A/N This pregnancy isn't going to go the exact same way as it did in Breaking Dawn, there will be a few differences. I didn't want to just do a direct copy of the way it is in the book…where would be the fun in that!

BPOV

He said yes. I can't believe it. He is actually going to change me. Not fifteen minutes ago I thought he was done with me and now he's asked me to marry him. Could I possibly be any happier right now?

Once Edward pulls away from my lips I can't stop the smile from spreading across my face "I love you so much Edward" aw crap the tears are starting again "must be the pregnancy hormones" I mutter.

I see a flash of apprehension in his eyes before he quickly masks it. I know he is terrified about the baby, but I also know everything will be okay. I can't explain how I know, I can just feel it.

Edward rubs his fingers down my cheek adoringly "how are you feeling really, are you in any pain at all? Please don't be afraid to tell me if you are uncomfortable in any way."

I can't help the lingering wariness I feel about telling Edward I am feeling some pain. He seems to be trying his best to accept the baby and I don't want to do anything to hinder that. The pain I am feeling right now has nothing to do with the baby really, it's a soreness in my muscles and my head. I think all the crying hasn't exactly helped with my various injuries and I know that will make Edward feel even worse about himself. I don't answer straight away and he takes my silence as confirmation that I am in pain.

"Oh sweetheart, where does it hurt?" he starts to untangle himself from me, to let me go, but I grab onto him.

"Pease don't let go of me Edward, it's nothing really, just some soreness in my joints and muscles and a bit of a headache is all" I try to reassure him by downplaying my discomfort.

"That's all?" he asks incredulously "Love, you obviously need to rest, all of this commotion isn't good for you. Try and get some sleep." He kisses the top of my head.

On cue I yawn tiredly, making him smile as I have proven his point "Sleep love, we have plenty of time to talk once you have had your rest."

"Okay" I mumble sleepily, now that all of the commotion has died down I am feeling ridiculously tired. I snuggle into Edward again, as much as possible after he has wrapped me in a heavy blanket, and I quickly fall into a deep sleep.

EPOV

While Bella sleeps peacefully in my arms I allow all of my fears come to the surface. It absolutely kills me that she is in so much pain, and now with the 'baby' growing inside her, I am terrified for her safety. But this threat is not something I can protect her from. She wants this and I know there is nothing I can do to dissuade her from her decision. I know that to force her would be wrong as she would never forgive me, and I would lose her anyway. Then at least I know she would live.

The only thing stopping me from going through with this is Alice. She has shown me a disturbing vision in which I forced Bella to get rid of the baby. In it Bella is depressed beyond reason, she hates herself for not being strong enough to stop me, but she doesn't blame me at all. She blames herself entirely. I had to tell Alice to stop showing me the horrendous vision when she saw Bella taking her own life out of grief.

So now I have no option but to support Bella in her choice to go through with the pregnancy, even though it terrifies me. What will this baby be like? Will it be like an immortal child? How can we control it if this is the case? We would have to spend an eternity to hide it from the Volturi. There is no way they will condone an immortal child.

My one consolation is that this child is half human, half Bella. That cannot be a bad thing. I can only hope that the child inherits her goodness and her loving spirit. I don't want it to be like me.

When Bella fell asleep everyone came into the room to discuss our options. Jasper and Emmett decided that they would spend their time researching whatever they could to find any information on half human half vampire children. Esme is insistent on making Bella as comfortable as possible during her pregnancy and is currently rearranging the whole house to best suit Bella's needs.

Alice is sitting on the stairs giving herself a 'headache' scanning every aspect of the future, trying to see if we can find some way of making this safer for Bella. She is still getting images of herself in an Amazonian forest talking to various vampires there, knowing she is searching for something. Alice says as soon as she gets anything concrete herself and jasper are leaving for South America.

Carlisle is in his study trying to work out the best way to treat Bella going forward. Because of her injuries he knows she is probably going to be immobile for a few weeks at least. He also knows that this will be no ordinary pregnancy.

Rosalie has placed herself on sentry duty outside the bedroom door because she doesn't trust that I won't attempt to forcibly rid Bella of the baby when no one is looking. What does she think I am, a barbarian?

We have all realised that this isn't going to be a nine month deal, even Bella knows that. She is already showing to be much further along than she actually is. Carlisle is planning on all kinds of tests for Bella once she is feeling up to it.

He is most worried about the delivery and what that could do to Bella physically. He seems to think she may not get through it without having to be changed in the process.

That leaves only one thing for it. We will have to be married soon, before the baby comes.

As I have this thought I hear Alice gasp from the stairway. Half a second later she is at the end of the bed jumping up and down like a lunatic. "Yay Edward, we can have the wedding next week. Don't worry, I can sort it all out by then." I get a brief flash of flowers, an alter and a white dress before Alice shuts me out by translating the book 'War and Peace' into Hebrew.

I don't even have time to answer her before she is bounding out of the room, off to start our wedding plans. I'm not sure how she does it but she still manages to scan the future for answers about Bella's condition at the same time. I shake my head, I hope Bella is okay with all of this.

A few hours later Bella starts to stir and I can hear her stomach growling. Only half awake, she tries to stretch before stopping abruptly and whimpering in pain. God, it kills me to see her this way. Her eyes open and for a split second I can see her pain reflected in them, before she quickly conceals it behind a forced smile.

"Hi" she clears her throat as her voice is a bit raspy. I grab her water and bring it to her lips and she sips it gratefully "thank you." She leans back against the pillow again and sighs.

Without a word I sit up and gently start to massage her aching muscles. Obviously this would work a lot better if my hands were warm, but Bella doesn't seem to mind. She moans again, but this time it's a sound of pleasure "that feels so nice" she breathes.

I continue to rub the stiffness out of her limbs, careful not to hurt her bruises. "Are you hungry love? I could hear your stomach complaining" I tease.

"Hmm? Oh yeah, starving actually" she sounds rather distracted, making me smile.

"What would you like to eat?"

"An omelette would be good, I can think of nothing only eggs for some reason."

I hear Esme set to work in the kitchen preparing Bella's food. I finish massaging Bella and laugh at her little grunt of protest "enjoying that were you?" she blushes adorably.

"Do you think I could maybe come downstairs to eat? I'm sick of being in bed all the time? I won't be in the way will I?"

It still amazes me how insecure Bella is "Sure" I'm ready to get out of this room too "I'll carry you."

She rolls her eyes dramatically "what is it with you and carrying me? I'm sure I can make it down the stairs."

Not yet, Carlisle says you can't put any weight on that ankle for a few days yet. I grin at her answering pout. Then I frown thinking it's not been so long since we had that same conversation about her ankle when she hurt it in school. It was only a matter of weeks but it feels like a lifetime ago.

"Fine" she crosses her arms stubbornly and I try, unsuccessfully, to hide my smile as I pick her up. Once we descend into the living room I delight in hearing Bella's small gasp of surprise. The furniture has been moved around, Esme has made a makeshift bed out of one of the couches and has arranged the other chairs in the room around it so we can all sit with Bella. The whole place also smells of the food Esme keeps cooking for Bella 'just in case' she gets hungry. On a small table beside the couch/bed are a number of Bella's favourite books and a few other items she might need to alleviate the boredom of being bed bound.

"All of this is for me?" she asks, clearly surprised at Esme's efforts.

"Of course Bella. You hardly expected us to lock you away in your room."

She shrugs "well…I wasn't sure" she pauses as if in thought "I didn't want to make a nuisance of myself."

"Nonsense Bella, your part of the family now" I say making her smile broadly, making me have to lean in to kiss her.

"Thank you" she mumbles against my lips.

I set Bella down on the couch carefully just as Esme comes in with her food. Bella digs in hungrily and I love her little moans of delight as she tastes the food. "Mmm this is so good Esme, thank you."

"You're welcome dear, I'm glad you like it" Esme says proudly.

When Bella is finished she lays back against the pillows and I cover her with the blankets. Then I sit on the other end of the couch and put her feet in my lap, rubbing them through the blanket. Bella grins at me happily.

"Ooh you're up" Alice squeals excitedly as she enters the room and sits on the couch opposite us. She is holding a large binder and several scraps of material. "I wanted to show you what I've come up with so far."

"So far?" Bella is confused.

"Yeah silly, for your wedding next week." Alice looks between Bella and me.

"Next week?" Bella squeaks shooting her gaze to me. Crap.

"For god's sake Alice I haven't even discussed this with Bella yet, how had you not seen that?" I'm really annoyed with Alice right now. And Bella just looks pale. "It's alright love, it was just a thought, we can wait for as long as you like." I shoot Alice a dirty look.

"But you said…" I cut Alice of with a glare.

"What did you say Edward?" Bella cocks her head as she asks me this.

How do I word this without freaking her out? "Well…Carlisle thinks you may not be able to deliver the baby without having to be changed in the process" I pause to gauge her reaction before finishing quickly "and we agreed that you would marry me before you were changed so…" Bella takes a minute to think about her answer, and I swear if I had a heart it would be racing a mile a minute right now. Has she changed her mind?

"I understand all of that Edward, and I do want to marry you. But come on, seriously, next week? How could we possibly pull it together in that amount of time?" Bella is ringing her hands worriedly.

"Pfft, that's plenty of time" Alice interjects sticking her tongue out at me when I glare at her yet again. Tiny frustrating vampire. "You don't need to do a thing, I'll sort everything out."

"It will be just us Bella, all we have to do is sort out a minister, don't worry about anything. Alice lives to organise" I smile hopefully at Bella who rolls her eyes.

"Okay. But Alice please don't go nuts…it's not like I'll have any family there anyway" she finishes sadly. I take her hand in mine and squeeze it gently in reassurance.

"We are your family now love."

There are tears in her eyes as she whispers "I know" and then she composes herself quickly as she continues "okay Alice go for it, next week it is."

I lift her hand to my lips and kiss it softly "I love you."

Her eyes soften "I love you, too." And with that settled Alice spends the next fifteen minutes going through her plans with Bella for the wedding.

I notice when the colour drains from Bella's face suddenly and then Alice's vision hits me just in time to grab a bucket from the kitchen so Bella can throw up. Once Bella finishes heaving and Esme has taken the bucket to empty it Bella looks up apologetically "I'm so sorry…"

"Stop it Bella, this isn't your fault." I brush her hair away from her face which has a slight green tint to it. Is this normal? I am starting to worry that Bella isn't getting enough nutrition, she is already so small.

Carlisle enters then, having heard what was going on "How are you feeling now Bella? Do you think you could manage something small to eat?"

"I don't want to keep getting sick Carlisle" Bella's face twists in disgust.

"I know, and I'm sorry but if you continue to expel everything you eat I am going to have to try other means of getting some nourishment into your system."

"Other means?" Bella pales further.

"Yes I'm afraid I may have to insert another IV" Carlisle says thoughtfully.

Bella groans at this "Carlisle please, I really really hate needles" this is possibly the first time I have ever heard Bella whine about something. I would find it funny if the situation wasn't so dire.

"Well, we will see how things go but I just want to warn you in advance in case things get to that stage. We don't want to put your health at risk any more than it already is" Carlisle glances at me knowing what this statement will do to me.

"Bella sweetheart if this is what's best for you…for the baby, I really think you should listen to Carlisle."

"Fine" Bella pouts. Well that was easier than expected. While Bella will fight tooth and nail over treatment for her own health, once the baby's safety is mentioned she reluctantly agrees.

Deciding to change the subject I ask Bella if there is anything in particular she would like to do for the evening.

"Skiing? Oh I know…rock climbing." She grins deviously.

She is so cute "maybe tomorrow" I smirk "why don't we try something a little less energetic to start you off?"

"Actually I would love a bath. I feel filthy"

"You're not filthy Bella" I roll my eyes "but okay, a bath it is then, come on." I pick her up carefully.

"I'll bring her" Rosalie pipes up from her seat in the corner. She has been watching my actions like a hawk today and it's getting on my nerves. Bella must feel me tense with aggravation because she runs her hands up and down my arms to sooth me.

"Thanks Rosalie but I'd rather Edward helped me, if you don't mind."

Rosalie sniffs "are you sure Bella." I feel like ripping her head off. For crying out loud I have been alone with Bella for most of the day. If I was going to try something surely I would have done it by now.

"Yes Rosalie, but thank you for offering. Maybe…maybe you could do my hair or something later, when I'm done" she smiles at me adoringly "I doubt Edward would be much good at that."

"He's not good at much at all if you ask me" Rosalie says so low Bella can't hear her "yeah sure" she finishes more loudly. And I say nothing because I know it means a lot to Bella that she and Rosalie have been getting along well recently.

I place Bella on the bathroom chair while I fill the tub and add some of the bubble bath from the mountain of supplies Alice has bought for Bella. Looking at the numerous bottles I see that she has also bought Bella's preferred brand of shampoo, the one that smells of strawberries. I'll be using that on her.

I help Bella to remove her nightdress and we both start when we see her stomach. It is definitely bigger than it was this morning. "Oh" Bella exclaims then rubs her belly in tender circles "he's gonna be a big boy" she grins at me "big and strong, just like his daddy."

"Don't say that" I snap before I can stop myself. I immediately chastise myself silently when her face falls.

Bella drops her head "I'm sorry Edward, I just…I want him to be like you. I don't want him like me. Weak and useless." Bella wraps her arms around her naked body self-consciously and I want to kick myself.

I put my finger under her chin to coax her face upwards, when she does I can see tears glistening in her eyes. "You. Are. Not. Useless." I say slowly, defining every word "You are the strongest person I have ever met." Bella shakes her head in denial dislodging a few tears as she does.

I step closer and wrap my arms around her and she hesitantly removes her arms from covering herself and then latches onto me with a sob. "I didn't mean to upset you Bella, I only said that because I don't want the baby to be a monster like me, I want it to be good and pure. Like it's mother." I pull away to look at her.

"Oh Edward you don't see yourself clearly at all, do you?" I don't answer because I can't agree with her, if I was good like her, I would not have condemned her to the life she now has. She squeezes me tighter with her little arms "Well then, I'll just have to believe it enough for the both of us. And when he is born, you will see it too" she gives me a watery smile.

"Him" I ask trying to deflect "what makes you so sure it's a boy, maybe she is a little girl."

Bella grins "nope he's a boy, I can feel it." And I breathe a sigh of relief that she is no longer upset. I am going to have to watch what I say from now on regarding the baby, it can't be good for Bella to keep getting upset like this.

After making sure the water is not too hot I gently lower Bella into the suds. "Oooh this is divine" Bella's body immediately relaxes when she feels the soothing heat of the water. She is lucky Carlisle didn't put a plaster cast on her broken finger because she wouldn't have been able to put her hand in the water. I soak the sponge in the water and carefully wash every inch of Bella's body. Her naked body is still covered in a pattern of bruises but she assures me that they aren't so bad. I'm not convinced but the warm water seems to ease her muscles and joints at least.

Bella spends so long in the bath I have to top it up with warm water, twice. When she eventually gets out the skin on her fingers and toes is wrinkled up like a prune, it's cute. I kiss the wrinkly skin on her foot making her giggle "that tickles" she squeals making me laugh. I dry her off with a fluffy towel then wrap her up in a bathrobe and carry her to our own bedroom this time so I can get her a pyjamas.

She sits on the edge of the bed to get dressed. But when she removes the bathrobe, instead of putting on her clothes she pulls me down to her on the bed. Obviously she couldn't pull me down if I didn't go willingly. We kiss for many minutes and I can't stop myself from running my hands over her naked body. God she feels so good under my wandering hands, so soft and warm. Bella runs her hands up under the front of my shirt. By the time I pull away we are both breathing heavily and Bella is giving me a look that tells me she would like to go further. I groan "Bella don't look at me like that."

She tries to look innocent "like what?"

I grin "you know exactly what I mean, and we can't, it's too dangerous with your injuries and any way look what happened last time." I nod to her expanding stomach.

This causes Bella to laugh "well then the damage is already done isn't it?" I laugh too knowing she isn't really being serious anyway. "Come on and get dressed before I change my mind" I'm only half joking as I pull her up off the bed.

She chooses something which I have to say looks much more comfortable than the slip of a thing Alice put on her. She picked out a full length pyjama pants with a big 'snuggly' jumper. Her word not mine. I can practically feel Alice scowling from here.

Rosalie comes in to dry her hair and I am pleasantly surprised with how gentle and considerate Rosalie is of Bella. This is some change around, I know it is largely because of the baby, but I'll take it. At least she's being nice, Bella doesn't need any added stress right now.

Once Bella is ready I bring her back to the couch where she spends the evening playing games with Emmett. When she beats him at chess he gets upset and demands a rematch. Bella refuses and tells him he'll just have to learn to live with it making everyone except Emmet laugh.

We are enjoying our peaceful family evening but in the back of my head I know this isn't going to last. There is a long road ahead of us and when this is all over and done with, I hope none of us regret the decisions we have made today.