A/N Hi guys! Well, results are in and I have chosen a name that I hope you like. Well, I know at least one of you will since you chose it, LOL! Please read and review and you are once again amazing with your reviews and you who have added me to your favorite list or are following the story... Thank you! P.S frostedglaze, there is a certain part of this chapter wrote in answer to your demands, lol.

EPOV

"Well, come on. Baby Anastasia want's to meet her aunties and uncles," Alice giggled. She looked exhausted and sweaty, but she was glowing with happiness.

"Anastasia?" Emmett and I demanded in horror.

"Anna for short," Jasper told us firmly.

"I don't think so. If anyone dares call her anything other than her name, I will personally scratch their eyes out." Alice vowed, the girls nodding in agreement.

"I want to hold her first!" Rosalie rushed out as she made her way to the bed while Bella glared at her.

I wrapped her up in my arms and kissed her head. "Don't worry, honey. You'll get your turn." I promised.

"Stupid Rosalie," I heard her mutter as Rosalie cooed over the small baby.

"How are you doing, mommy?" I teased Alice as we made our way closer to the new mother.

She sighed and rested her head on Jasper's shoulder. "I'm tired as hell. I think the nurses hate me from sheer amount of names I called them, but other than that I am deliciously happy."

"Good." I replied, leaning over to kiss her on the cheek as Bella pulled her into a crushing hug.

"And how about you?" I asked Jasper, whose hair was still on end from being ragged around by Alice. Say what you want about her size, but that girl had a grip.

"My turn!" Bella squealed in excitement and gladly took the baby in her arms.

I watched as Bella held the tiny baby and couldn't help the image that flashed into my mind. Instead of it being Alice and Jasper's baby that Bella was holding, it was her own. Our baby. I saw her heavy with our child, painting a nursery full of bright colors and anxiously awaiting the arrival of our precious baby, loving and fussing over our child with even more passion than she did for the puppy she'd found wandering around outside and given him a home. I saw me, happy and with this woman and our children, all of them with birthstones on their faces and Bella's passion for all things in life.

I knew I shouldn't even dream of this. I knew I shouldn't let myself get lost in the fantasy, but I couldn't help it and when I walked over and placed my hands gently on Bella's shoulders I didn't see Anastasia. I saw our baby. A small, precious creature with Bella's eyes and my hair.

I had to clear my throat as the emotion I felt over a dream that could never be threatened to drown me.

I made myself focus on the actual child in front of me and not the one who I wanted so much and knew I would never have.

She was tiny, with huge blue eyes, just like her mother. She didn't have hair, but the fact that both of them were fair-haired, I guessed to would she. I tried to look for her birthstones, but I couldn't make anything out, which I was grateful for. We could protect her as soon as we got the all clear to take her home.

"She's beautiful." I told them both and felt a stab of envy as I watched them huddled on the bed, staring at their new-born child with unabashed love in their eyes.

When Bella started to murmur something in the language I'd heard her speaking as she'd kicked her way out if her ship, we all turned to her. Her voice was low and melodic, the words blending together, leaving us all in a daze.

"What was that?" Emmett demanded as his eyes filled with wonder

Bella glanced up and smiled. "It's something we do back home. We welcome the newborn child to the world, vowing to love, protect and respect them always as the person they are and the person they will one day become." She shrugged. "It's sounds a lot better in my language.

Rosalie shook her head. "No. It's beautiful." She smiled.

"I also kind of knighted her, I guess." She chuckled. "When you ever decide to take her to Lexian, she will be known as Lady Anastasia. She will be respected and honored. I would have it no other way." She murmured as she dropped a tender kiss on the child's forehead.

Alice gasped and looked at Bella with tears in her eyes. "A Lady? Of your planet? Can you do that?" She demanded.

Bella laughed. "Of course." She shrugged like it was no big deal and went back to cooing to the baby.

The baby was passed around and greeted by her new family until we realized that Alice was a lot more exhausted then she was letting on and we quickly kissed her goodbye and left the new family to spend some time together.

We ended up having to get a cab home since we were still over the limit, though after the night's dramas none of us were feeling the effects of the alcohol anymore.

Bella and I made our way up the stairs after letting Spike out for a 'potty break', as Bella called it after seeing it one some television show. Tired, we both crawled into bed, snuggling into each other's arms.

I sighed in contentment. "I love you, Bella."

"I love you," She replied softly as she kissed my chest.

Even though I had known all along that we had an expiration date, It was sinking in just how much pain I was about to suffer after tonight as we had watched are friends start their future together. A future we could never have.

I knew why she was leaving and I knew I could never ask her to stay, to give up her family and her whole life for me, but that didn't mean I didn't want to. That I didn't want to turn to her in the darkness and plead with her to stay. It was all I wanted, to have a future with her. To be able to hold that beautiful baby in my arms and know that I was the luckiest man on the planet.

As I fell asleep with Bella in my arms, the only thought that ran through my head was, I don't want to lose her.

BPOV

I woke up the next morning or Edward's sensuous kisses on the back of my neck as his hand moved from my stomach to cup my breast and brush his finger against my nipple, bringing a ripple of pleasure through me.

What an amazing way to wake up. Wrapped in the arms of Edward Cullen.

I couldn't help but moan and push my behind back against him, reveling in the sound of his groan and the way his hand became rougher in response as his other found its way down, between my thighs and cupped me.

"Kiss me," He growled as he began to rub his hand and I instinctively began to more my hips against it.

I turned back and was met by Edward hot passionate kiss, our tongues meeting and dueling for dominance as his hand worked me into a frenzy of unbearable need.

Just as I was about to fall over the edge he pulled away, grinning at my whimper. I heard the foil packet of the condom and after a few agonizing seconds he was inside me.

"Edward," I sighed as he moved almost lazily inside me, the whole time caressing my breast and then leaning forward to catch my mouth with his as his hips moved more forcefully until I could no longer stand it and tore my mouth away from his and al but sobbed out his name and when he moved his hand back to me, using his fingers to drive me that much higher, I fell over the edge and came screaming out his name.

A few minutes later, as we both lay there, spent from my lovely wake up call, Edward once again leaned forward to kiss my neck.

"You are amazing," He whispered and rolled me over to wrap me up in his arms.

I brushed a kiss across his bare chest and whispered, "I love you," And then drifted back to sleep, dreaming of Edward.

"I hate the mall," Edward groused as we made our way across the busy parking lot.

I turned to him with wide eyes. "How can you hate the mall?" I demanded in horror. "You have all those pretty little stores and the food court and the moving stairs!" I finished, clapping my hands in excitement and the sped up at the thought of playing on the moving stairs.

Edward chuckled and reached over to clasp my hand tightly in his, smiling when I leaned in closer to him and slowed down, happy to stroll along with him.

"Fine, the moving stairs are cool," he allowed. "But why for love of god do we have to go shopping? Can't we just go to the food court?" He begged. "It's a nice day out. We could even grab some food, take a nice drive out to a little secluded spot and make love until neither of us can walk," He whispered seductively in my ear.

I had the sudden image of Edward and I lying in long grass, the sun glistening on our bare skin as we made love with nothing and no one around to see.

Shaking my head, and ignoring Edward's satisfied grin, I leaned over and patted his cheek with my free hand. "Dream on, lover boy." I giggled, thought I was seriously considering it, especially after the way he woke me up this morning. "Alice has just given birth, Edward. We need to give her a gift that with remind her of this moment for the rest of her life."

"I think the baby will do that for her," He pointed out wryly.

I rolled my eyes dramatically. "It will be from us, Edward. Not the baby."

I turned to him and watched as some unspoken emotion filled his bright eyes. Before I could ask him what I'd said, he pulled me into his arms and lowered his head and kissed me, long, slow and sexy, right in the middle of the parking lot.

"Okay, let's go and get Alice a gift. From us."

EPOV

I have never been so happy to be home in my entire life! I had thought Alice and Rosalie could shop, but they were nothing compared to Bella on a mission.

We had scoured the mall in search of a gift that was both cool and sentimental. After the longest two hours of my life, we finally came upon a little store that specialized in sentimental gifts and I saw it as a gift from god when Bella pulled me into the store. Inside we found a silver set that included a baby rattle, a birth certificate holder and a tiny hair brush that had the look and feel of being an antique. The store offered to engrave it, making it all that personal to the owner. We'd had Anastasia's name engraved on each of them and gift wrapped and finally we were good to go.

On the way out of the building I'd seen a photo booth and had dragged Bella inside to have a photo session. She was intrigued with the machine. She had settled in so well that not many things surprised her anymore, but it had taken another twenty minutes before we had taken out pictures and left the booth, ignoring the line of annoyed people waiting to use the booth.

Finally we were at home and since Alice was in the hospital for another night, we had plans to have a movie night and eat junk food. Better yet, since Bella had picked the movies last movie night, tonight was my choice. I had picked up the classics; Freddy, Jason and Michael. I knew it would scare the shit out of her, but the thought of Bella curled up against me, pressing her face against my chest as she watched the movies was just too much to resist.

"Run, you idiot!" She screamed at the television later that night as we watched a pretty actress try to out run Michael Myers. "Don't look back it will break you focus!" She snapped from the safety of her pillow which she clutched to her chest like it was a shield.

The night hadn't quite turned out as I had hoped. Instead of being scared out of her mind and turning to me to protect her, she was having a screaming match with the television as if she shouted loud enough the drunken teens on the television would hear and listen to her advice.

I sat back, my hand resting gently on her hip as she turned and grabbed Spike, holding him in a death grip until the poor thing whimpered and I let the poor thing outside to run around for a while.

"Edward!" She called out before she let out a blood curling scream.

I ran back to the living room, my heart in my throat, prepared to fight off the pyscho killer that must be about to stab her to death.

"What is it? Where is he?" I demanded to Bella, who was cringing into the sofa, trying to get as far away from the television as she could.

She looked at me like I was insane. "Where is who?"

I scowled at her. "You just screamed blood murder," I snapped.

She smiled and waved her hand dismissively. "Oh, I got scared, that's all." And then she turned back to the television, leaving me standing there gaping at her.

The woman had just scared the shit out of me and now she was calmly waving at off and turning back to her movie. I don't think so.

I stalked around the couch and grabbed her, hoisting her over my shoulder and turned the television off, leaving us in darkness.

"Edward!" She screamed as she pounded on my back. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Bed time for you, missy." I informed her with a grin as I carried her through the house to the back door to let Spike in, who barked happily at the sight of a screaming Bella hitting the shit out of my back.

I chuckled as I stalked to our bedroom and tossed her onto the bed, pinning her down when she would have attacked.

"Calm down, my love," I whispered against her skin as traced my tongue against her collar-bone.

"Don't you 'my love' me, mister," She snapped, but I felt her breath hitch when I ran my tongue down the valley between her breasts. "Why did you take me away from the movie? And in a way that a stupid caveman would!" She added angrily, even as she arched her back into my touch.

"I thought of something much better the two of us could do together."

"But I needed to know whether they killed him in the end," She insisted, moaning deeply as she moved her body sensuously against mine.

"I'm sorry to tell you honey, but he survives and goes on to kill many more teens." I chuckled.

"Aw man!" She huffed.

"Don't worry, love, I'll take your mind off it." I promised and then did just that.

A/N So, what did you think? Please let me know! Next chapter Bella has some unwelcome news...