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We have a time jump this chapter.

Time passed quickly when you weren't paying attention to it. I knew that time had passed by looking at my little Abby. She had learned how to walk and talk, and had grown quite a bit. I had a feeling she'd take after Edward on the height department, not that I was complaining – better tall than small. But she was just three years old.

Pre-School was an experience I hoped I didn't have to get through. The week before I had to get her there, I was a mess. Edward was there too when she had her first day of Pre-School. Considering there weren't little children in our neighborhood, I expected her to shy away from the other kids, but she surprised me by staring a conversation with a small blonde girl that came to introduce herself. They had become tight friends, and implicitly, we were friends with the girl's parents.

"Mommy, Cody's in your room," a small voice said from behind me, pulling me out of the memories.

Cody. That was a new problem. He decided my three pairs of nice shoes were his favorite toys and was slobbering and chewing on them any given chance.

"What?" I moaned. "He was just here," I whined, pointing to the corner of the kitchen, which was empty. Sneaky little – huge – thing.

"Are you upset?" Abby asked curiously as she followed me to my bedroom.

"You bet, I am. He knows better."

"He doesn't like my shoes." She pouted. Seeing how upset I got when he chewed on my shoes, Abby offered Cody her shoes. Of course, they didn't hold his interest, they didn't have heels.

"I don't know what it is about my shoes," I said, shrugging. "Cody!" I hissed when I stepped into the bedroom.

His head shot up and when he saw me, he stood and put my chewed shoe back. I hoped it was the same as last week. I hated spending money on shoes. I wasn't like Alice or Rose.

I went to inspect which pair he was destroying when I caught him in act and froze. It was my last pair of shoes and I had to go to a client today.

"Cody! I hate you so much right now!" I shouted making him scurry out of the room.

Being an accountant wasn't what I envisioned myself doing, but it paid well and the working hours were how I made them since I could work from home. The trouble was when I had to meet some client. Like today.

I grabbed my phone from the nightstand and saw a missed call. I always forgot about my phone when I moved to another room.

Seeing it was Edward, I called him back since it was him I wanted to call.

"I'm going to glue the phone to your hand," he answered amused.

"Hello to you too." I laughed. "What did you need?"

"Do you think I remember what I wanted three hours ago?"

"Well, I know what I want now. Are you almost done with the interview?" I asked looking sadly at my black shoe.

"We just have to take a few more shoots. Why? Do you need me to come back?" he asked worried.

"Something like that. I have a meeting in three hours, and Cody destroyed my last pair of shoes." I heard him chuckling. "Edward, I'm serious! I have to look good. It's a good company and I'm sure I'd look weird in a dress and sneakers."

"Okay, I'll see what I can do. Coach is with us, so I'm not promising anything. Did you call Liz?"

"No, and I won't. I might take Abby with me," I decided.

She started clapping and jumping, not even knowing where we were going.

"It's a good thing I left the car home," Edward said.

"Yeah. We'll go shopping. I'm not taking Cody with me. If you come before us, he's going to be in the kitchen," I explained. "I'm locking him there."

The shopping trip would have been short if Abby hadn't stopped at every toy store in the mall. By the time we were home, I was running out of time to get ready for my meeting, and Edward wasn't back yet.

"But can't I come wif you?" she whined.

"I just told you no. I'll drop you off to grandpa on my way to work then pick you up when I'm done," I explained. "What do you want to wear?"

I had learnt that it was better to let her choose unless I wanted a tantrum. Abby folded her little arms over her chest and pouted. She had seen that at Edward too many times. The sad thing was that I always caved.

"Abby, please understand that I can't take you with me, or stay home. If your dad was here, you wouldn't have to leave the house."

Her lower lip started quivering. "I want to stay here!"

"Just pick some clothes and toys. You'll be there for two hours tops. I promise. What about this?" I held a pink dress with little kitties on it. She loved it, though now nothing sat well with her. "Abby, come on. I'll be late," I urged her.

Finally, she allowed me to dress her. I left her to pack her favorite toys while I did my make-up.

"Are you done?" I asked after five minutes, going back in her room. She wasn't there. "Abby?"

I found her on the couch with her small backpack on her shoulders. She looked so adorable and innocent that I almost forgot about admonishing her for climbing down the few steps. I was always worried about them.

Once Abby was strapped in her seat and Cody was sitting next to her, I started the car. The drive to Ed and Liz's apartment was short and quiet. I could tell that Abby was upset and she wasn't going to talk with me until she would need me.

She stood next to me while I knocked on the door, looking down. Sighing heavily, I crouched to her.

"I'll come after you in two hours," I whispered just as the door opened.

"Bella!" Ed exclaimed surprised. "Well, this is a surprise."

"Hello. I'm sorry to do this, but Edward hasn't made it back and I have to go to work. Can you look after her?" I asked worried.

"Liz isn't home," he told me just as worried.

"Please, Ed. I'd really appreciate. I'll call Edward when I leave to come pick her up if he comes back earlier," I promised. I knew he didn't do well around kids. God knows, he was helpless. All the stories Liz had shared of the time she had left him alone with Edward…

"Okay, okay. Did she eat? Sleep?"

"No, she didn't eat. Whatever you have would be great, then you can put her down to a nap."

"I'm not tired!" Abby whined.

"Abby, please be good for Grandpa." I kissed her head and let her go inside with Cody following and sniffing around. "Thank you, Ed."

He nodded. "If there's something, I'll call Edward," he told me solemnly.

I left with a tight heart. She had never been alone with Ed. How would Edward react to the news? I was scared to tell him, but if he had been home on time I wouldn't have had to do it.

Edward didn't answer when I called so I left him a voicemail then put my phone on Silent. I could almost see a fight coming.

My meeting went by faster than I anticipated and as I left, I looked at my phone. There were a few missed calls. Seeing they were from Edward, I sighed heavily and called him, bracing myself for his explosion.

"Hi, Bella," he answered quietly.

"Hey," I whispered, getting in the car. "Uh, where are you?"

"At Ed's. You can come here."

"Sure. I'll be right there," I promised. He hung up without saying goodbye. That meant he was really upset.

What choice did I have? He wasn't home to look after her! Liz was at work. So Ed was the only option.

Why was the Pre-School not working during summer?

As I parked in front of Ed's building, I took a calming breath and stepped out of the car.

Once in front of the door, I knocked once then stepped inside. Someone, probably Ed was trying to sing one of the songs from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It was Abby's favorite story and movie, much to our chagrin. She even insisted she wanted a small dog named Toto, but Edward explained that Cody was more than enough. It would have been really weird to have a dog named Toto…and call him without thinking of Edward's Toto. Disturbing.

Abby was the first to see me in the living room's doorway.

"Mommy!" she screeched running to me. "Grandpa doesn't know the Munchkin song!"

"Really?" I gasped, feigning shock.

"Yes! And he doesn't like the lion!" she went on, giving me wide green eyes.

I picked her up and went to the couch. "Thank you, Ed. Did she sleep at all?" I was sure she drove him crazy. I couldn't keep up with her sometimes, but the old man!

"Oh, that must have been my fault. I gave her chocolate," he said sheepishly. "She didn't even want to stay in bed so I let her choose something to do. We found The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on TV, close to the end…she'd made me sing," he groaned.

"I'm really sorry," I apologized. "Where's Edward? He said he was here," I said confused.

"You just missed him. He went back home to…" He stopped talking and cleared his throat. "He said you should go home."

"Is he upset?" I asked worried.

"Why would he be upset?" Ed wondered. "Just go home."

Abby hugged him before taking Cody to the door, waiting for me.

"Thank you again. I really don't know what to say." I hugged him too, grateful he was home when I needed help.

"Don't worry. She was okay, and I learned not to give her chocolate." He laughed, walking me to the door.

"How much did you give her?"

"About six pieces."

"Oh, God! It's no wonder she's buzzing around," I said giggling. "She'd probably do cartwheels if she knew how."

We laughed at my stupid idea then said goodbye, and we were off on the way home.

"Why didn't daddy take you with him?" I asked, looking at her through the rear-view mirror.

She shrugged her little shoulders. "He wanted to be quick."

Quick? What was he up to?

When I parked in the driveway and opened the backdoor, Cody jumped out and rushed to the front door, barking loudly. I unstrapped Abby and put her down before closing the door and pressing the alarm button then following them. The front door was open.

"Are we going somewew?" Abby asked confused.

"We just came back," I told her then saw why she asked that. Bags.

My heart leaped in my throat. What was going on? Did he have to go somewhere? Surely, he wasn't that upset to…

"Edward?" I called out on a wavering voice.

"You finally made it back!" he exclaimed coming to us from the kitchen. He picked Abby up and gave her an Eskimo kiss before leaning over and kissing my mouth. "You okay, love? You look pale."

"What's this?" I whispered, pointing a shaky finger to the bags.

He smirked and shrugged. "You'll see," he said mysteriously before turning on his heels and heading back to the kitchen.

I followed him confused. There was a lot of food ready to be wrapped up and many juice bottles.

"What the hell, Edward? Are we moving?"

"Not quite," he quipped up, depositing Abby on the counter and offering her a small box of juice with a straw in it. "It's called a surprise, Bella."

"You know I hate surprises," I insisted. "Are we going to Seattle for the weekend? I know that everyone misses us…"

"Nope."

"Uh, to my Mom?"

"Nope."

"Give me something," I pressed, still confused of all this. Why hadn't he said a thing?

Edward glanced toward me. "Abby's right here. I can't give you something," he whispered, winking.

"Edward!" I moaned. "I have to know what to pack, at least."

"Nope. I took care of everything."

That worried me, but I didn't say anything, finally letting him do whatever he wanted.

"Go and get dressed," he told me over his shoulder. "For traveling."

As I got dressed, I hoped he got everything since he wanted to be in charge of this, but having no idea where we were going or what was happening, I felt out of control. If we didn't have something, it would be his fault.

When I was done, I found him in Abby's room looking at her closet and the nearly empty bag at his feet.

"Can I help with this, at least?" I wondered.

"Yep. It's much more complicated than our things." He nodded seriously.

"I doubt it," I mumbled and grabbed some clothes for her. "How long?"

"About a week," he answered reluctantly. "How many clothes does she need?" he asked shocked as I took almost everything.

"Edward, she will run, you know, and she'd sweat. I have to change her."

"Right. You know better." He kissed my head before leaving me to finish packing for Abby.

An hour later, we were leaving to an unknown destination. There were bags of food and clothes even in the backseat, next to Abby and Cody. When we stopped in a gas station, I re-arranged the things in the backseat making sure nothing would topple over Abby at a turn. Cody didn't like being in such a small place but after circling the spot next to Abby's chair, he finally settled but not before looking annoyed at the cooling box next to him and growling lightly.

"I'm sorry, boy, but you can see there's no other way," I whispered, scratching his head. "You okay there?" I asked Abby.

She nodded enthusiastically then returned her attention to her newest toy. It had been Edward's idea and I said she was too small for it, but he didn't listen. It turned out, she loved the Rubik cube. I shouldn't have opened that old box, but there was something I needed, and I stumbled over the old thing.

She hadn't managed to put all the colors on more than one face, but at least it kept her quiet. She had inherited our ambition so until she'd have at least two or three faces the same color, she wouldn't give up.

Edward returned with coffee and chips. It was an odd combination.

"Are you telling me where we're going?" I asked after he buckled his seatbelt.

He shot me an amused look before cupping my cheeks and kissing me. "You'll see. I'm surprised you haven't figured it out yet."

"I'm not a mind reader," I mumbled against his lips.

He chuckled and after another short kiss, started the engine and we were off. Suddenly, I realized I could see where we were headed. When the GPS told him which way to go, I leaned to see our destination. Muskegon, MI.

Uh, what?

I gave him a confused look to which he laughed. After pressing the AC button, Edward took my hand and relaxed in his seat.

We drove in silence until we crossed from Indiana to Michigan. Abby had grown tired of playing with the cube and her other toys so Edward gave her a bag of chips. I shouldn't have allowed it, but I knew she'd start crying or screaming if we didn't focus on her. Then she was thirsty, of course. I should have seen this coming.

"I hafta pee," she whined.

"We don't have anywhere to stop. You have to hold," Edward told her.

"You can't tell her that!" I groaned. "She's only three! Pull over," I announced to him.

"I miss the diapers," he muttered as he pulled over with a heavy sigh.

After the short stop, we continued to drive. It was nearing sunset when we finally made it to our destination.

There were cottages near the lake and Edward parked in front of one. I was still surprised at the lengths he had gone with the surprise.

"I'll go for the key," he whispered and left the car.

I decided to be useful and take the bags out of the car so we'd move them inside once he returned. I was shushing Cody who had started barking when Edward returned.

"Cody, be quiet!" he told him sternly. I must have been doing something wrong because he quieted immediately. "Here's the key. I'm going to wake Abby."

"No." I stopped him. "Let her sleep. The drowsiness finally got to her. You know how much chocolate Ed gave her?"

"No, he didn't tell me anything. It was too funny seeing him trying and failing to sing," Edward snickered.

"She ate six piece of chocolate!" I whispered as Edward picked Abby up. "Six!"

"She was probably happy to be allowed more than two. You, and your rules," he muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Of what I remember from Liz's stories, you weren't allowed a lot of chocolate either! No kid is!" I said hotly, following him inside the cottage.

"But I knew where it was hidden and got it," he reminded me.

"And broke your leg."

"Bella," he moaned, giving up on fighting. It wasn't usual, but it was a nice change.

Once Abby was in bed, we carried the bags inside and finally settled on the couch. After Edward asked for what felt like ten times if I was sure Abby would sleep through the night, he brought a bottle of wine. She was too tired to wake up. I knew her too well.

Offering me a glass of red wine, Edward touched his glass to mine. "Happy anniversary," he whispered, fighting a smirk. He knew full well I had forgotten about it. How could I?

"To many more years," I whispered back. We drank a little before he wrapped an arm around me.

"I knew you had forgotten and decided to take advantage of it and surprise you. Do you like this?"

"I love this, and I can't believe I forgot about our anniversary!"

"It happens, don't worry. You had your problems at work, and then there's Abby." That summed it up perfectly. I couldn't let her out of my sight for more than a few minutes because she tended to do some bad thing then come to me and confess.

"Come here." I motioned for him to get even closer, and he did so eagerly. Our lips met for a slow kiss. "Happy anniversary," I whispered against his lips. "Thank you."

"Anything for you, sweetheart."

We finished our wine, and Edward told me about his interview and photo shoot. I told him about my day. It felt like any other night when we found some time alone…until Edward picked me up scaring the crap out of me.

"Whoa!" I shrieked, wrapped my arms around his neck. "What are you doing?"

"Shh, don't wake Abby," he admonished me. "We have to be really quiet, okay?"

My eyes widened in realization. I could never be quiet with him. Edward walked to our room which was right next to Abby's. It's been a long time since we did anything beside kiss and snuggle up in bed.

The room was really nice of what I could see, but the bed was the best. It was soft and the silky duvet made me want to snuggle up with it.

We undressed slowly, kissing and touching constantly. I tried to remember a time when we really took our time, but I came up empty. We always rushed it by the time he was inside me; I had a feeling this time we were going to keep the slow pace all the while.

"Mhmm," he hummed as I pushed him on the bed, straddling his waist and starting kissing his neck and down to his nipples. The response was really vocal making us stop and look toward the door with our breaths caught. When we realized she was still asleep, I returned to his chest. I could spend hours kissing and licking him, and never get tired of it. Edward didn't let me get lower as he switched our positions and returned the favor to my nipples. They seemed to be extra sensitive for not being touched in God knows how long. I bit my lip to keep from moaning as my nails drag up and down his back, surely leaving marks.

"Fuck," he cursed quietly, grasping my hips and arranging himself. "I want you so badly."

"I'm yours," I whispered, crushing my mouth to his as he slipped inside me, groaning into my mouth.

His hands were everywhere, touching, stroking, clutching as his lips kissed wherever he could reach, all the while keeping a slow, maddening pace. I was literally going to combust from pleasure. Gasps and moans mingled as we kissed in an attempt to be quiet and not let the sounds get too loud. When we came undone it felt better than ever before if that was possible.

"I love you so much," Edward murmured against my ear, clutching me to his chest.

"As I love you," I whispered, raking my fingers though his sweaty hair.

Aware we could get a nightly visitor, we reluctantly got dressed before snuggling in the middle of the big bed.

"We need to do this more often," he mumbled sleepily. I hummed in agreement, pressing my cheek to his chest, right above his heart before closing my eyes and letting myself drift.

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