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Chapter 43
BPOV
It's been about three weeks since we have heard anything from James. Everyone thinks he has learned we are not going to put up with his shit no more. I don't think they are right. I think it is the calm before the storm. That means I think he is backing off to get everyone to let down their guard, and then when they all do he will strike and it will be a hard hit.
I am now doing online courses, for Mr. Newton. This has been quite an adjustment. My day in a nut shell; I get up with Edward and get him off, then I get the kids up a couple of hours later and get them off, when they are gone I go to school online, then when they come home I clean the house and start supper, then at the end of the day I bath the kids and put them to bed and work on stuff for work. By the time I get to bed I get a few hours of sleep and then I'm back at it. I just keep my eyes on the finish line and it makes things go by easer.
Today is a day off for me but Alice I and still have Angela's baby shower and the bank to go to today.
"Come on Bella or we are never going to be done with the shower before Rosalie brings Angela back to her house." Alice whines.
"Okay, goodness sakes." I grab my keys and purse, and we head out.
We head to the bank first. When I walk in the manager greets me.
"Ms. Swan, thank you for coming in, we spoke with Mr., Cullen and we have his assurance that you will do all you can to make payments. He really speaks highly of you, and because we have nothing but trust in Mr. Cullen we are going to extend the loan to cover your car as well."
Edward, what did you do? I will have to make sure to thank him tonight. I feel myself smile.
"Alright, how much will this raise my payments?" I need to make sure I can budget it.
It clicks on his computer a little then responds. "Two hundred dollars, is that going be a problem?"
"No, no. I will make sure you have it." I smile politely.
After the bank we head to the car lot check in hand and get my car. I am shocked that it isn't gone yet. Alice follows me home and we drop off my car. I activate the alarm and hop in with Alice.
We go to the grocery store, get the fruit tray and little sandwiches.
"So, you have to be relieved James is leaving you alone." Alice says out of the blue.
"Alice you know how I feel about this. Do you really want to go into it?"
"Oh, Bella, stop being so pessimistic" Alice rolls her eyes.
"It's not being pessimistic it being cautious." I point out. "You know the phrase it's always calmest before the storm. Well that James is a snake; he will fall back then snap forward and bite."
"I wish you would relax Bella." Alice sighs
"I will when he is dead." I snipe back ending the conversation.
We all have keys to each other's houses, so Alice and I let ourselves into Angela's and get right to work. Alice strung the streamers and other decorations out; I put tablecloth on the tables and set the food out.
By the time the guests arrive Rose is calling saying they are close. She wasn't lying either. Both girls walk in Angela is facing Rose talking and laughing.
"SURPRISE" we all yell, scaring Angela making her grab her very large belly.
It seems Angela is farther along than what they thought. It seems that twins cause you to get a lot bigger but they come out smaller. They also run a higher risk of arriving early.
"Holy shit! You guys scared the crap out of me, and the babies." Angela holds her belly as she tries to steady her breathing, while crying.
I rush to her. "We are so sorry Ang. Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think it just hormones, and when you guys hollered I think you scared them and they kicked, hard. It's fine." She takes in the room and its occupants. "Wow you guys did this for me. That is so sweet." She cries some more.
I rub her back to comfort her, and move her to a comfortable chair to sit and enjoy the festivities.
"Wow, you guys this great." She says as I hand her plate of sandwiches, fruit and vegetables. "Thank you Bella."
We all sit and chatter through eating. Just laughing and having a wonderful time. When everyone is finished we move on to the games. We have so much fun with pacify the baby; it's like pin the tail on the donkey but with a baby and a pacifier. Then we play a few rounds of baby bingo. Angela won the word scramble, go figure that girl was always the brainier type of person. I think the game that was the most difficult was trying to come up with baby names using Ben and Angela's names.
We moved on to gifts, of course she received the usual; two cribs, car seats, bassinets, loads of diapers in all different sizes, changing table, clothes no one knew the sexes so we all stayed neutral of course. Angela's mother got a free shoot with the photographer. I think the one that shocks us all is Esme.
"Here you are dear." Esme hands her an envelope.
We all watch as Angela opens it and the tears fall again. "Oh my" She says through the sniffles.
"Well what is it?" Alice asks
"It is a full ride for any collage, for any degree that they choose." The tears fall all over again.
"Yes dear, and if there isn't enough in there then you call me. We went off of a doctoring degree because, well that all we know." Esme chuckles. "If they need more though you let us know, and if they have extra then it will be theirs to do with as they please."
"Oh that is so sweet, thank you so much." Angela wipes away her tears. "Damn hormones." She giggles.
She gets up to hug Esme and grabs her belly hollering in pain. Not a minute later the floor is soaked with water. This gets everyone attention.
"I think the babies want to thank you personally" Angela grunts in pain making us all chuckle.
"Alright sweetie lets go." I help towards the door.
"Ben, someone…" Her scream cuts her off.
"I'm dialing now honey" Angela's mom says. "I'll lock up after everyone leaves too. You go and bring me my grandbabies." Then she looks to Esme and I. "Esme, Bella," We both look at her and see the tears forming, "Take care of my little girl please."
We both smile and nod "We will" way say in unison.
"Thanks mom." Angela throws over her shoulder.
We all get into Esme's car. Now I have always looked at Esme as a law bidding citizen but right at this moment she is driving like she is in the 'Indi 500' but with class.
She whips into the parking lot and smoothly pulls the car up to the door. Part of my brain wonders how she did that as I go get help for Angela. I go up to the first desk I see. "Angela Webber is in the car…"
"Yes her mother called lets go." She grabs a wheel chair and I follow her.
When we get to the birthing room, my phone rings. I look at the caller id its Ben, so I leave the room for a minute.
"Ben, I know Ang is usually easy going but if you don't get here now, she will have your balls."
"I know but your dad's flunky pulled me over and won't let me go." He sounds panicked.
"Ben… put him on." I tell him.
"This is officer Yorkie."
"Eric, look Angela is in labor right now, so let him get here or I will see to it you are fired. You do remember who my dad is right? I have no time for you to try to be deputy do right got it."
"Oh Bella, ya sure, anything you need."
"Bella" it's now Ben.
"Ben, get your ass here now. He is letting you go."
"I'm on my way; don't tell her what happened for right now. Please." He says in desperation.
I hang up and rush into the room, back to Angela. She is completely stressed out so I get to her side and try to calm her down.
"Ang, calm down hun. You need to breath, or your labor will be harder. Now breath with me." I start labor breaths, after a few minutes she is matching me.
The doctor comes in to check her again.
"Okay, Mrs. Chaney, you are dilated to ten, time need to push." The doctor says.
"No I need Ben!" She screams.
"I'm right here, baby. Now let's bring them out."
"Ben, thank heavens. Okay let's do this." She smiles weakly.
I step out to let them bring their family into the world in privacy. I hear the doctor holler for her to 'push' a few times, and then I hear a baby scream. Esme smiles with tears in her eyes.
"It's a boy!" Ben pokes his head out and he is glowing with pride, then disappears.
We hear the doctor again.
"Alright, let's do this again…push." Then silence. "Wait…wait…wait. You have to stop."
This catches my and Esme's attention. We hear muttering and Angela scream "NO!"
Ben pops his head back out a minute later. "Bella I need you…NOW"
I rush in there and all the work we did with her breathing is shot. Angela is panting and she has nothing but panic in her eyes. "What the hell happened, Ben?"
He looks to the doctor, so the doctor explains. "We need to do a cesarean, the baby is caught and I am not completely sure where." Fear hits me in the pit of my stomach.
I take a deep breath and look to Angela, "Okay listen to me, if you don't calm down you will now harm your baby, I know you are scared but I also know you don't want to do that, so breath with me again hun. You can do this." I start breathing all over again with her.
They wheel her out of her room and right at the doors she hollers "Wait" we all look at her. She stares right into my eyes they are glassy from her tears, "Bella, if this takes a turn for the worst…"
"Ang you will be fine." I try to sooth her.
"Bella, promise me you will help Ben. He will need you guys. Please promise me." Her eyes are still watering through her calming breaths.
To rush things because I don't know how much time she has I make the promise. "You know I will hun," she waits and I know what she wants. I take a deep breath and break my own rule. "I…promise."
Ben's head snaps to me for a second then beck to his wife. "Okay, let's go save my baby."
Ben holds back and takes a deep breath and looks at me as a tear falls down his cheek. "Bella, will she be okay?"
"She will be, if you stay by her side. Now move your ass." I motion for him to hurry through the doors.
I go back to where Esme is waiting. She looks at me confused because she watched us go by and no one explained anything. "The other baby is stuck and they don't know how or where so they are doing a C-section." She gasps and places her hand on her chest. I hug her for comfort, "It will be alright."
Esme calls the house to get Angela's mother here so she can see her.
She rushes in about five minutes later. "Bella, Bella, Bella"
"Over here," I call out to her. The second she reaches me she starts to cry. "It's alright, calm down." I wrap her in a hug. This doesn't seem to be helping so I try a different tactic. I grab her upper arms softly but firmly and look right into her eyes. "Okay, look, Mrs. Webber you need to calm down because your daughter is in there scared, for her own child life. She needs to see you strong. You need to show her now what it's like to be a mother and how we hold it together FOR our children not after we know they are okay. I know you are scared but imagine, if you are this scared, and C-sections happen all the time, how is she feeling-knowing something is wrong with her baby and not knowing exactly what it is. Now please calm down and fake a smile for your daughter and her baby." I didn't mean to sound rude and I hope by staying calm and stating facts I didn't sound too nasty. Either way it got her to stop flippin out and to stand still and quietly fret, like the rest of us.
That's how we are standing when Ben comes up to us. If a parson could float I think that would be Ben right at this point, that's how I know right off that everything is fine.
"Ben! Oh my god! How is Angela?" That woman will never get it. I shake my head.
Ben must have understood because his smile gets bigger, "Both Angie and my daughter are fine." He says with the pride that only a proud new daddy can have.
"Oh Ben, that's great. I guess I'm off the hook then huh." I elbow him lightly in the ribs at my joke. He chuckles with me.
"Ah, hey yeah…thanks Bella…for ya know…all that." His smile droops a little and he motions to the door.
"Ben, you don't have to thank me. Just take good care of them DADDY." I give him a smirk, letting him know I know he will.
"Can we see her?" Angela's mother asks.
"She is still in recovery for about another ten minutes but I can take you to see the twins." He tells her.
She sighs but relents; I know she is just itching to see her daughter. "Alright"
They both are absolutely adorable, their son looks just like Ben and their daughter looks just like Angela.
Best of both worlds. I smile to myself.
A nurse comes into the nursery, "Mama, is awake should we take her bundles to see her?" she wears a huge smile.
We aren't allowed to carry the babies but Ben helps push the little plastic tub. When we walk in Angela is sitting up smiling weakly. She looks so tired.
I walk next to her bed "Hey there mama, feel like shit?" I joke
"UGH, you know it." She groans.
"But… you did it." I smile brightly.
"Yeah," she huffs.
"Alright, so I clap softly, what did we name them?"
Angela looks at me and smiles "Well we were hoping to name our daughter after their god mother, Isabella Leanne, and her brother will be Bryan Julian."
Now it is my turn to cry. "Oh you guys, you shouldn't have." I laugh through my tears, "You curse your daughter with my name then you give your son the name I mentioned. That is too sweet. Thank you so much."
"Bella we wouldn't have them" she points to Isabella and Bryan, "if it weren't for you. You calmed me down every time I needed it. You came running whenever I called for whatever reason, and you were going to take care of my husband and children no questions asked if I would have died. I know you took care of my nut case mother too, so I can't think of a better person to be their god mother." Angela starts crying with me.
"Oh, hun, I love you." I lean down to give her a hug.
"I love you to Bella."
At that moment one the babies start crying. I laugh and wipe my face. "I think they might be hungry, so I will go and inform the crew you are all okay and that they can see you tomorrow." She nods as Ben hands her a crying Bryan.
Esme takes me home.
"That is a lovely car Bella," Esme smiles.
"Yes, it is, I will be sure to thank your son." I look at her out of the corner of my eye.
She chuckles as I get out. When I get my door open I turn around and wave as she takes off. I see Emmett's friend is in his car as usual so I wave to him and go in locking the door behind me.
Mystery POV
"James she is home, now I just watched her walk in. No stupid don't mess with her wait just a little longer she is still leery, I see it in her yet. I think everyone else is relaxing just hold tight a bit longer... I get that man, but you gatta listen if you go in now you will be caught for sure besides the kids are not home yet…I will continue to take pictures for you, and keep you informed, you just stay back."
That idiot, don't listen for a lick of nothing. I have to tell him weekly to stay back. He wants my help but he just aint listing to a word I say. After I am done with this job and with him I am not doing this anymore.
I am so sick of guys like him, they act like a bad ass but really they hide while people like me, and I do all the hard work. Then when I am done I am almost guaranteed to be ripped off. I work with him all the time. Every time he needs something, he calls me.
I will watch his little obsession, because she is cute. I like to watch her.
Speaking of watching here, her little play hubby is just pulling in. What a fuckin shmuck.
BPOV
I read for a little while, make my calls to the crew,then just to relax from the day. After a while of that I decide to take a shower. I am washing my hair and I swear I can hear the front door close. I pause what I am doing and listen to see if I can hear anything. I don't, and I know I locked the door, so I go back to what I am doing. Then I feel two hands slide around my body.
EPOV
I pull into the drive way, there is a blue car in Bella's spot. It's an Audi A4 Avant. I have to admit it is a cute car. I can't wait to see Bella behind the wheel of it.
I wave to Demetri as I walk inside and close the door. I hear the shower right away. On its own my body starts towards the bathroom. When I reach the door I can hear Bella singing. I strip off my scrub top and walk in. after I rid myself of my pants and boxers I slip in the shower behind Bella and slide my hand around her soft warm body.
She gasps and turns around slipping a little. I catch her so she doesn't fall. I'd be lying if I said I didn't wear a smirk at that moment.
"Edward"
"Couldn't resist. I came home and my beautiful girlfriend was in the shower. I think only a fool would pass up an opportunity like that."
"Really" she coos as her hand wraps around the length of my cock and moves up and down in slow motion. Her hands always feel so good on me.
I close my eyes and let my head fall back as she stokes me. Without notice I feel her lips slide over my head and down my length, with a tight suction. A groan falls from my mouth as she hums over my dick.
"Holy shit Bella that feels so good." She speeds up, and I have to stop her, "Bella, you have to stop." I pull her up.
I start kissing and nipping at her neck. I feel her fingers run through my hair. I move over her shoulder down to her breast. I pull her nipple into my mouth. Her breathing picks up. I move my hand between her legs and slide two fingers in. I pump them in and out slowly.
She starts to let out "ah" sounds. I pick up the pace, sliding in and out of her faster.
"Edward I am close." I stop and just wiggle my two fingers inside her look for that spot that makes it hard for her to control herself. "Holy shit" her eyes shoot open.
BINGO…got it.
I feel her walls clamp down around me, letting me know she is coming all over my fingers. When she comes down I turn her around, and place her hands on the wall and hold them there, keeping her slightly bent I slide into her.
It doesn't take long and she is moaning and whimpering again. "Faster, Edward… please."
I will never deny her anything in life so of course I speed up. I feel her lace our fingers together against the wall. I lean down to kiss her neck some more.
I feel a ball tighten in the pit of my stomach as her walls tighten around my dick. I stop moving in and out, grab her hips, and shove myself as far in as I can go and grind myself up and down behind her. I know I hit that spot again because she lets out a scream that echoes off the bathroom walls. This causes me to follow right behind her with a hiss and a "Holy Shit" of my own.
Bella stand back up and turns around and kisses me. "mmm" she says. Her eyes have a dreamy look in them when she opens them up.
Oh yeah I did that.
I feel the smile from pride slide across my face. Bella washes her body and gets out. "Oh hey Edward thanks for the help with the bank."
"What" I poke my head out of the shower.
"The bank told me Mr. Cullen came by and spoke with them and that's why they choose to ass my car to the loan."
"Bella, I didn't do it."
"Edward its fine…"
"Bella, there is more than one Mr. Cullen at that bank."
"Your father… I will be sure to thank him then." She smiles as she walks out.
I fish up with my shower, and rush to join her in the bedroom. We have no kids so maybe I can get some more time with Bella in. When I walk in the bedroom Bella is on the edge of the bed and she looks like she is counting.
"Bella, love, what's wrong?"
"Edward," she takes a deep breath "I'm…late"
"Oh love that's nothing new, you're always late."
"No Edward, I am about six weeks late." She looks at me pointedly.
Oh shit…
Alright guys, we had; a break from James, a new car, babies, and shower sex…oh and it looks like Bella might have a little problem. Leave me a review and let me know what you have for thoughts, and you know I want to know.
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