JAR:

"I love you more." He leaned down towards me.

"Not possible," I whispered as he kissed me lightly on the lips.

"So Bella, have you made any plans for pictures?" Alice asked the next week. Edward and I were over at her and Jasper's house. Edward had been working all day, and I had been home alone. I begged him to go somewhere, and he brought me here.

"What do you mean?" I asked as I bounced Lucy on my leg. She squealed and jumped down, running to her brother. They started dancing around, showing us all their skills.

"When I was pregnant, Jasper and I hired a photographer to take some pictures of us together, you know, before the big day."

Jasper stood up and was back a minute later with a photo album in his hands. He handed it to Edward and me to look through.

The book was filled with pictures of Alice and Jasper, Alice with her huge stomach.

"I never even thought of this," I said as we finished looking through the album. I handed it back to Jasper.

"Neither did I," he said. "But Alice suggested it, and I thought it was a great idea."

"Who did you guys hire?" Edward asked as I leaned my head on his shoulder.

"There is a lady and her husband in our neighborhood who own their own business. I am sure they could give you guys a discount. They are phenomenal photographers."

I smiled. "You know, I think I would like to do that. What do you think Edward?"

He kissed me on the head. "I would love that."

ONE WEEK LATER

"Bella, we have to go!" Edward yelled up the stairs.

"I'm almost done!" I called back.

I looked at myself in the mirror. I was wearing a yellow maternity sundress seeing as how it was amazingly warm outside. I had my hair in a ponytail, and I put it across the front of my shoulder. I put on very little makeup, and smiled at myself.

I turned and walked out of the bathroom and down the stairs. Edward stood at the bottom in a pair of white shorts and a yellow T-shirt. He stared at me as I descended the stairs.

"You look…beautiful," he said sounding breathless. I laughed and hugged him.

"You look handsome," I said kissing him.

He smiled. "Are you sure you are okay with going to the beach in La Push?" he asked.

"Of course." I took his hand and walked to the door. I slipped on my yellow flip-flops, and Edward slipped on his brown ones.

We walked to the car hand in hand and pulled out headed for the beach.

"Are you excited?" Edward asked.

"I kind of am." I smiled. "I'm curious what poses they will have us do."

Edward and I had set up an appointment with Alice's neighbors, Jennifer and Daniel, to get our pictures taken. We were going to meet them at the beach.

"I'm sure they won't have us do anything too weird," Edward said.

I laughed. "Let's do this." He turned off the car and helped me out. We walked over to where Jennifer and Daniel were standing, camera in hand.

"Hello! I'm Jennifer. This is my husband Daniel." We shook hands. "Daniel will be taking the pictures, and I will be helping you both pose."

"Sounds great," I said.

"I thought we would start down there where the lighting is a bit better," Daniel said pointing down the beach.

We started walking, Edward's and my hands intertwined. "So how far along are you?" Jennifer asked me from behind.

"I'm about five and a half months," I said. Edward bumped my side lightly, and I bumped him back.

"Only three and a half more months," Edward said softly. He stopped walking and looked down at me kissing me lightly on the forehead.

We kept walking. When we finally reached our destination, Jennifer had us sit on a blanket.

"Now, here's the plan. We are going to let you two do whatever you want, and we will take pictures when we think it looks good. If we aren't getting enough good poses without us telling you what to do, we will start posing you. Sound good?" she asked.

"Sounds good," I agreed.

They backed off a few feet and stayed quiet. Edward put his arm around my waist and I leaned into his shoulder looking out at the ocean.

"So this is weird," I said.

"I think it is a good idea," Edward disagreed. "It allows them to get truer pictures."

"I never said it wasn't a good idea. I just said it is weird." I punched him lightly in the arm.

He chuckled and leaned down to kiss me. I leaned up and kissed him back, putting my arms around his waist.

Eventually, we both ended up on our knees facing eachother. We continued to kiss eachother softly, Edward's fingers on my cheek, my hands around his waist.

When we pulled away, we were both breathing hard. Edward chuckled quietly and lay down. I lay down next to him and rested my hands on my stomach.

Edward leaned up on one elbow resting his head in his hand and put his other hand on top of mine. He looked at me, pure lust written all over his face. I turned my head to look back at him. He leaned in and kissed me lightly on the forehead.

"I love you," I whispered.

"I love you more," he said.

After staring at eachother for a while, I sighed and sat up. Edward helped me to stand, and he put his arm around my waist.

"Do you want to go wading?" I asked.

"Sure." He smiled at me crookedly as we took off our shoes. We walked into the water and allowed it to lap around our knees as the sun began to set.

I turned towards him and put my hands on my stomach. He put his hands on top of mine and put his forehead against mine. We both looked down at my stomach smiling.

Just then, I felt a little kick against my hands. I jumped and pulled away. Edward looked at me oddly.

"He just kicked!" I exclaimed. "He just kicked!"

Edward looked at me confused. I grabbed his hand and placed it on my stomach. Henry kicked again, and this time, Edward was the one to jump.

I laughed. "He's really in there," I whispered. "A baby is really inside of me."

Edward smiled and kneeled in the water. He kissed my stomach and put his hands around it. "You've made mommy really happy," he whispered. "I love you already."

I laughed as Edward stood up. "I love you," he said softly.

"I love you too."

I then got a brilliant idea. I smirked at him and splashed him with water. He looked at me in shock, his hair dripping.

"Bella!" he exclaimed.

I just smiled. That is until he splashed me. I stood there spluttering, shivering in the knee-deep water.

Edward laughed. "Let's get you to shore." We walked hand and hand through the water until we got back to the blanket. He helped me sit down and then sat next to me.

"That was wonderful!"

I screamed and nearly fell over. Behind us stood Jennifer and Daniel, Daniel holding his camera.

Edward sat there laughing hysterically at me while I glared at him. "I forgot you guys were here," I said breathlessly.

"Well that's good. That makes for better pictures," Jennifer said.

"Did you get anything good?" I asked.

"We got two whole roles of good stuff. It should be developed and ready for you to pick up by next week."

I smiled and tried without success to stand up. Edward stood up and pulled me up.

"Thank you so much," Edward said. He wrapped my jacket around my shoulders and put his arm around me.

"Oh! Stay there! Last one!" Daniel ran a few feet away and took a picture before running back.

"Well, we should get going," Edward said. "I don't want Bella catching a cold. That wouldn't be good for Henry either."

"Is that the baby's name?" Jennifer asked.

"Yep. Cute huh?" I asked. Edward chuckled and kissed me. We started walking to the car.

"Thanks again," Edward said as he helped me in. "We will be by your house to pick up the pictures sometime next week."

"I am so excited to develop them. I honestly think your pictures are some of the best we have ever taken," Daniel said.

Edward smiled and walked to the driver's side. "See you later!" he called as they walked away.

When we got home, Edward helped me up the stairs into the bathroom. He started the bath water, making it hot for me, and hugged me. "I'll go make you something to eat while you take your bath," he said. He kissed me lightly before walking out.

"I love you!" I called.

"Not as much as I love you!" he yelled back.

REVIEW!