enough for my daughter.

An hour later, the doorbell rang and I ran downstairs to open it. Bella was standing there in a pair of sweatpants and a tight white tank top while Cali was dressed in her pajamas. Cali was holding a leash which was attached to Charlie's collar.

"Nice house," Bella said. I smiled. "Right, everything she needs is in this," she held up a pink duffle bag," but if she needs anything else, here's a spare key." She gave me the bag and gold key. "Here is my grandma's address, her telephone number and my grandma's cell number, just in case you need me and can't get hold of my cellphone." She gave me the numbers. "Here is Charlie' bed, food bowl and water bowl. You'll have to buy some dog food. He doesn't like squeaky toys. He's well trained so he shouldn't chew anything or mess in the house but he will if he gets scared."

She gave me Charlie's things and I put them down next to Cali's stuff inside the door. "Okay. Anything else?"

"Remember she can't sleep with the door closed fully, she can't have cherries and don't let her drink before bed." I nodded. "I don't let her eat too much takeout so make sure she has proper, home-cooked food as much as you can. Takeout a couple of times is okay, but that's it. She can have a bowl of ice cream or a candy bar after dinner but not both, and not before dinner. Make sure you're stern with her because she will try to persuade you and if I find out she had candy before dinner there will be trouble." I nodded.

"Okay. I promise I won't let her have candy before dinner."

"Her bedtime is half nine because it's summer vacation. She's usually good at going to bed on time but she might try to convince you to let her stay up later. Do not let her. She'll say she's fine but she'll be full of attitude the next day. Won't you, Cali?"

Cali rolled her eyes but nodded.

I smiled. "Like her mom?" I asked. Cali burst out laughing but Bella gave me the stink-eye.

"Um, I think that's it. Cali, be good for your dad and I will call as soon as I get to Grammy's house, okay?" Cali nodded and threw her arms around Bella.

"I love you, mommy."

Bella stroked her messy hair back as she held her close. "I love you, too, baby. Be good for your dad and do everything he tells you, okay? If there is a problem, or you need anything, I'm just a phone call away."

"Okay. Tell Grammy I love her."

Bella smiled. "I will, baby girl." She let go of her. "Now, why don't you head on inside; I need to talk to your dad for a second."

"Okay. Love you, mommy. I'll miss you."

"I love you. And I'll miss you. Be good," she told her as Cali walked inside with Charlie. I saw them head into the living room before turning back to Bella.

"You wanted to talk?"

She nodded. "Yeah. Now, don't get mad, but it's about Tanya. I know she's your…fiancé, and that she lives here too, but Cali is our daughter, not hers. I've told Cali that she has to do everything you tell her to, but that does not stand for Tanya. She does not have the right to tell Cali what to do, and if she does, I don't expect Cali to listen. So if that happens, I don't want any calls saying that Cali hasn't done what she's been told, because if Tanya is the one who told her, she doesn't have to. You are her parent, not Tanya. And do not leave her alone with our daughter. Are we clear?"

"Yeah, but…" she cut me off.

"Discussion over, Edward. I'm not budging on that."
"Okay."

"Lastly, if any hair on that girls head is out of place, I will hurt you." I nodded. "And, remember to give her a kiss for me every night."

"I will."

"On her forehead. I usually tuck her in and then I kiss her forehead."

"Okay."

"And," she started but I cut her off.

"Bella, go; we'll be fine."

She nodded and took a deep breath. "Okay. Call me if she needs anything," she told me as she backed away from the house and climbed back into her car.

I watched her drive away and then I closed the door. I walked into the living room where Cali was sitting on the couch with Charlie.

"Please get him off the furniture, Cali," I told her and she did straight away. "Okay, it's still late, or early, so why don't we head to bed? I've tidied up your room. It's kinda plain but, if you want, we can redecorate it."

"Really?" she said excitedly.

"Yeah, but bed first. Where does Charlie usually sleep?"

"His bed stays downstairs but he sleeps up with me," she told me.

"Okay, come on then," I said

She followed me upstairs with Charlie running behind her. I showed her to her room and she climbed into bed with Charlie curled up beside her. I tucked her in like Bella told me to and then kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight, Cali-girl. I love you."

She yawned. "Love you, daddy." Her eyes closed and she was out.

I smiled and then walked out, leaving her door open slightly. I made my way to my own bedroom where Tanya was still asleep and climbed into bed. It didn't take me long to drift to sleep.

The first week of Calissa staying with us was perfect.

I managed to get most days off of work and, on the days I couldn't, I would drop Calissa off at either my brother or sister's houses. Tanya didn't understand why I wouldn't just leave Calissa with her but there was no way I was going against Bella. I'd learnt over the last eight months that she had been back in my life that Bella's mad side was not one you wanted to get on.

The problems started in the second week that Calissa was with us.

Bella had called saying that her grandma was back home but she would be staying in California for at least another two weeks, which was fine by me. Tanya wasn't quite as happy.

"I just don't understand why she can't stay with Emmett or Alice for a week or so. Or maybe even your parents. I'm sure they'd love to have her," she said as we got ready for bed. I had just tucked Cali in and she was out before I even left the room.

"Tanya, she's my daughter. I can't just dump her off to someone else."

"Bella has."

I ignored her comment about Bella and continued. "And, besides, even if I could, I wouldn't want to. She's my daughter and these few weeks might be the only time in either of our lives that she lives with me. So I'm going to enjoy having her here."

She didn't reply and I assumed that was the end of the issue.

I was wrong.

On the day of my birthday, I woke up to kisses covering my face. I grinned but kept my eyes closed.

"Happy birthday, my gorgeous man," Tanya said as she climbed on top of me and kissed my lips.

Before it could go any further, there was a knock at our bedroom door.

Tanya threw herself off of me. "Oh, for fuck sake."

I gave her a dirty look and got out of bed to open the door. Cali was standing there in her peacock pajamas and her hair in two messy pigtails.

"Morning daddy. Happy birthday," she said as she threw herself into my arms.

I laughed. "Thank you, baby girl. And good morning to you," I told her and then she planted a wet kiss on my cheek.

Hours later, I found myself sitting in my living with my whole family, who had come over to give me presents. I truly was a very blessed person and received a lot of incredible things from my giving family. My favorite, however, was the gift that Calissa, and Bella, gave me.

I had just opened the new engraved watch that Tanya had brought me and she gave me a kiss that, even I had to admit, was slightly inappropriate considering there were ten children in the room.

When she finally climbed off of my lap and took her place beside me, Calissa stood up.

"My turn," she squealed excitedly and then she grabbed two small parcels. "These are from me, and mommy because she helped."

I opened the smallest and pulled out chain with two dog tags on the end. Engraved on one was the date that Calissa was born and on the second, were the words 'Anyone can be a father, but it takes a special man to be a daddy.'

"Oh, Calissa, I love it, baby. Thank you." I kissed her cheek and slipped the chain over my head. The dog tags hung down near where my heart was in my chest.

"Open the second one. This was mommy's idea. She said she made this for you a very long time ago, just in case, and that you'd love it." She handed me the second and I opened it, revealing a DVD disc. I frowned.

Calissa took it off of me and put it into the console on the entertainment unit. She pressed play and we were all silent as a younger looking Bella appeared on the screen.

"Hi there," she said, her California accent more obvious. She was sitting on a bed wearing a loose top, with her long hair braided falling over her shoulder with blue sheets wrapped tightly around her. "So, this was my grams' idea and, to tell you the truth, I feel kinda stupid doing this, especially because I doubt you'll ever watch it. But, grams' had a good point so, I'm doin' it anyway." She laughed. "Grams said that, if we ever met again, you might be a little mad that you missed all these moments, so I'm gonna document them for you in case, somehow, we meet again in the future." She pushed the sheets away from her and we saw a small bump poking out from between her hips. "So, this is our baby. I'm around twenty-one weeks. I had an appointment last week and the doctor said everything's fine but," she rubbed her belly, "this little one didn't wanna show us what we're having. Stubborn baby. I dunno if he or she gets that from you, or me. Maybe both? I dunno." She laughed again. "Anyway, so I have another appointment in a couple of weeks and, fingers crossed, I'll be able to let you know what we're having. So, bye." She leaned forward and turned the video off.

The DVD then cut to another shot of Bella, once again sitting on her bed but without the sheets around her. Her belly was slightly bigger and she had a huge grin on her face.

"Hey. So, I just got back from the doctors and, guess what? We're having a girl! I'm so happy. I mean, I would have been happy with a boy too but, I'm over the moon. Once again, the doctor said everything is fine and our baby girl is completely healthy." She giggled. "Oh my God, baby girl." She shook her head. "How insane is that? Anyway, I'll update you after my next appointment. Bye."

There were a few more similar videos of Bella talking to me, telling me about an appointment that she had that day. In each video she was in the same place, sitting on the same bed, but her belly was larger in every video.

The next one was different, however.

The shot was of Bella again but, she was sitting on a smaller metal bed. Her hair looked damp and, in her arms, was a small body.

"Hey," Bella choked out. "So, she's here. She's two weeks late, but she's finally here. I'd like you to meet Calissa Renee Swan, born on May twelfth, two-thousand and five at five-oh-four in the afternoon. She weighs seven pounds and three ounces, which the doctor said is pretty average. She's so beautiful. You can't see her hair but it looks kinda light, so I think she's getting your hair color. Her eyes are really dark though so grams thinks she'll have my eyes. I guess we'll see."

"Hi sweetie," a faint voice in the background of the video said.

"Hi. Um, I gotta go. We're gonna try to feed. Wish me luck." She gave a tired laugh and then the video cut off.

The next video was off a small child, around nine or ten months. She had short wavy hair and tan skin. She was sitting on the floor playing with plastic blocks and a thinner looking Bella was sitting beside her.

"Grams will you turn that off," Bella complained as she continued to play with the child.

"No," a voice from behind the camera spoke. "You said you were gonna document everything for him."

"Not her randomly playing, though."

"Shh."

Bella rolled her eyes and stroked the child's cheek. "You agree with mama, don't you, Cali? Yes you do. Tell grams that mama's right. Say 'you're right mama'."

"Mama."

Bella froze and then she picked Cali up. "Oh my God. You just said 'mama'. She just said 'mama', grams. You heard it right?"

There was a sniff from behind the camera. "I heard it, sweetie. I heard it. Now aren't you glad I didn't turn the camera off," Bella's grandma said before the video cut off and a new one started.

This time Cali was a few months older. She was sitting on the floor again with Bella and there was a pink and white cake on the table in front of them.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Cali, happy birthday to you," Bella and her grandma, who was behind the scene, sang and then Bella said, "Can you blow out the candles, Cali?" Bella helped one year old Calissa blow her candles out and then she got up. "I'm gonna go cut the cake, can you watch her?" she asked before standing up and walking away with the cake.

Calissa had watched her mom walk away and then pulled herself from the floor using the table before beginning to walk unsteadily in the direction that her mom had gone in.

"Oh my God, she's walking Bella," her grandma shouted and it showed Bella running in and scooping Calissa into her arms in a tearful hug before the video cut off.

The screen remained black, indicating the end of the video.

"Oh my God," my mom whispered as she wiped the tears from her cheeks.

Everyone was in tears, having just witnessed the first major moments that we had missed in Cali's life.

None of us quite knew what to say after what we had just watched.

Finally, after a few minutes of silence, I cleared my throat. "Um, I have to call Bella," I told them before I got up and made my way outside.

I dialed Bella's number and she answered straight away.

"Edward, is everything okay?"

"Um, yeah everything's fine. Cali's fine. I just wanted to say 'thank you' for the DVD."

She was quiet for a moment. "Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. Um, I'm glad you liked it."

"I did. I really did. Thank you for documenting all of those moments."

"You're welcome. Um, I have more but they're on different discs. I can give them to you when I get back to Seattle."

I nodded. "Yeah. That would be great. Thanks."
"You're welcome. Um, I have to go. But happy birthday."

"Thanks," I said, and then she hung up.

Later that night, my family were just about to leave when Tanya started complaining that Calissa wasn't leaving with my family.

I had had enough and asked her to join me upstairs to talk.

"This needs to stop, Tanya. She's my daughter and this is my birthday. If you don't like it you can leave, because she's not going anywhere."

"All I'm asking for is one night without having to babysit her."

"We're not babysitting, she's my daughter."

She snorted. "Oh please. Do you think she'd be here tonight if Bella hadn't of had to go down to California?"

"Why are you being like this? You've been so supportive of my relationship with Cali since I found out."

"I am supportive. All I'm asking for is one romantic night where we can be a couple without you having to go be with her."

"Will you stop saying 'her' like that, as if she's some sort of disease?"

"She is. She's like a SDI that you can't get rid of. She's always here, Edward. She either needs you to run her bath, or make her dinner because apparently take out isn't good enough for her, or tuck her into bed. She's eleven, why can't she tuck herself into bed?

"You've hardly touched me since she got here. In fact, you've hardly touched me since you found out about her. And you haven't even mentioned the wedding. We're getting married next year, Edward. We need to plan but you're too busy with Calissa."

I was silent for a few moments, taking in her outburst. Finally, I got my thoughts together and started talking. "Do you know how utterly selfish, and childish you sound? She's eleven, Tanya. She's my eleven year old daughter. She's here because I want her to be, and I just so happen to be doing Bella a favor at the same time. She is my daughter, not an SDI, and I can't believe you just compared her to that.

"I'm sorry that we haven't had sex but I don't think that's appropriate with my daughter staying down the hall, especially as it's the first time. I'm sorry if I'm too busy getting my life together and getting to know my daughter to plan the damn wedding but something are more important."

"More important than our wedding?"

"Yes. Calissa is a thousand times more important than a damn wedding."

She gasped. "Well, if that's how you feel maybe we shouldn't get married at all."

"Maybe we shouldn't," I said.

I could tell by the look on her face that she didn't mean it and she was surprised by my response.

"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" she asked.

I nodded. "I don't think I can be with you anymore, Tanya."

She began crying but then stopped, her blue eyes flashing with anger. She pulled the ring off of her finger before throwing on the floor and then stomping out of the room.

*Ding Dong the bitch is gone, the wicked bitch is gone* haha but how long for? ;)

I'd love to know what you all thought about the chapter, specifically the video diary Bella gave Edward, and the breakup :)

Thanks for reading. Until next time guys :D

xoxo

RKandCarrieFan

p.s. congrats Kristen Stewart on your NYFCC award, BOFCA award and BSA award. Bring on that Oscar!

p.p.s. congrats Carrie Underwood on yet another Grammy award!