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I stared down at the positive pregnancy test in my hand. Immediately, I felt unsteady on my feet and had to sit down.
"There's no way" I whispered to myself. Suddenly thoughts of Amelia's birth 15 years ago flooded my mind.
"Breathe Love, it's just like we practiced in Lamaze, just breathe" Edward coached. I whipped my head towards him, my eyes wild with pain and anger.
"EDWARD?! FUCK MY BREATHING! I AM TRYING TO PUSH SOMETHING WITH A HEAD THE SIZE OF A CANTELOPE OUT OF MY VAGINA, NO AMOUNT OF BREATHING IS GOING TO TAKE THAT PAIN AWAY!" I screamed in frustration.
"Bella?" Edward questioned as he tapped lightly on the bathroom door. "Are you okay in there?" Shit.
"Uhh...yeah, I'm fine, I'll be out in a second" I quickly replied. I had to think.
I loved Edward, but this was not something we had discussed lately. Stupid, I know. I looked down at my flat stomach, which now suddenly looked swollen in my eyes. Was I really ready to go through this again?
Edward and I had been married for 20 years now. 5 years in, we were blessed with the birth of our daughter, Amelia Catherine Cullen. Catherine coming of course from Wuthering Heights. Edward had laughed at my suggestion, but allowed it just the same.
And our lives were good. They were full, rich, they were happy. With just one child between us, one very easy child, I might add, our lives were not that impacted. We were still able to enjoy ourselves. The topic of another baby never came up, we were happy with they way things were. But now, looking down at this test, things were about to change, in a way neither of us expected. I took a deep breathe before finally coming out into the bedroom to find Edward sprawled out in bed watching Grey's Anatomy.
"Bella? Love, are you okay? You look a little pale" He frowned as I made my way over to the bed.
"Yeah, I'm fine; I'm just tired is all." I smiled. Edward laughed as he watched a scene unfold in the E.R
"This is so ridiculous...that would never happen!" He balked. I stared at him and sighed. "Edward" I whispered.
"Well, at least they got that part right, now were getting somewhere!" He continued.
"Edward I-" I began to speak before getting cut off by his cell phone ringing.
"Dr. Cullen speaking" He professionally answered.
"How many? Mmmhmm...I see...GSW located where?...Okay, Okay, Page Dr. Evancho, I'll be there as soon as I can." He hung up the phone before turning to face me. "Sorry about that love, 2 people have just arrived at the ER with gunshot wounds, I need to head over. What was it you wanted to talk about? Something quick?" he questioned. I looked down at my hands as I shook my head.
"No, it was nothing important, it can wait till later, go save lives" I instructed as I tried terribly to fight back the tears that I knew were coming. He smiled before kissing me softly on my cheek. "I love you Isabella...I'll try to be back as soon as possible" He whispered. And with that, he grabbed his coat and headed out of the room leaving me sitting on the bed alone.
"Nothing important, I just wanted to tell you I was pregnant" I whispered as I allowed the tears to fall.
When I had finally regained my composure, I headed across the street to see my favorite sister in law. Conveniently, though Edward and Jasper still believed it was planned, he and Alice lived across the street from us. And it was times like these I was so grateful for it. I walked inside without bothering to knock, and found Alice trying to get Dylan, her 13 year old son, ready for bed.
"I'm not even tired, 1 more hour? Please!" He begged.
"Upstairs young man. Now" She coldly replied.
"Half hour?" He tried to compromise.
"One..." Alice began. Dylan sighed.
"Okay, okay, I'm going!" He grumbled, as he gave into his fate and made his way up the stairs. Alice turned to me and smiled. "This parenting thing is fun!" She exclaimed, causing me to laugh. The feeling felt wonderful as a smile broke across my face.
"It's good to see you Bella; I was just about to make some tea, would you care for some?" She asked politely. I shook my head "No thanks, I'm good."
"So, what's up? Not that I'm not excited to see you or anything, but usually, when you head over after 9 o'clock, it's not a social call." Alice inquired. She knew me too well.
"I don't even know where to begin" I sighed, as I looked around the kitchen, trying not to focus on Alice. She waited for me to continue talking, knowing I wasn't going to disclose information any easier if I was pushed. After a few seconds of silence, I just began muttering incoherently.
"...Stupid hott seducing husband, and it's just this one time what's the worst that could happen?! Touching, kissing, flowers everywhere, and then I turn out to be pregnant, of all things! Could just kick him in the face right now..." I babbled causing Alice to spit her tea out halfway across the table. I looked up at her, surprised. She stared at me cockeyed as she tried to register everything I had just told her.
"Did you just say you were PREGNANT?!" She practically screamed.
"Shhh!" I hissed, worried about the kids finding out. After 18 years of marriage themselves, Alice and Jasper had 3 children together. 13 year old twin boys Dylan and Andrew, and a 15 year old daughter Hannah, who happened to be not only my daughter's cousin, but one of her best friends.
"If Hannah finds out about this, she'll totally tell Amelia before I can get a chance to talk to her. And if Amelia finds out about this before Edward does, I'll never live it down." I admitted. Alice stared at me like I had 3 heads.
"I am so totally lost right now, not only are you telling me your pregnant, but Edward doesn't even know?!" She whispered.
"I just found out tonight. I was 2 weeks late, and completely exhausted. So I thought I would check just to see...I never in a million years thought it would actually come out positive! I'm freaking out Alice! I haven't had a baby in the house in 15 years! I don't even know if Edward wants another child. I tried to talk to him about it, but he got called into the hospital before I could get a word in." I slumped down lower in my chair as I tried to understand all of this myself. We sat there in silence for a few seconds before the door swung open and revealed my husband charging towards us in his scrubs.
"Bella...we have got to talk" He said, trying to remain calm. I looked down to see the pregnancy test in his hand.
"Edward, I can totally explain" I began. "I didn't expect you to be back so soon, let's head home and we can talk there" Edward stared at me before folding his arms
"Really? I would love to know how you are going to possibly even begin to explain how our 15 year old daughter is pregnant!"