For all of those that are still reading you can breathe a sigh of relief now! Road trip ahead! Forks here we come!

Tissue warning for the last half of this chapter.

Okay, I have not forgotten to post, it has been storming in Southern Arkansas which means no internet for me. But alas, here it is.

I hope it doesn't disappoint.

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyers owns Twilight, not I.

Chapter 15

Jasper, Alice and I made our way over to our other friends to hear what was wrong with my husband. The thought of something life threatening being wrong with him had me sick to my stomach.

After the doctor disappeared, we all collapsed back into our chairs in relief. Edward had really only suffered minor injuries compared to what could have happened. He only suffered from a collapsed lung, a broken arm, and several broken/cracked ribs. I say only suffered, because it could have been a lot worse according to his doctors. He also had minor swelling on the brain from being tumbled around in the backseat of his Volvo.

Later that night as I sat huddled in the bed beside him, at his persistence, we saw photos of the accident for the first time as we watched the late night news. I cringed when I saw pictures of our previously pristine Volvo flash across the television screen. "I'm so grateful that none of you girls came with us." He whispered into my hair.

I nodded against his chest gently. "Me too, but you scared the heebie-jeebies out of me tonight, Edward Anthony. I can't handle any more of this." I cried into his chest gently.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

EPOV

It has been four weeks since that horrific night of our accident and Bella's mothering tendencies had definitely came out in full force since that night. Today was a big day for us as we were going to find out the sex of our two babies and I was going to get an 'okay to travel' order from my doctor so that we could travel to Forks for a month before travelling on to Chicago for a little bit before finally coming home and settling into our new home in College Station.

In the past month, we had been busy. We had found the perfect location for the new club, Truth or Dare, as well as a place to live.

"You ready, husband?" Bella asked as she slowly ambled in from the kitchen. Her bump could no longer be described as a basketball because she had almost doubled in size in the past month. We were hoping to make it to at least the first few weeks of October, but I had my doubts about that.

"I'm ready. Can I please drive?" I begged as I held open the front door for her.

She shook her head. "Nope, it's not safe to drive with only one hand." She said like she usually did when I asked to do something.

"Fine, but I hope the doctor clears me for driving today, otherwise we are flying to Forks and Chicago." I told her as I ran ahead of her and opened the door to our new SUV for her.

She just rolled her eyes and eased into the new SUV that we had just bought two weeks ago. "Whatever, husband."

I had spent the first five days after the accident in the hospital because I had trouble taking deep breaths due to my collapsed lung and broken ribs and the doctors were worried about pneumonia setting in. We had my doctor's appointment first and then Bella's checkup and ultrasound afterwards.

We got a great report at my doctor's appointment and much to Bella's chagrin, I was told that it was perfectly okay for me to drive since I had full range of motion with my ribs now. I slid behind the steering wheel as Bella scowled at me from the passenger seat. "Are you happy now, Edward?"

I smiled and nodded. "I am, love. I love having you take care of me, but I am ready to be able to take care of you and our babies." I told her as I leaned over and kissed her gently on the lips and rubbed a hand across her stomach where our babies rested. "I love you, Isabella, and I love you guys, too." I told all three of my loves.

Bella just rolled her eyes and we fastened our seatbelts before we made the trek across town to the OB/GYN office. We both wore shit eating smiles when we left a little over an hour later. I guess I had something Emmett didn't, because not only was I getting a boy, I was getting two boys. At least according to the doctor and ultrasound tech, we were having rather large boys who were growing right on schedule.

"Are you ready for our road trip now, Bella?" I asked her as we drove home from our appointments.

"I am, Edward. I am eager to get there and show you some of my old stomping grounds and also to make new memories for us. I hope once the babies get old enough we will be able to take them up there and introduce them to my parents." She said as she ran a hand over her stomach gently.

"Sounds perfect. Do you want to leave today or in the morning?" I asked her. It was only 11 o'clock and there was nothing pressing keeping us here and we had made arrangements for our follow up appointments that we were going to be out of town for. I had to have my cast removed in two more weeks and Bella was now having two week check-ups and would need to see a doctor twice in both Forks and Chicago. She was none too happy about it either.

"Tonight. I am ready to get away from the meddling pixie and the grumpy oaf you call a best friend." Bella grumbled from the passenger seat.

"Sounds like a plan. I just need to call Seth and Tanya to let them know as well as all of our friends." I told her.

Two hours after we arrived home from the doctor's appointments, we were back on the road, headed to Forks. We had our cooler full of snacks in the back, pillows, blankets, and our suitcases all loaded into the truck. I planned on driving until I got tired and then we were going to get a hotel room and pick up again tomorrow. It was a little after one o'clock when we left Houston city limits and then we were on our way.

BPOV

We were almost eight hours into our road trip and we have been making pretty good time, even following the doctor's orders. We had to stop every two hours so I could walk around for ten minutes, and I had also managed to only have to use the bathroom during those walk breaks.

"Bella, you okay still?" Edward asked from the passenger seat as he played on his phone.

"I'm fine, Edward. Are we still stopping for the night in Trinidad?" I asked him.

"Yeah, that way we can both sleep for a few hours before travelling all day tomorrow before stopping in Missoula, Montana for the night. We will reach Forks on Saturday around lunch time." He explained to me as he read the itinerary off his phone.

"Sounds like a plan. Do you want to play twenty questions?" I asked him randomly. I was bored and I couldn't very well bury my head in a book while I was driving.

"Sure, you go first though." He told me as he pocketed his phone.

Hmm… what question did I want to ask my husband? There were a lot of little details that I didn't know about him and he didn't know about me, this was a great way to find that little stuff out. "Okay, question number one. What was your best and most dreaded subject in high school?" I asked him as we travelled on down the interstate in the darkness of the night. We still had a few hours to go before we reached Trinidad.

"Damn, that's a good one but should be obvious by my love of numbers. My best subject was math and unfortunately my most dreaded was english." He told me as he thought of his question.

I laughed at his admission but I did already have an inkling of that. "Who would you like to have a closer relationship with?"

"Alive or dead?" I asked him to specify.

"Either, it doesn't matter."

"My mom; we weren't really close when I was growing up and I wish now that we would have had a closer relationship." I answered him honestly.

"What is one attribute of your mother that you see in yourself?" I asked.

"She was great at wanting to build and create things and I think I have a lot of that. She was always envisioning what she could do with our house and I'm the same way." He answered.

"How did your mother and father meet?" He asked.

"I think it was at a bar in Port Angeles." I answered.

"What do you think happens to you when you die?" I asked.

"I don't think anything happens, but it would be nice to believe that your soul lives on." He answered.

"Would you rather be on the cover of Time, People or the American Scholar?" He asked.

"The American Scholar Magazine with the title Teacher of the Year." I answered.

"What would you do with one week to do anything, all expenses paid?" I asked.

"Go to Italy, rent a Ferrari & Ducati and tour the countryside." He answered.

"Do you think you are hard on yourself?" He asked.

"For the most part I am, but the older I get, the less I am. I think I challenge myself more than most people, but being afraid of failing stops me from trying some things." I answered.

"Would you rather be a painter, writer or musician?" I asked.

"Feasibly I would want to be a painter, but being a Musician would be great (guitarist or pianist)." He answered.

"Do you have any phobias?" He asked.

"No, not really. I am just afraid that I am going to lose you, our friends, and our boys." I answered.

"When home alone, do you shut the door when you use the bathroom?" I asked.

"Nope." He answered.

"What is the greatest goal you want to achieve in the next five years?" He asked.

"To have our newest club be self-sufficient, be happy in our marriage, and our kids to be the healthiest and happiest that they can be." I answered.

"We're here, Edward. How do I get to the hotel?" I asked him.

I followed his directions and pulled into the hotel a few minutes later. This is how the next day went as well. We played stupid car games to occupy our time or jammed out to our iPod's. It seemed like in no time at all, we were entering into my childhood domain. As a child I had travelled all the way to Portland and Seattle with my parents, but no further than that except for when I left with Jake all those years ago.

As we boarded the ferry in Seattle to continue our trek on to Forks, I was brought to tears as the memories bombarded me. "What's wrong, love?" Edward asked as he swiped the tear tracks from my cheeks.

I shook my head and smiled at him to let him know that I was really okay. "Nothings' wrong, Edward." I told him quietly as we stood by the railing and looked out over the water.

"Tell me, Bella. Please. Let me live in your memories with you." He begged me.

I took a deep breath. "My daddy used to bring me with him every time he would come to Seattle and he would make a special trip around town just so we could travel on this ferry because I was amazed by it as a young child." I explained to him.

"We can bring our boys on this ferry once they are old enough to understand. This is the first time I've ever been on a ferry, too. It's pretty cool." He told me as he wrapped his arms around me from behind with our hands clasped over our stomach.

I gasped as I felt our boys kick for the very first time. "Edward! Did you feel that?" I asked him quietly as I pushed his hand harder into my stomach.

"I did, love. It seems like our boys want to be a part of this experience, too. It's their very first ferry ride with mama, papa, and Grampy Swan." He said softly as he rubbed the spot where one of our boys kicked.

I hummed and settled in against his chest as we rode the rest of the ferry ride in relative silence.

EPOV

I was blown away by the lush vegetation of the Pacific Northwest, but it was beautiful. Having grown up in Chicago, I was used to lakes and trees, but Chicago had nothing on Forks. As I passed the old wooden sign that said 'The City of Forks Welcomes You' I felt Bella shudder. "Another memory?" I asked her and she nodded before taking a deep breath.

"Yeah, I tried to run away once when I was sixteen and as punishment my dad sent me up here and made me repaint the welcome sign until it was bright, beautiful, and shining brightly." She told me as she laughed at the memory.

"Wow! I can't picture you trying to run away from home." I commented as we drove into town.

She just laughed. "Oh, but I was pissed off at the world then because my dad had told me that I couldn't go to prom with Jake because I had missed curfew over three times." She told me as she chuckled about it. "It took me two damn days to paint that sign. Did you see how tall it is?"

I nodded and continued driving through the small sleepy town when she exclaimed. "Oh my God, I can't believe Newton's is still here! I worked there when I was in high school and Mike's parents were talking about retiring and moving to California somewhere."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" I asked her as I turned on my windshield wipers.

"I'm not sure; it depends on who is running it now. I bet Mike's running it, he was pretty pissed when they brought up selling it." She commented as she looked out the window at what used to be her hometown. "Can we stop up here at the diner for lunch before heading to the house?" She asked quietly.

"Sure thing, love." I told her before pulling into the parking lot and turning off the SUV. "You okay?" I asked her as I laced her trembling fingers in mine.

She nodded. "Yeah, it's good to be back; weird but good. My dad and I used to have dinner here at least twice a week to give me a break from cooking and cleaning." She told me softly.

"Are you going to be okay going in here?" I asked her quietly.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, we had some intense conversations in our booth in here. There used to be a sign above the back of the booth that said if it Tuesday, Thursday, or Sunday then this booth is reserved for the chief and mini chief." She told me quietly as she wiped a few stray tears away. "I wander if it's still there."

"Only one way to find out, love, and that's to go inside and see." I told her quietly. I was concerned for Bella and the babies with her dealing with all of this, but she was determined and so was I because I knew she wouldn't put our babies in any harm's way.

"Okay, husband, let's do this damn thing." She said as she flipped down her sun-visor to fix her hair and reapply her lip gloss.

I got out of the SUV and made my way around to her side of the truck before opening the door for her and helping her out onto the slick pavement. "Careful, love. We will have to buy you some rain boots and an umbrella while we're here." I told her as we dashed quickly into the diner to avoid getting drenched.

She was laughing hysterically as we walked through the doors of the old diner. "You can tell I'm not used to this weather anymore." She said as she ran her fingers through her hair.

"Bella? Is that you?" asked an older waitress with long black hair with streaks of grey through it.

My girls head snapped up and her spine stiffened until she saw who it was speaking to her. "Sue?" she whispered right before she was enveloped in a huge hug.

I didn't panic because my girl wrapped her arms tight around the woman and they sobbed together for a few quick minutes, catching the attention of the other customers. "Ladies, I hate to break this up but maybe we could sit down before continuing this and Bella you need to eat, love." I gently reminded her as I ran a hand up and down her back gently.

She glared at me playfully before pulling away from the sobbing woman. "Sue, I would like for you to meet my over protective husband, Edward. Edward, this is a good friend of my family, Sue Clearwater. She was like a mother to me when I needed some womanly advice." She explained quickly.

I smiled and extended my hand to Sue who shook it strongly, like a man's grip. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Edward. I am glad that our sweet girl has found some happiness." She told me as she guided us to a corner booth that caused my wife to stop dead in her tracks and tears to pour down her face.

"It's still here." She whispered and I caught her in my arms as her knees gave out from under her. I lowered her to the booth and cradled her face in my hands.

"Bella, I know this is all overwhelming you baby, but you need to calm down and take deep breaths. Think of our boys, breathe deeply for them." I pleaded with her and she followed my instructions and calmed down before just crying silently.

I cradled her against my side as Sue reappeared with a cool wet washcloth. "Here Edward, this should help calm her down." She pressed the washcloth into my hand.

I nodded my thanks and continued whispering sweet nothings in my wife's ear to calm her down. I placed the washcloth against the back of her neck under her hair where she normally placed it herself.

After a few minutes she calmed down enough that we could sit up and talk quietly. "Is it too much, Bella?" I asked her quietly as I toyed with her fingers on the table top.

"I don't know if it's too much, Edward, I just know it's hard. Like I told you outside, this place was special to me and my dad and that sign" she pointed to the sign on the wall beside us "proves to me how special my dad was to this entire town."

"He sounds like a special guy and an amazing father. I hope I can live up to his and my dad's standards." I told her quietly.

We ordered our lunch and I listened to stories of Bella and her father from various other diners who came over to welcome Bella 'home' and to meet the man who got the town sweetheart knocked up.

After what seemed like forever, we were back in our vehicle and headed to her old home. "Edward, this may be too much for me to handle. If anything happens to me, please call Doctor Hank, and he will make house calls." She told me quietly as we pulled onto her street.

"You are going to be fine, love. Just remember to take deep breaths, like we've been doing all day." I told her encouragingly. She nodded but pressed the slip of paper into my hand anyways.

"I will, Edward, I promise." She told me as I pulled into the driveway beside an old police cruiser that now sat on 4 flat tires. "Oh my God!" Bella whispered as she climbed from the vehicle.

I quickly turned it off, pocketing the keys before I scrambled after my lovely pregnant wife as I watched her sink to her knees beside the police cruiser.

"Bella!" I screamed at her as I slid under her head just as it was about to connect with the pavement.

I slapped the sides of her face gently trying to get her to come back to me. "Baby, please wake up! Come on, love, let me see those beautiful brown eyes of yours." I pleaded with her as I ran my hands down her body.

She groaned and leaned into me as she started coming around. "Edward?" She asked groggily as she tried to sit up.

"It's okay, Bella, you fainted." I explained to her as I helped her sit up.

She sat up and just stared at her dad's police car. "I can't believe they left it here, all these years and it's still in the same spot as the morning I left." She whispered quietly.

I didn't say anything but let her work through her memories. "I remember dad and mom standing right here waving goodbye to me as Jake and I headed to the school for graduation." She said quietly as she attempted to stand up.

I chuckled and stood up and offered her my hands so I could help pull her up. Once we were both on our feet we slowly made our way up the sidewalk. "We're both soaking wet." I commented as we reached the front door.

She nodded and tried to reach above the doorframe for what I suspected was a spare key but couldn't quite reach it cause of our boys. "I'll get it, baby, just scoot over." I told her as I ran my hand along the top ledge of the doorframe and found the key. "Does anybody know that key is up there?" I asked as I slid it into the deadbolt.

She nodded and laughed. "Yeah, pretty much the whole town. I was kind of notorious for falling and hurting myself when I was a teenager, so Charlie had a lifeline of people that could come check on me if I didn't answer the phone when he called." She explained as I stepped back and let her do the honors.

She took a deep breath and opened the front door slowly. She didn't move, she just swung the door open and stood there in the doorway with tears falling down her cheeks silently.

"It hurts so much, but it's nice to be back and have the memories resurface. I buried them for so long." She said as she slowly stepped inside the house. "Could you get our bags and just give me a few minutes, Edward?" She asked quietly when I made to follow her.

I nodded, kissed her on top of her head before turning and making my way back to the SUV. I dug out my phone and sent a quick text out to all of our family waiting back in Houston.

We made it. I am standing in front of Bella's childhood home as I type this. She's taking it hard, but okay. I will call you guys later tonight. –Edward

I was bombarded by a multitude of text messages from all of our friends and leaned up against the SUV and replied back to them quickly. I was yanked out of my thoughts when a car pulled to a stop behind our SUV. "Excuse me, did Little Chief come back home?" asked an elderly man in a beat up old pickup truck.

I looked up to face the guy. "If you are referring to Bella, then yes she came back home for a visit. We will be here for about a month, sir. I'm her husband, Edward Cullen." I told him as I walked to the side of his truck and held out my hand for him to shake, which he did.

"It's nice to meet you Edward, I'm Billy Black, Jake's father." He introduced himself. I smiled and before I could say anything else, Bella called out to me from the front door. "Edward!"

I chuckled. "I'm over here, love. You have a visitor." I called back to her and saw as she made her way slowly to my side without looking up; she was paying attention to the ground as she walked. Her hands were wrapped protectively around our boys.

"Who is it?" She asked once she got to my side and gasped when she looked up. "Billy? What are you doing here?" She asked quietly.

"I just wanted to come and check on you, Bells, but I can see that you are doing wonderful." Billy told her as he opened the door and motioned her forward.

Bella walked forward quickly and wrapped her arms around the guy who never moved from the truck. I left them to talk alone while I got our stuff out of the back of our SUV and took it into the house.

I explored around the house while Bella was outside and smiled at the variety of pictures I saw of her childhood. I gasped when I saw a family picture of Bella with her parents. She looked just like them, more so like her father than her mother. I wandered around the house that was stuck in the past six years. The calendar still hung in the kitchen to May of 2006 with a big red heart circled around May 17th, Bella's graduation date.

On the refrigerator was a big sign that said "Congratulations' Bells! Love Mom and Dad!" along with a variety of pictures from Bella's high school years, her prom picture, her with a group of her friends, and finally one of her and her dad holding a string of fish.

I peeked out the living room window and saw Bella propped up against the door of the truck laughing as she moved Billy's hand around her stomach. I smiled and continued my exploring and made my way up the stairs. There were three doors up here, the first one I opened was obviously the master bedroom and I closed it back quickly. The second went to a tiny bathroom, and finally the final door led my wife's childhood room.

I groaned when I saw it was painted purple and had flowers painted all over the walls. I am glad that I had no problems with my masculinity since I was going to be sleeping in this room for the next month. Maybe I could talk her into redecorating for when we came back with the babies. I flopped down on her bed and groaned when a spring poked through the purple comforter and poked me in the back. I groaned and pulled out my phone to send a quick text to Rosie.

If the perpetual rain and my wife's hormones don't kill me, then this bed surely will. –Edward

Suck it up you big baby and go comfort your wife. –Rosalie

Haha, knew I could depend on you for sympathy. Love you Rosie. –Edward

Love you, too. See you soon. –Rosie

I was confused about the 'See you soon' because I wouldn't see any of them for over a month, until they come to Chicago for 4th of July and our birthday parties.

The sight of my beautiful wife standing in the doorway made me forget all about it. "Come here, love." I beckoned to her and scooted over making room for her in her bed.

She laid down but frowned as she wiggled around. "This bed was worn out when I was in high school; it is definitely worn out now. And it stinks." She said as she wrinkled her nose.

I just chuckled. "How does it feel to be back in this house and in this bedroom?" I asked her quietly as I cuddled into her back.

"Weird but okay, like I am closing one chapter of my life but opening up another with you and our boys. I think I want to keep this house and maybe we can come visit occasionally. What do you think about that?" She asked quietly.

"Sounds wonderful, Bella. Absolutely wonderful. I have one request though."

She just chuckled and rolled to face me as best she could. "What's that, Edward? A new bed?" She asked quietly.

I nodded quickly before kissing her lips eagerly. "Sounds good. I was thinking of redecorating and making it more of our own. I loved my parents, especially my dad, but we never had the extra money to buy new furniture and what we had was worn out when I was a teenager." She told me as she laid her head on my chest.

"Sounds like a plan, baby. We can do whatever you want, but how about we rest first?" I asked her quietly.

She didn't say anything but her soft snores and her heavy weight gave me my answer as I settled down for a nap also.

BPOV

The persistent banging on the front door dragged me from my peaceful rest. I groaned as I pulled my tired body off of Edward and my uncomfortable childhood bed and made my way slowly down the stairs. I wrenched open the front door and came face to face with the people I considered my family.

My amazing prereader announced some concerns about this trip being for Edward and Bella and I just wanted to let you all know that even though they are there they are not staying for long. Bella just needs a little help dealing in the beginning!

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