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Edited Chapter
BPOV
A son. I'm having a boy. Edward hasn't wiped that gigantic smile off his face yet. I think if I looked in the mirror, my face would probably match his. I'm just glad that everything is going fine. I just feel huge and I'm one week past half way. You can definitely tell I'm pregnant just by looking at me.
On our way to Rose and Em's house, Edward got a phone call from his mom. Apparently everyone is at the house, waiting on us. Edward seemed nervous about knowing everyone was there, and I noticed him touch his jacket over his heart several times. He's hiding something from me.
EPOV
When my mom called me, my mood fell. Not because they were waiting on us to see if we would tell our newest secret, but I was upset as by who was there.
"Bella, my mom wants to know if we're going to tell them the sex or if we're going to keep it to ourselves." She thought about it for a few minutes before answering me.
"I guess we can tell them. I mean, you're mom is planning the shower and it would be easier to plan for a boy than to not know. You know?" I guess, I wanted to tell her but I bit the inside of my lip and nodded in agreement. We spent the rest of the ride in silence, Bella rubbing circles over her belly and me, touching the inside breast pocket of my jacket, touching my gift to Bella. Although, I'm not sure when I'm gonna give it to her.
When we arrived at my sister's house, I helped Bella out of the car and led her inside to the living room. Everyone was waiting on us to start the 'celebration', as my mom put it. As soon as I made my appearance, Charliepulled me into Bella's bedroom, wanting a word with me.
He was pacing the room, making semi-circles around the bed, with his hands in his pockets. I was scared to say anything because he looked like he might take his gun out of his holster and shoot my ass.
"Let me just tell you something. I know that you're doing what you think you need to but,"--I knewthere was going to be a but--"you don't need to lead my daughter on. I've seen the way you act, telling her things and touching her. I don't want to see her get hurt because you're telling her these empty promises when you have no follow through." He turned his body to face me. Charlie cocked his eyebrow, silently asking for an answer. I ran my hands through my hair, shifting my weight from one foot to the other.
"Chief Swan, I--"
"You can call me Charlie. We're both adults here." I nodded at him and continued.
"Charlie, I'm in no way leading Bella on. I think we've had this discussion in one form before but I gladly reiterate my intentions to you about your daughter." I reached in my pocket and tossed the box to him. "That's for Bella." I waited for him to open it and realize what kind of gift it was. A platinum band with a full carat solitaire diamond. An engagement ring. "The only place I plan on leading Bella to is an aisle so I can make her my wife. I plan on spending the rest of my life making sure she is being taken care of and loved. She will be my wife and the mother of our children. I will make sure she is always happy." I couldn't be positive, but I think I saw Charlie wipe his eyes. He closed the box and walked over to hand it back to me.
"You better uphold every promise you just made. She is my little girl." He clapped me on the back and walked out of the room. Holy fuck, did that just happen? I think Charlie and I just made....amends. Thank you God above. I walked back into the living room, completely stunned.
Rose placed the last of the food on the table and called everyone to eat. After everybody got settled and started to eat, Alice opened her mouth.
"So, am I going to have to beat the answer out of you two or are you going to give in to us willingly?"
"I'll tell you after lunch Alice. Calm down." Bella smiled brightly at Alice. Renee turned to me and asked how my work has been.
"It's been hectic lately. But that's the job." Hectic is an understatement.
"How are you going to handle a job with random hours and a newborn baby?" Her husband is okaywith me and now she's giving me crap. I look over and Bella, kiss her cheek and turn back to her mother.
"We'll figure it out when that time comes." Renee huffed at my answer but didn't say anything else to me. After lunch, we all move into the living room so the guys can watch some football replay game. The girls start talking about Alice's newest line in her collection.
"Oh, my newest inspiration color is pink. All shades of pink for women and men."
"Blue." Bella's cheeks flamed with blush as she blurted out. Alice and Rose looked at her like she had lost her mind.
"Um, no Bella. It's pink." Bella shook her head and winked at me.
"No, Alice. Blue." The women all looked at us for a moment before they erupted with screams.
"Bells, you're giving me a grandson?" Bella looked over to her father and nodded yes. The women took Bella into the kitchen, making plans for a baby shower. The men came over and congratulated me. Em had to almost ruin the moment.
"Hell yeah man. Great job getting the right soldier to the egg!" He boomed. Rose stormed into the living room and slapped him on the back of the head, thenreturn to the kitchen. My good day was cut short when my pager went off with a '911'. Making my way into the kitchen, I hated that I had to tell Bella I had to leave. I came up behind her and wrapped my arms around her, rubbing my hands over our son.
"Sorry honey. Duty calls which means my shift for the next 24 hours starts early. Um, you gonna be at the house tomorrow night when I come home?" She turned around and told me yes before planting her lips to mine. I tried to keep it sweet, considering her mom was right there next to us. I told her I loved her and left. Some times my job gets in the way.
When I walked past the nurses station and realized that Jane and Chelsea were still at work, my bad mood got worse. I ignored them as I went into my office and got changed. Grabbing my stethoscope, I made my way down to the emergency room. A young female, 8 months pregnant, was in a terrible accident and was losing a lot of blood. After a couple hours in surgery, a beautiful baby girl was born but unfortunately, the mother didn't make it. I had to break the news to the father. After I consoled the widower, I went to my office and cried. I cried for the husband who lost his wife, for the baby that would never know her mother, for the wife who we couldn't save. But mostly, I cried for the fact that she reminded me of Bella.
This morning I wasn't sure when I was going to propose to Bella but after this tragedy I just witnessed, I know now that there is no time like the present. I don't want my life to go by and God forbid ifsomething happened, I don't want any regrets. I'll ask her when I get off work tomorrow night. Speaking of Bella, I've got two nurses to deal with.
I composed myself and walked out to the desk. Both of them were there, sitting around, filing their nails and gossiping about some new orderly on their floor.
"Ladies." I laid my hands on the top of the desk, fingers intertwined, and stared at both of them.
"Hello Doctor Cullen. How can we help you today?" Jane is always trying to pass off a common question with a double meaning.
"Can I ask a favor from both of you?" Jane leaned up closer to me, pushing her cleavage up and Chelsea's eyes brightened up with hope. More like hopeless. I pulled the box out of my pocket and sat it on the counter. I slowly opened it and let them get a good look.
"Do you know what this is?" Both of them bobbed their heads up and down.
"It's an engagement ring, right?"
"Right you are, Jane. It's for Bella." Their eyes almost jumped out of their sockets. "Now, the favor. Keep you fucking mouths closed about my future wife. If I hear a fucking peep out of either of you about her, me, or our baby, you can kiss you jobs good bye." I snapped the box closed and sauntered back to my office and slammed the door. I needed Bella. Bad.
BPOV
I hated that Edward had to leave and wouldn't get to see him for over 24 hours, but I have learn to deal with it. He was the best surgeon they had on payroll and so he was always the first to get paged when something came up. Hopefully, he'll do something about the crazy hours when it gets time for the baby to be here.
"Do you mind, Bella?" I was brought back to reality by Esme.
"I'm sorry, what? I spaced out." She chuckled at me, patting me on the hand.
"It's alright honey. I asked if you would mind terribly if I put together a nursery at my house." I thought about it for a minute. It is her first grand child and she wants to throw my baby shower. Before I could answer that, 'No I didn't mind', my mother opened her big ass mouth.
"Speaking of nurseries, Bella, where are you going to live so you can actually decorate a nursery? Emmett and Rosalie, I'm sure, would love their spare room for a nursery for any child they have in the future." Rose came over to me and hugged me really tight and whispered in my ear.
"You can stay as long as you need to. Don't listen to her. We love having you here." I turned back to my mom, thinking how I should handle her statement.
"Um, well, Edward had made the comment that we could buy a bigger house. You know, since he only has a one bedroom apartment." Half way through my statement, my father spit his beer all over the floor in front of him, mumbling something about 'Edward' and 'serious'.
"Isabella, you are too young to be living with some boy."
"First off, he's not a boy. He's a man. And I'm 18, so you can't tell me what ---" I was cut short by a screaming Alice in my face.
"That was your secret? You just turned 18. That's a major milestone and you didn't even tell us! We need to go out and celebrate!" I rolled my eyes. So dramatic.
"Alice, it's not a big deal. It's just another birthday." Emmett came in the kitchen at that moment, ganging up on me as well.
"Bellyboo, 18 is like, the biggest damn deal. You're legal to do stuff now. Like, sex with Edward." He always knows when to open his mouth and embarrass the crap out of me. My mom stood there in front of me, jaw slack and eyes wide. Everyone was making plans around me for my birthday this weekend. I'm so not looking forward to this crap.
*Saturday Night – Bella's birthday celebration*
It was 8:00 and the guys were fussing at us girls to 'hurry the hell up' so my dumb cousin could 'get his drink on'. I had to beg and beg Alice to not dress me up too much. I got away with a glittery white top, jeans that Alice called sexy pregnant jeans, and a pair of wedge heeled knee high boots. I know for a fact that I wouldn't be dancing tonight so Alice said I could wear the monstrosity I called boots. Alice was wearing a hot pink strapless dress that came down to her knees and a pair of silver pumps with her hair spiked up all over the place. Rose was wearing a deep red halter top dress that barely covered her butt with the same color open-toed heels.
We finally came downstairs and the guys jumped up and headed for the door. Em was wearing a button that matched Rose's dress with jeans, while Jasper was wearing a black button up with jeans. We piled into Jasper's giant four door truck and we headed out to this 'club'. I wish Edward would hurry up and meet us there. I miss him.
After waiting in line for about twenty minutes, the guys made their way up to the bar and found a table while us girls took off for the dance floor. I tried my best to let my almost cousin let me sit down but they said I had to at least dance for ten minutes because we're celebrating my birthday. I relented and just did it anyway. As the current song was coming to an end, a woman walked up and hugged Rosalie. They talked for a few minutes when the friend asks where Edward was. Why is she asking about Edward?
"He'll be here in a few minutes. He's got a late shift." She pursed her lips then smiled at me. She leaned over and 'loudly' whispered she was going to get a drink. We danced one more song before looking for the boys. I told them I had to sit down because my back was hurting. Two glasses of water and one trip to the bathroom later, I felt that tingling in my heart again. Edward was here. He walked over, wearing that famous green button up and a pair of khaki's. He looked so yummy. He came over, kissed me quickly and said he was going to get a drink.
When Edward was out of eye sight, the female showed back up yet. I didn't even get her name and I hated the way she hung around and asked about my man. She sat across from me and eyed my pregnant belly.
"Do you mind? It's kind of rude to stare." She blink her eyes at me at like I bothering her.
"So, you're out a club and pregnant. Who would get you pregnant?" Before I could answer her, she squealed out 'EDDIE' and jumped up, sprinted off behind me. I whipped around in my seat to see Edward standing there, mouth wide opened trying to walk around the female. When he made it to the table, he leaned down and kissed me--passionately--for almost five whole minutes. I was so worked up when he pulled away that I couldn't catch my breath. When I opened my eyes, the female was fuming.
"YOU got her pregnant, Eddie?" Edward smiled widely and nodded, only looking at me.
"Yes, I did." He leaned in and kissed me again, without tongue this time. The female stood up and pointed her finger at Edward.
"You got some....some...tramp pregnant? We were together for years and you told me that you weren't ready for that type of commitment. What the hell?" Edward's forehead wrinkled for a moment before he stood up, yanking me up with him. For the third time tonight, his lips took over mine, melting my insides and almost bringing me to my knees. Speaking of knees, what is Edward doing on his, right infront of me? He slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out the most beautiful ring I have ever seen--in my life. Edward cleared his throat, leaned his head down for a minute, then looked up at me with the most loving eyes and look of complete devotion on his face.
"I'm ready now."
EPOV
Having to rush to work after the short lunch with the family, dealing with the hellacious nurses, and then losing the patient, my day couldn't get any worse. All I thought about for the last 24 hours was Bella. I want to ask her to be my wife. I don't care if people think that it's too soon or that we don't know each other well enough. I just want to be with her for the rest of my life.
I got a text from my sister earlier telling me to meet them out at our favorite spot later. We're celebrating my girl's birthday. I changed into the extra clothes that I try to keep around and headed off to celebrate with my beloved.
I spotted her quickly, shining brightly in her shirt and with her glow from being pregnant--so angelic. I kissed her hello and went in search of a stiff drink from the day I've had. As I was almost at the table with the gang, I spotted her. Tanya. Of course my day could get worse. She was questioning Bella about who got her pregnant, so I had to let her know it was me. I was proud to know that Bella was carrying my child. Then the bitch opened her mouth and went on about how I was a commitment phobe. I guess this was just my chance to do what I've had on my mind for a while now. I pulled Bella up, kissed her til she couldn't think, got down on one knee and started my speech.
"Bella, I know that we haven't known each other that long, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I think the faithful night that resulted in our son was what helped bring us together. And now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, raising children together, and maybe one day, spoiling our grand babies. So, Isabella Swan, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?" I held up the ring and held my breath, waiting for the decision that would change my life.
A/N: Dun, Dun, Dun. Who thinks she's gonna say yes? What about Tanya making her appearance? I think she's a bitch, actually. Anyways, leave me your thoughts! I love to read them!
-Whitney