Bella

"Can you grab my phone?" I shout to Alice and Jasper who are in the living room. I just need to finish up the last of the final order before I can have my life back. Christmas is in four days and I'm dying to just be able to sit back and relax for a few days.

"It's Edward," Alice hollers.

I wipe my hands and rush out to the living room hoping that my friend hasn't said anything that I would have to kill her over.

She's giggling as I'm grabbing the phone from her, so I'm sure that shortly after the call is over she's going to die.

Especially knowing Alice. The girl is a hot ticket, but she just doesn't know when to have a filter.

I love her though.

"Hello?"

"Hey Bella, it's Edward."

"Hey, what's up?"

He sighs. "Well, um, Ej was wondering if you were free this evening."

I giggle. "Um, well, Ej is a little young for me, but very sweet."

Edward laughs and laughs. "Oh no," he says trying to catch his breath. "No, he wanted to know if you were free tonight and if you wanted to help us decorate our Christmas tree. He'll understand if you're not. He knows you have a life outside of babysitting. I think he was just looking for someone who actually-"

"Edward, yes. Sure, I'll be over in about forty minutes, okay?" I cut him off, because while his rambling is adorable, I really need to check on the cookies in the oven.

As soon as I say that, I hear the ooos and giggles from Jas and Alice.

I shake my head and try my best to not let him hear.

"Sounds good," he says, taking a breath. "And thank you so much, Bella." The tone of his voice makes my pudding filled heart puddle up and my knees go weak.

"You're welcome," I manage to squeak out before hanging up.

The next half hour is spent with Alice sitting on my kitchen counter asking me all sorts of questions about the phone call that only lasted a few minutes.

"Is the Spanish Inquisition really required over that call?" I wonder as I take the now cooling cookies and begin packaging them up.

"Heck yeah! I wanna know everything. You could be missing something."

I frown and go back to work.

"C'mon Bella, did he say anything interesting?"

"No Al, he just asked me to come over because Ej wants me to help decorate the Christmas tree."

"Are you sure he just doesn't want you there so he can stuff your stocking later?"

I start cracking up, snorts and all. But manage to save the rack of cookies I've been working on. "Alice!"

She gives me a smug grin and shrug.

"That would be nice, but I highly doubt it."