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Chapter 2: Coming home

Monday- May 31, 2010

At some point as I sat there holding Ethan's hand I fell asleep with my head on the bed. I had simply wanted to rest my eyes for a few moments, not really expecting to fall asleep. When I awoke it was from a crying Ethan. As I opened my eyes it took me a moment to remember exactly where I was and why I was there. Plus my body was stiff from the awkward way I had fallen asleep. After a moment I gently moved the boy to look in my direction. "What's wrong Ethan?" I asked stroking his red cheek trying to calm him down a bit, wishing I could scoop the boy into my lap, but he was attached to a few to many wires for me to do that quickly. Slow Ethan's hand with the IV rose slightly to point at the man in the door.

I turned my head and smiled a little. It was Emmett. I could understand Ethan being frightened Emmett was indeed a massive man and rather intimidating to adults, forget about a small child who had been abused by a man. Plus he was a stranger.

"It's just my brother Ethan. His name is Emmett and he is a big teddy bear." I said grinning a little. The boy did not quiet down right away. Biting my lip slightly I eventually had to climb into bed with him setting him gingerly into my lap, careful of his IV and broken arm. I stroked his hair and leaned him against me. Who cared about hospital policy the boy needed comfort.

I finally looked up at a shocked Emmett in the door way then down at Ethan. "Can he come sit down? He is very nice." the little boy moved closer to me but nodded anyway. He was shaking slightly so I knew he was scared, but he was definitely calmer then he had been. His eyes, now free from tears was watching Emmett carefully.

"Come on Em, come sit down." I motioned to the chair next to the bed. "Slowly." I added quickly. He nodded before coming over and sitting his huge frame into the small chair. For once he actually listened to me. For that I was glad.

"Dad told me what happened…are you alright?" He asked reaching out to touch my hair gently. After Emmett had sat in the chair I saw Ethan's eyes slide closed as he moved to snuggle against me. I pulled the blanket onto him.

"Yeah I am fine Em… I will explain when he falls asleep." I grinned slightly then sighed as I stroked the boys hair gently and leaned him against my stomach. Emmett nodded and a little while later the Ethan seemed to fall back asleep. He was still rather drowsy so I knew the medicine they had used to sedate him had not fully worn off yet so I just continued running my fingers through his hair as I turned to look at Emmett.

"Em? How would you feel about a kid living in our house? Do you want to be an uncle?" I asked gently looking at the small boy in my arms. Not really wanting to see my brothers shocked face, even though I caught a glimpse of it in the corner of my eye.

"Are you serious Bella?" I nodded sheepishly before kissing Ethan's head. "I feel…so...i don't know... close to him already…and the cop said I have a pretty good chance of getting him. At least fostering and most likely adoption if no other family can be located…" I said quietly.

"Oh…well... um... of course it is fine with me…there is plenty of room…oh Dad is probably in the waiting room, he was on his way when I came up." He added quickly. "Alright Em he is probably busy right now…oh…did you win your jeep?"

He smiled sheepishly before nodding. "Yeah! Of course you know I have the best luck! That girl Rosalie is totally hot. Even though she said that she hates me but do not worry I will win her over! We still have that date and everything so it will all work out!" His tone was getting higher as he spoke. I swear men never grew up. The way he spoke reminded me of when he was a teenager and going after various different girls. I groaned lifting my hand covering his mouth before he could get any louder and wake Ethan. "Shhhh you will wake him." I hissed, glaring slightly.

He covered his own mouth after that. "Sorry!" He said softly. A few moments later my stomach grumbled a bit and a light blush coated my cheeks. "Are you hungry?" He asked with a grin and I nodded. As much as I hated the idea of hospital food it would suffice for now. "Ask the doctor to come in please, oh and get something for Ethan too." I motioned to the small boy.

Soon after he left but Carlisle entered a moment later frowning at our position but I guess he let it go due to the circumstances.

"Hello Bella, what is it you need?" He asked in a gentle voice as he walked over to check Ethan's charts, from what I was guessing was the night shift.

"I was just wondering if it was okay to feed him? He has been waking up now and again…and I figure he must be hungry…" I said softly. The man nodded a bit. "Of course. I informed your brother to get him something like soup for now. It will be easier for him to digest…" He said softly before going to the IV and replaced it with a new bag.

"He is still on a low dose of pain medicine but we took the sedative off so he should be up soon. We only used it because he would not allow us to check him." He informed me with a gentle nod. "He is going to be fine." He said nodding.

"How long will he be here?" I asked with a some what relieved look.

"Less then a week. We want to get him hydrated and checked out by a psychologist and a few other tests…His mother has been arrested and in custody…she has already agreed to sign over the rights saying she never wanted to be a mother…and she does not know who the father is…" He said frowning , obviously a bit angered by the situation. After all I was as well. How could anyone not care for their child, perhaps its not even that it was simply who would allow such horrific things to happen, why not put them up for adoption to begin with. "But you can apply to be his mother now. The police told me…that you wanted to become his foster mother and I agree you would probably be best for him since he trusts you. He seemed to trust you from the moment he met you..." I nodded with a smile. Thankful he had given them his opinion and he seemed to think it would be a good idea as well. "I have to make rounds now I will be back to check on him in a little while, feel free to ring for a nurse if anything happens before then"

I nodded and thanked him but right as he was about to walk out the door he turned his head to me. "before he wakes up you might want to use the bathroom and freshen up…here are some clothes your dad gave me for you. You're father said he would be back around soon and he had a few things to handle." he set the bag near the door before leaving.

My face flushed a bit but slowly I moved Ethan so he could lay in the bed and after making sure he was asleep I then went into the bathroom with my bag.

'thank you daddy!'

Inside was a fresh pair of jeans and a black t-shirt along with my tooth brush and tooth paste and a hair brush. Maybe dad wasn't that dumb about a girls needs after all. I quickly brushed my teeth, twice, then used the rest room before finally dressing and brushing my hair back and into a lose pony tail at the base of my neck. I would have showered but I did not trust Ethan to sleep that long. For now this would be sufficient.

After giving myself a once over I went back into the room. I was surprised that I had not hear him but he was awake and crying softly because of a nurse who had walked in. "Calm down kid I just need to take your temperature." She said frowning.

I groaned this women looked like a bitch! She clearly did not care for working with children. This was probably simply her assignment for the day.

I walked over. "Ethan calm down I am here." I said rubbing his back. After he calmed down the nurse took his temperature, using one of those ear thermometers. It seems that he had a slight fever the day before but everything was normal now. I also learned the nurses name was Lauren Mallory.

When she FINALLY left I turned back to Ethan. "Hey buddy you hungry?"He looked up at me with wide eyes and nodded enthusiastically."Yeah…. Hungy…" He said rubbing his belly a little. His stomach giving off a small rumble of its own. A small smile coming to my lips when I heard it."who you?" He asked staring at me with a pleading expression. I knew he was asking my name not who I was literally. He knew me by now.

"My name is Bella." I said softly and he nodded.

'Miss Bella?" I smiled slightly. He seemed very polite. I wondered where he had learned such manors. It was probably some sick version of his 'parents', using that term lightly of course, thought was proper. I did however think he was simply adorable with how he said my name.

"Yes Ethan?"

"potty…"

I frowned a bit at first not sure what he meant, however it then hit me like a ton of bricks. It was pretty obvious after all. "OH you have to go potty?" He nodded quickly squirming where he sat. I picked him up and carried him into the bathroom while rolling the IV stand with me.

I helped him when needed before having him wash his hand and go back into the room. I sat him on the bed gently after he was done. I was surprised he was potty trained, though he would be three soon.

"Tanks." He said softly. I kissed his head gently. "Welcome…Oh there is Emmett my brother…he brought us food."

At this Ethan's eyes lit up at the sound of food. "IN IN." He called before covering his mouth quickly after his shouting. He looked at me like a scared puppy so I smiled and repeated what he said except a bit louder then he had, showing him he would not get in trouble. "IN IN."At that Ethan giggled softly.

So IN IN Emmett came with maybe twenty-five balloons and a giant teddy bear and a huge grin on his face. He looked so damn proud of himself.

"Emmett?" I said calmly. He looked at me smiling. "Where is the food?" He frowned. "oh…sorry I forgot. I saw the gift shop and I just had to get some stuff for Ethan!" I growled a little. I was starving and I was sure Ethan was as well. "Geez you can not take a joke." He muttered opening the door wider to reveal Jasper, holding the trays of food rolling his eyes at Emmett.

"Here is your food Bells." He said handing me a tray and setting the other on the little stand in front of Ethan.

I had the same thing as Ethan but a larger serving. It was tomato soup with some grilled cheese and juice. Well I had a soda and Ethan had some juice. Ethan looked up at the two men after a moment a little suspiciously. However he did seem to enjoy the balloons and teddy bear. Though after a moment he looked back at me after looking down at the soup.

"Miss Bella?" Ethan said softly. I looked at him smiling a little. "yeah? Mr. Ethan?" He spoke after another frown. "it hot?" He asked looking at it a moment. Clearly understanding the concept that food sometimes was a bit too hot to eat.

I smiled a bit before scooping some up holding it to his mouth after blowing on it. He smiled and ate it.

One week later- Monday June 07, 2010

This was how the days went for the entire week. Me waking up before him, changing and getting ready for the day, feeding him breakfast, lunch and dinner until his IV was removed and he could feed himself and simply loving the little boy. Best of all I got in touch with his social worker and was approved to be his foster mother. It was a rushed job as she had said but it was mostly because my dad was chief of police in Forks and he knew people in the Seattle police and they in turn knew how to pull some strings. Obviously that didn't mean it was easy. They had to give me background checks and I had to fill out a ton of paper work. Either way it was worth it in the end.

"He is being discharged and you two can finally go home." Carlisle said as he held out some papers for me to sign since I was his legal guardian now.

"Thank you Carlisle. You have been very kind to him."

The man nodded in understanding. "Of course…I am with all patients but he is something else…" He smiled gently. "He reminds me of my son when he was that age…he went MIA a few years ago…he was in the war. Never found a body…Well like I said he reminds me greatly of Edward when he was a toddler." He smiled ruffling the boys hair gently before looking back at me and explained a few other things.

"Sorry to hear about your son…and thank you." I said shaking his hand before turning back to Ethan who was sitting on Emmett's lap. He had grown rather attached to him over the last couple of days. Maybe it was because of the food he brought, and by food I mean snacks. Snacks, presents, everything he could think of. I think my brother was as crazy about Ethan as I was.

"Ethan time to get dressed. Time to go. "I said gently.

"you go way?" He asked staring straight at me looking rather sad. I shook my head. "Yup and your coming home with me and uncle Emmy." I grinned slightly at the name Ethan had given him.

"I go wit you?" He asked getting a nod from me. I had avoided explaining to him that he was going to live with me, just in case something went wrong and I was not approved to foster him. I did not think he would handle the news very well. While he was only two he was very smart for his age and seemed to have picked up on many things on his own.

He ran over into my arms and I smiled kissing his cheek. I gently pulled on the shirt getting his cast through then a sweater along with jeans and a baseball cap.

Once he was all dressed I made Emmett gather all of the belongings HE had bought for Ethan. I took Ethan into my arms and headed down to my car. Well I normally drove my truck but that was probably not very safe for a toddler so I had dad bring me one of Billy's old cars for now. Dad took my truck home. I would have to get a safer car for us but for now this was good. Better then Emmett's jeep.

I made sure the car seat was in place before setting him into it and buckling him in.

Once on the road I put the radio on a kids station and let him listen to music while I drove. He was asleep in less then half an hour. I just could not wait to show him his room! Alice had instructed the boys on what to do from her bed so I knew it would be fabulous.

Had to admire her skills even if she was annoying sometimes a person could not help but love her.

Sighing quietly as I drove toward home. I still had to figure out if I could still teach and take care of Ethan, if not I could take a year off and find another job if I had to but hopefully Ethan would be able to handle being left with Alice or at the day care located next to the school. Either way things would work out. I knew I had made the right decision and while things might be a bit more difficult for me now...it would be worth wild in the end.

Soon enough I pulled into the drive way of the two story house and grinned slightly before climbing out. Emmett was already inside. The Jeep was parked in front of the house.

I walked over to the back door and unbuckled Ethan. "Wake up Ethan we're home." His eyes slowly opened and he rubbed his eyes with a groggy expression on his face. "Home?" He said quietly, unsure. I giggled a bit before taking him out and setting him on the ground before going to the front door. I opened it and the little boy walked inside with a bit of hesitation.

I did not see Emmett so I figured he was some where in the house giving us a moment.

"Do you want to see your room Ethan?" I asked and he nodded. Though he did look a little unsure as he did. "Go look its upstairs." He nodded once more before heading up the steps quickly. I had found out his room at his house had nothing but a sheet and pillow on the floor and the room was a mess with few toys.

I sighed quietly. Well he was in for a surprise.

I headed up the steps and went to the door opening it for him.

Ethan walked inside with wide baby like eyes. "my woom?" He asked softly looking at me. I nodded. Hoping because it was so different from his so called room where he was before it would be an easier adjustment to spending time in here.

He looked to his bed which was one of those cool race car beds. "Big bed?" I nodded a bit. "Mmhmm…."

His room was painted blue with a race track design going up the wall then down on the floor forming the illusion of a race track. The bed was situated on the floor near the track. In the corner was a large dresser that was painted red with little race cars on it as well.

Why race cars?

Because Emmett bought him some toy cars and the little boy fell in love immediately.

A large toy chest was in he other corner filled to the brim with toys and legos, another smaller toy box next to it filled with race cars, trains and toy tracks. Damn Alice was spoiling my boy. Alice came from allot of money but liked living in the small town in a simple house, but she loved shopping. Next to the bed was one of the giant teddy bears Emmett bought.

Then I went to look in the closet and there were tons of clothes on three racks. The racks perfect size for children's clothes.

There was a corner with a table and a bunch of different art supplies that could be used for crafts. Everything that might be small or dangerous like scissors was up on a high shelf, so if needed I could get them for him. On a lower shelf was crayons and paper for him to use. And next to that was a few shelf's with books, puzzles and other things of that nature.

The small boy was looking around amazed. He poked everything as if making sure it was all real. "Mine?" He asked again looking at him with wide eyes. I walked over scooping him up and spinning him gently. "Yup all yours baby do you like it?" I asked him and he nodded and hugged him.

"Yes Miss Bella!"

I had tried to get him to just call me Bella but he insisted on the miss part. I just shrugged it off after awhile. It was adorable and I wasn't going to push the boy into calling me anything else.

The little boy yawned a bit. "Want to take a nap before lunch time?" I asked and he nodded a little. He had not slept at all the night before. He kept having night mares so even at the ride home he probably did not get enough sleep.

"I pulled the sheets back on his face car bed and set the boy between the sheets and pulled it over him and kissed his head and closed the curtains leaving them open just enough to let a bit of light in for him, he was afraid of the dark. I stayed with him until he fell asleep.

"Welcome home Ethan…" I whispered kissing his head and headed down to make something for lunch.

I found Emmett in the kitchen eating a bowl of trix cereal. "Really Em? Don't you know? Trixs are for kids." I playfully smacked his arm. "The room is wonderful…though Alice went a little over board" I told him sincerely. I kissed his cheek before going to work on lunch. Emmett grinning like an idiot."Perhaps she did a bit...but she did good..." Emmett agreed after a few moments. Wrapping his arms around me in a bear hug before releasing me to do as I wished.

I would have to call and thank Alice and Jasper later. I know they had hired someone to help but that's okay I was happy they made the room perfect! I had seen photos of it but seeing it in person made me a little teary eyed and giddy.

On top of that my son was home and he was happy.

OKAY there was chapter 2!

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