Chapter 6

20 minutes later, I was seated on a small examination table in the hospital. I crossed and uncrossed my ankles nervously.

"Are you okay?" Edward asked, grabbing my hand. "Mentally, I mean."

"Yeah, I think so. Jasper probably just wants Alice to move…"

"Bella? Alice is moving? What?"

"Wow. I really thought that you of all people would know. Jasper wants to move with Alice. He wants to go to Australia."

"Oh. Well, uh."

"Alice doesn't want to leave though." I paused as Carlisle walked in.

"Hello Bella."

"Hi Carlisle."

"Edward, I need you to leave, please."

"Carlisle, I really think I should-"

"Edward, you don't do well with Bella's pain and this may hurt her a bit." Edward squeezed my hand a final time, kissed my forehead and left. I sighed and turned to Carlisle.

"Is it really going to hurt?" He chuckled

"No, I could sense that you were uncomfortable with him here, so I told him that." He pushed a small machine towards my table.

"Wait. Can't he read your mind?"

"Yes, but I locked the door."

"Couldn't he just…"

"He wouldn't dare." I sat in silence for a moment while he prepared the ultrasound.

"Will my baby be human?" He seemed to deliberate as he stared at the screen, where there was a light thudding sound.

"Well, considering you are only four weeks along?" I nodded, "And your baby already has fingers and toes." He pointed to the screen. I smiled, seeing the tiny fingers and toes. "No, probably not full human."

"How can we know what he or she will be? Human or wolf?"

"If you come back next week, I can take a sample of amniotic fluid and find out. That may hurt a little, but not much." I made a face.

"Needles?"

"Don't worry Bella. It's just a thin needle. It won't be too bad. I promise."

"Carlisle, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure. Anything."

"How do you think Edward is handling this?" I dropped my voice to a whisper. He began to wipe the goop off the small mound that was my stomach.

"Truthfully Bella, not very well. He puts up this façade because he doesn't want to hurt you, but he is quite upset." I bit my lip. "He lied to you Bella."

"What do you mean?"

"When he left, he told you he didn't want you anymore, correct?" I nodded and pulled my shirt back down. "He still wanted you. He lied. For him to leave you, that was the hardest thing that he has ever done. He wanted to come back, but he thought you would be safer without us. Apparently not." He added quietly. I stepped carefully off the table.

"Thanks Carlisle."

"Anytime Bella." I walked out the door and into Edward's arms.

"So…"

"Well, I'm definitely pregnant." We went out the hospital doors and towards his Volvo. I slid into the passenger seat. Edward shut my door and got in the driver's side.

"How do you feel?" He asked.

"A little nauseous actually. But otherwise okay. Where are we going?" (A/N: It's like 10:30 am now. Just trying to keep the timeline straight.)

"The treaty line."

"To do what, exactly?" I asked skeptically.

"I think we need to talk to Jacob. To figure this out." I opened my mouth to speak, but closed it as we pulled up to the line. We both stepped out of the car and stood on the grass. We waited for a few minutes before Jacob jogged out of the trees.

"Bella!" I walked across the boundary and hugged him. He pulled away and kept me at arms length, looking me over. "I heard about the uh…baby. Damn condom." He muttered, looking.

"It's okay. But I think we have to talk about some things." I looked at Edward uncertainly.

"Jacob." He reached his hand over the line. Jacob grimaced but shook his hand anyway. I watched with cautious curiosity.

"I'm not choosing for her." Jacob stated.

"Nor will I." Edward retorted as they both looked at me.

"Oh no. I'm not choosing…per say."

"Why not, love?"

"Whatever I choose, somebody will be hurt. Jacob, as you know, I am still in love with Edward." Jacob nodded. "And Edward, obviously I am having a child with Jacob."

"So who are you choosing, Bells?"

"Well, I choose…"

Author's Note: A little cliffy…hehehe. Hope you all liked it. Some have been confused about the time line of this story, so I'll be putting in "time notes". This chapter ended at…11:30 am since it takes about a half hour to get to the line, took Jake 10 minutes to get there and about a 20-minute talk. Yeah. That works.

Alice: What do you own?

Me: EVERYTHING! Muhahahah!

Alice: *Puts her teeth near my throat*

Me: Go ahead. Bite me.

Alice: *Pulls away* Well. That didn't work. Hmmm…If you admit you don't own anything, I'll bite you and force Edward to love you. Deal?

Me: Deal! I don't own anything.

Alice: *Bites me* Edward! I've got a new girlfriend for you!

Me: YAY-ow!