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Bella

Streamers up?

Check.

Tables set up?

Check.

Food out?

Check.

Balloons inflated?

Check.

I scanned the room once more to make sure that everything was perfect. They were. With the help of Nessa, Alice, and Esme this place looked like it had undergone a huge transformation.

The theme for Masen's first birthday was a red and blue race car theme. We had tons of red and blue balloons, treats, and streamers set up in the museum.

Alice and Esme also decked out Artville with streamers and balloons. I even had a red car shaped piñata, though I was sure the older kids and men would have more fun with that then the one year olds, but I wanted to be thorough.

After all, it was my baby boy's first birthday!

I sighed. My baby was a year old. Where had the time gone? One minute I found out I was pregnant, the next I was in labor, and now he was one.

"Everything is set up and perfect," Nessa said, throwing her arm around me. "Masen is going to love it."

"I hope so."

"He will have a blast," Esme said, reassuringly. "Don't stress yourself out. It's not good for the baby." She was beaming from ear to ear.

I smiled back.

I was eleven weeks pregnant with my second child. I was showing big time. I mean, I wasn't super big, but it was noticeable. With Masen, I wasn't showing this early.

He was a small baby so that had something to do with it.

But with this baby, I had start showing at around six weeks. Of course, at the time I just thought I was getting fat.

Which looking back at it now, seemed silly.

But I'd been crazy busy since the week after Madison's 9th birthday party. I'd been making cakes, cupcakes, cookies, on top of going to school, going to work, and taking care of Masen.

I barely had a few minutes to myself, so it was easy to not notice that my period hadn't come or that I was slowly gaining weight. Okay, well the weight gain I did notice.

Actually, Edward was the one that pointed it out, which resulted in him sleeping on the couch for the night. Okay, well not for the night. I ended up getting lonely and so I curled up on the couch with him and when I woke up we were in our bed.

But I still felt bad that I punished him for stating the obvious.

"Ya in there?" Nessa laughed, taping my forehead.

"Yes," I laughed. "I promise not to stress myself out. I'll be the picture of calmness today."

"Ha," Alice laughed. "Trust me. Within ten minutes, you'll be running around like a chicken with its head cut off."

"Just try to enjoy yourself in your frantic state," Nessa teased.

"That I can promise," I said. "It's my baby's birthday!"

"Our baby," Nessa corrected. "I was there for every little moment. I'm daddy number two, Jacob is daddy number three, and of course, daddy number one is Edward."

"I should be daddy number two," Jake whined. "I went to the birthing classes with her."

"Yes but who passed out when they snuck a peek during labor?"

"You passed out?" Alice asked, laughing.

"It was just a shock," Jake shrugged, blushing. "You have no idea what the hell I saw down there." He visibly shuddered.

"I told you not to look." I let Jake be in the room with me because I didn't want my dad in there, and my mom and I had fought not long before I went into labor.

I told him that he was to stay by my head, but curiosity got the best of him and well, he ended up face planting the floor.

"That is funny," Alice laughed. "Made my day even more. Thanks, I really needed a good laugh."

"I'm glad I can bring a smile."

"The guests are arriving," Esme announced. "Looks like Rosalie and Em…"

"The guests are arriving," Alice announced. "Looks like Rosalie and Em..."

"Rose! Em!" I threw myself at Emmett.

He caught me with a laugh, "I take it you missed us?"

"Of course," I said. "How are my favorite girls doing?"

"Good," Annabel, Arianna, and Abby said.

"Wow, look at you Bella." Rose said, surprised. "You look...pregnant."

"Yeah," I laughed. "I know."

"How far along are you again?"

"Eleven weeks."

Rose nodded.

"Where's Masen?" Ari asked.

"He'll be here soon," I replied. "I just wanted to make sure this place was ready first."

Ari nodded, "What about Chloe, Madison, and Sophia?"

"They'll be here soon as well," I promised.

"She's been missing them like crazy," Annabel said. "She tells everyone about them."

"They miss you girls too," Alice said.

"Perhaps, you should think about moving out here," I suggested, smiling.

"Maybe," Emmett said. "We'll talk about that later."

It thrilled me they would possibly consider it. I would love to have my brother, sister-in-law, and nieces closer to me.

Plus, with the new baby on the way, I wanted them to be close so they could visit her, or him as Edward would argue.

"I won't forget about it," I warned.

Rose laughed, "We know."

Soon after Rose and Em arrived, the rest of our party showed up. Sophia and Chloe were over the moon when they saw Annabel, Ari, and Abby. They squealed and rushed over to hug them.

Again, I hinted to Rose and Em they needed to move out here.

Again, they said maybe.

It wasn't a 'no' so I was optimistic. The only thing holding them in Chicago was the fact they had good paying jobs and a they owned a house. They could easily find jobs out here and the housing market was pretty great out here.

Or so I'd been told. I hadn't really looked into it that much.

After all of the guests had arrived, I sent a text to Edward telling him to bring Masen to the museum. He wasn't that far away so it didn't take him more than five minutes to arrive.

"Happy Birthday, Masen!" the crowd around me cheered when Edward walked in with Masen.

Masen let out a giggle.

"Happy Birthday, baby boy," I cooed as I pulled him into my arms. "What do you think? Pretty neat, huh?"

He gave me a drool filled kiss before wiggling out of my arms. I let him go and watched with a smile as he ran as fast as he could toward the other kids.

"He's already having a blast," Edward said, throwing his arm around my shoulder. "And we've only been here three minutes."

"The first birthday is always the easiest," Rose said. "As long as you have toys out to play with, you've made their day."

"Enjoy this while it lasts," Alice said. "Because after they turn five, they want anything and everything, and nothing's simple."

"Unfortunately, once they hit the 'I want' stage, they never grow out of it," Esme sighed as she ruffled Alice and Edward's hair.

"Not true," Edward laughed, fixing his hair. "For me at least. Alice is the needy one."

"Oh, sure, whatever," Alice shoved him.

"Hey, don't be teaching the kids to push each other around," I scolded.

"One day Masen and his new sibling will be just like this," Esme said, smiling.

We told Esme, Carlisle, and my dad about my pregnancy first. Carlisle and Esme were both excited about the newest addition, but my dad kind of went into shock for a while.

I didn't pester him about what he thought; I let him think about it.

After he had a long talk with Edward, he looked as if a thousand pounds had been lifted off his shoulders.

I felt bad that everyone immediately wondered if Edward was going to leave, but Edward assured me that because of the shit I went through with James, they were only looking out for me.

I knew he was right, but still I couldn't help but feel bad.

"I'm not looking forward to those days," I sighed.

"It'll be worse since we'll have two boys," Edward said.

"Girl," I argued.

"The mother always knows," Alice said. "So, prepare to be a loser, my dear brother."

"You'll see," Edward said, confidently. "You'll all see."

I snorted, "Right."

Edward grinned and leaned down to kiss my cheek, "I'm always right."

I rolled my eyes. "I'm not debating about this right now."

"Later?"

"Of course, later." We'd debate about this until the day we found out what our little bundle of joy was.

"Bells," Nessa nudged my arm.

"Hmm?"

"Charlotte and Peter are here," she said, nodding toward the door.

I turned in surprise. Charlotte and Peter weren't sure if they could make it because of a situation that was going on with James, but I was glad that could make it.

"Hey! You're here," I hugged them both. "I'm glad you could make it."

"So are we," Charlotte said.

"How are things?"

Peter grimaced, "Crazy at best."

"What's going on?"

I knew it really wasn't any of my business, but I was curious as to what kind of trouble James was getting in.

"James is going to rehab, again," Peter sighed.

"That doesn't sound bad," I said. "That sounds really good actually."

"He doesn't want to go," Charlotte said. "We've been fighting with him for the last week and a half. It's gotten bad, Bella. Really bad. He almost overdosed Monday."

"Wow, he's okay though, right?"

"He's in rehab, in California." Charlotte nodded. "So, he's good for now."

"Of course that's until he checks himself out, rents a hotel, and snorts more cocaine." Peter sighed, rubbing a hand over his face.

"I'm sorry," I said sadly.

"It's not your fault," Charlotte said, rubbing his back. "Anyway, this is a party. We don't need to bring it down with bad news."

I nodded, "Right."

"Where's my grandson?" Peter asked.

"In one of the houses," I said.

Peter excused himself to go say hi to Masen.

"So, how have you been? You look good, pregnant," Charlotte noted.

"Yeah, I'm pregnant, again," I said. "It's soon, I know, but..."

"Hon, relax. I had James and Clarissa only thirteen months apart. And I was younger than you," she said. "Although, times were a bit different in the land of dinosaurs," she laughed.

I laughed, "Stop! You look so young. You could pass for a college freshman, Char."

"You're too nice," Charlotte blushed.

"I'm just speaking the truth."

She smiled.

I allowed the little kids to play for a good two hours. They snacked on the foods I had made throughout the two hours. We saved cake and presents for the last thing we did, as we knew by that point most of the kids would be ready to go home to nap.

"Present time!" I announced. "And then we'll have cake."

"Cake!"

I laughed, "Come on, Mas. Let's get your presents opened so we can have cake."

Masen ran over to me and jumped in my arms.

"Alright, the first present is from Uncle Emmett, Aunt Rose, and your cousins, Annabel, Arianna, and Abby."

I helped Masen tear off the wrapping paper. Unlike at Christmas, Masen was more absorbed in the present than he was the paper.

"Wow, a phone!" Masen smiled as he pressed the buttons. "Say thank you."

Masen babbled out a string of unintelligible words.

"Close enough," Edward laughed, handing me the next present.

Masen ended up receiving a whole bunch of clothes, three gift cards, and tons of toys. We had more stuff then I knew what to do with. His room was already overfilling with toys. Clothes well, we'd always need those. He was a messy boy and I was not always on top of doing laundry.

After we finished opening presents, and cleaning up the remaining wrapping paper, we sung Happy Birthday to Masen and then cut the cake.

Edward made sure to flash dozens of pictures during that time, which was good because it was such a funny sight to watch him eat cake.

He pretty much bathed himself in it. It ended up in his hair, in his shirt, pants, and not to mention on his face.

Thankfully, after we finished cake, it was time to go. We had booked the museum for a three-hour session and so our time was up. Which was fine since our party consisted of mostly one and two year olds.

After a while, they got fussy and weren't fun to be around.

So, we passed out goodie bags and thank you notes, and then packed up.

Nessa, Esme, and Carlisle were cleaning up the place for us while Edward and I took Masen home. He was beyond cranky by the time we were ready to go.

He was tired, sticky, and desperately needed a bath.

"Mama!" he cried as he writhed in his car seat. "Mama!"

"We're almost home, Mas," I said, soothingly.

"Mama!" he screamed.

"Masen, calm down, baby," I cooed.

"Someone's cranky today," Edward noted.

"He didn't have a nap today," I said.

"Mama!"

"What?" I asked, looking back at him.

"Mama!" he said, angrily as he tried to free himself from the car seat.

"Do you want to go night, night?" I asked as we finally pulled into our driveway.

"Yes," he cried.

"Alright, let's go to bed," I pulled him out of his car seat. Edward unlocked the house and then proceeded to go back to the car to get the presents.

I, in the meantime, stripped Masen out of his cake-splattered clothes and then put him to bed.

"Ba Ba," he whined.

"One second," I dumped my purse on the counter and quickly made Masen a bottle. "Here you go." I leaned over and gave him a kiss on his temple. "I love you. Happy Birthday, Masen."

His eyes started to close as he sucked on his bottle and twirled a finger in his hair.

I smiled and turned on his nightlight.

"Where are we going to put all this?" Edward asked.

"I'll pick up some bins at Wal-Mart tomorrow. We'll store it in his closet," I said as I munched on some leftover cake.

"We have an appointment tomorrow," Edward said, smiling. "At..."

"Noon," I said. "How can I forget?"

Edward shrugged, "You have a lot on your mind as of late."

"Yeah, I know," I sighed, leaning my head on his shoulder.

"I don't want you overstressing yourself," he said, rubbing my back. "It's not good for the baby."

"I won't," I said. "Things are normally stress free for me."

Edward gave me a 'Yeah, right' look.

"The only time I get stressed is at work," I said. "But things are getting better. Laurent is no longer a douche bag. It's amazing what a date with Irina can do. I'm sure it relieved a lot of tension."

Edward laughed.

Irina had just recently started dating my boss. Irina saw him and just 'had to have him', her words not mine. So I hooked them up. Laurent was hesitant at first, as he just got out of a bad break up, but as soon as they went on their first date, he was a changed man.

He was so much nicer nowadays, and he smiled so much, it was cute.

"And school is...easy," I said.

"You should just quit," Edward suggested.

"Quit what? School?" I asked, frowning.

"Everything," Edward said. "Well, not everything. You can open a bakery."

"I want to finish school and I like my job."

"Think about it?" Edward asked.

"No," I said. "I'll be fine, I promise."

He sighed, "Just don't overwork yourself, okay? Take it slow."

"Don't I always?"

"You always overwork," he said.

I sighed, "I promise to under work. Better?"

"A little," he sighed.

I yawned, "Take me to bed."

He wiggled his eyebrows at me.

I laughed, "I'm too tried right now but give me...at least an hour."

Edward bent down and scooped me up into his arms.

"Please don't throw out your back." I said, laughed. "I'll need all the help I can get in a few months."

Edward snorted, "I wouldn't throw out my back lifting you. Even with the little swell in your stomach, you're light."

"Thank God."

"I will love you even if you gain a ton of weight," he said.

"Even if my ass gets bigger?"

"Oh yeah," he licked his lips.

"Pervert," I giggled as he sat me on the bed.

"Pregnancy also makes your tits get bigger, and that I like!"

"I bet you do," I said, laughing.

"To me, it doesn't matter what size you are, I'll always love you."

"I'm going to ask you again in like...thirty years. I'm sure you'll have a different answer," I taunted him.

"Nope, never," he vowed.

"You're too sweet," I said, wrapping my legs around him. "I love you."

"I love you too," he leaned down and brushed his lips against mine. "Are you in the mood now?"

I laughed, "Moment ruined."

"My apologies, go to sleep."

"Nap first, sex later?" I suggested. Though I really wanted to get Edward naked, I was also really tired. I'd been up since four thirty this morning, finishing Masen's birthday cake and other treats.

I needed a little nap.

"Sounds good," Edward said as he tucked me in.

...Getting Started...

I got out of work early this afternoon. Laurent was more than fine with it and wished me luck. I thanked him and rushed to pick up Edward and Masen from Alice and Jasper's place.

We then drove to Dr. Zafrina's office, which was packed. Woman who were just starting to show, to women who were a full eight and nine months, filled the chairs of Zafrina's office.

Of course, they all eyed Edward as if he was something to eat, not that I blamed them. I looked at him the same way about 90 percent of the time.

Okay, fine. I eyed him that way about 100 percent of the time. However, could you blame me? My man was sexy.

"Down, Dada," Masen whined as he squirmed in Edward's arms. Edward placed Masen on his feet but kept a hold of his little leash. Yeah, we had Masen on a leash. It was a cute one Monkey backpack leash that Esme had given him for Christmas.

It was very useful, especially when I was grocery shopping. He hated sitting in the cart so I let him walk beside me. Of course, the leash didn't stop him from picking up things and throwing them or sneaking anything his little hands touched into the cart.

But it kept him from wandering away from me. I always had my eye on him this way.

"He's adorable," the woman next to me said. "How old is he?"

"He just turned a year yesterday." I said

"Happy Birthday, little guy," she said, smiling at Masen.

"Say thank you," I coaxed. Masen looked at the woman and then rushed over to me to bury his head in my lap.

"He's shy," I laughed, running my fingers through his hair.

She nodded, "How far along are you?"

"Eleven weeks," I said.

"I'm twenty six weeks," she said, stroking her stomach lovingly. "This is my third."

"This is my second," I said.

"Congratulations," she said.

"Isabella Swan?"

"Yeah, you too," I said, standing up. "What's your name?"

"Maggie," she replied.

"I'm Bella," I said, shaking her hand.

"It was nice to meet you, Bella," she said, smiling.

I nodded and headed into the back with the nurse, Edward, and Masen.

"Let's get your weight," I passed Masen to Edward before stepping on the scale. "Okay, great. Follow me." I stepped off the scale and followed her to one of the examination rooms. "Please change into this gown." I nodded. "Dr. Zafrina will be with you soon."

"Okay, thanks."

I quickly changed into the gown they provided and then perched myself on the exam table.

"I'm excited," Edward said, bouncing Masen on his knee.

I laughed, "I can see that."

"Do you know when we'll find out what were having?" Edward asked.

"I found out Masen was a boy when I was eighteen weeks pregnant," I said. "But we could find out sooner or later. It depends on the baby."

God, it seemed so weird being pregnant again. Two weeks had passed and I was still getting use to it. Don't get me wrong, I was excited, but I was still so nervous.

Knock, Knock.

"Hello! I see you brought Masen today," Zafrina greeted, excitedly.

"Yep," I said, smiling.

"Hi, Handsome," Zafrina said, smiling at Masen.

"Say hi," I prompted.

"Hi," Masen giggled.

"He's such a cute baby."

"Thank you."

"Are you two ready to get the first look at baby number two?"

"Yes," Edward said.

I laughed, "Yeah, definitely."

"Okay, well let's see." She lifted my gown and tucked the sheet around my hips before squirting the gel on my stomach and then placing the camera on my stomach. "The baby will be up on this monitor."

I nodded and kept my eyes glued to it.

Everything was quiet as Zafrina position the camera at the right angle.

"Well, this explains a lot," She said, suddenly.

"What?" I asked as I stared at my little baby.

"Normally women don't gain this much weight at only eleven weeks."

"What's going on?" I asked, confused.

"You have two babies in there," she said. "You see this?" She pointed to the monitor.

"Uh yeah," I stuttered. I could definitely see the shape of one baby.

She shifted the camera again and I saw another shape. "And that is baby number two."

My eyes widened in shock, "What?"

"Twins," she said, again. "Do they run in your family?"

"They do in mine," Edward said. "Both my grandmother and great grandmother were twins."

Zafrina nodded, "How about your family?"

"Um, no, I don't think so." My eyes were still glued to the screen. My mind, however, was running a million miles a minute.

I didn't just have one baby inside me like they had originally thought. No, we had two. As in twins.

Twins!

I didn't know what to think. Other than the fact that in nine short months, I'd have three babies. Edward and I would have twice the amount of feedings to do, diaper changes, twice the amount of sleep lost.

Oh, boy.

"You okay there, Momma?" Zafrina asked.

"Twins?" I squeaked out.

She nodded, "Yes."

Wow!

"I'm gonna give you two sometime to let it sink in," Zafrina said.

I nodded.

"I'll be back in a few," she said, swiping the glob of gel off me.

"Okay, thank you."

She grabbed my chart and left the room.

"Twins," I gasped. "Two babies, Edward."

"Yeah, two," Edward said. He looked shocked but still excited. "How do you feel?"

"Shocked, surprised, scared..." I admitted with tears in my eyes.

"We can do this," he said, grabbing my hand. "I'm here for you."

"I know but...two babies!" I took a deep breath trying to calm myself.

He laughed, "Two boys, I bet."

I smiled a little, despite the fact that I was still shocked, "Uh, no. I have two girls in here...wow," I said as I placed my hand on my stomach.

"Wow is right," Edward laughed. "I guess I have super sperm huh?"

I laughed, "Yeah, definitely."

"You okay?" he asked, seriously.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I promised, sincerely.

And I was.

Two babies were going to be a lot of responsibility, especially with Masen added into the mix. I knew that Edward and I would probably go insane before they turned one, but I knew we could do it.

At least I hoped so.

"Guess what, Masen?" Edward said, excitedly. "You get to have two new siblings, instead of one."

He looked at Edward with a bored expression.

I laughed.

"Say 'yay!'" Edward chuckled.

Masen's eyes lit up at the sudden cheery atmosphere.

"Yay!" Masen giggled.

"That's the spirit," Edward laughed.

"Yay," Masen cheered, clapping his hands.

I smiled at him.

"You sure you're okay?" Edward asked, grasping my hand.

"Yeah," I promised. "I'm just…shocked. I'm happy though, twice as happy." I said, offering him a smile.

"Twins," Edward grinned.

"Yeah, twins, wait until we tell our families."

Knock, Knock.

"Come in," I said.

"Hello again," Zafrina said, glancing at both Edward and I. "Everything good?"

"Yeah," I promised. "It was just a shock."

"I bet." Zafrina laughed. "So before we discuss a few things, why don't we take pictures of the little ones? I'm sure the grandparents are dying to have pictures."

"Yes," Edward and I laughed.

Esme reminded us three times that she wanted a picture of her newest grandchild. I was sure she'd be over the moon to find out that she was getting two new grandchildren, instead of one.

I also knew that everyone would be happy for us, of course that was after they got over the shock of it.

"Okay, let's take another look."

She applied more gel to my stomach and positioned the camera. This time I could definitely see the two babies in there.

I took a deep breath as I stared at them. Them, twins. Wow.

Just…wow.

So, I did an unoffical offical poll. I know the twin thing is sweeping through the fandom, sorta, but I judged what E&B would have based on Reviews and PMs. So, yeah, they have twins. Crazy, right? I think a chapter or two ago I said we had about nine chapters left but I'm not so sure anymore. It'll probably be a more than nine, so yeah.

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