Well here is chapter 2 of this new story of mine. There was only 3 reviews, but I hope that there will be more next chapter. I am hoping for 7 more this chapter so at least I can be at 10.

This is EPOV of Parent Teacher Conferences…..enjoy.

I don't own anything Twilight.

CHAPTER 2

EPOV

"Boys, we need to leave." "We are going to be late." Tonight is parent teacher conferences for Seth and Ben. I sure hope they are doing well this year, The divorce has been alittle hard on the boys. It has been almost 2 years since Jane and I have divorced and I know it is not easy on them.

"Daddy, guess what." "What is it Ben?" "I am going to see my best friend tonight." "Son, I don't want to make you sad, but your friend might not be there the same time we are." "But daddy, Angela promised." Not wanting to press the issue with him, I decided it was best to just say okay and drop the subject.

As we were getting ready to walk out the door, I made sure to let Sue know what time James would be home from football practice. He is a freshman in high school and is on the JV team. "Mr. Cullen, I will make sure he gets dinner and starts on his homework." "Thank you so much Sue." "I don't know what we would do without you."

Sue has been our nanny for over five years. When Jane and I divorced, I asked her to move in, and not only continue watching the boys, but do some housekeeping as well. Since her children were all grown up and her husband had past away, Sue was more then willing to take on the added responsibility and move in.

"Sue, we should be home by 8." "Have a good time Mr. Cullen." "We will try."

I hate parent teacher conferences. It always seems like it is more of a flirt with the single dad night than anything else. I am just glad that I only had two teachers to see tonight. Since James was now in High School, his parent teacher night was sometime next week, so we should be done pretty quick.

The minute we pulled into the parking lot, Ben started going on and on about his friend Angela. "Daddy, let's go." "I want to see Angela." I am not sure who this little girl was, but she has surely made an impression on Ben. I am glad that he has such a good friend, especially with everything with his mom.

"Ben, we need to go see Aunt Alice for a minute, but then we will go to your classroom." My sister, Alice, is a teacher for fifth grade and I promised her that I would stop by.

"Hey Edward." "Hello sis." "Edward, can you do me a favor?" "Sure, what is it?" "Well Jasper got called into work and I don't have a ride home." "No problem Alice." "I will just call mom and have her pick up the boys and then I will come back here to wait for you." "Thanks Eddie."

Oh, I really hate it when she calls me that. I told her that I would be back soon and then we left to head to Ben's classroom. The minute we got into the doorway, Ben started looking for I assume Angela. I could tell from the look on his face that she was not here. "Daddy, she is not here." I hated seeing my children look sad. "Son, I am sorry, but at least you will see her tomorrow." "And maybe we can see about Angela coming over to the house sometime to play." "Oh daddy thank you so much." "That would be so much fun." "I will invite her tomorrow." Not wanting to burst his bubble I once again decided to just agree and say okay. I was doing that a lot with him tonight.

After our little discussion, we made our way over to Ben's teacher. "Ben, why don't you introduce me to your teacher." "Mrs. Smith, this is my daddy." "Well hello Ben's daddy, I am Ben's teacher Mrs. Smith." By this time, Mrs. Smith and I were both chuckling at our little conversation.

I was pleased to hear that Ben was doing so well in class. Mrs. Smith also talked alittle about Ben and his friend Angela. "They are really two peas in a pod." "Well I am just glad that he has found a good friend." When Mrs. Smith and I were done talking, we moved on to go see Seth's teacher.

Seth was in fourth grade and had Mr. Trumbell for a teacher. I can't believe how time has flown by. I remember when Seth was in kindergarten, like Ben is, and now he is in fourth grade. Wow. He seems like just yesterday was the day Jane and I got married and now 15 years later, here I am with three boys all alone.

Trying to not let the situation with Jane get me down, I asked Seth to tell me alittle bit about the things he was doing in class. Just as he was starting to talk, Lauren walked up to me and tried to put on her flirtatious act. Lauren was a divorced mom and our children have been in the same class for the last two years. I guess they are once again in the same class this year as well.

I excused myself from Lauren and then made my way to talk with Seth's teacher. I was ready for this night to be over and after talking with Mr. Trumbell, I would beable to go hide out in Alice's classroom.

Mr. Trumbell told me that Seth was alittle shy in the classroom. I was not surprised to hear this. Ever since Jane left, Seth has been pushing himself away from the normal activities he use to do. He hardly ever left the house and I can't remember the last time he hung out with any of his friends. I tried to explain to Mr. Trumbell some of the things that Seth has gone through over the last two years. Of course, he was very sympathetic to the whole thing and tried to reassure me that Seth would be just fine. He just needed time.

After the boys and I finished up in Seth's classroom, I called my mom and then took the boys outside. When my mom came and got them I headed back in the school to go to Alice's classroom. As I was just about to the doorway, I saw Tanya. Oh please don't let her come up to me again. Tanya is the school secretary and she never gets the hint that I am not interested. Of course luck was not on my side and Tanya did try to ask me out again. I hope I didn't come across to mean when I turned her down once again. My situation with Jane is always a good excuse for turning down the women who constantly ask me out.

Tanya eventually got the hint and went back to the main office. As I walked into Alice's classroom I couldn't help notice that she was talking with a very beautiful woman. I have never seen her before, so I am assuming she is new in town. Alice is definitely the social butterfly of the Cullen family.

"Alice, mom took the kids home, so when ever you are ready just let me know." "Thanks Edward, I appreciate you waiting around for me." "No problem Alice." I stayed close to Alice, hoping that I would hear alittle bit of her conversation with the woman. However, I think I scared her away because the minute I started talking, she headed to the door to leave. I know I have been telling myself lately that I was in no need of a woman in my life, but for some reason I was definitely interested in finding more out about this one.

Just then Alice turned her attention from me to the woman. "Bella, wait a minute." "Bella, I want to introduce you to my brother." I loved my sister. She always knew what I was thinking, not that I would ever admit to her that I wanted to know who her new friend was.

"Bella, this is Edward, my brother." "Edward, this is Bella." "Her daughter is one of my students." So she has a daughter. That is nice to know. I wonder what she would think of someone who had three kids. Wow. Where did that just come from? "It is a pleasure to meet you Bella." "Nice to meet you."

Such a beautiful voice Bella has. I wonder what one of the girls in the room was her daughter. Just as Alice and Bella was saying something, my phone started ringing and I politely excused myself. It was just my mom telling me the boys were back home with Sue and that she would see me tomorrow for dinner. I thanked her and then hung up quickly, hoping that Bella would still be talking with Alice.

The only thing Alice said to me when I returned was, "she left Edward." Of course Alice had a huge smile on her face when she said it. "Alice, I don't know what made you think I would care if Bella was here or not, so get the smirk off your face." I don't know how she does it, but Alice always knows what I am thinking. It must be a twin thing. Alice then went on to tell me that she and Bella are going to be best of friends. This does not surprise me. Bella seems like the kind of person Alice would be best friends with. Jokingly I looked at Alice and said, "I sure hope Bella knows what she is getting herself into." Alice just looked at me and told me to shut my mouth.

At 8:30, Alice was finally able to leave so I then ran her home. I got home at 9 and went right into the boys rooms to say goodnight. I first went into Ben's room and was surprised to see him still up. I could tell from looking at him that he has been crying so I asked him what was wrong. "I just miss having a mommy." My heart broke when I heard Ben say those words.

Jane, his mother, was a drug addict. I was willingly to stay with her if she promised to get help, but that was not good enough. When she got arrested two years ago for possession of Heroin, I made the decision that the boys needed stability and Jane was not going to be that for them.

"Ben, I know you miss mommy." "She misses you too." I told Jane that she could see the boys at the house anytime she wanted, but it has been over a year since she has been over to see them. "No daddy, I don't miss mommy, I just miss having a mommy." "I want a new mommy." I was not expecting to hear those words from him. I was not sure how to respond to him and then he even surprised me by what he said next.

"Daddy, can Angela's mom be my mommy?" I looked at Ben, seeing that he was crying again, and told him that I am sure Angela's daddy would not like that too much. "Daddy, Angela doesn't have a daddy, so you can be her daddy and her mommy can be my mommy." Wow. This was too much for me tonight. I didn't know how I was going to explain this to him. Trying to drop the subject, I asked Ben if he would like me to read a story. I was thankful that he was excited about this and even more thankful that he didn't bring up the mommy thing anymore that night.

After reading to Ben, I made my way to Seth's room. Seth was already sleeping so I just tucked him in and placed a kiss on his forehead. I finally went to see how James was doing.

"Hey son, how was practice." "It was great dad." "Coach Swan said I should have no problem being on the varsity team next year." "That is great James." I was so happy that James was involved in after school activities. I was always into sports, and I had hoped that my kids would be also. I told James that I wanted him to get to bed within the next half an hour and then went to leave the room.

Just as I was getting ready to leave, James asked me a question. "Hey dad, will you beable to go to my game on Saturday?" I have not been able to get to many of his games because of work. Being a lawyer can be very demanding and it always seems that something comes up on the weekends that makes it hard for me to stay away from the office. Sue and her significant other, Chief Swan, has been going to all of James's games. Chief Swan is the coaches father, so he never minds helping out with getting James to and from the games. Not wanting to disappoint my son, I told him that I would do my best to be at the game this weekend. It is only Monday so I should have no problem getting all my work done by Friday. "Thanks dad." "I love you James, good night."

As I was leaving his room, I felt very tired all of a sudden. Being a single father of three boys is a lot of work. I went to my room and just collapsed on my bed. As I laid there, I couldn't get that beautiful woman out of my mind. Who am I to be thinking about Bella. For all I know she is a very happily married woman. I think my conversation with Ben had something to do with all the thoughts that was going through my mind. I just needed to get sleep. Yes sleep was what I needed to get my mind off of her. Sleep.

Well here is another chapter. Hope you liked it.

Next chapter will start off with Bella at the hospital for surgery. No she is not having surgery. Bella is an orthopedic surgeon, mainly or children. She is scheduled to perform surgery on a child in the morning. She might even have an emergency surgery that will come up in the afternoon……..I wonder who that might be….I guess we will see next chapter.

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