Bella The Babysitter: Chapter 8

Bella the Babysitter

Chapter Eight

Edward Cullen POV

"Well, I had a moment of realization last night about this whole nanny ordeal." My mother said as she folded a basket of towels for me. "You probably could tell that I wasn't very happy about you hiring an inexperienced woman but then I thought."

"Oh lord. Alert the presses the woman had a thought." Alice called dramatically through the room as she rocked Lucas in her arms happily.

"Alice Cullen you shut your mouth right now." My mother scolded throwing a washcloth at Alice before turning back to me. "Anyways as I was saying. I figured that this is actually a blessing in disguise. This woman is going to come in here and allow me to teach her how to properly care for Lucas whom I've known since day one. I can teach her all of my tricks and Vicky's unique things so there's no need for her to go and take those god awful classes."

"You're going to teach her your wicked ways in a day?" I asked with a hint of amusement.

"Of course not. I took the next week off. I'll be here to get Bella thoroughly acclimated to being a proper caregiver to an infant." My mother shrugged.

"Oh."

"Oh? Haha you broke Edward." Alice laughed as she sat down next to my mother and handed her Luke before taking over the folding. "I think this is going to be wonderful. It will be nice to hang-out with another girl."

"Thanks Alice. You really should watch what you say." My mother said as she rubbed Lucas's tummy causing him to coo. "If this girl has any sense, she will run far, very far away from you and you will be stuck hanging-out with me. The only girl in this vicinity that can take your verbal abuse."

"Oh momma Es, you know I'm just playing." Alice hugged my mom from the side and then snorted. "Or you're just stuck with me because I married your baby."

"Technically I'm the baby. Jasper is an old man." I argued.

"Aww, is Edward jealous?" Alice asked sadly before she perked up. "She's here!"

Lucas, clearly surprised by the outburst started to cry so I hurried to make him a bottle knowing it was almost time for his next feeding.

"Alice run out there and tell Bella to park next to my car." I instructed as I pulled a clean bottle off of the drying rack.

"Aww, look Ma he's already sharing things with her. It must be love, why else would he hire the most inexperienced person to care for his baby?" Alice said clutching her heart. "And here I thought the boy was gay."

"ALICE." Both my mother and I yelled while Lucas started to cry dramatically.

Yep definitely time for his next bottle.

"Sorry, going. I'm going." Alice huffed walking out of the house through the door on the side of the kitchen that leads to the garage and driveway.

"She's only joking Edward." my mom said as I sat down and took Lucas from her.

Immediately he started to reach for his bottle, but my mother stopped me saying that it would be a perfect opportunity to show Bella how to properly feed him. I argued that Bella should have time to get settled but mother rules all. She just simply stated that there was no time like the present so we both sat there for a few minutes listening to Lucas scream as if he hadn't eaten in forever.

Bella and Alice made it inside and I was happy to see her. She looked a little more comfortable in the worn and torn jeans, sneakers and Chilly Willy t-shirt and I was happy to see that she didn't feel the need to dress fancy. I myself am a pretty laid back person so I wanted her to be comfortable under my employment. Besides there's nothing worse than an expensive shirt getting puked on. I've learned my lesson a time or two.

Lucas immediately wanted Bella when his eyes laid on her so I wasted no time teaching her how to properly hold him so that he wouldn't get a lot of air bubbles.

As instructed I ran outside to grab Bella's bags and was surprised to find a pretty cool Isuzu pup with fat boy tires sitting next to my Volvo. I walked around the front of it checking out to make sure it was safe to transport Lucas, something I hadn't thought of in the process of the nanny hunt. Out of the two cars that belonged to James and Vicky, I decided to put James' restored 67' Camero Coupe into storage for Lucas when he turned sixteen and got his driver's license. Vicky's car was still on lease so I decided to send it back because my car was enough.

The inside of Bella's car was very clean but what surprised me was the fuzzy rainbow colored seat covers and matching steering wheel cover. There was even a pair of fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror. A few raindrops started to fall so I hurried to grab the surprising five bags from the bed of the truck, two of which were pretty light while the others definitely had some weight to them. I was sort of expecting a butt load of bags because she was a girl and I've been around Alice for ten odd years. The girl liked to shop even when she was sick, nothing could stop her.

The girls were talking and laughing when I finally made it into the house. As soon as the door shut, I could hear the falling rain on the front porch. The chatter didn't stop as I walked through the living room and up the stairs towards Bella's new bedroom. Out of the corner of my eye I saw my mother talking Bella through properly burping Lucas while Alice recounted the story of the last time I was puked on. Their laughter followed me up the stairs.

After tossing Bella's bags gently on the foot of the bed I ran down the stairs. Lucas was playing with a curl that had fallen out of the clip that was holding Bella's hair back while she sat with her legs crossed on the floor. As soon as I made it off the last step, she looked up and sent me a sweet smile. I knew I was going to like her.

"Alright if everyone is alright I'm going to head to my office." I pointed towards the hallway. "If you need anything just come in, I wear sound canceling headphones so I won't hear if you knock or scream for that matter."

"Aye aye captain." Alice saluted.

"Yes dear." my mom laughed as Lucas sneezed on Bella's face.

"Sure." Bella said wiping her face off on her the edge of her t-shirt seamlessly unfazed.

She leaned over so that her face was close to his and for a second I thought she was going to kiss him. Instead she breathed in deeply and fake sneezed in his face causing him to jump in surprise and then start laughing.

"That's what you get mister." she fake scolded causing him to giggle again. "Sneezing in girl's faces is gross."

"Aww look she's already teaching him manners." Alice sighed clutching her heart before giving everyone a serious look. "Now we are going to teach Bella how to properly give Lukey a bath and then we're going to take a walk down to the strip for lunch. Bella needs new sheets."

Lucas started to grab at Bella as she sat back up, managing to pull the front of her shirt down revealing a black lace bra and lots of creamy flesh. Almost immediately the creamy flesh flushed pink in embarrassment.

Black lace….

Bella Swan POV

If I had to choose a time to have my brand new boss see my boobage it would have to be when I was wearing my power bra. One hundred and fifty eight dollars worth of black lace and bamboo under wire and I couldn't wear the fucker without feeling one hundred percent woman. It pushed the girls up and out and I could wear it for days on end without being uncomfortable.

Today was my lucky day because Handsy McGee yanked down the v-neck collar of my shirt revealing my breasts for all the world to see. Well, my boss, his mother and sister in law at least. I could feel myself blushing all the way down to my who-hah and I was relieved that no one made a big deal about it other than Edward's nervous cough as he pulled his wallet out of his pants pocket and handed me a wad of cash.

"Pay for everything no matter what my mother and her sidekick say or do. If you wouldn't mind bringing me home something to eat for lunch so that I can get as much writing in as possible." he shifted. "Never mind. That's not your job. I'll just call and have a pizza delivered."

"Edward. It's fine. I'll pick you up something. Chill. Breath." I patted his hand that was still holding the money out.

"Thank you. Umm Lucas is going to need some more diapers as well, if you can pick those up. My mother knows his size and brand and everything." he rambled.

"Edward. Seriously go write or something. I'm here to be the nanny, it's my job to make sure he has diapers and things." I laughed as I took the money and placed it in my back pocket.

Seriously dude needed to take a chill pill or drink a forty.

"Damn, Edward just got told." Alice laughed from her perch beside Esme. "I knew I liked you Bella."

Immediately I started back tracking thinking I was about to get fired already.

"I'm sorry Edward. That was completely out of li-"

"It's fine. I'm just as new to this as you are. We'll have to learn as we go alright?" he smiled.

"Kay."

As soon as the door at the very end of the hall closed, Esme jumped up and helped me stand. I picked up Lucas and we followed her and Alice to the kitchen where they proceeded to teach me how to bathe the babe in the sink. I ended up more wet than Lucas by the end of it and had to run upstairs to my new bedroom and change my shirt while they got him dressed. I found the three of them at closet by the front door where I was then taught how to properly open the stroller from hell with one hand while holding the baby in the other.

It took eight tries and I walked away with a impressive blood blister on the inside of my hand.

A good thirty minutes later we were walking down the sidewalk. Alice was twirling ahead of us like a little gypsy like energizer bunny. Eventually she would stop and point something out. I kept waiting for her to say 'oooh shiny' at the next piece of scrap metal that we passed.

"What did your parents say about you becoming a live-in nanny with a single man?" Esme asked as we made it to the strip mall. "If you don't mind me asking."

"That's easy. I don't have any." I shrugged and then attempted to change the subject. "Where do you guys want to eat?"

"What do you mean you don't have any parents?" Alice asked.

"They both are gone. My mom when I was three and my dad when I was twelve. I lost my grandmother when I was still in high school and have been living with Emmett and Rosalie ever since. Until now that is."

"I'm so sorry." Esme pulled me into a sideways hug.

"It's alright. I've had a lot of time to grieve. So I'll ask again. Where do we want to eat?"

Alice ended up dragging us to a Mexican restaurant, I was surprised when Esme ordered a double
tequila margarita but Alice explained that Esme couldn't in good conscious eat Mexican food without drinking a margarita. Lucas sat in a highchair next to me and Esme started naming off the different things that were okay for his age that I could feed him while out at a restaurant.

"When in doubt pull out the jar food. He likes the sweeter things like fruit or sweet potatoes and nothing green." she explained handing me a jar of tootie fruity and a spoon with a rubber end. "It's so he doesn't cut his gums."

Feeding the little monster was hard. He liked to bite down on the spoon really hard so that I had to pull and yank. It sort of reminded me of a pit bull playing tug of war. Sometimes he would let go and I would lurch backwards earning a cute little giggle.

We had just gotten our food and Alice pulled out a Monday thru Sunday pill container. She shook out about eight pills and just mumbled 'vitamins' before downing the entire handful with a sip of water.

After sharing a fried ice cream I realized that Lucas needed a diaper change from the smell he was
emitting. Esme thoroughly buzzed from her alcoholic beverage just waved me towards the bathroom while Alice explained that she was too full to move. I bravely put the diaper bag on my shoulder before holding my arms out to Lucas.

He gave me a gummy smile and allowed me to pick him up out of the highchair and carry him to the bathroom.

I was in luck once again and the bathroom came with a diaper changing table thing. I only recognized it because I had been bitched out by a mother holding a soggy baby one time at a grocery store when I was using the table to hold my purse while I tied my shoe. Apparently only babies should sit on there.

Lucas was relatively calm as I laid him on the table and got everything ready. I could have sworn that he sighed with relief when I opened his onesie. I talked to him calmly as I checked to make sure I wasn't about to get showered with urine again and the entire ordeal was over rather quickly.

To reward him for his good behavior, I blew a raspberry on his stomach but didn't expect him to put both of his hands in my hair and yank as he squealed in delight. I managed to remove his greedy paws without losing too much hair in the process before putting everything back in the diaper bag and picking him up. Alice and Esme were waiting at the table holding a cell phone between the two of them.

"Three minutes and forty-two seconds. Dang girl you're pretty good for a newb." Alice smiled.

"You timed how long it would take me to change a diaper?" I asked my eyes wide in shock.

"Oh Bella. Timing is everything when it comes to caring for a baby."

Apparently there are a lot of everythings when it comes to caring for a baby. I hope I can keep up.