Well here is the next chapter. I hope it flows well. I have had a little bit of a hard time figuring the game out, but I think I did okay. I don't want Bella and Edward to realize how many children they each have just yet. That way it is more of a surprise when things finally come out.
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Chapter 4
BPOV
Previously
I tried to keep the tears from falling, but it was useless. I was crying and I was crying hard. Thank God no one was around to see me breakdown. At least that is what I thought until I heard a knock on my car window.
I just sat there for a few moments, not sure if I wanted to talk with Edward. He was so rude to me. I was not in the mood to be yelled at anymore.
I finally decided to step out of my car even though I was not sure what was going to happen.
"Listen Edward, if you are here to yell at me again then you need to just turn back around." "I waited as long as I could, but I had to do the surgery when the operating room was available."
By this time I could feel the tears coming again. Oh please don't let me cry in front of this man. This man that is so handsome, so sexy. Please don't let the tears fall.
No matter how much I pleaded with myself, my emotions got the best of me and the tears came.
Edward then placed his hand on my face, wiping the tears away. The minute he touched me I felt it. His touch sent an electric current that went straight through me entire body. Wow.
"Bella, I am sorry for how I treated you." "I know you did what you had to do and I appreciate you taking such good care of Seth." "Will you forgive me for being so rude?"
I was still hurt from what happened, but I was not one to hold a grudge. "Yes Edward, I forgive you." And with a chuckle I added, "just don't let it happen again."
I think he could tell that I truly forgave him because at this point we were both giggling from what I had just said.
After we stood there for a few moments, Edward asked me if I was sure I was okay. "Yeah, I think I am." "I am just alittle tired these days." Being a mom and then working long hours can take a lot out of a person."
I could not believe I was opening up like this. I am not one to just speak my mind, unless it was to my family. I guess I really have not had anyone to really talk too since I have been living here in Forks.
Then Edward asked me a question that I was not ready to answer. "Bella, what about your husband?" "Doesn't he help you with things?"
Here comes the tears again. Why was this happening to me?
I was not sure if I was ready to answer Edward's question, but I knew he would find out sooner or later so I might as well get it over with.
As the tears fell down my face, I started to tell Edward about Jacob. "My husband died about a year ago." "That is why I moved to Forks, so I could be closer to my family."
I could tell he felt bad. He then pulled me into him for a hug. "Oh Bella, I am so sorry." "I would not have asked if I knew." There was so much heat radiating through my body. I did not know what had come over me.
After he held me for a few seconds, I pulled away and looked up into his gorgeous emerald green eyes. "It is okay Edward." "You didn't know." "Thank you for being so concerned."
Neither one of us said anything right away. I then looked at my watch and realized that I really needed to get home. Rose was kind enough to be at the house for when the girls got home, and I am sure she wanted to get home to Emmett.
"Edward, thank you for apologizing and for listening." "I don't know many people, besides my family and your sister here in Forks." 'I, however, need to get home and I am sure Seth is looking for his daddy."
I was not sure, but it looked like Edward was alittle sad. It was almost like he didn't want me to leave. Yeah right Bella. Why would someone like Edward care if you left or not? I am sure he is happily married and his wife is just at work or something.
"Bella, again I am sorry for being so rude." "Thank you for forgiving me." Also, if you ever need someone to talk with, please call me." "I have great listening ears." He then handed me a card that had his cell phone number on it.
Once again I thanked him for listening and then started to turn around to get back into my car. Just as I had my hand on the handle to open up the door, the electric current started again. This told me that Edward, once again, was touching my body.
Edward had reached out and touched my shoulder and turned me around. "Bella, I mean what I said." "I am here if you need me." "Day or night."
Yeah right. I am sure the Mrs. would love that. With a chuckle, I looked at Edward and said, "thanks." "I will remember that."
I then got in my car and headed home. On the way to the house I called Rose and told her I was on my way. She told me that the girls were fine and that she even started supper for us. I thanked her and told her I would see her in a few.
As I got home I was happy to see my girls. They are my life and when I had hard days like today it, was them that made things better.
After giving them all great big hugs and kisses, I made my way to the kitchen to let Rose know that she could go home. Right away Rose could tell that I had been crying. "Bella, are you okay?"
I did not want to bring up what all happened today, so I just told her that I had a long day and was just thinking of Jacob. It was not all a lie so I didn't feel bad for keeping things to myself.
After giving me a hug and telling the girls bye, Rose left to go home and then kids and I had supper.
Once supper was done, I asked the girls if they would like to watch a movie all together. Even though it was a school night I needed to have some special time with my girls.
As I was finishing up the dishes and the girls were putting on their pajamas, Victoria came to me and asked if I was really doing okay. "Mom, I worry about you." "You work so hard and have to take care of all three of us all by yourself."
I looked at Victoria and could see that she was really worried. What was I doing to my girls. It is not their job to be taking care of me and worrying about me. They are only children and should be able to live without all the stress of worrying if their mom is going to have a breakdown each night.
I looked at Victoria and told her that I was fine and that she needed to stop worrying about me. I could see the tears forming and falling down Victoria's face. "Mom, we just don't want to lose you too."
Oh my sweet girls. They are thinking that they are going to lose me, just like Jacob.
Now we were both crying. "Sweetie, I am not going anywhere, I promise." "I am fine, it was just a long day at work." "Please don't ever think that I am going to leave you."
I know that I should not have said that. No one ever thought that Jacob was going to die, so who was I to stand there and promise my daughter that nothing was going to happen to me?
As I heard the other girls coming down the stairs, I told Victoria that we needed to start the movie. The girls picked out Camp Rock. All three of them loved the Jonas Brothers.
When the movie finished, I told the girls that it was off to bed. Thankfully none of them gave me a problem.
After all three of them were in bed, I went to my room and decided I was going to take a bath. I needed to relax and relieve some stress and taking a nice hot bath always helped.
As I sat in the tub, my mind started wandering. For some reason, I couldn't get Edward Cullen out of my mind. I kept on thinking of the way my body felt every time we touched. And then those eyes and that hair. Edward Cullen was definitely one of the hottest men I have ever seen.
I am not sure how long I was in the tub, but after the water started to get cold, I thought I had been in long enough.
I got out of the tub and picked up my scrubs and noticed that something had fallen out of my pocket. There on the floor was the business card Edward gave me.
ATTORYNEY AT LAW EDWARD CULLEN
There on the card was his office number and his cell phone number.
I sat there on my bed and just pictured Edward. I really needed to stop thinking of this man.
I put on my pajamas and got into bed.
As I laid in bed I thought about what Edward had said. "Day or night." Did he really mean it when he said I could call him anytime?
I was not sure how long I laid there thinking about Edward, but eventually I fell asleep.
The rest of the week went by without any major problems. I was tempted each night to call Edward but I never did. Before I knew it, Friday was here.
Earlier this week, the girls asked if they could stay with my dad on Friday. I was not sure if he knew what he was getting himself into, but I could use the night to myself. I still had some boxes that needed to be unpacked and sorted so I thought I would take this time to do that.
When my dad picked up the girls, I told him I would pick them up by 10. I wanted to take them shopping before we went to Emmett's game at 1:30.
After the girls left I decided that I would get more comfortable since I was going to be doing some work around the house. Just as I was getting changed, my phone started going off.
I answered and to my surprise it was Alice. "Bella, we are going out tonight so get ready and I will be there in 30 minutes."
I really did not feel like going out tonight. However, from the tone of Alice's voice she was not one to argue with. I asked here where we were going and she just said "out."
I got ready and right on the dot, Alice was knocking on my door 30 minutes later. We went out to eat and just talked. I shared a lot with Alice that night. More than I had shared with anyone.
When it came out that I had three girls, Alice had a huge grin on her face. When I questioned her about it, she just say "that is just very interesting." I was not sure what that meant, but I was afraid to go into it further so I let it go.
I had a great time with Alice . Before Alice dropped me off back home, she asked me what my plans were for tomorrow. I told her that I was taking the girls shopping and then was going to my brother's football game. I explained that he was a coach for the JV football team at Forks High School.
Once again Alice had a that certain grin on her face that I was not sure about. Just as she was getting in her car, Alice said "well I might just see you there." Before I could ask her to explain, she left.
I went in the house and couldn't believe how quite it was. This was something I was not use to with three girls. As I sat in my room on my bed, I could feel the tears starting to form.
I think this is the first time since Jacob had died that I have been alone at night. I knew this day would come, but I didn't realize how hard it would. For the next hour I cried and cried hard. It was the first time I felt lonely.
After I was done crying, I laid in my bed just thinking. Thinking about the girls, thinking about Jacob and to my surprise I started thinking about Edward. Why do I find myself thinking of him so much? I shouldn't even be thinking of a married man.
The more I thought about Edward, the more I remembered the words he spoke at the hospital. "Day and night." Should I really call him? What if he is sleeping?
After several minutes past, I found myself picking up my cell phone and before I knew it I had dialed his number. What was I doing?
I was just about ready to hang up when I heard his voice. "Hello." I paused for a second, but then whispered "Hello, Edward." He was just about ready to speak when I said, "I am sorry to call you so late, but you did say that I could call you day or night." "Bella?" I think I woke him up.
"I am sorry Edward, I will just call you another time." Right before I hung up he said, "don't hang up Bella." "Are you okay?" Was I okay? No of course not. I told him that I was just having a rough night and just thought maybe if I talked to someone about it that I would be better.
"Bella, I told you that you could call me anytime and I meant it." I thanked him and just told him that I was feeling alittle lonely tonight. He told me he understood exactly how I was feeling. "Bella, I understand." "I have been feeling lonely tonight as well." I didn't want to pry and be nosey, but I was wondering why Edward was feeling so lonely.
"Edward, what about your wife." "Is she away or something?" Edward got very quite but then started to tell me that that him and his wife had gotten divorced two years ago. "Wow." "I am sure that is really hard on Seth." Edward paused for a few more minutes before he just said, "yeah it is very hard on them."
I think I most have been very tired because I thought I heard Edward say them, but I am sure he really said him.
Edward and I talked alittle bit longer about Seth and how he was adjusting to his cast. I then realized that it was very late and I was starting to get tired.
Before hanging up I thanked Edward for listening. I felt a lot better and knew that I was going to be able to get a good night sleep. He told me that I could call anytime and I truly believed that.
After hanging up with Edward, I fell right to sleep.
Morning came very quickly. I picked up the girls and we went shopping and then headed to the football game. When we got to Forks High School we ran into Rose. Just then my pager went off.
I was on call at the hospital today. I asked Rose if she could take the girls into the stadium while I made a call to the hospital to see what was going on.
To my disappointment, I was called into surgery. There was a car accident and one of the young girls had some major injuries to both her arm and leg.
I went into the stadium and found Rose sitting with my Dad and Sue. I told my dad what had happened and asked if he could take the girls back to his house. Sue spoke up and said that the girls would be fine and not to worry.
Boy do I wish she was available to be the nanny for the girls. I apologized to the girls, but they didn't seem to be bothered, especially Angela. She had found alittle friend so she was too busy to even realize that I would not be there for the game.
Rose invited me to dinner and told me that she would just have dad and Sue bring them over and to take the afternoon to rest. I thanked her and then told her I was going to go tell Emmett goodbye.
I felt bad that I was going to miss the game, but I had to get to the hospital.
As I made my way to the field, I noticed that Emmett was busy talking to someone. I didn't want to interrupt, but I wanted him to know I was leaving. As I yelled for Emmett, I saw who he was talking to . It was Edward and Seth. What was Edward doing talking to my brother? Maybe they were friends?
I quickly made my way over to my brother and told him that I had to leave. He was alittle disappointed but understood. I asked Seth how he was doing and he told me he was good. I then said hello and goodbye to Edward.
As I was running off the field I quickly turned back around to take one more look at Edward. To my surprise, he was looking at me as well. I then found myself waving to him and he then waved back. My brother then hit Edward's arm, playfully, and just gave me this look. I was not sure what that was about but I would surely find out at dinner tonight.
EPOV
I was glad that Bella accepted my apology the day of Seth's surgery. It hurt me to see her cry like she did.
When Bella started telling me about Jacob, I just wanted to hold her, to comfort her. You could tell that she loved her husband very much and that his death has been extremely hard for her.
What a strong woman she is though. Working a very stressful job as well as raising a daughter all by herself. Now that I think of it, I wonder if Bella has more than one child. I only know of the one is Alice's class, but I wonder if she has any other children.
I was not sure why I even was wondering about this, because obviously Bella would not be interested in someone with three boys. Not many woman are. Usually once a meet a woman and she finds out I have three children, who I am raising by myself, I never hear from them again.
I gave Bella my card and told her to call me day or night. I am sure she probably had better things to do with her time than call me, but I wanted her to know that I was here for her if she needed.
After Bella left I went back into the hospital to be with Seth. Alice of course asked me how things went and I told her that everything was fine. "They better be Edward, because Bella and I are going to be great friends."
I am glad that Alice has found a new friend. I think it will be good for not only Alice, but for Bella has well.
The rest of the week was busy at work. I wanted to make sure I was able to attend James's football game, so I had to put in some extra hours. Once again I owed Sue my life. I don't know what I would do without her.
On Friday night, the boys asked if they could stay the night at my mom and dad's house. I was not sure if I should let Seth go but my parents insisted. I then gave Sue the night off, which is something she had not had in such a long time.
As I sat in my house that night, I couldn't believe how quite it was. I can't remember the last time I have been in the house all by myself.
I went into the den at my house that I use as an office and did alittle bit of work. I was not going to allow anything prevent me from going to the game tomorrow. After a few hours I headed to my room.
I got changed and then just sat on my bed. It was so quite, and I have to say that I was starting to feel very lonely. As I laid on my bed, looking at the ceiling, I started thinking of Bella.
I was really hoping that she would have called me. Maybe she was still upset with me for how I treated her. I was a complete jerk to her.
I looked at the clock and it read 11:00 p.m. I guess I should turn in for the night since I promised my mom I would come over for brunch before the game.
Just as I was about to turn off my light, my cell phone started to ring. I looked at the number, but didn't recognize it. I was not sure if I should answer it. Maybe it was one of my clients. However, the thought came across my mind that it could be Bella.
After the third ring, I answered it. "Hello" At first there was no answer, but eventually a heard a female voice whisper, "hello Edward." Could this be Bella. It sounded like her, but I was not hundred percent sure. Just as I was about to say something the beautiful voice started to speak again. "I am sorry to call you so late, but you did say that I could call you day or night."
Making sure it was really her I just said, "Bella", but it was more of a question than anything. I can't believe she was really calling me. Now what should I say. To my surprise, Bella started talking again.
"I am sorry Edward, I will just call you another time." I wanted to shout NO. I did not want her to hang up. I didn't want to sound to desperate but I said, "don't hang up Bella." "Are you okay?"
From the sound of her voice I could tell she had been crying. I didn't want to pry, but I was worried about her. "Bella, I told you that you could call me anytime and I meant it." She thanked me and then told me that she had been feeling lonely. Wow. How interesting. That is exactly how I was feeling.
I wanted her to believe that I understood what she was saying, so I knew I needed to open up to her like she was me. "Bella, I understand." "I have been feeling lonely tonight as well."
What Bella said next took me by surprise. "Edward, what about your wife." "Is she away or something?" Oh my gosh. Bella thought I was married. Of course she would though. I never told her anything about my life. When we talked the other day there was only time for her to tell me about her husband dying. No wonder why she had not called before tonight. She thought I was married.
I told Bella about Jane and how we have been divorced for two years now. I could tell that Bella felt bad. "Wow." "I am sure that is really hard on Seth." Now wait a minute. Bella just said Seth. Did she not know that I have three children. I sat there for a second and tried to go over the entire conversation we had. As I racked my brain, I realized that I never mentioned just how many children I have.
I was not sure if I should tell her right then and there that I had three boys, so I just said to her, "yeah it is very hard on them."
I am not sure if Bella caught on to what I said, but I was not going to push the subject anymore tonight. Telling her I had three children was something I was hoping to do in person, not over the phone.
Bella asked how Seth was doing with his cast and I told him that he was adjusting well.
She then thanked me for talking to her and I reminded her that she could call anytime. We then hung up and before I knew it I was asleep.
I woke up the next morning and went to my parents house for brunch. Of course Alice and Jasper was there and all Alice did was talk about Bella. Apparently the two of them went out last night.
I didn't tell Alice about my conversation with Bella. I did not want her to get the wrong idea and I wasn't sure if Bella wanting her to know that we have talked.
After brunch, I told the boys we needed to leave. Sue and Chief Swan was going to be meeting us in the parking lot before the game. As I drove to the high school, something dawned on me.
Oh my goodness. Why did I not put two and two together before this. Chief Swan and Bella Swan. I wonder if they are related. And if they are related, than that would mean Emmett would be related to Bella in someway.
Now my brain was going crazy. Then I remember Emmett talking about his baby sister. No way was he talking about Bella, or was he?
I knew that I was not going to get answers from talking to myself, so I made a decision to talk with Emmett and find out for sure.
When we got to the school, Sue and Chief Swan were waiting for us. When we got to the stadium, James made his way to the field and the rest of us found a seat in the bleachers.
I didn't want to interrupt Emmett, so I waited till he was done talking to the team before I went out to talk with him. Of course Seth came with me. He wants to play football some day just like his brother.
I stood on the sideline with Emmett watching James warm up. I was so proud of my son. Emmett told me he had a lot of potential in him. Of course this made me feel even more proud of my boy.
After our conversation about James was done, I was just about to ask Emmett if he was related to Bella when all of a sudden she appeared. Obviously Emmett and Bella where related. She told him that she was called into the hospital but that she would see him tonight. She then said hello to Seth and asked him how he was doing.
What I didn't get a hello or anything? What is up with that? Just as I was feeling sorry for myself, Bella said hello and than goodbye to me. I couldn't help but smile when she spoke. I sure hope Emmett didn't notice how big my smile was.
I watched Bella run off the field. Please turn around one more time. Give me a sign that there could be something there. Please. Just as she was just about to the gate, Bella turned around.
I didn't want to look too excited, but the smile on face said it all. Bella then waved and even though I was not sure if she was waving to me, I decided to wave back. From the smile on her face, I have to assume that the wave was definitely for me.
As I was still smiling and looking directly at Bella, Emmett jokingly hit my arm and just said, 'hey, that is my baby sister, man." "Don't go hurting her." I didn't want to say too much to Emmett in the setting we were in so the only thing I said was, "I would never hurt her Emmett." "I promise."
As I walked with Seth back to the bleachers I thought about the promise I just made to Emmett and how true it really was. I had no plans on ever hurting Bella. How could I hurt someone who I wanted to get to know better.
AUTHORS NOTE: WOW. This was a very busy chapter, but I hope you enjoyed it. I did not plan on having Bella and Edward start a friendship at this point, but I am glad I did.
I hope this chapter flowed well. Let me know what you think. Like I said in the beginning I would like to see 5 reviews per chapter. I don't think that is much to ask when there are like 14 people so far who have added this story and me, as an author, to their favorites.
Reviews really get me excited to write more.
Next chapter will be dinner for Bella and Seth's 2 weeks appointment. We might even have another conversation on the phone between Edward and Bella. I think Edward will find out that Bella has another daughter. However, please know they won't find out each other as three until Angela's (Her youngest daughter) birthday party. That will be chapter 6.
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