FYH Chapter 20

FYH Chapter 20

I knew that

EPOV:
Bella and I celebrated a little bit when we returned to our room that night. We had done so much pre-celebrating before we went to dinner that we were both starting to get a bit sore.
After Bella fell asleep, I got up, threw on my sweats, and sat at the table with my journals. It was just after three in the morning when I finally went back to bed. I wrapped my arms around my beautiful wife and fell asleep. When I woke later that morning, I heard Bella in the shower so I turned on the TV and watched some news while I waited for her to come out.
After I got a quick shower, we went down to breakfast. The hosts of the Inn sat down and mentioned that they heard that we bought a house in town.
"ahh…small town life." Bella sighed and I looked over to see that she had a contented look on her face as she smiled over her cup of coffee. "I've missed it so."
Bella got into a conversation about her hometown in Washington with them while let myself get lost in thought. This knowing everyone's business was something that I was going to have to get used to and fast.
"What are you thinking about over there?" Bella asked me and I noticed that it was just the two of us at the table again.
"That I need to call Mom, Dad, and the rest of the family and tell them about the house and you need to call Angela and her parents too."
"Oh God. I forgot to call her the other night. I've been so horrible at keeping in touch with her."
"She'll understand. So, you want to do this together or separately?"
"Why don't we do it on our own so we can get these calls made and get going to the festival."
Therefore, Bella went up to our room and I headed out to the porch swing and made the first call.
"Hey Mom. Happy Sunday! I didn't wake you did I?"
"No. Its eight here. I've been up. How are you and Bella?"
"We're great actually. I have something that I need to tell you." I heard her suck in a breath before she responded.
"What is it, dear?"
"We bought a house."
"A house. You bought a house." She said sounding amused for a second before she started laughing.
"What's so funny about Bella and me buying a house?"
"For a moment I thought you were going to tell me that she was pregnant or something like that. I've been expecting a call about a house. SO, uh, she's not pregnant then?"
"No. She's not. We're definitely not ready for that yet, we're thinking in a couple years though."
"You've talked about it then?"
"Yes we've discussed it once or twice."
"That's good, honey. You should enjoy being young a little while longer. Now tell me where my son and daughter-in-law will be settling down at?"
"In a tiny little town called Ogunquit, Maine."
"Maine?"
"Yep. I found my wife a beach house in a small town like she wanted."
"Wow. Maine. Good, you will be pretty close to where Emmett and Rose will be when they move to Boston then. Tell me about this town."
I told her everything that I knew so far including how friendly everyone was here. She sounded genuinely happy for us so, without thinking through what I was saying, I extended an olive branch that made her cry, by inviting her and dad to come visit us once we ourselves settled in, in a few months.
BPOV:
I was the worst kind of friend. It had been two days since I told Angela that I would call her back and I totally forgot all about it with the whole house and bookstore thing.
"I'm sorry" is the first thing that I blurt out when she answered.
"You should be. Finally dragged your ass out of that bed to call me back huh?" I knew that she was just teasing me.
"Hey I've made it out of bed, once or twice….I even have the house to prove it."
"Ummm…what about a house?"
"Edward and I just bought a house in Maine."
"In MAINE! You're moving a whole nation away from me?" I knew that she was going to be upset. We've been close our whole lives and I think she just assumed that I would be coming back to Washington after my trip. And really that was a consideration of mine before I met Edward, but I really had nothing but Angela and her parents tying me to Washington and I really felt the need for Edward and I to have a clean start somewhere new for both of us. I knew that while she was disappointed that I was going to be so far away she was also very happy for us.
I updated her on how Edward and his family were doing and she was always thrilled when she heard that they made new strides in repairing their relationships. I told her about the bookstore that he wanted to buy and that he didn't want to go to school. She actually agreed with him and reminded me that not everyone has to go to college to have success in their life. It all boils down to how you define a successful life.
"I swear you are sound more like your father every time I talk to you." I teased her. She said that she'd take that as a compliment she her father was such an awesome man. We talked a bit more about her classes and Ben. And I told her that for our Christmas presents to her and Ben; Edward and I wanted to pay for them to join us in New York City for New Years Eve. She got really excited at that prospect and told me that she'd let me know as soon as she talked to Ben and then their parents to get permission to come this far together. It saddened me again that I really didn't have anyone that cared where I went and with who like that.
I let Angela go and she promised to call her mom and tell her about Maine and the house. I laid down on my bed and cried until I heard Edward come into the room and lie down with me.
EPOV:
I walked back into our room after talking with Mom and found Bella on the bed in tears. I rushed over to her grabbed her into my arms and asked what was wrong. She told me that she missed her parents. Of course she did. She always would. Hell, even I'd miss my mother if something happened to her. But it had to be especially hard for her now that we had things decided and she would not be returning to the place that they had all called home together. I held her as she cried it all out and told her that we would go back to visit her parents grave very often. They would never be forgotten or left behind, not by us. Then she clutched me closer and cried a little more until she finally asked how my call with Mom had gone.
"She was quite disappointed." I told Bella.
"I thought that she would be. Did she put up a big fuss?"
"No. She was disappointed that you aren't pregnant."
"What? Why the hell would she think that I am pregnant?"
"Wishful thinking? I think that she wants a large collection of grandchildren to spoil."
"I am so not ready for that. But how did she take the news of us moving to Maine?"
"She was happy for us actually, in fact she was so cool about it that I…" I trailed off.
"That you what?'
Then I had to confess something to her. I told her that I blurted out an invitation for my mother to come here to visit us once we were moved in. She laughed at me and told me that she had to meet her mother in law face to face someday. I could not keep them apart forever. Especially if they were going to make jams and jellies together.
We decided to call my siblings together and honestly, Emmett was thrilled when he found out we were going to be so close. He yelled at Rose behind him that they now had weekend sitters for when they needed a break from the kid. Which earned him a nice thwack upside the head from Rose. Alice on the other hand tried to sound happy for me but I knew that she was sad that both of her brothers were moving away.
After about an hour of lying there Bella was feeling better and ready to go partake in the town festivities. We ended up running into some of the people that we'd met at dinner the night before and we all hung out together for the rest of the day. It was a strange feeling when it came to for everyone to part for the evening and we were saying goodbye. What really felt strange was the idea of actually moving on.
The next morning came and found Bella and I packing our bags into the car and preparing to endeavor onto the next leg of our journey. Amelia pulled up as we were about to climb into the car to take off.
"I'm glad that I caught you guys. Is there anyway you guys can come back next weekend to sign all the papers?"
"Of course. We'll be here." And with that we left our new hometown.
A/N:
I know it's a bit short but you're going to get an outtake too this week. I'm finally ready to write the Alice one that I promised a while back. Again, I did a submission for Fandom for Flood and you have until the end of March to donate only $5 and get an amazing compilation of some amazing writers.
Also, now that I've completed my Potter fic I have started a new twilight story called "A Second Life" I have three chapters written but have not posted anything as of yet. I wanted to see if anyway was interested in being a pre-reader and/or beta for it. PM or twitter me if interested.