Hi, hope its okay with everyone that I did a quick time skip with this chapter. I wanted to end this one with a surprise ending but also wanted to add a little more E/B fluff. Hope I did it okay!
No, no, no, no, no. she could not be standing already. While I let out a sigh and buried my face in Edward's chest, everyone else was clapping and cheering. Thankfully she didn't stay up to long. I ran up to her and scooped her up.
"Bella what's wrong?" Rosalie asked
"Nothing, I guess I'm just a little sad that she's standing. Before you know it she'll be walking"
"Bells she only stood up once and it was for a second. I bet if you stood her up again she would fall over" she said
"I'm going to go give her a bath" I announced before walking up the steps
We had recently put gates up around the house along with a pack in play in our room. I placed her in it and went to grab the tub. There was a knock on the door and Edward walked through.
"Bella are you okay?" he asked
"Yeah I'm fine"
"Are you sure? You rushed away pretty fast"
I turned the water on and let the tub fill.
"I don't know, I guess I was just a little upset. My hormones are all over the place today" I laughed
"Sure, blame it on the hormones" he smiled
I shook my head at him and bent down to pick Abby up, moaning as I did so. My stomach was growing, therefore making it harder to do things. And I didn't help that Abby was getting heavy and harder and harder to pick her up. Once she was on my hip I groaned and placed my other hand on my back. Edward looked at me panicked. I held up my hand before he got the chance to say a word.
"Edward I'm fine" I sighed
"I don't want you lifting her anymore" he said getting up and taking her from me
"You're not going to let me hold my baby?" I whined
"Holding, yes. Lifting, no. they are two completely different things. I've this go on too long and I can't let you do it anymore"
I scoffed "Edward you sound like I'm a recovering drug addict"
His eyes widened at that.
"Edward calm down, I was kidding" I walked up and took Abby back from him and placing her in the bath.
"I'm sorry; you know I worry too much. Especially now since there could be complications" he whispered
I froze; I couldn't believe what he just said.
"What?" I gasped
"Damn it" he swore under his breath
"Complications?" I cried "But I've been doing so well"
He ran over me and took my face in between his hands.
"Bella I didn't mean it like that, just…we don't know what's going to happen when you go into labor. Not even Alice can see that"
I pulled my face away from his hands and ran to Carlisle's office. He looked up at me and stood up placing a hand on my shoulder.
"Bella what is it?" he asked
"I need to make sure everything is okay" I said
"Sure, follow me"
I nodded and walked to the corner of the room where he had all his equipment set up. There was a knock on the door and Edward entered the room.
"Where's Abby?"
"In her crib, I gave her a quick bath" he looked to where Carlisle was setting up the ultrasound machine "Is something wrong?"
"Just a check up Edward" Carlisle said
I lifted myself on the table and lifted my shirt up. My stomach was growing bigger and for that I was grateful. It meant the baby was growing. Edward took my hand as he moved the wand over my stomach. I let out a sigh of relief when I heard the heartbeat fill the room.
"Okay Bella, the heart beat is good. Not as strong as I'd like but it's still early in your pregnancy. Still on the small side though"
"But healthy?" Edward asked
"Yes, healthy. You did good Bella"
Edward kissed my forehead and we turned back to the screen.
"See, there's the head, its little feet and hands. It looks like it's sucking its thumb" Edward was pointing out our entire baby's features to me.
"Do you want to know the gender?" Carlisle asked
I looked at Edward and shook my head. I know this was going to be out last baby together and I wanted to be surprised. By the way Edward was looking at me I could tell he felt the same way.
"I think we're going to wait"
He nodded and printed off pictures for us.
"Carlisle what could go wrong during the birth?" I was scared to ask but I had to be done to know what to expect.
He took a deep breath. "We'll he/she could be a breach baby, which could be dangerous for both baby and you. You could hemorrhage; the baby could have breathing issues, lungs not developed, circulation problems… Bella the list goes on and on but this could happen to anyone"
I wiped the tears that were falling down my face with the back of my sleeve. What if something was seriously wrong and we couldn't do anything? I couldn't live with myself if something happened to my baby.
"Do you think it would be safer to do this at the hospital?" Edward asked
"Honestly, no, we don't know what could happen but if needed we could always transport you and the baby to the hospital" he said looking at me
I nodded and he handed me the pictures. Edward leaned forward and kissed my head and I leaned into him.
"I'll let you guys be"
Carlisle shut the door and then we were alone. I felt so ashamed that we didn't realize something was wrong earlier. I put my head and my hands and I felt Edward rub my back, trying to calm me down.
"I can't believe I let it get this far" I sniffed
"Bella it all going to be alright" he said
"I just need some rest" I said getting up from the bed
I heard Edward sigh and follow me back into the bedroom. I leaned down to lift Abby from the playpen but Edward beat me to it. Lying down on the bed with my head on the pillow I turned my eyes to where Edward was putting her in the crib while handing her a bottle. Wait, when did he grab that? He walked over to the bed placing his hands on my back.
"I know you're scared but the best thing you can do is relax. Stressing over this isn't going to make it any better" he told me
"I know" I whispered
His hands started to knead away all the knots in my shoulders and I moaned.
"Did I hurt you?" he panicked pulling his hands away
"No, it felt good" I assured him turning to look at his face
He lifted up my shirt and brought his hands back and worked out the muscles in the middle, lower, and sides of my back. His icy hands felt great on my back and ached away the pain that I didn't even know was there. He moved his hands in patterns like he was drawing pictures. His pattern continued for about 10 minutes until he moved down to my lower back where he rubbed his fist in circles, applying pressure. I let my eyes close and felt my whole body loosen. Once I pretty much in dreamland Edward's hand pulled away.
"You should let me do this for you more often, you were very relaxed" he left "You almost fell asleep on me"
"I still might" I yawned
"I'll let you be then"
He moved to get up but I grabbed onto his arm
"Where are you going, lay with me?" I pouted
He smiled and climbed into bed with me wrapping his arms round my waist. I breathed in his scent closing my eyes once again.
"Wait, Abby?" I asked him
"She was asleep before she even finished her bottle"
"You're such a good daddy" I smiled keeping my eyes closed
"And you are a great mommy" he answered
Those were the last words I heard before I totally conked out.
It was around noon time and earlier this morning Edward told me that we had to go and take the test for school today.
Crap, Edward we never finished all that work" I slapped my hand against my forehead
Edward just laughed and handed me our purple school folder. I opened it up and realized that all my work was done. I looked up at Edward who had a goofy smile on his face.
"How did you...?" I asked
"I needed something to do while you guys slept. Besides it's not like it was hard, it took me like 5 minutes to do both our work"
"Thank you, you're a lifesaver"
"No problem"
Once we made sure Abby was set with Rosalie and Emmett I grabbed my coat and were off to school. The ride was quick with Edward's driving. He grabbed my hand when we got there but once we got to the classroom I started feeling dizzy.
"Edward I don't feel so good"
He looked down at me with worried eyes and felt my forehead, he frowned.
"You do feel a little warm. Do you think you can make it through the test?" he asked lovingly
"Yeah" I whispered
He led me to the desk, handing our teacher the papers
"Good to see you guys are back" she smiled
"Thank you"
I took out my paper and pencil and waited for her to hand the tests out. I just wanted to get this over with. One of my hands was on my stomach and I tried to take deep calming breaths. Edward sat next to me looking me over.
"Are you alright, I can take you home of you want"
"No, its passing" I promised
He grabbed my hand and rubbed soothing circles on the back. The teacher came down the aisle and handed out the tests. I looked down at it and realized that it wasn't that hard. I wrote down all of what I could do and looked to my right to see Edward done. My hand was still on my stomach and I was trying to concentrate so we could hurry up and get out of here. Once I was on my last question, the head ache started. I put my head in my hands, closing my eyes. Edward's hand was on my back and he took the test from me. I was going to ask what he was doing when I saw him filling in my last answer.
"Okay let's go" he said pulling me up out of my seat
"Done already?" the teacher asked
"Well all that work paid off" Edward smiled
"I guess it did"
He nodded and pulled me out to the car lot. Once we were alone his hand found my stomach.
"Better?" he asked
"Yeah, the fresh air is helping" I said pulling my jacket off
"Good"
Once we got home we found Abby sleeping on the floor with a blanket wrapped around her.
"Oh Edward just in time. We're all going hunting and you look like you need it" Carlisle said
"You know I don't like leaving Bella alone, and she said she's not feeling well"
I sighed, he was always doing this
"Edward go"
"But Bella…"
"No buts Edward go" I said to him "Don't me get Emmett to drag you there"
"Fine, but promise me you will get some rest and call me if anything goes wrong"
"I will I'm just going to put Abby to bed and take a nap" I said
Edward walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the lips and a hug.
"I'll be back within the evening but I'll stay close"
Okay I love you" I said giving him one last kiss
"Love you too"
I watched as he left the house and I walked over to pick Abby off the floor. I brought her upstairs to the nursery and laid her down. Thank goodness she didn't stir. There was a knock on the door and I waddled my way down the steps. Who could possibly be here? My best guess was my dad coming for a visit. But when I opened the door and was met with my worst nightmare.
"Hello Bella"
Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I just wanted to get this up. Also sorry for the time skips and the fast moving paste. I just wanted to get on with the story more quickly.
Please review, I finding that I'm getting less and less reviews every chapter. That's one reason why I don't update as much.
LaurenXOXO
