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Chapter 36 Three of Wands

Characters: Edward, Bella, Kitty, Rosalie, Emmett, and Alice

Edward POV

"Daddy, I'm hungry," Kitty said while she climbed onto our bed. Bella was still fast asleep from the hours I spent on worshiping her last night.

We were leaving this morning to spend Valentine's Day weekend at Big Bear Lake. Bella and I agreed that it would be a good thing to get away from the city even for a few days. We wanted to take Kitty away from the city life and show her the wonders of nature.

"Would you like to help me make breakfast? Let's make something special for your Mommy." I said to Kitty.

"Okay," Kitty said and smiled happily. I took her hand and led her to the kitchen.

I cracked the eggs and asked Kitty to stir the eggs for me. I cut up some yellow, red, and orange paprika, mushrooms, and onions. After Kitty finished stirring the eggs for me, I asked her to grate the cheese.

"Be very careful, Kitty," I said and my eyes were glued onto her grating the cheese. I first thought it was a simple task but later got very worried that she might grate her fingers accidentally. Thankfully the cheese was large enough that her fingers never touched the grater.

I heated the waffle iron and had Kitty pour the batter into it. She looked really happy cooking for her Mommy. The smile she had on her face looked very much like Bella's when she was in the kitchen cooking for us.

After the waffle was done Kitty spread butter and maple syrup over them. I carried the tray with decaffeinated coffee for Bella, regular coffee for me, milk for Kitty, and the omelets. Kitty carried the tray with the waffles and we walked back into the bedroom together.

"Wake Mommy up gently, okay?" I said to Kitty.

"Okay." Kitty said and she gently brushed Bella's hair off her face and tapped Bella's shoulders softly. "Mommy, Mommy, breakfast. Mommy, Mommy, breakfast," she whispered to Bella.

"Kitty, I think that's too gentle," I said and laughed.

"Wake up, Mommy, Wake up! I'm hungry!" Kitty said and bounced on the bed.

"Kitty, go wake your Daddy up," Bella mumbled.

"We made breakfast for you," Kitty giggled.

"I'm sorry love, but you need get up," I said and squatted near the side of the bed.

Bella was sleeping on her side and was facing me. She opened one of her eyes and pouted.

"Do we have to leave so early?"

"Well, it's only a two hour drive, but if we want to get there and settle in before noon, we need to leave here by 9 a.m.," I said and kissed her forehead.

Bella sighed and I helped her sit up. "Oh, you guys made me breakfast?" Bella said and smiled. Kitty sat on the bed between Bella and me. We fed each other and I felt really blessed. I was now engaged to Bella and felt like I had a family I could call my own. Six months ago I wouldn't have believed if someone told me I would have a family of my own or be in a lasting relationship. I let Bella take a shower while I cleaned up and got Kitty dressed. Once Bella was out of the shower I jumped in the shower myself. I would have enjoyed showering with Bella, but Kitty was already up, so Bella wouldn't go for that idea.

Once we loaded all the things we needed into the car, I called Emmett to let him know that we were on our way. We were meeting them at our cabin. Rosalie and Emmett left early in the morning so that they could arrive at the cabin early and get the keys for us. I invited them to stay at our cabin, but it was Valentine's Day weekend, so they opted to rent a small cabin for themselves, so that we could all enjoy some privacy. I purposely rented a large cabin so that it would fit our whole family but Alice and Jasper decided to go to San Francisco instead, and Mom caught a cold and didn't want Bella to catch it from her, so Dad and Mom decided to stay in the city. So now we had a huge cabin all for ourselves which I had no complaints.

Bella insisted on wearing my Moncler ski jacket instead of purchasing one that fit her figure. She said it would be a waste to buy a jacket that fit her now when it would be too large on her once the baby was born. Since Bella wouldn't let me get her a new ski jacket, I got Kitty a baby pink down ski jacket with white faux fur trimmed hood, matching ski pants, matching fleece shirt, matching gloves, and a baby pink fleece hat that looked like a puppy. We weren't going skiing, but the highs were in the low 40s and lows were in the 20s so I wanted to make sure that Bella and Kitty were warm enough when we went outside.

The drive to Big Bear Lake was trouble free and simple. I liked this about California. We had the city, beaches, deserts, lakes, and the mountains just a quick drive away.

"Look, there's a swing!" Kitty shouted and pointed at the swing on the deck when we parked our car in the driveway of the cabin. "Oh, there's Auntie Rosie and Uncle Emmy."

I laughed when I saw Emmett and Rose soaking in the hot tub on the deck of our cabin. Thankfully they had their swimsuits on.

"Hey Bro, hurry and come jump in here! It's awesome!" Emmett yelled from the hot tub.

"I want to go in the bubbly pool too!" Kitty said and shook my arm.

"In a minute, okay baby?" I said and smiled at Kitty. "Bella, I'll unload the stuff, why don't you two go in and get changed into your swimsuits so you both can join Rose and Em?"

"Oh, okay. I don't feel like going in the hot tub right now but I'll get Kitty changed so she can join them. Thanks, Edward." Bella said and took one of the bags and walked into the cabin with Kitty.

"Hey Em, could use some help here," I yelled out to my brother.

"Bro, I'll freeze my ass off if I go out in my swim trunks. Just keep the food in the cooler. I'll help you unload after we all enjoy a little soak here."

I growled at him and just grabbed all the bags except for the food and carried it into the cabin. The cabin had a reverse floor plan, and the master bedroom, the queen bedroom, and the room with the bunk beds was on the 1st floor. This was one of the reasons I chose this cabin. I liked this floor plan since I wouldn't have to worry about Bella and Kitty falling down the stairs if we had to vacate the cabin in case of an emergency in the middle of the night.

As I walked towards the master bedroom, Kitty flew out and almost ran into me. "Whoah! Slow down, Kitty. You don't want to get hurt. The hot tub isn't going to run away," I said and laughed. Kitty laughed and ran out the door with her bath toys.

"Edward, this cabin is so lovely. I'm really glad we came here instead of spending Valentine's Day at some restaurant in the city," Bella said and kissed me.

"I'm glad to hear that. I've never been here before. It was Emmett's suggestion. He was up here with the teachers from the high school. He really liked it since it was close and there are lots of activities you can do here.

"Let's take a tour around the house," Bella said and grabbed my hand.

On the 2nd floor was a living room that had a large window with the view overlooking the Big Bear Lake, the Holloway Marina, and the San Bernardino National Forest. The living room had a large flat screen TV, large wood burning fireplace, and a pool table. There was also a dining area and large open kitchen. This floor also had a wraparound deck like the one on the first floor.

"It even has a deep soak jetted tub in our bathroom," Bella whispered into my ear.

"Are you trying to seduce me?" I whispered back into Bella's ear.

"Possibly. It is Valentine's Day weekend you know," Bella said and winked.

The third floor was a loft with a bed that overlooked the second floor living room and also had a spectacular view through the window and also balcony.

While we went down the stairs Rose yelled to us that she was going to use the bathroom to get dressed and that the barbecue grill was good to go now.

Bella and I decided to grab the things we needed to make lunch from the car such as the hotdog sausages, hamburger patties, and the ribs to start grilling and have Emmett carry in the rest of the food and the drinks once he was out of the hot tub. While I started to transport the meats to the deck, Bella was in the kitchen dishing the potato salad from the Tupperware into a bowl and Rosalie was cutting the buns.

I heard Emmett's voice and Kitty's laughter as they came onto the second floor deck still in their bathing suits.

"Emmett! Go to the bathroom and dry Kitty off! She's going to catch a cold, you idiot!" I heard Rosalie yell at Emmett.

"Uh oh. You're in trouble," I heard Kitty say to Emmett.

"Bella, where are her clothes?" I heard Emmett ask Bella.

"They're in the room with the bunk beds on the first floor. Do you need help?"

"Nah, I'll manage," Emmett said and carried Kitty on his shoulders laughing.

Kitty and Emmett ran around the deck while we brought the food out. She was so excited there was just no stopping. It was much colder than the city but thanks to Rose she brought some chili it warmed us up. Bella made some hot chocolate for Kitty to drink so even though she couldn't eat the spicy chili there was something warm for her too.

After lunch Bella and Rosalie decided to check out the village to find a place we can eat dinner, and Emmett, Kitty and I decided to go to the Moonridge Animal Park. Emmett and Kitty wanted to see the Grizzly bears and the Timberwolves, and I was interested in seeing the mountain lions.

I liked the idea of Kitty learning about animals and the rescue efforts by the Animal Park. Moonridge Animal Park is distinguished as the only zoological facility in the U.S. in an alpine/sub-alpine environment dedicated to preservation of the alpine/sub-alpine species.

The Park was just across the street from the Bear Mountain Ski Resort. Kitty and Emmett wanted to go directly to see the bears first so we headed out there.

"Three bears," Kitty pointed and laughed. Is that momma bear, papa bear and baby bear?"

"Oooh, if I throw you in there you could be Goldilocks," I gasped at Emmett and sent daggers with my eyes at him. Even as a joke the thought of Kitty with the bears scared the hell out of me.

"Kitty, that's Tutu, she's the momma bear, that's Harley, the male cub, and Ayla, the female cub. There's no papa bear. Grizzlies do not live as a family when the cubs get older but these bears are different because they live like a family and they also do not sleep through the winter so these bears are very special," I tried to explain to Kitty after reading the information.

"Wow." Emmett and Kitty both said in unison. I chuckled when I realized that it seemed like I had two kids with me to teach.

After we saw the grizzly bears, we went to see the black bears. "Look, that bear is named Hucklebeary," Emmett said and laughed.

"That bear is Zuni and he's 10 years old, that bear is Hucklebeary and he's 9 years old, and that's Pakuma but her nickname is Hollybeary and she's 6 years old. Pakuma is very special. She came as a baby and the San Maule Band of Missions Indians came and performed a very special naming ceremony. Pakuma means one who prays. She's a very special bear to the tribe."

"Why does that bear only have three legs?" Kitty asked and pointed at Hucklebeary.

"When he was rescued his leg was badly broken and they had to cut his leg so that he wouldn't die but he's very healthy and happy now," I explained to Kitty.

"Oh, poor Hucklebeary," Kitty said in tears.

"He's okay now. The caretaker loves him very much and he's very happy here," I said and kissed Kitty's tears away.

"Those two mountain lions are Cascade, and Canyon. They came here seven years ago as kittens because they didn't have a mommy and couldn't take care of themselves."

"They have no mommy?"

"They do now. The people who take care of them love them very much. They are like their mommies now. Just like I'm your Daddy now," I explained to Kitty.

"Oh. That's good," Kitty said and smiled but her smile didn't quite reach her eyes.

I started to feel a little worried. Since these animals were rescued most of them had very sad stories behind them and wondered if it was all right to be teaching Kitty these things.

Then we went to see the deer, Bambi and Booper. "Oh, her name is Bambi?" Kitty said and laughed.

Then we went to see the Timber wolves. "Those are Wakiza, Nova, and Navarre. Wakiza and Nova was born where they raised wolves for movies and T.V., but there were too many so they came here when they were two weeks old. These wolves do not know the wild life so they have to live here but they still live as packs."

"Packs?" Kitty asked.

"They live together as a group and have a leader just like the wolves in the forests."

"Neat. They've been imprinted but still live as packs. Wow," Emmett said deep in thought. It was fun watching my two kids absorb the information I was telling them.

When we went to see the skunks Kitty scowled when I told her that they were named Flower and Thumper.

"But Thumper is a rabbit." Kitty scowled.

"Eesh. These people must be really into Bambi or somethin'," Emmett laughed.

After we saw all the animals we went to the gift shop. I bought Bella a mountain lion stuffed animal and Kitty wanted the wolf. Emmett chose a grizzly bear for Rosalie. Kitty also wanted the postcards so we chose postcards of the animals that were here at the park and I also got a picture book for her we could look at during her bedtime.

Kitty was exhausted from walking in the park so I carried her back to the car. I sat beside her in the backseat and had Emmett drive us back to the cabin.

"How are my lovely ladies doing?"Emmett asked Rose and Bella as we entered the living room.

"We had a great time. There were cute little shops in the village and we got some fruit smoothies and we found the perfect place to have dinner," Rose answered Emmett excitedly.

"What kind of restaurant is it?"

"It's an Italian bistro in a bowling alley barn," Bella said and chuckled. "They even have a kids menu with foods like mac 'n cheese and pepperoni pizza so I'm sure Kitty will enjoy the place."

"We can even go bowling afterwards," Rosalie added.

"Sounds perfect," I said to the girls.

"Well Rose and I'll go get cleaned up first and we'll meet you at the restaurant in half an hour then?"

"Well, how about I pick you and Rose up at your cabin and we just take my car to the restaurant. That way you and Rose can enjoy some nice wine with dinner," I suggested to Em.

"Really? Thanks, Bro," Emmet said and they waved at us and left our cabin.

"We have something for you, Mommy," Kitty said and handed Bella the mountain lion stuffed animal.

"Oh, this is cute. Your favorite animal was mountain lion, wasn't it? Edward?"

"I'm surprised you remembered," I said and kissed Bella.

"Thanks for the stuffed animal, Edward. You should go and grab a shower, I'll go bathe Kitty in the bathroom next door to ours," she said and we walked down to the first floor to the bedrooms.

I was out of the shower much sooner than Bella and Kitty so I went upstairs and made some hot chocolate for all of us. I was a little hungry and couldn't wait until dinner so I raided the fridge for leftovers. There were some hotdogs sausages and Rose's chili left so I cut up the sausages and added it to the chili and heated the bowl in the microwave.

I handed the hot chocolate to Bella and Kitty when they came back upstairs. After we watched some T.V. it was time to head out to pick up Rose and Emmett.

I chuckled when we arrived at the bowling barn. It was a red structure shaped like a barn with white lettering that said "bowling barn," and Sweet Basil bistro was a little hole on the first floor. The restaurant was casual and very family friendly.

As soon as we sat down and were given the menus, Emmett immediately ordered Deep fried cheese ravioli with spicy tomato basil sauce, caprese pizza with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil, and homemade garlic fritters with tomato basil dipping sauce for starters before we all even got to really look at the menu.

"Geez, Em. Were you that hungry?" Bella said and laughed.

"I was hungry but we didn't have any food at our cabin."

"Sorry, Em. I finished Rose's chili right before I came here," I said and teased Emmett. Emmett sent daggers with his eyes at me.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Emmett. I should have remembered to have you guys take some food along."

"Don't worry about it, Bella. We'll just pick something up later tonight. I saw Vons and Stater Bros. market near the lake, and there was also the Grizzly Mountain Gourmet Marketplace in the village," Rose said to Bella.

"We have plenty of food to share with us, you guys don't need to waste any money," Bella said worriedly.

"It's okay, Bells. I like going to the deli in the markets," Emmett said and smiled at Bella.

"If you say so. Just don't hesitate to ask if you guys don't find what you need at the market, okay?"

"Thanks, Bella. You worry too much though. Just relax. Em and I won't starve. It's crazy having this conversation while we're sitting in a restaurant," Rose said and laughed.

"Would you like to order something from the children's menu? There's mac 'n cheese, pepperoni pizza, spaghetti with tomato sauce and chicken strips, or would you rather have a little of what we're getting?" I asked Kitty.

Kitty scrunched her nose and looked like she was thinking really hard. Then she smiled and said, "little of everything."

"That's my girl!" Emmett said and laughed.

"She's mine. Not yours." I said and huffed.

"She's mine too!" Emmett snickered.

"Stop acting like kids," Rose said and slapped Emmett behind his head and glared at me. Bella and Kitty laughed when I stuck my tongue out at Rose.

We decided on getting all the 5 different sauces with pasta that was on the menu, Italian meatloaf, and the macaroni and cheese with cheddar, parmesan, and mozzarella.

"Oooh, look we can add things to the pasta," Emmett said and pointed to the menu.

"Is there anything specific you want to add?" I asked Bella.

"Hmmm. So we get to choose the type of pasta, the sauce, and meats to add right? I think I want the grilled chicken breast added to the gorgonzola cream sauce with roasted tomatoes and the ricotta cheese ravioli for the pasta."

"Mmmm. That sounds really good," Emmett said to Bella. "I think I want the orecchiette pasta with meatballs added to the Bolognese sauce with Italian sausages."

"Oh gosh, that sounds too good," Bella joined Emmett in the little foodie conversation.

I heard Rosalie giggle. "Let's just have these two and a half persons decide on the food, shall we?" Rose said to me and I nodded.

"Oh I think if we add the grilled shrimp to the creamy basil pesto with pine nuts and fresh tomatoes it will be perfect with Ricotta and arugula stuffed shells," Bella commented to Emmett.

"Yeah. That sounds like a good combo. How about the alfredo sauce? Wouldn't it be too boring if we added chicken and selected the linguine?"

"Hmmm. Then how about we add the grilled shrimp and choose the ricotta cheese ravioli with it?"

"Oooh, I like that idea," Emmett said and hummed.

"Will you guys like hurry up and choose?" Rose said and tapped the table with her fingernails.

"Just a second, Rosie. We just have one more sauce to select," Emmett answered Rose. "The last one is so plain. House made tomato basil sauce. How about we add the Italian sausages and select the linguine with it?

"Sounds great!" Bella said and smiled happily. Emmett immediately signaled for our orders to be taken. I was impressed that he remembered every little detail they decided on.

Kitty was getting bored so I took out the visitor's guidebook for Big Bear Lake I purchased for this trip, so we can look at it together while we waited for the food. The food came and I thought we'd have leftovers to take back but Emmett cleared all the plates. We were just too full for desserts so we ordered a few pieces of Tiramisu to take out.

Kitty fell asleep in the car before we dropped Emmett and Rosalie at their cabin. I carried Kitty into the bunk bedroom and tucked her in on the bottom bunk. I kissed her goodnight but she was out cold. She must have been really exhausted from the full day we had. She hadn't napped all day so it must have taken a toll on her.

After Bella and I lounged in front of the fireplace, we decided to go into the hot tub outside. Since it was dark outside and no nearby neighbors, we got naked and just slipped a terry robe on ourselves and went out to the deck.

"Mmmm. It's so beautiful out tonight. I can see so many stars."

"The only beauty I see is the woman in front of me. The stars do not hold a candle to her," I said and kissed Bella.

Bella giggled. "Edward, that was a little cheesy."

"But it's the truth and I stand by it."

I kissed her and wrapped my legs around her and gently rubbed her nipples as she leaned into me in the hot tub. I kissed her neck and sucked on her shoulder. I slid my hand between her legs and right as I was about to get to my prize, we were blinded by headlights of a car coming into our driveway.

"What the hell?"

"Oh my gosh, I only know one person who owns a yellow Porsche," Bella said and gasped.

"Alice…" I said and sighed.

The annoying pixie jumped out of the car and waived at us. "Hi Bella, Hi Edward. Ooooh hot tub. You guys naked in there?" Alice said and approached us rolling a huge suitcase behind her.

"Stay right there, and turn around," I said to Alice.

"Oh don't be silly. I've seen Bella naked and you as well when we were kids. What's the big deal?" Alice said and laughed.

"Just give us a moment, Alice," I said to Alice clearly annoyed at her showing up.

"All right, all right," Alice said and covered her eyes.

I helped Bella out of the hot tub and we dressed into our terry robes. "You can open your eyes now," I said to Alice coldly.

"Don't be such a party pooper," Alice feigned a pout as she welcomed herself into our cabin.

"What are you doing here? Weren't you and Jazz supposed to be in San Francisco?"

"Well, we stopped by Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa on our way to San Francisco to see the beautiful architecture and after that Jazzy got sick. He wasn't doing too well in the morning, but he said he was all right and didn't want to cancel the trip, so we went ahead, but he started to puke so we turned around and Dad said he had the flu so it wouldn't be good for me to be near him. Since Mom was already sick, Dad suggested that he took care of both Mom and Jazzy. I had nowhere else to go since you guys and Emmett and Rose were up here so I decided to join you guys," Alice said and hugged me. Thankfully I was no longer hard after seeing Alice ruin our moment in the hot tub.

"You had keys to my place. You could've stayed there instead of driving all the way up here. Better yet, you could've gone to Emmett and Rose's cabin," I said and scowled at Alice.

"I did go to Rose and Em's cabin first since you guys just got engaged and thought you'd guys want some sexy time together but they wouldn't even open the door. Em told me to come here since there are plenty of rooms here. I did go there first. Please give me some credit," Alice huffed.

"You could've turned the car around and gone back to the city." I muttered to myself.

"Edward!" Bella glared at me. Oops I thought no one heard me. "You're always welcome, Alice," Bella said and hugged Alice.

"Awww. You're my best friend. I love you," Alice said and kissed Bella's cheek. "I expected more compassion from blood," Alice said and glared at me.

I sighed. "You can take the loft. There's a bed there," I mumbled to Alice.

"But… but the loft doesn't have walls do they?"

"Stop being picky. It has a nice bed and a great view from the window. You'll like it."

Alice pouted but nodded in acknowledgement. "You can carry my suitcase," Alice said as she started walking up the stairs.

I sighed and put my head on Bella's shoulder. Bella rubbed my back and gave me a kiss. "It'll be fine. We'll all have fun. More the merrier?" Bella said and chuckled. "She probably hasn't eaten yet. I'll go heat up some leftovers. Please take her suitcase up to the loft," Bella said and gave me another kiss before she went to the kitchen.

I got a call from Emmett as I was about to carry the suitcase to the loft.

"Bro, turn all the lights out and hide. Alice is here!"

"Em, what took you so long to call me?"

"Uh oh. Sorry. I take it that she's already there? I gave her some messed up directions so she wouldn't get there yet. Crap! Rosie and I were a bit occupied so I couldn't get to the phone until now. I really meant to give you a fair warning."

"It's all right. I owe Alice a lot anyway," I said to Emmett.

"Yes you do!" I heard from the loft. The evil pixie had some serious good hearing.

"Here you go," I said and dumped her suitcase by her bed.

"Come sit, and tell me what you guys did today," Alice said and patted the bed.

"Why don't we both go down to the dining area. Bella's heating up some food for you."

"Oh really? She's so sweet. I haven't eaten since Jazzy and I ate lunch in San Luis Obispo," Alice said and clapped her hands.

"Here's some potato salad and a grilled cheese sandwich. I'm just heating up the tomato soup. I'm sorry it's the canned kind though," Bella said when she brought the food out to Alice.

"Thanks Bella. I love you. Canned soup is perfect," Alice said and gave Bella thumbs up. At least Alice looked genuinely thankful. I sensed that she was relieved to be here and she must've felt quite lonely and scared on the drive up here. The drive up here was quite dark and eerie. "Soooo, what are we doing tomorrow?" Alice asked excitedly.

"Well we have a mobile massage coming here for a couples massage in the morning for us and Rose and Emmett. I guess I can call first thing in the morning and tell them we have an additional person," I said to Alice.

"Oh, that's so sweet. Thank you. I'm really sore from all the driving I did today. I drove back from San Luis Obispo since Jazzy was too sick to drive and I drove up here so my feet and lower back are really sore. Deep tissue massage would be heavenly."

I saw Bella yawn. "I think Bella and I'm going to turn in for the night. Feel free to use the bathroom in the bedroom beside Kitty's," I said to Alice.

"What? There's another bedroom? Oh wait, I guess I wouldn't want to be sleeping in the bedroom next to you guys. Wouldn't want to disturb all the monkey sex you guys are gonna have," Alice said and giggled. Bella blushed and looked uncomfortable.

"Feel free to hang out in the living room if you aren't sleepy yet," I said. Bella and I said our goodnights to Alice and went downstairs to our bedroom.

"I kinda feel cold. Do you want to join me and soak in the deep soak tub? No funny business though. I'm tired," Bella said and yawned.

"Awww, no monkey sex tonight?" I said and feigned a pout.

"Maybe tomorrow morning, if you're a good boy," Bella said and winked.

"What a great way to start the day," I said and kissed Bella. I went to run a bath while Bella got our pajamas out. The bath felt really great. Just kissing and holding Bella in the tub was really relaxing and soothing. I felt my eyelids grow heavier. Once we got in the bed Bella fell asleep instantly. I was out not long after her.

Alice POV

I woke up feeling refreshed and decided to make breakfast for everyone. Since Jazzy always cooked for me, I had to call Mom to run me through the steps to make the breakfast. I told Mom all that was in the fridge. Bella had brought biscuits and gravy in Tupperware. There was a pancake mix, frozen hash browns, bacon, sausages, and eggs. I made a pot of coffee, and grilled the bacon and sausages. I did what Mom told me to do and scrambled the eggs without burning them. I warmed up the biscuits and placed the bacon, sausages, and the eggs in the oven to keep it warm. I read the back of the box of the pancake mix and after burning the first two, I successfully made enough pancakes for everyone. I heated the hash browns and the gravy in the microwave and went to wake them up.

"Edward? Bella? Wake up! It's a beautiful day!" I said to them outside the door, I could hear them faintly but they wouldn't answer me. So I decided to do what got Jazzy up every morning. I inhaled as much air as I could and sang from the top of my lungs sounding as close to Freddie Mercury as possible!

It's a beautiful day
The sun is shining
I feel good
And no-one's gonna stop me now, oh yeah

It's a beautiful day
I feel good, I feel right
And no-one, no-one's gonna stop me now

Sometimes I feel so sad,

so sad, so bad
But no-one's gonna stop me now, no-one
It's hopeless - so hopeless to even try

Edward busted out of the bedroom looking RED. Oops. He closed his eyes and pinched his nose. He looked furious. He took a deep breath and opened one of his eyes, and glared at me one-eyed. Never realized one eye can look so threatening. "Cock blocker," Edward said and slammed the door on me.

"Sorry, I'll shut up. Breakfast is ready," I said and ran upstairs to the dining area.

Five minutes later Bella and Kitty came down smiling with a glum faced Edward behind them. "Thank you, Alice. It was so sweet of you to make us all breakfast. I would've helped," Bella said and smiled.

"Evil pixie…" Edward mumbled.

"Daddy? Why are you so grouchy? You look like Grinch from the movie." Kitty said to Edward. The air was thick and tense. I had to quickly come up with something to lighten the mood but I just couldn't think of anything.

"We're gonna die! We're gonna die! I'm going to throw up and then I'm gonna die. Mommy, tell it to stop!" My jaw dropped after seeing Edward impersonate Jim Carrey from the Grinch. He was so hilarious. Bella, Kitty and I laughed so hard. I had tears running down my cheeks.

"I had no idea, brother, that you were a closet Grinch fan," I said to him. I was still crying from his impersonation of Jim Carrey from "How the Grinch stole Christmas."

"You can thank Emmett for that. He kept watching that movie every Christmas for years," he said and blushed. It had to take everything in him to do what he just did. I had no idea Edward had it in him. He was always the cool and collected one. Emmett was the joker in the family, not Edward. Edward had really changed since he met Bella and Kitty, and for the better. He became loving, romantic, caring, and now in addition to that he was funny.

"Daddy, you're funny," Kitty said and giggled.

"You're my Cindy Lou Who," Edward said and tickled Kitty.

We all laughed and joked around while we finished our breakfast. I helped clean the dishes while Edward went outside with Kitty to play on the swing on the deck.

"Thanks for welcoming me last night. I felt horrible after I realized I intruded on your family vacation."

"Alice, I told you last night that you're always welcome with us. We invited you and Jasper, but you guys decided to go to San Francisco. We wanted you two to come. You just came at a bad timing last night. If only you were maybe half an hour later or even ten minutes earlier, Edward would have been fine. We were sort of…" Bella blushed and searched for words. I instantly realized that I walked in on their intimate moment last night too.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I thought you guys were just soaking in the tub naked," I said and slapped my forehead.

"It's okay. Don't worry about it. You probably saved me from getting overheated like I did last time I was in the jetted tub with Edward," Bella said and smiled. "I'm sorry Jasper got sick and your Valentine's Day weekend got ruined."

"I'm fine with it. I'm sure Jasper will come up with something extra special to make up for it. I'm having a great time with you guys. Jasper is the one miserable in bed."

"I hope he feels better soon,"

"I hope so too. Otherwise I'll have to crash at Rose and Emmett's place until he gets better."

"Just know you're welcome to stay with us if he's still sick when we get back," Bella said and gave me a hug.

Soon after Rose and Emmett came to the cabin, the masseuses arrived. Rose and Emmet got the massage first, followed by Edward and Bella, and then I got my massage. We took turns to watch Kitty instead of letting her play on her own because both Edward and Bella were quite afraid that Kitty might go off on her own and fall into the lake or the hot tub.

I helped Rose make bite size sandwiches while Edward and Bella got their massage. Emmett was in the hot tub with Kitty. They had a floating ring toss toy in the hot tub.

After we all had a little bite to eat, we drove to the Magic Mountain Recreation area of the Big Bear Lake, to try the Alpine slide, go-carts and miniature golf.

Rose was most excited to try the Alpine slide. We were first lifted to the top on a scenic chairlift ride and from there we got on the bob sleigh. Kitty was too young to go alone and had to be accompanied by an adult. After seeing Rose go down the fastest, Kitty escaped from Edward's hand and got onto the sleigh with Rose. Bella stayed down and didn't go on the sleigh in fear of an accident. "Slow down, slow down," Edward yelled to Rose while Emmett just laughed standing beside him. I could also faintly hear Bella screaming to slow down as well from the bottom of the hill. After being scared out of his wits, Edward had a death grip on Kitty and she was only able to go on the sleigh with Edward from the next round.

After the Alpine slide we went to the go-carts. I stayed with Bella and didn't go on the ride to keep her company. She said it was fun just watching and didn't mind being alone, but I stayed with her anyway. Kitty tried to escape from Edward again, but Edward glared at her, and she had to endure getting on the go-cart with Edward. As soon as she got on the go-cart with Edward, Kitty realized that Edward loved cars and was as much of a thrill seeker as Rose when it came to cars.

"Be careful, be careful, Edward! Edward!" Bella yelled at Edward this time. "This place is really bad for my heart and the baby," Bella said and rubbed her stomach. After Edward, Kitty, Rose, and Emmett had enough of the go-cart, we went to play miniature golf.

We divided into two teams, Emmett, Kitty and I on one team, and Edward, Rosalie, and Bella on the other. I was horrible at putting and Emmett was angry that I sucked more than Kitty. Even Bella was better than me even with her stomach sticking out so far out.

Every time Emmett putted, Rosalie coughed the word, "loser," and irritated the hell out of Emmett. "Alice, you'd better do better this time. Rosie is calling me a loser because of you," Emmett said and pouted at me. The more Emmett pressured me, the worse I did. Our team had the worst score at every hole, and we were now responsible to pay for tonight's dinner. I had at least Quadruple bogey per hole, when even Bella's worst was a bogie when she hated miniature golf. It was quite obvious that Bella only joined the miniature golf because it would have been too long of a wait until we finished 18 holes and she also probably didn't want us to rush if she waited somewhere for us to finish.

We all wanted a little snack to eat so we went to the bakery in the village to buy some baked goods. The Sugar Pine bakeshop had some of the prettiest cakes I've ever seen.

"Wow, the cakes are gorgeous," Bella gasped.

"I definitely agree. I think I want to get all the cakes here from now on. Hmmm. I'm thinking I want to order the cake for the baby shower here,"

"Who's baby shower?" Bella cocked her brow and looked at me.

"Yours obviously," I said and grinned.

"I don't need or want a baby shower."

"Please, Bella, Please," I begged her. "Edward, please convince Bella to agree to a baby shower."

"Not now, Alice. We can discuss it later."

I pouted at Edward but the way he sounded he didn't seem so against it so I was pretty sure I could gang up on them with Mom and Rosalie to have a baby shower. We picked up some cupcakes, cookies, and cinnamon rolls and left the bakery. Edward dropped Emmett, Rosalie, and me at Big Bear Mountain brewery and told us that he'd pick us up again in about 2 hours and they headed to Pine Knot Landing for the Miss Liberty Big Bear Lake cruise.

A/N

I hope you liked this chapter. I sort of had to force this chapter out of me. After the dramatic proposal I couldn't really top that chapter, so I went with a little bit of humor in this one. I started writing a lemony chapter continuing on with the night of the proposal but I scrapped it. Maybe I'll write an outtake later on the night of the proposal. Let me know if you guys are interested. So while I tried to squeeze a chapter out of me somehow it ended up being the longest chapter I've written. I still have the remainder of their time at Big Bear Lake coming up in the next chapter. I had to cut this chapter where I left off as it was over 7000 words already. Please leave me a review and let me know if you liked this chapter. I sincerely hope you all liked it. Thank you!