AN: You like me. You really, really like me -wipes away tear-

Again, you have managed to render me speechless.

I heart you all.

Longer AN at the bottom.

Listening to: The Fray – Heartless (Kanye West Cover)

Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, own Twilight. All characters, besides those not mentioned in the Twilight Series, belong to Stephenie Meyer. Any other recognizable publications and/or characters do not belong to me. They belong to their respective owners.

Chapter 10

BPOV

Edward stayed over that night, no not for that reason. We just both fell asleep on the couch after watching my old box sets of the Charmed series. I was a bit of a Charmed freak when I was younger since I was convinced there was magic in the world. Anyways, he discovered them at the very back of the DVD collection and insisted on watching it since he used to love the show too.

We watched, snuggled, teased and kissed until we both fell asleep and only woke up when Angela called later that evening to say she was staying over at Ben's.

I woke up on Monday morning before Edward and after shamelessly watching him sleep, I decided I should start getting ready for my appointment at the hospital.

I took a shower and dressed in a pair of white pants and a light blue tunic, making sure to wear flats today. I tied my hair up and applied a light touch of make up to finish everything off.

When I was done I walked back to my bedroom and saw Edward still asleep. His face tiled to the side as he lay face down with his arms and legs spread out, almost in the shape of an 'X'. I giggled when I saw the tiny dribble of drool on his chin and saw his eyelids start to flutter before they opened slowly, revealing the deep green orbs.

"Was I in your dreams?" I whispered as I sat down next to him, running my fingers through his hair.

He hummed in contentment, rubbing his face into my sheets. "How did you know?"

"Because you were drooling," I answered cheekily.

His eyes widened and he immediately wiped away at his chin, trying to remove the evidence.

I giggled and he gave me a lazy smirk before wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me down so that I was laying next to him. "Why are you dressed already?"

"I have my appointment just now," I reminded him. Running my index finger along his jawline.

"Shit," he cursed, quickly getting out of bed, obviously having forgotten. He was only wearing his boxers and my eyes were trained to that perfect chest before they dropped to his very obvious morning wood. I managed to keep myself from sighing longingly.

He caught me staring and threw me a wink as he ran his hand along his abs. "Mind if we stop by my place before we go, so I can shower and dress?"

My mind immediately went to the gutter at the word 'shower' with thoughts of him naked in the shower. Wet.

I shrugged, trying to be cool about it. "Sure,"

He grinned and pulled on his jeans, readjusting himself once he had before pulling on his white t-shirt.

"What time's the appointment?" he wondered as we left my bedroom.

"Um, nine thirty," I glanced up at the clock and saw it was quarter to nine already.

"Well, my apartment's not too far from here, we'll be able to make it,"

I nodded and wrote down a note to Angela in case she came home to get her stuff.

"How long has Angela been dating this 'Ben' guy?" Edward wondered as we climbed into his Volvo.

"A really long time," I answered and then explained further. "They were high school sweethearts,"

He smiled, his eyes still trained on the road ahead. "Is he planning on popping the question any time soon?"

I sighed, Angela and I had both been wondering the exact same thing. "I'm not sure, but I think he'd probably ask for my opinion on rings. He has no sense of style whatsoever,"

"Give the guy a break, style isn't a natural thing for most of us,"

"You're one to talk, you always look like you've just stepped out of an ad in GQ,"

He scoffed, "I said 'most of us', that doesn't necessarily include me,"

"Cocky bastard," I mumbled under my breath. He obviously heard me because he started to laugh.

We pulled in in front of a small apartment building, there appeared to be only two floors.

Of course, he lived in the biggest apartment on the top level. It was medium sized but still much bigger then mine, the walls were painted various shades of beige and browns. His lounge was open plan to the kitchen just like mine was and had three plush couches placed in front of the TV in a 'U' shape with a coffee table in the center.

Edward placed his keys inside a glass bowl as he entered, "Feel free to explore," he called over his shoulder.

I was half-expecting a grand tour but I guess that wasn't in my cards today, I wandered freely through his house. First stop: the kitchen. I ran my fingertips over the counter tops and even did an inspection of his fridge. I was a little confused that there didn't appear to be that much food. There was a bottle of Coke Zero, a six-pack of Bud, some old mac and cheese in a container, eggs and a bottle of milk.

How did this guy survive?

I opened the cupboard doors, getting hit on the head by a packet of pretzels and nearly impaled by a chocolate bar. Death by Chocolate, literally.

Note to self: take Edward grocery shopping.

There was a dinner table with four chairs inside the large kitchen. Satisfied that the kitchen was sparkly clean, I skipped through to the lounge, plopping down into one of the couches that swallowed me up. It was like being eaten by a marshmallow.

Still pretty damn comfy, though.

There was a photography book on the table titled 'A view of Africa'. I flipped through it until I reached South Africa and gaped at some of the photos. One being a sunset where the sky was literally a vivid red with orange streaks. I'd never seen anything like it in my life. There were a few pictures of a city called Durban and I nearly died when I saw the pictures of the beach. It wasn't like the beaches I was used to seeing, the sand wasn't a pale white and the water wasn't a crystal clear turquoise, but the sand was golden and the sea a dark blue.

Suddenly remembering that I had a whole apartment to still explore, I quickly put the book away and continued my adventure. I walked down a small passage way pausing in the center of three doors. I opened the one in front of me to reveal a large master bedroom, the walls were painted a light blue. The same colour of the sky on a clear, sunny day. The light wooden floors went through the whole house but in this room it reminded me of the same golden sand I'd seen in the picture.

His sheets were white and simple and my eyes noticed a picture frame on the side table. I picked it up to get a better look, it was a picture of Edward, Jasper, Ed and Elizabeth. There arms all over each others shoulders and a big smile on each of their lips. They all looked so happy that I found myself smiling.

I was so caught up in my own little dreamland that I didn't even hear the shower turn off or Edward approach, suddenly he spoke, causing me to jump. "That was taken just before I left," he saw my frightened expression and smiled. "Sorry, didn't mean to startle you,"

I only barely registered his words, my eyes now trained on a single drop of moisture running from his shoulder, to his chest before disappearing underneath the towel wrapped loosely around his hips.

I'm pretty sure there was a puddle of drool at my feet right now.

I wanted to find that damn water droplet.

Edward waved his hand, asking me something.

"Hmm?" I prompted, shaking my head slightly to clear it.

He smirked at me before walking over to a dresser, buttoning up his shirt. "Weren't you ever taught it's rude to stare?"

I huffed trying to appear irritated but my cheeks were burning with embarrassment. "Like you wouldn't do the same thing if I was wet and naked."

He groaned loudly, "Fuck, Bella, I've just had a cold shower,"

I looked up at him innocently through my eyelashes, "Why would you do that?"

Holy shit, I think he just growled.

I blushed as he pulled on a pair of pants after his boxers, "This particular conversation will be continued later tonight," I wasn't sure if this was a threat or a promise.

I hoped, with every fiber in my being, that it was a promise. Guess, who's getting it on tonight?

ME.

Oh, and Edward of course.

Plus billions of other people in the world.

Gah, I'm killing my own mood.

"So, did you finish exploring my humble abode?"

I snorted, "Did you just say 'abode'? Who the fuck says that anymore?"

He laughed, "Sorry, I'm a little old fashioned,"

I rubbed my stomach, "I would never have guessed,"

He rolled his eyes before walking forward and holding out his hand for me. I stared at it for a moment then placed my hand in his.

"Let's go see our baby," he murmured quietly, a spark of excitement in his eyes.

EPOV

Her smile could illuminate an entire city.

I'd fantasized regularly about having Bella in my apartment, on my bed. Not exactly how she was now, but it's close enough.

I tugged on her hand gently, pulling her onto her feet. She raised herself up on her tiptoes to press her lips softly on mine.

It was only with the knowledge that we would be late for the appointment that I managed to restrain myself from taking this simple kiss further.

We left my apartment and drove off to the hospital, the journey to the hospital was short since I lived so close to it, that had all been my mothers doing since she was like every other mother: neurotic about their child's safety.

We walked through the hospital until we got to the maternity ward, I wasn't sure what the doctors name was but Bella seemed to know since she checked every sign outside the door.

A woman about the same age as Bella sat behind the desk, twirling a strand of bleach blonde hair between her fingers.

Bella stiffened next to me, obviously knowing the girl. I rubbed her back soothingly, trying to get her to relax.

I cleared my throat to get some attention. Blondie smiled up at me and briefly glanced at the beautiful woman next to me before doing a double take. Her jaw dropped with an audible 'pop'.

"Bella Swan?" she inquired, her eyes wide with disbelief.

Bella smiled timidly at her, "Hey, Lauren."

"Like, oh my gosh, what are you doing here?"

Bella sighed exasperatedly, "Really? What other reason would I be in the maternity ward for?"

Lauren, as Bella called her, seemed to understand. "Oh, you're visiting someone."

I managed to maintain my laugh as Bella's face scrunched up in a scowl, "Actually, my..." what do I call her? "girlfriend." don't kick me, Bella. "and I are here for an ultrasound of our baby,"

Lauren's eyes widened comically, "No way!"

"Yes way!" Bella retorted with false enthusiasm.

"Little Bella 'ugly duckling' Swan is actually having a baby? I'm so tweeting about this," She took out a blackberry and began frantically typing.

"Look," I drew her attention back from the shiny object. "If you could just wait one second to 'chirp' or whatever and let us through I'd very much appreciate it," I used my most persuasive voice accompanied with a crooked smile.

She rolled her eyes and pressed down on the intercom, "Dr. Andrews, you're appointment is here,"

The consulting room door opened, revealing a mousy looking woman with glasses. She smiled when she saw us, "Come in. Come in." she ushered.

The room was pretty much what the rest of the hospital looked like, white.

Bella and I took our seats answering numerous questions about our medical history.

Bella's file was much larger than mine due to the countless number of injuries she'd endured over the years. Dr. Andrews even cracked up at a few of them, which I'd never seen a doctor do to a patient before.

After a couple of tests I got tired and looked around the office, noticing the many certificates framed on the walls.

All of them for a Dr. F. Andrews.

"What's the 'F' stand for?" I wondered out loud before I could stop myself.

"Fanny," she replied, tensing immediately.

I heard Bella snicker quietly next to me.

Her name was Fanny and she's a Gynecologist?Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

My lips were pursed in ultimate concentration as I tried not to lose it.

"You may laugh," she permitted, raising an eyebrow at us as she wrote down something.

"It's not funny..."Lie. "just...unfortunate."

She sighed, "It was a family name. Now," she changed the subject. "would you like to see your baby?"

Bella and I both grinned and nodded our heads eagerly, this is what we had been waiting for. I held Bella's hand as she pulled up her shirt, revealing the small bump. Our small bump.

She winced as the cold lubricant made contact with her skin and I watched in awe as Dr. Andrews glided the scanner, or whatever you call it, over her belly. Resulting in one of the greatest things I'd ever seen in my life.

The screen was small and a weird brown and white color but I didn't care.

The shape was a little blurry but I could distinctly make out the head and body. A quiet thumping indicated that this was not just an imaginary sea monkey, but, in fact, a real life baby.

It finally seemed real to me.

I looked back at Bella to find her staring at the screen, her big, brown, doe like eyes were glassy with tears. I wasn't sure what was going through her mind or if I should be worried. Finally, she smiled widely at me, the tears now flowing freely down her cheeks.

"Look what we did," she whispered, pointing to the screen.

I looked back at the screen for a while before looking at Dr. Andrews, she was smiling at both of us.

"You're baby is healthy, I see no problems with his or her development,"

And that was all we needed to hear.

AN:

Edward's a little ball of mush, no?

Seriously, he's like happy. All the goddamn time.

Pisses me off, man.

For those of you following me on Twitter, I know I said I was going to be writing a lemon into this chapter but, meh, it's been a long day and I promise there will be one in the next chapter.

In other news, my cat decided poisonous, deadly snakes make a fun toy.

I actually lost my voice while screaming and getting my dear Gardner, Joseph, to try and get it off my poor baby with a broom.

Both the almighty Joseph and my cat are both unharmed, even the snake managed to slither away to safety.

Snakes are one of the many things I hate about South Africa, don't get me wrong, there is lots of things to love, but seriously, who likes snakes?

No offense to any of you crazy people who do.

If you've just read all this and haven't died of boredom, I thank you wholeheartedly. Why don't you reward yourself by clicking the little green button down there?

You know you want to...

170? 180?

I do love surprises :D