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I am so sorry this has taken a while. I got a small case of writers block but I'm better now. I am however going to be trying to update my stories at least once more before Friday. Because after that I am undoubtedly going to be really busy so it may be a while but hang in there for me!
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Lady Gem.
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Chapter 9
Is it True?
EPOV:
"Hello…"
"Eleazar? It's Edward, somethings wrong with Bella…" I told him, I tried to keep the worry out of my voice but I believe that I failed.
"Edward, calm down please- I need you to start from the begging; when did this thing start?"
"Well we were on the jet the first time it happened…we were flying back to Forks for the graduation and one minute I was talking with Bella the next minute she's running off to the bathroom to throw up"
"Throw up?!" I could here the shock in his voice.
"Yes, then Bella was able to drink water along with a cup of some kind of tea one of the hostesses said was good for an upset stomach…come on Eleazar even I know that wasn't right. So at first I thought that maybe this might be some kind of gift…until this afternoon at the graduation."
"What happened then Edward?" this was Carmen's voice over the phone so I guessed that she'd grabbed the phone and put it on loud speaker.
"At graduation Bella was congratulating Emmett- she pinched his cheeks- and as he smacked her hand away, Bella fell back- she looked almost like she'd fainted, she told me she was fine but I didn't believe her. When Rosalie then mentioned that we were going to join some of Carlisle's work colleagues for dinner Bella told me that she was… hungry. I made her promise that we would call you when we got back to the hotel"
"You were doing the right thing there Edward…tell me what happened after Bella ate at the dinner?"
"She was perfectly fine" I remembered her bright smile that she gave me after finishing eating "for a while we sat there talking after eating, she'd been fine- she went outside to make a call and about 15 minutes later she was calling me cell- she'd thrown up in the toilets and asked me to send Alice in to help her up. Were on our way back to the hotel in port Angeles right now" I told him. Bella had her eyes closed as she rested her head against my chest. I pulled her body closer to me and kissed her forehead.
"Edward I'm going to need you to listen to me carefully alright?"
"Of course…Eleazar please tell me you know what's wrong with Bella?" I was begging in my mind that he knew.
"Edward I have two theories…but first I need to ask you a few things"
"Of course, anything" I looked down to see Bella watching me. I ran my thumb over her cheek; she smiled and tilted her head into my hand.
"Alright Edward…now tell me has Bella's emotions been a bit…eccentric lately?"
I thought back to the restaurant and graduation- being honest she had been a bit temperamental quiet recently.
"Actually now that I think about it Bella's emotions have been a bit over the place for about 2 weeks"
"They have not! And what does my emotions have to do with me being constantly sick!" Bella snapped. I tried to hide my smile as much as I could but I could clearly hear Carmen and Eleazar laughing down the phone.
"I guess that answers that…Edward put us on loud speaker please" Carmen asked. I quickly switch the phone onto loud speaker for us both.
"Bella, sweetheart?"
"Hi Carmen" Bella smiled as she spoke.
"Sweetheart can I ask…do you have any weird feelings for something; like you must have something right this second?"
I was confused as to where this was going, but I let them go ahead with it if it got us closer to finding out what was wrong with Bella.
"Erm, actually…Edward can we stop for some chocolate, please?" Bella pouted, she knew I would cave for anything if she asked and when she pouted that just made me get it quicker.
I pressed the button for Gareth's speaker.
"Gareth can we pull into a convenient store or something please?" I asked. I could hear Gareth chuckling in his thoughts. He was laughing about Bella's cravings- he was thinking that this reminded him of when his wife was pregnant with his son.
Wait, Pregnant? Bella couldn't be pregnant it wasn't possible for us…or could it?
"Edward!" Bella's yell brought me out of my thoughts.
"What are you thinking about so hard?" she asked smiling as she ran her hand over my cheek.
"Erm, it was something in our driver's thoughts….Eleazar?" I didn't think it could be possible but it was worth asking.
"Yes Edward?"
"It was something about his thoughts that concerned me…he was thinking about Bella; asking for something so random, so quickly after we've just eaten- it was reminding him of his wife's cravings when she was pregnant and it just got me thinking…a lot of things match. Mood swings, cravings, sickness…it all adds up…but it's not possible for us right?" I asked. I was getting more nervous by the second.
I looked at Bella to see her eyes were wide staring at the phone as we heard Eleazar sigh.
"Actually…"
"Eleazar, please tell us what's going on- you're really not helping Bella's emotions here… or mine" I heard him chuckle at that.
"Edward, there is a very big possibility that Bella is pregnant"
I looked at Bella; she had her head down watching her hand rub small circles on her stomach.
"Your serious?" I asked in a soft voice as images of Bella with a growing stomach and glowing face washed through my head along with images of a little girl with bronze hair and golden eyes with Bella's face.
"I'm serious Edward, there has only been one other vampire in history that had a child but sadly the child wasn't able to stay with the parents- they were nomads and they couldn't raise a child whilst wondering around the world so they put the child in a care home- the child was half human so they were safe. I don't know what happened to the child but I do know that the parents were killed a few months after…they got involved with the southerners so you can guess what happened, although that was 200 hundred years ago. What I'm going to need you to do is get an ultrasound Bella; can you do that for me?"
Eleazar asked. I looked at Bella she was smiling and nodded at me. I smiled back brightly as realisation that I was going to be a dad slipped into my head.
"Of course Eleazer but could you give us some information on what to expect?" I asked.
Eleazer chuckled along with Carmen probably from hearing the excitement in my voice.
"Yes I can, well being honest- it should be exactly like a normal human pregnancy. The growth of the child will be the same physically but I can't guarantee for mentality. The child should be able to have both human and vampiric needs and I would suggest you speak with Carlisle too- he will be as much help as me if not more. Keep in touch and I wish the both of you the best of luck, I know you two will make fabulous parents".
We quickly said our goodbyes and hung up. Bella snuggled into me as I held her as close as I could.
"Edward?" I looked down at my angel who had a bright smile on her face.
"Are we really going to be parents?" she asked giggling. I grinned and placed a kiss against her lips before resting my head against hers.
"Yes love, we are" I said grinning. Bella squealed and quickly turned in my lap so that she was straddling me. I laughed as she wrapped her arms around my neck and I wrapped my arms around her waist as she covered my face in kisses.
I cupped her face with my hand and brought her lips down to mine. Our kiss was sweet but quickly turned passionate. The doors quickly opened, breaking us from our passion endued haze.
"Here you go Mr. Cullen" Gareth handed me a bag through the back window with Bella's chocolate.
"Thank you Gareth" I shifted Bella to the side as I reached up to grab the bag from him. I handed the chocolate to Bella and she quickly ripped open the paper.
I chuckled as I watched Bella quickly wolf down the chocolate. It wasn't long before the whole bar was gone and I had to refrain from laughing at her chocolate covered lips.
I bent forward to lick the chocolate from her lips and surprisingly-coming off from Bella's lips it didn't taste that bad.
"Edward, are we going to return to Isle Esme or are we going to stay with the rest of the family until they move?" Bella asked me. I wasn't sure myself to be honest.
The lone island would be fantastic to raise a child but the medical treatment would be a pain to receive in Rio. If we stayed with the family it would be nice but it wouldn't be private, we couldn't do anything and even though we did love them it just wasn't appropriate for a child.
"That's something we have to decide together love, but I want to know your opinion" I asked, she nodded, still smiling.
"Well even though I love our family, I wouldn't be able to get anything done. Any business, anything to do with my book I won't be able to concentrate- things would be more difficult for both of us. Everything would have to be moved, numbers changed…it's just too much. I know being on Isle Esme will make things a little difficult for medical reasons but I don't mind if we have to fly back and forth to…wherever. I just think that it would be much better for us and our baby" she finished with an adorable smile.
"I agree completely, if we stayed at Isle Esme it would be perfect for the both of us and the baby after he/she is born…the nearest place for us for medical treatment would be New Hampshire. If it's alright with you…we'll head back tomorrow evening but we'll say goodbye to the others before we leave. We'll tell the others that we've got some business in New York that needs us immediately. We'll fly over to New Hampshire instead and get everything sorted there before heading back to Isle Esme?" I asked, she nodded in agreement.
"Or we could head back to see the others in a few hours it's not too late. Plus I still need to see Angela and Katie. Once that's done we can head to New Hampshire?" she asked, I could see her begging in her eyes and who was I to deny her. I wanted to see our baby just as much as her.
"Of course, we'll head back so that you can lie down for an hour or so and then we'll head over to the house" Bella snuggled down as we headed to our hotel.
~*~*~
After a few hours we were back in Forks and were now driving up the long path to the house. We'd rented an airport from the hotel and drove back to say our goodbye's to the others.
We pulled up to the familiar big white house and quickly got out. I helped Bella out of the car and up the steps to the door. Bella and I both agreed that we wouldn't tell the family about Bella being pregnant. One reason being that we didn't want Esme or Rosalie getting upset about our baby. Two, we'd had a call from Eleazar earlier extending our information- as it turns out Bella's gift is to be able to have children and unless there is a problem with the birth of our first there should be no reason why we can't have more in the future. Both Bella and I were over the moon at this revelation, neither of us thought this could be possible and yet our dreams of being a family were coming true right before our eyes.
We would however invite them over to meet our baby once he or she was born. They were still our family after all.
I'd only knocked once on the door before it swung open. We were greeted by Carlisle and Esme and ushered inside.
The others swiftly made their way downstairs to greet us.
"How are you feeling sweetie?" Esme asked.
"Much better actually" Bella said as she cuddled firmly into my side.
"Did you speak to Eleazar then?" Carlisle asked. I nodded in acknowledgment.
"We did, Eleazar believes that Bella has a small gift of being able to eat human food along with a few other human features that are yet to be discovered. Other than that we sadly have to be getting on…" I was sad to be leaving them so soon but it was necessary, I was excited to see our baby and to get back to our home.
"You have to go?" Alice asked sadly, I hated seeing my sister upset but somethings had to be done.
"Sorry sweetie, we have to. I got a call an hour ago and Edward and I are needed in New York but before we go I have to go and see Angela. You know we'd stay longer if we could but we'll come and visit once you're in the new house, we promise" the others nodded sadly.
Half an hour later we got up to say goodbye, it was approaching 7 and we still had yet to see Angela and Katie.
"We'll visit you soon we promise but it may be another year before we can" Bella said slightly sadly as she hugged Esme.
"Its okay sweetheart, we know you two have got your businesses and you're hardly able to do work here with this lot" Esme laughed.
We kissed and hugged everyone goodbye before pulling out of the drive and into the heart of Forks.
I'd asked Carlisle where Angela lived and it wasn't long before we pulled up into her driveway.
I quickly helped Bella out of the car and we walked up the steps, onto the porch and quickly rang the doorbell.
A few moments later Mr. Weber arrived at the door. His face displayed shock as he saw us at the door.
"Edward! What a surprise, come in, come in! What can I do you for?" he asked as we entered the house. Mrs. Weber soon joined us and ushered us into the living room.
"Mr. & Mrs. Weber I'd like to introduce you to my wife, Bella. Bella this is Mr. & Mrs. Weber- Angela parents obviously" Bella smiled and shook hands with the both of them as we sat down.
"We are sorry for calling at this late hour…" Mrs. Weber cut Bella off.
"Oh nonsense dear, anyone is welcome in this house as long as they behave" Bella and I laughed at Mrs. Weber's response.
"We were wondering if Angela is at home. We were going to come over and speak to you in the restaurant earlier but Bella wasn't feeling to well so we had to go back to the hotel. We're heading back home tonight and we needed to see Angela tonight" Both of them looked confused but nodded all the same.
"Of course I'll go get her" Mrs. Weber quickly went upstairs to grab Angela.
Moments later Angela came down the stairs. I could hear the shock in her thoughts at seeing me and Bella here in her house.
BPOV:
Edward introduced me to Angela and I could tell by the smile that Edward was trying to hide- that their thoughts must be amusing him immensely.
I knew what I wanted to find out about Angela and instead of beating around the bush I just asked.
"Angela I was wondering what your plans were, now that you've graduated…Edward told me how you two used to be English partners and that you were probably one of the very few girls who didn't try to flirt with him" I giggled as Edward scowled. Angela joined my laughter with a slight blush.
"Love!" Edward wined, causing us all to laugh. I petted his cheek in comfort before kissing his cheek to keep him happy.
"Probably, Edward could be nice when he wanted…." I couldn't contain my giggles at that. "Erm, well I applied to a few publishing houses to see if I could get an internship. If not then I'll just have to apply to a local collage" she said shrugging.
"Uh-huh, Edward mentioned that you were on the school paper…you wrote articles, correct?" she nodded in confirmation.
"Yes I wrote articles for about 3 years along with the photos" she said shyly.
"You're a photographer?" I asked. I could see a lot of potential in her more so than her essay let on.
"Amateur but yes"
After a few more questions, I nodded to Edward- he quickly excused himself to grab something from the car.
"Angela, I actually have an ulterior motive as to why I Edward and I are here tonight. I already knew you applied to a publishing house" Angela looked shocked along with her parents. Edward had just come back in a handed me the folder but I kept it out of Angela's view.
"That reason being, you applied to my publishing house" Angela gasped as understanding flickered in her eyes.
"Oh my…you're the Mrs. Cullen! Mrs. B. Cullen of Cullen Publishing house…Oh my God!" she squealed. I looked at Edward who was grinning away just as much as me.
"Oh…Oh…wow!" Mrs. Weber was speechless, just as much as her husband.
"Why I am here is because at the ceremony earlier my D.A called and informed me of your application and he was more than excited at your essay that he emailed it me immediately" I looked at Edward and he took over.
"Angela, Bella was thrilled at your essay that she begged for me to let her meet you in person and…" he paused to hand Angela the folder.
"Welcome to Cullen publishing house, Angela" I told her. Angela gasped before squealing loudly. Her parents hugged her and told her how proud they were.
"Oh god, thank you so, so much…" I could see tears in her eyes and I don't know what made me do it but I held my hands open for a hug.
"You are most welcome dear…now" I told her as she pulled back. "In that folder you will find your flight tickets for both your induction week and in case you have anyone joining you in New York" I winked at her as I said this and she blushed but nodded briefly.
"Um, yes my boyfriend Ben got an internship with a photography company there so he will be joining me in New York" I nodded quickly.
"Well as I said there is more than one ticket. Inside that folder there are your keys to your new apartment and…"
"Wait apartment?" Angela gasped, I smiled and nodded.
"Of course, New York is very expensive for apartments and I wouldn't want you to have to struggle with learning the new environment for both work and home along with having to go apartment hunting. So you along with my other two interns will be living in apartments about 5 minutes walk from my office. With that note inside that folder is also information on the different departments, staff members and rules." Angela nodded excitedly.
"Also there are a few pictures in there of what your apartment looks like. All the bills will be handled by myself so the only thing you and Ben have to worry about is food and clothing" Edward told her, she smiled appreciatively at us both.
"I can only say thank you, so much for this I promise I won't let you down" I smiled at Angela.
"What I don't understand is how you're able to just give away apartments and not expect payment?" Mr. Weber said.
"That's quite simple sir, Whilst Bella handles her companies I too have my own business ventures. I have a successful business in real estate and stock market teams along with a few hearty investments so this is nothing to me. Angela will be working for 3 years for my wife, in which case the job is very demanding and both Bella and I agreed that it would not be right to demand that the interns find a part time job to pay for the most basic of things. After the 3 years however Bella and I will sit down with our D.A and review all the work you have done and decide then wither to hire you permanently or to shift you over to another of our firms that might prospect you better in the long run" Mr. & Mrs. Weber both agreed at that and let out a sigh of relief that their little girl will have less to worry about financially thanks to us.
We chatted a bit longer informing Angela that both Edward and I would be with her for her first introduction week and to help her get settled in the company. We told her that we would visit every few months to see how she was doing, that plus New York wasn't far from New Hampshire and it gave us our cover for when we would have appointments.
Not too long later we said goodbye to the Weber's and headed over to Katie's house.
"Oh Edward, Bella, come in, come in!" Cindy said as we arrived at her house.
"Hello Cindy, I hope you don't mind us dropping by so late it's just that Bella wanted to make good on her promise to Katie before we left" Edward said as we sat down. Cindy smiled and called Katie down.
"Oh not to worry, this is very kind of you. Daniel left to go have a few drinks with some friends from work so it's nice to have a little company. How are you feeling dear?" Cindy asked me.
"A lot better, I think it might have been the prawns that didn't agree with me so much" I smiled sheepishly, Cindy nodded still smiling. Just then Katie came hopping down the stairs.
"Bella!" she squealed, I giggled as she hugged me "how are you feeling?" she asked, sitting on my arm rest.
"A lot better thank you. Katie, I need you to go grab your books for me" I told her tapping her knee. She squealed loudly and quickly ran up the stairs. Causing the remainder of us to laugh.
Soon Katie came back down the stairs with all 7 books in tow. I quickly signed each one along with a small personal message to the last 7th book.
After I'd finished I needed to know one more thing before we left.
"Katie, what's your middle name?" both Katie and Edward looked confused at my question.
"Yasmin-Lou?" she asked more of a question. I nodded and entered it in my blackberry.
"Um, why do you need to know that Bella?" Cindy asked. I smiled as we stood up and headed into the hall way.
"Well Katie gave me the idea I needed for my new book, I only thought it would be fair to name the main character after her" I said shrugging. Katie grinned widely and hugged me again whispering 'thank-you' over and over again.
I giggled and kissed her cheek as we said goodbye.
I waved goodbye as we drove off from the winter's house and to Port Angeles airport.
"You don't even need to have my gift to know how thrilled Katie was at the end" Edward chuckled. I nodded and smiled.
"It was only fair and to be honest that was the one thing I was struggling to come up with. Always the damn names I have the problems with" I muttered, Edward laughed in amusement. He always claimed that I over thought things but it was necessary. Once you're at the top of your game, it only takes the slightest error to knock you off.
"Well I thought you might like to know…" he said as we pulled up to the airport. The hotel already sent our bags over and would send someone to pick up the car.
"What?" I asked him.
Edward placed his hand over my stomach as we parked; he ran his thumb in soothing circles before leaning over to kiss me.
"I called the hospital and we have our first appointment at 10 tomorrow" he said grinning. I could feel tears welling up in my eyes at the thought of us getting to see our baby tomorrow.
Before long we in the cosy confines of our jet once more and had taken off to the air.
I was snuggled with Edward on one of the sofas as we watched NCIS. A question had been bugging my mind since the car and I finally just had to ask.
"Edward?"
"Hmm?" he said, as he ran his fingers through my hair.
"I wanted to ask…"
"Yes?" he chuckled.
"Do you want a boy or a girl?"
So...What did you guys think? A little short I know but i have to keep you guys interested some how, right?
Review please!
Lady Gem.
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