Invitation Back To Hell

So, yeah! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I had fun writing it, even if I did procrastinate the entire week trying to write it. My damn brain had it all stored away, but would not for the life of me let my finger type it out. Grrrr!

Y'all have been so wonderful when it comes to the reviews, and I truly appreciate every last one of them. Your all so kind with your words that it melts my heart just a bit with each one of them.

So, yeah, let's get on with this chapter already, since I've been wrapped up in So It Begins to even finish writing this chapter.

Oh, btw, much thanks to Tammy Clarke for naming the story.

Of course, there's no beta, so excuse anything fucked up.

Previously….

"Please, just lay there. I feel like I'm completely home when we are like this," Bella sighed softly in my ear.

I laid there a few more minutes, before I gently rolled to the side of Bella, pulling her sweat covered body close to mine.

"I love you Bella," I whispered into the night as we both drifted into a peaceful slumber.

Chapter 6

Dawn was upon us, as everyone sat around the kitchen island drinking coffee or juice. Each person was excited for Abby's release and arrival this afternoon. Bella and I had decided that we would head over to the hospital, as early as we could, so we were ready whenever the formalities was finished. The rest of the gang was going to set up for her 'welcome home' party.

At eight a.m. we were out the door, heading towards the hospital. Again we stopped by the diner to pick up breakfast to take along with us. Our daughter, and those after her, would be taken well care of in this life, and that had started immediately.

We continued our drive, once breakfast was picked up, taking in the lush scenery that Forks had to offer. The green forest, so full of life, most of the area surrounding it covered, in a sea of green moss. I randomly thought about moving back here, even though some of the people had not changed, some had, and probably more would, if they had people in the community, who refused to put up with idiotic behavior. I would have to talk to Bella about that in the future.

Once we're at the hospital, I was out of the car so fast, helping Bella out of the car. We're both were keyed up about the day, that we were both practically bouncing off every surface around us. With all of our recent visits to the hospital, the staff would smile and nod at us. It was quite nice, knowing they knew exactly who the both of us were, but never went all fan girl on us, squealing loud enough to break the sound barrier.

As we exited the elevator, making our way towards Abby's room, a woman was standing just outside her door. I realized that she must be from the orphanage, here to make sure all the necessary arrangements were made. Bella and I immediately stopped in front of her.

"Hello, we're the Cullen's," I smiled, sticking my hand out for her to shake.

"Mrs. Denali, sir, ma'am" she returned my smile, shaking my hand, then Bella's. "It's a pleasure to meet you both. Shall we go inside."

"Yes, we're dying to see our Abby this morning," Bella said excitedly, rushing past us, into the room.

"Momma! Daddy!" Abby exclaimed, struggling to sit up and hug herself to Bella's torso.

"Good morning, princess. I hope you slept well," Bella said, smoothing out Abby's long, auburn locks.

"I missed you," Abby sighed into Bella's chest. I finally snapped back to reality, seeing my two princesses cuddle together.

"We missed you to, princess," I said, rubbing my thumb over her soft cheek.

"If you'd like to get started," Mrs. Denali cleared her throat, bringing our attention back to her.

"Yes, of course," I said, wanting to be annoyed with the woman who was taking my time away from our beautiful Abby.

"Well, we need to get all this paperwork signed, and then we'll be finished," she said, handing me a stack of papers with post it notes marking the places the needed to be signed.

I worked on getting the papers signed while Bella spent time with Abby. Once I had signed everywhere that needed to be signed, Bella took over and done her part.

"Are you feeling well, princess?" I asked Abby, hugging her to my chest.

"Yes, Daddy, I'm well," she sighed, snuggling closer, crawling up in my lap, as I stroked her hair.

"Are you excited to go home today?" Still smoothing her hair down, as I asked.

"Very," Abby said, her head shooting up, as a smile graced her face.

"Your aunts and uncles have a surprise for you, waiting at home," I smiled, touching her nose gently with my finger.

Her giggle was contagious, and soon we were rolling around on the bed in a fit of giggles. It felt so wonderful, being able to let loose and have some fun. Parenthood was going to change Bella and I for the best. Not saying we were bad individuals and did shitty things, no, that wasn't it, it was the opportunity for us to enjoy the freedom of our careers, stepping back and enjoying life.

After Bella finished signing her part of the papers, they were notarized and we were officially the proud parents of Abby. We had Mrs. Denali snap a few pictures of us with the digital camera Bella had brought, huddled together, around one another, in Abby's hospital bed, smiling widely for the camera. Mrs. Denali excused herself after she had finished taking our pictures.

We waited until the afternoon for the doctor to arrive and release Abby. Abigail Grace Cullen. She was released at twelve-thirty that afternoon, and after we quickly gathered her belongings, we headed out to the car, strapping her into the child seat in the back of the vehicle.

Abby giggles and points out things she sees going home, fascination clear in her voice, as she asks questions or tells us about something. She details in great lengths, and her imagination is beyond extraordinary.

I called ahead, asking Alice if things are set up for our arrival, knowing that she would appreciate a round about time when we would pull up. Much to our surprise, she's finished and their patiently waiting for us. Her energy radiates right through the phone, causing it to spill over onto me.

When we pulled into the drive, the gang was standing on the porch, huge smiles on their faces, ready to pounce at any second. Meanwhile, Abby was stunned into silence.

"Are you ready, princess?" I asked, smiling.

Her tiny lips were stuck in a little 'o', only able to nod.

I first helped Bella out of the vehicle, then, together, we got Abby out and held her hand between us both, as we made our way to the porch. As we made it to the porch, I picked her up, carrying her up the steps, as she buried her face into my neck, shyly.

"Abby, sweetheart, I'd like you to meet your aunts and uncles." Bella cooed in Abby's ear, rubbing her back soothingly.

"Momma," Abby said, stretching her arms out for Bella to take her. Bella reach for her, pulling her into her waiting arms.

I noticed Mike pulling into the driveway, he hurriedly made his way up to the porch.

"Hey guys, I came to meet Abby," He said, gleefully.

"Well, you're just in time," I smiled, clapping him on the shoulder.

"Abby, sweetie, meet Emmett, Rose, Alice, Jasper, and Mike," I pointed them out as I spoke.

"Hi," Abby said, looking at each of them with curiosity in her eyes.

"Well, pass the squirt around, let us get some hugs," Emmett said impatiently.

"Want to share some hugs, Abby," I asked softly, smiling as she nodded her head.

Bella passed a squirming Abby to Emmett, as he grinned from ear to ear. Watching my friends and now, Mike, whom I consider a friend, hold Abby and squeeze her was cute.

"You're a cute little thing, Abby," Emmett said, making Abby giggle, as he touched her nose playfully with his finger. "You have a cousin, her name is Hannah, and she's gonna love you to death."

"Come on, Emmett, share!" The little pixie demanded.

Once Abby was passed around, and her giggles subsided, we made our way into the house. Alice led us into the living room, where Bella, Abby, and myself all gasped at the sight before us. There was pink balloons and pink streams everywhere, a large table, that sat close to the ground was sat up, pillows on the floor surrounding it, for people to sit on. Little plates and cups were arranged on the table, with little tiaras sitting on top of the plates. Feather boas laid beside the cushions in the floor, and in the middle of the table was finger food, cookies, cupcakes, and teapots. It was definitely a sight, but Abby was in a trance, her eyes were wide, as she took in everything. It was every little girls dream tea party.

Bella and I thanked the gang for going to such lengths, and smiled when they all became bashful.

Abby ran to the table, wrapping her boa around her neck, and placing her tiara on her head. Alice stood off to the side, snapping pictures of her, as we all dressed up ourselves. Once everyone was dressed up, we situated ourselves on the pillows, loaded our tiny plates with food and goodies, poured us some tea, and chattered away.

The men looked absurd, but it was of good humor that we smiled and laughed at ourselves. We spent two hours sitting in the floor, listening to the Abby answering the questions everyone fired at her. She would giggle at Emmett, when he made faces at her, she would smile when Rose would ruffle her hair, get an annoyed look when Alice mention shopping, seem deep in thought when Jasper would talk about grown up things, blush when Mike told her how cute she was, and beam at Bella and I, when we would say we were proud of her.

Thankfully, Alice had bought Abby a few things to wear, when they picked up the stuff for her party. We had the BBQ and award ceremony this evening, something I definitely didn't care for, but like I said before, I had agreed to go.

Once the tea party was over, we all headed off in different directions to get ready for this evening. Bella and I gave Abby a bubble bath, letting her play in the tub, as we watched. I'm positive that she had never had a bubble bath before, since she was so fascinated with the bubbles.

After the bath, we dried her off and dressed her in a cute little dress. It was light blue, with a dark blue bow, wrapped around the middle. I told Bella that she could go get dressed, while I watched Abby, then we would switch.

Once we were finished dressing, we made our way to the living room to wait on the others. Mike was the only one ready to go.

"Mike, we really want you to take some time off, and visit with us in LA," I said, sternly.

"Yeah, I'd like that, and soon, I really need a break," he grimaced.

"I'd like to offer our lawyer up, for you to get through your divorce, as well," I said, hoping he'd let us help him out.

"I could never afford that, Edward," Mike said, frowning.

"It'll be free, Mike, you need the help, and I'm offering," I said, trying to help in his time of need.

"I couldn't ask that of you," he said, placing his head in his hands.

"You didn't, I offered, there's a big difference," I reminded him.

"Why are you doing this? Being so nice, when I was such a shit to you in high school," Mike questioned, curiosity in his tone.

"Because people change, Mike, well most people, but anyways, you've changed for the better, and deserve some help right now," I pointed out.

"Alright, sure, I could use the help, just tell me what I need to do," Mike said, accepting our help.

"Good, I'll put you in contact with my lawyers, and we'll go from there. They might need you to come to LA, are you willing to do that?" I asked.

"I'll do what needs to be done," he replied, hope in his eyes.

"Good, if they need you to come to LA, we'll take care of your flight arrangements, and the place for you to stay. Maybe you could stay a little while longer, we would love your company." I smiled, hoping he seen the sincerity in my eyes.

"Yes, Mike, we would love to have you in our home. We could show you around, and who knows, you might just meet the true woman of your dreams," Bella smiled, a glint in her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm not so sure about that, Bella, but thanks for having the confidence for me," Mike laughed, thinking Bella was insane.

"You never know," Bella simply said.

I'm pretty sure Bella was thinking of introducing him to her publicist, Gianna, or her agent, Maria. Both women were single, attractive in their own ways, successful, and nice. I could see either woman being a match for Mike, so I would back her in this little scheme.

"Well, let's just see about me getting divorced first, alright," Mike practically begged.

"Of course, Mike," Bella smiled sweetly.

Abby had dozed off on Bella's lap, when the rest of the change came to meet us in the living room. Once they seen her asleep, they quietly gathered our things, so we could head out.

Author's Note:

So, I'm sorry that it's taken so long to get this updated, but my head has been wrapped up in another story that I'm writing. It's a love at first sight story, with a major splash of raunch to it. Mobward meets ViginElla, and I can't tell you the rest of the Ward's just yet.. Go check it out.. I promise you won't be disappointed, and it's beta'd, so there aren't many mistakes, cause I'm sure there's some snuck in there..

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Until next time.. (: