The big white house was much too quiet. Edward let the car sit in front of the house for a long time before even shutting off the engine. I stared at him. "Bella." His eyes seemed empty. "Bella I wish I could make things better. All of this is my fault. I can see it in your eyes. You haven't said anything but I know what your feeling. I don't have to read your mind for that." There wasn't anything I could think to say. How long had he been dealing with all of this? "If I knew how to save this…our baby, I would." I gasped. He said "our baby". For some reason it both felt wonderful to hear it but it just made things hurt more. "Edward please don't do this to yourself." "Bella I did this!" He pointed at my stomach. "I hurt you more than I could have imagined!" He slammed his fist into the door, leaving a small dent.
We walked into the house in silence. Our hands were locked together but his hand felt odd in mine. Carlisle touched Edwards shoulder. "You spoke with her?" He only nodded. "I hope you know how sorry we all are about this." He took my hand and held it tight in his own. "Carlisle its fine, its something we can get through." A strained growl escaped Edward. He wasn't looking at us. "Son please, things will be fine…" Edward cut him off. "Fine? Things wont be fine! You weren't there with her!" He gestured to me. "I didn't think it would hurt her! She wants this baby and because of me, she cant keep it!" He looked at me. "Bella if there was anything I could do to save this baby I would. You know that right?" "Edward I…" "Maybe we can try something else, if you want a child I'll find a way to give you one." He was on his knees now, holding onto my hands. Where was this all coming from? "Bella I'm so sorry." Carlisle cleared his throat. We both looked at him. "Edward I think I may have an idea."
"Bella do you feel any pain?" Carlisle asked as he squirted gel onto my exposed stomach. "Nope, I haven't felt any since yesterday." "Good." Edward held my hand as Carlisle pressed the ultrasound machine down. There was nothing on the screen at first. We all watched as dark spots appeared and disappeared. "Here we go," Carlisle said. On the screen there was a huge gray spot and then a small dark bean moved into view. In the center of the bean as a pulsing blur. I squeezed Edwards hand. I had seen enough movies to know that was the baby. My eyes turned to Edward but he didn't return my gaze. His eyes were locked on the screen. He looked absolutely mesmerized. Bright colors appeared and we both looked to Carlisle. "Now what you see here is the umbilical cord, these colors are showing me the blood flow. I think your biggest problem is that the baby has vampire in it and Bella's blood is human." "So if the baby was only human it would be fine?" Edward asked. "Or all vampire." Carlisle stared at us both. I didn't understand. "We might be able to save this baby if we give Bella a few blood transfusions a day." My jaw fell open.
We discussed it with Carlisle. He thought it would be very possible. "I thought you guys didn't even have blood?" "No dear we do, it just doesn't flow like yours." I imagined blood frozen in their veins. How odd. "The blood does start to dry up and we hunt to replenish it. If we were to take some from Edward each day and put it into you, I think the baby will be fine. I assume that as a half human it will accept any food you eat as its own." Edward smiled at me. "If you want to try this I'm willing to give all the blood I have." "I think we should use Edwards blood considering he is the father and his should be compatible." I held my still flat stomach. "How can you see the baby already? It was only…it hasn't been long enough." "Well I believe its because the baby is part vampire, the combination must cause accelerated growth. Vampires do everything faster." I saw Edwards smirk out of the corner of my eye. "If you want to attempt this, I suggest we start right away." When Carlisle started to clean Edwards arm for the needle I turned away. Blood.
We got home long before Charlie did. Edward insisted on carrying me up to my bed. He climbed in next to me and held me against him. His breath was cool against my face. I snuggled myself into his neck. It wasn't even 5 and I was so tired. My eyes began close. "Bella if we are going to do this then I'll need to hunt more often." I nodded and continued to drift away. He chuckled. His breathing slowed with mine as I feel asleep. The last thought I has was my wonder about our baby. Our baby.
When I woke up I felt him behind me. He was still with me, laying in bed. My back was pressed against his chest. His hand was on my stomach. It made me smile. "Good morning love." I stretched out and turned to him. He was wearing the same thing from the day before. It was comforting that he hadn't left me. "Good morning." I sat up and started for the bathroom. "You should go home and change." Before he could answer I shut the door. I needed a shower before school. I had just stepped into the water when the door opened. I pulled the curtain and saw Edward standing there. "Your are not going to sch…" His eyes drifted down my body. "…ool" I let a smile out. "Was there something you wanted?" He continued to stare at my chest. "I thought I would make sure you weren't planning on going anywhere." His eyes never moved. I moved the curtain to cover me. "Bella how do you feel?" "I'm just…" His mouth caught mine before I could finish. He pressed me against the wall of the shower. I ran my hands through his hair as water flowed down onto both on us. One of his hands was twisted into my hair and the other was on my back pushing me closer to him. I gasped into his neck. "Edward I want to go today." He kissed my chest. "Lets not talk about that right now." He pressed closer to me. Our bodies seemed bonded together. Pain reached up from my stomach. I winced. He paused and stared at me. "Bella are you alright?" I held my stomach with both hands. "Edward…" He started to panic. I grabbed his hand and held it where mine had been. He waited like I was and suddenly gasped. "Did it…?" I nodded as tears mixed with the water. He dropped to his knees right there in the shower and stared at my stomach. He now had both his hands on me. "Oh my god Bella." I smiled and put my hands over his. He wrapped his arms around my middle and pressed his head lightly against my stomach. It was an amazing feeling.
I finally got Edward to let me go to school on the grounds that we only had a few days left. He stuck the needle full of his blood into my arm before we left. It sent shivers through me. He kissed my arm and started the car. At school he was almost ridiculous. His hands never left my waist. Even while writing in class he kept his hand on my back or leg. At lunch Alice was waiting for us at our usual table. She hugged me and lead me to sit down with her. "Oh Bella we have to go shopping this weekend! There is just so much to get!" I let her chatter away about all the things we would need. She spoke fairly quiet so the other students wouldn't hear us. Edward would laugh every now and then at something she would mention. He played with a stand of my hair. I was relieved when the bell rang and I got my escape from Alice. The rest of the day went by without anything exciting happening. Edward drove me home and left the car parked on the road. He came in with me and carried me up the stairs.
Edward pushed the end of the syringe and I felt the cold blood enter my arm. It gave me chills. He laughed as I shuttered. "Something wrong?" "Just dealing with your cold blood." He laughed again. "I think you can handle it." "Damn right I can." "Bella dear have you thought about telling Charlie?" I froze but this time it had nothing to do with the blood. He obviously took my silence as a no. "We should really discuss this. He's going to know eventually." Of course he would know. I would start showing soon according to Carlisle and even if I could run away for a while, I think he would know when I showed up with a baby. "I think we should wait until after graduation." "That's probably the best idea." "I really doubt I'm going to start showing in the next week right." I laughed but quickly stopped at the look on his face. "I'm not going to am I?" "Carlisle thinks you have about 2 weeks before it could be obvious." 2 weeks? That is not nearly long enough! Charlie would think I was hiding this from him for months. "Great." Edward nodded next to me.
The next few days passed without incident. Charlie didn't know anything and no one at school had a clue. Graduation was 2 days away and I was really beginning to panic. Charlie would have to know at some point but I had no idea how to tell him. Edward wanted me to just come right out and tell him. He thought that was the best way. I found it to be utter suicide. It was bad enough that Charlie hated Edward already. How was he going to react once he knew Edward had "violated" his little girl. I shuttered at the thought. "Bella Alice wants to know if you want to go shopping with her yet." "I told her I wasn't shopping until I knew the sex of the baby." He smiled and put his hand on my slightly bigger stomach. "What do you want it to be?" I stared at him. "I think I want it to be a boy. I want him to look like you." He smiled bigger. "Oh but if she looked like you she would be the luckiest little girl in the world." I had never actually thought about the sex of the baby other than the times Alice had asked about shopping. I put my hands on my stomach and wondered.
The next day Alice dragged me away from Edward to mall after school. I couldn't deny that I needed something to wear for graduation. We wondered around the mall for an hour. Alice couldn't find anything she thought looked good on either one of us. I wasn't showing yet but I looked like I was bloated. We tried on dresses and skirts. Alice picked out a short red dress with thin straps for herself. She wanted me to get a matching blue dress but I couldn't see myself in it. Another hour passed as we checked the last store. I got tired of looking so I agreed to a dull gold knee length skirt and a dark blue v-neck. Alice thought it looked wonderful but I was too tired to care. Edward was waiting in my room when I got home. He was sprawled out on my bed reading. When I opened the door he sat the book down and walked over to me. He wrapped his arms around me. "Have fun?" "Oh tons and tons." We smiled at each other. "Do you have anything to wear tomorrow?" "Of course. What do you think I did all day? Wait for you?" "I could see you doing that." "I would." He hugged me close. I bet he didn't even leave.