I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!

CHAPTER 32

Edward pulled out of the driveway and drove down the road. "Where we going?" I asked.

"I don't know," He admitted. "I guess we'll just drive around for awhile."

"So what's up?" I asked.

"I swear to you that it's nothing bad. Emmett and I drove over to look at a place today, but I didn't like it."

"Okay, so keep looking," I suggested.

"Well, that's the thing, Bella, I've looked at several places and nothing is jumping out at me."

"I don't know if I'm following you."

He pulled over at the park and turned off the car. "There are somethings we really need to talk about that we haven't yet."

"Go on," I said unbuckling and turning towards him.

"We've talked about our future but we don't haven't really set a time line. I mean, I don't know if I should look for a place for Matt and I and then when we are ready for marriage look for a place big enough for all of us. Or should you and I look for a place big enough now and slowly get things ready for you and Jaycie to move in?"

"Hmm, I don't know Edward."

"The places I've looked at so far are horrible, I don't want my son living there let alone you and Jaycie," He said looking at me. "I guess I want your advice in all of this."

"If you were to get a place big enough for us all when would you like us to move in?"

"I know you've told Matt that when school gets out he could call you mommy or mama and if we wait another few months then we can continue to take it slowly for Matt. That being said, I'd still love for you to stay with us at times."

"We could take our time getting the house ready and the rooms set up. I do like that idea."

"When Emmett and I got to his house, I found a couple houses to look at and made an appointment for Wednesday at 5pm. Will you go with me?"

"Sure, are we taking the kids or what?" I asked.

"Rose and Emmett offered to babysit," He replied.

I breathed a sigh of relief, I don't know what had me so scared, but for some reason I wasn't sure what he was going to talk to me about. This had been easier than expected.

"Do you want pick us up that afternoon?" I asked him.

"I will be there, don't give Matt a lot of homework that night and we night go have a romantic dinner for two."

I laughed. "I make them read and do some writing, but if you think you are up for a romantic dinner then I will give them a break."

"Now, what did you decide to get Matt for his birthday?" Edward asked me.

"I think I'm going to get him the T-Ball set and a Nerf Gun set. He also wants a trampoline."

"And a dog," Edward sighed.

"We talked about that," I laughed. "I suggested that you might want him to be a bit older."

"I'm not opposed to getting him a dog, I just know that once we get our own place no one is going to be home during the day to let him out and I don't want to hear Matt whining about the dog chewing his stuff."

"I get that, we can talk about it later when our kids are a bit older."

Edward took my hand and started driving again. "So um, when you say kids, how many do you want?"

I chewed on my lip. "I haven't thought about how many, but I do know that I want at least one. What about you?"

"Bella, if you wanted ten more kids, honey I'd give them to you."

"Ten, I was think like maybe two more."

Edward kissed my knuckles. "Have I ever told you how much I love you?"

"Just about every day," I giggled. "But I love you too."

By the time we got home Matt was sitting with Sue and dad eating pasta and salads. "Hi daddy hi Bella!" Matt exclaimed.

"Hey buddy," Edward said messing up his hair.

"Grab some plates and sit down," Sue said smiling.

"Daddy, Sue is a great cook!" Matt exclaimed.

"I bet," Edward laughed.

Jaycie squealed from her swing by the table. "Oh did I forget to say hi to you?" Edward walked over tickling her.

I fixed our plates while he played with Jaycie and set them down at the table. "Will you sit next to me?" Matt asked.

"Of course, I love sitting next to cute boys. Just don't tell my boyfriend, he might get jealous."

Matt giggled "Daddy, Bella has a boyfriend."

"Oh it's okay Matt, I have a girlfriend to," He said winking at him.

"Well dad did you get to finish your game?" I asked.

"I saw the last play. Matt woke up and Jayice wanted to play with him."

"Aw," I said. "Did you play with her?"

"I tried, she basically stared at me," Matt said. "Why does she do that?"

"She's trying to figure you out," I told him.

"It was really cute, I'd sit her up and she'd reach for him then fall over and laugh. We did that several times."

"I'd be careful, she might get up and walk," Dad said. "Bella was 10 months old when she started walking."

"Daddy, can we stay here tonight?" Matt asked.

"Um, I, um..." Edward stuttered. There really wasn't a handbook on how to deal with some of these subjects.

Dad muttered something about Bella and honest woman when Sue elbowed him hard in the ribs. "That's fine with us," Sue said. "It's a small place, but we can make room for everyone."

"The couch is free Edward," Dad said.

The poor man didn't want to think about his adult daughter sharing a bed with her boyfriend under his roof. "Dad," I groaned.

"I know, I know, you are an adult," He sighed.

Edward looked at me and shrugged. "That's fine with me, I want you guys to stay."

"Yay!" Matt squealed.

We all laughed. Matt was such a great kid, he'd captured my heart and there was no way that I was going to let go of either one of my guys.

"For tonight, I could make Matt a bed on the couch," Sue offered.

Edward glanced at Matt. "Please dad."

"I guess," He said obviously very uncomfortable with the whole thing.

"I still have Matt's clothes from last night, he can use those pajamas," I said.

After supper Matt helped Sue clean up the kitchen stating that he helped his other grandma a lot. Sue just smiled, pleased at his statement.

Since it was close to Jaycie's bed time, I made her a bottle and took her into the livingroom with dad and Edward. They had been getting a long really well, but they were both tense.

"What's going on?" I asked sitting next to Edward popping a bottle in Jaycie's mouth.

"I'm not used to knowing that your boyfriend is spending the night," Dad said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"When you were 17, I knew that Jake was sneaking into your room," Dad said

"What? How?" I gasped.

"I wasn't stupid and your room wasn't sound proof."

"Oh my God!" I gasped.

Edward sat there laughing as I blushed furiously. "I just hoped and prayed that you were being careful and then Sue informed me that she had taken you to get things taken care of."

"Dad, stop please," I groaned.

"What?" He asked smirking at me. "I'm just being serious."

I turned looking at Edward, but that didn't help, he was laughing to. "Very funny!" I snapped.

"I wouldn't laugh too hard Edward, it will be you in my position one day. Jaycie will have boyfriends trying to sneak into your windows."

He stopped laughing immediately. "I will have guns!"

"Oh no Edward, not that simple," Dad laughed.

"I will put video cameras in their rooms!" Edward was in sheer panic.

"Oh poor new young dad," Charlie laughed. "You will do what I did hope and pray you have raised your kids with values and self worth and a little fear."

Jaycie squirmed a little bit and Edward took her into his arms. "You're going to be easy on me aren't you?" He asked her holding her up. She smiled at him and spit up all over the place.

"Well Edward, you're screwed!" My dad laughed.

Edward and I took Jaycie upstairs and cleaned her up. I changed her diaper and put her in pajamas and he picked her up holding her to him. "I love you Jaycie," He cooed. She babbled back at him and yawned. "Sleep good angel and mommy, Matt and I will see you in the morning.

We each kissed her and he layed her in her crib. "Good night sweetie, I love you," I whispered.

Matt was sitting with my dad in his chair watching a movie that dad had obviously found him to watch. Edward pulled me down on the couch next to him and wrapped his arms around me. I sighed contentedly loving the feeling of being in his arms.

"So Matt told me that he wants a trampoline," Dad said.

"I heard that," Edward said. "We had one when we were kids and it was so much fun."

"What happened to it?" Matt asked.

"Emmett broke it," Edward laughed.

"Seriously?" I asked laughing.

"Seriously. He thought he was being funny and tried to do a back flip on, he fell down on the edge and the whole thing collapsed."

Dad laughed shaking his head. "Your poor parents, raising one was hard enough but I couldn't imagine having the house full of that many teenagers all at one time."

"It was loud and fun," Edward said.

Matt was getting sleepy and climbed off of dad's lap and walked over towards us. "Go get your pajamas on," Edward said.

"I put them in your bag," I said.

"Ok," He said walking towards my room.

"Edward, would you let him have a trampoline?" Dad asked.

"I'm not opposed to it, I just don't know if we would have a place for it when we move."

"Oh have you found a place?" Dad asked.

"No not yet, Bella and I are going to go look at a couple places this week," Edward said.

"Are you planning on moving in with him right away?" Dad asked me.

"Not right away no, we don't have a time frame of how this is working out yet," I replied.

"Well, we have room in the backyard here that I could put a trampoline up for him," Dad offered.

"If that's what you want to get him then that's fine," Edward said.

Matt came back into the room and walked over to me climbing up in my lap yawning. "Did you go to the bathroom?" I asked him.

"Yes," He muttered curling up against me.

Edward leaned over and kissed Matt on the head. "You got your Bella don't you?"

Matt nodded closing his eyes. "Love you mama," He murmured falling asleep.

"Love you too," I said kissing his head.

"Did he just call you mama?" Sue asked.

"That's the second time he's done that and it's usually at night."

"He's adjusting to this really well," Edward said.

"Yes he is, be glad he's this young. Bella was a teenager when I married Sue and she gave us hell."

"Bella give some one hell?" Edward asked jokingly.

"It was bad those hormonal years, I thought I would have to lock her up," Charlie said.

"Oh my God dad!" I gasped wanting to die.

"Charlie, be nice and stop embarrassing her."

"What, it's not like I'm going to tell him about how she would pee outside when she was two."

Edward laughed kissing me on the head. "Did you really?"

"I don't remember!" I exclaimed.

"Just be glad that you wont have to raise Jaycie on your own Edward. When Bella needed a bra, it was me that had to take her. Luckily Sue was available to other womanly needs."

"Charlie!" Sue and I gasped at the same time.

I wanted nothing more than to crawl into a hole and die. I couldn't believe my shy and quiet dad was talking like this. He never acted this way with way with Jake.

"Oh come on, we're all adults," Charlie laughed.

"I am so glad he's asleep," I said snuggling closer to Edward so he could hold us easier.

"Where are you having his party?" Sue asked obviously wanting to change the subject.

"I don't know yet, probably at my parents house."

"Just let us know when and we will be there," Sue told him.

"We will, it wont be anything huge, just family," Edward told them.

"I just know you need to hurry up and get the ball rolling, I'm ready to take Matt and Jaycie with me to work one day to meet everyone," Dad said.

"Anytime Charlie, he'd love that," Edward said.

"I want to introduce him as my grandson though."

"Alright Bella he says the ball needs to be rolling, will you marry me?"

I gasped unsure if he was actually proposing to me like that or if he was kidding. "Breathe Bells," Dad said. "I think he was just kidding."

"Yes Bella, I was only kidding," Edward confirmed.

Instantly I felt crushed, he really had only been joking. I yawned. "I'm really tired, I think I'm going to head on to bed."

"You okay Bella?" Sue asked.

"I'm fine, just really tired."

Edward moved slightly and took Matt from my arms. "Love you Matt," I whispered kissing his forehead.

(EDWARD)

"Here, let me get him a pillow and blanket for Matt and you can lay him down," Sue said going towards her and Charlie's room.

"Edward, I think you hurt Bella's feelings."

"I didn't mean to Charlie, I am going to propose, I just don't know when and how."

"Do you have a ring?"

"Not yet, I want it to be special for her, not like what I did tonight," I told him.

"She's going to say yes, have no fear about that."

"Charlie, thank you for your support."

"Your welcome Edward," He said. "Um do you know that the year anniversary of Jake's death is only a few days past Matt's birthday."

"I had a feeling it was coming up, I'll do something special for her and just be there."

"Thank you, I don't know how she will be, maybe better than I think, but I can't be sure."

"I'm here to help."

"Here Edward, this should keep him warm," Sue said bringing out a thick quilt and a pillow.

"That will be great, thanks Sue," I said laying him down on the couch.

"I wish we had a room for him, but Bella moved back in and she took the other spare room," Sue told me.

"He can handle this Sue, please don't worry about that."

I made sure Matt was comfortable, said goodnight to everyone and headed back to get ready for bed. Bella was already in the bed, her back to the door. I used the bathroom and went back into Bella's room. I shut the door quietly and stripped down to just my boxers and climbed into bed with Bella.

I could tell by her breathing she wasn't asleep, carefully I slid my arm over her resting my hand on the lower part of her stomach. She was wearing a t-shirt and short knit shorts. "Bella," I breathed as she still hadn't acknowleged that I was there. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

"I knew you were just joking, it was stupid of me to think you were being serious," She said softly.

"Bella, you are not stupid!" I exclaimed. "I'm going to propose, but I don't know when or how just yet. I just want it to be special for you."

"How did you propose to Lauren?" She asked.

I smiled remembering that day. "We were sitting at a coffee place and I pulled the ring out of my pocket and asked her. What about Jake?" I asked her.

A tear slid down her cheek and I leaned over and kissed her on the temple. "We were at a bonfire and he was sitting behind me with his arms and legs around me. The next thing I knew he had a ring in front of me telling me how much he loved me and would always be there. Some shit that turned out to be huh?"

"Bella, it was intentional, Jake didn't leave you."

"I know that Edward," She whispered.

I knew at that moment the words I used to propose to her would have to be carefully chosen. As much as I wanted to be with her for forever, we had both learned the hard way that was only a phrase.

"Bella, roll over." She shook her head no.

Slowly, I slid my hand into the waist band of her shorts, she wasn't wearing panties. "Roll over," I insisted.

"No," She said.

I lowered my hand down between her legs, one finger gently massaging her folds. I felt her quiver against me as she spread her legs allowing my finger to enter her. "You are going to have to be quiet."

"Edward," She murmured rolling onto her back.

"Thought that would work," I whispered against her lips.

"Touch me please," She whimpered.

"Like this," I murmured pushing two fingers in her.

"God yes," She groaned.

She threw her arms around my neck bringing my face to hers. Her mouth captured mine, our tongue dancing as she moved her hips against my hand. She broke the kiss, gasping for breath as I moved down her neck licking and nipping it. Her body was trembling and quivering. "Edward," She whimpered.

"What love," I breathed curling my fingers.

"I need you."

I pulled my fingers from her and hurried out of my boxers as she tossed her shorts to the floor. "You're going to have to be quiet," I whispered settling between her legs.

"So are you."

I slid into her, our fingers in each others hair. "You are so beautiful my Bella, I love you so much." Her walls contracting around me as her nails scraped down my back. The feeling her nails sent me spiraling out of control.

We rolled onto our sides facing each other. "I needed that," She whispered.

I kissed her gently. "I know love."

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