BPOV : October 31, 2010
I was on my way to my appointment with my OB where Alice was supposed to meet me and I was thinking of the first time I met her.
I was about to ask the server if someone called Alice Cullen already arrived when I heard:
"Bella! I just knew it was you. It's so nice to meet you! Come on let's go sit! I want to know everything about you! So what do you think of my brother?" she finally stopped and look at me. "Why aren't you talking?" apparently her behavior over the phone was not an exception.
"Alice, if you want me to talk then you need to let me time to do so!" I countered.
"Oh please Bella! None of that between the two of us! So how long are you?"
"Well I'm 11 weeks and I have a check-up next week actually."
"And is everything ok with the baby? And how do you feel?" she asked nicely. She could be calm well if she was asked to anyway.
"Well, I'm exhausted and I eat everything I see but otherwise I'm fine. I'm nervous about my appointment yet…"
"Everything will be ok do not worry!" She exclaimed.
"It's just that the father left me, Jasper is oversea and I still haven't found a way to tell my dad so I have to go alone…" I sighed.
"No, you don't! Where is it? I'll be there!"
"Alice you don't have to…"
"Shush! I'm coming end of discussion. After all that's what best friends are for!"
So here I was, in the parking lot when I saw Alice at the entrance.
"Hey Bella, hurry-up I just can't wait to meet the baby!"
"Alice" I laughed. "Just because we are early it doesn't mean that the doctor will be able to see us more quickly."
"I know but still! Let's go!"
I just had the time to enter when I heard Alice said to the lady at the front desk:
"Hello, we are here for an appointment for Bella Swan"
"Of course, you can sit down the doctor will be there in a few minutes."
As me sat down I turned myself toward Alice and told her to please stay calm because I was already anxious enough for two.
"Bella Swan?" asked doctor Gerandy.
"Yes!" I answered him.
"Please come inside" Alice and I quickly stood up and enter his office.
"Doctor Gerandy, please meet my friend Alice Cullen." I told him as we sat in front of his desk.
"Cullen? Any relation with Carlisle Cullen" He asked.
"Yes, he's my father and he also told me you were the best OB in Seattle so you don't have to worry about your reputation."
"Ahah" He laughed "Carlisle, I may be a great OB but I still can't be compared to his talents."
"Bella!" He finally turned to me. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm tired all the time and I can't stop eating but other than that I'm fine."
"Good! As you're entering your second trimester you should feel less tired. As for eating it's perfectly fine. After all, you're eating for two now! Is there any reason why the dad isn't here?" He had to ask that…
"Well after our last appointment I told him and he left me so it just us" I said as I rubbed my belly.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that… you know there is a group a single mom in the hospital. Maybe you should go to one of their meeting. That way you would be able to talk to people that go through the same things as you."
"Hum that could be nice. Could you give me all the information?"
"Sure no problem, I'll ask my secretary to give them to you? Now, let's do a quick exam."
I lied down on the table; I opened my jeans and put up my t-shirt. I will never get bored of watching my baby. It was now a tiny person. Not the peanut I saw a few weeks ago. And the sound of the heartbeat was even more touching. I turned my head to see Alice and she was as touched as I was.
"Oh my god Bella! It's you baby" She half cried, half squealed.
"Bella everything is doing well so far. The heartbeat is strong. Your baby is developing fine so I will see you in four weeks. Does that sound good to you?" I could only nod.
The secretary gave me all the info for the single mom's group and Alice and I went to Starbuck for a tea and a talk.
"Oh Bella thank you for letting me come with. I've never seen something as extraordinary as this. I seriously can't wait to meet the little one."
"Me too Alice, me too!"
"So how is life since last week? Is you shop doing good?" I asked her.
"Yeah the shop is fine, I think I'm going to expend my products with a line for pregnant women!" She exclaimed. "What do you think about it?" Would you again to be the one who tested the products?
"Of course Alice! It means I will have free clothes" I laughed.
"Bella, you're my best friend you will never spend a cent in my shop anyway!" she said. "Anyway, my parents heard from Edward this week."
"Oh really? Is everything alright?"
"Yes everything is fine." She said but I suddenly had the feeling that it wasn't true.
"What is it Alice? Best friend can tell each other anything I told her." The fact that Alice had proclaimed herself my best friend had grown in to me and I was now perfectly fine with the idea.
Sadly she started explaining that Edward had accepted the job of Major and that he had to stay over there 3 more months. As she said that I felt sad. I didn't even know him but I was hoping we would meet soon and a year was not soon at all….
