A/N: Sorry for the delay in updating this, but I had a bit of a block writing this. However, things are moving in a better direction and Chapter 11 is also in progress… in fact I just sent it to my Beta so it might be up within an hour or two.

Thanks everyone for the awesome comments on the last chapter and I know everyone is dying for either the parents reaction or the proposal, so let me just say… its coming. Patience my dear friends.

I don't own twilight, but I do have a toddler who refuses to let me watch CNN, but she will let me watch FoxNews, which I hate. I think I gave birth to a republican.

BPOV

"You cannot be serious?" Edward shouted at Jasper as I zipped my luggage shut and placed it near the front door of our room. Edward and I were leaving today to continue our trek, sans Alice and Jasper, to Forks. We hadn't decided how long we were going to take to drive there, instead opting to wait until my doctor's office back in Forks opened up tomorrow to call and make an appointment. The date of our eventual appointment was the date I wanted to get into Forks and not a second sooner.

"Why not man? It's a good bet. If all of your parents are excited about the pregnancy and it's a boy you call the baby Jasper," explained Jas with a laugh as I glared at him incredulously.

"Over my dead body," I shouted out to the chorus of laughter.

"It's not like this bet has to last nine months. You are going to find out the sex of the baby right?" asked Alice with a giggle as I glared at her for encouraging this madness.

"Don't encourage him Alice. We don't know what we are going to do yet," I explained as I looked to Edward who was nodding his head in agreement. "Anyways, we should all be going before you guys end up missing your flights back to New York."

Everyone stood from their spot in our room and grabbed their luggage reluctantly. As much as Chicago had been fun, with the exception of the seemingly persistent nausea, I was happy to be moving along. The Taste of Chicago had actually been more fun than expected and so was the Sears Tower and Navy Pier, both of which Alice dragged us to on Saturday. I was happy to bid farewell to Chicago, but not really excited to get to Forks.

"Always the voice of reason," sighed Alice as Jasper grabbed both of their bags and they stepped into the hallway, Rose and Emmett following close behind.

"I know. This poor kid won't know what hit it," laughed Edward as I punched him lightly on the shoulder. "Do you have everything?" I nodded as he closed the door behind us and we all headed down the hallway and into the elevator after already having signed out of our room via a feature on the TV.

As we waited for the valet to bring the car around, Jasper and Emmett loaded their bags into the back of a waiting cab while the girls and I said goodbye. "Take care of my nephew," joked Alice as she patted my stomach gently.

"What makes you think it's a boy?" I asked curiously as she simply smiled at me from ear to ear.

"I'd say I'm psychic but the truth is that the male determines the gender of the baby and every first born Cullen has been male, Emmett, dad, grandpa, great grandpa… all men," she said confidently as Edward laughed at her from behind me.

"That might be true, but I'm still not calling the baby Jasper," I added as Alice smiled at me and wrapped me a big hug followed by Rosalie.

"I am really happy for you," Rosalie admitted as I hugged her fiercely and the SUV finally arrived. Edward tipped the valet and then loaded our luggage into the back of the Yukon. "I'll email you some dress ideas later in the week."

"Okay honey, I'll keep my eyes peeled. Edward's laptop is in here somewhere," I said as I motioned towards the SUV and I was suddenly swept into a group hug by Jasper and Emmett.

"Take care of little Jasper," joked Jasper as everyone broke into raucous laughter except me and Edward. Edward and the guys all patted each other on the back and agreed to get together for drinks whenever we finally made it back to New York City. Edward opened the passenger side door for me and I climbed in easily as we watched the cab speed away from us with our best friends in it.

"Ready to go?" he asked with a grin as he got comfortable in the driver's seat and handed me the iPod.

"Ready as I will ever be I suppose," I replied as we pulled away from the hotel and I looked back at it wistfully. "We should come back one day and tell the kids, 'this is where mommy told daddy she was pregnant by handing him a gift bag while she puked her brains out" I said with a laugh as Edward looked at me with a wide grin.

"Let's get through the first baby before we start talking about others," he suggested as he gripped my hand tightly and I searched through the iPod for something suitable. I ending up putting it on random after I was unable to find something I truly wanted to listen to and we both broke out into laughter as 'Knocked Up' by the Kings of Leon came blaring out of the speakers first.

I don't care what nobody says
We're gonna have a baby

"Okay, that is just too funny," Edward said as we pulled out onto the highway and started heading west, not really certain where we wanted to go. An hour and a half later as we drove along the I-20 towards Rockford, Edward made a suggestion. "Care to head up to Madison for the night? Sure it's not far from Chicago but they have a huge lake and I'd kinda like to relax with just you for a day or two. What do you think?"

"Madison sounds fine," I said with a laugh as we suddenly turned onto I-90 heading north. We stopped half an hour later for lunch in a small town called Milton, where one of the locals told us about a huge Silo that was topped off with a pumpkin, so of course we had to go see it. We spent over an hour taking pictures and getting lost in the hay maze they had constructed as a way to keep the tourists busy while they visited. If it had been October, we would have been able to pick our own pumpkins, but fortunately for us, some other local farmers had some booths set up so we bought a pint of strawberries and headed back on the road, with me feeding them to Edward and myself as we drove along.

"Ooh, can you stop over there?" I pleaded with Edward when we finally pulled into Madison around three in the afternoon and I spotted a gigantic Borders store. I grabbed Edward's hand the moment we walked in and I dragged him to the pregnancy section where I immediately grabbed 'What to Expect When You are Expecting'.

"Aren't there other books?" he asked curiously as he held up the book Alice insisted I get because it had the best reviews on the pregnancy website she had been visiting. I quickly grabbed another book and tossed it towards him.

"Here's another one… this one's for you," I said with a grin as he checked out the cover of the latest book, 'The Expectant Father'. He tossed them in the small basket I grabbed for us and then kissed my temple.

"I'm gonna go look around okay?" he asked anxiously as I searched through a few more titles and tossed another book on childbirth into the basket. I nodded my head and continued to look around the entire store for almost half an hour. Edward showed up a little bit later with two CD's and a small book, which he tossed into the basket before I got a chance to see them. He grabbed the basket from me and wordlessly led me towards the cash. "You were done right?"

"Yeah, I'm good," I replied as we waited in line to pay for our purchases. "What did you get?"

"Nothing special," he replied as I simply shrugged my shoulders and we finally stepped up to the cash. "I was talking to one of the guys that worked here and he recommended a bed and breakfast right on the lake for us to stay in. His Aunt and Uncle own it and he said it was awesome."

"That's fine," I added casually as we wandered out to the car a few moments later and he started driving in the direction of the B&B.

Twenty minutes later and we were completely checked in and I was already lying on our bed flipping through the book I got as Edward checked out the local guide which listed all the restaurants and sites to see in Madison. "What do you feel like for dinner?" he asked curiously as I laid the book across my stomach and thought for a moment.

"Chinese. Can we order in?" I questioned as Edward simply nodded his head and grabbed his cell phone. After four years together I didn't even need to look at a menu when we went anywhere, Edward already knew what I liked. It was like he had a card catalogue in his head of everything Bella related. As I listened to him order some Lemon Chicken and extra egg rolls, it completely reinforced my belief.

As we waited for dinner to arrive, Edward and I lied on the bed together as I read the book and he played with my hair, listening to me as I read excerpts from the book. "You can't eat sushi?" he asked in surprise.

"Nope," I said quickly as I popped the p and he chuckled at me. "I also can't eat soft cheeses like brie and blue cheese, which doesn't matter anyways because they smell like feet and I hate them. No raw eggs, once again not a problem," I said as we both jumped slightly from a loud crack of thunder. A few second later, a bright bolt of lightning lit up the bedroom and I cuddled closer to Edward.

We hadn't even realized it had started raining, but when the front desk called to advise Edward that our dinner had arrived, I got up and looked out the window to see that it was pouring. Edward rushed back into the room a few minutes later holding the soaking wet bag of Chinese Food and the cutlery and plates that Anna, the owner, had given us.

"It is wrong of me to hope the power goes out so we can have a fun filled night like we did in Copenhagen?" he asked as a grin covered his face and I smiled in remembrance.

"Ah, that was a fun night wasn't it?" I said with a chuckle as I remembered the game I made him play. "I loved the look on your face when you finally realized I was sucking you off," I giggled as he scowled at me playfully.

"I was so pissed I never got to suck on your other nipple that night," he said as he frowned at me for a moment and then handed me a plate covered with my favorite Chinese foods.

"Whatever, Edward. You were so excited that I had your cock in my mouth you couldn't form a coherent sentence. Even when you kept telling me my minute was up, you know you didn't want me to stop," I added as he sat down beside me on the bed and kissed my cheek.

"Fucking right. I wouldn't stop you if you did it right now either," he said as he smirked at me before he took a big bite of his broccoli beef. I laughed at his comment and silently ate the rest of my dinner, praying my nausea would hold out for a while so I could follow up on his suggestion.

When I was finally finished dinner, Edward cleaned up everything and I went back to reading my book while he turned on CNN and got caught up on the news. After a little while he checked his cell phone and noticed he had received a text letting him know everyone arrived safely back in New York, which was a relief. "Umm… when should we tell my parents about the baby?"

I hesitated because I hadn't even thought about it. "I've been so worried about breaking the news to my parents, I hadn't even thought about yours," I admitted as he got off the couch and came up to sit with me. Edward took the book from me and wrapped his arms around me tightly as he began playing with my hair again. "Any ideas?"

"I was thinking of asking them to come to Forks in a few weeks. Why not kill two birds with one stone right? We'll tell them together. Perhaps my parents will help make the blow a little easier to Renee, who is the only one I am assuming will have a problem with this," said Edward confidently as I rested my head against his chest and tried to think.

"I'm fine with that, I guess. They can stay over at the Pine Cone Motel seeing as my parents have no room, although your parents will probably have a coronary staying there. It's a little seedy," I admitted with a grin as I imagined Esme and Carlisle staying at the only motel in Forks, which to be honest was a dump.

"They can stay at your parents and we'll stay at the motel, or they can stay in Port Angeles. Mom would probably love shopping at all the little stores on the main street," Edward added as I smiled and felt his warm breath on me. "You know I don't really care about their reaction. It's not going to change how I feel about you and the peanut," he said sweetly as he rubbed my stomach again, making me get a bit teary eyed.

"I know. I love you."

"I love you both, Bella."

EPOV

The next morning after we showered and got dressed, Bella called her doctor's office and scheduled an appointment for the following Wednesday at one in the afternoon. Today was Tuesday so we had eight days to get into Forks. A little shorter than I had hoped, but it was fine nonetheless. After breakfast when Bella was hit with a wave of nausea, I decided to call my parents and invite them to Forks for the weekend.

"Hey Mom," I said the moment she answered the phone.

"Edward. It's wonderful to hear from you. Where are you guys these days?" she inquired curiously as I took a moment to remember exactly where we spent the night.

"Bella and I are in Madison, Wisconsin. Alice, Jasper, Rose and Emmett all got back to Manhattan yesterday after our weekend in Chicago."

"How was it baby? Chicago I mean. It's actually been several years since your father and I have been there," she said casually as I explained a bit about the Taste of Chicago and some of the other sites we visited in the city.

"There's a reason I'm calling mom," I finally asked after a few minutes on the phone with her. Bella walked out of the bathroom drinking a big glass of water and came over to sit on my knee as I continued talking to my mother. "Bella and I were wondering if you and Dad would be able to come out to Washington next weekend?"

I was met with silence.

"Are you still there Mom?"

"I'm sorry Edward, I was trying to find my calendar. Did you propose to her?" she asked quietly as I prayed that Bella hadn't heard her.

"No."

"Oh okay then. Your father and I are free. I'll call his office and have them make arrangements to book the weekend off and we will fly in on Friday. Does this work for you?" she asked enthusiastically as I clutched the phone for dear life.

"That's perfect mom. I suggest you and Dad try to fly into Port Angeles and get hotel rooms there because Forks is a tiny town and according to Bella their main hotel is basically a shit hole," I admitted as my mother giggled slightly.

"That's fine Edward. I'll have the arrangements made and I will call you with specifics later in the week. Give Bella my love will you?"she asked sweetly as I kissed Bella's cheek.

"Consider it done Mom." Thankfully our conversation ended there because Bella was looking like death warmed over as she sat on my lap. "Did you take your vitamins this morning?" She nodded her head ruefully.

"Yeah, I did." She climbed off of my lap and lay down on the bed as I called the front desk and requested the room for another night.

"We're staying here today and if you are feeling better we'll be out of here in the morning alright?" I explained to her as I lay down beside her and wrapped my arms around her. I found myself always leaving my hand resting on her stomach now, though I didn't do it on purpose, it was always happening. I felt her nod against me and before I knew it, we both fell fast asleep.

A week later, Bella and I found ourselves in Portland, Oregon checking out of the Days Inn we had stayed in the night before. Since leaving Madison, we had driven up to St. Paul / Minneapolis and visited the Mall of America, where we ended up buying a few small things for the baby which I couldn't resist. Bella kept saying we should wait, but I didn't care. The little overalls I found at Baby Gap were too cute to leave behind even though there was a Baby Gap in virtually every town.

We also headed further south and visited Des Moines, Iowa… Omaha, Nebraska, where my father suggested I try to find Warren Buffett, and then we spent a few days relaxing in Denver, Colorado. When Bella touched base with Alice and let them know where we were, Jasper suggested we head up to Fort Collins, Colorado for some Ultimate Frisbee Tournament he had heard about, but there was no chance of that happening, no matter how funny it would be. I kept picturing a bunch of stoners tossing about the Frisbee like in the movie PCU. Jasper also suggested we try to make it to the Burning Man Festival, but once again, that wasn't bloody likely.

After an overnight stop at a spa in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where I insisted Bella take the day enjoying a bunch of their services, we ended up in Salt Lake City, Utah and then Boise, Idaho, both of which held no interest of either of us, although they seemed like lovely cities.

It was now Tuesday morning and we had to make it into Forks by one o'clock tomorrow afternoon for Bella's appointment and my nerves were starting to get to me. I had no idea what her doctor was going to say, and I envisioned the doctor calling Charlie and telling him I had knocked her up before we were married and Charlie chasing me through the streets of Forks with his shot gun. So I had an active imagination lately, but I was stressed and trying to act all calm and collected for Bella. She didn't need to see my nerves and stress.

We drove for the morning and stopped along the coast to eat some sandwiches that Bella had made for us the night before. She had insisted on picking up some groceries in Portland and even though I found it pointless, I had quickly learned not to disagree with a pregnant woman. We ate at a small bluff overlooking the ocean and before I realized it, Bella had fallen asleep in my arms as we were simply lying down and listening to the water crash against the rocks below us. I couldn't bring myself to wake her, so needless to say when she finally woke up an hour later, she was pissed at me.

"Why didn't you wake me up? Now we're going to be late getting into Aberdeen tonight," she said as she stood up and smoothed her clothes against her body.

"We are not going to be late. Its two o'clock and we're only like two hours from Aberdeen. Just relax baby. You looked tired and I wanted you to get some rest. Let's get back in the car and get going, alright?" I asked as she grabbed the blanket from the ground and threw it in the back of the truck.

She got into her passenger seat and quickly buckled up, practically ignoring my existence. We drove in silence down the highway for a little bit before I couldn't handle it anymore.

"Are you honestly mad that I let you take a nap?" I asked, trying not to sound as frustrated as I knew I was.

"No."

"Then what is wrong Bella?" I asked as I reached my hand over the console and took her hand tenderly into mine.

"What if the doctor tells me something is wrong with the baby?" she choked out as I noticed she was starting to cry a bit. I pulled the SUV over into a small area on the side of the road and grasped her face firmly in my hands.

"You can't worry about it Bella. We're just going in for a checkup and to ensure you are actually pregnant, I doubt the doctor could tell you tomorrow if there was something wrong. Don't they have to run tests and stuff first?" I questioned anxiously. She had read bits and pieces of her pregnancy book to me over the past week, but I don't recall her mentioning anything about this yet.

"Yeah, I guess so," she said as her tears subsided slightly and she began sniffling. I reached onto the floor of the backseat and grabbed the box of tissues we kept there and handed it to her. She grabbed a bunch of them and quickly wiped her tears from her eyes. "It's just… since I found out I was pregnant, I've been trying to hide my excitement about it because I worry something will happen."

"Don't hide it Bella. We're having a baby together… our little peanut… you should be overjoyed. Even though we hadn't planned it, I'm thrilled. I'm sure this baby will be healthy and happy when it is born in eight months," I reassured her as she leaned over and kissed me softly on the lips.

"Do you want to find out the sex of the baby?" she asked me as my hand reached up and cupped her cheek gently.

"Yeah, I mean… if you do, I want to. We can wait though because it will be such an awesome surprise," I responded as she looked at me curiously.

"That wasn't an answer. Do you want to know the sex of the baby?" she asked again as I smiled from ear to ear.

"Yes."

"Okay good, me too," she admitted as I ran the back of my hand down the side of her face. "Okay, breakdown over for now. Although I can't promise there won't be any others. They seem to pop up at the worst possible time," she said with a laugh as I took the SUV out of park and we pulled back onto the highway.

Less than twenty minutes later, Bella was fast asleep in the passenger seat as I turned on some old Soundgarden from my iPod and tried to relax as best as I could without worrying about the health of our unborn child. That hadn't even been a consideration to me until Bella mentioned it earlier.

The next day when we pulled onto the 5th Avenue, my heart sunk to the bottom of my chest as Bella pointed to a driveway and told me to turn in. Dr. Lewis's office was based in an older Victorian style home and I started to get nervous as I parked the Yukon and glared at the clock. 12:55pm.

"Let's get this over with. Charlie and Renee are expecting us before three," said Bella as she hopped out of the car and waited patiently for me at the front of the truck. I stepped out, locking the vehicle behind me and went over to her, quickly grasping her hand in mine and leading her up the steps into the home. We were greeted by the receptionist, Doris, according to her nametag, who quickly handed Bella a clipboard to fill out her information since I had been over four years since her last visit. She filled it out quickly and handed it back to her, who advised us to simply sit and wait until her name was called.

Bella sat down and flipped through a magazine as I stared at the ground while fiddling with my fingers nervously. "Bella Swan?" we both heard as we turned to look up into the face of a girl around our age who was about six months pregnant.

"Jessica Stanley," said Bella as she stood up reluctantly and gave her a quick hug. "Wow, you're having a baby."

"Yeah and its Jessica Newton now," said the pale skinned brunette as she patted her stomach gently. "Mike and I tied the knot last summer and now here we are… expecting a baby girl," she said as I stood up and offered her my seat.

"Who's the stud?" asked Jessica as she took my seat and Bella blushed and came to stand beside me, her fingers entwining in mine.

"This is my boyfriend Edward," said Bella reluctantly as I extended my hand to her and she shook it gently. I couldn't quite understand Bella's lack of enthusiasm with Jessica, but I had to have faith that she knew what she was doing.

"I thought Angela said you were living in New York. What brings you to Forks?" she asked curiously as she looked from Bella to me with complete interest. I made Bella sit down beside her so that she was off her feet and Jessica's eye lit up. "Are you pregnant?"

"Oh god no. Edward and I are traveling cross country before we start our jobs in the fall and I was feeling sick so we decided to get things checked out while we were in town visiting my parents," lied Bella anxiously as I ran my hand across the top of her head sweetly.

"Oh," sighed Jessica as she glared at me again in confusion. She looked like she was about to say something else, but the receptionist called Bella's name and we bid Jessica a farewell and stepped into the doctor's office.

"Fuck, I hope she bought that. I couldn't stand that girl when I was in high school and she has the biggest mouth in all of Forks. If she didn't believe me everyone in town could know I'm pregnant before we tell my parents," said Bella as I rubbed small circles on her back in an effort to be calming.

"Don't worry about her," I advised as Bella rested her head on my shoulder and the Doctor wandered into the room, clutching her file and clipboard a moment later.

"Isabella Swan… my how you've grown up," said Dr. Lewis, who was a slightly attractive woman in her mid 40's. She looked tired and stressed, but I assumed most doctors looked that way. "I think the last time I saw you I was wrapping your leg in a cast when you broke it."

"Yeah," laughed Bella as she clearly recalled the incident. "I'd like to think I've become a lot less clumsy since then."

"So, what brings you here today? Who's your friend?" asked Dr. Lewis as Bella tensed up and I held her hand firmly for support.

"This is Edward Cullen, my boyfriend. I took a few pregnancy tests about two weeks ago and they were all positive," she said quietly as I decided to pipe up.

"We're almost certain she's pregnant considering the nausea and mood swings she's been having, but we were hoping you could confirm it for us, do a blood test or whatever and possibly tell us the due date," I said as Bella looked at me and silently said 'thank you' with her eyes.

"Well Bella, when was the date of the first day of your last period?"

"Umm… May 12th, I believe," said Bella nervously. "I'm not 100 percent sure. I don't really keep track of the days much anymore."

"That's fine. Do you know when you think you conceived?"

"May 23rd," I replied as Dr. Lewis looked at me with a smile, apparently pleased I was involved in the entire process. The doctor typed a few small things into the computer and then looked at us both with a grin.

"Well according to this, if you are indeed pregnant, which even without the test I would guess you are based on your symptoms, I would say you are 8 weeks pregnant and due on January 30th. Of course the due date is an estimation and you could have it earlier or later than that date," explained Dr. Lewis as I gripped Bella's hand tightly. Holy Shit. Hearing the actual due date and how far along Bella was made everything seemed ten times more real. I looked over at her and she was both smiling and crying and I realized how I desperately wanted to marry her before the peanut arrived.

"I love you," I whispered to her as she laid her head against my shoulder.

"I love you too," she replied quietly as Dr. Lewis handed her a couple of pamphlets about pre-natal care and pregnancy.

"I'm going to get one of my nurses to prepare the test for you so that we can be sure that you are pregnant. The test results only take a day or two to get back, so someone from the office will probably call you on Friday to confirm," explained Dr. Lewis as she stood up and walked out the door and back to the reception area.

"The end of January. Can you believe it?" asked Bella as she turned in her seat and looked over at me. "Are you ready?"

"As ready as I will ever be."