CHAPTER TWENTY - THREE WISHES
BELLA POV
"Edward" Carlisle rushed to the side of the bed. I was that stunned I didn't even notice Edward spread out on the floor next to me.
"Typical, first you now him" Carlisle said chuckling beside me.
I didn't turn to look or answer him. My eyes were fixed on the wall ahead of me. I'm pregnant I said to myself over and over again. I'm going to be a mother. I couldn't hold in my gasp any longer I covered my mouth with both hands. It wasn't to conceal the huge grin that crept on my face it was to stop the roars of screams and giggles of happiness that came out of my mouth. Tears flooded the white bed sheets. If I wasn't constricted by all the wires coming out of me I would of jumped up and down and ran around the room screaming. Instead I waved my arms around like a crazy woman and tried to bounce up and down in the bed. I felt like a child being given the world biggest lollypop.
"Bella"
I heard my name being chuckled. I completely forgot that Carlisle was still in the room. I turned and beamed the biggest grin I have ever grinned in my life.
"Congratulations" he chuckled I couldn't help but wrap my arms around his neck.
"I can't believe I'm going to be a Grandfather" he laughed pulling out of my hug.
"Is he alright" I asked remembering Edward on the floor.
"Yeah his just in shock that's all, we just need to give him a moment to wake up" he laughed.
I stared down onto the face of my gods sleeping form. My smile vanished and anxiety washed over me. What if he is not as happy as I was? I thought to myself. What if he is not ready to have a child? What if he doesn't want it and leaves me? Would I have to choose between them? All these questions ran through my mind as I stared at his beautiful face. Out of all the questions running through my mind I knew the answer to the last question. I would have to squeeze a crib into my room and get used to not sharing my bed with him anymore because no way was I having an abortion. My thoughts were interrupted by a little moan.
"Edward" Carlisle hovered over him shining a pen light in his eyes.
"Edward, can you hear me?" he asked.
His eyes were still closed but I could see him squeeze his eyes tighter as the light from the pen shone through his eye lids. I giggled as he let out another groan like he had just been rudely woken up in the middle of the night.
"Edward wake up Bella needs you" he said emphasizing my name.
With that his eyes snapped open. I giggled to myself thinking that he would only wake up to the sound of my name. I stared into his eyes and all of my anxiety and questions disappeared as he gave me a huge grin. I couldn't help by smile back.
"What are we going to do with the pair of you" Carlisle chuckled helping Edward to his feet.
"Well ill leave you two alone" Carlisle informed us. We didn't take our eyes off each other as Carlisle left the room closing the door behind him.
Before I could speak I found my lips on his. He carefully cupped my face and leaned in avoiding the wires. We found each other's tongues and massaged them around each others passionately. The butterflies in my stomach moved up to my heart and made it flutter. I could hear my heart rate monitor beep faster. He pulled away and flashed me that cheeky smile.
"Calm down love, wouldn't want you to go into cardiac arrest" he chuckled. I laughed as he sat on the bed and took my hand into his.
"Isabella swan" he said kissing my knuckles.
"You have made me the happiest man on this earth just but being my girlfriend and now you have made me the happiest man on the earth letting me become a farther". I could see tears start to fall down his face which was the queue for mine to flow.
"Oh Edward I'm so happy that you feel this way" I choked out through sobs.
He cupped my face with one hand and wiped a tear away with the other. Without thinking I did the same to him. I have never seen Edward cry before I was so glad that they were tears of happiness and not sadness. He was silent for a minute then he took in a deep breath.
"Bella I love you with all that I am, you are my world and the only reason for my existence. I am luckiest and happiness man on this earth. I could have only wished that you would be the mother of my children and now today my wish as come true" he said thought his tears that were now subsiding.
"But I only have one other wish that I would like you to grant me" he said standing up and taking my left hand into his.
"Bella, you have granted me two wishes already. Becoming my girlfriend and becoming the mother of our child. My last wish is for you to become my wife so I can spend eternity making you happy"
I covered my mouth with my other hand and gasped as he got down on one knee. He pulled out a tiny blue box from his jacket pocket.
"Isabella Marie Swan, will you marry me" he said opening the box.
I gasped taking in its beauty. It was a white gold band with what I could have only guessed to be a diamond in the centre snuggled between two deep blue sapphires. I choked back my sobs and grinning widely.
"Yes" I managed to choke out.
I must have sounded like a strangled cat but I didn't care. He took my hand and beamed, placed the ring onto my ring finger. I never realized how bare my hands looked before the ring stuck out like a sore thumb but soon nestled down into its rightful place. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him up kissing him passionately. I could hear my heart rate monitor about to explode with the amount of beeps coming out of it but I didn't care. Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and lowered me back on the bed. We kissed each other with all the love we had inside of each other. I pulled at his hair making him moan. He kissed down my neck as I grabbed at his shirt.
Our heads both snapped up in the direction of the door as we heard a knock. Edward quickly stood back up and composed himself as I quickly covered myself back up with the sheet. We both blushed and let out a giggle.
"Come in" I said tiring not to laugh.
Edward crossed his arms but put one hand over his mouth to conceal his giggle as a nurse entered the room.
"Good afternoon Isabella" she said wheeling in a medicine cabinet.
"She prefers Bella" Edward corrected her.
"Sorry darling" the nurse nodded and smirked.
"I'm just here to give you a check up Bella" she said as I nodded. She checked my vitals and took my blood pressure.
"It looks like your heart rate has increased recently so I'm going to give you some medicine to control your heart rate".
I looked at Edward and smiled. He still had his hand over his mouth but I could see the huge grin behind it.
"Here you go sweetie" she said passing me a little cup with two pills in.
"Ill be back in a hour sweetie" she said wheeling the medicine cabinet back out the room.
When the door closed we both let out a huge roar of laughter. He took his place back on the bed as I put the pills on the side table. I knew they went going to help me because there's no cure for love.
"So, what are we going to do for an hour" I said with a teasing grin. He gave me a cheeky crooked smile.
"You have a one track mind" he said laughing.
We cuddled and talked on the bed for what seemed like hours. Occasionally he would lift my top up and start talking to my stomach. It made me smile knowing that it was probably not even formed yet so he was talking to himself. I stroked his hair as he hummed to my belly. Counting back the days, Edward and I have been dating for two weeks. Even though we were carefully there were times that we didn't use precaution because of the spontaneity, like our first time in the meadow or in the music room. But I didn't think anything of it because thanks to my dad I have been on the pill since I turned seventeen. I tried not to think of the time Charlie first took me to the medical clinic because till this day that was the most embarrassing moment in my life.
I might have forgotten to take the pill a few times because of everything that has gone on over this last few weeks but I didn't dwell too much on the reason as why I was pregnant, because the truth is I am pregnant and Edward wants this baby as much as I do. This child is going to be filled with so much love and happiness that it's never going to want for anything.
I was pulled away from my thoughts as Edward hummed my lullaby drawing circles into my stomach with his fingertips. I smiled and hummed along with him. I closed my eyes as my thoughts dawned onto reality. I was turning nineteen in a few months, I was having a baby and getting married. I wasn't planning on telling anybody because I couldn't put up with all the sneering and bickering behind my back about getting pregnant and being married at such a young age. It doesn't matter if my ID said I was eighteen because I was a lot older than that in my head. I was ready for this and this is the life I have chosen to live. We agreed that we would get married after we finished school because juggling school, pregnancy and a wedding was going to be too much. I was so glad that graduation was only a few months away so I could finally start living my life as Mrs. Cullen. Just the thought of my dad in a suit...
"Charlie" I almost shouted out I didn't even think about my dad until I just thought about him.
"What am I support to tell him" I blurted out.
Even though Edward and Charlie have become close I could still picture him pulling his gun out. Edward pulled my top back down and shimmed his way up to my face.
"The truth" he whispered before kissing me.
I tried to swallow the lump that had crept up in my throat. How could I tell him the truth? Was he going to have a heart attack when I told him? Was he going to disown me? Would he go as far as to actually use his gun?
"Calm down love, everything's going to be alright" he reassured me noticing the panic on my face.
"I hope so"
"It will be" he said pulling me to his side and wrapping his arms around me.
"It will be" he repeated himself.
Just then there was a gentle knock on the door. Edward didn't move this time instead he held me tighter.
"Come in"
The door slowly opened and a nurse popped her head around the side of the door.
"Isabella, your farther has just arrived"
"It's time" Edward squeezed me tighter and kissed the top of my head.
I took in a deep breath as Edward climbed off the bed and sat down in the chair next to the bed.
"Let him in" I sighed.
The nurse nodded and shut the door behind her I grabbed Edward's hand and gave him one last look before the door opened again to reveal my farther.
"Isabella" he said walking in and closing the door behind him.
"Hey daddy" I smiled at him.
I decided to go for the cute-little-daughter approach.
"I got here as soon as I could" he said walking over to the bed.
I gave him a one armed hug as my other hand was still tightly gripping onto Edwards's hand. He pulled away and stood back up.
"Edward" he said nodding in his direction.
I didn't turn to see if he nodded back my eyes were just fixated on his gun in the holster.
"What's the news kiddo?"
I sat there with my eyes still frozen on his gun it only took a light squeeze on my hand to snap me out of it.
"It was a stomach bug but they gave me antibiotics so I'm alright now" I said all in one breath.
"Thank god for that, you nearly gave me a heart attack" he said massaging the bridge of his nose. "I thought it was going to be serious" he slightly smiled.
Serious? Is having a child considered serious? The answer is yes and I got the answer to my question earlier he was going to have a heart attack, at least if I told him now he was in the right place if he did.
"So when are you getting out of..."
"Dad" I interrupted him.
The only place I could look was in his eyes that way I could tell if he was mad or not so I could at least try to get Edward to run for the hills.
"Bella" he folded his arms and his eyebrows pulled down.
I took in one last deep breath in and out before I said those words that every parent fears at my age.
"Dad, I'm pregnant"
The pause that followed felt like hours. His expression didn't change.
"Dad did you hear me" I slightly frowned.
"Dad"
I felt Edward stiffen beside. Charlie brought his hands over his face and sighed into them.
"Edward I would like to speak with my daughter alone" he said folding his arms and gazing above me.
I turned and nodded to Edward he stood up and kissed my forehead before leaving.
Charlie started pacing back and forth whilst pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Isabella are you sure"
I couldn't look at him anymore so I gazed at the back wall as I spoke.
"Yes"
"And Edward is the..."
"Yes his the farther" I finished his sentence.
He stopped pacing when he got to the window and stared out of it.
"I don't..." he paused "I don't know what to em" he paused again and pinched the bridge of his nose squeezing his eyes shut.
"Look at me" I whispered. He squeezed his eyes shut more tightly.
"Dad, look at me!" I almost shouted.
He dropped his hand and turned. I could see the disappointment on his face and the moisture about to escape his eyes that sent my heart plummeting into stomach. Why couldn't I have been that perfect daughter for him, the good little daughter who finished school, went to college, got a good job and brought a big house then started a family and live happily ever after? The answer was simple life was not a fairytale, life never works out how you want it to and you have to make choices on the way wither there bad or good. The truth is I have chosen my life and who I share it with. Edward is my life and now this child that grows inside of me is a part of our lives. This is my family and I will do whatever I have to do to make sure that we get our happy ending.
"Dad I love Edward with everything that I am, and I'm sorry if I have disappointed you but this is my life and this is how I am going to choose to live it" I blurted out between tears.
"I love you dad, I didn't mean to hurt you" I covered my face with my hands and wept into them.
"Isabella" I felt a pair of arms wrap around me.
"You haven't disappointed me Bells" he said rocking me back and forth.
"I'm quite shocked, I just didn't expect it"
"You think you were shocked?" I managed to push out a slight chuckled.
I pulled away to look at his face and was shocked myself when he smiled.
"Are you mad?" I couldn't help but ask.
"A little, but you can understand why?" he took my hand as I nodded.
"Bella you are my daughter. I have loved you every since you were in your mothers belly and I will never stop loving you till the day I die, if you are happy then I am happy. You have always been mature for your age Bells and I trust your judgment"
I couldn't help the tears that flowed due to his speech I pulled him tightly into a hug.
"I love you to daddy and thank you"
"You're welcome Bells" he said releasing me.
"So how do you feel about becoming a grandfather" I smirked as he stood back up.
"Old" he chuckled.
"Well I better head home and get a good night's sleep so I can be ready for the next story" he chuckled again walking towards the door.
"Next story?" I looked at him confused.
"Don't think I didn't notice that rock on your finger" he snorted.
I couldn't help but blush as I looked down at my ring.
"Goodnight Bells" he said before opening the door.
"Night dad"
"Oh and one last thing" he said peering in the now half closed door.
"Yeah"
"Congratulations"
I couldn't help but smile as he closed the door.
I expected Edward to walk in soon after my dad had left but to my surprise he didn't. I glanced at the clock that indicated it was 9.34pm then my eyes shot to the door as it opened again.
"Lights out sweetie" the nurse entered and flipped off the switch.
"Goodnight" she said before closing the door behind her.
My eyes were fixated on the door as I lay there in the dark waiting for him to return. I counted the seconds which turned into minuets then eventually hours before my eyes drifted shut.