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BPOV
Twins!
I was carrying two fucking babies!
I swear when the doctor told us we both froze. She left us alone for a few minutes before Edward started laughing.
"What's so funny?" I had asked.
"It's just, this could only happen to us. Are you freaking out?" he asked.
"A little. I mean, one baby is hard work. Two will be damn near impossible!" I exclaimed.
"We'll be fine baby. We'll just take it a step at a time." he assured me.
And now that the idea was beginning to sink I was getting excited. We had again decided to wait until they were born to find out the sex but we did know they were going to be non identical. At this point, I really wasn't bothered what we got as long as they both were healthy. We already had our momma's boy and daddy's princess so whatever else we were blessed with was just icing on the cake.
We planned to tell the family over dinner this coming Sunday as I was already bigger at this stage than I had been with my two previous pregnancies so we obviously couldn't hide it for as long even if we wanted to. The other good thing was with the wedding and Rose and Emmett's baby due around the same sort of time, I wouldn't be the main focus this time.
I headed into work on Wednesday and was a little put out when Sue kept staring at me all day.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"There's something different about you and I'm just trying to work out what it is," she said, looking me over.
"Well, when you figure it out let me know. But can you please stop staring at me? You're giving me the creeps," I said.
"I will. Now, we got a few orders in this morning, do you want to go over them now?" she asked.
"Sure, I'll grab the book." I answered with a smile and we leaned on the counter.
"So, this one is needed by Saturday afternoon, the wedding one is getting picked up on Saturday morning and, that bitch! Did I not warn her to stay away?" Sue spat suddenly.
I whipped my head up to see my mother standing outside the bakery. She was looking around as though she were trying to find something when all of a sudden she smiled. A tall, dark haired man walked up and pulled her into his arms.
"Who's the guy? Is that her boyfriend?" Sue asked.
"I have no idea. I guess so with the way she's pawing all over him. Do you think if we turn the lights off she'll forget what she's here for?" I joked.
"I wouldn't put anything past her. Oh, here they come," Sue said and I felt her tense beside me.
"Can I help you?" I asked, the same way I did for any customers I happened to serve.
"Can we talk to you?" Renee asked nervously.
"No. I already said everything I had to say to you before. Either buy something or leave," I said coldly.
"Bella, please don't be like this. Come on, I brought Phil in to meet you," she said with a smile as thought that would make things better.
"As I said before, I have no desire to meet the man you left us for. Now, can I get you something or are you going?" I asked.
"Um," she looked at Phil as though he was going to give her something else to say.
"You heard her. Order or leave." Sue demanded.
"Oh hush you. This is nothing to do with you. This is between me and my daughter." Renee snapped at her.
"Do not speak to any member of my staff that way, especially not someone who is family. Please leave or I'll call the cops and have them remove you," I warned.
"Isabella, I think you need to just stop with the childish behaviour and speak to your mother. This is not healthy for either of you," Phil spoke up.
"I'm sorry were you asked for your opinion? No, you weren't. She gave up any right to speak to me or visit me when she left her family with nothing but shitty letters that weren't worth the paper they were written on. I won't ask you again now go!" I demanded.
She looked at me sadly and tugged on Phil's sleeve to get him to move. He glared at me and then put his arm around her shoulders before taking her out to the black car that was parked out front.
"I swear she is pushing me too far. Doesn't she have a job to get back to? You've made yourself clear, why can't she just go back to where she came from?" Sue seethed beside me.
"I don't have a clue. Listen I'm going to go back and work on the birthday cake that's due for pick up tomorrow. If you need me give me a shout." I told her as I went back to the kitchen.
Saturday was spent at Rosalie's shower. It was a lovely day and everyone got her some beautiful gifts. Edward and I bought the crib bedding they wanted and Carson picked out a stuffed lamb from him and Arianna. The only down side was that Alice was wearing some horribly strong perfume and every time she came near me I had to fight the urge to hurl. I actually was sick at one point but I told her I hadn't been feeling well and she knew that anyway, so it was easy to get away with.
On the Sunday we had just finished dinner when Alice wanted us to look at some invitation samples the printer had sent her.
"Can you hang on Alice, Bella and I have an announcement to make," Edward said but he was beaten to the punch.
We had sat Carson down and told him about the babies this morning so that he would be hearing about it first. He was really excited but asked if he could have a boy this time since we didn't give him that the last time.
"Mommy is having babies!" he yelled from where he was bouncing suspiciously like Alice at the end of the table.
Everyone immediately congratulated us and I heard Esme correct Carson.
"It's baby honey. When there's only one you just say baby, not babies," she said as she hugged him.
"No, there's two. It's babies, right mommy?" he asked.
"It is baby," I answered.
"Oh my god, two?" Alice yelled.
When everyone calmed down we sat back at the table and Carlisle poured champagne for everyone and sparkling apple juice for me, Rose and Carson.
"When are they due?" Esme asked.
"January. It's supposed to be the twenty eighth but I probably won't last that long." I told them.
Edward produced an ultrasound picture from his wallet that we had gotten printed for Esme and handed it to her. Carlisle immediately slipped into doctor mode, pointing out the babies to her. After everyone had oohed and ahhed over the picture the men cleared the table and retreated to the living room while Alice grabbed the notebooks she had out of her purse, One was full of wedding stuff and the other was full of stuff for Rosalie's shower.
"So, will I be having one of these books for you?" Alice asked, a hopeful expression on her face.
"Nope. Just the same as the last time. A nice lunch with close friends and family. It's just not me Ali," I told her.
"I know but I had to ask. God, my wedding is going to be like a maternity clinic with you two!" she laughed.
"So, I take it you'll be going for the grecian style gown?" Rosalie asked.
She pulled the design out of the folder it was kept in. Alice took it from her and looked it over.
"I think that's for the best. If it was one baby we could have gone for the other style but we don't know how much room for growth you'll need. I'm thinking a plum coloured material and on the shoulder some beading, pearls maybe. With the one shoulder we can go the week before and get you a nude strapless bra with really good support. Maybe a silver, flat gladiator sandal to go with," she said as she studied the page.
"That sounds amazing." I answered as Arianna wandered in and I pulled her on my lap.
Esme cleared her throat but when I looked at her she was looking at Alice and nodding her head in Rosalie's direction. Rose didn't notice as she was talking to Arianna.
"Um Rose, I know things aren't great between us right now but I'm hoping by the time the wedding comes around we'll be in a better place. I'd like it if you would be a bridesmaid, if you'd like. I know you could just have had the baby but, if you're able, I'd really like it if you were a part of my day, our day," she said with a nervous smile.
Rose got up and went over to hug Alice. She whispered something in Alice's ear and Alice nodded as she spoke. Eventually Rose went back to her seat and I could see Arianna was staring at her.
"Wose cwy," she said to me.
"It's okay sweetie, I'm just so happy. I'd love to be a part of it Ali. The way the baby's growing the doctor thinks he may need to induce me early anyway. He thinks it's going to be a big baby and that I might need to deliver sooner rather than later. The problem is going to be the dress. We have no idea of what size I'm going to be," she said with a huge grin on her face.
"It shouldn't matter too much. It just means we'll need to have a fitting the week before for both of you and take it from there. I'll measure you guys once every couple of weeks and with the style of the dress there's lot's of room for give either way. If you have the baby and it's too big that week we can look at a sash or something. We'll work it out." Alice said.
I was glad those two were on their way to working things out. We left Esme's at seven and headed over to my dad's house to fill him and Sue in. As soon as we got into the living room Carson spoke up.
"I'm getting new babies," he said proudly.
"Really? That's great guys!" My dad said and stood to hug me.
Sue did the same with Edward and then smirking slyly as she made her way over to me.
"I knew there was something going on with you," she grinned then her face changed, "Wait, did you say babies?" she asked Carson who nodded while staring at the TV.
"Yup. We're having twins," Edward said as he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me over to the couch.
"Oh my, two Charlie," Sue breathed to my dad and I saw her tear up. "Leah and Seth are going to be thrilled!" she smiled.
"We're excited." I said with a smile.
We stayed there for a little while before Carson managed to get an impromptu sleepover with my dad who was off the next day. The three of us headed home and Edward put Arianna straight into bed as she had fallen asleep on the way home. I wasn't long before I followed.
I had been lucky that so far I hadn't been too ill, just really tired all the time. But Monday I felt shitty all day. I threw up as soon as I got out of bed and struggled to keep anything down all day. I ended up leaving work early and Alice drove me home. I fell into bed and slept until Edward came home with the kids. He came up to see me and ended up bringing dinner up to me. I hoped this wasn't the way things were going to be.
Tuesday was a bit better. I managed to make it to work before I puked and even then it was Bree's nasty ass perfume that did it for me.
"Are you okay?" she asked as I came out of the bathroom.
"Bree, I don't mean to be nasty but could you wash off your perfume? It's making me ill," I said as I tried to breathe through my mouth.
"Oh shit, sure no problem," she said and ran from me.
When she returned a few minutes later she had a completely different shirt on and the scent was gone.
"Where did that come from?" I asked.
"Oh, James and I spent the weekend in Seattle and I picked up a few new things. I wanted to show Jenna a new dress I bought and this was in the same bag," she shrugged.
"Oh, okay. How was Seattle? Edward and I didn't do much while we were there except find out about the babies," I chuckled.
I had told the girls on Monday about the two new additions.
"We didn't do much either. James had a business meeting on Saturday so I went to the spa at the hotel and then did some shopping. We went out to dinner at an Italian place and then for some drinks at the hotel bar. We went to the Space Needle before we left yesterday. It's nice having some Saturdays off," she grinned.
With Sue being here now her and Jenna got alternating Saturdays off now. Both of them were loving it.
"That's good. So things are going well with you two?" I asked as I grabbed some water from the fridge.
"Yeah. I still feel like he's holding back a little but he says he loves me and we're talking about going on a vacation soon so that should be good," she answered.
"It will be. Just let me know when you need time off. I better get back to it," I told her.
A little while later Kim came back to the office to find me.
"Bella, I'm really not feeling too good. I'm so cold but I'm burning up. Do you mind if I go home?" she asked.
"No, not at all. How will you get there?" I asked.
"I called my grandfather and he said that Jill is in PA today so I called her and she's going to pick me up. Seth is with her so he'll drive my car home," she said.
"Okay. I hope you feel better soon," I said and she nodded before leaving.
It wasn't until a little while later I realised that with Kim gone I'd have to do the stock check so we could order first thing tomorrow. I called Edward.
"Baby, I'm going to be late home tonight, Kim's had to go home and I need to get our stock order ready to be called in tomorrow. I still have to finish a cake that's being picked up in the morning so I won't be able to get to the ordering until later." I told him.
"Okay. Do you want me to come over and help? Sue will be fine with the kids," he offered.
"No, it's fine. I'll call you when I'm on my way home. I shouldn't be any later than maybe eight," I said.
"Okay, I'll have dinner waiting for you and my babies. I'd better go, my client just walked in. Take care baby. I love you, all of you," he said sweetly.
"We love you too," I answered.
I worked on the twenty first birthday cake until five when Bree and Jenna said they were leaving. I had them lock up the front of the store and leave today's takings on my desk. I finished the cake I was working on and I was really happy with it when I was done. It was a replica of the Seahawks stadium and it hadn't taken me days to get everything just right. Jenna had been a great help getting it done but I wanted to put the finishing touches to it myself. The woman who had ordered it for her son was coming by in the morning and bringing him with her so I couldn't wait to see his face when he saw it.
I put it away for the night and was just about to head to my office when the front door of the bakery was knocked on. I walked out, thinking it might be Alice or Rose but instead was faced with James, Bree's boyfriend. I opened the door and was shocked with what I saw, he was a mess.
"Is she here, is Bree here?" he asked frantically.
"No, she left about an hour or so ago. She'll probably be at home by now," I told him.
"She's not, I've just came from there. Can you think of anywhere else she might be?" he asked.
"I'm not sure, Maybe she went back to Jenna's or they went out to dinner, they do that sometimes after work. Is everything okay?" I asked.
"No, it's so far from okay it's not even funny. Where do they go to eat? Bree mentioned something about a diner before," he said looking at me pleadingly.
"Could be Danny's. About four blocks that way," I said pointing down the street.
"Thank you. If you hear from her will you have her call me?" he asked.
"Sure," I answered and then he was gone, sprinting down the street.
I noticed that that damned black car of Renee's as I locked the door, shaking my head as I went back to the office, grabbing my phone as I opened the stock programme I had on the computer. I called Bree but it went to her voicemail.
"Bree, it's Bella. Listen James was just here looking for you and he's a mess. I don't know what's wrong but he's desperate to find you so give him a call. If you need me call okay. Bye." I said and hung the phone up.
I got to work and began printing off the sheets I would need to start my stock check so I could call the orders in tomorrow. Once I had everything noted from the stock cupboard and fridge I went back to check the order levels to make a final list of what I needed to call in and I sighed in relief as I sat at my desk. I was exhausted. I put my head on my arms for a second and I must've fallen asleep. Next thing I knew I jumped awake, not really knowing what had woken me. I checked the time and saw it was just after eight. Edward was going to kill me!
I quickly scribbled down the rest of the numbers and was almost done when I smelt it.
Smoke.
I went to the door of the office and tried the handle but it was red hot.
Shit!" I cried out as my hand began to throb.
The smoke had already began to come under my door and I had no way of knowing where the smoke was coming from. I ran over to my desk and grabbed my phone, calling 911.
"What's you emergency please,?" the woman on the other end answered.
"My shop, there's a fire," I cried.
"Okay ma'am, it's important that you stay calm. Now, we have you down at three four two six Spring Street, is that correct?" she asked.
"Yes, please hurry. The smoke is coming under the door I can't get out, there's no window in here and I already burned my hand on the doorknob!" I told her through my sobs. "I'm pregnant, I need to get out of here!" I cried.
"There's engines on their way to you now. What's your name honey? How far along are you?" she asked, clearly worried in case I was about to go into labour.
"Bella. I'm only just thirteen weeks with twins. Please get someone here," I pleaded.
"Do you have something in there you can block the bottom of the door with? A towel or blanket, a coat even?" she asked.
"I looked around frantically and spotted the fleece throw blanket Alice had put over the back of the small couch I had in here.
"Yeah, a blanket." I told her
"Okay Bella, I want you to roll the blanket up, into a sausage like shape and wedge it into the space at the bottom of the door to help stop the smoke. Can you do that for me?" she asked.
I hurriedly did what she told me, coughing as I got nearer the smoke.
"Okay," I told her.
Okay now, hang tight, the unit should be with you in a few minutes," she said in a soothing tone that was far from working at this moment.
I heard sirens then in the distance, how I don't know. I told the woman on the phone.
"That's good. They should be with you momentarily. Now, they're probably going to break the door down as they've been notified there's someone on the premises. I need you to stay away from the door." she told me.
I went to walk back to my desk and I didn't see the strap of my bag until it was too late It seemed to happen in slow motion.
My foot caught and I started to fall. I put my hands out to brace my fall. I looked up to see the desk closer than I realised.
A searing pain hit my head and arm as everything turned black.
Ooh, cliffie! Next update will be very soon!
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