Chapter 20: Plans
Esme smiled as she walked around the mall with Rosalie and Alice. "Oh! Can we go in here?!" Alice shrieked bouncing up and down.
"Alice, we just about went into every clothes store imaginable," Rosalie commented.
"I really want to go in there please!" Alice insisted, pouting.
"Alright," Esme laughed.
Alice skipped into the store with a beaming smile on her face.
Esme walked around the store when she came across the baby clothes. She stopped and lifted up a pair of sleepwear that had a teddy bear on the right side and read 'I Love You'. She smiled as she looked at her baby bump. She was four and a half months pregnant and she was just now able to feel the baby move around. "First baby?" A voice asked. She looked over to see a woman there.
"How…" Esme started.
"You have that "first time mommy" glow to you. Had the same thing when I was pregnant the first time," the woman answered.
Esme smiled and looked at the other onesies. "Know what you're having?" The woman asked.
"No…my boyfriend and I want it to be a surprise," she replied.
"That's always best. There aren't enough surprises in the world," the woman commented.
Esme laughed and looked at other baby clothes when Rosalie hurried over to her. "Getting tired already?" She asked.
"Alice has been dragging us to every store in the mall, I'm surprised you're not tired," Rosalie answered.
The young mother smiled. "I'm enjoying my freedom," Esme told her quietly. Rosalie nodded understanding before going off to find Alice.
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Later that day, the girls came home and Carlisle came out of his office. "What happened? Did you buy out the whole mall?" He laughed.
"Just about. I bought more baby clothes," Esme replied.
"Well I have a surprise for you," he told her.
He grabbed some of the bags and led her inside.
Once they were at the top of the stairs, Carlisle covered her eyes. "What are you doing?" She laughed.
"You'll see it's a surprise," he replied.
Esme giggled, her hands on his wrists as he led her down the hall. "Okay watch your step," he told her.
"Watch my step I can't see anything," she laughed.
Carlisle chuckled as he placed one hand over her eyes so he could open the door with his other hand. "Okay…" he murmured leading her into the room. He stood behind her, his hands on her shoulders. "You can open your eyes now," he told her. Esme opened her eyes and she felt the air leave her lungs.
"You did the nursery…" she whispered.
The room was painted in a light green with rabbit boarders on the wall. The baby furniture was all dark wood. "So…what do you think?" He asked.
"It's amazing…you did all this?" She asked.
"Why do you think I had Alice and Rosalie take you shopping for a week? I wanted it to be a surprise," he replied.
Esme smiled as she walked around the newly done nursery. "It's beautiful, I love it, all of it," she commented. Carlisle smiled as he leaned against the doorframe. She couldn't help but bounce a little, this was just so exciting. It finally sank in that she was safe from Charles, that she was with Carlisle and they were having a baby. Nothing was going to take her away from this place.
"Edward made something for the baby too," he informed.
"He did?" She asked.
Carlisle walked over to the CD player and pushed play, piano music filled the room. "Edward wrote and composed all these songs," he informed. She smiled and felt the baby move.
"Well the baby loves it," she answered.
Carlisle walked over and squatted down in front of her stomach, kissing her bump with a smile. Esme smiled and looked around. "All the kids contributed something to the nursery. Edward with the music. Hopefully you didn't buy too many baby clothes, because Alice went out and got all the dresses if it's a girl," he informed.
"What if it's a boy?" She asked.
He started laughing. "Alice dragged Emmett with her," he chuckled. She started laughing and sat down in the rocking chair that was by the window.
"You know me too well," she murmured.
"Well, I listened to you when you told me how you pictured the baby's room to look like," he answered.
She looked out the window and let out a sigh. He walked over and kissed the top of her head. She leaned against him with a sigh. "I love you," she murmured. He wrapped his arms around her.
"I love you too, more than anything," he answered rubbing her arms.
"So, what did Rosalie contribute to the baby?" She asked.
Carlisle smiled. "The pacifiers and everything, since she just adores baby she had a lot of fun buying the pacifiers and all that," he replied. Esme smiled and let out a sigh as she rubbed her stomach. Carlisle rested his hand over hers and pressed his forehead against the side of her head.
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Later on, Esme was resting in hers and Carlisle's room when Emmett came downstairs to find his dad opening and closing a box. "Dad?" He murmured. Carlisle looked up. "What are you doing?" He asked.
"Thinking," Carlisle answered.
Emmett walked over and sat next to him. "I bought an engagement ring for Esme," he told his son, showing it to him. Emmett opened the box.
"Wow," he commented.
The ring was 14 karat white gold with three diamonds and 16 small diamonds on the sides. "When are you going to propose?" Emmett asked. Carlisle put the box back into his pocket.
"I don't know, whenever the time is right," Carlisle answered.
Emmett nodded and then Carlisle tossed the remote to him. "You choose, Em," he chuckled. Emmett grinned as he turned on the TV and switched it to a baseball game.