A/N Please don't be mad! I know it has been forever since I updated and I'm really sorry. Family stuff! I promise I'm gonna finish this story though guys x

BPOV

I wake with a yelp and clutch at my ribs. ''Bella love, are you alright?'' Edward is hovering over me worriedly. I don't answer him at first as I clench my eyes shut and try to breathe through the pain. This only proves to send Edward into a panic, he grabs my face gently between his strong hands, the coolness feeling good against my overheated skin. ''Sweetheart please, answer me,'' he frets. ''Shall I ring Carlisle?''

I open my eyes slowly to see that it is bright outside, at least I managed a few hours of sleep last night. ''I'm okay'' I whisper. ''He's just a bit lively this morning.'' I place my hands on my now massive stomach.

Edward doesn't look convinced ''Are you sure? I can call Carlisle right now, he said himself and Esme weren't going far to hunt.''

The pain has eased by now and I roll my eyes at Edward. ''Honestly I'm good, leave the poor man alone you have already called him the last two times he has tried to hunt.''

''Well that is only because you could go into labour at any minute and he will have to be here.'' Edward defends himself.

''Edward'' I sigh, ''You know perfectly well Carlisle doesn't think I'm due for another week at least, now stop overreacting and help me up please, I need to pee.'' Edward lifts me gently into the bathroom and hovers over me while I do my 'business'. Ever since I had a wobble a few days ago while alone in the bathroom Edward has refused to leave my side for a second. As embarrassing as it is I know he has a point as I am becoming increasingly unsteady on my feet. It's not that I am feeling particularly weak, this time it was my usual klutziness that got in the way. I can no longer see my feet and as I made my way to the sink I tripped over my own feet. I managed to catch myself on the sink, avoiding serious injury even if I did hurt my almost healed little finger, but when Edward burst into the bathroom after hearing me stumble he decided that I wasn't to be alone for a moment while I am pregnant.

Edward helps me to the basin where I wash and dry my hands and then proceed to brush my teeth. ''Still, we don't exactly have anything to compare this pregnancy to so it's all just best guess at this point and I don't want to take any chances.'' I think it's just as well that vampires can't have panic attacks as I am sure Edward would probably have to be medicated at this point.

''It's okay Edward I feel pretty good today actually, I don't think this little guy is ready to make an appearance yet.'' I tilt my face up to him for a kiss. He sighs and presses his cool marble lips against mine briefly before pulling back to pout at me causing me to giggle at him. Edward tries to hide his smile as he carefully picks me up and brings me downstairs for my breakfast. Once I am deposited on the couch covered with a blanket and sipping from my cup of blood he goes off to make me some scrambled eggs.

Alice enters the room while he is gone. I am just about to greet her when I see that she is having a vision. Her eyes are staring blankly ahead of her as she walks across the room to sit on the end of the couch by my feet. How she doesn't walk into a wall when she is staring into space like that I will never know. I decide to stay quiet and wait for the vision to run its course.

Just as Edward comes in with my breakfast she comes back to herself and grins at me. ''Finally'' she beams. Why is she so freaking happy? I glance at Edward and see that he is wearing a relieved expression. ''What is it Alice?'' I am getting irritated by being the only one in the room not in the know.

''I have finally had the vision I've been chasing after for ages Bella. It has something to do with the baby, I'm sure of it.''

Okay. Well she seems happy so this is a good thing right? Or is she only relieved that she no longer has to constantly scan the future looking for anything concerning the baby? ''What did you see?''

''Not much really, I just saw that there is someone in the Amazonian rainforest who will have information about vampire/human hybrid babies.'' She grins.

''Oh, do you have any idea what they are going to tell you?'' I am biting my lip now. On the one hand I'm delighted that she will get us some answers but on the other, I'm terrified that those answers won't be what we want to hear. Edward grabs my hand and gives it a reassuring squeeze. This is a change, whatever he saw in Alice's vision must have eased his mind as it is usually me who has to calm him down where the baby is concerned.

''No, not yet, but I already have myself and Jasper packed for the trip. I was just waiting to see exactly where we are going and who we are going to see. We will be leaving as soon as Carlisle and Esme return.''

''Really, that quick?'' I know they have been waiting for this but now the whole thing seems to be moving at a breakneck pace.

''Of course they are going love, you could go into labour at any time and any bit of information they could provide us with could be invaluable in keeping you safe.'' Edward is sitting on the floor at my feet holding my hand, he raises it to his lips to kiss it.

''I suppose…'' I'm still nervous of Alice and Jasper taking off on their own. Suddenly a horrible thought hits me. ''What about Victoria?'' I whisper.

Alice frowns ''I can't see her returning here anytime soon so unless she changes her mind, we are good to go.'' Seeing my expression her voice softens, ''Bella if they were planning anything I would see it, and they have no clue of our abilities so it wouldn't even occur to them to try to hide their plans. Stop worrying about the rest of us and concentrate on yourself for once.''

Mollified, I take a deep breath ''Yeah, yeah your right, thanks.''

''Aren't I always?'' Alice sings happily.

I roll my eyes and Edward scoffs but says nothing as he places my breakfast in front of me. It is a little cold now but I eat it anyway as I am starving. As I stuff my face I try to concentrate on more pleasant things. Our wedding is a good one, Edward and I have been married for almost a week and I have never been happier. I was so delighted when Edward agreed to make love on our wedding night, I thought I would have to beg! Of course he has refused to touch me like that again until after the baby is born, but that's okay, I can wait. I don't want to give Edward a nervous breakdown and he is so terrified of hurting me and the baby we have been restricted to nothing but gentle cuddles and sweet kisses. I suppose I can live with that, for now.

EPOV

I watch Bella eat while at the same time reading Alice's thoughts as she plans what she is going to do once she gets to the Amazon. I am pleased to see that she already has a plan in place and has a fair idea where she is going to find the man from her vision. She doesn't see any danger in this trip, it should be fairly straight forward. Of course Jasper is going with her, there is no way he would allow her to take off on her own and even though I can sense no danger from her vision, I am still glad he is going with her.

As for her certainty about Victoria, I am not convinced. I am sure she won't intercept Alice and Jasper while they are travelling, I am even positive that they won't attack us here at the house. I am not at all certain however that they will not attack the wolves. Alice would have no foresight of this so any attack coming from Victoria and whoever she has following her would probably come as a complete surprise to the wolves.

It is true I am no great friend of the Quileute pack but that does not mean that I would like to see them ambushed either. They helped us after all when Bella was taken so I definitely owe them. I'm not sure what I can do though whatever it is will have to wait until after the baby is born and Bella is turned. I am not putting her in danger like that while she is human. At least as a vampire she is stronger and can be taught to defend herself.

This may all mean nothing of course as any attempt we make to offer our help may be thrown back in our faces. However I feel that we at least owe them the offer of our assistance should Victoria make a return. But as there has been no signs of her coming back yet I decide to put all of this out of my head and put all of my effort and concentration into helping Bella over the next week. I know she is strong but I also know that this is going to be hard on her physically. Thank God Carlisle has a plan in place to deliver the child safely, I hope.

I turn my attention to reading the baby's thoughts. The poor little guy is feeling increasingly cramped in there. It amazes me to see that he is aware of how much his movements are hurting his mother. He is now trying his best to remain as still as possible, only moving when he is really uncomfortable. Even then he moves as slowly and carefully as he can. Although he can't stop his jerky movements while he is asleep, he is doing his best.

I realised a few days ago that he does indeed sleep. This was a revelation, if he sleeps does that mean he is more human? Or does the fact that he wants blood make him more vampire? I am soothed by the fact that Bella's blood doesn't seem to bother him and he is inside her. He is surrounded by Bella's heat and so close to her blood at all times and yet not once have I sensed an urge in him to drink her blood.

I am constantly scanning his mind to see if it works like the average vampire and so far I am happy that his mind seems to be completely his own. All he cares about is his love for his mother and the fact that he adores both of our voices. His little heartbeat sings every time he hears Bella speak. The fact that I can hear two heartbeats now fills me with joy. My little guy is alive in every sense of the word. How did I, dead as I am, create a living creature? I will be baffled by this until the end of time.

''You are very quiet, what are you thinking so hard about?'' Bella squeezes my hand and I realise I have been sitting still for quite a while as I was contemplating my thoughts. I look at Bella and she is sitting expectantly, waiting for an answer. God, she is so beautiful. I lean in to kiss her lips softly and she immediately responds with a little noise of surprise.

Have I been that hands off with her over the last few days, that she is surprised at my kiss? Now I feel guilty, the only reason I have been trying to keep my hands to myself is because she is getting more and more tired as the weeks drag on. I can already see a marked change in her from this time last week. She sleeps for much of the day now, only waking for brief periods. I don't want to tire her out by mauling her every chance I get, no matter how much I may want to.

I kiss her for a few moments more before pulling away. I sit right beside her on the couch and pull her close to me, resting my hand against her bump. She lays her head on my shoulder with a contented sigh, I like to see her happy. ''Just thinking about the baby and how much I can't wait to meet him.'' I say truthfully.

She pulls back to look at me and there are tears in her eyes, I know they are happy tears. ''Oh Edward me too. I can't wait to see him.'' She whispers and I can tell that she is getting emotional and I try to lighten the moment. ''Well then it's just as well he's coming so soon. What would you have done if you had to wait for nine months.'' I tease and she grins at me, her tears forgotten. Mission accomplished.

''Jeez, I don't know how women do this for that long Edward, I think I would go out of my mind.'' I laugh at her as I recall some of my training back when I was a medical student. Although I did nothing hands on I remember some of the thoughts that went through the minds of the fathers to be. ''I think some of them do go a bit of the rails.'' I chuckle.

''I don't blame them,'' she mutters but then looks up at me and smiles. ''But it will all be worth it in the end when we have our little guy.''

Her faith in Carlisle and the fact that she trusts everything is going to work out for the best is contagious. I find myself actually starting to believe that maybe everything really will be okay. If I think any other way I will lose my mind.

Carlisle and Esme return in the early afternoon and are informed of Alice and Jasper's imminent departure. They only stay around long enough to give Carlisle the details of how they are going to get to South America and back, and what they expect to find when they meet this stranger. Esme showers them in hugs and kisses as they make their escape for the door. Alice humours her but I pick up on Jasper's slight embarrassment at her display of affection. If Esme realised this she chose not to take any notice. As far as she was concerned, he was her son so she was going to bid him farewell, so what if he got a bit shy about it.

Bella sleeps through their departure. She wanted to be awake for it but as she is so tired all of the time now I decided it was best to let her rest. Emmett and Rosalie had spent the last few hours in the garage while Rosalie tinkered with her BMW. They come to bid farewell to Alice and Jasper with promises of phone calls and to be careful.

Once they are gone I sit back down with Bella and the rest of the family join us in the living room. We talk much too low for Bella to hear us so as not to disturb her.

''So, have you and Bella chosen any names yet?'' Rosalie enquires, she is excited to hear anything regarding the baby.

''Not really, everything has happened so fast we really haven't had time to discuss it.'' I hadn't given much thought to it at all really, I am more focused on the delivery being safe for Bella and the child.

''Well then let's make this easy on everyone…call him Emmett.'' Emmett beams at his suggestion and Rosalie rolls her eyes at him. ''We can't have two Emmett's in the house for eternity, it would be confusing to have two people with the same name.'' Emmett's face falls at Rosalie's reasoning. She rubs his thigh to soften the blow and he immediately perks up, his chagrin forgotten the instant Rosalie touched him. God she's good at dealing with him, Emmet can be such a kid at times and Rosalie knows just how to reel him back in while still showing her love for him.

''I'm sure Bella has a few ideas.'' Esme states diplomatically.

''Still though it won't help to give her a few suggestions, just in case.'' Rosalie mentally goes through a few names she likes.

I look down at Bella, she looks so innocent when she is asleep, so young. I rub a finger down her cheek gently, ''I'll let Bella name him, whatever she picks will be perfect.''

We talk some more about the baby and what I can read from him. And we talk about what may lay ahead for Alice and Jasper in South America. Eventually the afternoon has worn on and Bella is still asleep. Esme decides to make a start on Bella's dinner while Carlisle heads up to his office. Emmett has been having a few lewd thoughts about Rosalie for the last half an hour. Even without the mind reading it was fairly clear for us all to see on his face what his thoughts were. Once Esme and Carlisle have gone he gets up and pulls a very willing Rosalie with him. ''Yeah…we're going for a walk.'' He says as they head out the door. Right.

BPOV

I wake to the most delicious aroma. It smells like tomatoes, cheese and oregano. Mmmh Esme is making Italian, my favourite. I yawn and stretch as I awake from my nap. When I open my eyes I am surprised to see that it is dark outside. Some nap, it was more like a mini coma. ''What time is it?'' I ask Edward who is still sitting on the couch with me lying half on top of him, he is running his fingers slowly through my hair. I want to purr it feels so good.

''Almost seven pm, you had quite a sleep. You must have been really tired.'' He leans down to kiss my forehead. ''Better now?''

''Mmm yeah'' I yawn again. ''I'm really hungry now though, something smells delicious.''

Edward wrinkles his nose at the smell of human food, making me giggle. ''Esme is making lasagne.''

''Oooh yummy, my favourite. I have to pee first.''

''Of course you do.'' Edward chuckles as he picks me up.

''All I do is eat, sleep and pee. Anyone would think I was the baby.'' I grumble and Edward laughs again.

Once I'm finished my delicious dinner I am tired again. ''Oh this is getting ridiculous'' I mutter around a yawn. ''I refuse to go to bed before ten tonight Edward so you will have to do something to entertain me.''

Edward thinks for a minute before I see an idea hit him. ''We were talking earlier while you were resting and Rosalie was wondering if we had decided on a name for the baby.''

I bite my lip, I have already decided what I want to call him but I haven't said anything in case Edward disagrees. I decide to get a feel for what he likes first. ''What did you have in mind'' I question him.

Edward shrugs his shoulders, ''To be honest I hadn't even considered it until Rosalie brought it up.'' Edward looks at me and I can see the humour in his eyes. ''What'' I ask as I grin at him.

''Rosalie and Emmett have a few…suggestions.'' He smirks at the thought ''Do you want to hear some of them?'' I nod, this should be good, and I can only imagine what Emmett has come up with.

''Well Rosalie was running through names in her head and I picked out a few of the more…interesting ones. Her personal favourites are Clarence for a boy and Maude for a girl.'' He stops to gauge my reaction.

I wrinkle my nose ''Clarence and Maude? No way, you are kidding me.'' I shake my head.

Edward laughs out loud, ''you forget when she was young those are the names that would have been popular. We don't change our likes and dislikes after we become vampires and Rosalie is extremely old fashioned.''

''Yeah but seriously…Maude?'' I shake my head.

Edward, enjoying my reaction, decides to continue. ''She also likes Albert, Fred, Mabel and Bertha…''

He looks as though he could continue but I stop him with a giggle as I place my hand over his smiling lips. ''Okay, okay I think it's safe to say we won't be using any of Rose's suggestions.'' I laugh again. ''What did Emmett suggest?'' This should be good.

''Oh Emmett only had one suggestion. He wanted you to name the baby Emmett, after him.'' Edward eyes me comically for my reaction and I can't help it, I burst into peals of laughter. ''No way, that's never going to happen.''

''That's what Rosalie and I said and I can tell you right now, he was definitely put out over it.'' Edward is serious and I can't help but find it funny that Emmett was sulking because I wouldn't name our baby after him. ''He's so silly.''

Edward wraps his arms around me and nuzzles my neck. ''That's not exactly news my love. So, what did you have in mind?''

I twist my mouth to the side as I wonder if I should tell him. He looks at me so expectantly. What the hell ''I want to call him EJ.'' I whisper.

''EJ?'' Edward echoes. I can tell he's surprised at my choice, he is trying to work out what it means I think. ''I am assuming its Edward something. Am I right?'' he grins at me cockily and I decide to tease him a little.

''Well…it was supposed to be Edward Junior. But now after Emmett's suggestions I may change it to Emmett Junior. What do you think?''

''You will do no such thing.'' Edward growls playfully. ''I love it. But what if it really is a girl?'' I roll my eyes and don't answer. How many times do I have to tell everyone that I am definitely having a boy?

A/N Hope this was worth the wait guys, please review. I love reading your feedback and ideas x