A Shocking Announcement

Rosalie's Point of View

I was sitting on the couch, watching pointless TV with Emmett, when Alice comes running down the stairs, at vampire speed, with a look of panic clearly written on her face. She collapses on the bottom step, putting her head in hands. "Oh My Gosh! I can't see Bella! She's disappeared!" Alice shrieked. Esme and Carlisle materialise in the living room. Esme walks over to Alice and sits down on the stairs next to her. "Alice, dear, what does this mean? That you can't see Bella?" Anyone else would have thought Esme's voice was calm and patient, but I could hear the undercurrent of fear. "It means," Alice answers impatiently, "That Bella has either ran into a werewolf or..." Alice pauses to take an unnecessary breath, "she's dead."

Everyone freezes. We knew this was a possibility, but Edward wouldn't, would he? Carlisle reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small silver mobile phone. He passes it to Alice, telling her to call Edward and find out what happened. Alice dials Edward's number and waits.

Ring Ring

Ring Ring

Ring Ring

"Why hasn't he answered yet?" Alice whispers to herself. "Hi, Alice," Bella croaks as she greets Alice over the phone. Wait-isn't she meant to be dead? "Bella, Bella, are you okay?" Alice asks. "Yeah. Um. Is Carlisle there?" replies Bella. Why would Bella want to talk to Carlisle? What happened? All these unanswered question are starting to irritate me. "He is. What's the problem?" says Alice in a confused voice. "I'm not...one hundred percent...sure..." That was vague, Bella, I think to myself. "Is Edward all right?" asks Alice. Alice holds the phone away from her as she calls for Carlisle, then demands, "Why didn't he pick up the phone?" "I'm not sure," is Bella's reply. "Bella, what's going on?" Alice is getting frustrated, "I just saw-" "What did you see?" Alice doesn't answer.

"Here's Carlisle," Alice said eventually. Alice, slowly, for a vampire, passes Carlisle the phone. Carlisle has a worried look on his face.

"Bella, its Carlisle. What's going on?" "I-" she pauses, "I'm a little worried about Edward...Can vampires go into shock?" WHAT is going on? I think with frustration. "Has he been harmed?" Carlisle is beginning to get very concerned. "No, no," Bella assures him, "Just...taken by surprise." "I don't understand, Bella." Who does? "I think...well, I think that...maybe...I might be..." Oh, spit it out already!

Bella takes a deep breath before saying, "Pregnant."

Everyone freezes. Then I run from the room.