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Chapter 4: Birthday and babies

I slowly walked into Ethan's room with a small smile as I saw him curled up with his puppy. I slowly took out my camera and snapped a few pictures of him before putting it away. He just looked so peaceful. I simply stood there for a long while just watching him sleep. I did not want to wake him just yet, after all last night had been one of the worst nights. He had been inconsolable for the longest time. I could not believe the reaction he had to wetting the bed.

~Flashback~

I was asleep in my room when I head a scream from inside Ethan's room and I shot straight up in bed. Before Ethan came along I was a rather deep sleeper and rarely awoke to anything but ever since I brought him home I was a light sleeper I would wake up to the sound of a pin dropping.

I staggered out of bed, and wrapped my robe around my body before going into his room slowly. I did not want to scare him by bursting into the room like I had done the first few times he had a nightmare. That simply made it even harder to calm him down.

There was no one in the bed and the comforter was thrown to the floor and part of it was sticking out from under the bed. I also heard a soft crying from underneath the bed as well.

I sighed quietly and went to kneel down next to the bed and looked underneath and saw the boy clutching the blanket against his crying form with his good hand and his broken arm by his side.

"Ethan…can you come out for Miss Bella? Please?" I said quietly holding my hand out patiently, waiting for him to come to me. His response however shocked me, usually he jumped right into my arms, tonight however...

"NOOOOO" He screamed slinking his way further under the bed his eyes wide.

I could not fit under the bed so I could not go under there after him.

"Why not buddy?" I asked softly my eyes looking at him intently.

"Y-You g-gonna h-huwt me!" He cried out and I sighed softly shaking my head.

"I promise I won't hurt you buddy. I never would hurt you…what happened? Did you have another bad dream?" I asked with a small hopeful voice trying to calm him down.

"N-No…I d-do bad." I did not understand at first . I then leaned up looking around the room, seeing nothing out of place I looked at his bed again. The sheets had a huge stain on it. He had wet the bed.

I groaned softly. What had those people done to him where he could get this scared over wetting the bed. He was only two!

"Its okay buddy, it was only an accident. I will not hurt you…come here please?" I held my hands out again and he shook his head no…again. I stood slowly and thought a moment.

"EMMETT!" I called when I opened the door.

He walked in a few minutes later rubbing his eyes and whined. "What BELLAAAA" He whimpered before looking at me.

"Emmett…can you pick up a bed with out hitting Ethan? He is hiding under the bed and I can not get to him." I asked him sweetlyI do not even know how he got under there the space was so small, then again he was rather small for his age. Either way I was too big and since he was refusing to come out, well we would have to do this the harder way. I had already left him for awhile and he was not calming down. So this was our option.

"Yeah sure…I will pick lift it up on the side he is under…and you can grab him okay? I can not lift a whole bed but I can lift it enough for you to get him" Emmett answered immediately more awake since I mentioned Ethan. Even though he was tired he would not complain much about helping out. I would make it up to him with a nice breakfast.

I nodded and went to the side he was hiding and Emmett lifted the bed gently and carefully. Ethan tried to scurry away but I picked him up hugging him gently enough though he tried to get away from me.

Emmett took the sheets off the bed and went to find some new ones. I thanked him quickly before sitting down in the corner of the room and I stroked the boys hair gently.

"No..No.' He kept whispering and trying to escape my grasp again.

"Shhhh it is okay. You're a good boy…a good good boy. And a big boy your gonna be three tomorrow" I kept saying into his ears. He did not calm down so I eventually started to sing into his ear as I rocked him gently My eyes closed as I rubbed his arms, back and head. He was slowly calming down. Music seemed to help him. I would have to get him a CD with soothing songs he could listen to every night perhaps it would help?

Eventually he had calmed down but it took an hour of singing and rocking. "Can we change your clothes buddy? They are all wet." I whispered gently.

"I sowwy…" He said sadly.

"It was an accident everything is okay." He nodded slowly even though I was sure he didn't really believe me. Soon enough I helped him out of his pajama pants and cleaned him up gently before getting him into some new pants and a new shirt.

Emmett had dried the bed and put a towel on top of the spot in case it was still a little wet and then put the sheets on. Finally the small boy was tucked in and his little dog Edward was put back on the bed so Ethan could sleep with him. While Edward was small he could jump on and off the bed and he was paper trained so he went out the door and used the paper we kept in the bathroom across the hall.

Once he was finally asleep I took a small breath and kissed his head before going to bed. I wished he could stay in bed with me but they advised against it. He was already attached to me and it would be better to get him comfortable in his own bed sooner rather then later.

~End Flashback~

When I saw that he was still sleeping I slowly headed down to the kitchen to make breakfast.

I decided to make some delicious chocolate chip pancakes. Double chocolate chip pancakes. Ethan loved chocolate so I figured it would be a good breakfast for his birthday. On top of that I knew Emmett also loved them and I wanted to give him a nice breakfast for helping me out last night.

I checked the clock. It was six-thirty. Ethan usually woke up around seven. So I got to work. I made the pancake batter from scratch before melting some chocolate chips and stirring them into the mix. Once they were nice and chocolaty I poured it into the pan and added a bunch of chocolate chips on top of it.

I hummed softly as the chocolate smell moved through the kitchen. I loved chocolate too. It was my dirty little secret.

Emmett came into the kitchen a few minutes after the first pancake was done. Only food would wake this big oaf of a brother up this early. If I hadn't been cooking he would probably of slept for a another hour or two.

"Emmett sit down its not done yet!" I waved the spatula at him before rolling my eyes at his puppy dog eyes as he sulked back to his seat and sat down.

A not to long later Ethan came into the kitchen with a rather determined look on his face. He waved at me before walking over to Emmett and giving him a serious look. "help me! Pwease?" He pointed to the chair he normally sat in.

I was confused. He never let anyone other then me pick him up.

Well if he was this determined then I was going to let it happen. After all why would I stop it. I still watched out of the corner of my eye of course, a small smile on my lips when I saw the shocked look on Emmett's face. He recovered after a moment though.

"You really want me to?" He asked Ethan with a worried smile. In the hospital Ethan had allowed Emmett to hold him a few times but since then he ran from any touch Emmett tried. I think for some reason he felt different in the house compared to when we were at the hospital.

"Yeah…I twee..I big boy." He said with the same determined tone as he stomped his little foot.

I giggled a little. I doubt it would be that easy but he wanted it to happen.

Emmett nodded a bit before pulling out the chair and held his arms out to Ethan. The boy stood there a moment running his fingers through his messy hair. A nervous habit I had noticed when he was in the hospital. Whenever he was nervous or thinking he would tug at his hair or touch his hair more then usual.

"Emmett won't hurt you Ethan, its fine. I am here." I said to him from where I stood at the stove.

Ethan nodded a little before slowly stepping into Emmett's outstretched arms and held his own up for him. My big brother picked Ethan up, causing him to shake slightly but not scream. I figured because Ethan inisiated the contact he would be okay with it. I was proud of him. Emmett gently set Ethan in the chair before ruffling his hair. Ethan still shook a bit but had a small smile on his lips.

He was proud of himself too. I could tell.

"You want something to drink? " Emmett asked Ethan a wide grin on his lips. I rolled my eyes turning back to my pancakes.

"Milk or juice?" Emmett asked. I guess Ethan nodded his head. I love how Emmett always asked him even though he always said Milk in the mornings. He loved his milk after all.

"Milk." I heard Ethan respond. A small smile coming to my lips. I knew it. Humming softly I continued making the pancakes, turning off the stove when I was finally done cooking.

Emmett poured him a glass of milk and put it on the table in a cup. He refused sippy cups. He wanted a normal cup like everyone else.

Once Ethan was sipping his milk I brought him a plate of pancakes. Already cut up for him. I set the dish in front of him and kissed his head. "I am proud of you." I whispered into his ear.

I giggled at his confused look. "Why Miss Bella?" He asked tilting his head slightly.

"Because you let Emmett pick you up! You're a very good boy. And a big boy" I said kissing his head again.

"Really?"

"Yup."

"Oh and Ethan?"

"Yeah?"

"Happy birthday!"

He smiled huge and nodded. "Tank you!" He said hugging me. I had a feeling the boy really did not understand birthdays and what happened during them. We had spent the last week explaining to him what today was and how we would be having a party for him. It was a very special day and he seemed to understand about as much as any other three year old might understand.

"Eat your pancakes. I need to get Emmett his." I said before going and getting Emmett a stack of pancakes, around six or seven of them. Compared to my three and Ethan's two. Ethan would probably want another one but I gave him two for now. Emmett never complained unless I didn't give him enough. So I gave him plenty.

I added maple syrup to mine and Ethan's dish and when Emmett gave me a pleading look I added some to his dish as well before rolling my eyes at him.

Once we were all settled in and eating our pancakes I finally spoke to Ethan about the rest of the day.

"Ethan? My dad is coming today remember?…He is really excited to meet you. He is your grandpa" I said carefully to him. He looked at me nodding slowly a small frown on his lips before returning to his food. I had told him this before but I felt the need to remind him.

"He is a good person Ethan…you know how those police men helped you when your mama hurt you?" He nodded again still not saying anything but he had stopped eating for the moment to listen to what I had to say.

"Well he is the best police man ever! He protected me when I was little and he wants to meet you can help protect you too. He is very nice. Do you want to meet him?" I asked him as I ran my fingers through his hair a moment, trying to relax him as much as I could while waiting for his answer.

He bit his bottom lip before speaking softly. "He is…nice?" He said and I nodded in agreement. "Very." I added quickly. "Alwight…you not weave?" He asked biting his bottom lip a bit harder.

"Of course buddy! Oh and guess what? He is bringing you a birthday present!" I added to make it a bit more appealing to him. He nodded with an actual smile gracing his lips. Clearly excited about the prospect of a present. While someone giving him a present was not enough to gain his trust it definitely opened up his mind a bit. Making him think they were not as bad as he might think.

"Oh and remember we are giving you a party too…a party for your birthday. It is just me, Emmett, Alice, Jasper and my daddy." I said nodding a little.

He looked nervous but of course Emmett jumped in. "There will be lots of cake and ice cream and presents and Miss Bella will not leave at all okay?" He grinned at the small boy. Of course cake and ice cream! He loved sweets! The way he looked the first time we had given him chocolate was one of pure joy!

He seemed to calm down allot at that. "Okay!…" He said softly staring at Emmett then he continued.

"okay…unkie Emmey" He smiled at Emmett. I think we were finally back to the point we were when we had been at the hospital. Ethan did enjoy Emmett's company then and would sit with him now and again, but once we were home everything changed. I smiled again ruffling the Ethan's hair before looking at Emmett who was smiling toward Ethan. He looked very happy but also slightly upset. Probably because he had been called Emmey. It was the first time Ethan had spoken to him so directly since we had gotten home. He had only called him uncle once before.

"Awww! Your so adorable Ethan! I will make sure you get an even bigger piece of cake!" Emmett said extremely giddy.

"Sheesh! Stop bouncing Emmett! Everyone eat there pancakes!" I commanded gently before I started eating as well. Ethan smiled a bit at Emmett before looking down at his pancakes.

I had a feeling when Ethan completely trusted Emmett they would be trouble together. I was not ready for that.

We finished breakfast in relative silence. When we were done I sent Ethan to his room to play for a bit before turning to Emmett.

"Alice wanted me to send you over to bring her down to the living rooms so she can be a part of the party and order you and Jasper how to decorate." I smirked at him knowing Alice got on his nerves sometimes. Though we all knew what Alice wanted, Alice got.

"But Bella! Why can't Jasper get his wife down stairs! That's his job!" Emmett said pouting. I rolled my eyes slightly. "Alice does not trust Jasper to bring her down the steps. Besides he is picking up some stuff for her." I shrugged slightly.

When he did not say anything I sighed. "Go Emmett! Dad will be here soon and I need some time to get them acquainted with out Ethan freaking out Shoo Shoo! Go Help Alice!" I pushed him toward the door as he glared at me. "Fine Bella! But you owe me!" He complained before going upstairs to get ready to go. "No! Alice does!" I said back with a small laugh before going to do the dishes.

He left around twenty minutes later having showered and changed into a pair of jeans and a short sleeve shirt. He gave me a glowering look before leaving.

I then took out my phone and called my father.

It rang twice before my dad answered.

"Hey dad, morning. Just wanted to know what time your coming up?"

"I am on my way now actually. Just left a few minutes ago if that's alright. Sue wanted to come but I told her the boy would probably be overwhelmed."

"Oh! That's great. Gives him more time to get used to you. I do miss Sue though...we will have to introduce them soon..."

"Yeah figured that and of course."

"So…I will see you in a bit?" I asked not sure what else to say. We always had short conversations. Neither of us were very talkative people.

"Yeah talk to you soon."

"Bye daddy love you."

"Love you to Bells."

He hung up and I smiled a bit as I went up stairs to help Ethan get dressed.

I soon had Ethan in a shirt that said 'Birthday Fun! I am 3 today!' with a picture of a train on the bottom. (picture in profile) He loved the shirt and made me read it to him twice. I helped him into some jeans and the combed his messy hair into a reasonable place. It never did sit right. I guess he got it from his father.

He looked nothing like Victoria only the slight shape of the face and his nose was similar as well but everything else was exactly like who ever his father was. Who ever this Edward character was. I wonder if he even knew that he had a son?

As I finished combing his hair I heard a knock on the door and smiled. "That's my dad." I said gently.

He shook slightly and I knelt down in front of him. "Come down when your ready to meet him okay? He is not going any where and neither am I okay?"

This seemed to calm Ethan down because he nodded and slowly went to sit down on his bed.

"I'll be down stairs alright Ethan?" He nodded again playing with one of his toys. I kissed his head and ran to my room and through on a shirt and jeans before going to open the door.

"Hey dad! Its good to see you!" I said hugging him. I always loved my father. Today he was dressed casually in a pair of jeans and a long sleeved flannel shirt, his hair combed back. His mustache tickled my forehead as he kissed it. "Good to see you too Bells." He said releasing his hold on me.

"Ethan will be down in a bit. He is nervous about meeting you. I told him to take his time." I added when he gave me a confused look.

He nodded in understanding before bending down and picking up two rather large gifts. I gave him a questioning look and he grinned. "Secret." He tapped my nose after setting the gifts down inside the room.

"I told you not to spoil him…not a good habit for him to get into to." I muttered softly, even though I was spoiling him a bit. Okay...Maybe I was spoiling him a whole lot more then I admitted. Nothing compared to how my brothers and Alice were however.

"Yeah yeah! I am just happy to have someone to buy gifts for even at a young age you did not want gifts…such a stubborn child." He shook his head still smiling.

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah yeah yeah, coffee?" I asked him heading to the kitchen.

"Yeah sounds good Bells."

I nodded heading into the kitchen to get him some coffee. Though right when I poured the second cup I heard something from the living room. A little panicking voice and the coffee was forgotten.

"Miss Bella?" He called from the bottom of the stairs hands clutched in front of him.

"I am right here Ethan, I was in the kitchen. Want to help me get the coffee?" I asked and he nodded holding his arms out to me. He could see my father sitting on the couch but Charlie was trying not to watch me and Ethan. Even though I could clearly see his small smile as he watched from the corner of his eye.

I picked him up easily and walked into the kitchen pouring the second cup and putting the two on a tray. "Want a snack Ethan?" He nodded and I hummed softly looking through the cabinets for something he could have.

"Want some crackers with peanut butter?" I asked him as I found some saltines and peanut butter.

"Yeah." he said nodding. I sat him on the counter as I took out a few crackers and added some peanut butter onto them and put them on the tray with the coffee and some milk for Ethan before setting Ethan on the floor.

"Ready?" I asked him and he nodded a bit. I picked up the tray and held it with one hand and held Ethan's hand with my other. As I walked I constantly made sure I kept my balance not wanting a bout of clumsiness dump hot coffee on my father , Ethan or myself. I set the tray on the table and handed my dad his coffee before sitting down on a chair across from my father.

I then lifted Ethan into my lap and he leaned against me.

"Ethan this is my dad, Charlie. That makes him your grandpa….Dad this is Ethan." I said gently waiting for one of them to say something. I only had him calling him Grandpa and my brothers uncle because I did not know what else to have them called. Even though he was not officially mine he was living under my roof right now.

"Hi…." Ethan said softly with a wave before leaning back against me as close to me as he could be.

"Hi Ethan." Dad said smiling at the boy. "Bella told me it was your birthday today. How old are you?" He asked even though it was on his shirt.

Ethan pointed to his shirt before holding up three fingers. "tis many.." He said softly. "Twee."

"OH! Your such a big boy!" He said grinning widely. I forget how good my dad was with me and my brothers when we were this age.

"I got you something for your birthday….and you can open one now and one later…" He motioned to the two gifts near the door. "Want to?" He asked smiling again.

Ethan looked a bit unsure and looked at me. "go ahead and pick one." I said kissing his head and Ethan smiled slightly. "Alwight…" He said slowly climbing off my lap walking to the two gifts never turning his back to us and keeping his eyes on me.

He went for the larger package first. Little kids were always predictable.

He opened the brightly colored gift carefully and finally got the paper off and he inspected it with a small smile.

I turned to glare at my father. "A key board dad? Seriously? He is three years old!" I hissed under my breath.

He leaned over whispering in my ear. "I have been a cop many years Bella.. One thing I learned is if a child who has been through trauma has an outlet. Like music or art it helps. I even signed him up for lessons but that can wait until he is ready" He nodded and I sighed shaking my head. I had thought similarly but not a key board. Maybe…paints or crayons or something.

"piano?" He said looking at me with a small smile on his lips and I nodded. "A small piano…it is called a keyboard…" Wait how did he know what a piano was. I wonder if he had seen one before. So I decided to ask him just that. "Did you ever see a piano before Ethan?"

He nodded. "yeah…when mama…and daddy ames were gone I would push the buttons…" He said looking rather guilty about it. I frowned a bit. They had left him alone? Well I guess it was better then them being there in the long run.

"Do you like the piano?"I smiled gently at him and he nodded. "It pwetty." He nodded again then walked over hugging me. I then whispered in his ear. "Can you say thank you to grandpa."

He bit his lip but turned to smile at my father. "Ank you ampa!" I never realized how cute kids were when they could not say certain letters.

"Your welcome Ethan." My dad smiled at him and then Ethan turned to me. "Can I pawy wit it now?"

His eyes were bright and excited. It was a first. I nodded "for a little while." I then opened the box bringing it up to his room and set it up. "Now Ethan it is not a toy so you can not break it okay?" He nodded and I explained what certain buttons did and how to turn it on. Then I left him to his own devices and went back to the living room.

"Bells? I was going to give you this before Ethan came down." He said before handing me a picture of a man with dirty blond hair and deep blue eyes. "Who is this?" I asked noticing it was a mug shot.

"That there is James. This was taken three years ago, last known photo of him. He is eighteen in there. I figured you should have his picture in case you see him." He added tapping it a moment.

I glared at the picture before folding it and stuffing it in to a draw Ethan could not reach. I did not need him finding the picture and freaking out over it.

"Thanks dad…for the picture and for what you got Ethan." I smiled a bit and kissed his cheek causing his face to redden slightly.

As I went to sit down I heard Ethan playing upstairs. To my surprise he was playing an actual song. A simple one but a song none the less. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Where in the world did he learn that. He had to of been playing with one hand since his other one was broken. But regardless the boy played a good tune. I just smiled and shook my head and leaned back getting into a comfortable conversation with my dad.

When twelve-o'clock came I grinned sitting up and stretching. "Ethan! Were going to Uncle Jazz's and Auntie Alice's house!"

Ethan came down a few minutes later. Dad had already walked over so I picked Ethan up. "Miss Bella?" He said looking into my eyes. "We bring Edward?" I nodded with a small smile before putting a leash on the pup before heading next door with Ethan.

When I opened the door I was surprised by the many balloons and decorations for the kids party. Obviously Ethan was too because he stared wide eyed at everything. The balloons, the presents, the party hats, birthday banner. Alice really goes all out.

Speaking of Alice she was sitting in a large recliner with a blanket over her waist grinning. "Happy Birthday Ethan! Come give Aunty a hug." She held her arms out. I set Ethan down and he walked over giving her a small hug.

He trusted Alice for some reason as well.

Everyone in the room was wearing ridiculous party hats so of course they stuck one on my head and in return stuck one on Ethan's head as well. He was not to happy about it but smiled any way,

The whole party went smoothly enough. Ethan even let Emmett hold him when he had to blow out the candles on the big chocolate cake. Emmett sat down and Ethan sat on his lap so he could reach to blow them out. It was adorable and I filmed the entire thing.

Ethan loved all the presents, clothes, toys, paint, paper, and one of those toys he could sit on in his room and ride around. All and all Ethan had allot of fun.

The party continued though Ethan fell asleep around four on Jasper and Alice's couch. Little Edward curled up against him. I put a blanket over him before going to sit with Alice for a bit.

"Thank you Alice you did a wonderful job."

"I did not do anything it was all the men." She grinned.

"But you told them what to do, so you did it." I tapped her nose grinning.

"Okay Okay your soooo right Bella!" Why did I know that was the exact thing she wanted me to say so she could respond as such. It was a very Alice thing to do.

I laughed slightly hugging her shoulders. "your going to be such a great mom Alice." I said softly.

Alice smiled and nodded a bit. "I hope so..though I always thought I would be a mother first…you seem to have beat me to that…" She motioned to Ethan.

"What do you mean Alice I am not pregnant?" I was confused and probably a little dense since once I realized what she meant I felt pretty stupid. It was obvious what she was talking about after all!

"Bella? You are his mother in every shape and form you just never carried him and birthed him. He is yours…I can tell. He loves you , its nice, make sure you adopt him. He would not to well if he was separated from you." Alice was always very insightful and I loved her for it.

"Of course I will Alice. I love.."

"OH!: I was cut off when Alice grabbed he stomach suddenly.

"Whats wrong Alice?" I asked quickly.

"Contraction." She said seriously. "I've been getting little ones all day but...n-nothing too bad I didn't think it was the real thing..."

I did not respond quickly enough so she continued.

"I think the babies are coming Bella! My water just broke!" Alice said her eyes wide in shock as she looked down. The chair soaked. This was surprising since she was not due for another month or more but the doctors said to expect it since she was with twins and since she was a small fry she had a better chance of delivering early. Especially because she had a few complications at the start of her pregnancy.

Well here comes two new additions to the family!

"JASPER YOUR GONNA BE A DADDY!"

Alice screamed at the top of her lungs.

Okay! There is Chapter 4!

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