Hello and welcome to my new story! Haha, just thought I would try out some humor in the beginning. So, as you can see I have started a new story. Hopefully, this one will be better than Love's Contagious because obviously people aren't liking it too well. Or at least that's what it appears like. I hope you enjoy this story and allow me to continue it. Thanks! xD –Love and Rockets, Shalaina.

P.S. I know this is kind of bad, maybe, but I don't know any war terms or whatever the heck it is. If I don't know what I'm talking about, please just bear with me.

Summary: Edward goes off to fight in the war, leaving behind his wife Bella. They are very much in love, but devastated when he leaves. After he leaves, Bella finds out she's pregnant and Edward won't be back for a year. How's she going to cope dealing with the pregnancy and a baby without her husband by her side?

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BPOV

Positive. All five of them. The little pink plus signs will be forever embedded in my memory. I was pregnant and I had no one but my best friends Alice and Rosalie. I mean, that's great that I have them, but the one I really want is stationed overseas fighting in the war.

Edward is my husband. We've been happily married for 5 years. Last month, he was called to be stationed in Afghanistan. He went over seas a while back, but was injured. His captain told him he never had to fight again and Edward reluctantly agreed because he had me at home. We had been married for 1 year when he came back. After he left, Edward insisted that if they ever absolutely had to have him, he would definitely be there.

Over the years, our marriage grew and we talked about having kids, but never succeeded. He thought it was because of his injury and blamed himself for the longest time. He finally went to the doctor and got checked and figured out that wasn't the problem. I got check as well and that wasn't the problem either. We'd been trying for about 2 years now and the time he gets sent away, I get pregnant.

How was I supposed to do this without him? He was my rock and if I couldn't count on him then who could I? Edward's family was the only people I had. My parents had abandoned me when I was 18, which is when I met Edward. We went to college together and eventually move in together. He asked me to marry him shortly after. Before Edward enlisted in the army, he was a doctor. He was a genius, so he didn't have to wait the whole 8 years of medical school. He didn't even go the full term that I went and I majored in literature. I was now an editor for the New York Times and he was the top doctor at the hospital.

If it's not obvious, we live in New York. We are very well off, obviously, not to sound snobby or anything because we weren't like that at all. His family all lived here close by. His sister Alice and her husband Jasper actually lived next door. Alice was a fashion designer and Jasper worker at as an architect at his own company. His brother Emmett and his wife Rosalie lived on the next block, Emmett worker with Jasper, co-owning the company, while Rosalie was a school teacher. She loved kids and taught little first graders. Edward's parents Carlisle, who was also a doctor and his mother, Esme, who was an interior decorator, lived about a mile away in a gated community.

Everyone got together every weekend for barbeques, making sure we kept up on our family time. We share stories about our weeks and some are so funny you start crying, some are serious, and some are kind of sad. Mostly the sad ones come from Carlisle because he mostly works on sick kids.

Telling you my life's story got me distracted from actually telling you about myself, like the physical feature. My name is Bella Cullen. I have dark brown hair and brown eyes. I'm about 5'4, yes I know, short. I'm twenty five years old and my husband left for the army last month. Today, I found out I was pregnant.

"Bella?" Alice called from outside the door. Crap, I forgot she was out there. Rosalie is out there too. "You have been in there a while now. Are you okay?" She said with worry in her voice.

"You can come in Alice." I choked out. I could feel the hot tears rolling down my cheeks.

The door creaked open and Alice walked in, shutting the door behind her. "Rosalie had to leave, something came up with Emmett." I nodded and she walked closer to me.

"What's the matter, Bella?" She asked crouching down to sit by me. I shoved all five of the pregnancy tests over to her and she picked them up one by one. She turned to me with a shocked and sorrowful expression.

She opened her arms up to me and I sobbed into her shoulder. "What am I going to do, Alice?"

"We'll be here for you, Bella. Everyone, and when Edward comes back, he'll be so happy and proud of you for being strong through this. You could write him a letter and tell him or surprise him when he gets back. He'll be so happy, Bella. I promise you."

"I want to tell him, Alice, I really do, but I don't want him to be distracted while he's fighting. It would be my fault if he got hurt."

"No, no, no. No, it wouldn't. But if you want to wait until he gets home then that's what we'll do. We'll get through this Bella."

I sniffled and began to pick up all the pregnancy tests. "Thank you, Alice. I'm definitely going to need a shopping partner."

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Today was Saturday, the weekly Cullen family barbeque. I was going to tell them I was pregnant today. I knew they would be happy for me and definitely wouldn't judge at all. Esme and Carlisle have been telling us to have kids since we started dating. They will all be ecstatic, but I know it will be sad without Edward there.

As I pulled up the driveway, Alice zoomed out the front door and grabbed my hand. Seriously, you would think I was 8 months along. "Alice, I'm not that pregnant!" I whisper yelled to her as she dragged me by my hand to the house.

"I'm just excited, Bella! Everyone will be!"

I rolled my eyes. She was so weird. I was only two months along, which figured out from when I went to the doctors a few days ago. I remember the day he told me I got pregnant on. It was a 5 year anniversary and he gave me a gorgeous diamond necklace that I had been wanting. Let's just say, I thanked him properly.

When we got to the backyard, I first saw Carlisle and Jasper at the grill then I saw Esme and Rosalie talking at picnic table, Rose's hand was placed on the top of her swollen stomach. Yes, Rose was pregnant too. She has been for about 8 months now. She's ready to pop any minute. I looked around for Emmett. Finally, I spotted him on the basketball court. He was shooting hoops by himself. He and Edward usually played basketball while everyone else mingled. Emmett and Jasper worked together so they never needed to spend much time together, so Edward and Emmett spent that time together. Ever since Edward left, Emmett hasn't really had anyone to connect with besides Rosalie and her hormones were always raging. He needed someone to be a guy with.

I walked over to him after sitting my stuff down. "Hey, Em!" I said excitedly.

"Hey, Bells. You seem…chipper." He seemed sad. He has been for the last few weeks at these things.

"Well, I have some news for everyone. Good news." He swished the ball in the net, still not seemingly himself. "Come on, Em, cheer up! At least give me a hug!" I laughed.

He rolled his eyes, but laughed along with me and picked me up in a hug. He started to spin around and I quickly stopped him. "No, no, wait, you might not want to do that, unless you want me to throw up all over you."

"Why would you do that?" He asked, confused as he put me down.

"For the same reason that you're gonna be an uncle?" It came out more as a question.

He looked at me shocked for a moment then confused then the sadness set in. "Oh, Bells, that's great, but how are you going to do this without Edward? Are you going to tell him?"

"I'm not going to tell him through a letter, Emmett. I'm going to wait until he comes home and by then the baby will be born, but only about 2 months old, so it's not like he was missing 3 years out of his life."

"His?"

"Yes. I picture him as a miniature Edward. Green eyes, bronze hair, everything."

"I bet it's a girl. Rose is having a boy, so it's only right for you to have a girl." He shrugged. Him and his weird logic.

"Whatever, Em. Let's go eat." He smiled a real smile, slung his arm around me, and we walked over to the picnic table.

The others saw us coming and smiled at the two of us. They all knew we weren't coping so well with Edward being gone. It was hard on all of us.

Everyone passed food around the table. I realized I piled more on my plate than I usually do. Apparently, everyone else noticed too.

"Dang, Bella. What's with all the food?" Emmett, oh so subtly, pointed out. I glared at him and he smirked at me.

"I'm just hungry. I didn't eat breakfast." Understatement of the year. I had a huge stack of waffles with almost a whole bottle of syrup and a lot of butter. I'm surprised I can eat this much now.

"But, Bella, you told me you were eating breakfast when I called this morning!" Alice said loudly. I glared at her too. She smiled back at me.

Feeling everyone's eyes staring at me, I took a deep breath and looked up to face them. "Okay, so I did eat breakfast. A lot of it actually and the reason I'm eating more is because I'm pregnant."

The gasps could be heard from the next county. Every single face, besides Emmett and Alice, held shocked and sad expressions. I just shrugged my shoulders and continued to eat. It was peaceful for a few seconds until the whole table erupted in loud noise. That's all it was, noise. I couldn't understand anything anyone was saying and it was hurting my ears.

"Hey! Wait a minute!" I yelled. They instantly silenced. "One at a time, please." I sighed.

As if she wanted to be polite, Esme slowly raised her hand. "Yes, Esme?" I smiled.

"So, you're really having a baby? Without Edward? Oh Bella, I'm so sorry. I know, this is a blessing and we are all very happy for you. I know when Edward gets back, he will be thrilled as well."

"Of course, we'll all be there to help Bella." Carlisle assured. I nodded and smiled.

It brought tears to my eyes seeing how supportive our family was being. I didn't expect anything else, but it was good to know they had my back if I needed any help.

"Thank you guys." I said quietly, the tears escaping from my eyes.

"This is going to be so much fun! We're going to buy the cutest clothes ever for this little girl!" Alice squealed, clapping. I looked at her curiously.

"You think it's a girl, too?"

"Obviously. Rosalie's having a boy, so it's only fair for you to have a girl. When I get pregnant, Jasper and I are having a boy. It's a pattern don't you see? But the pattern messes up because if you get pregnant again, you'll have another girl." She nodded her head after calculating it.

"I'm so confused." I said putting my head in my hands. I have no idea what they're talking about, but everyone else at the table seemed completely understanding.

"Don't worry. It's just the way we are. Strange." Alice shrugged her shoulders, still smiling.

"Yeah. Strange." I laughed.

So, was that good? This story is going to be pretty much fluffy most of the time, but it will have some drama. A little sadness. The usual enemies will make an appearance, along with shop crazed Alice. What other Alice is there? Haha. I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter. If I get a lot of response out of it, I will post another chapter soon. Thanks! xD –Love and Rockets, Shalaina.