Disclaimer: I Don't Own Twilight. Life Isn't Fair! *Goes And Sobs In A Corner* It All Belongs To The Amazing SM.
I Do However Own Danny & Leo. Ha, In Your Face! Even If One Of The Characters Is An Ass! :P
Warning: There Is Like One Swear Word In This Chapter! =(
A New Beginning
Chapter Twenty-Eight:
Two Months Later…
"What do you mean, 'I have to'?" I sighed. "I don't have to do anything!"
Alice giggled at me. "Yes you do! It's Valentines Day for crying out loud!" She sighed. "You're very slow sometimes Bella." She patted my shoulder.
"Gee thanks!" I smiled at her. "Why is it my job to organise something anyway?" I shrugged. I had never done anything for Valentine's Day. Ever. As far as I was concerned it was a stupid holiday.
"Because you know that Edward won't get his ass in gear to organise anything!" She looked at me like I was missing the point.
"I suppose. But I don't think I want to." She slapped my knee. "Ouch! What was that for?!"
"For being a very strange type of girl!" She sighed. "You don't like shopping and you refuse to organise anything for Valentine's Day. If it wasn't for the fact that you have already given birth I would doubt whether you were a girl at all!"
"Finished?" Alice nodded at me. I just burst into a fit of giggles.
"You're so funny Alice!" I said between giggles. "I don't have to like shopping to be a 'proper girl' either." I quoted her.
"Well. It's just weird!" We walked into the living room at my house and she sort of fell onto the couch.
"Comfy?" I smiled.
"Yes, very thank you!" Alice giggled. I sat down next to her and she sat up.
"What are you doing for Valentine's then?" I sighed.
"No idea." She shrugged.
"What? Here you are nagging me about having to do something and you're not doing anything either!" I folded my arms. "Hypocrite!"
"Calm down!" She tugged on my arms until I unfolded them again. "Jasper is organising it." She smiled at me; it was more of a I-have-the-most-amazing-boyfriend-ever kind of smile though. Bless her.
"If Jasper is organising your Valentine's, why can't Edward organise ours?" I was majorly confused now.
"Huh." I got slightly worried because it was about 10 minutes later that Alice started talking again. It's worrying when Alice doesn't talk for more than 3 minutes let alone 10! "Maybe he will then. Sorry for nagging you." She hugged me.
"It's fine." I hugged her back.
"How are you anyway now Bella?" She looked worriedly at me.
"Me?"
"No the other Bella standing by the window! Yes you, you idiot!" She pushed me slightly.
"Oh." I laughed. "I'm okay. Everything's better now." Alice was referring to the very recent mishap that Danny & I had, had over the phone.
It was last week sometime, he rang up and apologised for not calling or emailing since the last time he was here. This was over 2 months ago.
He had missed Leo's birthday (again) and Christmas (again). I had basically shouted at him down the phone, a lot. Demanding why he had promised he was going to keep in touch and then never did. I basically got a load of bullshit off of him, with him telling me he had been busy with College and stuff. That had just made me shout more. This had also made Danny shout as well.
The conversation ended with him telling me he was "going to do something about It." before him slamming the phone down on me. I was pretty upset after the phone call, and everybody was worried about me (again). But I think they were also worried about what Danny was going to do.
Don't get me wrong, I was as well, but I had let him get to me so much over the last few months I just wanted to try and forget all about it.
Alice brought me out of my line of thought but suddenly speaking up again. "Where's Leo today?" She hadn't talked in a while, so I jumped when she spoke. "Guilty Conscience Bella?" She giggled.
"No." I laughed. "You just made me jump. He's out with Edward somewhere. I don't know where though." I smiled. Over the last couple of months Edward and Leo had started to get along a lot better. It was absolutely amazing to watch. Leo had never had a father figure and didn't have any memory of Danny anyway so didn't really know what it was like. A little while after Christmas, Leo had even called Edward 'Daddy'. That freaked me out, I was worried that Edward was going to freak out as well, but being the perfect (how he does it I still don't know.) person that he is just accepted it. Leo has started doing it more often now. It still freaks me out, because I don't want to mean Edward gets freaked out and runs away. I couldn't deal with it. No way.
It's not like we have been going out for that long anyway. 5 Months isn't really that long. I know that I love Edward and I don't think I ever want to be with anybody else (How soppy does that sound?) but it's still slightly scary.
"Are you sure you're okay Bella?" Alice smiled at me. "You seem distracted."
"Hmm?" I looked at her. "Oh, I'm just thinking."
"Anything you want to talk about?" I loved Alice. I could always count on her.
"Just about everything in general. I'm okay. I promise." I smiled at her. "You would always be the first person I would talk to. Well second person." I corrected myself.
"Second?" She looked shocked. I didn't know if it was just an act or not though.
"Edward being first." I smiled at her again.
"Oh!" It wasn't an act, she was genuinely confused. Bless her. "Bella?"
"Hmm?"
"Edward told me, about Leo calling him 'Daddy' a lot more frequently now." Oh crap. "Don't look so scared!" She smiled at me. "You know that it makes him even more happy than he already was, right?" I shook my head. Really? Right at that moment, I could have actually stood up and done a happy dance. "Well it does. I didn't even know he could get any happier. You don't have to worry about him freaking out." She hugged me.
"He noticed that?" I hugged her back and she pulled away.
"He knows that it freaked you out. He also noticed that it made you scared." She smiled at me. "You don't have to be afraid Bella. He isn't going anywhere." I grinned and threw my arms around her.
"I don't know what I would do without any of you." I sniffed; I thought that I might actually start to cry. I was finally getting some sort of foundations set up already. It didn't even seem possible.
Alice hugged me back. "You're welcome Bella." She pulled back from the hug. "Honestly. Stop worrying."
"I can try." I laughed, but it sounded all shaky. Obviously after my sudden emotional outburst thingy.
Alice groaned. "We better do this homework I suppose."
"Perfect enthusiasm there, Alice." She smiled.
"I have been working on it." She laughed.
We sat there for the next hour doing our homework from the day. We had only been back from the Christmas Break for a couple of weeks. It was middle January and Forks was as freezing as ever. It was over Christmas that I had actually almost migrated just to get some sunshine. I had never been so cold in all my life. I had 4 blankets on top of my duvet every night; I looked like an Eskimo in my bed.
Edward and Leo got home just after we had finished our homework. He came bounding into the living room and literally hurled himself at me.
"Momma!" He almost yelled. He threw his arms around my neck.
"Hey, Baby." I hugged him back.
"Guess what Momma?" He let go of my neck and sat on my lap instead.
"What Leo?" I tried to sound excited, but I don't think I actually did.
"It's snowing!" He jumped off of me and ran to the window.
"Snow?" I shivered. "That's worse than rain!" I heard Edward laugh at me, as he came into the living room and sat on the couch with me. Alice had gone to watch the snow with Leo.
"Hey." I smiled.
"Hello." He put his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. "I missed you." He kissed the top of my head.
"Hmm. I missed you too."
"You've never seen snow, have you?" Edward laughed again.
"I have." I smiled to myself.
"Where?"
"On the TV." He laughed again, and kissed my head.
"You're adorable."
"Thank you."
"Momma!" Leo called from the window. "Come and look at the snow." I groaned. I tried to get up but Edward's arms were bound tightly around my waist.
"Let me get up please." He winked at me and let go, which made me blush. Stupid boy. I walked over to the window and watched the snow with Leo.
"Isn't it pretty Momma?" Leo climbed into my arms again. He snuggled against my shoulder.
"Very." I smiled. I walked back over to the couch and sat down again.
"I'm going to go home now Bella." Alice stood up. "Remember what I said." She came over and hugged me quickly before walking away.
"Bye Alice."
"What was she talking about?" Edward asked as he started playing with some of my hair. I had put Leo next to me on the couch and he had started watching the TV.
"Oh. It doesn't matter." I put my head against Edward's chest and sighed. "What did you two do today anyway?" Edward put his arm around my waist and I snuggled closer to him.
"I just took him to my house." His house?
"Oh. Okay."
"But then it started snowing, so we had to come back." I thought I could hear a smile in his voice.
"Hmm."
"It's almost the weekend, love." He kissed the top of my head again.
"We still have tomorrow!" I groaned.
"Do you have any idea of how cute you are when you're angry?" He laughed.
"No." I smiled.
"Very cute." I looked over at Leo then and noticed he had actually fallen asleep. What time was it? 7.30pm. Oops, maybe that's why he's asleep.
"I'll just take him to bed." I tried to stand up, but Edward's arms were around my waist, again. "You have to stop doing that." I smiled. He let go and I stood up properly and picked up Leo and took him upstairs.
I woke him up so I could give him a quick bath and then put him in his bed. For Christmas he had been given a small toddler-bed. It had stuff from the movie 'Cars' on it. For three days after Christmas, he had refused to get out of it he loved it so much! It was a bit of a tight fit for everything in my room now, but it all fit just fine in the end.
"Good night Leo." I kissed his forehead. "I love you."
"I love you too, Momma." I walked out of my bedroom and downstairs again. Charlie got home just after I sat down on the couch again.
"Hey Bells."
"Hiya." I just sat on the couch with Edward, who was watching some type of sports game. I wasn't really following it. "Why are you so late?"
"The snow." Oh, that explained a lot.
"Oh right." He wasn't telling me everything, I'm not that stupid. "There's some food in the fridge."
"Thanks Bells."
"No problem." I sighed. Edward tightened his arms that were around my waist.
"I better go, love." He kissed the top of my head before letting go of my waist.
"Oh. Okay." I pouted. Edward laughed. He grabbed my hand and pulled me up from the couch and hugged me.
"I'll stay at the weekend. Okay?" He kissed the top of my head again.
"I know." I smiled. He let go of me and walked towards the front door. I followed.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He kissed me before walking out of the door. I shut the door behind and me sighed contently.
I walked into the living room to find Charlie watching something on the TV. Sport. Again.
"Night Dad." I called on my way up the stairs.
"Night Bells."
I got into my room and changed into my pyjamas. Amongst my duvet being super thick and having a mountain of blankets on there, I also had very fluffy pyjamas. I never got cold at night now. Of course it was always better when Edward was here…I had to stop my line of thought there. I giggled quietly.
I climbed into my bed and got hold of my laptop. I checked my email; there was another one from my Mom.
Bella. What's the weather like in the winter in Forks? I hope you and Leo are okay. I miss you incredibly. I love you, Mom. At the end of the email there was one them little smiley faces. She had finally figured out how to use them and they always appeared in her messages now.
I replied with:
Mom. It's snowing. And it's freezing. All the time. I felt like migrating to see you, to get some sun. We are fine. Edward is fine as well, (before you ask) I miss you too Mom. I promise we will all come and visit soon. I love you. Bella.
My Mom wasn't actually that keen on Edward. I didn't know why. She was more scared than me that something might go wrong and he would run away from me. But after that talk with Alice. I didn't need to worry.
I turned my laptop off and snuggled into my bed before turning the light off.
After hearing what I wanted to hear from Alice today, I was incredibly happy, and so in love.
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