Chapter 14

The tv was background noise while Isabella was taking care of bills. Dinner was fragrant and ready to be served for when Edward got home that night. Isabella caressed her baby bump and found herself getting sidetracked so much whenever she sat down in front of her lap top. She'd discovered the nursery pins on Pinterest and was having a hard time concentrating when all she wanted to do was nest.

The front door opened and Isa perked up knowing her husband was home.

Edward was wary walking in knowing they'd had a rough night, the night before.

"Hi." She greeted when he appeared.

"Hey baby." He smiled and walked over to her to give her a kiss. "How are you feeling?"

"Good, no morning sickness today."

"That's great, is your appetite back?"

He sat down on the lazy boy and motioned for her to walk over to him, so she did. He pulled on her hand to make her sit on his lap.

"Yes, I ate things that are probably not that great, but cravings are a bitch."

"Well, try to control it as much as possible, I'm sure every now and then, won't hurt."

Isabella leaned her head onto his shoulder while he rubbed her back with one hand and her belly with the other.

"Wanna talk?" he asked softly.

"Yeah…"

"What was up yesterday?"

She took a moment to gather her thoughts and after a few seconds she found a way to communicate her frustrations while trying to not beat around the bush and also not nag.

"I don't like how disinterested you've been lately."

"Disinterested?"

"You don't call, txt, or communicate when you're at work. I know there's a lot going on with the New York extension, but I need us to be more connected."

"You want me to call you or txt you when I'm at work? I can do that."

"I want you to want to call and txt me."

"Of course I want to, baby."

"Well it doesn't seem like it when you go entire days without ever acknowledging me."

"I do not go entire days, Isa. You're always on my mind, at all moments."

"You've got a strange way of showing it when we've recently gone through entire days without you laying eyes on me when I'm awake. Or heard my voice for that matter!"

His hand didn't stop rubbing her belly.

"Isa, you know how busy I've been lately right?"

"I understand Edward, but entire days? No. It's unfair that I sit here waiting for you to eat and then an hour later you finally get around to it. By then, I might as well have starved to death."

Edward chuckled at her exaggeration.

"Okay, I'll be better about keeping in touch." He kissed her nose because she looked adorable in her long fuzzy socks. The big messy bun on top of her head helped too.

"Thank you." She said leaning into him again.

"There's something for you over there." He said he said after a long moment of just sitting together. He jabbed his chin towards the front near the entrance.

She finally noticed the baby blue jewelry box with white ribbon sitting on the table up against the wall. She looked at Edward with a smile and poked his stomach.

"Aren't you going to go look?"

She slowly walked over and opened the pretty little box to find a pair of square cut diamond earrings.

"Oh, Edward." She breathed walking back towards him.

"Do you like?"

"They're beautiful."

"Put them on."

She giddily tried them on and asked him how they looked.

"Well?"

"You make them more beautiful." He said while slowly rubbing her cheek with the back of his hand.

The two spent a quiet night in that evening while Edward caught Isa up on the New York move.

….+….

That Friday night, Edward was insisting Isabella get dressed to go out for the night.

"But I would much rather spend it here watching Netflix and cuddling, baby."

"Just one night Isa, come on." He said while patting her leg and getting up. He was walking away and because he had come to know her very well, "No pouting!"

Isabella was wearing tight white jeans, a flowy blue top and brown boots that went up to her knees.

On their way to whatever restaurant he was driving them to, Edward was lowly singing along to a song playing on the radio.

"Hey!" Isabella realized something. "I've never heard you sing!"

"You probably don't want to either." He chuckled.

"Come on! Sing aloud!"

"No."

"Pleeeeeeeease!"

"I don't even know the words!" he whined.

"Yes you do, don't lie!"

"We're almost there, anyway."

"Well I'm not getting off until you sing to me!"

"Oh jeez." He laughed.

He turned the knob on the volume and Elton John started booming in the car

"AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES, TIME ON MY HANDS COULD BE TIME SPENT WITH YOU! LAUGHING LIKE CHILDREN, LIVING LIKE LOVERS! ROLLING LIKE THUNDER UNDER THE COVERS, AND I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES!"

Isabella was laughing and clapping. She loved seeing him bring down his walls.

"See! Wasn't that just the time of your life?"

"Yeah, real swell!" He chuckled. "Are you ready for a good night?"

"Yeah." She smiled over at him and watched him pull up to the valet in front of a hotel. A nice hotel at that.

"You didn't have to bring me to a nice hotel to get in my pants, Edward." She teased him as they walked in together.

"Well, I'd hope not!" he laughed.

"HEY! Look who it is!" Emmett's loud voice was heard over the lobby.

Isabella looked at Rosalie behind him and she could see there was something wrong with her cousin's demeanor.

"Did you know they'd be here?" Isabella asked quietly before they reached the couple.

"No, not at all." He answered but she could tell it was bullshit.

Once they'd greeted each other, Rosalie was quick to pull Isabella away to the restroom.

"Spill." Isabella demanded.

"Emmett's been off for a few days and I don't know. I have a bad feeling!"

"What do you mean?"

"He's been gone long hours, doesn't call or text. Do you think he'd be capable of messing around on me? I'm going crazy wanting to check his phone but he doesn't put it down for a second!"

"What the fuckity?" Isabella breathed softly. "NO! He couldn't!" But it pained her that she couldn't be one hundred percent sure, either.

"Has Edward said anything to you? I promise I won't spill the beans, just please Bella."

"No, Rose! If anything so had Edward! We had to talk about it this week because it was getting ridiculous!"

"What?"

"What if its, you know?" She added lifting her eyebrows repeatedly. "Family business?"

"Could be." Rosalie swallowed the lump in her throat. "There's more."

Isabella was alarmed to see her cousin's eyes water. There weren't a lot of times she'd seen Rose cry.

"Rosie, you're scaring me."

"I haven't told Emmett."

"What? Jesus Rosalie!"

Rosalie looked down wriggling her hands together and looking down. "I'm pregnant." She whispered.

Isabella was stunned into silence and her eyes watered. The smile that spread across her face was infectious. She hugged Rosalie as tight as she could without hurting both babies.

"Do you know what this means?!" She whisper yelled with tears streaming down her face.

"What?" Rosalie laughed with her own tears spilling over.

"Our babies will be best friends just like you and I!"

"Yes!" Rosalie agreed. They had a moment just hugging and crying, a few women walked by trying not to look.

"But wait." Isabella pulled back. "Why haven't you told Emmett?"

"Well with him being shady as fuck, I haven't really had the chance to bring it up. He practically dragged me here tonight! I didn't even know you and Edward would be here. I knew I had to tell you when I saw you though, I felt like I was going to blurt it out at any second."

"Edward forced me to come too. I'm glad he did now though." She smiled.

"We should freshen up. We've been in here for a while. They'll wonder what happened to us."

When they finally caught back up with the men, both men were antsy for their return.

"Well damn! Finally!" Emmett complained.

"Relax, you brute!" Rosalie smacked at his hands when he pulled her in for a hug a bit roughly.

The waitress let them know their table was ready so they followed her to the back of the restaurant in a secluded area. Both girls were taken aback when they realized their families were already at the table.

"What's going on?" Isabella asked Edward but he pretended to not hear her by giving their moms a hug and kiss when they reached the table.

Rosalie and Isabella looked at each other and both shrugged their shoulders as they too went around the table greeting the family.

"We're here!"

They all turned to look at Alice with Jasper trailing near behind her.

It was quite the commotion and both Rosalie and Isabella were still confused as hell, not knowing why there was a family party starting up that they had no idea was going to take place.

Finally everyone was sitting down, having wine and drinks. The server made sure that everyone had a glass of champagne, even Isabella had a splash sitting in front of her plate. She looked over at Rose who was ignoring her glass and drinking water. Luckily no one noticed, she might not have noticed either if she didn't know.

Out of the blue, Emmett took a stand and started talking.

"Well, hello family. Thank you all for making it tonight, I know that agreeing on a night was a little harder to do than I imagined so I'm glad we're all finally here."

Rosalie was done trying to understand what was taking place.

"As you all know, I've been with this beautiful woman for a couple years now. I know, I know," he laughed when his family made remarks and laughed. "We'd danced around each other for a while before I finally gave her a chance." He laughed when the family tossed bread crumbs and booed and Rosalie pinched his thigh.

"Ow! I kid, I kid! No but seriously, the moment you gave me the time of day, baby, was the best moment of my life." He looked down at Rosalie's tear stained face. He sat down next to her when their song began to play softly and then intensified as the lights dimmed. A slideshow began to project on one of the bare white walls. Many pictures were displayed from Rosalie as a six year old little girl blowing out the candles of her birthday cake while a husky little Emmett stood behind her sweaty from the running around he was surely doing. There was also a picture where Emmett, Edward, Isabella, Alice, and Rosalie were teenagers sitting in a living room scattered throughout the room. The girls faces were baby faced and their eyebrows looked over plucked. Isabella and Alice were wearing crop tops while Rosalie showed off her mile long legs. The two brothers had frosted hair and wore Dr. Martins on their feet. They went back so far, it's a wonder they'd only been together a couple years. Everyone laughed at the old pictures and awed at the more intimate ones of the couple. The music finally faded and the lights came back on. Emmett gingerly picked up Rosalie's hand and had her stand up while he got down on his knee.

"Rosalie Hale, I don't know that anybody out there in this world could handle me like you do. You do it with so much grace and class, and still look like a bombshell while you're at it. You're my best friend and do so much for me and always have my back, I just don't know where I'd be without you. I count my lucky stars every day that you love me enough to endure me every single day." She chuckled as she wiped her tears. "You put me in my place and I thank you for that because I need it." He reached into his coat and pulled out a little black velvet box. He presented her with a large rock that almost had her stumbling back. "Will you make me the happiest man on Earth and marry me?"

He wasn't entirely done with the question when Rosalie was nodding and flung herself into his arms.

The whole family roared and clapped happily.

Isabella was a blubbering mess and when Edward pulled her closer to his side she smacked him because she knew he kept it all from her on purpose.

"What?" he laughed.

"You didn't tell me!"

"I could not risk the surprise, baby." He laughed.

"I would have kept it a secret!"

"It was best to not tempt fate." He leaned in and kissed her cheek.

Everyone congratulated the couple and soon everyone was lost in chatter while the women in the family quickly got to work and asked Rose what she envisioned for her big day.

….+….

Edward and Isabella trudged into their apartment at two o'clock in the morning. The night was long and they were exhausted. Emmett's proposal was a success and Edward felt he could breathe again not having to be so secretive around Isa.

"Would you like anything to eat or drink before going to bed?" Isabella asked her husband as she took her coat off.

Edward walked towards her and leaned in to suck on her throat.

"You."

Isabella felt her stomach lightly flip flop as she tilted her head to the side to accommodate his lips. They were in no hurry getting undressed. The lights were off and they could just see each other's outlines as they climbed under the covers.

Edward hovered over his wife making sure to not put any pressure on her belly. He hungrily swallowed her moans when he lightly rimmed her lower lips with his fingers. He leaned back on his heels as he peeled her panties off and lightly kissed her throat. His lips made their way down her body and Isabella wished she could rub her thighs together to get friction but Edward's body was holding her legs apart.

Edward was desperate to taste her and to fill the room with her moans and cries. He wasted no time in teasing her and hungrily lapped up anything she had to offer.

"Ooooooh, baby." Isabella cried into the dark room. She ran her fingers through his hair encouraging him to keep going.

"Fuck baby, oooh, like that!" Edward used his teeth lightly and pulled at her clit between his teeth. It drove Isabella insane. He could tell because it would cause her to buck up.

Her heavy breathing let him know that she was close to finishing. He loved eating her out so he slowed down to enjoy her just a little while longer.

"You taste so good, babe." He whispered and put his lips back on her.

"I love when you eat my pussy, baby." She whispered and he shook his head lightly from side to side while sucking her clit into his mouth.

"Oh! Oh!" She roughly fisted the bed sheets with one hand and grabbed a fist full of his hair with the other. It was inevitable, she had reached her peak and was tumbling down. Hard.

Her desperate cries were loud. Edward didn't budge and locked his lips on her until she cried for him to stop.

"There, there, there!" She tried pushing him off until he finally released her.

"I love hearing you." He said to her then kissed her deeply. She tasted herself on his lips and was quickly wet all over again.

"Fuck me." She begged him while pushing his hips toward her with her heels. "Hard!"

He entered her and fucked her into oblivion.

….+….

The next morning Isabella awoke late in the morning, there was fanfare coming from her purse at the other end of the room. She only got up because it would continue to disturb her sleep if she didn't do anything about it.

"Isa-Isabella Cullen" She tried clearing the sleep from her voice.

"Oh dear, Isabella, did I wake you?"

"I'm sorry, whom am I speaking with?" she asked covering her eyes from the light.

"It's Leah." She could hear the smile in her voice.

"Oh Leah, hi!"

"I'm sorry for waking you. I just wanted to ask if you'd be able to make it today."

"Oh right! The birthday party!" She had never actually gotten around to asking Edward. She looked towards the bed and found his side empty but could see an envelope on his pillow.

"Yeah, we can make it. What time?"

Leah gave her all the details excited to have the Cullens over. Isabella walked over to retrieve the envelope and skimmed the letter. Her mood was instantly deflated when she saw words like "work, late, make it up" and so on.

"Hey listen Leah, I don't think Edward can make it, is it alright if I bring my cousin along?"

"Oh that's a shame, but of course!"

The conversation ended and Isabella read the letter over twice before dialing Rosalie's number. Her cousin took a bit of convincing but eventually agreed to accompany Isabella to the birthday party. She wasn't going to but eventually dialed Edward too.

"Good morning, beautiful."

"Hey, how come you had to go in?"

"I'm sorry babe, your dad called me in and we had to go over some logs and they're not making sense so it seems we'll be here a while."

"Ok well, we were invited to a birthday party. Do you think you can make it?" Her voice was small as she asked him.

"What time?"

"3 o'clock."

"I'll try, babe"

"Oh, okay."

"I've got to go baby, call me if you need anything ok? I love you!"

She didn't even have time to say anything else to him.

"I need you." She said to the empty room.

….+….

When 3 o'clock came around and it was Rose that showed up at the door with a birthday bag stuffed with tissue paper, she was convinced Edward wouldn't be making it to the party with them. She decided to put it in the back of her mind and have a good time with her girl.

"I'm surprised Edward let you go to this."

"Why is that?" she laughed.

"Going to the ex's place? Emmett would tie me up to the bed."

"Ew. And he doesn't even know its Jacob's kids birthday party."

"Oh shit, but if he gets mad, I told you so."

"If he can't come, he can't be mad!"

The car was waiting for them in garage and they climbed in.

"What did you get him?" Isabella asked digging into the bag. She was horrified when she saw colorful plastic chew toys.

"Are these chew toys?! For dogs?!"

"What? They make this squeaky noise. Kids love that shit right?"

"You are so taking parenting classes!" she guffawed.

Once she had it together again she remembered that Rosalie had yet to share the exciting news with her fiancée.

"Did you tell him?"

"No but I have it all planned out." She told Isabella excitedly. "He'll probably shit himself but, I think he'll be okay." She said looking down at the beautiful ring on her finger.

"I think so too." Isabella smiled at her cousin.

Ten minutes later they were at the building and walked out into the cold crisp cold air and made their way to Isabella's old home.

A/N: I'm not going to lie, some of your reviews really put a smile on my face and had me writing much sooner! Let me know what you think, it's encouraging:)