I want a Mommy!

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. The plot, along with a few of the characters I add here and there belong to my ruthless muse.

Chapter Six

It had been a week since her pleasant morning with Edward and the strange phone call, which in the last week had been upgraded to weird texts and late night calls. She clicked her jaw at the sight of another obnoxious text message with an image of a bloody knife, and the words: 'Tick …tick … tick… can't you hear it?' She hated them; they scared her. Her eyes snapped up and away from her cellphone when she heard the sounds of Jacob Black's deep laughter, she flinched away when her eyes met his cold black ones.

Her temper snapped. She couldn't stand Jacob Black, her once childhood best friend and Forks, Washington's Golden Boy. She collected her books and stomped over to him, missing the surprise that flickered across his face.

"Jacob," she barked coldly. "I don't know what kind of sick games you're playing at now, but quit messing with me. Don't you think you've done enough damage already?" He winced at her harsh words–words that pulled him back to his high school years–years that he was so ashamed of. Then, after a moment he blinked in bewilderment and confusion as he watched her scurry away from him, as her accusation settled in his mind, his anger flared and he stormed after her.

"Hold the fuck up, Bells," Jacob ordered once they were both outside the campus library, Bella flinched as he jerked her around to face him. "I might have pointed you out to a few guys that were wondering about the girl that currently has Seattle's most eligible bachelor snagged, but honestly, I don't know what the hell you were going on about."

Her eyes widened, honest fear replacing the anger. "You and your frat buddies haven't been sending me these... or prank-calling me?" she said pushing her phone into his large hands.

"Jesus…" Jacob barked, his anger disappearing in a flash as he fumbled through her text messages. "You really thought I sent you these?" he asked lowly; it was a kick to the gut that he had been so cruel to her in high school that she would believe he was capable of this.

"I assumed maybe your frat friends," she whispered tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Listen, I know some of the guys like Mike and his basketball groupies have made cracks at you for dating Mr. Cullen, but I put a stop to that shit in my fraternity. Bella, this isn't a cruel prank, you need to report this, whoever is sending you this is dangerous," Jacob urged, concern coloring his words. "Listen, I know I've wronged you and hurt you, especially with the whole James incident, and I'll never forgive myself for that shit, but I've grown up, Bella; I'm not that guy anymore."

"Is everything all right here?" Bella's eyes widened at the sight of Andrew, one of Edward's guards, standing there before her. "Miss Swan, is this man hurting you?" he inquired seriously as Jacob took a large step backwards.

"What?" Bella asked shocked, wiping the tears off her cheek. "Umm, no, he's not." Bella sighed, he didn't look convinced. "Andrew, is Edward here?" she couldn't help but look around hopefully wanting to wrap her arms around the man that made her feel safe just by his presence alone.

"No, ma'am," Andrew blushed knowing his cover was blown. "I was assigned to watch over you."

Bella couldn't bring herself to be mad or annoyed not with the current dread and fear she was experiencing. Maybe a little annoyed that she wasn't aware she had a bodyguard, but it was one of those things that she probably should have assumed, since both Edward and EJ always had one when away from the house; if she was going to be his wife, then it was part of the picture.

"Andrew, do you think Edward would mind if we dropped by his office for a minute, I need to see him," Bella asked a little unsurely, turning her watery brown eyes on the kind man. If Jacob wasn't messing with her, then who? Every emotion she was experiencing was pushing her, urging her, to tell Edward.

"I'll give him a call," Andrew said leading her toward his waiting vehicle, the same one that had been giving her a ride to and from school all week, so she wouldn't have to use the bus.

She let her body relax once she was in the safety of Edward's town car. She almost nodded off, but snapped awake to the sound of her cell phone ringing, she smiled when she saw EJ's picture knowing he probably had something exciting to tell her; she answered it happily.

"Hello, EJ," she said softly, but worry slipped into her core when she heard sniffling. "Champ, come on buddy talk to me," she encouraged.

"B… Bella," he cried into the phone making her heartbeat explode in her chest. "B..Bella,"

"EJ, where are you?" Bella asked gently.

"Ho..home," he whispered, but Bella could hear his muffled crying.

"Andrew, take me to the estate, now," she ordered so forcefully that Andrew didn't miss a beat, he spun the car around on the highway and hit the gas pedal.

"EJ, what's wrong?" she asked.

"I… I… Miss Sarah, she, she…Patches is gone," he stuttered, his young mind trying to filter his turmoil. Bella's heart clenched, she knew how he treasured his stuffed giraffe that he had recently started taking everywhere since their trip to the Zoo. The ten-minute drive seemed to take a lifetime; Bella could hear muffled yelling in the background as EJ whimpered in her ear, so she sang softly into the phone.

Bella paid no mind to Andrew who followed her into the house.

"Edward Anthony the Second, get out of there right now. I can't believe I got stuck watching such a messed up child." They could hear Sarah's frustrated screaming. Bella bolted up the stairs and she stopped stunned at the sight of EJ's room–it was trashed.

Nanny Sarah stood there surprised, but she knew she had been overheard by the cold look in Bella's eyes.

"EJ," Bella spoke into her phone, "where are you?"

"Dad… Daddy's closet." She rushed into Edward's room and flung the door open.

"Come here," she whispered wrapping her arms around him rocking him, her blood turning to ice when she noticed the light pink handprint on his arm, where someone had grabbed him. "Who did this?" she asked trying to keep her voice even.

"Sarah tried to make me go to piano lessons. Bella, I don't like them, and Patches–he's gone," he whispered into her neck, breathing in her scent as his little body shuddered and his tears slowed.

"Why don't you crawl into Daddy's bed and watch some cartoons. I'll be right back, okay." Bella instructed, flicking on the television to cartoons. Once his attention was absorbed by the television, Bella went back to the hallway where Marcus, Andrew and Elizabeth were lingering by the stairs, and Nanny Sarah was standing there awkwardly her path blocked by Edward's loyal staff.

"Where is Patches?" Bella growled lowly, her voice taking on a blistering edge.

"What?" Nanny Sarah asked with pseudo innocence.

"His giraffe, he takes it everywhere. It's lost, where or what did you do to it," Bella demanded.

"That…that disgusting toy is in the trash," Nanny Sarah said snottily. "He's much too old for such attachment objects."

Bella smiled when Elizabeth held it up having a second of relief.

"You put your hands on him," Bella accused, and Marcus took a step forward, his eyes narrowing. "You left a mark on his wrist where you tried to yank him toward the car."

"I… he just went wild," Nanny Sarah wailed. "He started screaming, kicking, he trashed his room looking for that stupid giraffe, he was going to be late for his lesson. I just pulled him toward the car; he got loose and disappeared."

"You're fired," Bella announced shocking all of them. "I don't care what your reasons were, you could have seriously injured him." It took everything Bella had not to slap the woman who had made both Bella's and EJ's life hell since her arrival.

"You don't have that kind of power," Nanny Sarah snarled stepping into Bella's personal space.

"I do, believe me I do." Bella warned lowly, she didn't care if she had to fight tooth and nail with Edward, this woman was not going to step foot in EJ's presence again not on her watch. "Now, get out before I have you removed. Be warned, I have no idea of what Edward's reaction will be when he learns you laid a malicious hand on his son."

Bella couldn't help but smile when Sarah, the ex-nanny bolted out of the house.

Elizabeth grinned at her; Bella was unaware that she had just earned the entire staffs' respect and approval. "I found it this morning in the garbage bin. I washed it; I planned on giving it to EJ at dinner."

Bella surprised the homemaker by hugging her tightly. "Thank you, Elizabeth, Thank you."

"Not a problem, Bella, so happy I did the right thing." Elizabeth chattered giving the young woman a kind smile, "I'll bring you and EJ up some chocolate chip cookies and juice boxes; it look like both of you could use some," She said receiving a grateful nod before returning her kitchen downstairs.

Bella kicked off her shoes and crawled into the bed with EJ who snuggled into her side, and gave her a heartwarming smile when she handed him his treasured toy. They spent the rest of the afternoon lounging in Edward's bed watching reruns of Jake and the Neverland Pirates.

"Antonio," Edward snapped after finally hanging up with Natives' club president, they were going to take over handling and moving product between the Chinese and Irish. He was relieved to finally have one issue put to rest.

"Yes, Boss," he asked handing Edward the cup of coffee he had requested earlier.

"Where is Bella?" Edward demanded, having expected her hours ago after Andrew had called and informed him that Bella wanted to come see him. Yet the hours had got away from his as call after call rang in, and the meeting with the remodeling agency who had questions about his plans for the casino had come and gone.

"Andrew called, said that Bella demanded he take her to the estate. EJ was upset." Edward cringed and glanced down at his personal cell phone, sure enough his son had tried calling him a few hours ago.

"Anything else I need to know?" Edward asked.

"Apparently Bella fired your nanny," Antonio said flicking through his texts from Andrew. "She's currently at your house with EJ."

"Jasper," Edward shouted getting his longtime friend's attention. "I'm heading out, heading home."

"Boss, what of Aro?" Jasper asked not wanting to take the call. The man who ran the Volturi family was cruel and devious. The Volturi family had recruited the Cullen family into this lifestyle generations ago. Aro hated Edward, the fact that Edward's pockets reached deeper financially, socially, and politically, ate at the cruel leader like a parasite making him even more dangerous to the Cullen Family. Jasper wasn't lazy, he just didn't want to make the wrong move where Aro was concerned.

"You can handle it, or let Emmett, better yet have my father take his call," Edward said handing the tedious task off. They could handle it. He just wanted to make it home before dark. He had promised EJ he'd be home before dinner and he didn't want tonight to be another broken promise on top of all the others.

"Edward," Emmett whined, but shrunk back when Edward glared at him.

"No. It's Friday. I want to go home. I want to spend time with my child. I want to do something besides handle all of this shit. I'm a taking off until Monday. I have been here every night this week, hours later than everyone else including both of you. I am going home," Edward ranted slipping his suit jacket on. "Emmett, Jasper both of you make an appearance tonight at Aqua. It thrills the locals," Edward ordered.

"Sure thing, boss," they both answered nodding with wide eyes, it wasn't often that Edward lost his temper or demanded private time.

"Home," Edward directed shortly after sliding into his luxury SUV.

Edward entered his house and stepped into the security room full of monitors. "Where are they?"

Edward asked as Antonio followed him inside.

"Your room," Andrew answered from his reading spot on the couch while Marcus kept his eyes glued to the monitors.

"The surveillance team is back," Marcus said pointing out the pool van parked behind the Davidson family's house.

"You'd think they would get tired of never getting anything," Edward mumbled with a stressed sigh.

"Right," Andrew laughed bitterly, everyone in the room was tired of the F.B.I's inconvenient presence in their lives.

"Night boys," Edward said dismissing himself.

"Night, boss," all three men said in sync.

Edward climbed the stairs two at a time in his rush to get to Bella and his son. He stopped in his tracks, his heart fluttering happily in his chest as he stared at the sleeping pair; a smile ghosting around his lips as he looked at his child snugly wrapped up in Bella's arms. It wasn't exactly how he pictured her first time in his bed would look, but it was a beautiful sight. No, he couldn't regret any of the impulsive decisions he had made concerning Bella.

He kneeled next to the bed and kissed EJ's forehead before moving back and tenderly kissing Bella's lips, smiling when her eyes fluttered open, stunned when her face broke out with a lazy happy smile at the sight of him.

"Hello," she whispered not wanting to wake EJ

"Hi," Edward quietly replied as Bella untangled herself from EJ and crawled out of Edward's bed to wrap her arms around him hugging him tightly.

She took a slow deep breath and whispered. "I need to talk to you."

She followed him to his office. Her stomach tightened when she thought of all the things she had to tell him. Edward could tell by Bella's open and unguarded facial expressions that he needed to prepare himself for a shit storm.

"I was on my way to see you this afternoon. I had something to tell you, but EJ called me crying, and all that got put on the back burner," she explained fumbling with her phone. Edward could practically feel the nervousness rolling off of her. "I fired Nanny Sarah," Bella declared carrying on with her explanation. "She tossed out EJ's giraffe. EJ had a meltdown looking for it when it came time for him to go to his piano lessons. When they got close to being late, she pulled him toward the car kicking and screaming; her hand print from grabbing him remained on his arm for quite some time. Of course he got loose and then hid from her and called me. I came home and heard her calling him 'messed up' before finding him in your closet and calming him down. Then I fired her. I'm sorry if I overstepped, but I wanted her gone, gone for good."

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"Good," Edward bit out, but he couldn't help but be pleased with Bella's actions, once again proving how right his decision was. "EJ will be the last kid she ever nanny's for, I'll make sure of that, Bella," Edward said so coldly it shocked her a little. Seeing her startled look, Edward tried to calm her by reassuring her that she had done the right thing, "and Bella, it was an excellent call. Now what were you going to come tell me earlier, Andrew said you seemed very out of character and upset."

Edward blinked as she pushed her cell phone toward him. He clicked through the messages. His fury rising as each twisted picture and threatening message appeared.

"Why didn't you come to me sooner," he demanded his voice icily cold. "These go back five days."

"I thought they were a prank," Bella whispered her tears returning. "I mean for dating you. There are rumors of...about you being...well dangerous." She didn't want to come out and call him a mob boss which just seemed silly. "I just thought they were frat boys trying to scare me away from you."

"And they're not?" he asked turning his serious green eyes on hers.

"No. I confronted Jacob and this isn't connected to him," Bella said not aware she had given him a piece of her history.

"And why would a Jacob be a part of this?" Edward asked coldly.

"He's just a boy I grew up with. He made high school unpleasant," Bella said not wanting to dig into the history with Edward. "He urged, he begged me to report this, that this wasn't a prank, that whoever's doing this is dangerous."

"I'll handle this, Bella. I promise you," Edward said kissing her and pulling her into him, relieved that she had come to him instead of going straight to the police. "I want you here now. No more excuses–you're moving in. I can't keep you safe there. Not like I can here," Edward ordered his voice leaving no room for negotiation. Bella blinked at him but nodded, honestly a little too scared to argue; it wasn't like another ten days would change anything.

"Daddy," EJ called having woken and found them in his father's office.

"Hey Bud," Edward greeted, lifting his son in his arms and squeezing him tight. "Guess what, Champ. Bella's going to come and live with us. How about that?" Bella eyes widened at his sneaky manipulation even though she had already agreed, he had just made it where she couldn't back out.

"Really?" he asked turning his green eyes toward Bella in excitement.

"Yep," Bella said.

"Awesome," EJ said leaning out of his father arms as he snuggled into Bella. "Does that mean you can come to my class play?"

"I wouldn't miss it for anything in the world," Bella said reassuringly.

"Not even for Daddy?" EJ asked in awe.

"Not even for him," Bella said enjoying how EJ's eyes lit up and sparkled.

EJ tugged her down to his level indicating he had a secret. "I love you, Bella," he told her softly against her ear hugging her tight.

"I love you, too, green eyes," Bella quietly replies as EJ pulls back with a smile at the special nickname only Bella calls him.

Author Note...

Beta'ed by awaywithwords3

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