A/N: This chapter has a reference to Small Bundle of Joy. One of the hybrids in South America make an appearance so if you want you can read chapter 8 of that to catch up with that.

Chapter 6: Sex on Fire

EPOV

"Edward, please just one more time?"

"That's what you said two hours ago."

Hello, my name is Edward Anthony Masen and I am exhausted. I never thought as a vampire I would ever tire but here I am practically begging my wife to let me rest. She is now into her second trimester and she feels great. There is no more morning sickness or tiredness. I thought she was supposed to remain tired but I guess not. She's only horny. She doesn't even eat her bowl of ice cream after school anymore, just drags me upstairs. We do it in the morning, at lunch; she even dragged me into a janitor's closet for a quickie in between classes. As soon as we get home, she jumps me. I never thought I'd be complaining about this but oh my god. Even Emmett made a comment that he couldn't keep going like this.

She was now pouting at me and tears were welling up in her beautiful eyes. I instantly felt like an ass, especially for what I was about to do. Lie.

"Angel, I'm sorry. I just really need to hunt. I love you so much and I'll be back before you wake for school tomorrow, I promise." I grabbed my clothes and gave her a quick kiss and ran out of the room before she could comment.

"Dude I think you just set a new land speed record getting out of the house." I heard Emmett laughing loudly behind me. I found a fallen log and sat and waited for my brothers to join me.

"I gotta give ya props man. I don't think I could've lasted as long as you did. I mean, me and Rosie we go at it but even we stop for a break." They both sat down and joined me.

I put my head in my hands not believing this was happening. "I feel bad but seriously I'm tired. If I could her to sleep for more than a few hours I could recuperate but she's not even letting sleep slow her down."

Suddenly I heard Carlisle's voice, "Honestly son, you'd better enjoy it now. Soon she is going to be very uncomfortable and won't let you touch her. After she delivers the baby, you have to wait a couple of weeks before you can do anything again and by that time you both will be too exhausted. And if you two are planning for more children, you'll be repeating this process again." I was stunned at Carlisle for discussing his daughter's sex life so openly.

"What do I do?" If he was going to be this open, I was going to take all I could get.

"I will tell you the same thing I will always tell you to do, talk to her. Set up some guidelines. Perhaps, no sex during school. I could go on with life without getting a call from the principal about how the janitor's closet was destroyed." Yea, we got caught with our little escapade.

"You're right. Is that what I should always do? Talk to her. It seems everyone is telling me that lately."

"Damn right Eddie. Communication is the key to every relationship. Rosie and I talk about everything." I was very surprised Emmett knew about this golden rule but when I really thought about it, he and Rose never had any huge fights.

"Why don't we hunt while we're out here? Edward you need to get back soon." I nodded at Jasper and we all took off in different directions for our hunt.

While I was running back to my love, I thought about what they said. It made sense; she and I needed to be open about everything, including sex.

As I went up to our room, I heard Alice's thoughts, "Edward, its sunny today so no school. You guys will have time to talk and make up. Tonight there's going to be a storm though. Be ready for baseball! It's going to be the last of the season."

I entered our room quietly and saw Bella still asleep on the bed. I turned off the alarm and just stared at her. She had kicked the covers off and her shirt was riding up showing off her adorable little bump. Her hair was splayed around her and she had a little smile on her face. She was so beautiful.

I laid beside her gently and rubbed her stomach. I leaned down and started talking to the baby just like I do every night.

"Hi baby, its daddy again. Sorry I was gone last night. I hope you didn't give mommy too much trouble. I love you and mommy so much. I can see you're really starting to grow now. Mommy is so beautiful with you in her belly. I can't wait to meet you but you take your time in there, okay? Don't come too early, we'll always be waiting for you. It's going to be sunny today, so mommy and daddy are going to stay at home. You don't have to listen to the stupid kids at school today. Tonight, there is going to be a storm but don't be scared. Storms are fun and tonight we're going to play baseball. Well daddy is, you and mommy will be watching." I stopped talking when I felt a small hand in my hair.

"Do you always talk to the baby when I'm asleep?" My love asked with a sleepy smile on her face.

"I'm sorry, love. I didn't mean to wake you. But yes, every night I talk to the baby." I cupped her face in my hands and gave her a small good morning kiss and pulled her into my arms so I could rub her back to help her wake up.

"You are so sweet." She said and snuggled into me.

"I don't know if you heard me tell the baby but we're staying home today. It's going to be sunny but it will storm tonight. Alice is planning a baseball game." I murmured into her hair.

"That sounds fun, although I can't play. We missed a lot of the storms this summer. But what will we do all day?" She started kissing my neck and I felt my body betray me.

"Baby can we talk?" I barely stifled the moan threatening to come out. Even when I was tired, she could still elicit these reactions from me.

"Uh oh, that's never good." She stopped immediately and looked at me. She looked terrified and I quickly soothed her.

"It's nothing bad, love. It's just, well, I'm tired. I know you're very horny right now but baby you're wearing me out and that's hard to do to a vampire." As I spoke, I saw anger flame up in her eyes and I knew she took my words wrong.

"Well I'm so sorry I've fucked you with my disgusting body. How about I just lock myself in my old room and then you won't have to see me anymore?" She started getting up but I wasn't having that. I wrapped my arms around her and wouldn't budge.

"Bella that is so far from what I meant. You are beyond gorgeous. I want to see you and be with you every day. I was just saying that we shouldn't be going at it all hours of the day. We both need to rest, especially you sweetheart. You haven't been sleeping near enough. I see how tired you are." She was slowly relaxing in my embrace.

She opened her mind to me then, "All of the books said to have sex as much as you can now. That in a couple of months it would be too uncomfortable and then we'd have to also wait after the baby was born. I thought if I gave it to you all the time now, it would make up for later."

"Oh my sweet girl, never worry about that. I'm not with you for the sex, although it is amazing. I love just being with you and if we can't have sex for a while because of our baby, well that is totally worth it. And I promise when that time comes that sex is too uncomfortable we'll find other ways to connect."

"I just want you to be happy. I love you so much." She finally completely relaxed and snuggled into my chest.

"I'm very happy, angel. I love you both so much." We spent the day in bed, just relaxing and spending time together. She admitted she has been very horny and basically anytime she even thought about us together she wanted it. We decided to basically just cool it for a while. We still had lots of sex in our future, just not the marathon we experienced.

Even after we discussed everything, we made love. Sometimes we just couldn't keep our hands off of each other.

That afternoon Bella had her traditional bowl of ice cream and everything was back to normal.

~*~

"Baby, have you seen my baseball jersey?"

"My God Edward, your vampire with perfect memory but you still can never manage to find anything." She was so beautiful when she scowls at me. I can't help it, I'm the typical male, I can never find anything. My wallet and keys are number one on my "I can't find it" list.

Bella entered the closet I had just ransacked and came out two seconds later with my jersey and a triumphant grin.

"Thank you baby. You're the best." I gave her a quick kiss and proceeded to get dressed. After I finished, I helped her get dressed making sure she was warm. Thankfully it wouldn't be raining where we play but I still made sure to bring an umbrella and put Bella in a rain jacket. It was always best to be prepared.

"I feel like that kid in A Christmas Story. The one in the red snowsuit and couldn't put his arms down." I laughed as she started waddling around the room with her arms extended.

"My love, you make even that look beautiful." I kissed her as she rolled her eyes at me.

We went downstairs and got into Emmett's Jeep. Normally we would go off roading as far as we could but I didn't want Bella riding in a bumpy Jeep and have it jostle her too much so we decided to just drive as far as the road and then I'd carry her. According to her I was a "much smoother ride." I wasn't sure if she picked up on the double meaning I did.

She and I were the last ones to the field. I sat her down and we walked hand in hand out to our family. Em and Jazz were tossing a ball around and the girls including Esme were huddled around some baby magazine as normal. Carlisle was setting up the bases.

"What are teams?" I asked as we approached them.

Em and Jazz joined us by the girls and soon Carlisle was with us. Alice quickly spoke up, "Me, Edward, Jazz against Rose, Em and Carlisle." We all nodded, getting excited thanks to Jasper.

I kissed Bella and left her with her mother to go out to the outfield. Ali was pitching and Jazz was covering the other side of the field but was further in than me. We've played on the same team enough to know that he would cover any infield fly balls and grounders, while I chased after the long hits.

The game was progressing nicely and our team was currently ahead by two runs. Emmett was batting so I knew it was coming to me. He always just tried to hit it as hard as he could and it would go far but if would just calm down and hit the ball perfectly it would go farther.

He swung and I was off like a shot. I was going to get it but I didn't slow down. I caught the ball and started to go back when I heard thoughts, "I wonder how many there are? If there is enough, this could be a good game."

I could tell it was a vampire and paid more attention to find there were three total. I got an eerie feeling and decided it would be best to try to get Bella out of here. I raced back but as I approached I caught a vision Alice had and found that I wouldn't have enough time. They would take it as a disrespectful gesture if they caught us leaving and would follow us.

Our family was gathered around Alice trying to find out what was going on. I approached and quickly explained while taking Bella in my arms.

"There are three nomads on their way here. So far all I know is that they heard our game and want to play. One of them is a tracker and pretty sadistic. He was thinking about the last kill he made. The female is his mate but he doesn't seem to feel as strongly for her. The other male is just traveling with them but doesn't plan on staying. He's getting of the tracker and how he tortures his victims before feeding." I really wanted to get Bella out of here. I'll just have to stay by her side the whole time.

"That will work better, Edward. You can't leave with Bella or the tracker will follow and I don't know what will happen but it won't be good." I saw the vision from Alice of me glaring at the tracker while the rest of them finished the game.

"Esme, will you take my place? I'm going to stay by Bella." Bella looked like she wanted to protest but changed her mind. She was so spooked by the nomads that she didn't try to claim her independence.

The others started playing a little but it was half-hearted. The nomads were well within my range now and the trackers thoughts were disgusting me. About two minutes later, we all saw them walk out from the tree line. The tracker and the female stayed behind the other male trying to make it look like he was their leader.

"Greetings, I am Laurent. These are James and Victoria. We were wondering if we could join your game." We all approached the nomads slowly and cautiously. Carlisle took the lead and spoke to them.

"My name is Carlisle Cullen and this is my family. My wife Esme, daughters, Alice, Rose, and Bella and my sons, Emmett, Jasper and Edward. We weren't planning to play for much longer but you are welcome to join us for a little while."

The nomads appraised us all as we were introduced. Laurent was intrigued by the word "family" and by our numbers. He also noticed our eye color and he seemed genuinely curious. Victoria was bored and not interested in playing. She seemed fairly new to this life and was thirsty again even though they had just hunted. James looked over each female before landing on my Bella. He noticed her beauty and that something was different about her. He registered her scent and tried to place where he has smelled it before. I was even more on edge than before.

"We will join you. May I ask how you have such a large 'family' you said?" Laurent asked.

"My family and I feed off of animals therefore we are able to interact with humans and we keep a residence near here. We are a true family rather than a coven." Carlisle noticed how interested Laurent seemed but was wary about James, just as I was.

Suddenly James remembered where he had come across a scent similar to Bella's. His mind flashed with images of Henry, one of the hybrids we met in South America. Henry's was conceived when his mother's village was attacked by vampires. His mother barely survived the ordeal and managed to escape. James was the vampire that fathered Henry. Somehow he found out about Henry and tracked him. At first James planned to kill Henry but decided if he ever needed an ally, he could pull the "dad" card and use Henry for his needs.

I desperately wanted Bella out of here now. Knowing what this vile creature has done and how intrigued he is with my mate is making me irrational.

The others had started to separate and were planning to return to the game when James looked at Victoria and then launched himself at Bella. I picked up the thought just in time to block him but Victoria came up and grabbed Bella. They were planning on kidnapping her and running.

The others quickly caught on and were after Victoria while I fought James. Carlisle pinned Laurent to the ground but he wasn't struggling. Rose came over and helped me with James and we swiftly destroyed him tossing the parts as they came off.

Jasper and Alice came back but they were alone. "Edward, Carlisle go to Bella, she needs you. Jazz and I will stay with Laurent. Rose follow Emmett, he went after Victoria." I saw from Alice's thoughts that once Victoria decided she couldn't outrun them with Bella struggling in her arms, she tossed my wife aside and took off.

We followed their scent and found Bella on the ground with Esme beside her. I knelt down and cupped her face.

"Love, are you okay? Does it hurt?" She was crying and holding her stomach.

"My stomach hurt really bad before but now it's not so bad." I didn't let myself think about that. I just focused on her.

"Okay love, we need to get you back." I could tell she was scared and I wanted so badly to assure her it would all be ok but I couldn't because I didn't know.

"Princess, I need you to stay calm. Getting worked up is going to make it worse. Take deep breaths." Carlisle was torn between the doctor he needed to be right now and the father and grandfather who was praying it would all be okay.

Bella calmed and I picked her up gently. Esme went to check on Jasper and Alice and Carlisle and I took Bella back home. We didn't even go to the car, just straight to the house.

We got her in his office and Carlisle did a quick exam while I set up the ultrasound. Bella was concentrating on breathing.

"There's no bleeding, which is a very good sign. Let's do the ultrasound and see what's going on."

He put some of the gel on her tiny bump and I about lost it. I was currently looking at everything I could so easily lose. I held Bella's hand and stroked her hair while telling her how much I loved her.

It felt like years before we heard anything. The thump, thump, thump of our baby's heartbeat filled the room and we all let out a collective sigh. It sounded normal and not in distress at all. Carlisle moved the transducer some more and we no longer heard anything. It was a couple of minutes before he spoke.

"The baby looks really good. Does it hurt anymore, sweetheart?"

Bella was having a hard time speaking through the tears she couldn't stop. "A little bit but it keeps getting better."

Carlisle nodded. "That's what I thought. It looks like the placenta tore away from the uterine wall slightly but since you heal faster than a human it was able to reattach itself rather than completely detach. See this faint line here," he pointed on the screen for us "that is where it is healing itself. You'll have to be careful for a couple of weeks but it looks like you'll be perfectly fine." He smiled at us and I couldn't stop the sobs from spilling from my body. I hugged Bella tightly and we cried together in relief.

Carlisle cleared his throat to gain our attention. "Now would you like to know the sex?"

A/N: Sorry I had to do it! Review if you want it updated faster!

So anyway, I had to make Edward a typical male in this one. He had to be told again that he needs to talk to his wife (we all know men need to be told things more than once!) and he can't find his crap. My husband can never find anything and I'll walk in and it'll be right in plain sight. Drives me nuts!