BEFORE THE CLEARWATER'S

CHAPTER 20

SETH P.O.V

"As you all know, I'm getting married." A few of the guys groaned. I had finally gotten the chance to hang out with them as Savannah was over at the Cullen's planning their trip to New York in the next coming weeks. "Most of it is planned, but I need to figure out something for the honeymoon." I had a few booklet's from National Geographic about Thailand laid in front of me on the table.

"Where does she want to go?" Jake asked.

"She has always wanted to go to Thailand." I answered. "I have some money saved but not enough for the trip that she wants to take."

"You know Bella and I are willing to pay for whatever she wants." Jake commented as he grabbed the booklet's.

"I want to pay for the whole trip myself. Someone go into the office and see if her laptop is on the white desk in there." Quil quickly got up to go get it before coming back down. I took it from him and logged into it. I went to her saved files and scrolled until I got to the site that she had mentioned before and emailed myself the link. "I got it."

"What is it?"

"Before we broke up she was looking it up. She saved links. I now have them." I made a few calls and made a few arrangements before being able to book the trip. We would be in Thailand for 8 days with two days of travel. "Jake, you're gonna need to trick her into getting a passport."

"The Cullen's can get her one." He casually commented. Just then she walked into the house and kicked off her shoes. I quickly shoved everything into a drawer before she came into the room.

"Hey." She smiled.

"Hi, darling." I smiled back.

"What are you guys getting yourselves into?" She questioned leaning into me as I wrapped an arm around her back.

"Nothing." I smiled.

"Were you planning the honeymoon?" She asked her eyes getting wide and her mouth opening in excitement.

"Yes. It's booked. We're leaving the night of our wedding." She jumped into my arms and wrapped her legs around me as I held her thighs. "I think you'll love it." I laughed. I was going to keep this a secret until the very last minute.

"Where are we going?" She questioned.

"I am not telling you." I smiled. "Go get changed, we have dinner in a half hour." We were going over to her parents house today to tell them the good news about her finally being done with high school. She headed up the stairs while I said bye to the guys. I knew that Savannah had told Jacob her great news but she had been keeping it a secret from Bella. "You know as soon as you say that you have news, they're going to think you're pregnant."

"Well it's a good thing I'm not." She answered as she slipped on a pair of shoes. "Speaking of being pregnant. When do you think we should start trying for kids?" She asked. I hadn't thought about it. I just figured it would be something we could discuss once we were married. Of course I wanted kids but I was in no rush to have them. I enjoyed it just being her that I needed to watch out for.

"I'm not sure. Let's wait until we're married." I commented resting my hands on her lower back and pulling her into me. "I want to spend some time with just us before adding a whole soccer team into our house." She giggled a little standing on her tip toes to kiss me.

"I only want like four kids."

"We'll see." I commented kissing the top of her head. "We should get going." I commented holding her hand. "I love you."

"I love you."

*SAVANNAH P.O.V*

As we were halfway through dinner, I cleared my throat.

"I have something to tell you." Moms eyes widened as I said the words which made dad laugh. "I'm not pregnant." I knew that for the rest of my teen years and well into my twenties everyone was going to think I was always pregnant. "I finished school." I smiled.

"Oh! Honey that's wonderful."

"And Esme sent my transcript over to La Push high so that I can graduate with my class." I knew how much it meant to my parents to be able to walk across that stage and be handed a diploma.

"I'm so proud of you." She smiled getting up to wrap her arms around me and kiss my head.

"Alice will be in contact about a party." I answered. Finn's cry rang out from where he was laying in the swing. "I'll get him." I smiled getting up and going over to the swing. "No crying." I cooed at him and I lifted him and rested him on my hip. "You're getting big." I tickled his belly making him giggle and bite into my shoulder. "Dude." I laughed moving his mouth off of me. "He nearly took a chunk out of my shoulder."

"He's teething." Mom commented. "He has not stopped crying all day." I could tell that she was exhausted. On top of having to take care of three young kids, she was also dealing with Ryder who was skipping out on classes and running around the woods. Mom said he would often sneak out and that grandpa Charlie has brought him home drunk multiple times in the last few weeks. I thought dad would have taken his head off his body.

"Do you want us to take them for a night?" I asked. "If you're okay with that Seth."

"Of course."

"You guys don't have to do that." Mom rushed.

"Mom, it's not a problem. I can take the kids for a night." We finally got a bed for the guest bedroom that Ashton and Peyton could sleep in and Finn could sleep in our room. "You look exhausted." I commented sitting back down on the table with Finn. He was able to sit up on his own but I held his chest so he wouldn't smash his face into the table.

"Well I would appreciate it." She sighed. "That way I only have to deal with one child tonight."

"Where even is he?" I asked giving Finn a small piece of chicken that he could chew with his front teeth.

"Sav, he can't eat chicken." Mom fished it out with her finger. "And he's out. He refuses to tell us where he's going anymore." Finn whined before mom handed me a jar of food. I scooped small bites into his mouth. He slammed his small fists on the counter making dad look up at him from his plate.

"No." Dad scolded him.

"Jake, he doesn't understand." Mom commented.

"Yes he does." Dad shifted his eyes from him to mom and then back to him. Finn slowly brought his hands off the table and rested them on his lap while I finished feeding him.

"Daddy's a meany huh?" I asked wiping his face making him giggle.

"I am not mean. I will not let my children act like animals. No matter the age."

"You did a great job with Ryder." Mom commented starting to pile the dishes at the table.

"Yeah well, he's an actual animal." Mom slapped the back of his head.

"He's a shapeshifter. There is a huge difference. He's a teenage boy. Don't you remember acting like that at his age? Cause I remember."

"Yes I remember." Ryder had only been able to phase for a few months now. From what I understand the transformation isn't easy. Your body goes through some major changes and there is no longer any privacy. I don't blame Ryder for rebelling a little. I think I would have too. "That's why I'm not giving him a hard time. It's difficult enough."

"I would still like him to come home." Mom said.

"I know, honey." Dad commented. It didn't matter to my parents that he wasn't acting like himself. He was still their son and no matter what they were going to be there for him.

"Speak of the devil." Seth commented as Ryder came in the back door covered in dirt and a little bit of dried blood.

"What happened?" I asked standing up.

"You're going think I'm stupid." He mumbled. I started picked leaves and other things out of his hair. "I was cliff jumping with the guys and I tripped over a tree root and I hit the rocks on the way down. I think I broke something in my back." He said turning around.

"Ryder, jesus." Dad commented coming over to us.

"I mean I'm sure it's healed." He shrugged.

"That doesn't matter." Dad ran his hands over his back. He hissed when dad got to his lower rib. "There can be pieces of bone just floating around. We should go see Carlisle."

"I don't want to go see the Cullen's." Ryder barked.

"Well do you want something to eat?" Mom asked getting an ice pack for his back.

"Sure." He commented sitting down at the table.

"I hope someone else was with you and they didn't just leave you there." Dad said.

"Brady and Collin were both there." He helped himself to the chicken and mashed potatoes. "I passed out and they had to pull me out of the water." I thought mom was going to have a heart attack.

"Please be more careful." She kissed his head.

"Where have you been man?" Ryder asked Seth. "Banging my sister?" He smirked. I instantly blushed as mom shrieked.

"Ryder! For the love of god." Mom commented.

"Mom, relax. We're all getting laid. It's fine."

"Ryder, not in front of Ash and Pey." Dad said. Mom let them leave the table and they ran off to play.

"I don't want to talk about my sex life with dad. Thank's though." I commented sitting next to Seth. It was nice getting to spend time with family. Recently it seemed like life was crazy. Never slowing down. I was so busy with school, work and planning a wedding that I sometimes forgot that my family was also going through things and they needed support.

Becoming an imprint wasn't easy. My entire life revolved around Seth and his happiness. I often had trouble trying to balance my family and Seth. Of course they understood that we had an unbreakable bond but that didn't mean that I could just throw them to the side.

"We should get going soon." Seth commented. Mom was upstairs packing bags for the kids and quickly came down and handed them to me.

"Will you give them baths?" Mom asked.

"Sure." I answered standing up and getting Finn into his seat. Peyton and Ashton were waiting by the front door.

"Thank you." Mom hugged me.

"Call me tomorrow. I'll bring them back after lunch." I smiled. Mom said bye to all of them before we headed out to the car. I got all of them strapped in before Seth drove us home.

"This should be fun." He said.

"She needed a break." I commented. "I'll take care of them." I answered. Wouldn't be the first time he left me alone to take care of them when my parents needed a break.

"I will help. But I'm not changing any diapers."

"I will change the diapers." I rolled my eyes. When we pulled up to the house the sun was just starting to set. I quickly got the kids inside and made sure the front door was locked. "Who wants to take a bath first?" I asked holding Finn on my hip. When neither Peyton or Ashton said anything I carried Finn upstairs and started filling the bath tub up. I held him in my arms while I grabbed his bath stuff out of his bag. I felt the water before stripping him and setting him in the tub. I leaned over the tub in order to catch him if he suddenly tipped over. I washed his hair and his body while he played. He shrieked when I poured water over his head to get the soap off.

Seth came in with a towel not long after I started draining the water. I dried Finn off and got him into a new diaper. Once he was fully dried I rubbed some sleep lotion on him.

"Can you watch him while I bathe Ashton and Peyton?" I asked. It was coming up on 8 and I knew that if I didn't hurry up that bedtime was going to be late. I went downstairs and got Peyton first who wanted to shower instead of having a bath. I sat on the toilet while I waited for her to be done. Then I did the same with Ashton. I helped them both get comfortable in bed with a show on the ipad. I laid with them for a while as they fell asleep. I shut the lamp off before heading to our room where Seth was laid on his side, fast asleep with Finn tucked into his side also asleep.

I smiled, taking a picture before going to shower and getting into bed with them. I kissed them both on the head before sinking onto my side and scrolling on my phone.

I would be going to look at wedding dresses in three weeks and had no idea what type of dress I wanted so I was scrolling through pinterest seeing what type of dress I would want. It was going to be difficult to decide but I was excited.

Just as I was about to close my eyes and fall asleep, Finn cried. I heard Seth groan and then an "ow."

"Did he bite you?" I mumbled as his cries got louder.

"Yeah." I sat up and quickly picked him up resting him in my arms. "It's okay." I rocked him holding a pacifier in his mouth as I rocked. "I got you." I moved him so he was against my chest so I could rub his back. Poor guy was so warm and I'm sure his teeth were hurting.

I rocked him for another hour before he finally fell asleep. I laid down with him still pressed to my chest and looked at Seth who was looking at me.

"I can't wait to see you do that with our own baby." I smiled at his words. "You are going to be a wonderful mother." He pulled me into him by my hip and kissed me. It felt nice holding a baby against my chest and having Seth pressed to my side. I could live out the rest of my life like this.