I should probably mention I am a little unsure of the timings. I'm pretty sure it was early afternoon when Bella called Rosalie so they would arrive home mid-afternoon the next day. That's the time scale this is based on anyway.

The expected call came early the next morning. I'd begun to get worried that maybe they wouldn't contact us. Maybe they thought it was best to keep the number of people who knew as small as possible for now. Well I wasn't going to stand for that. If we hadn't heard from them in a few more hours, I would have given an excuse and returned home early.

Eventually, after hours of agony, we heard from Alice, who simply said that we were to come straight home, she gave no explanation just summoned us back. Emmett and Jasper were obviously confused and I did my best to appear the same.

Now we were gathered in the dining room waiting for Carlisle to explain what was going on. I was impatient for him to get it over with. I had been rather concerned being in such close proximity to Jasper, afraid that my emotions might give me away.

Once we all knew it would be less of a problem; the shock and awe that I was just barely suppressing would be echoed by the others and I would be able to relax. Alice was a bigger problem. She and Edward were the closest of us all and she and Bella were extremely close. I was unsure of whose side she would take but if she had seen me protecting Bella and her baby from Edward and Carlisle, she wouldn't hesitate to share that information with Edward.

Carlisle walked in, his face grave and sat at the head of the table, facing the rest of us. Emmett and Jasper were seated, but I could see that they didn't like being out of the loop. They were anxious to hear what was wrong, but at the same time, not sure if they wanted to know. Which was just how I had felt, when I first realized it was Bella on the phone.

I was too jumpy to sit down. Hearing the news from Bella in the forest was surreal, like a dream it seemed so far away now and I was half expecting to find I'd imagined it. But hearing it here in our home from Carlisle that was different. It made it so much more real. It would mean I couldn't deny it anymore, and I'd been trying to ever since she'd called me, all those hours ago. Once Carlisle told us, there was no turning back. My role in this was already sealed of course but this still made it all the more final.

Finally, Emmett could take it no longer.

"So what's the big emergency you've called us back for Carlisle? What's so important it couldn't have waited another day until we got back?"

Carlisle took a deep breath and sighed heavily.

"Edward and Bella are coming home. I wanted us all to be here for them"

Emmett looked confused

"But that's good right? I mean, they're back. So why are you all so depressed? Is something wrong? Are they okay?"

He finally picked up on the somber mood in the room.

"Something rather…unusual has happened. It would appear that Bella is pregnant."

His revelation was met by a stunned silence. I had been prepared to act as shocked as the others, but it was completely unnecessary. As Carlisle spoke the words the wave of emotions that tumbled over me were just as real as they had been yesterday, just as real as what the rest of my family must be feeling, despite my prior knowledge. It hadn't really sunk in I guess, it wasn't exactly easy to accept.

We all just sat for a minute or two as we processed this, and then Emmett, Jasper and I all broke the eerie silence that had descended over us, at exactly the same time.

"Is Bella okay?"

"Is that even possible?"

"WHAT!"

During the run home, I had come to the conclusion that my best option was to continue to appear to hate Bella. It would surprise no-one for me to feel anger and jealousy towards Bella; I had done ever since she first entered our lives and if I were to act differently now it would raise some suspicions. Not that anyone would be paying much attention to me, but still.

It was best that I made absolutely sure there was nothing in anyone's mind that could indicate anything to Edward. Fortunately I didn't really have to attempt to disguise my feelings from Jasper, as it wasn't difficult to feel envious of Bella. I was jealous; terribly so.

"Bella is…going to be fine. There's nothing to worry about. They'll be back in a few hours and everything will be just fine."

"Are you sure though. I mean it's less than three weeks since the wedding. Surely you must be wrong."

Out of the three of us, Jasper seemed the most composed, but then he was used to dealing with more emotions than the rest of us, so no wonder he was

"I wish I was. There is of course a slight possibility that I am mistaken but I don't think so. From what I heard from Bella I think we can be certain. She is pre…"

"NO! No. She can't be. It's not right, it's not FAIR."

It was almost a relief to be able to express as least some of what I was feeling, even if I was exaggerating it a little. I had so much on my mind and I very much wanted to be able to convey it to someone, anyone. But I knew it was imperative that I keep what I knew to myself and that meant I couldn't say anything about how I was feeling about it all. So it was nice, to allow some of what I was experiencing out, even if they were the emotions I was least proud of.

To my amazement it was Alice who replied.

"Can't you go for a minute without thinking of yourself Rosalie? Because in case you hadn't noticed, this isn't about you. This is about Bella. She may not mean anything to you, but the rest of us care about her."

I was taken aback by the force of her reaction. Alice had never snapped at me like that. Before I had a chance to reply, Carlisle intervened.

"I think we all need to calm down. This isn't helping. Now Edward and Bella are arriving back in a few hours and we all need to be supportive. I would imagine Bella is very scared and confused right now and she's going to need us, all of us," He glanced at me, "They both are."

He was wrong there. Bella might be scared but she certainly wasn't confused. She knew exactly what she wanted. As for Edward, he certainly wouldn't be happy about all this and it was only going to get worse when they got here and he realized that Bella had no intention of giving up her baby and I had no intention of letting them force her.

We all lapsed into an uncomfortable silence as we pondered the news once more. I could guess from the looks of worry and horror on their faces that they were concerned for Bella's safety. It exasperated me. Couldn't they see that there were more important things to be thinking about? Of course I didn't want anything bad to happen to Bella. And despite what Alice thought, I did care about her. But right now it was the baby that mattered.

Yes, going through with this would be dangerous for Bella. Of course it would. But so what? It was worth it.

I would do all I could to ensure that Bella survived this, but that couldn't be the number one priority and if it came to a choice then I would save the child every time. Bella knew all this. She must do. And she knew that if something did happen to her, then her son or daughter would be left in the best possible care, for there was no-one who would love them more than me.

That was why she had called me. That was my responsibility; to protect the baby, to ensure his or her survival. Everything else was second to that; even her safety, even her life. The others could worry about all that. I just needed her to be strong enough to support the baby until it was ready to be born. After that she didn't matter.

I knew it was cruel and callous but it was true. Nothing else mattered but the baby.

Her baby.

Our baby.

My baby.

oh dear. that's really long. if your reading this now then im impressed you managed the whole thing lol. anyway so yeah i made her a little bit meaner in this, its kind of odd because she goes from caring to like completely not caring so it might be a bit drastric but i had to do something. she was TOO NICE lol. anyways pls pls review xxx