Chapter Three: The Night the Lights Went Out
"These are the kitchen plates, so we need to be careful." I said.
Edward wrote fragile on top of the box while I wrote kitchen plates on the side. We were moving next week so it was time that we start packing the big stuff. I had a pair of short shorts on, a tank top, and my hair was in a messy bun.
"You know, you look hot packing." Edward said.
I laughed and blushed at the same time, "Shut up."
Edward still had the power to make me blush, after all these years of dating, then being engaged for two years, and now we were finally married, but he still managed to make me blush.
I lifted the box, but almost dropped it when a shooting pain shot through my back.
"AH!" I gasped.
Edward ran and caught the box before it hit the ground, saving every dish we had. He set it on the pile by the door that was against the wall.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, just a back spasm." I said stretching.
"Oh, injury! I think this calls for some bed rest. You know, wouldn't want you to be too tired out for work tomorrow." He said pulling my in his arms.
"No, we wouldn't want that." I whispered.
He sweeped me off my feet before carrying me into the room bridal style. He carefully set me on the bed before kissing me on the lips, he climbed on top of me continuing to kiss me.
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"Alright kids, I know you are all excited about me being back, but its time to get to work!" I said standing in front of my kids.
"Can someone tell me what day it is?" I asked.
Andrew was the first to raise his hand.
"There is my little Andy!" I said, "What is today?"
"Today is Monday Mrs. Cullen!" He beamed.
"Great job!" I praised.
He gave Chance, his friend, a high five.
"Alright alright! What's the weather like outside today class?" I asked.
"SUNNY!" They all cheered.
"You guys are awesome. So, do you think we need umbrellas today?" I asked.
"NO!" They screamed.
"Okay, shhh, there are other classes going on next door." I said closing the door.
The day went smoothly, soon it was snack time.
"Alright, we need to make sure that once we are finished with snack time that we throw away our trash in the right places!" I told everyone.
I picked up the trash can.
"What is this class?" I asked.
"A trash can!" They said.
"And what do we put in the trash can?" I asked.
Molly raised her hand.
"What does in the trash can Molly?" I asked.
"Garbage." She said.
"Good job! What about this? What is this?" I asked holding up the recycling bin.
"A recycling bin!" Everyone said.
"And what do we put in the recycling bin?" I asked.
"Bottles!" Chance said.
"Is that it?" I asked.
"Cardboard!" Lucy answered.
"These are some great answers guys!" I said.
"Alright, finish your snack and then throw away your trash." I said.
After snack time it was play time, and shortly after that we settled down to read a book before the parents came to pick up their children. I stayed behind to talk to some parents, and Andrew's mom came up to tell me that she took Andy to the doctor. It turns out Andy doesn't have dyslexia, she told me not to feel guilty and that I was just looking out for her kid. It turns out that he got confused, he just needed glasses.
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I sighed tossing my keys on the table, I assumed that Edward wasn't home and was still at the hospital. I collapsed on the couch taking a relaxing deep breath.
"Hard day?" Edward asked making me jump.
"No, it was a good day. I am just tired, being with ten four and five year olds is tiring." I said closing my eyes.
He kneeled down on his knees and let his hands do their magic on my back. I groaned as he worked out all the knots in my back.
"Don't stop." I groaned.
"Whoa! Whoa! What the hell are you guys doing?!" Emmett gasped covering his eyes.
I groaned.
"Emmett what are you doing here?" I asked.
"Well, love, how would you feel about watching Mason for a few hours?" Edward asked.
"I would love too." I said sitting up.
Rosalie and Emmett wanted to go out on a date just the two of them. I was glad to give it to them, they didn't get to go out much now that they had Mason. The night was going great, I enjoyed spending time with Mason, and it was practice for when Edward and I had children.
We watched movies, played games, and ate dinner. Everything was going great...
...Until the power went out.
"BELL!" Mason screamed.
"Shh! Mason I'm here." I said picking him up.
He started to cry in fear.
"Edward?" I asked.
"I'm in the kitchen! I'm trying to find the flashlights!" He said.
"In the drawer by the sink!" I told him.
"Found them!" He said.
He walked over with three flashlights.
"Look! Mason what does Uncle Eddie have?!" I asked.
Edward handed Mason a flashlight, Mase turned it on pointing it straight at his face.
"Bright!" He said.
"Yeah." I said.
He continued to play with the flashlight.
A Few Hours Later
"Bell, where are the lights?" Mason asked.
It had been a few hours now that the power went out, and I was glad that we had dinner when we did.
"I'm not sure baby, I'm sure they will return soon though." I told him.
"I just spoke with the landlord, there was a electrical problem in one of the apartments so they had to cut everyones power so they could fix it." Edward said.
"Well, they could have told us a head of time." I said.
"Lights soon auntie Bell?" Mason asked.
"Yes, they are fixing it soon baby." I said kissing his forehead.
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"How did things go?" Rosalie asked.
"Good, there was a power outage, but that just gave us time to play huh Masey?" I asked.
"Flashlight tag mommy!" Mason said.
"Did you win?" Rose asked picking him up.
"YEAH! I beat Eddie!" He squealed.
"That is amazing." She said.
"Well thank you Bella, I'm glad the power is back on." She said.
"Your welcome, and I am too. Bye Mason!" I said.
They left and the house was finally quiet and calm.
"Sorry, Emmett wanted to have Rosalie to himself for a few hours." Edward said.
"Don't be, I'm sure that will be us one day." I said.
I walked over and sat down next to him, I cuddled into his side as he wrapped his arms around me.
"You know, you did a good job today." He said.
"Thank you." I said.
"Is it too soon to think about babies?" He asked.
I looked up at him.
"You want to start trying?" I asked.
"Try, yes. It could take months for you to actually get pregnant." He said.
I took a deep breath, "Would you hate me if I said not right now?"
"No, but may I ask why?" He asked.
"I just think we should get settled into the new house before we start having children." I told him.
"Alright." He said.
"Are you mad?" I asked.
"No, I'm not mad. But, what would you say to some practice?" He asked.
"I would say that practice makes perfect." I said.
We started to kiss slowly, things got serious and we ended up in the bedroom. Edward was on top of me now, I was in nothing by my bra and underwear and he was shirtless. I pulled him closer and kissed him harder...
There was a noise at the window that made us stop.
"What was that?" I gasped.
"Nothing." Edward said going back to kissing me.
"AH! EDWARD!" I screamed.
"What?!" He gasped.
"Someone was at the window!" I cried out.
"Bella, your seeing things! There is nothing there!" He said looking out of the window.
"No! Edward I'm serious! They were on the fire escape looking in!" I cried.
He got up and threw on his robe, "I'm going to check it out."
I pulled the covers over me, someone was watching us, I know it. Edward opened the window and crawled on to the fire escape. I looked around the room paranoid, I sat up covering myself with the white sheet over me. I walked in the livingroom and looked around for any sign of something that was different.
A hand grabbed my shoulder, I screamed bloody murder and slapped whoever it was in the face.
"AH!" Edward gasped grabbing his face.
"Edward! Oh my god!" I gasped.
"What the hell was that for?!" He asked.
"I thought you...I thought you were the guy at the window!" I said.
"No one is out there Bella, I think you were just seeing things." He said.
"No I wasn't Edward! He was there, he was watching us have...Well make out I guess! He saw me in my bra and underwear Edward! He was watching us with a smile on his face." I gasped.
"Come here." He said pulling me in his arms.
I laid my head on his shoulder as he hugged me to him tightly.
"No one will hurt you, he's gone now. Shh.." He said combing his fingers through my hair and trying to calm me down.
A flash of lighting made me jump, why were all these weird things happening all of a sudden?
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"I swear to go Rose, there was a guy watching." I said.
"That is creepy." She said.
"I am starting to think that Alice is wrong, maybe I should go to the cops about this." I said.
"Maybe it was just some perv looking to get some more action then his computer screen." She said.
My eyes went wide before we both laughed.
"That's horrible!" I laughed.
"I'm sorry. But anyway, who is to say the two are connected Bella, just wait and see if it gets worse." She said.
"Should I tell Edward about the phone calls?" I asked.
"I don't see why you would. Unless they start threatening you then maybe, but not right now." She said.
I nodded.
"Thanks again for watching Mason, you did wonderful with him." She said.
"Oh, your welcome! I had fun watching him." I told her.
"You are going to make a wonderful mother someday Bella." She said.
"It's funny you brought that up..." I said.
"Your pregnant?!" She gasped.
"No! No, not yet. Edward asked if I wanted to try to have a baby." I told her.
"What did you say?" She aksed.
"I told him that maybe it was best that we waited for a while, you know? I mean, we just signed the papers for the house, we aren't even packed all the way, and we still need to get settled into the new house. I just don't want to be pregnant throught it all." I explained.
"I don't blame you! I was pregnant with Mase when we moved into our house, and let me tell you it was hard! I was tired all the time, and I couldn't lift anything heavy. I pretty much sat down and barked out orders." She agreed.
"Well... Now that you put it that way." I said thinking.
She laughed, "I think it is a good idea to wait though."
She had to go soon after that, she wanted to take Mason to the park. I smiled thinking about how we were moving into a house soon!
Who was the guy watching them? Or was Bella just seeing things?
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