FYH Chapter 19

FYH Chapter 19

Perfection

EPOV:
We'd had another therapy session yesterday afternoon. It went quite well. It was mainly Mom, Dad, and I talking out a few things. Bella was amazing too. Her insights on how she could relate to my Mom's issues after losing her family really did help us to understand that people in grief don't always think straight or make the soundest decisions. Before we got off the phone she apologized. I mean a really apology and asked me to forgive her. She told me that she misses me. I knew that she did and if I am being honest with myself I had to admit that I missed her too. So I told her so. I also told her that we'd decided that we would definitely be coming to Phoenix as soon as Rose had the baby.
As soon as we pulled into Ogunquit I was completely mesmerized. The whole feel of the town was so welcoming and friendly. And then while driving around sight seeing we found it.
It was absolutely perfect. From the look on Bella's face I could tell that she was already in love with the house too. And we hadn't even seen the inside of it yet. It was two stories and looked big enough for a nice sized family, but it wasn't too big. And the best part was that it was right on the beach. It was exactly as Bella had wanted.
"I really want this house Edward." That was all that I needed to hear before I grabbed my phone and quickly dialed the number listed on the for sale sign posted in the yard. I ended up leaving a voicemail for the realtor to call me back. It was after all Friday afternoon. It was likely that she ducked out early to enjoy the festival herself.
We stood there admiring the house and the land that it was on. It even had a white picket fence. How cool was that? I could totally see us raising a family here. And Emmett and Rose wouldn't be far away now that they were moving to Boston. It would be close enough for weekend trips to visit to see our niece or nephew. And Alice and Jasper would still be close to Mom and Dad so they wouldn't lose their whole family in one shot. A part of me was scared that this would cause mom to have a set back. But as Bella had put it, she already knew that it was coming so it shouldn't be that big of shock to her. But we decided not to say anything until we had something concrete to tell.
We spent the evening sitting in the main room with the owners of the Inn that we were staying in along with the other guests. They had invited us all down for coffee and dessert after supper. Then we stayed and talked for awhile. After telling everyone our story about how we met and the extensive traveling, they all thought that it completely romantic and what wonderful memories we were creating. I had to agree on that part. I knew that I would never forget a minute of this trip. Mainly because I was writing everything down as we went on.
I was also about three-fourths of the way done with the book that I was writing. I was quite proud of it so far. I knew that Bella was eager to read it but I was hesitant so far. It wasn't that I did want or value her input, but I'd never really shared my work with anyone and I really wanted her to wait until it was finished so that she'd get the whole experience. I also had many other ideas floating in my head for projects to start in the future after I got this one done.
The next morning during breakfast at the Inn's dining room of Belgian waffles and homemade sausages the realtor called back about the house that we saw. Luckily she was available to show us the house and agreed to meet us there in a half hour. This just felt like it was meant to be. Little did I know who much more true that statement would become as our day continued.
We pulled up to the house just as the Realtor did. Her name was Amelia Martin and she reminded me a lot of Rose. She was a strong, confident woman and I took an instance like to her and so did Bella. As we walked into the house I heard Bella gasp and then I saw her take off in the direction of the kitchen so I followed her. She looked just like a kid in a candy store. After walking through the house admiring the view of the ocean out of the back windows and the amazingly huge master bedroom we started to talk price. It turns out that the house had only been listed yesterday morning so the realtor was surprised to get a call on it so soon. But we put in an offer that matched what the owners were asking. I didn't want to haggle over the cost, like I know that I am supposed to do. I wanted to make my wife's dreams come true and by watching her as we walked through this house, this was her dream home.
BPOV:
Home. That's exactly how I felt as I walked through the front door of that house. I hadn't felt that feeling since I was forced to move out of the house that my parents owned and in with the Weber's. I cried so hard the day that they told me that they had sold the house and then they went on about how the money was being handled like I really cared at that point. What good was the money when all I wanted was my mom and dad?
Luckily enough for me, when the Weber's had taken me in and became my legal guardians they set everything up in trust accounts that I would take control of on my eighteenth birthday. So I had the money to pay for the house since we'd recently agreed to each pay for half of whatever house we bought.
The first thing that I noticed was the kitchen. I could tell that it had been recently remodeled with all brand new appliances. I got hit with a sudden vision of me cooking meals in here with a handful of kids running around Edward and me. Edward put an offer in immediately and as we reluctantly headed back out of the house, Amelia told us that we should hear back from here before we left town on Monday.
We spent the day wondering around the town square observing and joining in on the festivities. We decided to participate in the town scavenger hunt which was going to be ongoing over the whole weekend. After taking in a couple of shops and finding a couple of clues we wandered over to the cookie walk that was being held for charity. Edward and I both loaded up on goodies that would be easy to travel with and munch on in the car. Then he happened to find a bookstore so we went in and that it where we discovered that Ogunquit really was meant to be our home. It was so unreal that everything would fall into place this easily. It didn't seem possible or even realistic that it could be this easy. But it was happening.
As I was wandering around the bookstore, and picking up a few interesting looking books, I noticed that Edward was talking to a guy behind the counter so I made my way over to them to put my books down while I continued to look around. Edward introduced me to the guy as David Michaels, the owner of the shop. His wife wanted to be able to retire soon and move south for warmer winter weather, but he was reluctant to close the only bookstore in town. He would really prefer to sell the store to someone, but while people in town agreed that they didn't want to lose the bookstore, no one was interested in taking it over. I knew what my husband was thinking before he even looked at me with that hopeful expression.
"Maybe you and your wife should talk this over before any decisions are made." Mr. Michaels said as he took in the look on my face. It must have been obvious because I was not immediately convinced that this was a great idea. On one hand we'd have income coming in and wouldn't be living off our trust accounts but on the hand how would we be able to manage owning and operating a shop while we were both in college? We finished looking around the bookstore and after we made our purchases we decided to take them back to our room at the Inn so we wouldn't have to lug them around all day.
Once we got into the room Edward grabbed me by the waist and pulled me over to the bed to sit with him. "You don't want to buy the shop, do you."
"Edward, it's not that I don't want to buy it, but more that there is a lot to consider before taking on a commitment like that. Like what about college?"
"What about it?"
"I want to go, Edward, I found this University of New England online last night that's only eighteen miles from here. I thought that we'd enroll for classes in the fall."
He looked at me with a strange expression on his face. "I think that we need to work on our communication skills because I don't remember saying that I wanted go to college."
And then it hit me and oh shit! I realized that I had fucked up. I had just assumed that he wanted to go to college just because I did.
"You're right. I just assumed that we'd be going to college together. But you don't do you?"
"No, I really don't. I've thought a lot about it and really I've been wavering on a decision but it really just doesn't appeal to me. It's not what I really want to spend my time doing for the next four years."
I snuggled into his side and he pulled us down to lie on the bed. "Fair enough. I'm sorry that I just assumed instead of talking with you. I shouldn't have done that."
"At least it was just an assumption and you didn't take it upon yourself to enroll the both of us-you didn't, did you?"
"No, Edward, I promise that I didn't enroll you in college behind your back." I said with a roll of my eyes. "I'm not that stupid."
Again he looked at me with a strange expression on his face, "You realize that you just called both of my parent's stupid idiots."
"Oh F***! I didn't mean it like that. And I never said the word idiot."
"I'm still telling them what you said and you're going to be in trouble."
"You better not Edward Cullen!" I said shifting until I was straddling him.
"Just how are you planning to stop me Bella Cullen?" He said as he flipped us over and pinned me to the bed.
"I can stop you by using the one thing about your life that I can make executive decisions on."
"And what is that?"
"Forced celibacy."
"Maybe I'll wait to call my parents some other time."
"I thought so." I laughed as he leaned down to kiss me. We ended up not leaving the room again until dinner time.
EPOV:
We finally dragged our butts out of bed when Bella's stomach started growling. I wasn't really upset with her assumption that we were both intending to go to college a little irked maybe. But after all the last time that we had spoken about it we had both left it at undecided. But today after looking around that book store and talking with the owner I knew that running a small town bookstore was what I really wanted to do with my life. Maybe I'd take a class or two with Bella. That might be fun. But I had no intentions of going for an actual degree.
We went to a little café that we'd seen in the town square for supper and as the waitress was showing us to our table we spotted Amelia sitting with a group of people and she called us over and asked us to join her party. We said that we didn't want to intrude but she said that was nonsense that if we wanted to move to town we should start getting to know our neighbors. The café was apparently a popular place for locals to hit for supper. She told us that she was going to give us a call after supper and that she'd talked to the owner of the house and there was going to be a question of taking possession. The owners thought that given the current market it was going to take a few months to sell the place and went ahead with the listing but wouldn't be ready to vacate the house for a few months. We told her that that would be fine as we were still traveling and would accommodate their needs. She grabbed her phone and made the call that secured us as the owners of a beach front home in Maine. Now I just needed to tell my mother.
A/N:
Thanks for the support that I've received from everyone regarding the delays in updates due to school issues. I appreciate it greatly. Again, I submitted a future take to Fandom for floods. The link is on my ffn profile. A $5 donation gets you a compilation that includes 198 twilight authors and its get the people of Australia some assistance after the devastation from the floods. The picture of Bella and Edward's house can be found on last Monday's pictease and it is the avatar in my ffn. Profile. Thanks for sticking with me.