Trust ~ Chapter 44.
I popped the presents into little gift bags I had bought. Except Edwards key ring. I put that on his keys when we sat in the car out side home.
"You know you own my heart Bella Masen!"
"Fair swap, since I gave you mine Edward Cullen."
"Fair swap… he repeated back to me.
We started to go into the house just as Carlisle appeared in just behind us. "Hey you two, how did it go at Dr Denali's today?"
"It was good. My arm is a bit sore but alright." Carlisle leaned over and kissed my forehead. He gave Edwards shoulder a pat on the way past.
"Do you need more pain killers?" Edward asked me.
"Did yYou take the ones I gave him for you earlier? Carlisle asked.
"Yes. Thank you, I took them at lunch time."
"You can have two more with our meal and then before bed Little Oone. Can I have a quick look at it?"
I nodded at him taking my arm out of my top. He lifted up my tee shirt sleeve and checked around the dressing but didn't remove it. He lightly kissed my arm, and laughed "All better now?"
I giggled. "Thank you Daddy."
He gave me a gentle hug and we all walked into the kitchen. Emmett saw us coming in. he roared "BELLY!"
EmmettAnd charged straight towards me. Edward moved me carefully out of his line of approach and stood in front of me.
"STOP!" CarlislieCarlisle shouted and stood in his way.
"WHAT!" he slammed on his brakes and came to a sudden standstill.
"If you can't be gentle then you are to stay away from Bella." he explained.
"Pshh…I can do gentle…but why do I need to be gentle, what's wrong?"
"Got a sore arm Emmie, nothing to worry about." I said from behind Carlisle and Edward…seriously you would think they were protecting me from a blood sucking monster the way they reacted.
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"Who hurt you Belly?"
"No one on purpose Emmie bear. I got an injection and my arm hurts, but it is nothing for you to worry about."
"OK…" He looked suspiciously at Edward. "As long as that's all that's wrong with it."
"Emmett Cullen…don't you look at Edward like that! I chose to have a contraceptive implant put in, Edward didn't like the fact it would hurt me a bit either so you…" I walked towards him.
"Back off and leave my Edward alone…or else!"
I took hold of his tee shirt and pulled him down to my level, ok so he helped me or no way would I have managed to move him at all.
"Because I am going to be making love with him and I don't want babies yet!"
I kissed the tip of his nose and winked at him.
"EEEEEWWWWWWWW! I don't want to know about you having sex at all! You are too young you hear me!"
"Sex! I am going to be having SEX!"
I mumbled to him.
"Sex…!"
He shuddered and pretended to block his ears.
I pointed at Edward and mouthed…"With your brother!" as I poked his chest.
Every one was laughing and Jasper asked Emmett did he need an appointment booked in his department for post traumatic stress counselling?
"Just popping upstairs, be down in a moment." Edward took my hand and started to lead me away.
"You better not be planning to do anything up there with my sister!" Emmett laughed as he tried to look serious.
"No he is not Emmett…I have got my period so not going to be today."
"BELLA McCARTNY MASEN! Are you trying to kill me?" Emmett stood with his hands on his hips scowling at me!
I laughed at him…"McCarty Masen? Seriously Emmie…"
"Well it was my name before…and would have suited you better!" He laughed.
"Whatever!" I sighed.
We went up to my room and sat on the bed while I sorted my bags of gifts.
I popped the presents into little gift bags I had bought. Except Edwards key ring. I put that on his keys. He smiled and took the key ring from me, read it and kissed me hard. "I love you."
"You know you own my heart Bella Masen!"
"Fair swap, since I gave you mine Edward Cullen."
"Fair swap…" he repeated back to me.
I lay down beside him. Wincing slightly as I knocked my arm.
"Sorry, did I hurt you Bella?" He jumped up.
"As fragile as I appear, you haven't hurt me Edward. You have helped me heal. I love you."
I pulled him down to cuddle into again.
We lay there together until Rose knocked on the door.
"Come in."
"Hello you two, food is ready. You ok?"
"Yes thanks, just enjoying some quiet time. Be down in a moment."
"You know Emmett is just over protective, he thinks he has upset you Bells."
"No he hasn't I just got mad as I don't want him making Edward feel bad for me choosing to have the implant."
Rose came and sat down beside us on the bed. My hand went out to bubba belly.
"He was just teasing but I have spoken to him about it. Not promising he won't continue to torment you Edward. But you know what he is like! You also know either of you can talk to me about anything I won't tell Em if you don't want me to. "
We both nodded.
"Right... Meet you downstairs in a bit."
She kissed us both. We gave her a kiss back.
I gathered up the gift bags and took them downstairs.
We walked hand in hand. My need to be closer to Edward was becoming stronger all the time. Our connection was everything to me.
Everyone else was gathered round the dinner table. We sat down to eat. Maggie brought the food through with help from Emmett who was happy to assist if it meant he would get to eat quicker.
"Right…I think that's everything, dessert is in the oven, will be ready in half an hour."
"Got it…"Emmett shouted as he set the timer on his watch!
"Maggie. Can I ask you to join us please?" I asked.
Carlisle and Esme nodded. "If you are sure, that would be lovely thank you." She replied.
We moved our settings and chairs as Jasper appeared with another chair and Alice with settings for Maggie.
We enjoyed our meal together.
I had become used to living on so little food before, and now my family provided with amazing feasts every time we ate. They gave me more than food. They fed my courage, my confidence, my self worth with every moment they spent with me.
I put my hand out to spoon some apple cake into a bowl for Edward as he poured custard on my portion.
"BELLA MASEN!" Alive shrieked. "What is that on your finger?" She was jumping up and down on her seat.
"Will it be something to do with the same thing that is on Edwards?" Jasper asked pointing at his hand.
"Did you guys get married today?" Emmett gasped.
"No. We will explain it to you in a moment if you let us…" I sighed.
Edward wrapped his arm around me and put his other hand on my knee. We smiled at each other. It was as if we could talk to each other without saying a word.
"Ok… Edward and have both got promise rings. We have made a promise to each other, but that is between the two of us just now."
I blushed but looked up at Edward who was smiling at me, his devotion obvious for all to see.
"We have not got married." I told them all.
"Not yet." He whispered into my ear. I nodded at him and he winked.
Someone coughed at the table. Carlisle looked at us.
"You were explaining…" His eyebrow was raised and he was smirking at us.
"Yes I was Daddy." I laughed.
"So... We have exchanged promise rings; we are serious about each other. We love each other. We don't want anyone else."
"That's what the rings are for." Edward shrugged his shoulders and kissed my head.
"Awww." That's so lovely Esme said.
The girls nodded and sighed. The boys offered their knuckles up for Edward to bump.
Maggie asked, "So are you engaged?"
"Not yet." Edward tried to explain.
"Oh OK." But she shook her head confused. We carried on trying to explain.
"I know this may all seem a bit too soon, but we love each other. We are good for each other." Edward said to her. "We wanted to just say it out loud to each other and to everyone else."
"Carlisle…Esme… Are you ok with this? They are just kids?"
Our parents nodded. "I think we can both agree that these two are very grown up." Carlisle explained.
Esme agreed. "They have shown a lot of maturity in their relationship. And we felt the same at their age. We fell in love quickly just like they did and have been happily married for a long time now."
Maggie smiled at us and nodded.
"Thank you for caring enough to ask Maggie. You are important to me. You are family to me too you know."
I got up and walked over to Maggie.
She wiped away her tears and opened her arms out to hug me.
"You two will have the most beautiful Babies you know that!" She exclaimed.
"No they won't be having babies!" Emmett shrieked.
"Not yet we won't." Edward answered him. "But we will one day and you need to get used to that fact."
"Emmett!" Rose slapped the back of his head.
"Sorry…" he muttered.
"We are not having this conversation again and we are so not having it at the dinner table Emmett." I stood up and pointed my finger at him.
"S'pose…OK Belly." He laughed.
"I have never seen anyone apart from Rose keep him in his place." Maggie laughed.
"My Bella is a force to be reckoned with." Edward said with pride in his voice.
I laughed and ran over to sit on his lap. "You make me stronger baby, every day…"
"Right… We get it, he loves you, you love him…bla bla bla!" Emmett laughed hard.
"So while we were in town getting these rings, I bought a few other gifts for you guys!
I presented everyone with their gifts as Edward took photographs for me. It had become my latest obsession.
I needed to record moments like this.
My mum beamed at her scarf and brooch, she loved the colours. I explained the sweet pea flowers on it and the feeling of the soft material that reminded me of her and how she cared for me. Simple things like the way the clothes feel and smell after she has laundered them, and they were so pretty just like her.
Tears came down both our faces. She put the scarf and brooch on there and then.
Carlisle loved his tie and nodded his head laughing as he read out the message on his socks. "My Daughter's love me!"
"You know its true don't you Daddy?"
He nodded. "We all love you!" Alice said with a big grin.
"Your grand daughter will too Daddy. You are such an amazing man." Rose smiled too.
I kissed his forehead and he pulled me into a loving hug. I put his tie on for him as Edward snapped away on the camera.
He took one of me and both my parents hugging.
Alice loved her fairy brooch. "It sparkles just like you big sister." I explained.
She beamed at me and danced round to hug & kiss me.
"Boys next!" I exclaimed!
Emmett and Jasper both laughed at their socks and tee shirts.
"I knew I was the best!" Jasper laughed.
"You should always come with a warning!" Carlisle laughed at Emmett's tee shirt! They stripped off their tops and put their new tee shirts on. The girls cheered as they stripped and Alice insisted Edward pass the camera and she took far too many of the boys in various states of dress!
She took one as Emmett and Jasper held me up horizontally like a log! I was laughing so much.
"Oh wait! We need some of Bella and Edward showing your promise rings." Esme said to Alice.
We posed and even kissed on instruction, not that we needed much encouragement.
I stared into his eyes becoming lost in them. I was startled when he jumped and grabbed the next bag.
"Bubba gets something too." Edward laughed.
We gave Rose the tea shirts that we had found for the baby. She placed them on her stomach and I took a photo of them in place.
"I haven't forgotten you Rose. I am coming back to you in a moment."
She smiled at me as she rubbed her belly.
"One more first though."
I turned to Maggie.
"You are important to me Maggie. The only person who cared about me before was my beloved Grandma. I was so lost when she died. You are like a Gran to me. You teach me to cook, to love and see joy in life. I love you. It's not much, but I want you to have this."
I gave her the key ring and she cried as she hugged me.
"Cuddles are given here." Maggie cried as she red the inscription out loud.
"Anytime you want a cuddle or anything else you come to me, you hear me?"
"Can I have one now?" She grabbed me and pulled me in tight. "Anytime."
"Last…but by no means least…my big sister Rose. You saw me, when no else did. You took time to get to see me, to let me get know & trust you. I learned to trust other people because of you. You didn't give up on me. You started the chain of events that has taken me here.
To this amazing family, to the man I love. You helped me find myself. For that I will ever be thankful. I love you."
I gave her the rose brooch for.
"This is no where near enough to thank you. You saved me."
I knew I had tears falling down my face. I was aware that someone was taking photos but I didn't care.
"You gave me a family."
I kissed her cheek, and brushed away her tears.
"You gave me hope."
I kissed her baby belly.
"You gave me everything I ever dared to dream of, and more.
