Chapter 14: Anniversary
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My doctor wasn't too pleased when she heard about my little excursion into Alice's room. The next day she gave me a long speech about how dangerous it could have been and I was lucky that I didn't go into labor nor had something bad happen.
I didn't really care. Nothing bad did happen, and the babies and I were fine. I felt that she was over reacting to the situation.
Edward was worse than her though. He wouldn't even let me go to the bathroom without help. He was too overprotective for his own good.
Four long weeks had gone by since Logan's birth and Edward still did not let up and I was getting annoyed. It wasn't like I had any place to go since no one else was in the hospital and I didn't want to leave it because of the mad swarm of reporters.
Edward had meet with the press almost two weeks ago telling them they we were indeed pregnant with sextuplets. Ever since then reporters had been swarming around the hospital trying to get inside to see me.
I was kind of glad that I didn't have to travel anymore since I did not want to have to deal with them. Edward said it was a pain just to leave the hospital to go home since they all wanted to get an interview with him to find out more. As a result he ended up staying later and later at the hospital hoping that they would leave.
I enjoyed the extra time I had with my husband, but I could tell that going home so late was taking a toll on his body. The bags under his eyes were getting larger each day and he needed all the sleep he could get before the babies were born.
I insisted that he get some sort of bed or a comfortable chair to sleep on while he waited to leave. Of course he protested saying that he didn't need one. I didn't listen though and was finally able to get Angela to bring us a decent and big enough chair for Edward to stay the nights on.
He spent the entire night at the hospital with me and fell asleep once he laid his head down. He hasn't complained about the chair since we got it.
I was having a major problem now with staying in the hospital. Our second anniversary was only a few days away and I still didn't know what to get Edward.
He pretty much had everything he needed, and he was never a materialistic guy so I couldn't just buy him anything. No, I needed to buy him something special, something that he would love and cherish.
I had a feeling he was going way too far over the top for my present, he always did. And this year he had a big advantage over me since he could go into town to shop and get ideas while I was stuck in a hospital bed.
I had searched the internet every day trying to find inspiration on what to get my husband, but nothing in my mind stuck out. I had even gone to Alice and Rosalie for help, but they also were stuck on ideas on what to get him.
Finally the day before our anniversary the idea struck me. Edward's lunch break was just about over and he had to go back to work. I was getting uncomfortable with lying on the bed with my huge stomach and hot from the heat wave that wouldn't let up.
Edward told me to go to sleep, but I couldn't. He somehow managed to climb into bed with me and started stroking my hair and humming my lullaby like he did every night before I came to the hospital.
It was then that I remembered a past conversation we had and the perfect gift came to my mind. Of course I could never fight off the battle of sleep with Edward humming to me, but I let the darkness take over happy that I finally had a plan.
When I woke up I had called Rosalie and Alice to help me get my gift. They came over to the hospital immediately and we started doing research trying to find what I needed.
Once I found the gift Rosalie went over to the store to pick it up for me and talk to the owner to see if they could add a little something special later on. Alice had to go home and rest since she had only had Logan a month ago.
The day of our anniversary had finally come. It was hard to believe that we had been married for only two years and already having six babies.
Since I've had so much time to think, I really did wonder what our rush was to have children. We probably could have waited a year or two and I still would have been healthy and young to try IUI.
I do not regret our decision though. If we had waited even a month later we might not be having these sextuplets. I may not have met them yet, but I knew they are something special and I wouldn't want any other six.
Unfortunately Edward had to work all day since it was a Monday, but he promised me that he had gotten an extension on his lunch break and was taking the night off to spend with me.
He still has not said anything about what we would be doing tonight. I had asked him many times, but he said it was a surprise and part of my gift. I was not too happy with his answer since I hated surprises and wanted to know.
My patients had gotten worse since I entered the hospital. Since I couldn't move from my bed and I couldn't help it. All I could do was wait for people to show or something to happen.
I just hoped that my patients came back once the babies were born. I needed to be as patient as possible trying to figure out what each baby needed without losing sight of the other five. And who knows what other problems may arise with six kids.
Right now I was lying in my bed waiting for Edward to come down and visit. Since he was taking an extra long lunch break and taking off early he couldn't take as many breaks today. So I didn't know when he was going to come and visit.
To make things worse no one was coming to see me today since it was that off day in the rotation where everyone was busy. I was pretty much all alone with nothing to do until Edward came for lunch.
Being alone makes me think more, and at the moment that wasn't a good thing. I had been having this pain along my stomach for a few days now and it didn't seem to go away. And there was also a red patch on my skin too and it appeared to be growing.
I was getting nervous with it, especially as the pain got worse. I tried to push it off like it was nothing, but it was easier said than done. Especially when the pain kept getting stronger and stronger.
All of a sudden I got a big hit of pain and clutched my stomach. I couldn't move to hit the call button because it hurt so much.
"Bella!" I heard my savior shout and the sound of his feet as he ran to me. "Are you okay?"
"It hurts." I moaned still clutching onto my stomach.
I heard Edward press the call button singling that we needed my doctor ASAP. And it didn't take too long for her and a couple nurses to come running into my room.
"What's wrong Bella?" I heard Dr. Arthurson ask.
"My stomach hurts a lot." I managed to answer.
Carefully they rolled me onto my back and lifted up my hospital gown so they could see my stomach. Edward held onto my hand and stroked my hair as they examined me.
The pain was starting to subside and was now just an ache, which I was thankful for. I finally got the strength to look at my stomach and saw that it was completely red now.
"What's wrong?" Edward asked. He sounded as nervous as I felt.
"Don't worry, it's nothing serious." Dr. Ackerman said and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. "Since you stomach is expanding so quickly it is causing your skin to stretch faster as well. The pain and redness is the effect is the stretching, think of it as a second degree sunburn."
"What can we do about it?" Edward asked for me.
"We can put Vaseline on Bella's stomach to help with the pain."
"I'll do anything to make it stop." I moaned.
The nurse left the room and came back with the Vaseline and what appeared to be saran wrap.
"What's the saran wrap for?" I asked.
"It's so your stomach doesn't stick to the bed sheets and the Vaseline doesn't get everywhere." The nurse answered. She made quick work of preparing my stomach, and I had to admit I did feel a bit better.
"Happy Anniversary love." Edward said kissing my head once the nurse left.
"I'm sorry for putting such a bad start to it." I moaned in frustration.
"It's not a bad start, just a little set back. I have to get back to work, you rest up for tonight." He kissed me one last time and left before I could ask him about tonight.
The rest of the day was spent resting and re-applying the Vaseline. My stomach still hurt, but it wasn't as painful as it was this morning.
After lunch Edward stopped coming into my room. I got a little suspicious with this. Even when he couldn't get off he would take the long way to at least give me a kiss or a quick hello. But there was none of that after lunch.
The only good part about Edward not showing up was that it allowed Rosalie to drop off his present without him seeing what I bought. Right now it was hidden in one of my bedside drawers that only I used.
"Alice what are you doing here?" I asked when I saw my best friend enter. I didn't expect her to show up.
"I'm getting you ready for your surprise." She explained and held up a bag filled with many torturous items. "What's up with the saran wrap?"
"My skin is stretching so fast that I'm getting like a second degree burn. So I have Vaseline on my stomach and the saran wrap keeps my stomach from sticking to the sheets."
Alice just shrugged her shoulders and immediately started pulling out things to get me ready for whatever Edward had planned.
I ended up wearing a light blue wrap sweater and a pair of black velvet pants that hung below my stomach. After we were finished Alice lowered me onto a wheel chair.
"Where am I going?" I asked. I knew there was no way Edward or my doctor was letting me leave the room.
"You'll see." Alice smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Have fun." She gave a little wave and skipped out the door.
I sat in the wheel chair confused about what was going on. Angela was the one who came into my room and pushed me into the next room.
It was there that my questions were answer. Edward was standing by a table that sat in the middle of the room. All the lights were turned off and electric candles lit the room.
"I'll take it from here." Edward told Angela and pushed me the rest of the way into the room and set the wheel chair in front of the table.
"I thought you were against me leaving the room." I said still a little shocked.
"I am, but I figured it was our anniversary and you needed to get out of the room. I knew that the person who was in the room before just left so I made sure it was okay with Dr. Ackerman and set this room up for us."
"It's amazing Edward thank you." I leaned my head up and Edward leaned down kissing me passionately on the lips. "Happy anniversary." I smiled once we pulled apart.
"Happy anniversary." Edward smiled back. He went over to the side table and brought back two salads.
"You made dinner?" I asked a little shocked.
"Every course, do you like it?"
"Very much." I went back to enjoying my meal.
Our conversation was light mostly talking about the past and the future. We both found it hard to believe that we had been married for two years. It felt like just yesterday that we got married, but at the same time it felt like we had been married for years.
After our desert it was time for presents. Rosalie must have told Angela where I hid my presents because they were sitting on another table in the room.
"You didn't have to get me anything. Your love is enough." Edward chided as he started unwrapping his gift.
"You say that at every holiday and birthday." I sighed. "And I know that you got me something too other then this meal."
Edward gave me a sheepish grin and finished unwrapping his present.
"Oh my gosh Bella," He gasped as he pulled out the six music books. They all had a black cover and lined on the inside with gold paper. And each one of them was blank, waiting to be filled with Edward's notes.
"I remembered a conversation that we had a while ago about how you wanted to write a song for each of our children. I figured it would be nice if you could write them down so each child has their own book. And the owner of the store that I bought them from said that we could get their names engraved on the cover once the babies are born."
"Thank you so much Bella. This is a wonderful idea. I love you." Edward came over and kissed me. When we pulled away I noticed a box in front of me. "Open it up."
I carefully unwrapped the present and saw a Tiffany's box. I carefully pulled the lid off and pulled out a silver charm bracelet with six silver hearts.
"It's beautiful Edward."
Edward took the bracelet and clasped it around my wrist.
"Six hearts for each of our babies. And once we know their names we can also get them engraved."
"It's perfect Edward." I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his.
We sat around the table a bit more and talked until I started to yawn.
"Bed time for mommy." Edward smiled and pushed me back into my hospital room.
He helped me change back into my hospital gown and get into bed.
"Will you hum to me?" I asked suppressing another yawn.
"Of course love." Edward crawled into bed with me and began to hum my lullaby. It wasn't long before I succumbed to sleep.
A/N: End of chapter 14! I need to thank my amazing beta luv2beloved for reading over this chapter and chapter 13 at the same time. She did a great job.
I may not be able to update again until Thanksgiving break. I just got a big load of work and its all due around the same time and for classes I need to bring my grade up in. I'm gonna try my hardest to get a chapter out around November 10th. Why? Because its my birthday and I want something happy going on when I am filled with sadness and school work. But after that I probably won't get a chapter in until Thanksgiving. But on the bright side my winter break is coming up soon. I know it really is like weeks away, but when you think about it it's really not that long, which is kind of scary. I should be able to write a lot more chapters then since I have whole month off and not a whole lot to do.
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