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Author's Note: In case you are wondering - this rather long chapter was to make up for my delay in posting the last chapter. I hope you like it!

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Chapter Seven: Shocking Surprise

(EPOV)

"No, please. Please don't hurt me!"

My eyes slowly opened. The glowing alarm clock read 6:45 a.m.

"Please don't." It was Bella. She was dreaming again. At times, I had often wondered why these dreams bothered her so much in her sleep, even after six years. At times, I wondered what made her wake up, crying out in fear.

"Bella?" I propped myself up on my elbow and shook Bella's shoulder softly. She was curled up in a tiny ball, and a look of sheer horror was across her face. "Bella, wake up. You're having a nightmare."

Bella's eyes flew open. When she realized that it had only been me who had shaken her shoulder, she breathed a sigh of relief and sat up. "Sorry for waking you," she said quietly.

I smiled softly, my forehead still creased slightly with worry. "I don't mind, dear. Was it that dream again?" She nodded. "Don't you think that you wouldn't have those same dreams again, now that almost six years have passed?"

She looked at me. "It's not something one forgets easily, Edward," she said softly. "I thought that, since I'm back in the place where it happened, that I would be able to get past it and it would suppress my dreams, but..."

"But?" I asked, silently prompting her to continue.

"It seems as if that it's making the dreams more vivid – more vivid than before. Same dream as before: I'm walking down an alley, I get pulled into a building," Bella said, staring at a random spot on the bed. She looked like she was concentrating on something very hard, like she was focusing on something nonexistent. In fact, there was a slight grimace on her face.

"Bella? You alright?" I asked, concerned etching my face.

Bella shook her head, groaned, and bolted out of bed and ran towards the bathroom that adjoined to the bedroom. The door closed shut with a sharp snap behind her.

I got off the bed after her and knocked on the bathroom door. There were sounds of throwing up coming from inside, and that made me increasingly more worried. "Bella?"

"M'alright," I heard her mumble before she threw up again.

I twisted the doorknob and, thankfully, it wasn't locked. Bella was leaned over the toilet with her hands clutching the sides of the bowl as she threw up. I went over to her and held her hair back for her.

When she was finished a moment later, I pulled her away from the toilet and leaned against the back of the bathtub. She leaned her cheek against my chest and I rubbed her back in circular motions, hoping that it would help.

"Feeling better?" I asked, looking down at her.

"A bit," she whispered, unable to speak louder than above a whisper, I thought.

I gently leaned her against the bathtub and got up from the floor. I went over to the sink and searched through the toiletry bag that we had packed and looked through it for a thermometer. I had no idea if we had even brought a thermometer, but, since Bella had been the one who had packed it, who knew what was in there.

"Did you pack a thermometer?" I asked, turning around to face her. She was still leaning against the bathtub on the floor, her knees pulled up to her chest with her arms wrapped around her stomach. Her face was paler than usual, and there was a sheen of sweat on her forehead.

Bella gave me a questioning look, shook her head, and then groaned. She went for the toilet again and I followed her, holding her hair back once again.

As she pulled back a moment later, I placed a hand to her forehead to see if she had a fever. To my surprise, she didn't. "Are you sure you're alright, Bella?" I asked as she leaned against my chest again, my hand rubbing her back soothingly. She shrugged her shoulders silently.

We sat like this for a several moments. After the third wave of nausea passed, I helped Bella off the bathroom floor. Then she started pushing me out the bathroom door saying, "Out."

I turned to look at her. "Why?"

"I'm going to take a shower," she said.

"But what if you fall - or get hurt - while you're in the shower?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes. "Edward, I promise that I won't fall or get hurt. Now, if you're a good little boy and don't worry about me while I'm in the shower, then I promise that I'll be all yours tonight. Just you and me; I can get Alice and Jasper to watch Elizabeth."

I grinned; I had almost forgotten that today was our wedding anniversary. "I like the sound of that."

"Good. Now out," she said, pushing me out of the bathroom and closing the door.

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(BPOV)

Just as we were about to head down to breakfast, Edward asked, "Are you sure you're up to walking around the amusement park today? We're going to be walking around in the hot sun all day."

I raised my eyebrows at him. I knew he was referring to the little - for the lack of a better way to put it - conversation I had with the toilet this morning for about twenty minutes. "I'll be fine, Edward."

"Are you sure your stomach is up to riding on the roller coaster?" he asked, raising his eyebrows in amusement.

My stomach turned and I fought to keep down the remains - which wasn't much - of my stomach. I weakly smiled at him and went out the door, Elizabeth and Edward following me. As I was walking out into the hallway, Alice and Jasper walked out of their room.

"Hey, guys! Isn't it just a wonderful morning today?" asked Alice, a huge grin on her face.

"What's with the huge grin on your face?" Edward asked as he closed the door behind him.

Alice only grinned at him and said, "Oh, nothing." She then grinned at me and pulled me and Elizabeth along the hallway, leaving the two boys with amused expressions.

When we were far enough down the hallway, I asked, "Okay, Alice, what's with the huge grin on your face?"

Alice wiggled her eyebrows at me and asked, "Has he still not figured it out?"

I shook my head. "He's still absolutely clueless. I was puking my guts out for about twenty minutes this morning, and he still never figured it out." Alice laughed just as something popped into my brain. I stopped right then and grabbed Alice's arm, making her stop in front of the elevator. "Oh my gosh, Alice! I'm going to have to tell him!"

Alice laughed as she pressed the button to open the doors. "Yes, you'll have to tell him, Bella. You might want to."

I groaned and followed Alice into the elevator. Elizabeth looked up at me and asked, "Tell daddy what, mommy?"

I smiled down at her. "It's nothing, sweetie. It's just something important that I have to tell him, that's all. You'll find out soon, hopefully." If I don't chicken out and run away and not tell him.

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When we arrived at the amusement park, we all agreed to go off in couples - Esme and Carlisle; Rosalie, Emmett, and Angie; Jasper and Alice; Edward, Elizabeth and I - and then meet up again at noon for lunch, go off for another hour and then meet back up again at the roller coaster - which was the ride Alice was so enthusiastically forcing us to go on.

Jasper and Alice were already at the lunch area where we agreed to meet when Edward, Elizabeth, and I arrived there. Alice spotted us and waved us over excitedly with her hand.

"Hey guys!" she said. "Isn't this place awesome?"

"Yes, it is," Edward said as we sat down.

"I can't believe that you never came here, Bella," Alice said. "They have awesome rides here." Beside her, Jasper snickered, although he looked slightly green.

I shrugged. "There was an end of the year school field trip back at the end of my freshman year of high school. I was going to go, but I caught a cold from one of the kids in my English class and Renee made me stay home. Alright there, Jasper?"

Jasper nodded and took a sip of water. "Yeah. You guys never went on the Tilt-A-Whirl, did you?" Edward and I shook out heads. "It was a little too fast and tilting for my taste. Alice enjoyed it though."

I snickered and said, "I'll take note of that: don't go on the Tilt-A-Whirl."

"That ride sounds like fun!" Edward said. "We should go on it, Bella."

I turned my head to look at him. "You can go on it, but I'd rather not have a rendition of this morning. My stomach has never been one for fast rides. That Tea Cup ride was enough for my stomach to barely handle anyways."

Jasper raised his eyebrows and Alice grinned, but neither said anything.

Carlisle and Esme arrived then and sat down as well.

"Everybody having fun?" Carlisle asked. "I have to admit. I have never been to an amusement park in my entire life, but I have got to say that this place is probably the best place in the world."

Alice, Edward, and Elizabeth nodded in agreement.

"I wonder where Emmett, Rosalie, and Angie are," Esme said.

"We passed them on our way here," Edward said. "It looked like Emmett was inside the bumper car place while Rose stood outside, shouting something to him."

Emmett walked up behind Jasper just then. He had a massive grin on his face while Rosalie, who stood next to him holding Angie on her hip, had a non-impressed/annoyed look on hers. "That was flippin' awesome!" he said as he sat down.

"What was awesome?" Jasper queried.

Emmett grinned again and launched into very fine detail about his adventure with the bumper cars. By the time he was done, we were all - with the exception of Rosalie, who was still scowling, and Jasper and Edward, who were laughing hysterically - staring at him with open mouths.

It was a moment before we found our voices again.

"So, let me get this straight. You were in the bumper cars, and this guy kept hitting you with his car. You retaliate by bumping him back and then you both get into a full-on race around the entire arena? And then you got kicked out when you ran into the wall, nearly destroying the bumper car?" Alice asked.

"Yes!" Emmett said, an enthusiastic grin on his face.

Esme, Rosalie, Alice, and I rolled our eyes and simultaneously said, "Emmett will always be Emmett."

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"Come on you guys! I heard that the roller coaster is always the best when you get the front seat!" Alice said, bouncing up and down with every step she took as she pulled us toward the roller coaster.

I looked up at the roller coaster and felt my stomach turn slightly. The roller coaster looked like it was just waiting to hurtle you towards your death.

"Okay, that right there," Emmett said, pointing at the roller coaster, "looks awesome!"

"I think someone should stay down here on the ground with the kids," Rosalie said. "I highly doubt that they would be allowed on the roller coaster, seeing as they are both under the age of ten, and both of them are way under the height limit."

"I fully agree with Rosalie, and I will eagerly volunteer to do so," I said.

"I'm with Bella," Jasper said, gulping as he stared at the roller coaster in horror.

Alice gave us both an incredulous look and asked, "Oh, come on, you guys. You're not afraid of a simple roller coaster, are you?"

I stared at her and said, "Alice, I love you like a sister, I really do. But I'd rather not die by doing flips in the air on a roller coaster. And that roller coaster is not simple!"

"No, it isn't, but it sure is awesome looking!" Emmett said. Beside him, Edward nodded enthusiastically.

As Rosalie handed over to me the stroller that Angie was nestled into, sleeping, I said, "You guys are just crazy."

(JPOV)

"Uncle Jasper?"

I looked down to my left. Elizabeth was sitting in between Bella and I on the bench, and she was looking up at me, her ever reigning curiosity once again shining in her eyes. "Yes, Lizzy?"

"Why are all those people screaming?" She pointed to the roller coaster, which was currently doing a full circle before heading up again.

I looked over at Bella. She was leaning forward with her elbows resting on her knees. Her forehead was pressed against her palms, and she looked like she was concentrating on something. "Uh, well..." I struggled for an answer and then chose one randomly. "They're screaming because they're enjoying the ride."

"Oh."

From her seat in the stroller, Angie, who had just awoken from her nap, started whimpering. I leaned forward and picked her up, bouncing her slightly on my knee.

Her cry grew louder, and I looked over at Bella, asking, "Do you know why she's crying?" I, personally, had no knowledge of why babies cried after they woke up.

"She's probably just hungry. There's probably a bottle in the diaper bag," she said, still looking down at the ground. Sure enough, Angie settled down as soon as she was sucking on the baby bottle cap.

Bella took a deep breath and sat back on the bench.

"Are you alright?" I asked, noticing her paler than normal complexion of her face.

She nodded and said, "I'll be fine. Hopefully." I raised my eyebrows, but said nothing.

And then it started to piece together. Her being all moody at times; Alice being all giggly and having a huge grin on her face the past two weeks; her having this smile that lit up her face with a glow, like when she was pregnant with Elizabeth; Carlisle having this excited, knowing look in his eye; her eagerly voting to stay on the ground with the kids. And now, her having a paler than normal complexion today.

An excited grin came to my face. It all fit into place perfectly. Bella was pregnant; she was going to have a baby!

"So, how long have you known?" I asked, trying to keep it casual.

She turned her head to look at me, a surprised look on her face. "What are you talking about?"

Another grin came to my face. "Well, you being moody; eagerly voting to stay on the ground with the kids; your now paler than normal complexion. It all fits together, Bella. And besides, Alice has had a massive, excited grin on her face the past two weeks. So how long have you known?"

She sighed and said, "A couple weeks. How long have you known?"

"I just figured it out. It's plainly obvious. Has Edward figured it out yet?" I asked.

She shook her head. "He's completely oblivious to the fact. I'm planning on tell..." Bella cut off with a gasp as a man walked up to us.

He looked to be in his mid- to late thirties. His dull green eyes held curiosity and eagerness as he looked between Bella and Elizabeth. As soon as Bella looked into his face, fear filled her eyes and she wrapped an arm protectively around Elizabeth, who had snuggled herself into Bella's side, cowering back from the man, her own eyes filling with recognition and fear.

I raised my eyebrows in question and asked, "May we help you with something?"

"I was just walking past and I couldn't help but notice the little girl," he said, his eyes never leaving Elizabeth. Elizabeth's bottom lip quivered a bit. "How old is she?" He obviously meant Elizabeth.

It seemed almost as if Bella couldn't speak. She was biting her lip, and her face had gone a bit paler. She was staring at the man, her eyes shining with fear.

"Uh, she's five, almost six," I said.

"What's her name?" he asked casually. Curiosity was clearly evident in his voice, but I could detect a bit of eagerness in his voice. He was asking Bella this time.

"E-Elizabeth," Bella said quickly. She was still looking at him in fear. What was wrong with her? It was just a random guy who just wanted to know the name and age of the little girl sitting between us.

Her face was still pale - even paler now - and she looked a little sick.

The man smiled down at Elizabeth, who cowered even farther back into Bella's side, her bottom lip now quivering fully. "Well, it was nice to meet you. You have such a beautiful little girl," he said to Bella, who only nodded, now not able to say anything. With those words, he walked away, but not before giving Bella a smile - an almost sickening smile.

(BPOV)

As the man walked away, I tried to fight down the nausea that was quickly creeping up onto me. I knew that I wouldn't be able to hold it down any longer. I turned my head to look for a bathroom and - thankfully - there was a bathroom five feet from where we were sitting.

Four seconds after the man was out of earshot, Jasper - who had been watching the man walk away - turned to me and asked, "Bella? Are you alright?"

I quickly shook my head, knowing that I was going to lose it, and went for the bathroom. There was no one in there, thankfully. I managed to shut and lock the stall door behind me before I fell to my knees in front of the toilet.

When I emerged a few moments later, I shakily walked over to the line of sinks and splashed cool water on my face. After, I looked into the mirror at my pale, dripping wet face.

I grabbed a couple paper towels and dried my face off, but it only got wet again when the tears came and flooded down my face.

(APOV)

"Where's Bella?" I asked as I approached Jasper. He was sitting on the bench directly across from the roller coaster ride with Elizabeth. Angie was sleeping peacefully in her stroller.

He jerked her thumb toward the bathroom and said, "She's been in there for the past few minutes." He looked kind of worried.

"Why?" asked Edward.

"I'll go check on her," I said, and headed to the bathroom.

When I walked into the bathroom, Bella was standing in front of a sink. She looked pale and her hands were shaking as she reached up to wipe away the tears that were streaming down her face.

"Bella?" I asked, walking up to her and placing my hand on her shoulder.

She didn't answer.

"What's wrong?" I asked gently. "Did something happen?"

"I have to tell him, Alice. Before everything gets worse than it already is," she answered. Her voice was shaking. With her hand shaking, she reached up and pulled loose her ponytail. Her brown hair fell down and she ran a hand through her hair.

I put my hand on the side of her cheek and turned to face so she was looking at me. Tears were shining in her eyes and her cheeks were tear-stained. "Before what gets worse? What happened?"

A fresh wave of tears cascaded down her face as she whispered, "He's back. Oh, god, Alice. He's back."

"Who-" I broke myself off. "No. No, he can't be."

Bella nodded. She wrapped her arms protectively around her stomach, whispering, "He's back."

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Author's Note:

Cliffhanger no? So, who do you think that man was? Why was he so interested in Elizabeth and Bella? You're gunna have to review if you want to find out! Next Chapter: The chapter I'm sure you've all been waiting for! Bella finally tells Edward! This should be interesting and fun to write! Remember to review! Until Next Time: NerdyGuRu2

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NEXT CHAPTER:

"Edward, I have something to tell you," she said.

"What is it?"

"Edward, I'm...I'm pregnant."