A/N: OK so I am glad that people do not hate me for the baby. I am gonna jump ahead in time again because there is nothing really exciting till we get to meet Rose and Marc. Also thanks to my awesome beta, knd3116. I am really sorry about how late this is, I have been really busy.
NOTE: The songs that I will be using for this fake band are by a wonderful band called Adakain, PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT. www(dot)myspace(dot)com/adakain And I do not own Twilight, that's Stephanie!
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BPOV
We were on the bus and driving to Pennsylvania it was about a 12 hour drive. Emmett offered to drive the whole way since he was so excited to see his son. We had plans to meet Rosalie in Scranton tomorrow at 5 PM and so she could spend the day with us and to get to know me. I was excited to meet the little boy who I had dumped a ton of money on.
I was in my room working on my article on the band when I realized I was getting close to being done even though there was still another month of the tour left. Huh, that was a sad thought. I had also written two other reviews of the shows. James had called me twice to let me know that he liked what I was writing. He also wanted a rough copy of the article in a week so I was going to work on this as much as I could tonight.
I was finally dealing with the issue of me being pregnant and decided I was kind of excited. Edward was making this very easy on me because he was SO excited. I could not believe how happy he was. So far I was not having any kind of issues with morning sickness which was a large blessing. I had made a doctors appointment for while we were in Pennsylvania, which Edward wanted to present for.
I was starting to take better care of my body because I had to take care of some one else now too. There was no more drinking for me, I was trying to cut back on the junk food, and also I went to the drug store and bough pre-natal vitamins. I also talked to the pharmacist and he told me some other things that I might want to do.
I was definitely starting to feel the effects of the pregnancy on my body and damn was I was hungry all the time and lazy as shit. Lastly my boobs and nipples where getting really sensitive, which was not always a bad thing, especially when I was with Edward.
I could hear Edward cursing from down stairs. He was playing games with the other guys. I was glad because I felt like I was taking a lot of his time away from the other guys. I was not the kind of girlfriend who wanted to keep her boyfriend to herself. I wanted him to have a life outside of me. Co-dependency is not hot. I always hated those girls who kept their boyfriends to themselves. I find them to be selfish. I mean once you start dating someone it does not mean that they should be your whole world. That is why so many relationships fail, because they do not know how to have a balance. I would not turn into that. We will still be our own independent selves.
I was able to get half a page written before I passed out on the bed. I was awoken when I heard my door open. I shot out of bed and looked around a little freaked out. Edward laughed,
"Calm down Love it's just me."
"I don't remember falling asleep."
"That's fine, it's late. Get changed and we will go to bed."
"I got a better idea," I told Edward putting my laptop on the floor and pulling my shirt over my head. Edward's green eyes glowed even brighter then they already did and he came over and jumped onto the bed and scooped me up in his arms. He started to kiss my neck right in the spot that he knew I loved and melted into his arms as he worked his magic on me.
I woke up the next morning starving. I slipped out of bed and grabbed my new robe that I bought after the Jake incident a few mornings ago, and climbed down the steps. I opened up the fridge and pulled out some old pizza. I know pizza for breakfast was never a good idea, but once I saw it, it seemed like heaven on a plate. I looked over and saw Emmett sitting in the driver's seat alone.
"Have you slept yet?"
"Nope, we're almost there though. I only have a little bit longer left," Emmett said sounding excited.
"How about you go to sleep and let me or someone else drive."
"No way I'm gonna make it the whole way. I have less then an hour left."
"OK, well if that is what you want. How about I stay with you, to keep you company?"
"Well that would be nice."
"So is there anything I should know about Marc before I meet him."
"Nope. You will know him when you see him, he looks identical to me."
"So he is a three year old who is 6'4?"
Emmett let out his booming laughter. "No he has curly brown hair, big blue eyes, and he has the same dimples as I do. When he came out I knew he was mine. He has his mother's perfect nose, and long slender body."
"He sounds beautiful."
"He is."
"So, I'm excited to meet Rosalie. She seemed nice over the phone."
"She is, it just seems like we are too much alike to make it work, or maybe too different. I'm not really sure anymore. I miss her a lot too."
"I can tell Emmett. So how did the whole Emmett, Rosalie, Mark this happen?"
"Well, we meet in college. She's so smart and she was my English tutor. She was in the same year I was also. It was love at first sight for me. It took me three weeks and nine tutoring sessions for me to finally ask her out, and then she said no. It took me another three times asking her for her to finally say yes. We moved in together after college in Philadelphia and the rest they say is history. Things got hard after Marc, but, we kept on trying to make it work. It seemed like no matter how hard I tried I was never able to do anything right."
I sat there listening to Emmett's story and I worried about my own. I worried that tale would up end the same way. What if Edward and I could not handle being parents together so we end up breaking up. That would kill me. I love him. I could not picture my life with out him anymore. I let one tear escape my eyes and I quickly whipped it away.
"I think that after this tour Rose is gonna see that I can be an adult and this whole music thing is not a waste of time. Once she sees that, I think we can be together again," Emmett announced with so much conviction in his voice. He knew that if this band thing did not go well though then he would have no change with Rosalie. I felt bad for him. I leaned over and placed a hand on his shoulder and he smiled at me. "Thanks Bella, for doing this. I hope I'm not asking too much of you."
"Emmett, I have taken care of boys my whole life. This is like second nature. For a little while there I was missing taking care of people, so this is nice. Besides, I love little boys." Emmett then turned and looked at me and started to crack the hell up. I had known idea what was so funny until he called me a pedophile.
"Geez Em, you know that is NOT what I meant. You sick minded bastard." I smiled at him and as our laughter died down and he became serious again.
"Well thank you so much for this. I mean this is just all kinds of awesome for me. I mean I plan on taking care of him, but when I am not able like when I am on stage and doing signings, I know he will safe and in great hands."
"I know Emmett, don't worry OK. You know I got this. I'm so excited."
"Thanks Squirt."
For the next few minutes we drove in comfortable silence, then, Emmett pulled off of the high way and onto a small road.
"This is where we're parking for the next few hours. I am going to go and get some shut eye before we meet up with Rosalie. I'll talk to you later Bella," Emmett got up from his chair and walked to the back of the bus.
"Night," I called out to him even though it was only 9AM. I got up myself up and went back up the steps. I went into my room and I saw Edward sitting up in the bed.
"I was just about to come look for you."
"No need, I'm here," I told him snuggling into bed with him.
"We are going to have to get ready soon. I have to call a cab so that we can go to the doctors, alright?"
"I know. So what's the cover story we plan on using?" I asked.
"I was thinking museum. I heard that there is some kind of natural science museum around here."
"You really do your homework, don't you? I bet you where that kid in high school who was a super nerd."
"I just don't want to mess things up. I also did research on Dr. Leah Clearwater; she is the best in the area. We're going to be in good hands." He said while his hands were on my barely there belly.
"That is one of the reasons, of the thousands, that I love you," I told Edward and kissed his forehead.
"There are thousands of reasons?"
"Of course there is Edward."
"Well then there are a million reasons why I love you, Bella Swan."
"Really, a million, can I hear them all?"
"We don't have time for all of them, but, I can give you five. Number one is your wonderful eyes. Number two is the way you bite your lower lip. Number three is the way you look in the moon light. Number four is the way your voice sounds when you laugh, and, number five is the way you dance," Edward told me while kissing my face. "Now it is shower time," Edward said giving me one last soft and wonderful kiss on my lips.
I rolled out of the bed and collected some clothes and went over to the one open bathroom. Edward would leave my room in a few minutes and then go to his. I stood under the hot water and let it wash away any negative thoughts that I had harbored inside me. Edward and I where going to be fine. We love each other and nothing would change that, not even a baby. My muscles where stiff and they slowly started to unwind under the hot water along with my mind. I started to picture the happy little family that we would have together.
After way too long in the shower, I finally left the bathroom and went back into my room. I spent awhile getting ready. I wanted to make sure that I looked nice, not only for the doctor's appointment but also to meet Rosalie. I finally emerged from my bedroom and went down the steps, hungry again. I opened up the refrigerator and pulled out some more pizza and went to sit with the guys in the back playing games.
They where playing some new game and I had no idea what it was. It was a racing game for the Wii. They where all yelling at each other and then I noticed something the people in the cars were characters in the Mario games. The funny thing was that all the guys where yelling at each other because the other one was winning.
I smiled and started to miss my brothers. I know I just saw them but I was already a little home sick. Then an idea popped into my head, I have to tell my dad and brothers about me being pregnant. It was officially time to freak out. I had no idea how my father would feel since I got pregnant before I got married. The only time we ever had this conversation was when I was in high school.
I got up and went outside of the bus to call one of my brothers; he would know what to do. I went though my phonebook until I saw the name I was looking for. It rang twice and then I heard a familiar voice, "Sister!"
"Hey Mikey, how are you?"
"Well I was sleeping until you woke me up."
"Its 11 AM."
"No its 11 AM on the east coast, over here on west coast its only 8."
"Oh, Mikey I am so sorry I totally forgot."
"It's fine, I am awake now, so what's up?"
"Well I have some interesting news…." This was a lot harder then I thought it was going to be. The words were welling up in the back of my throat and would not come out. I tried to say the word again and nothing.
"You gonna tell me Izzy?"
"Yeah…well…I'm pregnant."
There was a long silence from my brother. Then I heard a scream. It was not like a shocked scream, but the scream I would hear if I told my girlfriends the same information. "OH MY GOD IZZY! YOU SLUT!"
"Hey I'm going to be a mommy so you can't call me a slut," I joked with my brother. "So my problem now is telling everyone else. I mean the rest of the brothers should be OK, but I am worried about Dad."
"Well I don't know what he is going to say. I do not think he is going to be as mad as you may think. You know he really did like Edward. The dad is Edward, right?"
"Yes it is Edwards. By the way he is way beyond excited about the baby. So what did Dad say about him?"
"He just kept on going on and on about what a good and respectful boy he was. He said how he wished that you could find a man like him and marry him. Then he told us that he wished we were more like him," Mikey said laughing. Our father was not a man who praised other people, especially men so that was very out of character.
"Well, that does not sound like my dad at all."
"Well your dad has been out on a few dates with that woman he met at the show, Irina."
"Wow, good for him. OK, well I have to go because I have a doctor's appointment soon. Do not tell anyone. I will call Dad later and let him know. I will also tell the rest of the brothers."
"Are you going to tell your mother?"
"I haven't figured that one out yet, she is gonna be pissed."
"OK, I will talk to you later sister," Mikey ended the conversation.
"Bye Mikey," I told him and hung up.
I went back into the bus and I saw Edward there waiting. He gave me his wonderful crooked smile and I felt my face flush red. It seemed funny to me that he still made me do that. There was something about Edward that always seemed to make my heart freak out.
"Ready Bella?" Edward asked.
"Yes I am. We will be back by 5 so that we can all go to get Marc together."
"Where are you guys going?" Seth asked.
"Natural history museum."
"Oh OK, well nerds go have fun," Seth joked and we left.
There was a yellow cab waiting out front for us. Edward opened the door for me and then got in himself. He instructed the driver where to go and we where off. I sat in the back seat getting a little nervous. I had been to the OB-GYN a few different times but every time I always felt awkward. Now I was going to have a total stranger poking around at my lady parts.
It was not a long drive at all. It only took us a few minutes to get there. The cab driver let us out and Edward paid him. He went into the little medical building and I signed in. I sat in the chair tapping my foot impatiently. Edward put a calming hand on my knee and I heard the woman call my name. I went up and got the paper work and sat back down.
I looked down at the blank pages and started to fill out the information like my name, address, and social security number. When it got down to some of the harder questions Edward helped me out. I did not know how to count how many weeks along I was and such so he helped me out. When we where finally done Edward returned the paper work back to the desk nurse.
"Calm down Bella things are going to be fine. This is just the first check up. They are going to give you a blood test to make sure that you are pregnant and the doctor is going to check your insides. There is also a lot of questions to be answered so don't worry, OK?"
I nodded my head. Edward put a comforting arm around me. After about twenty minutes they finally called my name. We both got up and followed the nurse into the weighting area. I was weighed then had my height measured and my blood pressure taken. Then we where placed into the doctor's office. We sat there and I looked around at all the plaques and other things in the room.
After a few minutes a tall tan woman came into the room. She had long black hair that seemed to go down to her butt. She looked a lot like Jake in some ways. She had a pleasant smiled and shook each one of our hands. "It is nice to meet the both of you. Now normally I do not do single visits but I understand your situation."
"Thank you so much Dr. Clearwater," Edward said in a very respectful way.
"Well I have to say I was not going to do it, but it turns out my husband is a fan of not only your band, but also Miss Swan's writing."
"Thank you," Edward and I responded at the same time.
"OK well let's start off with the questions before we do the exam. Bella do you have a doctor at home who I can fax this information to?"
"Yes, Dr. Emily Young. She is on the corner of York and 29th Street. Do you need the exact number?"
"No I will be able to find her that way. OK so when was your last period?"
"About June 20th."
"OK and you took a home pregnancy test?"
"Two," I corrected her.
"OK good. Well we are going to do a blood test to get a 100% answer and then we will go from there. So let's go into the exam room," Dr. Clearwater said getting up and showing us to the exam room.
It looked like any other OB exam room. There was the scary looking chair with legs. There were some relaxing looking posters to help you not think about what the doctor is doing. The nice thing I saw was that she had cloth gowns vs. the normal papery plastic ones.
"OK I will be back in 5 minutes," Dr. Clearwater told us and closed the door. I started to undress and Edward was watching me.
"Don't even think about it buddy. I don't think she would appreciate looking inside me and finding your little swimmers there," I joked.
"I know I'm just putting this in my memory bank," he joked and flashed me his smile.
I got dressed into the grown and then I sat on the weird chair and waited. Edward was making small talk with me about some of the dumb things the guys have been playing. He made me smile and forget about where I was for a little bit. Dr. Clearwater came in a few minutes later and it was time to start.
Dr. Clearwater started off by taking some blood from my arm. It was uncomfortable but I knew it was needed. I wanted to make sure that I was really pregnant and not just like a fake one, even though I knew inside that I was right about being pregnant. She handed the blood sample to the nurse who would be back in a little to give us the results.
I lay back on the table and the normal breast exam was done. Edward looked away like a gentleman. The doctor asked me about how the tour was and what kind of an article I was doing on them. When the breast exam was done I had to scoot down and start the pelvic. Edward held my hand and talked to me and the doctor did her job. It was not TOO bad this time but it was still not fun.
"OK Miss Swan get dressed and meet me back in my office," Dr. Clearwater told me as she stood up and left the room.
Edward handed me my clothes and then we went back to the little office. The one thing I truly hate about the doctors is all the waiting. I mean it seemed like you do more waiting then anything else. I did not mind waiting in my clothes though. After a few minutes the doctor returned.
"Well congratulations Miss Swan and Mr. Cullen you are in fact pregnant."
I smiled and Edward held my hand and kissed it.
"Now I am going to set your due date at March 13th. That should be exactly 9 months from when you conceived. You are a little over 3 weeks so it is still very early. The first trimester is the most important one. A lot of things can go wrong so please be very careful. OK, now I need to ask both of you questions about your medical history."
The next half an hour was a quiz session. We had to answer everything we knew about our mothers' pregnancy. We had to talk about different diseases that run in our family. A lot of it was very scary and I was a little paranoid to have the baby. Leah assured me that all of this was normal and there was nothing to worry about.
On the ride home I was a little silent. Edward took my hand in his and whispered, "You OK?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking is all."
He nodded in agreement and we where silent again. I looked out the window and watched the world flash before by eyes. I kept on thinking that in a few short months my life would no longer be the same. I would be a mother. My whole life would revolve around this little being. I placed my hand on top of my flat stomach and when I felt a cool hand lay on top of mine and looked down to see Edward's hand I knew this was all going to be OK.
When we got to the bus all of the guys where standing out front. Edward paid for the cab ride even though I tried. I gave Emmett a hug who was practically bouncing up and down. I went around and gave the rest of the hugs too. It has seemed like days since I saw them, when in fact it was only a few hours.
"Rose is on her way and Emmett insisted on waiting outside of the bus," Seth told Edward and me.
"Well that sounds like fun. Where are we going to have dinner?" I asked.
"Wherever Marc wants," Emmett and Seth explained in unison.
"Well then I am excited to see where we eat!"
It was a wonderfully warm day outside. I walked around to a little clearing and just sat in the grass looking up into the sky. Then I heard a car horn honk. I sat up and saw a tan minivan pull into the parking lot. I stood up and went to go meet the small boy with the rest of the band.
As soon as the van had stopped moving the back door of the van swung open and out popped a little boy. "Marcus how many times have I told you to wait till I put the car in park before you open that door," I heard a high pitch female voice scold the child.
"But its Daddy, Mommy," the boy told his mother in his high pitch child voice. Emmett was right about how he looked. His face was a spitting image of his daddy. They had the same hair color and eyes. He also had the same pale skin. He was tall and lean which was good, I hate seeing parents who let their children get over weight.
"DADDY!" the boy screamed again and ran into his father's arms. Emmett was already on the ground with his arms wide open. He engulfed his boy in a hug and held him close to his body.
"Marc, Daddy missed you so much," Emmett told him into his back.
"I missed you too, Daddy," the little boy told him looking over at his shoulder at the rest of us. "Who are all these people?"
"These are you uncles and aunt. This is your Uncle Jasper, Uncle Edward, Uncle Seth, and Uncle Jacob; you have met them all before. The new member to the family is this pretty lady here, Aunt Bella," Emmett showed his son each person to refresh his young mind. When Emmett showed the boy who I was, the boy looked up at me with questioning eyes. He reached his little hand out for me to shake. I shook his little hand and he tried to whisper into his father's ear, but he was too loud, "She is pretty and I like her."
I tried to cover up a giggle and pretend like I did not hear him. I looked back over to the van and I saw a stunning blonde woman coming around from the front seat. She was talking to Edward and giving all of the men hugs. She was talking excitedly with the men, but also keeping a watchful eye on her little guy.
I decided to go and introduce myself to Rose who I had only spoken to on the phone. When I got close enough to the woman she came and stood in front of me. She looked me up and down a few times and then held her hand out for me to shake, "Hello Bella, I'm Rosalie Hale."
"Hello Rosalie, it is great to finally meet you, and your son is absolutely adorable."
"Oh, thank you so much, but he is too much like his father already," she joked with me.
"He certainly does look like him."
Emmett and Marc where on their way back to the group of us. Marc was sitting on his father's shoulders proudly. You could see how much he missed him. He truly loved his dad. "So what do you want for dinner buddy?"
"I don't know Daddy."
"Well we can have ANYTHING you want."
"Really? Anything?" Marc asked sounding excited.
"Yes Sir."
"Chucky Cheese!" the boy squealed.
"I don't think Daddy wants to go there," Rosalie protested.
"Sure I do Rose. Whatever Marc wants, I want," Emmett told everyone putting the boy down on the ground. "Lets all get into the van I will drive us there."
We were in for some good old fashioned childish fun tonight, not to mention, more pizza for me!
