So I have come to the conclusion that this story is in its final leg. Only this chapter and one more maybe two more left. I was really irritated at my readers this past week. I gave y'all two updates and what do I get in return for my kindness and generosity. 1 review. Even though I am grateful for the one person that reviewed on Chapter 24 it is still very irritating. It's not like I am begging for them but really? Out of 408 views I only get 1 review. Come on people it is really not that hard to say a few nice words.
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Now onto the final few chapters. Enjoy. And please pray for all of the families that are suffering due to the CT shooting.
Chapter 25
Tanya did indeed make it happen and the family agreed to have the house emptied out and professionally cleaned by Monday at noon. We were handed the keys to our new house earlier today when we were handed the deed to the property, free and clear.
Edward dangled the keys above my head, teasing me. "Bella, we have a whole lot of rooms to christen now."
I slipped my hands under the edge of his t-shirt and stroked the soft skin right above the waistband of his low riding jeans. "I know it, handsome."
"Snuggles, you don't play fair." He grumped as he handed me the keys to the house.
I snatched them from his hand and raced up the steps of our new house. "Thanks, Edward." I called over my shoulder. He just laughed at me and followed behind me into the empty house.
We walked through the house and found everything just like the old owners said it would be. Alice and I had spent the weekend picking out furniture to fill the house up since we were going to leave our basic furniture in Forks. The furniture along with our family should be arriving within the hour.
Edward and I had made our appointment at the University of Washington and were both granted a full ride scholarship because of our ACT scores and IQ scores. We were both supposed to start classes this week, I start Wednesday and Edward on Thursday. I was taking a full load which consisted of four classes three times a week. Edward was only taking three classes on Tuesday and Thursday's.
We were hoping to be completely settled into the house by tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. Alice, Jasper, Charlie, Carlisle, Esme, and Seth were all coming from Forks with our stuff that we had packed over this last weekend. Sue had decided to offer babysitting services so her and Leah were staying in Forks with all eight babies. I kind of felt sorry for them because they had three babies who were crawling really well now and two babies who were walking fairly well and three infants.
I heard the front door open and all of our family commenting on our house.
"Nice digs, Eddie." from Emmett.
"Damn, B." from Alice.
"Nice architectural design." from Jasper.
"I absolutely love this kitchen." from Esme.
"Dang my boy knows his stuff." from Carlisle.
"Oooh look at this view." from Rosalie.
"This room would be nice for watching football games." from Charlie.
Edward and I walked down the stairs hand in hand to greet everybody. "Helllllloooo." I called when we reached the bottom. Family members came from every direction.
After quick greetings, we all got to work unloading the u-haul truck that Jasper and Alice drove up. Or should I say the guys got to work unloading the truck while us girls unpacked the boxes as they came in. Our furniture arrived right on time, the guys had just unloaded the last box and were all propped up on top of the kitchen counter drinking a cold beer.
Thankfully the movers from the stores we ordered from unloaded the furniture and brought it into the house.
"That goes upstairs and to the left." I directed as they started unloading our beautiful new bedroom suit. It was a mix of metal and wood and I absolutely loved it.
The movers grunted and picked up the heavy headboard and headed upstairs with it. Alice was up there waiting to further direct them.
When the guys got finished with their beers they decided to lend to poor movers a hand. I almost cried when the first new crib was brought into the house. I sniffled and pointed up the stairs. "That goes in the second room on the right down the hallway." I told them as they hauled the box up the stairs. Our babies were each getting their own room so we could try getting them on individual schedules because as of right now, when one woke up they all woke up.
After about three hours of hauling furniture into the house and placing it in the correct rooms we were all exhausted, including the movers. As they were packing up their blankets into the moving truck I approached them with an armful of cold beers. "This is to thank you guys for all of your hard work. If you would like to stay, we have ordered enough pizza to feed an army." I them as Edward came down the steps to join me.
"Yeah, you guys are more than welcome to join us on the porch to relax a bit." He told them as he wrapped his arm around my waist posessively.
"Thanks, but no thanks. We gotta get the truck back to the impound." The head honcho told us after they accepted their beers. He popped his in his pocket before waving and loading up into the semi-truck cab.
I turned around in Edward's arms and laid my head on his chest. "When is the pizza getting here?" I asked him.
"In about 5 minutes. That's why I came on down here." He told me as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Did you guys get the porch swing hung up on the hooks?" I asked him because I honestly wanted to curl up in his arms and sway on the porch swing.
"Yeah, Emmett and Jasper got it hung up and Alice and Rose threw a bunch of damn pillows on it." He said into my hair as he guided me to the steps.
He sat down and pulled me down between his legs. "I'm glad we got most of this done today." I told him as I settled against his chest.
"Me too, but my back is paying for it." He groaned as he rested his chin on top of my head.
"I'll give you a massage tonight. I love our babies dearly but I am sure grateful that they are not here right now." I told him.
He just chuckled that he agreed. Just then the pizza man showed up. We stood up as the man stepped out of the car. "Hi! It's nice to meet you, my name is Embry." He said as he pulled out our huge pile of pizza's from the backseat.
"Hi, Embry. My name is Bella and this is my husband Edward." I told him as Edward grabbed the pizza's and I dug around in his shorts pocket for his wallet. "How much, Embry?"
"Oh, right. That's gonna be $137.93, ma'am." Embry told me and I dug through Edward's wallet and pulled out $150 and handed it to him.
"It's just Bella, I bet you are older than me so please drop the ma'am, Embry."
He blushed and pulled out his money folder and began counting back change. "Ok, Bella. I used to know the family that lived here. This place was like a second home to me growing up. My wife, Claire, her parents used to own this house." He told us.
"Embry, please keep the change. It is really nice to meet you. We are looking forward to raising our kids in this house, too." I told him wrapping my arms around Edward's waist.
"Embry, you and your wife are welcome here anytime you want to come visit." Edward told him.
Embry nodded. "Thanks, Edward. I will pass the message on to her. You guys have a great night."
"You too, Embry." Edward and I said as we turned and headed up the steps to our friends.
Everybody but Carlisle and Esme were scattered across the outdoor furniture that Mom and Pop surprised us with earlier.
"Anybody hungry?" I said as we approached them with the pizza's.
"Sure thing, Bells. You worked the dickens out of your old man today." Charlie groaned from his chair.
I let go of Edward and leaned down to wrap my arms around Charlie's neck. He wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me into his lap like he used to do when I was a little girl. I laid my head on his shoulder and kissed his cheek softly. "I really appreciate all of this, Daddy." I whispered in his neck.
He pulled back and looked at me with tears in his eyes. I was alarmed because he rarely showed his emotions. "Daddy, what's wrong?" I asked when he just continued to stare at me.
He shook his head before leaning down to whisper in my ear. "Nothing is wrong, sweetheart. Everything is right." He said as he kissed me on the ear lovingly. "I love you, sweetheart." He told me and released me so we could dig into the pizza.
"Dang, Emmett, did you leave any for anybody else?" I asked him as I grabbed a paper plate, a few slices of pizza, and a few hot wings.
"Bells, Piecora's is the best pizza place on this side of the country. It's been entirely too long since I've had some." Emmett said with a mouthful of half chewed food.
Rose slapped him in the back of the head. "Manners, Emmett. And we just had Piecora's last week." She said as she ate her pizza.
"Sorry, Rosie. You know how much I love this pizza." Emmett pouted at her.
"I know you big baby. Eat it and shut up." She told him with a roll of her eyes.
He did the smart thing and shut up and ate his pizza.
"Ali-girl, what's got you so quiet?" I asked her. She hasn't said much all afternoon and she has me worried.
She turned a tear-filled gaze my way. "Come with me, B, and I will explain." I kissed Edward on the cheek and told him that I would be right back, grabbed Alice's hand and we went inside the house.
We settled onto the huge couch sitting opposite the pretty chairs in the front living room. I wrapped my arms around her shoulders and tugged her to me. "Explain, Ali." I told her quietly.
"I'm pregnant again." Alice said as she cried quietly.
"Wow, Ali. That was fast work." I commented but couldn't stop the smile from spreading over my face.
"I know. It wasn't planned. I thought since I was breastfeeding that I couldn't get pregnant." Alice explained as she laid her head on my shoulder.
"How far along are you? Baby Jackson is just now a little over three months old." I asked her as we got comfortable on the couch to have a good chat.
"That's the kicker. Jazz and I didn't wait the full six weeks like we were supposed to. I'm ten weeks pregnant according to the doctor." Alice grumped.
"Wow. You guys only waited two weeks?"
She nodded against my shoulder. "How long did you and Edward wait?"
"Almost a month. I think it was like four days before they were a month old." I told as we cuddled deeper into the pillows on the couch. "Congratulations, Ali. I'm happy for you and Jasper. Do mom and pop know yet?" I asked her.
When I didn't get a response I glanced down and she was sound asleep against my shoulder. I rested my head on top of hers and promptly fell asleep too.
I woke up to voices over us. "Think we should wake them up?" I heard Charlie ask.
"No, they look so comfortable." Edward said.
"In Ali's condition she needs all the sleep she can get." I heard Jasper say as well as the other people gasp before he was whining. "Damn, Rose that hurts."
I cracked open one eye to see Rose hauling Jasper into the kitchen by his ear. "Have a good nap, snuggles?" Edward asked as he crouch in front of us.
I nodded and puckered my lips wanting a kiss from him. I heard Charlie groan and turn to leave the room. "I love you, snuggles."
"I love you too, handsome." I told him softy. I shook Alice gently waking her up. "Ali, you might wanna wake up. Jasper spilled the beans and Rose has him."
I nearly rolled off the couch at the look on her face and her scrambling to get off the couch to go save Jasper. When Alice finally managed to get traction and get up, Edward sat down on the chaise lounge portion of the couch. I scooted until I could lay my head in his lap.
"Are you happy, snuggles? This is a lot of changes again." Edward asked as he ran his hands through my hair gently.
I rolled over in his lap so I could look him directly in the eyes. "It is a lot of changes but they are good changes."
He nodded and smiled gently at me. "I will be glad to get everything unpacked and back into a routine." I told him quietly.
"Me too snuggles. The kids will be back tomorrow, then we start classes." He told me stroking the side of my face gently.
I groaned at everything we had going on this week. "I'm excited to be going to college but I just wished we had more time to settle into our house first."
"I'm sorry, Bella. I should have mentioned this right after you received your diploma." Edward told me.
I sat up and scrambled into his lap to wrap my arms around his neck. I tugged on his hair to get his full attention. "Edward Cullen, you listen to me and you listen good."
He nodded obediently but gave me his full attention.
"I am only going to say this once. I do not regret one single second of our life, no matter how hectic it gets at times. Even though we are going to be stressed over the next few weeks, it will all settle down quickly. I love you, Edward and I appreciate everything that you are willing to do for me and our family." I told him seriously.
Before he could reply our entire family bounded noisily into the living room and sprawling over various pieces of furniture interrupting us. We settled in for a relaxing evening with our family just chilling and watching movies. Around 9 o'clock Charlie stood and stretched saying he was going to bed. "Goodnight, Bells. Edward."
"Goodnight, Dad. Love you and thank you for all the help today." I told him and gave him a quick hug. He was sleeping in the basement bedroom since he was 'an old fogie' and his girlfriend wasn't here with him. His words not mine.
"No problem, Bells. We will get everything else finished up tomorrow before Sue and Leah arrive with the kiddos." We all groaned at the work left for tomorrow.
We all decided to head to bed at Charlie's reminder of the things we still had to do tomorrow. "Goodnight, guys. Thanks for everything." I told them as Edward and I headed upstairs to our new master bedroom.
We both groaned when we walked in the door. Our bed wasn't assembled and our blankets that Alice had thankfully washed and dried were tossed in the corner of the room. "Let's just throw the mattress on the floor for tonight." Edward suggested as he surveyed the huge room. We hadn't assembled any of the furniture today because we still needed to paint all of the bedrooms.
"Sounds good to me, handsome." I told him as I went to help him maneuver the box springs and mattress onto the floor and make the bed.
We collapsed exhausted onto the bed and were asleep almost instantly.
By the time the weekend rolled around, I was still exhausted but at least our house looked mostly normal. The baby gates were back in place and toys were scattered all over the family room/ breakfast nook. There were papers scattered all over the desks in the office/study and clothes piled in my new fantastic laundry room.
"Edward. Stop that." I slapped at his hands that were tracing a path and forth along the waistband of my pajama pants. I was trying to cook dinner since it was Friday night and our first night alone in our new house. And Edward was trying to take advantage of the fact that we were basically alone, except for our kids.
"But snuggles..." He protested and put his hands on my hips instead. I groaned and slapped my hands on the counter to brace myself up as his knee went between mine applying pressure where I wanted it most.
"Oh Edward." I groaned and rotated my hips against his leg.
"Bella, I need you. I can't wait anymore." Edward moaned against my neck as he placed kissed up and down it.
I nodded and leaned forward on the counter a little bit, pushing my hips into his urgently.
He quickly tugged my pajama bottoms down, taking my panties with them, before sinking his fingers in my wet heat. "Oh God...Edward please." I moaned as I rocked against his fingers.
He tugged his own pajama bottoms down just as quick and his erection his me in the hip when he release it. "Hold on Bella, it's gonna be fast and hard." He warned me as he wrapped his hand around himself running his tip against my wet folds coating himself.
"Please...now." I moaned in anticipation.
He slammed into me so hard it pushed me against the cabinets. We both moaned at as he started a hard and frenzy pace. He pulled all the way out just to slam right back in.
Thank God our babies were corralled in the living room with their toys because the noises we were making were like the mating of wild animals.
I growled at Edward when he pushed in all the way and rotated his hips slightly. He growled at me when I clamped down on with my internal muscles. We both grunted and groaned with every deep stroke. Animalistic I tell you. We haven't had the opportunity or energy to make love since Sunday before we left Forks.
"Now, Bella." Edward groaned and I slipped a hand down to touch my clit gently which earned me a snarl from him as he pumped into me harder. The combination brought my climax soaring through me as Edward groaned into my neck.
"Oh Edward." We slumped against the counter in ecstasy and exhaustion. "Damn, handsome." I giggled as he still slumped against me twitching inside me in after shocks.
"Sorry, snuggles. I didn't mean to be so..." He trailed off obviously not being able to find the right word to fit the scenario.
I reached back and put a hand on the side of his face that was resting in the crook of my neck. "Don't be sorry, handsome. You didn't hurt me and we both needed that." I told him because I knew he always worried about me when he got a little rough and animalistic.
"Are you sure, you are ok, snuggles?" He asked as he slipped from me and I hissed slightly.
"Perfectly fine, Edward." I hissed at the loss of him not from pain. We quickly yanked up our pants when the phone rang on the counter.
I headed to the living room to check on the babies while Edward answered the phone.
"No. Absolutely not. I won't do it and neither will I ask my wife to do it." Edward growled into the phone as I walked back into the kitchen to check on dinner. I pulled open the oven door to check on the chicken enchiladas that I had made for dinner.
I groaned as the delicious smell permeated the air. They were done. I took them out and sat them on top of the stove and made my way to Edward's side.
I wrapped my arms around his tense form as he stood staring out the back door and he immediately loosened his grip on the phone.
"I told you no and that is damned well what I mean." Edward growled one last time before ending the call.
I just wrapped my arms tightly around his waist and waited for him to calm down. When he finally relaxed enough to wrap his arms around me comfortingly, I knew he was ready to talk. "What happened, Edward?"
"The record label. They want to do an interview with me about the latest song I submitted to them. And I told them that I wouldn't subject my family to that kind of scrutiny and they didn't like it. They are threatening me to pull my contract." Edward told me in a rush.
I was dumbfounded. "Why would Mrs. Foster do this? She knows how much you cherish your anonymity." I asked him quietly.
"Apparently Mrs. Foster had a massive heart attack a few days ago and a Mr. Aro Volturi has taken her place until she decides whether to retire or come back to work." Edward grumbled.
"Oh." I had heard the name Aro Volturi before. He was always about making the biggest dollar despite who it hurt in the process.