Chapter 8

Surprise!

Carlisle Cullen

I looked at Edward and then back to Crescencia. They were sitting comfortably together though I could sense the tension. Edward was afraid that today's visit to the Embassy had not been productive. It had been, but it would take a lot of convincing on our part to Crescencia's parents to allow her to come with us.

"La Embajada nos dijo que tendremos que pasar por todo el trabajo de escribir... Y que los padres de Cres tendrán a también. Si ellos no hacen, él único otro camino para ella para volver con nosotros... Es para dos de ustedes para estar casado." I said looking at the two of them. Esme and Alice had been all in favor for the final option.

"Pero los padres de Cres también tendrán que despedirse en el matrimonio liscence para dos de ustedes para estar casado... De los uno o el otro camino esto está a la altura de sus padres." I added. Edward cursed and Crescencia had tears forming in her eyes.

"¿Está allí de eso nada alrededor de ello?" Edward asked.

I shook my head and Edward removed Cres from his lap before going over into the kitchen. Cres followed him and I could hear her trying to calm him down. She was almost successful when I heard a retching sound. Alice was frightened and Jasper was trying to calm her. Esme and I got up and went into the kitchen to find Edward holding Cres' hair back. She was expelling the contents of her stomach into the sink.

"Edward, move," I said quickly as I walked over to her. "Go get my bag."

"Okay," Edward said quickly, disappearing.

"¿El Cres, cuándo comenzó esta náusea?" I asked her as I held her hair back. She couldn't be… No not this soon.

"Mientras usted nos decía lo que usted averiguó... Era de repente." Cres answered. We still weren't out of the woods on the one possibility.

"¿Sé que este parecerá un poco demasiado personal, Cres, pero usted era una virgen hasta la noche pasada?" I asked and she nodded. She was keeping herself over the sink just in case she felt sick again. Edward finally returned to the room and knew what I had been asking her.

"Carlisle, we did have sex a lot today.. You don't think that has anything to do with it, do you?" He asked as he handed me my bag.

"I won't know until I run some tests, Edward… Take her upstairs to your room. Esme, get her something to vomit into so that she doesn't have to rush to the bathroom constantly."

I watched as Edward carried her upstairs at a human pace. The doctor side of me hoped that the nausea had been caused by something she had eaten today... The father side of me hoped she was pregnant.

Edward Anthony Masen Cullen

I sat with Cres on the bed, holding her to my chest. Carlisle was downstairs running the blood tests with Esme. Alice had come in on occasion to check in on us or to see if Cres needed anything. Cres had been nibbling lightly on some saltine crackers. My hand was resting in her hair, the soft, dark curls inbetween my fingers.

"Edward... Usted no me abandonará si estoy embarazado... ¿Derecho?" She asked me and I knew she was crying out of fear.

"Cres... No me preocupo lo que tengo que hacer... Pero lograré convencer a sus padres que nos suponemos para estar juntos... Usted vendrá a casa conmigo... Pase lo que pase pasa, amor... Pase lo que pase." I said kissing the top of her head. This seemed to make things better for her and the tears stopped. She moved to sit up and smiled at me.

"Si estoy embarazado... Espero que sea un pequeño muchacho... Quiero que él sea justo como usted." She said smiling. I knew the irony of that in my mind.. But I wouldn't ruin her happiness. If she wanted a little boy, that's what I would hope we would have…. That was only if she was pregnant.

It felt like we had laid there a century before Carlisle came upstairs with the results. He was keeping them hidden from me. I was afraid and held her close. Maybe it was something worse than a pregnancy…. Maybe I had done some unfixable damage to her when we had made love.

"Edward, Cres... Dos de ustedes van a tener a un bebé." Carlisle said with a smile.. But I could hear the thoughts in his head. 'How is this possible? Edward shouldn't be able to get her pregnant…. What does this mean? Will the child be a vampire? Will it even show any vampire traits?'

Cres was crying into my chest out of happiness. I was happy to a point… But the thoughts going through Carlisle's head were scaring me. Was I going to lose Cres so soon after I had found her? Alice and the others came up, offering their congratulations to the both of us. I really never heard anything but Cres' heartbeat….. And the tiny hummingbird heart beat that came from her womb.

Rosalie Hale

So Edward had finally done something right for a change. I had read stories before of vampires seducing women and them ending up pregnant. The mother always died in the stories… But that would give me a chance for a child. I was happy for Edward to a point… But if that Crescencia girl died, he wouldn't want to raise the child…. He'd need someone else to. Someone who wanted to raise it. Alice was already downstairs with Esme and Crescencia, planning a wedding. Edward, Carlisle, and Jasper had gone to shore to speak with her parents. I hoped for Edward's sake that they convinced her. He did deserve happiness… Although it might be short lived.

Esme Cullen

Crescencia was doing very well at this point in the evening. Edward, Carlisle, and Jasper weren't back yet with the news. I hoped that her parents would agree to let them marry. Edward had said it would be best to go without Cres at first… If they gave them problems, then he would take her back and let her speak to her parents… To explain that she loved him and wanted to go home with us. Alice and she were busily designing a wedding dress for Crescencia. Crescencia was very happy, calmly sitting with Alice on the couch as they discussed the dress.

We had all been sitting there for the longest when I finally heard the sound of the boat approaching. Alice smiled at Crescencia and explained that they should be back soon. She started putting the wedding planning stuff away as Crescencia sat waiting on the couch. Edward came in the door first, a smile spread widely across his face. He lifted her up off of the couch and held her close to him. Carlisle came over and wrapped his arm around me happily.

"They've agreed to let her come…. Edward gave them good reason." He said as we watched the two of them together. "But we're going to have to fast track all of the documents… I want us to go home soon….I'm afraid with her being pregnant with Edward's child…. That it could cause problems…. I just want to be able to call Eleazar if I need his help."

"I understand… And I'm sure that they will too," I said smiling at Carlisle. "Look how happy they are now…. I'm sure Edward will be afraid to lose her…But he won't…. We won't let him."

Carlisle hugged me tightly and we stood watching. Crescencia and Edward were smiling as if it were their wedding day. Nothing else in the world mattered as long as the two of them were together and happy.

Translations (In Order of Appearance in Story)

La Embajada nos dijo que tendremos que pasar por todo el trabajo de escribir... Y que los padres de Cres tendrán a también. Si ellos no hacen, él único otro camino para ella para volver con nosotros... Es para dos de ustedes para estar casado. ~ The Embassy told us that we will have to go through all the paperwork...And that Cres' parents will have to as well. If they don't, the only other way for her to go back with us... Is for the two of you to be married.

Pero los padres de Cres también tendrán que despedirse en el matrimonio liscence para dos de ustedes para estar casado... De los uno o el otro camino esto está a la altura de sus padres. ~ But Cres' parents will also have to sign off on the marriage liscence for the two of you to be married... Either way it is up to her parents.

¿Está allí de eso nada alrededor de ello? ~ Is there no way around it?

¿El Cres, cuándo comenzó esta náusea? ~ Cres, when did this nausea start?

Mientras usted nos decía lo que usted averiguó... Era de repente. ~ While you were telling us what you found out... It was all of a sudden.

¿Sé que este parecerá un poco demasiado personal, Cres, pero usted era una virgen hasta la noche pasada? ~ I know this will sound a little too personal, Cres, but were you a virgin up until last night?

Edward... Usted no me abandonará si estoy embarazado... ¿Derecho? ~ Edward... You won't leave me if I'm pregnant... Right?

Cres... No me preocupo lo que tengo que hacer... Pero lograré convencer a sus padres que nos suponemos para estar juntos... Usted vendrá a casa conmigo... Pase lo que pase pasa, amor... Pase lo que pase. ~ Cres... I don't care what I have to do... But I will manage to convince your parents that we're meant to be together... You will come home with me... No matter what happens, love... No matter what.

Si estoy embarazado... Espero que sea un pequeño muchacho... Quiero que él sea justo como usted. ~ If I am pregnant... I hope it's a little boy... I want him to be just like you.

Edward, Cres... Dos de ustedes van a tener a un bebé. ~ Edward, Cres... The two of you are going to have a baby.