Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, but Ethan's all mine!!!
A/N: There was a glitch on the website so authors were unable to update for 2 days. :(
Therefore my reconstruction will take slightly longer...i guess i should be done by Sunday!!!
Then, all new chapters. Yay!!!!
Enjoy!!
BPOV
I think I'm falling for him all over again.
I walked to the door of my house slowly. I could feel Edward's eyes on me but I was too scared to look back and meet his gaze. Instead I just pulled my keys out of my pocket, and went straight in without looking back once. I slammed the door shut behind me. A few seconds later I head the quiet purr of an engine, confirming that Edward had left.
Once within the safety of the house I was free to reflect upon the day's events. Today was very interesting after all. I suddenly realized how much like a date our 'meeting' would have seemed to a casual observer (or a slutty waitress). This insight caused me to remember, albeit wistfully, one of our old dates.
Flashback
He pulled up near the porch of my house. He opened the door for me but I refused to get out. I wasn't about to let him go just yet. I pulled him down and kissed him furiously.
He smiled before responding just as enthusiastically.
"Bella!" he sighed against my lips.
"I love you" I replied.
"I love you too" he said softly. "You are my everything"
I blushed furiously and got out of the car.
"I'll miss you' I said sadly.
"I'll call you once I get home" he promised. I started to kiss him again when I heard Charlie's voice.
"Bella, is that you?" called out Charlie. "Get in the house. It's freezing outside you'll catch a cold!"
"Coming, dad!" I replied.
I quickly kissed Edward once more and ran into the house. Looking back I saw Edward staring at me. I smiled at him. He flashed back a crooked grin of his own.
End Flashback
I sighed, reflecting upon how differently the two outings had ended. Well, it was my own fault. As I entered the hall I was greeted by the sight of Alice and Ethan, who seemed to be completely oblivious to my appearance.
They had chocolate around their mouths. The entire room was littered with candy wrappings which had been scrunched up into little balls of foil.
The two of them were, quite literally, bouncing up and down. On the sofa.
Uh oh!!
This means trouble!!
As if they weren't hyper enough already!
"Hi Bella! Hi Bella! Hi Bella!" chorused Alice and Ethan, finally alerted to my presence, when I (not so subtly) cleared my throat loudly.
"Um, hi?" I replied, looking at them, slightly worried for their sanity.
"We want more chocolate. We need more chocolate" they chanted. They began bouncing round the house. I more or less ignored them until they had the brilliant idea of entering the kitchen. My kitchen. My sacred territory.
They began opening random drawers, looking for candy, and messing the kitchen up. I watched in petrified horror as they casually flung aside my neatly arranged spices around the kitchen not giving it a second thought.
That did it. They had gone too far. How much chocolate had they eaten? No person messes with my kitchen in their normal state of mind. I recovered from my momentary shock and rushed to the kitchen.
"Alice, how many?' I asked sternly.
"Well you have two eyes, one nose…'
"You know what I'm talking about. Don't play dumb."
"Fine" she said, cowering under my furious gaze. 16"
"16 bars of chocolate. That means 8 bars each." I thought
"Each" she continued.
I stared at her dumbfounded. "Are you trying to tell me that you and Ethan had 16 bars of chocolate each? What on earth possessed you to do such a thing? At least Ethan is just a kid. Alice! You know what sugar does to you" I ranted.
Looking around the house I saw that it was a complete mess. I was about to start yelling again when Ethan cut me off.
"Mommy, don't be mad. The chocolate called to us and we just couldn't say no"
"How exactly did the chocolate call to you if I may ask?" I said sarcastically.
"Ethan won't you eat me? Please? I'm so yummy. Like that" said Ethan while Alice giggled.
I knew that there was no point in trying to talk them when they were on their sugar high. They would simply not listen to reason in this state. Well, I should have expected this leaving Alice in charge. Sometimes I think Ethan is more responsible than her.
Scratch that. Ethan is more responsible than her any day.
"Both of you out of the kitchen" I ordered. "And I expect to see that living room sparkle when I come there"
"Sheesh! Military much" Alice muttered. I glared at her. She went off to the living room dragging Ethan with her mumbling under her breath the whole way there, causing Ethan to laugh.
Well, they thought the whole thing was a joke, did they? I'd teach them!!
Once they had gone I pulled out a saucepan and began heating some water. I put in a few herbs and then I added my secret ingredient- broccoli. I let the mixture simmer, while peeking into the hall, to see what those two were up to.
"Alice, Ethan come here and drink this" I called.
"What is it" asked Alice curiously while Ethan tried to sneak a look into the saucepan.
"Broccoli soup" I said grinning evilly.
"Eww!!" they said simultaneously.
"You have to drink every drop" I said sternly. "That's what you get for messing with my kitchen"
Alice and Ethan hated broccoli soup so much that it would get them off their sugar high. Sometimes I was so smart I astonished myself!!!
Sure enough in 10 minutes,
"Bella, don't make me have any more of this awful concoction. I can't take it any more" proclaimed Alice. "I'm sorry that I bought and ate so much chocolate when I know what it does to me."
"Yeah, mommy! I'm sorry too!!" said Ethan, hugging me. 'I won't ever do it again, I promise". He looked up at me from under his eyelashes and gave me a puppy dog look.
Ethan was a master at the look. And I was a sucker for the look.
"Alright!" I said laughing. "Stop buttering me up!"
"So, no more of that yucky green stuff?" asked Ethan hopefully.
"No baby! You're punishment is done"
"Thanks mommy, you're the best"
"I know" I smirked.
I glanced at my watch absent mindedly and saw that it was a quarter to 8.
"Alright Ethan, bedtime" I said.
"But mommy I don't have school tomorrow" he said
"Why not?" I asked
"Coz tomorrow is a guvment holiday" he replied
"Government"I corrected.
He just shrugged dismissally. I swear Alice is rubbing on to him way too much!
"That's okay honey, you need your rest.
"Fine" huffed Ethan.
I went with Ethan to his room. Though I would have loved for him to sleep with me Ethan was the one who insisted upon sleeping alone.
'Mommy, I'm a big kid now. And big kids sleep alone' he had said.
Alice had taken it upon herself to convert his nursery into a bedroom. The wallpaper was from Cars one of Ethan's favorite movies. She did a very good job and Ethan loved his room.
I got Ethan to change into his pajamas and put him in bed. This would be the cue for me to read a bedtime story, but Ethan for some reason hated bedtime stories.
'There's no point coz you fall asleep in the middle' he would always say.
Ethan fell asleep at once and I watched him sleep for a while before quietly leaving the room.
Alice was in the hall watching some fashion show rerun.
"Is he asleep yet?" she asked. "Uh huh" I grunted.
We sat and watched the show in silence for a few minutes till I finally blurted, "Did you ask Edward to move in with us?"
She nodded nervously.
"Well, I said yes so he's moving in. Tomorrow" I said, unable to hide my excitement any longer."
"Wow, that's great" Alice squealed.
"What's your plan for tomorrow" I asked.
"I had a hunch you might say yes to Edward, so I made plans with Rose to take the kids out for the day." she said
"Sure, that's a great idea" I said.
"I know, right?" Alice began when the phone began to ring.
I went to pick it up.
"Hello" I said.
There was no reply for a few seconds. I was about to hang up when I heard something.
"Bella?" asked a gruff voice I knew too well.
Who's on the phone???? (creepy background music)
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