Chapter 11: Baby Shower

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"Are we almost done?" I whined

Alice had locked me in my bathroom and was playing Bella Barbie with me. I still did not understand why, it was her baby shower. She should have been the one that was all done up since the party was for her and her unborn son.

But no, Alice said that I too had to get all done up for the party. Plus she was never one to give up on the opportunity to dress me up. And she was using my extra weight and bed rest to her advantage.

"Yes, now stop asking that. And stop fidgeting." Alice sighed with obvious frustration. I have been asking her the same question since she began.

"There you're done."

"Finally," I sighed standing up and inspecting myself in the mirror.

Though I protested and hated it when Alice dressed me up, she always did an amazing job. I was wearing a navy v-neck dress that went down past my knees. It was light weight and sleeveless, which was exactly what I needed.

It never got that hot in Washington during the summer, but for some reason we were having a heat wave this year. That definitely was not good for me. I was so uncomfortable all the time because of it being so hot outside.

With the air conditioning on full blast, I still always found myself extremely hot. I usually end up wearing a pair of underwear and a tank top most of the time to try and stay cool. Edward seemed to enjoy this, especially since the tank top rarely covered my stomach.

"What do you think?" Alice asked

"I look amazing like always, thank you." I gave her an awkward hug since our large stomachs were in the way.

"You ready to go?" Edward asked coming into the bathroom.

"Yup." Alice smiled and walked out and headed towards the stairs.

"You look amazing." Edward came closer and kissed me passionately on the lips.

"Thank you." I smiled once we broke the kiss. "Let's get this party started." I laughed nervously.

I wrapped my arm around Edward's neck as he helped me towards the living room.

Since Edward was so over protective of me and I couldn't travel that easily since my stomach didn't fit that well in a car and the seat belt was painful we agreed to have the party at our house. Our living room was large enough to fit everyone that Alice was bound to invite and whatever else she wanted to do.

The first thing I saw were blue and pink streamers and balloons. I found that odd since Alice was only having a boy. Then it hit me. The reason why she had spent so much time dressing me up and for the mixed colored decorations. The baby shower wasn't just for Alice, but it was for me as well.

"Edward, I said I didn't want a baby shower." I hissed.

"I'm sorry, I tried to protest, but Alice wouldn't hear of it." Edward apologized sincerely. "Just please go along with it and pretend to have fun. I promise I will make it up to you tonight." He kissed me behind the ear making me go weak at the knees.

"Alright I'll try." I sighed. "Are you going to be there?"

"I'm sorry but Alice isn't letting me stay. She says it's a girl's only party."

"What?" I was shocked. I didn't know how I was going to survive without my husband there with me.

"Don't worry I have a surprise for you that will help you get through the day."

Edward carefully finished leading me down the stairs and in the direction of the kitchen.

I was about to ask him what was going on when I saw my mother leaning up against the island.

"Mom?" I could feel the tears start to pool in my eyes. She was the last person I expected to be at my baby shower.

My mom didn't say anything but came straight over to where I was standing and pulled me into her arms. I began to cry, as did she, I was so happy to see her.

"I'm so sorry honey; I was just so worried about you." She said still not letting go of me.

"I know mom its okay." I knew I probably should have been mad at her after what she had said, but I couldn't. She was my mother and no matter what I loved her.

"I wanted to call and apologize, but I didn't know if you would forgive me. If it weren't for Edward telling me that you still wanted me to be around I probably wouldn't be here right now."

I nodded my head into my shoulder not trusting myself to speak. I would probably break out into another batch of crying.

"Well, let me get a look at you." My mom pulled me away so could inspect my stomach. "Wow, you look great Bella."

"No, I don't, I look fat. My stomach is so huge I have trouble holding it up. And gosh my makeup is probably a mess, Alice is going to freak." I quickly ran my finger under my eyes to make sure that my mascara wasn't running. Of course Alice probably predicted that I was going to cry since none of it came off onto my fingers

"You look beautiful Bella no matter what." Edward said speaking for the first time. I had forgotten that he was in the room with us.

"Your husband is right. Now come on we have a party to go to and we don't want to keep everyone waiting."

I put one arm around Edward and the other around my mother and the three of us walked into the living room where all my friends were waiting.

"Surprise!" They all shouted when we entered. I had a large smile on my face and it wasn't even fake.

Edward gently lowered me to the couch and made sure I was comfortable, or as comfortable as I was going to get.

"Are you sure you can't stay?" I asked one more time.

"Yes, I think Alice might kill me if I tried. Don't worry I'll be right upstairs if you need me." He gave me a kiss me on the lips before dashing out of the room.

Alice did an amazing job with the decorations, I noticed as I looked around the room. Of course I knew she would since this wasn't her first baby shower and she always knew what sort of decorations to put up whatever the occasion may be.

Pink and blue balloons were located around the four corners of the room and streamers were wrapped around the tables and chairs. There were also two long ropes that went across the top of the room. Hanging from them were multi-designed onsies.

My mom pulled up a chair so she was able to sit next to me since I could not leave my spot on the couch. Alice sat on the other side of me in one of the lounge chairs that were normally in the room. Most of the furniture was removed to make room for the tables and folding chairs, where all my friends were sitting.

In the middle of the room was one long table filled with different types of food. Just looking at it made me hungry. Alice came to the house early so she could get me ready for the party and did not leave me a lot of time to eat an actual breakfast. I was a bit surprised I had been going this long without much food in my stomach.

I needed to get something into my stomach soon. The only problem was I couldn't get up to grab something and I didn't know if we were allowed to eat yet. Alice was pretty strict about when things had to be done, and I didn't want to do something I wasn't supposed to.

So far everyone was just sitting around and talking amongst themselves. Hopefully everything would stay this way and we wouldn't have to play any of those stupid baby shower games. We had done those at Alice's last baby shower and both of Rose's. Since this was a shared baby shower and Alice knew how much I despised the games I was hoping we wouldn't have to play them.

"Grandma!" I heard a little voice shout and a blur of pink came running in our direction and right into my mother's arms.

"Hello Lily." Renee laughed at Lily's action. "You have gotten so big."

"I know, I three and a big sister." she held out three of her little fingers.

"You are?" Renee asked pretending to be shocked. Lily nodded her head eagerly, a big smile on her face.

"That's a very pretty dress you have on." I commented turning my niece's attention away from my mother and onto me.

"Thank you. Mommy boughts it specially for the party. It spin big too." Lily spun around in a circle to show us how far out the dress went.

"You might want to slow down there sweetie, you don't want to make yourself sick." Rosalie said coming over to us, Ivy in her arms.

"Ivy got a new dress too." Lily pointed out. "We match."

"I see that." Both of the girls were wearing bright pink dresses that had large bows in the middle.

"May I hold her?" Renee asked Rosalie. She had only seen Ivy through pictures that Emmett had sent her since she was unable to come to Seattle for her birth.

"Sure." Carefully she handed Ivy off to my mother who cradled her newest granddaughter in her arms.

"She's so tiny. How old is she?"

"Just about three months. She is still on the small side, but the doctor's say not to worry too much about it. As long as she eats then we are fine."

Ivy looked up at Renee with her big blue eyes and gave her a smile. She was definitely a social girl and was happier in someone's arms then laying on the floor by herself. She already loved to be the center of attention just like her mother and big sister.

"She looks like Emmett did when he was a baby." Renee noticed still gushing over her granddaughter.

"That's what everyone says, but Emmett says she is starting to look more like me every day." Rosalie laughed, though I did agree with them.

Ivy was slowly starting to become another mini Rosalie. Her once dark hair was starting to lighten out and her eyes were darkening and were now bluer then before. The shape of her face was exactly like Emmett's but her eye shape and cheek bones were Rosalie.

My stomach decided to ruin the moment and grumble loudly.

"When was the last time you ate?" My mom asked handing Ivy back to Rosalie.

"I had a pop tart this morning." I said honestly.

"You need more than that." Renee got up from her seat and headed over to the main table to get me some food.

"I didn't think your mom was going to come." Rosalie commented once Renee was out of ear shot

"Neither did I. Apparently Edward has been calling her for a while and got her to come up so we could do a proper apology to each other."

"Edward always thinks of the right thing to do."

"I know that's why I married him." I laughed.

"I wasn't sure what you wanted so I got you a little bit of everything." Renee said coming back with a plate full of food.

"Thanks mom." I smiled and eagerly took the plate from her. I picked up a turkey wrap and bite down on it happy to finally be eating.

The party turned out to be a lot of fun and to my delight no baby games. Except for the "what do you think Bella is going to have" game. That was definitely a popular one and I always got different results depending on the day. All my friends came up at different times to inspect my huge stomach and wishing me congratulations.

I got tons of gifts too, all of them gender neutral. My favorite had to be the six diaper towers. I tried not to think about the amount of diapers my babies were going to use up because I was afraid. The towers were adorable and would be put to good use quickly.

I was exhausted when the party was finally over. It was the most activity I have done in a long time, and I did not even left the couch except to use the bathroom.

I was thankful when Edward helped me climb up the stairs into our bedroom and change out of my dress and into something more comfortable.

"Stay with me?" I asked holding my arms out to him.

"Anything for you love." Edward kicked off his pants and climbed into bed next to me and wrapped his arms around my stomach.

"I love you." I kissed him softly on the lips and snuggled closer to him.

"I love too." I felt him kiss my forehead seven times, one for me and one for each of our babies. And with that I let the darkness overtake me.

A/N: End of chapter 11. I would like to thank my amazing beta, Luv2beloved, for reading over this chapter. I am hoping to start writing chapter 12 tomorrow since I don't have classes and only one assignment due Monday. And hopefully I can get it up next week. I'm actually doing better in school then I thought I was, which is amazing. Of course my main focus will still be on my classes since I need to keep my grades up.

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