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Story: Love That Binds
Author: Twilight51545888
Full Summary: Sequel to 'The Betrothal.' This starts just a few minutes before 'The Betrothal' ends. During their wedding, Bella's Mother comes in and tries to apologize to Bella for the way that she had been treating her. Kind hearted Bella forgives her Mother, and she is soon taught the ropes of the corporate business that she inherited from her late Father. As her siblings try and move on with their lives, Bella is stuck when reminded that the only way to stay married to her one true love is to have a child within a year and a half. What will she do when they discover that Edward might not want to have children? What will she do when he instead wants to focus on his schooling, and become a doctor?
Soon Bella is thrown into a world of confusion and hate as her own Mother plots a corporate take over of the Swan Corporation behind Bella's back. And before the young woman knows it, everything that she has worked for might end up being for nothing. Who can she trust? OOC Edward and Bella
Ages:
Bella: 18
Edward: 21
Alice: 20
Jasper: 20
Jacob: 25
Emmett: 25
Rosalie: 23
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters from Twilight, nor do I own the rights to any of the songs I may use later on
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I didn't realize that I had closed my eyes, waiting for his response, until I had to open them and lift my head in order to see his reaction. His face... as much as I know my Edward, I could not read his facial expressions at the moment.
What was going through his mind?! I had no idea, and I couldn't help but feel somewhat nervous all of the sudden. He hadn't said anything by the time that the clock on the wall had spun around one complete time, ticking almost soundlessly as it went. Finally I got tired of the silence.
"Edward, just say something!" I begged, "Please..." I was about to break down again if he didn't tell me something. I could feel it. I could also feel that he was perhaps going to say that he in fact didn't want a baby. Oh, gosh, what if he didn't? What if he forgot about that part of the will? Did he remember that that would mean a divorce for us certainly?
He chose his words carefully. "You want a... baby..." he got a confirmation by me nodding my head, but continued as if I hadn't, "so soon?" He ran his hand through his hair. "Bella, we have only been married for a month--"
"Two months," I corrected. Time certainly down fly when you are with the one that you love.
"Two months," he adjusted, "and you are talking about having a child..?"
"Well, Edward, you have to remember. Our marriage could depend on it..." I bit my lip, hoping that he would understand what exactly I was trying to tell him. A look of understanding and then one of recolation crossed his face. Then one I truly dreaded. He looked... Oh gosh. He looked regretful.
"Bella, I'm not sure weather or not I want to have children..."
My heart stopped.
My mouth opened, but only bits and pieces of what should have been full words came out. Did he not want them with me, or did he just not want them in general? Did he just need to make up his mind about this? Or was it something that couldn't be changed in my Edward's eyes?
"Edward..." I finally managed, "you... you think it's too soon, and on top of that you don't even know if you want them..." I said aloud, mainly for myself to understand what he was trying to say, trying to tell me.
"Bella, don't think for a moment that I don't love you," he said, reaching out for my hand. I let him take mine, and kept my eyes down cast. I could tell that he was trying to choose his words carefully, but he was struggling with it. "I just don't know how much I want to have children, and I also don't know how good of a parent I can or even will be. I think that we seriously need to talk about this more."
Edward P.O.V.
A baby? We were married for only two months and Bella was talking about bringing a baby into the picture? How..? Why?
I didn't know why I couldn't give her an exact answer, but I did know that I wouldn't be bale to raise a child and run a corporation so soon. Even Carlisle and Esme waited! I knew that having a family with Bella someday would be a possibility, and perhaps even a choice, but part of my problem was the fact that it was a requirement for us to be married.
"Bella?" I said, putting my other hand underneath her chin, and slowly raising her head so that she was looking at me. But what I saw was something I really didn't want to. "Oh, Bella!" I cried, pulling her toward my chest as I felt her sob. I could see the tears in her eyes when I looked at her, and that was something that I never like seeing. Not since her Father's will, and certainly not because of anything that I have done.
"Sshh, it's OK Bella," I soothed, whispering sweet nothings into her ear. As to the exact reason why she started crying, I wasn't too sure.
"But we won't be able to stay together if we don't have a baby, Edward," she cried, trying her best not to let her voice crack or break too much, but she failed, making her sob more and more into my shirt. I could only watch her helplessly as she sat there, now in my lap, and just let herself go. I let her cry, for I don't know how long, listening to her little rambles, knowing in my heart that everything would be OK, and that we would be able to figure everything out when she calmed down. But then she said something that shocked me.
"Don't you love me?" My head snapped up.
I didn't think, I only reacted to what she asked. And the only thing I could do in that moment, was to prove to er that I did love her after all.
I pushed her back, gently but enough to make her fall back with me, and laid on top of her, putting my arms around her and kissing her for all it was worth. I remember feeling her push at my shoulders, but I didn't let up, and she shorty there after stopped struggling and wrapped her arms around my shoulders.
I pulled back at some point when I felt we both needed to breathe again, and then I looked her in the eyes.
"Bella, I love you more than anything in the whole entire world," I put all my heart and soul into my words, and I tried my hardest to formulate something in my head that would let her know just how much I did love her, but that was something that you just couldn't always express. At least not verbally. "I know that you love me too, but I never want you to doubt, not even for a moment that I don't love you. That's ridiculous, Bella."
She looked up at me, and was silent, letting me continue. She looked so beautiful, even though her eyes were slightly puffy and red from the crying. I knew that I needed to just man up and let whatever was going to happen just happen. I sucked in a breath, continuing.
"I want to be with you always, so don't start thinking that I'm going to force you to be with Jacob," I forced a dry laugh. "I want you to know that you will always come first in my life, but I don't want us to miss out on something because we are parents, and because we have our own responsibilities. If we want to travel, it would be harder with kids. And we still have plenty of time before we have to worry about having children."
"but Edward I don't want it to be an all of the sudden thing, us just realizing that we need to have one and then we end up not being able to. I would rather us find out this stuff before we have to get into the worrying faze."
"Hmm..." I contemplated what she said for a moment. "You bring up a good point."
"See? But I just don't want to do something that you don't want to do... I wouldn't want it to be that way."
I sighed.
"Bella, I just don't know if I will be a good parent." Now it was her turn to sigh.
"You just said you didn't even know if you wanted to have children with me."
"It's not you that's the problem. Can you imagine having kids around people like Emmett and Jasper? The poor kids would think that there were people their age growing up!" I got her to giggled at that one, and looked down at her. she looked so beautiful, just laying there smiling.
"So what do you think then?" She asked.
"I think... We need to just calm down about everything. Bella, you are stressed out at least as much as I am about this, and other problems," she pouted at that. I smiled. "But Bella, if this really means that much to you, then yes, we will try for a baby."
The smile that fell upon my Bella's face was priceless. I wanted to keep this moment locked in my heart forever and ever, never letting it go.
"Are-are you serious?" She stuttered, trying to grasp what I just said. I laughed, sitting up, and pulling her with me to where she was on her knees next to me.
"Bella, if you want this, then we will make it happen. I want you to be happy, and i know that seeing you happy always makes me happy, too-" I couldn't finish my sentence as Bella tackled me back onto the rest of the bed, her arms around my neck, and her landing on my chest. I was laughing as she kissed all over my face and neck.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you," she kept repeating over and over. I smiled, and stroked her hair softly as we just laid there. I knew that moments like this would be the ones that I would always remember, and that was something I looked forward to. Memories.
"Bella?" I asked softly. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure?" She seemed confused as she sat up, looking down at me.
I smiled. "Do you want a boy, or a girl?" She giggled and answered that she wanted a little girl, and to be honest, I couldn't agree more. I knew that I would want a little girl to protect and make sure nothing bad would happen.. I wanted to be there for everything from the first birthday to the first heart break, to the (hopefully first and only) marriage. All of it.
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Got any ideas for the baby? I keep LOVING the idea of twins, but who knows? And then there is also the thought of who would the baby end up marrying, anyway?
I have no idea, but I know that you guys do!!! You always do, and I am counting on my faithful reviewers, once again, to help me make a choice for my story.
Oh, and I was looking at the thing that tells me just how many of you truly have this story on story alerts, and I must say that you guys aren't really pulling threw for me like how I had been hoping this whole time. I mean, there are 150 of you that have this story on story alerts, so I am expecting that you all go ahead and review, at least once.