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Chapter 13
We both laid there panting for a few minutes before Edward pulled away from me, and got up from the bed suddenly. Laying there naked, spent, and euphoric, I watched him walk away from me.
"Edward?" i questioned hesitantly as he continued to walk away from the bed. He suddenly heard the tremor in my voice and turned around and made a hasty retreat back to the bed.
"Baby, I was just going to get a warm rag to clean us up with. That's all." he said soothingly while stroking my damp hair away from my face. My cheeks heated up in embarrassment; I turned my face into my pillow. "Hey. Hey. Hey. Look at me." Edward softly begged me while stroking my shoulder and arm.
I slowly rolled over onto my back so I could look at him, one arm went across my breasts covering them from his eyes. My cheeks were beat red, I was so embarrassed that I had completely misread the situation. "There is no need to be embarrassed, Bella. I love you." with that said, he kissed me gently on the lips. He got up once again to head into the bathroom to get a cloth to clean us up with. I never realized just how messy making love was, I am glad that I chose Edward to share these moments with. I would never regret my first time because it has given me three precious gifts, but I will always wish it had happened differently.
After Edward tenderly cleaned me up from our love making, he crawled back into the bed and curled himself around me. We both fell into a peaceful sleep until I heard Alice whispering in the doorway about how cute we looked all curled up together. I was just grateful that Edward had thought to put us under the covers before falling asleep. "Ali?" I whispered barely cracking my eyes open.
"I'm here, B." came here whispered reply from right beside our bed. I blinked open my eyes to see Alice squatted down beside the edge of the bed with her arms crossed on the bed and her head resting on them.
I felt the tears begin and I began to blink rapidly begging them to stay away. "I'll give you a few minutes to get dressed, B. I love you, ok?" I nodded as she left as quietly as she had entered, closing the door behind her.
I knew she was worried about me, I could see it written plainly on her face. She was worried about Renee's impending visit tomorrow, and her and Jasper's moving out soon. Alice has been there with me through everything with my mom. While Edward went away to college, Alice had stayed close by because of me.
I eased Edward's arm off of my waist as gently as I could in my condition. He groaned and mumbled before wrapping his arm back around me and pulling me tightly to him. "Goin' somewhere?" he mumbled against my neck, placing a gentle kiss there too.
"Yeah, downstairs. Ali is here, I wanted to tallk to her for a little bit, ok?" I whispered enjoying being wrapped up in his arms lovingly. He released me with a disgruntled sigh " Not how I pictured waking up but ok. We will have plenty more opportunities from now on." He winked at me before her rolled to stand up, coming around to my side to help me off the bed. He kissed me on the lips, nipping my bottom lip
"I'm going to get some work done. Come on down whenever you two get finished talking." I nodded as I watched him walk away into the bathroom and heard the water in the shower turn on. I headed to the closet to grab some clothes, my choices still limited because our shopping trip kept getting pushed back further and further. I grabbed a stretchy tank top and some yoga pants slipping them on and heading down to Ali.
When I reached the bottom of the staircase I seen Alice curled up in the corner of the huge chair that seemed to dominate the sunny corner of the living room. She had a box of Kleenex in her lap, waiting for us. I laughed at the sight of my bubbly tiny friend practically vibrating with the effort it took to stay in that chair.
"Alice! You ok?" I giggled as i crawled into the chair with her and wrapped my arms around her as best as I could. She shook her head at me and looked down at the box clasped between her hands. "Ali, I will be fine, ok? With you and Edward here, I will be fine." I begged softly as I seen a tear escape from my best friend and fall on her hand. I was devestated that my best friend was crying over me.
"Oh, Ali. Please don't cry, buddy. I love you." I whispered in her ear as I squeezed her tight to me trying my best to comfort her. I felt her nod against my shoulder and take a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
"I know you will be fine tomorrow. I won't let that sorry excuse for a woman hurt you or our girls." Alice said in a remarkably calm voice as she yanked a tissue from the box to dab at her eyes. "I feel silly for feeling the way I do for the reasons I do." Alice whispered as she sat the box on the table beside the chair, wrapping her arms around me, so we were officially wrapped around each other.
We used to sit for hours like this, comforting one another, when something traumatic or depressing would happen to either of us. I just realized that we haven't been spending that much time together since she came home from her grandma's and Edward and I had gotten together. "I've missed this, Ali." I said despondently.
"I know, B. Me too. We haven't really spent that much time together since I came home. You are with Edward now, and seem to depend on him for everything now instead of me."
"I'm sorry, Ali..." I began to apologize for making her feel left out of my life lately.
"NO. Don't be sorry. I wouldn't change things for the world but, things have just changed so much and so quickly. It's just recently set in that you don't depend on me like you used to. We are both growing up." Alice sighed heavily. " I am exhilarated that you and my brother are dating and so seriously. I am also quite proud with how he has stepped and how you have allowed him to do just that."
"Oh, Ali. YOU are my best friend, and nothing will ever change that. You just wait until these little girls get here and see how much you love me then." I laughed so hard that my sides began to hurt at the look on her face. She tried to look fiercely upset but it came off being hilarious. "I love you, Mary Alice Cullen Whitlock. Nothing can ever change that, you know?" I said seriously after we had both calmed down from our laughing binge. She nodded knowingly.
We both sat in that chair for a good twenty minutes just enjoying being there together, before my bladder made its announcement that it wanted to be emptied out. After Alice helped me up from the chair and I finished in the bathroom, I headed back to the chair to find it empty. "Ali?" I called out, wandering where she had bounced off to in the few minutes I was in the bathroom.
Damn, I knew I was a little slower these days but it hadn't taken me that long in the bathroom. Since my front was so huge these days, I was quite a bit slower than I normally was. Most women that I encountered while doing errands around town said I looked like I was around 8 months pregnant. They were usually flabbergasted when I told them how far along I actually was. When I explained to them why I was so big so early on, they were usually sympathetic and like to hand out free parenting advice. When I had went in to see Mrs. Cope, the secretary at Forks High to explain to her that I would take the test to get my diploma after the babies were born, she was speechless at how big I was. I remembered that day like it was just yesterday, when actually it was a few weeks ago.
"Baby, why are you going to do about school? Edward asked as we were going to the bank to handle the business of our trust funds.
"I need to run by there today and see if Mrs. Cope is in. I was supposed to start going one day a week to take the state required tests to get my diploma early, but..." I trailed off not knowing how to tell him that I wanted to wait because I was getting so big with the babies.
"But what, Bella?" Edward asked while glancing at me out of the corner of his eye curiously.
"Eyes on the road, Cullen. You are carrying precious cargo over here." I laughed.
"I know, baby. Finish your story." He plodded.
"I don't want to be the laughing stock of the school while I am there. I didn't plan on being this big by now. I want to wait to take the tests after the babies come. If I took them now, I could have them all completed by mid to late October. There are 6 tests total, so that would be 6 weeks of school, 1 day a week. If I take the tests in February or March then I can still graduate on time or even a little early." I rambled out nervously chewing on my lip and twisting my hands together in my lap.
Edward laughed "Ok baby. You do what you think is best for you, as long as you get your diploma by May. But you have a reason to be so big, you are carrying three babies in there."
I had to laugh at that, because he unknowingly just called me fat.
After we had finished our business at the bank, Edward drove by the high school to see a couple of cars parked in the parking lot so he pulled in.
"Want me to go in with you?" I shook my head 'no' and got out of the car, heading into the shcool.
As I walked into the office to see Mrs. Cope, I was stopped by a voice calling my name from behind me. "Isabella? Is that you, dear?" I smiled at hearing the ever friendly voice of the school secretary and councelor.
"Yes, Mrs. Cope it is me. I need to talk to you about my testing this September." I said as I turned to face her. Her eyes raked over me and grew huge when she seen my stomach. She reached out and laid a hand over mine that was resting on my stomach. Her eyes bounced back and forth between my eyes and my stomach in disbelief. I laughed nervously, "I know, it's huge, isn't it?"
She nodded and then blushed when she realized what she had done. "Oh, sweetheart. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way." She said quickly in apology. "It's ok, there is a reason for me being this huge, so soon. I'm having triplets actually." I said proudly. This woman had been my savior while I attended school here. She felt more like my grandmother than the school counselor/secretary.
"Wow. Congratulations again. What brings you by here today, dear?" She asked as she scooted by me to walk around to her desk to sit down the armload full of copies she had in her arms.
I took a deep breath and just let it all out at once, "I need to postpone my tests until February or March. The babies should be a few months old by then and I can take the tests then and still get my diploma before May."
She nodded in understanding " I understand, dear. You can still study up while you are at home resting. I expect to see them babies once they get here, you hear me?" I laughed because she made me feel so at ease. "Yes, ma'am."
I was brought out of my thoughts as I heard Alice talking to someone on the phone in the kitchen. I soundlessly walked into the kitchen to stand beside her and wrap my arm around her shoulders hugging her to me. "I love you too, babe. I will be home in a little bit." with that said, Alice ended her phone call to who I assumed was Jasper.
"Treehouse?" I asked quietly holding onto her. She nodded against my shoulder, silently opening the door leading the way to our sacred treehouse in Charlie's back yard. This house was a sanctuary to both of us. It always had been, it was where we rebonded when she came back home from Texas. It was where she had held me as I cried and screamed over my mother after she left. It was where we would discuss the upcoming visit of my mother.
Once we got the treehouse, I began having second thoughts about climbing the rickety stairs because of my babies. "Ali, I don't know if this was such a good idea." I said while ringing my hands together in front of me.
"Jasper just came over and checked the steps and said they were all in working order. I wouldn't put you or our babies in any danger, silly." She just laughed as she climbed up before me and was waiting in the doorway of the treehouse with a silly grin on her face. "Your turn, momma."
I took a deep breath, nodding at Alice and began my careful climb up the steps. I finally released my held breath when I made it into the treehouse safely. After we were settled into the bean bag chairs, that I was afraid I would never get out of, Alice looked at me with a serious expression on her face. "Are you really ok with Renee finding out about the babies?"
I wasn't shocked that the babies were her first concern, she was going to make a great aunt and godmother to my girls. "I'm not just a little worried, Ali, I'm petrified of what she will say or do." I confessed quietly. "This is not the ideal situation for either of us. She is a shitty mother for doing what she did, and I am a pregnant teenager who has for all intents and purposes quit going to school."
"You are going back after the babies are born to get your diploma and DO NOT let that horrid woman's mistakes make you think twice about your mothering capabilities." Alice said with fire in her eyes and venom in her voice.
"I'm not, Ali. I know that I will try my best to be a great mother to our girls, and with your help, they will turn out to be great kids. I'm just worried about what she is going do to Charlie when she finds out. This is not his fault or mine for that matter." I said with tears pooling in my eyes at the thought of Charlie getting hurt by Renee's sudden appearance.
"I will not let that woman come in here and stir up shit when she hasn't been around for anything for years. She has no right to say anything to anyone about anything." Alice stated with angry tears in her eyes.
"I know, Ali. Thank you for being my bestest friend and sister. I love you, pixie." I said holding my arms out for her to come give me a hug. She launched herself into my arms wrapping her arms as tight as she could manage around my back and holding me tightly. "I love you too, B."
We stayed in the treehouse for a good little bit, when my bladder made another announcement. After Alice helped me up from the bean bag chair which I damned to hell because it really was a pain in the ass to get out of in my situation, Alice went back across the street to keep an eye on the construction workers renovating their house and I went in search of a bathroom and Edward.
After I was finished with the former, I began looking for the latter. I found him in the basement tinkling around on the piano with papers scattered across the top of the piano. I curled myself into the loveseat he had placed in the corner of the basement for me. I had made a habit of coming down and listening to him as he worked on a new song, and he wanted me to have somewhere comfortable to settle. I grabbed the book off the end table and settled down in the love seat listening to him play around with a song that was almost finished.
I was engrossed in my book when he suddenly stopped playing, I looked up to find him staring at me with a twinkle in his eye. "Hey, handsome." I said breathlessly while laying my book back on the end table. "Hey, baby. How long you been down here?" I giggled because I wasn't surprised that he hadn't seen me when I came down. He was often too engrossed in his music to notice much around him. "About two chapters. You almost finished with that song? It sounded great when I was coming down."
He nodded "Wanna hear the whole thing?"
I nodded eagerly as he began to play the soft tune.
Somethin' in your eyes, makes me wanna lose myself
Makes me wanna lose myself, in your arms
There's somethin' in your voice, makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life
I felt my eyes begin to sting with tears at his heartfelt words. I was always amazed over and over again everytime I heard him play or sing. He had an amazing voice and fingers as he played the tunes on the piano perfectly, never missing a beat.
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how long I've been so alone
And if you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you've done
I got up off the couch quietly while his eyes were closed concentrating on the song. As quiet as I possible could I walked around his piano to stand behind him, gently placing hands on his shoulders. I felt him take a deep breath before continuing to play.
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
I felt the tears slip down my cheeks as I listened to his beautiful voice singing the words that seemed to hit a place deep inside of me. I truly felt at home when I was with him, it feels like I am where I am suppose to be. As unorthodox as my situation was, I felt like I truly was where I belonged.
A window breaks, down a long, dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But I'm alright, 'cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see, through the dark there is light
I leaned forward and kissed the back of his head, resting my cheek against the top of his head, sliding my hands down to rest on his chest. I could feel his heart pounding away as he continued to play the most beautiful song I had ever heard before.
Well, if you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
And if you knew how happy you are making me
I never thought that I'd love anyone so much
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way the back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
As he trailed off at the end of the song I felt more than heard him take a deep breath and release it slowly while reaching up to grip my hands in his. "I love you, baby." he whispered quietly.
"Mmmhmm. I know you do and I love you too." I whispered as he tugged me around to sit sideways on his lap. "That was beautiful, Edward. Is it your latest one?"
He averted his eyes from mine and nodded his head. His actions automatically made me think he was hiding something and didn't want to tell me. The only reason he wouldn't want to tell me something would be if he thought it would bring harm to either me or the babies in any way.
"Edward, what is it?" I said with a slightly angry tone. I didn't like feeling like an invalid and it pissed me off when people thought they knew what was best for me.
"Bella, please. It's nothing bad, I will tell you everything later. After Renee's visit, ok?" he begged not only in his voice but with his eyes too. I shook my head, getting up from his lap to start pacing back and forth behind his piano. "NO. Tell me now, Edward. Does this have anything to do with the phone call you got earlier?"
He hung his head, and I immediately knew that I had hit the nail on the head, so to speak. He nodded and took another deep breath before spilling everything out at once. " They want me to come to New York next week for a meeting. I told them that me and my fiancee were expecting and that I would have to get back with them to let them know. They never call unless it's important and my contract isn't due to be renegotiated until December but they are wanting to discuss it now. I don't know..." I cut him off by slamming my lips against his. He moaned and pulled me closer to him, skimming his tongue across my lips demanding entrance.
I opened my mouth and let him kiss me senseless for a few minutes before I remembered what we were talking about before I distracted him. "Edward. We need to talk about this, baby. Please." He nodded "Let's go back upstairs, ok?" I nodded and tugged on his hand to follow me back up to the living room.
Once we were settled on the couch comfortably, I brought up New York. "So, why do you think they want you to come to New York now instead of in December?"
"I honestly don't know. It's got me worried. On one hand I want to go see what they want and on the other hand I want to go to Seattle shopping with you. I don't know what to do." He grumbled, burying his head in my shoulder.
"How about this? We call Doc Carmen and see if it is okay for me to fly to New York with you next week and then the following weekend we will all go to Seattle for the weekend." I compromised while running my fingers soothingly through his copper colored hair.
His only response was him holding his phone up for me to use. I chuckled grabbing the phone and dialing Doc Carmen's office.
"Yes, this is Bella Swan. I need to speak with Dr. Carmen real quick please."
"No, Dr. Carmen, nothing is wrong with me or the babies. I just have a simple question for you. Edward has a meeting out of town next week and it requires flying, will it be ok for me and the babies to accompany him?"
"Ok, thanks Doc. See you in two weeks! Bye." I ended the call with a huge smile on my face. "New York here we come, baby" I said gleefully leeping into Edwards lap, straddling his hips and smothering his face with sloppy kisses. I finally ended my celebration by placing a toe curling kiss on his smiling lips. He nipped at my bottom lip playfully as his hand gripped onto my hips pulling me flush against his aching problem in his once loose jeans.
"Mmm...Edward. Please make love to me." I begged shamelessly sliding my hands into his hair, tilting his head so I could gain better access to his lips. He ran his hands from my hips up my back under my shirt, searching for my bra strap but there was none.
"Here?" He moaned out pressing his hips up into me causing me to gasp. I nodded, my hands going to the hem of his shirt yanking it up over his head tossing it behind me somewhere. I ran my hands down his chest, scratching lightly before fiddling with the button of his jeans. He quickly yanked my tank top off to toss it behind us somewhere, not caring where it landed.
His hands immediately cradled my swollen breasts, holding them as his head descended towards them. He licked one nipple before sucking it into his mouth. He knew they were sensitive so he kept the biting to a minimum. I ground my hips into his the best I could with our babies resting between us. He released my nipple with a 'pop' looking up at me with hooded dark green eyes. "Stand up baby, please." He asked seductively. I managed to stand up as graceful as I could, he reached forward and hooked his fingers into the waistband of my yoga pants, tugging them and my panties down in one smooth move.
After I stepped out of my pants, I pointed towards his pants and wiggled my eyebrows at him. He unzipped his pants and tugged them down, I gasped when I seen that he had been going commando. His erection stood tall and proud against his stomach as he tugged his pants down to his knees before beckoning me back to him. He helped me settle astride his legs comfortably, his erection nestled between us, twitching. He slipped a hand down between my legs to tease me a little bit, only problem with that was that I didn't want to be teased right now. "Edward. Stop teasing, please."
He tapped me on the hips, signalling me to raise my hips up a little bit. He grasped himself, positioning it perfectly before I settled back down against him. I leaned back, placing my hands on his knees, sliding forward a little bit more, sliding him deeper within me. "Oh God, Edward. Please." I begged while sliding back and forth against him.
He slipped a hand down between us again to play with my clit a little. As he flicked his finger against me, I felt the spring coiled deep within me suddenly releasing. He raised my hips up and began pounding into me quick and steady, while mumbling incoherantly. "Bella" thrust "so tight" thrust "amazing" thrust "close" thrust "love". I felt my second release starting to coil in my gut, with the angle he was thrusting in me, he was hitting spots I didn't know existed. "OH GOD...EDWARD!" I screamed as my release shot from me suddenly. I slumped forward against him as he thrust in me a few more times before his own release hit him hard. "BELLA!" he yelled as he released within me.
He wrapped his arms tight around me, laying us sideways on the couch still joined together. "That was..." I trailed off because I couldn't think of the right word to fit what had just happened to me.
"mmmhmmm. I know baby. I felt it too. I love you." Edward murmered as he placed a gentle kiss to my forhead. I moaned as I felt him slip out of me gently as he tugged my leg over the top of his to settle in for a quick rest.
Just as I was about to succumb to the sleep calling me, I heard keys being jingled in the door. Thinking quickly, I reached behind Edward to pull the throw blanket over us since we were still naked with his pants around his ankles. "Edward!" I hissed at him to wake up, shaking his shoulder slightly as I struggled to get us covered up before whoever was coming through that door succeeded.
"What, baby?" he asked sleepily.
"Someone's coming in the front door. Help me with this blanket." I said quickly as he seemed to wake up really quick.
"Shit, I bet it's mom and dad. I know Alice and she probably called them and told them all about Renee." He quickly got us covered up, including his feet and jeans.
I groaned as I heard the front door finally open "Bella! Edward!" that was the unmistakable voice of the woman I considered my mother for all intents and purposes.
Edward just grinned and said "Hey Mom. Dad. What are ya'll doing here?" I attempted to kick him in the shin with my foot but only succeeded in jostling the blanket to partially uncover his feet.
"Ummm. I think we will go visit Alice and Jasper while we let you two get cleaned up." Dad said as he turned tail and ran back out the door, tugging Esme with him. She poked her head back through the door smirking "By the way Bella, your tank top is hanging off the lamp behind you if you need it."
I sunk my head into Edwards shoulder groaning in embarrassment at his parents catching us practically having sex on his couch. His shoulders were shaking in laughter "We will meet you over there in a few minutes, Mom."
I heard Esme laugh as she shut the front door behind her as she left us alone.
"She's gone, baby. It's okay. Let's go get a shower and clean up." He sat us up, tossing the blanket aside.
When I sat up, I looked around to take in the view that Mom and Pop had seen when they walked in. I gasped when I seen his shirt hanging haphazardly off the side of the coffee table and my shirt balanced on the top of the standing lamp behind the couch. "EDWARD!" I screeched, looking at him with wide eyes and my hand over my mouth.
He just chuckled, "Bella, we live together and have been dating for a few months now. I'm sure they knew we were having sex. Nobody has to know that we just made love for the first time earlier today."
I knew he was right but I was still embarrassed as hell at being caught pretty much in the act. "You're right, romeo. Let's go get a shower so we can go check out Ali's house."
***LFQ***
"Bella. Baby, wake up." Edward whispered softly in my ear, trying to wake me up from the most amazing dream ever.
"Ten more minutes, Edward." I begged him, tugging a pillow over my head.
I felt the bed dip before the pillow was yanked off of my head harshly. "Isabella Swan, get your pregnant ASS out of this bed. Right now. We have to get you ready for today and my babies need to be fed first, so up and at 'em." Alice chirped from beside me, bouncing on her knees holding my pillow above her head.
"Pixie, you hit me with that pillow and I will turn you into pixie dust." I grumped pulling the blankets over my head hoping to get in ten more minutes. I sighed in relief as I felt her getting off the bed before the blankets obscuring the light was suddenly yanked off my body.
"Alice Whitlock, I swear to all that is holy if you don't give me my blanket back I am going to chop you up into little pieces and bury you in Charlie's back yard." I said hastily to her while I sat up and crossed my arms over my chest, staring at her with evil thoughts.
"B! It's already ten o'clock, Renee will surely call soon. We have to get you ready so she can see how fabulously you are doing without her." Alice chirped from the end of the bed bouncing on her feet impatiently.
"Edward!" I yelled because he had suddenly disappeared when Alice began badgering me. "Yes, sweetheart?" he asked from the bathroom.
"Make her go away, please." I whined shooting daggers at Alice who was grinning like the cat who ate the canary from the foot of the bed.
"Alice. Go away. I will make sure she gets up and into the shower." Edward stated from the bathroom doorway with nothing but a towel wrapped around his hips and shaving cream slather on the lower half of his face.
I got a shit eating grin on my face, if I could see this sight first thing in the morning I would never wake up grumpy again. Alice noticed my look and followed my gaze to immediately slam her hand over her eyes groaning "Gross Edward! Put some damn clothes on!" She complained but didn't move.
"No can do Ali, gotta take a shower myself as soon as I get finished shaving. Kind of defeats the purpose of getting dressed just to get undressed again in five minutes." Edward smirked at her before heading to the bed. "Baby, please come take a shower with me." Edward begged when he was standing right beside the bed.
I toyed with the towel at his hips, shooting my eyes towards Alice. "Ali you might want to leave now before I have my way with your way too sexy brother." Alice was out the door before I finished my statement. I fell back down on the bed laughing at her, but now I was wide awake.
"Good morning, beautiful. I would kiss you right now but I don't want you to get covered in shaving cream." Edward smirked at me before turning around heading back towards the bathroom. I reached out and yanked his towel off before he got very far.
I laughed at the look of shock on his face as he turned around to face me. "Isabella. Do not start something we don't have time to finish." he growled at me, reaching for the towel.
"Oh I have very good intentions on finishing anything I start, Edward." I growled right back, slowly climbing off the bed to stand right in front of him. I reached out and wrapped my hand around him squeezing gently, just the way he liked it. "Let's go finish shaving, Edward." I said as I let go of him and scooted around him heading towards the bathroom.
I was perched on the vanity of our bathroom sink when Edward finally walked in, sans towel. I waved the razor at him as I motioned for him to come stand between my legs. "Bella, do you even know what you are doin?" he asked nervously as he stood between my legs with his hands rubbing up and down my thighs.
"Charlie showed me how to shave my legs without cutting myself by letting me help him shave, so yes I know what i'm doing." I motioned for him to raise his chin up so I could start shaving him.
Edward breathed a sigh of relief once I was finished with his neck and chin and hadn't cut him yet. "Nervous, baby?" I asked as I rinsed the razor off before starting on his cheeks and chin.
"Not at all. I have complete confidence in you, sweetheart." he smirked before I raised the razor to finish shaving him.
Once I was finished, I took the washcloth and wiped off his face tenderly "All done."
He slammed his lips against mine in appreciation. He lifted me off the vanity and set me down on my feet, slapping me gently on the rear end in the process. "Let's get a shower, baby. Before Alice hunts us both down and kills us." he smirked before going to turn on the shower.
Once we were in the shower and had washed each others hair, Edward was obviously very aroused and I could feel the wetness between my legs that was not from the shower. I grabbed the body wash, squeezing some into my hand before setting it back down. I started at his shoulders and washed every inch of his chest, back, stomach and butt before I sank down to my knees slowly. "Bella, you don't have to do this, baby. I will be ok." Edward said but his groan bellied his words when I wrapped my hand around his painful erection.
Instead of answering him verbally I just put my mouth on him, sucking gently with his hands sinking into my hair.
After our very satisfying shower, Edward turned me over to Alice who had a sparkly bag resting on our bed when we emerged from the bathroom. In that sparkly bag was yet another wonderful outfit for my ever expanding self, along with a new set of very sexy set of maternity bra/panty set. This outfit was a pair of capri pants with sparkly pockets on the back and a dark purple tank top with a sheer purple tunic top to go over it. I was in love with her after I got the outfit on because it looked so good on me and enhanced my baby belly beautifully.
As she was blow drying and fixing my hair, my phone rang. It was Renee. She was in Forks. I told her to come to the house to the right of Charlie's and ring the doorbell. By the time she rang the doorbell I was full of nerves and was pacing back and forth from the kitchen to the front door and back again.
"Edward, you answer the door please. I have to go pee again. Alice, come with me." I demanded, grabbing Alice's hand giving her no choice but to follow. I pressed my ear against the door of the bathroom to listen to Edward and Renee, to see how he would react.
"Renee, please come in." I heard Edward say after he opened the front door. "Umm. Do I know you?" Renee inquired, I could tell by her voice that she had come into the house.
"No, I don't believe you do. My name is Edward Cullen and I am Bella's boyfriend." Edward stated confidently, not letting Renee get to him.
"Bella, I thought you had to pee." Alice laughed as she sat down on the closed toilet lid.
"No, Ali. I just panicked for a minute and needed a moment." I laughed pressing my ear harder to the door.
"Oh. You are so handsome, I'm sorry to say she hasn't mentioned you in our conversations."
"We've only been dating for about three months, and I don't believe you have talked during that time besides yesterday. Please sit down and make yourself comfortable, I will go get Bella." I heard Edward walk towards the bathroom door before knocking gently on it. I yanked it open immediately and Edward laughed at what he saw, me standing at the door, Alice sitting on the closed toilet lid.
"Renee is here and sitting in the living room if you are done hiding and spying now, beautiful." Edward kissed me on the lips before grabbing my hand, tugging me with him into the living room.
Renee had her back turned towards us and I asessed her appearance before she realized I was in the room. She looked nothing like the mother I vaguely remembered. The woman I remembered always wore blue jeans with torn knees and a t-shirt, with her hair either hanging down her back or threw up in a sloppy pony tail. The woman standing before me, silently perusing our photos lining the wall and mantle, wore creased dress pants with a silk top tied with a neat bow on her side and her hair up in a french twist. She resembled nothing of the woman that had left me all those years ago.
"Renee." I said to gain her attention. She gasped when she spun around and seen me for the first time in years. "Bella, darling. You are absolutely beautiful." I knew the exact moment her eyes landed on my stomach and realized that I was very much indeed pregnant. "Wow, Bella. Things have really changed around here, huh? You weren't exaggerating yesterday when you said that."
I dint' know what to think about her comments but obviously Alice had something to say about it as she stormed out of the bathroom, making her presence known. Alice stood beside me and laid a hand on my stomach. "Renee, you will not come into this house after all these years and lay any judgement upon.." I interrupted Alice before she could get too far into her rant, I had questions and I wanted answers.
"Ali, it's ok. I'm sure she's just shocked at seeing me so pregnant since I haven't talked to her in a while. Right, Renee?" I said firmly looking between Alice and Renee. Renee nodded, Alice huffed in silence. "Let's sit down please so we can talk."
Once we were all settled into the living room with me, Edward, and Alice on the big couch and Renee sitting in the chair in front of us, my nervousness set in. "Renee, I have a few questions for you, if you don't mind?" I asked nervously.
She nodded for me to go ahead. "Why did you leave and not call or come back for five years?" my voice cracked towards the end of my main question.
Renee took a deep breath before launching into her explanantion. "Bella, there are no words to explain properly why I left the way I did and done what I done. After I left you and Charlie, I made my way to Phoenix, Arizona. Once I found a job there one of my coworkers suggested maybe I was depressed so she suggested I go see a doctor. I was diagnosed with severe depression and bipolar disorder." She took a ragged breath before continuing. "It took the doctor almost two years to get my depression and mood swings under control. Once we found the right combination of medications, I came back here to check on you. I sat across the street and waited for you to come hom from school one day. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw you walking down the street with Alice. You both had grown up so much in the few years I had been gone. I could see that you had adjusted to me being gone and were doing fine with just you and Charlie. I didn't want to disrupt your life since it seemed like you had finally found some stability and peace. I decided that I didn't want to live in Phoenix anymore so I traveled for about six months before I ended up in Florida. That is where I met Phil. He convinced me to write you a letter and see if you would be receptive to that. When you wrote me back, I decided to try calling Charlie's old house number and you know what has happened since then."
All I could do was stare at her silently while digesting everything she had just told me. She was sick, it wasn't her fault she had felt the way she had. "I'm sorry, Renee for everything that happened to you. I am glad that you finally found some help and hapiness. I have found happiness in my life too. Even though it may look bad, because I am sixteen and pregnant, I am extremely happy with the odd turn of events in my life." I leaned heavily into Edward and blinked my eyes rapidly, fighting away the tears that were trying to break through.
"I am happy that you are happy, darling. That is all I ever wanted for you. I know that my past mistakes cannot be erased by phone calls and one visit but I hope that we can change that soon." I could see the determination in her face, because I got the same look in my eye when I was determined about something. "Phil threw out his elbow last night during his game, and is currently out of the game for the forseeable future. After he got hurt one of the opposing teams coaches approached him and offered him an assistant coaching position in Seattle."
I gasped at having her so close again, I was unsure if I wanted her to be around my babies once they were born. "So what? Y'all are moving to Seattle?" I inquired.
"We are. He is supposed to start coaching in two weeks, and we need to be settled before he starts. So we are going back to Jacksonville to pack our stuff this coming week and plan to relocate to Seattle the following week. I hope with me moving so much closer that maybe we can start off with having lunch once a month or something to try and build a new relationship."
I noticed something else that I had tried to deny many times over, I had picked up my nervouse tnedencies from Renee. She was chewing on her bottom lip and wringing her fingers together in her lap. I looked down and seen that I was doing the same exact thing. I wanted some of the tension and stress to leave the room so I decided to talk about the two things that made me happiest: Edward and our babies.
"That sounds great Renee. Maybe we could meet in Port Angeles as long as I am able to get out and about. I don't figure I will be very mobile towards the end of my pregnancy. So you may have to come all the way here to the house to have lunch. I only have one condition to all of this. You do NOT come near Charlie, and you do NOT ask about him either." I wanted to try and protect Charlie with everything I had in me and I knew Alice and Edward felt the same way.
"That is completely understandable. Why won't you be mobile towards the end of your pregnancy? Is there something wrong with the baby? Is there something wrong with you? You don't look far from the end now." She rambled off her questions so fast I couldn't keep up with them.
I shook my head at her "One question at a time Renee, that way I can explain as I go along. Please."
"Is there something wrong with you or the baby?" Renee questioned leaning her elbows on her knees and leaning towards us some.
Edward and Alice had been quiet up until this point, I knew talking about the babies would get them to speak up. They were both so passionate about the health and care of these babies. Edward was the first to speak up. "Bella and our babies are perfectly healthy as of two days ago." I looked at him with evil eyes becasue he had just inadvertantly spilled the beans about there being more than one baby.
"Babies?" Renee questioned curiously.
Alice nodded "Triplet girls is what the ultrasound showed on Thursday. Even though through my late night research last night, that could possibly be wrong. Ultrasounds this early on are not 100% accurate." She rubbed a hand soothingly over our babies. People found it strange that Alice referred to my babies as 'our babies' too.
"Wow. Congrats Bella. You are going to have your hands full when they get here, I hope everything goes great with the rest of your pregnancy and delivery. Did you know that you were originally a twin, but the other baby died at around my fourth month of pregnancy. She didn't have a heartbeat, so she persished while you flourished." I nodded because Charlie had told me this not long after he found out about ther being three of them.
"I did actually know that, I guess that explains why I am pregnant with more than one baby."
Her next question shocked all of us and pissed us all of at the same time. "Edward, you said earlier that you and Bella had only been dating for a few months and she is a little over four months pregnant. Are these babies yours?"
"You have absolutely no right to come into my house and ask about the paternity of my babies. Edward is their father, I am not a whore. Edward is the only man I have ever made love with." I was flushed in the face because I was so pissed at her right now. Alice was practically vibrating beside me wanting to protect me from and of Renee's angry words.
Renee was immediately sympathetic and regretful. "I'm sorry, Bella. I meant no disrespect to either you, Edward or the babies. I was just curious because the time line didn't add up in my head. I guess ya'lls definition of a 'few months' and mine are different." She explained.
"I think we need a break for a few minutes. Renee would you like something to drink? We have water, kool-aid, milk, and orange juice?" I asked as I began pushing myself up from the couch to head into the kitchen so I could calm down.
"Sure, water would be great, Bella. May I use your bathroom?
"Sure you can, Renee. It is right over there." Edward directed her towards the bathroom as Alice and I retreated to the kitchen to get drinks for everybody.
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