A/N: There will be no imprinting in this story, I found it a little creepy that SM thought it okay that the same boy who had spent 2 books trying to get his leg over with the mother, could then imprint on her daughter. It was wrong on so many levels, but that's just my opinion!
Disclaimer: Twilight and its characters belong to S. Meyer. Otherwise, the rest is my musings on an AU.
I'm sitting on the beach pretending to sunbathe and trying to encourage my breakfast to stay with me, turns out no I didn't have Delhi Belly! I almost wish I had. Yesterday, I realised that I hadn't had my period since before the honeymoon and well, with some swift calculations and a serious looking over in the luxury bathroom mirror, yup I'm pregnant, I've got a little bump already.
Edward, predictable as ever is panicking, so far he's called our baby, 'A Monster', 'A Demon' and my all time favourite 'The Spawn of Satan'. At the moment I'm refusing to talk to him, because I don't want to say something I might regret later, unlike him obviously. He was all for us rushing home immediately for Carlisle to abort our little miracle, I told him "You get right on that then Edward and while you're at it, Why don't you phone Jenks to have our divorce started at the same time. please!". That stopped him in his tracks for a couple of minutes, since then he's tried persuading, cajoling and now threats, indirectly of course.
"The thing will kill you, Bella, it will suck the life out of you, if you insist on keeping it" he said last night, "My truck's called 'The Thing', not my baby, Edward", that was actually the last thing I said to him, I'm so disappointed in him, he's just reverted back to the way he was before, he started trying to order me to do all manner of useless things and I have refused point blank to listen, it's the Twenty-First Century here, not the dark ages! For a vampire he isn't very savvy, he never researches things first or thinks ahead just in case, it's so arrogant of him and his family to just assume they know everything, just because their vampires. Clearly, that's a major understatement as I'm pregnant!
Ah well, first things first, I need to talk to Esme, as she's had a baby she will be able to tell me anything I need to know and then Carlisle after he does some serious research. "Edward, phone your father and get him started on finding out about vampire/human hybrid babies please," I ask him and he stops pacing to turn and look at me strangely, "Dear god Edward, you don't believe I'm the first do you? After all of these millennia and suddenly I'm the first! Highly unlikely, don't you agree?" I sigh exasperatedly at him.
He hangs his head and I know exactly what he's going to say "Don't Edward, just don't. I thought we were past all of this crap? Please, just phone your father" I tell him tiredly, not letting him uselessly apologise. If he would just think before leaping to conclusions, he needs to grow out of that if he's going to be a father. I need the backing of my one hundred years plus vampire, not the seventeen-year-old boy.
I wander inside now to cool down a little and maybe have a drink, but nothing appeals so I just have bottled water. The same seems to be happening on the food front, eggs seem to be the only thing the baby is happy with at the moment. I rake around until I find my own cell and call Esme's number. "Bella dear! Is everything okay? I'm surprised to hear from you, but it's nice all the same" she's rambling a little and I'm confused
"Esme is everything okay at home? You sound a bit out of sorts?" I say quickly. "Sorry dear, Carlisle just rushed out of the room after getting a call from Edward and I was distracted, So is everything alright?" she asks again "Well if my being pregnant counts as okay, then yes" I laugh, "What?" she shouts "Pregnant, vampires can't have babies!" "Esme, I'm not a vampire remember, just Edward" I then tell her what's happened over the last two days.
"Oh my god, he is an idiot, I'm going to slap him when you get home," she tells me and I ask her to give him one from me too. "Anyway, I don't feel well enough to travel, I can't keep anything down, the baby doesn't seem to like human food much" I mention, "So could you and Carlisle come out here please, I need another woman with me. Edward is driving me insane" I am literally blubbing now. "I can only stay strong by myself for so long Esme, I need you!"
"Don't worry dear, we'll be on the quickest flight out we can get, today" she assures me and I'm so relieved as I hang up the call, I head into the bedroom to change my clothes and pause to survey my reflection, turning this way and that, admiring my outline and stroking my bump gently, "Don't worry little one, mommy will protect you always, even from your daddy's insensitivity, I will lay down my life for you, my miracle" I murmur quietly to the baby.
I hear a strangled sound behind me and turn to see Edward on his knees in the doorway sobbing. Ah eureka, he's just realised how little help he has been since we found out, I, not some abstract stranger, was pregnant, I've been scared and confused too, while he was ranting and raving and calling our baby names. "At last, does this mean I can depend on you for support now?" I ask him in a rather sarcastic tone.
I know I'm being harsh and a tad cruel, but he needs to get his head in the game and be with me, supporting me in this unknown time, recriminations are too late and worthless, it's done, it's happening, so we need to deal with the here and now. He nod's as he rises and comes toward me unsure of his welcome. "I know you don't want to hear it love, but please know how disgusted with myself I am. I have behaved so badly, not just to you, but to the baby as well. Can you ever forgive me? I don't deserve either of you, I know this, but I will be here for you from now on. I am so, so sorry!" his voice breaks at the end and I open my arms for him, and he clings to me like a drowning man. "What did Carlisle say, Edward?" I ask warily, I hope they have considered this from my point of view as well as their own.
"Eh, well, he never got the chance to say anything, by the time I had told him and of course acted like an unthinking spoilt brat. Esme ripped the phone out of his hand and told me to get my head out of my ass and asked where exactly was my pregnant wife? Who should have been my main priority? Who had to call her for support, because I was acting like a moron! So,to answer your question, no Carlisle said nothing. They'll be here soon, though like you wanted" he said looking shamefaced.
"We need to work together Edward, you just can't go off on one when things don't go the way you planned or do what you want it to do, okay?" I plead with him. Because I know deep down inside, it's going to get a lot worse before the end. That reminds me how come Alice didn't see any of this happening? I know she's been trying not to interfere, but this one time could have been the exception.
