EPOV

When I made the call and gave Bella a chance, I was worried that I was going to make a mistake because one, she was Jasper's cousin, and I didn't want it to cause a rift if it didn't work out.

When she came into my home the first day, she went straight to Sam and talked to her. And they talked for a good hour about all kinds of things. Then she took Sam into the kitchen and had her help cook lunch.

Bella never lost patience as Sam helped her with every step of making lunch. Bella served lunch and finally addressed me with a smile and asked what exactly I needed.

It has been a month since then, and I have never seen my little girl so happy. She takes Sam on day trips and does fun craft activities. And not once has she tried to hit on me.

It bugs me more than it should. I want Bella to flirt with me. I want to flirt with her. It's so wrong how many mornings I woke up with a hard-on because of the brown eyed beauty that has invaded my life.

"Edward, could you get the onion out of the fridge please." Bella's sweet voice breaks me out of my thoughts.

She has taken up cooking for all of us at the station once a week. And the guys love it more than they should. Seth in particular bugs the shit out of me.

"Sure Bella," I get up, handing her what she needed. A blush spreads across her cheeks.

"Thank you."

I sit back down watching her dance around our kitchen. Much to my irritation, I am not the only one anymore.

Seth, Mike, and Ryan have joined us. Seth is leaning against the counter near her flirting shamelessly.

Jasper sits next to me growling, "Such fucking tools."

I grunt agreeing. "Why don't you say something, she's your family."

He sides eyes me, "I am not getting on her bad side."

I continue to watch Seth flirt more. Bella doesn't seem to care for his attention- she has kept moving further away from him every time he goes to touch her. She moves quickly.

Unable to hold in my jealousy anymore I stand up and walk over putting my hand on her hip and my chin on her shoulder.

"What you making us, beautiful?" I whisper in her ear.

She closes her eyes, and I watch that gorgeous blush flood her face and neck, "Just Texas chili, nothing fancy." she murmurs, falling into my chest just enough to have my chest flush against her back.

Realizing that I may have taken this too far, but she did lean back into me, I push a little further. I kiss her cheek. "It smells good. I can't wait to eat it."

Her voice comes out squeaky, "It will be finished in a bit."

I remove myself from her and go back to the table smirking at Seth as he glares at me. That's right, asshole.

But reality hits me with what I just did when my eyes land on Jasper and his eyes narrow on me.

I clear my throat and slump down in my seat avoiding his glare.

"Is there something going on between you and my cousin?"

"No, I just couldn't let Seth keep harassing her. You could see how uncomfortable she was with it." I quickly come up with an excuse that's mostly true.

Jaspers huffs, but the alarm sounds overhead. As we rush out of the kitchen to get our gear my eye catches Bella's.

She lips "Be careful."

My shift ends and I get home to Bella browsing through Netflix and Sam is nowhere in sight.

"Where is my princess?" I ask flopping down next to her.

She squirms as her face turns red, "You mom declared that she needed her granddaughter for a girls evening. Your dad is at a conference I guess."

We are alone. You can feel the tension thickening between us.

Moving closer to her unable to help myself, "Oh, so what plans do you have?" my fingers brush loose strands of her hair and tuck it behind her ear.

"Just watch a movie or something."

I stretch my arm out behind her, "Mind if I join you?"

She smiles "That would be nice."

I don't think we watched a movie. We start talking instead.

I told her about Sam's mother and the conversation I had with Sam about her , how it breaks my heart that I haven't given her a mom.

Bella talks about her missing two years. Her biggest regret is not contacting Jasper and Charlie, but she doesn't regret the traveling. She enjoyed seeing what she saw and the experiences she had.

She also feels weird that she doesn't miss Jake, Bella thought she was in love with him but not once has she thought about him or what he's doing. All she thinks about now is Sam and what new things she can do with her.

We talk about my daughter as if she is both of ours and it doesn't bother me. It makes my heart feel full. I tell her all about her first steps and how hard it was to potty train her. I vent about her best friend being a boy.

Bella laughs telling me how I should have him over when I am home and see how they play. To see how he is the perfect little gentleman, playing only what my princess wants to play.

Eventually, we fall asleep cuddled together with her hand in my hair and my face on her stomach.

I felt so comfortable, and I snuggle more into Bella when I heard my daughter's voice.

"Nana, does this mean Bella is going to be my mommy."