I woke up the next morning with a huge headache. I guess crying for hours on end will do that to a person. I rolled out of bed and made my way to the bathroom. The pregnancy tests were all still in my garbage by the toilet at the boxes that they came in were strewn across the bathroom floor.

Kicking a few boxes out of the way, I moved to the sink so that I could wash my face and brush the bitter taste of reality out of my mouth.

Checking my phone, I found that I had a bunch of missed calls and texts from Edward and Rose. I sighed and put my phone back down on the desk face down. I walked over to the closet and picked out some shorts and a tank top. Stripping down, I looked at myself in the mirror that stood in my closet. Rose said that women don't usually show until about twelve weeks, but I still felt as if it was obvious.

I ran my hands over my stomach and kind of poked at it.

I stood there, just looking at how my stomach looked as I twisted and turned to look at it from different angles when my phone rang, startling me.

I rushed over to where I had left it, and answered, not looking at the caller ID.

"Hello?" I breathed into the receiver, realizing I should have checked who was calling me.

"Hey Bella. I'm on my way back from brunch, I'll be there in about ten minutes to take you to your appointment. I told the guys and the parental units that you were sick and had the stomach bug, which is why you didn't come. Keep that in mind if anyone questions you." Rose had a tendency to talk at people rather than to them.

"Rose, we're not in a spy movie. Who is going to question me about my whereabouts? I literally just got out of bed maybe half an hour ago." I rolled my eyes and made my way back to my closet to put clothes on before Rose busted my door down.

"I don't know, shit happens. How do you feel?" Rose laughed.

"Ok, I guess. I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. Thank you for letting me bail on brunch, and covering for me." I sighed.

"What are friends for?"

"Well, in Emmett's case, to annoy the shit out of you." I shrugged even though she couldn't see me.

Her laugh carried through the speaker and somehow made me feel better. Even if I had no one else, I knew I had Rose and Edward and Emmett. My friends would not let me down.

"Aight, I'm downstairs. Come on, or you'll be late." Rose commanded.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm coming." I mumbled as I slipped into my favourite converse.

I grabbed a big sweater and shoved my phone and keys into the pocket.

I decided to take the stairs just to avoid running into anybody I knew on the way to Rose.

Rose was sitting in her car with huge sunglasses covering her face, singing along to the radio when I climbed into the passenger seat.

"Ready?" She turned the music down.

"No."

"You'll be fine. I promise. I'm here." She squeezed my hand.

I nodded my head and Rose pulled out of her spot.

"Where is this clinic anyway?" I asked.

"It's down Reagent." She groaned at the downtown traffic we drove up to.

I laughed and turned up the music coming from the radio.

"Have you talked to Edward yet?" She asked, tapping the wheel to the beat of the song.

"Yeah, he called me a few times last night when I didn't come back, and several times today." I sighed.

"He's worried about you. When I told them that you were sick, he wondered why you didn't tell him anything. He said that you seemed fine last night. I think he tried to call you a couple of times after that." She nodded.

"Yeah, sounds like him. Always worrying about me."

"Are you what are you thinking of telling him?"

"I don't know. I haven't changed my mind ,I don't want him to know that he's the father, but at the same time does it feel right not telling him that I'm pregnant at all."

"That's true. You don't want him to find out another way."

"Yeah, I just don't know how to tell him."

"You'll figure it out. You guys have been friends for so long, I'm pretty sure that you could just tell hime telepathically." She laughed.

I smirked at the thought. When we were younger we pretty much communicate like that. We didn't need words to understand each other, this pissed pretty much everyone else off because we would ignore everyone around us.

"Yeah, I wish it was that easy." I sighed.

"Are you going to tell anyone else?"

"I can't really avoid it, people will be able to tell."

"I meant that Edward is the father."

"I don't think I can. I'd love to be able to tell his family, but I can't risk him finding out. Not to mention that it's not fair to him."

"I promise you that if you decide to keep this from him, I will take this secret to the grave."

"Thanks Rose." I smiled. I knew that she meant it.

Once we pulled into the parking lot, Rose hurried ahead of me to check in with the nurse at the front desk while I slowly stumbled after her.

The waiting room was painted in light pastels and was filled with toys. I guess a lot of mothers brought their other children here. The walls were decorated much like a nursery would be with pictures of babies everywhere.

I picked a spot near a very pregnant woman with short blonde hair and brown eyes. Rose came over to me with a clipboard.

"She said to fill this to the best of your ability." Rose handed me the forms.

I'm glad that this was a free clinic. I would not be able to afford this on my own right now and I was not ready for either of my parents to find out about my situation.

I filled the form out with ease not even blinking at the father side of it. I've known Edward for so long that this information came to me as easily as my own did.

Rose took the form back to the receptionist, and a few moments later I was called.

"Will you come with me?" I turned to face Rose.

"Of course, whatever you need." She smiled.

We stood up and followed the pretty nurse into the back.

"Have a seat and Doctor Cohen will be with you in a moment." She smiled and left the room.

I climbed onto the paper covered exam table.

"Rose, I don't know how I'll do this." I whispered, looking at the floor as the reality of things hit me.

"I'm here. Every step of the way." She wrapped me in a hug.

We were startled by a knock on the door.

"Hello, I'm Audrey Cohen." Dr. Cohen said as she stepped into the room. She was an older woman, with short brown hair, blue eyes, and glasses.

Rose stepped back and sat in the plastic chair as I waved.

"So Bella, this is your first appointment?" She asked, looking through some papers.

"Yup." I nodded.

"Well, let's check that everything is in working order and then we can talk a bit more. Is that alright?" She lowered the clip-board.

"Sounds good." I smiled.

I lay back as Dr. Cohen smeared some blue goop on my stomach and pressed the wand thing to my stomach.

"It looks to me like everything is perfect with the baby, nothing to worry about. Now, you are about nine weeks along. So, your baby is about the size of a grape right now. This is its face, and legs, and these are his arms." She pointed to each thing as she identified it. "Any questions?"

"Umm, this is my first. I only found out that I was pregnant last night. I pretty much need all of the information I can get my hands on."

"Alright well, let me print up these pictures and go grab some flyers for you to look at." She pressed a few buttons and walked out of the room.

"Rose. are you listening? Because my head is spinning and I don't think I'm retaining any of this." I said as I wiped the goop off of my stomach.

"Typing it all out on my phone. I've got ya covered." She winked.

Dr. Cohen walked into the room with a bunch of papers, including a card that held all of the pictures and read 'your due date is may 10th' on the front. I handed everything off to Rose to hold on to.

"I suggest that you read over all of these when you get a chance. As for this being your first time, have you considered all of your options?" She asked warmly.

"Options?" I frowned.

"Well, you don't have to keep the baby. Have you considered abortion or adoption?"

"I guess, I guess I haven't." I stammered. "I can't have an abortion, that goes against everything. No, no abortion."

"What about adoption?" she tilted her head.

"I don't know if I could give my baby up. Sure this wasn't the plan, but I can't give it up." I rubbed my stomach.

"Alright, well, then I have a few questions for you and then I can answer any you have." She looked at me and Rose.

I nodded my head.

"Any morning sickness?" She questioned, pen in hand.

"Actually, no." I laughed

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