Chapter Twenty-three
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Bella's POV (This is in March and Bella is 8 months pregnant)
I woke up in the morning with a huge headache; in fact every part of me ached. I groaned as I sat up.
"Hello, beautiful," said an irresistible velvet voice next to me.
I looked over quickly; too quickly. I now had a crick in my neck along with the rest of the aches and pains. "Hi," I grumbled. Edward just laughed and scooped me up in his arms. He set me down in the bathroom.
"Shower, and come downstairs. I don't want to wait long to see your beautiful face." I rolled my eyes. He was buttering me up for something. He kissed my head and closed the door behind him. I undressed slowly, being careful for the massive stomach that jutted out in front of me. One of the babies kicked me hard in the kidney. I rubbed my stomach soothingly. That really hurt.
I stepped into the shower. I was aware of the frequent kidney-shots I was getting from the babies. "Stop it!" I whispered to my own stomach. I was answered with a light kick in the gut.
I turned off the shower and stepped out. I dried myself off thoroughly, then I wrestled my outfit off the mannequin and put it on.
I walked heavily to the stairs. I took a deep breath and heaved myself down them, only to be intercepted by Edward. He laughed at my expression and set me down. "How are you feeling?" he asked me.
"Very sore." I responded grimly. "The babies are having fun kicking me."
"Really?" he asked interested. He was fascinated by any movements of our daughters. Ever since they first started kicking and moving, he took interest. He placed his hands on either side of my stomach and waited. He didn't have to wait long; a big shot was targeted for my bladder. He laughed and said, "Oh, they're going to give you a hard time today!" he shook his head; "They're kicking harder than usual."
"Oh!" I said and placed my hand on the right side of my stomach. Suddenly there was a huge pain, and just as quickly it was gone.
Edward raised his eyebrows, "What?"
"I don't know," I shook my head and looked up at him and smiled, "Let's go see what's for breakfast."
It was about 3:00 in the afternoon. The kicking and random pains had intensified. I was sitting with Edward reading one of the classics Edward had given me. Suddenly, I felt a warm wetness spread very quickly down my legs. I looked down in shock.
"Oh, my! Bella!" he said looking at the wetness.
"Edward, what happened?" I asked panicky. Suddenly a huge pain, larger, longer, and more painful than before hit me.
"Bella your water just broke!" he said in a worried, yet still excited voice.
"What!" I yelled, "But I still have a month to go! Edward this isn't right, I'm too early!"
"We have to get you to the hospital." He said, his voice now very stern.
"I'll go get my bag and change," I said, still dazed. He scooped me up into his arms and ran me as fast as he could to our room.
"I'll go get the car, you wait here!" he said in a frantic voice.
I changed quickly. I found the bag and sat down to wait. I tried breathing in the way women were supposed to in labor, but it was easier to just take deep slow breathes. I was also thinking; Carlisle, Alice and Jasper were hunting, Emmett and Rosalie were in South America, again, and Esme was at an antique convention. They were all going to miss this!
Edward ran into the room, grabbed me and the bag and sprinted outside to his waiting sports car. I was set gently in the seat.
Edward was suddenly in the driver's seat. He hit the gas and turned on the fan. I realized then I was covered with sweat. Another pain hit me and I groaned. Edward looked at me panicked.
"Bella, calm down and breathe," he said soothingly.
"I'm about to have two babies a month early and you're telling me to calm down!?" I shouted. I took another deep breathe, trying to calm down but I couldn't.
"Bella, we're almost there," he said anxiously; shooting a glance my way.
I imagined what I looked like: red rimmed eyes, blotchy pale face, and sweat rolling off me.
We pulled up to the hospital. Edward helped me out of the seat carefully, grabbed a nearby wheel-chair and wheeled me in. Immediately nurses saw my condition and rushed me to a delivery room. They were asking questions the whole time: "Who's your doctor… what's your name… is this the father?"
"Dr. Hertz, Isabella Cullen, YES!" I answered hastily.
They wheeled me into a room and started to get me into a hospital gown. "I'll get your doctor Ms. Cullen." Said one of the nurses. The other two set to work hooking me up to a machine that had a whole bunch of paper and a needle. Then they inserted an IV and put on fresh bags of clear liquid. "Just hit that button if you need anything, dear," said one nurse kindly pointing out a large button.
"Thanks," I said breathless.
"Yes, thank you," said Edward in his heart- melting voice.
They walked out of the room. I looked at Edward questionally, "Don't they know I'm a month early?" I asked worried now.
"I think so," Edward said, his brow creasing.
"Hello, Bella, Edward." Dr. Hertz walked into the room. "So, you're sure you're in labor?" she said.
"My water broke," I started.
"It did? When?" she asked earnestly.
"About fifteen minutes before we came." Edward answered for me.
"Well, let's check to see how many centimeters you're dilated," she said. After she did she said, "Well, you're about 5 centimeters."
"And that means…" I started.
"It means your about halfway through your labor, you should be fully dilated within a hour or two." She explained.
"But, I'm a month early, isn't that bad?" I practically shouted.
"Oh, no, usually multiples come early; you're a little too early, maybe, but nothing threatening." She said reassuringly, "Though, we'll keep close tabs on you. Usually twins are two weeks early, so we'll watch closely." She started walking out of the room. "Would you like a C-section or normal?" she asked turning around. "C-section is your best bet with twins. If you choose C- section than we'll schedule you to be delivered in about an hour. If you choose normal birthing, we might still have to switch you to C-section last minute. That's always more dangerous with multiples." She looked at us questionably.
"Um… I think I'll take the C-section." I said, trying to absorb all she said. It finally all sunk in, I was in labor.
"Okay, I'll come to prep you for surgery in about 15 minutes." She walked out of the room.
"Oh!" I exclaimed, "Edward, you won't be able to be in the room! They'll be too much blood!"
"No, remember, your blood doesn't bother me anymore. Of course it'll always be tempting, but I wouldn't miss this for the world."
"So, daddy, what are we going to do about your family?" I asked.
"I think I'll call them after the girls are born." He said mischief glinting in his eyes. "Though, I'm sure Alice has already seen everything."
I smiled and shook my head. I rubbed my stomach. The contractions were increasing.
Ahhhh!! Cliffy!! I promise I'm writing another chapter!! Now!! This was a really bad chapter, I know. I don't know what happened. Please review!!