So sorry that this is short, but I'm beyond busy and I had to give you all something. There's a reason why there aren't any major problems in their lives right now – problems will arise later, I promise you.
BPOV
"Yummy!" I touched my finger to the lentil soup and brought it up to Lily's mouth as she moved her head forward to taste it. I held her on my hip as I stirred the soup, eventually putting her down when my arm got tired.
Connor sauntered over as Lily began crawling to him. I watched intently, almost begging her not to do it. I scowled when Lily pulled at Connor's ear, causing him to whine and drop his head. He lay down next to her, and immediately I pointed my finger. "Lily," I said sternly. She looked at me with her round green eyes, her brown hair curling around her ears. She reached for Connor again and I dropped my spoon to kneel down to their level. I held her hand and ran it across Connor's back over and over. "You see? Like this." She had been pinching Connor and pulling at his ears and tail for a month now, and Edward and I had tried so many times to teach her to be gentle with him.
Lily was ten months old, and definitely knew when Edward and I disapproved of something. Though we never punished her (I mean, she was ten months old – what could we do?), I felt like such a bitch at times because Edward rarely yelled at her. He melted into a pile of goo whenever he was around her, and I didn't blame him, what with her chubby cheeks and angelic face.
And even though I knew she loved Connor, I couldn't let her hurt him. He had never so much as barked at her, and I was so grateful for that. I was afraid he'd be jealous of her at first, but all he showed for Lily was his love. She showed her love for him as well, just in a different way. Sometimes I loved just sitting and watching them together, Lily surrounded by her toys and Connor pushing the toys this way and that, trying to play with her.
I stood up and looked down at them, my heart warming at the sight of them together. Lily was cooing and saying random syllables to Connor, and once in a while his ears would perk up and he'd glance her way.
I jumped when I heard the front door open, completely lost in thought.
Connor immediately ran over to the door and I heard Edward put his things down and lean down to kiss Con. When he rounded the corner, Lily began making her way over to him. "Da."
I smiled at her acknowledgment. 'Da' was the only thing we understood of Lily's vocabulary. She said it to Edward only, so we knew it had to mean "Daddy."
He waited for her to make her way over to him and picked her up, holding her above his head before pulling her down for a hug. He blew a raspberry in the side of her neck, making her laugh before kissing her cheek and putting her in her feeding chair at the table.
He walked over to me and lifted my chin before kissing me softly. My heart flitted in my stomach and I let out a small sigh when he pulled away. "Hi, baby."
"Hi," I smiled up at him.
"How was your day?" he asked as he looked at the soup.
I turned around to turn the stove off and Edward wrapped his arms around my waist. "It was good."
"Bored of being a stay-at-home mom yet?"
"Not…really." Okay, so sometimes I wished I was back at work, but I couldn't leave Lily.
"Bells, she's old enough for –"
I turned around quickly and he dropped his hands. "Edward, we're not putting her in day care."
He put his hands up defensively. "Alright, alright." He went over to set up the table.
"I can stay home until she's potty-trained, and then she can start school." We'd gone over this a million times.
"But you want to work."
"I know…but…"
Edward finished setting the table before looking at me. "I know. You want to take care of her."
"Yeah."
He shrugged before sitting down. "It's fine. I just want you to do what makes you happy."
"I'm happy."
"Good."
We smiled at each other for a second before I sat across Edward. To be honest, life couldn't be any more perfect at this moment, and I couldn't be happier.
After we finished eating, Edward burped Lily and brought her up to sleep as I cleared the table and went into the living room. I got comfy on the couch and turned on the TV, moving over when Edward came down.
He was dressed in a hoodie and sweatpants, looking yummy and sleepy and tired. He lay down on the couch and pulled me down on top of him, putting his hand on the small of my back. "Do you wanna do something?"
I looked up at him with a small smile. "It's okay. You're tired."
"We can play Xbox or something," he shrugged.
"Okay," I smiled as I got up. I was pretty excited, even if it was just playing a video game. Edward and I didn't do much alone lately. If Lily was asleep, we were asleep. The only time we had to ourselves was when Alice, Emmett, or our parents took Lily, and that was a couple of times a month.
Edward set up the game system as I lay on my side on the floor. I lifted my shirt and stared at the scar running across my stomach, the scar from Lily's birth.
I caught Edward staring at me and dropped the hem of my shirt. He handed me a controller and sat down next to me, lifting my shirt and kissing the scar.
I put my hand in his hair, shaking my head. "Don't…"
He looked up me and faced the television without saying a word. "It doesn't look bad," he murmured. He was lying, I knew it. The scar was beyond ugly. I watched the screen as Edward chose the settings for Call of Duty. I sat up and he bumped my knee with his, giving me his crooked smile. "Ready to lose?"
"Shut up," I shoved his shoulder, returning his smile. "First to ten wins."
Just as we began playing, Lily's cry filled the air and I paused the game, running upstairs to feed her. She finished half of her bottle before falling asleep, and I ran back downstairs, determined to beat Edward.
For the next hour, I tried everything to kill Edward's character ten times. The score was nine to one. Guess who had the nine kills?
"No!" I yelled before Edward killed my character.
"Yes!" He stood up and threw this hands in the air, and without thinking, I chucked my controller up at him. "Fuck!"
My hands flew to my mouth in horror as Edward's hands flew up to his mouth in pain. "Oh, my God! I'm so sorry." I stood up to take a look and he flinched away from me and made his way to the bathroom.
"You busted my fucking lip!"
I ran over to him and flinched at the look on his face. Half of his bottom lip was already swollen – I could only imagine how much worse it was going to get. "I didn't mean to…I just wanted to win." What the heck was I thinking?
"What the hell, Bella?" He pushed past me and went back into the living room to clean everything up.
I followed him upstairs and into bed, not knowing what to do when he turned away from me. It was 9:30. Was he going to sleep already?
I had an idea of what would make him feel better, and got out of bed in a hurry. I made my way into the kitchen and looked through the cupboard until I found a Rice Krispies Treats bar.
I made my way back upstairs, checked on Lily, and closed my bedroom door behind me before turning up the baby monitor. I kneeled next to Edward and he closed his eyes when I tried to look at him. I put the Rice Krispies bar on the nightstand next to me. "I'm sorry. Here's a Rice Krispies for you to eat while I give you an apology blowjob. You can use it anytime you want." He opened one eye to look at me before closing it with a sigh. I waited for a response. "Okay?" He nodded, eyes still closed.
I walked slowly to my side of the bed, feeling awful for hurting him, and feeling even worse for using sex as an apology. But that was the fastest way to make him forgive me, and I couldn't handle having him be mad at me.
I laid down facing his back, and after a few minutes, he kicked off his pants and took the Rice Krispies bar from the nightstand, unwrapping it as he looked at me. "I want to use this now."
I got the Rice Krispies idea from a picture of a note I saw online. :)
Again, I'm so sorry it's short!
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