Epilogue

BELLA'S POV

"He really likes it when you hum the lullaby Edward wrote for me." I patted Charlie's butt as I held him on my hip.

"Alright." Esme smiled.

"He really likes his plastic rings too. He usually bites at them, and it's not that big of a deal…so if he does, just let him."

"Alright."

"Oh, and if you want to read to him," I pointed over to the bookcase with my free hand, "I always read him Rain Dance by Kathi Appelt…and I try to do different voices for each page."

"Alright."

Edward came up behind me.

"Bella, I think Esme can handle it."

I bit my lip.

"I know…I just-"

"I understand sweetheart," Esme touched my cheek, "you're nervous."

I half smiled.

"He'll be the only thing on my mind."

"Ahem." Edward tapped my shoulder.

"Besides Edward." I rolled my eyes.

"Well we should get going so we aren't late."

"Oh."

I looked down at Charlie.

"I love you so much sweetie, be a good boy." I kissed his head at least 20 times before I handed him over to Esme.

"Don't worry; I'll take good care of him." Esme smiled.

"Bye kiddo." Edward kissed Edward's cheek, and patted his shoulder.

"Have a good first day!"

Edward and I walked hand in hand out to the car.

When we got in, I watched Esme holding Charlie on the porch. I kept watching until I couldn't see them anymore.

"He'll be fine my love." Edward leaned over and touched my shoulder.

"I know."

"Let's just try to have a good day. I signed up to be in every single one of your classes, and the same last name will hopefully get us sitting next to each other."

"Okay." I gripped his hand a little tighter as we pulled in.

"Are you ready?" Edward kissed my cheek.

"Yeah." I looked into his topaz eyes, and smiled.

I love you.

I love you too.

Our lips touched briefly before we got out of the car.

The school wasn't too big, and it was one building. There were students scattered all over the place.

I had chosen to wear a pair of jeans and a blouse, just so I wouldn't look too overdressed but too underdressed.

Whoa…must be the new girl.

She's pretty hot. But who is that guy?

That guy is gorgeous.

Wow, what a hottie.

Edward searched for whoever had said those things about me, but I tugged his hand.

"Relax, it's our first day."

"And the guys are already after you."

"The girls are after you too."

"I don't care…it's those guys." Edward snarled as a guy looked me up and down.

We walked inside, and headed in the direction of our homeroom.

EDWARD'S POV

I wished Bella hadn't chosen to wear a fire engine red blouse. It looked insanely beautiful on her, and the guys took notice. If they knew she was married and had once carried my baby, they would back off.

Come to papa.

Oh baby, come this way.

I tried to ignore them, and followed Bella into the room. Bella and I picked seats right next to each other, at the front of the room.

"Hey, you two must be new here." A girl said, coming to stand in front of us.

He's so cute.

"Yes we are. My name is Bella Cullen, and this is Edward Cullen." Bella smiled.

"So you two are brother and sister?"

What a relief!

"Actually, it's a long story, but we're adopted and we're dating."

She wrinkled her nose.

"Weird."

Crap…he's taken.

The rest of homeroom was good, except for a few more guys.

"How do you think Charlie is?" Bella asked low enough so that I was the only one who heard her.

"He's fine, my love." I took her hand.

Come on Charlie, let's go read.

"I hope he's not missing us too much."

I smiled at her.

From homeroom, we went to our other classes. Alice had two classes with us, while we had one class with Jasper, and three with Emmett. But we all had the same lunch period.

"Can we go?" Bella asked, pulling on my hand.

"Yeah," I started leading her outside, "let's go."

We raced home, and found Esme carrying Charlie around.

"Hey guys, I think he misses his mommy and daddy." Esme handed Charlie over to Bella.

"I missed you sweetie." She stroked her cheek against his head.

"I missed you too kiddo. How is he?" I touched Charlie's head, and looked over at Esme.

"He's been great. I read him his story, and we played with some toys."

"Are you having fun?" Bella smiled, and laid Charlie on the couch.

She lifted his shirt and made farting noises against his stomach. He laughed.

"I'm going to go grab something." Bella stood, and went upstairs.

"How's she doing?" Esme asked as I picked Charlie up.

"She misses Charlie, so do I." I kissed the top of Charlie's head.

"How are the boys?" Esme's eyebrows rose.

"I want to beat them all up."

Bella came down the stairs, carrying a book.

"We better be going." She frowned.

"Alright."

Bella kissed Charlie, and then headed outside. I handed Charlie back to Esme.

Back at school, everyone was still at lunch.

"Let's just hang out, out here." Bella pulled me against her.

I kissed her, pressing her harder against the wall.

Edward, come here for a second.

"You better go." Bella bit her lip.

"Alright, be right back."

I went inside the lunchroom, and headed over to Alice.

"Yeah?"

"A whole bunch of the guys are planning on sneaking into the girls locker room to catch a peek at Bella." Alice said.

I gritted my teeth.

"They won't."

I headed back to where Bella was.

"What was that all about?" She asked, pulling me closer.

"Nothing."

When it came time for gym class, I changed faster then I ever had, and waited for the boys to show up.

"Shh, we have to be quiet." I heard a guy say.

"She looks so hot man."

"I know, she's the hottest girl I've ever seen."

"I want to get into her pants so bad."

I snarled, and came around the corner.

They turned, just as I lunged at them.

I took them all, and flung them up against the wall at once.

"What the hell!"

"If you ever dare to look at my wi-girlfriend…I will beat the shit out of all of you. So don't ever try and look at her."

"Chill man."

I let them go, and they ran off.

I saw that all the girls were watching me. Bella was at the front, smiling.

She walked up to me, pressing her lips against mine.

"Cullen! Cullen!" The coach blew his whistle.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Both of you, go to the dean's. No PDA around here."

So Bella and I walked hand in hand to the dean's office…after making a pit stop to the car.

Somehow I knew, as the day ended, that Bella and I would be alright.

When school let out, we went home to join our son, where we became the family we were.