Author's note at end of chapters for a change …
Recap of What Happened Last…
We continued to tell stories, and ask more and more questions. Soon enough, Emmett came in with some men and they set up the new TV. Also, dinner was done and it was time to wake up the kids. I set up the table while Edward got Johnny and Katie. The men setting up the TV left and everyone sat down at the table. We ate and talked about the events today. Emmett made some jokes here and there. I smacked his head if he made an inappropriate joke. Once dinner was done, it was time for Katie to have her piano lessons with Edward. Sadly, it was time for me to go too.
"I really want you to hear me play!" Katie said, a hint of sadness in her voice.
"I really wish I could stay, but I do have to go. Bye everyone," I said. With that, I left to my apartment.
Bella P.O.V.
Over the last two weeks, I've been the nanny to little Johnny and Katie. I've gotta say, it's been a lot of fun. I've grown to love them as if they were my own. Edward and I have had no encounters, only talk during dinner. I've been able to hear Katie play piano. Boy, she was great at it. I've really wanted to hear Edward play, but no such luck. School for me would begin soon. I would have to make a compromise with Edward about school hours. I would be writing papers a lot and I just have to bring my MacPro everywhere now. Haha… Anyways, I was doing some searching online for any books I would need for school. I've gotten enough money from what Edward has been paying me, $20 an hour. I've been getting bonuses some days, on what the kids have been saying. I would really miss the kids if I have to move or quit for some reason. I've had no slip-ups with what I've done, and if I did, I'd be screwed. I've really been careful, which is great! Anyways, I gave up searching books online, and decided to look for a nook instead. The teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Gutierrez, sent me a message on my email saying that a nook would be able to have all the books on it. I looked at the time and closed my MacPro and shoved it into my bag. I had about 4 minutes until I had to get to Edward's place, just a few steps across from my apartment. I shoved everything else I would need into my bag and ran out my room. I heard a yell, scream and growl come out of Rosalie's room. I quickly made sure I had my phone and keys and ran out of my apartment. I hit something, or should I say someone. I feel on my bottom and looked up to see who it was.
"Oh my, Bella! I'm sorry! So very sorry! Let me help you up," Edward said while helping me up.
"I'm fine," I huffed. I heard muffled screams and yells coming from my apartment and flinched.
"What's the hurry?"
"Oh, urk, *loud scream and growl coming from apartment* nothing."
"I, ummm, hear. I mean see."
"I should get to the children."
"Alright, bye Bella."
"Bye Edward," I said while opening the door to his apartment.
"Bella!" Edward called before I got into the apartment.
"Yeah?"
"I was just wondering… if you… with me… If you… tonight… dinner?" Edward stammered, blushing a little.
I'd love to. Pick me up at 6:00pm. Have Carlisle and Esme pick the kids up at 4:00pm. I'll see you. Oh, and make some reservations," I said with a wink. I walked into his apartment and shut the door. I took out my phone and texted Alice.
To: Alice
From: Bella
I have a date with the doctor tonight! (;
To: Bella
From: Alice
Finally! It's been months since he hired you and you finally get a date
To: Alice
From: Bella
It's only been two weeks ruhtard! Gotta go, kids are waking up! Bye chica (heart)OoooOoooOoooOoooOoooOoooOoooO
The kids and I were going to the aquarium for today. I fed them breakfast and looked at their schedule, which was blank. I told the kids to get ready and put them in Rose's BMW. My trick couldn't fit everyone. We went to the aquarium and I bought them disposable cameras. We were walking inside the aquarium and Katie and Johnny were really excited.
"Bella! Thank much!" Katie and Johnny said. "Daddy never take us here before."
"I hope you have fun today. Take pictures!" I said with a smile. I handed a guy our tickets and he gave them back. We walked to an escalator and Johnny walked up. I saw Katie hesitate and step on. I was already going up when she started screaming. I had to run down to get her because she could have hurt herself trying to crawl down the escalator. I picked her up and ran up the big gap and all the way to Johnny who was waiting at the top. I looked to Katie, and she was crying. This was dangerous, Johnny could have been taken and Katie could have gotten hurt. Oh, I'm embarrassed about this. I felt my cheeks flush. Could have been so dangerous…
I shook my head to get rid of the thought and asked Katie, "Are you alright?" She nodded. "Johnny, thank you so much for waiting! Did anyone talk to you?"
"No, Bella," he said. I set Katie down, and we walked to the family restroom. I washed Katie's face, and they used the bathrooms. I made sure that they had their backpacks and waters, then, we headed out to the first exhibit.
"Thank you so much Bella for taking us!" Katie and Johnny said. We were in the gift shop, and they were picking out a t-shirt and stuffed animal. I picked out a light jacket.
"You're welcome! Pick something out for your dad too!" I said sweetly. They had taken many pictures, and I took pictures of them with my camera. I picked out two small scrapbooks, but put them back down. I looked to Johnny who was carrying plush shark, and picked the scrapbooks back up. I saw Katie running to me with a jellyfish.
"Bella! I want these!" she said. She handed me a pink jellyfish and a pink shirt with the aquarium's logo on it. I saw Johnny coming and he handed me a great white shark, and a blue shirt with the aquarium's logo on it.
"Let's go try on the shirts, then you can pick something up for your dad," I said ushering them to the fitting rooms. They tried on the shirts and ran off to pick two things for their dad. They came back to me with a coffee mug and snow globe. I paid, and we went to Wal-Mart to develop the pictures. The lady told us to come back in a couple hours. I bought some construction paper, ribbon and gift wrap and we went back to the apartment. I went with them into my apartment first, but only letting them in the living room. I heard the door open and slam, showing an infuriated Rosalie.
"Bella! You stole my car?" she yelled.
"Rosalie! Yes, I did. My truck is too small for the kids," I said, pointing at them.
"If you steal my car one more time, I am going to remove your engine from your truck and throw it away," Rosalie threatened lowly.
"My truck! You wouldn't!" I said.
"Oh, yes. Yes I would," she said smugly.
"Come on kids, let's go make some lunch," I said while walking to the door and opening it. Johnny walked out with Katie, hand-in-hand. I walked out, slamming the door. I opened Edward's apartment and we walked in.
Katie and Johnny were asleep. I had asked Rosalie to pick up the pictures from Wal-Mart. She was picking them up while I set up everything. Rosalie rang the doorbell and I answered the door. She shoved the pictures at me and went into our apartment. I closed the door and heard the pitter-patter of Katie and Johnny's footsteps. They ran to me and smiled.
"Bella! How long did we sleep?" Johnny asked.
"One hour and a half or so," I replied. I walked with them to the kitchen, where everything was set up. They looked at it in awe and I picked up one of my scrapbooks on the table.
"Is that yours?" Katie asked.
"It sure is! We are going to make scrapbooks with the pictures you took," I said, "You may look at my scrapbooks for ideas."
"Thank you, thank you much!" Johnny said. They sat down and picked up a scrapbook. I took the packets of pictures and handed them their own. They looked at my pictures that I took of them and of course, myself. They worked on their scrapbooks while I got my Mac and searched for a nook. I saw a nook on the Barnes and Noble website with a turquoise cover that I loved! I planned to make time to stop by Barnes and Noble tomorrow. I shut my computer off and I wrapped the coffee mug and snow globe for Edward. Then, I got out Wuthering Heights and read.
Soon enough, Katie and Johnny were done. They ran to me and showed me their scrapbooks. Katie's was first.
"Wow Katie! This is beautiful!" I said. I finished looking at hers and looked at Johnny's scrapbook. "Johnny, I love the picture of the sting ray!" I was almost done with Johnny's when the home phone rang. I ran to the phone and answered.
"I wonder who it is," Katie whispered a little too loudly before I said anything.
"Hello? Cullen's Residence," I said.
"Bella!" Edward breathed into the phone.
"Hi Edward! Yes?"
"Just a heads up that I am coming home now. I know it is only 3:30pm, but I'm being let out early."
"Okay, well, the kids have a present for you. We'll see you soon."
"Okay, bye Bella. I look forward to dinner tonight."
"I do too Edward. Remember 6pm sharp," I said. I hung up on him to leave him hanging. I put the phone back and went back to the kids.
"Hey, why don't you two get ready for your grandparents? Your Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme will be picking you guys up soon," I said to them. They nodded and ran off. I cleaned up the mess they left. The doorbell rang and Carlisle and Esme came in.
"Bella, dear. How are you?" Esme asked while embracing me in a hug.
"Esme! It's nice to see you! I'm fine and you?" I asked.
"I'm fantastic," she said with a smile. I smiled back.
I hugged Carlisle and said, "Carlisle! How are you doing?"
"Well, I'm great. So you are working for Edward?" he asked. I nodded and led them to the living room. We caught up and the kids came down, embracing their grandparents. The door opened and Edward came in. He walked to the living room and his eyes focused on me. He smiled at me and I returned the favor.
"Hello Bella. Hi mom, dad. Hello kids," Edward said.
"Edward!" his parents said. He hugged them both and kissed Esme on the cheek.
"Oh daddy! We have something for you," the twins said. They ran to the dining table and came back with their presents and sat on the couch, presenting their gifts. I secretly gathered my stuff and bid my good-bye to Carlisle and Esme. I left quietly and went into my apartment. Alice and Rosalie appeared, iron and dress in hand.
"BELLAAAA!" they screamed. Oh no, this will be bad, I thought.
So, first things first.. Yes! I changed my name from InhaleLoveExhaleHate to ayeeemackie3. This is the last time I will change my penname, 'kay?
Also, I know I said I would have two chapters up for each story, but yeah. I lied.. But it was supposed to be two chapters! I've just been spending my winter break with my family and on the x-box, playing Kinect and… *cough* Call of Duty *cough*. (Girls play that too, and it is fun!) My laptop plug broke and the battery died just after Christmas too. Right now, I'm using my dad's mini laptop, and he thinks I'm doing schoolwork on it. (Also, who knew typing on a little computer could be so hard? I'm always pressing space, and it doesn't show up. And I push the 'page up/up arrow' button instead of the 'shift' key) You may think that these are all excuses, but these are all the TRUTH. No lie. OH! Right, you know what happened to Katie at the aquarium escalator? It's a true story. It happened to me and my sister when she was two this year. It was SCARY.
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We were at Barnes and Noble, and she wanted to go upstairs to the little kids section. We walked hand-in-hand to the escalator, and she looked wary about stepping on, but she stepped on. She let go of my hand and I was going up while she was at the bottom, screaming like she just saw a ghost. A man and his child were waiting to get on. I had to run down the escalator, which is a little hard, and pick her up and soothe her. I was really embarrassed at what happened, and I wanted to go crawl under a rock. I said sorry to the people waiting, which was sort of long. After that incident, I never took the escalator again… with her.
Anyways, moral of this little story is to never let your little brother or sister walk on an escalator until you're sure that they'll be okay with it. I was only 12 (!) when this happened, and this is an important thing for me now. She could've gotten hurt, but I'm glad she didn't. I was very lucky.
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Well, I have a little challenge for you guys. You readers are going to review, and tell me the craziest date you've ever had, or imagined. I'LL READ THEM ALL, and judge which is best. Whoever has the craziest one, will be the winner. They will get the FULL chapter before ANYONE! To enter this, you have to be devoted to this story, and have the best story in mind. I may even use it, if I don't type up the chapter first. So, yeah! Do it, or be square! (Yes, I know the saying is 'be there, or be square')
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! And have a happy new year you guys! I love you all, and this is my New Year's Eve surprise for you guys! It'll be a new year in 5 hours for me, and I'll be sure to update more often, seeing that a new year will bring new changes for me!
-Mackie.