Pregnancy

Delivery

My eyes widen as Bella tells me that she is in labor. I was panicking as I look into her eyes and realize it was time for her to give birth to our child.

"Wait here, I'll get Carlisle," I say as I jump off of the bed and run down the stairs to Carlisle and Esme's bedroom and without knocking or even thinking to read their minds I barge in and find them in an intimate situation. They both look at me in shock and I quickly walk back out. I could hear Alice laughing upstairs. I snarl and Alice immediately stops laughing. The door opens and Carlisle steps out of the room, he seemed unfazed by my rudeness.

"What's the problem, Edward?" He asks calmly.

"Bella went into labor. I don't know what to do. Do I take her to the hospital? Is it a home delivery?" I ask.

"Go tell Bella to take her pants and underwear off and I'll be up soon to help her. I'll send everyone else on a hunting trip so they don't smell the blood," Says Carlisle calmly. I run up to my room and help Bella out of her clothes and make sure she's comfortable. Soon Carlisle comes in with his doctor bag and takes Bella's temperature and blood pressure.

"Everything looks good so far. Edward, watch Bella while I run to the hospital to get some medication for her. Bella, when you have a contraction you need to push. Edward knows what to do, but the pain will be bad until I get back, so hang in there," says Carlisle before leaving. I look at Bella who already seemed to be in pain. I hold her hand and kiss her forehead gently.

"Everything will be fine. Don't worry, okay?" I say softly. Bella kisses me and I kiss her back. Soon Carlisle returns wit some things from the hospital. About 3 hours later Bella was almost there. I was sitting at the end of the bed waiting to deliver the baby, by now I could just see its head and Bella was in a lot of pain.

"One more push should do it, Bella." Says Carlisle gently. She yells in pain as she pushes one last time and the baby falls into my waiting hands and immediately begins to cry. This was a good sign and I was glad. I cut the cord and wrap it in a blanket.

"Good job, Bella. It's beautiful, but it's covered in blood, do you want to wait?" I ask and Bella shakes her head.

"Let me see it now." She says weakly. I hold up the baby so she can see; tears well up in her eyes and she smiles.

"I'll clean up the baby and be back in five minutes." Says Carlisle happily. He takes the baby and leaves the room. I kiss Bella and smile when I break away.

"You did a wonderful job. I'm so proud of you." I whisper in approval; Bella blushes and smiles. Soon Carlisle comes back and hands the baby to Bella.

"It's a girl. Congratulations." Says Carlisle proudly. Bella looks at our daughter and begins to cry tears of joy. I wrap my arm around her shoulder and look at our daughter. She was beautiful; words couldn't describe my happiness at this moment.

"She'll need a name for the birth certificate." I whisper as I look at my new family.

"Elizabeth Esme Renee Cullen." Whispers Bella proudly. She named her after our mothers, my real one from when I was human and her own mother now.

"I love it. She's perfect, better than I could ever imagine." I say happily. Bella looks up at me with a smile.

"It's your turn to hold her," says Bella. My eyes widen as she says this. I couldn't hold Elizabeth, she was too small and fragile, and I could kill her easier than I could Bella. Bella seemed to see the reluctance in my eyes because she held Elizabeth out to me and gave me no choice, but to take her. As I hold her she opens her big blue eyes and stares at me. I look into her eyes and I instantly knew I would protect her from anything; I would protect her with my life. Then there's a light knock on the door and I realize Carlisle had left the room. Then Alice pokes her head in the door way and looks at us.

"Can we come in?" asks Alice. I look at Bella and she nods so I nod and soon the room was full of vampires wanting to see the new addition to the family. I had given Elizabeth back to Bella. The family was all smiling, even Rosalie.

"What's its name?" Asks Esme quietly. Bella grins as she responds,

"Her name is Elizabeth Esme Renee Cullen," says Bella, causing Esme to just about choke with pride and happiness. Alice was almost bouncing with happiness and impatience. I chuckle and Bella giggles when we notice.

"Wo-"

"YES!" interrupts Alice happily as she carefully takes Elizabeth in her arms. "Wow, she's even more fragile than you, Bella," says Alice. Then she hands Elizabeth to Esme who is extremely careful with her. Soon it was Emmett's turn and I was about to object.

"Go ahead Emmett, just watch her head," says Bella affectionately. I give her a questioning look and she gives me a warning look. Emmett takes her carefully; Esme helps him hold her correctly. Emmett looked fascinated as he looks at her. She looks up at Emmett in fascination as he looks at her and then Emmett looks at Rosalie and I chuckle. Rosalie looks at him like he's nuts.

"No Emmett. You know that isn't possible for us," says Rosalie with a hint sadness.

"It's probably a good thing too, because you two would have like thirty kids by now," says Alice jokingly. We all laugh at her joke and then it was Jasper's turn to hold her. I was even more uncertain about Jasper holding her, but Bella seemed confident as Emmett hands Elizabeth to him carefully. Jasper looks at her and smiles.

"She's very happy," he says and everyone's eyes widen. We weren't sure if he could feel her emotions since she was so young, but apparently he could. Soon everyone leaves the room leaving Bella and I to be alone with Elizabeth. I grin as I watch Bella feed her from a bottle Carlisle thought to bring from the hospital. Elizabeth was very hungry and seemed to be enjoying the off-white formula that didn't look or smell very appetizing. Bella seemed to agree with my thoughts because she was wrinkling her nose in distaste. Soon Elizabeth was asleep and Bella looked exhausted so I offer to take Elizabeth to the nursery while she slept. Bella eagerly agrees and hands me Elizabeth and quickly falls asleep. I take Elizabeth down to the living room. I wasn't quite ready to let her go so I sit down on the couch holding her. Then I begin to wonder if my cold skin effected her any, it didn't seem to, but I couldn't be sure, so I take her upstairs and lay her in her crib.

End Story

(A/N: Thank you for sticking around with me these last nine chapters and I hope you like the outcome. It's shorter than some of my other chapters, but I think it's still pretty good! Thanks for the reviews and I will start a sequel when I get around to it. Once again thank you and Enjoy! Nickie)