Hello everyone. I am sorry about the long wait for this chapter. My computer crashed and it took forever to get it fixed.
Thank you for the reviews, follows, and favs. They really make my day. :-)
For anyone who lives in Texas, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Ya'll will make it through everything. Ya'll are Texas strong...
Now onto the story.
SM owns all things Twilight.
.
.
.
Bella:
I'm free. That is free from the hospital again. I swear I am not going back there until it's time to deliver the twins.
I have no idea why I left the safe room nor can I even remember leaving the room. I can't believe I put the twins in harm's way.
I hate when people make a fuss over me but I am totally grateful for it right now. I hate shopping so having Alice do it for me is a godsend. It's unbelievable that Edward's parents and brother went through the trouble of rearranging the house and having ramps installed for me, but again, I am completely grateful for it. Not that being carried around everywhere would be fun, but it would also be a complete pain in the ass.
As Edward predicted, Alice did show me all the magazines she has acquired for not just the nursery but for the rest of the house as well. She also told me to take my time and discuss everything with Edward before I made a decision which I would have done anyway.
Edward made a bid on the house and the seller agreed so we signed the paperwork and the house is ours.
The house is perfect for us. It's a two story house with four bedrooms with two and half baths, with a two car garage. There is also a full size basement and a shed. A nice size yard for the kids to play in. Edward has already spoken of having a swing set, sandbox, and a clubhouse for Luca and Aurora. Apparently the guys are going to build it all. We will see. It does sound fun to watch.
The one thing we both did agree to do before we moved in was to remodel the kitchen. It is too small right now. The dining room is bigger than the kitchen so we will knock part of the wall out and add an island which will separate the two rooms but still be able to see into them from either room. Plus we need more cabinet space.
One bedroom is on the first floor with the half bathroom next to it. That will be the office. We will have the master bedroom with the twins in the room closest to us. We decided they will share a room until they are older. So the third room will be a guest room until it is time to move one of the twins. Construction has been underway for a month now and they are doing a good job. Although, I am not allowed anywhere near the house until it's completed. Paint fumes and such.
Back to the task at hand. Alice is showing Rosalie and I dresses we could wear to our showers that will fit nicely and be comfortable, especially for me since I still need to be in the wheelchair. Our showers are tomorrow.
"I like this one. It seems it will have more room for my stomach." I said pointing to a light blue dress. It's a summer dress that will come down to my ankles.
Rose nodded her head. "I agree. Blue looks great on you. I'll take the light pink one."
"Great. So now, what to dress Leo in? He's growing so fast." Alice laughed as did we.
"I'm sure whatever you pick is cute. Just remember to hold on to his clothing and toys. I could use them." I laughed.
"Trust me. Those babies are going to be spoiled along with Sophie." Alice laughed.
"Everything ready for tomorrow?" I asked.
Alice nodded her head. "Yup. Between my mom, Renee, and I, everything is taken care of. The guys hung the decorations up the way I wanted them. Tables and chairs are set. I hope you guys don't mind that we are having both of your showers together. It just made sense with everything that has happened."
Rose and I started to protest at the same time, telling her that we understood and it wasn't a problem with us. It would probably be more fun that way.
I grabbed at my side. These babies are doing a number on my bladder. I let out a sigh.
"Are you okay?"
I nodded. "Yeah I'm good. They are taking turns punching my bladder. So now I have to pee but i guarantee it will just dribble." I laughed.
I was right. Alice helped me to the bathroom and rolled me back into the living room as the guys came home.
Edward made his way over to me. "Hey Angel. How's your day been?" He asked as he gave me a kiss.
"Oh you know, a fashion show always makes me happy." I laughed as I took a deep breath of Edward. "How's the house coming along?"
"Good. The kitchen is almost complete. Just need to paint it and add the appliances." He answered. "We are done for the day so I'm going to go shower. I'll be back." He said as he kissed me.
I sighed as he left.
"What's the matter?" asked Rose.
I shook my head to clear it. "I don't want to complain but I am going to anyway. He is driving me fucking crazy."
"What do you mean?" asked Rose.
I sighed. "Damn pregnancy hormones. He's turning me on without realizing that he's doing so."
They had the fucking nerve to laugh at me. Bitches.
"Thanks a lot" I muttered.
"Oh come on now Bella. We aren't laughing at you. We are laughing because Edward had almost this same conversation with the guys." Alice laughed.
"Seriously?"
"Yeah." They both answered.
"Huh." was the only response I could give because I had no idea he was feeling the same way.
The rest of the day and evening went pretty much the same way. I did get the pleasure of watching Alice order everyone around especially her biggest brother. Watching Emmett as big as he is crumble to Alice is pretty hysterical. I'm telling you, she is a force of nature all on her own but even I had to admit, the Cullen house looked amazing for the shower.
I fell asleep the moment my head hit the pillow but woke sometime later to Edward talking to my stomach. I just laid there and listened to him. The babies were kicking up a storm responding to his voice and he would gently rub along my stomach. He would rub the spot one of them would kick. I did have to admit, that shit was starting to hurt.
"A leanaí, caithfidh tú é a ghlacadh éasca ar do mham. Tá sí chomh beag bídeach agus tá tú beirt ag fás chomh mór agus chomh gasta. Is breá liom mo chuid imreoirí beaga sacair. " Edward whispered to my stomach and oh my god, instant turn on. I love when he speaks Irish. (Babies, you have to take it easy on your mom. She's so tiny and you two are growing so big and fast. I love you my little soccer players)
"Bellissimo, what are you whispering over there?" I asked.
Edward looked up at me and blushed. "What are you doing awake Angel?"
I smiled down at him. "The twins woke me with their constant moving. I could hear you talking to them."
He moved up and kissed me. "I was telling them to take it easy on you."
I smiled up at him. "I love you." I whispered as I kissed him.
Of course sex was off the table until the twins were born which I understood. Didn't mean I had to like it though. Edward pulled away too soon for my liking and wrapped me in his arms. Sleep took me over again.
.
.
.
To say I was surprised with the amount of gifts Rosalie and I received would be an understatement. The club and co-workers really outdid themselves along with Edward's side. I think my favorite gift that we received was from my aunts in Italy. They made plates to hang on the wall of the babies. One for each. It had their names on it along with their year of birth. Sophie got one as well. They also send hand made blankets. People thought ahead and got the twins newborn and preemie clothing. No guarantee that we would need them but it was a great idea to get them. Rose and I received so many onesies, receiving blankets, towels, books, toys, bottles, socks, blankets, and even a breast pump with storage bags. We even received a wipe warmer and bottle warmer. Jasper gave us cribs and our parents gave us strollers with car seats. We had stacks of boxes of diapers of different sizes and wipes.
I don't know how Alice and Angela were able to write everything down. Our mom and Renee made those stupid hats from the bows that we had to wear and pose for a picture. We made Edward and Emmett put them on as well. They even did ridiculous poses while wearing them. Weirdos I tell ya.
It was time for the cake finally. I have been craving that thing ever since I saw it this morning. It was a three tier vanilla cake. It was decorated with pink and blue icing. It had one fox and two ballerinas on it. It was adorable. We took turns posing with the cake and then did a group photo.
This shower is definitely one to remember.
Once the shower was over, we all meant up in the living room to sort through everything. Edward moved me to the couch so I was more comfortable to sort.
"I say we make a pile for Rose and I first. Then we can sort what we will need right away and what we will need along the road." I suggested.
"That's actually a good idea. I have some totes in the garage that I just got for today." Esme said. "Boys, would you mind getting them please?"
"Yes ma'am."
"I say leave all the preemie, newborn, and size one diapers out for me. The other sizes can be put in the closet for now. Alice would you mind putting some of the gift bags next to me so I can go through them.?" I asked.
"Sure thing." Alice brought over about ten bags.
I was having an emotional moment again. Looking at all the cute outfits that my babies got. I organize them by gender and size. I have sizes ranging from preemie to six-nine months. It was the same with onesies and socks. There was also some shoes in the mix. Hats and bows. To adorable.
"Wow Angel. You got a lot done." Edward said as he kissed the top of my head.
I looked around and realized that I sorted all those bags already. "I guess I did. Can you put these two piles in the tote. They won't need these for a few months."
It took us a few hours to get everything sorted. The guys loaded our stuff into the truck and decided they would take it to the new house and put it all in the garage for now since apparently that was done already.
I was asleep before Edward got back.
.
.
.
Edward:
"Fuck. Is mór an cac é seo. " I grunted out as Emmett and I moved the boxes for the cribs into the garage. (Fuck. This is a lot of shit.)
"Ta a fhios agam ceart. Ní fhaca mé fiú na rudaí go léir Rose agus fuair mé go fóill. " Emmett laughed back. (I know right. I haven't even seen all of the stuff Rose and I got yet)
"English assholes." Jasper shouted at us from the back of the truck.
We laughed. "Sorry Jazz. Habit. Watch your language or Alice will bite your head off if you teach Leo anymore bad words." Emmett yelled while still laughing.
"I'm not the one teaching him bad words. That would be you stronzo."Jasper laughed. "So you can take that up with Alice since she's the one he cursed at in Irish."
I put down my end of the box and laughed hard. "Seriously Em. What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"What? I didn't think he would actually do it." Emmett answered looking dumbfounded.
"Of course he would. He's still learning and you are like this real giant teddy bear to him. He's going to think it's okay." I said through laughing because Emmett really didn't see what he did was wrong.
"That's okay Ed. I'll get him back with Sophie. She will be cursing at him in Italian." Jasper said as he helped Leo down from the truck.
"Then you will have Rosalie to deal with." I laughed.
"Trust me, I can handle her."
"Good luck." Emmett and I mumbled.
Jasper walked up to us and asked, "Has Bella or Rose asked anything about their grandfather?"
I shook my head. "No. I'm not sure if she caught on yet. She's been occupied."
"Rose hasn't said anything either."
"I think Alice knows something but hasn't said anything."
"What's there to say? He's dead and buried." I shrugged.
"True true. Okay let's get the rest of the stuff in here.
We worked for another hour when Emmett's phone rang.
"Dia duit?" Emmett answered. He listened to the loud voice on the other end. "Shit for real? Yeah. I am on my way. Tell her I will meet her there." he hung up his phone. (Hello)
"Em. What's going on?" I asked.
"Rose's water just broke. She's in labor. What am I going to do?" He started freaking out. I have only seen Emmett act this way twice.
"Em man, calm down. Let's pack into the truck and get to the house." Jasper said.
We were walking back to the truck with Leo when Emmett yelled. "Fuck no. Not the house. We have to meet her at the hospital."
"Okay Em, then that is where we will go." I said calmly.
We all piled into the waiting room and waited and waited some more. I had my arm wrapped around Bella on one side of me and Leo's head on my lap. He was out cold. My dad and Charlie paced back and forth occasionally stopping to talk to one another. Our moms had their heads together whispering when Emmett finally came into the room.
"Well?" asked my mom as she stood up.
Emmett's smile couldn't have been bigger even if he tried. "We have a beautiful baby girl, weighing in at seven pounds three ounces. Twenty inches long."
We took turns hugging him and congratulating him. We waited for Rose to be moved to the mother baby ward and took turns going to see her.
It was mine and Bella's turn so I wheeled Bella into the room. Emmett handed Sophie to me and I sat next to Bella.
"Oh my god. Look at her. She's a mixture between you guys. I love you Sophie." Bella gushed out through tears. Sophie grabbed a hold of Bella's finger and wouldn't let go.
Once Bella held her and gave her back we left the room with promises to be back. Rose needed her rest now and they needed to bond as a family.
I decided to surprise Bella and took her to our house. It was actually done.
"What are we doing here? I thought it was still under construction?" asked Bella while I got her chair out of the car.
"Surprise!" I smiled at her.
She clapped. "Really?"
"Yes really. Ready to see it?" I asked.
"Yes yes. Let's go." She laughed.
I opened the garage door and rolled her inside. I explained that it would be easier to bring the wheelchair in through the garage since there was only one step into the house. I put a blindfold on her before I opened the door that led into the dining room.
"Really Edward? Is this necessary?" She huffed.
"Why yes, yes it is. I want you to have the full effect." I kissed the top of her head then slowly lifted her up the step and into the house. I pushed her into the archway of the kitchen and dining room and removed the blindfold. "Ta da."
She gasped as she turned her head each way. "Wow."
The dining room was a light midnight blue that we picked out with two huge windows overlooking the backyard.
"Now if I were to turn you around, you can see the kitchen which I have to say, worked out the way we wanted." I said as I turned the chair towards the kitchen.
"Oh my god. I love it. I love the backsplash. It goes perfectly with the light yellow paint. I love how you incorporated the extra cabinets. What's behind that door?" Bella asked.
I walked over to it and revealed a pantry that she loved. Going out of the kitchen doorway into the foyer which is where the office, half bath, front door and staircase is and right into the living room. We painted it a cream color and had added a bookcase into the wall. Two large windows faced the front of the house. I took her on a tour to the office and the bathroom.
Next came the tricky part. I couldn't get the wheelchair up the stairs so I lifted Bella from the chair and carried her upstairs.
"Babe, you can't carry me all the way up there and around the upstairs." Bella laughed.
I kissed her once we got to the top of the stairs. "Watch me." I laughed.
I showed her the spare room that really didn't need much work except for fresh paint. We did install a bookshelf into the wall. It overlooked the backyard. The nursery was in between the spare room and the master so I took her there next. She loved it. We had chosen a light green color and put a border up that has clouds on it. We also installed a bookshelf into the wall.
The bathroom upstairs was completely redone. Blue and white tiles in the shower and behind the sink while the rest of the walls were painted a really pale blue. Bella wanted to decorate it with lighthouses and sea life.
Our bedroom was completely remodeled as well. We made the closet bigger as well as added a bookshelf into the wall. We gave it fresh cream color paint.
The whole house had carpet. We were going to replace the carpet until we pulled it up and saw there were old fashion hardwood floors. We cleaned them and decided we would keep them and use throw rugs.
Bella had tears in her eyes. She was overcome by the amount of work we put into the house and how our dream home looked.
"Let me show you the backyard." I told her.
Back down stairs we went. I put her in her chair and rolled her out the sliding door that's in the dining room onto the deck that Emmett, Jasper, I built with the help of our dads and Sam. We even added a gate to the opening at the steps so the kids wouldn't fall off them.
Bella gasped again when she saw that both the twins had their own club houses. Well, Aurora had a doll house that was painted a light pink color. It even had shutters with a small porch. I put small flower beds on the railings so that Bella and Aurora could either plant flowers in them or put fake ones in. Luca's clubhouse was painted a blue color. Jasper also built them a sandbox while Emmett and Sam installed the swing set. I know they are too young right now but my mom gave us two baby swings to use for now which have already been put on.
"Edward. This is too much. I can't believe you all got this done so quickly."
I leaned down to her and said, "It helps that the club helped us. A lot of the guys are in construction so they came here in their free time and helped."
Bella was crying by now but it was of pure happiness, thankfully not sadness. "We have to do something special for them to say thank you."
"I couldn't agree with you more Angel."
"When can we move in?" She asked.
I thought for a minute before I spoke. "How about we wait till the babies are born before we move in fully. I think staying with my parents for now will be better since it's already set up for your chair. But we could order the furniture and such and get the house ready for when we are ready to move in. What do you think?" I asked.
"I think that's a great idea. Oh I actually can't wait to shop for the house. I mean, we have to get everything from the bathrooms all the way to the kitchen. I think this is going to be so much fun. I already know what I want." She smiled up at me. "I love you Bellissimo."
I smiled at her. "As I love you Angel." Then I kissed the shit out of her.
.
.
.
Hey everyone. I know there wasn't any action in this chapter but I hoped you enjoyed it anyway.
I hope everyone is staying safe. Until next time…