Mix up: What happens when two very busy people send two clueless people to pick up their babies from daycare? Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are in for a rough day but it may just have some nice repercussions.
Character pairings: Edward and Bella the whole way
Rating: M for fun times
Disclaimer: While I love Twilight I do not own it, however the little cuties that star as the babies are all figments of my imaginations.
Bella
And once again I found myself standing in front of my closet with no idea what to wear!
This was getting ridiculous and I was running out of time. At twelve thirty I decided to just bite the bullet and call Edward.
"Hello?" he answered.
"What are you wearing?" I asked him.
"What do you want me to be wearing?" he asked back putting on a breathy voice.
"Edward!" I groaned.
"Man I'm good if that's all it takes."
"I have no idea what to wear" I told him.
"I'm wearing jeans and a button down."
"Okay then so, I think I have it. I will meet you outside; don't bother unloading Lily and all." I said.
"Okay, do you have a car seat for Connor?"
"Yeah I have the base and all ready to go." I told him.
"How are you going to carry all that down?" Edward asked.
"I've been a single Mom for eight months now Edward, I've learnt some secrets. Right I'll see you in a couple of minutes." I told him before hanging up and getting dressed quickly.
I had everything ready by the door, including the cake I had made last night. Mom had always instilled in me to never turn up somewhere empty handed and I'll be darned if I start now. Now I bet your wondering how I was going to get the car seat, the base, the cake, myself and the baby into the elevator. Here comes my great system.
I called the elevator up to my apartment and when it opened I reached in and stopped it. I've checked with the maintenance guy and this actually doesn't harm the elevator in anyway and I never do it early in the morning when people need to get to work so I've had no complaints.
I put the car seat base and the car seat in the elevator, I then put my handbag and the diaper bag in. I then picked up the baby and the cake and got in the elevator before pressing start. When I arrived down in the lobby the doorman, who had seen that the elevator was stopped, then helped me to unload everything out.
"Thanks Stan" I said.
"No problem." He said as I brought the car seat and Connor over to the front desk and put him in it, before putting my handbag into the diaper bag. I kept an eye on the window that looked out onto the street and saw Edward pull up.
"Stan if you wouldn't mind grabbing the base and the cake please?" I asked and he nodded. I always gave him a good tip at the end of the month so he was very obliging.
I walked over to Edward's car and saw Lily was strapped in on the far side.
"Hey" Edward said getting out of the car. "I thought it would be easier to strap him in on the side walk side."
"Not just a pretty face." I said. "Thanks Stan I think we have it from here." I said and he nodded handing Edward the base. "The doorman" I explained.
"So not just a random guy you've forced into doing your bidding?" he asked.
"There's always some repayment." I told him as he strapped the base into the seat.
"I'd say so" He said with a smirk. I think it was then he spotted the cake tin. "What's in there?" he asked.
"My chocolate surprise cake" I told him.
"What's the surprise?" he asked.
"If I told you I would have to kill you." I said.
He held his hand out for the car seat. He slid it in until it clicked into place. "Do you want to put the diaper bag in the back?" he asked and I nodded. I handed it to him and he put in the gap between the passenger seat and the back seat. "That it?" he asked and I nodded.
"Wait no" I said as he shut the back door.
"What?" he asked.
"Hi" I said reaching up and kissing him, he smiled into the kiss before cupping my face in his hands. "That's it." I said as we broke apart.
"Crosses it off my list too, you ready for this?" he asked.
"A tiny bit nervous but that's a given."
"Their probably going to love you more than me" He said with a smirk before opening the door for me. I know what he meant when he said that, it was a joke that his parents' would like me better but still, it gave me butterflies to hear him say those words in any context.
And again I was getting ahead of me; I shook it off by the time he got in the car. I turned to Lily and smiled.
"Hello Cutie that is a lovely dress" I cooed and she smiled at me from where she sat facing front in her seat. Connor still faced towards the back in his seat.
"Be" She smiled at me and clapped her hands.
"Aw, when did she start doing that?" I asked Edward. She was so adorable.
"Um, just now actually" He said smiling back at his daughter before fixing his mirrors and pulling out into the street.
"On-R" Lily exclaimed.
"What Kiddo?" Edward asked I looked back. She was looking at Connor, who I noticed had a bugger.
"I think she's trying to say Connor" I said "How long has she been trying to talk?" I asked him.
"In the last couple of weeks it's really come along, she still uses hand motions a lot but certain things slip out. I noticed Connor tries to call you, that's pretty advanced."
"That's my Mom annoying him. If he's crying she'll ask him who he wants to go too and then sounds out everything until he copies one of them, I started crying to first Ma-Ma came out." I told him. "But yeah he's always rambling away to himself so I have a feeling talking isn't too far away."
"On-R" Lily repeated and I smiled at her.
"Lily you better be able to say Nana before we get there or she'll go mad." Edward laughed.
"You're Mom as bad as mine?"
"From the day she was born 'Can you say Nana? Na-na?' I was sure that was going to be her first word."
"What was it?" I asked.
"Dada of course, when she has such a brilliant father as me wouldn't you say it first too?" he asked.
"She's lucky to have such a modest father." I teased and he mock glared at me "Where do your parents live?" I asked.
"Just north of the city, there place looks over Lake Michigan." He explained.
"Wow" I said "So tell me about your parents so I have some inkling of what I'm getting into."
"Well you know of my mother, she retired from the State's Attorney's office last year because she was sick of the drama, she said some people there still had a highschool mentality about them." He explained "She's pretty great though, Dad's well... Dad's a busy guy. I haven't actually seen him for a couple of weeks because of his schedule; he's a real family guy though. He always instilled in Emmett and I that family was very important." Edward explained. "They're just really supportive in everything I do, the minute I told them about Lily it was straight up 'what can we do?' and 'how can we help?'"
"So it's close family?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, practically killed us when Emmett moved to Australia. We knew he wanted to go so Mom and Dad made it possible. But he did call home sounding very lonely for his first year. It's wasn't until he met Rosalie that he seemed to actually like it over there." He said.
"Do you think if he and Rose decide to move back home to Australia to raise a family, your parents would be upset?"
"Yeah, I would have to give them Lily" He said as we drove into a posh looking area.
"You're parents live here?" I asked.
"No just outside of here, Mom didn't like the idea of having neighbours seeing everything she did so they bought a land in the middle of nowhere and built."
"Seems to be a recurring this with your family" I said referring to his house and he nodded.
"I like my privacy" He said.
Eventually we turned down a twisting road before pulling up to a giant house, it was amazing. You could see Edward had some hand in designing this place.
"There are paths out the back yard that lead down to the lake." Edward explained and I nodded.
"This place is incredible." I told him, "Did you work on it?"
"Some of it, I was thirteen when we built this place. Just after Dad got promoted and I was really interested in the whole thing so I got to make some decisions." He explained before getting out of the car. He came around and opened my door. "Do you want to leave Connor in his seat?" he asked.
"Is he asleep?" I asked him.
"Yeah"
"Best leave him in the seat. I'll get it..."
"No I'll get the heavy seat, you grab Lily." He said and I nodded.
She was fast asleep as I took her out of the car seat, she woke up a bit when she saw me but then relaxed her head on my shoulder. I grabbed her diaper bag and put it up on my shoulder before grabbing the cake. Edward was doing a similar balancing act, but we managed to get up to the house without dropping anything or anybody.
"Mom?" Edward called opening the front door.
"Baby Bro!" A tall, muscly man said coming out into the hallway. "And person I don't know." He said looking at me. He then saw Edward holding Connor's carrier and his eyes widened. "You're Butch's Mom." He said looking scared.
"What?" I asked Edward.
"I'll tell you later." He said. "Where's Mom?" he asked muscly guy.
"Kitchen" He answered. "So?"
"Bella this is Emmett" Edward explained.
"Oh" I said.
"I am so sorry, I was going send a muffin basket and then I couldn't figure out what flavours to put in, but that's not important." Emmett said covering his face with his hands.
"No harm, no foul." I said. "It's nice to meet you Emmett"
"What's all this racquet out here?" a tall blonde woman asked with a thick Australian accent, Rosalie. When she looked at me she nodded to herself. "You've every right to kill him." She said.
"I swear its okay." I said.
"Yeah she got me out of it" Edward said and if I had a hand free I would've smacked him. I just decided to roll my eyes.
"Esme, Edward's here." A blonde man said coming into our little group at the door.
"What?" another voice called before appearing in the doorway of another room. "Edward why didn't you shout?"
"I did." He said. "Bella this is my father Carlisle and my mother Esme."
"It's nice to meet you, your house is incredible." I said.
"Thank you Bella" Mr. Cullen said.
"Yes thank you now come in out of the doorway and come into the kitchen."Mrs. Cullen said.
"Okay" I said, I followed the group of them up and Lily began to wake up more. "Did you have a good nap Sweetie?" I asked her and she nodded. "Edward she's waking up" I told him.
"Good I didn't want her asleep all day; she's a nightmare to put to bed then." He said as we walked into the kitchen.
"Wow" I said and Rosalie nodded.
"When Emmett and I were back in Australia he showed me pictures of this place, my jaw was on the floor." She explained and I nodded.
"Mrs. Cullen I brought this for dessert, I hope that's okay." I said showing her the cake.
"Bringing dessert is more that okay" Emmett said as he took the cake tray from my hands and placed it on the counter.
"Have some class." Mr. Cullen said.
"Thank you Bella, but please call us Esme and Carlisle." She said and I nodded.
"Dada" Lily called as Edward put Connor's carrier on the table.
"Yes Sweetheart?" He asked.
"Cup" She answered.
"Giving me one second." He replied "Bella could you get her the pink sippy cup out of the diaper bag.
"Sure, is Connor waking up yet?" I asked.
"No, still out cold." He replied.
"How the hell are you two doing that?" Emmett asked when Edward looked up from where he was unstrapping Connor so he would be more comfortable as he slept.
"What?" Edward asked as I handed Lily the sippy cup.
"You're really in sync with each other." Rosalie said.
"Oh, I never realised." I shrugged.
"Edward you coming out to the grill?" Emmett asked.
"Um..." He looked at me, unsure.
"I'm good." I told him.
"Do you want me to take her?" he asked pointing to Lily.
"Be" She said.
"I think she's made her mind up." I told him.
"Traitor." He teased kissing her forehead before following his brother and father outside.
"Did she just say...?" Esme asked and I nodded. "That is so cute." She said. Just as she said that Connor woke up.
"I'll get him Bella" Rosalie said walking over to the carrier and picking him. "Oh he's adorable." She said.
"Do you and Emmett have plans for one?" I asked her.
"Yeah, someday. Just enjoying the whole newlywed thing at the moment." She explained and I nodded.
"Oh Bella he's such a good Baby" Esme said. "Even the other day when he was here with Edward, didn't kick up a fuss and let anybody hold him."
"Yeah my Mom made sure of that." I told her and she nodded.
"I wish Edward had been around here when Lily was first born, she hates being with strangers. Even Emmett and Rosalie got the fits." Esme explained.
"Yeah he told me" I told me "My Mom explained I was like that when I was little so she didn't want that happening to Connor so she takes him on a weekly basis whether I want her to or not and she takes him to lunches and he meets all her friends, and he'll more than likely sleep through all of it but it means I know I can leave him with a baby sitter and he'll be good."
"Wow that's a really good theory." Rosalie said and I shrugged.
"I just try and be the best Mom I can be and sometimes that turning to my Mom and saying 'what do I do?'"
"You'll be good for Edward." Esme said "He never admits he needs when it comes to Lily, he'll asks for Baby sitter no problem but when you try and suggest something about raising her it's just, no I've got it, and I don't know how that's going to help him."
"He seems to get by okay" I told her as I moved some of Lily's hair out of her eyes.
"Hmm" Esme said.
"So what do you do?" Rosalie asked me.
"I'm a CEO in Dwyer Holdings."
"Wow" Esme said "So you and Edward work together a lot?" she asked.
"Sometimes, Phil Dwyer has been my stepdad since I was fifteen so I grew up in that company, so when I finished college I did some interning and worked my way up. So when we needed a new CEO I went for an interview with an independent board with my different surname and I got the job." I explained.
"And how are you?"
"Twenty eight" I answered.
"Wow" Rosalie said.
"Esme the steaks are ready" Carlisle called.
"Okay, girls come on out." She said and we followed her out onto the patio. They had a gorgeous backyard that to some may have looked untamed but I knew a lot of work went into to it to make it look natural.
"Esme your garden is lovely" I told her and she smiled.
"Thank you" She said "Some people" She stated looking at her husband pointedly "Think its messy looking."
"No it's wonderful it reminds of..." I began before realising I had stopped "It reminds of staying with my Dad when I was little, there was this giant forest out the back and it just seemed so alive." I explained.
"That's exactly what I was going for" She said as Edward walked over to the table.
"You're not pumping her too much I hope?" he asked kissing me on the cheek and holding his arms out to Rose for Connor.
"No Bella was just complimenting me on the garden." She said and Carlisle looked out behind him.
"You mean that old yard?" he asked and Esme huffed.
"It's a sore spot between the two." Edward explained.
"I see" I stated.
Dinner after that was interesting, it seemed teasing Emmett was a favourite in the clan even Lily went as far as too laugh at him when he fell over. They were just this element of closeness that I liked.
Looking at Edward I felt hopeful, could this be where I belonged?
I tried to not dwell on it though, still trying to keep myself from falling too fast. But it was hard.
It was around nine when we finally decided to call it a night and get the kids home.
"Your Mom is so nice!" I gushed as Edward drove me home.
"I'm glad you had fun." He said.
"Yeah, Rose is such a sweetie, she seems a little home sick though."
"Yeah I should mention that to Emmett."
The kids were passed out in the back seat.
"So are you free Tuesday?" he asked.
"Yeah" I answered "Why?"
"I was thinking a movie?"
"The kids" I told him.
"Rosalie wants to kidnap them." He said. "She can just watch them at your place for the evening if you want."
"Sure" I said when my cell phone rang.
"You can get that" He said.
"You sure?" I asked.
"Yeah" He said nodding.
I opened it and saw it was a number I didn't recognise.
"Isabella Swan" I answered.
"Well if it isn't my sexy beast" the voice said and I felt sick.
"Who gave you this number?" I hissed and Edward looked at me.
"Your Dad, you should really talk to him B. So how are you doing?"
"Jacob fuck off!" I hissed.
"Come on B, I miss you so much, especially that tight pussy of yours, although you probably wouldn't be too much fun after you had that brat." He said and I shuddered.
"Jacob do not talk about my son like that, you have no say on that. And I don't miss you or your tiny dick. I'm happy I caught you, now I don't have to spend my life asking myself the question 'is it in yet?' plus I wouldn't want you turning me gay like you did your skank."
"Feisty" He said and I threw up a little in my mouth.
"Baby give me the phone" Edward said and I nodded handing it to him. He pulled up to the side of the road and put the phone up to his ear. "Hello this is Edward Cullen, Bella's boyfriend, who the fuck is this?"
Edward
From the moment she started the conversation she looked ill and after her little speech I felt like she wasn't getting through to him so I asked her could I take over. I think she welcomed the change.
"Hello this is Edward Cullen, Bella's boyfriend, who the fuck is this?" I asked.
"This is Jacob, and I think you're mistaken." He said.
"Jacob I don't know who you are but I just want to warn you that you are not to call Bella again or my good friends Detective Brandon and Officer Whitlock will be told." I said winking at Bella as I did and she giggled.
"Like those are real officers." He said.
"Call and find out" I said knowing full well they were real people; they were the ones who helped us with the mix up.
"This isn't over" He said.
"I think you'll find that it is." I said before slamming her phone shut. "I think you should change your number."
"Thanks" She said as I handed it to her.
"Who was that?" I asked her.
"Can we talk about it my place? I don't want to talk about it while we're driving. We're almost there." She said.
"Okay" I said before pulling back out into the road and drove towards her place. I knew she was gathering her thoughts. I pulled up front of her building and we quickly unloaded the kids and got them upstairs. When we got into her penthouse she quickly changed Connor for bed and put him down, he was asleep the entire time. Bella set up the travel cot and once Lily was ready for bed she laid fast asleep in it.
Bella had left me to put Lily down so I woke out into the living room to see she wasn't there.
"Bella?" I called.
"Bedroom" She called back. "I'll be out in a minute" She said.
She arrived out wearing a pair of yoga pants and a big t-shirt, I noticed she wasn't wearing a bra something I was very interested in but had to ignore for the minute. I also made a mental note to slip her some of my shirts, thinking hot fuck hot that would be. But back to the matter at hand.
She settled down on the couch and I sat down beside her, turning my body to face hers.
"So are you going to tell what this is all about?" I asked her.
"Jacob was my last boyfriend before I had Connor." She said.
"The one who..."
"Who made me want to just give up on men and do the Mom thing on my own? Yeah him." She said. "I've known him since I was a kid. He and Seth were neighbours growing up; our Dad's were best friends. I liked him and I knew my Dad would approve but he was a year younger than me which is a big no-no when you're a teenager so nothing ever happened. I had other boyfriends. Nothing major, but Jacob was always there when it all fell apart. Seth was happy to see his best friends get together, he thought there was no one else better for each other, and we got together once the two of them joined me up in Seattle for school." She explained.
"Is he the one you lost your virginity to?" I asked and she shook her head telling me no.
"No that privilege went to my date to the spring formal in junior year, Tyler Crowley, real handsy and was over before I felt him in the whole way." She explained and I nodded. "But with Jake it was nice, like dating your best friend you know? And I thought we were headed somewhere, marriage, babies. I was content to move back down to Forks or live on the Rez that he and Seth grew up on if I could have him. But something changed, I don't know what made me think he was cheating but I just knew." She explained.
"How did you confirm it?" I asked.
"I was in Leah's house helping her do laundry and I found a pair of underwear of mine. Jake had lent it to her because he had 'disposed' of hers while they were at it."
"Leah?" he asked.
"Seth's sister, who has now switched teams and is dating Jacob's sister. Rebecca" She explained.
"Wow" I said. "What did he say to you about Connor?" he asked.
"He told me he missed my pussy and he'd take me back even though having had that brat I was probably ruined." She said in a condescending tone.
"Where does he live?" I asked my blood boiling.
"Seattle" She said.
"Okay, I'll be back tomorrow." I told her standing up.
"What why?" she asked.
"No one gets to say that about Connor." I said "No, he is an innocent baby and no one gets to talk badly about him. I won't have it." I told her.
"Edward I didn't listen to him..." She began but I shook my head.
"No Bella, I don't care if no one listens to him he is not allowed have those thoughts about Connor. I do have my other reasons for killing him, one hurting you but no I hate scum like that." I said running my hands through my hair.
"Edward" She said but I shook my head.
"No, I had this crap before Lily was born and her mother was a slut. You are too good for that ass and that baby boy deserves more respect just because he is that a baby."
"Edward" She said interrupting me.
"What?" I asked her snapping out of my rant.
She walked over to me and wrapped her arm around my neck.
"Shut up so I can kiss you" She said before latching her lips to mine. Her hands went into my hair and I picked her up so she closer to my height. Her legs wrapped around my waist as my tongue pushed into her mouth. "You are incredible." She whispered when we pulled away.
"What?" I asked her.
"You just are so incredible, more than I deserve."
"No you're the one too good for me." I told her and she shook her head before pulling my lips down to kiss her again.
"Edward" She murmured against my lips.
"Yeah?" I asked pulling away keeping my forehead against hers.
"Stay here tonight?" she asked.
"What?" I asked.
"Stay here with me tonight?" she asked.
"I wish I could Baby, but we've got work tomorrow." I told her and she sighed. "Mature responsibilities are bogus." I told her and she nodded.
"One more?" she asked.
"Oh yeah" I said pressing my lips to her and suck her lower lip in between mine. "I better go get Lily; I hate to move her though."
"She can stay here; I'll bring the two of them tomorrow." She said.
"You're just using me for my daughter" I said in mock shock.
"You fooled my plan. She'll be fine. She's got clean clothes and diapers." Bella said and I nodded.
"Thanks" I said leaning in and kissing her. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Night" She said.
"Night Baby." I said before heading out of the place. It felt weird not having Lily but I needed sometime to clear my head after my talk with Bella.
I've stated before I was worried I was falling for her too quickly.
I was no longer worried about that.
It was too late.
I was already in love with her.
And after tonight I got the inkling that she was getting to that stage too.
Talk about a head rush.
I know what your all thinking, would they ever just fuck each other already, believe me the characters are only gagging for it (Irish expression meaning horny in case you're wondering) but remember all things come to those who do the wave... or was that to those who wait... anyway it will be soon.
Who watched the MTV Movie Awards? Rob was so drunk and if he wasn't I'm very worried, the look of embarrassment Kristen Stewart had on her face when Rob was telling everybody how he fucked his 'screen mother' I think it makes him the original mother fucker. My favourite part had to be Rob concluding that him ripping of Bryce Dallas Howards head is the reason she's pregnant.
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