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The Presidential Treatment Chapter 37

EPOV

Today was a day for me and my little man, or as I liked to refer to him in light of recent events, my son. I knew he wasn't biologically, or even legally, mine; but I hoped to change that one day, legally adopting him and marrying his mom, making them Bella and Seth Cullen. The Cullens… Yeah, it had a nice ring to it.

Bella was off with Angela Cheney and Rosalie, taking etiquette courses. I wasn't worried about her behavior at the State Dinner, but she was panicked that she would embarrass me in front of the Queen or the Princes, as she had put it, so I amused her with making sure they were set up. Aro was assisting, as he was the one preparing the meals and would know what fork to use with what course. I just went with whatever was there, much to my father's dismay, and it had never been an issue for me. But, then again, I didn't think anyone would correct my fork usage as I was the President.

The State Dinner was only two weeks away and Bella was a bundle of nerves about it. I hoped that Angela and Rose could calm her about it, as I had already tried and wasn't too successful. I had even asked my mother to help calm her about it when she and Bella were out later finalizing Bella's dress for the dinner.

My mother had arranged for Nicolas Ghesquiere from the house of Balenciaga to design a dress for Bella, and today was the final fitting. My mother had shown me a picture and it was ivory with deep green embroidery all over it, a low v-neck, and a simple black belt. But what made the dress stand out was the thigh high slit up the left side that would showcase my girl's legs nicely. It was classy, sophisticated, sexy, and youthful, everything my Bella was.

I wanted her relaxed the evening of the State Dinner, so I had also arranged for Bella and Alice to have a trip to the spa for massages, hair and makeup, and manicures and pedicures. Rose was accompanying them, and I had also asked Angela if she wanted to go, but she insisted that she would be too busy making sure everything was in perfect order for the dinner. She was a bit obsessive-compulsive when it came to dinners and banquets, but they were always amazing.

I had become a pro at making Seth's bottles and feeding him, but his diapers still gave me issues because he liked to wiggle around and steal the wipes from me. But, we managed through the morning and early afternoon, even turning my living room into an impromptu fort with the sheets from my bed. I probably wasn't encouraging the safest play when I showed him how to collapse the fort by falling on the sheets, and sitting on them, but Seth loved it, laughing maniacally when the sheets collapsed under his weight. We kept going until the fort was totally destroyed, and then were interrupted by someone speaking.

"Well if that isn't the cutest thing I ever saw," Bella's voice filled the room, and Seth and I looked toward the door, seeing that we were caught in the act.

"It was all his idea!" I said, laughing as I pointed at Seth, and he just pointed back at me and shook his head.

"Blaming the baby," Bella admonished me, shaking her head. "Wow, Mr. President, I would have expected more from someone in your position," she said jokingly.

"Ma-ma!" Seth squealed, climbing free of our mess and almost running to his mother. He had been getting better at walking and was not high-stepping anymore as he had been when they first moved in, and his run was pretty good for just starting out, but I really had nothing to compare it to.

"Hey baby!" Bella greeted him, picking him up and hugging him tightly. "Did you have fun today?"

Seth nodded his head once, very matter-of-factly, and then yawned and rubbed at his eye.

"I think I wore him out," I said, coming up to greet Bella with a kiss.

"Let's get him a bottle and put him down for his nap. Your mom will be here soon so I can get my final fitting for the dress," Bella said, walking toward the kitchen with Seth. I followed along, getting the bottle for her and heating it up while she cuddled Seth.

Once the bottle was heated, we took him to his room and I got his crib ready while she changed his diaper, then we both kissed him and put him down, giving him the bottle and setting his pacifier on his pillow. His eyes were already closing before we even walked away from the crib, and I knew he would be out for a while.

When we shut the door, we were greeted by my mother, who had just come upstairs.

"Bella, Edward," she said lovingly as she hugged us both.

"Mother," I greeted her, hugging her back, and Bella did the same.

"Are you ready to go, dear?" my mother asked Bella, who nodded and went to grab her purse.

Since my mother did not have any agents assigned to her, as senators and congress members did not receive protection details, I made sure to send Black, Uley, and Mancini One and Two along with them. I had tried to also get my backup agents, Call and Atera to go along, but Bella had refused that much protection for herself and my mother. The shop they were going to could only be accessed by keypad or if someone inside let you in, and I knew that two of the agents would be inside with them, with the other two positioned at the front and back doors.

Bella reappeared, kissed me, and promised she would be back soon. My mother hugged me, and then the two started down the hall. But, before my mother turned the corner, she spoke words that made my blood boil.

"Edward? I forgot to tell you, your father's waiting for you in the Treaty Room," she said and then disappeared before I could respond.

I sighed, realizing that I couldn't be mad at her. She was his wife and had loyalties to him, but she was also my mother and should have been loyal to me. I grabbed the baby monitor from Bella's room, turned it on, and headed down the cross hall to the Treaty Room. I also used it as my personal study when I had to handle business on my personal time.

I walked in and saw him standing before the table in there, which had been nicknamed 'treaty table' due to the multiple treaties that had been signed on it, including one with Spain in 1898 which brought an end to the Spanish-American War. President William McKinley was even immortalized, in a painting, signing that treaty on the table, and that portrait hung in the room to this day.

I almost expected him to be rifling through the papers on the table, snooping through my business, but he shocked me by focusing instead on the framed photos that I had lining the table. There were pictures of Bella, Seth, and then some of Bella and me, and even of the three of us as a family. My mother had been taking pictures on each visit she made, and then sent me the framed pictures once she developed them.

"Senator Cullen," I said, addressing him in his formal name as he wasn't a father to me with the way he had been acting and how he spoke to, and about, my girlfriend.

"Mr. President," he countered, placing the picture he had been holding back on the table.

"What can I do for you, Senator?" I asked, still keeping the formal tone in my voice, and he shocked me by sighing.

"Edward, please, this is hard enough as is," he said, almost begged, and I rolled my eyes, but relaxed my stance and tone some.

"Unless you're here to apologize, or a matter of the state, then you can leave right now. I wasn't lying with my ultimatum, and I will not have you disrespect my girlfriend or her son!"

"I…" my father started to say, but trailed off.

"You, what?"

"I…I'm…I'm sorry," he said, his face contorting as if he had just tasted something bitter.

"You're going to have to do better than that," I said and turned to walk out of the room, when he stopped me.

"Edward, wait! Hell! You do realize that I don't do this, right? I don't apologize to anyone, ever. But your mother basically gave me an ultimatum too, and it was either make up with you or lose her. And If I didn't make up with you, I'd not only lose her, but you as well. I know I'm not the world's best father, far from it, actually; but I'd like to think that I did the best I could with you and helped you become the man you are today. I'm just so proud that you accomplished what I never did, the presidency, and at such a young age too, and I just don't want you to do anything to jeopardize that! And I thought that was what you were doing. But your mother reminded me that it doesn't matter where you come from, it's who you are that counts, and…and I think that…Bella," he struggled with saying her name, "is good for you."

I just stood there, shocked at what had come out of his mouth and the admissions he had made. I hated that I had basically written my father off, but I was not going to tolerate him acting like he had to the woman I wanted forever with. And if he did it to her, he would most likely do it to Seth, and I would be damned if anyone ever tried to hurt him, whether physically, mentally, or emotionally. I'd kill the bastard who tried, my father included.

"Ok," I said with a sigh.

"Ok? Ok? Ok!" my father replied, and I almost laughed at the disbelief in his voice.

"But know that this won't be easily forgotten. If you so much as think of saying something malicious to or about Bella or Seth, I will throw you out of my life faster than you can imagine. You understand?" I asked, the venom in my voice more than apparent so he would know I meant business.

"Of course. Now, will you tell me about them? Your mother's refused to even speak about them in my presence," he said, and I smiled lightly at his curiosity. I invited him to sit as I called down to the kitchen for coffee and a light snack to be sent up, and then proceeded to launch into everything I could think to tell him about Bella and Seth.

They had become my life, and I would give up the presidency at that very moment if they asked me to. It was just a job, but they had become my family. I think my father realized this as I spoke, because his smile grew wider as I went on about them. We ate while we talked, and for the first time ever, I actually had a nice time with my father that didn't feel stilted or suffocating.

Seth's cries came through the monitor and I invited him to come along as I got him up and fed him, but Seth was shy around my father, not letting him get too close without hiding his face in my neck or chest. My father had a lot of ground to cover and actions to make up for, but I had a feeling that he would get there eventually. I was actually glad that he had come over to talk, because it seemed like we were building the father-son relationship we never had as I was growing up.

About an hour after Seth woke up, my mother and Bella returned, Black carrying a heavy looking garment bag, and other bags that most likely held shoes and jewelry were in Uley's hands. They put them in Bella's room and excused themselves, and Bella surprised me by inviting my parents to stay for dinner. But the real shocker was my father. He walked up to Bella, took her hands in his, and practically begged for her forgiveness for what he had said to her and how he had acted. I guess my mother had really gotten to him, and I finally saw my parents as a happy couple instead of a stuffy political team. It had truly turned out to be a great day, and I had a feeling that more great times were ahead of us.

Mystery POV

I wasn't able to get close to the bitch, as she was surrounded when she was out today, but her time was quickly coming to a close, and pretty soon, all I wanted would be mine. Not much longer and it would be time for action. Not much longer and she would be out of the way so I could get what was rightfully mine.

*Laughs evilly as you all sit there confused as to who the Mystery POV is* So, did you enjoy? We are about to pass the 2000 review mark so I bow to all of you, thank you from the bottom of my heart, and literally sit here with tears in my eyes that you love this story so much.

And the fort idea that Edward had with Seth, my boys actually did something very similar and gave me the idea. I shared the video of it on my facebook page (smmiskimenff). And if anyone's curious as to what the real life Seth looks like, there are pics of him there in a folder.

See you later this week and I hope you all go vote in the poll!