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Today wasn't the best of days. Actually, it was a pretty horrible day. It was Edward's first day of school and too say he was uncooperative about it would be an understatement. "NO! No school, no, No, NO!"
"Edward come on. You'll have lots of fun and I bet you'll even make some friends." Kids like friends right?
"No want new friends! I hate people!" Maybe not. "Edward, please."
"No! I wont go, I wont, I wont, I wont! And you cannot make me!" I huffed in frustration, and lifted him up and over my shoulder. "NO!" Edward shrieked, his small fisted pounding into my back. "Edward!" I growled in warning, a little afraid he might break his hand on my granite like back. People turned and watched as I carried my screaming child
to the local school. "Edward Anthony Cullen that is enough!"
"No its not!" He latched onto a poor passerby in his desperation.
"Edward, let go of that man this instant." He shook his head and clung to the very confused man. "No! He's nicer than you!"
"I'm very sorry sir." The man smiled. "First day of school?" I nodded. "I just dropped off my little girl for her first day. Quite a pair of lungs that ones got. Almost impressive as your kid's." If able to, I would have been blushing from head to toe.
The man gently unclasped Edward's small fingers from his jacket. "Thank you Mr., um."
"Swan, Charlie Swan. I'm the new chief of police, moved here a few days ago." He stuck his hand out and I repositioned a very grumpy Edward onto my hip and took the man's hand. "Nice to meet you Chief Swan. I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen and this is Edward." Charlie smiled as Edward's pout grew, most likely not liking the fact that I was become friends with his escape plan.
"Edward huh? My Bella is probably around his age, maybe they'll be friends." I was about to answer, but I was cut off by an unhappy, "No!" and a "I don't want friends." Yeah, he goes all out when he sulks.
"Well, it was nice to meet you Mr. Swan, but I need to get this one to school before you arrest us for disturbing the peace." Charlie laughed, ruffled Edward's hair and walked off. "Don't like him no more." He pouted. I smiled. "Well, at least I made a new friend." Edward's scowl grew incredibly darker, for a six year old that is.
"Come on bud, time for school. And don't you dare start throwing a tantrum again, it will just end badly for you." Small arms slowly made their way around my neck and for a minute I was a little worried he was going to try to strangle me. "I don't want to go daddy. Please don't make me go. I want to stay with you." I frowned at the tears making their way down his face.
"Hey now, none of that, come on, its alright. You'll love school. You'll get to learn new things and play with other kids."
"Rather play with you!"
"Shh, don't cry. You'll have more fun playing with other kids, they aren't as old. And I'll always be there to play with you when you come home." Edward stared at me with water green eyes, his cheeks flushed from crying, and his bottom lip still trembling. "W-what if y-you forget about m-m-me." He quickly buried his face in my shoulder. "Y-you might l-like me being g-gone and decide y-you don't w-w-want m-me." A strangled sob pushed its way out of his trembling lips.
My heart broke at his words. "Shh, baby. Hey look at me. I will never want to get rid of you, Edward. You're my son, my baby boy. You're stuck with me forever kid. As for forgetting you, that's just not possible. For one thing I would know if you were missing due to lack of noise." Edward sniffed loudly, rubbing his balled up little fist over his eyes.
"I love you Edward. And I hold on to the people I love."
"Promise?"
"Yeah, I promise bud."
"I love you too daddy." I kissed his forehead. "Glad to hear it. Now come on, I don't want you to be late." Edward groaned and let his head flop back onto my shoulder. "Promise to come get me after?"
"I promise bud." Sighing, he nodded. "Ok, I'll go."
"There's my boy."
I carried him the rest of the way, partly because I didn't want him to change his mind and run off, but mostly cause I needed to hold my baby boy. Sending him to school was just one more thing to remind me that he was growing, and too fast if you ask me.
We made it to the school about five minutes later. "Ok Edward, I want you to be a good boy ok?" He nodded as he looked around the room nervously, one hand clinging tightly to my pants. "Why, hello there." An all too friendly voice boomed from across the room. A young woman with lightly blond hair came up to us. "I'm Miss Stanley, and you are?" She looked at me instead of Edward, her eyes suggesting a little more than wanting to know her students parent. "Carlisle Cullen, and this is Edward." I looked down to see him with his thumb stuck in his mouth.
Miss Stanley scowled. "Still sucking his thumb?"
"Only when he's upset or nervous." I bent down and gently removed the thumb. "I'll come pick you up in a few hours ok sweetheart?"
"Don't go daddy." Thankfully, Miss Stanley was actually good at her job. "Edward, would you like to come meet the other kids? Daddy can stay here for a little bit, that is if you don't mind sir."
"I can stay for a bit." I gave Edward a gentle nudge. "Go and say hi to the other kids bud." Miss Stanley held out her hand and Edward took it tentatively. Ever so slowly, Edward made it over to the group of children playing in the room. He stood a good five feet away from the activity, watching the others. I almost gave up, thinking I would take him home and hire a governess or something when a little browned eyed girl walked up to my son.
She blew her messy brown hair out if her face and fiddled with the pocket of her faded red dress. "Hi." She said softly. "My name is Bella, what's yours." Edward looked at her, searching for a reason to run back to me and the safety I held. "E-Edward. Edward Cullen. Its nice to meet you Bella."