Sorry if you thought this was an update, I just had to correct a few errors :)
Man you guys have just blown me away with the amount of reviews this story has received so far! :D I've tried to answer all of your reviews, if I didn't I'm sorry. If I didn't it was most likely because I read the review from my email on my phone and I didn't have time to answer at the moment. Sorry :( I'm giving you my thanks now though! :)
I also just wanted to warn you guys that my chapters are on the short side, but that just means that there will be many of them. Yay! :) I hope y'all enjoy!
P.S. I just realized I made Edward's and Matt's last names Masen in the prologue and made them Cullen in the last chapter. Sorry :( That was my error! From now on it's Cullen.
And all disclaimers still apply….
-RiniBell
CHAPTER THREE
Edward's green eyes widen in surprise as they lock onto Bella's chocolate ones. Quickly his eyes dart over to Matt, whom is none the wiser of the situation that is at hand, and then looks down at the name on the chart in his hand. Realization flickers across Edward's face as he looks up quickly at Bella.
"Bella…." Edward's voice breaks. So many emotions are running through him at the moment. Anger, resentment, guilt…. The last one has him breathing shallowly and his heart squeezing tight. Nothing he could ever do will make up for what he did. What he does. Edward knows that the first step to apologizing to Bella is to just get her to talk to him.
"Miss Swan." Bella corrects him harshly. "I didn't say that you could call me Bella, Dr. Cullen."
"Fine…Miss Swan." Edward replies dejectedly; looking anywhere but at the boy on the examination table; his son. "Can I have a word with you outside for a minute?"
"Fine." Bella grits out. Her lips harden into a straight line and her back molars grind against each other.
Bella turn to stand in front of Matt and whispers softly to him, "Mommy's going to step outside the room for a minute, Sweetie. I have to talk to the doctor about something, but if you need Mommy, I'll be standing right outside that door. Okay, pumpkin?" Matt nods and looks up at his mother as she leans forward and gives him a kiss on the forehead. As Edward catches a look at Matt face, which had been looking at the ground since he walked into the room, he cannot deny that he had a factor in creating this child. If the reddish-brown hair didn't give it away, his piercing green eyes do. As does the dimple in his left cheek, which he most likely inherited from his Uncle Emmett; Edward's brother.
Edward squeezes his eyes shut and pinches the bridge of his nose as another onslaught of emotions threatens to break every bone in his body.
Bella moved past Edward and shoulder checked him as she walked out of the room. Edward followed her and softly closed the door behind him.
"Hey, Bookella!" A nineteen year old Edward teased as he snuck up behind a fifteen year old Bella and stole her book from right under her nose; literally.
"Edward!" Bella whined from where she sat in front of her favorite tree in their meadow. "I was reading that!"
"I know." Edward smirked at her. "What's so special about Jane Eyre anyway? Rochester's a prick and Jane is too outspoken."
"This coming from the man who doesn't know how to keep his mouth zipped, or his pants for that matter!" Bella taunts him back while giggling.
"Well I nevah!" Edward harrumphs as he tries to imitate a Brit right out of a Bronte novel.
"I think you shouldn't quit your day job Eddie." Bella chuckles in her own version of a British accent.
"Well damn it. All my dreams of Hollywood are over!" Edward wails and throws himself onto the ground like B-lister from the land of sex and fame itself.
Bella starts laughing at his melodrama as Edward crawls over to where she is still sitting against a tree.
"Bella…." Edward's voice takes on a serious note as he looks up at Bella from his position. He lowers himself to his side and places his head in her lap. Bella starts to run her hands through his hair; playing with the reddish-brown locks.
"Mmmmm…that feels nice." Edward says softly.
Bella humms contentedly in reply.
"You know I'm not a manwhore like everyone else thinks I am." Edward is determined not to let her think bad of him.
"I know."
"Sure I might not be a saint but I've only ever been with one person and that was Kate; we'd already had been together for almost a year before we slept together.
"I know."
"I just don't want you to have the wrong impress…. Wait-what!?"
"I said I know. If you were really a manwhore than why would bother to come home at least once a month to see me instead of sowing your oats at that big university you're at?"
Bella picks up her book and starts to read where she left off, continuing to stroke Edward's hair as she reads.
And there's some insight into E&B's past relationship. Hope y'all liked it :) Part 3 of the Doctor's visit, or the "blowup" as I like to call it, will hopefully be posted tomorrow or the next day.
