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Chapter 18

EPOV

It felt amazing to finally have some future plans laid out with Bella. We had both been overjoyed when we had viewed the acceptance list at Savannah State University's website because not only was my name and Bella's name on there but so was Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett's. The next big talk was about how much money I had at my disposal. Instead of explaining it all to her I just pulled up on her laptop both my checking and savings account along with my college fund. Bella had gotten a little wobbly on the bed when she counted the digits on all of my balances.

"Where did all of that come from?" Bella asked as she counted zero's on my savings account.

I chuckled as I closed the computer lid. "You have seen my parents' house, remember?"

She nodded but kept glancing between me and the computer.

"I sold it when I turned 16 because I couldn't imagine going back to live in that house without my parents. It sold after about three months for a little over three million dollars."

She flopped back against the bed when she heard the amount so I figured I might as well continue while she was processing. "Each of my parents' had a generous life insurance policy that got turned loose when I turned 18 back in August, roughly eleven million dollars after five years of interest. My college fund has been collecting interest since before I was born, my parents used to deposit money into it weekly and Carlisle and Esme continued depositing after they adopted me." I told her as I ran my fingers through her still slightly curled hair.

"You don't act like you have all that money. Hell, you probably have more than Tanya's parents." She mumbled quietly.

I chuckled as I opened the computer back up. "Nobody but you, Carlisle, and Esme know how much money I have. I don't like how I got it so I don't broadcast it to anybody. I would prefer living in a house that we can grow into eventually but in the meantime we may find one big enough so that all of us can live together while we are going to college. How do you feel about all of us living together? Rose, Em, Alice, Jasper, and our little family." I suggested quietly.

She shrugged her shoulders as she watched me pull up some websites so we could look at some houses in Savannah. "It doesn't matter to me, Casanova. I think it would be an easier adjustment for all of us if we all stayed together. Do you think they will go for living with a newborn?"

I shrugged. "I don't know but I don't figure they will have any problems with it when we offer them a house to live in until they decide to move out."

She nodded. "Okay, so we're doing it?" She asked starting to get excited about the prospect of us becoming home owners..

"Yeah. Let's look up houses on Zillow." I told her typing in our preferences into the filters.

We had actually found a beautiful house that Bella instantly fell in love with through the photos. It had an amazing kitchen with a huge bar, a bedroom, bathroom, and a half bath on the main floor with the master and three extra bedrooms on the second floor and a tiny office space. It also had finished basement that the current owners used as a play area for their kids and extra storage area that also contained the laundry room. It also had a play area with a sandbox in the backyard along with a huge pool that would be amazing on those hot summer days. The award winning feature that won Bella over was a beautiful wrap around porch on the bottom level with a flat roof because she could sit outside on the roof from our bedroom and look at the stars or swing on a porch swing on the porch to enjoy a good book or something.

"Is this it?" I asked as I scrolled all the way to the bottom of the screen and hovered the mouse over the contact agent button.

She bit her lip and nodded slightly. "I love it so let's do it. Even if they don't choose to move with us, we can stay there for years to come." She said as a smile blossomed on her face.

I laughed and quickly typed out an email to the listing agent.

My name is Edward Masen and

I am interested in 3296 Calm Breeze Way, Savannah, GA31406.

I am willing to pay cash at a price of $634,000 tomorrow;

If we can close this week and take possession.

You can contact me at 312-555-3684.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Edward.

Bella flopped down on the bed in exasperation as I hit the send button and shut down the laptop sitting it aside.

"Did you really just tell that lady you would pay cash?" She mumbled from behind her arm as I slid the computer over onto the nightstand.

I laughed and lay down beside her. "Why not? I have it to spare and it's a good investment, so why should we make payments when we don't have to?" I asked as I stroked the skin of her stomach that was exposed by her raised arms.

She groaned and shrugged. "I don't know. Are you sure about all of this Edward? We aren't even out of high school yet and we are trying to purchase our first home together." She said beginning to second guess her decisions.

I tugged her arm down so I could look her in the face. "Where do you see us in a year, Bella?" I asked her quietly. "We won't be in high school then, you will be 18 and I will be 19 and our son will be nearing a year old."

She sighed and flashed her gorgeous brown eyes up at me. "I know. I see us raising our son together. He should be crawling right around that time so I'm sure we will be chasing him around keeping him out of stuff while we try to study for tests or do homework for our college courses. I see us possibly being engaged or even married by then but at the least together and blissfully happy."

I smiled and nodded. "Okay, so why not buy a house that we can do all of that stuff and also grow into as a family. I'm sure eventually Alice and Jasper will want their own place leaving us all by ourselves with our son and whatever other future children we decide to have. I see us possibly being engaged if not already married by then. Most importantly I see us being together and being happy and being a family." I whispered as I edged my fingertips underneath the edge of her tank top.

She smiled and batted her eyelashes to keep her tears from spilling over. "I love you, Edward Anthony Masen."

I laughed as I reached up whispering against her lips "I love you too, Isabella Marie" before sealing her lips with mine as I rolled to my back tugging her with me.

The next morning we were rudely awakened by Emmett pounding on our closed bedroom door. When I had originally booked this hotel suite with two adjoining rooms I had done it with the purpose of sharing the kitchen and living room area so we could all be more comfortable for the nearly two weeks we were spending here. Now I regretted it because even I could tell that sun wasn't even out yet. "Seriously, Emmett?" I growled as I snatched open the door, still in my boxer shorts from last night and nothing else.

He just grinned and pointed behind him to the huge pile of presents that sat under our little Christmas tree that sat on an end table in front of the balcony windows. "Can we open presents now?" He asked excitedly as he twitched with barely suppressed anticipation. I swear sometimes he acted like a five year old instead of the 18 year old that he was.

I growled at him in irritation because I was sleeping perfectly before he banged on our door pulling me from that perfect sleep. "What are you? Five?" I asked him causing Rose to laugh from her position on the love seat. She was still in her pajamas with her long blonde hair tossed on her head with an enormous coffee cup in her hands.

"Welcome to my world, Eddie. The coffee and cocoa is already made." She said holding up her cup before taking a sip.

I smiled and nodded as Emmett bounced from foot to foot in front of me. "Are you five, Emmett? The sun's not even up yet!" I snapped at him.

He shook his head. "No, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas. And we have presents to open!" He said bouncing on his heels as he glanced between me and the pile of presents sat on the floor under the small table.

I groaned and shot a longing look at my warm bed that contained a stirring Bella which caused another particular type of stirring. "Give me twenty minutes, Emmett. Go wake up Alice, Jasper, Carlisle, and Esme." I said pointing to the door to Alice and Jasper's room.

As much as Alice was a hyper pixie during the day, she did not like being woke up before she needed to get up. I had heard several arguments between her and Bella and her and Jasper when they tried to wake her up before her alarm went off, I did not want to be the one that woke her up. I quickly shut our bedroom door, turning the lock in place as I headed back towards my bed. "Wake up, beautiful." I whispered quietly as I stroked Bella's hair off of her face gently.

She groaned as she shook her head slightly as a small smile spread across her face. "I don't want to." She mumbled lightly.

I laughed softly. "It's Christmas and I know that several of those presents under our tree has your name written all over them." I whispered against her ear.

She popped her eyes open. "Presents? Emmett did it didn't he?" she asked curiously.

I smiled and nodded. "Yep, seems like Santa found us all the way in Boston and delivered right on time and an overly excited oaf has found them."

She chuckled. "Who did you pay off to get those presents snuck in here?"

I zipped my lips shut playfully and shook my head. "I did no such thing. Santa came for a visit and Emmett is about to drive everybody crazy wanting to open gifts." I told her just as we heard Alice screech at him from the living room.

She smiled and nodded. "How did Santa know what I wanted for Christmas?" She asked as she stretched and twisted in the bed, waking herself up.

I laughed. "Santa had help from his little elves along the way." I told her as I stood up tugging her from the bed.

She laughed and wrapped her arms around my waist as she stood beside the bed. "Good morning, Casanova." She whispered as she stood on her tip toes to reach my lips.

I smiled against her lips just as my phone rang from the nightstand. "Good morning, baby." I whispered against her lips as I reached for my phone.

I smiled when I saw a strange number on the display. I slid my finger across the phone to answer it and immediately put it on speakerphone. "Hello?" I was cautious because it wasn't even seven o'clock in the morning yet.

"Can I speak to a Mr. Edward Masen, please?" A feminine voice asked through the phone.

"The realtor?" Bella whispered quietly.

I shrugged. "This is he. Can I ask whose calling?" I asked politely as I put the phone on speakerphone.

"This is Emily Shmidt with Hallman Realtors and I am calling in response to your email about 3296 Calm Breeze Way."

I sighed. "Yes, ma'am. How soon can you secure that house for me?" I asked her optimistically.

She laughed. "Straight to the point, huh, Mr. Masen?"

"Yes ma'am. I am expecting a baby in the coming months and we would love to have a place to bring him home to." I told her honestly as I gripped Bella's hand in mine.

"I understand and I talked to the other broker a few minutes ago with an informal offer of your requested cash price and they said that if you will submit the offer in writing then the house is yours." She said excitedly.

I laughed and did a silent cheer as Bella hid her laughter in my shoulder. "Okay, I am currently in Boston at the Fairmont. Can you fax me the offer to sign and I will fax it back immediately?"

"Absolutely. What is the fax number there?"

I quickly went to the corner of our room where the fax machine sat on a little desk and rattled the number off to her and watched as a fax came through almost immediately.

"I would like to put my girlfriend's name on the offer also, is that okay?" I asked her as I quickly scribbled my name on the correct lines.

"Absolutely. Since you are paying cash no financial and credit background checks are necessary."

"Bella, come here, baby." I motioned her over and she nervously stood beside me eyeing the formal looking document. "Sign right here, love, and the house is practically ours." I told her pointing to the line below mine.

She nodded and quickly scribbled her name before I picked up the pages and faxed them back to the listing agent as I told the Agent it was coming and to contact me if further action was needed.

Within just a few minutes of waking up, we had already bought our first home together. "Scared?" I asked her as we watched the fax go through.

She shook her head. "Nope, this is a great Christmas present for both of us."

I smiled and nodded. "Absolutely, ready to go open the rest of your presents now?" I asked her as I listened to the voices in the main area of the suite.

She nodded and we headed into the living room where everybody was coupled off but still in their pajamas with the huge cups in almost everybody's hands. There were piles of presents in front of them waiting to be opened. "Eddie, Bells, right there." Emmett said pointing to a huge pile of presents sitting in front of one end of the long sofa that Esme and Carlisle were sitting on the other end with their own pile of presents in front of them.

We all dug into our piles of presents with speed and excitements, all but Bella who took one package at a time and opened it carefully. "Everything okay, baby?" I asked her as I sat a sweater that Esme had gotten me to the side.

She looked up at me with tears in her eyes and shook her head.

"This is the first Christmas in a really long time that it has been more than just Bella and I on Christmas day." Alice explained as she looked at her sister longingly. "Our parents were more concerned with their work and clients. They always bought us presents but never stuck around to open them with us or even just watch us open them."

Esme sat her presents down and scooted over to Bella tugging her into her side. "You listen to me, Isabella, you are my daughter now. I know you and Edward have been talking about moving to Georgia for college but no matter where you move in the world, you will always be my daughter just like Alice is. Christmas is all about family and sweetheart we are family now. Every Christmas from here on out will be like this without us always being in a hotel suite, of course." She said loud enough so Alice could hear it too.

Bella nodded and tried to contain her tears and sniffles. "Okay."

I laughed at her tone. "You will get used to it, baby, just think come next Christmas we will have a little one to celebrate for in our new house." I said waiting for everyone to catch onto what I had intentionally spilled.

"New house? Did I hear you correctly, Edward?" Carlisle asked.

I smiled and nodded. "You heard correctly. I was going to tell you guys later but I was accepted into Savannah State University as a Music major and Bella has been accepted as an English major so we decided to move there for college. But instead of living in an apartment with our son for four to eight years why not buy a house that we can grow into as a family. Our offer was accepted this morning." I told them as Bella scooted back to my side.

"That's great, son. Alice, Jasper, didn't I overhear you guys talking last night about being accepted there in your desired majors?" He asked facing them who were both wearing matching grins and nodding excitedly.

"We were. I'm going for International Business and Fashion while Jazzy is going for Naval Science through the ROTC program." Alice said excitedly. "I'm so glad we are all going to be in Savannah together!" Alice said bouncing in her seat.

Rose had a smirk on her face that I couldn't deny pointing out. "What's with the smirk, Rose?" I asked her but I knew it was because they had gotten accepted to the same University as us.

She laughed before smiling brightly. "Emmett and I have been accepted to Savannah State also. We are planning to go down right after graduation to get a feel of the city before classes start in August. How great is this going to be, all of us together through college." She said sounding genuinely excited.

I smiled and nodded and looked around at the people I now considered my family and realized that these were the people that matter the most to me besides my son and Bella.

"Now all we need is Carlisle and Esme and the family will be complete." Alice said as she picked up another one of her presents, unable to resist the temptation.

Carlisle shook his head. "No, I think all of you kids will be just fine all on your own. We will visit often though. Our grandson will be there after all."

We all laughed and finished opening all of our presents before scooping up our bounty and heading to our respective rooms to get ready for lunch.

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