Chapter 1: Am I?
"Bella Cullen." The nurse said at the door.
I took a deep breath as I stood up and followed her into a small room; she gave me a sweet smile before handing me a plastic cup.
"The doctor will be here in a few minutes; while you wait he needs you to give him a urine sample." She told me.
I nodded before heading to the private bathroom that was in the room. I looked in the mirror and took another deep breath before going to use the toilet. Once I was finished I washed my hands, I was nervous, so nervous that I threw up again before walking out of the room. I sat on the bed waiting for the doctor, my phone buzzed letting me know that I had a message.
Where are you? –Edward
I'll be home soon- Bella
But where are you? –Edward
Please Edward; I'll be home soon.-Bella
I sent the last text as the doctor opened up the door and closed it behind him. I handed him the urine sample, he nodded and smiled before getting some information from me.
"I'll be right back with the test results." He told me.
"Thank you." I said.
I looked around the room nervous; I closed my eyes telling myself that everything was fine. It seemed like forever before the doctor walked back in. He began to talk to me about different things, and some off topic, before he finally got to the point.
"The test was negative. You're not pregnant." He told me.
"Oh thank god." I whispered.
"I take it you aren't ready for a baby?" He asked.
"I have three already." I told him.
"Really? Wow." He said.
"Yeah, my oldest is six now, and the twins are three." I said.
"Wow. You must have your hands full." He said.
"You have no idea." I said laughing.
I walked out of the clinic, I kept wondering though, I haven't eaten anything bad, so why was I throwing up almost every morning? Maybe I should have went to a regular hospital, this was just a little clinic that I've never been to or heard of. I shook my head telling myself that it was nothing and that I couldn't be pregnant.
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"Mommy!" Hayden and Jayden screamed as they ran over to me.
"Hey guys, where's daddy?" I asked.
"Making dinner." They said.
"Sweet deal." I said laughing.
"Natalie got in trouble at school today!" Hayden said proudly.
"For what?" I asked.
"She hit someone." Jayden answered.
"Edward?" I called out as I walked into the kitchen.
"Hey love." He said smiling.
"Natalie hit someone in school today?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah. She was sent home early." He told me.
"Is she in her room?" I asked.
"Yeah. Are you going to tell me where you were?" He asked.
"Later." I said.
I walked up the stairs to Natalie's room; she was lying in a ball in her bed. I walked over and kneeled down in front of her.
"What happened today?" I asked softly.
"He took my toy." She cried.
"Who did?" I asked.
"Anthony Williams." She said.
"So you hit him?" I asked.
"He took my toy!" She repeated.
"Honey, you know hitting is not the answer." I told her.
"I know but he made me angry!" She said.
"What did mommy and daddy tell you when someone makes you angry?" I asked.
"To walk away." She said.
"Exactly, just walk away." I said.
"Are you mad at me mommy?" She asked.
"Of course not sweet heart, mommy can never be mad at you." I told her.
"Can I get up and play with my toys now?" She asked.
"Of course." I said.
I walked downstairs and back into the kitchen, I owed Edward an explanation. I leaned against the counter as he kept cooking; I crossed my arms across my stomach and took a deep breath.
"Earlier, when you asked where I was?" I said.
"Yeah?" He said glancing at me before going back to chopping up lettuce.
"I was at the doctor." I told him.
"Are you okay?" He asked alarmed.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said.
"Why did you go to the doctor?" He asked me.
"I… I thought I might have been pregnant." I said looking at him.
"What?" He asked stopping what he was doing.
"I had thrown up a few times the past couple mornings." I told him.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked.
"I don't know, I wanted to be sure." I said.
He took a deep breath, "This might sound bad but I'm kind of glad you aren't."
"Me too, I was freaking out." I said.
"You can come to me you know that right?" He asked.
"I know." I said.
He walked over to me and wrapped his arms around me, I rested my head on his shoulder as he rubbed my back.
"Alice called." He said breaking the hug.
"Oh boy." I said.
"She wanted to go shopping, but I told her you weren't home." He said.
"Good." I said laughing.
…
"Natalie is finished with her homework and is in bed, and the twins are done with their bath and are in bed." I said falling on the bed next to Edward.
"And all before nine!" He said.
"Hey, what can I say? I'm supermom!" I said smiling.
He smiled and kissed me on the lips, things started to get heavy when there was a small knock on the door. I gasped for air as I looked over to see Natalie in tears; Edward was just about to rip my shirt off when she came in.
"Honey? What's wrong?" I asked trying to catch my breath.
"I had a nightmare." She cried.
I sighed, "Come here."
Edward got off of me and rolled over to his side of the bed, Natalie climbed up and laid down in the middle of us. I mouthed sorry for Edward who just gave me a small smile before turning out the light. I covered all of us up before making myself comfortable; I linked hands with Edward as Natalie turned to lie on Edward's chest.
The Next Morning
"Morning." Edward said.
"Morning." I said.
I was in the middle of making Natalie's lunch when he walked in.
"Natalie hurry up, you'll be late for school." I told her.
"Done!" She said getting up and walking over to the sink.
She stood up on her tippy toes and put her plate in the sink, I rolled the top of her bag down as I put it in her book bag. I handed her the bag as she ran outside to meet Edward.
"I'll be back." He said kissing me on the lips.
"Be careful." I said.
"I always am." He said flashing me a smile.
…
"Hold on! Hold on!" I said running to the phone with Hayden on my hip.
"Hello?" I said a little out of breath.
"Is this Isabella Cullen?" A girl asked.
"This is her." I said.
"I'm calling from Forks hospital, your husband and daughter were on in an accident." She said.
My whole world stopped.
"What?" I asked.
"They were brought in a few minutes ago." She told me.
Everything else that she was saying was going in one ear and out the other, Edward and Natalie were hurt? I told him to be careful. I told her I was on her way before hanging up. I got the twins ready as fast as I could; I managed to carry both of them, grab the diaper bag, and send a quick text to Alice telling her what happened and to tell the family.
I was out the door in ten minutes, I raced down the street reminding myself every once in a while that I needed to be careful because we didn't need the whole family hurt. I pulled in the parking lot and took the closest one, Carlisle rushed out to help me with the twins.
"How are they?" I almost screamed.
"Edward was hit badly; and Natalie should be fine." He said.
"Why does this always happen to us!" I said as we rushed back into the hospital.
…
"Mommy!" Natalie cried as they worked on her.
"Your fine, mommy's right here." I said.
"Where's daddy?" She cried out.
"The doctors are working on him in the other room." I told her stroking her hair.
"The car was going to fast mommy!" She told me.
"I know." I said tears coming to my eyes.
"Is daddy going to be okay?" She asked tears rolling from her eyes.
"He'll be fine, he's strong like you." I told her.
She nodded.
"Bella." Carlisle said making me turn.
He led me into the next room pushing the screen back over the windows so Natalie wouldn't see Edward. I looked at him and gasped covering my mouth; I could have died right then and there. He was hooked up to all these machines and wires and was cut up pretty bad.
"Edward's going to need surgery." He told me.
I let the tears fall as I watched the doctors work on him; Carlisle was going to explain further when the machine monitoring his heart beeped. The doctors and nurses yelled different things as one of the doctors started chest compressions.
"Oh god!" I cried.
Carlisle wrapped his arms around me trying to shield me from this sight, but I looked over his shoulder anyway.
"It's not working! Paddles!" The doctor screamed.
I flinched every time I heard the shock and watched as his body jerked up before falling back on the bed. They did it at least five times before the beeping stopped.
"We need to get him into surgery now!" The doctor screamed.
"Bella?" Carlisle asked.
"Do it!" I cried.
I watched as they wheeled him out of the room and towards the elevator, I cried harder hiding my face into his chest.
"I didn't tell him I loved him before he left!" I cried.
"He's not going to die Bella." He told me.
"You don't know that!" I said.
"I do." He said as he rubbed my back.
"The twins, I have to go see how the twins are." I said wiping my eyes.
"Relax Bella; one of my good friends has them in the lounge, their watching a movie." He told me.
"I- I don't know what to do! Do I go watch Edward's surgery or stay with Natalie?" I asked looking at him.
I saw the look in his eyes, seeing me hurting this bad was killing him.
"I don't know what you should do, that is up to you, but whoever you choose to go to I will stay with the other." He told me.
I nodded, but who was I suppose to choose? Natalie was my daughter, but Edward was my husband. I took a few more deep breaths before I walked into Natalie's room; Carlisle was a doctor and he would know what to do in emergency situations. I would just stand there and not know what to do, so I stayed with my daughter who wasn't in critical condition. The nurse gave me a metal stool to sit on so I could be close to her.
"Don't cry mommy." Natalie said.
"I'm sorry." I said wiping my eyes.
She was strong, she wasn't crying or even scared, it didn't seem like she was at least. I held her hand in mine; she was only six years old.
…
"Bella…" Carlisle said.
"Bella…" He said again shaking me.
I opened my eyes slowly blinking a few times; I looked up at him before slowly sitting up.
"How's Edward?" I asked rubbing my eyes.
"He's in recovery." He told me.
"He's okay?" I gasped.
"Yes." He said smiling.
I got up from my chair and walked out of the room and followed him to recovery; the whole family was there waiting outside. They gave me sympathetic looks as I pushed to doors open, I saw Edward sitting up. He looked over at me still looking really weak; I saw a smile appear on his face. The family came in and stood by the door as they watched, Carlisle checked Edward's chart.
"Bella." He whispered.
"Oh Edward!" I cried running over to him and hugging him.
He groaned, I squeezed him a little too tightly.
"Sorry." I said standing back up.
"It's fine; it's a good kind of pain." He said his voice barely a whisper.
I hit him in his arm.
"Ow!" He cried out.
"Don't ever do that to me again you jerk!" I cursed.
He laughed a little before grabbing his side in pain.
"I'm serious! I was scared to death!" I told him.
"I'm sorry dear; I won't get hit by a car again." He told me.
"You better not." I said.
"How is Natalie? She's not scared it she?" He asked.
"She doesn't seem like it, she's fine." I told him.
"That's good." He said.
"When can he go home?" I asked Carlisle.
"A few days maybe?" He said.
I nodded tangling my fingers with Edwards; he took his other hand and stroked my cheek lightly as I closed my eyes.
…
"Careful." I said as I helped Edward up the stairs.
"I can do it." He said.
I helped him anyway, he was always stubborn, we got into the living room and I helped him sit down. The phone rang not even a minute after I got Edward settled on the couch, I rushed over and picked it up.
"Hello? Oh hi Esme! Lunch? Well, I'll have to bring the kids... Well I don't know if he's up to it. I'll ask." I told her, "Esme and Carlisle want to take me to lunch, are you up to watching the kids?"
"I'll be fine." Edward told me.
"He can, okay, see you then." I said before hanging up.
"Are you sure you can handle them?" I asked.
"I'll be fine." He said.
I nodded and grabbed my jacket, they were on their way now and it wouldn't take long. I kissed Edward goodbye and headed outside to wait. When they pulled up I got in the backseat and shut the door. I smiled at them as they drove off, I looked out the window smiling. It didn't take long to get to the restaurant, my heart sunk a little when I saw which one it was. We went to walk in, but I hesitated a little.
"You okay Bella?" Esme asked.
"This was the restaurant I was at when I... When I had the miscarriage." I said quietly.
"Oh Bella, we can go somewhere else, come on." Esme said.
I shook my head, "No it's fine, it's not like I can have another miscarriage right?"
We sat down at a booth and looked at the menus, I kept glancing at the booth that I was sitting at when I had it. The waitress came over and asked us what we were ordering, it was my turn but I wasn't paying attention. Once Esme touched my arm I knew I was spacing, I shook my head and told her what I wanted.
"So, how are things at home?" Esme asked.
"Good." I said.
"Bella, are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"You look a little pale, and Edward called to tell me that you said you've been sick these past couple mornings?" She asked.
"Oh, um yeah, I'm sure it's nothing." I said shaking my head.
"Bella.. Are you pregnant?" Carlisle asked.
I almost choked on the water I was sipping.
"No! I mean no, I went to a clinic and the doctor told me I'm not." I said.
"They could be wrong you know, you should come by the hospital and I'll make sure." He told me.
The waitress came over with our food, she set my food down, I felt my stomach turn looking at my burger and fries.
"I'm going to run to the bathroom real quick." I said.
"You okay?" Esme asked.
"Yeah." I said smiling a little.
I slid out of the booth and almost sprinted to the bathroom, I went to the sink and leaned against it taking a deep breath. What if they were right? What if the test was wrong?
"Bella?" Esme said setting a hand on my back lightly.
I opened my eyes and straightened up.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said.
"Bella..." She said.
I looked at her before bursting into tears. She pulled me into a hug and rubbed my back.
"It's okay, everything is okay." She told me.
"Can we go to the hospital?" I cried.
"Of course, after lunch we'll go over." She said.
I nodded, "Thank you."
"Your welcome, come out when your ready." She said smiling.
I nodded, I walked over to the sink and washed my face before heading back to the table.
…
"Hey Edward, you must be busy with the kids or resting, I just wanted to let you know we are taking Bella to the hospital. Call me back when you get this." Carlisle said before hanging up.
"You didn't tell him I was fine, now he's going to be freaking out." I told him.
"Good, let him." He said.
I laughed a little as we pulled into the hospital parking lot. We walked into the hospital and Carlisle got me set up in a room even though I told him I would be fine in one of those curtain areas. He took my blood while I hid in Esme's shoulder, and he also had me pee in a cup so we were completely sure about the results.
"I'll go run these now Bella." Carlisle said.
I nodded, "Take your time."
He left the room leaving me and Esme alone, I took a deep breath.
"What am I going to do?" I said covering my face with my hands.
"Everything is going to be okay Bella, no matter what the income is." She told me.
"I'm not so sure about that." I said.
"Well it will be." She said smiling.
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Edward must have been busy because its been almost an hour and he hasn't called or anything, I was still waiting with Esme for the test results. I knew I told Carlisle to take his time, but the wait was killing me. I kept on thinking of what I would do if I was pregnant again, I have a six year old and twins that are already three. I saw the door open in the corner of my eye, I looked up to see Carlisle walk in smiling a little. He walked over to us holding a yellow file that most likely was my test results inside.
"Do you want to wait for Edward to get here?" He asked me.
I shook my head, "No."
Esme grabbed my hand and squeezed it.
"Okay, your..."
Cliffhanger! Haha, nice way to start the sequel to 'Forever' isn't it? Hopefully I get reviews for this story more than my others! I hope my name change didn't make some of my readers lose my stories or whatever! But I warned all of you before that so it shouldn't have. Same thing here, if I don't get any reviews at all I'm not going to update. I've already have two chapters done for Pain and Happiness Revised, just waiting for you guys to review! Having some writers block for Come Back to Me though... REVIEW! Please?