Bella The Babysitter: Chapter 17

Bella the Babysitter

Chapter seventeen

Edward Cullen POV

Our drinks hadn't even arrived to the table yet before Bella started shifting nervously and glancing at her purse every few seconds.

"Are you sure we should do this tonight Bella?" I asked, ready to cancel the drinks and drive her home if she wasn't feeling up to it.

"What? No, I'm fine." she replied distractedly.

"Is there something in your purse that's going to come out and bite you or something? Because you keep staring it down." I chuckled.

"Oh, well I'm nervous to be away from Lucas that's all Edward. I promise you I'm fine." Bella blushed. "I keep picturing Emmett duct taping him to the wall to keep him from getting into anything, they haven't baby proofed the house Edward. What if Emmett tries to feed him something and he chokes?"

"Rosalie is there to make sure Emmett doesn't do anything wrong baby, I promise." I attempted to reassure her but she didn't seem convinced. "Will it make you feel better if we call them before we order?"

"You wouldn't mind?"

"Of course not. I brought you out tonight so that we can have some privacy and a little quiet time. We won't have a good time if you're constantly worried, so go ahead and make the phone call."

"Are you sure?"

"I wouldn't tell you to call if it bothered me Bella. And to tell you the truth I'd like to know how Lucas is fairing away from us." I answered truthfully. "Go ahead."

"Okay." Bella said happily grabbing her phone and hitting a few buttons. "Hey Emmett, I was just calling to check on Luke. How's he doing?"

There was a pause and Bella smiled widely before covering the phone. "He's singing in the background, it's so cute." she offered me the phone but I just shook my head focusing on the waiter as he sat our drinks in front of us. Bella continued to talk to Emmett, instructing him of Lucas's favorite blanket he liked sleeping with and how to properly mix his cereal. "Alright thank you so much for this Em, and tell Rose too. We'll see you in a few hours. Love you too. And give him kisses for me." she smiled as she hung up shoving her phone in her purse and her purse on the floor. "They are fine."

"I knew they would be. Are you ready to order or do you need any more time?"

"I'll go with the mushroom ravioli with garlic bread and a side salad with Italian dressing, no croutons." Bella rambled off after closing her eyes and pointing to something on the menu.

"And for you sir?" the waiter asked.

"I'll have the same, ranch instead of Italian please." I folded my menu and handed it over before turning to Bella. "I don't want to have to go home and brush thoroughly after dinner."

I wanted to be able to kiss her while we waited in line to get into the movie without her freaking out over my meat breath. Something as trivial as a little meaty marinara wasn't going to hinder our date night that was for sure.

"Smart move Cullen." Bella smiled around the rim of her wine glass sipping before licking the red liquid from her lips. "Mm, that's good."

"Glad you like it. The house wine has always been a favorite of mine here." I took an appreciative sip of my own. "What kind of movie do you want to see?"

"Something funny. Like 'oh my god I'm going to pee my pants' funny." Bella giggled. "But if they don't have anything that looks promising I could go for a horror flick. Anything really so long as it isn't a chick flick, god knows I've shed enough tears lately to last at least a month or two."

"There's nothing wrong with being a little emotional Bella." I reassured her.

"Yeah but when the amount of tears that you shed can feel a small lake you've got issues." Bella sighed. "Let's just have fun tonight."

"That sounds good to me." I reached over and clasped her hand. "I'm sort of glad that I get you all to myself, even if it's for a couple of hours. Even if a small part of your brain will be constantly thinking about another man."

Bella giggled loudly as the waiter sat our food down sprinkling fresh mozzarella on the dishes before scampering off to give us some privacy. We sat and ate in companionable silence catching each other's eye every so often. I could tell that Bella was starting to loosen up and was glad.

In all the time she had been with us, she hadn't had a day off so I wanted her to realize that she could relax and have a good time without worrying about feedings and diaper changes.

After sharing a sundae and one more glass of wine we drove to the theater holding hands. It was nice being with just Bella, neither of us felt the need to fill the comfortable silence but I could tell that she was missing Lucas. The truth was, I was starting to miss the little tyke a bit myself.

Bella chose the movie and went to get us seats while I grabbed us a drink to share. The theater was less than half full so Bella and I took an entire row to ourselves, pulling the arm rests up so that we could snuggle together. Unfortunately the pee-your-pants funny movie Bella requested was sold out so we had to settle on the horror flick that turned out to me more blood and guts than actually scary.

More than once I was thankful for my strong stomach as the disgusting scenes played out on the big screen. Halfway through the movie Bella hadn't taken her hand from over her eyes since the last horrific debacle, so I pulled her closer and whispered in her ear.

"We can leave if you want you know."

"No, it's just gross." she grumbled. "You would think after watching Lucas puke spaghetti and other half digested things that I would be alright watching people get cut into little pieces and tortured by this sick man but no, it's just nasty."

"Do you want to go?" I asked again.

"No, just watch the movie. Then we'll go pick up Lucas." she murmured against my neck wrapping her arms around my middle. "I'm just going to rest my eyes."

The climax of the movie was just as bloody and gory as the beginning, middle and the end. By the time the credits rolled a few people had walked out and despite the screams coming from the actors and actresses, Bella had fallen asleep against me. I waited until everyone was exiting the theater to try to wake her up marveling at how cute she looked.

"Baby, the movie is over." I whispered shaking her softly.

"Mfew more minutes?" she mumbled, her voice garbled and muffled by my neck.

I kissed the top of her head and continued to shake her gently rubbing her back. "Don't you want to go get Lucas? I'm sure he misses the two of us."

Before I could finish my question Bella stood up adjusting her clothes and grabbing her bag all at once. She started walking towards the exit before turning back to me and sighing impatiently.

"It's not that I didn't love our date Edward but I really miss Lucas." she explained with a shy smile. "So if you wouldn't mind can we please go?"

"Of course we can. That was the plan after all." I stood up and walked over to her.

"Then why are you taking so long?" she sighed exasperatedly. "Let's get a move on Cullen. The baby is waiting."

I chuckled as she practically dragged me out of the theater, out to the parking lot and straight to the car. She refused to let me open the door for her mumbling that I was taking too long poking along and had her seat belt on and the car started before I could open the driver's side door and get myself situated.

"Well, impatient much?" I joked strapping my seat belt and pulling out of the parking spot.

"Shut it and drive." Bella harrumphed pulling out her cell phone, the act reminded me that I needed to turn mine back on since we were no longer in the theater.

As soon as my phone turned on, it started beeping with unheard messages so I pressed my inbox and listened.

"Mr. Cullen this is David Mathews with Volturi security we received an alert from your residence. A call has been made to the local police department and they should arrive momentarily."

"Mr. Cullen this is David Mathews with Volturi security calling in regards to the intruder alert we received at seven forty-five tonight. The police have apprehended the intruder and our employees are repairing the damage to the back door of your property. If you could give me a call back that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you."

"Shit." I exclaimed tossing my phone in the cup holder.

"What is it?" Bella asked worriedly. "Is it Luke?"

"No, the house was broken into. The security team said something about the back door being damaged and that they got the fucker." I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Can you call Emmett and Rose and see if they can keep Luke for a little while longer please?"

"Yes, of course." Bella stuttered before making the phone call. She talked softly and calmly to Rose before hanging up and turning to me. "Are you alright?" her voice full of fear.

"I'm fine baby. Just upset. I hope they didn't mess anything up to badly. There are a lot of memories in that house and I hate for them to be destroyed because of a hoodlum."

Bella reached over and gripped my hand. "It's alright, let's just go see what's going on and we'll handle whatever happens." she reassured me sweetly running her thumb over my knuckles in a soothing manner.

Pulling onto our street it looked like an episode of cops. Five cop cars were parked on the grass and in the driveway in front of the house. Bella was out of the car before I even put it in park walking around the back of the house quickly as I ran to catch up with her.

A guy in a Volturi Security shirt was busy boarding up the back door where the glass had been shattered. A police officer stopped Bella before she could go in the house.

"I'm sorry miss, the security company informed us that this house is under the name Edward Cullen, unless you're him, you need to stay out here."

"I'm Edward Cullen and she's my girlfriend, so she can go in." I cleared my throat.

From there I was swept through a play by play of how the intruder broke the back door with a brick out of the rubbish pile by the shed. After entering the house they went straight upstairs to the nursery before the police arrived and arrested them.

"We have him out in the car if you'd like to come take a look. Maybe you know him." Officer Murphy said leading me out of my front door while Bella went with officer Dearing to make sure that none of Lucas's belongings were vandalized.

I could tell she was angry and upset that the intruder had went straight for the nursery, as was I. What did they want?

The douche sat in the back seat of the first cruiser in the driveway. His greasy blond hair hung loosely in his eyes and he looked scared shitless. As he should.

Officer Murphy opened the door so I could take a good look.

"I've never seen this piece of shit before in my life." I answered his silent question coldly.

"He refused to answer any of our questions until we got a lawyer for him so we'll just drive him down to the station and book him." Murphy said slamming the door shut as Bella and Dearing came down the front steps.

Bella threw herself at me shaking like a leaf. "That bastard was packing his things Edward. He was going to kidnap Luke." she cried.

"Its fine baby, they caught him." I choked out swallowing the vomit that was rising in my throat at the thought of someone trying to kidnap my son.

Bella turned towards the car as one of the officers opened the driver's side door causing the interior lights to illuminate the car. She pulled away from me and gasped.

"Mike?"