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"Hey Bella! Where've you been?" I heard Emmet call from across the parking lot as I walked out of the building with Edward and Marie trailing be hind me.
"Well, I was getting my kid, obviously. Where's Jasper and Alice?"
"They left a while ago with their kid, they said that they were gonna spend some 'quality time' with her or something.."
At this point I was nearing the big jeep, and I noticed a little boy around the age of 3 or 4 sitting in the backseat. He had a messy patch of dirty blonde hair and grayish coloured eyes.
"Is that your kid?" I asked Emmet.
"Yeah, Benjamin, meet your Aunt Bella." Emmet said as he opened the door of the jeep and brought Benjamin out of the car.
"H-hi Auntie B-bella.." he whispered to me. He seemed very nervous, and had his arms wrapped tightly around Emmet's neck.
"Don't worry, he's just a little shy," Rose said while patting Benjamin on the head, "we've got a lot to teach him in this month, don't we Em?"
"Yup, we sure do, he's gotta learn to be more like his new dad. You know, handsome, muscular, out-going, se-" Rose cut him off before he could finish his sentence by giving him a good whack on the head. "Shut up Emmet. Anyways, Bella? Aren't you going to introduce us?" she gestured at Edward and Marie who were just standing there waiting for me.
"Oh, I'm sorry! You guys, this is Edward my partner, my daughter, Marie."
I saw Marie's eyes light up at the mention of the word 'daughter'. My face spread into a huge smile as I took her from Edward and picked her up.
"Aww, you're just too cute, Marie. How old are you?" Rosalie cooed at her while Emmet walked over to introduce himself to Edward. Marie didn't reply, instead, she brought her hand up towards Rose's face and held up 5 fingers.
"You're 5 years old?" Rose counted her fingers one by one.
"No. Next week I'll be 5 years old."
"Oh really? Then we'll make sure that you get a BIG birthday party, won't we Bella?"
"Or course we will! Alice will want to plan it."
Marie's smile grew wider when she heard the mention of a birthday party. Damn, Rose was good. 2 minutes into it, and Marie already loves her.
"Thanks Aunt Rosie!"
"No problem sweetie. We should get going.. I'll see you soon Marie, unless you're coming with us? Bella?"
I turned my head towards where Edward was standing. We hadn't really discussed this yet.. Where Marie was going to stay and how we were going to take care of her.
"Well, what do you want to do Marie?" I asked her, since this whole program was meant to make the kids feel loved, I felt like asking her would be the best idea.
"I want ice-cream! With mommy and daddy!" She smiled brightly and Edward and I. I looked at Edward's expression, trying to figure out what he was thinking.
"Of course we can sweetie! Unless mommy needs to go somewhere..?" Edward replied.
"No, of course not. Marie comes first. Always." I looked down at the little girl sitting in my arms. She was my little angel. I never knew that I would be able to find such a beautiful little angel that would make me love her almost instantaneously. "Let's go!....Wait." I stopped and looked towards Emmet's jeep.
"Don't worry Bella, my car's parked right over there" Edward pointed to the other side of the parking lot.
"Oh good, I was wondering how we'd get there.."
Edward just laughed as he lead us over to his car. My lips curved into a small smile as I followed him towards his car. How was it possible that someone was so... so beautiful? He was flawless. Even though I'd only known him for less than an hour, I felt a strange pull towards him, like I wanted to be near him all the time, closer to him. That every little tiny space between us was too much. I shook my head out of my little daydream. Bella. You barely know the guy, and you're already feeling so much for him. This can't be healthy.
"Come on mommy!" I felt a little tug at my sleeve. "We're a family. We have to walk together!" Marie looked at me with her big round eyes.
"Walk like a family...?" I stared at her, confused by what she meant.
"You know, like in movies! You both have to hold my hand!" She pouted while pulling Edward backwards.
I grinned at her, she was just adorable. "Sure sweetie" I said as I took her soft little hands in my own, and motioned for Edward to do the same.
"Yay! We're a real family! Now you have to swing me by my hands." Marie tugged at our hands.
I never really thought about how we were suppose to act. Having my divorced parents ever since I was small made it impossible for me to live an average life when i was a kid. My mother lived far away, and I only got to see her during the holidays, and my father, Charlie had to work most of the time I was at home. I didn't know how to act like a family since I never had one.
"Come on daddy! Swing me!"
"Alright, but remember, you asked for it!" Edward smirked as he picked her up all of a suddenly and swung her around and around, pretending that she was a toy airplane of some sort, flying in the air. The entire parking lot was filled with shrieks of laughter Marie. It was then when I decided that I was going to do everything in my power to make this month the best, happiest, most fun she ever had in her life.
As soon as we got to the car, I helped Marie up into the car and I was about to climb into the back seat myself when she put her hand in front of my face.
"No mommy! You can't sit here!"
"Huh? How come?" I replied, puzzled by her sudden rejection of me.
"You're suppose to sit in the front with daddy!" she pointed to the seat next to Edward's.
"Why?"
"Because! No adults allowed in the back! Only kids." she looked so serious, I could help but burst into laughter, "Okay, okay, mommy will sit in the front with daddy." I smiled at her and closed the back door before getting into the front seat.
Half way to the restaurant, Marie popped her head in the little gap between the seat that Edward and I were sitting in. "Do mommy and daddy even like each other?" she blurted out.
The car jerked to a sudden stop as we came to a traffic light, "W-what?" Edward and I said in union. I felt my cheeks heat up at the thought of Edward liking me. No Bella, he's wayyyy out of your league, don't even think about it. You're just going to make this month even more awkward than it already is.
"Ahaha, M-marie sweetie, what are you talking about?" I tried my hardest not to show how I was feeling.
"You aren't holding daddy's hand.."
"Err, T-that's because daddy is driving."
"Fine..." she mumbled.
After a few minutes, Edward pulled into a parking space on the side of the road.
"What are we doing here? This is so not ice-cream." I complained. As much as I wanted to be friendly, I wanted ice-cream almost as badly as Marie did, and I was definitely not happy when I saw Edward pulling over next to a frozen yogurt store.
"Don't worry, it tastes just as good, if not better, and its healthier compared to ice-cream" his smirked at me.
"Ugh, fine, I'll give it a shot." I pretended to look annoyed at him. "Come on Marie, lets go have you daddy's healthy version of ice-cream. Well see which one's better."
As I was about to get out of the car, Edward rushed over and held the door open for me, and then did the same for Marie. I held my hand out for Marie to hold onto once we had gotten out of the car, but instead of grabbing my hand, she pulled me by my wrist, and before I could even turn my head to see what she was up to, I felt a bigger hand touch my own, and then Marie's hand trying to lace my finger with the one of the other hand. I looked down and blushed a million shades of red when I saw baby Marie trying to fit Edward's hand into mine.
"Sweetie, w-what are you doing?" Edward said as he tried to pull away. Great, at least now I know that I shouldn't get my hopes up for nothing. Even though I knew that I didn't stand a chance next to Edward, I still felt a bit dejected at the fact that he didn't want to hold my hand. God, I can't believe that I haven't even known him for half a day, and I'm already falling for him...
"I want mommy and daddy to hold hands!" Marie stomped her foot on the ground, looking very frustrated at Edward.
"But sweetie..." Edward tried to reason with her, then he turn towards me and whispered, "Would you mind? I mean, I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable..."
"Its fine Edward, as long as it makes her happy" I smiled warmly at him, at least I knew that he cared a lot for Marie too. I held my hand out for him to take.
When he touched my hand, I suddenly felt a jolt of electricity run through my body. I looked over at Edward, trying to read his expression, and from the shocked expression on his face, I could tell that he felt it too. I decided to ignore it, as we walked into the 'healthy ice-cream store'.
The store itself was really interesting. When we walked in, Edward handed each of us a little paper cup, and he brought us over to a wall that showed pictures of 20 different flavours of frozen yogurt on it, each on with a lever underneath. I looked around the place, unable to make a decision. There was mango, blueberry, vanilla, even pomegranate. Marie decided on raspberry, which she chose because she said 'the picture was pretty'. Edward went with mocha, which was some kind of chinese tea. And after staring at the wall of endless choices, I finally decided on the pomegranate. We brought our cups over to the cash register, where the person behind the counter weigh all of our cups on a scale, and while I was digging through my bag for my wallet, Edward had already paid for all of us.
"Edward, let me pay for my own at least."
"No way, the guy always pays." he smiled crookedly at me.
"What is that? Some kind of sexist idea you have stuck in your head?" I smirked at him.
"Fine" he frowned, "Consider it as a thank you for saving me from Lauren."
Man, this guy just wouldn't give in. He's almost as stubborn am I am, I thought to myself.
"Fine, but just this once. As a thank you. NOT because guys always pay." I glared at him playfully.
"Alright, alright." Edward sighed in defeat as he held his hand up in surrender.
"Um.." Marie whispered, "Were mommy and daddy fighting just now..?" She looked up at us.
"No! Of course not sweetie, we were just kidding." I ruffled her hair gently.
"But you didn't kiss and make up..." she pouted, "You always have to kiss and make up after a fight!"
"Huh?" Edward and I said at the same time.
"Honey, we were just joking around" Edward said soothingly.
"That's what They said. But they were lying... they didn't make up.." She was on the verge of tears.
"Marie, baby, who's they? And don't worry daddy and I were just kidding." I tried consoling her.
"NO! They always said they were kidding, but they never made up, and they lied.." she look at us, her eyes filled with tears that were threatening to spill any second.
"Aww, sweetie, please don't cry, okay? Me and daddy were kidding, see?"
And with that, I took a deep breath and leaned over..
So..? How was it? I hope you guys liked it :)
After the first chapters of my stories, they always tend to become really...boring or just not very smooth.
Kind of like a mild writer's block that never goes away.. I just hope that its not that bad :|
Anyways, ideas and opinions or how I should continue the story would be great! Especially in a review :D
