Everyone left for Catalina yesterday. Edward and I spent today getting stuff worked out with the community college for next school year. With the way our schedules worked out, the way we originally planned it didn't happen. It was originally planned that Rose and Emmett would stay home for the first two classes of the day and then Edward and I would stay home the last two classes.
Well, after talking to the high school, they understood our situation and saw our excellent school records, they let us each have three periods off, considering the courses we were taking were 3 credit classes and we would be taking care of a baby.
Now the plan was Rose and I would be home for the first three periods and Emmett and Edward the last three. So each pair only had one period alone.
I'm sure Alice will be skeptical about leaving the baby alone with just Edward and Emmett but I'm confident they will do fine. Alice was planning on picking her son's name over vacation. I cannot wait to find out what it is.
Anyways, everything for next school year was worked out. We had signed up and paid for everyone's classes.
Edward and I were exhausted after our day spent getting ready for vacation and school. We were currently on our way to Seattle where we would stay the night and then catch an early flight to LA tomorrow morning.
I was currently driving and Edward was sitting in the passenger seat holding and playing with my fingers on my right hand. "You excited about vacation?" he asked and gave a light kiss on my knuckles. "Mhmm," I hummed and nodded my head. We were almost to the hotel we were staying in which was attached to the airport.
"It will be nice to spend a long time relaxing knowing that our nephew will be here soon after," I explained. I found a spot in long term parking, where the car would stay until we flew back at the end of June with Emmett and Rose. Since Alice would be so pregnant then, her and Jasper, as well as Esme and Carlisle were making the long drive from Los Angeles. It would take them 20 hours of driving.
Edward and I made the trek from the parking lot to the hotel, pulling our luggage and holding hands. We checked in, set our alarms and went right to sleep.
Waking up at 5:30 AM for a 7:30 AM flight is not fun. We tiredly took a shower and left the hotel room. We grabbed bagels from the free breakfast area and moved on to the airport. By 7:00 we were at our gate waiting to board any minute.
Edward had left to go grab a bottle of water for each of us. I was sitting in the chair near the gate when this guy came and sat down next to me. "You looked lonely over here…" he said and moved his hand onto my knee.
I shook my head frantically. "No," I squeaked and removed his hand. "You here with your sister or a friend or something," he said placing his hand on my leg again, this time higher. "I'm with my…husband," I tried to lie smoothly. I looked up towards the direction that Edward went.
"See, right there. This is Edward, my husband," I said making hard eye contact with Edward telling him to play along. Edward stuck out his hand for handshake, while he glared at this guy. I saw the man look at Edward's left hand where no wedding ring sat, proving my lie.
I stood up quickly and pulled Edward towards me, making him bend down. "Make him go away," I pleaded. Without any warning Edward's mouth attacked mine. I think we went on kissing for a few minutes and I almost forgot about the guy altogether. When we pulled apart I turned back towards the chair and saw he was gone. I turned back to Edward. "Thank you," I whispered as I gave him a peck on the jaw.
Edward sat down and pulled me onto his lap and we sat in an embrace for a few minutes. I buried my face in the crook of his neck and almost fell asleep. I was so tired.
We soon boarded the airplane and made it to Los Angeles with no troubles. We landed in LA around 11:00 and took a cab to where the ferry would take us to Catalina. We were on the ferry by noon and on our way to Catalina. The smell of the saltwater made me wonder why we didn't go to La Push for the beach more often. Last summer we went maybe twice. Edward and I stood on the side of boat taking in the feel of the warm breeze. He was standing directly behind me with his arms wrapped around my waist, resting his head on my left shoulder.
I turned my head to whisper in his ear. "I love you." He kissed the side of my neck. "I love you more." I just rolled my eyes and smiled. "It's true," he insisted. I let out a small chuckle. He captured my lips with his and gave me a slow loving kiss.
We reached the island around 1:00 and were starving. We quickly picked up the golf cart the Cullen's left for us and went off in search for the house. The part of the island with houses is small so it was fairly easy. We quickly parked the golf cart, grabbed our luggage and headed towards the front door.
We opened the door and walked inside this amazing house the Cullen's had rented for an entire month.
"Hello?" I called out. Alice came around the corner. She looked adorable. She had a tank top on but it was rolled up above her belly, just below her bra. She had boys mesh shorts on, probably Jasper's and no shoes. Her hair was up in a messy but. And she was holding a carton of ice cream with the spoon sticking out of her mouth.
I just smiled and giggled at her appearance. "What?" She asked with a smile on her face. "You know how people talk about 'barefoot and pregnant?" She nodded. "You're like an exact representation of that." She joined me with the giggling. Then she took us around the house. She showed us our bedroom first, where we dropped off our luggage. Then she showed us the main living area and lastly took us out to the pool where everyone else was having fun.
Emmett, Jasper and Rose were splashing each other in the pool while Esme and Carlisle laid in the lounge chairs, each reading a book.
"There you two are," Esme exclaimed. Everyone in the pool turned to look at us and let out various cheers of happiness. We quickly ran upstairs and changed into swimsuits. We came back downstairs and joined everyone at the pool.
"Ready for the best summer vacation ever," Edward asked me. I nodded just as he grabbed me and jumped, bringing both of us into the pool.
And it would be. The best summer vacation ever. Being with family and friends constantly will guarantee me that.
