Chapter 19: New Routine
~Edward~
With our children in bed for their first night in our new home, I led my wife down the hall and up the four steps to our master bedroom. We had spent the day exploring the property, and had even taken Anthony with us to hunt. He was still too young to drink from the animals the way his sister did, but I had a feeling it wouldn't be long before my son caught on. Letting go of Bella's hand, I walked over to the shelf where my stereo sat and turned it on, playing music from my Debussy CD. When I turned around Bella was waiting. I gathered the woman I loved into my arms and began to dance with her, letting her stand on my feet as we did. "One of these days I'm going to teach you to do these steps on your own," I said, glancing slightly down into her amber eyes.
"Even with my new senses, I'm not sure I could stay balanced," Bella answered before she turned her head, leaning her cheek against the left side of my chest. "This is nice," my wife whispered.
"I can think of something a little nicer," I answered, moving the hand on the small of her back down to her bottom, pulling her against me. Bella lifted her head, and I crushed my lips against hers no longer willing to deny the way my body had been craving her touch all day. Bella's hand was already at the back of my head pulling me in for a longer kiss. Our tongues met in that familiar dance of dominance before I pushed mine in her mouth, sliding it against her teeth a moment before she bit down. We both growled as I used both hands pulling Bella against me, grinding my length against her.
Her hands were sliding down my back and as she pushed them into my trousers I growled, breaking the kiss. There was a flurry of motion as we got rid of our clothes, tearing them off, neither one of us caring. In the next moment I had my wife in my arms cradled against my chest, kissing first her lips and then down her neck as Bella leaned her head back inviting me to do much more. As I dipped my tongue into the hollow of her throat, we both heard the rustling of covers before Renesmee started to scream.
Bella lifted her head up clinging to me as I tried to put her down. "I need you," my wife whispered.
"I need you, but we have to go get her," I reminded, wishing we had someone to leave our babies with. I knew I'd feel guilty later for having those thoughts. Once Bella was on the ground I went to the dresser and pulled on a pair of long pajama bottoms as Anthony began to cry.
Bella went in to be with our son, while I entered our daughter's room finding her sitting in the middle of her new canopy bed clinging to her doll as she cried. "Shh," I crooned sitting on the edge of the bed while gathering her into my arms.
"My bed," Renesmee gasped, wrapping her small arms around my neck.
"This is your new room," I answered leaning back against the pillows.
"Nanna, Pop house," my daughter said through a yawn.
I didn't answer, knowing that if I did Renesmee would wake up more fully than she was now. My mind was still on my wife and the way she had responded to my touches. What I wanted now was for Renesmee to go back to sleep so Bella and I could get back to what we had been doing before. As my angel began to settle down, I rolled to my side and put her on the soft mattress.
"Want you," my baby whimpered.
"I'm here baby. You're safe," I assured her, rubbing her back as she rolled on to her left side away from me. It didn't take Renesmee long to get back to sleep.
In our room I found Bella waiting, wearing a black, lacy silk gown that hugged over her body like a second skin. As nice as the gown was, I wanted to touch Bella without the barrier of anything between my fingers and her skin. I removed the gown quickly, letting her take my pajama bottoms off when I finished.
When my wife jumped up, I caught her in my arms, mindful of keeping my growls quieter as she locked her legs around my waist kissing down my neck as I cupped my hands against her bottom. Bella's hand guided me to her entrance, and we both moaned when I entered the warm folds of her body. "You feel so good," I husked, backing her against one of the walls. Bella bit into my shoulder as I thrust into her, scraping her fingers down my sides.
~Bella~
My husband's length pushing into me was driving me mad. I wanted to scream out his name, but wasn't willing to risk waking our babies. When Edward stopped moving I groaned, gasping as he pulled me against him moving us until my back was pressed against the mattress on our bed. "Don't stop," I growled when he pulled out of me.
"Trust me," Edward whispered, leaning over me as he kissed my lips gently. A moment later he moved my feet against both of his shoulders and before I could think he was pushing back into me. My walls were spasming around him and my body was alive with sensation from the cool air of the room to the friction of his length moving within me. Edward's fingers traced a path around my breast and as my body contracted around him, he took my left nipple between his fingers squeezing until it was almost painful, but totally erotic all in the same moment.
"Where did you learn this," I gasped, still not able to control my breathing even though I didn't need air.
"I'm learning as we go," he grumbled pulling almost all the way out of me before slamming back inside. There was a tightness in my stomach that spread lower causing the contractions around Edward's length to intensify. I thrust my back from the bed as my feet slipped from his shoulders, wanting completion but Edward had other plans as he left me. "Are you trying to make me crazy?" I seethed. I wanted to feel him cum inside of me.
"I'm trying to prolong this moment," Edward said as he grasped his arms around me rolling us both until I was on top and he was beneath me. Wanting some control I moved his arms away and pushed him hard against the mattress as I slid down his length letting him impale me.
I deliberately tightened and released my muscles around his solid flesh as I slid up and down, watching as the color of his eyes darkened with desire.
"Bella," Edward whispered reaching up to play with my breasts as I bounced against him, tossing my head backward. I growled when my release came and kept moving until Edward had his own. A part of me tried to register the fact that I should be tired, and the greater truth was that I wasn't. So I didn't have any complaints when once again I was against the mattress and Edward was over me, ready to start again.
~Edward~
While I sat on the stool in the kids bathroom, my daughter was having a great time splashing around in the large tub full of warm water and bubbles. Renesmee had woken up crying because she had wet the bed, something she hadn't done in a while. Getting to have a bubble bath had calmed her down almost instantly. As she played I could hear Bella in our angel's room putting clean sheets and blankets on her bed.
"I go under," Renesmee said before she flopped over on her belly and disappeared beneath the bubbles. A moment later she came back up giggling as she caught her breath. "Me swim."
"You're doing a good job," I answered watching her a few more times as she went under. After she came up a forth time I had a washcloth ready and gently caught her before she could go under again. "I need to get you clean so you can get out and have breakfast."
Renesmee struggled, but I managed to get her arms and chest clean before she got away from me and went back under the bubbles and water. As she came back up I had her lilac scented baby shampoo in my hands and held her while I began to wash her hair. "Help me. Reach up and get some bubbles in your hair," I said before my little girl could protest. Giving her a task like that helped, and she didn't try to go under as we both rubbed the shampoo through her bronze curls.
After she was all clean, my daughter was still content to stay in the water, and would all day if we let her. Downstairs I heard Bella telling me that breakfast for her was ready, and as I stood up my little wiggle worm went under the water, struggling again as I lifted her to her feet.
"No, want stay in."
"Momma has breakfast ready," I tried, but she wasn't listening and would have slipped and fallen back in the water if I hadn't have been holding her. "That's enough," I said as she tried pulling away from me again. My little girl gave one final yank and slid out of my hands. Before she could go under I caught her again ending the fun as Renesmee began to cry.
With her cradled in one arm I rinsed the bubbles out of her hair, turning when I finished, settling her in Bella's arms.
"Noo," Renesmee cried struggling again as Bella wrapped the towel around her. My wife seemed in control as she left, so I cleaned up before going down to the kitchen where I found Anthony in his exersaucer.
"Dah," my son said reaching for me. Instead of lifting him out, I knelt down and shook one of the rattles on the round tray catching his attention. For a moment Anthony played with it, though as I stood up he noticed and began fussing.
"You're sister used to love her saucer," I told him as I settled him against my chest.
Anthony smiled again patting my cheeks with his small chubby hands. Today we were going to try cereal, something we had done with Renesmee when she was a little younger than his current age. Nahuel's Aunt said her nephew liked rice when he was eight months old, so we had hopes this would work for our son.
As I walked over to the table, Bella arrived with our daughter on her back.
"Momma say me help Antony have cereal," my daughter informed me.
"After you have your own breakfast," Bella reminded her, and for once our baby girl didn't put up a fuss. Once Renesmee was strapped in her booster seat, Bella put bowl in front of her. It was the kind with the dividers, keeping her yogurt, toast and eggs separate the way Renesmee liked it.
"Ma," Anthony said as Bella walked passed us.
We all looked at him, before he said 'Ma' again.
"You are such a smart little boy," Bella said as she took him from my arms cradling him in her own to kiss and nibble his cheeks and neck.
While my wife held our son, I sat beside my daughter glad she hadn't gotten jealous.
"Him not say my name."
"He will. Your name is longer than Momma and Daddy," I tried explaining as she struggled to get the last few bites of egg on her spoon. Before my baby could get frustrated, I gave her a hand and by then Bella had Anthony in his bouncy seat and the bowl of cereal ready for Renesmee and me to feed to him.
"Do my self," Renesmee said when I tried to take the baby spoon from her.
"Now listen, right now we need to give him just a little taste, to see how he does. I need to help you, or you won't be able to do this with me."
There weren't any other struggles after that, and Anthony ate the small amount of cereal Bella had fixed for him without any hitches.
~*~
With Anthony in Bella's arms listening to a story, I went into our downstairs office to check on a few things online. Renesmee was up in the playroom behaving for the moment as she cooked meals for her dolls and stuffed animals. We had already gotten our drivers licenses switched over and had bank accounts set up at a bank in Bangor, a pretty far drive from our secluded home. Once I'd checked on our bank account, and read through a few emails the new attorney had sent, I leaned back wondering if I should try and find a job. It wasn't necessary for us to work, each of my brothers and spouses had our own accounts along with several growing investments to keep us taken care of for a very long time.
"He's down for the count," Bella announced softly as she walked in, breaking my train of thought.
"Anthony likes you to read to him." When my wife was close enough I reached out and snagged her pulling her down onto my lap.
"I can't believe he's saying our names."
"I know, they are both growing at lightning speeds. I was just thinking maybe one of us should attempt to get a job," I told my wife.
Bella sighed remaining still against me, "It would have to be you. I'm not that confident yet, but is that really something we have to worry about?" As she asked me that, Bella turned to face me.
"Not really. I've been a student for so long, actually I've always been a student either in College or high school. It would be nice for a change."
Bella smiled, "Everyone would say you were too young, or me for that matter."
"That does present a problem, but I was thinking we could purchase some property with a house already on it, fix it up and rent it out."
My wife nodded leaning back against me, "Like Esme is doing with the house in Forks? Do you own any other houses or property?"
"Esme and Carlisle own ten all together. The beach house you know of, and the big house in Forks. They have a Chalet in France just outside of Florence where Rosalie and Emmett like to spend time. There's a house in Denali that Tanya and her family look after for us. Let's see, there's a home in the Italian Riviera, very secluded and nice, and a few places in and around London."
"So many places."
"We always have need of someplace new," I reminded as I picked up on my daughter's activities. Renesmee was giggling about something and reminded me that it was time to go and get her ready for lunch and after that a nap. "Do you want to go get her? I'd like to do some more fiddling down here."
Bella moved off of my lap turning and placing a searching kiss against my lips before pulling away. "Only if you promise not to buy any property without letting me see it first," Bella answered in a teasing tone.
"You will always know before I do something that big," I told her pulling her in for another kiss before letting her go.
~Bella~
As I headed up to the third floor of our home, I thought about all of the homes Edward told me about. I'm not sure if we had ever talked about that before he turned me, and it was overwhelming to know how much our family owned. On the third level of our house was a good sized room that we had turned into a playroom. It was across a small hallway from another bedroom. I had arrived in time to watch my almost three year old daughter dancing to the music her little oven was making.
On top of her head, Renesmee had on a western style hat with a giant feather sticking out. She had seen that in a store on one of our last visits to Seattle, and had asked very sweetly if she could have it. Along with the feathered, western hat she was wearing a pink feathery scarf around her neck. Her outfit had changed from the last time I had seen her, and Renesmee was now wearing a sun dress turned around the wrong way and inside out.
"All done now," my baby sang when the music stopped playing. She walked over to the stove and took out some of the toy food putting it on plates before she served it to her dollies. "Do I get any of that?"
"Momma, not eats it. Have this one," she said bringing one of her stuffed teddy bears to me. When I began to to laugh, she frowned at me before turning around to go back to her cooking. Our daughter was very aware of the differences in my diet and her own, and it had surprised me. "I don't think I want to have Teddy for lunch today, but it's time for you to have yours."
"Have peanum butter and yummys?"
"As long as you eat some vegetables with that."
After we got her hat and scarf taken off along with her dress turned the right way, I settled Renesmee on my back and took her down to the kitchen. On the table we found her peanut butter sandwich waiting along with her sippy cup and veggies.
"Daddy hear us," Renesmee said as I sat down at the table letting her sit on my lap.
"Yes he did, we'll have to go give him hugs and kisses after your done."
"An go hunt."
"When your brother wakes up," I told her.
Edward and I didn't need to hunt on a daily basis. Our daughter did require hunting daily because she was having a growth spurt. Any other time she could go a day or two without needing animal blood.
"Not have nap," she informed me as she chewed on her sandwich.
"Why don't we worry about that after you've finished your lunch."
To my relief she agreed.
"Momma, why laugh have Teddy?"
"You just surprised Momma. I didn't think you would be willing to let me have Teddy for my lunch."
"Teddy be sad me do that. Him have nap too."
"Should we put him in bed with you, or let him sleep with your dolls?" I asked brushing the hair away from her face as she took a long drink from her sippy.
"Teddy sleep with me. Emmy want sleep in her bed. Antony sleep with me?"
"Not until he's older," I answered again surprised. There were some days when my little girl seemed to be growing too fast, and the fact that she had asked for Anthony to sleep with her had touched my heart.
Once Renesmee was finished with her lunch, I sent her in to hug on her father while I made fast work of cleaning up. After that I went to the playroom retrieving her brown teddy bear, taking him to her bedroom. I was pulling the covers back when Edward and our little girl arrived. Renesmee was giggling because she was on her Daddy's strong shoulders. "Look how high you are," I said.
"High up in sky," she told us as she yawned.
Edward lifted her from his shoulders, and laid her down in her bed. Another yawn escaped as my husband kissed her. "You and Teddy get to sleep. No talking," Edward said.
"Teddy like talking," Renesmee informed us as I gave her a kiss.
"You tell him to behave, or we will have to find him a time out chair to sit in," I told her as I stroked my fingers through her hair.
We left her to fall asleep and by the time Edward and I were back in the office Renesmee was out. "Did you hear what she said about her Teddy?" I asked as I once again sat down on my husband's lap.
"I did, and she's getting too smart for her own good."
"We need to teach her when to talk about that sort of thing and when not too."
Edward nodded resting his chin on top of my head as he reached around me and clicked on the internet. My husband pulled up some property for sale adds and we started going through them. It would be interesting to go through this process, and I was excited about our future here hoping that our lives were finally going to go the right way for once.
~Edward~
Walking Bella through the steps of making an offer on a piece of property was something I enjoyed. It didn't take long to make the call to the realty agency selling the land we were interested in, nor did it take long to contact our attorney. "Now we wait," I told her as we walked upstairs. Anthony was in my arms having just woken from his nap. Bella went in to his room first and got out a clean diaper while I walked to the dressing table and laid him down.
"Did Carlisle teach you about managing property?"
"He did some of that," I answered, pulling our sons sweat pants down. "Most of it I studied nights when we were living in Cambridge."
Bella handed me a wipe keeping Anthony quiet as I got him cleaned up so he wouldn't wake his sister. Once our baby boy was clean and dry, I let Bella take him while I disposed of the soiled diaper. "Are you ready for another hunt this evening?" I asked her.
We went in to our room and my wife put our son down on his stomach on the bed. "I think Anthony and I will stay here. Renesmee will likely want some Daddy time, though I'm getting excited about being able to possibly go out with her on my own."
After laying down on the bed next to our son, I smiled at my wife, "You didn't seem to be threatened when Renesmee wanted to feed from your kill."
"I never have, and I still worry about snapping at her if we were on our own."
"Bella, I don't think you would. Your her mother and instinct is going to keep you from hurting her."
Anthony gurgled at us already sitting up ready for some action. "At least go for a walk with us when she gets up," I said.
"That I don't mind doing," Bella answered.
"Ma, ma," Anthony said getting her attention. With her help our son was on his feet trying to walk as Bella held on to him. When Bella lifted him in the air he laughed calling her name again, and I didn't mind resting where I was watching my son and my wife as they got in some much needed alone time. My hopes were that soon our daughter would be able to enjoy times like these without having her feelings hurt when she wasn't the center of attention. In the mean time we would keep working on assuring her that we could love her along with her baby brother.
~*~
Our driveway was very long with several curves. The bare trees canopied above us and would be a great barrier when the summer months arrived. While Bella pushed Anthony in the umbrella stroller, I held on to the back of Renesmee's back pushing her along because her feet didn't quiet reach the peddles. Charlie had once offered to take the bike back for a smaller model, but we knew she would outgrow that one quickly.
"Me push Antony."
Once she was on her feet, Renesmee got her way and was careful with her brother as Bella stood close behind her while I carried her bike. It was chilly, though not enough to bother any of us. "Do you want me to take that?" My wife asked as I walked up next to her.
"If you really want to," I answered.
Bella stuck her tongue out at me before taking the bike, letting me take over watching Renesmee with the stroller.
"Daddy, me ride in it now," our baby said as she stopped pushing it.
"We need to let Anthony stay there while he's in a good mood, but if you would like, I can give you a ride on my shoulders."
"Go fast?"
"I think I can manage that." A moment later Renesmee was hugging my head as I trotted her down the lane a little away from my wife and son. She giggled as we trotted back and Anthony clapped his hands while Bella shook her head.
"Momma get ride too," Renesmee said.
I grinned at my wife before putting our daughter down and before Bella could get away I had her on my shoulders. We all laughed at that as my wife struggled to be let down. "Put me down," Bella demanded as Renesmee ran around us laughing.
"As you wish," I said lifting my wife over my head. Instead of putting her on her feet, I cradled her against me, aware of my son and daughter just a few feet away. "I love you," I said kissing her tenderly on the lips.
"I got brother here," Renesmee suddenly announced getting both of our attention. I glanced around Bella and saw her looking off into the woods. Instantly I was at alert able to sense everything around me. Renesmee's thoughts were all about Anthony, but she wasn't talking to anyone that I could pick up on. A moment later she was trying to get back on her bike.
"Hey baby, who were you talking to just a second ago?"
"Me got friend. Her name Lilly."
Bella knelt next to us. "What does she look like?"
Renesmee frowned and a moment later she was giggling. "She a tree right there." Our little girl pointed to a small sapling and I felt relieved and foolish at the same time for getting so worked up. Our old haunts hadn't left my mind, and maybe it was time to let it go. We hadn't seen anything of the Wolves since we left Hanover. Alice said the Volturi were back to normal daily activities, and that Caius had grown bored of what ever interest he had in the Werewolves.
Back inside the house, Renesmee went back to her playroom singing about Lily the tree, leaving Bella and me with Anthony.
"Should we be worried?" my wife asked as I put Anthony down on a blanket with some of his toys.
"No, she's just being her usual active self. I think we need to let go of what happened in Hanover. We can't let our guard down, but this is a new start for us."
My wife sighed and wrapped her arms around me resting her head against me chest. "I think you're right. All little kids talk to trees and their toys," she said as I rubbed my hand over her back feeling relief and comfort at having my family safe.
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AN: Hey everyone, I managed to get this one written a little faster than I have with the past few chapters. I'm really really happy you all are enjoying this story so much. I've been having a great deal of fun writing this, and am hoping to keep it going for a while. Anthony is starting to get bigger, and he's going to come in to his own soon, ready to be a part of things. There is so much to do, so anyway here you go. Thanks again for the fantastic feed back.
~Ella~