Okay so I decided I had to update this right away because well I hate cliff hangers. As much fun as the reactions are, I know I hate when I get to a cliff hanger and the author takes forever to update. So here it is a special treat! My little shout out to Gleemylove who actually hated me when I showed her the rough draft of this! Haha. Well I own nothing but the plot!
Love Song
"Hey gorgeous, long time no see." A large and familiar hand landed on Bella's shoulder causing her to jump.
Bella turned, her eyes went wide with fear. "What are you doing here Edward?"
"Oh just doing a little shopping, how's my fiancé?" He smiled viciously.
"I don't know, if you tell me who she is I might be able to find out for you." Bella snapped.
His face turned from joking to fiercely serious. "Listen Isabella, I have not the patience nor the time for your games. You are coming with me and we are to be married as planned, well just as soon as we get rid of that abomination in your belly."
Bella backed away from Edward. "Stay away from me."
"But why my sweet wife? Don't you love me?" A wide evil grin spread across his face.
"No and you will not hurt my baby." Bella growled.
"But darling if we are to be married we need to have a family of our own with no reminiscence of your carelessness with that worthless person." His face softened a little before he continued. "I know it is sweetheart. I had to take care of a little mistake of my own but don't worry, we'll have our own in no time."
"Jasper is not worthless. He is my fiancé. He is going to be the only father of my children." Bella said defiantly.
"We'll see about that" Edward's face hardened again and he went to grab Bella's arm but she dodged him and ran. Edward chased after her down the long concourse. Bella could hear him getting closer as she saw the in-mall police alcove and began screaming for help. When Edward caught up with Bella just enough, he push her so she fell hard against the slate floor.
"Hey you! Stop!" A tall, portly police officer yelled at Edward who was picking up a dazed Bella off of the floor. The portly police officer and four other police officers ran out of the alcove towards Edward who was ignoring the officers and turning with Bella. "Put her down!" The officers continued to yell as they got closer.
Edward began to run but came to a stop in front two tall, muscular men in his path who had witnessed the whole scene.
"I wouldn't do anything stupid buddy. Just hand over the girl." One of the men ordered in a serious tone.
"Put her down or we'll shoot." The policemen had caught up to Edward and surrounded him on all sides, guns drawn and aimed at his head.
"Fine. Take the whore." Edward released Bella from his arms. One of the guys who had stopped Edward grabbed her upper body just in time for her not to hit the floor and scooped her into a cradling position.
"Oh my goodness!" Rosalie's screaming voice came from behind the men. "What the hell did you do? Stay away from her you bastard!" Her voice was fierce but broken from the tears that were brimming.
"Miss, do you know this man?" The portly police officer asked as he finished cuffing Edward and looked at Rosalie.
"Yes, he was trying to force her to marry him. She denied him and he was told to stay away from her." Rosalie turned to the man holding Bella "Please be careful with her, she's pregnant." The man nodded at Rosalie and shifted Bella in his arms.
"Miss, is he the father?" The portly police officer asked.
Rosalie whipped around to the police officer with a disgusted look on her face, appalled at his question. "Hell no, her actual fiancé is."
"Alright miss, well she fell down there, so I'll call an ambulance to come check her out…Maureen" He turned to the officer on his left "Take this trash to the station down town, I'll be there in a little while." Maureen nodded and hauled Edward off towards the exit.
The ambulance was there in 10 minutes, Rosalie chose to go in the ambulance to the hospital with Bella. The doctors brought her in right away while Rosalie stayed outside to call Emmett and Jasper.
"Em, I'm at the hospital, no not me...yes Bella…Em…Emmett…Would you shut up! Goodness! The car is at the mall, I can't get you. Okay. Yeah. Okay, see you in a bit." Rosalie hung up her cell, tears pouring down her face.
"Um…excuse me miss?" The two guys from the mall approached Rosalie.
"Yes?"
"Your friend, she dropped this." One of the guys handed Bella's wallet to her.
"Thank you. Its was really nice of you to bring it by and thank you so much for helping Bella today, Edward isn't stable."
"It was no problem at all miss. How is she?"
"I don't know, I haven't been inside yet. I had to call our fiancés and tell them what happened. Oh and please call me Rose."
"Okay Rose. I'm Sam and this is my brother Jacob. We just wanted to give you that and see if she was okay."
"Rose! Where is Bella? Is she okay? The baby? What happened? What's going on?" Jasper was out of breath from running from the car, Emmett and Peter right behind him.
"Jasper, calm down, she went in, I don't know what's going on."
"She was a little out of it when they rushed her here, I imagine she hit her head when he pushed her." Sam spoke up.
"Who are you?" Emmett ask as he slipped to Rosalie's side.
"This is Sam and his brother Jacob, they're the ones who cut off Edward and caught her when he dropped her. They came to give me Bella's wallet and to see if she was okay."
"Thank you so much." Jasper shook both of their hands quickly, Emmett did the same. "If you would all excuse me I'm going to check on her." Jasper yelled as he disappeared.
"So I take it that's the fiancé." Sam smiled.
"Can't you tell?" Emmett laughed. "I'm really glad you guys were there to help my sister, thanks again."
"Yeah, no problem, but we gotta head out. I hope she's okay, the baby too." Sam smiled, Jacob waved, then the two of them left.
"So I take it Peter drove?"
"Yep. We called practice as soon as Emmett got off the phone with you and rushed here." Peter smiled wryly.
"Hey guys she's awake." Jasper's voice called through the hospital doors.
The three outside rushed into the hospital following the blur of Jasper. They lost sight of him in the crowd and had to ask a nurse for the rest of the directions. When they finally got to the room Jasper and Bella were in the middle of a lip locking moment.
"Geez, even a hospital visit can't keep you two off each other huh?" Peter laughed entering the room with Rosalie and Emmett behind him.
Bella blushed, Jasper chuckled. "Just glad to see her alright, only a few bruises and scraps but both of them will be just fine."
"First baby, now both? Am I missing something?" Peter looked curiously at each person.
"Oh yeah…I forgot I didn't tell you. Well you know how I surprised Bella by asking her to marry me? Well she surprised me back by telling me that little bit of joyous news."
"Oh shit. You're gonna be a dad? Congrats man. That means I get to be an uncle of some sort!" Peter laughed then turned to Rosalie looking at her suspiciously. "Wait Rose you're not gonna be a mommy too are ya?"
Rosalie laughed. "No Peter."
"Oh okay, but yeah congrats." Peter hugged Bella lightly.
"So everything's good then? No complications? No major injuries?" Emmett's face was still lined with concern.
"No Emmy. I'm fine. The doctor said I was going to be fine. I just have to stay the night."
"Oh good. I'm sorry, I should have gone with you. Thank goodness for Sam and Jacob." Rosalie sighed.
"Sam and Jacob? Oh those guys who caught me? Yeah, thank goodness."
Jasper nodded and smiled brushing back her hair with his hand.
"Well little sis, I'm going with Rose and Peter to get the car from the mall and then we'll drop off my here so you can have a car to drive home with tomorrow."
Bella smiled. "Okay, I love you big brother."
"I love you too." Emmett smiled and headed out the door with Rosalie.
"Bye Bells, feel better." Peter smiled before turning and leaving.
"Thanks Peter." Bella smiled. He may be a horn dog and an jackass sometimes but he is a protective sweetie when he wants to be.
"I think Rosalie feels responsible for today." Jasper sighed.
"I know. But its not her fault at all." Bella moved over on the bed and motioned for Jasper to lie down next to her.
"We know that but that's how she feels." He shrugged and then look Bella over from head to toe. "So darlin' how are you feeling? Really."
"Eh, I'm okay. Glad you're here. I love you, I'm sorry I pulled you away from practice."
"Bella, you're absolutely ridiculous. You blame yourself for everything. We've already had this conversation, you and our family come before everything. No ifs, ands, or buts. Got it?" Jasper sighed, his accent extra thick. Despite his frustration Jasper smiled a little when Bella pouted. "I love you and our baby."
Bella nodded. "I got it and we love you too."
She nestled into the hollow of Jasper's neck. He was so sweet. She fell asleep shortly after laying her head down. Jasper smiled and stroked her hair. The nurse came in at about 9:30 pm to find Bella and Jasper curled up together, the nurse giggled and went to get another nurse.
"Young love, a miracle at work." The first nurse whispered.
"Damn. I wish I could find a man like that." The second nurse giggled quietly. "Come on let's leave em' be."
Bella woke up at 11:30 pm to a scratchy, dry feeling in her throat. She snuck out of the bed to the small bathroom to grab a cup of water. She gulped down the water, but it immediately came back up. Jasper woke up to find Bella hunched over the toilet regurgitating the contents of her stomach. He went silently behind her and gathered all of her hair into his hand.
"The horror to accompany the joys of pregnancy." Bella laughed weakly.
"Is there anything I can get you sugar?" Jasper chuckled.
"Water?" Bella smiled but a groaned followed by more hunching stopped it.
Jasper refilled the cup of water and handed it to Bella. He sat down behind her and rubbed her back.
"Um…hello?" The nurse appeared around the corner confused then smiled when she saw the couple on the bathroom floor. "There you are, I thought you two ran away. Aw honey, mornin' sickness?" Bella nodded and resumed her hunching.
"Any suggestions?" Jasper smiled up at the plump brunette nurse causing her to blush.
"From personal experience, sippin' water and nibblin' on saltines works. I'll go get you some honey, be right back."
"Well she was nice." Jasper said as he continued to rub Bella's back, Bella let her body relax from its hunched over position and sighed.
"I think I'm good now." She leaned her back against Jasper's side and smirked. "I don't think I can do this everyday."
Jasper chuckled and smoothed her hair. "Want some more water darlin'?"
"Yeah." Bella took the cup from Jasper's hand and sipped it. "You know you shouldn't do that to people." She smiled.
"Do what to people?" Jasper looked at Bella confused.
"That smile of yours can make a person melt, I think you almost made that nurse have palpitations when you looked up at her."
"Oops. I'm sorry. I didn't mean..."
"Jasper, I know. That's the funny thing you don't even realize what you do to people." Bella giggled and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Here you go honey." The nurse returned to the doorway of the bathroom with a plate of saltines. "These should help ya, always helped me."
Bella smiled. "You have children?"
"Sure do, got the stretch marks to prove it too. I have a girl, Tonny Marie, she's five and a boy, Mark Jr., he's three."
"Aw." Bella's smile widened, both of her hands touched her belly, Jasper placed his hand on top of hers.
The nurse handed the plate to Jasper. "I'll just get outta your way." The nurse smiled and silently left the room.
"You want to go back to bed?" Jasper asked and got up to help Bella up after she nodded her head. She took his hand and got up to go lay in bed with him.
Jasper stroked Bella's hair as she settled into his side. "So what do you want to name the baby?"
"What?" Bella seemed shocked at his question.
"Well the nurse got me thinking. The baby does need a name, whether it's a boy or girl." He smirked.
"Well, yeah." Bella laughed. "Well its up to you too hun."
"I know. As long as the girl's name has Elizabeth in it, after my grandmother, it doesn't matter to me sugar."
"I've always loved the name Peyton. So how about Peyton Elizabeth Whitlock?"
"Sounds perfect, but what if it's a boy?"
"How about Landon James Whitlock? James after my father." Bella asked smiling up at Jasper.
"Then its settled. If we have a boy, his name will be Landon James Whitlock. If it is a girl, her name will be Peyton Elizabeth Whitlock."
"Hear that baby, you're daddy is already jumping up and down, about to write your name in the sky and you still got like seven months to go." Bella giggled.
"Hey! I can be excited if I want to be." Jasper laughed.
"Fair enough." Bella giggled. "I'm tiiiee-yarrrd." Her words were slurred by a yawn.
"I imagine. Why don't you try and sleep."
"I don't know if I can. You know what would help me though?"
"What?"
"I've heard you're quite a talented singer." Bella smiled in the dim light.
"Oh no. Not gonna happen."
"Please? The baby and I could really use the rest…"
"Guilt tripping me? Really Bella?"
"If it works…"
"Uhg. Fine." Jasper sighed and cleared his throat. "What do you want me to sing?"
"Anything." Bella curled more into Jasper's side.
Jasper began quietly singing, it wasn't what Bella expected. The song was old, a 1950's crooner song but it was fluent and gorgeous sounding in Jasper's bass voice. Bella drifted to sleep peacefully.
…*…*…*…*…
Bella opened her eyes to find the bed and the room empty.
"Jasper?"
"Oh, good morning deary. Don't worry, that sweet young man of yours will be back in a second. Just ran to get some coffee for himself." Ada, the portly, sweet nurse from the night before came in the door with a clipboard. "I'm just gonna check your vitals then I'll be outta your hair."
"Nurse Ada? When do you think they'll let me out today?"
"Well your doctor told your man there that ya'll can leave as soon as he checks you out. They were just waiting on you sleeping beauty. And if you want to honey, there are some towels in this bathroom here for you to shower." The nurse smiled sweetly and checked the beeping monitor. Finished, she turned and was about to head out of the room. "Oh speak of the devil, hey there mister." The nurse giggled and walked out the door. Jasper looked puzzled.
"Don't worry about it babe." Bella giggled. "Hey is that for me?" Bella looked pointedly at the small white bag Jasper was holding.
"Yeah. The coffee here sucked so I went to get some at the Dunkin Donuts down the street."
"Did you walk?"
"No, Emmett must have come back at some point last night without us knowing because the keys to his car were on the night table over there."
"Oh…so what's in the bag?"
"Right. This." Jasper handed the small white bag over to Bella.
Her eyes widened with joy as she pulled a blueberry muffin out of the bag. "You're amazing." She placed the muffin on the table next to her.
"So you keep saying. The doctor should be in in a little while. He had to see to something then he's gonna come in here. I talked to him in the hallway, figured you'd be up by now, you don't sleep for long." Jasper smiled and kissed Bella's head.
…*…*…*…*…
It was about an hour before the doctor came in. "Hello Miss McCarty, my name is Dr. Kark." The handsome, young doctor shook Bella's hand. "So how are you feeling?"
"I'm…uh…okay." Bella attention was drawn to a steadily increasing queasiness in her stomach.
The doctor chuckled. "Miss McCarty, I take it you want to get out of here, but I can't let you leave until I know you're okay. So I need you to be completely honest with me, even if you think it is no big deal or if you think it is a normal sign of your pregnancy."
Bella nodded. "Well I have this increasing queasiness and a slight headache, but nothing major. And please call me Bella."
"See Bella, honesty is the key to freedom. The queasiness is a normal sign of your pregnancy and your headache is most likely from your spill yesterday. I'm going to release you, but you have to do me something in return. If for any reason at all your headache increases or any other questionable symptoms surface, you need to call the hospital and get in contact with me. I will place my extension on the top of your sign-out papers. Please, we don't want anything happening to you or that little one." The doctor's smile was sincere and gentle. "Congratulations by the way." Dr. Kark shook Jasper's hand and smiled at Bella. "I'll be back in about ten minutes with your paperwork then you're free to go. You can get dressed if you want to Bella." Dr. Kark smiled and left the room to start the paperwork.
"I would if I had clothes." Bella mumbled.
"You do actually. There was a bag next to the table with the keys on it. It has a change of clothes in it and a note from I'm guessing Rose because that's not Emmett's handwriting.
"Great!" Bella hopped out of the hospital bed a little too fast and stumbled backwards.
"Bella, are you okay?" Jasper shot up in alarm.
"Calm down Jasper." Bella sighed. "I just jumped up to fast, you worry too much you know that?"
"Only when it comes to you and I think its justified." A smile pulled at the edges of his lips.
"Ha ha…very funny." Bella grumbled and grabbed the bag, throwing it onto the bed. She took out the note first.
Hey baby girl thought you'd just want to be comfy today. Sweatpants and a shirt I stole from Jasper's closet. I figured he wouldn't mind. Comfort is key so the shirt was the best choice! ;) You got some brownie batter icecream waiting for you at home! Ha! Home! I love it! Anyway I got some good news for ya but I wanna tell ya in person. Love ya hun. See ya tomorrow!
Love Always,
Rose
Bella reached into the bag and pulled out her gray soccer sweatpants and a black shirt. As soon as she saw the shirt, she started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Jasper came around the bed to Bella's side.
Bella held up the shirt so Jasper could see it. "It's the shirt you wore the night we started dating and by the timing, when this one was made." Bella laughed and pointed to her stomach. Jasper smirked and wrapped his arms around Bella, kissing her head. Bella let the embrace soak through her skin into her bones.
"I'm going to take a shower so I'm fresh when we leave."
"Okay, I'll get you squared away if the doctor comes back." Jasper kissed Bella's cheek and let her go.
"Mr. Whitlock?" Dr. Kark came through the door about ten minutes later.
"Jasper, please." Jasper stood to shake the Dr.'s hand.
"Okay, Jasper, I'll just need you to sign a few things and then you and Bella can leave." The doctor handed Jasper the clipboard of papers and showed him where to sign.
"Oh, Dr. Kark, are we all set?" Bella came out of the bathroom in her sweats and the t-shirt, her wet hair flowing down her shoulders.
"Why yes Bella, you are all set. Remember what I said, here's the number." Dr. Kark handed her a piece of paper and started to walk away.
"Wait, Dr. Kark." Bella flipped through their copies of the discharge papers. "I don't see a bill here."
"There isn't one. Someone already took care of it Bella. You all have a nice day now." He left the room, leaving Bella confused. Jasper shrugged it off.
"You ready darlin'? I think I'm ready to go home."
"Home." Bella smiled. "Definitely." Bella took Jasper's free hand and headed out of the room.
…*…*…*…*…
"Bella! Thank god you're home!" Rosalie ran at Bella and engulfed her in a hug. "I was so scared! Thank the lord he's gone."
Bella pulled back in shock. "What do you mean he's gone?"
"Oh yeah, that's the good news. Eleazar was so mad at Edward that he sent him away, for good. Eleazar told Edward to him, Edward was no long a Denali. He will never come bother you again. Eleazar feels horrible for what happened, he never thought Edward would do that. He made Edward pay for your hospital bills."
"So that's who took care of it. Okay, does any one else know? Grandmother? Mom or Dad?"
"Yes, they all know. Dad had to be taken out of the room when they all met, he almost killed Edward, especially when he found out that this was the second time he had hurt you. Apparently Mom left him the dark about the first time and Grandmother is the one who went to Eleazar in the first place." Emmett hugged his sister. "Hey sis, how are you?"
"I'm good. So its over? Its all over?"
"Yes honey, its over. Completely." Rosalie smiled.
So there's only one more chapter after this guys and sorry to say but it's a short one, just a prologue of sorts! But don't worry…I'm already working on a sequel! So what do you want to see a baby boy or girl? Let me know your opinions! Review, comment, question!
