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Planning for another wedding was more stressful than the first time. Renee came to help decorate. I was grateful to have the house to myself for the first time in a month. Jacob went out with Alexander and Phil to help carry the larger stuff to the beach. Renee was out with Christina, Asherah, and Alice. The four of them were shopping.
I already had a dress picked out. It wasn't white because I had already done the whole white dress wedding. This dress was a very soft pink sundress that came just above my knees.
The most exciting part of this wedding is having Alexander and Asherah there. I was happy they were going to be a part of it.
"Anyone home?" I heard Edward in the living room.
I sighed and sat up from my comfortable position on my bed. "Coming." I said softly, knowing he would be able to hear me. I stepped over Asherah's blowup mattress since Renee and Phil had her room.
"Did I wake you?" Edward placed three large boxes on the floor and easily pushed them to the side. I glanced at another pile that wasn't there a few minutes ago.
"No, I was… just laying down. Enjoying the quiet… what are those?" I asked pointing to the pile of wrapped boxes.
"Presents." Edward smiled and patted my arm. "You get those when you get married."
"Not the second time!" I hissed. "Who are they from?"
"Alice had them sent to the house since you put her in charge of the guest list. I got the job of bringing them here."
"You didn't answer my question, Edward." I crossed my arms against my chest.
"People," he shrugged.
I narrowed my eyes at him.
"So," Edward sighed, smiling at me. "Another wedding?"
"Apparently, but it's nothing too big. I'm just happy to have all of my kids there this time."
"That is a good thing. They're excited." He agreed.
I nodded.
"Am I keeping you from your rare quiet time?" Edward threw me a crooked smile.
"Actually, I should do something besides lay around." I mumbled. Not liking what had just come out of my mouth. I didn't feel like doing anything. But looking around the living room I noticed my kids weren't the cleanest teenagers.
"Need any help?" Edward sat on the arm of the couch.
"Are you avoiding someone?" I asked him.
"No, not really." He looked down the hallway towards all of our bedrooms and sighed. I smiled knowing exactly what he was doing here.
"Chris wont be back until later." I informed him.
"I know, but…" Edward trailed off, smiling shyly at me.
"Right, well, ok then. Wait here if you want. I'm going to take a shower." I walked down the hall and stepped into my room, stripping down then remembering that the shower was broken. I grumbled not nice words towards Jacob since he was supposed to have it fixed. I took my towel and wrapped it around me and peeked my head out my bedroom door. Edward had the TV on, so he wasn't looking my way. I couldn't see him from where I was standing, so he must be on the other side of the couch. I hurried towards the main bathroom mainly shared by the kids.
"What a mess." I mumbled, pushing Alexander's dirty clothes from his shower this morning into the corner of the bathroom. Asherah and Christina had their make up spread out all over the counter. I turned on the shower and enjoyed the warm water.
With the water beating down on my face I reached for where the shampoo would have been in my shower and my hand knocked over the line of shampoo bottles that belonged to all three of my kids.
"Ow! Damn it!" I hissed when three bottles landed hard on my foot.
"Everything ok in there?" Edward tapped on the door.
"I'm fine." I mumbled, rubbing my throbbing foot.
"What happened?"
"I was attacked by shampoo and conditioner bottles." I said, bending over to pick them up.
"That doesn't surprise me." I heard Edward laugh and it was quiet on the other side of the door.
"There is way too much stuff in here." I said to myself. I tried searching for soap and ran my hand across five different soaps. One was for men, which I skipped over, it was Alexander's. Asherah and Christina had soap, pretty much for every part of their body. I reached for a random bottle and began to clean my body.
I reached out in front of me to balance myself on one foot to clean my bent leg and gripped the mirror that was actually a radio for inside the shower. Loud thrilling music blared out of the wet speakers. I screamed from the sudden sound inside the shower with me. I slapped at the radio until it turned off and listened to Edward on the other side of the door. He didn't come asking if I was ok, and I was happy. I needed to get out of this shower. I missed my bathroom.
When I was finished I carefully stepped out of the shower looking around for something to jump out at me. I took my towel and wrapped it around me. Once again I peeked out the door and gripped the doorframe to try and peer around the corner to see where Edward was sitting. I heard the TV on, but I couldn't see him on the couch. I figured he was where I couldn't see him again and slipped quietly into my room. I shut the door and locked it. I don't know why I felt the need to lock it, but it made me feel better.
"Bella?" Edward's voice came from my bathroom and I screamed, stepping backwards, tripping over a pair of Jacob's sneakers. "Bella! I didn't mean to startle you." Edward hurried over to help me to my feet. I gripped my towel tightly.
"What are you doing in here?" I demanded. My cheeks flaring a bright red.
"You seemed to be having trouble in the other bathroom, so I decided to come in and fix your shower."
"Oh, well… er… thank you." I shifted uncomfortably.
The doorknob jiggled and Jacob's voice came from the other side. "Bells, we're back. Open the door."
I glanced at myself in the mirror, my cheeks red, and I gripped my towel tighter around me. Then my eyes shot to Edward with the broken showerhead in his hand.
"O…K…" My voice shook. I opened the door and Jacob's warm smile greeted me. His eyes focused on the towel wrapped around me.
"You could have waited for me." His smile grew, then faded quickly when he saw Edward move behind me.
"What the hell are you doing in here with her?" Jacob growled. His arms trembling as he tightened his grip on the tops of my arms. He yanked me behind him, pressing me into his back.
"Jake, I took a shower in the kids bathroom and almost killed myself in the process. Edward thought he would be nice and fix our shower… something you were supposed to do. I thought he was watching TV, so I came in here and shut the door. I didn't know he was in here."
"Oh, well, ok, you can leave now." Jacob hissed.
Edward tossed the showerhead in the air and walked out of the room. Jacob caught it in his hands and tossed it against the wall. I jumped from the sound it made.
"I'm sorry…" I trailed off when Jacob pulled me into his arms.
"Don't be. I overreacted and there was no reason to. It's still Edward and whether he's madly in love with our daughter or not, you two still have a history."
"History, being the key word." I smiled, reaching up on my toes to kiss Jacob.
"We're back!" I heard Renee call out.
"Edward!" Christina sighed.
"Get dressed. I'll meet you out there." Jacob's hand slid from my cheek, down my neck, across my collarbone, and slid down to grip the top of my towel. He tugged hard, ripping the towel out of my hands.
"Jacob!" I gasped. His arms replaced where the towel was and his lips pressed against the hollow of my throat.
"You're beautiful." He sighed into my neck.
Once again my face flushed, but I couldn't hide the smile on my lips.
"Mom, come look at the dish set we got!" Asherah knocked on the door.
"I'm on my way out, sweetie." I called out to her.
Jacob let me go and he sat on the bed watching me get dressed. The way he was looking at me sent a warm shiver down my spine. I wanted to go to him. I wanted my lips on his, but I had to focus on the small group of people just outside the door.