Chapter 21

Now

"Is your dad still anti-technology?" James asked which earned him a slap to the back of the head by Victoria. Those two reminded me so much of Emmett and Rose it wasn't even funny. It wasn't uncommon to see Victoria put James in his place by slapping him somewhere. The principal had gotten tired of reprimanding her for it because James always caused a ruckus saying that she did it out of love and it was a sign of affection in his eyes.

I had to laugh at his question because despite living in the world of amazing technology my father had yet to embrace the trend. I found it hilarious that his young granddaughters knew how to work more electronic devices than he did. I couldn't help but smile as I remembered Lizzy showing Charlie how to play Angry Birds for the first time. "Yes, he still has a standard flip phone even though it's not the same one he had when I was still in college. He still doesn't get the point of texting. He still has a house phone that if you really want to talk to him you will call him on because he rarely answers his cell phone. He's not as bad at the computer and internet as he used to be because his granddaughters have made sure of that." I told them with a small giggle of my own.

"You seem like you love him very much, Mrs. Masen." Mary-Beth said observingly.

I nodded again as I couldn't stop the smile that spread across my face. "I do. It was just my dad and I for years until Rose entered our lives and then she became my sister and another daughter to him. Even after Esme, Jasper, and Edward entered our lives I still set time aside to have some quality father/daughter time. We would spent hours in the boat on the lake with me reading a book while he fished or I would go to work with him and do research on the computer for him. I wouldn't change it for the world though, I am not ashamed to admit that I am a daddy's girl."

That caused all of them to laugh out loud at my expense. "Enough about me, do you guys have any questions about the assignments for this week?"

They all shook their heads just as the bell rang. "See you guys tomorrow!" I called as they all left the room.

Later that afternoon a thought occurred to me as Edward and I were eating a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream after dinner. "What if the doctor's got the sexes of the babies wrong in the ultrasound?"

"What?"

"I think we should have an alternate girl and boy name just in case the doctors are wrong." I told him as I slipped the spoon into my mouth savoring the flavors as they exploded on my tongue.

Edward just shook his head. "Okay, if you say so but it was pretty clear on the ultrasound pictures. Plus they are identical twins so if he got one wrong then both would be wrong."

"What about Gracelyn Marie?" I asked between bites of deliciousness.

He scrunched his nose up as he shook his head. "Maybe Gracelyn Rose instead?"

I smiled because that sounded perfect together. "I like it. Madison Marie?"

He shook his head quickly at that suggestion. "No. I don't like it at all. Adrianna Marie?"

I shook my head no at that one. "No, too similar to Ari's name. Isabella Nicole?"

"Ainsley Isabella."

The smile that spread across his face gave him away before he could voice his opinion on the name. "I like it. They are beautiful names, like their momma, but I fear we won't get to use them at all. Maybe next time." He said winking at me.

I just rolled my eyes at him. "Okay so we have four names for two babies. First choices are Jaylon Charles and Trystan Edward with our follow up choices being Gracelyn Rose and Ainsley Isabella."

"Sounds good to me but I don't think we will need them. Those ultrasound pictures were pretty clear."

"You never know what can happen."

*~*~*~*J2FT1*~*~*~*

Wednesday came before I knew it and I was excited about school because it was that time in the story for Jacqui's homecoming, Edward's proposal, and my acceptance. "What's got you so giddy this morning?" Edward asked as I practically skipped down the stairs in my excitement.

"Your proposal and my acceptance!" I told him as I danced my way into the kitchen to fix us a quick breakfast of fruit salad and scrambled eggs.

"You mean the one that just came to fruition less than a year ago?" He asked as he slid onto a barstool.

I just laughed. "It's not my fault that anything and everything kept going wrong on every date that we set." I told him as I cracked eggs into a bowl.

"Oh, I know. I don't think anybody has the kind of luck with wedding dates that we did. Hell, even eloping didn't work for us!" He said sweetly. "But in the end it all worked out beautifully."

I smiled and nodded. "It did indeed turn out beautiful and perfect just like the proposal was all those years ago." I told him as I poured the beaten eggs into the heated skillet.

Edward walked up behind me until he was flush with my back pressing his aching erection into my lower back. "Edward…"I said trailing off into a whisper as I slid the skillet of eggs off the burner, turning the burner off.

"Mmhmm." He said as he tugged my dress up until it was bunched around my hips. "You want to?" He asked as he stroked the bare skin of my hips under the edges of my underwear. Since I was wearing a satin like dress I had one of my thongs on to prevent panty lines.

I groaned as I pressed my hips back against his seeing some form of friction. "Please hurry and don't make us late." I told him urgently as he tugged my thong to the side so he could have access to my heat. I heard the distinct sound of his zipper unzipping just before he filled my heat with his length.

"Hold on tight, baby." He said as he placed my hands on the edge of the countertop as he bent us forward.

I couldn't help but laugh as we rushed as quickly as my five and a half month pregnant self could. Which I promise wasn't that fast since I now felt like I had a beach ball stuffed under my clothes. Edward looked amazing as always while I felt frazzled even though he had told me all the way to the school that I didn't look it.

"Love you!" I called out to Edward as he sprinted down the deserted hall towards his classroom.

"Ditto!" He called out as he sprinted around the corner that led to his section of the building. I took a deep breath as I ran my hands through my hair before pulling the door to my classroom open to face the firing squad.

I couldn't stop the blush that spread across my entire body as my juniors whistled at me as I sat my bag down on the desk, three minutes after the bell had rung. We had heard the bell when we first entered the building from the parking lot. "Don't start." I admonished them as I pulled the book we were covering from my bag. "Open your book to page 247. Lisa, you start up where we left off, please." I asked as I climbed atop my desk.

It was a relief to be able to actually catch my breath when my advanced English 12 kiddos walked in the door a few hours later. "Rough morning?" James asks as he walked in the room with his arm slung around Victoria's shoulders.

I sigh loudly. "You have no idea." I told him because getting to school late had made for a haggard morning that apparently made the babies upset or something because they have been making me queasy all morning.

"Oh, I think we all have some idea." James snickered as he and Victoria settled into their seats. Apparently mine and Edward's hectic and late entrance to school this morning had made its rounds which wasn't unusual. The students and faculty had an uncanny interest in our lives so we were often the center of the gossip around the halls. That was partly our fault because we had been caught by both faculty and students either kissing or having our hands touching in some way.

I just laughed. "I have no doubt about that, James." I said feeling my stomach roll like it had been doing for the past half hour or so.

"You are looking a little green around the edges there, Mrs. Masen. Do I need to go get Mr. M?" Mike asked as he walked in the room.

I just laughed. "Even though you guys think he has some sort of super human powers he can't take away the queasiness that his children are causing with a look or snap of his fingers. It's his fault I wasn't able to finish my breakfast this morning." I snapped as an afterthought. Because of Edward's sexual prowess this morning the eggs and fruit salad never got finished so I had to settle for a glass of milk and a granola bar on the way to school. But I wasn't complaining because despite the nausea fluttering around in my stomach my body was still humming in appreciation to our lovemaking in the kitchen this morning.

That caused all of my students to laugh. "Here you go, Mrs. Masen, my mom sent these for you. She said that they may help with the queasiness you are constantly battling. She said something about making them with real ginger root and chocolate to make them taste better." Mary-Beth said handing me a little metal tin filled with the cookies.

I cautiously took one out sampling a tiny bite of one and it was actually pretty good. They didn't look or taste like normal ginger snaps. "Thanks, Mary-Beth. Tell her I said thank you also." I told her as I took a bigger bite of the cookie closing my eyes to savor the amazing taste.

"Okay, will do." She said as I hopped off the desk handing them the short five question quiz they were taking today.

Once all the papers were passed out I hopped back up on my desk. "Okay, finish the quiz then we will get onto story time. Please use full complete sentences." I instructed them as the sound of their pens and pencils scratching against the paper filled the room.

When I had the last quiz on a neat stack beside my legs Mary-Beth wasted no more time. "What part are you going to talk about today?" She asked as she pulled out the leather bound journal that was filling up rather quickly.

I just chuckled at her enthusiasm. "We're going to finish out our first summer together." I told them all with a smile.

"Did you go anywhere special that summer?" Victoria asked curiously.

I shrugged. "It all depends on what you consider special. Like I told you earlier, Edward can take the most normal and mundane situation and turn it into a romantic one. He gave me the biggest shock of my life up until that point while were just relaxing in our attic oasis." I said letting the memories take over.