Chapter 11
"Okay Rachel. I'm checking out. I've got to go… have a god vacation!" I yelled while walking out of my classroom.
"You to Bella! Enjoy the holidays!" she yelled back. God. Rachel Black was one of the most helpful people I have ever met in my entire life. I don't think that I would be able to run my classroom without her, all the La Push kids and the forks kids in the same room… ugh. You'd think that the La Push kids were raised by a pack of wolves. I drove up the path to my house and was surprised when I saw five other cars in my driveway. Of course I recognized the cars… Emmett's Jeep, Alice's Porsche, Carlisle and Esme's Mercedes, Rosalie's BMW and my parent's cruiser.
"Hello?" I asked when I walked through the front door which was surprisingly unlocked.
"In here Bella!" my mother sang from the living room.
"What are you all doing here?" I asked looking around the room. Everyone was here lounging on my furniture watching TV.
"Just thought we'd drop in. Come see you after work." Emmett said slyly.
"Since when have you… oh my GOD!!! What did you guys do?" I exclaimed finally noticing the large Christmas tree in my living room. It was covered in lights and Christmas ornaments. In the middle was a framed picture of Edward in his uniform.
"Oh… my…. Who… you all… thank you!" I cried tears falling like waterfalls down my face. They all rushed to give me a hug.
"Bella… don't cry. Please. Enjoy the holidays. Tomorrow's Christmas and you needed to have a tree. What fun is Christmas without a tree?" Alice giggled. I laughed along understanding.
"Thank you guys sooo much." I whispered pulling them all close. This was my family and they were the one's who would be there forever. I could count on them and I knew it.
BPOV
December 25. Christmas. Edward has been gone for 6th months. A few weeks ago I recieved another letter from Jacob telling us great news. Edward was stable and aware of his surroundings. I couldn't of been happier when I recieved that letter. Just knowing that my husband was safe and out of harms way for the moment took so much unwanted weight off my shoulders that I felt as if I was walking on a cloud.
"MERRY CHIRSTMAS!!!!" I sang as I walked through Emmett and Rosalie's front door. I was greeted by a chorus of hellos from my family (both sides) and Rosalie's family. There were little kids running around the house with their new toys from Santa screaming to each other that their truck was going to eat the barbie doll that their sister was holding. I spotted Esme and Carlise sitting on the living room couch and went to sit with my inlaws,
"Bella! You're here! We were waiting for you," Esme exclaimed.
"Oh, you didn't have to wait. I would have gotten here at one point or another..." I laughed.
"Darling, we can't celebrate Christmas without you! What's a Christmas without Bella?" Everyone around us that heard Esme's confession laughed along with us.
"Aunie Bewwa!!!!" Tyler screaming running towards me. He put both his hands on my stomach and laughed when one of the twins kicked. All the other kids soon were also standing around with a hand on my stomach waiting for another flutter of baby feet.
"hey squirts! My turn!" Emmett laughed. The kids all parted letting Emmett through. When they realized they weren't getting another turn they started a game of tag and took another run around the house.
"So... Bella. Come here." Emmett said practiccally dragging me onto the floor.
"Emmett? What in the world are you doing?" I giggled as he pushed me gently to the floor.
"giving you you're christmas present! What else?" I began protest until I felt strong hands kneading at the knots in my back.
"Is that good?"
"mmmmhmmmm" I murmured quietly.
"Hey! Emmett! You were supposed to wait for me before you started!" Jasper boomed. I looked up surprised when someone was slipping my shoes off and began rubbing the soles of my feet.
"Jesus Bells! How can you stand this? I feel like I'm rubbing a freaking brick wall here!" I laughed. Nobody knew that I didn't stand it. I dealt with the pain because I had nobody there to help me with it these past few months. While the fmaily was desperatly trying to help, they were really just adding more stress. Time passes and when I felt like they had done enough I had them stop.
"Thank you guys so much. For everything," I breathed giving both men a large hug and kiss on the cheek," "Now, the pregnant lady needs to get herself a drink!" I stated trying to get up.
"Um… a little help boys?" I muttered embarrassed. Emmett pulled me to my feet as Jasper slid me heels back onto my feet.
"Bye!" I whispered still humiliated that I couldn't stand up on my own anymore. The kitchen was empty when I walked in so I grabbed a glass out of the cabinet and walked over to the sink. The doorbell rang and I heard Rosalie's shoes clanking on the hardwood floors of their abode. I heard talking down the hallway and then heard Rosalie's almost silent gasp. Another unexpected friend must of arrived. I laughed. Everything was always such a big deal to Rose. I stared out the window and watched the falling snow hit the ground in the backyard. More people were coming to see who was at the door and I heard many people take in a deep breath and exhale with "oh my's" and "it can't be's". I walked through the kitchen to see who was at the door and stopped dead in my tracks. The man's hair was covering his face, but I knew his eyes were green. He didn't need to look at me for me to recognize the figure infront of my. The drinking glass slipped through my fingers shattering when it made contact with the hard kitchen floor tiles. Everyone looked at me standing in the doorway. The man looked up and smiled a crooked grin at me.
"Edward! I breathed still shocked. My mind finally full registered the fact that my husband was standing a few feet away from me.
"Edward!!!!" I said louder this time. I ran into him, his arms wrapping around my waist. I looked into his eyes and his lips crashed down onto mine. How I lasted these past 6 months without the love of my life I will never know. His lips and mine moved graciously. I put my arms on his chest, causing him to inhale sharply. I quickly pulled away, thinking I hurt him.
"Sorry…" he murmured in his velvet like voice. I thrw my arms around his neck again and just stood there, embracing the most important man in the world. His hand moved down to my stomach and began rubbing circles around it, causing the kids to kick wherever he touched. They knew their farther was home. Lets just hope he's here to stay.
A/N: Okay guys! There's chapter 11! Hope you enjoyed it and YAY!!! Edwards BACK! Haha. Anyways… thanks for all the reviews. Today I have written 3 chapters because you kept me going. Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!