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Quote: "Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
Music: American Suitehearts - Fall Out Boy


Chapter Nine: Surprise

I hated it; Phoenix, Arizona, and everything in it. It was barely June, and the hundred degree weather was killing me. I never thought I'd be able to hate a place where I'd lived the majority of my life, but it happened. I hated it with a passion.

I thought that the pregnancy would be the only problem I'd have while being down here, but actually, the pregnancy wasn't bothering me at all. Just the morning sickness and the bloated feeling all the time, but everything else was what racked my nerves.

Homeschooling with my aunt Lisa sucked. She wasn't as smart as I was, so whenever I corrected her, she'd get mad, and leave me with loads of problems to solve alone, which really sucked considering the fact that I was usually working on Calculus, the subject I loathed.

Renee and Phil were never home, so I didn't have anyone to talk to, and when they were home, my mom would spend her time in the bedroom with Phil, doing things that I'd rather not think about, or would be busy on the computer with her online college courses she was taking.

Marissa, Sammy, and Jayden were not as friendly as they use to be neither. All of them had their boyfriends and they didn't have time to hangout with their old friend since kindergarten, but when they did, they usually tended to shove the you are slut to get pregnant so young phrase in my face when they had the chance. What friends I had.

The only person I really got along with was my neighbor Mason McConnell, who had a secret crush on me that I wasn't supposed to know about. He was a charming boy. Dirty blond hair, beautiful blue eyes, tanned like all the other Arizona residents, and tall with nice muscles. He was what all the popular girls wanted, but couldn't get. All he wanted was me, which made me sad in a way. I was a knocked up sixteen year old girl, and here he was trying to keep secret that he'd do anything to have me in his life.

Everything had anything to do with the damn state was on my last nerve, and I was at the point that I couldn't any longer. I missed my real home, Forks, Washington. I missed the under populated, green little alien town. The flooded roads from the constant rain, and I wasn't the person who fancied rain. I missed my friends, Charlie, and most of all, I missed Edward Cullen.

I couldn't help missing the mindless loser, but it was hard trying to forget someone you loved. We both knew that. We'd talked a several times, but one day we got into a really bad argument that lasted a good two hours, and that day had been the last call I'd received in two months.

However, I did talk to Alice on a daily basis, just like I'd promised her, and she'd constantly gave me daily reports on him, and everyday they were exactly the same; that he wasn't doing good at all.

"All he ever does is stay in his room, go to work with my dad, go drinking with his friends, get grounded for coming in at one o'clock in the morning wasted on a school night, and just wake up everyday with hangovers. I have to honestly say you've killed the poor boy, Bella, but he deserves what happened as well. He didn't take advantage when he had the chance," she'd recently told me.

We talked about Mason several times, since he was the only gossip I really had to tell since my daily life was about as extravagant as Edward's. She had even talked to him a few times as well, since he was usually with me until I fell asleep at night. She thought he was a really nice guy, but always reminded me that deep down even though she knew how hurt I was at times, that I did love her brother, and I knew I loved Edward as well. That was the only reason my plan was to not let my mind override my heart because I'd end up loosing the person I loved, even though I couldn't have him anyway.

I attended my doctor's appointments every month just as I was suppose to, and my next appointment was scheduled in July to find out the sex. I was hoping for it to be a boy, and the last time Edward and I had talked, that was what he wanted as well. I still hadn't picked out names nor had I bought anything yet, but as soon as I found out, a lot of shopping was to be done. Sigh. Whenever I really needed a shopping partner, she was thousands of miles away.

I was hoping to get my own apartment before the baby was born as well, but if I was unable to do so then I'd be staying here until the baby was a year old, and then my bags were to be packed and I'd go back to Forks when I was 18. Renee came to a conclusion that since I came back, I wasn't allowed to leave until I was of age, but if things continued to go the way they were, my bags would packed and I'd leave whenever I wanted, with her word or not.

I laid on my bed with my nose in my history book, trying to take notes on the Civil War as my free hand caressed my slightly swollen abdomen. I wasn't showing much, but you could tell that I was pregnant. I began to start on my third sheet of notes when there was a knock at my bedroom door, and I just called for whoever it was to come in.

The door opened and Mason emerged with green bowl that contained a fruit salad. He was dressed in a black surfing shirt and white trunks. He'd told me that he wouldn't be able to come over today because he had soccer practice; the little liar.

"Hey Bella, thought I'd stop by and give you something to snack on. As much as I've been around, I've seen you don't eat much fruit, and your baby needs it's fruit," he said with a smile.

I shook my head with a laugh, putting all my things onto my desk that was beside my bed so that he could sit down. "Looks like you know more about pregnancy than I do, Mason, but thanks. It looks delicious," I said smiling.

"Well, my sister got pregnant at your age so yeah, I got stuck with the knowledge. So, what's up?" He took a strawberry from the bowl, and took a bite.

I'd popped a couple grapes into my mouth, and I shrunk down onto my bed so that I was lying down, my fingers carelessly running over my stomach underneath my shirt. "Nothing really, just working on some History notes. My finals are next week, and then I gain my freedom. No more school for moi. What about you? I thought you hand soccer practice today?"

He shrugged. "Oh, well that's cool. I did have practice, but I ditched it because I wanted to come over here. Is that a bad thing?"

I shook my head. "No, of course not. Well, yeah it is bad that your ditching practice, because your going to get kicked off the team, but other than that, I like your company." I smiled.

He smiled back. I couldn't help but admire how cute he looked. His messy hair hung over his eyes, strawberry juice running down the crease of his mouth. I rose up, wiping a drop off his chin, and he laughed. "I admit it. I'm a slop"

"You're a boy, not a slop"

Mason chuckled and laid back onto my bed, his head resting on the green wall. He propped both my feet on his lap, and his hands caressed them slightly. Such a gentleman, I thought embarrassed. "What are you doing later on tonight? Wanna go catch a movie? I asked Jayden and Sammy, but as usual they're busy."

I thought for a minute, then nodded. How much could it hurt? "Sure, I guess. That's fine with me. You're never going to catch them free of their boyfriends. I don't see how the boy's can stand to be smothered by them. I they get annoyed."

He laughed. "If I had a girlfriend, I'd let her smother me as much as she wanted," he hinted. "But, as I don't, your the only smothering I can get since everyone else wants to be gay."

I smirked, trying to hide the weirdness that I felt when he said things like that. He tried so much to just basically say that he wanted to be with me, but he knew that I loved Edward. That was the only respect I really did have around here.

"So, has Edward contacted you recently? I know you and Alice constantly talk. How is she doing?"

I shook my head. "No, Edward and I haven't talked since the last time I told you. I talked to Alice last night, and she seemed pretty good to me."

"Well that's cool. Well hey, let me go get dressed and we can just go to the movies now, and we can catch some dinner down at the beach's shack. How's that?" The beach's shack was a place where new couples or group dates usually hung out and ate along the beach. I'd been there plenty of times, but it'd been a while.

"Sure, that will be fine. Give me thirty minutes. I'll go to your house," I said.

He nodded and got up. "Alrighty then, see you in a bit, Bella," he said, and walked out of my room, closing the door.

I sighed closing my eyes. All I wanted to do today was just lay around and work on the things I had to get done, but there wasn't anyway I could reject his invite. I'd been doing it a lot lately and I knew I was hurting the poor guy's feelings. Sighing, I got up, and walked over to my dresser to find something to wear.

Since I really didn't have to dress up, I got out a pair of jean shorts, a loose tank top, and a thin jacket to wear over it. I didn't really like showing my stomach or any part of my body, so I usually wore a jacket everywhere I went. I changed quickly, slipping on a pair of sandals, and went to the bathroom to get washed up. I brushed teeth and washed my face, then put my hair into a neat pony tail, also adding a tad of make-up onto my plain face.

I usually ignored the usage of make-up since I never left the house, but I needed a special touch to my face sometimes, even I knew that. I sprayed two squirts of the nice perfume I'd receive in the mail from Alice for Mother's day, a little joke of hers, and rubbed some strawberry lotion over my arms.

I grabbed the fruit bowl off my bed, and walked to the kitchen to put it away and I grabbed a bottle of water as I did. Everywhere I went I always carried my water, and I refilled it as soon as it was finished. I usually drunk more than 8 cups of water a day, since I didn't usually drink sugary drinks. I grabbed a pen that was on one of the counters and ripped a sheet of paper out of one of my mom's notebooks to write her a note since Phil and her had went to a party.

'Went to the movies with Mason, didn't have anything else to do. If you all want dinner, Salmon patties are in the fridge. Be back around 11, I've got my key.'

Bella

I scribbled the note in my sloppy scrawl and put it under one of the free magnates on the fridge. Just as I was putting the fruit salad Mason had brought me into the fridge, their was a knock at the front door. "Already? I told him I was going to go to his house," I thought annoyingly to myself and walked to the front door, opening it. I paused, and the world froze. What in the world was he doing here? Edward stood outside the door, both arms crossed with his famous crooked smile that always took my breath away.

"Surprise, Bella Swan," he muttered, handing me a single red rose.


A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long, and I know it's wack. I've had no Internet, my stupid lame excuse I know, and I've been sick with morning sickness since Bella and I are alike now, were both pregnant. Found out on 03/19, and were totally over heels about it. Still trying to explain to my son that mummy's having a sibling for him, but no comprende yet, lol. So my minds been lost in the toilet and I haven't had any ideas whatsoever, but I promise that the next update will be longer for sure, and it'll be up in 4 days the most. Check out the poll on my page please, I want to know what you think. Hope everyone sticks around, it's going to get even better. FLAMES, REVIEWS, and PM'S are appreciated. Thanks! --Granite Paws-