Chapter two all ready to go. I've started working on chapter three so it might even be up tonight. If you haven't read my new fic, Love Knows No Boundaries please check it out. You know the drill, I don't own any of the characters except Hayden. Enjoy :)
Edward stared at Bella as if she had gone completely insane.
"Vampires can't have kids," Edward finally said. "Carlisle has said it a thousand times." "I'm not a vampire Edward," Bella reminded him. His eyes dragged back to Hayden in Esme's arms. Alice, Esme and Emmett had remained quiet since Edward had walked into the kitchen.
"He looks like you Edward. There is no doubt he's your son," Esme said gently and handed over the little boy to his father. Bella watched as Edward awkwardly took Hayden and stared at him. He shook his head several times and handed Hayden back to Esme.
"He can't be mine," Edward said in a quiet voice. He took one last look at Hayden and left the kitchen at a human pace. Bella stared at him dumbfounded as he walked out and quickly followed.
"He's yours whether you like it or not Edward Cullen," Bella exploded, angry tears welling up.
"No no no no NO," Edward yelled. "He's is not my son. I don't want a child." Bella was speechless.
"I knew I shouldn't have come back. This is the reason I left in the first place," Bella mumbled. The front door swung open and in walked Carlisle.
"Rosalie have you been buying more cars again," Carlisle called out to the pretty blonde who was now at the top of the stairs staring at Bella in shock.
"It's not Rosalie's," Bella said and Carlisle turned around. A wide smile appeared on his attractive face and he hugged Bella.
'It's good to have you home," Carlisle whispered in her ear. He released her from the hug and then took on the picture before him. Esme was holding Hayden who had started to whimper. Rosalie and Jasper were at the top of the stairs and Emmett was holding Edward back. Alice was no where to be found. "What's going on here." Carlisle looked at Edward for a few seconds before Esme started to talk.
"Bella wanted to introduce us to Hayden," Esme explained. Carlisle stared at Hayden in amazement.
"I was so certain this couldn't happen," he said as he took the whimpering baby from his wife. Hayden quietened down immediately.
"How certain?" Edward asked through gritted teeth.
"Edward doesn't think Hayden is his," Bella explained, refusing to look at Edward who was no struggling against Emmett's grip.
"Between two vampires it could never happen, but Bella isn't a vampire," Carlisle explained. "It's extremely possible with a human." Bella turned to glare at Edward who was looking at her with sadness and regret evident in his now black eyes.
"I'm sorry Bella," he whispered. She waved her hand as if to say 'forget about it' and took Hayden from Carlisle.
"He needs a change," Bella explained and disappeared into the kitchen, leaving the Cullen family.
"What were you thinking you idiot?" Emmett asked and smacked Edward in the back of the head.
"You are so thickheaded sometimes, Edward Cullen," Rosalie added. Carlisle watched Edward carefully.
"You should go and hunt. You and Jasper," he finally said. Edward nodded his head in defeat and ran from the house, Jasper in tow. Carlisle kissed Esme lovingly on the cheek and went upstairs to his office. Rosalie descended the staircase elegantly and followed Esme and Emmett into the kitchen where they found Bella singing softly to Hayden as she changed his nappy.
"Can I hold him?" Rosalie asked. Bella handed the little boy off to his aunty and finally took a seat. Resting her head on the kitchen counter, she was asleep in less then a minute. Emmett lifted her up and ran upstairs where he placed her gently on Edward's bed and went back downstairs to his wife.
'If that had been Alice she would have knocked my head off," Jasper said after running for several miles with absolute silence.
"I overreacted," Edward admitted after finishing with a deer and disposing of its remains. "I didn't know how else to react. Bella was gone for 7 months and now she is back with a baby." "I'm not going to pretend to understand but give Bella some credit," Jasper said. "She loves you with her whole heart. She wouldn't sleep with someone else. Heck she doesn't even look at another male while your around." Edward remained silent as he thought hard about his new family.
"Emmett only gets her attention by laughing at her. She doesn't even acknowledge me until I calm her down," Jasper continued. "She is all yours and now you have a son together." Edward nodded. He knew Jasper was right.
"Ready to go?" Edward asked his brother and took off back to the Cullen house.
Seated in the living room an hour later, the Cullen family was waiting for an explanation from Bella.
"Why did you leave?" Carlisle asked after a lengthy silence.
"I left because I was afraid. I didn't know what to tell Edward or Charlie or how to explain to anyone else, so I ran," Bella explained as best she could.
"Where did you go?" Alice asked, her eyes shining with excitement. Bella could tell, without the ability to read minds, that she was already planning her next shopping trip.
"Seattle. It was close to home but far enough away that I wouldn't be recognised. I rented an apartment and decided that once Hayden was born that I would come home," Bella said. She watched as Edward cradle his son against his cold chest. Hayden had been whimpering for a good half an hour but had settled down the moment Edward picked him up.
"Are you staying for good?" he finally asked Bella as his topaz eyes met her brown ones. She smiled and nodded.
"It will certainly be a learning curve for us to have a baby in the house," Esme stated excitedly.
"Are you sure you want me to stay? Charlie is happy to have us at his house," Bella asked. Edward, Alice and Esme voiced their opinions loudly and Hayden gave a loud scream.
"Your staying with us," Edward answered. "We will get everything you need." "But for tonight I think that you should stay with Charlie," Carlisle reasoned. Bella wanted more then anything to stay with Edward. To fall asleep in his arms once again. She nodded and stood up. Edward, still holding Hayden, followed her out to the car. She strapped Hayden into his car seat and turned to face Edward.
"I'll be over tonight," he whispered to her as he buried his nose in her neck and breathed in her seducing scent. "I love you Bella. Never forget that." "I love you too Edward. Forever," she replied and reluctantly left the Cullen house.
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