Please don't kill me. I know I've taken forever to update. I can't explain how busy I am with school and everything else.

But here's the next chapter!

- JayBee

EPOV

"Ready, baby?" I smiled as Lily nodded her head enthusiastically, smiling from ear to ear as she held the tray full of food. "Let's go." I followed her up the stairs, watching as she took each step carefully. "Slow, okay, Lil?"

"Yeah," she squeaked. She was four years old now, and I couldn't believe how much she'd grown. It was Bella's twenty-ninth birthday today, so Lily and I had prepared breakfast in bed for her.

I motioned for her to stop just outside my bedroom door. "When we walk in, you're gonna scream 'happy birthday' as loud as you can, okay? Make sure mommy wakes up."

"Okay." She looked down at the tray. "Can you hold this?"

I took the tray of food from her and opened the door. She ran inside and jumped on the bed. "Happy birthday, mommy!"

Bella jerked awake and sat up scowling, her mouth turning up into a smile when she saw Lily. "Good morning. And thank you!" She kissed the top of Lily's head before tickling her, making Lily squirm and giggle as she tried to hide under the covers.

I walked over and put the tray on the bedside table before leaning down to kiss Bella. "Happy birthday, love."

"Thank you." She turned her head to look at the tray. "What is that?"

"We made breakfast!" Lily looked like she was about to jump out of her skin with excitement, making Bella and I laugh. I sat at the foot of the bed and looked over at Lil. "You wanna go get mommy's presents? They're on the couch in the living room."

"Yeah!" She climbed down from the bed and ran downstairs.

I leaned in to give Bella a real birthday kiss, and pulled away with a smile as I laid my hand on her stomach. "How's the baby?"

"He's good. Happy as a clam."

I kissed her stomach and smiled up at her. "Good." She was due in two months with our baby boy. We tried not to make a big fuss in front of Lily, because we could already feel her getting jealous. We wanted her to love him as much as we did, and tried to explain to her that being a big sister was important.

I leaned in to kiss her again, rolling my tongue slowly against hers. She moaned softly and I pulled away reluctantly when I heard Lily coming up the stairs.

"Daddy, I got them!" She dropped one of the bracelet boxes by the door and picked it up before making her way over to us, her green eyes shining as she gave me Bella's gifts.

Lil looked like she was about to spontaneously combust. "You can give your gift first." I gave one of the boxes to Lil to give to her mom, and waited for Bella to open it.

Bella pouted and looked up at me when she saw the diamond Tiffany bracelet inside the box, and my heart dropped. The effects of that pout would never wear off. "Thank you, baby." I raised my eyebrows and pointed at Lily to remind her who the gift was from. She turned to Lil and kissed her before hugging her tightly. "Thank you so much."

"Do you like it, mommy? It's so sparkly."

"I love it. And I love you. Thank you." She kissed Lil again and thanked me silently above Lily's head.

I smiled, grateful that she liked it. I didn't expect her to wear it all the time, because even after all these years, my Bella was still the simple girl I'd met as a child. She could wear the bracelet whenever we went out at night.

She was eyeing the bracelet box I was holding, and I slowly held it out to her. When she reached her hand out to take it, I pulled it back. "Only if I get a kiss," I said with a small smile.

She tilted her head up and I leaned down to steal a quick kiss before handing her the box.

"Edward!" She screeched, making Lily and me jump. "Baby..." she pouted as she reached her arms out. Damn that pout. You'd think I'd grow immune to it after all these years.

I leaned down to hug her. "Thank you," she whispered.

"No problem."

We hadn't gone to a game since Lily was born, so I know she's as excited as I am to go to this game.

Bella picked the two tickets up and read them. "Devils/Rangers?"

"Of course," I smiled. "And right by the ice. My parents said they'd watch Lily that day." The game was in four days, and to be honest, I was ecstatic to go to a game with Bella again. She pouted and looked up at me a second time, and I was happy to hear Lily talking to Connor about her dolls inside as I placed a hand on Bella's belly and leaned down to kiss just behind her ear. "No pouting."

She giggled and draped her arms around my neck. "It was a happy pout."

"Doesn't matter." I pulled back just enough to be able to look at her. "I think I'm conditioned to get a sick feeling in my stomach every time you pout, whether it be from joy or sorrow."

She giggled again, making me smile in return. "Conditioned?"

"Yes. Conditioned. You know, classically conditioned. Like Pavlov's dogs." Bella had studied every type of conditioning to a tee in college. She was well aware of what I was referring to.

"Are you a dog, Mr. Cullen?"

I kissed her neck before nipping at the same spot, taking in her scent before speaking softly. "I can be a dog if you want me to be."

"Maybe we could put a collar around your neck. Or around mine..."

"Fuck, Bella..." I ground my hips down, rubbing myself against her side instinctively. I covered her lips with mine, kissing her slowly as my hand traveled down her thigh and behind her knee. I pulled her legs apart, not able to contain myself as a small grunt escaped my lips. "Bells..."

I pulled back to look at her when she closed her legs abruptly. "Edward, we can't."

"I know," I sighed. I could still hear Lily inside, but she could walk in any second. "I know. I just..." I gave her a quick kiss before looking into her eyes. "Maybe I can ask Alice to look after Lil for a few hours after I get home from work."

She smiled up at me, a knowing glint in her eyes. "That sounds...nice."

"Yeah?" She nodded as I kissed her forehead. I felt her fingertips trail down my bare chest, my abs, lower, lower... I grabbed her hand and smirked down at her. "You can't do things like that of you expect me to behave." I got to my feet and placed the breakfast tray in front of her. "Eat your breakfast. I still have to clean the kitchen and get ready for work."

She huffed and looked up at me. "But now I'm all hot and bothered."

Shewas hot and bothered? "Uh...hello?" I gestured down to my crotch, where I was sporting a not-so-subtle tent.

Bella giggled as she bit into her toast. "Okay, okay. You win. Go get ready."

I turned to leave and looked back at her over my shoulder as I walked out the door. "Oh, and happy birthday, baby."

I laughed as she blushed and made my way into Lily's room. She was asleep on the floor next to Connor, her thumb in her mouth and her other hand in her hair. I chuckled to myself as I picked her up and put her in her bed. My mom would chastise me for letting her sleep next to Connor and risking her "getting hurt" by him, and then Bella would get on my case about Lily picking up my habit of playing with my hair to fall asleep.

Connor wouldn't hurt a fly, and so what if Lily finds comfort in playing with her hair? She's not hurting anybody.

I cleaned the kitchen as quickly as possible and got ready for work, kissing my girls goodbye before making my way out.

Work was the same as always. Sitting at my desk, going through the company's data and thinking about Bella, Lily, and the baby.

I look up when I hear a knock at my office door. "Come in."

I all but rolled my eyes when our new intern walked in. "Mr. Cullen, these papers need to be filled out and faxed to Corporate by 1:00 PM," she said in her nasally voice. That voice drove me insane, mainly because she didn't use that voice with anyone else but me. It was a pathetic attempt at being seductive. I didn't want to be an ass, but I was fucking sick of letting her know I wasn't interested.

"Thank you, Lauren. Just leave them on my desk." As i continued my business on the computer, I saw her put the papers down on my desk out of the corner of my eye...and then just stand there staring at me. I turned my head slowly to look up at her. "Did you need something?"

She made her way around my desk and hoisted herself up to sit on top of it, right in front of me. Her tight red dress rode up her thighs as she spread her legs, and fuck meif she wasn't wearing a hot pink thong. I looked away quickly, and then up at her, praying to every God in heaven that the stirring in my pants didn't lead to another tent. What little time Bella and I had alone recently was spent catching up on sleep, so it didn't take much to get me worked up these days. I hadn't had sex in God knows how long.

"This dress is inappropriate for work, Lauren." Jesus, please don't make her notice the crack in my voice.

"No one complains."

Yeah, because everyone wants to bend you over the copy machine and fill every hole on your body.

I gulped audibly as she bent over and placed a hand on my shoulder. I peeked down her dress, and her breasts were just fucking begging to be licked. And maybe sucked. She couldn't have been a year over 19. God, this girl was so fuckhot.

But nothing compared to my Bella.

I shrugged her hand off. "I'm married."

"That means nothing."

"It means everything. And do I need to remind you that you can get fired for this? Don't ruin your career before it begins." She sat there for a few seconds, and I raised an eyebrow. "Uh...get out." Wasn't it obvious that this conversation was over?

I shuddered as she left and hoped she doesn't apply for a job here when her internship ends.

I finished all my major work by lunch and leaned back in my leather chair as I called Bella.

"Hello?"

I heard Lily crying in the background and grimaced. "Hey, babe. It's me."

"Hey," she sighed. "Lily, shhh."

"Why is she crying?"

"She doesn't want to eat, and she hasn't taken a nap yet, so she's cranky."

"Let me talk to her."

"Hello...?" I smiled at Lily's small voice.

"Hi, baby. Why are you crying?"

"B-because I don't want peas."

"But you have to eat them so you can yet your vitamins."

"I don't want yucky vite-mins."

I laughed lightly, knowing I wouldn't be able to change her mind. "Do you want to come hang out with me here?"

"Yeahhh!" I heard her pass the phone to Bella. "I'm going to daddy's job!"

"Edward, are you sure?"

"Yeah, it's fine. She always behaves when she comes here. I'll ask Alice or Em to bring her here, and I'll just take a late lunch when she gets here. Then I can just drop her off at Alice's and come home. And you, Bella Ella Ella, can relax."

"Thank you."

I could tell she was smiling, and I smiled in return. "Make sure you're well-rested for tonight. We're gonna celebrate your birthday."

"Celebrate? Like, cut cake?"

"There can be cake involved..." I giggled. I couldn't help it. She was playing dumb. I heard Lily yelling in the background that she wanted cake too, and laughed again.

"Don't forget, we're going out to dinner to celebrate with everyone tomorrow."

"Mhm." I couldn't wait for tonight.

"Edward."

"Yeah..." I closed my eyes, imagining all the things we could do when we were alone tonight.

"What did I just say?"

"I wanna fuck you so badly..." I slid down in my seat, getting comfortable.

"Edward!"

"Huh?" My eyes shot open and I sat up quickly.

"We're going out to eat with everyone tomorrow night."

"Okay."

"And Edward?"

"Yeah."

"Pick up a cake on your way home. And make sure there's frosting on it. A lotof frosting."

Oh, fuck. She was practically purring. "Uh-huh," I stammered.

"I'm gonna go get Lily ready. Love you."

I stood up to walk laps around my office and clear my mind. "Love you, too. Always." I hung up, but at this point, I was so far gone that I couldn't stop thinking about Bella and cake and Bella covered in cake.

Get a grip, Edward.

I called Alice and when she finally brought Lil over, we went downstairs to eat pizza at Two Boots Restaurant.

"Mommy said I can have cake," Lily stated matter-of-factly.

"Oh, really? What if I say you can't?" I teased.

"Awwwww," she whined with a mouth full of pizza. She dropped the pizza and hit her back to the back of the booth. "But mommy said!"

I laughed at her reaction and handed the slice of pizza back to her. "I'm kidding. We can get some cake when we go back to the office. But you have to finish your slice of pizza first."

"I don't want pizza," she grumbled and crossed her arms.

"Then you don't get to eat cake and I get to finish all the cake by myself." I took a bite of my pizza, not faltering. She was testing me, I know she was. Bella said it was natural for Lily to test us at this age, so I didn't worry about it. I just hated arguing with her or making her cry.

"No..." She looked heartbroken, and I forced myself not to fall for it. I couldn't take seeing her like this, but I had to stand my ground. Her head jerked toward the register and she jumped out of her seat. "Chocolate!" She ran toward the shelves full of chocolate by the register, and I stood with a sigh as I made my way over to her. "I want chocolate!" She looked up at me expectantly.

"No chocolate. Eat your lunch."

"No!" She sat on the floor and crossed her arms. She was shooting daggers at me with her eyes.

Okay, Edward. Don't lose your cool. I looked around the small restaurant. Everyone was staring. "Lily, no chocolate or cake until you finish your pizza." She hadn't even eaten half the slice.

She began crying. Just sitting on the cold tile floor, crying. She threw herself onto her stomach and began wailing, screaming at the top of her lungs. I stood over her, watching her. As much as it broke my heart to know that I caused this, she knew the rules and she knew what she was doing. I couldn't give in. Her grandparents gave her everything she wanted. All she had to do was ask. Same goes for everyone else...besides Emmett. I was glad he was able to stand his ground, but every once in a while, all of us would give in. Bella and I enforced the rules as much as possible, but when Lily pouted, that always did me in. I couldn't resist that pout, and thankfully, she didn't know how to use it to her advantage at this age.

I left her on the floor and went back to eating my pizza. I sat in her seat so I could keep an eye on her, and after a minute or two, people continued on with their business. This was New York City. A crying child was nothing special to watch, and it wasn't as if people had time to drop whatever they were doing and watch a child cry. They had places to go, people to see, and all the stuff in between.

I watched Lily for a couple of minutes more as I finished my pizza, ate her slice, and got up to go by her. She was still crying, but wasn't screaming as loudly.

I leaned down to pick her up and she began yelling again, flailing her arms and legs everywhere to get put of my grasp. "You're mean! You're mean, daddy! I don't like you!" o smiled inwardly, only because we had taught her to never use the word "hate" for anything, and so she "didn't like" a lot of things. Her green eyes were brimmed with red, and the bottom half of her face was covered in mucus and saliva. She stopped fighting me as I grabbed a bunch of napkins to wipe her mouth and nose.

I held a napkins over her nose. "Blow." She blew her nose and then latched onto me, still crying softly as she hugged my neck. I threw the napkins away and put a hand on her back as she cried against my neck. I paid for the pizzas and made my way out of Two Boots. "Shhh..." I rubbed her back soothingly, and by the time we got in the elevator, she was sucking her thumb and playing with my hair.

By the time we were on my floor, she was asleep, and everyone was cooing at her as I walked to my office.

I closed my office door and dimmed the lights before laying Lily down on my leather chair. I took the two chairs that were in front of my desk and turned them so they were facing each other. I pushed them together, forming a makeshift bed for her, the arm rests acting as rails so she wouldn't fall off the small space. I laid her down on the chairs and draped my coat over her before kissing the top of her and sitting down in my chair.

I let out a long sigh before getting to work. All of a sudden, i felt exhausted. I worked for two hours before going to the kitchen inside.

I opened the fridge to see some milk, pickles, half a cake, and some other food that didn't look edible. I knew the cake was three days old, from Lauren's birthday. I tried to remember how old she was, but decided it didn't matter and I didn't really care.

I cut a piece of cake and wrapped it in foil to take to my office. I wondered if I should tell Lauren I took a piece, but I didn't want to talk to her unless it was absolutely necessary. Besides, she would say it was okay and probably offer me the whole cake.

Lily woke up an hour later, rubbing her eyes as she looked around. "Hi, baby," I whispered. She turned her head to look at me, and climbed out of the chairs without a word. She made her way over to me and I pushed my chair back to give her room. She climbed into my lap and sat facing the computer screen, sucking her thumb and playing with her hair as she watched what I was doing. I kissed the top of her head as I continued typing. After a few minutes, Lily began wandering around the room in boredom, so I gave her some paper and pencils so she could draw.

"Daddy?"

"Yeah, baby?"

She looked up at me from her spot on the carpet. "How come mommy is getting a baby?"

Panic set in as my hands dropped from the keyboard. Was she asking me how babies are made, or...? "Mommy is HAVING a baby. Because we wanted you to have a baby brother or sister."

"How come?"

"Because...we love babies." How would I explain that we wanted another kid?

"You love the baby in mommy's tummy."

"Yupp."

"You don't love me."

My heart dropped into my stomach. We'd had this conversation before. It killed me. "Of course I love you. Mommy and I both love you more than anything."

She continued drawing and I went to sit next to her on the floor. "But I'm not the baby now. The baby is."

"You'll always be my baby."

"Even when the baby is borned?"

"Of course, even when the baby is BORN," I nodded. She scooted closer to me and I pulled her into my lap. "You will always, always, always be my baby. Even when you're as old as grandma, you'll be my baby."

She giggled and squirmed in my lap. "Nooo!"

"But, of course."

"When I'm one million years old?"

"Baby," I nodded. My office phone rang and I got up to get it. "Edward Cullen."

"Yo, it's me."

"Hey, Em."

"Alice is busy so I'm gonna pick up Lil."

"I was gonna drop her off. I can bring her to your place."

"I have to get out of the house." He lowered his voice. "Rose is driving me up a wall."

"That's what happens when you live with your girl," I laughed. "'Kay, that's fine. You can pick her up."

"Rose and I are going over Alice and Jasper's later anyway, so I'll bring Lily with us."

"Cool, thanks."

"No prob. See you in a few."

"Wait!"

"What?"

I looked down at Lily. "Can you come in, like, thirty minutes?"

"Yeah, no problem."

"Thanks, Em."

I hung up and sat back down next to Lily. I looked at her drawing and started drawing something myself. I ended up drawing Spiderman, and then Lily reached over and drew a cape behind his back.

"Spiderman doesn't have a cape."

"But capes are cool."

I laughed and looked over at her drawing. "What's that?"

She pointed at each person as she said their name. "Mommy, the baby, you, Connor, me."

I smiled at the picture. Bella was holding the baby, and- "Where are my legs?"

"Oh, yeah. I forgot." She drew my legs and shoes, and I took the picture to hang up under the family picture she drew last year. I looked at the improvements in detail from last year to this. And the biggest change - the baby. I was glad she included him, but still terrified that she might feel left out when he got here.

"Maybe you can get markers for next time."

I turned and smiled at her. "I think I will." She didn't come here often, but I didn't want her getting bored when she did.

I sprawled down on my back next to her, watching the ceiling as she sat next to me, drawing another picture.

"I want to say something."

I turned my head to look at her. "Tell me."

"I love you."

I picked her up and sat her on my stomach. "Can I tell you a secret?"

She nodded enthusiastically and leaned her head down. "I love you, too," I whispered in her ear. "A lot."

She pulled back with her ear to her shoulder, giggling. "That tickles!"

"That tickles?" I put her on the ground and began tickling her mercilessly as she squealed and tried to get away.

I stopped abruptly and jerked up as my door was opened. "Mr. Cullen – Oh, sorry!" Lauren closed the door halfway and spoke from behind it. "I just wanted to let you know that Emmett is here."

"Uncle Emmett! Uncle Emmett!" Lily skipped on circles.

I went to get her coat and scarf and Lauren opened the door all the way. "She's so cute!"

"Thanks." I didn't really want to acknowledge her, but I couldn't ignore her either.

I got Lily ready and put on my coat and scarf before walking out.

"Bye, Mr. Cullen!"

"Bye," I called out without looking back. Lily turned to wave to Lauren.

I met up with Emmett downstairs and he bent down to pick up Lily as she ran toward him. "Hey, Lil! Ready?"

"Yeah!" She hit his chest a few times in excitement and he kissed her cheek.

I gave the cake to Emmett as someone passing by began cooing and talking to Lily. "This is some cake for her, but only if she eats dinner."

"'Kay."

"Thanks for taking her. Bella and I just need some time alone."

"I'm sure you do," he said and wagged his eyebrows.

"Shut up." I hit his stomach. "I'll pick her up in a couple of hours."

"Do you want her to sleep over? She'll be asleep in a few hours anyway."

"Hey, you." I tapped Lily's shoulder and she turned to look at me. "Do you want to sleep over at Uncle Emmett's house?"

"Yeah!"

"But no crying in the middle of the night. Everybody will be sleeping and no one will be able to bring you home."

"I know."

She had a thing with waking up in the middle of the night, and if Bella and I aren't there, she flips.

"You sure you want to sleep there?"

"I'm sure," she nodded.

I turned to Emmett. "If she cries a lot, just call me, okay? I'll come get her," I whispered.

"She'll be fine," he waved me off.

"Okay, give me a kiss goodbye."

Emmett leaned forward and I hit his forehead. "Not you, idiot."

Lily reached forward to hug me and I kissed her goodbye. "Have fun. And behave!" I called out as they walked away.

Lily turned to wave to me. "Bye, idiot," she smiled.

"That word is for adults!" I laughed. I'd gotten good at not cursing next to her, but little words like that still slipped out.

When I finally got on the subway, I plopped down in a seat, crammed between two people. I was beyond exhausted.

I transferred over to a bus, then finally walked the final few blocks home.

I opened the front door to find Bella watching TV in the living room. She was in her robe, eating ice cream.

Ice cream. Dessert. "Shit."

She looked at me, amused. "Hi to you, too."

I began putting my coat on again. "I forgot to get a cake. I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Come here. Forget the cake." She called me over with her finger, and I obeyed like a puppy.

I took my coat and scarf off as I made my way over to her. I moved back as she got up and went into the kitchen.

"Where do you think you're going?"

She put the empty bowl in the sink and looked over at me. "Sit your butt down."

"Yes, ma'am."

She came over and dropped her robe, making me drool on the spot. She was completely naked underneath.

She giggled and straddled my lap, unbuttoning my shirt as I looked down at her belly. I didn't want her doing anything strenuous or unnecessary. Namely, I didn't want anything pushing the baby out too soon. We were already pushing it by having sex this close to her due date. "Bella..."

"I'm fine. Now shush." She took my tie off and I shut my mouth. "Are you hungry?" She looked up at me. "I forgot to ask. I made shrimp casserole."

I shook my head. "Uh-uh." I was hungry, but that could wait.

She licked my lower lip and I opened my mouth to roll my tongue against hers. I sighed into her mouth and she pulled back with a smile. She sat up on her knees and looked down at me as I stared at her through hooded eyelids.

"How much time do we have?"

I gave her a lazy smile. "As much time as we want. Lily's sleeping over their house."

"Was she good today?"

I nodded. "She was. We just had a little...tantrum problem at Two Boots. Then she took a nap and everything was fine afterward."

"She's been throwing those tantrums more often these past few weeks."

"I know," I sighed. I wanted to tell her how Lily thought Bella and I wouldn't love her anymore, but I really didn't want to get into it right now, and Bella already knew how Lily felt. We knew why the tantrums were happening more often. The closer Bella's due date got, the more tantrums Lily threw.

Bella leaned down again, kissing up my jaw and to my ear, biting the outer shell, making me growl softly. "Mmm..."

"Fuck, Bella," I bucked my hips up. "Fuck me."

"Be patient," she giggled.

"No!" I ground out. I moved so that she would get off, and I got up to drop my pants and take my shirt off as quickly as possible.

I sat back and led her down to straddle my lap, leaning forward to catch her nipple between my lips.

"Oh," she gasped as her hand cupped the back of my head. "Edward…harder."

I looked up at her with a smile. "Babe, I really don't want to taste your milk."

She laughed as she brought her hand down to grasp my cock, already hard and leaking against my thigh.

"Oh, fuck…" My head lolled back as she got on her knees and sucked the tip in her mouth, flicking her tongue against the slit. "Bells…" I panted, unable to form any coherent though. I needed her – badly. "Up."

She stood and jerked my cock a couple of times before positioning it at her entrance. Yes, yes, yes, finally. She slid down slowly, filling herself up with me. Oh, fuck. So beautiful.

We moaned in unison, and I thought I might black out at the feel of her wrapped tightly around me.

"Oh, fuck, Edward…Edward!"

"Ungh!" I felt myself twitch inside of her at hearing her curse. "God, you're amazing."

She laid her forearms on my shoulders and held the back of my head as she looked down at me. I watched her breasts go up and down with each pant. She leaned her head down and nipped at my neck, sucking on the pulse point. "You're close, baby?" She whispered in my ear.

"Uh-huh," I strained out. She knew.

"Come for me."

Fuck. Me. I fucking loved it when she said shit like that.

"Uh huh," I strained out again. "Yeah…yeah…Ugh!" She never faltered, riding me languidly, unknowingly torturing me. "Oh, God…fuck…fuck, fuck…"

"Come for me, baby."

"Bells…" I ground out. The tightening in my stomach snapped and I felt my cock twitch in her heat before I spilled into her, kissing her as I held her against me.

I laid there for a few minutes, spent, as she got off me and went to get cleaned up.

I shook my head. "Get over here."

I laid her down on the couch and spread her legs, kissing down her belly as I played with her clit. She hadn't had a chance to come, and that wasn't acceptable. I lowered my head to lap at her juices, tasting myself as well. I grimaced at the tough of tasting myself, but it wasn't anything I hadn't done before, and I pushed past it for her.

I flicked my tongue against her clit just the way she liked it, and felt myself getting hard again at the mewls and moans she elicited.

After she finished, I slid up her body and wiped my face all over hers, making her laugh and try to push me away. "Edward, ew!"

I laughed and kissed her cheek. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

She let out a long sigh. "Let's take a shower."

"And sleep."

"You still have to eat."

"Right." I looked into the kitchen. "Can I just have a Pop Tart?"

"But I made you dinner."

"I'll eat it tomorrow." I made my way over to the kitchen and grabbed a Brown Sugar Pop Tart before holding Bella's hand and leading her upstairs.

I ate quickly and we took a shower even more quickly before making our way into bed.

I turned to my side to look at Bella, and after a few seconds, she opened her eyes. "What?"

"I love you," I said as I felt my heart flutter.

"I love you, too. Now go to sleep." She kicked my leg playfully.

"Ow…meanie," I pouted. I stared at her for a few seconds longer, not able to see much in the dark.

"Yes, Edward?"

"I want to…" Fucking pound into you, but I'm afraid something might happen to the baby.

"Yeah?"

"Go another round."

"Ok," she yawned as she moved the covers off her body.

"No, it's fine," I said as I covered her again. I shouldn't have said anything. She was obviously tired. I kissed her forehead, and then her lips. "I'm tired, anyway. And we always have the morning."

"Okay," I could hear her smiling as she turned her back to me so that I could wrap my arm around her.

I was excited to be able to go to sleep early, so I closed my eyes and let myself drift off.

My eyes shot open when I heard the phone ring, and I looked at my bedside clock. 3:23. It was still dark out. Couldn't be 3:23 in the afternoon.

I got up and made sure Bella was still sleeping before going inside to get the phone. "Hello?" I asked groggily.

"Dude, she won't stop crying! All she keeps saying is that she wants you." Emmett's voice boomed through the phone and I heard a voice that could only be Lily's, screaming in the background.

"Let me talk to her."

I pulled the phone away from my ear as Lily's crying got closer. I couldn't exactly understand what she was saying, and imagined her face was one big blob of mucus and saliva.

"But, you don't want to stay with Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett?"

Her crying subsided for two seconds before she wailed out, "Nooooooo!" and began screaming again.

"Okay, okay, okay! Listen. Lily, listen to me."

She drew in a ragged breath and let out a small "Okay."

"I'm going to come get you, but you have to promise me you'll stop crying, okay? You're making Rose and Emmett very sad."

"Okay."

"Can you give the phone to Uncle Emmett?"

"Hello?"

"I'm gonna come get her right now. Just get her ready."

"Alright, I'll see you."

"Bye."

I went back into my room and threw on a pair of sweats, didn't bother putting on a shirt, and zipped my jacket up all the way. "Babe." No answer. I shoved my feet into my sneakers and made my way over to Bella. "Babe." I shook her a bit.

"Hm?"

"I'll be back in a little bit. I'm going to pick up Lily."

"Mm-hm."

I grabbed my keys and wallet and made my way out, going to pick up this little girl that my world revolved around.

Aw, I love the way Edward is with Lily. The story is still not done, but we're getting close (kind of). There's still drama coming up (muahaha), so enjoy these cute moments while they last lol.

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