Here is yet another one! I hope you guys enjoy this one.

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Chapter 10

Wednesday, March 13, 2012

EPOV

Bella had been really secretive the past week or so about spring break plans. I had tried to talk to her the other night and she got really agitated and told me to make absolutely no plans for spring break because she had them all taken care of. I was curious as to what she had planned but she was locked up tight like Fort Knox. I even tried the tactic of telling her that I needed to let my employees know if we were going out of town or not and for how long but she just told me that she had already talked to Seth and Tanya and had it all taken care of.

At the employee meeting this past Friday, I had promoted Seth and Tanya to managers and had also put them in charge of hiring three more people, two bartenders and one bouncer for the busy nights. They had immediately started scouting for the new employees and had done a variety of interviews and trial periods over the weekend but so far nothing had panned out yet.

Tonight was Bella, Alice, and Rosalie's night to shine. They had taken over Lady's Night much to the amusement of us guys. They had banished us upstairs to play with the girls while they had a blast passing out drinks to the women and chatting with them as they bartended. I was currently cooking supper for all of us as Bella was upstairs taking a quick shower while we waited on the rest of the crew to show up. Ambrianne and Tanya were downstairs managing the few patrons we had down there as it was still early. Ambrianne was the newest interviewee and she was being given a trial run tonight with our ladies.

"So help me God, Emmett, if you don't get that fucking thing cut off I am going to cut if off for you." Rosalie screeched as she stalked into my condo. I was on the second level and could hear her plain as day as she screamed at Emmett. I could only guess what it was about, she must have just found out she was pregnant again.

"But, Rosie, you promised me a boy and..." I never heard another word from him as he trailed after Rose as they walked slowly up the stairs to the kitchen. I immediately noticed that the girls weren't with them.

"Hey guys, where are the girls?" I asked as I continued to cook dinner.

Rose glared at Emmett and nearly confirmed my suspicions, hell they had been popping out kids left and right in the past 5 years. "We got the babysitter to sit with them so that Hercules here and I could go have a chat before we came over here." Rosalie said as she headed up the stairs to where we could hear Bella talking to herself.

I looked at Em after Rosie went upstairs. "What the hell was that all about, bro?" I asked Emmett as I plated the rice, the shrimp stir fry and the sauce over the top onto our four plates.

"She just found out today that she's pregnant again and she is ready to castrate me, like I got us in this situation all by myself." He grumbled as he grabbed two plates and went to sit them on the table just as the women came back downstairs.

I shook my head at the Southern Belle symbol on the front of Bella's shirt; the woman had a never ending supply of these shirts. "What's this one say, Baby?" I asked her when she came to grab the wine from the fridge.

She smiled and simply turned her back to me so I could read it. It said 'Ladies, put your big girl panties on and deal with it'. I reached her side and kissed her on the side of the head as we headed to the table.

"When are Alice and Jasper getting here?" Rosalie asked as she dug into the stir fry dinner.

I shrugged my shoulders because you never could tell about Alice and since Jasper seemed to be an extension of her, you never could tell when they would arrive somewhere. "You know how they are, Rosie." I told her timidly, kind of scared at her with the way she is glaring at Emmett.

She nodded and smiled at me. "I still love you Edward, even though your dimwit cousin here may not survive the next nine months." She said as she dug into her food.

Bella and I chuckled while Emmett groaned. By the time we finished our dinner, Alice and Jasper were strolling up the staircase from the living room. It was still early enough so we just walked down the inside staircase and into the club that wasn't very packed yet since Lady's Night didn't officially start until six. During the weekday's, the club only stayed open until 11, so we opened the doors at 11 so the lunch stragglers could come get a drink.

"You ladies ready to give us all a show?" I asked them as the three of us sat on the barstools at the side of the bar and the ladies went under the counter to get behind the bar instead of raising the trap door.

They all nodded and took their spots along the bar with Tanya and Ambrianne at the other end. Within an hour, the place was packed full of ladies of varying ages and states of dress. I whistled to get Bella's attention and she jerked her head to me with a smile on her face. I nodded towards the stairs and she smiled and blew a kiss to me in acknowledgement.

"Come on guys, let's let the ladies have their fun and we will go watch the game that's on tonight." I told them as I stood from my stool.

BPOV

I was having a blast mixing and slamming out drinks with the ladies, but I was ready for the guys to leave so that I could finalize some the finer details of our vacation that we were leaving on in two days.

"So Tanya, are you sure that us leaving for a week isn't going to be a problem for any of you guys?" I asked her when we had a small break in the throng of women.

She nodded. "We will be fine, Bella. And also your first surprise is all in order." She told me with a smile.

I grinned back and nodded. I was going to be leaving Edward a trail of clues all over the place until we left Friday afternoon when school let out.

I faced Rosalie and Alice. "Rosie, are your girls ready for their performance tomorrow afternoon?" I asked her. This was the true reason why they weren't here; they were at home practicing their miniature dance in their grass skirts and Hawaiian bathing suits.

She nodded. "Yeah, they are super excited to be doing this for their Eddie." She said as she rubbed a hand over her slightly rounded stomach.

"What are y'all gonna do if it's another girl?" Alice asked quietly.

Rosalie just shrugged her shoulders. "Doesn't really matter to me, as long as it's healthy, I just like giving Emmett a hard time about it. We've both always wanted a large family." She explained.

I nodded as she went to sit on the barstool while the rest of us continued chatting up the crowd and pouring drinks.

After two hours of having a blast with the ladies, I was exhausted on my feet and ready to go crash with my amazing boyfriend upstairs. I had just called and told Emmett that Rose had fallen asleep at the bar and he should come get her. I giggled when I saw all three of the guys coming through the side entrance door. They ignored the comments and wandering hands of the patrons as they made their way to us.

Alice hopped on top of the bar and scooted over to where Jasper stood and kissed him on the lips saying loudly to everybody around her "He's all mine, ladies. Look but don't touch!" causing Jasper to blush and the rest of us laugh.

He tossed her over his shoulder and waved at us as he headed them towards the back door. Alice was giggling like crazy as she hung upside down.

I glared at Edward as he stalked towards me. "Don't you dare think about it, Barman." He smiled and came to stand behind me with his arms wrapped around my waist.

"I would do no such thing, Baby." He said against my cheek and I nodded as we stood and watched the crowd around us.

"Guys, I'm gonna get her home and into bed. I will see y'all tomorrow night for a cookout at the house." Emmett asked and we both nodded as he gingerly scooped Rosie into his arms and carried her out the back door. The crowd oohed and ahhed over his actions. The man knew how to be sweet and romantic when he wanted to be.

"You ready to go upstairs, Baby?" Edward asked as he pressed his ever present hardness into my ass.

I groaned and nodded. We waved to Tanya and Ambrianne as we made our way to the back door. It sucked not being able to go straight up without going outside, but it was what it was.

I smiled to myself the next morning as I stood in front of the bathroom mirror in Edward's condo and got ready for school. I smiled because I had received the text message last night that his first 'clue' was in place. Tanya had placed a couple hundred Hibiscus flowers all over the club tables and bar.

"What's got you smiling so cheerfully this morning?" Edward asked as he climbed from the shower stall behind me.

"Nothing, just getting excited for spring break to get here." I told him cheekily.

He smiled evilly. "Are we going somewhere to be alone for a few days?" He asked as he wrapped his towel around his hips.

I smiled because I could honestly say 'no' without lying because we would be going somewhere to be alone for a week. It was a minor technicality but hey it still worked in my favor. "Nope." I said popping the 'p' and walking out of the bathroom so I could go put my shoes on.

"Bella." He groaned from the bathroom as he dried himself off and got ready for the morning. I just laughed at him and walked downstairs after I had my black heels strapped to my feet.

I made my way to the cabinet and pulled down my coffee mug and poured a cup of coffee with a shit load of sugar in it and sipped on it as I perused the fridge for my breakfast. I pulled out the bagels and cream cheese and went about preparing my breakfast as Edward strolled down the stairs in his blue jeans and nothing else. His shirt and socks were dangling from his hand as he made his way to my side.

"Baby, I love you, but please give me a clue as to what we're doing for spring break." He asked as he wrapped his arms around my waist and tugged me back into his naked chest.

I sighed and leaned back into him as I bit into my bagel and then offered him a bite. When he was busy chewing he placed a kiss against the side of my neck. "You look amazing today. Are these new pants?" He asked as he ran his hands down my stomach and around to my hips.

I nodded. "Yeah, Alice gave them to me the other day. I'm kinda leery to wear white pants, but I figured what the hell." I told him shrugging my shoulder. I was wearing white flared dress pants with a silky dark fuchsia shirt on and my black high heeled shoes that I had fallen in love with since I wore them on Valentine's Day. It seemed my clumsiness went away when I was at school and I could walk perfectly fine in these heels all day long. "You like?"

He nodded as he stepped back to admire my ass in the figure hugging pants. "Indeed I do. Sure you can't start your spring break early?"

I laughed and shook my head stepping away from him. "Nope, I have to set a good example for my students." I told him as I backed away from him.

I headed on downstairs to grab my bag and make my way to the side door entrance. "I love you, Barman. I will see you this afternoon." I told him as he came to open the door for me.

"I love you too, Baby. Have a good day at school." He said as he kissed me gently on the lips and opened the door.

I kissed him again quickly and stepped out. "Oh, by the way, there may be a clue downstairs waiting for you." I told him over my shoulder as I descended the stairs. I laughed as I heard the door slam shut quickly.

EPOV

I couldn't believe that she waited right until she left to give me a clue. I quickly slammed the door and hurried down to the club. I stopped dead in my tracks when the flowery smell hit me. I grappled for the light switch and flipped it on and gasped when I saw what had to be hundreds of flowers littering nearly every surface in my usual spic and span club. There were yellow flowers for as far as I could see, whoever done this had done a damned good job of covering the place.

"What the hell?" I asked to myself as I picked up one of the yellow flowers. I knew they were hibiscus flowers because my mom had been a gardener and made sure that I could tell one flower from another.

I was beyond puzzled but I knew in the back of my head that they had a deeper meaning than just being a flower. I pulled out one of the chairs and sat down, twirling one of the flowers between my fingers, racking my brain as to what they really meant.

I plucked my phone from my pocket and sent Bella a quick message.

Hey Baby, I got your 'clue' but it's not really a clue. I can't figure out what the hell a yellow hibiscus has to do with our vacation. – Edward

I knew she wouldn't be able to reply back for a little bit because she was in class and was having to watch her p's and q's since the meeting with Jane and her parents.

I sat like that for a little bit longer still not getting what they meant. I got up and went to get a bucket and a broom so I could get them picked up. When I walked into the store room, I spotted two wooden crates with a knot taped to the wall above them.

I plucked the note off the wall and read my beautiful girlfriend's handwriting:

Just a few more days, Barman. Do NOT throw these beautiful flowers away. Put them back in these crates and Tanya is going to hand them out to all the female customers tonight. I hope this confuses you instead of making things clearer. LOL You are always surprising me, now it's your turn. I love you, Edward.

I smiled and placed the note in my back pocket for safe keeping and picked up the wooden crates and went about gently placing the delicate flowers back in the crate and then setting them in the cooler for safe keeping.

Once I was finished picking up the bar area, I headed back upstairs to my study to continue my search of possible properties to buy for the new club. I didn't want to go far from Houston because my family was here, but I knew that I needed to get out of Houston to start a new club and I didn't want to compete against myself for business on the weekends.

I was deeply engrossed in my research that I didn't hear Alice come in the side door until she hollered my name out. "Edward!? Where are you?" she hollered from the living room.

I chuckled and called back to her. "I'm in the study, Ali. Come on back." I called to her as I leaned back in my chair. "What's up, Pixie?" I asked her when she pranced into my office in some elaborate Hawaiian print dress and another hibiscus tucked behind her ear.

"Nothing much. It's that time of the month." She said as she flopped her lease payment on top of my desk and flopped down in the chair in front of the window beside my desk.

I grumbled to myself and just ignored the envelope in front of me. She was leasing to own the two store front buildings and just about had them paid off. I hated taking money from my friends, but business was business and bullshit was bullshit. "Thanks, Pixie." I told her as I wrote out her receipt. "You know you could have just given this to me tonight." I told her since we were all invited to Em and Rose's tonight for some 'big announcement' from the happy couple.

"Coulda woulda shoulda, Edward. Plus, I had to drop off a package for Bella." She said as she pulled her flower out from behind her ear and twirled it between her fingers.

"Okay, what's up with you girl's and hibiscus flowers today?" I asked her as I leaned back in my chair.

She just chuckled. "Found those, did you?"

I nodded. "There had to be hundreds of them downstairs this morning when I went down there, but I haven't figured out what the significance is yet." I told her and she just smiled cheekily at me. I narrowed my eyes at her because it was obvious she knew something that I didn't. "You know where we're going, don't you?" I asked her.

She nodded but did the zipping motion over her lips and made a show of tossing the key in the trashcan. "My lips are zipped on it though. I gotta run, Buddy." She said as she made a hasty retreat out the door.

My phone dinged almost in tune with my front door slamming announcing Alice's departure. I picked it up and smiled when I saw that it was a message from Bella.

How did you like your second clue? –Bella

I pondered that. What had been my clue? I hadn't seen anymore since I had found the flower's downstairs.

I haven't gotten a second clue that I know of. –Edward

LOL. Alice was your second clue, Barman. Haven't figured it out yet? –Bella

Smart move, Baby. Smart move. Love you. -Edward

I groaned and laid my head back against my chair in frustration at not being able to put together the clues of our vacation. But I was itching to get away from everything for a few days. James, the new delivery guy had screwed up my order for the second week in a row and I had had to run out to the local liquor store and buy more alcohol to supplement what he constantly screwed up. I couldn't pinpoint where I want I wanted to open the new club at. I was toying with the idea of asking Bella to move in with me but I didn't want to live over the club anymore, her house was perfect. It was also approaching the time of the year that was the anniversary of my parent's death and that was hard for me to deal with and I didn't know how Bella would be able to handle my mood on that day. Usually I spent the whole day in bed and nobody messed with me besides a text message asking me if I was okay at the end of the day. Like I said, I could use the time away with just Bella and I.

I became engrossed in some of the accounts for my block of downtown Houston's historic district when my phone rang and I picked it up and saw a number I didn't recognize. "Hello?" I asked cautiously.

"Mr. Cullen, I have a package for you but I can't get it through the gates. I need to know if I should leave it here by the gate or what?"

I furrowed my brow. "Just stay right there, I will be right out." I told whoever it was and hung up.

I quickly slipped on my flip flops and my shirt and ran down the inside stairs and out the side door to the club and to the gate. Indeed there was the postman with a small brown package.

Once I had the package signed for, I slowly made my way upstairs when my phone dinged again announcing yet another text message.

Don't shake the box too much, there may be something fragile inside. –Rosalie

I shook my head. It seemed like all of my friends are in on the surprise but me.

I sat down on the first landing of my outside private staircase and opened the box that was addresses to me from Bella. Inside the box, I found three things. A miniature tiki torch, a jar full of beach sand and a pair of swim trunks that had huge hibiscus flowers all over them.

I groaned and shook my head, because this really didn't help me any at all. It still made no sense to me and I considered myself to be a rather intelligent person.

I picked up my phone and texted Rosalie.

¬You know where we're going, too? –Edward.

She immediately replied back.

Yep. Can't put it all together? –Rosalie

No. I guess I am trying too hard at it. I hope I figure it out soon. We should be there by 4:30 for the cookout. Need us to pick up anything? –Edward

Nope, got it all under control, buddy of mine. –Rosalie

I tossed my phone in the box and went upstairs and laid it all on the coffee table and sat down on the couch and looked at all of my 'clues' laid out before me.

I flopped back on the couch and turned the TV on, giving up on trying to figure it out and just letting her surprise me. I was engrossed in a baseball game when Bella walked in the door with shoes in one hand and her bag in the other. "Hey, Barman, have fun today?" she asked as she tossed her bag and shoes in the chair and curled up next to me.

I just chuckled and muted the TV. "Yeah, I loved all of your clues but I still haven't figured it out yet. Did you have a good day today?" I asked as I pulled her legs across mine and massaged her calves.

She smiled and nodded. "I did. Alec informed me that Jane and their parents went to Italy yesterday for an early start on spring break."

"I bet that makes your entire world better." I told her honestly. That girl made my girl upset weekly over her antics and lack of trying to complete her schoolwork.

She just laughed and placed a gentle kiss to my cheek before getting up and heading upstairs to change her clothes.

I got up and followed after her wanting to knock one thing off of my 'to do list' right now.

I sat on the foot of the bed and watched as she stripped out of her school clothes and into some yoga pants and yet another Southern Belle t-shirt. She grabbed her hair brush and came to sit between my legs and handed me her hair brush.

I smiled because this had become a ritual of sorts between us every afternoon. We sat quietly as I gently ran the brush through her long brown locks. She leaned her head back as I gently brushed her hair. When I was finished, I laid her brush on the bed beside my leg, pulled her hair to the side, and wrapped my arms around her waist. "Move in with me?" I asked against her neck.

She didn't answer me verbally but she nodded eagerly. "Here?" She asked quietly.

I shook my head. "No." I answered her simply.

"Ok." She answered just as simply.

We sat there for a few minutes until we heard both of our phones ringing. I dug mine out of my pocket as she hopped up and went to retrieve hers from the dresser. "Emmett." I told her as I held up my phone.

She held hers up and smiled at me. "Rosalie."

I chuckled and we both answered our phones as I went downstairs and she finished getting ready to go.

BPOV

I was giddy on the inside that he had asked me to move in with him and even giddier when he said we wouldn't be living above the club. I smiled as we pulled up to Rose and Em's house and saw the glow of all the tiki torches lining a path to the back yard.

Edward and I held hands as we followed the lit path towards the sound of laughter coming from the backyard.

"EDDIE!" Maggie screamed as soon as she saw us.

"BELLA!" Annabelle and Skylar screamed and launched themselves at me.

Victoria grinned a toothy grin and continued chomping down on her piece of pineapple. I knelt down on the ground as Anna and Sky tumbled themselves at me. "Hi, girls. Where is your mommy and sisters'?" I asked them quietly as I admired their Hawaiian print bathing suits and grass skirts and plastic hibiscus flowers ties in their ponytails.

"They're inside; Mama's still getting Maggie and Sariah ready." Skylar told me as I stood back up.

I took their hands and headed inside to find Rosie and make sure the girls were ready to do this for Edward.

After, I got the reassurance from both Rosie and all the girls except Maggie, who refused to leave Edward's side.

I went back outside and found Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Maggie chatting around the fire pit.

I went to Edward's side and smiled as I saw Maggie cuddled in his lap listening animatedly as the adults all talked. I leaned down and winked at her and she eagerly scrambled from Edward's lap and ran into the house.

"What did you do to my girl?" Edward asked as he tugged me down to his lap.

I chuckled. "I didn't do anything to her." I told him quietly as I listened for the back door to open.

Skylar and Annabelle ran up to Edward's side after a few minutes. "Hey, Eddie you wanna see our dance we learned at school this week?" They asked him sweetly.

He smiled and nodded eagerly just like we all suspected he would. "Sure thing, sweetheart. You wanna do it out here or should I come in the house?" He asked them.

"We will do it out here. The other girl's are gonna do it to. We've been teaching them after school." Skylar explained as Annabelle nodded eagerly in agreements.

They scrambled back into the house and we all turned our chairs towards the grassy area where they could have enough room to do their dance.

All 4 of the big girls piled out followed by Rose who held Sariah in her arms and had a hold of Lilly's hand. Skylar had a hold of Victoria's hand and led her to their spot. They all wore matching Hawaiian print bathing suits and little green grass skirts and hibiscus flowers in their ponytails. Rose went and sat Lilly and Sariah down on blankets in front of the bigger girls and put a little drum set in front of Lilly and she immediately went to drumming on it as she giggled away.

Rose came and sat in Emmett's lap as the girls began their traditional Hawaiian dance. It was too cute to watch them try to shake their hips and twirl in a circle all while doing their arm motions. They finished in a flourish of arms and limbs as they tried to bow gracefully but ended up tumbling all the way over causing all of us to laugh.

Edward clapped the loudest and I got up from his lap as each girl came and got their hug that he was offering out freely. Sariah began to whimper so I went and picked her up off the blanket and began talking softly to her and she immediately quieted down.

"That was great girls. Who's hungry?" Emmett asked them.

They all cheered that they were hungry. He stood up and went to get the grill ready as Alice walked past me and scooped up Lilly who was quickly losing interest in the drums on her blanket and followed Rose inside the house to prepare the food.

Jasper came and took Sariah from my arms and followed after Emmett; this was all part of the plan. I went and sat back down in Edward's lap. "How did you like clue number four, Barman?" I asked him once I had gotten comfortable on his lap.

"Where was clue number four?" He asked looking at me with a confused expression on his face.

I just laughed. "Nothing, Edward. Have you looked up the meaning of the yellow hibiscus flower?" I asked him.

He shook his head. "How in the hell did I not think of that?" He asked as he slapped a hand against his for head. I just chuckled.

"Maybe you should do that while I go help Rosie in the kitchen with clue number five." I told him as I pecked him on the lips and stood from his lap.

I heard him shout to Emmett as I strolled into the house. "Emmett, I'm using your computer real quick!"

So how long did it take you guys to figure out where they were going? Huh? Be honest!

Hawaii is next!