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Eyes Like Yours

Chapter Twenty-Five - Unexpected Visitor

BPOV

I hadn't seen Edward once in the two days since the New Years Eve party. He'd been working a lot, and then the few times he did call, I hadn't answered. I was so humiliated after what happened, and then to think that's the way I made him feel at the hospital a few weeks back; it made me sick. I actually felt ashamed of myself. We'd been acting like ridiculous teenagers, and not the parents that we were supposed to be.

Neither of us had been thinking about Sammy; it was all about who could get one up on the other. I was done with it. The crap was over. If Edward wanted to keep stuffing around that was fine. He could do what he wanted. But I was done with it.

Renee was still in town; she'd decided to stick around for the week. It was nice being able to spend time with her.

She'd noticed my foul mood, but every time she asked what was wrong, I'd tell her it was nothing; I was just tired. She' d accepted it at the time, but I could tell she was getting frustrated with me now.

"Sweetheart, what's going on? You haven't been yourself these past few days. You know you can talk to me about anything," she rubbed my back as she sat down next to me on the couch.

She was right. I could talk to her about anything. She was my mother afterall.

"I'm just confused about everything with Edward," I sighed as I rested my head against her shoulder. "I don't know what to do anymore. Everything is so messed up between us at the moment".

I didn't want to go right into the details about it all. I didn't want her to know about the silly things we'd been up too. All the games. The teasing.

"We've been stuffing around for too long now, and the more I think about it, the more I think that maybe we should just end it before it even starts," I said to her.

"Oh baby, you and Edward are going to be fine," Renee stroked my hair. "Just give it some time, I'm sure everything will sort itself out," she tried to make me feel better, but it wasn't really working.

"God," I sighed. "I just feel so frustrated".

"Look, I know your father and I weren't very good role models for you growing up," my mother started again. "We never really showed you what real love should be like".

"Mum, this isn't your fault. Or dads," I laughed at her. "You guys did not mess me up. Edward and I are just being silly. I'm sure you're right; everything will be fine," I tried to smile.

"It will be," she nodded.

God, I really hope so.

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EPOV

I'd put off seeing Bella for two days now. I couldn't go any longer. And I missed my son; I hadn't seen him either.

I was able to use work as a bit of an excuse for my lack of visits though. I'd worked the last forty hours straight practically. I'd gotten a peak in the mirror, and I looked like the walking dead.

But I had two days off now. I could catch up on sleep, spend some time with Sammy, and try to get some stuff sorted out with Bella.

I was ashamed of myself for what I did to her on News Years Eve. It had been revenge for what she'd done at the hospital a couple weeks back, but after I'd walked out on her, leaving her naked and…..well, she was naked, I felt really bad. I almost turned around and went back to her, because Christ, I was so fucking hard and I wanted her more than I ever had. But I was ashamed, and to be a honest, scared.

I was fucking scared to death of that woman.

And that's why I've been sitting in my car, in her drive way, for the last five minutes. I'm preparing myself for her wrath. She'd either kick my in the face or in the junk, and damn, either one would fucking hurt. But I'm a man; so I've just got to suck it up.

When she answered the door, she didn't speak. She just stepped aside and let me in. I kicked my boots off and hung up my jacket and scarf on the coat rack.

"Hey buddy," I said when I spotted my son playing on the floor.

"Dad, dad," he talked his baby talk and grinned up at me with his toothy smile.

He held his hands up to me, and I picked him and threw him in the air; resulting in a squeal of delight. I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before placing him back down so he could continue to play.

"You look like crap," Bella told me as she brushed passed me and entered the kitchen. I watched as she grabbed a mug and poured a cup of coffee.

"Yeah, well, I haven't slept in two days," I sighed and sat down.

"Shouldn't you be at home sleeping then," she placed the mug in front of me, and then sat down herself.

"Thanks," I took a sip of the hot liquid. "I wanted to stop by here first. I haven't seen you or Sammy in a couple days, and I wanted to see you," I looked down and played with the rim on my mug.

Bella groaned and dropped her head into her hand. "Edward, can we please forget about what happened at the party, and what happened at the hospital? Can we just forget about it, and go back to the way it was before we started acting like idiot teenagers," she looked at me with those big brown eyes and pleaded.

"That's what I want too," I nodded.

"I just want us to get along, and be the normal parents that Sammy deserves. Can we do that?" she questioned me.

"Of course," I smiled. But this conversation was still not over. There was still the whole thing about 'us'. I needed to know whether or not I was wasting my time. "But what about us, Bella? You know how I feel about you".

"I've been thinking about that too," she scratched her chin. "I want all the same things you do. Surely you know that. But after the mess we've created, I think we just need to stay calm and take our time. Just go with the flow. It will happen when it's the right time. We just need to trust in that, okay?"

She was right. I didn't want us to stuff this up again. If she wanted to take it slow, then we would. And maybe things would be even better when the time came.

"Lets do that then," I reached out and placed my hand on top of hers.

I felt better already. I wanted to do this the right way. We could start slow, and start with a date or something. It's what normal couples would do.

"How would you feel about going out for dinner on Friday night then? Just the two of us. We can do the normal couple thing," I suggested.

She giggled at me, and tugged on my hand. "That would be great".

I think things are going to be okay.

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BPOV

Edward and I finally sorted things out. We weren't together yet, but we were going to work on it. Like normal people would do. And we even had a date. I was feeling totally normal already. It was a good feeling.

Nothing could ruin how happy I feel right now. Nothing.

I'd just put Sammy down for the night, and was preparing to get ready for bed myself. I was about to flick off my light when a knock sounded at the door. I frowned. Who on earth could that be? Maybe it was Edward; he was the only one who made visits this time of the evening.

I opened the door with a grin, expecting it to be him of course, but my smile faltered when I found the last person I had ever expected.

Jacob.

"What are you doing here?" I hissed at him.

"Hello Bella," and with that, he pushed passed me and entered my home without my permission.

Shit.

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A/N: Sorry it wasn't much of a chapter. But as you can see, things are about to get more complicated in the next chapter. Don't forget to review guys.

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