Coming Around Again
A/N: WOW! You guys are AMAZING…208 reviews? I'm not usually a review whore but I just wanted to thank you for giving me the most reviews I have ever seen on a story! Anyway here's the next chapter…it's actually a few months after Irina goes to prison.
Disclaimer: I still own nothing but the idea.
Chapter 23
Bella's POV
Watching Irina get put away without a chance in hell of getting out before she dies was just the closure I needed to move past Jacob's death and start living life again. I started to do more with Emmett, Lilli and the guys and I even started taking time out once each week to go spend some quality time with Charlie. I was so proud that Charlie had stayed clean and sober for as long as he has. He dumped out all the alcohol at his house and after he signed over the Swan B & B to Carlisle, he hasn't touched alcohol since. I was seeing more of the Charlie Swan that I saw before he became a violent alcoholic. I liked it.
I still had no contact with Renee and even though it hurt like hell, Emmett and the guys helped me come to terms with the fact that she's a major bitch and I am better off without her influence in my life. Seriously what kind of woman would turn her back on her own flesh and blood daughter for a man? What kind of woman would turn a blind eye as her daughter was repeatedly raped by her extramarital boyfriend? I had no use for her. Yes, Charlie used to beat me into the hospital but he owned up to his mistakes and is making up for them now. Renee continued to stick up for the man that repeatedly raped her daughter, stealing her innocence and if it weren't for Emmett loving me so much, that asshole Phil may have ruined me for any other man in the world.
On the subject of Emmett, I was so worried that he would leave me and decide he didn't want to remain married to me the day Charlie and Carlisle came over and ripped up the contracts in front of us, throwing them both in the fireplace. But Emmett surprised me, as he does every day, by staying with me and proving to me every single day just how much he loves me. I love my monkey man.
Things were getting back on track and Irina had been sent to a federal prison somewhere near Canada and out of our hair so I was thankful for that. It had been 6 months since everything went down and I notice that I was putting on weight and I couldn't wear anything but Emmett's old sweatpants. I had no idea what was going on and Paul asked me jokingly if I was pregnant. That made me freak out because I hadn't had my period yet. When I went to look at the calendar I noticed I hadn't had a period in almost 3 months. How the hell could I have missed that?
I had Paul ride with me to the drug store and I bought another pregnancy test. We went back home and I took the test. Two little pink plus signs made me both nervous and happy at the same time. Happy because Emmett and I were getting a second chance at parenthood but nervous because I was afraid that I would lose the baby like I did the last.
When Emmett came home from the office, that's another thing he and his father were getting along better and Carlisle has actually started accepting me as his son's choice in a wife, I decided to tell him a bit differently this time.
I had Paul take me to the store after I found out and I bought a white T-shirt with an iron on decal that said "Hi Daddy". I ironed the decal to the stomach of the shirt and wore my robe over it.
"Hey baby girl" Emmett says leaning over to kiss me lightly on the lips "How was your day?"
"It was wonderful, how was yours?" I asked, busting at the seams to tell him.
"It was ok, better now that I am home with you and my Lilli." he says "Where is she?"
"She's upstairs playing Barbies with Quil, Paul and Embry. It's too cute." I giggled thinking about the big strong Quileutes playing Barbie with our 5 year old daughter.
Emmett chuckles and says "I'll bet."
"I have a surprise for you." I said as I straddled him as he sat on the couch.
"Mmm I like the way you think." he says with a groan "But not here, Lilli's upstairs."
"Silly" I giggled and smacked his chest playfully "Untie my robe and tell me what you see."
Emmett raises an eyebrow and does what I told him, looking at the shirt and laughing.
"What do you see?" I asked.
"Not what I expected. It's just a white tee, babe." he says.
"What does it say?" I asked with a smile.
"It's says 'Hi Daddy'" he says it didn't click until 2 seconds later "Daddy? You're…"
"Yes, Daddy. I'm pregnant." I beamed at him.
"Oh my god! That's GREAT!" he says leaning in and kissing me passionately.
"You're happy?" I asked with a grin.
"Of COURSE I am happy!" Emmett replies pulling me close "Does anyone else know?"
"Just Paul but that's cause he went with me to the store to get the test and the shirt." I said "I want to wait until we are in the clear to tell anyone else."
"I understand that completely. We need to get you to the doctor to see how far along you are." he says and I nodded.
I got up and called Tia to make an appointment for the following morning and he called his father to let him know that he had something to do and to ask for the day off. Carlisle surprisingly didn't ask questions.
The next morning we dropped Lillian off at school, she had started Kindergarten the month before and I cried her first day of school, and headed toward Port Angeles to the doctor's office. I was a ball of nerves when Emmett and I checked in with the receptionist. THANKFULLY Lauren had been fired so there was a new receptionist by the name of Bianca checking us in.
The nurse called us back a few minutes later and took my vitals before sticking me in a room to wait for Tia. Tia walked in with an ultrasound machine and a smile.
"Well Hello Bella and Emmett, I see that you have a little one on the way again." she says.
"Yes, I'm just worried, Tia." I said.
"Don't you worry, Bella, we are going to keep a close eye on you to make sure that what happened the last time won't happen again." Tia says with a smile "Let's see how far along you are shall we?"
She squirts the jelly onto my stomach after having me pull my shirt up and roll the sweatpants down that I was wearing.
"I see that you are already unable to fit into your clothes, that's a good sign." Tia says with a smile. "I also notice that you've already gained about 10 pounds since your last visit 6 months ago."
"I have?" I said with a gasp "I didn't even notice."
"Some people don't notice, every pregnancy is different. Let's take a look, shall we?" Tia says placing the transducer to her stomach and moving it around slightly. She turns the volume up and a loud "thump thump thump" echoed through the room. "That's a very good sign. Normally you don't hear a heartbeat until about 10 weeks. Let's see here."
She moved it around and a figure that clearly resemble a small baby showed up on the screen.
"Congratulations Mom and Dad, it looks like you are about 12 weeks along which puts you out of harms way." Tia says and I let out a sigh of relief. "Hold on."
"What is it, Tia?" Emmett asked, grasping my hand.
Tia moved the transducer a bit and another little blob showed up.
"Congratulations, it's twins." Tia says with a smile.
"WHAT?" I gasped out.
"Twins, two little ones, both perfectly healthy and out of risk for miscarriage." Tia says.
"Did you hear that baby?" I asked with tears falling down my face and a bright smile.
"Yes." Emmett says in a shocked tone, his mouth slightly ajar. He smiles brightly and kisses me passionately before turning back to Tia "So the babies are ok? We don't have to worry?"
Tia smiles brightly and says "No you don't have to worry this time around, congratulations."
"Oh my God" was all I could say as happy tears continued to stream down my face.
We left the house that day and stopped by to tell his parents and Charlie we were all ecstatic. We told the guys over lunch and they were also happy for us. We headed to the school to pick up Lilli and told her she was going to be a big sister twice and she was super excited. We headed home with happy smiles on our face only to be greeted with a worried looking Alice sitting on our front porch waiting.
"Ali? What are you doing here? What's wrong?" Emmett asked.
"C-Can we talk inside?" Alice asked her older brother and Emmett nodded, opening the door.
We unlocked the door and I got Lillian set up to do her homework and watch TV upstairs before joining Alice and Emmett in the living room.
"So, what's wrong Ali?" Emmett asked.
"You know how Jazzy and I have been trying for a baby and the doctors said it wasn't a possibility because his swimmers weren't strong enough?" Alice asked and Emmett nodded. "I'm pregnant."
"Well that's great news, maybe the doctor's were wrong about Jazz." I said and she shook her head looking down.
"What do you mean no?" Emmett asked "Ali?"
"The baby isn't Jazzy's." Alice said.
Emmett and I both gasped and it was silent for a few minutes before Emmett finally broke the silence.
"So you cheated on your husband?" Emmett asked and Alice nodded, tears streaming down her face.
"Why?" I asked "I thought you and Jasper were happy together."
"We were but this whole baby thing has caused us to fight a lot and Jasper has been doubting himself as a husband because he can't have kids and….I got drunk one night and it happened….and then it kept happening. I have been cheating on Jazzy for almost 3 months now and I feel horrible." Alice says.
"Well if the baby isn't Jazz's then who's is it?" Emmett asked and Alice sobbed for a bit and shook her head.
"I don't want to say." she says.
"Who's is it, Alice? You can tell us, I promise we won't judge." I said placing a hand on her shoulder.
Alice sobbed for a few more minutes before she finally looked up at Emmett and I and said "It's…It's Peter's baby."
Well I wasn't expecting that!
A/N: Sorry to leave it like that but there you guys go! I'm going to start the next chapter tomorrow.