CH28: ROUTINE

Edward's POV

A whole month passed by in mere days it seemed. Perhaps it only felt that way because Eddie grew quite rapidly, both physically and mentally. He started speaking about a week after his birth.
"Daddy, where's Ivee? Me wanna play with her," was what he asked in a perfect toddler tone.
The initial shock of his advanced growing wasn't quite a shock to Bella and I anymore. We kind of expected as much. Considering the fact that Ivee was closer to his mentality for now, they almost always spent their day together.
Renesmee, Emmie and Rommel, on the other hand, were officially back in school.
Nessie was now an eager sophomore. The only thing she was really looking forward to was spending time with Mia. As for the twins, their growing seemed to be slowing so we all decided it was safe for them to enter as freshmen.
Mornings were a lot more chaotic now with 3 out of the 5 children attending school. Esme was obviously overjoyed with the catering of her grandchildren. They don't really eat any other human food unless their Gramma cooked it.
"I wish Gramma would be one of the cooks at school. Cafeteria food is just horrid compared to her cooking!" I heard Emmie complain as Bella and I entered the kitchen with Eddie holding on to our pinkies. He looked to be a small 3 year old.
"Sweetie," Rosalie replied at the same time she was brushing her daughter's long golden hair. "Your grandmother is too glamorous to be working in a high school and in the cafeteria at that."
"True, but we still gotta put on a show for the humans, little sis. Right, mom?" Rommel asked, taking the last bite of his pancake. Despite his jaunty demeanor, my nephew took our secret seriously.
Rose and Esme nodded in agreement.
"If you don't like the lunch on a certain day then just buy some fruit or chips. Rom's right, Emmie. We wouldn't want to cause a commotion," Nessie answered as well.
Her cousin let go of the subject at hand once she laid eyes on Eddie.
"Hey there, you little cutie patootie! What're you doing up so early, huh?"
"I wanna say bye-bye to alla you!" he answered brightly, raising his tiny arms over his head, motioning for her to pick him up.
"Uh, I don't think so M&M. I'm gonna say bye-bye first," Rommel said as he used his power to bring Eddie over to his side of the island counter.
"Rom! No fair! You know my power isn't as forceful as yours!" she pouted.
I chuckled in response. She just resembled her mother so much when she acted like this.
"Don't let your brother intimidate you, sweetheart. With just a little more practice, who knows? You can probably freeze his power altogether," I told her.
She smiled and wrapped her arms around my torso.
"Thanks, Uncle Edward."
"Besides, you know what they all say... "First is the worst, second is the best and third is the one with the hairy, hairy chest!" she announced as she finally got a hold of Eddie.
Eddie laughed and said, "Nessie, hairy chest!"
We all spluttered into merriment.
Nessie, however, clenched her jaw and narrowed her eyes.
"I don't have a hairy chest!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, but you're dating a guy with one!" Rommel replied in between his hysterical laughter. That remark caused an even louder uproar in the house.
"What's so funny?" Ivee asked groggily, with one hand still rubbing her eyes.
"Ivee!!!" Eddie bellowed and jumped off the counter. Fortunately, he seemed to not inherit Bella's clumsiness.
His tiny legs ran full speed towards his sleepy cousin and crushed against her in impact. Since he was still considerably small, there was hardly any damage on Ivee.
"Good morning to you, too, kiddo," she greeted him and ruffled his hair.
"Alrighty then. I got the jeep up and running. Let's get you little munchkins to another wonderful day of high school," Emmett declared as he came through the back kitchen door.
Hugs, kisses, goodbyes and sayings of good luck were said all at once and within 5 minutes, the only sounds in the house were the footsteps of Ivee and Eddie running around, chasing each other. This was practically an everyday thing, but it was one of the most pleasant cheers of our days lately.




Just a cute little scene...I kinda have some drama planned for one of the twins in the following chapters... so be on the look out for that!!!
OH! and feel free to check out my newest story I'm working on, called 13.
go here: krthirteen.blogspot.com
I don't know how often I can update that one once since my main focus is on Flaming Moon right now...