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…TEC…
"I don't know… it's kind of small…" I said while peeking into Seth's room. It was just big enough for a nursery, but I don't think he'd want to stay in the room when he was older. Especially when we have larger bedrooms. Edward wrapped his arms around my waist resting his head on my shoulder.
"We can just move him into Riley's room. We can keep the furniture and everything." I rolled my eyes.
"He's going to need kid stuff like a racecar bed and whatnot."
"I never had a racecar bed." I shrugged and moved into the room, he shuffled along awkwardly behind me.
"Sucks for you." His hands drifted to my stomach and he kissed my neck.
"Have you eaten today?"
"You forget one time…" I whispered to myself, before nodding. "Yes, Edward. We all ate together, remember?"
"Oh yeah. So you want Seth in Riley's room?"
I shook my head, "We should put him into the other guestroom..." I bit my lip.
"You just said Riley's room was boyish."
"Yeah, but it's Riley's room."
"You mean it was his room." I had called the hospital the day before so they could start Alec's release forms. But for him to be released he had to stay close to the facility, for routine checkups. It wasn't that big of a deal now. He didn't have someone chasing his ass anymore, he should be fine.
He groaned moving away from me, "What did you do?"
"He's being released later today... I just told the hospital that he'd be with us. Here." I shrugged. "No biggie."
"Um, biggie. I thought you didn't want him here. You left because Riley was here." I rolled my eyes.
"Were you out of it that week or something? I left because this-" I gestured around the room in regards to the house. "wasn't a safe environment. But now that all of those asses are in jail, it's safe. I mean I have nothing against Alec so…" I fumbled around with the stuff on Seth's changing table absent mindedly.
"So he is going to be staying with us?" He asked slowly, I nodded and he groaned again.
"Oh man up. You'll be fine. He's stayed with us since November; him coming back won't kill you."
He pointed at me, "You don't know that." I pushed down his finger and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"But I do. You'll be fine." I repeated. He ignored it and his eyes flicked from my eyes to my lips, before he leaned down.
I leaned back dodging his lips, "Riley can stay?"
"You aren't going to listen to me if I say no." I shook my head and pressed a kiss to his lips before snagging his keys from his back pocket.
"We'll be back soon!" I called over my shoulder before leaving the room.
"Mama!" Seth screamed when I came into his view.
"Hi, Baby." Ellie sat up on the couch behind him, with a raised eyebrow.
"I thought you said his name wasn't baby."
"I thought I said you had to read quietly for thirty minutes." She huffed and laid back down with her book. I took the steps two by two, excited to go and bust Riley out.
"Go Mama?" Seth asked when I passed by him, I turned at the sound of his voice and he stood in his playpen with his arms out. I smiled at him and pulled him into my arms, propping him up on my hip.
"Can I go, Mommy?" Ellie asked from over the back of the couch, only her wide green eyes visible. I was torn. I didn't want her to feel like Seth came before her… but she was also suspended earlier in the week…
"No. You need to read."
"I can read in the car."
"You're on punishment Elizabeth."
She sighed and dropped down, "You didn't have to whole name me, mother." I rolled my eyes and snickered quietly before putting on both my coat and Seth's.
"Edward! I'm taking Seth with me!" I screamed up to the second floor. Who cares if it's country? What would I look like walking all the way up some steps to yell what I could from my spot at the door?
"Okay. Love you."
"Love you too! Bye, pumpkin." I pecked Ellie's forehead before leaving the house and heading towards the hospital.
"Mama?" Seth said loudly from the backseat.
"Hmm?" He pointed to the diaper bag at his feet and I reached behind myself to get a sippy cup, handing it to him cautiously.
"Oh shit." I said slamming onto my brake as I rapidly approached a stop sign. I made the car screeched to a halt and a cup of juice without a top flew past my head and hit my windshield.
"Uh oh." He said softly with wide eyes. I frowned and felt the orange liquid seep through my coat and pants. I closed my eyes tightly and pushed my hair away from my shoulder, before examining the damage to my white coat. My entire stomach was soaked as were the tops of my jeans. I didn't even know I put that much juice into that mother fucking cup. I pressed onto the gas softly, only a turn away from my desired location.
"Are you okay, honey?" I asked meeting Seth's eyes in my rearview mirror.
"Yeah." He bit his little lip, his cheeks stained red. I quickly parked and everything before stepping out to get Seth, when I opened the back door he was crying softly, his hands over his mouth.
"Don't cry, sweetheart." I coo'ed sitting in the backseat next to him and kissing his forehead. "You're okay." I unbuckled him and pulled him into my lap, whipping his tears.
"I sorry, Mama…" He pressed his little head into my neck and I cradled him in my arms.
"No, no… It was Mommy's fault, sweetie." He sat back and looked me in the eye bashfully. I reached down and grabbed his hand pressing a kiss to it before noticing the blood on it. "Oh shit. Honey, open your mouth?" He nodded and his lips spread into an 'o'. The inside of his lip was bleeding and I searched for the reason, finding two teeth being the culprit. I childishly reached into his mouth touching the new teeth excitedly.
"Look at my big boy! You have teeth!" I whined obnoxiously in my 'Seth only' voice, which sounded more like a drag queen on helium than a toddler. He found it interesting though. I reached into the diaper bag at my feet and pulled out a cloth, dabbing his lip gently, and restarting the water works.
"It's okay, honey." I said softly, kissing his forehead and standing from the car to retrieve his stroller. A few minutes and a slightly bloodied towel later, we were entering the hospital. Looking like we'd been through a tornado.
A tornado of orange juice.
But a tornado no less.
"Mrs. Masen!" The usual overly cheery nurse greeted.
"Hi, Angela."
"Riley has been moved, um…" She turned and looked for another nurse snapping her fingers at a mane of wild red hair. Angela turned back to me, "Vicki will take you to him." She handed the chart to the woman and pushed her towards me.
"Oh hey!" She smiled.
"Hi Victoria, how are you?" We started walking towards Riley's new room.
"Fine, and you and your husband and-" She cleared her throat, looking down at Seth with wide eyes. "children." I smirked and pulled off my stained coat, showing off my Baby Maker sweater by accident.
"Oh haha that's pretty funny…" She said awkwardly as her eyes drifted across my chest. "How many kids do you have?" Seth waved from the stroller and I smiled down at him.
"Two and a half." I patted my slightly flat stomach and she furrowed her thin eyebrows. "The rest weren't mine, just my daughter's friends." I cleared up, knowing that from the previous month she probably assumed I had around twelve kids, instead of three. She nodded and showed me into an open room, where Riley sat surrounded by a million other sick people. I raised an eyebrow.
Now what the fuck was this?
"Why isn't he in a room?" I said as he stood and made his way towards me.
"Bella calm down, I told them you were coming and they let me stay in here." He said wrapping an arm around my shoulder in a half hug. Victoria nodded furiously as I flushed angrily.
"Okay…" I said unbelievingly. "What do I have to sign?"
"You just have to sign a form that says he'll stay with you." I nodded and she handed me the clip board that was previously tucked underneath her arm. I signed it quickly before showing Riley to the car.
"What happened to this little guy?" He asked once I lifted Seth into his seat.
"We had a bit of an accident on the way down, he's alright though; just bit his lip a little." I swept a finger over the uncut part of my youngest's lip and kissed his forehead before taking my seat next to Alec. He raised an eyebrow at me as he held up the empty sippy cup.
"Don't judge me." He snorted and I started up the car, and noticed he was still focused on the side of my face. I smiled awkwardly and cast a side glance at him. "What?" His head snapped forward and my stomach sank.
Not this shit again.
He blushed, and cleared his throat. "I was just thinking… Well- never mind."
"Spit it out, child."
He chuckled, "Um, do I have any baby momma's out in the world? I mean, no one else has come to visit… so…" I laughed at his question.
"Actually you do, remember Alice?" Yeah, I was still just a bit mad about the headache that she was.
"She's married. I met her husband…"
"What does that mean?" I lifted my eyebrows and his face paled. "And you're really my sister in law?" I nodded slowly. Reminding myself that he now truly was Riley Masen, without his memory.
"Yep."
"Married to my brother."
"Yep." The tension in this car was almost suffocating.
"Who I'm supposed to love."
"You are family."
"Making you my sister."
"In-law." He shook his head and slumped into his seat and I felt bad for him.
If only I weren't so damn irresistible.
The rest of the ride was slightly awkward until we pulled up to the house.
"I'm staying with you two?" I nodded and stepped out of the car. He sounded a little bit too happy.
"Yeah."
"Cool." He said in an attempt to sound nonchalant. I cast a wary glance his way and he sent me a fake ass smile. He grabbed his bag and Seth's before heading into the house behind me. Edward met us at the door, relieving Riley slightly.
"How are you, man?" He asked, looking Riley in the eye. I sat on the steps behind them and undid Seth's coat.
"Fine and you?" Their gaze broke and Riley's eyes drifted towards me.
"Great." Edward stepped in Riley's line of sight. "What's up, bro?" He asked using Jasper's new favorite word.
"Um, nothing." Riley said softly, "I'm just going to head up to my room." He nodded and moved past Edward.
"I'll show you up." Edward said with a pointed look in my direction. I rolled my eyes and stood letting Riley pass before grabbing Edwards arm.
"He's harmless."
He smirked, "Oh I know, I'm just making sure it stays that way." He pressed a kiss to my lips before heading up after his 'brother'. Ellie came around the corner with a red imprint on her cheek.
"What the hell happened to you?" I asked setting down Seth and dropping down to my knees to examine the mark. She yawned and shook her head clutching the book to her chest tiredly.
There was a tell-tale mark of a corner from a book on her cheek and I chuckled. "I said read it. Not sleep on it."
She shrugged and wrapped her arms around my neck, "Will you take me upstairs?"
"I don't know, I think Daddy is asserting his authority right now… you might not want to be up there." Edward and Riley appeared in the hallway, both of them walking in silence. Riley looked embarrassed and Edward look like he didn't give a fuck.
"I think he's done. Hey, Uncle Riley!" She left my embrace and narrowly dodged Seth on the way up to hug her 'uncle'.
"Hey, kid." The three of them made their way down to the foot of the steps.
Edward picked up Seth and placed an affectionate kiss on his forehead before looking at his slightly swollen lip. "What happened here?"
"Open your mouth, honey." Edward lifted an eyebrow and did so. "Not you, jackass." I smirked and turned to Seth lightly tapping his cheek, so he'd open his mouth. "Look." I pointed at his tooth.
"What the hell happened to his lip?"
"He bit it." I tapped the incoming teeth softly and Edward smiled.
"Look at that." He tilted up Seth's head and examined his little mouth. I turned to see Ellie talking Riley's ear off, his gaze focused on me. I gave an awkward wave that made Edward clear his throat and Riley look away in embarrassment.
We all stood in silence before Ellie graced us with her outside voice, "I'm bored." She grabbed Edward and Riley's hands pulling them down the hall. "Mommy we're going to play in the snow. Make us some sandwiches will ya' toots?" She winked at me and made to head out of the door.
"Of course, dear. Anything else?"
"Coat me, Mama." I slipped her arms through the bright pink coat and flipped up the hood, pulling the drawstrings tightly.
"Mommy, it's on backwards."
"Bye, toots." I gave her a little push towards Edward who was about a foot away; she stumbled into his arms and he undid her coat with a smile.
"Have fun." I picked up Seth and moved towards the kitchen. "Want to make cookies with Mommy?" He squealed and clapped.
"I'm going to kick your butt in the snowball fight, Riley." Ellie boasted as she fixed her coat.
"This is so backwards…" Edward gave me a torn look, debating on sending Ellie in with me to bake so he could take Seth out and bury him in snow.
"Bye, Edward." I said turning and entering the kitchen with Seth on my hip. He kicked and I set him on the ground so that he could practice walking and I could start baking. I was pretty proud of myself. Since my little baking fiasco's with Leah I had actually gotten decent at the art of baking.
I had been moving around the kitchen for all of about five minutes before Seth wandered into the front room. He had been walking a lot more lately. And he did it with pants on, which I was elated about. I was checking up on Seth when the door behind me opened and someone stomped on the mat, heavily. There was a large hand on my waist soon after the stomping. I covered the hand with my own before realizing it wasn't Edwards.
"Riley, what are you doing?" I gasped as he spun me around. "Riley?" He was flushed and breathing heavily, his blue eyes glowing with curiosity.
I wonder if he got the memo that that killed the fucking bird.
Wait that wasn't right.
He interrupted my obviously intelligent inner musings. "There is a reason I remember you, Bella." He said before brushing my hair over my shoulder, I pulled back only to run into the counter. I was honestly over this bullshit. It'd happened before and the last thing I needed was a repeat performance.
"Okay, look. You need to back up. Because this is just too mu-" His lips descended on mine and my eyes widened, his lips were awkward and foreign after two and a half years of kissing the same person. He tried to deepen the wretched kiss and I was fucking livid. I pushed his shoulders and he didn't budge. I went to knee him where no one wants to be kneed and realized I was too fucking close to that mother fucking counter. My hands went to his neck and I felt around for that fucking pressure point and just when I thought I was fucked, he dropped.
Harmless, my ass.
"You, dumbass!" I screamed. I wiped my mouth hurriedly and Seth ran into the room. I grabbed his arm before he slid into a counter due to his frictionless socks.
How does she do it?
"Tank, Mama." He said softly, looking down at Riley. He sat up rubbing his head and I hoped he had a concussion, to counter act the mother fucking first one that gave him the amnesiac'ed balls to fucking kiss me.
A married woman.
I don't get worked up to this level too easily but there were few things in this world that I fiercely cared for and was protective of:
My family and my marriage.
The person that fucks with either better watch their ass.
"Well that was a little much." He said before standing. "A simple no would have worked."
"How the fuck was I supposed to say 'no' while you were fucking glued to me, you fuck?"
"Language much?"
"What in the hell made you think you could kiss me? Are you trying to get yourself fucked up?" He moved towards me and I held up a fist.
"Bella, there is obviously a reason I remembered you. I didn't know if we were…" He gestured between us.
"No. We fucking weren't-" I made the same pointing gesture and slapped his shoulder. "I'm married." I was going to end there but he fucking kissed me. He deserved a guilt trip. "To your brother!"
"Spouses cheat with siblings all the time." I cocked a hip and put my hand on it.
"If you're so fucking smart, then why the hell would you try anything with me? My goodness, are you stupid?"
"It's just a kiss. Over react much?" He frowned and threw up his hands. "I didn't know! You were talking about your half baby-" he pointed at my stomach.
"I'm married!" I repeated incredulously. "That was the first thing we talked about when I first saw you!"
"When I asked about my baby mama you said marriage didn't mean anything…"
"We were talking about Alice!"
"Double meaning."
"And I was joking anyway!" Our conversation had quickly escalated to us screaming at the top of our lungs.
"That's not funny. What is your issue?"
"My issue?" I yelled, pointing at myself. "My fucking issue? You're the one going around kissing married women you dick!" I pushed his chest and the door opened again Edward came in with a giggling Ellie over his shoulder. I glared at Riley who leveled my stare. I looked down at Seth who was covering his ears with wide eyes. I wiped my mouth self-consciously and felt terrible as I watched Edward and Ellie. There was a burning sensation in my stomach and I gave Riley one last glare before leaving the room, and storming into the bathroom. I lurched over the toilet violently and emptied my stomach. There was a flood of footsteps behind me before there were multiple hands holding back my hair.
"Mommy?" Ellie said her voice close to my ear.
"What happened? She hasn't gotten sick like this in a while." Edward's concerned voice asked as he gathered my hair fluidly.
"The baby must not agree with raw cookie dough…" Riley's voice was hard as he spoke; tones of anger laced his words. Tears slipped down my cheeks as I hurled into the porcelain bowl. About five minutes of chaos I sat up, and took the towel Edward held out for me. I stood quietly, and Edward's hands fluttered around me trying to see what he could do to help. But I didn't need any help in that moment.
I turned to Riley and pulled my fist back before sending it flying into his jaw.
Cookie dough, my ass.
…TEC…
Oh shit…
I said a few more chapters… I hope you didn't expect them to be mindless and boring :D
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