Chapter 4 (Bella Swan)
Few weeks later we got closer to Ella's fourth birthday and I wasn't going to throw her a huge party just a little outing. Alice called in few days ago and said she and Jasper would be flying to Washington to visit Jasper's parents the day before Ella's birthday. Rosalie was the only one who agreed to stay with Ella and me.
Edward called me more often now after that night and he spoke for hours ruining my routine as I didn't have it in me to hang up on him, though sometimes I would fall asleep listening to his smooth voice. There were two more days left until Ella's birthday and Rose was over excited about where we were going deciding even the design of the cake ignoring my denial.
Edward called me that night and shouted at me for not telling him it was Ella's birthday but I thought he was over reacting knowing Ella would have already told him about it. "Edward would you like to come over for Ella's birthday?" I asked trying to be polite.
"Sure Bella, why wouldn't I?" he said and I could hear sadness in his smooth voice.
"Okay then Edward, I'll see you around sometime" I said quickly noticing Ella stir.
"Um, Bella?" he asked softly.
"Yes Edward?"
"Uh…Be Safe"
I chuckled "Edward I've taken care of both of us for the past four years, I think I might be more of a pro by now, yeah?"
"Uh huh…Night"
"Night…" I muttered.
Next morning I ran into office to very angry Jasper and saw Alice trying to calm him down. "Calm down Jazzy it's alright." She said over and over again but all in vain.
"Hi Jazz" I said timidly and gripped my file tighter. I knew Jasper was mad at me for not getting the stories to him on time and when he was mad, he would take the whole office upon his head screaming and shouting out tantrums like a kid. "Hey Jazz I got all the stories. Done with re checks all errors cleared and… I have this new story which I bet is going to be a good hit" I handed him the files and saw the huge grin breaking out on his face. He walked over to me and gave me a tight hug.
"Thanks Belly, I was worried you know?"
"Yes Jazz, but now you have all the work so go on and print or throw or do whatever the fuck you need to and don't call me for the next three days to come" I said teasing him and smiled as he flipped through the pages filed and smiled in approval. I smiled and hugged Alice before wishing them both a happy and safe journey for tomorrow and ran out to my car.
I drove until I reached Ella's daycare yet again and spotted Edwards Volvo shining in the bright sun. I walked inside and smiled at what I saw. Ella sitting in her little chair with Edward hovering behind her, I looked down as they colored together. I walked in and waved at Seth who was busy changing diapers, walking over to my daughter and Edward. I cleared my throat and folded my arms together, Edward's head snapped up and he pulled the paper from under Ella's busy hands holding it behind him.
"Heyyy Ewward" Ella said angrily and looked up at me, her expression changed quickly and she smiled cheekily before looking at Edward and giving him an apologetic look before looking back at me. "Hi momma" she said and walked to me holding her arms up.
I looked down at my daughter's angelic face and forgot all about the drawing being hidden from me, smiling down at her I picked her up at once and we exchanged our kisses and she nestled into my chest resting her hair on my shoulder with my hair curtaining her face. "Hey Edward" I said and he smiled sheepishly already having put the paper away and put an arm around my shoulder to take me away from the tables. As we walked away, a small boy- Chris as I remembered, walked up to Edward and tugged on his pant and so he bent down to him.
"Are you Ella's daddy?" Chris asked and looked at me and then at Ella smiling a little.
"Do I look like Ella's dad?" Edward asked with his crooked grin in place. "Uh huh" the boy said and glanced up at Ella again who was sitting up in my arms now, very much interested in the conversation and slid down my arms standing next to the little boy, putting an arm around Edwards neck and her other hand on her hip.
"Chwiss" she said haughtily putting her hand on her hip and Edward chuckled looking up at me, I smiled at him looking back down at Ella. "Ewward is my besht fwend" she said and Edward started laughing as I cracked up. She looked at Edward and kissed him on the cheek before looking back at me and then at Chris, the boy laughed and ran away to tell Seth.
Edward lifted up Ella and she had her bottom lip quivering slightly. "Hey why's my girl sad?" Edward asked her and smiled at her. "Everybody laughs at Ewwa" she cried and Edward hugged her smiling wide at me. "Hey my favorite girl let's get home okay?" he asked and she nodded sniffling into his shirt and we drove Edward to our house with us.
As Edward carried Ella she showed him the way to the stairs, "No elevator?" Edward asked looking around.
"Nope" I stated popping my lips at the p sound.
"Ewward momma says that people who climb stais awre nwut laayzey" Ella smiled and Edward was looking at her with pure adoration on his face. I shook my head taking the stairs two at a time and reached our door with Edward and Ella behind. I opened the door and he stepped inside looking around the apartment which was of course very small compared to his huge condos.
"Wow!" he exclaimed seeing the bright colors on the walls and pictures of me, Ella and my friends lining up one wall completely. He carried Ella over to the wall and asked her about all those pictures and my little baby began pointing out at herself, me, Rose, Alice, Jasper, Jake, Seth and the whole troop. I smiled to myself and stood in the kitchen humming and making dinner as I heard Ella squealing and giggling showing Edward our room and then her dollies.
After I was almost done with dinner I felt tiny arms wrap around my neck and I giggled tilting my head too see Ella smiling at me as Edward carried her. I looked at the two of them and felt a tingle which I ignored. Edward smiled at me and put Ella down as she skipped away to watch TV and Edward helped me set the table.
"It's been so long I've had dinner with more than one person" he smiled and rubbed his flat stomach and flashed his crooked grin at me making my insides warm. I nodded and started clearing out the table then joined Ella and Edward in the living room and watched Enchanted.
Later that night after Edward went back home and Ella was tucked in bed it was my alone time, the time I cried and got paranoid when all the bad thoughts started coming and the loneliness would win over. I played the whole night in my head over and over again and smiled when I would see me, Ella and Edward spending time, as a family and started crying at the thought. That night again, I cried myself to sleep.
-x-
Finally it was Monday, not a workers favorite day but Rosalie was kind enough to let me have a day off and enjoy with Ella. My baby was awake before I was, jumping on the bed and singing. I called Rose after dressing myself and Ella. She did not take her call and it went straight to voicemail which annoyed me and made Ella restless.
After breakfast and playing, Edward showed up thankfully with no gifts. "Happy Birthday!" he exclaimed and I looked down to his hands which thankfully had no gifts. I smiled at Edward as he bent down to give me a little kiss on my cheek.
"So where to today?" he asked and I started to bite my lip. "Rose isn't answering my calls so I don't know what's up really…" I stammered and looked up at him. "Mommy, Wosie not coming today?" Ella screamed and began crying. I sighed and hung my head down until Edward calmed her down.
"Bella lets go" he said and grabbed my hand yanking me away.
"Edward! Wait I need to grab my things" I shrieked and he let go of me. I grabbed my purse and Ella's jacket as I walked out and Edward put his hand on the small of my back pushing me out. I locked the door and ran down the stairs, I saw Edward waiting in his car with Ella in a car seat. He has a car seat for babies? I thought and smiled before getting inside, I turned in my seat to see Ella look at me sadly "Momma I be sorry I cry" she said and blew me a kiss and I smiled mouthing to her an 'its okay'. I turned to Edward and attacked him "Where are we going?" I demanded and he nodded turning up the radio before Ella started screaming saying 'my favorite song' and Edward used that as an excuse to not answer me. I heard Ella singing and smiled. She sure would be a singer. I smiled and looked at Edward who was staring at me.
I turned away and pretended to be angry when Edward caught my hand and held it together with his, I on impulse pulled it away not wanting to be anymore closer to him. As the song got over and Edward turned back the volume until it was a monotone I looked at him again, "We're going to get Rosalie" he said and I relaxed sitting back in my seat.
After a while I opened my eyes feeling something being brushed away from my face and realized I had fallen asleep, Edward was smiling and I grimaced at him. I looked in front and my breath caught up in my throat as I saw the most beautiful house ever.
It was white and symmetrical with an old look to it. It had windows with black iron railing and beautiful creepers adorning the porch with glass doors, I looked at Edward and he smiled "Come on in" he said and walked out of his car picking up Ella and walking to my door, politely holding out his hand to me. I took it and slowly walked inside.
"This is my house Bella" he stated "I mean, my childhood home" he smiled and tucked me under his arm with Ella in his other arm, I tried to shrug his arm off but he had a vice grip on me, I looked up at him and frowned but was returned with a scowl. He walked us around the house showing everyone's room including his parents and his brother's. He later took me to the corner and faced me to the door before opening the door and guiding me in. I was stunned. Edward's room was beautiful, it was pure white with bookshelves on the right and a glasses wall on the left, in the middle was a huge king-sized bed.
Ella squealed and ran to the glass wall and stood there staring which made me curious and I walked to her with Edward behind my back. When I approached Ella the landscape outside the glass wall mesmerized me. It was all green with a little pond in the middle and a gazebo in sight, I bent down to carry Ella and she had an expression of pure awe on her face. "Ewward you have a very pretty home" she said. He nodded and ushered us outside and down to the kitchen.
"You ladies want something to drink?" He asked with the shit-eating grin on his face.
"No fanks Ewward"Ella smiled and looked at him then at me "Momma, I good girl now?" She asked me innocently. I nodded and lifted her up and carried her down on my hip with Edward in front of us.
We reached down and Edward took us to the backside, covering each of our eyes with a blindfold. "Edward, what the hell?" The blindfold was like an irritant to my eyes. Ella was squealing with joy and jumped into Edwards arms, Edward led us outside with his hand resting on the small of my back. Once I felt the cool air hit my skin I knew we were out. Edward pulled out our blindfolds and smiled, I and Ella rubbed our eyes and then my mouth dropped open again at what I saw.
It was a whole carnival with a big sign on the top saying 'Happy Birthday Ella' and balloons everywhere. As I looked down below I saw Emmett and a beautiful couple. The woman looked like Edward with caramel brown hair and green eyes; the man next to her was a striking golden blonde and was equally beautiful.
I smiled at them and then at Emmett. I let out a soft 'hello' and watched Rosalie emerge from behind looking beautiful as always, she had her skin tight jeans with her blue halter top and pumps.
"Hey belly, Happy birthday Elle Belle" she said looking at me and Ella, I shot a look at Emmett who was gaping at her with his mouth hanging open. I smiled and walked over to her hugging her with a little swat to her ass; she giggled and kissed my cheek instead. "Sorry Belly, Edward wanted to surprise Ella" she said and I nodded waving her off.
I looked around to see Ella gazing at the cake and was immediately met with the same pretty woman; she smiled at me warmly, which very much reminded me of my mom. Forget them Bella! I thought and smiled back at her pretty face.
"Hello Bella, I'm Esme. Edward's mother" she smiled at me and I looked at her dazzled. She was a pretty lady and Edward had so much of her in him, the eyes, lips, skin- but his hair was strikingly bronze.
"Hello Mrs. Cullen you have a very pretty home" I said and turned towards the house. She smiled at me and nodded before calling out for Rosalie to join us, I looked over to where she was and saw her and Emmett huddled up in conversation at the edge of the garden and smirked as she tried running but tripped over her pumps only to be saved by Emmett grabbing her and both of them landing on the grass, Rosalie on top of course!
I giggled looking at Rosalie scrunching up her face and pushing her shoes into the mud to help her kneel but slipping and falling back on Emmett. Emmett on the other hand couldn't be happier.
"Ugh monster man" she grunted again and I heard Ella giggling along with everyone. Emmett pushed her up gently and stood up having a terrible mud patch on his shirt. "Big man you have muddy own yore shirt" Ella squealed as Edward was laughing loudly and carefree, I stole a glance at him but turned away as I saw him catch my gaze the same moment.
Rosalie walked over to us and dusted her hands against her designer jeans and smiled "Sorry" she muttered and looked over to Esme who was watching Edward as though it were the first time he had laughed she caught me looking at her and turned back at us and smiled leading us into the house for drinks.
I got anxious not wanting to leave my baby alone with the monstrous men and turned back to see Carlisle smiling and nodding at me as he held Ella who was animatedly talking to him. I smiled back and turned to look at the bronze haired boy and ran inside blushing when I caught him staring at me again.
After a round of cocktails and a couple of hours I heard my little girls padded footsteps towards me and crouched down to her level lifting her up as she hid her face in my neck and tightened her arms around my neck. "Sleep time" I whispered to the others and smiled at Rosalie tilting my head towards the door. She nodded and grabbed her purse waving at everyone before rushing outside with Emmett behind her.
I walked over to Esme with a heavy Ella in my arms and blinked as Edward appeared in front of me "May I?" he asked looking down at Ella, I nodded and handed her over to him and Esme hugged me suddenly, she smelled of lavender and cinnamon which reminded me of my mother and I felt my eyes prickle with tears.
She pulled away and looked straight into my eyes only before hugging me again and running her slender hands over my hair. "Thank you for today Esme" I sniffled a little and she nodded taking me out and pulling me to the edge of the porch.
"Bella" her soft voice sang "Why are you sad sweetheart?"
I dabbed at the tears in my eyes and looked at her, "I missed my mother" I whispered.
"Oh, you can always come to me sweetie. I am like your mother too aren't I? I know about your parents Bella, Edward told me and I'm sorry but I am here for you always sweetie…Oh and your little girl too." she smiled patting my shoulder and I nodded as she led me to the car.
As we reached the car I saw Rosalie leaning on the door with Emmett in front of her holding her hand and looking at her. She turned pulling her hand away and whipping her hair in his face as she slid into the car and started honking loudly signaling me to come sooner. I turned to smile at Esme and looked behind her at Edward swaying gently and patting Ella's back, she nodded at me and I walked to Edward wanting to take my daughter back "Time to go" I whispered.
"Right…" he smiled and started walking towards the car, on the way he met Emmett whose head was hung low and he looked like a sad little puppy. I ignored him and opened the car's door as Edward was strapping in Ella. Smiling, I slid inside to be met by Rosalie's death glare she scowled at me and drove away before I could say a word. We reached my apartment first and helped tucking Ella into our bed.
"Rose did Ella eat enough?" I called out from the bathroom changing into a pair of comfortable shorts and a tank.
"Uh yeah…the blonde dad made her eat a huge piece of cake and something else. It was mostly Edward feeding her stuff so I didn't pay much attention".
Edward fed Ella? "Wait! What? Edward fed Ella?" I asked not believing her words.
"Yes Belly, let me tell you it's all an act. That guy just needs to get into your pants even Mr. Monster" she said chuckling at the name for Emmett. I nodded knowing she was right and stepped outside bumping her shoulder with my fist "landing over Mr. Monster eh?" I teased her.
"Shut up!" She screeched and kicked my ankle as I doubled over in laughter.
"Should've seen big guys face when you pulled away your hand and turned away, whipping your hair in his face. Trust me, it looked like a movie. Classic." I laughed and looked at her smiling. "What did he tell you holding your hand as a vice huh?"
She pouted and bit on her bottom lip like me and then opened her mouth to answer "Well…Forget it"
"Gah! Woman tell me…" I begged.
"He is a friend of Royce, Bella" she paused and then cleared her throat staring into mine with her aquamarine blue ones "Remember the one I used to tell you about? The bear of their group, the player, the hunter, the man whore!" she spat.
I thought for a while running down memory lane and remembered whom she was talking about "Oh! I know…the guy who used to give you the stink eye" I scratched my head hoping the assumption was correct.
"Yes, exactly. Today, after I reached their house I saw him but I didn't quite remember, fuck I even forgot his name. The other day when he sent me those flowers I thought it was another dick waiting to dive in but no…Today when I saw him he seemed familiar and when I walked over to talk, his face just clicked and then I knew who it was." She shuddered a little.
I lied back on my bed and tried talking to her. "So what did he tell you today? While coming back? You seemed pretty angry" I murmured softly.
"He told me about Royce, said he's married and has a child. Like hell I care, I mean seriously I don't give a flying fuck about Royce or any of his dogs. But you know what? I was actually wrong and he was right. Back then, when he told me to get away from Royce I didn't listen, I was naive and stupid." She gritted her teeth and stood up to shrug out of her jeans. "Hey, you got my Pj's here?" she asked in her usual tone.
"Right corner-upper drawer" I answered and pulled the comforter over my legs as Rose joined me and cuddled up next to me.
"Really Bells I think the call to Emmett that day about separating his nuts from his body was rude. If only I knew it was him I would actually meet him and ask him about the past ya know? Like, get it all sorted in here" she poked her finger on her temple and blinked. I nodded and hugged her tighter.
"Rose…how did you and Edward set p today's party? I asked too very curious about it.
"He came over to Jazz's office for some work of his. Do you know? He's a Richie rich, the Cullen Group hoarding we see at Broadway is theirs Belly!" she squealed. "When I asked him why he was at our office he said he has started writing and wanted his book published, like seriously that guy is crazy" she babbled on making me sleepy. I yawned and nodded too tired to increase her excitement by telling her I was the one editing his work.
I woke up next morning and took my purse from the nightstand to get my phone out. The phone was dead so after plugging it in and switching it on. It showed me four texts. All from Alice and one from Edward wishing me goodnight and one was from an unknown number.
I scrolled down to the unknown number and clicked it. As it opened, those three words scared the living hell out of me. Call me-James.
I quickly threw my phone away and rushed into the bathroom to brush my teeth after washing my face with the chilling water I ran back into the room to see Rosalie and Ella snuggled together. I walked into the kitchen, pouring myself a cup of coffee and grabbing pizza for me and Rose. Just as I sat down my phone started banging with In the End playing as the ringing tone. I put down my coffee and ran to my room grabbing the phone and answering it.
"Hello" I barked out breathlessly and took deep breaths trying to calm down.
"Bell-ah" Jane's sickly sweet voice came from the other end making me cringe. "Well I have some great news for you dahling" Ugh. So very bi.
"Yes Jessica? What is it?" I asked walking out and plopping down on my chair. Sighing I picked up my mug and began sipping the hot beverage.
"Well..Well your expected to fly over to Chicago for the weekend sweetie. And if you love your job you'd be packing bags by now" she screeched and I could hear the devious grin on her lips.
"Jessica…I have Ella and I can't leave her alone here and there isn't anyone I can trust enough too. You can send Rosalie though yeah?" I asked hopefully.
"Oh of course dahling, she will be flying with you too. You're the editor and she's the owner so you both have to be there." She screeched in her ultra bitchy tone.
I thought about it for a minute trying to think. Rose wouldn't mind if I didn't come but it would be bad for the company. And I needed a job to support me and Ella. The part time income wouldn't be enough for the two of us and neither were they stable. "Uh okay..I'll let you know".
She screeched again "You better hurry up Ms. Swan wouldn't want to miss the flight tomorrow morning. See you" she hung up and I sighed. Just as I was walking back inside to plug my phone back on it started ringing again this time with Edward's name. It felt like this was a sign to something.
"Bella…" his soft voice came from the other end suddenly making me feel like my insides were all made of Jell-O.
"Morning Edward" I whispered still worried about the previous call. I peeked inside the room to see if anyone was awake but found both of them asleep so I skipped over to the balcony and into the cool air.
"How are you today?" he asked softly and I sighed letting him know the morning wasn't a very good one.
"Not good Edward." I muttered. "It's really bad and pissy when you have a little child of yours whom you cant take with you for a work related get away. And there is nobody she would agree to stay with and there is no one with whom I can leave her. Ughhhh" I screamed and heard him sigh.
"Rosalie? Alice?" he asked.
"How do you know Alice?" I muttered slightly confused.
"Well she works with Rosalie and her brother at their company and Ella did tell me about her too"
"Oh..and no they won't be here, they're supposed to fly out with me too. Jake and Leah would keep Ella but she wouldn't stay with them. And the last thing I need is him calling me every five minutes with Ella crying. And Seth and the boys…No way will I leave my baby with them so I'm really pissed at the moment." I went on.
"Um Bella…would it be okay with you if Ella stayed over with me? Like one day at your house and the other day at mine? You know she likes me and I couldn't be happier having her around." He seemed hopeful. I gave it a thought but then revolted as I thought of all the women walking through his apartment during the weekend.
"Well you might be busy the whole weekend wouldn't you? I bet you have visitors during the weekends" I bit my lip hoping he understood what I meant.
He laughed sadly and answered "There hasn't been any woman here from the past few weeks. And with Ella around, not at all. I bet Esme would like to spend time with her too" he said and I nodded then answered. "Yeah okay…I'll ask Ella. But she isn't used to staying without me too long and she gets cranky and…" I was interrupted by him.
"You know Bella I think I can handle Ella, she's an angel wouldn't give me much trouble. And you can give me the trivia when you go." He chuckled and I grunted.
"Thanks" I whispered and then we both hung up.
After a while Rosalie woke up and came over to me tying up her blonde hair into a tight ponytail. "Morning beautiful" she smiled fixing herself a coffee.
"Morning" I dragged. "What's wrong?" she asked sitting down next to me and grabbed a slice from the plate.
"Bitchy Jessica called this morning and guess what? We're flying to Chicago for work and you and Alice are coming along. There is no one I can leave Ella with, but then life saver-not- Edward calls me up and volunteers to babysit Ella over the weekend which I'm not very sure of with his image of being the slut charmer." I spat it all out and looked at Rosalie who seemed calm. "Will you react?" I said loudly and she moved forward putting a hand on my shoulder. Uh oh
"Bella look, Edward might be a player or whatever the hell it is but trust me on this, the way he looks at your little girl it's like nothing I've ever seen before. It's like a father who adores his child Bella. And maybe Edward isn't the slut charmer as you call him. He could be a nice guy ya know? Give it a try..and if you're not sure I do have a plan" she smiled and her lip turned up sideways with a wink and she got on the phone with Mike, our tech guy.
After her half an hour of conversation with Mike she turned to me and smiled big. "We're doing something fun" she rubbed her hands together and told me her entire plan. After it was all over I smiled happily and hugged her thanking her profusely she waved me off and went away before kissing my cheek.
I walked back in my room to wake Ella up, she refused to get up but all it took to wake her up was the name of Edward and she was up and fresh. I giggled and got her ready for the day continuing our daily routines.
-X-
During the week I and Ella met Edward a couple of times. On Wednesday night I explained to Ella in Edward's presence that I would be gone for the weekend. Her bottom lip instantaneously started to quiver and she started crying climbing onto my lap and clinging to me, I felt like crying myself at the thought having to leave my angel but when I saw Edward's worried face I relaxed and held my baby tighter letting her relax.
After a while she calmed down and looked up at me and then at Edward "Momma…you're going to leave your dolly alone?" she babbled and it broke my heart. Just then Edward spoke up. "Momma isn't leaving her dolly alone. She said I could borrow her for the weekend and have tones of fun when she's gone" he said winking at her and she smiled reaching for Edward.
"Momma I stay with Ewward?" she asked smiling big and looked at him. I nodded and looked at the two of them looking straight into each other's eyes and it felt like they had some secret going on just with the way they looked at each other. I suddenly felt lonely and walked away into my balcony letting the breeze divert my thoughts.
After a while I felt something cling to my leg and looked down at my baby looking up at me with same dark brown eyes as mine. I pouted and looked back up feeling hurt. "Momma sowwy" she said hugging my thigh tighter. "Did I hurty you?" she asked and I heard her voice crack as she sobbed into my thigh. I picked her up and made her look at me, "Momma was just jealous baby…she isn't used to sharing her dolly with everyone" I said and she understood.
"But I always be your dolly momma. I love you" she said and snuggled into my neck. I turned to see Edward watching us and he smiled at me I nodded and he walked towards us and hugged both me and Ella from the side. His chin rested on my scalp and I nuzzled my nose into his neck, Ella looked up and wrapped her arms around both of our necks and smiled resting her head on his shoulder.
Next day me and Rosalie along with Mike sneaked over to Edward's apartment, I knew he hid a key inside the pot, Mike lifted up the potted plant carefully and I found the key below it, I opened the door of his apartment and stepped inside before removing my shoes and asking the others to do so.
Mike and Rosalie began setting up the tiny cameras and microphones in every corner and covered it perfectly. Mike placed some in the living room and a few others in all of the other rooms. Just as we were sneaking out the phone began ringing and Mike dropped his bag scattering all the wires and nuts everywhere, me and Rosalie helped him pick it up and after a few more rings it went into the answering machine. Suddenly a woman's voice was heard loud and clear. "Hey Edward, I've missed you babe we haven't met in quite a long time. I miss your bed darling. I'll see you Friday evening babe. Love Tanya" she purred and then made a smooching noise before it beeped and the room was silent again.
Mike laughed and walked away leaving me and Rosalie; we quickly cleared any evidence of us being here and walked out dropping the key below the pot again. When we reached the car and got inside we both looked at each other and burst out in a fit of laughter. Laughing hysterically we drove to Rosalie's condo and had a few drinks before she began packing and I helped her.
"Seriously Belly that bitch must be a past thing" she said after a long while of silence.
"Imagine what Ella would think Rose..I still think it's a bad idea maybe we should leave her with Jake and Leah" I thought and bit my lip.
"Yeah so she asks you 'momma why do aunt Leah and uncle Jakey scream so much every night?'" she imitated in Ella's baby voice and looked at me. "Look Bella…this could be totally wrong or something really right could happen. Trust me please" I nodded at her words and thought on the optimistic side of it.
It was Friday morning and I was sitting on my couch with Ella sniffling into my chest and holding me tight. I was waiting for Edward to come over soon. I yawned not having much sleep last night as I was busy packing my bags and watching Mike attach tiny camera's and stalker friendly devices in my house then woke up early remembering to pack Ella's bag.
I kept holding my baby and rubbing her back trying to calm her down when the door bell rang. I stood up carrying Ella and walked over to the door opening it, I relaxed as I saw Edward. He was dressed in jeans and a grey t-shirt with a bag slung on his shoulder. His hair looked darker and matted down, maybe because of the shower. I moved letting him in and he smiled at me before moving his face terribly close to mine and bending down to kiss Ella's wet cheeks.
"Why is my princess crying?" he asked and rubbed Ella's back dropping his bag on the floor. She shook her head and sniffled more. "Is it always like this?" he asked me and I nodded sighing sadly. He moved his hands forward to take Ella but she clung tighter to me. I sat down on the couch and rubbed her back pressing my lips on her head.
After sometime, she looked up at me and then at Edward. "Go momma Ewward stay with me" she smiled and kissed my cheek. I smiled, relieved and looked at Edward who was smiling brightly at Ella; she reached for him and he pulled her onto his lap at once. "Ready to leave your doll momma?" he asked me smiling goofily and Ella giggled. "Yes I am" I nodded and looked down at Ella cupping her tiny face in my hands, bending down to pepper kisses all over her face. She kissed me back nuzzling her nose with mine letting me go. I looked up at Edward who was pouting "No kiss momma?" he mocked in Ella's voice and I laughed pecking his cheek softly, Ella squealed and clapped her hands flashing her tiny pearl like teeth, I turned to sit when I heard Rosalie's car honking, I shook my head and hugged both of them one last time before dragging my suitcase out and running down in a hurry. We reached the airport and then left for the weekend leaving my little angel alone with a person we hadn't known long enough.
