I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!

CHAPTER 21

The next morning, I woke up finding Jaycie asleep next to me and a note on my pillow. "Last night was amazing, I'll be back soon, Love E."

I glanced at the clock, it was just a little after 8, so I got up and got a quick shower and got ready for the day.I felt like I was walking on air and was looking forward to waking up in his arm, so needless to say I was really disappointed that he wasn't there with me and that I had no clue where he was, but the note said he'd be back so I just had to trust him. I pulled on a pair of jeans and t-shirt and went back into the bedroom grabbing the baby monitor and going to the kitchen.

"Morning," Edward said smiling.

"Where were you?" I asked walking over and hugging him.

"Jaycie woke me up early, so I went to get her a bottle, which she did not throw up, then she fell back asleep, so I left her with you and went to get her medicine and picked up breakfast for us."

"Damn, were you this good to Lauren to?" I asked.

He laughed. "She was sick the first few weeks when she was pregnant with Matt, she slept in late, so I would make her pancakes or waffles for her to eat when she woke up and felt like eating. Then when she got to the end of her pregnancy, I was her human pillow, anytime she would need to rest or wasn't comfortable, I would stop what I was doing and make her comfortable."

"Damn, I just had to keep buying pillows."

He smiled sadly. "I know Bella, but next time will be different."

"Next time?" I asked.

"That's what I said," He said kissing me softly.

I heard Jaycie stir and begin whimpering a bit. "She needs her medicine."

"Did you give her Tylenol this morning?" I asked him.

"I did, but she wasn't running a fever, I thought her ears might be bothering her."

I went into my room, Jaycie smiled at me when I picked her up. She looked a lot better then she did the day before. "Morning angel, lets get your medicine," I cooed kissing her.

"Good morning princess," Edward said kissing her cheek.

I watched as he worked quickly to get her medicine and then took her from me. "I'm glad to see you looking better."

I wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him. "I honestly don't know what I would have done without you last night."

"You would have called me," He said smiling. He lifted my chin. "How are you this morning? Any regrets?"

"No Edward," I sighed.

"Good." He leaned in to kiss me pulling my bottom lip gently between his teeth, nibbling just a bit. "I plan on spending some more alone time with you.

I moaned into his mouth tiltng my head to deepen the kiss as I wrapped my arm around the back of his neck.

Jaycie began crying full force. I pulled away gasping for air suddenly realizing that Jaycie was in the middle of us. "Shit!" I gasped blushing.

Edward chuckled. "You okay?"

"Oh just great, I love the thought of my baby girl watching me make out with my boyfriend."

"She'll be fine, you didn't warp her," Edward laughed.

"Great, can you fix her a bottle, I'll be right back," I said walking out of the kitchen and bumping into a wall on my way out. I could hear Edward laughing at me, but didn't dare turn around.

"I was thinking maybe we could go to my house and hang out with Matt, since mom didn't get to watch them last night," Edward said leaning against my bedroom door feeding Jaycie.

"Sure, I'd love to spend some time with Matt," I said. "She seems to be better, I'll just make sure to pack her Tylenol just in case."

I packed her diaper bag while Edward got her in her seat. I double checked to make sure I had the Tylenol and we headed to his parents house hand in hand.

We pulled into his driveway. "Who's car is that?" I asked.

"Rose's," He said softly glancing over at me. "I didn't think she'd be here."

"I'm okay Edward, really."

He leaned over and kissed me. "I love you Bella."

"I love you too, now lets get out before Matt thinks you're never coming back."

"Daddy! Bella!" Matt yelled running towards us. "I missed you."

"I missed you to. Did you have fun with grandma?" He asked.

"We watched 'Toy Story' and grandma let me stay up late."

I couldn't help but laugh, he was too cute. "Hi Bella," He said hugging my leg.

"Hey Matt, so which one is your favorite?" I asked bending down to hug him back.

"I like the first one, but grandma likes the last one, she says it makes her cry."

"The last one makes me cry to," I admitted.

"So where is everyone?" Edward asked him.

"They are in the kitchen talking," He said. "It got boring, so I was going to go play."

"How about you go get dressed," Edward said.

"Okay," He sighed.

Edward took my hand and we went into the kitchen. Rose and Alice were sitting at the table with Esme. "Hey, you two. How is Jaycie feeling?" Esme asked walking over to me and looking at her.

"Her fever broke in the night, she seems better, but I'm keeping pain reliever in her every four hours."

"Oh good, there's nothing worse than a sick baby. Rose suffered through ear infections all the time, we had to put tubes in her ears two or three different times."

Jaycie looked at Esme and smiled. "Hey sweetheart," She said taking her from me.

"Come sit down you two," Alice said.

Rose gave me a small smile. "How are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm exhausted, but otherwise, I'm good."

"So," Alice said. "Rose and I were wondering if you wanted to leave Jaycie with Edward next Saturday and go shopping?"

"Um," I looked at Edward.

"Just go, have fun with them."

"Are you sure?" I asked him.

"After last night, I think I can handle her."

"With Matt to though?" I asked him.

"Bella, I can handle them. I'll strap her to my chest and then I'll go play basketball with Matt."

"That's reassuring," I said.

"I think I can handle them for a couple hours."

"Edward, since when did Alice only shop for a couple hours?" Rose asked laughing. It was the first time I'd ever heard her laugh.

"How bad is it?" I asked looking around the table.

"We'll leave early and come back before dark," Rose said.

"Yah you might want to consider spending the night here so Jaycie doesn't have to get up at 4am with you," Alice said.

"I'm not getting up at 4am!" I exclaimed.

"We leave at 7am, so just as long as you're ready."

"9 am, please?" I asked.

"No..."

"Alice, she has a baby who probably doesn't sleep much through the night, it's her first trip, we can leave at 9."

I was shocked that Rose was standing up for me. "Fine, but be ready by 9."

I rolled my eyes. Edward leaned over. "Make sure you have your phone on you, claim chest pains and call me, I'll come get you."

"You better not!" Alice warned me.

"And Edward, do not over sex her that night," Alice said.

"Bad time for a mom to walk in the room," Esme said holding Jaycie.

I blushed and buried my face in my hands. "Sorry Bella, I was just kidding."

The rest of the day was fun, once I got over my embarrassment over what Alice had said in front of Esme and I could look at her again. I spent the afternoon playing games with Matt, Edward and Jaycie.

"I'm making pizzas for supper," Esme said coming in. "Bella, would you like to help me?"

"Sure," I said getting up. "She'll be hungry when she wakes up." I told Edward.

"That's fine, I'll feed her."

"Can I feed her?" I heard Matt ask as I walked out of the room. I heard Edward say yes in response and I couldn't help the smile.

"Do you like pizza?" Esme asked me.

"Sure," I said.

"Okay good, everyone here gets so excited about my pizza making skills. What they don't know is, it's a crust mix that you just add water to."

"That's great," I laughed.

"I do add somethings to it, but it's nothing fancy."

I stood there nervously watching her. "Um, I'm sorry about what Alice said earlier."

Esme smiled. "Over the years, I've gotten used to what they say."

"Oh okay," I blushed.

"You and Edward are adults and we trust you both to make the best decisions you can for your families. I know you two are in love, I see it, so as long as you two are okay with things, than that's how it should be."

"Thanks Esme," I said.

"I'm seeing Edward as the son I had when he was with Lauren, always happy, laughing, he's playing the piano again."

"It's easy to be around him, he's so easy to talk to."

"Did he really help with Jaycie lastnight?"

"Yes, I actually got a little bit of sleep last night. Her diaper exploded last night and it was every where. He cleaned that up."

"He said he was nervous about changing her diaper, so I'm glad he did that."

"I never had to ask, he seemed to know what she needed by her cry."

"That man upstairs loves you and her."

"I love them to," I admitted. "It still scares me though, we've only been together for a little over two months, but, it feels like more than that."

"I know it does. Matt was so disappointed when you guys didn't come over last night. All night he talked about you and how much he loves being in class with you."

My heart melted. "Esme, he's such an amazing little guy. I'm just scared to get attached to him."

"I know Bella, just take it slow. Maybe you will get a chance to spend some time with him here soon and I think that will help you."

We were in the middle of making pizzas when I heard Jaycie cry, but it wasn't a normal cry, it was her 'I don't feel well' cry. Edward brought her into the kitchen and over to me. "She feels warm, take her and I'll go get her Tylenol."

I took Jaycie into my arms and rocked her slowly. "Poor Jayc," I cooed.

Esme handed me a bottle filled with water. "See if she will drink this, if she's running a fever it might work better than formula."

"Thanks Esme," I said sticking it in her mouth. She sucked on, then spit the nipple out and started crying harder.

"Guess that didn't work," I sighed.

"How was she with formula and the fever?" She asked me.

"She didn't take much of it, she threw it up several times," I replied.

Esme took the bottle from me. "Now most doctors don't recommend this until they are six months old, but we used to give them just a small amount of juice mixed with water. Do you want to try it?"

"Sure, I'll do anything."

Esme poured a small about into the bottle and handed it back to me. "Here love," Edward said coming back into the kitchen. I shifted Jaycie to where he could get the Tylenol to her. "Open up angel." He said softly. She didn't fight him and swallowed it.

"I told him he needs to give up on teaching and go into pediatrics," Esme said.

"No way," He laughed.

"Yah, but you're so good with her."

"Yah with her, but not with every other child."

I rolled my eyes and offered Jaycie the bottle. She drank a little more of that and then curled up against me. "I love you," I cooed stroking her cheek.

Edward wrapped his arms around me from behind, kissing me on the cheek. "Okay you to, I was going to make brownies for dessert, but you two are so damned sweet, we don't need anything else," Esme laughed.

Later that evening, Edward and Matt took us home. "Dad, can we go in?" Matt asked.

Edward looked at me asking me permission. "Sure, dad and Sue are probably home by now."

"Who is that?" Matt asked.

"My parents," I told him.

We pulled up in the driveway, all the lights were on. "Come on in," I said. Edward smiled and turned off the car. He knew as well as I did that them meeting Matt, was a huge step for us, there was no turning back now, other than the whole family getting together.

I grabbed Jaycie and her bag and noticed that Matt was gripping Edward's hand tightly. "It's ok Matt, my dad wont bite, not too hard at least."

"I hope he's not, um, well, remember what he was going the first time I met him?" Edward asked.

"Wait out here and I'll see what they are doing." I said suddenly.

I walked into the house. "Dad, Sue, I'm home!" I called.

"We're in the kitchen," Dad called. Just great.

"Are you cleaning the gun?" I asked walking into the kitchen.

"No, I'm drinking coffee. Why?" He asked.

"Edward has Matt outside, but Matt's really shy and Edward wondered if I should go check first."

"Oh, tell them to come in, I want to meet him." Sue said.

"Okay," I said.

Edward and Matt were talking by the steps. "Come on in," I said.

Matt grabbed Edward's hand and looked at him nervously. "Come on Matt," He said. "It's fine."

I held the door open for them. "You'll like them Matt." I said softly.

Dad and Sue walked into the livingroom. "This is my mom Sue and my dad Charlie, guys, this is Matt."

"Hi Matt," Sue said softly.

He leaned in closer to Edward, but waved shyly. Dad looked down at Matt. "So Matt, how are you doing tonight?" Dad asked.

"I'm okay," He said softly.

Dad smiled at Edward. "Matt, would you like some ice cream?"

"Can I dad?" He asked softly.

"Sure buddy," Edward followed Matt into the kitchen.

"Oh my God," Sue gasped. "He's so cute."

"I know," I laughed as I took Jaycie out of her seat and sat down on the couch. We decided to give the guys some alone time.

"So how's Jaycie?"

"Well Edward stayed here last night to help out. We ended up taking her in to his dad, she has a double ear infection."

"Oh sweet baby," She sighed looking down at Jaycie.

"She's better, but still running a fever off and on."

"I had a feeling going away was a bad idea," Sue fretted.

"No, it worked out," I said.

Sue took Jaycie from me and we walked into the kitchen. Matt was sitting on Edward's lap eating ice cream with my dad and they were talking about fishing. I walked up behind Edward and put my hands on his shoulders.

"Well, Bella, you are off the hook, seems you have brought me a new fishing buddy."

"Yeah Bella, he said he might go fishing with me and daddy."

"I bet you guys would have a lot of fun," I said.

I watched my dad lead Matt to the garage to show him all of his fishing gear. "He's really sweet Edward, he looks just like you." Sue commented.

"Thanks Sue," He said.

They stayed for awhile longer, but Matt was tired and starting to yawn so they got ready to leave. "Night Bella," Matt said hugging me tightly.

"You sleep good Matt."

Edward kissed me by the door promising to see us next week, he kissed Jaycie and they left.

"Bella," Dad said.

"What?" I asked.

"He's a really good guy and that little Matt, I could like the kid."

I laughed. "I'm glad you like him dad."

"I see fishing trips with that boy in my future."

"And what about Jaycie?" I asked.

"She'll be like you and go only because she has to," He laughed.

I sighed. "You're probably right."

"She wont be left out Bells, I promise."

"I know dad."

He hugged me. "You know Bells, your mom really missed out on getting to know a wonderful young woman."

Tears filled my eyes. "Thanks daddy," I said hugging him.

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