AN: This chapter does have two points of view. It starts out as Bella, then Edward has a few paragraphs and then it goes back to Bella's. It is labeled as such.

Chapter 11

Edward and I of course kissed and made up. But what was even better was the fact that we hadn't heard a thing from James since the incident at the bar. In fact it had been a week. I think Edward wounded his ego. It seemed like our lives were somewhat normal again or as normal as it was going to get. We drove to Seattle for the visitation; but this time around, Alice and Jasper along with their kids came with us. It was really nice to have my sister with me for this visit and then afterwards we had planned on going shopping while the guys took the kids to the children's museum.

On the way to Seattle, I rode with Alice, the babies and Layla. We decided since nothing happened the last time but a phone call, that we would bring Layla along with us. Jasper rode with Edward and Ashleigh and Jayme. We got the easy kids to take care of.

It was really nice having my sister go along. Our relationship had been strained since I got together with James. Since he left, it had gotten better but it's still not where it used to be. She didn't like any of the decisions I had made in my life except for Edward. She says and swears by this, Edward is the best thing that ever happened to me. She is right but right behind my two boys of course.

On the way, we talked about everything but the heavy stuff. I told her that I didn't want to argue and I wanted a break from it all. We mainly talked about what we were going to buy while shopping and what else we would do on our trip. I told Alice I needed to buy a new bathing suit and swim trunks for the boys since we have decided to go to Chicago for the Fourth after all. She was ecstatic. I could see the wheels in her head spinning out of control as she was thinking about what different bikinis she would get me to try on while out shopping.

"Alice, I know what that look is for. I'm not trying on every single thing in the store. Comprende?"

"Whatevs Bella, you know you secretly enjoy shopping with me."

"Ali, I can't wait to go to the mall. I need a new bathing suit too. I also want to buy my grandparents and my Aunt Kate and Aunt Irina something too." Layla said excitedly from the back seat. She really is Alice's real twin. The two of them are so much alike it's pathetic.

"Of course sweetie, buying your family gifts is a wonderful idea." I told her. "We brought the right person with us to help you shop." I said while looking pointedly over at Alice.

Edward had called stating the kids needed a bathroom break so we stopped at the next gas station. Edward and Jasper topped off our cars as we took all the kids in for their potty breaks. We changed the babies and made sure the three year olds went tinkle. Edward came up behind me as I was standing in line with our coffees and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling my backside into his front side. He rested his head on my shoulder and whispered that he missed me while we were separated in the different cars. He was still holding on to me as we walked out to the cars and placed a open mouthed kiss on my neck as he let me go to get into Alice's car. He of course opened the door for me and leaned in to kiss my forehead. He then went over to Layla's side and opened the door to kiss her forehead too.

"Awe, what about me, I don't get a kiss too?" Alice pouted from the driver's seat. Edward of course complied and opened her car door and kissed her on the forehead as well.

"Bye my Pixie, I'll miss you the most." Edward said with a wink as he shut her door. All I could do is shake my head and say mockingly, "listen hear you little hussy, your already married and your moving in on my territory."

"Bitch please, if I wanted your man, he would have been mine by now." She responded back with a chuckle. "Besides, you know you liked seeing him kiss me. Admit it, it was hot for you."

"Oh yes Alice, it was so hot seeing my boyfriend kiss my sister on her forehead. I might need to change my panties." I played back.

We heard a throat clear from the back seat, "hmm, guys, do you think you can stop talking about my dad like that? It sounds a little creepiesh." All three of us busted out laughing. Edward called my phone and I placed it on speaker phone. "Care to enlighten us on what is so funny?" All three of us broke out laughing again before he rudely hung up on us.

Alice is defiantly Edward's driving twin. I'm always scared to ride with either one of them. Alice decided she wanted to have a little fun and play tag with the boys. She started to speed the car up and passed the boys as she winked and waved at them. Edward was not going to be out done so he passed us. This went on until we got to the hotel. Jasper and I both was shaking our heads in embarrassment at the thought of Edward and Alice playing tag like they were.

We got checked in and were delighted to see that we were staying in the same penthouse suite as the one we stayed in before. We had fallen in love with this suite especially the view from the floor to ceiling windows. There were two suites on this floor and Jasper and Alice had the other one.

Since we left earlier than we did last time, we had actually more time to kill before bedtime. We decided to take the kids out to dinner. We went to Chuck E. Cheese's. Jasper and I couldn't figure out who was more excited about going to Chuck E's, the kids or Alice and Edward. Although, Alice was not particularly fond of the food but she didn't have to hold back her enthusiasm one bit.

Edward and Alice took Jayme and Ashleigh to go play games as Jasper and I sat at our table with the babies watching the very cheesy (pardon the pun) entertainment. Growing up, we didn't have Chuck E. Cheese we had Show Biz I think it was called but anywhoo, the kiddy poos had fun and so did Ashleigh and Jayme.

"Jasper, do you think that Edward and Alice are having more fun than the kids are?" Jasper looked me strait in the eye and said all seriously, "I know they are, darling; but that's what I love about Ali. She and Edward are so much alike."

"I guess what they say about 'Opposites Attract' is true, Hugh?" I asked him.

"Sure is, we both got the exact opposites of each other, but we are all four extremely happy. Fate is sometimes weird how it all works out for the better." He smiled with his answer. Jasper has always been so wise for his age. It's almost like he was born 150 years ago.

As our pizza was brought out to our table our children came back to sit down with Jayme, Layla and Ashleigh following them. "How'd you know the pizza was here?" I asked as I was making plates for Jayme and Ian. "We sniffed it out." Alice said while sticking out her tongue. "Jasper text us," Edward said with his panty dropping crooked smile. Awe what that smile does to me. He leaned over and kissed me on the corner of my mouth.

After the kids went to bed, Edward and I sat in the living room looking out over Seattle like the last time. I couldn't get enough looking out at the night sky line and defiantly couldn't get enough of Edward holding onto me. I enjoyed the feeling of sitting in his lap with his arms tight around me. I could feel every breath he took in and out. His lips found his way to my neck and I found myself moving my head to the side so I can give him more room to work with. His hands had minds of their own and I was enjoying the feeling of them being everywhere at once. Edward carried me to our bedroom so he could worship my body the way he loves to do. He then made love to me slowly and several times that night.

The next morning we all went out to breakfast before the boys visit. We went to IHOP which was probably a mistake with Alice. She ordered the biggest, sweetest stack of pancakes she could find. By the time we left, she was driving us crazy with her bouncing off the walls. Edward dropped me and the boys off at the mediator's office while the rest of them went to go the park to kill an hour or so.

We waited and waited again but James never showed up. His mom, Vanessa, took me up on my offer. She visited with the boys and even held Ian. She even brought gifts for both boys. She brought Ian a remote control Tow Mater from Cars. She bought Ian a walker, which I was very thankful for. I had been meaning to buy him one, I just keep forgetting with all the drama and all. We chit chatted for a while and I told her that she could come visit with the boys anytime she wanted to see them. She just could not tell James. I even allowed her to take pictures of her and the boys together and she told me that Ian looks a lot like James when he was a baby. She could see the similarities and that she would no longer deny him.

When Edward picked us up, he was pleased to hear all about Vanessa's visit. He was a little leery about letting her visit just anytime, but said that it would be ok. We met Alice and Jasper back at the hotel so we could get the kids ready for the museum. The boys dropped Alice, Layla and me off at the mall. I don't think I liked the idea of being stranded at the mall with Alice but I could always call a cab if I needed to disappear.

Alice and Layla drug me into every shop imaginable. They made me try on fifty bathing suits until we found the perfect one or I should say the perfect two. Layla opened her big mouth and told Alice that they had a hot tub in their Penthouse Condo in Chicago. Alice was convinced I needed two bathing suits. The first on is to wear out in public around Layla's family and the second for Edward's eyes only in the hot tub at home. The first one was navy blue and a halter top. The bottoms were like boy shorts with a ruffle. It was very family friendly. Alice did a good job picking that one out. The second one on the other hand was a little risqué and was totally not me. It was white crocheted string bikini. It barely covered my breast and tied behind my neck and again between my shoulder blades. The bottoms barely covered my whoo-ha and tied on both sides of my hips. I made sure that it was not a thong because there was no way in hell I would wear it if it was.

Layla's bathing suit was a three piece set. It has pink, white and black swirls. It was a tankini with boy shorts and an alternate swim shirt. Layla really wanted a bikini but I knew Edward would throw a fit if I let her get one. This was the best compromise we could come up with. It showed no more skin than a one piece would show and it had a shirt that she could wear at the beach.

We were able to find Jayme and Edward matching board shorts. They were different shades of blue plaid that went to about the nee. Ian will just wear little swimmer swim diapers. I found both him and Jayme swim shirts that also have a built in SPF to protect them. I got both boys life jackets to wear on the boat. Jayme got Sponge Bob and Ian got Blue's Clues.

Alice would not let up until I had a full wardrobe for the four day weekend that included summer dresses, a few nice dresses to wear out to dinner, skinny jeans with a designer shirt and flip flops, sandals and heels. She also picked out a few matching summer dresses for me and Layla to wear at the barbecue. I guess you could say Alice went a little over board and also picked out brand new wardrobes for Edward, Layla and the boys. By the time she was done, we had at least twenty bags. It's a really good thing that Edward gave me his credit card because I would have never been able to afford this shopping trip.

Layla picked out few gifts for her family as well. She got her two aunts matching dresses but in different colors. They were maxi halter summer dresses . Kate's was navy blue whereas Irina's was red. She picked out a beautiful locket for her grandmother. She had already picked out the two photos she was going to put into it. The first being a picture of her mom Tanya and the second was picture of herself. She picked out new personalized golf balls for her grandfather and an electronic photo frame of which she chose several different photos of it. She said she wanted it for his desk at work.

Alice also dragged me into Vickie Secrets. I hate it when she drags me in there. There is also a smaller lingerie store that she took me into. She bought me a few baby dolls and a special costume set to wear for Edward. I must admit, I could not wait to wear this for him. He would absolutely love it. Of course, I feel very self conscience having Layla shopping in lingerie stores but she had insisted telling me that it was no big deal that even her Aunt Esme and her grandmother has taken her in them before.

Once the guys came back to pick us up, the look they gave us was priceless. I sent Edward a look of horror once I saw him.

"Do not ever let me go shopping with my sister again!" I seethed through my teeth. I was so exhausted and it was only six o'clock. Don't think I didn't notice him eye balling the Vickie Secrets bag. Alice grabbed it and blurted, "Unt uhh buddy, you don't get to see these just yet." Edward just gave his crooked smile and helped put the bags in the trunk. He opened my door for me and then leaned in and kissed me deeply. Layla cleared her throat and muttered about old people being embarrassing. I noticed both boys were asleep in their car seats. Edward said they had a blast at the museum. He said that Alice's kids were probably asleep as well.

We decided to have dinner in tonight. Everyone was sitting around our coffee table eating our room service food. We were all chit chatting and joking around with everyone. I was holding Ian on my lap and giving him bites of my food when he reached his arms to Edward and said, "DaDa." We both looked at each other with shock then Edward's face morphed into a huge smile. I swore the corners of his mouth reached his eyes.

"Did he just say his first words?" Alice asked, "He just called you Da-Da."

"Do we correct him, or do we let him call me dad?" Edward had asked. But it wasn't me that gave him his answer. It was Jayme.

"I want to call you Dad, too." He started to whine out. Do we let the kids call him dad? I don't know what to do. I mean, I know Edward is in their lives now and I have no plans of getting rid of him especially after our last fight. However, we're not married yet and what happens if it doesn't work out. I don't want to confuse the boys. But then again, how do you correct a seven month old baby? You can't just say, "No call him Edward." He would never understand that. I looked at Edward and he still had that same shit eating grin on his face. Alice grabbed me and pulled me into the bedroom.

"B, what do you do?"

"I don't know Alice. I knew this day would come, but I don't know what to do." Then we were interrupted by Edward and Jasper.

"Bella, we need to tell them something." Edward stated.

"I don't know what to do. Jasper, what do you think?" Edward frowned a little but didn't say anything.

"Darlin, to be honest with you, I don't see Edward leaving. Why not let the boys call him Dad if he is ok with it? I can tell he is by the big shit eating smile that he hasn't lost yet. Besides, how do you correct a baby?"

We all walked back to the living room and Ian was saying da-da over and over and over again. Edward picked Ian up and I picked up Jayme and we sat down on the sofa. We told Jayme it would be ok for him to call him dad if he wants to, but he didn't have to. Edward also told him that he was not replacing his father but he could be his daddy as well. I could see a pained look pass through Edward's eyes when he said this. It went just as fast as it came on. I bet Jayme didn't even notice it. He hated the fact that he couldn't tell Jayme that he would replace James but he knew it would be wrong all together.

Later that night, we were at the end of our bed time routine. I kissed Jayme good night and then he Edward kissed him.

"Goodnight mommy, Goodnight daddy." Jayme said. When Jayme said this, Edward just beamed. I think he loved hearing him call him daddy as much as Jayme loved to call him daddy. They might not be his kids by blood, but he loved them as if they were. It warmed my heart. Edward has been more of a daddy to my kids than their own ever dreamed of being. Watching that smile on his face made me feel guilty for our little fight last week. But never the less, I'm so glad to have this man in my life.

Edward's POV

Oh my goodness, Ian said his first word and it was Da-Da directed to me. I can't believe it. These boys think of me as their daddy. I'm like on an emotional high at the moment. Then Jayme said he wanted to call me daddy too. I love these boys so much, just like they were my own.

Alice had pulled Bella into the bedroom so they could discuss what would happen. Really if you think about it how do you correct a baby? Anyways, I don't want to correct him. I want to be their daddy. I had already planned on asking Bella to marry me once her divorce was finalized. I just hope that is soon so that way we can start our family out right. Jasper and I followed the girls into the bedroom. Bella and Alice seemed to be freaking out but Jasper was able to control them. We decided to let them call me daddy if they want to. I don't mind at all and I'm not going anywhere.

When he said good night daddy, my heart swelled at least ten sizes bigger than what it was. I love those little men just as much as I love Layla. They all have a place in my heart. I just have to bide my time until her divorce is finalized so we can make it official.

Bella's POV

We both sat on the sofa like we did the evening before just looking out at the night sky. It was a clear night so there were some stars about. It was beautiful. I told him I would be right back. I went in the bedroom and grabbed what I was looking for. I went into the bathroom and changed into it.

I poked my head out the door and gave him the come hither look. When he walked through the door, his eyes looked me up and down appreciatively and there was that panty dropping smile of his. I noticed his eyes were hooded and I could see the desire and hunger in them. I was wearing one of the new baby dolls that Alice bought me from Vickie's. It was a maroon empire waste with lace over the breast. It had a satin bow that came just below my breast. It came down just below my hips and had a matching string they like to call a thong. I was wearing the silver strappy shoe that Alice insisted that would match.

He walked over to me and ghosted his hands all over my body. I looked up in his eyes and asked, "You like?"

"Me like," he said with a grunt. I snickered because he sounded like a caveman. Then he threw me over his shoulder and dropped me on the bed.

The next day we had breakfast in the hotel diner and then followed Alice and Jasper back to Forks. It was a wonderful weekend trip. I was relieved when James did not show up but was pleased with the interaction between the boys and Vanessa. It was wonderful seeing them bond together with each other. I was so glad to get home. Alice came over right away and packed all of our suit cases for Chicago. I swear this woman really needs to get a clue. I ended up with three suit cases myself. Edward had one and the boys had one to share and Layla had two. I have never packed this much for a vacation before and she knew it. She went a little overboard but that is just Alice.

That Monday morning I called Angela to let her know that James did not show up. She is going to put in for a movement to have the visits revoked since he is refusing to show. I would be forever grateful if she could get that through. She also told me that we had a date set for our divorce case for September 10th. I could have my name back for my birthday. That was awesome. Edward was ecstatic.

Since the 4th was on a Sunday, we decided to leave on the Thursday before and come back the Thursday after. Alice assured me that she would check in on Julie at the shop and that she would watch the house and get both my mail and Edward's. Dad also said he would drive by on occasion while out on patrol to make sure James didn't try to do anything.

It was Thursday morning and Jayme was jumping up and down we could not contain his energy for anything. The stewardess on the airplane brought him a pair of pilot wings that clip on his shirt. She instantly fell in love with Jayme. I could see her eyeing Edward as well. I inched toward him in my seat. I could see out the corner of my eye that Edward was looking down at me smirking. He thinks it's funny when I'm jealous. Edward was holding Jayme whereas I was holding Ian. She leaned over Edward and asked Jayme what he wanted to be when he grew up.

"I want to be a fireman like my daddy." He said while throwing his arms around Edward's neck. She just cooed like it was the sweetest thing she had seen. OK, so it was the sweetest thing, but didn't she have other passengers to take care of. Why was she putting all of her attention to my boyfriend and my son? When I placed my hand on Edward's thigh she took the hint and walked to the next set of passengers.

"Jealous much?" Edward was gloating.

"Just a bit." I said while he smirked at me. Yeah, yeah, so it's ok for him to be caveward towards me but he makes fun of me when I'm all jealous about him. That's really great. Other than the flight attendant flirting with my boyfriend, the flight was pretty much uneventful. All three kids were dreams and behaved well during the flight. I know I always hated being seated next to a fussy child on an airplane. I was proud to say mine were great.