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Chapter Nine

Moving Forward

BPOV

We were sitting in the living room when Alice's phone rang. Alice had already foreseen Rosalie's return and Edward had been trying hard to hear her thoughts. He wasn't able to hear but fuzzy mumbles because of the distance, but he could tell that the ambiance of her thoughts were leaning toward coming home. My body had only changed slightly more in the time since she had gone and Carlisle and Edward together had decided on a course of action for a delivery of the baby. We had agreed to wait a couple of more days, that would be relatively close to the amount of time it had taken me to deliver Nessie. Carlisle was calling my schedule c-section his preventative measures for both the baby and me. With a pregnancy like this that was so unlikely to have occurred in the first place, we had to have a great game plan on.

Esme and Emmett along with Alice and Jasper had worked quickly in adding on and preparing an extra room for the new arrival that we should have in two more days. It had taken them about 12 hours in human time to get everything just perfect for the new arrival. None of Carlisle's medical equipment, like the ultrasound machine, was able to help in determining anything about the baby, just like with Renesmee, so Alice had decorated the new nurse in teddy bears with yellow paint. Edward and I had sat down with Renesmee and explained to her what was happening. That she was about to become a big sister. Nessie understand immediately what we were saying and was overjoyed at the ideas of a baby brother or sister. She wanted to share. Nessie was real quick to feel Edward's worry and had asked her daddy what was wrong with the new baby. Edward explained to Nessie that this baby would be different from her, more like Edward and myself. Nessie expressed that she was happy to be different from her family. She was special. And my daughter was right. The nursery had been her idea and her vision. She had showed her Auntie Alice with her gift how she foresaw the new nursery. Even Alice had to agree that Nessie had the best idea.

I had went back to the cottage to get a few things of my own that would make me more comfortable in our room in our family's home. Edward had barely left my side since our discovery. This was the one time he had let me go anywhere without anyone. Jacob and Edward had been on the porch with Nessie when I had decided on my mission to go to the cottage. They were in deep talk about the arrangements that we would possibly have to make for Nessie if my bloodlust for human blood became frenzied and for the protection of her in case the new baby would have bloodlust as well. I had kept up a half human donor blood and half animal blood diet since our talk and it seemed to be working okay. I tried to mix the two but that did not work, so I was drinking alternating the glasses of which blood I drank. Edward did not want me hunting anymore because of my 'delicate condition' even when I argued that my condition wasn't delicate since I was an immortal, but nonetheless, I had settled for the blood that was being brought to me. Jasper had the best idea when he went to get me lunch, he had caught a mountain lion and brought it back to me on the verge of death so that I could have my lunch warm. Since then, Edward and the others had done the same. Even Nessie had. Seeing my daughter bringing my lunch to me was a strange sight even for us vampires.

I had gotten the things I had planned to take back to the main house when I smelled the sweet scent of my dear sister. I turned to the doorway, "Rosalie, welcome home," I spoke first.

Rosalie and I looked at one another and she crossed the room in vampire speed. She embraced me and hugged my neck. When she pulled away, if a vampire could cry, she would have been. "Bella," she started. "I'm so sorry the way I ran out of here earlier. I know that you probably thought it was about…about the new baby. But its not exactly that. Its…well, I didn't understand why I haven't been able to get what I have always wanted. And you, you are so new to this life, and you get everything that I wanted, that you hadn't ever thought about, and that you had been willing to give up."

I could see that Rosalie was trying to give a sincere apology, although her words still burned as I swallowed them. I know that Rose didn't feel I should get the things I do because I had been willing to give them up of my own free will. She begrudged my parenthood even though we had become friends and close sisters. "Rose, I don't understand this myself. But you get a part of what you want, you get to help and be there with the children. You are a second mother to Nessie. She has shown me that she cares for you almost as much as Edward and myself."

Rose smiled. "Bella, its not the same and you know that, but I promise you not to misbehave again. I will be there for you with the new baby as I was with Nessie. Just please forgive me for running away. That's the best apology I am capable of."

I couldn't be upset with Rose after the way she had protected and made sure that Nessie was taken care of during my pregnancy and while I was burning. Rose and I had made our amends and I would keep those amends. Regardless, I would forgive her whether her apology was perfect or tactful. Rose was my sister now. I gathered my items that I had laid down. "Rose, would you like to see the new baby's room?"

Rose hesitate as she took a small step forward. "Bella, I would love to." We then made our way back to the nursery. Maybe everything would be okay.

As Rose stood looking into the new room, something Rose had said earlier had struck me. "Rose, there's something you said that I don't understand." Rose turned to me. "You said, you hadn't been able to understand why I get this, what do you mean?"

Rose's smile opened so that you should see the sparkling rows of perfect teeth. "Bella, I think that is a detail I want to discuss with the family. Are you ready to go back to the house?"

I nodded and led the way.