I'm back, here it is, chapter 2. I'm surprised at the responses for chapter 1. I simply wrote this story because I was bored and originally it was meant to be only a few pages long spanning the five years that Bella would be in school while raising Jane. Well, those few pages turned into almost seventy and I'm finally uploading it.
If you haven't read 'Who Am I', you should move over to my profile and read it, it's about a young women who is amnesic and hears Edward's name and starts to remember memories that don't belong to her. It's not one of my best fics but I think it's decent and I'm sure that you'll guess who the women is after the first, maybe second chapter.
Finally, I'll leave you on a good note, I'm done with school for a few weeks, meaning I've got some time on my hands before summer classes start. So guess what, I've started work on the third story in the 'Agent Series', currently, the working title is 'My Normal' and Bella has moved back to Forks to raise a young charge who's been in some deep trouble with the law and her daddy. That's about all I can say right now since I'm still working on it.
I own nothing, maybe a few people, including Jane and Tessa and Michael and Lars.
I really hate school, it keep me away from my daughter for eight hours of the day, even though I had the weekends with her, it wasn't enough. On the flip side, I was thankful for the few hours away from her, but I need a night out and my father understood that, so when Alice asked me to stay the night for the third time, Charlie had finally caved and said he'd watch Jane for the night.
"So," Alice said as we where walking out of school the Friday I'd be staying at her house, "do you need Edward to tutor you?"
"Um... I'm not sure, I might eventually."
"Well, I might have already asked him and he said he could Sunday."
"Probably for the best, I'm already getting behind," but for different reasons than just having trouble following the teacher.
Alice nodded as we reached our cars, my father was in the his cop car, I wondered what that meant. The car seat was buckled in the back seat.
"Hi, dad," I said as I got in, "see you tonight, Alice."
Alice went to her mothers car.
"Bella, I might need you to watch Jane for awhile, I've got something to do at the station."
"It's fine, dad, I'll tell Alice we have to post pone."
"How about you have Alice come over at five, then I'll take the two of you out to the Cullen's. Maybe you should tell her."
"I've been thinking about it," I mumbled.
I called Alice's cell phone and she asked her mom if it was okay, who was and she showed up at five on the dot.
"I'm sorry, it's just that nobody could watch Jane for the few hours my father was needed at the station."
I was cradling my baby in my arms, Alice looked at her, looked at me and I knew she knew.
"You two aren't sisters are you."
"Meet my daughter, Jane Charley Swan."
"She's so cute," Alice cooed, taking a now four month old Jane out of my arms. "How old is she."
"She's four months.."
"Can I ask about her father?"
"Not in the picture, someday I'll tell you, but you're to young to know."
"That bad? Well, you have a second babysitter, I won't spill your secret."
I smiled, glad to know I had a friend to back me.
"Why don't we take her out with us?"
"Because I want a night away from her, won't keep me from calling home to check on her, but still it will be a quiet night."
"Explains why you sleep at lunch, does she keep you up?"
"Not always, she's starting to sleep through the night."
I got up to make Jane a bottle. I warmed it up and motioned for Alice to hand her over, but Alice keep her and grabbed for the bottle. Alice feed her.
"Is it hard?" Alice asked. "Being a mother?"
"At first, yes, now, not so much, people say it's an instinct that takes over, but it's a lot of learning and growing up too."
"You should get mommy, daughter pictures, my mom's a photographer."
"I've thought about it, but I haven't had the money to do it. Charlie only gives me money for her needs and I have to work for what I get. I cook, clean and do laundry.
"Maybe mom will do it for free. We'll ask tonight, oh and I told Edward about Sunday working for you. I've spoke so highly about you that he can't wait to meet you. Him and Emmett both."
Emmett was Alice's older brother, was starting his junior year with his girlfriend Rosalie, Edward was in ninth with his best friend Jasper, whom Alice had a huge crush on. I was curious to meet them, I hadn't had the opportunity to meet them yet.
"Another thing, Jazz is staying over tonight, so is Rose. Their parents are out of town and mom lets them stay. Are you going to mention Jane?"
"Your dad already knows, he delivered her, if it come's up, I'm not denying she's my daughter, I'll just tell them yea, but it better not," I play glared at my friend.
She made a motion that said my lips are sealed and we laughed, before Alice brought Jane to her shoulder and burped her.
"Kids, I'm home."
"You're a mom and your dad still calls you a kid," Alice said, I'd put Jane down for a nap about a half hour ago. Alice was sitting at the table while I worked on homework.
"Yea," I told her. "Hi, dad."
I moved around my homework, putting it all back in my bag and went to see my father.
"So," I said when I found my my father, "I think Jane's starting to teeth, she's been drooling more than normal and she was really fussy when I laid her down, she's been in there babbling to herself since I laid her down, I went to check on her and she hadn't fallen asleep yet."
"I'll watch her tonight, your job tonight is to have some fun."
"Hi, Mr. Swan," Alice said as she came in the room with us. "You want me to get Jane so we can head to my house?"
"Sure," I said and Alice walked to get her.
"Mom, I'm back," Alice yelled as we entered Alice's home. My father had just dropped us off and I'd said goodbye to my baby girl and was ready for some time away from Jane, time to be normal and be an almost teenager.
"Hi, dear," Alice's mom came out of what looked like the kitchen. "I just pulled some chocolate chip cookies out of the oven if you girls want some."
I smiled.
"Oh, mom, this is Bella, Bella, this is my mom, Esme."
"It's so nice to meet you, Bella," Esme said, coming to hug me.
"It's nice to meet you as well."
Esme walked away as Alice and I walked into the kitchen.
"Grab 'em before the boys get in here."
I grabbed a few and heard thudding on the stairs.
"Emmett," one the boys said, I wasn't sure which. "Stop shoving."
"Edward, shut up, I want cookies," another said as three boys came running in the room. The first boy, the biggest by far, I presumed him to be the oldest, thus being Emmett Cullen, the second had fair hair and gray colored eyes and the third, if I'd been standing up I would have fallen over at how good looking he was, he had bronze colored hair and piercing emerald green eyes.
"Hey, Alice," the one with gray eyes and fair hair said.
"Hi, Jasper. Guys, this is Bella Swan, Bella, this is Emmett, Jasper and Edward," she pointed to each boy as she said there names, I smiled at them.
"It's nice to finally meet you, the pixie seriously had us believing that you weren't real," Edward said. He came up and shook my hand. "So what are you girls doing tonight?"
"Watch video's, gossip, normal sleep over things," Alice said.
"Cool, we might join you for the movies, would you mind?" Edward asked.
"Not at all."
"Well, I have a guest upstairs, that I need to get back to, so I'll talk to ya later," Emmett said before bounding out of the room, with about six cookies in each hand
"So, movies?" I asked and we went to the living room and popped in a action flick.
I sighed at the sound coming out of my baby monitor, that was attached to my hip, Jane was wailing again and I was waiting for Edward to show up for math tutoring. The last time he'd been here, Charlie had taken Jane out for a walk and promised not to return until we where done. This time, Charlie had been called into the station, leaving me here with a teething Jane. Her first lower tooth was coming in and neither Charlie or I where getting much sleep.
I went back to the bed room and picked up Jane, who was looking more exhausted than Charlie or I. I tried massaging her gums, but it didn't help, she had a teething ring she was using that did help, but she was so tired that she had to patience for the ring. I'd went to Carlisle and asked about medicines and he'd given me something that could be bought over the counter.
The doorbell dinged and sent Jane into more hysteria.
"Jane, baby, it's okay," I talked to her. "It's just a friend for mommy."
I opened the front door to reveal Edward with a pencil behind his ear and a pad of paper in his hand.
"Hi, come on in, I'm just trying to get Jane down for a nap."
I started bouncing Jane slightly on my hip, which calmed her down, next thing I knew, she was asleep in my arms, I sighed a breath of relief. I gently laid her down in her crib and went back to the kitchen where Edward was sitting at the table.
"Your father doesn't mind I'm here?"
"No, he trust me, plus you're helping me with homework."
"Okay, so who was that little girl?"
"Jane, she's my daughter."
"Your daughter, I didn't know you had a boyfriend."
"I don't and I really don't want to talk about how Jane came to be."
"That's fine, she's cute, just like her mommy."
My jaw went slack, was Edward flirting with me, it seemed so, but I had no time in my life for anybody besides Jane.
"Edward, I need to lay some ground rules, I'm not looking for anything serious right now, I want friends, I want to be as normal as possible. I just want to be friends right now."
"I'm sorry, I didn't stop and think that you'd been burnt before. Emmett calls me a charmer by nature. So, let's be friends." Edward gave me that dazzling smile and we where on the fast track to being friends.
