Hoooome! Oh Chicago, I have missed you! I also enjoyed coming home to my apartment to find it completely cleaned. Thanks, man-child brigade. You guys can actually be sweet sometimes.

I'm really surprised that not many people asked what Jasper was doing! But if you were wondering, you're going to find out in this chapter.

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BPOV, 8 Weeks Along:

Jasper and I laid back on the bed, lazily staring up at the ceiling and tossing a bouncy ball back and forth.

"You know, what you're planning is really hurting Alice." I sighed.

"Huh, I guess that's why she has barely spoken to me all week." Jasper said sarcastically.

"Why aren't you even attempting to talk to her about it? Dammit, Jasper, she loves you, and you're joining the army without even talking to her about it! Her feelings are really hurt. You know how Alice likes to be a part of everything, especially if it's about you."

"I know. But it's what I want, Bells. I've wanted to join the army for years, and Alice knew that. I'm not giving up my dreams, and Alice knows that I'm going to come back to her." Jasper exhaled, throwing the bouncy ball at the ceiling and catching it again.

"She's scared, Jazz. That's all." I pointed out.

Hell, I'm scared. I can't lose my big brother.

"It's going to be fine, Bella. And don't worry, I'm going to talk to Alice as soon as she'll listen to me." He promised, standing up and cracking his back. "It's late, little sister. I need some sleep."

"Night." I sighed, curling up around my pillow.

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EPOV, 12 Weeks Along:

"It was amazing, Alice." Bella gushed, holding out the ultrasound picture. "We could see its little hand, and all of its tiny little fingers!" Alice giggled and examined the black and white picture eagerly.

"What's this?" She asked, pointing to a big blob towards the top of the picture.

"Um, that's the….uh…Edward? What's that again?" Bella blushed; pushing the picture over to me.

"That's the head, love. And this" I flipped the picture around "is the baby's foot, see? You can see its toes." I pointed to the tiny outline of a little foot with five perfect toes visible.

"Wow." Alice breathed, moving her hand to Bella's stomach. "What else could they tell you?"

"We could hear the heartbeat clearly, and the baby is already 5 cm." Bella said happily, placing her hands over Alice's on her own stomach.

"It must have been so exciting!" Alice exclaimed, picking up the ultrasound picture. "Is this copy for me?"

"Yeah, we thought you'd like one other than the seven week one. You can see so much more at twelve weeks." I nodded, and Alice tucked the small picture in her purse.

"So…." Alice played with the straps of her purse. "Are you going to start meeting potential parents soon?"

"Next week." Bella said casually, though I knew she was excited to talk to the couple that would be the parents for the baby. "We were supposed to wait until the second semester to meet with people, and I'll be at thirteen weeks on May 28th."

"That's great. I know you're going to find someone amazing; I can just feel it." Alice said, laying her hand Bella's shoulder. I took this opportunity to kiss Bella's slightly visible baby bump. She blushed and ran her fingers through my hair when my lips came in contact with the material covering her stomach. "So I'm guessing you guys are okay now, right? I mean, after the whole Mike thing….and then Jasper dumped that stupid army news on us….."

"We're fine." Bella said serenely, resting her head on my arm. I knew that meant she was exhausted.

But what she said was true. The last few weeks had been pretty rocky. But then Bella and I decided that we should talk about our problems and try and sort them out instead of fighting about it. So we had been talking a lot more, ultimately bringing us closer together.

Although she was only 17 years old, pregnancy suited Bella. Once she got past the intense morning sickness phase (which tended to last all day, not just the morning), she stated feeling better and had this amazing glow around her. Her boobs had even got bigger, which was a nice plus for me. Even though the sex-train was kind of off limits to Bella, I still appreciated it. The fatigue she had been feeling these past weeks was starting to lift, and the doctor assured her that the feeling would lift for the next couple of weeks.

"Edward? Can you drive me home?" Bella asked softly. "I'm really too tired to drive."

"Of course." I said quickly, standing and holding my hand out to her.

"You know what? I'll take you." Alice suggested. "I need to have a talk with your brother, anyway." She muttered under her breath.

"Thanks, Alice." Bella sighed, rubbing her stomach gently before giving me a soft kiss on the lips.

"I'll see you tomorrow." I whispered, kissing the sensitive spot behind her ear before planting a quick kiss on her belly.

"Bye." She waved and followed Alice out of the house. I stood in the doorway of the house and watched her and Alice drive down the driveway and out of sight.

I had still not found the courage to 'talk' to the baby. I couldn't bring myself to become any closer than I already had, because I knew that a few months, the baby would no longer be ours and I couldn't be any closer to it.

But I could have Bella for the rest of my life. And for now, that would be more than enough.

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Bella and Edward will start meeting potential parents next chapter.

Man, I am so happy to be home! My bed! My pillows! My living room! My kitchen! I've missed all of it!

Xoxo- Melodyella aka Mellie