EPOV

The beauty of the woman writhing underneath me made me want to cry. Bella's back arched bring her closer to me. The kids were at Charlie's house for the afternoon and we were supposed to be getting ready for Mackenzie's birthday dinner tomorrow.

We took this time to go into round three of our sex fest. I initiated it the first two times and Bella the last.

"Edward," Bella panted, carefully wrapping her leg around the back on my calf.

"I'm…there, love," I breathed as I exploded inside her.

"Me…toooo," she moaned tightening around me.

We laid there wrapped in each other silently pleading with the other.

Bell didn't want me to go on my Sierra Leone assignment due to the nightmares she had been having. She would wake up having panic attacks, I wanted to take all her worry away, but I couldn't. I had to go because of the legal ramifications.

"We've gotten no birthday stuff done," she sighed against my shoulder.

"We needed each other," I murmured kissing her head.

"Yeah, but what do we tell dad when he brings the kids back."

"That we cleaned the house and caught up on other household activities," I tried.

We had an almost five-year-old and a two-month-old it was believable. Even though neither of them really kept us from getting stuff done around the house.

Bella started kissing down my chest and I stopped her.

"Edward, please?"

"Okay, I can't believe I'm doing this, but I am saying no to you," I groaned.

She pulled away like I slapped her and hurriedly covered herself with the sheet. I tried pulling her back but she wiggled out of my hold. She jumped off the bed grabbing her clothes from their scattered locations.

"Bella, don't do this."

"I… Mackenzie's dinner is tomorrow and she's five… I have to get things done," she rambled and was out of the room before I could blink.

Instead of having a party, we opted for a dinner. Mackenzie's school rules were that if any of the children were having a party the parents must invite the whole class so no one would be left out. Even though they were out for the summer, that rule somehow still applied. My argument was how would anyone know, but Angela explained that all the parents talked.

There was no way we would be doing the party then because that would mean we would have to invite Morgan. And there is no way I'm going to let Crazy Stanley anywhere near my house.

I sighed throwing on a pair of basketball shorts and ran down stairs in search of my wife. She was in the living room limping around on her cell phone.

"No we're not doing anything just trying to get ready," she said.

I walked over and wrapped my arm around her waist. She placed both hands on my chest pushing away from me.

"The door is open for you guys and you can just hang out while I clean," she smiled at who ever was talking because she wasn't looking at me. "See you in a few."

"Bella."

"Just let me be for a while," was all she said, while picking up some of Mackenzie's toys.

I sat on the couch watching her move around the room. Within minutes Rosalie and Emmett were waltzing into my house. Emmett plopped down next to me saying he was going to kick my ass in a game of basketball.

We were playing in the drive way and not even thirty minutes in, Emmett started being a neb-shit.

"You and your wife both have sex hair," he pointed out.

"Emmett do you really want to think of Bella like that."

"All I'm saying is for two people to have sex hair, she looks pissed as hell and you look like someone ran over Drixy over there," he nodded over to the dog that was almost as big as Mackenzie was.

"Don't ever say that about Hendrix."

"What happened?" he asked dribbling the ball at in front of me.

"I don't know we were having sex fest because her dad has the kids for the day… I told her no as she tried to start round four and now she's pissed at me," I sighed stealing the ball from him, he forgot I was faster.

"Why did you stop it?"

"She doesn't want me leaving next week… I don't know."

"You two are drama queens," he chuckled grabbing the ball, dunking it into the hoop.

"You're saying you and Rose have no problems?"

"Rosie and I communicate, she tells me what's wrong and I try like hell to make it better," he said. "Rose and Bella are completely different same goes for me and you. Not everything in our lives is going to be perfect."

"Bella's been having these weird nightmares, she doesn't scream or cry, but her breathing becomes short like someone is choking her," I explained sitting in the grass next to Hendrix.

"Has she talked to Alec?"

"I have no idea, I bring it up and she just throws that I'm leaving in my face."

"We'll watch her when you go I think Rose said she was staying here this time. Mom has a charity dinner she's planning so she can't come."

"Yeah, I didn't know Rose was staying here."

"Her and Bella have grown close, and she loves Mack-mini and Ani."

"You and Kenz with this Ani shit," I grumbled.

"Dude, I told you Star Wars."

He sat next to me and we lay back letting the sun hit us. It was rare for Seattle to be this bright all week.

"So Rose and I are adopting," he said breaking the silence.

"Congrats, man."

"Thanks, Aiden's two years old. We met him the other day. His mother was a single mom and passed away, they had no family to take him in. One look at him and Rose said he was ours."

"I'm thrilled for you, Em," I told him punching his arm like he did so many times to me.

"I'm nervous, you know?"

"Honestly, if I can do it anyone can."

"You might be an idiot sometimes Eddie, but I see how both your kids look at you."

"It's weird having Anthony here, I look at him and he blows me away. It's the same with Mackenzie too. They're just completely amazing and foreign all at the same time."

"That's how it feels with Aiden," he grinned and I knew my brother got it.

BPOV

"What is with you?" Rose asked helping me clean Tony's Pak and Play; he had so many little baby things.

"What?"

"On the phone you sounded off, then we get here you both have sex hair, Edward is barely clothed, and you look pissed," she said bluntly.

"You are definitely Emmett's wife," I mumbled dusting the mantle over the fireplace.

"Out with it Bella."

"I don't want him leaving."

"Is it because of the nightmares?"

"How did you know about that?"

"Jasper was helping Emmett build the patio…"

"Jazz has a big fucking mouth," I spat. I tell him stuff and he has to tell Emmett, those two have a weird bromance I should have known.

"He's worried about you."

"So he has to tell everyone?"

"They were talking about Anthony and it just sort of turned to you."

"What did he say exactly?"

"That you've been having dreams about the baby and a faceless man, that was all."

I sighed running my fingers through my knotted sex hair. I shouldn't have run like I did. "The worst part is I'm convinced the faceless man is Edward," I whispered, remembering the man's crew cut and frame. The more I saw the man, I noticed the haircut wasn't his choice he had a gnarled scar on the side of his head and his leg was framed with pins in it.

My brain and gut were screaming Edward and then a few days ago I Googled Sierra Leone and a mass of results had guerilla warfare and civil war highlighted. Seeing those things made me feel even worse.

"Bella it was a dream," Rose said gently.

"I know it's stupid, but I can't shake this feeling."

"It's a week he'll be back in no time."

"You're right," I nodded taking a breath.

"Aunt Rosie!" Kenzie squealed running into the room.

Charlie followed her in with Sue and Jamie behind him. I smiled seeing my boy wide-awake in his car seat.

"Edward and Emmett look like there dead to the world out there," he said placing Tony next to me.

"They're sleeping out on the grass," Sue explained helping me get him out.

"They'll learn when they wake up with sunburn," Rose laughed; she was all about teaching lessons.

"Hi Little Tone," I said in an excited voice causing him to give me his now famous smirk, again we weren't to the full-blown smiles yet.

"Bella he's so good, he barely made a peep," Sue said in shock.

"He's all about the Zen," I joked, but I seriously believed he was.

"Hey Jamie," I greeted my brother; things were still somewhat awkward between us because of the Renee stuff.

"Hi, Bella you have a nice house," he said politely, but showed no emotion.

Charlie said he was having a rough time with his meds, but he and Sue were being supportive of him.

"Thank you," I smiled. "I have the guest rooms set up for you guys."

"We'll take our things upstairs," Dad smiled giving me a kiss on my head herding Sue and Jamie upstairs.

Rose was in conversation with Kenz and I checked over Tony.

"So you'll have a cousin soon Kenzie," Rose began and my head snapped in her direction.

"A cousin? Like Uncle Jazz's baby?" she asked curiously. I know all the baby talk was an issue, but she was coming around.

"Yeah, his names Aiden," she explained with a smile.

"He's in your belly?"

"No, he is special and I got to pick him," she cried happy tears.

"Rosalie," I practically balled with her. She and Emmett were finally getting what they wanted and deserved.

Kenzie looked at us like we were crazy and Tony just blinked.

"I'm going to play with Jamie," Kenzie said taking off upstairs.

It was just the three of us.

"Tell me about him."

"I have a picture," she said digging it out of her bag. The little boy looked to be two or three. He had blonde curls and the cutest little dimples; he held mischief in his sky blue eyes. I knew this was my new nephew. "His mother passed away with cancer, she had no one and he was put in a home. When I saw him, he came running to Emmett trying to tackle him. Emmett told the social worker he didn't care what needed to be done, but he wanted the adoption papers drawn up for his son," she cried.

"I'm so happy for you both," I whimpered giving her a one armed hug because I still was holding Tony.

Dad came in the room giving us wary looks, but I smiled at him to let him know everything was good. "Bells I'm going to order a pizza, Mack was telling Jamie where she could get them cookies so I think this might be a better option."

"I hid them from her," I said furrowing my eyebrows. That little sneak…

"You shouldn't underestimate her, Bells," he teased, making Rosalie laugh.

"I'm seeing that now."

When the delivery guy came Edward and Emmett sleepily stumbled inside. Edward kept his distance afraid that I was going to snap at him. I took Tony upstairs to be fed and we sat on the bed against a stack of pillows.

"Daddy said to bring this up for you," Kenz said setting my paper plate of pizza on the nightstand she carefully climbed into the rocking chair with hers and turned on the television.

"Don't you want to eat with everyone downstairs?"

"I want to eat with you Mommy," she said simply looking at the television.

Tony's suckling started to stop and I knew he was finished. "Burp time little man."

"Mommy why don't you give him a bottle?" Kenz asked curiously.

"Um, well?" How do I answer this?

"Pap and Grammy Sue gave him a bottle and sometimes Daddy does too."

"I can give him milk this way. It's better for him when he gets to be a big boy."

"I had a bottle?"

"You had a bottle, but I fed you like this too."

She looked confused, but I really didn't want to get into an anatomy discussion with my five-year-old. Edward already stumbled through one with her when he gave Tony a bath one night.

"I don't get it," she sighed, but continued munching on her pizza.

I set Tony in his bassinet and changed the sheets. I didn't like having them on the bed after we had our busy afternoon and Kenz would probably want to snuggle with us tonight.

Edward came up saying everyone wanted to watch a movie and he was getting a shower. I felt bad because he was mopey. Kenzie ran downstairs and I grabbed the baby monitor in case Tony needed me. Edward was only a room away from him.

Jamie and Emmett had The Hangover in and I directed Kenz up to her room bargaining with her that we would watch a princess movie. Luckily, she bought it and Sue and Rosalie joined us.

We were fifteen minutes in to Beauty and the Beast when I heard Edward's soft voice on the monitor.

"Hey big T," he said. I only heard him call him that a couple of times usually he stuck with Anthony. He did the same thing with Mackenzie; for some reason he stuck with their names instead of nicknames.

I heard Tony cry a little, but knew Edward had him.

Then he started singing With A Little Help From My Friends.

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

"He is not singing that to him," Rose said in disbelief.

"Oh, but he is," I giggled, because I knew my cheesy husband and he loved his music.

He kept going and the three of us laughed quietly because Kenzie was conked out. When he was done, he was talking again.

"That song was by The Beatles your middle name is Harrison like George Harrison. When you're older, I'm going to get you a guitar like mine and teach you how to play. Uncle Jazz will try to show you but he's not as good as me… I taught Mommy how to play when she was in high school, but she didn't like it because of her lack of coordination. She says she likes me playing for her, so you can too," he sighed and Tony cooed.

"Yeah, yeah I hear you big T, when I leave next week I want you to keep your Mommy happy because she gets sad when I leave for work. Mackenzie will be here to help you, I'll be home before you know it and you'll probably be bigger no walking though buddy," he teased quietly.

I was a mess with my head buried in Mackenzie's hair; Rose and Sue were hugging me as I slowly fell apart.

"Bella he'll be home and then you guys will be together again, I know you worry when he travels to these kinds of locations, but it will be okay," Sue soothed.

Rose knew why I was crying though, I was crying for the dreams I was having. I wouldn't have a peace of mind until he was back home with us.

We turned everything off in Kenzie's room and went down to the living room. Dad was sleeping in the reclining chair, Jamie was leaning against the love seat and Emmett was sprawled out on the couch asleep.

The beers surrounding Charlie and Emmett were a tale-tell sign they had a drinking competition. They did it every so often when Emmett would call the Chief old and proudly announce he could drink him under the table.

"How am I supposed to get him home," Rose huffed in irritation.

"You two can stay here," I offered.

"You already have a full house," she argued.

"You know when we got this house we bought it for all the room, well Edward did."

"Fine, but I'm taking a guest room."

"Um you can have mine," Jamie said from the floor. "I can sleep on the love seat."

I knew Rose wouldn't argue with that. "Okay."

Sue woke dad up and they went to their room for the night. Jamie helped Rose and I clean up the mess the boys made in the living room. Once I finally made it into my room, I spotted Edward with Tony lying on his chest. Edward had his boxer briefs on and Tony had only his diaper on, which kind of made them mirror each other.

I shut the window slightly so the summer breeze wouldn't make Tony sick. I hurried and took a shower, joining my boys once I was dressed in a tank top and shorts.

"Hmmm," Edward mumbled.

"It's me," I whispered.

"Hey you," he said opening a sleepy eye and shoot me a lazy smirk.

"He can't sleep like this all night, you're spoiling him."

"Only for a few more minutes," he sighed contentedly.

"We're going to forget," I warned closing my eyes, slipping into sleep.

A/N: Here's the thing there are two chaps after this one and maybe a two-part epilogue. You all are going to seriously have to trust me is all I have to say. I believe in HEA just keep it together people. If you're reading this please feel free to tell me what you think! I see how many people have favorite and alerted this, you peeps are not speaking up… Dolphin62958 is my beta and is extremely helpful!