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Help?
After Edward's shopping trip we only stayed locked in our room for a mere half an hour because my stomach began to complain loudly. Well, who wouldn't be hungry if they had slept in till 2 in the afternoon and hadn't had anything to eat? The strange thing was that when we went downstairs into the kitchen Alice was being very pleasant. Too pleasant in fact and I was suspicious. I had no doubt that she was planning revenge or had at least decided upon her next shopping victim.
The next two weeks past quickly and peacefully without me loosing my temper at anyone or even getting high on sugar. So, it is now the due date for the birth of my children and, according to Alice, I should go into labour in the early afternoon. It is a strange feeling waiting around, knowing the exact time I was going to give birth.
The wait was making me extremely nervous. There was no doubt in my mind this was going to be a painful process but apparently it would be much shorter than any normal human labour. Well, that's what Alice said anyway. I was going to be giving birth to Beth and Charlie in the Cullen's house as it would prove problematic if we went to hospital, for obvious reasons. Carlisle had given me the choice of giving birth naturally, or as naturally as you can when you are expecting vampires, or having a caesarean section. I chose to give birth naturally as that would mean Edward would be able to stay with me and the rest of the family would be able to remain in the house and not worry about the blood, not to mention the slight chance the babies could wake up while the caesarean section was being performed. That's another thing I was still nervous about. What if my children tried to attack me?
I was now lying on a bed in the basement of the house in a room specially designed for the delivery. It was a relatively large white room with a single bed and the medical equipment surrounding it. On either side of the door were two fridges. One contained different medicines while the other, I can only assume, was full of bottles of animal blood for my currently unborn children.
Edward was standing beside the bed with his hand in mine, smiling down at me but I could see the nervousness in his eyes. Carlisle was busy preparing himself for the delivery and the rest of the family were waiting just outside the room. I could hear Alice loudly chanting her count down from the other side of the door and it succeeded in making me even more nervous than I currently was. Not only that but I was blushing furiously at being half naked in front of my father-in-law.
"10…9…8…" I could hear Alice saying loudly. Ok, I changed my mind. I think I'd rather just keep them inside me for a while longer.
"..7…6…5…" I squeezed Edward's hand and desperately tried to calm my breathing. It won't be that bad...yeah right, who am I kidding?
"…4…3…2…1" As if right on cue my waters broke and I felt an enormously painful contraction. I whimpered in pain and tightened my grip on Edward's hand. If he was human I'm sure most, if not all, the bones in his hand would be broken by now but I was sure there would be much worse to come. At least I knew this was a preparation for my change and hopefully I wouldn't hurt anymore then than I did right now. But I seriously doubted I could be in anymore pain than I currently was.
I looked up at Edward's face which was a mixture of excitement and sorrow, which I assumed was because I was currently in massive agony. If you ever try giving birth to two baby-sized rocks you'll know what I mean. He whispered words of encouragement in my ear and reminded me to control my breathing. His expression was frantic throughout and if I had been in any other situation I would have laughed. I tried to ignore the pain and focused on the happiness of seeing my children when they first come into the world.
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After only less than an hour of labour I had given birth to my two beautiful children. Edward was standing at the foot of the bed holding our daughter, Beth, gently in his arms and grinning down at her with one of the biggest smiles had ever seen on his face. He glanced up at me smiling widely, over flowing with happiness and returned his gaze to his daughter.
Elizabeth looked very much like me when I was a baby with a head full of bronze/auburn hair sticking up in all directions. Charlie on the other hand was the spitting image of Edward except from his small tuft of brown hair, the exact shade of mine, in the centre of his head. They both had pale skin, not as dark as mine but not as light as Edward's, and they were cold but not vampire cold. They were currently both in the slumber state they had been while in my womb. I looked down at Charlie in my arms and smiled warmly at him, peacefully sleeping. That's another thing Alice had informed me about; they would both be able to sleep for one or two hours each night for the first 10 years of their existence.
Charlie wriggled occasionally in his sleep, punching the air with his small chubby fists. I felt as if this was somehow a dream, although, I know I would not be able to imagine the pain I had gone though. The over whelming feeling of happiness was surreal. How could I possibly be this lucky?
I traced my hand gently across the side of Charlie's face, amazed at how much he looked like Edward. I sighed contentedly and Charlie's chest began to rise and fall. Neither of the babies had been breathing when they were born as they didn't need to because they were part-vampire. I watched as his eyes began to flutter as he was beginning to awaken. His chest rose once more and his eyes shot open. I gasped and stared at him with shock filled eyes.
Staring back at me were two large hunger-filled, bright crimson eyes.
"Help." I whispered, barely audible.