EPOV

"Where do we go from here, Edward? What are we doing exactly?" I was surprised to hear the confidence ringing in her tone. She hadn't moved from my side, but instead she rested her hand in my own.

I didn't pause for long, but it was long enough for her to notice my delay. "Hey..." she turned my face back to hers as she spoke. "Honesty... this won't work without it." I made myself man up and give her an answer, I was still embarrassed about it, but I said it anyway.

"I guess I kind of thought we were a couple already." Shock registered over her face but she tamed it within seconds.

"Well I guess I can see why you would think that... but, really were still figuring things out. We need to iron out some details if that is going to be the case." She hadn't laughed. She hadn't slapped me... this was going better than I had imagined.

"Okay... um...let's do it! Right now... let's start ironing." I was pretty much giddy with the response she had given me and I wanted to have this finalized before she could change her mind. I knew that if we could just get in the relationship, then I could start wowing her with my amazing boyfriend skills... that were non existent... and unseen... even by me. Shit.

I watched her take a deep breath and huff it just as she began. "I suppose the first thing is what is going to happen with all this media circus? I don't want to be hounded for the next five months about how we met, and if I was a call girl. I don't want to have to see pictures of you plastered all over the television when I turn it on to see the weather. I know that what's done is done... I get that, but what happens next? What happens when were out in public and questions about Kate, come up?"

I was overwhelmed with the first sentence and she wasn't nearly done it seemed. "And what's the story there? Was she your girlfriend? Did me and the baby really take you from her? And my house! What is the arrangement going to be? Are we going to live together? Sleep over at each others place? What about when the baby comes?..." I had to stop her then... this was getting too far out of control and I could feel an anxiety attack ready to hit me.

"Love, calm down... please just calm down." I rubbed her belly and kissed her lips gently so that I could make sure that her lips weren't able to continue. After a nice long kiss, I felt her push me back and it hurt my feelings. I was confused but when I looked at her face, I could see she was panting and her face was flushed.

"Are you alright, love?" she nodded her head vehemently as she giggled and shook her head as if to clear it.

"You can't kiss me like that, Edward... at least not while I'm still under Dr. Scance's orders." Realization dawned on me then and the hurt I had felt initially was drowned out by the flood of testosterone to Edward Jr. "Not helping, Edward..." I frowned, I had no idea what that meant. " The way you're looking at me right now... it's not helping." She closed her eyes and laid back lay down while I stayed sitting and thinking about things that were grotesque. I needed to calm myself... we couldn't do anything right now, I couldn't even let her feel good... and I refused to be selfish and experience it alone.

When enough time had passed, I mimicked her actions and laid back along side her. I began at the beginning, I figured that was a perfectly normal thing to do. "As far as the media goes... well, I was going to wait for you to be in better health before asking you all of this... but... I wanted to have a very brief press conference and give you a public apology... I want everyone to know that I am sorry for all of this... that I love you and only you." she didn't say anything for a moment but then she was on her side facing me with a nervous expression.

"They're going to be horrible to you, Edward... didn't you see what they did to Tiger Woods" I couldn't help but crack up. It was true, they would rip me to pieces and I could already see Nancy Grace biting into this. I would be judged... and rightfully so. I was fine with that, as long as they left Bella in peace and stopped questioning my love for her and our son... I was fine with that.

"I doubt that anyone will care about me when they hear that were having a son..." she looked at me with a confused expression and it hit me that she had no idea what that actually meant. I smiled and kissed her sweetly because of it... she truly did love me. More than I deserved.

"Bella, our son will be the heir of everything... even if my grandpa cut me out of the business, he didn't cut my dad out... and my dad left me everything, and I will leave our son everything. The press has been dissecting that little fact for days now. They don't know were having a boy." She didn't even blink.

"Love?" Again she stayed staring at me like I was invisible. I began to worry but then she mumbled something, I couldn't understand what it was she said.

"huh?"

"No wonder they all think I'm a gold digger."

"Bella." I warned her. She knew how I felt about her being regarded in that term, even if it was just her saying it, still it pissed me off.

She nodded her head and I went on to her next question. "Kate and I have been friends for years. We went to high school together, families vacationed together... all that jazz. We dated when we were like sixteen... for a week. But then I was me and that ended." I watched her face for any emotion but she just let me continue. "You didn't take me from her... it was a public image thing that my grandfather and Dad had set up. I knew my dad was all about helping 'get me on track' just as my grandpa was, but I knew that my grandpa had higher hopes. Kate had hinted at it once or twice... I don't really know all the details, but just know that she and I were nothing to each other." Isabella nodded her head and it seemed as if she believed me. I was thankful for her trust.

"Now, about living arrangements... I think what were doing right nos is perfect. Were together, I can help you with simple things, were comfortable, baby... I don't want this to end." before I could stop myself I was leaning over her body and we were kissing again. I felt myself go hard at the feeling of her fingers pulling me closer, but I made myself stop. We couldn't... not yet. We both lay in bed panting heavily and I placed a kiss to her forehead and got up.

"Sorry, love... maybe I should just sit over here." I went to the corner and took a seat on a reading chair directly across from her side of the bed.

When I met her eyes, they were sad again. "Don't go..." she whispered.

I groaned and got back up and went to her once more. She was going to be the death of me. Instead of laying down, I sat with my back to the headboard and I figured it was best so that I wouldn't get tempted again, but then Bella was crawling over to me and when she reached me she placed her head on my chest and wrapped her arms around my waist. It was the most blissful torture I had ever endured.

"And Jessica?" she said in a small, nervous voice. I shuddered when I remembered that vile woman.

"I can tell you with absolute certainty that I did not, would not touch that woman. I don't know why she said it, Bella... my father has been dealing with your old boss and trying to piece together what the hell she told him to get herself fired. Jasper thinks this is just some PR stunt, she's spinning this so that she looks like she was apart of all this mess. Why though, I have no damn clue. Psychopath."

I felt Bella turn her head into my chest as she nodded and was silent again. I realized we hadn't finished talking about living arrangements. "Love, let's not go backwards... let's keep moving forward." She nodded but I didn't think she understood exactly what I meant so I put myself out there and just asked.

"Let's make this living arrangement permanent... I'll buy us a house... a fresh start. We can bring the baby into a whole new life together." She sat up and stared at me wide eyed and silent.

"Your place is too small, and mine is too impracticable" Still she said nothing and her eyes were just as wide as before... maybe bigger. I figured I should keep going while I had the chance. "We could get into a nice neighborhood... near good schools... maybe where there's some choice farmers markets... you like those right?"

She finally blinked and found words. "Edward, that is a big deal... living together is big, but buying a house... together... you and me? What if it doesn't work out? I don't want to be stuck without a home because we put all our eggs into one basket."

I was shaking my head. "Bella, I would never make you leave... hell, I'll put it in your name if you want. Whatever, just... don't let that thought stop you from considering it." I knew I sounded ridiculous, but I was so close... we were so close to having everything. We could begin from scratch... I would not take it lightly and I would do everything right, I would be there the way I should have been from the beginning. That thought caused me to pause and tighten up and I knew that I needed to ask her this question... I may not want the answer, but I needed to know.

"What about Jake?" I heard the way I said his name with disdain and I tried to reel it in so that she would answer me. I felt her sit up again and turn in my arms as she sat on my lap.

"What about him?" she asked sweetly. It was almost as if she was enjoy this reaction from me. I shrugged my shoulders and focused on her collarbones as I answered her.

"I dunno...do you... do you miss him? Do you want to be with him?" I almost asked her if she wished it was his baby, but I stopped myself, that would have been out of line and on top of that if she had said yes, it would of destroyed me.

I felt a kiss to my cheek and then she tipped my face up with her fingers. "No. I do not want to be with him. No, I do not miss him, love him, or even care to hear from him again." I frowned as I remembered the tail end of their conversation, but decided not to comment on it. Isabella was the most honest person I knew, she wouldn't have lied to me... she didn't need a reason. All the same though I made a comment testing out my theory.

"So your not going to talk to him again?" She smiled gently and shook her head no.

"I just told him that I would call him later so that I could get off the phone without a problem." I was still frowning. If she didn't want to talk to him, then she should have been able to say that without having to worry about him giving her a hard time. I stored that thought away for the future... in case he called her again.

I heard her laughing and it pulled me out of my funk. She looked absolutely amazing when she was happy... I wanted to make her laugh like this everyday... for as long as we both shall live. I decided to go with a sentence less intense and cramp inducing for her. "What is so funny?" I teased.

She giggled harder and kissed my cheek before pulling back and making an observation. "You're jealous... and it's surprisingly enjoyable." I couldn't deny that I was indeed jealous, but instead of rubbing it in, she stopped laughing and her face was very serious. "It's horrible isn't it?" I knew what she meant... she knew what it felt like too. I could only nod my head as I pulled her to me and rested her head on my shoulder.

"I really do want all of this... everything... the house, the baby, the peace." her words faded into my skin and I nodded.

"I want to give you all of that Isabella. I want to make you happy. You deserve everything good that this world has to offer... and I promise that I will give it to you... you can have whatever your heart desires."

The rest of our day was spent in a more relaxed and enjoyable manner. Now that the big pink elephant in the room was sent back to the circus, we could freely enjoy each other. We talked about names, and nurseries. We talked about what was going to happen when he was born. Bella didn't know what to do with all her new found time... and with her law suit settling out of court, she wouldn't need to worry about much. Beside that though, I would never make her be without. She and our son would be more than adequately taken care of.

I listened to her hint around about wanting to just enjoy him as a baby... I tried not to pounce on that and make her feel like she had to do one thing or another. I rather enjoyed the idea of not having anyone but myself or Isabella caring for our son, and when I said that, she nearly hyperventilated with worry. I knew after that, that if she had been teetering on working after he was born, then that idea was now long gone. She didn't want anyone with him but us... I exhaled in relief discreetly.

I knew we still had an entire mountain to climb, but we were at least climbing together now... we were on equal footing … I rather enjoyed that. As she began getting more comfortable with using terms like us and when we, I got up from the bed and went into my dresser drawer. I pulled out the gift I had bought her on the day of our sonogram. I had forgotten about it with everything that had happened that day, and now seemed like a perfect opportunity to give it to her.

She had stopped talking when she saw me doing something there, and she stayed silent as I made my way back to her and crawled back on the bed with her. I placed the medium sized velvet box in her hands and kissed her nose and then her belly.

She stared at the box as if it were going to explode, so I encouraged her softly. "Open it love... it's for you." When her eyes met mine, I could see them filling with tears. I just smiled and motioned to the box with my eyes and smiled wider.

She took a deep breath and cracked it open slowly. "Oh, Edward... it's beautiful." She breathed out.

I took the bracelet out of the box and brought her wrist over to meet my hands. "I found it on the day of the sonogram... I was going to give it to you then, but... well things kind of didn't work out the way I had planned that day." She simply nodded her head and watched as I clasped the platinum latch shut.

It was a platinum charm bracelet and I had three charms already placed on it to start her off. The first was a diamond heart, the second was a baby carriage that said 'Baby Cullen' and the third was an infinity sign made entirely out of small rubies.

"I figure we can keep adding to it... new adventures... new feelings... a new future." She stayed staring at her wrist and delicately touched each piece.

"Thank you, Edward, it's gorgeous." Her voice was breaking as she said it and I saw her eyes spill tears. I wiped them away but she just shook her head. "Happy tears... I'm just happy."

It that moment I knew I wanted her to only cry happy tears for the rest of our lives.

AN:Okay, so I finished this before the skanks POV. Im sorry, however she is still to be dealt with so I can send the POV out on this on. Thanks to you loyal readers! I wanted to get this chapter out so you could enjoy ;)