The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt: Crave
Pen name: Cass189
Pairing: Edward/Bella
Rating: K+
Cravings
EPOV
I woke up during the night and rolled onto my side with the intent of wrapping my arm around Bella's sleeping form, pull her against my chest and fall back asleep only to find out she wasn't sleeping next to me as I thought she was.
I was immediately fully awake.
The thought of not having her beside me at this hour scared me more now than it already did before.
If something happened, Bella wouldn't be the only one I would lose now. I would lose the little baby growing inside of her as well.
My little baby.
I quickly got up and scanned the house, only to finally find Bella standing on the kitchen, leaning against the counter and looking wishfully at the refrigerator while biting her lower lip.
I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face once I noticed her round belly. To my joy, she was showing more and more everyday.
"Bella? What is it, love?" She looked up at me as I made my way towards her and cupped her face in my hands.
"We're all out of chocolate chip ice cream." She pouted a little making me brush my thumb along her luscious lower lip.
"Yes, we are." She had eaten all of our ice cream stash while watching a movie yesterday.
"I really wanted some…" I smiled at her. I thought I knew where this was going.
"And is that you speaking or this little one?" I ran my hand along her stomach and she shrugged.
"Both, I guess…" She pouted again and sighed while looking at the refrigerator and I just couldn't deny her.
It was her first craving.
"Do you want me to go out and buy some?" She shook her head but her eyes shined at the suggestion.
"No, its 3 AM that would be stupid." I smiled at her and kissed her lips gently.
"I'll get dressed and go out. I'll be back soon. There's bound to be a gas station or something open." She smiled shyly at me but nodded.
I quickly got dressed and went out in search of the infamous chocolate chip ice cream.
Living in New York had its advantages and I easily found a gas station opened where they had the wanted ice cream.
I was soon on my way back home.
When I got back, I found Bella sitting on the couch, flipping through the TV channels while waiting for me and, mainly, the ice cream.
"Did you get it?"
"Yes, I did." I handed her the ice cream and went to the kitchen in order to grab a spoon and then made my way back to the living room, sitting next to her.
She accepted the spoon and smiled at me before leaning in to kiss my jaw.
"Thank you so much, Edward. I love you!" I chuckled at her enthusiasm and watched as she started to eat the ice cream.
I watched as she ate the ice cream and in no time she was almost done with the whole thing. It was a wonder how she could eat so fast!
She offered me some but I shook my head. I was content enough to watch her.
Once she was finished, she rested the spoon and the remains of her ice cream on the coffee table and turned to look at me with a smile on her face.
"Thank you for doing this, Edward." I smiled at her and leaned in to kiss her.
"You're welcome, love." I turned my attention to her expanding stomach and placed a kiss on it. "You're welcome as well, little one."
Bella chuckled while running her fingers through my hair.
"Ready to go back to bed? She nodded and I helped her get up. "You know, I think this baby is a girl."
She looked back at me and raised an eyebrow.
"Why?"
"Only a girl would want chocolate chip ice cream at 3 AM."
"Ah yes! And she even got her daddy to get up and go out just to buy it for her!"
"Yes, she did and I'll do it again and again for both of you." I was almost certain I would be waking up during the night and going out to buy food again soon enough.
"That's very good to know because I might just have some weird cravings for now on." I chuckled.
"Okay. I consider myself warned!" She giggled and moved to bed, cuddling under the sheets and motioning for me to join her.
I gladly did and soon after we were both back asleep.
Just a little one-shot. I hope you liked it.