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A little short this chapter. But, it's the chapter you've all been waiting for! Enjoy.

Chapter 10 – Katie

BPOV

There was a small awkward silence before Esme spoke up. "Oh excuse my manners!" she exclaimed, throwing her hand on the shoulder of the blonde. "Bella, this is Katherine Denali, an OB/GYN over at the hospital with Carlisle and Edward. Katie, this is Isabella Swan, a long-lost member of the family who just moved back to town."

Katie? Holy Fuckers.

Edward's girlfriend is here?

"Bella," Katie crossed the room to stand in front of me, her hand extended. "I've heard a lot about you."

I couldn't tell if they were good things or bad things so I continued to regard her with scrutiny as I shook her hand. "Nice to meet you, Katie." I dropped her hand and smiled uneasily. "I've heard almost nothing about you." I replied awkwardly.

Everyone chuckled.

Just then Edward jogged into the room, grinning, with a laughing Matt perched on his shoulders.

"Put me down, Daddy!" Matt said through belly-clenching giggles, holding tightly to Edward's hair.

I saw Esme out of the corner of my eye, smile and walk back in to the kitchen as the oven timer went off.

"Never, bud." Edward said, holding tightly to Matt's knees as he skidded to a halt next to me. He smiled down at me before turning and finally seeing Katie next to me. His eyes widened as he looked down at her. "Katie, what are you doing here?" he said in surprise.

"I needed to drop off some files for your dad, Ed. Then Esme invited me to stay for lunch." She said with a smile.

Matt patted Edward's head, causing Edward to look up at him. "Daddy, who is this lady?" Matt whispered loudly, loud enough for everyone to hear.

"You must be Matt," said Katie, looking up at my son, still perched on Edward's shoulders. "I'm Katie, I'm a doctor at the hospital like your dad." She smiled up at him kindly. "You know, your dad talks about you all the time," she whispered loudly.

Matt giggled.

Esme poked her head out of the kitchen. "Dessert is ready," she announced. "Who wants coffee or tea?"

After she did a head count, people started filing into the living room. Edward finally slipped Matt off his shoulders and continued to hold him in his arms, as if he didn't want to let him go.

I ducked into the kitchen in an effort to help Esme. She allowed me to carry the tray of mugs, plates, and silverware into the living room but only after a friendly argument.

I set the tray down on the coffee table and looked around for a seat, preferably next to Edward.

However, Edward was sitting in the corner of one of the couches with Katie sitting right next to him and practically in his fucking lap! That wasn't even the worst of it. No, the worst of it was that she was all shits and giggles with my son. My son.

Jealousy reared inside of me. I knew in my mind that it was completely irrational but I couldn't help it. Seeing her so close to him, close enough for an outsider to assume that she could be his girlfriend, absolutely killed me. I knew I had no right to think that. After all, I was the one who ended it between us.

Since there were no more seats available, I sat on the floor by the coffee table, leaning back against the end of the couch.

Esme arrived with the coffee, tea kettle, and pie and we all began our dessert.

There was a quiet murmur around the room as everyone divided up into their own side conversations. However, being in a sort of awkward place in the room, I just ate my cake.

I looked up when I heard the most annoying giggle in the world. Katie had her head thrown back, laughing at something Edward had said. She was practically in his lap again and he had his arm around her on the back of the couch, smiling at her laughter. When she leaned up and kissed his cheek, I had enough.

I stood up abruptly, just like Rose had done earlier and grabbed my cup of tea. "Excuse me," I said softly. Just before I escaped to the back porch, I saw that everyone had stopped talking and were staring at me.

Sitting down on the porch swing with my cup of tea, I looked out across the expansive back gardens of the Cullen's estate. I remember playing in the gardens as an adolescent. Alice wouldn't play hide and seek with me, she would much rather play makeover or go shopping. Hide and seek was a little juvenile but it was still my favorite game.

Esme keeps meticulous care of the winding paths in the garden, shaded by trees and tall bushes on either side. Edward and I would play hide and seek or take long walks just talking about life until it was dark, or at least until Esme called us in for dinner.

I had so many important moments out there in the garden. When I was fourteen, I got lost during a game of hide and seek. I was lost out in the garden for nearly two hours until Edward found me. He wrapped his arms around me and led me back to the house where Esme was waiting with blankets and hot cocoa.

One of my absolute favorite memories of the garden is of when Edward and I were sixteen. We weren't dating yet, we were in that awkward stage between friends and more than friends. We were holding hands as we walked along a path and into the woods. We happened along a clearing and Edward convinced me to stop and take a break. We were laying in the middle of the clearing watching the sky darken when Edward suddenly sat up, leaned over me and pressed a kiss to my lips.

I smiled at the memory as I finished the last of my tea. That was the beginning of our relationship, Edward asked me on a date once we arrived back at the house.

The back door slammed shut and I felt someone sit down beside me.

"Are you alright, Bell?"

I looked up to see curious green eyes peering down at me. I nodded and set my tea cup on the table by the swing. "I'm fine. I just needed some air."

"We both know that's a lie." He said quietly. "Tell me what's actually bothering you."

I shook my head slowly and broke eye contact. "It's nothing."

Edward gently tiled my head back up to look into my eyes. "When I first saw you in that hospital cafeteria a month ago, my first thought was great, now we can get back together. Well, actually my first thought was how beautiful you looked, my second thought was now we can get back together." He chuckled.

"But, what about –"

He placed a finger over my lips. "Please let me finish." I nodded and he removed his finger. "After I met Matt last month, I decided not to pursue you,"

My stomach dropped to my toes. He didn't want me?

"I thought it would be too hard to restart our relationship while build a relationship with him. But then I decided that I didn't care how hard it is. I need to be with you as much as I need to be with Matt."

I could feel my heart start beating wildly at his words but there was still one thing to be cleared up. "But what about Katie?"

Edward's brow furrowed. "What about her?"

"Aren't you two together?" I asked quietly, not looking at him.

There was silence for a few seconds until I heard Edward . . . laughing. "Oh, Bella," He tilted my face back up to meet his eyes. "Katie and I are not together. My dad introduced us when I started at the hospital. Since I plan on working in a field related to hers, he thought we should know each other better. She's kind of like my mentor, Bella. And one of my best friends."

Well now I feel like an idiot.

I felt my cheeks get hot. "Oh,"

Edward cupped my cheek with his hand and brought our faces closer together. "I only have eyes for you, Bella. Always have, always will."

I held my breath as he inched closer. When his lips were mere millimeters from mine, he chuckled and whispered, "Breathe, Bella," before crushing his lips to mine.

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