Dearly Beloved Chapter 8
Disclaimer: My name on my birth certificate says Carly, not Stephenie.
Bella POV
We spent the rest of the day, and part of the night mostly with me holding Jessica while she cried. When she was done crying, she started talking about how happy she actually was that she's having Mike's baby.
"It's like God gave me the baby in place of Mike!" She said, hiccupping.
She actually got VERY happy.
"What do you think it's gonna be? I hope it's a little boy, with Mike's eyes and hair…….. What should his name be? I have a lot of cute names………" She went on. And on. And on. Almost all night.
I awoke to the sound of ringing. I slammed my hand down on my alarm clock, hopefully hitting the snooze button. I thought I turned you off! Don't you know it's the summer?!
But to my surprise, the alarm didn't turn off. I actually opened my eyes to hit the snooze button, but still it didn't turn off.
Frustrated, I got out of bed. My mind cleared up a little bit when I realized that is was the phone that was ringing. That explains why the alarm didn't turn off. It was never on!
I slipped on my Gir slippers and ran down the stairs to grab the phone. I answered it just as it rang for the last time.
"Hello?" I said, as quick as I could. I still sounded a little tired, and out of breath from running down the stairs and into the kitchen to grab the phone.
"Bella? It's Edward. You okay?" He asked, concerned.
"Uh….yeah. I just got back from jogging." I said, laughing to myself. Like I would ever jog at SEVEN IN THE MORNING, in the SUMMER. But Edward doesn't have to know that……..
'Oh. I didn't know you jogged….Listen, I was wondering if you've had breakfast yet? And if you didn't, maybe you'd like to join me for breakfast, at Panera?" He asked.
Woah. This is our THIRD date this week!!
"I'd love to!" I said happily.
"Great! Ok, I'll pick you up in an hour?" He asked.
"Sounds great." I said. We said our goodbyes, then I rushed to the bathroom to take a shower.
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I greeted Edward with a good-morning kiss, then gave him a tour of my house.
We stopped in my room so I could grab a few things.
"Oh! Lemme go leave a note for Jess when she wakes up." I said, walking downstairs.
Edward POV
"Oh! Lemme go leave a note for Jess when she wakes up."
"Alright. I'll wait by the door." I told her.
Before I walked out, I saw out of the corner of my eye that Bella's bathroom light was still on.
I'll just turn it off for her, I said.
I stepped into the bathroom looking for the light switch. Before I found that, I found two pregnancy tests laying on Bella's sink. Shutting the door, I grabbed a piece of toilet paper, and with shaking hands, picked them up to see the results: They both said "Positive"
My heart felt like it was just ripped into pieces. How could Bella do this to me?!
Throwing the toilet paper and tests away, and washing my hands, I walked down shakily into the living room where I told Bella I'd be waiting.
"Ready!" She said.
"So, um Bella. Do you have anything you want to tell me?" I asked as we pulled onto the highway.
"….Thanks for taking me to breakfast?" She asked, confused.
"Anything else?" I asked through gritted teeth. Calm down, Edward.
"…….I love you?" She asked, even more confused than before.
"Are you sure? Because I went into your bathroom to turn off the light and what I found makes me unsure of what you just said." I said, starting to get angry.
Bella gasped. "No one was supposed to see those…….Edward, you have to believe me when I tell you this. Those aren't mine." She said, guiltily.
"Bella, if they are yours, just tell me. I won't be mad." I lied.
She looked me straight in the eye, "Those were not mine."
"Then whose are they?!"
"Don't tell anyone! …….Those were Jessica's." She said.
I gasped. "Is Mike-
"Yes. She cried for hours, but then when she stopped she was bouncing with joy. It was very confusing, but I'm happy that she's happy. Must be the hormones kicking in." I said chuckling.
"Oh. Wow, Bella. I'm really sorry I accused you of……" I said, blushing.
"It's fine, I mean they were in my bathroom."
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3 months later
Bella POV
Charlie came back from his fishing trip, and Jess and I told him the news. He was worried at first, but then he grinned from ear to ear; One, because Jess would now be living with us (her parents kicked her out), and Two, because he was going to be a 'grandpa'.
Edward and I started our eleventh year in high school, and we have most of the same classes. Except when I had Creative Writing, he had Band. He's the school's piano player; he's been playing since he was 3!!
Jessica is taking online classes for twelfth grade, since she can't really go to school, she had her seventeenth birthday, and she is now 3 months pregnant. Her little baby bump is adorable!
Now as for me and Edward, we've gotten very close by now. Not anything…weird. He had his sixteenth birthday in June, and we told Charlie that we were together. I thought he was going to be so mad that he'd shoot Edward, but he took it very smoothly. He said, "If you're happy, I'm happy. But I only want one grandchild for a WHILE." We both blushed red as can be.
Today, I'm skipping most of the school day to go to the doctor with Jessica to get an ultra-sound done. Jessica was basically jumping up and down in her seat as Charlie drove us to the hospital.
"Jess, calm down! If your heart beat stays like this all the way there, the doctor will be concerned when he takes your blood pressure." I said, joking.
She glared at me for about a second, but she couldn't stay mad for long. She just kept saying, "I hope it's a boy, I hope it's a boy, I hope it's a boy….."
I was going to tell her that no matter how many times she chanted that, it wouldn't change what the baby is going to be, but I couldn't bear to ruin her fun.
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Charlie stayed in the waiting room as I walked Jess into the examination room. The nurse had her lay down on the bed, and said that Dr. Cullen would be in in a few minutes.
"Bella…..this is it!" Jessica gasped.
Dr. Cullen walked in just then.
"Why hello, Bella. And, Ms. Stanley." Carlisle said.
"So, you're three months along?" He asked Jessica.
"She was so happy she couldn't speak, so she nodded happily.
"Alright then," Carlisle said as he scribbled some things down on his papers.
"Okay, let's get started." pulled out the ultrasound and hooked it up. He lifted Jessica's shirt so that it didn't cover her belly, and spread the very cold (or so Jess tells me) gel onto her stomach. He moved that thing around her belly until he got a clear picture.
"Well Jessica, it looks like it's a boy." Dr. Cullen said happily.
Jessica had tears in her eyes as she spoke. "That's…..That's my little boy! Mike would be so happy…."
She gasped. "Bella, come over here and put your hand right here." She directed my hand to the place she was talking about. I felt a few small thumps, when Jess said, "Look at the screen!"
The little boy was putting his hand where Jessica and I had ours.
It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen.
Dr. Cullen cleaned Jess up, and he printed out some pictures of the ultrasound.
" I told you that if I said it enough times, it'd be a boy!" Jessica said giggling.
"Whatever you say," I said, laughing. We were walking down the hallway out into the waiting room. Charlie sprang up and walked over to us the second we walked out. I let Jessica do the honors, "Charlie, it's a boy!"
A/N: Dumdumdum!!!!!!! It's official! Jess is having a baby boy. But, I need my lovely readers and reviewers' help: what is his nae going to be?! I'll have a poll on my profile where you can vote. And that's all for now! PLEASE review! ( I accept anonymous reviews!)
