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A/N: Thank you guys so much for the great reviews I got for the last chapter. I realized after I posted the chapter I forgot to tell you that there is a link to the website that shows what the locket looks like on my profile. So if you want you can go check it out.

I'm sorry this chapter went up later than usual. First of all I was a day later and then FanFic was doing some sort of upgrade so I had to wait to put it up.

25

Christmas day came and went quickly. Charlie had given me one of those gift credit cards with the money already in it for whatever I wanted. Since I haven't been around he had no idea what to get me.

Jacob had finally showed himself. The whole time I had been here I assumed he would be at my door but it turned out that in the last couple weeks he had found a girl and was hanging around her most of the break. I hugged him and told him that I was happy he found someone and I couldn't wait to meet her. He skirted around that idea and said that he wanted to give me my Christmas gift. He gave me a charm bracelet that had his favorite animal, the wolf, dangling from it.

"Thank you Jake," I said smiling.

"You're welcome," he said, "So where is Edward? I noticed his car is here."

"Oh he's in Seattle with his family. My truck had died just before I was going to come home so he let me have his car," I said trying to put the bracelet on my wrist one handed.

"Oh…"Jake said sounding a little disappointed about something. He grabbed the bracelet and put it on for me.

"He came to see me 2 days ago," I grinned at the memory, "and we exchanged gifts."

He noticed the locket that Edward had gotten for me and grimaced when he saw the pictures inside, suddenly becoming rushed and left with barely even a goodbye. I figured that he missed his girlfriend so I shrugged it off.

I was finishing up my packing to go back to Seattle, early on the morning after Christmas when my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller ID to see that it was… Rosalie? Why would she be calling me at 6 in the morning?

"Hello?" I said in a tone of almost concern.

"Bella, it's Rose."

"Hi Rosalie," I said folding a pair of jeans, "What's up?"

"Well…" Rosalie hesitated, "when do you think you'll be back in Seattle?"

"I was planning on leaving here around 8 so I'd say around noon since the roads are still slick. Why?"

"Could you possibly come sooner?" she asked not answering my question.

"I suppose I could." I said suspiciously, "Why?"

"Do you think you could be here at 10:30 or 11?" she asked a little anxiously.

"If I left in the next few minutes I could. Rosalie, why do you want me there earlier? What's going on? Is everything ok?" I asked as I began picking up my pace to pack all my stuff in the next few minutes.

"Well," she paused, "it's nothing that you would think to be a problem I'm sure but… I'm kind of having a wardrobe problem."

"A wardrobe problem?" I asked slowing my pace a little.

"I would normally ask Alice's help with this but she wont be in town till 3 or something and I need to get my stuff soon so I can pack it before tonight." Rosalie rambled on, "It's just that I'm starting to show and…"

"Oh," I said in realization. With her being so skinny and by now she would be at the end of her first trimester and her doctor said that she would probably start to show soon. "I see the problem," speeding up my pace again and zipped up my last duffle of clothes, "What did Emmett say?" Silence filled the other end of the line. "You didn't tell him did you?"

"I couldn't, he was so happy and he just met my parents for the first time. How do you think Edward would feel if you told him you were pregnant just around the time that he met your dad for the first time?" Rosalie asked.

I thought about that for a moment, I could almost imagine the worry, fear, and anxiety on Edward's face as he tried to hold a normal conversation with the father of the woman who was now carrying his child. I shook the image away, "Ok I get your point but you have to tell him and soon."

"I know, I know," she said, "I'll tell him on our ski trip I promise."

"Ok," I said, "I just have to put my bags in the car, make some toast and say goodbye to Charlie and I'll be out, ok?"

"Ok thanks," She said with a sigh of relief, "I'll meet you at our apartment."

"Ok," I agreed, "I'll see you soon," and closed my phone.

I hurried to move my bags out to the car popping the trunk and began piling them in. When I returned inside to the kitchen Charlie sat with one eyebrow raised and said, "In a hurry?"

"Yes," I said placing two pieces of bread in the toaster, "My roommate Rosalie needs some help with some stuff and asked me to come back as soon as possible."

"Is everything alright?" he sounded only mildly concerned and skepticism in edged his voice.

"Yes, she just needs me to help her." I said buttering my toast.

"I have to admit, you sure have made a whole new life these past few months," he said. "Just don't forget I'm still here and I would like to be a part of a little bit of it."

"How could I forget?" I said giving him a hug. "I'll call you when I get to Seattle."

"Drive safe, Bells" Charlie called after me.

I hurried to the Volvo and made my way back to Seattle.

It was around 10:30 when I pulled into the apartment parking lot. The lot was almost deserted but some of the students were still around. Rosalie had been waiting for me in her car and I just hopped over into hers leaving Edward's Volvo in the lot. I quickly called Charlie and told him that I made it. He thanked me for the call and told me to have a safe trip and a good semester.

After hanging up with Charlie I called Edward, "Bella? Are you ok, love?" his tone concerned. According to my original plan of departure from Forks, I would only be about half way back to Seattle.

"I'm fine," I smiled, "I just wanted to let you know that I left early and I'm back in Seattle."

"You are?" he sounded both delighted and confused, "Where are you? Are you at the apartment?"

"No," I said, "but your Volvo and my bags are."

"Where are you?" he asked confused.

"I'm with Rosalie," I said, "We have some things we needed to do before our ski trip."

"Oh," he said though still confused, "Are you going back to the apartment when you're done?"

"Hold on," I said to him then took the phone away from my ear to speak to Rosalie. "Where are we going to go when you're done?"

"Well," she thought for a moment, "I think back to the apartment. I'm going to need to wash the new clothes before I pack them"

I nodded and put my phone up to my ear, "Back to the apartment. I'm going to need to unpack some of my stuff."

"Alright," he said, "Call me when you get back to the apartment."

"I will," I smiled, "I love you."

"I love you too," and he hung up.

Rosalie and I hit a few designer stores that fit her style. To look at her you wouldn't really think that she was pregnant but her pants size did go up a size and a half. Then to stay a little ahead of the game we went to a couple maternity stores and got a couple shirts, pants and an outfit. We would shop more with Alice later to have more input. I had to admit I liked seeing her with the fake 9 month belly on when she tried on the clothes. She's probably going to be the most beautiful pregnant woman in the world.

Our shopping trip didn't really take as long as I thought it would. We were only out for 3 ½ hours. We made it back to the apartment and started a load of laundry before we ate a late lunch. I called Edward, he and Emmett were going to come and meet us. Jasper was waiting at the airport for Alice's plane to arrive and would meet us at the Cullen mansion later.

Edward helped me unpack the clothes that I wouldn't need on the ski trip back in the drawers. Then he turned around and helped me pack for the trip. I had to admit his idea of helping was packing every piece of lingerie I owned and all the skimpiest clothes as well.

"Edward!" I scolded, "We are not exactly going to the warmest place in the world. I am not going to bring tank tops and boy shorts so I can freeze."

He wrapped his arms around my waist, "I'll keep you warm," he said and kissed me till I was light headed.

"I have no doubt," I breathed, "but I need to bring my warmer pajamas." He pouted but finally was reasonable.

"So what did you need to do with Rosalie this morning?" he asked as he laid on my bed with his hands behind his head.

"She just needed my help finding something," I said concentrating harder on folding the clothes I was taking on the trip.

"What?" Edward asked like it didn't matter to him but you could tell he was dying of curiosity.

I knew that he would see right through me if I lied so I decided to stick as close to the truth as possible. "It's a…surprise," I said. Wasn't that the truth, a nice big life changing surprise complete with mini clothes and a rattle.

"If it's for Emmett you can tell me, I wont tell," he said.

"Well," I said trying to think quickly, "It's something in the realm of clothing."

He looked at me with a raised eyebrow, "You came back early to go shopping with Rosalie for lingerie?" he said skeptically, "You hate shopping, and I don't see how that warrants speeding up your return trip here by 2 hours." His body was no longer relaxed and you could see the tension in his jaw.

"I don't see why you are so tense Edward," I said zipping up the bag I was going to take on our trip.

"I just want to know why you aren't telling me?" he said his jaw tight.

"Edward," I sighed, "please don't be like this," crawling on top of him straddling his waist and wrapping my arms around him laying my head on his chest.

"Rosalie has just been driving Emmett mad lately and I know you know something." He said, his tone becoming less tense, "I can read you like a book, Bella. I can tell when you're lying and telling half truths."

I sighed, "I wish I could lie as good as you. When you lie, it's so convincing that even if I knew the truth I would believe the lie."

"I disagree," he murmured kissing my hair, "I like that you can't lie. I love that you are honest."

"I just think it would be useful like when you lied to Charlie about our rooms." I said.

"I didn't lie," he said rubbing circles on the small of my back.

"What do you mean?" I asked. Why would they book two 3 bedroom suites?

"I just didn't give him all the details," he explained. "We do have 2 suites reserved but they are for different days and hotels."

"Where else are we going?"

"Well," he hesitated, "It's a surprise."

"I hate surprises," I sighed.

He rolled over on top of me, one arm around my waist and his other hand moved my hair away from my face. "I think you'll like this surprise," he said softly before he began kissing my neck slowly sending shivers through my body.

I moved my hands up and began working on the top button of his shirt when he grabbed my hands and brought them above my head holding them there. My brow furrowed in confusion. Doesn't he want me? What had I done wrong? "Edward…?" I began to ask when his lips meet mine kissing me senseless.

"Sorry, love," he whispered breathlessly when he pulled away leaving our lips only an inch apart.

"What's wrong Edward?" I asked beginning to feel rejected.

"I'm sorry I had to stop us, but if we continued I wouldn't be able stop," he said.

"Why would you stop?" I asked not understanding.

"Bella," Edward said with a grin, "I'm not rejecting you. That is impossible for me." He held me tighter and kissed me again. If he's not rejecting me then why is he stopping us? He pulled away rubbing his nose against my jaw, "You have no idea how much I want you right now but we don't have any protection, love. We used the last one here and I forgot to put one in my wallet after last time."

"Oh," I sighed. I had forgotten that we used our last condom before we left for Christmas break.

"I'm sorry," he sighed again and pushed himself off of me, "Do you forgive me?"

"Of course," I said sitting up and placing my hand on his cheek, "as long as you make it up to me." I grinned.

He quickly tackled me on to the bed and kissed me with a passion that made me tremble, "That's a promise," he said before kissing me again.

There was a knock on the door causing us to break apart. Edward almost growled as he climbed off me and went to the door straightening his clothes before opening the door. It was Emmett holding Rosalie at the waist from behind, "Are you two ready to go? Or are you going to play Hide the Salami?" he asked letting out his booming laughter. Rosalie slapped him on the back of his head.

Edward chuckled at Emmett's face after Rosalie hit him, "Thanks Rosalie."

"Anyway," Emmett said rubbing the back of his head, "Mom just called and said dinner will be ready in about 45 minutes."

"Yes, we're ready," Edward said, "We'll meet you at the house." Emmett nodded and escorted Rosalie out of the apartment. Edward turned back to me, "My mom wanted us to eat with them before we all left on our trip," he explained.

"Ok ," I said getting off the bed and went to the bathroom to straighten my clothes and comb through my ratted hair. When I reentered my room I saw Edward putting two of my dresses that Alice had picked out for me on one of our shopping trips along with the shoes that matched in my bag. "What are you doing?" I asked with one eyebrow raised.

"Umm," Edward said a bit disappointed he was caught, "Well, I was thinking of taking you to a nice restaurant or two."

"I see," I said skeptically, "Why didn't you just tell me that when I was packing?"

He shrugged, "I was kind of thinking about other essentials at that time." He grabbed me by the waist of my jeans pulling me close to him and grabbed my butt giving it a squeeze. I gasped and my eyes went wide in surprise. "Can you blame me?" he breathed kissing me fiercely.

"I guess not," I sighed melting into him.

He kissed me again and pulled away grabbing my bag. "We better go before we're late for dinner."

We made it to his house just in time and we had a nice big family dinner. Alice had gone shopping while in New York City and had bought me several outfits and dresses. I was upset that she had spent so much money on me but she just shrugged it off like it was nothing and then guilt tripped me when I said that I refused to wear them. Needless to say I eventually caved and accepted the clothes grudgingly.

To end our night we all settled in the living room and watched a movie. We all, including Edward's parents, cuddled with each others significant other on their own couch as we watched the movie.

Edward and I were laying next to each other my back up against his chest and his warm arm holding me around my waist. I was very comfortable and became very tired feeling my eyelids droop. I hadn't slept well since Edward stayed at Charlie's three days ago. Before long I drifted off to unconsciousness.

A/N: Well I hope you guys liked this chapter. Review and let me know your thoughts. I love hearing from you and it inspires me to write faster. I'm working on the next chapter right now and I hope I will be able to post it Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest.