Edward POV
6 years went by pretty fast. Alice and Jasper got married not long after us. Alice's cancer came back a few years after they got married. They spent the next 14 months in the hospital, getting another round of chemo. Alice's little body fought it off again, surprising everyone. She was told she would never conceive a child, but by another miracle, they had. Lucy was born a year ago, completely healthy.
Rose and Emmett kept working on their shop, Under The Hood and were featured numerous times on TV specials and in magazines. The garage had even been used as a set for a horror movie. Emmett Jr. and Anabelle were going on 6 now. They had a little sister, Julie who was three. They wanted more kids, but needed a break and decided to wait.
Mackie was on her way to being all grown up. She was a senior in high school now, slipping slowly out of my older brother grasp. I watched as she became the beautiful young woman I knew she would become. She had found love, just as I had found Bella. Or rather Bella found me. Mackie was teaching a little boy how to surf and instantly fell in love with his older brother, Cam.
As for Bella and me, we moved into that house in Laguna. I was now head resident at Laguna Memorial Hospital. Bella had her own surf shop in town, New Moon. She taught surfing lessons on Tuesdays. We didn't waste time having a family either. Elizabeth was 4 and Bella's due in 2 months with our own set of twins. I plan on delivering them myself.
It was November 26, making tomorrow Thanksgiving. Everyone was coming to our house. Bella was too pregnant to leave, and honestly, traveling in a car with her while she was pregnant with Elizabeth was torturous. So I invited everyone to our house. Esme and Carlisle were on a tropical cruise with the Hale's and Charlie couldn't take off of work as the police Chief. It would just be us kids.
"Hello?" A small squeaky voice answered the phone when I tried to call Bella.
"Hello, Baby." I said, a smile spreading across my face.
"Daddy!" Elizabeth squealed. She definitely took after Alice in that department.
"Hello?" My angels voice said. My smile grew ten times larger.
"Hello love. How's your day?" I asked, running a hand through my messy hair.
"Well my belly knocked over the cranberry sauce but other than that it's fine. How's yours? Save any lives?" She asked. I could tell she was rubbing her stomach.
"It's been slow. I should be home in an hour. No one needs life saving today. I miss you." I said softly. "I wish I was with you."
"Mmm I wish you were here too. Everyone's getting here soon. Elizabeth is probably going to take a nap in a little bit. Right baby?" She said. I could see the look on Elizabeth's face perfectly in my head. Only because her mother makes the same face when I tell her its time to go to bed.
"I'll try and sneak out sooner, love. Hey guess what?" I said, although I'm sure she knew what was coming next.
"What?" She said, playing along.
"I love you." I said, grinning.
"I love you too, Edward." Bella said. "Come home soon." She whispered.
"Anything for you, love." I said, hanging up the phone. I went to the surgical board and checked my schedule. I had to do rounds once more before I was able to leave. I could get Derek to cover my surgery this afternoon.
Rounds went by slowly. It took me about 45 more minutes than it should have. One of my patients was on the verge of killing themselves, which just added to my irritation when they tried to hit me. I was silently humming to myself when a 911 page came over my pager. I looked down and it said nursing station.
What the fuck. Why did the nurses need me for a 911. Oh god. Bella or Elizabeth. That was the only time I told them to 911 page me. I took off running; actually running was an understatement. I was sprinting. I reached the nursing station in 30 seconds flat. I leaned up against the desk looking around frantically.
"Where is she?" I asked, ripping through papers like a mad man.
"Room 4. It's nothing serious. Just take a look at her." The nurse said, calming me a little but not enough.
I went off running towards her room and my heart melted when I saw Elizabeth in the hospital bed. She was crying, holding onto to Bella as an intern tried to clean her right hand.
"What happened?" I asked, pushing the intern aside, taking a seat, looking at my daughters small hand. There was a massive gash across her palm.
"We were watching TV on the couch and I must have fallen asleep because next thing I knew she was sitting on the counter screaming bloody murder with the knife I was using to chop vegetables in her hand." Bella explained, her words barely a whisper. "I'm so sorry, Edward. I should have been paying attention better."
"I just trying to help. I sorry, Daddy." Elizabeth said between sobs. I slightly chuckled at her. She was just like her mother.
"It's okay, baby. Daddy can fix this." I assured her, kissing her hand lightly before getting out the kit for sutures.
"This is going to hurt a little, baby. You can squeeze my hand though okay?" Bella said, hugging our daughter close to her body. I looked up and smiled at Bella. She was perfect.
Elizabeth winced a few times before I finished. I tried to be as gentle as I could, and as I neat as I could possibly be. I wouldn't allow myself to think of how messy this would be if that intern had done this. I finished and kissed her hand, putting a band-aid over the cut.
"Edward, what is this I hear about a 911?" My friend, Derek, asked coming into the room.
"Someone decided she could be a chef. It didn't end so well." I said, lightly nudging my daughter. She giggled as she wiped away the last of her tears.
"Uncle Derek!" She screamed once he fully entered the room.
"Elizabeth!" He answered with just as much enthusiasm. "Hello, Bella. You're looking wonderful."
"Hey Derek." Bella answered, slouching into the chair next to the hospital bed.
"Elizabeth, I know where they hide the candy around here." Derek said, holding out his hand for my daughter to take. She looked at me and then at Bella and we both nodded. Elizabeth took off with Derek to the candy closet they had for the surgeons who were up for long hours.
"How are you feeling, love?" I asked, walking over to Bella.
"I'm tired. I feel so heavy." Bella said. I went over and picked her up, bridal style.
"Not heavy at all." I said as she laid her head against my chest. I sat us back down in the chair pulling her in my lap. "I love you."
"I love you too." She whispered against my ear, lightly biting my earlobe. That got a low, throaty moan from the back of my throat.
"Mm, not here love." I said. Bella laughed her light bubbly laugh and hopped off my lap. I grabbed her hand and we went looking for Elizabeth. I took this moment to really take in how beautiful Bella looked today.
Her long, brown hair was up in a pony tail. She was wearing a brown long shirt that flowed nicely over her bump. The brown leggings underneath made her legs look slender again. She had on her Birkenstocks on and her evil eye bracelet secured around her ankle. I wrapped my arms around her from behind and whispered in her ear.
"You are truly beautiful." I whispered. She blushed a deep red and put her head down. Her 5'5" stature was perfect, even when she was the size of a small blimp.
We walked around the corner at the nursing station where I lost Bella. She started talking to the nurse Kristy, while I continued to look for Elizabeth. I finally saw her with chocolate smeared all over her face.
"What do we have here?" I asked, picking her up and throwing her over my shoulder. She started giggling and I started running around the break room.
"Daddy!" She giggled, hitting my back. "Bye Derek!" She called from my back as we ran towards Bella. "Mommy! Tell him to put me down!"
"Uhoh someone's in trouble." Bella said, shaking her head. Elizabeth shook her head pointing at me. I started shaking my head pointing back at her. Bella just laughed at us before saying goodbye to Kristy.
"Bella, you didn't drive you here did you?" I said, nervous. I told her with her size it was too dangerous for her to drive. I spoke too soon, because suddenly Bella's blue pick up truck pulled up right in front of us nearly hitting me.
"Nope." Bella laughed.
"Hey man." Jasper called from the front seat. I laughed at how tired he looked.
"Jaz! It's been a while man. Thanks for driving them here. I get nervous with Bella's driving in her condition." I said, patting Jasper on the back.
"You can just say I'm fat. I know it. These two are really bringing down the figure." Bella said, lifting Elizabeth from my back and into her car seat in the back. Elizabeth stuck her tongue out at me, making me laugh.
We all got home shortly after to find Alice cooking. That was always the interesting sight. Jasper usually did the cooking. He knew how to make a mean macaroni.
"Hey Lucy!" I said, pulling her up and into my arms. She had Alice's small size but looked just like Jasper. It was funny how identical she was to Jasper.
Elizabeth was the perfect mix of Bella and me. She had Bella's long, wavy brown hair, and pouty lips. Yet she had my green eyes and my crooked grin. She was beautiful. I hoped that our next set of kids would be just as fortunate looking.
"How are ya, Edward?" Alice asked me, coming to grab her daughter out of my arms. I sat and talked with Alice for a bit while Jasper and Bella kept preparing food for tomorrow. You would occasionally hear them laughing, or Bella cursing the babies for kicking. Elizabeth was running around outside, playing on the swing set I just built.
"AH!" My angel screamed from the kitchen. I got up off the couch and ran into the kitchen. I saw my Bella standing in front of a pan screaming starring into it. I followed her point to where now stood Emmett. He was laughing uncontrollably.
"Get that out of my gravy right now, Emmett McCarthy!" Bella screamed, pointing down at the pot. I let out a small little chuckle. Bad idea.
"Oh. You think this is funny? Do you have any idea how hard I work to make everything perfect? I have spent hours working on this meal. And you think this is funny?" She said, leaning down on the counter. I could tell she was crying. Her hormones were in overdrive at this point.
"I'm sorry, love." I said, moving closer to wrap my arms around her.
"Do not come near me, Edward Cullen." She spat, moving around Rose to go upstairs. I heard her waddle upstairs and then slam what I would imagine was our bedroom door.
"Emmett you're a dead man when I get back." I said. I heard Rosalie hit him on the back of the head and chuckled.
I climbed the stairs two at a time. I walked down the hallway, opening every shut door to make sure she didn't go into one of the spare rooms. I could hear her crying and followed her to the last room in the hall. Her studio. I had this done for her while we were in Australia. I knew how much pottery meant to her so I built her a studio right in our house.
"Baby, please come out. I'm sorry." I said, leaning against the doorframe. I tried to open the door, knowing it was hopeless. "Bella, please, just open up. I didn't mean to laugh."
"No! I'm never coming out." Bella whined from the other side of the door. I chuckled again. "You're laughing at me again!"
"Aw, love, I'm only laughing because you just sounded like our 4 year old daughter." I said, pressing my forehead up against the woodwork. I heard a soft giggle and the door unlock. I looked down at my wife and wiped away her tears.
"I'm acting like a child." She said, wrapping her arms around my middle. I wrapped my arms around her, letting my hands run through her hair. I kissed the top of her head.
"I love you, Isabella." I said, letting my lips rest of her forehead. I felt her sigh under my arms.
"I love you too, Eddie." She said, pulling back and standing on her toes to kiss my lips. It was soft, but you could feel the passion dripping off her lips. She tugged at my hand and led me back down the stairs.
"Want me to kick Emmett's ass?" I asked, while she basically dragged me back into the kitchen.
"No. I think Rose took care of that." She said, pointing to Emmett who was sitting at the counter with a sad look on his face.
"I'm sorry, Bellzo. I didn't mean to upset you." He said, looking like a defeated giant.
"It's okay, Em." She said, wrapping her arm around his shoulder. His eyes instantly lit up and his smile returned. I leaned up against the counter and smiled.
Suddenly my legs were being attacked. Apparently I entered combat and no one told me. My godson began attacking me with the new rubber band gun I imagine his dad got him.
"You're going down, Emmett!" I called as I chased him through the house. We had a fun house to play in. Lots of spots to hid in, and jumped out of. I chased the little boy up the stairs and then out to the balcony. Little Emmett was about halfway down the outside staircase when I caught up to him.
"That's it." I said as I flipped him over my shoulder. He laughed and hit me on the back, multiple times. I was about to throw him into the pool when Bella yelled out the door.
"Dinner's here. And I swear to god Emmett if you come running in through this house wet, you're a dead man walking my friend." Bella yelled. I put Emmett on the ground and went back into the house.
We all ate dinner, all ten of us, sitting around the TV. Around 8:30, Bella, Alice, and Rose all went and tucked the kids in, in Elizabeth's room. They came back down, laughing over something one of the kids must have said. Bella was now in a pair of my shorts and a big shirt.
It was like the good old days. Alice went over and sat on Jasper's lap in the armchair. Rose and Emmett were snuggled up together on the floor, and of course Bella and I laid on the couch together. I wrapped a blanket around us and started kissing her neck.
"Have I ever told you that you are so sexy?" I growled into her ear, nibbling on her earlobe. I heard her breath hitch in her throat. The response I wanted.
She flipped in my arms and crashed her lips to mine. The feeling was sensational. She moved her soft, plump lips on mine, causing me to get lost in her. She tangled her hands in my hair, pulling slightly. I loved when she did this. I let my hands slip in her shorts, resting on the top of her butt.
She finally stopped and broke away for air, breathing heavily. She looked up at me with her big brown eyes and smiled.
"What was that for?" She asked, brushing some hair out of my eyes.
"Is it a crime to let the woman carrying my kids how much I love her?" I asked, rubbing my hand over her belly.
"Not at all." She replied, crushing her lips to mine, again. That's how we spent the majority of the night, in each other's loves embrace.
Thanksgiving came and went. Our extended family left and went back home. It was just Bella, Elizabeth, and myself now. I busied myself in work, waiting for Bella's quickly approaching due date. She was terribly bigger than the people I had seen carry twins.
"Edward were going to be late to the doctors if you don't hurry up!" My angels voice rang up the stairs causing me to pull my shoes on faster.
"Love, I am your doctor. So technically if I'm not there, we can't be late." I said, playfully pinching her butt. Bella stuck her tongue out at me.
"Be good for Grandma." I said, scooping Elizabeth into my arms and spinning her around. "You're going to be a big sister next week." I said, kissing her forehead gently before handing her over to my mom.
"Thanks again for watching Elizabeth, Esme." Bella said, kissing Elizabeth's forehead as well.
"Don't worry about it. I love spending time with my granddaughter. I can't wait to meet her siblings." Esme said, wishing us luck as we got into the pick up truck. It wasn't my favorite car to drive but it was easier for Bella to fit in.
We soon arrived at the hospital soon enough. I logged her in and took her to maternity ward. I made sure that the nurse had cleared out a room for us and grabbed a pair of scrubs. I ran to the bathroom to change and went back to find my Bella talking to the nurses again.
"Ready, love?" I asked her, wrapping an arm around her waist.
"Yup." She said, popping her 'p' and waving goodbye to the nurses. I lead her to the room and told her sit down in the chair and put her feet up.
"Edward, I know what I'm doing. No need to be all professional on me now." Bella teased, I merely shook my head laughing. I was about to open my mouth to tell her the gel was going to be cold when she cut me off. "And I know, the gel's gonna be a little cold."
I stuck my tongue out and poured cold gel on her stomach. She took a sudden intake of breath at the coolness on her stomach. I laughed while I continued to rub it in. I took out the sonogram stuff and began tracing her stomach.
"Do you want to know the sex, love? It's up to you. Technically I already know." I said, looking up at her with adorning eyes.
"Yeah, I want to know." She said, beaming back down at me. I laughed at how eager she seemed. She was adorable.
"Well there's a…boy right there on this side." I said, secretly thrilled, I always wanted a little boy. I continued searching over her stomach to take the pictures. "There's a boy right here as well." I said, snapping another picture for her.
I was doing a normal search, checking their heartbeats and making small side comments to Bella when I hit something I was unfamiliar with. The shock must have been written all over my face because Bella began to panic and ask me what was wrong.
"Nothings wrong with the boys, I just need to get a second opinion on something. I'll be right back, don't worry love." I said, getting up and calmly leaving the room before jogging over the nurses station.
"I need Maggie here, now." I said, waiting unpatiently as the nurse paged my friend Maggie. I saw her round the corner and move swiftly to the station.
"Mags, I need you to come look at Bella." I said, pulling her towards the door. Maggie laughed and obliged.
"Hey Bella." She said as she entered the room. They had met a few years ago at a social event I was required to attend.
"Maggie, is something wrong with my boys?" Bella asked, my heart swelling as she called them her boys.
"Let me see." Maggie said, gliding the cold metal across Bella's stomach, panic still written all over my angels face. I went over and held her hand and buried my nose in her hair.
"I love you." I said, knowing very well what was coming next. Bella was either going to be very angry with me, or very excited. I couldn't yet tell which.
"Well, Edward you were right." Maggie said standing up taking off her gloves. She had frozen the picture over the same spot I had. "It's a girl."
"So, I'm having a boy and a girl? That's what all the panic was about?" Bella said, turning to me, her face turning red with anger.
"Not quite. You're having two boys, love, but you're also having a girl." I said, running my nose along her jawline. Her eyes went wide with shock then looked at me.
"I'm having triplets?" She asked in a small voice. I nodded.
"Do you hate me?" I asked, hiding my face in her neck. I felt so guilty, now she would have to go through birth three more times. Bella place her hand under my chin and pulled my face up so I was eye-to-eye with her.
"Not at all, I don't know how we're going to handle it all, but we'll manage. We'll do it together." She said, kissing me gently.
"God I love you." I whispered against her lips.
"And I you." She mumbled against my lips in return. Together we would get through it.
The next few weeks flew by. I delivered my kids, flawlessly if I do say. Bella was quite the trooper as well, delivering all three within minutes of each other. Shawn was born first, also being the biggest, he caused Bella the most pain. Then Rebecca was born, followed quickly by Will.
I had just managed to get Shawn back to sleep. He reminded me of Emmett, always wanted food, constantly. I crawled back into bed next to my angel, pulling her close to my chest. I inhaled her intoxicating scent and let her guide me into an effortless sleep.
I couldn't help but think that no matter what life threw at us, whether it be abusive parents, cancer, heartache, children, triplets, everything seemed okay when I held Bella in my arms at night. It was as if the world would stop spinning and just for a moment it would be us again, our 24 year old bodies dancing across the sand. Because we my friends, are the signature of the divine.