This Little Love REVISED
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Summary: Bella comes to Forks pregnant, and becomes the center of attention in the least likely of persons; the Cullen family. Edward is infatuated with Bella, and her unborn baby, and goes through her pregnancy with her while going through some changes of his own.
Warnings: Some sexual content; coarse language; dubious actions (maybe). I'll add more if the need arises because I think I got them all.
AN: Here we go. Another chapter back on schedule. This chapter is in Edward's POV. After this chapter, I'm fast forwarding to Monday, the day of the bonfire and Bella going back to school (despite Carlisle's vivid objections of course.)
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Once Bella was fast asleep, I turned on Rosalie who was calmly looking at her nails on the couch. "What exactly were you doing, Rosalie?" I asked lowly, wanting to hear her motives over why she was being so nice to my mate.
Rosalie looked to me in a bored fashion. "I was the only one home, Edward. She needed picked up, and I went to get her, fed her, and then she didn't want to say that her stitches burned." She shrugged.
I narrowed my eyes at her. "What else? You're not telling me something."
Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Ask Bella when she wakes. Maybe she'll tell you since I'm not going to."
"Rose, if Bella is going through something and you know, you have a duty to tell her mate." Esme started to chide Rosalie while I looked through her mind. She was blocking something from me, which was how I knew something was wrong.
"Look, ask Bella, and if she doesn't tell you in a week, I'll tell you myself, like I told her I would." Rosalie ended the conversation, looking straight at me.
I gave a low growl. "Is she hurt?"
"Other than just losing a child? No." Rosalie told me, sounding truthful.
I narrowed my eyes once more. "Is this about her ex? Did he text her again?" I dared to ask on the subject of her ex who was becoming a pain in my ass from how much he liked to text Bella, claiming he was sorry for just saying he couldn't help her, and how he loved her and wanted her and the kids.
This man wasn't getting anywhere near Bella if I had a say about it, which I did.
Rosalie shrugged and tossed over Bella's Sidekick. I went through the history texts right away, and saw only a single new text that was from 'Jakey'. That was the mutt on the conversation who wanted Bella over for a bonfire. I opened the text to read the conversation, knowing it was invading Bella's privacy, but this mutt was starting to get on my nerves. He may be gay, but that didn't give him the right to just text all day, especially when Bella was just recovering.
'Hey! Sam told me, to tell you, that Charlie has to bring the fishing poles! - Jake.'
'Sure. I'll let him know. I don't know if I'll make it, but I'll be sure to tell you on Monday. -Bells'
'No problem. It doesn't matter if you come or not really. Dad's just going nuts with who you're dating. He really doesn't like Edward...*snicker* - Jake.'
'Too bad. I'm gonna hit the hay. I'll chat later, okay?- Bells.'
'Sure. Love ya, sis. - Jake.'
I raised a brow. So this bonfire was Billy Black's doing, not that alpha mutt. That certainly changed things between us all most certainly. Black was the new one on my itchy nerve list; the one list that made me want to go out and perhaps strangle the listed. Perhaps now was a good time to be on Charlie's good boy list. He already liked me highly since the terrible ordeal in the hospital; even Bella's mother liked me right away. Her husband, Phil, was a good guy and just smirked at Renee after looking at me. He liked that Bella and I were close, though he was worried still over the fact of Bella being in a relationship right now.
Things would be a little tough, but I and Bella would get through things together. After we get the preparations done on the urn we were buying for our son, Emmett Junior, things would go more smoothly for Bella and I.
When my mate had told me the name she chose for our son, I was surprised, but the name Emmett Junior fit so well with my deceased son. He might have been dead, but his namesake saved his mother and siblings who were very alive and kicking at Bella once more. I knew Emmett loved the name, and he was honored to share his real name with his nephew that would have, no doubt, been the prankster to put Emmett to the test.
For now, I closed the phone and set it down on an end table to plug it back in to charge it. I had kept Bella's phone during her hospitalization, though she had it during the day when she was awake and being amused by us all, and it would be new to not have it on me anymore. She would want it during the day when she was bored here during the day when we all went back to school no doubt. Carlisle wanted Bella on bed rest much longer than what she was at the hospital, and I knew Bella wouldn't like it, but it was for the best for the twins who needed a good rest like their stubborn mother.
Now, if I could keep her in that bed...
I chuckled at the kick I received from one of the two inside Bella's womb, "Still not liking me?" I questioned curiously to the unborn child.
Bella snorted. "She hates me, too. This is payback for letting Carlisle use that medication that put them to sleep." She rolled her eyes and took a small scoop of the ice cream from her small cup of chocolate/strawberry ice cream.
I had to chuckle once more. "Of course. She's more active it seems like." I hummed and gave a questioning look to Emmett who put a finger to his grinning lips before tip toeing away with my, Alice's, and Bella's eyes on him.
"And I'm the one who needs to be on bed rest?" Bella asked me sarcastically.
Alice and I bursted out laughing. If she thought this was weird, I wondered what she would think over our everyday, day-to-day lives.
"He's plotting something naughty." Alice chirped, flipping a few pages to her magazine.
"So this is normal?" Bella turned her eyes to me.
I nodded. "Yes." It was as simple as I could make it.
Bella hummed in understanding while taking another bite as Carlisle came up to the landing after finally returning from work. Bella made a noise to get his attention, and Carlisle looked to her before,
"No." Carlisle said right away.
Bella frowned at him as she removed the spoon from between her lips. It made me chuckle at how quickly my father said no. "Can I at least ask my question before you turn me down? Can you act like you listen to me at least once?" She asked him dryly with amusement and annoyance mixed in, watching him as he set his brief case down and turned fully towards Bella and I, a glint in his gold eyes.
"Of course, Bella. What did you want to ask me?" He appeased her right away. I knew his answer would be no to whatever my Bella wanted to ask him; it had been since she had left the hospital when all Bella wanted to do was walk a bit.
"I want a ride." She told him.
I turned to her with obvious question of what that meant, and Alice was holding back her giggles no doubt.
"To?" Carlisle raised a brow.
"Pharmacy."
"The pharmacy?" I parroted, growing confused as to why she wanted to leave the house for the pharmacy of all places.
Bella nodded to me when she turned those browns to my golds. "Yeah. Ryan's there working and I want to talk to him a bit in person over the presidency since I am now President Swan of Forks High School." She smirked in pride.
"Congratulations, Bella." Carlisle congratulated with pride. "No." He answered very bluntly, causing Alice to burst out laughing when Bella made puppy eyes.
"Oh please! I'll sit down when I get there! Please!" She whined.
Esme giggled as she walked in the room. "Oh, Carlisle! Those twins aren't going anywhere. I think a half hour is just fine, as long as Bella sits and relaxes that is." She turned to Bella as she folded her arms over her chest and ignoring the pointed, amused look from Carlisle.
Bella nodded quickly. "I promise! Please! Just thirty minutes! I'll take Edward and...and..." She thought over the other person to take. "Jasper!" She ended.
Carlisle pursed his lips, making me chuckle. "What harm is it, Carlisle? She'll come right back afterwards, and then she'll take a nap." I negotiated for my poor human's benefit of talking to Ryan who was worried and wanting to see her in person.
My father sighed under the puppy looks from Alice and Bella. "Thirty minutes, then you're in bed taking a nap for an hour." He said firmly, giving in to her wants for the very first time since her discharge.
Bella looked like the happiest person until she had to climb the stairs. She ended up on Alice's floor before calling quits and ordering me to get her some pants and a new shirt while she sat on Alice's bed, making said Alice roll her amused eyes while I did as told with a shake of my head. Bella was cute in her demanding ways, and the least I could do for her was get some clothes so she wasn't tortured by our steps any longer.
When Bella had dressed, we had left the house with Jasper following, looking rather amused on how he was dragged into this.
"now stop for a smoothie." Bella ordered once we were out of range of my house.
I had to chuckle. She was sly. "Of course, love. Which pharmacy are we meeting Ryan at?" I asked her, appeasing her needs for a smoothie.
"The Forks General store."
I nodded. "Alright. How long does he work today?" I answered my phone when a text came.
"Are you seriously texting and driving with me and these children in the car?" Bella dared to ask me, looking horrified.
I chuckled. "I have perfect control, love."
"No, absolutely not. Throw that bitch away." Bella shook her head.
Jasper chuckle. "Should I drive?"
I laughed and threw my phone to him in the back. "Happy?" I turned to Bella with amusement in my eyes.
"Look at the fucking road!"
"Calm yourself, Bella. Carlisle doesn't want you worked up. I have perfect control of this car, and I won't crash." I soothed her by taking her hand. "Don't work yourself up."
She glared at me. "Do that again, and I'm taking your license. Jasper is my new chauffeur when Esme can't do it." She decided on using Jasper as a driver, making him chuckle.
I rolled my eyes with a grin. "Of course, Bella love." I told her, appeasing her out of instinct.
"So, pres. Our next meeting is on Wednesday. You're needed." Ryan claimed with a pointed look at me.
I grinned. "I'm not the doctor, why does everyone look at me?" I chuckled.
"Because, you're the one who needs to get her there. Obviously letting her drive herself is out of question." Ryan rolled his eyes at me.
"I'm right here, guys." Bella laughed.
Ryan rolled his eyes. "Will you be there? You're really important now, Bella. We need you at the meeting." Ryan asked the main question, packing up a person's prescription and stapling the bag closed.
Bella sighed. "Where is it being held?"
"Angela's house."
"If I can sneak out of Carlisle's jail house, yes." Bella told him rather sarcastically.
I rolled my eyes fondly once more over Bella's sarcastic tone over Carlisle being a jailor these days.
I really needed more words in my dictionary when it came to Bella's cuteness.
Ryan hummed and leaned on the counter, close to Bella and myself where we were sitting in chairs that I moved closer to the counter. "Well, how about we have it where you're staying? We can have the meeting, your parole officer wouldn't be having strokes, and everyone can get this over with?" He questioned curiously.
I blinked. "That's not a bad idea, actually. You'd all have privacy, and Bella shouldn't be leaving the house in all honesty. She only escaped today due to my mother bailing her out of her cell."
"Perfect." Ryan said right away, looking to Bella who shrugged.
"Sure. If Carlisle and Esme are okay with it, I don't see why not. Just tell everyone I'll let them know tomorrow at school."
I turned to her right away. "Who said you're going to school?" I asked her sharply.
She pointed to herself. "I did. I'm not ruining my schooling because of this, and I'm perfectly fine to be walking around." She assured me.
It didn't work in the slightest.
"Should I leave this to the road blocked couple?" Ryan rolled his eyes with amusement, though he was serious on if he needed to leave us be.
"Course not. He's just over-protective. I'll see you all tomorrow. Tell Ang I'll get those papers she's asked me for tomorrow." Bella told him.
Ryan nodded and stood up straight and I copied him before I aided Bella out of her seat. "Cool. Chat ya later." He sang before walking off to do whatever he did during the day.
I gave Bella a stern look, seeing she was fully ignoring me though. "Bella," I started.
She cut me off. "No way. I'm going to school tomorrow whether you like it or not, Edward. My education is on the line, pregnant or not, I'm getting my diploma." She swore, walking next to me and holding my hand while we slowly browsed the store.
I shook my head. "Absolutely not, Bella. You need rest and time off of the world. Just for a little while, maybe a few months." I told her, "You could have your work brought to you so you can still pass this grade."
"That's not how it works, Edward."
"You can be given leeway, love. Bella," I stopped to face her when we stopped outside the store, "you almost died and took our twins with you. We're very lucky only one son was lost, and not our other son and daughter. You need rest." I told her firmly.
"I need to not be coddled. I survived this long without mothering, and I can go a lot longer without it." Bella told me in the same voice.
I furrowed my brows. "I'm not your mother; I'm your boyfriend, and I'm trying to make sure you and both those kids survive this pregnancy."
"You're trying to control me."
I stopped. "No I'm not, love." I shook my head at the assumption.
Bella rolled her eyes, "right. I've heard this all before, Edward. Don't tell me what to do, because more than likely, I'm not even going to try and listen." She told me with honesty in her voice.
"Bella, I am far different from Adam. For one, I haven't abandoned you with twins. Second, I'm not even human. I can't be anything like him." I told her softly, not wanting people to overhear our conversation.
"You can be exactly like him in a lot of ways. Watch," She waved at me. "Once my kids are born you'll be up and out, claiming 'not mine' and wanting nothing to do with me. Then, months alter, you'll want me back saying how much you love me. I've heard this before, Edward. This isn't very different." Bella shrugged, turning her head from me.
I was officially shocked. Why would Bella compare me to that low life that left her? All I was doing was trying to keep her off her feet and on rest for the twins' sakes.
"Bella love, look at me." I spoke softly, moving her head gently so her eyes would meet mine.
She turned her eyes away from mine, but I connected with them anyways. "love, I'm not trying to control you. I'm only thinking of your well being and how you're draining yourself and those kids by always being on your feet. I don't know why all of a sudden you're comparing me to your ex, but I feel like there's something you're hiding from me all of a sudden."
"No." Bella shrugged to my words of her hiding from me.
I could hear that lie, and I knew something was going on now.
"Bella, has Adam ever struck you?" I dared to ask what was crossing my mind right now.
Bella, all of a sudden, was just screaming 'abused woman', and I needed to know if that bastard ever touched her illegally; minus impregnating her.
My mate shook her head, but I could hear her heart increase with the silent lie.
"Bella, don't ever assume I'll strike you. For one, I couldn't ever do it. Two, that's not how a woman should be treated by a piece of trash. Has Adam ever struck you or threatened you?" I paused. "Has he texted you lately?"
She shrugged silently. "Once or twice." She answered.
I nodded. "Did you delete them from your phone before I could see them?" I asked softly, becoming more understanding of why she was beginning to just pull away at such a random time.
I got a reluctant nod from her, and I only gave a single one back.
"Alright. Bella, he can't hurt you. He would get in serious trouble for it now that you're with the chief and with me. He's just using words to get you back to him since you haven't gone back willingly. He can't hurt you while I'm still standing." I swore to her softly, pulling her closer to me and holding her right there.
I half-noticed that our little girl wasn't kicking me away this time.
I kissed the side of Bella's head when I scented the salty tears escaping from her eyes. I knew something had to be be wrong, and if this was what Rosalie was keeping to herself, then hell would be raised. Rosalie shouldn't ever keep something like abuse to herself, especially when it came to my mate.
Even if Rosalie had good intentions of getting Bella to admit to me that she had been hit and threatened by the ex-boyfriend, she still should have told me, or Carlisle, or even Alice. I would have eased the conversation out of Bella slowly, letting her know that I wouldn't ever repeat what her ex had done to her, and making sure she knew she could trust me completely in our mateship.
I hadn't told Bella what we were yet, but she was just near the tipping point of the discovery. She didn't know that we were mates yet either, but she did know something was different between us than it was with other guys. Her instinct to remain away from other men was increasing slowly, and her instinct to be closer to me was going up mighty fast as well.
I just had to wait a little longer.
"Come. Let's go home." I told her softly, kissing her head once more before pulling her back and wiping away the tears from her red-rimmed eyes.
She sniffed softly and nodded while wiping the tears away herself. "Yeah." She agreed easily to coming back with me.
I nodded and took her hand. "Come. Jasper ran back home a few minutes ago to give us some time to ourselves."
Bella sighed and nodded. "Alright."
Silence was between us the entire ride back, but her holding my hand was enough of a conversation that clearly said 'I love you', 'stay with me', and 'don't tell anyone'. I wouldn't tell anyone for many reasons.
One: Emmett would go and kill the man who ever thought of laying his hands on his sister.
Two: Bella didn't want to be treated differently, and if everyone knew that she was abused, all would most definitely treat her differently.
Three: Charlie would get wind and it was the last thing we all needed right now.
The chief was already stressing over Bella and the kids. I didn't need him to know about the ex hurting Bella. That would most certainly sign the boy's death wish with the chief in the picture. And if the chief found out, Renee and Phil would find out.
Phil and Charlie were apparently buddy buddies now, and it was rather odd for Renee to see her ex-husband and current husband going fishing together and coming back with all body parts in tact. Sue had assured Renee that Charlie would behave, but it was still shocking to the woman to see them all friendly.
I couldn't help but think though...if Renee had known of the pregnancy first and had made the man sign over all rights to her...did she know of the abuse? Did Renee know that the man hit and threatened Bella if she didn't go back to him?
I needed those messages from Bella's phone.
Sorry it's so late. Lost ideas for a period there, but I got more coming again.
Sure, virtual slap me one time for each of you. I deserve it after the absence I gave you all.
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