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This story will have a little angst, but there is nothing to the extreme.

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BPOV

I waited until Edward went down to shop, and then quickly flipped through the address book we kept in the kitchen to find Carlisle's cell phone number. I found it easily, and then grabbed my cell phone to make the call.

As the phone dialed, I hopped up onto the kitchen counter and sat there, kicking my legs back and forth slightly and chewing on my stubby thumbnail.

"Hello?" Carlisle answered, and I took a deep breath.

"Carlisle, this is Bella. I was wondering if maybe I could talk to you…as a patient." Carlisle seemed taken aback, but then snapped into a professional mode.

"Sure, Bella. Do you want to me to come over to your apartment-"

"No, I don't want Edward to know." I said quickly, cutting him off. "Maybe I could meet you at the coffee shop? It's on the corner of street." Carlisle hesitated again, and I held my breath until he answered me.

I thought maybe he wouldn't want to help me. "That sounds fine. I'll be there in about fifteen minutes."

I thanked him and hung up the phone, staring at the wall in front of me. At the least, Carlisle could recommend a doctor who could help me with my problem. Hopefully, everything would soon be cleared up and Edward and I could finally have the baby we had been trying so hard for.

Pulling on my jacket, and hurried down the stairs and into the shop, where Alice and Jasper were talking quietly on the couch, cuddling together. Edward and Emmet were nowhere to be seen, so I figured they must have been doing work on someone. "Hey, where's Edward?" I asked Alice, who's eyes widened happily at the sound of my voice.

"Oh, he's in chair one." Alice said, waving her head distractedly towards the back room. I nodded in thanks and walked into the back, wanting to tell Edward that I was ducking out.

"Edward, sorry to interrupt-" I stuck my head in the room and my eyes widened.

It wasn't Edward who was giving the tattoo. He was getting one. "Oh." I stammered, and Edward's head shot up. He was lying on his stomach and gripping the edge of the chair while Emmet was tattooing his back. Emmet glanced up briefly, but then regained his focus. "You're getting another one?" I asked, wondering why he hadn't told me.

"Uh, yeah." Edward said, wincing slightly with the needle hit a bone. A hiss escaped from in between his clenched teeth and I saw his hands tighten around the padding of the chair.

"What does it say?" I asked, with no idea why I was feeling so awkward.

This time, Emmet piped up. "L'amore vincerà tutte le." He said quickly, wiping away some excess ink that had pooled. "Love will conquer all."

"Okay. It looks really good." I said lamely, and then leaned over to give Edward a kiss on the cheek. "I'm going to the bookstore real quick and then I'm going to grab some coffee from down the street." I was lying about the bookstore part. As much as I would like to pick up a new novel, I had more important things to get to. "Do you want me to get you anything?"

"Thanks, but no." Edward said, smiled crookedly at me.

"Emmet?" I asked, and he shook his head, biting his tongue between his teeth as he tried to concentrate. "Okay, love you." I said to Edward.

"Love you too." Edward murmured, and I left the room feeling strange. It didn't bother me that Edward was getting another tattoo- I loved all the work he had- but I was surprised he hadn't told me about it. Maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing, I didn't know.

By the time I got to the coffee shop, I could see Carlisle sitting in the far corner, talking on his phone. When I nervously approached him, he saw me and hung up, gesturing for me to sit down. He had already gotten me a coffee. "Bella." He said warmly, patting my hand as I got situated. "What was it you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Well…at lunch today…you remember what Edward and I said about having children? Well…"

"You're already pregnant?" Carlisle guessed, and my heart ached at that. How I wished I were already pregnant…I had been so sure.

"No." I said shortly, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. "That's the problem. When we said we didn't know when it would happen…it's because it's not happening." I said in a low voice, my cheeks flushing. "We've been trying…and-"

Carlisle's eyebrows furrowed, and he took a drink of his coffee. "How many cycles have you been trying?" He asked, and I counted back the exact months.

"Thirteen." I said, gripping my own cup of coffee tightly.

"And you've been completely off the pill, no condoms, no contraceptives of any kind?" He asked, and I nodded. "You don't have any STD's?" He asked, lowering his voice.

"No. We both got tested when we first started dating, and neither of us have been screwing around, so no." I said, forcing myself to stay calm and not get embarrassed. Carlisle was, after all, a doctor. And we were talking about a serious thing here.

He frowned for a moment, tapping his long fingers against the tabletop. "It could be anything, from a genetic problem or maybe your ovulation is off…I can't really tell you for certain what it could be. I don't specialize in OB/GYN, but I have a good friend from med school who is held in high esteem among those of his profession. You don't want Edward to know about this?"

I shook my head. "No, I don't want him to know until I find out if something is wrong." I explained, and Carlisle nodded in understanding.

"Then I'll give you my friends number. His name is Dr. Gerandy, and he works in Forks, Washington. It's several hours away, but-"

"It's fine. I'll make an appointment and then drive there myself." I said quickly as Carlisle pulled out his phone and started to scroll through his contact list.

He forward Dr. Gerandy's number to me, and I thanked him profusely, giving him a long hug as we both stood up. "Thank you so much, Carlisle. And please do not tell anyone, especially not Edward or Esme." I said, and Carlisle nodded. "I'll let you know what the results say." I added.

"Good luck, Bella." Carlisle said sincerely as we walked towards the door. "I hope everything works out."

I smiled and looked down at the coffee in my head before meeting his kind blue eyes again. "Thanks. Me too."

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Xoxo- Melodyella aka Mellie