I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!
CHAPTER 35
(BELLA)
I woke up early and unwrapped myself from Edward's arms. I didn't want to get up, but knew that Alice and Rose would be there soon to help decorate for Matt's birthday. I threw on a pair of sweat pants and one of his shirts, then went to check on the kids. Matt was snoring softly. Jaycie on the other hand was sitting up in her crib grinning at me.
I shut off the baby moniter and picked up Jaycie. "Good morning sweety, are you ready to help decorate for your brother's birthday?" I asked laying her down on the changing table. She smiled and babbled as I changed her diaper and got her dressed.
I peaked back in at Matt, but had to get out of his room quickly as Jaycie began squealing trying to wake him up.
"Good morning you two," Carlisle said smiling when we walked into the kitchen. Jaycie immediately reached for him squealing.
"Morning," I yawned.
"There's a fresh pot of coffee," He laughed taking Jaycie.
"She's found her voice," I sighed.
"Alice used to squeal at everyone like that."
"I just don't want her to wake everyone up," I said.
Carlisle lifted her up and blew on her tummy. "You can wake me up anytime you want to and I'll cuddled with you."
I made her a bottle and handed it to Carlisle. "Have you tried giving her baby food yet?" He asked popping the bottle in her mouth.
"I tried the rice cereal, but she spit it at me and gagged."
"You could try to mix it with bananas. Did your doctor give you advice on when to start feeding her?"
"She said to wait until she acted like she wanted food. How would I know that?" I asked him.
Carlisle rolled his eyes. "You can't trust doctors, they don't know everything. Trust me," He laughed.
"Wonderful," I said rolling my eyes.
"She's six months old, you could try some food. When you and Edward go pick up Matt's cake, look at the baby food. I know some doctors say start on vegtables, but some say it doesn't matter. Esme started with bananas and carrotts, but ask Edward what Matt started on, he can give you advice to."
"Thanks Carlisle, I'll do that."
"Morning," Esme said coming into the kitchen. She came over and kissed Carlisle on the lips, then kissed Jaycie on the head. "Did you sleep well?" She asked hugging me.
"I did," I said handing her a coffee cup.
"So I just got a text, Alice and Rose will be here any time so you can get it done before Matt wakes up."
I couldn't wait for Matt to wake up and see everything all decorated with 'Spider Man' decorations. He knew nothing about it and that made it all the more fun.
"Good morning!" Alice said as her and Rose came into the kitchen carrying bags of decorations.
"Morning," I said smiling at both of them.
Jaycie looked at Alice and squealed. "Well hello to you too," She said taking her from dad.
"So Bella, you let Rose and Emmett baby sit. When do I get a chance?"
"Any time you want to," I laughed.
"I'll hold you to that," She said kissing Jaycie's cheek.
"Just think Bella, in six months we will get to plan her first party," Rose said kissing her toes. "It should be a princess party."
"I can't even think about it right now, she's growing up too fast."
"Then have another baby," Alice said.
"No way!" I exclaimed. "Not yet at least."
"You will have babies with Edward right?" Alice asked looking worried.
"Alice!" Rose exclaimed. "Stop, Jaycie is still little. Besides, give her a little time before Edward gets her pregnant."
I blushed wanting to die.
"Well Jaycie, this is not an appropriate conversation for us. Lets go play." Carlisle took her from Alice and left the room.
"Alright girls, lets decorate," Esme said smiling.
We got to work quickly and the the livingroom finished just as Edward came down the stairs. He smiled looking around. "Matt's going to love this," He said taking me in his arms.
"I hope so, I want it to be perfect."
Edward hugged me, kissing me on the lips. "It will be perfect, he's going to love that you helped do this."
The house was ready, all we needed was for Matt to get up and get the cake. However, the cake wouldn't be ready until 10am and it was only 8:30am. I yawned. I had never been a morning person, but once you had kids, that didn't seem to matter.
"Love, you can go back to bed," Edward said.
"No way, I want to see Matt's expression when he sees this for the first time."
"He's going to smile," Edward laughed.
"I want to wake him," I admitted.
"Lead the way," Edward said taking my hand.
We went into Matt's room and I sat on the side of his bed and began rubbing his back. "Wake up birthday boy." Matt groaned a little. "Come on buddy, today is your birthday."
He rolled over and opened his eyes. "Morning," He yawned.
"Happy birthday," I said gently picking him up and pulling him into my arms. He hugged me tightly.
"Morning daddy," He said sleepily.
"Morning Matt. Do you feel older?" Edward asked him.
"I'm only six daddy, I'm not as old as you two," He said smiling.
"Oh really, we're old?" I asked tickling his stomach.
"Yep," He giggled.
Edward took him from me tickling him while I got his feet. "Stop," He begged giggling.
"Are you ready for breakfast?" Edward asked him.
"Yep, I'm hungry! Carry me!"
Edward put Matt up on his shoulders and took my hand. "Where's Jaycie?" Matt asked suddenly.
"With grandpa," Edward told him.
"Oh," He said.
We walked down the stairs. "Wow!" Matt exclaimed. "Look at all the 'Spider Man' stuff!"
"Do you like it?" I asked.
"I love it!" He exclaimed. "Who did it?"
"Well, I had some help from your two crazy aunts and your grandma," I laughed.
He got down off his dad's shoulders and hugged me. "I love you Bella!"
I picked him up and hugged him. "I love you too Matt."
The three of us walked hand in hand into the kitchen. "Happy birthday!" Everyone yelled. Matt smiled as everyone hugged him.
"Come sit down Matt, I made you waffles," Esme said.
Carlisle walked over to him, he was still holding Jaycie. "I think someone wants to say hi."
Matt leaned over and kissed her cheek as she grabbed his shirt. "Can I hold her?" He asked.
"Sure," I said.
Jaycie never took her eyes off of him as she sat in his lap chewing her fist. "She loves you," Rose said.
"I love her to, even though she's a girl."
Edward leaned over. "Thank you."
"For what?" I asked.
"Making me happy, making Matt happy, just thank you for all you have done."'
"So when can I have my presents?" Matt asked.
"Your party starts at 2," Edward reminded him.
He frowned. "Oh yah."
"It will go fast," Alice said.
"Will Uncle Jasper and Uncle Emmett be here for my party?"
"Of course, they wouldn't miss it for the world. They just had some work to do today," Alice told him.
After breakfast Alice and Rose left and the rest of us hung out in the livingroom watching as Matt tried to teach Jaycie how to crawl. It went on for a good twenty minutes, she'd rock back and forward and then fall. The last time she fell over, she started crying. "It's okay Jaycie, come on you can do it!" Matt said gently lifting her onto his lap. We didn't usually let him pick her up like that, but since we were close by no one said anything. Her cries quieted as Matt started singing to her. I couldn't help but smile at the two of them.
Esme grabbed her camera and began taking pictures. "What do you think about being a big brother?" I asked him.
"It's hard work," He sighed. "She always wants me."
"I think you are a great big brother Matt," I said.
"Does that mean I can have a brother?" He asked smiling.
"It's not that easy," Edward said.
"I thought a mommy got a baby in her tummy and that's how it worked. Doesn't sound too hard to me."
"Matt, you want a brother?" Carlisle asked.
"I love Jaycie, but she's a girl, I want a boy to play with," He explained.
"Well, what if your mommy did get a baby and it turned out to be a girl?" Carlisle asked him.
"We could put her back and get a boy," He said thoughtfully. "Or we could keep getting babies until we got a boy."
I looked over and smiled at Edward, who looked fairly pale. "Breathe dad," I joked.
"I'm visioning our house to be full of girls," He said.
"That would be a bad thing?" I asked.
"Love, the house we are looking at doesn't have near the space for what I'm seeing."
I laughed. "We'd figure something out."
"Matt, I hope someday you do get a brother," Carlisle said. He turned and winked at me. "Maybe twins, two brothers at once."
Matt smiled. "I like that idea."
When Matt wasn't looking, I made eye contact with Carlisle and flipped him off. "You are dead!" I hissed.
"Love you too," He laughed.
Jaycie shifted in Matt's arms and fell asleep. "She loves me," Matt said smiling.
"Yes she does, she's going to look up to you when she gets older," I told him.
"And one day you are going to have to help me beat her boyfriends off with a stick," Edward laughed.
Edward turned. "We need to get going."
"Oh yah, let me get my shoes," I said.
"Where are you going?" Matt asked.
"I just have to run an errand and Bella is going with me," Edward said.
"And you guys are going to stay here with us," Carlisle said.
We drove to the store in comfortable silence. Edward had reached over and took my hand squeezing it gently. "I love our family," He said smiling.
I smiled a tear slid down my cheek. "Sometimes I feel guilty. I mean I miss Jake and will always love him, but sometimes I feel guilty for loving you and not thinking about him."
"Bella, that is so normal. What I have to remember, even now, is that Lauren wouldn't have approved of how I was raising Matt. Pulling him out of preschool and us being sad like we were, she would have kicked my ass for that. I believe Jake would be saying the same things to you."
"I guess your right," I said.
He parked the car. "Bella, there are still times that I wake up expecting this whole thing to be a dream and that I'm back in Chicago waiting for her to come home."
"I think I'm having a hard time letting go of Jake," I admitted.
We got out of the car and he wrapped his arms around me. "Bella, he's always going to be watching over you."
"I hope he has the common sense to close his eyes from time to time."
Edward laughed. "I love you so much."
"I love you too." I stretched up and kissed him.
We got Matt's cake and Edward and I got a few different types of baby food for Jaycie to try. "Matt is going to want to help feed her," I said.
"I wondered in the beginning what he would think of her and I know it hasn't been easy at times, but he does love her."
"I hope they are close when they grow up," I said.
"I think they will. For one, the phrase 'step-family' wont be used at anytime. I think when you use that in a sentence it seperates families."
"I'm so scared that Matt will get mad at me and yell that I'm not his mother."
"He might, but we will deal with that together," Edward said.
Once we got home, we hid the cake in the laundry room and took the baby food and put it away. "Where is everyone?" I asked Edward.
"I don't know," He said.
We snuck into the livingroom and found Matt and Jaycie curled up asleep on the floor together. While Esme and Carlisle were lip locked on the couch, they hadn't heard us come in. "Seriously, are you trying to scar us?" Edward asked.
They both jumped and Esme blushed. "They are asleep and you could have walked away," Carlisle said. "Besides, we know what goes on upstairs when the kids are asleep."
"Oh my God," I groaned. I knew it was common knowledge that Edward and I were intimate, but it wasn't something I wanted to talk about.
"We're all adults Bella, why are you so red?" Carlisle asked.
"I am not having this conversation," I said burying my face in Edward's chest. I felt Edward wrap his arms around me.
"Want to go upstairs?" He asked.
"Why do I always get picked on? I mean seriously, between you, dad, and him," I said pointing towards Carlisle.
"You have a beautiful blush and it's easy to give you hell to see it," He replied.
"Carlisle, be nice," Esme scolded.
"Sorry Bella," He said smiling.
I rolled my eyes at him laughing. "I forgive you."
I really did love Carlisle, he had a great sense of humor and was fun to be around. He was also full of great advice whether it be fatherly advice or doctor advice. In the few short months I'd been around him, I'd learned a lot from him.
While the kids were asleep Esme, Edward, Carlisle and I got to work setting up for the party. Edward was helping Esme in the kitchen getting the food together while Carlisle and I put table cloths on. We set up one table for presents and one for cake and ice cream.
"This seems right," Carlisle said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You and Jaycie being here. It's hard to believe you didn't give birth to Matt."
"Sometimes I feel that way with Edward and Jaycie, like he is her biological dad."
Carlisle smiled. "The two of you have a wonderful family and I know Matt wants a brother, but I hope you two do add to your family at some point."
"Seems like everyone is so damned determined for us to start having kids, is it like this for Alice and Rose?"
Carlisle laughed. "Rose and Emmett will have kids at some point, I'm not sure about Alice and Jasper though, they seem to really enjoy Matt and Jaycie, but they also really enjoy just being together."
"Well if it makes you feel any better, Edward and I are talking about having more kids, just not yet. House, engagement, marriage, more kids."
Carlisle set plates down and looked at me. "I'm glad you all have a plan and I look forward to the day that I can call you my daughter."
I blinked back tears. "That means a lot to me."
At 2pm, everyone got there. Matt was going crazy running around to everyone and chasing Emmett up and down the stairs. "I really hope we make it without a ER trip tonight," Edward sighed.
I laughed nervously. "I've never seen him this crazy."
"He gets this way when Emmett is involved," Edward replied. "Are you scared?"
"I'm more shocked," I said.
Jasper came over and took Jaycie from Edward. "Hey pretty girl, you're getting so big."
She grinned at him. "She's so beautiful," He said smiling at me.
"Thanks," I said.
Edward and I made our way around the room talking to everyone. Dad was spending a lot of time talking to Carlisle while Sue and Esme were in a corner talking. Every once in awhile they would look at me and smile.
"What is going on with them?" I asked Edward.
"I don't know, I think they are waiting for me to put a ring on your finger."
"Or grandchildren talk," I said.
"If it was anyone but those two, I'd put my hand on your stomach and keep it there, but since its our mom's, I don't think it would be a good idea to tease them."
I started laughing. "Wonderful Edward, just wonderful!"
"I think I'm going to wrangle the boy so he can open his presents," He said.
"Good luck with that," I laughed.
I walked over to Rose and Alice. "I think we're going to do presents."
"Is it overwhelming?" Alice asked me.
"A little bit, I'm used to my quiet baby."
Rose laughed. "You'll get used to it, he's usually pretty calm, but Emmett gets him going. Just wait until Jaycie is running around."
"She'll love it," I said.
"How is Matt doing with her?" Alice asked.
"He's doing really good. Sometimes he just stares at her trying to figure out what is wrong with her, but today, she fell asleep in his arms."
"The other night when we had them, he was really good with her Any time she cried he was right there checking on her," Rose said.
"I tell you, one of these days I'm picking them both up and taking them for the night," Alice said.
"We'll let you," I told her.
"Bella, I'm going to open my presents!" Matt squealed.
"Okay, lets go," I said. He took me by the hand and pulled me over to where all of his presents were.
I took my place next to my dad and Sue. "I'm so proud of you," Sue said hugging me. "You have come such a long ways in the last few months."
"Thanks Sue," I said hugging her back. "I couldn't have done it without you."
"I'm just glad you let us help Bella, but Edward gets a lot of credit too."
I smiled. "I love him, but it doesn't scare me as bad anymore."
"I knew there was something between the two of you when you brought him home that first night."
"How did you know?" I asked.
"You wouldn't have brought him over that night to meet Jaycie if you hadn't felt it too."
"I guess your right," I said.
"I know I am," She laughed. "And look at Jaycie, she's asleep in Emmett's arms. Bella, you have an incredible new family now, one you wouldn't have had if Jake was still here."
I nodded. "I know, I feel blessed."
We watched as Matt opened up the card from dad and Sue. He looked confused until Edward read the card to him. "You got me a trampoline!" He exclaimed.
"We did," Dad said. "And we will figure out where to set it up."
"Thanks!" He said running over and hugging my dad and Sue.
"Just keep your Uncle Emmett off of it," Charlie laughed.
"Hey now!" Emmett exclaimed quietly.
He opened five boxes from Alice. "Thanks for the clothes," He said smiling at her.
"You're welcome," She said. "I knew you would like them."
He opened up the card on the last box from her and Jasper. "I got a credit card!"
Alice and Jasper laughed. "Matt, that is a gift card from Toys R Us. We know that you and your dad are looking for a house so we got you a gift card so you can get some things for your room," Jasper explained.
"Wow, thank you!" He laughed.
Esme and Carlisle bought him a set of fishing poles and a tackle box full of hooks and worms. "Now Matt, remember, those are not toys."
"I know grandpa, it looks like yours," He said as he thumbed through the tackle box.
Emmett and Rose bought him some books and puzzles. Emmett told him he had one other thing for him, but he would tell him about it later on. None of us were sure what he meant, but from the look that Matt gave Emmett, I had a feeling he knew.
"Thank you Bella," He said hugging me as he looked at his T-ball set.
"You're welcome Matt," I said hugging him back.
"Okay Matt, here is your last one," Edward said after he had opened everything.
"What is it?" He asked.
Edward and I had decided we would put a sheet over the bike at first we were going to wrap it, but decided it would be too much work.
"I don't know Matt," Edward laughed.
"I love it!" He exclaimed. "But I don't know how to ride it."
"We'll work with you," Edward said. "It wont take you long to figure it out."
Shortly after cake and ice cream, Matt crashed in the wrapping paper. "I think he's had a great birthday," Dad said looking at him.
"I think so too," I agreed.
"Hey Emmett, what else did you get Matt?" Edward asked him.
Emmett paled, but recovered quickly. "We were talking when he was over the other night, and he told me that he wanted a 4-wheeler."
"You got him a 4-wheeler?" Edward gasped. "He's 6!"
"Yes Edward, I know he's 6 and I should have talked to you about it first and I'm sorry, but I got a great deal on it."
"Did you get him a helmet too?" Edward asked.
"Edward, it doesn't run yet. I was hoping him and I could work on it together and I would teach him to ride it."
Edward took a deep breath. "Alright. Now does Matt know you were getting him one?"
"When we were talking about it, I told him it would be fun to build one and that I would see what I could do."
"I promise to keep my eyes on them at all times," Rose said.
"Thank you," Edward said.
"That kid has more money then I do," Edward said after everyone had left.
"He can take us out for lunch," I laughed.
"I'm serious, he had about $150 right here," He said holding up his money.
"What is he going to do with it?" I asked.
"I'll put it in his piggy bank, he doesn't have the concept of money just yet which is good. He can have a little and save most of it."
I glanced over towards the loveseat. Carlisle and Esme had fallen asleep with Jaycie in their arms. "Damn, I hate to go to bed to, but I'm exhausted and the kids will probably be up early," I said.
"Come on love, then lets get them to bed and we can go ourselves," Edward said.
We tucked the sleeping kids in bed and I ran back to cover Esme and Carlisle up. I stood there watching them for a moment. Did my mom and dad ever cuddle like that? I didn't think so, from what he'd said she wasn't much of a cuddler. I knew dad and Sue still had times where they were effectionate, I just didn't see it much as they were private.
"What are you doing?" Edward asked wrapping his arms around me.
"I want that to be us, years from now. I want us to be watching our grandkids grow up."
I felt him smile as he kissed my cheek. "Bella," He sighed. "I want so badly to grow old with you and watch out grandkids grow up and have babies."
"Lets go to bed," I said turning in his arms.
We quickly got ready for bed and laid down. Edward opened his arms to me and I curled against him. "Sleep angel," He whispered.
"I love you Edward."
"I love you too, my beautiful Bella."
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I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE AGAIN THIS WEEK AS SCHOOL STARTS BACK FOR MY KIDS ON THURSDAY, SO THOUGHT I WOULD GET THIS OUT EARLY!
