Enough for Now

Chapter 12

Several weeks have passed and I'm still without a wedding dress.

Other aspects have been taken care of so that's a relief. I've decided on the band that will play at the reception, they can play anything from classical to jazz. Food has been decided too. We would have a sit down meal of course and an open bar, Garrett expected between 400 and 500 people to be there. Only about 50-75 would be my actual family and friends, if I was lucky to have that many show.

"Bella, why don't you and Rose take a girls weekend and go to New York, just the two of you. Maybe you'll find something there, relax and don't over think." Garrett kissed me sweetly.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Of course. I've already told Emmett to tell Rose to pack her shit. The private jet is ready, you need to pack. The limo will be here soon." He smirked.

"You're a sneaky man. But I love you." I straddled his lap.

"Keep that up and I won't let you go." He bit my neck.

I jumped up and ran to the room.

Garrett sauntered in. "I'm serious babe. Money is no problem and you've got the black card, use that for everything. While we're at it, hand me all your personal cards. I don't want you to use any of yours." He smirked.

"Garrett, no." I shook my head.

"There's no room discussion or argument." He held out his hand.

I huffed and then handed him my cards.

"Uh, there's one missing." He snapped his fingers.

"Ugh! You're impossible." I smiled and tossed my last one at him. "Can I finish packing now?" I asked.

"Only if you take this." He unbuttoned his shirt and folded it and put it in with my things. "I want you thinking of me at night." He kissed my neck.

"I always think of you." I turned in his arms.

"You feeling OK? You look a little peaked and your feet are still puffy." He pointed down.

"Yeah, too much fluid today I guess. I'm fine. I'll make an appointment this time, I swear." I shrugged.

"OK. I'm counting on it." He kissed me once more before letting me finish up and going to check on Greyson.

Rose and I were having a great weekend, still no luck in finding a dress though so I told Rose to screw it and it was truly a girl's weekend and we were going to go clubbing.

"Bella, I didn't bring clubbing clothes and you've never been one to go clubbing." Rose mocked me.

"I know. But I feel spontaneous. Let's go to one of these little boutiques and get something. Come on." I pulled her out the door. "It's all on Garrett." I waved his black card in the elevator and she giggled.

We walked into this cute boutique with whimsical clothing that looked one of a kind.

"Hi! How can I help you!" this cute little pixie girl came bouncing out from behind the desk.

"Yes, we're in town for the weekend and we're looking for something to go out to a club in and we're looking for a good club and restaurant." We smiled.

"Well, I can help you ALL around. My name is Alice and this is my shop. I make all the clothes and my fiancé owns the best jazz club in the city and it's got a killer restaurant attached, managed by his brother." She beamed.

We spent the better part of the afternoon getting acquainted with Alice and her clothes, each of us picking several outfits and agreeing to meet Alice back here in a couple hours to be her special guest at the club tonight.

We met back at Alice's shop and caught a cab to her fiancé's club.

"So, I called Jasper and he had Peter reserve us a VIP table for dinner. You girls look HOT in my designs by the way. Have you thought about modeling?" she smiled.

"Oh, no. I'm a computer geek, I hate the lime light." I shook my head. "Rose here, she would love something like that though." I pinched her side.

"I'd love to use you during my next show. I'd pay for everything. Flight, room and food." Alice beamed.

"Oh, I don't know. I have a baby and a husband to consider." She smiled.

"Tell you what. We'll exchange information and we can talk about it. It won't be until next fall." Alice reassured her.

"Oh! That might cause bigger problems. Bella is getting married then, I'll be really busy. Hey, have you ever designed a wedding dress?" Rose opened her big mouth.

"Bella! You're getting married?" Alice started bouncing.

I just nodded.

"I'd LOVE to design your dress. Tell you what, give me a couple of weeks and I'll fly out to you. I'll take measurements and get your ideas of the perfect dress." She smiled.

Before we had the chance to talk anymore we'd arrived at the club.

Dinner and music made for a great evening.

We met Alice's family.

Her fiancé Jasper was calm and soft spoken to her bubbly personality.

Jasper's brother Peter and his Charlotte were two peas in a pod, kind of like Rose and Emmett and refused to let us pay for anything all night.

Alice told them about her designing my wedding gown and when Rose finally told her who she was actually designing it for, I thought Alice's ear piercing screech was going to bring in all the neighborhood dogs.

"Darlin' I kind of need my hearing." Jasper chuckled.

"Sorry baby, but I've been reading about this wedding. I just didn't put two and two together." She smiled widely.

"Could we keep this on the down low for now?" I asked.

"Of course. I understand not wanting that information getting leaked out." She nodded.

Our weekend ended and we made sure we had each other's information before leaving.

"How was your weekend baby?" Garrett asked as he picked us up from the airport.

"Good. We went shopping and met a nice couple, she owns her own boutique. And although I didn't find a wedding dress, she does make all her own clothes and she's agreed to MAKE my wedding dress." I beamed into his eyes for his reaction.

"Really? A true one of a kind?" he smiled.

"Yeah. Everything that I WANT!" I stressed.

"That's great baby." He hugged me tight. "Oh, I hope you don't mind. I called the doctor for you, we've got an appointment tomorrow morning at 8:30 after we drop Greyson off for school." He smiled.

"Garrett, really? I was fine all weekend. Tell him Rose." I look to her with pleading eyes.

"Well, she did get sick once. And her feet keep swelling." She shrugged.

"Bitch." I shot her a look.

"Bells, just concerned for you too." She shrugged.

"Fine." I mumbled.

We dropped Rose off at her house, Emmett was waiting and grabbed her bags then her for a big hug, thanking me for taking her for the weekend.

I laughed and told Rose he'd be thanking me when he saw the lingerie we purchased from Journelle.

The men both looked at us in question and we smiled and told them 'later'.

Rose dragged Emmett inside and I told Garrett we needed to get home so I could see my little man.

"Sorry babe, he's with Heidi, Al and the girls, they're going to the movies and pizza. It's you and me." He reached over and kissed me before pulling out of the drive way.

We pulled up to the house and I was relieved.

"Do you want to freshen up before dinner or just stay in?" he asked.

"I'd love to freshen up and do something simple. I don't want to have to do heels and makeup, if possible." I pleased with my eyes.

"That's fine. We can do Chili's. Go shower and throw on some jeans and a t-shirt." He kissed me. "I've got a few phone calls to make, just come get me." He left to my shower and I hurried through so we could eat, I was starving.

The doctor's appointment came too soon for my liking.

I hated the doctor's and Garrett being all doting was driving me crazy.

"Garrett please. I can put my shoes on by myself, really." I sighed.

"I know, I just want to help. You don't look like you're feeling too well. I have the driver waiting so I can sit with you. OK?" he held my chin and kissed me softly.

I sighed and nodded. "OK."

We arrived at the doctor's and they did all the usual pre-appointment fun stuff like weight, height, urine and drawing blood, which almost made me panic.

Garrett calmed me down and chuckled at my near hyper ventilation of the needle.

"If you value your manhood, you'll stop." I snapped.

The doctor walked in at that time and smiled.

"Good morning Ms. Swan, I see here you've been feeling nauseous and had some swelling in your feet?" he questioned.

"Yes sir. I'm not sure what's causing it. It's not something that's usual for me." I shook my head.

"OK, well going over your test results here, it looks like you're pregnant." He smiled.

"What?" I gasped and Garrett is practically doing a happy dance in the corner.

"But, from the swelling in your feet and your size, I'm worried. I think you may have early preeclampsia." He sighed.

"Can that be bad? My first pregnancy was pretty normal, I was stressed, but it didn't really do much besides make me sick my first trimester." I shrugged.

"I'm going to do an ultrasound, I want to get an idea of how far you are, and do you have any idea?" he asked.

"Uh, maybe 8 weeks or so. My periods have been messed up, so I'm not sure. I haven't been able to take any birth control since my first son's birth, most of them made me sick and I won't do an IUD, our family history doesn't have a great track record with them." I told him honestly.

"OK. Give me a few minutes to get everything ready and we'll see if we can get an idea." He smiled and walked out.

"Oh God Garrett, I'm going to be a WHALE at our wedding!" I started crying.

"Bella, you'll be a beautiful bride no matter what!" he soothed.

"Oh, this will be one for the socialites… BILLIONARE MARRIES WHALE… WHALE MARRIES BILLIONARE FOR MONEY… I can read the fucking headlines now." I cried harder.

The doctor walked in while I was crying.

"Is she OK?" he looked worried.

"She's just worried because we're getting married in November." I answered.

"Oh, she'll be a beautiful bride." He gushed.

"That's what I told her. She's worried about the stupid socialites." I could feel Garrett rolling his eyes.

"Oh dear. Don't worry about those two bit nosy bitches. My wife included. I knew you looked familiar. She's been talking about this wedding and hoping we get the 'invite'" he laughed.

"Oh, we'll make sure you do. She'll be the envy of her friends and you'll be 'The World's Best Husband'." Garrett smiled.

"Well thank you." He nodded. "Now, let's see your baby." He instructed me to lay back and pull my shirt up and skirt down a little.

We started the test and he took the pictures and typed some stuff in before he started showing us all the important things for development.

"Now from the looks of this Bella and Garrett, she's closer to about three and a half months. So I'm quite concerned about the swelling. You're healthy, so I don't want to put you on bed rest already. But I want you to take it easy. If you're working, cut back your hours and all this wedding stuff, don't worry about it. It's not worth it." He smiled.

"Thank you." We both said.

"No problem. I want to see you back here in 3 weeks. Bella you also need to put on some weight. At least 5 pounds." He gave me a look.

"I'll try." I nodded.

"OK. We can work with that." He shook our hands and left us with instructions to see the nurse for our appointment and our disc and pictures.

Garrett pulled out his phone as soon as we were in the car.

"Alistair, I'm not going to be in today, I'll fill you in later." He snapped the phone shut without any other explanation.

We arrived at the house and he practically dragged me out of the car and picked me up bridal style.

Once behind closed doors he swung me around.

"A baby! We're having a baby! And I get to be here for every single moment." He kissed me though both of our tears.

"I'm so happy Garrett. I really am and I don't care that I'll be a whale, as long as you'll love me." I smiled up at him.

"Bella, I saw your pictures from before. You're the most beautiful pregnant woman ever and pregnant with my child. That's even better." He kissed me senseless and then carried me upstairs and made love to me all afternoon.

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