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21 Bella POV
The next couple weeks went by quickly. For the drama that we had around the midterms, Edward and I still managed good grades on our exams. Well, at least if we studied hard enough we would be able to pull out A's and possibly a couple B's. Every night we would curl up on the bed and read our textbooks till we fell asleep in the last week before finals, though we did leave a little time aside to get frisky.
We were at my apartment tonight and Edward was reviewing his Biology while I reviewed my notes from Psychology. When we heard the front door open forcefully and Rosalie yelling at Emmett, "That's just the way I see it!" followed by a SLAM
"Rose," Emmett pleaded. She must not have slammed the door on him like I had thought. "I don't understand what has gotten into you? One minute you're all into me and the next you are biting my head off. All this is because of a bag of chips that I left in your car?"
"It is not just a bag of chips Emmett!" she hissed, "They were opened BBQ chips that sat in my car in the blistering heat making my car unbearable to drive in! I could hardly keep from throwing up!" Rosalie yelled. For it being nearly winter, I wouldn't call it blistering heat. Most likely it was just because today was sunny and warmed up her car just a little, but with Rosalie and her mood you would not contradict her.
"Rose, baby, I'll get the smell out I swear. I'll do it now if it makes you happy, just please don't be upset." Emmett begged. We heard a light sob followed by Emmett saying, "Rosie please don't cry," followed by what sounded like a wet kiss. "I'll go fix your car and I'll be back. What smell would you like me to get?"
"Something strawberry," she said through her sobs.
"Ok, I'll be back in a little bit." Emmett said and a few seconds later we heard the door shut followed by Rosalie's bedroom door shutting.
Edward and I were still as stone after listening to his brother and my roommate's little spat. "That's the third time this week," he stated.
"The third time?" I asked, "I only heard the two. This one and the infamous empty CD case."
Edward chuckled lightly at the memory then became more serious, "I didn't witness the third either but Emmett told me about it at practice. It was about a burrito she ordered and the guy got it wrong. She took it out on Emmett and then after Emmett got it fixed she just started crying uncontrollably." He said.
My brow furrowed in confusion, "I wonder if it's the stress of the finals coming up."
"Don't know," Edward said, "Emmett can't make heads or tails of it. I suppose it could be the stress." He closed his biology book and tossed it to the foot of the bed and wrapped his arm around me and began nuzzling my neck. "Are you stressed, love?"
I felt a shiver run down my spine, "Oh very," I said playing along and hoping to God that he was thinking what I was thinking. His hand began to roam underneath my shirt caressing my stomach and rose north to cup my breast as he nibbled at the skin above my collarbone. Sparks of electricity ran through my body igniting my core and I moaned.
"I think I can help you with that," he grinned taking my Psychology notes from my hands and dropped them to the floor, careful to not mess up the order.
"Oh you do?" I asked playfully. Edward nodded grinning devilishly as he quickly pulled my shirt over my head throwing it to the floor attacking my neck with his lips. I laughed stroking his back lightly and wrapped my legs around him, "You realize that you are going to fetch me my clothes after this."
He chuckled breathlessly into my neck, "If that is your wish, but I prefer you naked." He kissed me fiercely and pressed his hips harder against me. I gasped beneath his lips, tightening my legs around him.
He released my lips kissing my jaw down to the hollow at the base of my neck making me shiver. God his mouth was magic. He moved his hands down to the waistband of my pajama pants pulling them down with my panties and threw them to the floor. He grinned staring at my naked form, "Mmmm," he moaned leaning down to kiss me. His right hand caressed my inner thigh lightly trailing slowly north till he met my slick wet folds. I bucked my hips as he placed two fingers within me while his thumb began rubbing my clit.
His lips left mine kissing his way down to my breast capturing my nipple and began to lick, suck and tease sending sparks of pleasure through me. As the pressure built my breathing became labored. His mouth and hand had developed a rhythm and I knew that I was close. "Edward I want you inside me," I gasped pulling down his waistband as far as my reach would allow.
He released my nipple to look at the nightstand opening the top drawer pulling out a silver wrapper and ripped it open with his teeth. I grabbed the condom and rolled it on his length. My foot found the top of his pants and I shoved them down till they were nothing more than a ball of clothes. He quickly removed his hand from me licking my juices off before shifting to find my entrance with his tip and plunged deep within me. I gasped at the feel of his large length as he began to pull out and then fill me once again. "Faster," I begged grabbing fists full of the bed sheets.
Edward grinned and complied thrusting faster as he sucked my nipples. I grabbed a fist full of his hair as the pleasure built. Edward's mouth met mine and my pleasure overflowed to my climax, his mouth muffling my scream. Edward continued to thrust prolonging my orgasm till he found his release.
Our breathing was labored and I barely managed to gasp out, "I love you."
"I love you too," he breathed.
-2 days before finals-
Edward, Jasper and Emmett had to go to Oregon for their final game of the season. If they lost this game they wouldn't advance to the playoffs so needless to say the game was very important and everywhere you went on campus the football game today was the main topic of conversation. Edward was cleared last minute to play and he was glad that he could contribute instead of being benched on the sidelines.
I had gone for an early run around the practice field that morning after seeing the boys off at 7 AM. Their game was supposed to start at 7:05 PM tonight. They would be driving the 4 and a half hour drive down to Oregon State University and prepping themselves for the game the rest of the day today.
On my way back from the practice field, I stopped in the student center and got 3 tall lattes for Alice, Rosalie and me before heading back to our apartment. It was 8:15 when I returned to our apartment and began making myself a piece of toast to go with my latte when I heard someone retching in the bathroom.
Alice and Rosalie had gone with me to see the boys off but had headed back here to go back to bed and get the much needed sleep we all need from studying into the late hours of the night. They both seemed to be ok earlier. Alice looked tired but was still a little perky and Rosalie was upset that Emmett was leaving but other than that she just looked tired. I couldn't image what would be causing one of them to be praying to the porcelain god.
I heard the toilet flush and the water from the sink run while they washed their hands and began brushing their teeth. The faucet shut off and the door slowly opened and Rosalie slowly emerged from the bathroom.
"Are you okay?" I asked my tone filled with concern.
Rosalie looked up. Her color looked ok and she didn't look like she had the sweats from a fever. "Yeah," she answered, "I just didn't feel well for a moment there. I think I got it all out."
"Did you eat something bad?"
"No…I don't know, maybe. I haven't eaten since last night but I felt fine until about a half hour ago." she said as she walked over to me with her arms folded across her chest.
"Hmm that's strange," I mused, "Do you want a piece of toast? I got you a latte too but I don't think that your stomach would agree with that right now."
"No thanks. I'm going to go back to bed," she said heading back over to her room. "I'll see you later."
"Sleep well, Rosalie," I called after her and she shut the door behind her.
I grabbed one of my textbooks and began studying out on the living room couch. I was about a half hour into studying when Rosalie's door swung open and she ran to the bathroom and retched again not even bothering to close the door this time.
Alice had emerged sleepily and was headed to the bathroom when she heard Rosalie retching again. "Oh," she gasped, "Does she have the flu?" she asked me.
"I don't know," I said pulling my brow together in thought, "She looks fine if you ask me. She is just throwing up."
"Was it something she ate?" Alice asked sitting next to me on the couch Indian style.
"She doesn't know. She said she felt fine up until and hour ago this is the second time she has gone to throw up."
Alice's brow pulled together in concentration as well. "Hmm I wonder what could be wrong?" she mused then her nose lifted up in the air, "Do I smell coffee?"
"I got you both lattes this morning about a half hour ago but obviously Rosalie wont need hers." I told her as she jumped off the couch and nearly ran to the lattes on the table.
She took a sip, "Mmm, thank you Bella. I really need the pick me up. Do you mind if I take Rosalie's as well?"
"No, go right ahead." I said as Rosalie emerged once again from the bathroom.
"Sorry," she said, "I didn't have time to close the door."
"It's ok, we understand." Alice said and I nodded.
"Thanks, I'm umm… going to go back to bed," Rosalie said and went back to her room.
After Rosalie's door shut Alice nearly ran over to me, grabbed me by the arm and drug me into my room shutting the door. "Alice? What…" I began to question her but she quickly shh'd me. I quickly closed my mouth and sat down on the end of my bed waiting to hear an explanation.
"Ok," Alice began to whisper taking a drink of her latte, "What have you noticed about Rosalie the last 2 to 3 weeks?"
"What do you mean?" I whispered back.
"I'm talking about her mood swings, sensitivity to smells, food aversion, and now throwing up." Alice whispered as if I was missing the obvious.
"Food aversion? Since when?" I asked trying to think of a time she averted food.
"Oh yeah, you and Edward were at the movies." She recalled, "Well, we went out to eat at Red Robin and you know how Rosalie loves their burgers." I nodded it was her favorite place to go for that reason. "We sat down next to this table that already had their food and the burger that Rosalie loves to get. She kind of made a face at it and when it came time to order she got the chicken fajitas."
"You're kidding me?" I said, "She actually turned down the burger?"
Alice nodded, "And that's not all, when Emmett got his burger she had this face like it was the most disgusting thing on the planet."
"So what are you trying to say Alice?" Just then it was like lightening struck my head and I lowered my voice even farther, "You don't think…that she's…pregnant?"
Alice nodded with a grimace on her face, "It's the only thing that fits right now."
"But…" I paused trying to think this through, "But don't you think she could tell? I mean if she was late?"
"I don't think so Bella," she whispered shaking her head slowly, "She told me once that in high times of stress she sometimes skips a month or two."
"And we've had midterms and finals lately," I stated as a conformation to the stress factor.
"The thing is I don't think that she is realizing the signs," Alice whispered and we heard a door open and Rosalie retching in the bathroom again.
"We have to tell her what we think is going on," I whispered.
"I agree but I think we should buy her the test before we do, so she can't back out so easily," she said and I nodded.
We were decided and as soon as Rosalie was back in her bedroom Alice quickly showered and got dressed before Rosalie's next appearance. After a small debate at the store we ended up buying the pack that had three tests for the price of two. We figured that way if we were wrong we had extras for a later date, just in case.
It was getting close to lunch time when Alice and I finally returned to the apartment. Rosalie was sitting at the table nibbling on a piece of dry toast as she read one of her textbooks. She turned and looked at us, "Where have you two been?"
"We went to the pharmacy to pickup a couple things," Alice quickly said placing the bag on the kitchen counter outside of Rosalie's view. "Feeling better?"
Rosalie nodded slightly, "Yes, I haven't thrown up in the last 45 minutes so I decided to try some toast."
"Speaking of that…" Alice started when my cell phone rang followed by Alice and Rosalie's. I checked the caller ID and saw that it was Edward.
"Hello?" I said with a smile on my face.
"Hi love, we made it to Oregon State," his amazing velvety voice said.
"I'm glad. What are you going to have for lunch?" I asked loving the sound of his voice.
"We're waiting in line at Subway. How about you?"
I pulled my brow together, "I'm not sure. I haven't really thought about it. Although now that you mention it, Subway does sound good."
He chuckled, "Well I'm glad that I could help. Did you have a good run this morning?"
"Yes I did. I even got more studying done. Did you get some sleep on the bus?"
He sighed, "I did but it wasn't good sleep because you weren't with me."
"Well after the game tonight they better bring you straight home. I don't like the thought of an empty space beside me either."
He chuckled and sighed, "I love it when you say things like that to me." I heard a couple hoot and hollers from his fellow teammates in the background. I heard a muffled velvety voice telling them to layoff. Edward came back on the line, "Well I'm almost up to order then we have a team meeting and have to prepare."
"We'll be watching. Good luck handsome. I love you."
"I love you too," he said and hung up the phone.
Alice and Rosalie had both finished talking to Jasper and Emmett already and were sitting there waiting for me to get of the phone with Edward. They sat at the table staring at me and smiling and I began to feel self conscious. "What?" I asked.
They just shrugged their shoulders and I rolled my eyes. They always said that Edward and I's relationship was so sweet it was almost hokey.
Alice thankfully cleared her throat and took the spotlight off me, "Umm Rosalie, as I was saying before…" Alice hesitated when Rosalie met her gaze. It's not like Alice to hesitate on anything she has always been straight forward. Of course, I could see how possibly angering Rosalie could stop anyone in their tracks. "Umm…we," Alice said putting her hand on my shoulder to make sure that Rosalie knew that this wasn't only coming from her. Of course, it could have also been because she didn't want to be the only one in the dog house. "…have been noticing some…things lately that we think you should consider."
Rosalie's brow furrowed, "What do you mean?"
"Well…" I started fearing for my life and swallowed the lump in my throat, "you have been having some dramatic mood changes about the craziest things lately." Alice nodded.
Rosalie's face went from being slightly upset to teary eyed, "I'm sorry guys. I've been really stressed lately. I don't mean to take it out on you… or Emmett." She trailed off.
"It's ok Rosalie. We love you," Alice said putting her arm around Rosalie's shoulder as a light hug and quickly removed it knowing Rosalie doesn't like too much affection unless it comes from Emmett. "But there are the other things…"
"Other things? What other things?" Rosalie asked.
"You are overly sensitive to smells lately and you are averting some of your favorite foods." Alice said.
Rosalie shook her head, "I haven't been averting anything."
Alice's jaw dropped, "Rosalie you turned down your favorite burger at Red Robin." She stated as proof.
"That doesn't mean anything," Rosalie defended, beginning to have an edge to her voice, "I felt more like fajitas that night."
"Then why were you making a face like Emmett had a plate of vomit in front of him instead of a burger?" Alice asked quickly. Rosalie was frozen in thought as Alice continued, "How are you feeling right now? Do you still feel sick at all?"
"Not really. I think whatever it was it's out of my system now." Rosalie said taking another nibble of toast.
Alice and I exchanged glances and I think we were on the same page of thinking that our theory maybe correct. "That's the other thing," I said, "the vomiting this morning." Rosalie looked like she was about to say something but I kept going, "You didn't look feverish and Alice and I are beginning to think that all this is connected."
Alice cut in, "We're beginning to think that you might be…pregnant." Alice and I both said it at the same time.
Rosalie's eyes widened and began to let out what seemed like a forced laugh, "What? You think that I'm pregnant? I admit that I've missed my last two periods but that always happens when I'm stressed."
"I know but these things can happen," Alice said.
Rosalie shook her head, "This is ridiculous." She said as Alice had got up and went to the kitchen to the bag from the pharmacy and came back with one of the test strips still in its package.
"Then we'll all have a good laugh about this after it says Bella and I were totally wrong." Alice said handing her the test.
Rosalie took it hesitantly, "You guys this is just silly." She said it almost laughing but her hands started to shake around it.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"What if…What if it is true and I am pregnant? What will I do? How will I tell Emmett?" she asked tears welling in her eyes.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," I said taking her hand in mine as Alice took the other.
Rosalie nodded got up and walked over to the bathroom. She came out a moment later test strip in hand.
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