Night Cries - Chapter 10

BPOV

"Get it together, Edward, it's just Jacob." I spoke to my pacing husband while I held a bottle to the sleeping beauty in my arms.

"Yes, to you it's just Jacob, but to a vampire he is a werewolf and they can't be trusted." Almost on cue, there was a knock at the door.

Edward reluctantly stopped pacing and trudged to get it. "Good morning, Jacob." He said through clenched teeth.

Jacob looked about the same; jaw taut, but...had he gotten even taller? "Jacob, come in, Bella's been waiting for you." Edward said, cautious as to Jacob's closeness.

I placed Annalie, now done with her bottle, in the playpen across the room and skipped to the front door. Edward wrapped an arm protectively around me and I'm pretty sure I heard a small growl.

I reached out to shake Jacob's hand and he warmly shook it. "It's so nice to see you, Jake. How have you been?"

We made small talk as we walked into the living room; slowly catching up with each other. A

ll of a sudden, Annalie began furiously crying and screaming. We have no idea why but that had been happening a lot lately and we think it was because she was having bad dreams.

I ran over and picked her up; cradling her close the way she always liked it. Her cries slowed and she was breathing easier. "Who is that, Bella?" Edward had now come over to stand by me and he was humming to calm Annalie.

"This is the big news that I wanted to tell you. This is our daughter, Annalie. You can come closer if you want." He just stood there in shock.

"How did this happen?" Jacob half-shouted, causing Annalie to stir even more. "How do you think, mutt? How do normal people have children?" Edward responded sharply and I patted his shoulder in attempt to stop his rage.

"You are a vampire; this was not supposed to be possible." Jacob was still entirely shocked.

"We beat the odds, Jake. Annalie is our miracle baby." He took a few steps closer and was peering over my shoulder to see her.

"Well, she is very pretty. She looks so much like you, Bella, that's a good thing. " I smiled at the same time as Edward.

"She has Edward's eye shape and his lips, everything else is mine." I said, my smile growing larger.

Just then, Jacob's phone rang and he answered it. He spoke for a few minutes, and then turned to face me.

"I'm so sorry, Bella, but that was my dad. I'm late for the brunch we're having with Seth's family. It was so good seeing you. I'll just walk myself out." I waved goodbye and blew a kiss to him.

When I turned back to Edward his face was sullen. I reached up to kiss him, trying to make it clear that I loved him more than Jake.

"Is Jacob still here?" Alice spoke as she appeared at the top of the stairs. "Oh that's too bad, I wanted to say hi." She then said as she saw we were alone.

"Alice, you do realize that it was not your fault that she cried yesterday." I recalled the events of our homecoming. She rolled her eyes.

"Oh don't worry about that, Bella, I'm way over it. Now, let me see my sweet niece." I handed Annalie to Alice, careful to keep her head supported because she was only still about a week old.

Out of nowhere, Annalie coughed and spit up on Alice's new shirt. I didn't know if it was really new, but I had never seen it before. "Oh no Alice, I'm so sorry. I forgot to burp her!" Alice was holding Annalie out at arms' length, disgusted.

"It's fine, I need to go change…now." She handed Annie to Edward (who had gotten a burp cloth when I wasn't looking) and ran upstairs.

"Why don't we do something, today? I really need to get out of the house." I said as Edward was burping Annalie.

"We could go shopping. Annalie needs more diapers and formula. You, of course, need some food as well." Food, oh great, I had forgotten to eat breakfast this morning. My stomach growled as if to signify the need of groceries and Edward nodded.

"I guess that means we're going grocery shopping." Alice appeared once again, this time at the foot of the stairs wearing a new top. "Did I hear someone say they were going shopping?" I couldn't help but laugh at Alice, the little shopaholic that she was.

"Bella, Annalie, and I are going grocery shopping. You're not invited." I smacked Edward on the arm he wasn't supporting Annalie with.

"You could have said that a little more nicely. Way to go, Edward." I said mockingly as Alice strolled back up the stairs. "I guess I'll have to apologize later. We should be going now."

After the burping, Annalie had gotten her onesie completely covered in spit-up. I held Annalie as Edward ran and got her a new outfit to wear out. It was an adorable, multi-colored floral print dress with white shoes and a white cardigan. She looked like a little princess, which to us: she was.

He also, to my surprise, brought down an outfit for me since I was still wearing my sweats from last night. It was a strapless dark blue top with dark wash jeans and a white cardigan to match Annie.

He had gotten dressed while he was up there. He was dressed in a light blue button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, dark wash jeans, and his classic black Ray Ban sunglasses.

We placed Annalie in her carseat and loaded the foldable stroller into the back of the Volvo. Edward carried the carseat and buckled it into the holder; it was too heavy for me.

"You're such a great Daddy to her. I love you." I said suddenly as he started the car. He caught me off guard as well when he swiftly leaned over and gave me a long and lingering kiss. "Thank you, I love you as well my Bella."

We both smiled at each other and enjoyed the rest of the car ride, holding hands in-between us. We arrived to the grocery store about twenty minutes later and Edward unfolded the stroller. I let Edward handle taking the carseat out since it was too heavy and I walked over to get a cart.

He met up with me at the entrance and we traded what we were pushing; I pushed the stroller and he pushed the shopping cart. "Would you rather have apples or oranges?" Edward asked when we reached the produce. "Apples, they're my favorite fruit."

Oops, I shouldn't have said that. Edward began loading two bags with apples. I stopped him, "I don't like them that much, love." I said laughing and using his nickname for me. Out of nowhere, I spotted our old friends at the other end of the produce aisle.

Angela noticed me looking and waved. "Edward, look its Angela and Ben!" He smiled and told me to go on ahead; he would finish getting the fruit and vegetables.

I pushed Annalie's stroller over to where they were standing and when I got there, Angela fiercely hugged me. "Oh Bella, I've missed you. Oh, where are my manners? How are you? Oh you're daughter is an angel, look at that adorable face. She looks just like you, what's her name?"

I held up my hand to stop Angela's babble and laughed. "Her name is Annalie. We call her Annie for short. I've been doing great, I love being a mom. Edward's been such a good help, I never knew he'd be such a good Daddy. Your little man is very handsome, what's his name?"

"Oh thank you so much. His name is Kyle; we call him Ky for short."

"Well it's been so nice to see you Ang, but I must get back to grocery shopping. You have my phone number right?" She nodded and we hugged goodbye; I was so lucky to have Angela for a friend.

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