EBella's Point of View

Groggily I turned to look back at the clock, 4:45 pm. Time was crawling by at a snail pace. The pain was unbearable at this point. Everything ached and pained, my abdomen cramped to the point that I was paralyzed in agony in one position for the last
few hours. Nothing seemed to lessen the pain, it just went on getting more and more difficult to keep from sobbing.

Emmett stayed by my side for the most part, a few times I sent him out to get me a few snacks, or take Charlie out for a hunt. But mostly Emmett was there, he helped walk me to the bathroom countless times, he would massage my feet when they started cramping
up as well and with his countless positive attitude; it kept me in high spirits.

Thankfully, Carlisle was back and giving me my third vaginal check, just to see how I've progressed with dilating. I prayed that he would say that I was getting close, or at least give me a timeframe of when I would be ready.

"Well, I have some good news Bella, you are now dilated to 5 centimeters." This news seemed to thrill him, but I had no idea what this meant for me.

"Is that good..."

"Well, you have dilated about twice as fast as a normal pregnancy, but again this isn't completely abnormal, every pregnancy is different." Carlisle replied giving Emmett and I a nod of approval.

"So will I be able to start pushing soon?" I was desperate to begin this process. For some reason I just had an insane urge to push, I wanted my babies out, it felt right.

"Not yet, I'd like you to be dilated to 10 centimeters before we begin the birthing progress." Carlisle said with a charming smile. "But you do have some options on pain management at this point in time."

"What would that be?" I asked eagerly, gritting my teeth against another intense cramping sensitive pulsating through my stomach. "I'll do anything..."

"I can safely administer some narcotics, Demerol and Stadol; they should take the edge off the contractions, but I will warn you, it will make you sleepy."

"It won't hurt the babies?" I asked squeezing my eyes shut to hold tightly to Emmett's hand for support. When the pain subsided I was able to let out a relieved breath.

"In a normal human pregnancy the babies would be affected by the drugs yes, but in our case the babies wouldn't get exposed to it with their vampire genetics running so deeply in them."

I nodded, letting my head fall back in the pillows. "Sounds good to me, is there anything else we can do..."

Carlisle went ahead and began to inject my IV with the narcotics that he had spoken off. His eyes stayed trained to the needle and with precision he emptied the needle and turned his attention back to us. "I can always give you the option of an epidural."

Emmett cringed, watching between the two of us. "Isn't thata long ass shot in the spine..."

I know the thought of a needle being anywhere near my spine was a frightening thought, but the pain was beginning to drive me completely nuts, I was already begging for this pain to be ended... if even for a little bit.

Carlisle nodded with a serious look. "Basically we will be using local anesthetic through a catheter into the spine," He explained slowly and clearly. "You will still feel the pressure and this will possibly slow down the labor; which I'm sure you don't
want... but it would benefit to slow it down to a more normal pace."

I couldn't even find the energy to fight with him. "Bring on the needle." I shrugged, letting my eyes flutter shut. "Let the pain go away." I muttered under my breath.

"Alright, I'll be right back with the epidural." With that said, Carlisle made his exit.

"Bella, are you sure about this?" Emmett stroked my cheek. "That doesn't sound to pleasant."

I nodded. "Believe me, nothing could be worse than this."

"I wish you didn't have to be going through all the pain of this." Emmett sighed, roughly running his hands through his hair. "I feel... helpless."

Lightly I touched his hand, offering him a smile. "Every pain in the world would be worth it to have our babies out here and with us."

He gave me a half-hearted grin. "These kids got one tough mom." He lightly gave me a peck on the cheek before letting his hands rest on my stomach. "I can't wait to see you boys."

I looked to him with a raised brow. "You mean... girls."

"Nope I'm telling you babe, twin boys." Emmett said with a nod. "Charlie had a twin brother, twin boys run in your family."

"That doesn't mean I'll have two boys, I just got this feeling... it's two girls." I frowned, watching down at my stomach. "It's a gut feeling."

"Oh, and your gut has never lied to you?"

"Not to often." I made a face at him.

"Fight nicely you two." Alice beamed as she popped into the room.

Alice has been coming in once in a while now, usually she would be updating us on the Denali drama, the Rose and Edward drama and how Charlie was doing. Apparently it was pretty tense in the Cullen house right now. Rose and Tanya was at each other's throats,
Rose wanting to get into the delivery room and Tanya beating her down every chance she got.

As much as I didn't want to admit it, Tanya had my back, she was there for me, trying to keep me and my babies save from Rose's evil intentions. Alice has been watching Rose's future for any sign of malicious plans, apparently she was nothing but talk,
because she hasn't made any decisions on doing anything yet. If she did, I wouldn't worry, I had a lot of people watching over me.

The Denali woman Irena was on the verge of being a problem, but for some reason it was Charlie that saved the day when it came to this. Charlie has been spending a lot of time with Irena, they seemed to genuinely enjoy each other's company. That was why
Charlie wasn't by my side right now, he was with her, trying to keep her on our side... trying to persuade her to trust us. At least that was what he was telling the rest of us... but unfortunately I wondered if Alice had done this on purpose. Did
she know Charlie and Irena would hit it off... Was there something deeper going on there? I cringed at the thought.

And then there was Edward... I still didn't know what to do about him. I knew what my heart was telling me and I knew what my mind was telling me, I just didn't know which to listen to. Either way it would end up breaking someone's heart no matter what
I said. He hasn't been around much, he seemed to be avoiding everyone, but I did notice that him and Esme has been talking much more now, it seemed that she was consoling him. I couldn't help but feel that I was the one that was causing all his pain.
What I would give to take it away from him...

"I just thought I would come by with a little peace offering from Jacob, he wanted to give you a little going away present." She nicely handed me a small yellow box. "He said not to open it until after the babies are born, but I figured you two should
hold onto it until then."

With that Alice left with a smile and bounced out the door.

Curiously I held onto the little box, extremely tempted to open it now. I hated surprises no matter how small they may be. Unfortunately Emmett snagged it from me before I could take a peak. "I know how you are babe, better let me hold onto it." He teased.

I pouted, folding my arms across my chest. "That's no fair, it's my gift."

"You heard the pixie, no opening until the babies are born." He winked at me, moving it off to the side, completely out of my reach, but still within my range of sight. This was absolute torture, to the point that I almost forgot about the contractions...
that is until Carlisle came back with a disgustingly long needle.

The sight of it had me hyperventilating. There was no way I could do this.

"Carlisle," I said in a warning tone as he move to my side.

"Bella this will only take a few minutes and you won't feel a thing."

I shook my head slowly. "No offense... but I doubt that... thing is going to feel pleasant." I spoke gesturing to the needle.

"Trust me Bella, I would never lie to you about a procedure." Carlisle said calmly. "First I'll have you positioned, you will sitting; curled forward, or if you prefer you may lay on your side."

I took a big breath and nodded, slowly leaning myself onto my side, with a little help from Emmett. As I moved to my side Emmett began to shift my pillows around to make the position more comfortable.

"How is this..." I muttered weakly, closing my eyes and trying to get a hold of myself.

"Perfect, now I'm going to clean your back in the location the needle will be injected." With that I felt coldness on my back that took me by surprise. I jumped, but otherwise stayed completely still. My heart was pounding so hard in my chest that I thought
I would completely faint in any second.

"Now the first injection I have here is lidocaine, this will be used to numb the area I'll be inserting the needle in." Carlisle spoke, I felt just the briefest of a pinch than an intense contraction began; which completely blocked out the pain of the
needle.

I sighed out in relief as Carlisle took a step back from me. "The first injection was success, I'm going to touch the area a few times, lift your arm if you can feel any of the times I touch you."

"Alright," I nodded and patiently waited, keeping my eyes shut. Time ticked on, but I felt absolutely nothing from the area the needle had been inserted in.

"Ok Bella, now that the area of the injection site is numb, I'm going to insert the epidural now, please stay as still as you can, you may feel pressure."

I tensed, waiting for the pain. Like he said there was a lot of pressure and a quick sharp pain, but it was nowhere near as painful as the contractions.

"Is it done?" I whispered, keeping my eyes tightly shut.

"Not quite, how this works is a hollow needle is carefully inserted between two disks of your spine, about 4 centimeters in, then a catheter will be fed through the hollow needle; which will continouesly pump in the medication that will block the pain."

I did my best not to squirm in discomfort at the idea of a huge needle sticking out of my back at this moment. "What part are you doing right now?"

"I'm feeding the catheter through the needle, you should be feeling relief soon." Carlisle responded with confidence. "Don't worry for a second Bella, you are in good hands."

I was able to relax only slightly at his words, a part of me was still much to terrified to so much as move a muscle. But just as Carlisle had said I eventually began to feel the numb feeling start coursing through my body. For once I felt like I could
relax.

"Ok Bella, I'm finishing up now by taping the catheter in place."

"Thank goodness that's over." I said cautiously opening my eyes to see Emmett's concerned face watching down at me.

"Are you alright babe?" He gently swept a few pieces of my hair out of my face, before kissing my forehead. "You did really good."

I nodded, a smile coming to my face as the numbness now was affecting the contractions. "I'm more than alright, I feel wonderful."

Carlisle chuckled. "Alright Bella, up until the babies are actually delivered, the pain should be much more manageable." He took a few notes as he watched between the two of us. "Do you have any more questions so far?"

"How much longer do you think it will be before the babies are ready to come out?" Now that I could think a little more clearly without pain mushing up my thoughts.

"Well, if this epidural does slow down the labor, I expect you may be delivering as soon as three hours." Carlisle said with a smooth smile. "Would you like me to send Charlie in now, you may be able to get some last minute time with him before we deliver
the twins."

"Yeah, if he doesn't mind coming back, I wouldn't mind that at all."

With that Carlisle left the room, flying out in a graceful but professional manner. It was a short while, but Charlie ended up making his way back to the room; a look of guilt clouding his face.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

"Some kind of father I am... you're here about to give birth to my grandkids and I'm nowhere to be found." The look on his face was heart wrenching, I couldn't stand the sight of it.

"There is no need to be sorry, besides what you are doing for us is much more important, as long as Irena is so captivating with you... maybe she will relax a little and trust that everything will be ok."

Charlie watched me with a lost look in his eyes. "There is something very different about that woman, it sounds like she has gone through some hard times... just like I had... I can relate to her... you know?"

"Are you saying that she is justified to want to turn us over to the vampire authorities?" I muttered, unable to hold back my frown. "Why would you relate with her?"

"It's not like that Bella, she has certain views because of a bad past experience and sometimes those kinds of experiences can change your outlook on things." Charlie said with a strained voice. "I'm not saying that what she believes is true, I'm just
saying I can understand why she would feel that way."

"And why exactly does she feel this way?"

"She had lost someone that she loved greatly..." Charlie paused, looking down at his hands. "Just like I had... but her problem is she is still carrying around that past with her... she is constantly reliving it... that's why she overreacted to the thought
of a partially immortal child."

"Overreacted?" I snapped, but paused to let myself cool down. There was no point in getting upset with my father, we had different views on this and that didn't make him wrong... and that didn't make me wrong. It's just a difference of opinion.

Still I wished that I could understand what Charlie meant by all this.

"Bells I'm sorry, I'm not the best with expressing myself... maybe I should just come back later."

"No, don't leave, it's fine, I just am worried about you... I'm worried about my children... I don't want her to put this family in danger. Can you understand that?"

Charlie nodded with a heavy sigh. "I do understand that Bells and I guarantee that I wouldn't let her harm you or your babies... they are my family as well... this is the new world that I was forced into." He shrugged his shoulders.

"I know the Denali women are... charming and tempting... but it's just... I really didn't want you to risk yourself to get close to them... with Irena..."

Charlie's face seemed to warm at my words, he cleared his throat a frown coming to his face. "Don't be silly, that's ridiculous..." I wasn't convinced in the slightest, but I chose to let it go.

There was to much going on right now to worry about my father's love life... I had my kids to worry about. I would become a parent in less than three hours. I felt completely unprepared, I had thought I had been ready for this for months... but now that
the time was here... things were different.

Luckily Charlie and Emmett's nonstop conversations distracted my attention away from the ticking clock. They talked about everything, from sports to hunting to traveling, finally the conversation turned in a direction that I wasn't quite ready for.

"So, is it fair to assume there will be wedding bells in the near future?" Charlie wondered, raising a brow as he watched between the two of us. "I mean you obviously love each other... you are about to have your first set of twins... sounds like the
pathway to marriage."

I felt my heart skip a beat at the thought. For some reason marriage never did sit well with me. Perhaps it was my mother drilling ideas into my head since I was six. Marriage was a waste. That basically was the message I received from Rene, but Charlie
had a different view. Marriage held deeper values to Charlie, it was something that he held to an almost sacred level.

Emmett gave me a sheepish look, before turning to Charlie with clear embarrassment. "In my time, marriage was for the wealthy, it was those higher class societies." He nervously leaned back in his chair. "I was brought up on a farm, where my parents never
officially got married, they lived together, they raised their children and that was acceptable for them."

"Is that the plan... just... being roommates?" Charlie didn't seem to like the idea of that at all.

"Of course not, out of my siblings at the time I did have the interest in settling down with a fair maiden, have a couple boys of my own and live deep in the woods; completely cut off from the world."

That sounded absolutely perfect, just to be in my own little world with Emmett and our children. To be completely cut off from the outside world, it sounded like paradise.

"Times are always changing with kids these days, I wasn't sure if doing everything backwards was a trend or... " Charlie paused watching between us with curiosity. "I always figured marriage came before babies."

"Well this wasn't exactly the plan." I grinned in amusement.

Emmett nodded in agreement. "I had planned on getting on one knee for her graduation, I planned on begging if all else fail, there was never a point in time that I didn't want to marry your daughter, with your blessing or not."

I felt my jaw drop in surprise at Emmett's confession. I had no clue that marriage had even crossed his mind. Especially without his prior marriage ending yet. I wasn't sure if I was ready... but on the other hand I didn't know if I was ready for parenthood
either, it was just something that I would have to get through. But marriage was a different story.

The conversation afterwards decreased to the point where it was completely silent, the only thing that could be heard was the beating of three heartbeats. Mine and the twins. I had fallen asleep several times, each time I woke up I noticed that the light
cramps where growing in pain once again.

The next time I found myself awake I turned to peak at the clock, it was it was 7:58 pm. I gasped in shock that three hours was here, I wondered if the babies where ready. Carlisle was already there waiting for me to wake up, he had a content smile.

"Bella, I just wanted to let you get a little rest, I've already examined you, you are at 10 centimeters and we are good to start pushing." He let me know gentle.

Now I was panicking, I had never done this before, but it seems that my body was running purely on instincts. The first push felt painful and incredibly awkward. There was a pulling pressure I felt between my legs. It wasn't pleasant, but at the same
time I wasn't losing my mind yet.

Carlisle and Emmett began to speak soothing words, letting me know when to push and when to pause. Alice at one point came dancing into the room to escort Charlie out into the living room to wait for the remainder of the delivery.

"Bella babe, remember to breathe out your mouth." Emmett encouraged, his hands running along my cheek. "You are doing so good honey."

I felt tears begin to fall as I went into my third and fourth pushes. I wasn't sure how much longer it was, but as a piercing cry filled the air I felt my body relax slightly. The pain was unbearable, but I couldn't stop myself from smiling as I took
in the sight of my first child.

Carlisle quickly was tending to the screaming baby, wrapping it up instantly in blankets. "We have a boy so far." He passed the baby into Emmett's waiting arms. The look on Emmett's face... I would never forget it. My heart throbbed as I watched my our
child in his arms.

"Boy delivered at 8:15 pm, healthy." Carlisle said into his voice recorder.

Emmett moved to my side, getting to his knees to hold the baby out to me. "He has his mother's eyes." His voice was thick with emotion.

I looked over the child, shocked and amazed by his beauty. The baby gave me a dimpled smile; which instantly warmed my heart. But the tender moment ended as I felt another sharp pain and pressure towards my pubic muscles.

"Bella, give us another good push, the next baby is ready to come as well." Carlisle said calmly.

I did as he said, gasping in pain as I forced another push out. It was much more painful than the first time, when I felt the baby exit I felt dizziness as blood seemed to slid freely from between my legs. The smell was beginning to make me nauseous.

"We have a girl." Carlisle spoke with tenderness.

I watched with delight as Carlisle tended to her, also handing her over to Emmett. "Girl delivered at 8:20 pm, Congratulations."

Emmett watched down at the sweet angels in his arms now, analyzing their small red bodies. "Bella... we are parents." He muttered barely above a whisper. Light I held my arms out for them, wanting badly to finally hold them in my arms.

Without hesitation Emmett laid them in my arms, watching us with pride in his eyes. Tears clouded my vision for a moment and for a moment the tightening in my chest was making it extremely hard to breathe.

"Delilah," I swooned, watching down at my daughter. "I knew I was going to have a girl."

"And a boy," Emmett said with a slight smirk. "So I guess you're going to have to think up some boy names. Pronto."

He was right, I was completely unprepared for a boy, I was so sure that was having girls that I didn't even think to make a list of possible boy names. But I couldn't think of that right now, not with my children in my arms.

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