Chapter Twenty-Five: Positive

AN:The date of the chapter is October 21, 2016.

I woke up this morning relaxed that I will not be teased by Kol. It's been three weeks since he found out what my first word was, and he has never let me live it down no matter how many times Niklaus has threatened to dagger him. Speaking of Niklaus, it is the guys' annual 'guy' weekend. That meant they were gone from the French Quarter for a weekend leaving us ladies here alone. Since I didn't want to be left alone in my house because I am accustomed to Niklaus being by my side every night, I am staying at the compound in his room. And - just my luck - I have been throwing up the past couple of days. Niklaus wanted to stay, but I begged him to go because he was a little overbearing.

The bedroom door opened, and Davina popped her head in. "Hey," she said. "Rebekah and Freya went shopping. Hayley and Elisa are in the bayou with Grandma. They didn't want to wake you because we all heard you last night."

"Hi," I said in a raspy tone. I sat up, and I immediately started to feel nauseous. "Oh, no." I shot off his bed, and I ran to this connected bathroom. I threw up everything that I ate yesterday.

"You okay?" Davina asked as she held back my hair. "You've been sick for awhile."

I threw up a little more. "I have no clue what it is."

She sighed. "Don't get mad at me," she said. "Are you pregnant?" My heart stopped. I never really thought about that, and Niklaus and I didn't use a condom. "Bella?"

"I need a test," I said seconds before I threw up again. She stayed with me as I threw up from being sick and from being in shock. "We need to go get a test."

Davina helped me stand up. I flushed the toilet, put the lid down, and sat down on the seat lid. "I'm going to see if Hayley has a pregnancy test in her bathroom." She quickly ran to Hayley's bathroom. She came back moments later with three boxes of pregnancy tests. "We will replace them before she has another one."

"Okay," I said as tears started to fall down my face. I grabbed the boxes and put them on the counter. "Uhm."

"I will be on the bed. Call me if you need me," Davina said. She walked out of the bathroom. I quickly grabbed all six tests out of the boxes, got in position, and peed on them. I put them on the counter, flushed the toilet, and washed my hands. I opened up the door. "What do they say?" Davina asked as she shot off the bed.

"I have to wait a couple of minutes," I said and walked over to her. The both of us sat back down on the bed, and I immediately laid down and put my head in her lap. She ran her fingers through my hair. "I'm so scared," I whispered. I'm scared for this baby - if there is one. I'm scared that Niklaus will not want the child because we still have not talked about it yet.

The door to Niklaus' bedroom opened. "What are you scared of?" Rebekah asked. "The four us arrived at the right time." Elisa, Hayley, Rebekah, and Freya walked in. They all sat down on the bed with Davina and me.

"Hayley," I said and looked at her. "I owe you three boxes of pregnancy tests."

"Oh," she said. "You don't owe me anything."

"What did the test say?" Freya asked as she rubbed my calf.

My lip quivered. "I haven't checked them yet. I have to wait a few minutes."

"Rebekah and I can easily hear - if we concentrate enough - a heartbeat," Hayley said.

Rebekah nodded her head. "We can do that," Rebekah quietly said. I nodded and the two of them focused their eyes on my stomach. "You might want to go check the test, love," Rebekah said.

I slowly got off of the bed, and I walked to the bathroom. They didn't tell me that they heard a heartbeat, so the test must be negative. If it is negative, my heart will shatter. I took a deep breath and looked at the tests. Two of them were positive and four of them were negative. I grabbed all of them and walked out of the bathroom. "It's two to four," said.

"Which ones said positive?" Hayley asked. I held up the two positive ones. "That brand told me I was positive while the other four told me I was negative just like they did to you. Faulty test."

"What did your ears tell you?" I asked Rebekah and Hayley.

The two of them smiled widely. "It looks like Elisa will have a baby cousin to play with," Rebekah said.

Happy tears started to fall down my face. "Really?" I asked with a big smile on my face. "I'm having a baby?" The girls came to me and gave me a big hug with huge smiles on their faces. "I'm having a baby!" I squealed out.

"I'm so excited. More clothes for Auntie Beks to buy," Rebekah said with a smile. "You need to have a boy because we already have a girl."

"Baby?" Elisa asked confused.

"Yeah, Stinker. Auntie Bee is having a baby," I said to her. She laughed and clapped her hands. We all pulled apart. "Does this mean that I'm going to have to move into here?"

The six of us sat down on the ground in a circle because, well, I have no clue why we sat on the floor and not the bed. "I mean if you want to move in here, I don't think that Niklaus would mind. I don't think that he would like to move out of the compound officially. He loves this place."

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this is Niklaus' child. He has more enemies than the rest of us combined. You and the baby would be more protected if you lived here," Freya said.

"I don't want to give up my little house, but if it safer for my baby, then I will," I said. "I just need to talk to Niklaus first."

I guess Freya had an idea because she couldn't help but give a devious smile. "Do you think she could move in before the guys get home on Sunday? We could shock them." She turned to me. "Bella, I think Niklaus would be excited to have you move in with us. His family under one roof? He would take that in a heartbeat."

"We sure can," Rebekah said. "Nothing like a welcome home present than his mate moving in with us."

"Let's get started," I said. We all got off the floor, and we went our separate ways to get ready. I walked into the bathroom and threw out the pregnancy tests in the bin.

I hope that I would be the one to tell Niklaus.

I brushed my teeth, threw my hair up in a bun, and washed my face before I put on powder foundation and mascara. I walked out of the bathroom to Niklaus' closet and dresser. I grabbed a bra and thong off the top of the dresser and put it on. I put on a pair of ripped dark blue high-waisted skinny jeans. I walked to the closet, and I put on one of Niklaus' many black shirts. I threw on black flip flops and walked downstairs. "All right. I am ready."

Hayley was sitting on the couch with Elisa. "Grandma is coming to the compound. She is going to help watch Elisa while we get you moved in. I didn't mention anything about you being pregnant." She put Elisa down, and Elisa started to play with my textbook. "Can't play with that, honey." Hayley moved my books. "Did you finish your homework last night?"

I nodded my head. "I did," I said. "Thank you for not telling Grandma. I don't anyone else to know before Nik."

Rebekah came downstairs. "Are we moving you into Niklaus' room?"

I shrugged. I didn't even think about it. What if he doesn't want me to move into his room? "Would he want me in there? I know that he would want me in the compound, but would he want me to invade his space like that?"

Freya and Davina came downstairs. "I don't see why not," Freya said.

Rebekah held up her finger and got out her phone. She put the phone on the table. It started to ring on speaker. "Oh, bloody Hell," I heard Niklaus say. "Rebekah, this better be about Isobelle because you know not to contact any of us unless it is important."

"Us girls were having a nice little chat, and we thought to get your opinion on it. It does concern your precious Isobelle," Rebekah said.

"Is she okay?" Niklaus asked in a concerned voice.

He is so cute.

"She is fine. She said that she doesn't know if you would want her to move your room. She thinks that you would prefer to move her into another room in this house instead of your room. What do you think about that?" Rebekah said with a smart alec smirk.

"Why the bloody hell would she not move into my room? Of course, she would move straight into my room. What brought this on?" Niklaus asked confused.

"We were playing a game of truth or dare, and that was a question," Hayley said.

"Baby!" Elisa screamed out.

Fuck is what I wanted to scream out.

"Bee Baby!" Elisa screamed out.

Fucking Shit is what I wanted to scream out.

"Excuse me?" Elijah said. "Did my daughter just say Bee Baby?"

"Is Isobelle pregnant?" Kol asked.

I reached over and hung up the phone. "Well, that was a dumb mistake on everyone's part," I said. "Shall we call Grandma not to come? The guys might end up showing up."

"Good idea," Hayley said. She got out her phone as my phone started to ring from my pocket.

Shit.

I grabbed my phone to see that it was Niklaus Facetiming me. "He is going to see my lie right on my face."

Davina grabbed my phone and hit answer. "Hello, Klaus."

"Can you hand the phone to the most beautiful wolf in the compound?" Niklaus said a little strained.

I pointed to Elisa. Davina handed the phone over to Elisa. The little stinker pointed at me as she held the phone in one hand. "Bee Baby." Then, she proceeded to hand the phone to me.

I grabbed the phone and slowly put it up to my face. "Hello, my love."

"Isobelle Melisendre," Niklaus said.

I sighed. "The girls and I were talking about what I would look like with a baby in my stomach. That is where she is getting it from," I lied.

The look on his face said it all. He knew that I lied to his face. "We will be back later tonight," he said and hung up.

"Might as well start going." I picked up Elisa and the six of us went over to my house. "I'm going to leave the furniture here because I want to talk to Niklaus about what I should do with the house. We can spend the day packing everything into bags and stuff."

Hayley looked guilty. "Iso, I am so sorry."

"Hayley, I'm not mad. I was crapping my pants on how to get it out in the open. Elisa made it easier. Plus, she didn't know better." I kissed Elisa's head. "I'm not mad." We walked into the house and spent the day packing it up and moving it. Shockingly, it was all done besides the furniture and the food that I could have lived without.

The guys were still not home by the time that we were done bringing my stuff over. "We will help you get moved in," Rebekah said.

She walked over to my dresser - that she compelled two men to help bring over. Hayley and Rebekah used vampire strength and speed to bring it to the room. She used vampire speed to put everything that was in it at the house into it now. I stood up and started to hang up my clothes in the closet. "How pissed off with me do you think Niklaus is?"

"I'm not pissed off with you," I heard Niklaus say. We all turned to see that he was leaning against the door frame. The five girls left without batting an eyelash. I sat down on the bed, and he sat down next to me. "I can hear little one's heartbeat."

"Peanut," I said.

"What?" He asked me confused.

"The baby is called Little Peanut," I said and rubbed my stomach. Niklaus just looked at my stomach. "You can put your hand on my stomach." He slowly put his hand on my stomach like he was afraid that one wrong move would hurt peanut. I grabbed his hand, and I put it on my stomach for him. "Peanut won't kill you."

"If Little Peanut is a girl, then she will kill me," he said with his crooked smile. He looked around the room and smiled. "I guess this is why Rebekah called me with that question?"

I giggled and nodded. "Yeah," I said with a blush on my cheeks.

He turned to look at me with a serious look on his face. "Why would you think that I would want you in another room?"

I shrugged. "We never talked about it." I leaned my head on his shoulder.

He kissed the top of my head. "I would be insulted if I came home to your things in another room." I nodded my head and yawned. "You need to sleep. Rest is good for the baby."

I laughed. "Nik, I would like to eat dinner and shower first."

"You can eat in here away from the curious and pestering family of ours," Niklaus said. I shook my head at him. "You can shower while I get your food."

"I'm going to shower and eat downstairs with everyone else," I said and stood up from the bed. I walked to the bathroom, stripped down, and got into the shower. I washed and shaved what was needed, and got out. I put on deodorant and perfume. I walked to my dresser to get dressed as I threw my hair up in a bun. I put on a black pajama romper with big white polka dots. I put on a thin gray cardigan and gray knit ugg slippers.

I walked downstairs to see that Niklaus was setting a plate down for me next to him. "Congratulations," everyone said.

"Thank you," I said with a blush and sat down.

"Was there any magic in the making of this child? How did we not know about the magic?" Elijah asked curiously.

"No magic. Just the two of us," I said.

"I wonder," Elijah said.

"What?" Niklaus asked. I grabbed my fork and stabbed a piece of my cut beef.

"Your wolf side got her pregnant," Elijah said. "It's the wolf that made you impregnate her."

"First time too," I said to myself.

"Damn," Kol said. "You have some fast swimmers, brother." My face heated up to a bright red. "Maybe your child's first word would be the same as yours, Poppy."

"Kol, one more word about Bella's first words, I will dagger you and keep that dagger in your heart until my child is 18," Niklaus said with a stern voice.

Davina shook her head. "Kol, must you poke the new father?" Kol just smiled and drank his blood. Davina turned to me. "What do you think that are you going to do with the house?"

"We should keep it," Elijah said. "A safe house."

"A sex house," Kol said. "Sounds good."

I shook my head at Kol's suggestion. "I should have some say. I'm the one that is paying the bills." I finished eating the beef. "I was thinking that it could be a little place for us girls when we want to have a nice girls night without being with the guys."

"I'm in," Davina said.

"I think that is the best idea," Rebekah said.

"A place to detox from the testosterone," Freya said.

"Yes," Elisa said and nodded her head. We all laughed at her because she has no idea what we are talking about, but she is too damn cute.

"I think that is a good idea," Hayley said.

"What are you trying to say?" Marcel asked Rebekah with a raised eyebrow.

"We love you guys, but sometimes we have a girl conversation that you boys don't need to hear," Freya said.

Kol sat up high and mighty. "We should be able to use it too," he said.

"Okay," I said with a nod of my head. "We know what to use it for." I finished eating my potatoes. I let out a big manly yawn. "Holy Shit." I rubbed my eyes. "Why am I so tired?" I took a sip of my water.

"Carrying a baby is a lot of work," Hayley said.

"I'm not that far along," I said with wide eyes.

"Just use the excuse," Hayley said.

"Okay," I replied not knowing.

Rebekah laughed. "She got away with a lot of napping during the day instead of shopping or ass kicking."

Niklaus stood up. "It's time for you to go to bed," he said.

I put my napkin down. "This time, I will agree with you." I got off the chair and grabbed his hand. "Night," I said. They said goodnight, and we walked upstairs to our room. I took off my slippers and cardigan. I walked over to the bed, and Niklaus tucked me in. "I'm sorry about guys weekend. I was really not wanting to make you leave. I was going to tell you when you got home."

"We are going next weekend, so you didn't ruin it," he said. He sat down next to me. "You need to sleep. You do look tired." He kissed me. "I love you," he said.

"I love you too," I said with a smile. "Niklaus, promise me something."

"Anything," he said and moved a piece of hair out of my face. "I will promise you the world if you want it."

"Please, make sure that I don't move again." He laughed and kissed me again. "Get some sleep." He stood up, and he stripped down to his boxers and put on pajama pants. He blurred to turn off the light and blurred back to lay next to me.

His hand immediately went to my stomach, and my hand covered his. I started to fall asleep. "I love you little peanut," I said because it was true. I just found out that I was pregnant, and I loved my child with all of my heart. I laid there for a couple more seconds before sleep started to take over me.