CHAPTER 2: HAPPILY EVER AFTER
"Edward!" Bella called as she ran across the yard towards the Cullen house. "Edward! You're home! You're really home!"
"Bella!" Edward called as he appeared out the front door, causing Bella to stop in her tracks. Both of them stared at each other for a moment, not able to comprehend that the other was right there after all that time. Edward came out of his stupor first.
"Oh God!" he said as he hopped off the porch, crossing the remaining distance between them in a matter of seconds. "You're here. You're really here!"
"Edward," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck and staring into his green eyes.
"I missed you," he said. "I missed you so much."
"Me too," Bella said. "I have been counting the days. I was actually waiting by the window but I fell asleep... I can't believe you're really here!"
"I'm going to kiss you now," he said. "I have been dreaming of this for two..."
"Edward?" she asked as he froze.
"Who is he?" Edward growled.
"Who?" Bella asked, completely confused. "I thought you were going to kiss me?"
"I can't kiss you," he growled. "You aren't mine anymore."
"What are you saying?" Bella asked. "Of course I'm yours. I've waited for two years..."
"But you didn't wait alone," he growled.
"What are you talking about?" Bella asked.
"Anthony," he growled flicking the necklace she wore around her neck.
"Edward," Bella sighed with relief. "Please let me explain. Actually if you had read any of your emails in the past two years you would know Anthony already."
"Anthony has been around for two years?" Edward gasped.
"I guess you could say that," Bella said. "Please, follow me and let me explain."
She dragged him over to her house with only a wave to Carlisle and Esme, who shook their heads in dismay. They had only been home for 5 minutes and Bella and Edward were together again!
"Please," she said as she pulled him in the door. "He's asleep so you need to be quiet."
"He's here?" Edward asked angrily, but quietly.
"Please," Bella begged. "It isn't what you think..."
"Fine," Edward huffed. Bella dragged him up the stairs to her bedroom door and opened it quietly. Edward seethed internally about what this Anthony guy was doing in his Bella's bedroom.
There was soft light in the corner from a small baseball nightlight and the room was painted different than before. As she dragged him across the room, he saw that they were headed towards a crib. It was a child's room.
"Edward," Bella whispered softly, reaching her hand in to stroke the baby's head. "I would like you to meet your son, Anthony Edward Cullen."
Edward stared at her for a moment trying to figure out if she was telling the truth before he stepped forward and looked into the crib. The baby was sleeping all sprawled out in the crib, his arms and his legs all spread as far from his body as possible. As he looked down at the child he noticed a few things all in quick succession.
First was the messy copper curls on top of his head. Second m was the little bow lips, Bella's lips. And third, HOLY SHIT HE HAD A SON!
Bella stood nervously to the side as Edward gaped at their child, not sure if she had done the right thing to introduce them like this.
"Edward?" she said in a small voice, wanting him to say something, anything.
"You... my son...Anthony is my son!"
"Shhhh!" Bella said, placing her hand over his lips. "He likes his sleep as much as you do. He doesn't do well with being woken up before he's ready."
"My son," Edward said, looking into the crib, before grabbing Bella's hands and tugging her from the room. He didn't say another word until they were in her little living room.
"Anthony," Bella said, as she touched the necklace around her neck.
"My son," Edward said, pulling her into his arms.
"Your son," Bella reiterated.
"I am definitely going to kiss you now," Edward said, pulling her tight against him and kissing her passionately. When they broke apart, they were both panting, and grinning from ear to ear.
"I want to know everything," Edward said.
"I told you everything by email," Bella said, scowling at him playfully. "I wrote to you every day."
"I'm so sorry," Edward said. "Our camp was raided the first day we were there. We lost our phones and computers. We were lucky to have kept the medical supplies. God! I wanted to call you... I just… it hurt so much to be away from you... I just worked like hell and counted the days until I could come back to you.
"I'm just so happy that you're okay," Bella said, running her fingers through his shaggy hair.
"Your dad probably wants to shoot me," Edward said, leaning his forehead against hers.
"He may have threatened it once or twice," Bella agreed, smirking at him.
"I'm all in Bella," Edward said. "I know we are young but you have been it for me since you were five years old… and now… we have a son. I want it all. But I don't know what to do. I…. Where do we go from here?"
"I was thinking about heading over to your house to let Mama and Daddy C know that they are grandma and grandpa C now," Bella said with a smirk.
"I might not need to worry about Charlie," he gulped.
Five years later:
"Slow down Anthony," Edward laughed. "We need to wait for Mama."
"But she's too slow," Anthony whined.
"She is slow now, because the babies are taking up so much room," Edward said, smiling down at his little mini-me.
"Why do we gots to have two babies?" Anthony said, crossing his arms. "Matthew and Billy only had to have one baby."
"We're just extra lucky," Edward said, as Bella caught up to her boys. "We have two babies to love and you will have two little sisters to look up to you."
"And I get two presents when they get borned because Matthew and Billy each got a present from their babies so two babies means I get two presents."
Bella looked at Edward with a smirk. Anthony was Edward's child all the way. Personality, mannerisms... everything! He also had Edward's gift of making every situation into a positive one for him. Bella rubbed her distended belly and laughed. She already had two presents wrapped in her hospital bag, knowing that her son would finagle that anyways.
"Anything yet?" Edward asked her with a smile. Once she reached 37 weeks with the twins the doctors said she could deliver anytime, it was just a matter of getting labour moving, and that was why they were currently taking a walk in the park. Anthony was scheduled for a sleepover afterwards with his Nana and Gramps so he was full of beans, knowing he would be spoiled rotten tonight.
"Nope," Bella sighed.
"Well..." he said winking at his wife devilishly. "There's always tonight!"
THE END!
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