This Little Love
Disclaimers: I don't own Twilight or any characters of Twilight. I own the specific plot I write and any characters I come up with. I don't make money off this story.
Summary: Bella comes to Fork pregnant with her ex's baby. Edward still finds her very attractive, like in the books, and he wants them to get together. Bella isn't a shy girl, and she's very confident in herself. Edward isn't the restraining guy he was in the books; he's more in tune with his vampire, confident, and enjoys fooling around with his pregnant girlfriend. Bella and Edward go through the pregnancy together, along with the Cullen family. AU!
Warnings: Some sexual content. Course language.
I sighed for the tenth time as I drove down the road to the local high school. I had moved to Forks, Washington a few days ago to live with my dad for a new start. I glanced to my swollen stomach quickly before going back to the road. I had gotten pregnant by my ex-boyfriend who wanted nothing to do with this baby.
My mom had threw a giant fit with my ex; stating that he was the father and should help me with my precious baby. After he said he wanted nothing to do with me or my baby, he signed over all custodial rights, and my mom and threatened him with rape if he came near me again. I didn't think it would work as he was only twenty-one and I was seventeen, but I didn't complain.
I was fine with raising my baby on my own. I knew I would be a great mommy to my little baby. I was three months on my twelfth week mark, and I clearly showed that I was with child.
Mom wanted me to stay with her for my pregnancy so she would be able to help me with my baby anyway she could, but I had stated that she needed to be with Phil more now that they were married. I had moved myself to be with my dad, Charlie who was chief of police in here in Forks, and he accepted fully. I hadn't seen my dad since I was fifteen, and I was excited to be with him. I knew he was happy as well when he touched my belly to feel the baby move for his grandaddy.
Dad wanted to help me with the baby in all ways; meaning he bought me a crib, a changing table, and all types of baby things. I had gotten a lot of baby clothes from Billy; dad's old friend, who claimed it was a boy right away when he felt my belly, too. I had gotten his two daughters' old clothes, and Jacob's old clothes to prepare for the baby. My room was now full of baby things.
I really had to rearrange the room I had to make space for the baby stuff. My childhood room was small, but I had somehow fixed it up perfectly. I had taken out the desk with my old computer and set the crib there. It was in nice view of my full bed that I had changed from a queen to a full just for space. I was thinking of getting a twin just for the sake of space, but dad wouldn't let me. He said I needed my own little space and comfortable bed for my back.
Oh, my back was a whole different story. It hurt all the time, so dad had gotten a wonderful soft adjustable bed that cradled my body firmly, but was oh so heavenly. It seemed like I had gained so much weight with my three months, but everyone said I was all baby who was still so small, unlike me. I didn't know really, but I took their word.
I pulled out of my thoughts as I saw the school. I pulled into the parking lot and I saw all eyes on me and my mini-van that Phil had bought me; claiming that the baby might have sibling in there. I had glared so hard at him for saying that. I knew he jinxed me terribly as it was just my luck. I pulled into an open spot, and got out as gracefully as I could with this baby of mine not liking the drive at all. She – I thought she was a girl – was having a fit in there, I just knew it. Everyone says she's too small to move and I wouldn't feel it and all that, but I was the mommy so I knew what my baby was doing inside of my belly.
I looked around the parking lot after I took off my Ray Bans off to see that all the teenagers of Forks were looking at me and my obvious belly.
I hated it.
Now all the people would want to touch my belly thinking they had the right to touch me and my unborn child. I situated my back pack on back carefully and walked in the direction of the front office that dad told me to go to.
I took a look around the lot as I walked and noticed a group of beautiful looking people that were around one of the men. I looked at the man and I noticed that he was looking directly at me with seemingly black eyes from what I could see. As much as I wanted to keep gazing at the handsome man that slowly turned his eyes to a smaller girl and off me and my belly, I turned back around to finish my walk to the front office.
Inside the office, I spoke to Mrs. Cope who gave me my map, schedule, and a slip I had to get signed. I had let her feel my belly when she asked and I was glad I did. Her face had lit up in pleasure at feeling the baby move. After I left the office I was approached by Angela Weber who offered to show me to my class that I had with her coincidentally, and I agreed. She was a nice girl and seemed so shy. I really liked her and I knew we would be good friends.
My classes were boring. Nothing really interesting, and I had learned all of this stuff in Phoenix. The people were so nosy as well. All of the girls wanted to touch my belly – which I turned down except for Angela. She was just so cute – and ask about my personal life. The guys were just creepy. Period.
I saw a few of the beautiful teenagers that I had seen in the parking lot in my classes. I had the big one, a blonde female that pretty much ignored me unlike the big one who chatted non-stop with me like the small girl that was with him in my class. I didn't see the two other guys, but whatever, right?
The big one, Emmett as he introduced himself, was really muscular like a bear and had black hair and, the oddest things, topaz eyes with pale skin. He was really talkative, and seemed very happy. The small girl, Alice, who was pixie-like and had short spiky hair, topaz eyes, and pale skin. She was energized like the energizing bunny on crack cocain. The blonde female was taller than Alice by far. She had topaz eyes and long curly blond hair with pale skin. She hadn't spoken at all, and I hadn't tried to speak to her at all, which seemed to make her even more huffy. I didn't really care about it. If she didn't want to talk to me; I wasn't going to talk to her.
Simple solution.
**At lunch, I sat with Angela and her friends that wanted to touch my belly -I declined again. That was getting really annoying. You'd think they would learn after I had turned down most people.
I had gotten a salad just to watch my weight gain. Dad said I needed to eat more to gain weight for the baby, but I didn't really think I did. I was a healthy weight except for the baby that added ten pound. As I ate it, I caught sight of the Cullen siblings at a table with the two guys that I hadn't met.
''Angela, who are they?'' I asked and looked to my new friend.
Angela looked to the Cullen's table. She was about to answer, but the girl named Jessica butted in.
''Those are the Cullens. The big one is Emmett, and his girlfriend Rosalie. The small one is Alice and her boyfriend Jasper. Emmett and Alice are siblings and are Cullens, and Jasper and Rosalie are twins, and are Hales. The last one is Edward Cullen. He's single, but none of the girls here are good enough for him.'' Jessica sniffed.
I briefly wondered when he turned her down. I felt happy that he was single for some reason, and couldn't tell if it was the baby being excited and hungry, or if I was really excited about the fact of Edward Cullen being single.
I looked to the Cullen table again to inspect the two boys I hadn't met. Jasper was tall and willow-like with curly honey-blonde hair and dark eyes, and was pale like the rest. He seemed stiff, but was glancing to Edward who was facing me as he sat in front of the window.
I gazed at the single Cullen. He had bronze hair, pale muscled skin, but not as much as Emmett or Jasper, and the blackest of eyes that were locked on my brown ones. I felt almost lost in them until the baby kicked me angrily and pulled me away from those eyes that looked into my soul.
I put my hand on my swollen belly. ''Ouch. Not nice.'' I spoke to my baby.
Angela looked to me. ''The baby hungry?'' She asked softly.
I nodded and picked up my fork again to eat the salad like my baby wanted. ''She must be. That hurt.'' I complained, making Angela laugh.
Lauren turned those blue eyes to me. ''I thought babies didn't move that early. '' She said stupidly.
I shook my head. ''No, they move all the time. You just can't see them as their so small right now. I'm only twelve weeks right now.'' I informed her before turning back to my food.
''What does it feel like?'' Tyler asked curiously and innocently from his place next to Eric.
''Um, weird. Not uncomfortable, but foreign almost. She's so small so it won't really feel like anything right now. When she get's bigger, I'll feel more, but right now she's just really small. Sometimes it hurts badly, but I'm so small and she has no where to go and stretch out; so she improvises with my organs.'' I told him.
Tyler laughed with the boys and Angela.
''How do you know it's a girl?'' Jessica asked dubiously.
I shrugged and took a bite. ''Intuition.''
Angela smiled. ''Mother's intuition! Must be nice to feel that. Oh! My mom said that she's giving the Chief some of my old baby clothes for you sometime this week.'' She told me.
I smiled at the graceful offer. ''Thank you, Angela. That's really sweet of your mom and you. I need to make room in my closet again.'' I mumbled.
I snuck a peak at the Cullen table to see that Edward Cullen seemed tense and looked at the Alice, to me, and back again before nodding and semi-relaxing between Emmett and Jasper.
I wondered if he was okay. But it wasn't really my place to say anything, so I looked back to my tray.
After a little while, Lauren whispered to me. ''Bella, Edward Cullen is looking at you.'' She said with jealousy.
I turned my gaze to her and then to Edward. He really was looking at me completely. I felt like he was just looking into my soul and at my unborn baby. He didn't seem turned off by the fact I was pregnant from that smirk on his face when he spoke to Emmett about something.
I really wanted to know what he was thinking. I didn't think too much on it after that. It didn't seem important at that time.
''Why is he looking at you anyway?'' Lauren asked in that nasally voice. ''Do you know him?''
I shook my head. ''No. I met his siblings earlier in my classes, but not him and Jasper Hale.''
''Well, anyway. Do you know their parents? They're all adopted by Doctor Cullen and his wife. They're both really young. Like, they're in their late twenties early thirties at most. '' Lauren went on from the conversation we were having earlier.
''That's nice that they were adopted by them.'' I said truthfully. I didn't really care for the parents' back history or the teens'.
Jessica sniffed. ''I guess, but I think it's because Mrs. Cullen can't have kids because she miscarried or something.'' She said gossipy.
''Who cares?'' I snapped and threw down my fork. The table looked to me in shock. ''I think it's lovely that Doctor Cullen and his wife wanted to adopt them. It's very generous of them to care for them like they were their own children. It's none of my business to know about Mrs. Cullen's rumored situation.'' I told her and put my food back on my tray and prepared to leave the cafe.
Jessica showed her hands in surrender. ''okay! Sorry. Why are you so uptight?'' She asked.
I stood up with my tray and back pack. ''if you haven't noticed; I'm having a baby, as well.'' I told her and walked away with Angela standing worriedly.
I threw away my tray and stormed out of the cafeteria, feeling the stares from the cafeteria, and the voice of Angela snapping at Jessica an Lauren. I could feel the stares from the Cullens as well, but I didn't care at this point. Jessica just put that fear back into me; miscarrying my baby this far along.
I walked to a deserted brick wall and slid down the wall after throwing my back pack down, and I felt sobs rack through me at my thoughts of losing my little girl. I cradled my belly with my moving baby as I sat there crying for a few minutes. I felt as if my baby was reassuring me that she was still here with me, and she was staying with me until I died of old age with my daughter having a family of her own.
''Bella?''
I looked up quickly to see the small form of Alice Cullen standing at the corner of the wall. I wiped my eyes quickly before answering.
''Hi, Alice.'' I said chirpily.
Alice came over without that dance in her step. She sat down near me and looked at me.
''I just wanted to thank you for standing up for our mom. And us.''
I smiled. ''It's nothing. You don't deserve anyone talking about you or your family. It's none of anyone's business to know anything.''
Alice smiled beautifully. ''Thank you. We're grateful for you standing up for us. You should know Angela Weber is letting her friends have it for upsetting you.'' She informed me.
I laughed and wiped my eyes again. ''I'm just an emotional roller coaster with this baby.'' I said.
The Cullen laughed as well. It was a musical sound. ''It's not your fault.''
''I take things too hard about everything. Every little detail about babies.'' I told her and put my arms back around my belly with my moving baby just floating around in there.
Alice sighed and leaned against the wall. ''Miscarriages are scary to hear about, especially when you're having a little baby as well.'' She stated softly.
I shook my head and looked down to my belly. ''It's stupid. She's right there, and I know she's alive. I know she'll be fine.''
Alice was smiling when I looked back to her. ''She'll be just fine, Bella. I know it, sweetie. But fears aren't stupid. She's your baby, and someone has to fear for her.'' Alice said.
''Because her father won't.'' I scoffed.
''Is he not in the picture?''
I shook my head. ''He doesn't want anything to do with her. He signed over all custodial rights when I had told him I was pregnant.'' I rolled my eyes. ''My mom had a fit at him for just abandoning me and the baby.''
Alice nodded. ''I would, too. But you don't need him. You'll be a great mom, I'm sure.'' She said like she knew.
I laughed. ''I hope I am. She's all I really have.''
Alice grinned. ''She's not the only thing, I'm sure.'' She said cryptically.
I looked at the pixie curiously. I was about to question her, but the bell rang, and signaled that we had to go to class
''I'll walk you to class!'' Alice sang and jumped up. I was offered a hand to help me up, and I felt how cold her hands were, but didn't comment. It wasn't unpleasant and she was really strong.
I walked with Alice to my next class and said goodbye to her as I walked into the biology room to see Edward Cullen sitting in the front row of tables. He was looking at me with those black eyes and seemed tense.
I gave my slip to the teacher and he said to sit in the open seat. Next to Edward.
I sat in the stool next to the Cullen and got out a spiral and pen for notes. I hoped that I didn't look like I had been crying, but from those looks the teacher and other students gave me said I did look like I was crying. I knew I should have gone to the bathroom to wash my face. I sighed before starting the board notes and ignoring the looks and gossip I was surrounded by.
During the class, I had taken notice of Edward sneaking glances at me during the class when he thought I didn't notice. I noticed a lot of things these days. My sixth scent was gained during my pregnancy. Edward Cullen was more gorgeous up close than far away. He looked perfect in every way known to man. His skin, though pale, was perfect. No blemishes, or anything. His hands just floated across the notebook page as he took notes, and his fingers looked like pianist fingers. I assumed he played the piano. Just a guess.
The baby seemed to move a whole lot more when I sat next to the Cullen boy. It kinda hurt, and made me a little uncomfortable. I settled a hand on my belly to try to calm her down, but it didn't work. She seemed upset at something and I didn't know what it was until I smelled perfume in the room. The one thing that really made me sick was cheap perfume sprayed too much. And this was sprayed way too much.
I tried to ignore the sick feeling that was building, but it seemed like the baby couldn't.
I raised my hand for the teacher, and he saw.
''Yes, Bella?'' He asked with some worry.
''Can I be excused, please?'' I pleaded and held back that sick feeling from escaping.
Mr. Banner nodded quickly, and I didn't wait for an answer as I fled the room without my back pack for the bathroom to be sick in.
I left the bathroom after like ten minutes or so. The sick feeling was gone, but I still felt queasy in a sense. When I came out of the bathroom I saw Edward Cullen leaning against the lockers with my back pack in his hands.
''You left your back pack, and you're excused from class for the nurse to look you over.'' Edward said smoothly and half-hypnotically.
''It-it's just sickness from the baby. It's expected.'' I stuttered out in a not-so-me fashion.
Edward smirked crookedly, and it almost stopped my heart.
''We're not expected back in class, so you might as well go to the nurse anyway. He has some medication for sickness I'm sure, and it should be safe for your baby.'' Edward told me and pushed himself off the lockers to lead the way to the nurse's office.
I noticed he didn't give me my bag, and it didn't look like he was giving me a choice in this matter. ''I can carry my bag.'' I told him.
I looked over to the smirking face of the Cullen. ''It's fine. Your back hurts, doesn't it? You don't want to strain yourself or the baby.''
I wondered how he knew my back hurt, but then again; his father was Carlisle Cullen right?
''Your dad is Carlisle Cullen right?'' I asked from my thoughts.
Edward nodded with a raised eyebrow.
I nodded. ''He's supposed to be my new primary doctor for my pregnancy.'' I said to myself mainly.
''Aah. He's a fantastic doctor, and will care wonderfully for you and your baby, I'm positive.''
''I'm sure he will.'' I said honestly and we made it to the nurse.
He held the door open for me, and the nurse took one look at me and forced me to sit on the bed so she could take my blood pressure.
''How far along are you?'' The nurse asked as he took my pulse.
''About twelve weeks.'' I said.
He hummed to himself as he looked to the machine for my blood pressure. ''Alright. Your blood pressures a little high.
''Should she go to the hospital?'' Edward asked from his corner of the room. He was standing with his arms folded as he looked on to me and the nurse.
The nurse hummed again as he re-did the test. ''I think she can avoid going in. Do you have blood pressure machine at home, Bella?'' He asked me and turned to me.
I nodded. ''My dad bought it when I came down a few days ago as a 'just in case'.''
He nodded and took. ''Well, I want you to take your pressure later today as I'm sending you home to rest. If it gets higher than it is now; go into the hospital for a check-up.''
I grew worried. ''is she okay?'' I asked softly.
The nurse smiled softly. ''She's just fine. I think she's just upset right now, and I don't want her too upset. The baby will effect you a whole lot due to your small size.''
I let out a breath of relief and nodded. I agreed to everything. Edward had helped me down off the bed and out of the room after the nurse gave me a note to go home on bed rest. I had stopped by the gym to tell the coach that I was leaving, and he signed the slip for me so I didn't have to have it done tomorrow.
I had given the notes to Mrs. Cope who had said she was calling dad to let him know. Edward had followed me the whole time contently. He seemed to just enjoy following me around. I didn't complain. It felt nice to be near him for some reason.
In the parking lot, Edward walked me over to my van and handed me a paper with a number on it.
''This is Alice's number. I know she'll want to talk to you sometime. She's quite taken to you already.'' Edward said with a crooked grin.
I pocketed the paper and took one from my van and wrote my number on it for Edward. ''She can text whenever she wants. I always answer my phone. You can give it to Emmett as well. I had fun talking to him as well.'' I said truthfully.
Edward looked at the number and put it in his own pocket. ''Do you mind if I save it in my phone as well?'' He smirked.
''Not at all.'' I told him honestly and a little too quickly.
''Wonderful. Drive safe, and relax for the baby's sake.''
I said goodbye and climbed in my van to drive away back home. I had every intention of sleeping when I entered the quiet house and I plopped myself on my soft bed carefully. The baby was doing flips inside my belly, and it felt terrible.
I took off my shoes and dresses in my pajamas to be comfortable under the blankets. I dozed off pretty quick and the baby relaxed with me; thankful for the rest I was providing her.
Hope everyone enjoys it! Remember that there is a REVISED This Little Love, but it isn't on this page currently. So far we're transitioning completed stories onto the page, but I will post the chapters for you of the revised TLL when we have a chapter coming soon. Sadly, it isn't yet. So far we're trying to get GATS updated next. A lot of people have been waiting for that one, and right now, the new chapter is almost done.
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