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Chapter 2

The weeks passed quickly. Edward and Bella were soon almost normal again. With the exception of Edward's jealousy issues that is.

When Edward had agreed to give them another shot Bella had allowed him to ask any questions he wanted with the provision that Damon was not brought up again after that.

And Edward had asked.

"How did you meet?"

Bella had to lie to answer that one, she'd give Damon's secret away otherwise. Not such much lie as skirt the truth. "Damon was passing by." And he had been, but he'd been passing through the forest and saved her from the ravenous Laurent. Then tried to compel her to forget. It seemed no vampire tricks worked on her defective brain.

"Where did he take you on your first date?" That was anothet hard one as they'd never had a date really. She settled for the first time he'd taken her to the lodge.

"What did you do together?"

"When did he meet your dad?"

"How old is he?"

"What did he look like?"

The questions seemed never ending and Bella had to hold certain things back which she felt awful for doing. However she had made a promise and she never went back on them lightly.

After that Edward had refused to go places she had been with Damon. Refused to do things they had done together and was more protective than ever of her. Almost as if he was guarding a treasure rather than having a relationship with a sentient being.

To make matters worse Bella had started becoming unwell in the past week.

Just a stomach bug or the beginnings of the flu but to be around Edward you would think she had the black plague.

Bella woke up with a small smile on her face after a wonderful dream that she couldn't quite remember and turned to face Edward. "Morning!" She smiled brightly.

"Good morning love." He smiled back though with not as much enthusiasm.

She sat up and stretched before jumping out of bed at the now familiar feeling of her stomach twisting. Bella ran to the bathroom and started heaving into the porcelain. She hated being sick with a passion.

"What can I do love?" Edward's voice came from behind her even though she had repeatedly told him she didn't want him seeing her like this.

"Crackers." She responded. They seemed to be the only thing helping at the moment.

He was back before she could wipe the now lank hair around her face. Propping herself up next to the toilet she took the crackers with a wan smile. "Thanks."

"Bella if you don't go see Carlisle today I will call for him to come here. This has gone on long enough."

Bella sighed knowing that he was probably right. "Fine I will go see Carlisle at the hospital providing you go hunting while I do." Getting Edward to go hunt was harder than ever now. He never seemed to want to be away from her side. It was a little stifling if she was honest.

"Compromise?" Edward shot back with a small smile. "I'll go hunting after you've seen Carlisle and been given the all clear."

Bela mentally sighed but gave in knowing it was the best she was going to get.

A short while later Bella was sat outside Carlisle's office at the hospital with Edward wrapped around her while they waited to be seen.

"Bella, son, please come in." Carlisle gestured as he opened the door wide for them both with a bright smile on his movie star looking face.

They took the comfy seats the other side of Carlisle's standard issue desk which was much less grand than the one he had at the Cullen home.

"Edward tells me you're ill Bella?" He was calm and professional acting as any doctor would be in this situation which put Bella slightly at ease.

"It's just a stomach bug I think." She replied.

"You'll forgive me, be that as it may I have to ask about your symptoms." Carlisle responded with an easy smile. The girl was being as stubborn as always.

"I'm having sickness and struggling to keep things down." Bella said.

"Anything else?" Carlisle asked.

"No." Bella said the same time Edward said "yes."

"You're always tired and your scents changed." Edward said before giving me a worried look.

"Okay." Carlisle said slowly obviously thinking about all the things that could possibly be wrong with Bella. She on the other hand was a little annoyed. All this for a simple stomach bug? Give her another week and she was sure she would feel right as reign. "With your permission Bella I would like to do a few tests."

Bella nodded knowing that she wasn't likely to get out of them between Carlisle himself and Edward.

"Edward perhaps you should go hunt son." Edward opened his mouth obviously to argue but he stopped and then reluctantly nodded his head. Something in Carlisle's thoughts prevented him from arguing further.

Edward faced Bella and traced her face delicately with a finger. "I'll be back for you in a couple of hours love. You'll be safe with Carlisle." She fought another eye roll. Of course she'd be safe in a hospital. Even she wasn't that much of a danger magnet.

As soon as Edward had departed Carlisle asked Bella to raise the sleeve of her top so he could take some blood. With a shudder she agreed.

"Bella. When was your last menstruation cycle?" Carlisle asked quietly after he had finished.

"I can't remember." Bella blushed. She hadn't really had to think about it for a while. How long had it been, surely last month? Maybe the month before? She couldn't remember.

"I see." Carlisle put the blood in a clear bag with a label on the side and walked to the door. "I'll be right back."

Bella sat fidgeting on her own for ten minutes or so. She couldn't see how the date of her last period was a relevant question. Unless… Carlisle perhaps thought she was pregnant. If he had come right out and asked her though she could put his mind to rest. She was not. That one was impossible. Maybe though it was something to do with her thyroid. That could mess up periods. She this knew as Renee had had a problem with hers a couple of years back.

Carlisle came back shaking Bella from her musings. "We should only be waiting half an hour or so for the results. While we are I was hoping you would consent to a urine sample for me?"

"Sure doc." Bella replied feeling the need to relieve herself from nerves anyway. "What are these tests for?"

"To be frank Bella I'm testing your levels of HCG." At her blank look Carlisle sighed. "I'm checking to see if you are pregnant."

Bella sat back down. "I'll save you a test then Carlisle. I'm not pregnant. It's impossible."

"Forgive me Bella but then you are a virgin still?"

Bella blushed furiously knowing while she did that this wasn't going to end well. "No. I'm not."

Carlisle nodded with a small frown on his face but also understanding was present. "Then you can surely see the need for a pregnancy test. Unless Edward…?" He left the question unfinished but Bella knew what he was asking.

"No. Not with Edward. With Damon." Bella wished that the ground would open up and swallow her right then. She had obviously disappointed Carlisle. "I didn't think he was coming back." She added quietly, a tear leaking down her cheek unbidden.

"Oh Bella. I understand. We all would. Even Edward. I dare say especially Edward. He meant for you to move on and you tried too. That is not such a terrible thing." Carlisle reached out and swept hair from her face in a fatherly fashion his compassion shining through. "You can obviously see the need for me to test you for pregnancy. No form of contraception is fool proof. So just to be on the safe side." He pulled out a cup and pushed it towards her over the desk.

Bella nodded and took it before getting up to leave. It was still impossible. She knew that but without giving away Damon's secret she couldn't tell Carlisle why that was.

She returned as quickly as she could handing the half full cup back to Carlisle with another blush. A trait she desperately wished that she could control.

Carlisle turned his back on Bella while performing the necessary test. A sigh shaking him as he saw the answer he thought that he'd get. This was going to destroy Bella and possibly his family with it.

"Bella. You are pregnant." Carlisle announced to the stunned looking teenager.

"I can't be. It must be a false positive. It's impossible."

"False positive are very rare and normally caused by some form of medication which I can see you have not been on. We can wait for the blood results. But I am sure they are going to give us the same results. You are pregnant Bella." Carlisle explained as gently as he could all the while internally cursing the fates that had done this to the girl he saw as another daughter and to his son. Their relationship was unlikely to survive this. That much he was sure of. Then they had the complication of the Volturi. For sure the next few months were going to be difficult.

"That's impossible. Damon's a vampire." Bella's voice was so small he could almost believe he misheard her.

"A vampire?" Carlisle silently prayed that his hearing was failing him.

"Yes. A vampire. Not like you though. He has fangs and can sleep. But he is a vampire. I can't be pregnant." Bella was shell shocked but she was also sure something else had to be going on. She could not be possibly be pregnant.

Carlisle looked momentarily stunned then stood suddenly. His vampire reactions almost scaring Bella.

"There is only one way to determine this. I'll go see if there is a room free so we can do a prenatal scan on you." Carlisle stopped at the door and looked Bella over. "You're sure? That this Damon was an original vampire?"

"He didn't call himself that but yes. Im sure. I saw his fangs myself. He showed me something similar to like what Edward did when I figured out what you all are." Bella said tears falling fast now. Her heart was hurting more speaking about Damon. Something she had avoided doing. She loved Edward, she did. But she missed Damon more than she thought she would and right now she would have given anything to have him there by her side. Agreeing with her and telling the doctor just how impossible this situation was. All with his special way with words.

Carlisle nodded at Bella and quietly left the room, leaving Bella with her thoughts.

Although there was no way that Bella could be pregnant she was as scared as she would have been none the less. Terrified even.

"Isabella?" A nurse asked sticking her head around the door. Bella nodded in response. "Doctor Cullen has asked me to come and get you." Bella nodded getting up to follow the nurse her stomach lurching with nerves as she did. The nurse was chattering away as they walked the corridors of the small hospital, Bella didn't hear a word though. A strange buzzing noise seemed to have filled her ears.

The nurse opened a door and Bella stepped through into the room where Carlisle was waiting for her.

Carlisle explained what was going to happen then left her to get ready.

When she called quietly that she was ready Carlisle reentered the room and began the scan. The small screen was facing Carlisle so Bella was staring at his face trying to gauge what was happening by his expression alone. Hundreds of years of schooling though meant his face gave nothing away.

A moment later and Carlisle showed the screen to her. The screen was blurry but discernible. There were two blobs there.

"You have two healthy children there Bella. I would say they are almost two months old. Does that tally with dates for you?" Carlisle was saying but Bella only heard that she had two children in her stomach. She was pregnant. With half human half vampire children. She was pregnant with twins. She was going to be a single mother. Of twins. Two. Two babies.

"Bella!" Carlisle's sharp call made Bella jump out of it slightly. "I need you to tell me if that's roughly right. These are not your regular children. I need to know if they are growing at a normal rate or if we need to be prepared for them to come early."

Bella blinked and nodded before finding her voice which sounded very weak to her own ears. "That… yes that would be about right. But how…?"

"I've been giving it some thought. Women as vampires do not change, they are stuck at the time of their change. Therefore their body's are unable to accept a child. A male, a living human male that is, can produce children possibly for as long as he lives. Men in their late 70's have been known to father children. So if a male vampire and a human woman are intimate the possibility is there. Granted it's is extremely rare. I've never come across it before but it is possible."

"Damn." Bella muttered in shock. Tears rolling down her cheeks as she looked at her two babies on the screen.

"What do I do now?" Bella asked Carlisle.

"I can't tell you what to do. I can tell you that no matter what you have support and that you also have options at the moment. You won't have for much longer though." Bella understood what he was saying and although she was pro-choice the thought of getting rid of her babies left her feeling uneasy and wrong. No she couldn't do that herself. They had been made through friendship, trust and comfort. She wouldn't do that.

"I can't get rid of them." Bella stated softly.

"I thought not. It's not in your nature." Carlisle sighed again. "Then there are basics for a normal pregnancy we should discuss. But to be honest I'm as blind here as you. I do think that you should tell your father, the babies father and Edward however. It will not be long before you can't keep it from either Edward or your dad. As for the babies father he may have more information than I do."

Bella nipped at her lower lip a habit she'd almost been rid of before nodding. It seemed as though she had a lot of explaining to do. At least she had a starting point. That was something.

I hope you all enjoyed the second chapter. Reviews are greatly appreciated, and the only way for me to know if you're enjoying the story or not :)