The characters in this story are not mine, they are from Stephenie Meyer. The story is not mine either, it's from Teffi Masen, this is just an authorized translation.
Chapter 8: Happy birthday?
Saturday did not arrive fast enough, Paulette was excited, she had told all her friends that she was going to American Girl Place, they had been excited and said how much fun it was, as well as the many things that their parents bought to them, Paulette accepted that it was much better than a birthday party, although she promised to talk to Bella to invite her five friends to spend the day at home.
Paulette was so excited about her birthday that she did not asked because Rosalie had not come, or why Matilde was now with her all the day, although if she was sincere, she liked that Rosalie did not go every day, she loved her aunt, but sometimes she was very bossy and did not like to be scolded when she did not eat the broccoli on the plate, it was not her fault that she did not like the green tree, she did not understand how her three cousins could like it.
Bella and Edward had gone to work after she got on the school bus and on friday it was Bella who took her to school, in just two days things had changed a lot.
Paulette thought it was because it was the gift that her parents had sent her from heaven.
She had kept her promise after all.
Bella was in a bad mood at night because after her hard work to get the direction of the accounting department, Marcus was angry with her for having arriving later to work, she had explained that having her niece in charge things were getting complicated.
"Sure you can with this charge? I need someone responsible and committed to the job."
The stupid comment of Marcus had angered her so much that she had shouted at everyone who crossed her path, Angela tried to have things at once before receiving a scream, but the messenger boy had not run with the same luck when he handed her a package one hour later.
"It's no problem, Mrs Bella" Matilde had said after she asked Paulette to sleep before she arrived, she was not in the mood to put up with an overactive girl who would not let her take a soothing bath in the tub, she admitted that Rosalie was a great help, but she was not willing to call her, Angela was already looking for qualified nannies.
Only two days had passed and she was not willing to let stress and anger become an habit in her day, she was not going to get in trouble with her work, much less see it affected after how hard she had to work to get it.
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The long-awaited day arrived, Paulette had woken up shortly after the clock struck eleven, went down to the first floor and ran to the kitchen where Bella and Edward were waiting for her in the breakfast room with a stack of hotcakes with whipped cream and strawberry syrup.
"Happy birthday, sweetie" Bella hug her kissing her cheeks.
"You're two or three?" asked Edward after hugging her
"Five, I'm a big girl," she said proudly. "and my gift?"
"Well, we thought that now that you're a responsible girl you could choose the doll you want."
Paulette squealed excitedly and kissed Edward's cheeks with his mouth full of whipped cream, each year they gave him a American girl of the year (2), the four previous dolls were her favorites, the one of the four years had taken it again and again at school, her friends also had theirs.
Paulette did not protest while Bella changed it quickly without stopping to think if she had accidentally scratched her with her nails when she put the dress on her or pulled her hair while combing her with two pigtails, Paulette completely ignored that both Bella and Edward were against the time before Rosalie and the other family arrived and prevented them from leaving.
They both knew that they had played with their luck by letting Paulette sleep late, but if they did not awake her on a normal day, on her birthday they would be much less so.
They left the house after Edward hung up the incoming call from Emmett.
The trip from her home located on I'Upper East Side to American Girl Place was 10 minutes, 20 if they counted the time it took Edward to find a decent place to park, but by the time they finally found a place and after they managed to control Paulette's excited jumps as they walked, Edward regretted as soon as they got close enough to the building to notice to the building to notice that it was not just an average establishment, the building had four floors, which in their windows had the "AG" LOGO (3), I knew it would be girls' things, but not that it was of that magnitude.
Bella and Paulette had left him as soon as they entered the establishment, all he could see were girls with dolls looking at clothes and choosing hairstyles.
One of the attendants kindly took him to the cafeteria where there were two other men with the same bored face, something told him that he would not see his two girls in a long, long time, and that they would not miss him a bit.
Bella meanwhile had taken Paulette to the huge shelf where the dolls were on display, Paulette had given more than four laps to the catalog and still could not decide which doll she loved.
"What do you think if we buy a MAG" (4)
"I do not know, what if you choose it for me?"
"You are a big and responsible girl who can choose what she likes, I will buy the one you choose"
Paulette thought about it and after seeing the catalog again twice and telling Bella what she liked about each doll, she finally chose a redhead doll with freckles.
The next stop to choose the clothes that the doll and would wear, as well as the doll hairstyle and accessories, were pure fun for Paulette and Bella.
"Your daughter is a charm" the woman next to her had said as she watched Paulette choose which pet should have the doll, something told her she would choose the pink piglet.
About four hours later, Bella and Paulette went to the restaurant, before they passed by Edward who was watching a football game on a small television with the other parents, it seems that he had not been so bored.
"Look, Uncle Edward, she's Valentina," the doll showed, which was two-thirds its size. "Is not it cute?"
"Quite pretty, ready to get out of here and go eat somewhere else?"
Edward was afraid to see Paulette's confused face, as well as hear Bella's laugh.
"There's a restaurant here Edward," Bella assured him, handing over the bag with the accessories Paulette had chosen , "and the menu is going to delight you."
The anguished moan was not only from Edward but also from the other men, they just hoped that the happy menu was really delicious and worth spending $110 on a doll, more accessories.
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Two hours later they secured Paulette in the backseat with Valentina next to her.
"You had fun today?" asked Edward once he put the car in march.
"A lot, thanks for a superduper birthday"
"You don't need to thank precious" Bella assured retouching her makeup "it's your special day, it must be celebrated"
Paulette smiled and talked to her doll telling her how much she would like to sleep with her in her bed, but when they noticed that they were entering the Lincoln Tunnel, she asked
"Where we go?"
"We still need to buy the cake, why do you think that neither Bella nor I ordered cake in the restaurant?"
The next 40 minutes Paulette was playing with her doll telling her how much she would like her cake, completely oblivious to Bella arguing with Edward, buying a cake in New Jersey was not part of the day's plan.
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"I love it, I love it, I love it" Paulette screamed, seeing her pink cake with ribbons and flowers.
Bella, Edward and the famous pastry owner of "Carlo's Bakery shop" (5) saw the emotion of Paulette, the three happy because they had fulfilled their goal.
They left the bakery with an assistant who left the box with the cake in the back of the truck.
Edward drove home, the shortest twenty minutes of his life , but even when we gave way, slowed down and walked "accidentally" down another street, they arrived at his house shortly after 7 pm.
He saw the truck belonging to his brother parked next to his parents, both accepted that they would face a great drama.
Paulette under the car with the doll in her arms and hug her grandparents, uncles and cousins before she began to relate her exciting day, as well as her new doll.
Paulette entered the house followed by Rosalie's three children who were still uncomfortable being at Bella and Edward's house, the three of them knew that they would get in trouble if they ran like Paulette did.
"Only because Paulette is happy I will not say anything" said Esme looking badly at her son and daughter-in-law before entering home.
Edward took out the box with the cake from the back of the truck, Bella waiting for him without understanding what the hell they had done so that Emmett's calm face had changed so suddenly when he saw the box of the bakery.
Edward left the cake in the kitchen where Matilde showed him the apple pie that his mother had made, now Emmett's face made sense.
He returned to the room to see Paulette opening presents with Alex, Zack and Matt who gave him their gifts.
"Did not you give anything to Paulette?" asked Rosalie picking up the gift wrappers.
"The doll is our gift as every year"
"You mean, the first time you give her a doll" Carlisle said.
"But it's not the first time that american dolls are given to me, grandpa, Aunt Bella and Uncle Edward have always given me dolls, they gave me Maddi" to emphasize the doll that was sitting next to Mr. Brandon "they gave it to me when I turned 4 , now I chose this because I am a big girl and res-pon-sa-ble ... Did I say it well Aunt Bella?"
"Perfectly"
"Why don't you go and upload your gifts to your room?" Esme said smiling "Your cousins will help you"
The four children nodded and as Paulette climbed the stairs with Valentina in her arms, Alex carried the other toys while Zack and Matt went behind them with nothing in their hands.
"Alice said that she and Jasper bought the dolls" said Rosalie
"I do not know what to tell you Rose" I speak Edward "Bella and I buy the dolls every year."
"That's impossible" needed Rosalie seconded by Esme and Emmett "Alice does not lie, you do and now they are doing it, Alice told me that she had the doll set aside for Pau, you are taking over a gift that does not belong to you"
Bella did not have the opportunity to answer how stupid her comment was, for Paulette was coming down the stairs with Valentina in her arms.
"Can we eat cake?" Valentina and I want a huge piece.
"Yes, let's start the delicious apple pie," Esme said standing up and walking to the kitchen followed by Alex, Matt and Zack, Paulette was pensive without knowing what pay spoke.
The Brandon's went behind them seeing exactly what happened each year, Paulette left everyone's gifts in oblivion and focused on the doll that Bella and Edward had given her, Helen still did not understand why Paulette loved the couple so much, a luxurious doll was not the way to win a child.
But what made her even more intrigued was how Alice had appropriated the gifts.
Each year Helen received her daughter and granddaughter very punctual at home for the little meeting that would be for the birthday, Paulette already had the doll in her arms when she got home, Alice said that Jasper had worked overtime to buy it, but Paulette He denied it much later, mentioning that it had been a gift from his uncles, Helen never said anything, but now seeing her other daughter without understanding or believing a bit in what Alice had lied, she accepted that staying silent was not a good idea.
In the kitchen everyone was stunned to see the pink cake, Paulette had climbed into the chair waiting for Matilde to put the candle that would blow, being a little girl did not realize how angry Esme was. They sang happy birthday to her and after she blew the little candle with the number five, Matilde distributed the cake giving a great piece to Paulette.
"Can I talk to you in private Edward?" asked Esme leaving the slice of cake on the counter
Edward nodded and led her to the office on the first floor, letting Esme in first, then entering and closing the door behind him.
" Did you do it on purpose?"
"What are you talking about, mom?"
"Why did you buy him that cake if you know perfectly well that I made his pies since his birthday number one?!"
"Well ... Bella decided to take her to "American Girl Place", I could not think of anything else but to ask for a cake that she knew she would love."
"She loves my pies"
"Forgive me mom, I did not remember it, besides you can not get mad because I've never been to Paulette's birthday and I did not know it."
"Which makes you even more inconsiderate."
"Only bread, bread with pink fondant."
"You do not understand, what is given is not the value of the good but the affection with which you give it and you and Bella still can not understand that."
"Of course, just because we decided to buy a fucking cake that would make her happy now we are the bad guys, you know mom, love is not just saying the word, it is demonstrated in trying to make people happy, not to make them go hungry or hardship or give It hurts for someone else to pay the bills, if you mean love is just saying the word no matter how fucked up, then sorry, but neither Bella nor I want that for Paulette, enough had with Alice and Jasper"
"Don't put your brother in this! They tried their best for Paulette, they worked to pay for the medicines and consultations Paulette needed for their asthma.
"Of course, they worked on going with Bella and asking them to write a check to pay for a Paulette consultation that did not even exist"
"What are you talking about? Your brother was an honest man, who tried the best for his family, he showed love, Jasper and Alice were a perfect couple who showed love and affection towards themselves as the rest of the people and mainly to her daughter, they were not interested in the material, not like you and Bella, the only thing they think about is the price of things, sometimes I think you're only together for their bank accounts."
"I do not allow you to talk about my relationship with Bella, you do not know anything about her and you have no right to judge us" he warned furiously walking to the door, before he left he turned to face her "I do not see that you complain about the value of gifts that Bella and I do to you, but thanks for telling me that we should no longer worry about your gift, with one simple word it's enough for you."
Edward whipped the office door.
That Bella and he did not want to share his love with others did not mean they did not love each other. They loved each other, there was no doubt about that, they just did not want to show it with a nosy family that all they did was to judge everything they did. Just like now, I had only bought a cake in the bakery that I knew would thrill Paulette like any other child.
Esme was punishing him when it was the first time he heard his mother make the cake for Paulette, when he certainly gave Alice money to buy Paulette's favorite cake. What did they do with that money?
Ten minutes later he left the bathroom just to see that Bella was in the midst of a heated argument with the Brandon lords who had Paulette next to them, Albert Brandon holding the rabbit backpack.
"Paulette does not sleep outside the house" Bella repeated.
"They took almost all of her birthday, it's just that she stays with us."
Brandon, with all due respect, I take care of Paulette so, whatever you consider fair does not interest me in the least, Paulette is not going anywhere but her room to sleep
"But I want to go with my grandparents, Aunt Bella"
"Don't argue Paulette"
"Please," she used the best pout she had, "it will only be one night"
"Don't argue or pray Paulette" explained Edward understanding the cause of the discussion "Bella said no and you must obey"
"Please"
"No," he repeated, "now go to your room"
"But..."
"To your room!"
Paulette took a small jump for shock and then ran upstairs.
"It's a girl" said Esme "she just wanted to sleep with Helen and Albert, that's not bad"
"And we told you not the first time, but you kept bothering" he answered frustrated, they had spent a very good day how to end this way
"That's no way to talk to your mother"
"And no way to talk to your son," Bella said, "we had a nice day with Paulette, but you had to come and fuck the day"
"As you dare to talk to us like this, we still come here even when there is a lot of retirement from our houses."
"No Helen, we do not invite you to be here, we do not even consider inviting you, you were the ones who prevailed even when we told you that we had plans"
"It's our granddaughter"
"And it is under our tutelage, if they wanted it so much as they claim to do it and they care about it they would have accepted the financial help we offered, but no, you just wanted to respect the memory of your daughter, who deceived us into signing."
"Alice would never do something like that," Albert contradicted.
"Well, she did, but at this moment it does not matter what he did, because the girl is up there and will stay there until Edward and I decide, just as you can see her again until we win"
"Are you going to take us away from our granddaughter?"
"Of course yes, we live forty minutes away, Paulette is busy all day like us, the school is forbidden to let Paulette go with someone other than Edward or me and when the transporter arrives home he makes sure that he enters the house, not that he goes elsewhere, to take her away from you would be much easier than you think."
"You can not do that," Helen said rather angrily.
"We're going to do it and you can not help it, because whatever you think or want, I do not care about a fucking shit"
"I do not allow you to talk to my mother like that"
Before anyone could react, Rosalie slapped her face; Bella smiled covering her cheek before slapping Rosalie back so hard that her body turned around and Emmett had to stop her from falling.
Rosalie covered her sore cheek
"Get out of my house now," Edward said, holding Bella's waist. "All of you do it."
"After what your wife did?, You're impossible Edward"
"As always only time what is best for you Emmett, Rosalie was the first to give the blow, if you can not stand that someone wins, then you should be quiet and doing nothing."
Emmett and Rosalie left the house followed by their children, Helen and Albert were behind them, Esme and Carlisle stayed behind
"You are making mistakes that can not be erased, the girl does not deserve to be separated"
Neither Bella nor Edward deigned to tell them, it was not worth it.
"Let's go to the room, I think there are pills so that your precious face does not get inflamed."
"I do not hit me so hard Edward, I think she'll have to worry about tomorrow about the amount of makeup she should use."
Edward did not hear her and led them up the stairs, before they reached her room Paulette opened her door.
"Are you okay, Aunt Bella?"
"Go to your room Paulette" said Edward "I'll go to put on your pajamas in a few moments"
"But..."
"Don't argue and go to your room."
Paulette looked down and went back into her insipid room.
It was her birthday, they did not have to scold her on her birthday or leave her alone.
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(1) American Girl Place, more than a doll shop is a real beauty salon for them. After the purchase of a doll, it goes through the hands of the salespeople to, above all, make them hairstyles and treatments.
(2) American girl of the year, AG presents a new collection of a doll each year that will only be available for one year. These dolls often have a collection of at most three books that show and predict what today's girls have to face.
(3) American Girl
(4) My American girl, by its acronym in English or a doll that looks like you, according to its slogan.
(5) Carlo's Bake Shop, generally known as Carlo's bakery, is a bakery in Hoboken, Jersey, owned by Buddy Valastro. The bakery has garnered public attention as the framing of the TV series TLC, Cake Boss
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