SPOV-
Weeks had flown by followed by months; we set into a pattern of life that worked for all of us. I spent a lot of time with Bella and Alice.
"Did you see dads face when he walked into all of us on the couch last night?" Bella was laughing so hard.
Charlie was running late at work and I was board so I called Bella, she brought Edward who inadvertently brought Alice, who brought Jasper who made Emmett tag along. I felt bad for the poor guy.
We all sat down after I convinced them to let me off easy tonight and to just watch a movie. But for some unknown reason they all wanted to sit on the same couch. So Ali sat on Jaspers lap, Bella on Edwards, I held Leighton, but there was only one spot. So with a smile I shoved Emmett toward the couch and waited till he sat down, then like a sister I sat across his legs, lying across the others.
We were almost done when Charlie walked in and dropped his coat; Bella was the first to laugh followed by me. I hadn't thought of how odd this all looked. With the help of Emmett I stood up.
"Sorry, I guess I should have thought a little more about what that looked like," I said kissing him.
"Its fine, I know you meant no harm." He took Leighton as I hung his coat up.
I watched him; he paced with Leighton in his arms. I knew I could take the easy way out and ask Edward. But I followed him instead.
"Charlie, baby. What's wrong?"
"Seeing you with them, all so young."
I groaned. Was this starting now? What was I going to say. When we were dating and engaged, I could tell by the way he carried himself. I was a young, and by what he said, hot woman.
"Why now?"
"What?"
"Charlie, why is the age difference bugging you now?"
He just looked at me.
"I'm only going to say this once in our marriage Charlie, so I really hope your listening. Nothing else matters I fell in love, and I got it bad. I thank god that you did too. I am happy here, I can't, and don't want to picture my life any other way."
He put Leighton down, who had fallen asleep. His arms slowly snaked around my waist and pulled me close. The feeling of his lips pressed into my forehead…. Love, that's all that mattered. Well family too.
I left him to change and join the Cullen clan again. Bella squeezed my hand as I sat next to her on the floor. Alice switched jasper spots and sat behind me. She rubbed my shoulders as I sat there. This pregnancy was getting the best of me. I was crying for no reason… all the time. I just happened to be lucky and have the water works start now.
I groaned because it felt silly, "Sorry."I said taking the tissues from Edward who was grinning from ear to ear.
"What has you so damn happy?" Jasper asked him.
"You wouldn't quit understand Jasper, and I'm not so sure you want to hear it."
Bella snickered giving away their link. I rolled my eyes as the movies ended.
They all stood up and a pair of outstretched hands waited to help me stand. I looked up to meet Edward's eyes.
"Thank you."
He just nodded, took Bella's hand and left. I made my way up stairs, to see Charlie asleep on top of the covers. I smiled to myself. Gathered a change of clothes and went to the bathroom. Turning the shower on I undressed. Leighton was seven months old, I was a little over four months pregnant. The pains in my back were something I didn't have with Leighton. The only time I really felt good was in a hot shower.
I slipped into my nightgown and walked back into the bedroom. I took his shoes off and covered him with a blanket.
Sleeps… what a glorious thing, mix that with a weekend and it was glorious.
I woke up to the small peek of sun coming in from the window, I groaned, knowing that this meant that I wouldn't see Bella. I walked downstairs to se Charlie on the floor playing with Leighton who was giggling.
I plopped down next to them with a frown.
"If you frown like that so much you might be permanently sad."
"It's sunny." I pouted.
"Yes, it is." He leaned over and kissed me.
EPOV-
I couldn't believe the emotional roller coaster that Charlie's wife was on. She was so happy but something had made her cry. I was fishing around when I saw an old memory she had been thinking about.
"Charlie, we are engaged." She had stated when he refused to let her stay the night.
"I just don't want the neighbors to talk." He said.
"What are you expecting them to say?"
"I just don't want them to talk badly of you." He said looking down.
"If they start to talk about us sleeping together I'll be surprised. It's not like I could really get preggers, baby. They have invented birth control."
A shocked expression played across his face.
She just took his hand, then his keys.
For as young as she was I didn't envy the things she had gone through. There was so much she had even yet to tell Charlie. The most disturbing was her childhood and the things her parents tried to force into her, make her do.
"Edward?" Bella said.
I looked up to smile at the love of my... existence.
"I said your name at least six times. Where are you?" she asked as she playfully tapped my head.
I growled at her and wrapped my arms around her waist pulling her on top of me.
"Are you okay?" she asked as I kissed her neck.
"Yes."
SPOV-
I realized that the scream was coming from me, something I hadn't done since I was a teenager. Charlie threw the door open and stood there just looking at me.
It was so real. I felt like I was there. Being pinned down by the man I called dad, as my mother tried to get me to swallow another pill. I was being forced into submission, they didn't like when I ranted, or talked. And by drugging me I sat still and was coherent enough not to lead suspicion to them. I usually cried after them made me swallow the pill.
That's where I was in my dream. In reality I felt cold.
I looked around past Charlie and his gazed, then glanced down and realized the reason for the dream.
Charlie's gasp made me realize he saw it too.
"What do I do?" I said.
"Let me help you get up. Get you into the shower." I just nodded.
"Just throw the sheets away please, I don't want to sleep on them." I whispered. He just nodded.
I had lost the baby, I knew from when my sisters talked about it… you still gave birth in a way.
I stood in the shower and stared. The water coming down and hitting me was clear… I just wanted to curl up and cry.
There was a knock at the door and a familiar female voice, "Sophie!?"
Charlie had called my sister, I turned the water off and grabbed towel.
I opened the door to see a very sad Julia.
