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Chapter 30
EPOV
I was excited for the party tonight but was kind of leery to walk into college algebra because of Cheyenne. I didn't want any run ins with her because I knew with one wrong glance or words my Bella would go off on her after what she had pulled yesterday. "Ready for class, baby?" I asked Bella who was resting against my chest as we sat underneath the tree outside the building our class was held in. Our American government class had gotten cut short so we had decided to sit outside and enjoy the beautiful day for a little bit while we waited for Algebra to start.
She shook her head. "No but we need to go anyways." She sighed as she pushed herself forward to stand up.
"I know she's not your favorite person, baby, but we have to go to class. We can just ignore her." I told her as I got up myself.
"BABY BELLE!" Emmett hollered as he jogged up to us. "EDDIE!"
I shook my head wrapping my arm around Bella's shoulders as I shouldered both of our bags. Bella looked amazing today in her light blue strappy top and short white shorts with her hair piled loosely on top of her head because of the temperature and her annoyance of Cheyenne's antics.
"What's up Em?" Bella asked when he slid to a stop in front of us.
He shrugged his shoulders. "Nothing really. I heard some disturbing shit about that Cheyenne chick in my accounting class." He said as we all walked into the building together.
I sighed because she was the last person I wanted to talk about but I guess we couldn't avoid her, which was obvious when we walked into the classroom to see her sitting on the edge of her table which was unfortunately in front of ours. I tugged Bella closer to me as we walked around her without a word and sat down at our table. "Bella, that ring is gorgeous." Cheyenne said as she spun around sitting with her feet in her chair and her legs crossed.
"Thanks it matches those lovely rumors you started." Bella snapped at her as she pulled out her book and notebook.
Cheyenne just giggled her annoying giggle. "I didn't start any rumor, I was talking to one of my girlfriends and I can't help it if people got the information wrong or even what they may have overheard." She said popping her bubble gum and twirling her long red hair between her fingers.
I stroked Bella's shoulder to soothe her and remind her I was right by her side. "I call bullshit, but it's okay. We all know what game you are playing at and it ain't working." Bella said with a smile.
Cheyenne rolled her eyes just as the professor came in clearing her throat and calling the class to attention.
We all suffered through the class silently trying to be oblivious to the tensions between my Bella and Cheyenne. I was gathering mine and Bella's things up when I felt an unfamiliar touch in the middle of my back. I straightened up and pulled away from the touch before turning around to see who had touched me. I was instantly enraged when I saw Cheyenne standing there with a sheepish smile on her face.
"What do you want Cheyenne? I don't have time for you games." I asked her in a clipped voice.
She giggled and twirled her hair around her fingers again. "I was just making sure that you were coming to the party tonight." She said softly.
I groaned as I wished Bella was in here to save me from this situation but she had to go use the bathroom so I was stuck alone since Emmett had hightailed it out of class. "Yes, Cheyenne, we are coming tonight. Me, Bella, and a few of our friends are coming." I told her as I slung both my bag and Bella's bag across my chest.
She took a step forward placing her hand in the center of my chest which caused me to back up another step only to inadvertently sit down on the table that I had bumped into. "Great. I'm sure playing father to her child gets old even though the baby is adorable." She said as she pawed at my chest.
I gripped her wrist in my hand and just as I was about to pull her hand away from me Bella asked from the doorway. "What's going on in here?"
I groaned and hung my head. "It's not what it looks like, baby, I promise." I told her as I shoved Cheyenne away from me so I could get away from her and over to Bella.
"It's exactly what it looks like, Betsy, your man was putting the moves on me." Cheyenne said as she grabbed her bag and left the room pushing my Bella aside and leaving me gaping at her accusation.
I shook my head and walked over to a furious Bella. "Bella, baby?" I whispered as I reached for her hand.
She sighed and shook her head. "How am I supposed to compete with stuff like that Edward?" she asked as she turned around and quickly walked away pulling her phone from her pocket.
I groaned and took off after her. "Edward, wait, I want to talk to you for a minute." Cheyenne called from behind me but I ignored her and continued running after Bella.
I slowed down when I saw her sitting on the hood of my car in the parking lot. She looked beautiful laying on the windshield with her knees bent and feet planted firmly on the hood of the car as she talked on her phone.
As I got closer I caught part of her conversation.
"…bitch in her place once and for all tonight, Ali. Oh, Edward's here. I've got to go." She said as she laid her phone on her stomach before rolling her head to face me. "You get done playing with the slut?" she asked with a roll of her eyes.
I shook my head as I grabbed her hand in mine and placed it over the same exact spot Cheyenne had touched, I wanted to replace the feel of her touch with my Bella's touch. "No playing on my part, Isabella. I only want to play with you. I was trying my best to get away from her but she backed me against the table so quickly I couldn't think. You have to believe in this" I told her rubbing her engagement ring "and in us to overpower her. We are stronger than her and her games." I told her softly.
My beautiful Bella cracked a smile and curled her fingers into my t-shirt that I was wearing. "I just wanted her to think she had won something because I want her to try something tonight while I have my brothers and sisters there along with you. I want to show her just what exactly she is going up against when she picked you as her target." She said referring to Jasper, Emmett, Rose, and Alice.
I chuckled and nodded as I leaned forward to gently kiss her on the lips. "I love your evilness, Isabella Masen." I whispered against her lips.
She giggled as she tugged me closer to her slanting her lips against mine. "I love the sound of that." She growled before devouring my lips.
We spent the next ten minutes or so making out on the hood of my car until some idiot drove by honking and screaming at us to get a room. "Get a room!" He yelled out his truck window.
I laughed and looked up at him. "That's a great idea, buddy, glad you thought of it!" I called back to him causing him to laugh and Bella to blush.
I laughed out loud scooping her up in my arms and depositing her in the front seat before practically sprinting around the car to get in. "Edward, Gavyn…" She whined as she rubbed her legs together.
"Oh hell…" I said slamming my head against my steering will, willing the hardness in my shorts to go away.
"I know a place…" Bella whispered as if she was in agony.
I looked at her with a raised eyebrow causing her to giggle. "Rose told me about it."
I groaned and nodded because I didn't need any mental reminders of how wild Emmett and Rose could be in the bedroom before starting the car. "Lead the way, baby, but let's hurry." I begged her as I quickly backed out of the parking space.
An hour later we walked hand in hand into Carlisle and Esme's house with cocky grins planted firmly on both of our faces. "Just what have you two been up to?" Esme asked as she shook a toy in front of Gavyn causing him to squirm his way to her and reach for the toy.
"Nothing. How was the monkey?" I asked as I plopped down in the floor beside my growing boy. He has changed so much since we first brought him home. He was now a chuckle butt that loved him mommy like nobody else existed in the world and eating. He was so alert it was insane but the pediatrician told us that was a good thing at his four month checkup a few days ago.
"He was great as always." Esme said as I scooped him up causing him to giggle and slap at my face in excitement.
I rubbed my head against his belly causing him to curl around my head as he laughed. "That's daddy's boy." I talked to him as Bella hung back propped against the door frame watching us intently.
I knew the exact moment that Gavyn spotted his mother, he stopped giggling and started whining reaching for her. Bella and Esme laughed as she came over and plopped down beside me in the floor taking him from my arms and placing kisses all over his face and neck. "Are you momma's monkey?" She asked as she blew raspberries on his neck causing him to squeal out in laughter.
"Are you sure you are okay watching them both overnight, Ma?" I asked Esme as we leaned back against the couch as Bella played with Gavyn on the rug in front of us.
She slapped me lightly on the shoulder and scoffed at me. "I may not have had you and Jasper when you were babies but I kept you plenty of nights when there were emergencies at the hospital so it's not my first rodeo with newborns." She said as she leaned into my side.
"I know, Ma. This is just going to be the first time we have ever been away from him overnight." I said as I wrapped my arm around her shoulders.
She laughed and patted my arm. "We will be fine, Edward. I will call all of you if there is a problem. I promise. Have you guys discussed getting married at all in the past few days since the engagement?" She asked changing the subject completely.
I nodded as I listened to my baby's squeals and my fiancée's delighted giggles. "We have actually settled on a location, time, and date." I told her quietly.
She gasped and pulled away looking up at me in shock.
I laughed at her facial expression and continued. "Tybee Island lighthouse, two Saturday's from now, at sunset. It's just going to be our household, you guys, and her dad."
She nodded and settled back against my side. "That's not very much time to make plans and things." She said aloud.
"It's just going to be a simple wedding at sunset. No decorations, no food, nothing fancy. Just us and our family and close friends. We can go out to dinner afterwards to celebrate." Bella said as she sat up with Gavyn in her arms.
Esme nodded and reached for Gavyn who clung to Bella. "Come here, monkey, give Nanny kisses before you go home with momma and daddy." She said as she tickled him and he reached out for her quickly. "Are you sure that's what you want, sweetheart?" she asked Bella as she smothered kisses all over Gavyn's face and neck, much to his delight.
Bella nodded as she stood up, starting to pick up Gavyn's toys. "Yeah, it is. We are going shopping on Sunday for dresses. Would you like to go with us?"
Esme nodded as she handed Gavyn to Bella as I leaned forward and kissed her cheek. "Absolutely, sweetheart. What time are you guys bringing the babies by tonight?" She asked as she stood up to give Bella a hug and kiss too.
We settled our plans for the night before heading home to have dinner with our son before leaving him for the night. "I'm not sure I can do this…" Bella said a few hours later as we rocked our boy during his final feeding of the night before we left for Esme and Carlisle's.
We were both ready and just wanted a few extra minutes with our boy so we decided to go ahead and give him his last bottle of the night and rock him on to sleep. "If you don't want to, baby, we can just stay home with him. It's no big deal." I told her as she leaned into my side. She looked too amazing too just stay in but if that is what she wanted then that is what we would do. She was wearing a pair of very tight blue jeans and a silky pink shirt that had some kind of funky pattern on it and was held up over one shoulder just with a beaded strap. I both liked and disliked the shirt but she had assured me that all of her essentials were not going to fall out of the skimpy shirt or be exposed in any way. I liked it because it left a lot of bare skin susceptible to both my eyes and my touch.
She shook her head which sent her long curls swishing around her shoulders. "No, I want to go. Even in Alice's ridiculous get up she has me in." she said motioning to her clothes and high heels.
"I think it looks amazing on you, baby. Classy yet sexy." I told her as I pushed her hair off of her bare shoulder so I could place kisses there.
She groaned as she nodded. "You should have seen the outfit she tried to put me in." she said as she stood up with Gavyn in her arms.
I was instantly curious. "You can always model it for me and let me choose." I tried to bargain with her as I followed her down the stairs. We were the last to leave but I am sure that Rose and Emmett were having a tough time turning loose or their angel too, they were just doing it at Carlisle and Esme's.
She just laughed and shook her head. "No. We would never leave the house if you saw that ridiculous outfit."
"Would that really be so bad?" I asked as I opened the back door for Bella to slide into the seat. We both knew it was dangerous to ride with Gavyn out of his car seat but we didn't want to disturb him by putting him in his car seat when we just going less than five minutes down the road.
She nodded and smiled at me as she slouched in the seat so Gavyn could rest against her chest, his favorite place. "Yes, it would be disastrous when Alice realized we didn't show up. Her and Rose have something damning on Cheyenne if she plays her games tonight. Alice said it would make Cheyenne stop and leave us alone for good."
I groaned and shook my head because when Alice and Rose got in on the plan, there is no telling what was going to happen. "Great." I mumbled under my breath as I walked around the car and slid into the driver seat shutting the door quietly so as to keep from waking my son up.
When we got to Carlisle and Esme's we were both shocked to see that Emmett's jeep wasn't in the driveway. "I guess they didn't have any issues after all." Bella said quietly from the back seat.
I nodded as I grabbed Gavyn's overnight bag before jogging around the car to let my family out. "Rose and I talked at length about her leaving Blakely while we were getting ready. They aren't sure they are going to leave her overnight yet." She said as she gently climbed from the back seat with Gavyn held tightly to her chest.
I smiled and nodded as I shut the door because Emmett had come to me with Rose's trepidations also while we played with the babies in the downstairs playroom while the ladies finished getting ready for the party. "I had what I am sure is a similar talk with Emmett while you ladies commandeered the upstairs." I told her quietly as we stepped up onto the porch knocking lightly on the front door just in case Blakely was asleep already.
"I remember how hard it was to leave Gavyn for the first time on our first day of classes and he was a little bit older than Blakely is now." Bella said as Esme opened the door for us with a smile.
I chuckled as Bella and I both headed upstairs so we could lay Gavyn down in his crib in the nursery without a word spoken to Esme. Esme had created a beautiful gender neutral nursery with the alphabet and numbers as the central focus. The walls were a light green color with letter and numbers in different sizes and colors hanging all around the room with a dark wooden crib on either side of the room with a changing table/dresser in between and a rocking chair by the window. Bella walked over to Gavyn's crib laying him down and covering him up while I pulled his stuffed monkey from the diaper bag before turning on the piano recordings and setting it in the corner of his crib.
I had to stifle my laughter when he instinctively reached out for his monkey. I placed it right beside him and he instantly pulled it into the crook of his arm before I bent down giving him a gentle kiss on the top of his before moving away from him. I turned on the baby monitor that sat in the corner of his crib as Bella tucked him in, giving him his goodnight kisses too. "Let's go, baby." I told her as I stood in the doorway of the nursery.
She smiled and tiptoed to my side to keep her heels from clicking on the hardwood floors. "I wonder if he will even wake up tonight?" she asked as I clicked the door shut.
I shrugged my shoulders as I escorted her back downstairs. "He's asleep and normally sleeps through the night when he's at home. We will both have our cell phones on us all night so if anything happens…" I told Carlisle and Esme as we stood just inside the front door. This would be the first time we were leaving him overnight but I knew he couldn't be in better hands.
Esme chuckled and nodded as she curled into Carlisle's side. "We know, son. They will both be fine. If you guys want to come back here after you get done partying you know where the spare key is and both guest rooms, one upstairs and one down here are made up and waiting just in case." Esme said as she waved us out the door.
We both nodded as I opened the door. "Thanks guys, love you!" Bella and I both called to them as we stepped out onto the porch.
"You ready to act like the teenagers we are?" I asked as I slung an arm over Bella's bare shoulders as we walked towards the loud house that looked like it was over pouring with students.
Bella groaned as she pulled all of her hair over one shoulder before tying a band around it. "I am looking forward to dancing with you and partying with you but I'm not looking forward to dealing with Cheyenne and her cronies." She said as we were bombarded by a squealing pixie.
"I'm so glad you guys are here! You both look amazing!" Alice said as she hooked her arm in Bella's arm as we walked into the pulsing house.
