I'm am SO uberly sorry for this wait! Especially since you guys gave me 10 reviews AND I was added to another c2! But, I have a reason. This chapter was finished awhile ago, but my beta disappeared. Apparently she had a surprise visit to her dad. She e-mailed me over the weekend/beginning of this week saying she'd edit, but she apparently died again. So this chapter is UN-EDITED. I'm gonna ask if I can get two volunteers that would be willing to beta chapters whenever I can't get in touch with my current beta. First come, first serve. But, in other news, I have 1 final June 2nd, at least 1 Honors Placement Tests to take, and then two more finals and two regents(high school level finals that are made by the state) and the finals are at the end of June, the placement test(s) are at an un-known time. So, I'll be trying my best to update, don't kill me if it takes awhile, but I REALLY want to do well so that I can be in all honors-classes next year(Yes, I probably AM insane). Without further ado:
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Baby on a night like this
I wish youd just hold me forever
Ill remember with one last kiss
That nothing truly lasts forever
Chapter 13
The next few weeks with Isa were blissful to say the least. We spent as much time as possible together. I even convinced her to stay in my room, it took awhile though.
"Edward, I can't. Can't you just stay in my room?" She begged
"Isa, just think. My room is twice the size of yours, the bed is bigger, more closet space for us to share, you can fit your furniture in there with mine and we could probably get rid of some CDs that we both have and then the rest will fit in my room. I know that your shelving system is completely full, but I still have some room."
"But…the stairs…" She whispered.
"I'll carry you up and down them and I'll be beside you when you walk them. And afterward, I'll hold you close until you feel better if we have to. Please?"
"…Alright. I'll move into your room."
Now even when she sleeps I can stay with her. Esme and my Isa cooked together and occasionally would try to get me in on the 'fun'. I always ended up covered in some kind of substance while Isa laughed and Esme tried to cover her giggles by scolding me about having to clean the kitchen.
As peaceful and calm as everything is now, weeks later, at first…it was the opposite.
"We're home!" Emmett boomed.
"Is Edward in pieces? Alice wouldn't tell us." Jasper called.
Bella giggled. "No, he's not in pieces sillies!"
"Damn." Emmett muttered.
"Guys, can't you be happy for us? I was happy for Jasper and Alice and Rosalie and Emmett and dad and mom. Edward has been your brother longer than I've been your sister and if he makes me happy, you should be happy for me!"
"Bella-" Rose started.
"Rose, you should understand. After everything that's happened to me, I need somebody who really truly loves me. The same way you needed Emmett. I saw how miserable you were, no matter how much you tried to hide it. He's done so much for you. Think about what Edward can do for me!"
"I-I guess…" Rosalie furrowed her eyebrows as she really thought about it. After a few moments, her face broke out into a smile.
"I still don't like this Bella!" Alice pouted. Bella gave Edward a pleading look.
"Well, Alice, just think. If Isa and I get married, you get to plan the wedding. I'm sure Isa would give you complete control." Bella nodded. Alice got a gleam in her eyes.
"And if we ever have kids, you could buy a wardrobe for them. Esme, you could design a room for them." Bella added.
"Who's Isa?" Emmett asked.
"I am, Emmett." Bella rolled her eyes.
"Emmett, shut up, they're talking to muah!" Alice scolded, slapping Emmett's arm. "And…now that you mention it…it doesn't sound so bad…" Bella smiled at the little pixie and Edward grinned in return, simply because his Bella was happy.
The two looked at Esme hopefully, they knew once the girls were won over, they'd have help with the guys.
"I just want my children happy, you know that."
"Thank you mom." Bella whispered.
"Thank you Esme." Edward muttered. He nuzzled his nose into Bella's neck and grinned as she giggled.
Carlisle walked out of the room, refusing to believe his daughter would take a traitor back into her life.
Emmett and Jasper wordlessly followed, more because they were unsure what to say.
Bella was distraught, but as Edward held her, she knew everything would work out.
As the weeks went by, Rosalie and Alice managed to…convince the boys to accept us and be happy for us. ("Edward, honestly, we banned them from sex until the caved! Stop being so prudish! Bella would be ashamed!")
Carlisle took long to bring around. He stubbornly refused to accept that I was back in my beautiful Isa's life. She'd often fight with him before coming back to our room and bursting in to tears. I'd hold her closely until the tears dried up and she was over it. Everyone knew it was happening, including Carlisle. Esme began giving Carlisle the cold shoulder. I tried on several occasions to talk to him but he'd find some excuse to get away. Finally, a few weeks ago, I managed to corner him.
"Carlisle, we need to talk." Edward muttered, closing the office door. "You just got home, Esme is still mad at you, and you went hunting a week ago. You have no excuse."
"Yes I do. I'm not discussing it with you." He said darkly.
"You won't talk with anyone about it! Isa doesn't count because you don't talk you yell at her!" Edward reasoned.
"There is no Isa in this household." Carlisle muttered, spitting out the name like a poison.
Edward sighed. He wasn't getting anywhere. "Carlisle, I'm in love with Isabella. Alice, Rose and Esme saw it. Even though Emmett and Jasper were forced to accept us, they see it too. And I know you see it. I know I hurt her, but she forgives me. She knows it wasn't her husband, Edward. It was the sex-deprived, needy, sick Edward. Charlotte wasn't stupid and she could change her appearance. How could a sick man tell the difference between his wife and a very, very good impersonation? Then let's add in the fact I hadn't been with my wife in a month for the first time since we were married. I wasn't doing well, Carlisle.
"I know you don't want to forgive me, but you need to know I would never intentionally hurt her. Even when I made my mistake, it wasn't intentional, it was a mistake. She recognizes that, why can't you? I still don't plan to ever hurt her, I'd rather die than do so but I know it'd hurt her the most if I did die. Carlisle, you've heard her cry after you and her fight. You can hear and see what it does to her. She loves you so much, she's a daddy's girl by nature. The fact that you seem to…to hate her, doesn't make it any better. It's killing her to see you hate her and killing me to see her so hurt.
"I know how much she respects you and loves you. I can see it when she talks about all the times you've had together before this whole mess started. I can hear it in her voice how much she looks up to you. And I know, that no matter how much she might want to remarry me, she won't agree to it until you've forgiven her and accepted us. She won't get remarried unless her dad walks her down the aisle at her wedding. I'm also old fashioned and now that I know who her dad is, I want his permission before I ask her. I'm not asking for me, I'm asking for her since you can't seem to talk to her anymore. She needs you to accept us and to see how much you really love her."
Carlisle sat in his chair, staring off into space. Edward simply walked out of the room.
The minute the girls walked through the door after their shopping trip, Carlisle was downstairs hugging Isa and telling her how sorry he was for not listening to reason and for making her think he hated her.
Since then, everything's gone nicely. I recently found in my memories that our anniversary was coming up, it would be our 96th anniversary. I wanted to give Isa something special, but I still wasn't sure what. It had to be perfect, it was our first anniversary since 1917. But what's a good I'm sorry/happy anniversary present when you haven't been there for her to celebrate 90 of your anniversaries?
I wanted to ask Alice, but would she tell? Asking Carlisle was out, he was still warming up to me for the second time. Esme maybe, she's good with secrets and romancing a girl, but I was still unsure. A mother-daughter bond is usually stronger than the bond I have with her. Rosalie is out, she'll probably suggest a vacation in Hawaii, telling me to buy an entire island for us to use whenever and have some 'fun time'. Emmett too. Jasper is good with romancing, but he'd probably tell Alice.
I finally settled for asking Esme. I was sure she could help. I walked into the kitchen one day when I knew Isa was shopping with Alice for some useless things that Alice wanted.
"Esme?" She turned towards me and smiled.
"Come here Edward. What is it?" I pulled up a stool from the island and sat next to her, watching as she kneeded the bread.
"Well…Is-Bella and my wedding anniversary is at the end of November, but I want to start planning my surprise for her now. The thing is, I don't know what to do for her. I want it to be special and unexpected. I decided you were the best person to ask since you're good with romancing a girl and you won't tell her and you won't tell me to go have some private time with her on some romantic island and the only other person I could go to is still slightly mad at me."
"Do you have anything in mind? Any plans for the future?" She asked, starting to shape the bread exactly how she wanted it.
"I do, but I'd rather not share it." Esme looked at me like she looks at Emmett and Rosalie when they show up to family meetings looking a mess and grinning like fools. "Not that kind of surprise, but more of something I want to keep to myself and make sure absolutely nobody knows about until it happens."
"I think that you should do whatever your special surprise is on your anniversary. I'd make a picnic and take her to the beach just before the sunsets. Eat dinner and you can watch the sun set and twilight arrive. You know she loves that time of day. I'd also get her some flowers, you figure out which. Also, some kind of jewelry."
"Jewelry was definitely involved, it was never an anniversary for us unless I gave her jewelry. That's a good idea Esme. I'll also have her pampered for the entire day before that. Thanks for helping me." I smiled and kissed her cheek. She smiled softly as she put the bread in the oven.
"It's something I always wanted my husband to do as a human. Carlisle could of course, but without the picnic it loses some of the romance. And picnics with blood aren't romantic."
I chuckled and walked back up to my room, so I could hammer out every last detail of our anniversary.
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When Isa returned home three hours later, arms laden with bags, she plopped herself down on the bed and fell backwards.
"Edward, everything hurts." Over the past few weeks, nobody had given Isa any reason or moment to mope about the baby. Alice had personally taken it upon herself to have four shopping trips a week, each lasting between 4 and 7 hours.
I moved bags out of the way and sat down on the bed next to her. I pulled her up into my lap so she was sitting sideways and began massaging her shoulders. She sighed softly and relaxed into me.
"What hurts love? Be more specific then everything. Otherwise I'll have to give you a full body examination." I whispered in her ear. She shivered slightly before turning red. I smirked, proud of what I could do to her.
"My shoulders, my back, my neck, my arms and my feet," She listed.
"Do they really hurt or do you just want a massage in all those places?" I challenged her. She did this sometimes, she liked getting massages from me, claiming they were "heaven from the most glorious pair of hands I've ever felt".
I heard Isa giggled. "Mmm…a little of both I suppose…would you mind terribly?" She questioned shyly.
I simply grinned and kissed her cheek. "Not in the slightest."
An hour later, Isa was close to a pile of goo she was so relaxed. We laid together in the bed, just holding each other. It was pleasant. We didn't need words or noise to fill the silence. I simply watched her.
"I love you Isa." I whispered, pulling her closer.
"Im muve moo toomb Medmard." Isa mumbled sleepily. I chuckled and kissed her hair.
"Sleep Isa, just sleep."
And sleep she did. But this time, she took me with her.
Very odd ending, but you'll get it next chapter. Consider it a cliffy.
cem1818: Yes, I love this Edward. Cheesy is kind of Edward's middle name even thoguh he does it in a MUCH cuter way than other boys. And Dirty Talking Edward is probably EXTREMELY OOC but, he WAS married for 6 years, and was turned when he was...I think I made him 25. So, it makes sense.
wingedspirit: I think I should make one. And I should make people pay for sessions. I'd be a millionaire!
I would also like to help you guys, and see how many people REALLY read these author's notes. You will be given a preview of the next chapter if you can guess:
1 My age(I'm obviously not pased college but I AM a teenager. I think the a/n before the chapter gives it away a little)
2The current date in this fanfic. It DOES play an important part!
3Their wedding anniversary. I picked their anniversary(It's DIFFERENT from what they chose in Eclipse!!) and it's on a very important day for me. I wanna see if anyone can guess. You can guess what the day is OR what the date is.
If anyone can get all three(or four considering how you look at it) parts correct, I'll post the chapter by...Wedensday if I can. Sound cool?
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