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Chapter 7

Thursday, January 26, 2012

BPOV

I couldn't believe we just defiled his kitchen but it was amazing the things we did to each other. I was in the downstairs bathroom trying to fix my hair and clothes before we left. We were already late and Rose was constantly texting me while Emmett was texting Edward.

My phone beeped again from my ass end pocket and I pulled it out and growled at it.

Rosalie- Stop groping that hot piece of ass you call a boyfriend and bring your ass on. I'm ready to ride and pretend like I only have one kid instead of seven.

I giggled as I read her message because she constantly referred to Emmett as one of her kids instead of her husband. Instead of texting her back I just called her instead, she picked up on the third ring. "Isabella Swan, you guys better almost be here." She said instead of the normal greeting.

I just laughed as I left the bathroom. "Nope, sorry Rosie, but we are leaving now and will be there soon." I told her as I found Edward lounging in the living room tapping at his phone, obviously texting someone.

"WHAT?!" She shouted at me.

"Sorry, we got um….uh…" I paused not knowing how to explain our lateness without giving everything away.

"You guys were busy fucking like rabbits. Yeah, yeah, I know the routine. I got six kids from doing that." She said haughtily.

I groaned and laughed. "We're leaving now Rose. I promise." I told her before I hung up the phone and stuck it back in my back pocket.

Edward looked up at me and smirked at me. "We gotta go, Em said Maggie has been begging for me all morning since she found out we are doing a road trip today." Edward told me as he stood up and grabbed my hand, tugging me towards the door.

"I just told Rose that we were leaving now. She figured out why we are late." I told him as I snatched my purse and jacket from the bench inside his back door.

He just laughed. "Yeah, I have walked in on them too many times than I ever care to remember. It's amazing that they don't have twenty kids as much as they fool around." Edward told me as he helped me in the drivers' side of my precious Lucille.

I had won the argument with him over who could drive my baby and he climbed happily in the passenger seat. I had promised to make it up to him again later tonight, after we got back.

EPOV

Her truck drove amazingly well and I was correct in my original assumption that she would look sexy as hell driving it. Even though we had just defiled my kitchen counters, I was hard as a rock again at the sight of her handling the truck like a pro.

"You never did tell me where you got the truck." I asked her quietly as we headed out of town.

She sighed quietly and I noticed her hands tighten on the steering wheel slightly. "My dad and I worked on this truck from the time I was a baby until the day he died. I am not mechanically inclined by any means; I usually just sat out there and kept him company as he tinkered on Lucille." She told me quietly.

I sighed because that is what got me interested in antique vehicles also, my father. We had so much in common it was uncanny at times. "I understand, Baby, more than you probably realize." I told her quietly as I gripped her hand in mine over the manual shifter.

"He gave Lucille to me on my sixteenth birthday, even though she wasn't fully restored yet." She told me and flipped down the sun visor over her head and handed me a photograph.

I looked at the picture and smiled at a Baby Bella sitting under the hood of this very truck with grease smeared all over her hands and face smiling a toothless grin at the camera. A man, who was obviously her father, was standing behind her smiling broadly down at her.

"You look just like your father, Bella." I told her quietly. She nodded and put the picture back above her sun visor and we drove in silence for a little bit, just letting the hum of the engine keep us company.

"I want to go back home." She told me quietly.

I jerked my gaze to hers. "Is everything okay, Baby? I didn't mean for this to bring up bad memories of your parents." I told her quickly.

She shook her head. "I don't mean back to your house or my house. I meant back to Washington, back to Forks. Home." She said so quietly I almost didn't hear her.

"What is stopping you then, Baby?" I asked her quietly. The thought of losing her was almost unbearable, but if this is what she really wanted, then we would work something out.

"I don't mean I want to move there, I just want to go for a visit. Check on my parents' house; show you around where I grew up at. Make new good memories there and relive some of the old good memories." She explained.

I breathed a sigh of relief at her explanation. "Then we will go. You just let me know when and I will get the time off work and get someone to cover the bar and other stuff." I told her reassuringly.

I leaned over and kissed the side of her head and she smiled at me. "I love you, Bella." I told her quietly and she quickly jerked her gaze to mine.

I smiled at her and nodded my head causing her to smile back at me. She quickly jerked her gaze back to the road before pulling over on the side of the road and turning the truck off. "Edward, it's too quick. It's…" I interrupted her with a kiss to her mouth.

"It's not. Wanna know how I know?" I asked her quickly.

She nodded and I smiled at her. "I know because when I lay awake with you in bed, I picture our future together. When I am at the fire station, I am more cautious than ever because I am scared to not be able to come home to you. I know because when you leave me every morning to go to work, you take my heart with you. I know because when I kiss you, I feel at peace. I love you, Isabella Marie Swan." I told her quietly as I stroked the side of her face affectionately.

She just looked me deep in the eyes with tears in her eyes.

BPOV

Could this man be any more perfect? My eyes filled with tears as he framed my face and stared deep into my eyes as he told me the most heartfelt things I had ever heard. I kissed him quickly on the lips and whispered against his lips. "I love you too, Barman."

He kissed me passionately then, stealing my breath away and rekindling my passions again. I scrambled over my gear shift and into his lap, straddling his hips and rocking my hips into his.

I dug my fingers into his hair and gripped it tightly as my hips rocked into his, seeking friction. His hands gripped my hips and pressed me tightly against his aching erection. "Baby, we gotta stop." He groaned against my lips and pushed my hips further away from his hard cock and onto his knees.

I sat there breathing heavily, fingers scratching his scalp lightly as we stared into each other's eye. "I love you, Edward." I whispered lightly causing him to smile broadly at me.

He lifted me up and sat me back over in the driver seat, pecking me on the nose. "I love you too, Bella."

With that said, I cranked the truck and pulled back out on the highway. During the trip to Cleveland, Edward and I chatted about several different things. He explained to me that Emmett and Jasper came from money also and that Jasper had been adopted by the McCarty's when he was just a toddler. His house had burned down and his parents had been killed during the fire and Jasper had been severely burned which led to Em and Jasper becoming firefighters.

I told him some more stories about growing up in Forks and he shared a few stories of growing up in Chicago. "When do you want to make the trip to Forks?" Edward asked me quietly as we entered into the city limits of Cleveland, TX.

"Not until school is out at least." I told him quietly as I drove through the small town.

"Did you know that Em and Jasper grew up here?" He asked changing the subject.

I shook my head and smiled. "I bet it's nice to be so close to family yet far enough away to not be stuck up each other's asses all day." I told him.

He nodded. "Since I met Em and Jazz back in college, Margaret and George have become like family to me. We have BBQ's out here all the time during the summer; all major holidays and birthdays are celebrated here now since they are getting older. It's easier for all of us to travel out here to them instead of them traveling to us, plus it gives us a chance to visit our shed." He explained.

"I bet that's nice." I commented, not knowing what else to say.

"They are going to take you under their wing, you just wait." He said as he directed me where to turn and all I could see was trees, cows, and horses.

"Are you sure you know where you're going?" I asked him as I turned down a dirt road that had no house in sight.

He just chuckled. "They live past those trees and our shed sits behind the house. They farm these cows just for the fun of it and these horses are everybody's. When you become a part of the family, they give you the next foal that is born." He explained and I gasped as I rounded around the trees and saw the amazingly beautiful brick house with spanish style slate tiles on the roof, surrounded by trees and a perfectly manicured lawn that stood in front of me. It was amazing and beautiful.

There is a link at the bottom for a picture of the inspiration of George/Margaret's home.

When I pulled to a stop in the driveway there was a hoard of people that spilled out of the house, most of them under three feet tall with blonde curls. "Here we go." Edward said as he opened the door and climbed out as the girls attacked him with screams of "Eddie! Eddie!"

Cute little Maggie launched herself at Edward and he picked her up and swung her around gleefully. Annabelle and Victoria toddled to my side and Victoria held her arms up at me. I smiled at them both. "Hello girls." I told them as I kissed Annabelle on top of the head and picked Tori up.

"Are you girls excited?" I asked them as I grabbed Anna's hand and we headed back towards their parents.

"Yes, B, I can't wait to see the ocean." Annabelle said excitedly.

"We're going to the beach, huh?" I asked them because Edward had been really secretive about our destination.

Tori nodded eagerly. "Uh huh." I grinned because it didn't take me any time at all to get the basic idea of our destination figured out.

"Hey guys!" I greeted Rose, Em, Jasper, and a little pixie of a woman I presumed to be Alice because she was sidled up to Jasper. "Why don't you girls go get Eddie? He is excited to see you, girls." I told them as I sat Tori down and they took off again for Edward who was sprawled in the grass rolling around with Maggie, Skylar, and Lillian.

I stuck my hand out to who I assumed was Alice. "It's nice to finally meet you, Alice." I told her quickly.

She smiled at me before launching herself into my arms and wrapped around me like a spider monkey, tumbling us both back into the grass. "Bella! We are going to be amazing friends." I groaned as I lay shocked in the grass.

"We're not gonna be anything if you don't get off of me, Alice." I grumbled to her which caused her to laugh at me.

"Silly woman, you can't get rid of me now." She said without moving off of me. She was suddenly plucked off of me and tossed aside and I was yanked up so fast it caused my head to spin.

"You okay there, Baby Bell?" Emmett asked as he proceeded to dust off my back.

I smiled at him. "Thanks, Em. Maybe a little warning next time, huh, big guy?" I asked him and patted him on the arm as I dusted the grass off the front of me.

"But, BB, that takes all the fun out of it." He chuckled and made his way out to Edward as Lillian was throwing a fit for her daddy because Edward had tackled her to the ground and she got grass in her hair.

I looked at Rose who stood there smiling at me. "Now, aren't you glad I didn't tackle you like that when I first met you?" She chuckled.

I nodded. "Very. I may have run away scared for my life." I told her jokingly.

Jasper was consoling an upset Alice.

I started to say something to her to reassure her that I was really okay but Rose put a hand on my shoulder to stop me. "Uh uh. She needs a little sobering on occasion." I just laughed. Leave it to Rose to say what I was obviously thinking. "Come on lemme introduce you to Ma and Pop." She said and tugged me inside the house.

EPOV

After I rolled around in the grass with the girls for a little bit, Emmett helped me up as he held Lilly bug in his arms. "Is Eddie forgiven yet, Lilly bug?" I asked the little girl who shook her head and buried her head in her daddy's shoulder with a profound "No" coming from her lips.

I just chuckled and grabbed up Maggie and Victoria and headed inside the house where everybody had retreated. "That's okay. I still love you."

Emmett chuckled. "Lilly bug, what are you supposed to say to Eddie?" He tickled her side causing her to squirm and laugh. "I give you, Eddie. Lub too." She said as she leaned over and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I just chuckled at her and kissed her back on the cheek. I found Bella, Alice, Rose, and Margaret in the kitchen talking over cups of coffee and cooing at Sariah. Jasper was sitting at the kitchen table tapping on his phone, in his own little world.

I sat the girls down and they immediately took off towards the play room. "Hello, ladies." I told them as I went to kiss Margaret on the cheek. "Ma, you look as amazing as ever." I told the woman who had become like a second mother to me.

"Eddie!" Alice exclaimed from her seat but she didn't attack me because she was holding the newest addition to this odd family.

I just chuckled and made my way to her side. "Hello, Pixie Dust. How is your dad doing?" I asked her as I kissed her on the cheek.

"He's doing well, he gets his cast off next week." She explained. I nodded in understanding. She had been traveling back and forth between Houston and Venice, Italy for the past month trying to take care of her father and her businesses here.

"That's good, Ali. So are you back for good now or do you have to go back?" I asked her as I took Sariah from her arms.

"I'm home for good now; he finally got a live in nurse to help him until he's back up on his own two feet." She explained. Her dad had had a boating accident and broken his right leg and his left ankle so he was basically bedridden.

"That's great, Ali. I bet Jazz was ready for you to be home." I told her as I gazed at the baby in my arms.

I took the baby and settled down at the kitchen table beside Jazz and looked at what he was tapping away at on his phone. "Jazz, what are you doing? You are looking awfully serious there brother." I bumped his shoulder gently.

He just laughed and laid his phone down. "Nothing, really, just thinking about putting my degree to good use." He said lightly and tickled Sariah's cheek. "She really is beautiful, isn't she?"

I nodded but was worried about my brother. "What's going on, Jazz? Talk to me, Bro." I urged him quietly, not wanting to gain the attention of the women. Emmett was off changing diapers.

"I'm thinking of quitting the fire house, Edward." He said quietly, shocking the shit out of me because I had thought for sure he would be a lifelong fireman.

"Really? What brought this on Jazz?"

He shook his head and ran a hand through his chin length blonde curls. "I want to start a family and I don't want them to have to worry about me every day that I am at work. I want to put my accounting degree to use; I have a job offer at Shoult, Hyatt, and Prite." He said, further shocking me.

"Wow!" I said in quiet enthusiasm. "That's great, Jazz. I have been thinking about quitting myself or maybe just going to volunteer only." I confided in him.

I had an architecture degree and a business degree from the University of Houston, and wanted to focus on my business and maybe other business ventures.

"Hmm. How do you think Emmett will take it? When are you planning on quitting?" He asked quietly but we were interrupted when Emmett came back into the room with Lilly bouncing on his shoulder, Tori riding one boot and Maggie riding the other one, Skylar hanging from his neck and Annabelle holding his hand.

"When are we riding, folks?" He asked eagerly and all the girls cheered right along with him.

We all stood up and headed for the garage. I tugged Bella's hand and pulled her to a stop before we stepped out the back door. "Bella, our shed is more like a two story, top of the line garage. We all store and work on our classic cars here." I explained to her.

She grinned up at me. "I know, Rosie told me last week and even showed me some pictures when we had lunch."

I froze in shock. "What the hell is it with you people shocking me today?" I muttered under my breath but obviously not quiet enough.

"What's that supposed to mean, Edward?" Bella asked as we walked hand in hand down the path towards our garage.

I shook my head. "Not here, I will explain when we get home tonight." I told her as we walked in the garage and she stopped dead in her tracks at the wide array of vehicles stacked high to the ceiling.

We had those fancy shmancy lifters that took up minimal space. It was already a double sided garage with five bays on each side, which was doubled with the lifters. Jasper kept two of his cars at his condo which had secured underground parking, and Emmett kept three of their vehicles at their house in the city. Alice only kept her 1967 Chevrolet Camaro at her apartment and she drove it all the time.

"Wow, Edward! This is impressive. I may have paid better attention if we had a garage like this when my father and I worked on my truck." She told me as she looked at the vast array of fully restored vintage vehicles.

I just chuckled and ushered her towards the back of the garage. "Come on, I'll show you mine before we leave." I told her and began pointing out which vehicles were mine.

When I came to a candy apple red fully restored pick-up truck just like hers I stopped. "You have a truck just like mine!" She exclaimed and we all chuckled as we paid a visit to our various vehicles.

"Yeah, I finished this one last year actually. We will have to take them out together one of these days." I told her and turned her towards the car we were taking out for our drive today.

"Will we go to the beach that day too?" She asked as I led her to the 1961 Ford Thunderbird that I was driving today.

"Who told you? It had to be one of the girls. But was it the old girls or the young girls? They're both terrible at keeping secrets." I teased her as I plucked the keys off my key ring so I could move my 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air so I could get to my Thunderbird that sat above us.

"It was the little girls, Edward. Are we taking this one out today?" She asked me as I cranked the beautiful Bel Air.

"No." I told her and pointed above me and she whistled loudly. "Wanna raise the bay door so I can switch them?" I asked her as everybody else began cranking their vehicles and getting out the ones they intended to take out today.

She pressed the button and the garage door raised and I began the tedious process of switching the vehicles around.

BPOV

I was blown away at all of the beautiful vehicles that occupied the huge garage. Once everybody had their beautiful cars lined up in the driveway, we were dividing the children up amongst us. "I wanna go with Eddie!" Maggie said bouncing around Edward and me as we stood beside the Thunderbird.

"But I wanna go with B!" Annabelle complained as she stood beside me holding my hand.

I knelt down beside Annabelle. "How about we flip a coin and see who gets to ride with us up there and who gets to ride with us on the way back?" I asked her and Maggie as she skidded to a halt beside Edward.

Annabelle nodded and I dug a coin out of my pocket and began explaining the different sides of a coin to her. "Which side do you want, Anna?" I asked her and held the coin out to her.

She picked heads and Maggie picked tails. "Ready, girls?" I asked them and they both nodded as everybody else stood around us watching me with the girls.

I flipped the coin in the air and caught it in my hand and slapped it down on my arm, covering it with my hand. "Come on, B! We wanna see!" They both begged.

I slowly took my hand off the coin and saw that it had landed on heads. Annabelle cheered while Maggie held her hands up for Edward to pick her up. "I love you, Eddie." She whimpered and slowly walked her way to Alice's side, her second choice.

Jasper took Skylar. Emmett took Lilly, of course. Alice had Maggie. Edward and I had Annabelle. Rosalie had Tori. Gerald and Margaret were going to keep Sariah. We got all the girls buckled into their car seats and cranked our vehicles and were on our way.

Rose and Tori took the lead in her beautiful dark blue '57 Ford Fairlane. Emmett and Lilly trailed behind her in his '71 Pontiac GTO. Edward, Annabelle, and I were next in line, with Alice and Jasper taking the lead in their separate vehicles. Jasper in his '81 Chevrolet Corvette and Alice in her '64 Ford Falcon.

"Anna, how do you like school so far?" I asked her as we travelled south to the beach. We were taking the back roads and the scenery was beautiful as we travelled south. Rose had told me the other day that she went to school a couple days a week for a few hours to prepare her for Kindergarten.

Both Anna and Skylar had gotten to play hooky today for this road trip since most of them were done on the weekends or school holidays.

"I love it!" She said enthusiastically from her booster seat.

"Did you know that B is a teacher?" Edward asked her.

"Really? Can you be my teacher next year?"

I laughed. "I teach the big kids that are almost finished with school." I explained to her.

"That sucks." She said as she stared out the window. After a few minutes she spoke up again. "Did you know that Trixy is about to have her babies?" She asked eagerly.

I didn't even know who Trixy was, much less that she was about to have babies. Edward explained. "Trixy is Anna's horse. She is a beautiful white and black Appaloosa horse that she got when she was just a few weeks old."

"Are you excited about the babies coming?" I asked her once Edward had explained.

She nodded eagerly. "One is Baby Sariah's and the other one can be yours." She said so matter of factly.

I looked at Edward shocked that she would even think about giving me a horse.

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