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Ch9 - Surprises
(BPOV)
"So, do you two want to know the sexes of the babies?" I looked at Edward. We had talked about this, and we both wanted to be a surprise. Secretly, a little part of me wanted to do it just to irk Alice, but I liked having something small like that to look forward to knowing once the twins were born.
"No, we would like to keep it a surprise." Edward continued to look at me as he spoke.
"Okay. Well, were all done here for today. Now because you have reached the 8-month mark, and you're carrying twin, you need to stay off your feet as much and possible. I'll see you in another two weeks."
"Okay, I'll do my best. Thanks Dr Smith." Edward helped me up and we walked out of the hospital. Next stop was Alice's little surprise.
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We arrived at Alice's and Edward helped me out of the car.
"Do you know what she has planned?"
"Maybe." He chuckled.
"Edward, so help me, if you know what's going on in there and you're not telling me…" We had reached the front door and Edward rang to bell.
"Relax love, it's nothing bad!"
"So you do know! Edward Anthony Cullen. You. Will. Tell. Me. Right. Now!" I poked him repeatedly in the chest. Just as he was about to speak, the door opened. The pixie had perfect timing.
"He will do no such thing!"
"But Alice…"
"Nope. Now come on, everybody's waiting." I turned around to glare at Edward as Alice pulled me into the house. He just smiled and mouthed 'I love you.'
I did not return the gesture. I mean, I love him and all, but he could have at least warned me!
We walked into the living room. All the lights were off but I could hear muffled laughter. I stopped at the doorway.
"Alice, what the hell is going on?" A light turned on and someone stepped out from behind the couch.
"Well, if you want us to leave…" It took me a while to register who it was.
"Tenille?"
"The one and only!" I let out a squeal as she started to walk towards me. My pregnancy hormones were definitely getting the better of me, I never squealed.
"Hey Bella. I missed you, New York isn't the some without you!" Tenille smiled as she pulled me into a hug.
"I'm sure you've found something to keep you entertained over the last year and a half besides my inability to walk across a flat surface!"
"Surprisingly, no, I haven't!" I was about to respond when I heard someone clear their throat. I turned around to find the living room full of people.
"Oh my god. What's going on?" I felt Edward's arms wrap around my waist and rest on my rather large bump. He rested his chin on my shoulder and whispered in my ear.
"Surprise! Everyone's here to spoil you, and of course, the twins!" I heard Alice come up behind me.
"Welcome to your baby shower Bella!"
"Wow." I was too awestruck to speak. I had been expecting this, but I was surprised that Alice hadn't pulled it off sooner, let alone kept it as a surprise, and she did a damn good job too! Everything was decorated, but not overdone, just the way I liked it, much to my surprise. Guess the pixie really did have my best interests at heart!
All the furniture had been moved out of the room except for a couple of couches and a table filled with snacks. There was a TV in the corner of the room and it was hooked up to something, but I couldn't tell what.
The room was decorated in a mixture of pink and blue. There were pink and blue balloons in every corner of the room and a banner with 'TWINS' written across hanging in the doorway.
"Thank you." That was all I could think of to say!
"Really?" Alice eyes were full of relief. "I thought you would rip into me about surprises and spending money on you and all the stuff you usually do when someone tries to throw you a party!"
"Well, this one isn't so much for me as it is for the twins, so I'll just go with the flow!"
"Wow. I never thought I'd see the day where Bella would be happy about a surprise."
"Well, enjoy it now, because I can assure you it won't be happening again for a while." I shot Alice a smile before Edward started to pull me into the living room.
"Come on love, everyone's been waiting for you." I only just started to notice what Edward meant by everyone.
Everyone I knew was here, and more. Jake, Leah, Seth, Angela, Ben, Renee, Charlie, absolutely everyone. Renee walked over and pulled me into a very awkward hug, considering my belly was in the way.
"Hey mom." I squeezed out of her embrace.
"Bella, you look beautiful honey, you're glowing." I laughed, I couldn't help it.
"Mom, I look like a whale!"
"A very cute whale!" Was she trying to be funny?
"I agree." Edward came up behind me and kissed my cheek. I pushed past Renee and went to sit on the couch, my feet were killing me.
I was about to start talking to Edward when I saw the table in the far corner covered in gifts. I looked at Alice and she just smiled. Before I could question her, she asked everyone to sit down so that we could get the party underway and play some games. I made a mental note to get the pixie later.
"Okay, so for our fist game slash activity, we're gonna sing some karaoke." I looked at all the people around me, hoping to gage their reactions. I was surprised to see that most of them were pretty excited about it.
Alice walked over and handed me two bowls filled with small folded up pieces of paper.
"Okay, Bella will pick a name," she pointed to one bowl, "and then a song. Everybody ready?" Everybody nodded and Alice signaled for me to pick.
I picked the name, "Emmett", and the song, "Love, Sex, Magic." I heard Rosalie laugh.
"Rosie, you have to sing with me, please?"
"No way Emmett. I will not subject myself, in my possible current state, to that!"
"Please, I promise I wont embarrass you. I can't sing this song on my own. Please be my Ciara Rosie?" Emmett pouted and Rose finally gave in.
They both got up and picked up the mics that were sitting next to the TV. Rose started to song Ciara's lyrics.
Your touch is so magic to me
The strangest things can happen
The way that you react to me
I wanna do something you can't imagine
Imagine if there was a million me's talking sexy to you like that
You think you can handle, boy
If I give you my squeeze and I need you to push it right back
Baby, show me, show me
What's your favorite trick that you wanna use on me
And I'll volunteer
And I'll be flowing and going
Till clothing disappears, ain't nothing but shoes on me
Oh, baby
Emmett joined Rose to sing the chorus and I had to put my hand over my mouth to stifle my giggles as I watched him dance around Alice's living room, having way to much fun for his own good.
All nightshow with just you and the crowd
Doin tricks you've never seen
And I bet that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
So let me drive my body around ya
I bet you know what I mean
Cause you know that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
Then came Emmett's solo.
Everything ain't what it seems
I wave my hands and I got you
And you feel so fly assisting me
But now it's my turn to watch you
I ain't goin stop you if you wanna grab my neck
Talk sexy to me like that
Just do what I taught you, girl
When I give you my heat and I need you to push it right back
They continued to sing together, completely forgetting that there were other people in the room. By this point, everyone in the room was trying to stifle giggles.
Baby, show me, show me
What's your favorite trick that you wanna use on me
And I'll volunteer
And I'll be flowing and going
Till clothing disappears, ain't nothing but shoes on me
Oh, baby
All night, show it, just you and the crowd
Doing tricks you never seen
And I bet that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
So let me drive my body around you
I bet you know what I mean
Cause you know that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
Oh, this is the part where we fall in love
Oh, let's slow it down so we fall in love
But don't stop what you're doing to me
All night, show it, just you and the crowd
Doing tricks you never seen
And I bet that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
So let me drive my body around you
I bet you know what I mean
Cause you know that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
All night, show it, just you and the crowd
Doing tricks you never seen
And I bet that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
So let me drive my body around you
I bet you know what I mean
Cause you know that I can make you believe
In love and sex and magic
They finished the song and the room erupted into laughter and applause. Emmett gave Rose a quick kiss before walking over a hugging me.
"Em, that was great. I think you just made my day. I can't believe you did that in front of mom."
"Oh. Shit. I forgot mom was here!" He looked over to where Renee was sitting.
"Yes Emmett, I'm here and I saw the whole thing. Blackmail son, blackmail!" Emmett turned bright red. I don't think I'd ever since him blush like that before.
"Yep. Em, you definitely made my day."
"I'm glad embarrassment amuses you Bella-boo!" I cringed as he used my childhood nickname.
"You'll pay for that, Emmy-poo!"
"I know." He scanned the room, like he was looking for someone. "Can I talk to you outside for a sec Bells?"
"Sure." He helped me off the couch and walked towards the porch.
"Bella, wait, you need to pick someone else!" Alice bounced over to me with the two bowls in her hands. I picked a piece of paper out of each and handed them back to her and walked out to the porch. Emmett was leaning against the railing looking out at the dense, green forest. I stood next to him, admiring the sun that was about to set.
"Bells, I'm sorry." He turned to face me," I was an idiot!"
"Yeah, I know!" He pulled me into a hug. I returned it, then quickly wriggled out of his embrace and then turned to look out at the forest.
"Em, you need to understand than I'm starting a family now, with Edward, and every decision me make from now on will be in our families best interest."
" I know Bells. Like I said, I was an idiot. I was being overprotective and that's the last thing you need me to be. You've got Edward for that!" He was silent for a while after that, obviously thinking about what he wanted to say next.
"I guess it just took me a while to accept the fact that my baby sister is going to be a mom in what, one month?" I turned to him and nodded. " I know you're going to marry Edward, I can see it in your eyes when you look at him, we can all see it. The stuff that I said this afternoon was stupid Bella. You and Edward are great together. The day you tell me you're getting married, I'll be so excited you'll probably want to hit me on the head with a frying pan to shut me up.
This time it was me who pulled me into a hug.
"Thanks Em. You have no idea how much that means to me." I felt the involuntary tears roll down my cheeks. I pulled away from Emmett and he wiped my tears away with his thumbs.
"C'mon, let's go back in before the pixie yell's at me for taking you away!"
We went back into the living room and both laughed at what we saw. Jasper was about to sing and Alice was sitting on a chair directly in from of him. I looked like he was going to serenade here! He picked up the mic and started to sing.
I'm not a crybaby
I'm the crybaby
A caterpillar that got stuck
Mr. moth come quick with any luck
A long walk to a dark house
A Roman candle heart keep us far apart
I got your body doing alright
hate me baby maybe I'm a piece of art
all my friends are liars
they only want the best wishes for me
Oh, 3 2 1
We go live...
Ohh baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
you're a faded moon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
and ohh baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
but you'll be faded soon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
I can make your heart slow
I can feel the weather in my bones
Wish hard enough, I can turn it to what I like
Your pupils they're big
They're rolling like dice
they say they only want the best wishes for me (they only want the best for me)
Oh, 3 2 1
We go live...
Ohh baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
you're a faded moon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
and ohh baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
but you'll be faded soon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
No the boy I was
The boy I am is just venting, venting
Dear gravity, you've held me down in this starless city
Not the boy I was
The boy I am is just venting, venting
Dear gravity, you've held me down in this starless city
They say they only want the best wishes for me (they only want the best for me)
Oh, 3 2 1
We go live...
Ohh baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
you're a faded moon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
and ohh baby you're a classic
like a little black dress
but you'll be faded soon
stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess)
Jasper finished and the room erupted into applause and giggles. He walked over and gave me a hug.
"Jazz, that was awesome."
"Thanks. I think Alice might have liked it too!" We both laughed as we looked over at Alice who was surrounded by women who were giggling like schoolgirls. Suddenly, I felt someone kick.
"I think the twins agree with you Jazz!" I grabbed his hand and placed it on my ever-growing belly.
"Wow, they're strong!"
"Yep, just like their dad. Speaking of Edward, do you know where he is?"
"No, I don't." He wouldn't meet my eyes as he answered.
"Okay, thanks anyway." I glanced around the room and saw the Emmett and Rosalie were missing too.
"Jazz, I'm gonna sit down, my feet are killing me." I walked over to the couch and sat. Everyone was talking so no one had noticed me come in, or so I thought.
"Okay, present time!" Damn pixie. She would pay with hours and hours of babysitting for this, not that she'd mind. She walked over to me with a rather large grin on her face.
"Bella, before you even start, these aren't for you, they're for the babies. You just need to accept them on their behalf. You know, part of your duties as a mom!" I scowled at her, but knew that she meant well. I also knew that there was no way to get me out of it. Alice, obviously seeing her victory, skipped over to me with a pile of gifts.
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The twins got everything, and more. Toy's, clothes, blankets and other things that I didn't even know existed. We were nearly to the end of the pile now. There were only a couple boxes and a medium blue bag left.
"Alice, can you pass me the blue bag?" A large grin spread across her face. I gave her a questioning look but that just made her grin grow even wider.
She handed me the bag. There were two things in it. A small rectangular package wrapped in sliver paper and a larger package also wrapped in silver paper with ribbon tied around it. I picked out the larger one and started to unwrap it.
I had to hold back my laughter when I saw what it was. Edward had given me his high school sweatshirt, just like he promised on the day the he found out. Cullen was printed in bold letters on the back and the number one was underneath it.
When I finally looked up , everyone was giving me questioning looks. I just shook my head, not really ready to explain the sentiment behind my gift. I put it down on the couch and moved on to the smaller rectangle.
I unwrapped to reveal a small rectangular blue velvet box. I opened the box and what I saw made me want to cry.
Edward had told me about the rattles that Alice and him had had as babies, and how they had been passed down through generations on Esme's side of the family. I had no doubts that these were the very rattles. They were silver and had an adorable silver teddy bear hanging off the end.
I was about to put the box down when I noticed the folded piece of paper in it. I picked it up and unfolded it.
** Come find me **
~E~
I looked at Alice. She just smiled and pointed to the stairs.
Songs: Emmett – Love, Sex, Magic…Justin Timberlake and Ciara
Jasper – Tiffany Blews – Fall Out Boy
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