A/N: They think their clever and stop there, imagine if the made the leap, they could be normal, like a human maybe! xx Alexis
I spend most of the day resting and trying to find something to eat that the baby won't reject, I am starting to tire already and this is not good even I know this.
"How come your sister hasn't blown up the phone, I would have thought she would have caught this big of a surprise?" I ask,
as he wanders into the room carrying a tray with scrambled eggs and toast for me.
"Huh! you're right, as always my love, I haven't heard from her at all, Carlisle said they were out when I called but really, she should have seen this! I'll call Jasper"
Turns out Alice had no idea about the baby, she said I was a little fuzzy but she hadn't been paying attention, trying to give us some privacy, as we were on honeymoon. So either I was shielding the baby or the baby was doing something itself?
Well, we would have to wait and see, maybe Edward would be able to hear its thoughts soon and give us an idea, what was happening. I mentioned all of this to him and again he seemed surprised I had thought about any of that so deeply.
"Edward, I'm beginning to wonder if you think I'm vapid? Just because you can't hear my thoughts doesn't mean I don't actually have any! It's really insulting the way you think of me as the weak pathetic human. I appear to be the stronger of the two of us and I obviously do a lot more thinking and less wallowing than you do!"
I know it's the hormones talking but I'm getting very angry with my new husband.
"You seriously need to grow up Edward and join me in the real world!" I shout at him,
as I rush into the bathroom slamming and locking the door to throw up once again.
"Love, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to infer you were unintelligent, it came out wrong. I don't know what to do for you, I feel useless. Tell me what you need from me please Bella?" he begs from the other side of the door.
"Have you never heard of the internet Edward, how do you think I knew how to handle our honeymoon, I wasn't born with the information, I learned it, just like everyone else!" I shout at him,
I'm on the floor crying by now and feeling really sorry for myself. What the hell does he do when I'm asleep, I know, he sits and worries and achieves nothing. The tiredness must have gotten to me because the next thing I remember is waking up in bed.
Edward is lying behind me cradling my body to him keeping me cool and stroking my hair. This is all I had wanted, all I had needed for two days and at last, he's here with me supporting me and loving me.
"I'm sorry Edward, this is going to get a lot worse before the end and you're going to get the brunt of it, baby," I tell him,
tears running down my face,
"I'm scared too you know, I need you to be strong and calm Edward, I can't do it all by myself, I can't mother you to, I don't have the energy" I sob.
"No Bella, you're right sweetheart, if I had any common sense I would have been caring for you, instead I was trying to fight fate and blame everyone else for this, instead of grasping it for the amazing event it was and being here for you," he says quietly,
"I really am seeing us from a new perspective and I don't come out smelling like roses, do I?"
"All new fathers have to learn Edward, you just didn't seem to want too, don't you want our baby?" I ask him afraid of the answer.
"Oh god yes, Bella I love the fact that you can give me something I thought was beyond me, I'm sorry I made you and the baby feel unwanted!" he expounded
"I have been seriously re-evaluating myself and I know I don't know a lot about women and babies, but I should have been able to handle this better, more maturely and I promise I will be here every step of the way from now on, please don't shut me out, love!"
"Okay, together then, well the first thing I need you to do baby, please don't panic and over think it, Edward. But I think the baby will need me to consume blood for it to develop! It is half vampire after all" I say this,
and hold my breath waiting for the explosion, but he surprises me, just stiffening at first then he relaxes and says
"I think you may be on to something there, and maybe you'll be able to eat better too if the baby is satisfied."
"Can you hear it's heartbeat Edward? Does it seem okay, normal I mean? You would tell me if anything was wrong?" I was starting to panic,
thinking of all the things that could happen.
"Shush! Bella nothing will go wrong, the baby's fine and you are the strongest, most awesome woman I have ever met, you can do this, no you will do this!" he tells me
and I just crush myself against him and pray he's right, that I am strong enough. It was still early evening and we were relaxing as best we could when my cell went off. It was Rose to tell us Esme and Carlisle were on their way and should be there by morning. She asked how I was and did I need anything? I just got the feeling that they also wanted to be here for us and I suggested once Carlisle had assessed me and decided what was needed, maybe they would bring it out with them.
She was ecstatic and I could hear Emmett whooping in the background, I told her to tell Alice not too many baby clothes till we knew the sex. I heard Jasper laughing at Alice's huffing about not getting to buy out the baby stores.
Edward said he'd go hunting after I was asleep and bring me back something to drink for the baby, I screwed up my nose and nodded, then tapped my belly saying
"I hope you appreciate all I'm doing for you 'Squirt'" Edward laughed at me,
and then leant down and speaking to my belly, he told the baby how wonderful I was and how lucky it was that I was its mummy, my eyes filled with tears and for once was completely content, long may it continue.
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Just What The Doctor Ordered
This time, when I awoke it was morning and Edward was sitting beside me on the bed, his laptop on and he was concentrating really hard on something.
"Hi," I said sleepily.
"Good morning love, how do you feel? he asked, then followed it up with "Who's eating first? You or the baby?".
"The baby I think and then maybe I'll be able to keep something down, but otherwise, I'm fine, honest," I told him as I got up to go to the loo, I gasped as I glanced down.
"What? Are you okay?" he was off the bed and beside me in a blur.
"Look Edward" I whispered,
I lifted my top up and the bump was twice the size it was yesterday.
"It's going to be a quick pregnancy isn't it?"
He was right behind me as he wrapped his arms around me and cradled my belly in his large hands,
"Yes It appears so, but don't worry Carlisle will be here soon and he'll be able to tell us more. You go have a human moment and I'll warm up the baby's food okay?" he said gently,
and I nodded and headed for the bathroom. I was dreading drinking blood, but for the squirt, I would force myself. So nothing prepared me for the fact that when I smelt the blood, I was ravenous and grabbed it up, gulping it down in an instant.
"More, please Edward" I sighed,
and he handed me a fresh cupful. Once that was also gone I patted my stomach and said:
"Breakfast for me now, no god damn eggs!"
It was unbelievable that only two cups of blood made so much difference. I was able to eat a healthy breakfast, keep it down and had so much more energy.
"What now love? Esme and Carlisle will be here about two, so we have the whole morning to ourselves" Edward asked as he tidied up the kitchen.
I smirked at him, peeled off all my clothes and suggested he might like to wash my back, in the oversized sunken tub in the bathroom. Before I had finished the sentence, he'd scooped me up in his arms and we were next to the tub. As it filled I helped him divest himself of his clothes and we stepped in together. Edward sunk to his knees and held my belly
"Baby, daddy is going to have some grownup time with mummy, I suggest you sleep now, please!" he murmured kissing my abdomen.
I laughed at him and said
"That's a guarantee that squirt will not only be awake but will probably do somersaults all the way through"
Edward turned me around and pulled me down to sit on his lap, my back to his chest, as he washed me thoroughly. By the time he had finished I was so turned on and feeling horny, I couldn't stop wiggling my ass against his erection and he was purring and growling alternately. I was about to turn round when he inched me up enough to slide himself inside me, we had never been in this position before and it felt amazing.
We made love slowly and reverently, mindful of the baby and just happy to be as one, the stress dropped away and the hours slide by quickly. So much so, it was only when Edward heard the boat approaching we realised the time. Suddenly we were in a comedy of errors, as he tried to get out the bath Edward caught his foot in his discarded clothes and tripped, I was laughing so much I slipped and nearly fell over back into the bath, lucky I married a vampire, who caught me before I hit the water,
so when his parents arrived we were both flat out on the bathroom floor in hysterics, only made worse when I remembered we were naked. Edward wrapped a massive towel around us both and we shimmied to the doorway to see a very surprised Carlisle and Esme smiling hugely at us. Once we were dressed and presentable, we went into the lounge where Edward's parents were waiting for us.
"So how are you feeling Bella?" Carlisle asked,
"Well, really well now, We worked out the problem" I started to say "
No Love you worked out the problem" Edward interrupted me by saying this,
"Okay I did, it appears your grandchild requires blood to sustain it," I tell him,
"Yes, that makes sense and how did that go?" he enquired,
I think assuming the worst. Edward laughed and said
"Quick as a flash, one sniff and she nearly ripped my arm off, but at least once the baby was satisfied, Bella was able to eat and retain it"
Carlisle was very happy about this as we had appeared to be feeding the baby properly before it started to basically consume me. After we caught up and found out what everyone else was up too, Carlisle suggested a checkup for me and squirt. We told him the bump had doubled since yesterday and he worked out the pregnancy will be about 6 weeks, not nine months, otherwise, I was fit and healthy. I ask them all to sit and say
" I want to stay here to have the baby, in case anything goes wrong and you have to turn me right away. I don't want to go back to Forks, where there is too much interference from outside parties who have no right to a say in my life.
Also and this is the hardest thing I've had to decide, I need to appear to have died, for my families sake. So I was thinking, I'll phone my dad, tell him Edward and I are staying another week. That we've got the chance of a helicopter tour to some outlying islands. Then we could be in an accident and both die! What do you think?" They are stunned,
"Bella love, why did you not mention this?" Edward asked
"Well it's been running around in my head for ages anyway, but the baby just solidified it really. it's way too dangerous to drag my dad, well all my family into this world, for obvious reasons, I doubt the Volturi have forgotten about me it's just a matter of time"
They nodded, and Carlisle spoke up saying
"You're quite right as usual Bella, the sooner you become one of us the better, but for now it would be better if you were off the grid so to speak, your plan is perfect and when the boys arrive we'll get it underway"
"One more thing, I know Edward doesn't really want to bite me in case he can't stop! So is it feasible for him to inject his venom into me? Like, straight into my heart via syringe?"
I ask and they all gawk at me,
"You really are the most amazing creature, you never cease to surprise me with your foresight and problem solving, your very strategy driven, almost as much as Jasper!" Edward said,
with no small amount of awe in his voice. So with all the plans ready to implement, it's time to rearrange the house Esme tells me and I watch as she directs the men where everything is to go and sorts out the large white room for me and Edward with space for the baby, she just shakes her head when confronted with the broken headboard and featherless pillows.
But I'm confused how three couples can share the other one bedroom. Esme laughs and goes up to the wall near the door and starts pushing buttons on a hidden panel. Walls rise out of the floor and Edward and Carlisle snap lock the corners and suddenly there are two more rooms, one is the outside decking area and its roof folds down from the original roof,
the other is the front section of the lounge, this way they both have windows in them for light, now it's me who stands with my mouth hanging open in utter amazement and they all laugh at me heartily.
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Choose Your Words Carefully!
I now approximately three and a half weeks into my pregnancy and feeling really good considering how fast it's going, of course, I wasn't aware I was pregnant for the first two weeks. Especially given the fact I have to drink animal blood every day for Squirt. The only fly in the ointment is nothing I brought on honeymoon fits me anymore. So I am wearing Edwards shirts and boxers as they are the only thing I can squeeze into, he seems happy with this for some reason, it must be a man thing.
The rest of the family are arriving tonight and then we will be organising Edward and my demise. I phoned Charlie five days ago and it was so hard, I nearly broke down a couple of times but feeling Squirt fluttering around inside of me kept me strong. I can't in all good conscience allow my father to be pulled into this world, it's just too dangerous. If he or my mother knew anything about vampires they could be put to death for the knowledge, that's just too high a price to pay for me to keep them in my life and I'm not that selfish.
Being with Edward was my choice, not theirs so they shouldn't have to pay for it. To say I was a little temperamental is putting it mildly! I seem to fly off the handle at the least little thing. Carlisle is awesome at sidestepping my landmines as is Esme, but poor Edward he just can't seem to grasp the 'Always, but always agree with the pregnant woman' unwritten rule. He is wandering about with a kind of shell-shocked look on his face, I can see him going over our last conversation in his mind.
He knows what he said was okay and that there should have been no cause for me to take offence, but I'm bloody pregnant and I can't help myself. It was the, age-old, are you saying I'm fat comment, he just said:
"When you've slimmed back down love, I'll buy you all the beautiful new clothes you want"
all I heard was: 'You're fat, I don't like you being so fat, you don't deserve beautiful new clothes, now!'
Esme is trying to explain to him what happened and why he just doesn't get it at all, he's all at sea poor man. Carlisle ever the diplomat, told him "Edward son, pregnant women are like hand grenades with the pin pulled, they can go off at any time. You have to choose your words carefully, and I mean very carefully if you don't want to be caught in the explosion!"
So I spent the next few hours consoling myself by stuffing my face with all the delicious food Esme has been making for me since she arrived. We decided to wait for the others on the beach as it was so beautiful at twilight here, Edward was sitting behind me, as I leant against him, we watched dolphins in the distance leaping out of the water and I was so happy and contented it was all beyond amazing.
Out of the blue, Edward said: "Yes, she's very happy!"
We all looked at him, each with enquiring looks,
"Who are you talking too, Edward?" Esme asked,
he looked surprised and then perplexed and then extremely happy and excited.
"The baby, the baby just asked was Bella happy!" he declared and we all gasped,
at last, he could hear the baby. I was so full of questions, but he said it was more like a picture he'd seen, not a worded thought yet. He'd met Spatial thinkers before so understood the question without any problem, it was still early days in the baby's development and he and Carlisle were sure worded thoughts would come soon.
He spent the rest of the time, describing the view, the sunset everything to the baby and then relaying Squirt's thoughts back to us, I had tears running down my face because I was so happy and Edward then had to explain that I wasn't sad but overjoyed. When the others finally arrived Emmett just scooped me up gently and said:
"How's it going mommy, is my nephew behaving?"
"Squirt's being really good and showing daddy just how happy, he or she is in picture form"
The girls just squealed happily and Jasper had a silly glazed look on his face as if he was high, I think the baby's emotions are so pure he's almost euphoric, I've never seen him so relaxed and chilled out before. Once everyone put their stuff away, Alice came up to me with a large box, I looked apprehensively at it and she laughed saying not to panic, I would approve.
She was right of course, inside was maternity clothes, ones that fit me perfectly and had adjustable panels for the baby's growth. I was so relieved that I burst into tears and everyone stopped what they were doing, waiting for an outburst.
"Thank you, Alice, you have no idea how desperate I was, for real clothes" is all I said smiling,
and they all heaved a collective sigh, I felt bad for them. Just then I felt a real kick, not just the normal fluttering and it was powerful enough to make me wince in pain.
"Love, are you okay?" Edward was at my side immediately,
"Yes, the baby kicked is all, a little hard, but I'm alright" he knelt down and placed his hands on my belly,
gently making soothing circles, then he felt the next kick and spoke to the baby
"Gently Squirt, if you kick too hard you'll hurt mummy, okay sweetie?" he smiled and laughed,
"The baby understands, it showed me two pictures one of the big kick and one of a small one, then repeated the small one. Meaning I hope that's all you'll get Love!"
Everyone was astounded at how advanced the baby was to grasp the situation. Obviously, the vampire side was more dominant, giving the baby the huge brain capacity they all have. Carlisle was explaining all our thoughts and plans to the others, Jasper was very impressed and said so. Edward just pointed to me saying
"All Bella's ideas, we didn't do a thing!"
"Oh, very strategic of you Bella, could I interest you in a game of chess soon" and they all laughed,
I looked around confused.
"No one will play him he always wins, even Edward can't take him" said Rose as she sat beside me,
the baby was still moving around so I took her hand and placed it where the movement was, Rose lit up like a Christmas tree, smiling broadly and I had never seen her look so beautiful before, Emmett was just watching us, with a slightly sad look in his eyes, I knew he was thinking how happy she would be if they had a child of their own.
I asked Alice to take some photo's of Edward and me, but not to let the bump show, I wanted my parents to have something to remind them how happy and in love we were, that our last few days were good ones.
I hoped that it would make things a little easier to cope with for them. I know that it would not help that much, but maybe a little. So we spent a full day, taking what I hoped would seem like the normal idyllic honeymoon shots. The day of the accident dawned and Esme wearing a wig to look like me went with Edward, Jasper also in disguise was to be the pilot.
They would cause It to look like a fatal bird strike, jump clear and when the chopper went down after exploding on impact with the water, they would swim back unseen. I'm sure the wolves would not believe it was real, but would they hurt Charlie by telling him their secret and therefore ours, I hope not. The Cullens would never be returning to forks once the memorials were over.
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