We had meant to leave for France today.

Rosalie was probably fuming at the moment, angry about the delay. I shook my head. That girl was far too egocentric for her own good. She didn't seem to care for anybody but herself and Emmett, even if the third party was in a rather bad or potentially fatal situation.

Such as the one Bella was in right now.

I couldn't even pace back and forth like the worried and nervous men in books and movies. I guess you could say I was frightened – terrified even – that there might be even the slightest complication. Groaning, I tried to focus my thoughts.

My brother had been wrapped in solitude for months now, and was progressively getting worse. Jasper had tried especially hard to avoid us today, most specifically Bella. If he got too close to her at a time like this...I shuddered. I heard him thinking that it was most likely just a blood clot. Alice probably told him in a letter. Still, my mind was still twisting in worry. Nothing was set in stone – for all we know Bella could be...

Perhaps it was best not to think about it.

It had been just a little over a month since we found out – it puzzled me at first, how it was possible. I was almost worried that maybe it could be somebody else's. Then Carlisle told me about certain situations that if it reached just the right tempurature... The clock struck twelve – midnight to be exact – and the aforementioned man emerged from the emergency room. I peeked into his thoughts, and nearly broke down crying out of happiness. Stupid, I thought. Vampires can't cry.

Not even a minute later Chief Swan, or Charlie as Bella liked to call him, burst through the door. His face was beet red. I couldn't tell if he were angry or distraught. As soon as he started yelling, of course, I could tell it was a bit of both.

"Where's my daughter?!" Still red in the face. I looked back and forth between him and Carlisle, all the while trying to keep my cool. Hah. More like trying to seem warm and friendly. "Where is she?!"

"She had a bit of a scare, but she's alright."

"What kind of a scare?"

"She has a slight concussion. We feared it might have been worse, but thankfully it's nothing of the sort."

Charlie calmed down, then looked at me.

"Why's he shaking so much?"

Crap. I didn't realize how much this really affected me until now. My Bella was in there, covered in blood that I had just suspected to be my unborn child, and only now did I realize how scared I was. I dropped to my knees, half in relief, and half still in fear, holding my head.

Charlie narrowed his eyes at Carlisle and pushed past him into the emergency room. Carlisle tried to stop him, but by the time he'd said Chief Swan's name, it was far too late.

"What the hell is this?!" he yelled.

I curled into a ball on the floor, almost rockng back and forth. Dear god did I hate this waiting room.

"What did that monster do to you?!"

I heard a bit of screaming, blocking it out: I knew Bella was giving her dad a piece of her mind, and I knew as soon as an uncomfortable silence filtered out toward me that she had said the exact thing she needed to shut him up.

He'd never do anything to hurt me, and he never did, Charlie! I almost had a miscarraige!

The words, though muffled with my attempts to block them out, were clear as day. As Charlie's newly white face emerged from behind the door, I looked up from my trembling state. He was completely still, like a ghost. Slowly his eyes found me: they looked dead and unforgiving. As he continued on his way out the door to his police cruiser, I tightened into a ball and tried desperately to cry.


Yes, Charilie has now learned of his daughter current physical state. We see Edward in full-out freak out mode. He's more scared than ever that something wil happen to Bella or the baby (or babies. I haven't decided yet. Nor have I decided upon a gender/genders or a name/names.) We still get a little taste of Jasper's distaught here...we may or may not see him crack in the future.

Bella and Alice will get their chapters, but not until later, after Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, and Carlisle. Hm...what do you think? Should I add a Charlie chapter, or no?