Last chapter. No epi. Maybe a donation outtake one of these days.
I'll save my sadness for the end.
Seven Years Later
"Go Lynn! Hit her hard!"
Bell's voice echoed through the arena, ever the proud momma. Edward sat next to her, their three year old twin sons on his lap and tried not to vomit.
Their daughter was playing roller derby.
He should have expected it, but it was still difficult to deal with. Between his mother and Bell, his sweet little daughter was inundated with Derby from the time she was old enough to lace up skates. Now, after years of skating lessons and learning the fine art of falling without getting hurt, Edward had finally relented.
"Da, why is Lynn wearing a helmet?" Colton asked, looking up at Edward with curious eyes. His twin brother Dalton glanced away from the action, waiting for an answer as well.
"She wears the helmet because in the event of a fall, the hard plastic and absorptive qualities of the inner foam will help to keep her from any catastrophic brain injury," Edward recited, pushing his glasses up onto his nose. He heard Bell laughing quietly next to him, but he just couldn't bring himself to ditch his scholarly ways.
"She wears the helmet so her hair doesn't get in her face while she's kicking ass," Gram Esme said as she leaned over Edward shoulder and bopped each boy on the nose, making them giggle. Edward rolled his eyes and sighed at Esme's foul language and silly reasoning. His eyes were drawn back to the hardwoods as the little girls, covered in protective pads and bright clothes, skated around the track. They were too little to really understand the ins and outs of jams, but they had fun none the less. Edward was all for the fun aspect, it was what it might develop into later that he was worried about.
"You were great!" Bell yelled as she hugged Lynn after the match had ended. Bell fist-bumped Lynn's coaches, and her former teammates, Shell and Melanie before they started to talk strategy. Edward sighed. You can take the player off the rink, but you can't take the derby out of the player.
The entire family was there, Rose and Emmett with their brood of four little girls, Carlisle and Esme, the ever proud grandparents and Alice and Jasper. Jasper barked and jumped, wagging his stubby tail as he celebrated with Lynn.
"I really wanted to be a jammer like you and Gram, but they stuck me with the blockers," Lynn huffed, glaring at Coach Melanie and Coach Shell. Esme put her arm around Lynn's shoulders and kissed her head.
"You're not quite fast enough yet to be a jammer, my love. Be patient, you'll get there." Lynn sniffled and tried to covertly wipe her eyes. Pushing through the crowd of family, Colton and Dalton wrapped their little arms around their big sister's legs.
"I tawt you was great, Lynnie," Dalton cooed, snuggling his face against her hip. Lynn smiled down at her brothers, all disappointment gone.
"They are so cute together," Rose sighed, eyeing her band of monsters with a glare. While Edward and Bell's kids were sweet and loving, Rose and Emmett's four little girls were evil. Edward had even denied visitation since the day the girls convinced Dalton that he could fly, and he jumped off the top of the steps, resulting in his first trip to the ER and a bright blue cast.
Bell growled under her breath as she watched another of her former teammates, and slut extraordinaire, Beth round up her kids. The women still harbored a grudge toward one another over Edward, and Bell guarded her family like a lioness in the wild.
"Hey Bell, looking old!" Beth giggled as she walked by, dragging her seven children with her.
"Hey Beth, do the kids just walk outta that canyon cunt of yours now?" Bell spat, ignoring Edward's reprimand and Esme's quiet laughter.
"How about we all head back to the house for some celebratory ice cream?" Carlisle announced, breaking the tension. Everyone was quick to head out to the parking lot, with Jasper leading the pack.
"When we get to the house, I need to talk to you," Bell whispered in Edward's ear after he had the twins strapped safely into their car seats. Edward nodded nervously, wiping his damp palms on his jeans as he got behind the wheel. His wife gave him no further clues as to what their conversation might entail, which only made him that much more anxious.
"Sprinkles?" Esme asked as her seven grandchildren and Alice crowded around the kitchen table. Bowls of ice cream were spread out everywhere, along with every topping known to man. Bell tapped Edward on the shoulder once the kids were sufficiently distracted and he grudgingly followed her into the back yard. Bell sat down on the stone wall surrounding Esme's garden and looked up at her husband.
"What's wrong?" Edward rasped, fear and nerves leaving his voice hoarse.
"I'm pregnant," she sighed, looking away when his eyes flared wide. Bell felt him kneel down in front of her, his hands shaking as he set them on her thighs.
"Isabella?" he whispered, his use of her full name bringing her eyes around to meet his.
"I'm sorry! I don't know how this happened! I swear I wasn't with anyone else, but you had the vasectomy! I love you and the thought of being with anyone else…I would never!" she mumbled, tears falling down her face. Edward grimaced, closing one eye as he looked up at her.
"I…um…I never went," he admitted, his voice barely audible. Bell froze and Edward had a momentary thought that this must be what it felt like before a tornado hit. He shivered as he felt the air around them drop in temperature.
"You never went for what?" Bell asked, the deadly calm tone of her voice making his balls get tight.
"I never went for the vasectomy," Edward answered, sitting back on his heels when he saw the fire flash through Bell's eyes.
"So for the last nine months, we've been having unprotected sex. And you didn't tell me? Do you know how upset I've been since I realized I was pregnant? Oh my God, Glasses! I could kill you!" she screeched as she pushed herself to standing.
"Bell, be reasonable. I didn't like the idea of someone digging around in my scrotum," Edward rambled, sliding backward on his butt as Bell advanced on him.
"How do you think I feel when the doctor shoves her entire hand up my vagina? You think that's fun? You think hemorrhoids and stretch marks and stitches in my taint are fun?" Bell screamed, jumping on top of Edward. He cushioned her fall, settling her so she was straddling his hips, her fists flying. "You horny bastard! This is the damn position that got us into this mess in the first place!"
Edward couldn't hold in his laughter as he dodged her weak blows. Although she was putting up a good front, he knew she was overjoyed at the thought of having another child. She had canceled his vasectomy twice before she finally told him to go without her knowing. Reaching up, he gently immobilized her hands and pulled her forward, groaning when the change in position put her pussy right over his hard cock.
"I love you," he said, grinning when he saw her try to hold in her smile.
"I hate you," she replied, humor evident in her tone.
"You know you love me. And you know you love that we're going to have another baby," he teased, kissing her pouting lips. "I love it as well. The thought of adding to our family, it makes me so happy."
"God, you know me so well, Glasses. I was really sad we weren't going to have any more kids. Now we can almost field an entire co-ed derby team," she squealed, quickly getting used to the idea.
"Heaven help me," Edward sighed as he heard the back door open. Their three kids came running out, jumping into the fray.
Looking up into the sky, covered in laughing kids and grass with his pregnant wife lying next to him, Edward Cullen realized there was something much more exciting than roller derby.
Life.
So yeah…Glasses is in trouble and Bell is knocked up again. Emmett and Rose have demon children and Alice still has her Jasper dog.
All's well that ends well.
I'm so sad to say goodbye to these characters. I learned so much about derby and you guys through this journey.
Melanie and Sandy were instrumental in both the way the story played out and my confidence. I could not have done this without them.
I cannot thank you all enough for your love and support.
And I now hit…complete.