so the next few updates will be a little slow. i'm working on re-writing the first few chapters. they were short and i'm still learning. i'll let you guys know when that's done so you can reread the new and hopefully improved versions.

i had some trouble posting this. argh, sorry!

*I don't own Twilight*

Chapter Fourteen

Edward Cullen

I was planning something that could quite possibly get me killed by my knocked up girlfriend. It was a risk I was willing to take though.

I had started plotting the day after the ultrasound and it'd taken almost a month to get everything planned. I knew Bella could tell I was up to something but she didn't say much about it.

We had finally found a place, a house near my parents. Closing wasn't for a few weeks and it was a bit of a commute to Morgan Park but I didn't know if I planned on renewing my contract and I was pretty sure Bella would end up not going back to work after the baby was born. Every time she mentioned putting her in daycare or with a babysitter, she'd tear up. I told her each time that she didn't have to go back, that I would support us but she resisted – insisting that her Dartmouth education wouldn't go to waste when there were so many people who didn't go to college because they couldn't afford it.

I had pretty much moved into her place. All of my clothes were here, despite her whining about giving up closet space. She did seem happy that I was there, always cooking for me and doing my laundry, like a good little knocked up girlfriend.

I'd had people come in and pack up most of my shit at my place and put it on the market. I was hoping it sold before we signed the final papers on the new place. Bella had decided to rent her place out, explaining that she felt like she'd make a fair amount of money. I'd rolled my eyes because I'd seen her bank statements. She didn't need to make any sort of money but my girl was kind of greedy.

I stopped by her classroom during my free period on Thursday and looked in the window. She was writing on the chalkboard, her free hand supporting her back. She was twenty-five weeks now. That first ultrasound technician was right; she was all boobs and belly. I watched her for a few minutes until one of her students pointed me out to her.

She smiled and walked over to the door, opening it, "How can I help you, Mr. Cullen?"

I laughed because she seemed to like pretending that we weren't practically living together and having a baby in three months while we were at school which is what really made me think my plan would get me murdered. It also turned me on a little bit when she referred to me in this way, especially after our time in Headmaster Aro's office during Winter Break.

I smiled as I lied smoothly, "Well, Miss Swan. My mother just called and wanted to know if you'd like to join them for dinner?"

"Actually, I'm going shopping with Rose," she said apologetically. Yes, thank you Emmett and Rose, for playing part in my plan. She glanced at her students but they were mostly talking amongst themselves. I put my hand her stomach, the only spot where I ever felt the baby move. Sure enough, she was kicking away and I rubbed gently. Bella smiled up at me.

"She's been going crazy today. I think you should go with your parents, though. I think they'd be glad to see you."

I shook my head, "Nah, they only hang around so much lately because of my girls. Alright, I'll let you get back to work, baby. Call me when you're on your way home."

Not really a lie. My parents did call more often now that Bella and the baby were involved. Maybe I should be insulted.

I leaned down and kissed her softly, her face turning red as her students all yelled, "Ooooh!"

"Alright, alright, that's enough," I heard her saying through the door, "let's get back to business."

I laughed as I walked down the hall, glad everything was panning out.

~*~

It was the end of the day and time to set my plan in motion. I made it to the parking lot in time to see Bella getting in Rose's SUV. I jogged over and tapped on the window. She looked annoyed for a second until she realized it was me and she grinned, rolling down the window, "Hey!"

I leaned in and kissed her softly and waved to Rose, "Hey Rose. Baby, I need the key to your classroom. I left my laptop in there this morning and I need to do lesson plans tonight."

It wasn't a lie. I had left my laptop in there and I did need to do lesson plans. It was just on purpose.

She dug in her purse then handed me her keys, "I didn't even notice it in there. You know how spacey I am lately, though," she rolled her eyes and I chuckled.

"What are you up to this afternoon, Edward? Want to join us?" Rose asked, pushing her sunglasses up.

Nice touch to invite me, Rosalie even though you know exactly what I'm up to this afternoon.

"Nah… I'm gonna hit the gym, grab some dinner and work on those lesson plans," I said.

All true. Only not until later. Much later. Maybe even tomorrow.

"Oh, say hi to Henry then we should go," Rose said, glancing in the backseat. She rolled down the back window and I leaned in, holding my fist out.

"Edwah!" he said and bumped my fist with his own. I ruffled his curly hair.

"Be good for your Mom and Aunt Bella, little guy," I looked over at Jax, who was sleeping in his car seat then stepped back to Bella's window. She looked a little sad so I kissed her softly.

"Have fun, baby. Buy our girl some cute things, alright?" I took out my wallet and tried to hand her my credit card but she pushed my hand away.

"Ugh, for the last time, I'm not spending your money, Edward!"

For two people who were well off, we fought a lot about money. I always thought it wouldn't be an issue with whoever I married because I could support us easily but Bella was stubborn. She didn't want me to pay for the house, she didn't want me to buy food, and she didn't want me to give her money to buy stuff for our daughter. It was frustrating. I wasn't going to argue with her and instead reached across her and handed the card to Rose.

"Strong arm her into using it, Rose. I know you can do it, I have faith. Buy my godson something cute, too. And Henry, to be fair," I grinned as Rose laughed and Bella huffed.

"Alright, seriously, can we go, Rose? I don't want to talk to this ass anymore," Bella pushed my face away when I went to kiss her one last time and I laughed. I waved and stepped back, watching them drive away.

I walked into Hansen Hall, whistling softly as I made my way up the stairs. When I got to room 203, I saw my help had already arrived. I grinned at the small group of students and held up the key to show them my mission had been accomplished before I unlocked the door.

We had a lot of work to do.

~*~

Bella Swan

Shopping with Rose and the boys had been… a lot of work. Jax wanted to be held and Henry liked to hide in the racks of clothing. Apparently, this was a game Emmett had taught him to stave off boredom when they went shopping and now Henry did it every time he saw a rack of clothes, with or without Emmett.

I held Jax on my hip as we walked around the baby department in Saks Fifth Avenue. We didn't have anything for the baby, except the Christmas gifts and even though I had weeks to go, the planner in me was anxious.

"Rose," I turned to my best friend and frowned, "I need everything."

"Honey, you'll get it all. There's going to be a baby shower and people will get you stuff then too," she said calmly and she looked at outfits for her sons.

"We have to order furniture. What if she comes early?" I bit my lip, adjusting Jax to a more comfortable position and he fussed a little.

"She won't come early, if she does… Bella, you don't need all that crap everyone says you do. All that furniture and at first the only thing you'll really use is the changing table but you can change her diaper anywhere," Rose said and took Jax from me. I sighed in relief because it was hard to hold him with my belly in the way.

"I want everything to be perfect," I said, looking at tiny little dresses.

"And it will be, Bella. I promise, I know it's scary, I've been there. But trust me, no matter what happens… it'll be perfect because it's your baby," she smiled at me and bounced her own baby in her arms, "for now, we have fun. With Edward's credit card," she grinned evilly at me and I rolled my eyes but decided she was right. He's the one who insisted…

Three hours, ten Petit Bateau onsies, six hats, three Juicy Couture diaper covers, three Sage Creek organic blankets, two Kissy Kissy knit blankets, four Baby Dior dresses, five rompers by various designers, seven pairs of teeny tiny shoes, one set of Trumpette Mary Jane socks, one Bugaboo Cameleon stroller and $3,638 on Edward's credit card later, I was exhausted and sort of scared that Edward would kill me.

As we headed to the car, my stomach growled loud enough for us both to hear and Rose laughed, "All that shopping make you hungry?"

"Shopping always makes me hungry. Can we stop at McDonalds? I want one of those shamrock shakes…" I helped Rose load the sleeping boys into the car before putting the bags in the trunk. Someone had already brought the stroller out for us and I smiled because the baby had a stroller now. And a bunch of insanely expensive clothes that she would grow out of in no time flat but I hoped Alice had another girl and I could pass them on. Or that Edward and I would have another baby and give this one a little sister.

I called Edward after we'd stopped at McDonalds and he met us outside. He looked in the trunk and raised his eyebrows at the mountain of bags from Saks, "Are these marked in any way so I know which ones to bring up?"

"No, all the ones in the trunk are mine," I said nervously as I sipped my milkshake. I started grabbing bags, "if you grab the box, I can carry most of the bags."

"The box?" he looked at it and frowned, "What the fuck's a Bugaboo?"

"The best stroller ever!" Rose called from the front seat, "It's so easy to push, totally worth the money."

I unloaded the bags and he grabbed the box that held the stroller, laughing, "If you had told me there was this much, I would have called reinforcements."

I giggled, struggling to balance myself with all the bags. We took the elevator up and I almost tripped over my own feet as I walked into the apartment. I looked around, surprised. It was spotless, way cleaner than it had been earlier. Edward's laptop was open on the coffee table but other than that, everything was put in its place.

"You cleaned?" I dropped the bags and turned to face him as he set the box down, shrugging.

"Just a bit," he muttered, clearly embarrassed. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him deeply. I was so touched that he had thought to do this. I had been so tired since the beginning of the pregnancy that my apartment hadn't really been cleaned in months. But it was perfect, spotless.

"That was so sweet," I murmured between kisses, "it looks amazing, you're amazing."

He pulled away and grinned at me, "Show me what you bought."

We sat on the living room floor with all the bags around us and I started pulling things out. He laughed at the Juicy diaper covers and I told him how Alice and Rose always teased me because I thought Juicy Couture pants were the most comfortable things and they thought pants that had words on the ass were gross.

I was nervous when I pulled out the Baby Dior dresses. He told me they were cute, not realizing that they were also very expensive.

"Wait, does that say Dior?" he asked, squinting at the little tag in the back of the dress.

"Oh… does it?" I played dumb and shrugged. He took the dress and looked at the tag, his eyes widening at the price.

"You spent over two hundred dollars on a dress for a baby, Bella?"

"Wow, really? I had no idea," I lied, taking another sip from my shake. He started looking at the price tags on the other items and his ears were a little red. We hadn't even gotten to the seven tiny pairs of shoes yet.

"Holy shit," he muttered. He caught sight of the two remaining bags and gestured toward them, "What's in those?"

"Oh, just shoes for the baby," I smiled nervously at him, quiet frankly a little scared of his reaction.

"Let me see," he reached and grabbed them without waiting for an answer. He started taking boxes out and looked at the price tags on each ones without looking at the shoes. He closed his eyes and took deep breaths when he'd taken out the last box.

"What are you doing?" I asked, staring to gather all the stuff and put it back into the bags, not really bothering to fold it because I knew I had to wash everything or get it washed before the baby was born.

"Trying to figure out why the fuck you spent two hundred and ten dollars on Prada shoes for a baby. You spent over a thousand dollars on just shoes, Bella!"

"We didn't have anything for her yet." I said, my tone defensive. I knew it was a little outrageous but I wanted our child to have nice things. I saw the receipt on the floor by him and my eyes widened. He saw what I was looking at and I tried to grab it before he did but he wasn't twenty-five weeks pregnant so he was a little quicker.

"Holy fuck, Bella," he shook his head, "Over almost four thousand dollars?" His ears were bright cherry red and I knew he was quite possibly very angry.

"The stroller was expensive!"

He sighed and shook his head, "If you want to blow through your money, that's your problem."

I felt my face heat up and my eyes widen, "Um, right, my money."

He groaned softly, rubbing his hands over his face, "You put it on my card, didn't you?"

I nodded slowly, feeling guilty. I got my purse and gave the card back to him, "I'm sorry. I'll pay it. I'll call and pay it now."

"No, baby." He took the card and put it in his wallet.

"Please, let me pay it," I begged softly, sitting down on the floor next to him again and rubbing his arm.

"Bella, it's fine," he said as he put the boxes of shoes neatly back in the bags.

"Let me make it up to you?" I moved into his lap, straddling his lap. Then I leaned in and kissed him gently at first then more deeply, burying my hands in his hair. He moaned softly as I tugged at it before cupping my ass and rubbing gently before smacking it. I jumped a little and whimpered into his mouth before he pulled away, smirking at me.

"I know how you can make it up to me," he said as I kissed his neck.

"How?"

"Next time you're really mad at me and I've done something that you're not happy about… remember this and forgive me quickly," he said and I was surprised because I thought he was going to suggest something sexual. I nodded, humming softly against the soft skin on his neck, hoping he'd forgiven me.

~*~

The next morning, Edward was acting skittish and weird. On the ride to school, I needed a pen. I grabbed his laptop back and went to unzip the front compartment and he freaked out.

"What are you doing?!" he practically shouted even though we were right next to each other.

"I need a pen!" I said, putting his bag down since he was being a freak. I started searching in my purse and made a triumphant noise when I found one.

When we finally got to school, he walked me up to my classroom. He looked a little green and I wondered if he was getting sick. We were running late but he insisted on walking me up to my classroom. When we got to my room, I frowned when I saw the window looking into the classroom was covered.

"Who covered my window?" I asked him, since he was the last one in the room.

"Uh, I don't know," he said shiftily. He wouldn't let me open the door until he'd moved something from his laptop back to his pocket but I barely paid attention because he was just being weird. A few students were waiting to come in and there were a few students that I didn't recognize lingering around my door. I heard Edward whisper something but couldn't make out what. Finally, I unlocked the door and opened it. The sight in front of me made me gasp.

There was a huge piece of white paper covering my chalkboard. It was the same height but ran along the entire wall. It had things drawn all over it but I couldn't make out what they were, all I could see were the words, "Will you marry me, Bella?" painted in a beautiful shade of blue in swirling letters. My eyes were wide and I was so shocked, I almost forgot to breathe.

Tears were blurring my vision and when I turned around to find Edward, he was kneeling right in front of me me, grinning nervously. He had a red box in his hand and I saw something sparkly in it through my tears. Other staff members and students, some who were actually supposed to be here and some who weren't, were crowding the doorway to see what was going on.

"Bella, you're the most amazing person I've ever met. You're smart and you're funny and you're overemotional and you're hot. I honestly think I fell in love with you on day one. I don't know what I'd ever do without you and I don't want to find out," he was speaking quietly and I wondered if he was trying to make at least part of this private. When he spoke again, it was loud enough for everyone to hear, "So Miss Swan, what do you say? Will you marry me and be my Mrs. Cullen?"

"Yes," I nodded my head, wiping my eyes and laughing, "yes, I would love to marry you and be Mrs. Cullen, Edward!"

I held my shaking hand out and he slipped the ring on my finger.

The students clapped and cheered but I only had eyes for Edward. He stood and wrapped his arms around me, lifting me off the ground as he kissed me deeply.

"I can't believe I have to work now," I murmured against his lips.

"You don't," he said proudly, "there's already a sub arranged for your class and mine."

"Oh, wow." I was glad he'd thought of it. I unwrapped myself from him and walked over to the banner, curious about the drawings. What I saw astounded me. Whoever had helped him was artistic. There was a drawing of a picture of us that had been taken one night at Alice and Jasper's. He was standing behind me with his hands on my stomach and I had my hands over his, we had both been beaming at the camera.

There were drawings of three separate ultrasound pictures and I realized that they were all three from the most recent ultrasound. Whoever had drawn them had softened out the background and made the baby look more human, along with a drawing of the house we'd bought then more drawings of random, silly things, like a tree with B.S. + E.C carved into it.

But what got me was the words that were written. At first I thought maybe they were lyrics but then I realized it was things Edward had said.

"The first time I saw her, my breath caught in my throat because of how beautiful she was…"

"When I saw Bella holding that baby, I knew this was it…"

"I knew in that moment that I love her…"

"And as she fell asleep, she said, 'I love you, Edward' and I'll never forget that feeling because it was amazing…"

"The ultrasound technician told us that it was a girl and her face lit up. She looked gorgeous, she was glowing…"

I wiped my eyes, realizing Edward must have told whoever did this our story so far. I hoped he kept it G-rated. He wrapped his arms around me, "What do you think of the ring?"

"Oh!" I realized I hadn't even looked and held my hand out. It was gorgeous. It was round-cut, platinum and simple. There were diamonds encrusted not only in the band but also around the thin band of platinum that surrounded the solitaire diamond. It was perfect, which is what I told Edward.

"Rose helped me pick it out," he murmured, nuzzling my ear.

"She knew?!"

"Uh huh, that's why she invited you shopping," he chuckled softly, "so I could have this finished."

"Who did it? We need to take it home, so it doesn't get ruined! How is the sub going to teach today?"

"Some students of mine who are fairly artistic and good at keeping secrets," he grinned, "They're bringing in a dry erase board and she'll use that. We'll take it home tomorrow. We should get out of the way now, though."

I nodded in agreement, almost having forgotten where we were and I blushed a bit at having had an audience. I gave the sub my lesson plans and waved to the class. They shouted their congratulations. As we were leaving, they were doing the morning announcements.

"And congratulations to our favorite basketball coach Mr. Cullen and the lovely Miss Swan on your engagement! We knew you'd ask her eventually, Cullen."

I laughed and glanced at Edward, who was shaking his head, "That's Eric Yorkie, he's on the team. They were always ribbing me about proposing to you."

The whole ride home, I kept staring at the diamond on my finger and Edward teased me. As soon as we got up to my apartment, I stripped down to my bra and panties, "Edward, we're getting married."

He grinned and nodded, guiding me to the bedroom.

"Mmm, Edward… I'm so happy," I murmured as I unhooked my bra, "I'm going to let you do anything you want today."

~*~

Edward Cullen

"Anything that I want, Swan?" I asked as I grabbed her ass.

"Uh huh, anything," she told me as she pushed my jacket off my shoulders and I was amazed that somehow, she was practically naked and I was still fully dressed. I quickly helped her undress me as I considered my option. The obvious thing to go for was anal, which I'd been obsessed with for a while now. But that would probably be uncomfortable for her and it didn't scream celebrate our engagement to me, for some reason.

Instead, I spent the rest of the morning making her feel good and worshipping her body, over and over again.

Later, we called my parents on speaker phone. My mom must have seen it was me because instead of a greeting, she asked if Bella said yes.

"I did, Esme! We're getting married!"

"Oh Edward, Bella, that's wonderful! Carlisle! Bella said yes! Our baby's getting married!"

I snorted because I was almost 30, definitely not a baby and Bella laughed at me. We chatted with my parents for a little bit longer then Bella called Alice and Rose on a three-way call. She put them on speaker, too.

"We're getting married!" we said together and I laughed because it was a little cheesy but very Bella. She took them off speaker as they screamed and congratulated her. She talked to them for almost an hour, talking about dresses and flowers and shit I didn't really care about.

I was bored while waiting for her to get off the phone and found her datebook from last year. I couldn't remember what day my birthday had been on and flipped to June in the calendar. She had something written on almost every day in her neat handwriting. It was mostly stuff like, Watch Charlotte, 9am and Rose's ultrasound!

I flipped through the months and smiled when I saw September, 27. The date we met. It said Girls Night! but there was stuff at the beginning of the month that confused me. Look at donor info for A.I. on the first of the month. A donor for what and what was A.I.? I knew it wasn't any of my business but once I started looking, I couldn't stop.

On the 29th, it simply said IUI, 9am and I tried to remember where I had heard that phrase before. Then it hit me, when my cousin was trying for a kid, I'd heard that phrase. I grabbed my laptop and Googled IUI.

The first page that came up was a Wikipedia page for artificial insemination. A donor for AI. A sperm donor.

What. The. Fuck. Was this kid even mine? I felt my chest constrict and I called her name. She was laughing as she said goodbye to Alice and Rose but stopped when she saw my face.

"Edward? What's wrong?" her voice was worried and scared.

"Bella," I said calmly but I could barely look at this girl… my fiancée… who had probably been lying to me every day since I'd met her. I held up her datebook, opened to September. She looked confused, clearly not understanding what was going on.

"What is it, Edward?" she took the book from me and looked at it then saw the Wikipedia search on my computer and started shaking her head, "It's not what it looks like."

"Really? Cause you want to know what it looks like, Bella?" I put my laptop on the coffee table and stood up, facing her with the couch between us, "It looks like the girl that completely turned my life upside down has been fucking lying to me for months. It looks like she had some sort of artificial insemination shit done then freaked out about raising a kid on her own so she tried to pass it off on me. It looks like you made me fucking fall in love with you and it's all a lie!" I waved my hand in the direction of her stomach, sick at the thought that the baby girl wasn't mine and sick at the thought of Bella doing this to me. My eyes stung and I stared over her head, not able to look at the woman who just hours ago I'd asked to spend forever with me.

"No, Edward!" she cried, shaking her head, "That's not what happened!"

"So tell me what fucking did happen," I shouted at her, enraged.

This was not how I pictured our first night as an engaged couple going.

~*~

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