Bella The Babysitter: Chapter 6

Bella the Babysitter

Chapter Six

Bella Swan POV

Hearing Edward speak about Lucas's short past broke my heart. I could barely contain my emotions. Tears welled up in my eyes so I discreetly wiped them away.

Little Luke and I had more in common than I thought except for I was given the opportunity to meet both my parents. I could barely remember my mother but Lucas was just a baby. There was no way he would ever remember anything about his mother and father that wasn't taught to him by Edward or other family members.

I could tell by the way Edward was talking that he was going to offer me the job. I have had plenty of interviews and know from experience the look in his eye told me I was a shoe in. There was no way I could come into this home to care for an infant without being honest. Edward seemed to take it in stride that I have had a colorful employment background.

Then I bit the bullet and informed him of my lack of mini people experience.

"What exactly do you mean none?" Edward asked slowly.

"Well let's just say this is the closest I've ever been to a baby." I explained pointing to the infant in his 
lap.

I watched his once somewhat hopeful face fall in disappointment and immediately started backpedaling. "But I'm a really quick learner. I can take classes at the YMCA up the road. I saw that they have parenting classes and stuff when I went there to swim last week. I'll sign up immediately."

"That actually sounds great. They also have online classes. I haven't had time to enroll yet but I'm sure we could work a schedule out so that we could both learn a thing or two." Edward said before grimacing. "Do you think you want to give this a go?"

"Yes." I answered without an ounce of hesitation.

"Well then you can pack a bag and come back tomorrow. I'm sure I could teach you the basics and my mother will be here all day tomorrow to help out while I work and she raised two sons. She could probably teach you better than those classes." Edward smiled fondly and I could tell that he adored his mother. "If that's alright with you I mean."

"Um yeah. The sooner the better." I nodded.

"It's agreed then. Are you ready for your first assignment?"

"Huh?"

Edward clearly took my confusion as 'yes chef, right away chef, name it chef' because he stood up eagerly and walked over to the couch and plopped Lucas's lighter than he looks body in my surprised arms.

"Good, Lucas needs a diaper change."

Emmett burst out laughing causing me to jump and the baby to cry nervously. I did the only thing that felt right and pressed him to my chest in an effort to comfort him. He nuzzled my chest and started to calm down until the smell of rancid broccoli hit my nose and I recoiled.

"What the heck is that smell?" I asked trying not to breathe for fear that if I tried to only inhale through my mouth that I would taste it.

"Come on Bee, do you have to ask. Go change the baby before it starts squishing out of the diaper." Emmett said leaning as far away from me as he could. "Seriously it happens all the time. My little cousin Kate used to explode out of her diaper all-"

"Emmett I'm sure we get the idea." Edward interrupted with a sour look. "I'm sure that Bella could deal without the horror stories. Am I right?"

"Yes you are." I smiled.

"Well come on. I'll show you the nursery and we'll see about teaching you how to change a diaper."

"Um yeah, do you want to uh." I nodded down at Lucas in an effort to get Edward to take him.

It was the first time I had ever held a baby and as tiny and cute as he was I didn't want to drop him or something while standing. Breaking the baby would be followed by my being fired and that wouldn't do.

"Nope, you gotta learn sometime." he held out his hand but I refused to take the both of them off of the baby. "It's alright all you have to do is cradle him in the crook of your arm."

When I made no move, Edward leaned down and situated Lucas in the crook of one of my arms and grabbed my other helping me stand.

Of course my being myself I stumbled a little.

"Are you alright?" Edward asked.

Emmett snorted. "Yeah that's normal Bella behavior. She who trips over air on daily basis."

"Alright name I cannot say in the presence of young ears." I shot him a warning glare before turning to Edward. "Lead the way boss."

Edward smiled and led the way to a staircase. He walked slowly with me by his side probably making sure I wasn't going to trip and roll down the stairs carrying the poor innocent baby. He opened the door revealing a beautiful nursery. Clouds were painted all over the ceiling in shapes of animals, a robot and even an ice-cream cone. All of the furniture was a calming blue and I noticed that there were only two pictures hanging up. One of Edward holding a very tiny bundle of blue, he had a nervous smile on his face as he looked at the camera. The second one was of Edward, a tiny Lucas and a couple. The picture had clearly been taken a while back because Lucas had no hair.

"That's Vicky and James." Edward said sadly pointing to the couple. "Lucas was two months old. He was born three months early so Vicky refused to let him out of the house until he got a complete clean bill of health. The waitress sneezed and Vicky freaked out and we left almost right after the picture was taken. She suffered from severe OCD."

"Dang." I said walking over to a table that had diapers and a canister sitting on top.

"Alright you just lay him on the mat make sure you stay right there because he's learning how to roll over and crawl." Edward instructed pulling a diaper off the stack and unfolding it. "Grab four or five wipes out of the can until you're a little more experienced."

I did as he asked and he showed me how to unfold them and lay them out. "Be prepared." is all he said before showing me how to put the clean diaper under Lucas before opening the soiled diaper.

Lucas cooed and stared at me. I could tell he was attempting to carry on a conversation.

"Hey there handsome boy. I'm gonna clean your butt huh?" I asked in a cute voice earning a big gummy smile.

"The rest is pretty much common sense, I'll be right back." Edward said, his voice thick with emotion before he turned and walked out of the room.

I turned my attention back to Lucas who was trying to stuff a wipe he had grabbed somehow into his mouth. I snatched it away from him gently and he gagged at the taste of his alcohol covered hands.

"Yeah those are yucky huh?" I asked pulling the little tape tabs off and unleashing the beast.

I wasn't expecting what happened next, or the scream that emitted from my mouth.

Edward Cullen POV

Lucas continued to babble as Bella laid him on the changing table.

"Hey there handsome boy. I'm gonna clean your butt huh?" Bella asked him in a baby voice as he smiled up at her.

Seeing her bent over him and talking to him like that reminded me of Vicky and I had to stop myself before I started crying. Clearly I didn't want her to think she was working for an emotionally unstable person. "The rest is pretty much common sense. I'll be right back." I managed to get out before leaving the room quickly.

I went straight to my bathroom and washed my face trying to get a hold on my bearings. I had just dried my hands when I heard a scream coming from the nursery.

Dropping the towel I ran across the hall to find Bella holding a clean diaper over Lucas's bottom half, her hair dripping. She cautiously leaned over and lifted the diaper and another fountain of urine sprouted from it. I held my laughter at her yelp as she covered him back up.

"How much pee do you have in there buddy?" she asked earning a cute giggle from Lucas.

"Is everything okay in here?" I asked walking over as if everything was normal.

"Um, yeah sure." Bella blushed deeply before sighing. "Alright so I lied. He um… peed on...everything?"

"I can see that." I laughed bending down to get a burp cloth from under the table before handing it to her. "I forgot to warn you."

"Huh, don't think I didn't see that smirk." she scolded as she dried her face and hair. "Alright I'm ready to try again."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I have to learn quick if I'm starting tomorrow." she said, the only thing missing was the 'duh'.

"Oh it's just surprising. Lucas peed on my sister in law when she was watching him during the interviews and she refuses to touch him below the belt now." I laughed remembering the scream Alice had emitted after realizing Lucas had stained her white jean skirt.

"Well, I don't back down from a challenge." Bella smiled coyly before looking down at Luke. "Are we done babes?"

Lucas cooed and tried to reach for the baby wipes that were laying out, but Bella expertly moved them away from him and went back to changing his diaper without further incident. As soon as she snapped the last elastic band she gave a cute little fist bump and cheered.

"I did it."

"Congratulations." I chuckled.

Bella insisted that Lucas needed to change seeing as he had urinated all over the onesie he was wearing. When I mentioned giving him a bath later she said she wanted to learn how to do that as well so I put it on my list of things to have my mother teach her tomorrow. Instead of changing his clothes, I left Lucas in his diaper and put him in his crib, turning the mobile on over his head.

Bella followed closely behind taking in everything I was doing.

"He doesn't look tired." She whispered.

"He always naps after he eats a bottle but with all of the excitement." I waved my hand dismissively before grabbing the receiver of the baby monitor and exiting the room. "I'll show you your bedroom before we head downstairs."

The bedroom next to the nursery was the only smart option because the other bedroom was downstairs and that would be pointless. Bella took note on a few things like the size of the bed and windows.

"I like a certain kind of sheets and black out shades." she explained after seeing my confused face.

Emmett was flipping through channels on the big TV when we finally made it down the stairs. As soon as he saw us, he jumped up.

"Rose just called. She is picking up dinner tonight and we have to let her know what's going on and give her a proper amount of time to cry over you." he explained turning to me. "I told you I'd answer your prayers. If she makes you question your decision just call me and I'll come over and beat her."

Bella slapped him in the back of the head and he pouted.

"I was just kidding Bee Bee. Come by the shop later this week Edward. Now that you've got a nanny, we'll see about hooking you up with a game system."

"Alright." I laughed. "Bella do you need a ride tomorrow?"

"No, I have transportation." she smiled. "I'll see you guys tomorrow. What time is good?"

"Lucas is up around seven so anytime after that is good for us." I shrugged.

"I'll be here bright and early then. And thank you Edward. You didn't have to give me this chance."

"Just don't let us down. That's all I ask."

"I'll try not to."

I watched as Bella hopped up into Emmett's huge truck before shutting the door. I waved goodbye as they pulled out of the driveway and pulled my cell phone out hitting speed dial.

My mother picked up on the first ring.

"Hello sweetie. How are two of my favorite boys?"

"We're great. I was just calling to make sure you were still planning on coming over to help out tomorrow?" I asked as I set up a pot of soup to warm up on the stove.

"Of course. I know how important it is for you to get some writing done. I'll be there." she said happily.

"Well I actually need you to come over and help the new nanny get acclimated to the schedule and everything."

"Oh you hired a nanny? That's wonderful dear."

"Yeah well Bella doesn't have any experience but-"

"Honey you hired someone without any experience?" the worry in my mother's voice was evident.

"Vicky told me that I would know when the right one came along and I felt it when she walked through the door. She's a quick learner and Lucas really likes her. She's also offered to take the recommended child classes and I figured you could come over and show her the ropes."

"Alright dear." her voice was hesitant and I really hoped that she would give Bella a chance.

She was exactly what we needed