The Gift

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyers owns all Twilight and the Characters

Chapter 10 Making-Up

EPOV

When I pulled into her driveway I noticed that all the lights were off in her house except for one. The only light on was her bedroom and I could see her shadow moving around the room. I still hadn't figured out what I was going to say to her or how I was going to tell her. Just then I heard the familiar sound of my phone ringing. Looking down I noticed that it was Bella calling. I looked up at her window and decided not to answer it I just let it ring. I know that it sounded mean but she needed to calm down in my opinion.

Believe me I wanted to answer that phone call and hear her voice. I wanted to tell her that I was sorry and that I didn't mean to tell Charlie. I looked up once more and noticed that her light was out. My phone went off again and this time it was letting me know that I had a new message. Dialing the number I knew that it was Bella who left it. I just needed to know what she had to say.

"I'm sorry," I heard her say as her voice cracked on the message. "I know that you didn't mean any of it. I'm sorry for snapping at you. I love you."

I closed my phone after I heard her message. Alice was right things were going to work out. I got out of the Volvo and walked towards the house. I started to think as I approached the front door about how I was going to get in. One I could knock on the door or two climb through her window. Did I want to surprise her? Yes, I definitely wanted to surprise her. So that left the option pretty clear to me. I walked over to old tree and took a deep breath. It's been a few years since I've climbed this tree. I just prayed that this old tree could still hold my weight without a branch breaking.

As I started to climb I knew that this old tree was still true to it's strength. I made it over to the limb that lead to her window and looked in. The only light that was in the room was coming from the moon and the sight broke my heart. There was my Bella laying on the bed curled up into a ball. Her body shook with the sobs that was coming from her as she cried. I lifted the window up as quietly as I could and climbed in without her noticing.

"Bella," I said walking over to the bed.

"Edward," she said sitting up and wiping the tears off her face. "I'm so."

"I'm the one that should be sorry," I said interrupting her. I sat down beside of her and turned myself to where I was facing her. "I should have let you be the one to tell Charlie about Mike."

"I shouldn't have been so cold to you," she said meeting my eyes.

"I understand where you are coming from," I told her. "You were just trying to protect Carly. If it had been me I would have done the exact same thing."

"It still doesn't make things right," she whispered as her breathing came back to normal. "I know that I should've told Charlie. So if anyone is to blame then it's my fault as well."

"We are stronger then any of this," I said taking her hands in mine. "We have made it almost five years apart. I'm not going to let one little argument destroy us."

"I don't want this to destroy us either," she said coming closer to me.

"Then it won't," I told her as let her hands go. I moved my hands up and cupped her face staring in her eyes.

At that moment leaned down and met her lips. They were perfect, she was perfect, and she was all mine once more. She moved her hands up and wrapped her fingers through my hair. I let go of her face for a moment and shrugged my jacket off still kissing her. A small moan escaped from my lips as she moved her hands out of my hair wrapping her arms around my neck pulling me closer to her.

"Bella," I whispered leaving a trail of kisses down her neck. "I love you so much."

"Edward," she said as I guided her down onto the bed. I made sure not to put any of my weight on her. I was able to keep one hand on her waist and gently rub the bare skin that was exposed. "I love you."

She ran her hands up under my shirt and ran her fingertips along my stomach and up my chest. If she only knew what she was doing to me. I would take her right here and right now if I didn't promise myself to let her control our physical relationship. Tanya never gave my goose bumps or never made me feel like this when I was trapped in our marriage. I deepened our kiss when she placed her hands on the edge of my shirt and lifted it off over my head tossing it onto the floor.

"You need to now," she said as I was starting to unbutton her top. She was trying to catch her breath and more importantly killing the mood. "I have to tell you something first."

"What do I need to know," I said kissing her neck. "Bella, can't it wait a little while longer."

"I want to give myself to you," she said raising up on her elbows. This was surely a mood killer now. "There is something that you need to know first."

"Let's not talk about it tonight," I told her sitting up to sit on the edge of the bed. "Whatever it is we can talk about it later."

"Okay," she replied. I got up from the bed putting my shirt back on. I grabbed my jacket and headed towards the window. I didn't want to make her fell uncomfortable. So it was best if I headed on home I thought to myself putting my jacket back on. "Don't go."

"What," I said shocked turning around.

"Stay," she said getting up from the bed and walking over to me. "I want you to stay."

"What about Carly," I asked her knowing that she was going to stay with Charlie and Sue tonight.

"She's over at the rez for the night," she told me sliding my jacket back off of me. "I'm sure we'll both be up before she comes home."

"I would love to stay," I told her kissing her one more time.

I took her by the hand and lead her back to the bed. I slide my shoes off before climbing in beside of her. Once I was under the blankets she moved herself closer to me. I wrapped my arms her and we melted together as one. To have the love of my life back in my arms was something I never wanted to take for granted every again. I know that if anything were to happen to me. Then I would die a happy man because of this one night.

"Good night my sweet angle," I said kissing her temple.

"Sweet dreams," she said giggling.

"What's so funny," I said.

"This feels like old times," she said looking up at me, "Remember."

"Of course," I said with a small chuckle. In high school after we finally admitted we had feelings for each other I would sneak into her bedroom at nights. Of course we always had to be careful and quiet. At that time Charlie was still living here down the hall. So I was always somewhat worried that he would shoot my ass.

"At least Charlie no longer lives here," she said when my eyes grew larger just thinking about his shotgun.

"I know," I answered her. "It still just the thought of it."

"I love you," she said snuggling up closer to me.

"I love you too," I said as I watched her eyes close.

I laid there for a few minutes holding her and watching her sleep. I never wanted this moment to end at all. I wanted to go to sleep like this every night with her in my arms. She was always my life from the very first time I saw her in kindergarten. It just took us all the way till high school to let our feelings known. I pulled her as close as I could to me and closed my eyes to a wonderful night.

I turned over the next morning to fell that the bed was a whole emptier then it was last night. Opening my eyes I noticed that Bella was no longer in the bed. I guess that she had woken up early and headed on down the stairs. I was a little bummed out because I wanted to wake up with her still in my arms. It felt so damn good to sleep with her in my arms I had to admit to myself. I got up out of the bed, grabbed my shoes and jacket, and headed down the stairs to find Bella.

Hitting the bottom step I was assaulted with the sweet aroma of her baking. I laid my things in the hallway floor and tiptoed into the kitchen. Her back was to me since she was mixing things into a bowel.

"Morning," I said snaking my arms around her and kissing her just below her ear.

"Morning," she replied placing the bowel on the counter and turning in my arms to face me. "Did you sleep well?"

"That was probably one of the best nights I've had in a long time," I said. "You want to know what would have made it even better."

"What," she said smiling.

"Waking up with you in my arms," I said leaning down to kiss her.

"I'm sorry," she said giggling. "You looked so peaceful when I woke up. I didn't want to wake you so I showered and came on down to make us some breakfast."

"You're forgiven then," I said as we both laughed. I let her go so that she could finish mixing what she was making. "Do you need any help?"

"It's okay," she said pouring that mixture in a skillet. "I'm almost finished with everything. If you want you can go ahead and have a seat at the table."

"Sure," I answered her walking over to the table and taking a seat. I couldn't help but watch her as she moved about the kitchen cooking away. She surely knew how to take my breath away. She was wearing jeans, a plain white shirt, and her hair was up in a messy bun. It didn't matter what time of the day it was, she was always beautiful in my eyes.

"Here you go," she said as she placed a plate of food down in front of me.

"These looks great," I replied staring at muffins, eggs, and beacon. "My complements to the chief."

"You're very welcome," she answered me taking a bite.

"What are the plans for the day," I asked her.

"Tomorrow is Christmas Eve," she said looking over at me smiling. "I really don't have anything planned for today. We usually go to Charlie's on Christmas Eve so today it's empty."

"Well," I said smirking at her before I said anything else. "Emmett wants to head to Seattle to buy Carly her Christmas gift, and I need to pick something up for her as well."

"Drive safe," she said taking a bite from her plate.

"We were hoping that you could go," I said quickly not realizing what just came out of my mouth. "You know what she likes, and with you there she will get what she really wants."

"I guess I can see if Charlie and Sue will keep her," she said getting up from the table and heading towards the phone."

"Alice can watch her," I blurted out without even thinking. "Like she told you she needs to practice dealing with a child. This will give her a chance to keep Carly all day."

"Okay," she answered me. "Tell Alice that she watch her today if that is what she wants to do. What time are we leaving?"

"In about two hours," I said looking at the clock. It was now seven-thirty in the morning and if we were leaving by nine-thirty then I needed to head on home. I finished my plate, rinsed it off, and placed it in the dishwasher. "I had better head on home to change and tell Alice the good news."

"I'll be ready when you get back," she said walking over to me to tell me goodbye. It wasn't a long kiss goodbye, but I could feel the love and desire we both had yearning inside.

"Bye sweetheart," I said kissing the top of her head. "I love you."

"I love you too," she said hugging me.

I slide my shoes on, put my jacket on and headed out the door. Getting into the Volvo I couldn't help but feel like I'm cloud nine. I didn't want to leave her ever. I couldn't help but keep her on my mind as I drove home.

"Is everything okay," I heard my mom say while I hanging up my jacket.

"It's great," I answered her shutting the closet door. I guess that I was in such a daze thinking about Bella that I didn't even realize that I was home.

"Did you just leave her place," she asked me.

"Yes," I told her honestly. "We talked things out and agreed that we were both to blame for what happened yesterday."

"That's wonderful," she said hugging me. When she finally let me go, I walked into the kitchen to see if I could Alice in there.

"How would you and Jasper like to spend the day with Carly," I said when closed the freezer door.

"Really," she said shocked.

"Really," I said back to her. "Bella is going to Seattle with Emmett and myself. She needed someone to watch Carly and you came to mind."

"Thank you," she said hurrying over to me and kissing my cheek. "What time is she bringing her over."

"You'll be going over to her place," I told her. "Is that okay?"

"I don't care where," she said walking to the kitchen door and yelling for Jasper. "Oh, Jasper guess what."

I couldn't help but laugh when she bounced out of the kitchen. I put the ice cream back in the freezer that she left on the counter. I headed up the stairs to shower and to dress quickly knowing that I didn't have long.

"Emmett," I said knocking on his door after I was ready. "Come on Bella is waiting for us."

"Bells is coming," he said exiting his room.

"Of course," I said laughing. "Don't you want to pick something out for Carly that she will actually like. So with Bella going there won't be any problems with getting the wrong toy."

"You do have a point," he said walking down the stairs with me.

"Where's Rosalie," I asked getting my jacket back out.

"She's coming," he said getting both their jackets.

I headed on out to that car and waited for them to come on out. It was going to be one crazy day, but it was going to be fun. Once Emmett and Rosalie were in the car we headed on over to Bella's.

BPOV

As soon as he left I went back into the kitchen. I couldn't believe that he came back last night after what happened at his parents. I had to admit that he did surprise me. How I wanted to give myself fully to him again. But I couldn't not until after he knew the truth about Carly. I've tried two different times yesterday, but he said the same thing both times. Can't it wait or we'll talk about it later.

"Mommy," I heard Carly yell running into the house.

"In the kitchen," I yelled back. She came running in and jumped into my arms. "Did you have fun with Pawpaw and Granny?"

"Lots," she said laughing and running over to the table to have a seat. I went over to the stove and fixed her a plate and placed it in front of her.

"Bells," I heard Charlie say walking in.

"Hey dad," I said in response.

"Listen," he said quickly before I could say anything else. "It wasn't Edwards fault about yesterday. I kind of pulled the dad death glare on him, and had him tell me about Mike. I just want to protect the two of you."

"I know," I said leaning up against the counter. "You're not always going to be here to protect us."

"I know," he answered. "So what's going to happen to you and Edward."

"We're okay," I said smiling. "He came over early this morning and we talked it out."

"That's good," he said smirking. I think he knew that I was lying about the whole he came over early story. "What are you going to do today?"

"Actually," I said looking over at Carly. "How would you like it if Alice watched you today?"

"Where are you going," Charlie said quickly before Carly could answer me.

"Emmett and Edward want to go Christmas shopping for Carly," I said trying not to laugh at Carly. She was jumping up and down with excitement. "They want me to go to Seattle with them to help pick things out."

"Sue and I can watch her," he interjected.

"Dad," I said to him. "I know that you and Sue love to watch her. Alice enjoys spending time with her as well. She says that it gives her practice on what to expect."

"Did you try to mention to her that Carly is four years old and not a new born," he said laughing,

"What ever floats her pixie boat," I said laughing along.

"You haven't told him yet," he said becoming serious again.

"I've tried," I told him. "He keeps saying that we'll talk about it later."

"He needs to know," he said coming over and hugging me.

"I know," I whispered hugging him back.

"We'll see you tomorrow," he said walking over and telling Carly goodbye.

"Bye dad," I yelled as he walked out the front door.

I turned and saw sitting back down at the table. She had his green eyes, and bronze highlights in her brown hair. She was quiet like him and clumsy like me. I could sit here all day and pick the little things out.

"Mommy," she said breaking me out of my daze.

"Yes," I answered her as I started to load the dishwasher.

"Is Alice weally coming over," she asked handing me her plate.

"Yes," I said kneeling down to her level. "Mommy has to go see Santa one more time before he comes tomorrow night. So you get to spend the whole day with her."

"Thank you," she said hugging me.

"Go make sure all your toys are picked up in the living room," I told her standing up. She skipped out of the kitchen and headed for the living room. I finished cleaning up the kitchen and headed for the living room. "Are you finished?"

"Yes," she said getting up from off the floor.

"Let's go upstairs and get ready," I said picking her up and carrying her up the stairs.

I got her cleaned up and in her room playing so that I could get ready. While I was changing clothes I couldn't help but think about this trip. I knew that it was going to be fun and eventful. Having both Edward and Emmett together in a toy store was a laugh all together on its own. They acted worse than the kids who were there. Once I was ready I got Carly and we headed on down the stairs into the living room.

"Coming," I yelled when I heard a knock on the door.

"Thank you," Alice said when I opened the door. "Nothing will happen to her I promise."

"Alice," I said when she finally let me go. "I know that you won't let anything happen to her."

"Bella," Jasper said walking into the house. "We really appreciate this."

"It's no problem," I said shutting the door. "There's plenty of food in the kitchen and the emergency numbers are on the fridge."

"Okay," Jasper said taking Alice's jacket from her.

"Carly," I yelled as I watched Alice beam with joy. "There's some people here to see you."

She came out of the living room and a huge grin came on her face when she noticed who it was.

"Alice," she said running to her and hugging her.

"Carlybug," Alice said when she let go of Carly. "Jasper came along with me, and we are going to have so much fun today."

Just then I heard the sound of a car horn beeping. I knew that Edward was here and ready to go.

"Have fun," I said giving Carly a kiss goodbye. "Be good for Alice and Jasper. I love you."

"Love you too mommy," she said taking Alice by the hand and leading her to the dinning room.

I put my jacket on and headed outside. Sure enough there he was with Emmett and Rosalie in the back of the Volvo ready to go.

Please Review!