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Chapter 25

When the boys were four weeks old, it was time for me to go back to school. Alice had been getting my assignments up until now and in between caring for the boys and catching some sleep where I could, I had been studying hard for my finals.

I didn't want to return but I knew if I could just get the last few weeks out of the way then I could graduate and be done, but I was still reluctant to head back to school.

Edward woke me gently, kissing my forehead and whispering that it was time to get up.

"I don't wanna," I grumbled turning my back on him.

"Yes you do," he said simply, climbing into bed behind me and pulling me to him. "Three weeks Princess. That's all and then you can graduate."

I moaned knowing he was right and got out of bed to head into the bathroom.

"Where are the boys?"

"My mom is feeding them downstairs so you can get ready, then we'll get them dressed and they can make their debut into Forks society," he laughed. "Alice and Rose have already picked their outfits."

I rolled my eyes. I swear I'd never seen the twins in the same thing twice, we had been inundated with gifts, not just from Edward's family, but many of the people who worked for the Cullens had sent us things. Every day we seemed to get a new delivery from someone.

"You want to keep me company?" I asked as I turned the shower on, smirking as I took my top off, Edward gulped visibly as he stared at my bare chest.

"I'm gonna…uh… go downstairs and…um, check on the little dudes," he said, hurrying out of the room as I started to pull down my pajama pants.

I laughed, I knew it wasn't fair to tease him, but sometimes I couldn't help myself.

Yet again, Edward was denying me sex. He wanted to wait until I'd had my final check-up with Dr. Watters in a couple of weeks before we resumed our bedroom activities, but I felt fine, more than ready. This had been the longest we'd gone without being together since we first met, and I'll admit I missed being with him.

Edward being Edward had offered to 'take care of me' but that's not what I wanted. I wasn't after an orgasm; I wanted to just feel Edward, to be connected with him in the most intimate way. It was apparent based on the constant problem in his pants he was more than eager to reconnect as well, but he said he was being responsible, although I just thought he was being stubborn.

I showered and dressed quickly eager to spend some time with the boys before I had to head to school.

Edward had them in the front room; he was dressing Logan in a cute navy tracksuit with a red t-shirt. I grabbed Mason off of the sofa and dressed him in his red tracksuit with a navy t-shirt, Alice and Rose had coordinated them perfectly, there were even two pairs of soft white sneakers for them to wear.

We hadn't really taken the boys out before now and today was going to be the first time we had ventured out of the Cullen grounds.

We strapped them into their car seats; Esme took some photos of them before their first official outing and Rose gave her nod of approval when she saw them.

Alice appeared and we carried the boys out to the garage.

Edward, of course, had gone out and bought a brand new, top of the line SUV to drive the boys around in.

It was wonderful that he wanted them as safe as possible, but I didn't know what was wrong with a nice sturdy Volvo, although when I mentioned that to Edward he looked at me like I was clinically insane.

"Why do they make everything so fucking complicated," Edward asked after ten minutes of trying to strap the seats into the back of the car.

I laughed as he struggled for another five, before Alice rolled her eyes and strapped both boys in safely in a matter of seconds, pointing at the instructions that were stuck on the side of each seat.

"Fuck off Alice," Edward grumbled and pulled me into his arms. "You ok Princess?"

I nodded, I couldn't speak, the reality of having to leave the twins for the day hitting me.

He kissed me once and helped me up into the car before we headed to school.

As we pulled into the parking lot it was obvious that I wasn't going to be able to sneak undetected into class.

We were met with a huge crowd of curious onlookers trying to get a peek at Mason and Logan. Several girls who I'd never even spoken to before came over to Edwards' car and squealed at how cute they were. Jessica and Lauren basically avoided me at all costs but flirted outrageously with Edward.

At one point, I even heard Jess tell Lauren that Edward had become even hotter now that he was a DILF. I rolled my eyes at them and gave both my boys a kiss goodbye. I wanted to cry at the thought of leaving them for so long, but Edward assured me he would take excellent care of them and I knew Esme was on hand if he struggled at all, not that I expected him to. Edward had taken to fatherhood like a duck to water.

He doted on his 'little dudes', and they both seemed to adore him already. Part of me was a little jealous of the bond they seemed to share, although I would never admit that out loud.

The school day seemed to drag on forever. I phoned home several times to check on my babies and was assured that they were fine and that Edward would be waiting with them when school got out.

I ate lunch with Alice and Angela. Angela gave me a card and a little soft toy for each of the boys. She asked a million questions and I invited her over to meet the twins properly once we were finished with school.

She agreed readily, and I knew that with the exception of Alice, Angela was the only person I would remain in contact with once I left school. I really wasn't interested in seeing anyone else after that. A few people were off to college in other states but many were staying in Forks, or going to Washington State, so I would undoubtedly run into them.

"I thought she'd drop the baby weight a bit quicker," Jess snickered to Lauren as they walked past our table. "Talk about letting yourself go."

I was about to say something to her, but before I could she tripped over spectacularly, landing splayed out on the floor. The whole lunch room turned and laughed as Jess got to her feet, red faced and glaring in our direction.

She must have seen something in Alice's face because she didn't say anything as she slinked off to the bathrooms to clean herself up.

"Alice!" I shook my head at her.

She gave me a look full of false innocence as Angela chuckled.

The rest of the day was uneventful. I fielded questions from several girls about pregnancy and childbirth, they were all so intrigued, it wasn't like I was the first girl to have a baby in high school, but with the way people were looking at me you'd have thought I was. Although it was probably the biggest scandal the tiny town of Forks had seen for a while.

I rushed out of my last class; glad the day was over and was met outside by a smiling Edward who was holding Logan. I almost took Edwards arm off in my rush to grab my baby.

"I missed you too Princess," Edward laughed, as I all but ignored him as I kissed my sweet boy all over his face.

I leaned over to look in the back of the car to see Mason sleeping soundly in his car seat.

Alice appeared silently beside me, she kissed Logan on the forehead and then jumped into the back of the car and settled in next to Mason.

I put Logan back into his car seat and turned to greet Edward properly. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he smiled before bending to kiss me. It started out innocent, but both of us were soon overtaken with lust and we put on a nice little display for all the students in the parking lot.

"Two more weeks," Edward groaned, as he reluctantly pulled away.

"Edward, please…" I whined.

"You want me to fuck you in the school parking lot?" Edward smirked at me.

"Right now, I don't think I'd care," I arched my eyebrow at him.

He pulled me towards him tightly, letting me feel just how ready he was to do that.

"I want you Princess, so fucking badly, but not until we know that you're healthy. I don't want to hurt you," he said earnestly.

I sighed and nodded, I knew he was trying to do the right thing, but my hormones were still all over the place and my desire to be with Edward was as strong as ever, even if my body wasn't ready.

He kissed me one last time and opened the door for me to get in, and we headed home.

One of the benefits of having the boys in the car was that Edward's reckless driving had calmed considerably. He drove at the speed limit, stopped at all the stop signs, and muttered profanities at anyone driving too fast, too close, or too carelessly for his liking.

When we got home I took Mason and gave him the same treatment as Logan had received earlier. I knew I should do some studying, but I had missed them, so I spent the evening just enjoying my time with the twins.

For two weeks I continued to go to school. I spent a few hours with Edward and the boys when I got home, before Alice and I would sit down to study for our finals. Edward was fantastic, taking over during the night so I could rest and concentrate.

I often found him downstairs in the mornings, both boys fast asleep on his chest while he lay on the sofa and I knew that he'd taken them out of our room so I wouldn't be disturbed.

Friday was the last day of full classes, the following week of school was just finals; I was both dreading them and looking forward to getting them out of the way. I knew I'd have to spend the whole weekend studying with Alice, but I was glad that I'd soon be finished with school.

I showered and dressed while Edward gave the boys their morning bottle.

I rushed through my routine, anxious to spend a little bit of time with my sons before we had to head to school.

I could hear Edward talking to someone as I made my way down to the kitchen. I assumed it was Alice, as he was getting no response.

"I mean, I fucking love her right, so… this will make her happy yeah? Don't look at me like that, I'm no good at this shit."

As I rounded the corner Edward was alone with the twins, he had them in their car seats on the kitchen counter and they were both staring at their father wide eyed and innocent as he paced in front of them, running his hand through his hair and looking stressed.

"Fuck, this is hard. I should just fucking ask her shouldn't I?" He stopped and faced them almost like he was expecting them to answer him.

"Ask me what?" I made my presence known and Edward jumped about a foot in the air.

"Shit Princess! Don't sneak up on me."

"Ask me what?" I repeated.

"Uh… what you want for breakfast," he said looking shifty.

I narrowed my eyes at him, but he grinned.

"I know you're up to something," I told him. "Do not involve my sons in your nefarious schemes." I walked over and made stupid faces and goo goo noises at my boys. "And stop cursing at them."

"I wasn't cursing at them!"

"In front of them then."

"Well I'm not going to talk to them like the rest of you do, they're not fucking idiots."

"Are you serious?" I laughed.

"Yes! How do you expect them to understand you when you all talk nonsense to them, even Alice does that shit."

"Edward they're six weeks old. I expect them to eat, sleep and poop, that's all."

"You know if you have low expectations of your children they are much more likely to be under achievers."

"Uh…" I gaped at him.

"I was up late with the little dudes last night, we read a study on the Internet," he shrugged.

"I can't even…. nope, I don't have an appropriate response to that." Edward was still sometimes a complete mystery to me, just when I thought I finally might have him figured out, he said or did something that confounded me all over again.

"Baby boo's! Hello, hello, oh the likkle bikkle baby wabies wuv uncle Emmy wemmy, yes they do, oh yes they do." Emmett appeared in the kitchen and pranced around in front of the twins.

"See," Edward nodded. "I'm betting his parents had low expectations."

I shook my head at him. "So, you're making me breakfast today?" I arched my eyebrow at him.

"Yep, what would you like?"

"Hmmn, pancakes with bacon," I laughed.

"Cereal it is then," he smiled and took down a box making me a bowl before he drove me to school.

"You know, it's just not fair that I have to go to school while you get to spend all day playing with the twins," I said to him as we pulled up in the school parking lot.

"We don't spend all day playing Princess," he scoffed.

"No?"

"No! There's nap time and tummy time and story time."

"Uh Edward, I think you're a better mommy than me."

"Fuck off," he laughed. "Only one more week then you can stay home. Have you thought about prom? Do you wanna go? We can if you want."

"Edward Cullen, are you asking me to prom?" I smirked at him.

"Well no other fucker better have asked you," he said seriously.

"I just had two kids and my boyfriend scares the crap out of people. Who the hell's gonna ask me to prom?" I rolled my eyes at him.

"Someone with a death wish?" He suggested, and I laughed.

"Is this what you were talking to the boys about earlier?"

"Oh…uh…yeah?" He lied.

I gave him a look indicating that I didn't believe him for a second, but he just leaned over and kissed me, before jumping out to open my door for me.

The last day of school was easy, the teachers had done all they could to help us, so it was spent mostly preparing for tests and catching up with everyone. No one was really paying any attention, they were too excited about it being the last week of school and discussing plans for prom and the summer.

Everybody at school was buzzing that we were all nearly graduated, and I'd been invited, with Edward of course, to several parties the following weekend.

Edward and Jasper met us after school. Jasper was taking Alice home, as Edward and I were off to see Dr. Watters for the twins' six-week check-up and mine. It couldn't come soon enough as far as I was concerned; it was ridiculously difficult to crawl into bed with Edward every night and not be with him.

Thankfully, Dr. Watters proclaimed both the twins perfectly healthy and although they were still small, that was to be expected. She said once they were two years old, they should have caught up and didn't foresee any obvious problems medically with their prematurity. Both were developing normally, and we had even had a couple of smiles out of them.

Dr. Watters checked me over and gave me a clean bill of health as well. She suggested that I get the contraceptive shot, and I agreed. While I had taken my pill religiously, I'd still fallen pregnant, so I didn't want to risk trusting the pill again. I was sure that one day Edward and I would decide to have more children but not for a long while and I was nowhere near ready to go through pregnancy again.

She injected me quickly into my thigh and made an appointment for me to come back in three months to get my next dose. She wished us well, and we thanked her for all her help. I put Mason in his stroller and Edward carried Logan out of her office.

As we left the hospital Edward threw his free arm around my shoulder and pulled me towards him, leaning down to whisper in my ear.

"I'm so fucking horny Princess, when Dr Watters gave you the all clear in there I almost asked her to watch the twins for ten minutes so I could fuck you on the examination table."

"Edward!" I blushed, although I knew no one else had heard him. How he still managed to make me blush after all this time was beyond me, and I couldn't help but be a little bit excited at what would surely come tonight once the twins were tucked up in bed.

Edward smirked at me like he knew exactly what I was thinking, and I rolled my eyes at him.

When we got home, I played with the boys for a while. Edward had set up a soft mat in the living room, it had a frame over it with toys hanging down for the boys to bat at, it was all black and white, because according to Edward they were the best colors for stimulating them, although he told me he had read a study that suggested yellow, black and white might be better.

I swear, when Edward wasn't working or looking after the twins he was researching child development. He was adamant that his little dudes were going to have the best of everything, and I loved him for trying so hard even as he amused and frustrated me in equal measures.

He was always telling me about a new study he read or buying the boys something he thought would help their development and he absolutely refused to do baby talk, he spoke to them like he did everyone else. In fact, I often found him having fairly adult conversations with them, as they looked up at him and smiled.

After we had dinner, Esme suggested that the twins sleep in her room for the night, winking at Edward and me and smirking as she said that she thought we might enjoy some 'alone time'.

I was about to protest when Edward came up behind me and pulled me towards him.

"Princess, I've missed being with you, tonight I want to take my time and worship you," he whispered in my ear.

"Yeah?" I smiled, turning in his arms.

"Yep, and then I want to fuck your brains out," he added, before leaning down to kiss me and I felt my knees go a little weak.

"I don't think you'll be able to relax if we have an audience," he smirked as he pulled away.

I was about two seconds away from dragging him up the stairs but I controlled myself long enough to get the boys ready for bed and feed Mason his last bottle while Edward fed Logan.

Carlisle handed Edward something discreetly and I frowned wondering what it was, as Edward blushed slightly, but Carlisle said something to him and Edward nodded in understanding.

We sat downstairs for a little while before Carlisle and Esme announced they were going to bed, looking almost giddy as they took the boys from us; they were both clearly excited about having them for the night.

I thought about studying for approximately four minutes, before Edward got up and said he was going to take a shower, giving me a pointed look that made me follow him upstairs.

When we got to our room he slammed the door shut and pressed me up against it, forcing my mouth open and twirling his tongue around mine.

"I thought you wanted to shower?" I asked when he pulled back a little.

"Totally lied to get you upstairs alone Princess."

"Sneaky," I laughed.

"Mmn hmn," He grinned before putting his lips back on me.

He took a box of condoms out of his jeans pocket and threw them on the nightstand as we fell onto the bed.

"My dad says the shot might not be fully effective for a week or two," he explained when I looked at him questioningly. "I mean, I fucking love those little dudes, but I don't think we should chance having anymore for a while."

I nodded, whole-heartedly agreeing with him.

He undressed me slowly, reverently, my body hadn't quite returned to my pre-pregnancy state, but Edward still looked at me like I was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen, and he really was the most beautiful man I'd ever seen.

He took off his jeans and sweater and settled beside me on the bed in his boxers. I could see him straining against the thin material and I knew he was just as desperate as me for us to be together.

I pushed his boxers down and took him in my hand, he hadn't let me touch him like this for so long, and he moaned as I pumped him a couple of times before he swatted my hand away from him and rolled on top of me.

He kissed me desperately, his hands roaming my chest, working me up and turning me on.

"I love you so fucking much Princess," he moaned as he moved down my chest and sucked my nipple into his mouth. His body lay between my legs and I ached to be connected to him.

"Edward…. I want to feel you."

Edward knelt up and reached for a condom, and I might have stared shamelessly as he rolled it over his erection. Having never used one before, I was surprised to find that watching him do that was strangely erotic.

"You'll tell me if you're uncomfortable?" He asked as he positioned himself above me.

I nodded furiously, anxious and impatient to have him inside me. I had only fallen more in love with Edward since our boys were born, he was such a good father and it just made him more attractive to me.

He pushed into me slowly, cautiously and although it had been a while my body accepted him like I knew it would. He moaned when he was fully sheathed inside me and he stopped for a few moments to get himself under control.

"Princess…I want to…. but you feel so good," he groaned as he pulled back and thrust more firmly. "Does it hurt?"

"No! Edward, we can go slow another time. Just please…move faster!"

He hitched one of my legs over his hip and began a steady rhythm, he didn't take his eyes from mine as he filled me, consumed me and I felt the tale tell signs of an orgasm.

"Edward…" I panted as he continued to move within me in such a delicious way.

He bent down to kiss me, moving so he was almost kneeling and I gasped at the change in angle.

I fell apart gasping his name and he moved above me until I felt him swell inside me. He pulled out almost immediately and removed the condom, tying the end and flinging it rather impressively into the bin.

I snuggled up next to him, content and relaxed and he kissed my forehead before we both settled down to sleep.

Edward woke me once in the middle of the night telling me he couldn't wait any longer to have me again, this time slowly and lovingly. I knew he'd missed being with me just as much as I'd missed being with him and when I woke up early in the morning to him kissing my shoulder and rocking against me, I knew he wanted to make the most of having the boys with his parents for the night.

"I think you might need to buy more of these," I gestured, smirking to the empty box of three condoms on the bedside table when we finally woke properly for the day.

"I'll get a king-size box today Princess," he laughed as we got up and showered together. With the boys out of the room, we'd both slept soundly until after ten, and although it was a nice change I knew we wouldn't want the boys away from us at night very often.

Last night it had been great to reconnect and love each other, but we had a family now and I wanted Mason and Logan with us as much as possible, and judging from the way Edward dried himself hastily and threw his clothes on before rushing downstairs I knew he felt the same.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Princess and the E~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I spent the majority of my weekend studying with Alice, I was confident enough that I could pass my finals and I was counting down the days until my time in high school was over.

On Monday morning I was a mess, I was nervous and worried. Edward assured me that I'd do fine, and that he had complete confidence in me passing and graduating.

Esme made a huge breakfast for the family; she insisted that Alice and I ate well before the first big day of finals. I could barely stomach anything but Edward almost force-fed me and I ate a little just to appease him because he looked so worried about me.

He drove us to school, told me I'd do brilliantly and kissed me passionately before taking off.

I went through the day, and came out of most classes feeling I'd done well enough to pass.

The rest of the week, I felt like I neglected my boys and Edward as I studied, slept and went to school, but Friday finally arrived and it was with relief that I turned in my last paper before leaving school for what was hopefully the last time ever.

Prom was the next night and I was due to go with Edward and Alice was taking Jasper. Emmett was disappointed that he and Rose couldn't come with us, but offered to watch the twins for us, to which Edward replied with a rather urgent "Fuck no!" and Esme told him that she had already agreed to watch them.

On Saturday morning, Rose, Alice, Esme and I headed to Port Angeles for a day of pampering, Rose had already bought me a dress and I trusted her enough that I knew it would be perfect. Sam and Embry accompanied us because Rose banned Edward from coming.

We spent a few hours at the local spa, before heading to a salon to have our hair done.

I was rushed into the house when we got back and Alice did my make-up, I tried to sneak out to see Edward and the twins several times but was thwarted each and every time by a beady-eyed Rose.

Eventually I was given my dress and I went into Alice's bathroom to change.

Rose had picked me out a beautiful dress, a black one shouldered form fitting number that reached the floor, and I was a little worried it wouldn't suit me with my new post birth figure but once I got the gown on I knew she'd made a great decision. The dress of course fitted perfectly, the cut was complimentary, the fabric was a soft silk and more importantly than that, I just knew that Edward would love it.

She had given me a pair of ridiculously high, yet remarkably comfortable, black suede pumps to finish the outfit off.

Esme, Rose and Alice all gasped as I exited the bathroom. Esme hugged me and took my picture before taking a couple of Alice and I. Alice had a gorgeous fairly dark blue dress that was asymmetrical; short at the front and long at the back she was wearing a pair of silver heels and she looked spectacular.

Rose flitted out of the room, to check that Edward and Jasper were ready and yelled up the stairs a few minutes later that we could come down. Alice went gracefully out before me and I followed her.

Edward was waiting at the bottom of the stairs, his eyes widened and he smiled as soon as he saw me. I couldn't help but smile back, he was in another tux, looking as good as ever.

Emmett wolf whistled as Alice and I made our way down, he was holding Logan, while Carlisle had Mason.

"Look at your sexy momma, Bogey Logey," Emmett held him up towards me and I rolled my eyes at the unfortunate nickname Emmett had come up with for my son.

"Princess, you're beautiful as always," Edward greeted me as I got to him, pulling me into his arms, and stroking my cheek.

"You look pretty fantastic yourself," I told him as I leaned in to kiss his cheek.

At some stage someone had dressed our boys in matching little suits, and Esme spent ages taking photos of us all dressed up.

The whole family headed out to dinner, before Edward drove Alice, Jasper and I to the school, while Esme and Carlisle took the boys home. Emmett and Rose were heading out for the evening and we planned to meet up with them in Port Angeles later in the evening.

We entered the school gym, to flashing lights and garish decorations. There were teachers everywhere, chaperoning our last hurrah at Forks high.

Edward and I danced together; he scowled at several boys who attempted to approach us, and threatened Mike Newton with death if he looked at me again.

I glared at Jess and Lauren and several other girls who kept looking longingly at Edward, and after a couple of hours we decided to call it a night and head out to meet Emmett and Rose.

We had a fabulous time drinking in a small bar in Port Angeles, it was much more intimate and fun with just the six of us, and I laughed and thoroughly enjoyed myself as Edward twirled me around the makeshift dance floor.

We headed home, happy and content, and Edward took full advantage of his parents having the boys again for the night.

Sunday I woke with a god-awful hangover and Edward laughed as he handed me some painkillers. He told me he had the twins under control and to get some rest and I spent most of the morning in bed.

I spent the next few days catching up on what I felt was lost time with my boys. With no school and the summer stretched out in front of us, it was perfect.

I finally got the chance to be a full time mom and I loved every minute of it.

My own mom had called to tell me that Phil had been unwell and that they would be unable to make it to my graduation ceremony. I was disappointed, not only because she would miss seeing me accept my diploma, but also because it was supposed to be the first time she met my sons. We said goodbye without making plans for another visit and I resigned myself to the fact that she just didn't care enough to come and see me.

On Friday afternoon, as all the Cullens dressed smartly and bustled around the house excitedly, I realized I had all the family I needed right where I was. Alec and Marcus were coming for the weekend and we were heading to Franco's after the ceremony.

Edward tried his best not to laugh out loud as I put the hideous yellow gown over my simple dress, but he failed miserably.

"Why the fuck Forks High makes the students wear such a fucking awful color is beyond me little dudes," he laughed as he put them into their car seats, Mason laughed back, which was new and both Edward and I stared at each other in shock before I clasped my hand over my mouth as Logan joined in.

I got a bit teary and Edward pulled me into his arms, "I'm so fucking proud of you Princess."

I got myself together and we headed over to the school, I took my seat with the rest of the students and listened as our principle rambled on about new beginnings and how he hoped we would all fulfill our potential.

When it was my turn to get up and accept my diploma, Emmett stood up and yelled.

"Hell yeah, Little B!"

I saw Rose smack him, as Edward stood beaming at me with the twins in his arms.

I ducked my head and knew I was blushing as all the Cullens clapped and cheered for me, but I couldn't help smiling at their support and love for me.

As soon as the ceremony was over I rushed with Alice over to our family and took Logan from Edward. Having my boys here was wonderful and Esme took a million pictures so that we could remember the day.

I sighed as Edward drove us out of the school parking lot for the last time and we headed to Port Angeles.

Gianna rushed out of the restaurant as soon as we arrived and greeted us as enthusiastically as ever, she gushed in Italian over the boys, kissing them and taking Mason into her arms while she called to Franco.

We ate and celebrated. It was a wonderful evening and as I collapsed into bed that night with Edward, I was excited for the future.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Princess and the E~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The next week I relaxed and spent some time with Edward and the boys, we went out a couple of times to the park to take them for a walk, and into Port Angeles to do some shopping. I was content, happy, my life had clicked into place and Edward and I were happier than ever.

We arrived home after a short trip to the diner and Esme handed me a large package. We set the boys down on their mats and I ripped open the parcel, we were still getting presents daily, I knew a lot of people worked for the Cullens, but it was ridiculous how many gifts we had received.

I opened the box and inside was a beautiful hand crafted photo album. I showed it to Edward who smiled and I opened it as I thought of all the lovely photos Esme and I had taken that we could fill it with.

I frowned when I saw it was already filled with photos. I flipped through, finding the whole album full of pictures of Edward, the twins and me.

"Edward…" I stuttered confused and he looked down at what I was seeing, he took the album from me and flicked through to the end, on the last page was a note in a frighteningly similar handwriting.

The heirs to the Cullen legacy are as precious as I knew they'd be.

Enjoy them while you can.

Edward stood up abruptly, pulled out his phone.

"I need everyone in the basement at four," he barked into his phone as he snatched the album out of my hands and left the room.

I heard him shouting in Carlisle's office a few minutes later as I picked up my boys and held them to me.

Rose and Esme came in and sat with me, I wasn't entirely sure what was going on but I knew that this was some kind of threat from Aro.

Edward reappeared a little while later and held me tightly, he assured me that he wouldn't let anything happen to our boys, and I wanted so badly to believe him.

It was apparent that we had been watched, and that thought alone was frightening.

Several men arrived at the house and just before four; Edward kissed the twins and me before making his way downstairs.

I sat for a few moments trying to get myself together before deciding I wasn't going to stand back and do nothing. These were my kids, my babies and no one was going to threaten them or hurt them in any way.

I was their mother and it was up to me to protect them, and I wasn't going to be left out of any plans to apprehend the person responsible.

I explained to Esme what I was doing and she looked at me rather proudly as I settled the twins with her and made my way down to the basement.

When I got to the large meeting room, I took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Several heads turned to look at me. Nearly all the seats were taken. Marcus was at the head of the table. Alec sat to his right and Edward to his left with Emmett and then Jasper next to him.

"Uh Princess, you're not really allowed to be in here."

"Really Edward?" I raised my eyebrows at him. "That fucker kills my father and now he's apparently gonna come after our kids and you're telling me I can't be here to decide how we get that son of a bitch!" I glared at him.

"That's right Little B, you tell him," Emmett yelled and Alec shook his head with an amused grin on his face.

"Well you heard her," Edward said. "Everyone shift along." The men gaped, but did as they were asked and I sat down between Edward and Emmett.

Marcus winked at me before standing to address the rest of the men.

"Gentlemen, let me introduce you to The Princess."

There was a murmur of greeting, while I was stared at warily, but I did my best to ignore it, I wasn't here to make people uncomfortable, I was here to make sure everything possible was being done to protect my children.

I settled in and listened as Marcus detailed every bit of information they had on Aro's whereabouts, no one knew who it could be that had been trailing us, and Alec dispatched several men to head to Seattle, it was decided that should Aro been seen he should be shot on sight if possible, if not, Marcus was to be informed immediately.

I felt a little better when I saw how everyone seemed to be taking this threat so seriously.

Edward cussed and ranted a lot, while Alec tried to calm him down.

The meeting broke up a couple of hours later and Edward and I headed back upstairs to collect the boys, we took them to our room, fed them and settled them into bed.

I snuggled up with Edward in our bed, we both clung to each other, both of us feeling the weight of what had happened, our babies had been threatened and both of us were worried.

Edward kissed me slowly, leisurely, I needed the comfort of being close, of knowing that nothing could come between us, and we both felt the intensity of our connection as we lost ourselves in each other.

When Edward rolled off of me, I snuggled up to him, and he kissed my forehead tenderly.

"Marry me Princess," he whispered.

"What!" I lifted my head startled.

"Marry me. I had this whole thing planned and a night away in Seattle, but we can't, not now. We're not leaving the boys. But I love you, so fucking much, I want you to be mine in every way."

I gaped at him, tears in my eyes as he reached into his dresser and pulled out a ring box.

He got down on his knees by the side of the bed as I sat up and he opened the box, inside was the most beautiful sapphire and diamond engagement ring.

I gasped, unable to do anything other than cry happy tears.

"I mean, you'll always be my Princess, but I promise to treat you like a fucking Queen, and I want you to be my wife."

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