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Merry Christmas Eve! Who's excited that Santa comes tonight? In real life and here. Here are a couple people everyone has been asking for. I hope you enjoy!
December 24, 2011
Bella's POV
I rubbed my hand across my eyes as I sat and stared at my computer screen. Writer's block is a bitch and it has been bad for the past few days. I'm a writer with a few books on the top sellers list, but I decided to do something different this time.
With all the talk of finding the secret of the Forks Santa, I decided to write a Christmas mystery. It was turning out to be much harder than I expected. I just couldn't figure out the end and it was driving me crazy.
I turned my computer off and gave up for the time being and walked down stairs to make Edward some breakfast.
"Good morning." I smiled as I walked into the kitchen to find Edward was already there making breakfast.
"I would say good morning to you, but did you even go to bed last night?" He asked with a smile. Lately my writing has been coming to me in the middle of the night. It was annoying at first, but I would always be grateful that I was awake the night James and Victoria's house caught fire. I don't even want to think about what could have happened if I had not smelled the smoke.
"I haven't been to bed yet." I admitted.
"I thought not." He chuckled. "How is it coming?"
I sat in a chair at the table and groaned and said, "It's not. I'm at a stand still. I don't know how to end it."
"I'm sure it will come to you." He said. "Oh, your mom called a little bit ago. She said she has some surprise for you. She told me not to bother you while you were writing, and she would tell you about it later."
"A surprise?" I asked. "Wonder what it is."
"I tried to get it out of her, but for the first time she wouldn't spill the beans." Edward laughed.
"That's impressive for her." I laughed along with Edward. "They aren't going to be here for Christmas."
"Why not?" He asked.
"Phil is going to train his guys over the break." I answered. My mother's husband, Phil, is a college football coach. This year not all of the guys on the team could afford to go home over the holidays so he decided they would stay home for the holidays and he could get in some extra practices with the guys, and then have them over for Christmas dinner so that they weren't alone for Christmas.
"I'm sorry, sweetie." Edward said as he sat down next to me and wrapped and arm around me. "I know you wanted them here."
"I wanted to tell everyone together." I whispered.
"Well, maybe we can hold off telling anyone, and everyone can come up in February and we can make it a Valentine's Day present." He said while gently caressing my stomach.
Two months ago Edward and I found out we are pregnant with our first child. We were going to tell all of our family as a Christmas present. Edward's parents are going to be here for Christmas and Charlie and Sue live here, and Renee and Phil were supposed to be here too.
I guess Edward was right; the surprise was going to have to wait.
Later that night Edward and I were curled up together on the couch, I was dozing off thanks to my late nights of staring at my computer screen. I about jumped out of my skin when the doorbell rang.
Edward walked to the door and I followed behind him trying to wake myself up. Edward opened the door and then moved to the side.
"Surprise!" She yelled.
"Mom!" I cheered launching myself at her.
Renee laughed and said, "I'm glad to see you too."
"It's cold out there, com on in." Edward laughed as I clung to my mom on the porch.
"What are you doing here?" I asked as we made our way into the living room. "I thought you couldn't come?"
"We thought we couldn't." Renee said. "But a few days ago we got a package that included tickets home for all the kids that couldn't go, and plane tickets for us to Forks. So we packed quickly and here we are."
"I'm so glad." I smiled. "Who sent all the tickets?" I asked.
"We aren't really sure." Phil said. "There was a Christmas card that said something about being with family for Christmas and it was signed by Santa."
Edward and I smiled at each other. "I guess Santa isn't limited to just Forks." I said.
"I guess not." Edward replied.
Later that night after we got Phil and Renee set up in the guest room Edward and I laid down in our own bed.
"I'm so glad for you that your mom could make it." Edward said.
"Me too." I answered. "I'm glad I get to spend some time with them, but I'm even more excited that we get to give our Christmas surprise."
As I said that, Edward started rubbing soothing circles on my stomach, and humming a lullaby.
"Now, if I could figure out the end of my story everything would be perfect." I sighed.
"Don't stress yourself about it." Edward said. "I think it will come to you when you least expect it."
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Okay, before I get a bunch of hate mail saying "we didn't see Jake and Leah yet" I'm going to say this, you might just get a little extra something in your stocking today.
Today is your last chance to make your guesses on who Santa is, so where does everyone stand? Think you know who it is?
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