DISCLAIMER: The characters do not belong to me…they are all the creation of the wonderful Stephenie Meyer.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Cullen 'children' go to see Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D. Because so many of you asked so nicely for a two chapter day, here you go! Happy Saturday, you lovely readers & reviewers!!!!

Movies

"Bella!" Alice sang, dancing in front of Bella and I.

We were all walking down the theater hallway toward the room where the movie would be playing.

"Want to know what I love best about you being a Cullen?" Alice questioned.

"I can't complain I'm tired to get out of shopping?" Bella asked.

"Thatis the best. Okay, this is second best. Take a guess!" Alice cried.

"What is it, Alice?" Bella sighed, taking the bait for her sister's sake.

"We don't have to pretend to eat the nasty theater snack food anymore!" Alice chirped.

"You didn't have to pretend in the first place," Bella chuckled. "No one would have noticed. It is dark in the theater. Besides, not everyone eats the food in the theater anyway."

"Speaking of dark in the theater," Alice said in a stern voice. "Can you all try to remember we came here to watch the movie and not make-out?"

"We can try," I grinned, wrapping my arm around Bella's waist.

"But we make no promises," Emmett finished, with a huge smile.

I looked over and saw Rose had her fingers crossed behind Emmett's back. I squeezed Bella tighter, hoping to get her attention, but trying to go unnoticed by the rest of the family. When she looked up, I nodded my head toward our siblings. She noticed Rose's fingers and chuckled quietly.

Jasper held the door while we all filed in. Emmett led us to the very top row of seats and down toward the middle of the aisle. Bella went to sit down, but I slid into the seat ahead of her and pulled her down onto my lap. She giggled as I wrapped my arms around her.

Alice sat next to me, smiling. "Behave, Edward."

"I am behaving. I just thought this would make it easier for Rose and you to have equal access to Bella," I replied.

"Sure you did," Rose said, her words drenched in sarcasm. 'Wonder how long he'll sit there before trying to get Bella to sneak off with him…Glad we took his car and not mine.'

I could see Alice glaring at me. 'He can behave himself for an hour and a half. Can't he? I don't see him doing anything. He better not be messing with my visions again.'

I sat there, smiling and chuckling at my sisters.

"What's so funny?" Bella asked, as she played with my wedding band, twirling it around my finger.

I set my lips to her ear so she would be the only one to hear me. "Our sisters think I'm going to whisk you outside to the car for a little fun."

"Have they lost their minds? That's your brand new car! And you would have never allowed that in the Volvo, much less this car!" Bella whispered. "Not to mention that I am not anywhere near as brazen as Rosalie! Public places are not my thing."

"What if I dazzled you into it?" I asked, as I twirled her hair in my fingers.

"Not even the great Edward Cullen has that much dazzling power," Bella chuckled.

"That sounds like a challenge, love," I said, grinning wide.

"Just forget it, Edward," Bella warned. "We came to watch a movie and that's what we're going to do."

"Don't be upset," I pleaded, nuzzling her neck with the tip of my nose. "I was only teasing."

She relaxed against me, letting her head rest against my cheek.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Alice chirped, as she bounced around in her seat.

"Are those plastic glasses going to work for us?" Bella asked.

"I don't know," Alice shrugged. "But it'll be fun to find out!"

"Alice, you really do get too excited about these human experiences," Rose smirked.

"Don't even, Rosalie," Alice warned. "You wanted to see this just as much as I did."

"I do kind of like the vampires in this!" Rose chuckled.

"Now, Eddie, when you see the mutt on the screen, behave," Emmett grinned.

"Don't call me 'Eddie'," I hissed.

"Relax," Bella said softly, rubbing my arms. "He's just teasing you."

"I'm not in the mood."

"What's wrong?" Bella asked. "You've been grumpy since first period."

"Nothing," I said. She was much too observant. She wasn't going to let this go.

"Fair warning, Edward. If you get snippy again, we're going outside to discuss it," Bella told me. "And if you don't, we'll discuss it at home tonight."

"Bella, it's really nothing important," I argued.

She turned in my lap and cupped my face in her hands. "Edward, if it's important enough to change your mood, then it's important enough to discuss." Her tone let me know that there was no point in arguing any further. She leaned forward and kissed me tenderly. She wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me tightly. "I love you. It hurts me for you to be so upset," she whispered.

I nodded my head, knowing she would feel it.

"I know you feel the same way when something bothers me," she added.

'Edward, is everything okay? I'm getting concern from Bella and aggravation from you.' Jasper

I waved my hand, letting him know it was nothing to worry about. "We'll talk at home, Bella. I promise."

She kissed my cheek and settled back against me, with her head against my shoulder.

The lights started to dim and Alice began clapping her hands and giggling. She handed out the plastic glasses to all of us.

Bella sat up and turned her head toward me. "How do I look?"

"As beautiful as ever, my love," I said, as I leaned forward and kissed her quickly. I pulled away and smiled at her. "What about me?"

"I don't know how, but you make them look sexy," Bella grinned.

She turned and rested against me again. I wrapped my arms tightly around her, breathing in her sweet freesia scent.

"This is so cool," Alice and Bella squealed together.

"Thisis pretty damn good," Rose agreed with a bright smile.

"That little pumpkin looks like it's in front of my face," Emmett chuckled.

"That pumpkin's laugh is creepy!" Jasper commented.

Emmett chuckled and then leaned across Rosalie. "Jazz?"

Jasper turned and looked at Emmett, lifting an eyebrow. Emmett imitated the pumpkin's laugh.

"Jeez! Why didn't I keep my mouth shut?" Jasper fussed, as he sunk back into the seat, folding his arms over his chest.

The girls snickered while Emmett and I snorted at Jasper's reaction. Jasper tended to get out of sorts about the weirdest things. Emmett, Jasper, and I had watched a movie back in the '80's about tarantulas taking over an entire town, encasing it in a giant spider web cocoon. Jasper's had a very unnatural fear of spiders ever since…especially considering the man was a vampire! I chuckled as I remembered one of the pranks Emmett and I had pulled on him. We'd filled his entire dresser with fake spiders about a week after we'd watched that movie. Jasper had refused to sleep in his room for days after that, until Alice threatened to make him wear a shirt with spiders on it for a month.

"There's Jack!" Bella squealed.

"I like Zero myself," Emmett remarked.

"Sally is pretty cool," Rosalie stated.

"That mayor cracks me up," Jasper noted.

"The doctor who made her is so creepy!" Alice said, nodding her head in agreement with herself.

"What about you, Edward? Who do you like?" Bella asked.

I leaned in close, as if I was going to tell her in secret. "Oogie Boogie!" I chuckled, tickling her sides.

Bella squealed in laughter and we got shushed. That just started us all chuckling, but we kept it low enough so the humans wouldn't hear.

"Bella really does bring out the seventeen year old in you," Rose said, slapping my shoulder.

I shrugged and smiled, pulling Bella even tighter against my chest. Her laughter was sweeter music than any I could ever play.

We managed to stay fairly quiet for the rest of the movie. At least until the scene where Jack started doing experiments on the Christmas items. At that point, Rose, Alice, and Bella broke out into song:

Something's up with Jack

Something's up with Jack

Don't know if we're ever going to get him back

He's all alone up there

Locked away inside

Never says a word

Hope he hasn't died

Something's up with Jack

Something's up with Jack

Emmett leaned over and tapped my leg. I looked at him, waiting to see what he had to say. He was blocking his thoughts by singing "C is for Cookie" in his idea of Cookie Monster's voice. "That was you when you were deciding if you liked Bella!" Emmett said with a goofy grin. "You were always pacing in your room and in a sour mood."

I rolled my eyes at him.

"He's got a point!" Alice sang.

"Don't encourage him," I growled at her.

"Come on, Edward," Jasper said. "You should be able to laugh about it by now!"

"As a personal favor to everyone's favorite little sister, can you please stop teasing Edward for the rest of the night?" Bella asked.

To my utter amazement, every single one of my siblings agreed…and meant it!

'Sorry, Edward. Just messing.' Emmett

'Sorry, Edward.' Rosalie

'Sorry!' Alice

'Apologies.' Jasper

I kissed Bella's ear and whispered to her. "Thank you."

She nodded as she pulled my arms tighter around her.

When the movie ended, we stood up and stretched, waiting for the humans to leave first.

Bella hugged Alice tightly. "This was a great idea! Thanks."

"Aw!" Alice cried, pulling Bella in for another hug. "I love it when you agree on your own!"

We all laughed at that. It was hard to get a chance to agree on your own with Alice. We headed down the stairs and out into the hallway. Bella had her arms wrapped around me from behind and her head poking out from under my arm.

"What are you doing?" I asked her, laughing.

"Nothing!" she chuckled.

She squealed and I felt her arms pulling away from me. I turned to see that Emmett had her bent in half across his big arms. Rose and Alice were leaning on each other, laughing at the sight before them. Jasper chuckled from beside me.

"Emmett, can I have my wife back?" I asked.

"I don't know," Emmett said, as he pretended to consider his options. "Picky, do you want to go back to Edward?"

"Yes!" Bella giggled.

Emmett put her on her feet and she ran to me, tossing her arms around my neck. I kissed her forehead and wrapped my arms around her back.

"Keep moving!" Alice chuckled, as she pushed Bella and me forward.

"What should we do now?" Jasper asked.

"I vote for all of you to take off those plastic glasses and throw them away," Rose said, with a wicked grin.

We all looked at each other, realizing she was right. We started laughing as we headed for the trashcan at the end of the hall.

"An exit door!" Emmett said happily. "Come on, you guys! We haven't done that in forever!"

"Not tonight," Rose told him.

"Why not, Rosie?" Emmett whined.

Rose wrapped her arms around Emmett and whispered into his ear. Everyone else was spared, but I still had to hear it. 'If you forget about that door, I'll wear that little red number I've been saving.'

"Before that goes any further, can you please spare me?" I begged my sister.

"Sure," Rose replied with a wicked grin. 'Be sure to ask Bella about the new outfit she bought for you.'

I smiled like an idiot as we started walking again. I squeezed Bella's hand, knowing she would get my meaning. 'Bella!'

'Yes?'

'Rose says you have a new outfit!'

'Big mouth sister of mine! I do, but you can't see it yet.'

'Please, Bella!'

'No.'

'Come on! I bet it will improve my mood!'

'That is such a cheater thing to say, Edward Anthony Masen Cullen!'

'Bella!'

'Whining doesn't suit you, husband!' Bella laughed loudly, causing our siblings to stare at her. "Private joke," Bella giggled.

'You're not going to give in, are you?'

'I haven't decided, Edward. I'll let you know after we talk about your mood.'

'Can we talk on the way home?'

'Not while you're driving.'

'Since when?'

'Since now.'

'And you call me a cheater!' I growled playfully at her. And then a wonderful idea struck me. "Jasper, I think it's your turn to drive my new car," I said, as I handed him the keys.

They all looked at me as if I'd grown a second head.

I turned and smiled wickedly at my beautiful wife. 'Now we can talk.'

Bella smirked at me. We made our way out of the theater and over to my car. Jasper was clearly excited about driving. Alice must have been feeling some of his happiness because she was bouncing around more than usual. Rose and Emmett slid into the back.

I followed them, pulling Bella onto my lap. 'Let's talk!'

'I love when you get all excited like this, Edward. I don't know if you can understand my meaning, but your thoughts feel…giggly.'

I chuckled and shook my head. She really could be strange sometimes, but it never mattered…I still saw her as the most beautiful, intelligent, humorous, and angelic creature to ever walk the Earth.

'So your mood, Mr. Cullen?' Her lips were pulled up into a smirk and she had one eyebrow lifted.

'Well, Mrs. Cullen, before I gave in and asked you to block me this morning, I had to listen to a rather explicit daydream involving one very disgusting human and his idea of what my wife might look like without clothing.'

'Did he guess correctly?'

'I know you're teasing, but that's not funny.'

'Yes, it is. Especially since you know you are the only one who will ever know for sure! So was he close?'

'Not even in the same ballpark!'

'So what else was going on? I know that one little thing wouldn't keep you grumpy all day.'

'I was slightly perturbed by that. Until we got to our business writing class. Bella, I never want you to go anywhere near that Stephen guy. Something is seriously wrong with him. I know you can defend yourself, but I would rather you never be in the position to have to.'

'What was he thinking, Edward?'

'I'd really rather not say, Bella. Please.'

'Okay.'

'Really?'

'Yes…For now. I'm sure it's not something I want to know, considering you quit letting me block you in that class. But! You will eventually need to tell me, Edward. I don't like being kept in the dark.'

I hugged Bella tightly and kissed the top of her head. She really was far more observant than I sometimes gave her credit for. And she was already worrying about enough things…I was not about to add the twisted fantasies of a human to her list of things to fret over. Besides, I was probably reading too much into them. It wasn't like he'd ever even talked to her.

I decided to change the topic and move onto more pleasant subjects. I moved my lips so they were next to her ear. "About that outfit, Mrs. Cullen…" I said in the voice I knew she couldn't resist.

Bella just chuckled to herself, not giving me an answer. That was okay, though. I would find out about it one way or another! I hugged her again and said a silent prayer of thanks for the beautiful, loving angel in my arms.