The rest of our time on Catalina went by much faster than any of us wanted. Edward, Emmett, Rose and I were currently getting dropped off at the airport. Everyone else was making the very long drive back to Forks because Alice wasn't allowed to fly since baby Jacob was due in a few weeks. "Be safe. Make sure you call us when you land," Carlisle told me as we pulled out of an embrace. "We will, you all drive safe too," I told them.
Once everyone was done exchanging hugs Edward grabbed my hand and led us inside the airport to check in and drop off our luggage. We finished that and got through security quickly and had a lot of extra time until we had to board our flight.
As we were walking to our gate Edward moved to wrap his arm around my shoulders so in return I wrapped my arm around his lower back. He pulled me close for a second to kiss my hair. "After what happened last time I'm not leaving you alone." I laughed at his ridiculousness.
"What happened last time?" I heard Rose ask from behind us.
"Some guy was flirting with me," I said over my shoulder. "Fucker," Emmett muttered to which Edward nodded his head and hummed out a 'Mhmm'.
As we walked down the large hallways filled with stores and places to grab a bite I noticed girls swooning or pointed over towards us when we walked by them. I guess it is to be expected when I'm walking with two male gods.
"I can tell what you're thinking. But what you aren't noticing is the guys looking our way too," he whispered in my ear. "Yeah they're looking at Rosalie," I said quietly and leaned my head on his arm. I looked up and saw him roll his eyes.
We finally got to our gate after a few more minutes of walking.
Edward, Rose and I were sitting in the chairs right near our gate. Emmett was off somewhere because he gets restless very easily. Rose was making me look at a bridal magazine she bought. She mainly wanted to look at dressed even though I reminded her I already had one.
"Sir, can you please put that down," we heard someone say sternly. It wasn't too far away but it wasn't in sight. Just after we heard that we heard Emmett's loud, boisterous laugh. Rose quickly pushed the magazine onto my lap, stood up and started walking towards where the commotion was coming from. But not before letting out an angry "Emmett Cullen!"
Edward grabbed the magazine and started flipping through the pages of dresses.
"So what does your dress look like?" He smiled slightly. "Yeah right I'm not telling you."
Rose came back pulling Emmett by his ear. "Sit down," she hissed and he sat down next to me and hung his head in shame. "I'm going to the restroom," Rose said. I stood up taking that as my cue. She turned to Edward and pointed at Emmett. "Watch him." Edward gulped and nodded his head.
We returned just as they called our section to be seated on the plane. We got in line and were seated 15 minutes later. I leaned on Edward wanting to sleep through the ride. I heard Edward ask the stewardess for a blanket and pillow.
"Yes sir. I will be back with that momentarily," she practically purred. I felt Edward tense and say "Would you please keep your hands to yourself."
A few minutes later I heard a new stewardess come. "Here you go sir," she said politely.
I fell asleep after take-off and woke up just before the plane landed. In my grogginess I didn't talk until we were off the plane and Emmett decided to joke with me. "That was some nice snoring on the plane Bells." I looked up at Edward scared. He just shook his head. "Emmett, seriously?" I said pretty nastily. He just laughed at my reaction.
We walked to the luggage carousels and waited for a few minutes. Once all of us had our luggage Edward grabbed my hand and we followed Emmett and Rose out. We told them where in long-term parking we parked the car.
Once we found it we loaded the luggage, paid the parking and started the 3 hour drive back to Forks with Emmett driving. He was fairly calm which was nice. Emmett and Rose had their linked hands resting on the console in between the 2 seats. It was Edward's turn to fall asleep with his head leaning against the window. Rose called Carlisle to tell them we had landed safely and were just about to drive back to Forks.
I rested my hand on his thigh and turned to look out my window enjoying the green of Washington State. A month was a long time to be away and I had kind of missed this. I however did not miss that constant rain that came with the incredible green surroundings.
When we pulled into the Cullen's driveway I unbuckled my seat belt and got onto my knees. I leaned over and started placing light kisses onto Edward's face. I knew when he woke up because a beautiful smile graced his face. He pulled me onto his lap, opened the car door and held me as he got out. He set me down so I could grab my luggage. Rose and I separated from the boys to go take our stuff into our house.
"We need to go grocery shopping ASAP. We should buy stuff for the boys' house. Esme would definitely appreciate it." Rose thought aloud.
When you know you're going to be gone an entire month you have to empty out your fridge and cabinets of basically everything except for stuff that lasts.
"Yeah. Edward, you and I should go and let Emmett sleep. He's the only one that hasn't yet."
Rose, like Edward, fell asleep in the car. We dropped our stuff off in our rooms and locked up the house once again. We made the short walk to the Cullen's house and walked in.
"Edward?" I called out loud enough for him to hear me from basically anywhere in the house.
He came out of the bedroom and leaned against the banister. "Yes?" he said and smiled at me. "Rose, you and I are going shopping. We're going to let Emmett sleep," I told him the plan. He nodded and went to push off the banister. "Wait, where's Em?" Rose asked him before he could go back in his room.
"He's in his room probably ahead on your plan," he laughed. Rose turned to me telling me she was going to say bye to him. Edward headed back in him room probably to put his shoes back on and grab his wallet. I walked into the kitchen to wait for both of them to come back downstairs.
I noticed some mail from before we left sitting on the island which reminded me that we needed to go to the post office where they had been holding all of our mail from the last month. Edward came downstairs first and found me in the kitchen. He gave me a quick kiss and I told him we needed to go to the post office.
Rose came down a few minutes later. Edward grabbed his keys from the table in the foyer and we all headed to the car. We stopped at the post office first and picked up the ton of mail that was waiting for us. Most of it was Carlisle and Esme's. We made sure to separate what was meant for the Cullen house and the Swan house.
To finish out our day we headed to the grocery store which we knew would take several hours. We grabbed two carts, one for each house. We took our time and went through every aisle wanted to restock the fridge and cabinets for Esme and ourselves.
Rose and Edward were currently fighting over which type of milk to get. I was just leaning against one of the carts just watching. I could tell Edward was only fighting back to make her mad and it was definitely working.
"No we always have 2% milk at my house," Edward insisted. I could see him trying to resist smiling. Rose probably didn't notice in her frustration.
"Stop Edward I know what I'm talking about," she said grabbing the 1% milk.
"It's my house I think I know what type of milk we get."
"I'm there just as much as you. It's my second home. I know what Esme buys. I've bought milk for her before." She insisted, putting 2 gallons in the Cullen cart and one in the Swan cart. Edward finally let out a laugh he had been holding back.
She turned around quickly and glared at him. "You knew?" she asked. He nodded with a huge smile on his face. "Ugh!" she groaned loudly in annoyance and gave him a punch in the arm.
I intervened at this time. "Okay okay. Edward, go get some fresh vegetables and fruits while Rose and I get eggs and cheese and stuff." I said as I pushed him away from us not wanting him to get punched again.
Edward took one of the carts and went in the opposite direction we were headed.
I was grabbing several dozen eggs as Rosalie was getting 2 of many kinds of cheese. As I was putting the eggs in the cart I heard Mike Newton.
"Hey Bella. Long time no see," he said and smiled. "Hi Mike. Yeah I was in California for the past month with the Cullen's."
He made a face at the mention of the Cullen's. "So you're still with him?" He asked.
I just stared at him rather dumbfounded. "Yeah Mike. We're still together." Rose came over then and dropped the things in her arms into the cart.
"Oh hey Mike," she said dryly. "Hey slut."
Rose snapped her eyes up to Mike and she gave him a death glare. My initial reaction was just to say "Whoa" slowly and angrily which is pointless. However as Rose and I reacted to Mike I also heard Edward behind me.
"What did you just say to her?" he asked with venom in her voice. Mike looked at Edward with a fearful expression. "Uh…um nothing. I didn't say anything." He muttered out quickly.
"Get the fuck away from us!" Edward yelled. Mike scampered away. Edward yelled after him. "Learn to respect women!"
"Thank you Edward," Rose said and wrapped an arm around him. "No problem Rose," he said and returned her one armed hug.
We finished shopping quickly after that, went home, unpacked all of the groceries into both of the houses and passed out in the Cullen's. I was definitely glad to be home but being home also meant we would have a baby joining our family very soon.
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