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Chapter 31

BPOV

"Do you want a drink, baby?" Edward asked as we stepped off the dance floor for a break.

We had been at the party for almost two hours now and were having a blast. We had mostly stayed on the dance floor or hidden in a corner making out like the teenagers we were. So far we had been lucky enough to avoid Cheyenne and her cronies as they circled the dance floor.

I nodded as I leaned up against the wall breathing deeply. "Yeah, sounds good. That party punch was delicious earlier." I told him with a sexy smile.

He just shook his head as he headed for the 'bar area' which was what I guess you could call the kitchen. "Belle!" Emmett called as he and Rose spotted me leaning against the wall while I waited on Edward.

I smiled as I shoved off the wall heading in their direction. "You guys having fun?" I asked them as I sat on the arm of the loveseat they were occupying.

Rose nodded. "Yeah, it's nice to be able to do this knowing our babies are sleeping soundly in a safe home." She said as she leaned into Emmett's side and her voice slurring slightly.

I just giggled. "How much have you had to drink, Rosie?" I asked her giggling myself because I was slightly tipsy too.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I lost count after the third cup of fruit I was snacking on."

I groaned as Emmett laughed loudly. "Rosie, that fruit has been sitting and soaking in that alcohol for over 24 hours." I told her as Edward brought me back a cup of the fruity drink.

"What's so funny?" he asked as he pressed firmly against my side.

I giggled as I took a sip of the drink said fruit had been soaking in. "Rose has been snacking on the fruit pieces." I told him between giggles.

He groaned as he took a sip of his drink. "I'm glad we decided to park our cars at the mall and take cabs here." He said as he stroked my bare shoulder with his fingertips.

"Edward! Emmett! Becky!" Cheyenne said in her fake friendly voice that grated on my last nerves.

Rose cut her a look that could have sent the saintliest person running but apparently Cheyenne didn't catch it as she fluttered over to us in her very revealing red sparkly 'dress'. The girl had no scruples apparently, she was wearing a very revealing dress that ended at the top of her thighs and was held up by what were very thin straps. The front dipped all the way down to past her belly button, exposing all of her assets to whoever wanted to look at them. There is no way she was wearing anything under that dress, it was impossible. "Cheyenne." Edward said with a curt nod in her direction as he scooted a little closer to me.

"I don't believe we've met before. I'm Cheyenne and I have a couple classes with Emmett, Edward, and Betsy here." She said as she looked at Rose.

Rose just nodded in her direction. "Nice to meet you, Cheyenne, and her name is Bella." She said pointedly not introducing herself.

"Oh look, it's the slut club!" Alice said as she and Jasper suddenly appeared behind Edward, seemingly coming out of thin air.

Cheyenne cut her eyes at Alice who just smiled and shrugged in innocence. "Who are you calling a slut? At least I'm not trying to snag a man by trapping him with a child that isn't even his to begin with." She said pointing towards me and Bella.

We all just laughed because she had the situation all wrong. Gavyn was legally mine and Edward's child but biologically he was just Edward's. "Cheyenne I suggest you leave our son out of your nasty ass mouth if you would like to keep all of you teeth and what few brain cells you have intact." I told her through gritted teeth.

She waved me off like I was nothing but an inconvenience to her. "Whatever, you ain't nothing but a whore anyways. Edward will realize what he's missing soon enough. A man as sexy as that shouldn't be trapped with a two timing whore like you." She said as she flipped her hair over her shoulder in indifference.

Alice just smiled as she pulled something from her purse. She had made it her personal mission in life to find all the dirt she could on Cheyenne for the past few weeks and apparently had teamed up with Rose, who could walk around campus without people recognizing her. "I would suggest you keep your comments to yourself unless you want your dirty laundry aired on all the TV's and computers on campus. Well, it may not be dirty after what you did in that laundry room." Alice said beaming at her while showing her a small pink flash drive she had pulled from her pocket.

"You don't scare me, short stuff." Cheyenne said with a roll of her eyes.

Alice just giggled as she tucked the flash drive back into her pocket. "It's funny, when I watched that video of the football players I saw a side of them and you I never wanted to see. You guys destroyed that laundry room or did they destroy you instead? How many were there, Rosie? Six? Seven?" She asked with a smile on her face that shut Cheyenne up immediately.

"I counted eight with what little bit I could stomach to watch. It's kind of disgusting. Hey, Cheyenne, aren't you an education major? I wonder what Mrs. Dunheimer would think if she got an email from her star student doing unthinkable things with numerous guys in a college facility?" Rose asked as she smiled wickedly at Cheyenne.

"You don't know what you are talking about." Cheyenne whispered.

Alice shrugged her shoulders. "You will find out how much we actually do know if you keep messing with my family and don't learn how to keep your mouth shut." She said as she leaned into Jasper's side.

"Family?" Cheyenne asked looking between all of us.

We all nodded as I pointed to Alice. "That is my twin sister and that is Edward's brother. These are our best friends and roommates. Family." I told her pointing everybody out.

She visibly shivered as she backed up. "I'm sorry, please don't say anything to anybody. It was just one time and I was drunk." She said as she quickly turned around and disappeared into the crowd causing all of us to bust out laughing.

"What is on that flash drive?" I asked once I got control of my giggles.

Alice shrugged her shoulders with a smile on her face. "Nothing, it's the same one I've had since tenth grade but she didn't know that." She said causing us all to bust our laughing again.

"You are evil, Tinker, and Rose, how did you know anything about her and the football team, the education dean, and everything?" I asked her curiously.

She giggled. "It's amazing what you hear when hanging around campus waiting on your fiancée to get out of class and Alice heard bits and pieces from people in her classes. I found out about the dean of education when I explored the education building one day, the lady gave me a tour raving about Cheyenne who happens to be her student worker also." She said like it was no big deal.

"God, I love you Tinker and you too Rose." I told them tugging them out to the dance floor. "Let's dance, ladies!" I begged them as Big and Rich's 'Save a horse, Ride a cowboy' came on over the radio.

A few hours later I was a little past tipsy and missing my monkey something severe as I sat on the back deck scrolling through my phone looking at various pictures of him while Edward found a bathroom. "Bella, can I talk to you for a minute?" I heard from behind me.

I whirled around to see Savannah standing there in a pair of sweat pants and a huge hoodie. "Cheyenne, I don't have the time or patience for you." I told her standing up to walk away.

"I understand, I just wanted to apologize for everything I have said and done in the past few weeks. It's incorrigible, I know." She said wringing her hands together nervously.

I sighed shaking my head. "I don't want to hear it, Cheyenne. Just stop trying to ruin other people's lives and get one of your own. It's not smart to mess with people with you really have no idea what is going on with them or their lives." I told her as I shook my head at her.

"I know, I'm really sorry Bella, you have a wonderful family." She said sweetly.

I smiled and nodded. "I know and just for your information, Gavyn is biologically Edward's son not mine. He is however legally both of ours." I told her as I walked past her and back into the house.

"Hey, baby, everything okay?" Edward asked when he saw me perched against the wall outside the bathroom door.

I shook my head and looked up at him. "I want to go cuddle with monkey, I miss him something terrible. I'm done with this party." I told him as he pulled me to his chest.

"Okay, let's go for a walk outside while we wait for the cab to get here." He told me as he guided me through the crowd.

I pulled out my phone as walked outside the house so I could text Rose and Alice that we were getting ready to leave.

Edward's calling for a cab now. Going to Esme and Carlisle's till morning. –Bella

Okay. See you at home tomorrow. Is Rose going with you guys?– Alice

WAIT! We are coming too, WRU? – Rose

I chuckled showing Edward the message from Rosalie. He was on the phone telling the cab company where we were.

Outside walking down the street.-Bella to Rose

Yes- Bella to Alice

How long till cab is here? – Rose

"How long, Casanova?" I asked him as he pocketed his phone.

"About 10 minutes. Are you cold?" He asked as we walked slowly down the street.

I shrugged. "A little bit but I will be okay until we get to Carlisle and Esme's." I told him as I quickly tapped out a message to Rose.

10 minutes. COME ON! –Bella

Okay, have fun and give the babies kisses from Aunt Ali and Uncle Jazzy. See you guys tomorrow - Alice

I pocketed my phone snuggling into Edward's warm side. "I forget how chilly the nights can get here." I told him quietly as we heard Emmett call out from behind us.

"Belle! Ed, wait up!"

We came to a stop and Edward began unbuttoning the long sleeved over shirt he had on and rolled up to his elbows. "Yeah, it will take some getting used to that is for sure." He said as he wrapped his shirt around my shoulders leaving him in just a plain white v-neck t-shirt. "That should be a little better until we get out of this night air."

I smiled and nodded as Emmett and Rose caught up with us. "Did you text Alice and Jasper we were leaving?" Rose asked as we continued down the dark street.

I laughed and nodded. "I texted both of you. She said they would see us tomorrow and give the babies kisses." I told them quietly. "You know, Cheyenne tried to apologize to me a little bit ago." I said just to see what they thought about it.

"What?!" Rose exclaimed. "Does the slut have a death wish?" she asked angrily.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I told her I didn't have time for her or her apologies nor did I need them." I told them nonchalantly.

"Good girl. Brian said this is what she does; attacks, apologizes and then tries to befriend you." Edward said wrapping an arm around my shoulders as I pushed my arms through his sleeves so I could wrap the shirt around my body and wrap my arms around his waist.

I smiled and nodded. "I just want to concentrate on our little family and nothing else." I told him just as the cab pulled to a stop beside the four of us.

Less than twenty minutes later I was easing open the door to Carlisle and Esme's house, all of us failing miserably at being quiet. "Oh my God, I'm so hungry." Emmett said loudly as he pushed past all of us heading for the kitchen making all kinds of racket along the way.

"Shh!" I hissed at him as he clunked along on the hardwood floors.

"Bella? Edward? Is that you guys?" Esme called from the top of the stairs.

"Yeah Ma, it's us. We didn't mean to wake you up." Edward told her quietly.

She tied her robe as she walked down the stairs quietly. "It's okay, I just got Blakely back to sleep." She said with a dismissive wave. "Did you guys have fun?" She said as she headed for the kitchen where we could all hear Emmett rummaging around for something to eat

"Yeah, it was nice to be able to let loose a little bit. We also dealt with that girl that has been irritating us." Bella said as she sipped her cup of hot chocolate that Esme had made her.

Esme nodded as she slid a cup of hot chocolate in front of me. "Did you do it with class?"

We all looked at Rose who shrugged. "Sometimes class is over rated." She said as she bit into her sandwich that Esme had made.

We sat downstairs with her eating and drinking our hot chocolate that Esme made for us before she shooed us to bed. "If you wake those babies, you will have to deal with me and them. Go in give them kisses then get to bed." She told us as she followed all of us up the stairs.

A little while later I snuggled back against Edward's chest as he wrapped his arm around my waist tugging me back against his chest. "I love you Isabella Marie." Edward whispered against my neck along with a gentle kiss. We hadn't had the heart to wake Gavyn up for a late night snuggle because he was snoring lightly as he gripped his monkey tightly in his arms.

"I love you too, Edward Anthony." I told him as we drifted off to sleep.

I smiled at the sound of my baby babbling beside our bed as I cracked open an eye to see him still in his pajama's we had put him in last night. "Morning monkey." I called to him as I held my arms out for him.

"Here's your momma, monkey butt." Esme said as she handed him to me as I sat up against the headboard. "He was a little cranky when he saw it was his Poppy instead of his Mommy. He is refusing to take his bottle so I figured he wanted his momma to give it to him." Esme explained as she handed me a still full bottle as Gavyn settled in against my chest with a deep sigh.

"That's okay, he's used to having a little cuddle time with his breakfast bottle. Thanks Esme." I told her as I held his bottle out for him. He immediately reached for it popping it into his mouth, sucking greedily. "He's a momma's boy first thing of a morning." I explained with a smile as she backed out of the room leaving us alone when I heard Blakely cry out from the nursery next door.

After he had drank his bottle, been burped, and kissed sufficiently we settled back down in the bed with his daddy. He immediately rolled over onto his stomach sticking his butt up in the air causing me to smile because this meant he was ready to go back to sleep. I patted his diapered bottom lightly for a few minutes before I heard his deep sigh as he drifted off to sleep again. I settled down on my pillow beside him closing my eyes as I drifted back to sleep to help ease some of the pounding behind my eyes.

"Give momma lovings, monkey." I heard Edward say as Gavyn slobbered all over my cheek before giggling in his adorable baby laugh.

I reached out and tickled his side causing him to squeal loudly as he babbled away in his noises. Sometimes I think the child liked to hear his own self speak because when he was awake he was always making some kind of racket. "Hi, monkey." I told him as I cracked open my eyes to see him in nothing but a diaper and a contented smile as he leaned against Edward's stomach who was laying on his side in the bed. "Where did your clothes go to, huh?" I asked him as I reached out to tickle his stomach some more.

"We were just about to get a bath but he started whining when he spotted you over my shoulder." Edward explained as he ran a hand through Gavyn's dark brown hair with a few red tints throughout. It had darkened dramatically since he was born and was more brown than red now which I was thankful for because it made him look more like me and less like Tanya. It also stood up all over his head just like his daddy's but Gavyn's had a slight curl to his, I don't know where he got the curls from but I loved them.

I nodded as I leaned forward to blow on Gavyn's bare tummy causing him to squeal out loud and curl down over my head. I laughed with him as I continued to blow on his tummy and tickle his sides relentlessly until we were all three in hysterics. "Everything okay in here?" Esme asked as she poked her head through the opened doorway.

I looked up and smiled. "Everything is perfect. We were just playing before bath time. Are Rose and Emmett up yet?" I asked as I brushed my hair out of my face.

She smiled and nodded. "Yeah, they have been up for about ten minutes. I was just coming to let you two know that Alice and Jasper just showed up and breakfast will be ready in about twenty minutes or so if you feel up to eating."

Edward groaned and held his stomach and I just smiled at him. "Sounds perfect, Esme. We will be down after monkey here gets a bath." I told her as I tickled Gavyn's stomach again causing him to fall over in the bed from laughing so hard.

"Okay. His bag is sitting inside his crib." She said as she turned around and walked away.

I looked up at Edward who looked like he was going to puke at any moment. "Do you think you can give him a bath without puking?" I asked him as I sat up in the bed cringing a little as my head swam slightly. I had been fine as long as I was laying down but apparently sitting up was not going to be the same case.

Edward nodded as he took a deep breath. "I forgot what hangover's feel like. I think it's worse when we have a little one to deal with." He said as he swung his legs off the bed before scooping Gavyn into his arms. "Will you go get his bag?"

I nodded and climbed from the bed heading for the nursery as Edward and Gavyn headed for the bathroom.