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Bella nods her head toward the parents she meets along the way to the bathroom and finds the door locked. "Amanda?" Bella calls out as she knocks on the door.
A few seconds later the door swings open and Bella is greeted by the sight of a red eyed Amanda. "What's wrong?" Bella asks in concern.
"Nothing, sorry for taking too long," Amanda mutters quietly.
Stopping her from leaving, Bella enters the bathroom and closes it behind her then faces Amanda and tells her, "I am not leaving till you tell me what is wrong. I know that we don't know each other very well, but you are in my house and Marco's girlfriend. I can't in good conscience let you leave without making sure you are okay."
"I am fine," Amanda mutters in frustration.
Bella rolls her eyes at her and states, "You can't even look me in the eye while saying that."
"Listen, I know that you mean well, but I don't know you," Amanda tells her angrily.
"You may not know me but I know Marco. The moment he sees you, he will know that something is wrong. He is going to freak out and make a scene. He is already starting to worry. That's why he sent me."
When Amanda doesn't budge, Bella runs her hand in frustration through her hair and tells her, "At least tell me so that I can help you. I don't want my daughter's birthday party to be spoiled."
Amanda glares at her as she puts down the toilet lid and sits on it before telling her, "I think I am pregnant."
Bella quickly covers the shocked look on her face with a neutral one and asks her, "Are you sure?"
"I didn't fucking pee on a stick, so no I am not sure, but I have had a stomach bug for two days and I am late," Amanda tells her then closes her eyes and leans her head back.
Bella crouches until she is at the same level as Amanda and places her hand on her knees then asks her softly, "Are you okay?"
"Fuck no!" Amanda exclaims angrily.
Bella ignores the tone Amanda used as she knows it's anxiety speaking and asks her, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Make me not pregnant," Amanda tells her after a moment of silence.
Bella gently rubs her knees as she tells her, "I am not trained to do that, but I can drive you to a planned parenthood clinic."
"Really?" Amanda asks her looking vulnerable.
"If you need me to, but I think you should tell Marco because he would want to be there for you," Bella tells her as she places her hand on her back after she stands up.
"What if he breaks up with me because I don't want to keep it?" Amanda asks her biting her lower lip.
Bella shakes her head and tells her, "No he won't. Marco isn't like that. As someone who knew him for years, I can tell you that he is anything but that."
Amanda looks down at her hands unsure of whether to tell Marco or not which makes Bella take her chin and raise it till her eyes meet Bella and then tells her, "Let's assume the worst-case scenario. If he is the kind of person who would break up with you because you chose to terminate a pregnancy, would you want to spend the rest of your life with him anyway?"
"No," Amanda whispers quietly.
"Exactly," Bella exclaims, "I would rather get that person out of my life as early as possible."
Amanda nods her head and stands up till she is seeing eye to eye with Bella and tells her, "You are right. He needs to know and I need to know what he will think of my decision."
Bella walks out of her house and is ambushed by the same woman she was talking to before she spotted Edward and Marco speaking. "Bella, I must say. Maria is having so much fun and she simply adores Cece. We should totally arrange a play date for them."
Bella smiles and nods her head even though she hasn't even bothered getting the lady's number or memorizing her daughter's name and then tells her, "That sounds great. Now excuse me I have something important to do."
Bella quickly walks toward Marco who beats her to the punch by asking her about Amanda. "Now, I don't want you to be angry, and I want you to listen to my instructions, okay?"
Marco frowns as he hears her and then asks, "What is going on? If I didn't know you better I would assume that you scared her off."
Bella ignores the second part of what he just said and tells him, "Amanda just left in an Uber."
Marco opens his mouth to demand answers but Bella continues, "You promised to not get angry. Amanda wasn't feeling so great and decided to leave. She didn't want you to cut on your time with Cece, so she made me promise her to only tell you after she leaves."
More like, Amanda wanted time to wrap her head around telling Marco and so she and Bella made a plan for her to leave before Bella tells Marco about her leaving.
Marco crosses his arms across his chest and stares at Bella for a full minute trying to decipher whether she is lying or not. He is an FBI agent. He knows how to spot liars. Too bad for him, after spending years around him, Bella perfected the techniques of lying to him.
"Just because I am staying, it doesn't mean that I am okay with what the two of you did," he finally tells her dropping his hands to his side.
Bella nods her head and smiles at him but then his expression changes and her smile drops. "What? What's wrong?" She asks worriedly.
"You see the guy near the fountain?" Marco quietly asks her. Bella looks to where he is talking about and notices a guy with a blonde ponytail standing near it.
"Yes. What is wrong with him?" Bella inqueres.
"Who is he?" Marco asks her looking away from him toward some of the children searching the bush near them.
Bella shrugs her head and tells him, "I don't know. You know with how social Cece is, it's impossible for me to know every kid's parent. But I do know that he is married to the red head I was just talking to before I came to you."
Marco frowns and then his face scrunches into an expression that she has a hard time recognizing. "What is it?"
Marco shakes his head as if to rid his head of unwanted thoughts and then tells her, "Maybe it's nothing, but I don't like this couple. They make me feel uncomfortable."
"What did they do?" Bella automatically asks. After years of knowing Marco, she knows that he isn't a biased or judgmental person and he doesn't randomly judge people. If he doesn't like someone. It's for a reason.
Marco answers her, "There whole demeanor is weird. Both of them keep staring at you especially him. It's like he is undressing you with his eyes."
"A creep a child has the misfortune to have been fathered by, what's new?" Bella asks him nonchalantly shrugging.
Is she bothered?
Sure.
Is she surprised?
Not really.
"There is something more," Marco adds quietly.
"What is it?"
"But before I tell you, promise to not react," he tells her and once she nods her head, he continues, "Before you came from inside, the woman was obviously flirting with Edward."
"You are telling me that the both of them are committing infidelity?" Bella asks quietly shock coloring her face.
"What in the name of 90s bad soap operas did I just find out?" She exclaims a little louder than previously.
Marco cracks a laugh and tells her, "90s bad soap opera? That's a good one. You never know. Maybe they are looking for more people to add to the fun."
At first, Bella frowns unsure of what he means but once she understands, she makes a gagging noise and then shoves Marco before she groans while telling him, "Why the heck would you make me imagine such things, Marco? I don't need that image in my head. Don't ever do that again to me."
Marco just laughs his ass off as he watches Bella shaking her head while muttering to herself, and that's how Edward finds them.
"What is going on?" Edward asks surprised by how each one of them is having a very different expression on their face.
Bella looks up to meet Edward's eyes and then shakes her head telling him, "No, no. Not happening. I am not about to repeat what he just said or be here for when he repeats it. He can tell you all about it after I am gone." Bella walks away with a look of disgust on her face.
Edward turns to Marco expectantly, and Marco simply tells him, "I was jokingly telling her that the redhead and blonde ponytail couple would like to have a foursome with the two of you."
Edward isn't taken by surprise by his statement and tells him, "Yes. What's up with those two people anyway? The two of them keep staring at me and it's not even in a subtle way either."
Marco shrugs as he tells him, "I don't know man. All I can tell you is to be careful."
It's been a couple of hours since the party has ended and the last guest, Edward, has left. She finally put Cece to bed and is watching a movie when a sound from her mobile phone alerts get to the fact that she received a message. She opens the messages and find a simple Thank you sent to her.
Bella isn't sure who that person is and quickly asks that person who they are. Amanda, she reads and smiles at herself as she sends her a message telling her that she is welcome.
I know it might sound weird but I really like you, wanna hang out sometime?"
Bella just smiles to herself and reacts to her message with a heart emoji and then she places her phone back on the couch but only a minute late she receives another message.
Hello Bella,
This is Victoria Humter. Maria's mother. We met today during Cece's birthday. I got your mobile phone from one of the other mums because I wanted to see when we could arrange the play date you and I talked about. If it happens at our house it will be better because we just moved and out house is kind of a mess with boxes everywhere.
Rolling her eyes, Bella sends her, sure.
Hello lovely people,
I know that you guys can't wait for Bella and Edward to get together and they will, but it will take time and more character growth, especially on Bella's part, for that to happen. You have to keep in mind that as readers, we know for sure that Edward has changed for the better, but Bella still has doubts. She needs time to get used to the new him. Plus, Edward also believes that he isn't good enough for her, so he will need time to get to the point of believing that he is worthy of her.
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