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Ch 6

BPOV (Fall of Bella's senior year and Edward's fourth year medical school.)

I headed nervously into the hospital and looked around for signs of Edward. He was near the end of a thirty hour shift, I hated to bother him, but I had to talk to him about something important. We barely saw each other since school started, usually at night, when we both collapsed into bed at night.
If I waited I might lose my nerve. He was in the middle of his ER rotation so I knew he had to be around the area.

I walked up to the reception desk where a middle aged women was busy typing at a computer.

"Excuse me…" I started to ask.

"Fill out a form and wait for your number to be called." She picked up a clipboard and handed it to me without looking up.

"But, I'm looking…" I started again.

"Sorry, but you have to wait your turn, Miss, just like everyone else," she said again.

"Bella, are you looking for Edward?"

I looked up to see Kate, a tall blond nurse, standing at the desk. She placed a clipboard down and picked up a new one. I've met her a couple of times. Her boyfriend Garrett was Edward's mentor here at the hospital.

"Hi, Kate. Yes, I'm looking for Edward. I really need to talk to him? Is he busy with a patient right now?" I asked her, knowing she would be more of a help to me.

"I just saw him in the lounge finishing up on some paperwork. If you go down this hallway, it's the third door on the left." She smiled at me.

"Thank you." I passed her and made my way to the room.

I entered and found Edward working at a table and a nurse had her hand on his shoulder and was acting flirty with him. Poor Edward seemed tense and was leaning away from her.

"Excuse me, but patients aren't allowed in here." She looked up at me with a glare.

"I'm not a patient." I responded back. I bit my tongue from saying anything further to not embarrass Edward at his place of work.

His head shot up when he heard my voice. He smiled but he looked exhausted. I felt guilty immediately. Maybe I should've waited.

"Hey, Beautiful, this is a surprise. I'm almost finished then I'm free." He stretched slightly and yawned.

"I needed to talk to you about something, but I just realized it probably should wait," I apologized.

"Don't go. Keep me company. Could you excuse us, please, Irina?" He hinted to the girl that was still standing there.

"Of course." She looked at me sizing me up before leaving.

"Come sit." He patted the chair next to him.

I walked over and sat next to him. He took a sip of his coffee and set the mug down in front of him. He adjusted his glasses before kissing me chastely.

"Would you like some coffee?" He offered.

I shook my head. "No, thank you. You look tired. Were you able to get any sleep?" I asked in concern.

"It's was a busy night that carried on into the day, so no, not really." He admitted. "You look tired too or are you worried about something, is everything okay?"

"No. I'm late," I told him.

He frowned and ran his hand through his hair. "Did I forget something, again? Did we have plans?" The poor guy look so confused and started to get upset with himself. He had tried so hard since Spring Break over two years ago not to forget about plans.

"Not that type of late. Late as in my period. I might be pregnant," I explained.

His eye widen and the pen dropped out of his hand. "How late are you?"

"A week," I answered.

I could see the gears moving in his head. "Wow, okay that's definitely late. Have you ever been that late before?" He seemed to be calculating in his head as he switched over into a doctor's mode.

I shook my head. "I took two different at home pregnancy tests. One came out positive, the other negative."

"Were the expiration dates good on them?" he asked.

He took my hand with his and held it.

"I didn't think to check. I wasn't aware they had expiration dates." I bit my lip feeling foolish.

"Okay. Any nausea or suddenly feeling sick to your stomach?" he questioned. I noticed he discreetly was trying to take my pulse.

I shook my head.

He looked down at my breast and then reached out to feel them. "They look the same. Are they tender?"

"What are you doing?" I looked at his hand. Normally, I didn't have a problem with him touching me, but this felt more like an exam then sexual.

The door opened and Kate walked in. She saw us and her eyebrow raised to her hairline.

"Am I interrupting something?" she snickered, heading to the coffee area.

"I'm just checking them out for differences." Edward dropped his hands quickly.
I'm sure my face was bright red.

"Sure, that's what they all say." Kate smirk grew.

"Can you get Garrett? I would like him to exam Bella," Edward asked her.

"Why? He's not touching my breasts." I hissed at Edward.

Kate's smirk fell. "Is everything okay? Bella did you find something that you're concerned about? I can get a female doctor instead, Dr. Lang is here too."

"I think I'm pregnant," I answered blushing.

"Oh," Kate looked relieved. She turned to Edward with another smirk. "You know there are other ways — better ways — to test for pregnancy, Edward," she teased.

"I know that. I want to order a blood test to check," Edward told her, rolling his eyes. His ears turned bright red though.

"I'll get right on that and I'll get Garrett to sign off on it. I'll be right back."

She took her coffee and left the room.

"Why blood? Can't I just pee on another stick?" I begged. I hated needles.

"You could. But a blood test would be more accurate," he explained.

"I'm sorry, can you stop talking like a doctor for a minute, and talk to me as my boyfriend." I begged, feeling overwhelmed.

He was being so formal with me that it wasn't helping the situation. I wanted to know how he felt about all this.

"I'm sorry, Love. Come here." He pulled me on to his lap. He hugged me close to him and kissed my cheek. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"I don't know, it's a mix of feeling overwhelmed and feeling shocked. What are we going to do?"

"We will figure out something though. My parents had me when they were in their final year of school and they made it work," he sounded confident.

"Yeah, well, my parent had me very young too, and it was the kiss of death to their relationship," I muttered.

He lifted my chin so I was looking him in the eyes. "I love you and if you're pregnant with our baby that is a blessing. Maybe the baby won't be coming at the perfect time, but I'm not going anywhere and I'll be ready for the challenge. The other alternatives are't even a consideration."

I smiled back at him blinking back tears. I kissed his cheek in relief. I was afraid he was going to freak out on me. "I would never consider the other alternatives. We are getting ahead of ourselves. We don't know for sure yet."

"I know, but if you are, I'm going to be very happy that you're going to have our baby. If you're not, I can't wait for the day that you are." He smiled shyly.

"I'm glad you're taking this so well. But if I'm not, I'd rather wait until after I finish school and we are married." I rested my head on his shoulder.

"We're getting married?" He smiled crookedly, his eyes looked amused.

"I don't know. You will have to ask me one day and find out." I shot right back.

He chuckled and kissed me lightly again. He rested his forehead against mine.

"So this would have happened around the end of summer, right before school started. I know we haven't used condoms in a long time since you were on the shot. Did you miss a renewal or have you taken any antibiotics?" he asked.

"No. Nothing I can think of. I can't think of anything I did that would have compromised my birth control." I bit my lip.

"I'm not saying you did. Just trying to figure it out what might have happened." He calmed me by rubbing my arm.

"It would be your fault. Wearing those glasses around the house." I accused teasingly.

"My fault. What about you wearing a bikini around the house claiming you have nothing to wear since it is laundry day?" He raised one eyebrow and smirked at me.

"I have no idea what you are talking about." I shrugged, hiding my smug grin.

He laughed just as the door opened and Kate came back in followed by Garrett.

"I've come to take your blood," he announced jokingly.

I groaned and curled back into Edward. He kissed the side of my head and chuckled.

"Don't worry, it'll be over before you know it." Kate promised putting the tray down on the table. "Roll up your sleeve. I'll get you ready." She pulled out an elastic band and I extended my arm then looked away.

"I would like to ask you a few questions. How late are you?" Garrett asked.

"A week."

"Besides the late period, any symptoms. Like tiredness, vomiting, nausea, food aversions, or headaches. I heard Edward took care of your breasts," he chuckled.

We both turned a bright pink.

"Make a fist," Kate commented.

"Mostly no to all questions. I've been tired, but I also have been putting in a lot of hours at school and a part-time job," I answered. "I took two different home pregnancy tests and they had different results."

Edward grumbled something about not liking my job, but I ignored it for now. I knew he would rather that I would let him take care of me.

"Okay. When was your last check-up that included a pap-smear?" he asked.

"Two months ago and everything came back normal." I blushed slightly embarrassed.

Garrett nodded. "Sounds good. We will just run a few additional tests. But it's not unusual for stress to cause you to skip."

"Done."

I felt the band release my arm and a slight pressure to my inner elbow as gauze was taped down. Kate was holding a small vile of blood.

"How did you…" I looked at my arm then at her in shock. I never felt a thing.

"I let his boring questions distract you." She winked.

"We'll get this to the lab. You can wait here. Edward, aren't you supposed to be off? Remember you can't work more than thirty hours straight on-call as a student. " Garrett checked the clock.

"I just need to finish up the notes on this last patient and I'm done," he answered.

"If you want you can either wait here or I can give you a call when the results come in. If it's anything major you can come right back. Though, I don't think you have to worry about it."

I glanced at Edward briefly. He looked ready to fall asleep sitting up.

"Since you said it's alright, I think we will leave." I decided.

"Okay, Edward, go home as soon as you're done." Garrett nodded.

"Don't you want to go over it with me?" Edward asked.

"You're always meticulous with your notes. If there is any problems I'll call you," Garrett called over his shoulder as he left the room.

I slid off his lap.

"I need about five minutes, Love." He went back to work.

MP

We made it home to the condo about half-an-hour later. Edward still was yawning as he came through the door.

"Why don't you go take a nap or something, while I make dinner?" I suggested.

"I wouldn't be able to sleep until we heard from Garrett. I'm going to take a shower though." His stomach let out a loud rumble.

"Would you like me to make you something to eat?" I offered.

"Please." He kissed my cheek. "I'm not picky. Anything would work right now."

He placed his phone on the counter. "Go ahead and answer it if Garrett calls."

He disappeared down the hallway and I pulled things out of the fridge to make a simple chicken stir-fry.

I had just finished browning the chicken when Edward's cell rang.

"Hello, Edward Cullen's phone," I answered.

"Hi, am I speaking with Bella?"

"Yes." I turned down the stove so I could concentrate on the call.

"Bella, this is Garrett. I have the results of your test. You're not pregnant at this time. But something did show up on the test," he explained.

"How bad is it?" I bit my lip.
Edward's arms came around my waist surprising me. I jumped and looked up at him. He gave a small smile, but he looked worried.

"Nothing to be too concerned about. Your iron levels were low, which might be a reason why you're tired. So a good supplement will help boost those levels. I would recommend some Vitamin E too," he answered.
Edward sighed with relief behind me and placed a small kiss on my neck.

"Okay, thank you for helping us out today." I expressed my gratitude.

"You're welcome. Maybe we can double again some night. Kate's been on my case about that," he replied.

"We would like that." I agreed.

I hung up and I sighed placing his phone down.

"Not pregnant." I turned back to the stove.

I glanced over my shoulder at Edward who was still standing behind me. He looked almost disappointed.

"You really wanted me to be, didn't you?" I commented as I went back to adding the vegetables and sauce.

He shrugged and smiled shyly. "I was starting to warm up to the idea."

He was still holding me very close to him. His lips started placing kisses on my neck. I giggled and squirmed away from him

"Hey, I'm trying to cook. The last time you did that I ended up burning dinner into a black mess," I scolded lightly.

He grinned sheepishly and backed away.

"You never said how you felt if you were pregnant," he commented lightly.

"I told you I felt overwhelmed and shocked," I answered.

"I know, but what if you were pregnant. Would you've been happy?" He pushed.

I glanced at him and read between the lines. He was feeling slightly unsure.

I placed the spoon down and turned off the burner. I stepped between his legs and placed my arms around his neck.

"When I realized I was late I felt a mixture of things. But not once did I think I didn't want this or want the baby. When I was waiting for the results, I closed my eyes and I was picturing a sweet little baby boy that looked just like his daddy. When I looked at the first results and saw the double, I was happy. Most of my nerves melted away. I immediately started to think of ways to tell you that you're going to be a daddy.

Then I saw the results of the second test and it was negative, and I never felt so disappointed. I think it was then I realized how much I wanted to have your baby." I reached up on my toes to kiss his cheek.

"And someday, I would be a happy to have your baby. But at the same time, I am bit relieved that we have more time to be ready. Okay?"

He nodded.

"Were you thinking I didn't want a baby with you?" I asked.

"No, it's just we never talked about it. It just woke me up to that fact." He shrugged.
I served up our dinner and handed him a plate.

"I guess I just never thought about it. I just assumed we would talk about when we were ready." I took a seat at the table.

"The easiest place for me to do my residency would be here in Seattle since there are several hospital. But if you want to move back to Forks, I can talk to my father about doing a residency there or maybe at Port Angeles."

"I can do either. Since I want to work at a daycare, I may have better luck in Seattle or Port Angeles. If and when we have children, I can find one that will allow me to bring the baby to work," I responded.

"You could open your own in Forks." Edward suggested.

"I would have to have the money for that. Which I don't at the moment. And I will already be paying back school loans, so I don't want to take more out." I shook my head.

"I could give you the money. I can pay off your school loans." Edward insisted; it wasn't the first time he had suggested it.

"We've talked about this before. I appreciate your offer, but I don't feel right accepting." Praying this didn't get us into another argument.

"But if we were married it would be your money too." His mouth twitched into a frown.

"If we get married, I will take it into consideration. But, Edward, haven't you ever felt that you had to do things on your own. That it isn't that you don't appreciate someone wanting to help you. That you just felt the need to do things on your own." I implored.

He thought for moment as he chewed. He finally nodded. "I understand. It is one of the reason I've wanted to go elsewhere than Forks. It want to be a doctor without anyone comparing me to my dad." He wiped his mouth with his napkin and placed it down. "Promise me though, you wouldn't be too stubborn to ask me for help if you need it." He looked me in the eye.

"I promise to ask you, if I need help." I agreed. I took a sip of my water and cleared my throat. "Have you decided which branch you like to go into?" I changed the subject.

"I haven't worked in every field yet, but I do have one I liked so far," he answered shyly.

"Well are you going to tell me or do I have to guess?" I smiled.

"I like working with kids and babies." He shrugged. "I…." he paused.

"You…" I prompted.

"I was thinking I would want to end up in a clinic instead of hospital. It's not as much money, especially if I have to start up my own. I'm not sure what my dad will think about that." There was a smaller glimmer in his eyes as he spoke about it.

"Your father strikes me as someone who would be supportive." I was surprised by his worry.

"True. I just might be overthinking it." He nodded.

"I think you'd make a wonderful pediatrician. Think of all the money we will safe on doctor visits." I smiled at him.
He chuckled. "There is that. I'm sure with eight children one is bound to be always sick."

I choked on my water.
"Bella, are you okay." He started to get up, looking concerned.

I held up my hand. "Eight?"

"I always wanted a brother or sister, so I would hope for more than one." He gave me a pouty look.

"So you jump to eight." I laughed.

"Six?" he suggested with a grin.

"How about two to three?" I countered.

"I can live with that." He smiled teasingly.

"The other great thing about you a pediatrician is, I won't have to worry about you feeling up other women's boobs to figure out if they are pregnant." I started laughing.

Edward's face turned pink and smiled guilty at me. "Sorry, I'm not sure why I did that. But to be fair, I think I would notice better than anyone if your boobs grew bigger."

I snorted and threw my napkin at him. He ducked out of the way and laughed.

"I got the dishes. Want to choose a movie?" Edward stood up.

"Edward, you looked dead on your feet. Are you sure you don't want to go to sleep?" I hesitated.

"I'll be fine. I don't want to go to sleep too early and throw off my schedule." He insisted.
He already started clearing off the table.

"Okay, if you insist." I got up.

I headed to the living room and scanned the shelves. I picked a Batman movie since I thought the action would keep him awake.

I settled on the couch with a blanket. He brought in two sodas and a bowl of popcorn a few moments later. He placed them on the coffee table and sat next to me.

About ten minutes into the movie, I turned to him and he was asleep sitting up. I shook my head and reached over to take off his glasses. I placed them on the coffee table.

With some maneuvering I managed to get him lying down on the couch. I curled into him and turned off the movie. I cuddle into him and fell asleep.

A/N: A small pregnancy scare. I only call it scare, since it caught them off-guard and she wasn't pregnant. At least, that brought up a conversation they need to have.

Up next contains a bit of the epilogue from the contest, it has been extended. There will be a new epilogue now.

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