Chapter 29: This Isn't How Our Story Ends

Alice's POV

It's been about twenty minutes since we have seen Edward so I decided to go looking for him and the first place I looked was in the bathroom.

"Edward?" I asked.

I walked in and gasped.

"Edward!" I screamed.

I ran over to him and slid the rest of the way. He was laying on his back with his head fallen to the side. I immediately pulled out my cell phone and called dad to come help.

"Alice?!" Dad said rushing in.

"Dad! Help him!" I said.

He rushed over.

"Go get me water!" He said.

I rushed out of the room and came back with a cup full of water, dad took it and splashed it on Edward's face and slapped him a few times.

"Come on Edward!" He said slapping Edward in the face again.

Edward groaned.

"Oh thank god." I said leaning against the wall.

"What happened?" He asked.

"You tell us." Dad said.

"All I remember is throwing up, I stood up and then everything went black." He said.

Edward's POV

"You must have passed out." Carlisle said.

I just looked at the ground.

"I don't know what to do next..." I said.

"Go see Bella, she's pretty upset." Alice said.

"I don't know if I can face her. How do I handle this? How do I make her feel better when I feel like shit myself? How do I make this better?" I said looking at dad.

"You be there for her, if she wants to cry, let her cry. If she wants to scream, let her scream. She needs you more now then ever Edward, whether she admits it or not." He told me.

I took a deep breath before getting off the bathroom floor. I walked down the hall to where Bella's room was. I took a glance inside, she was sitting up crying as she rubbed her stomach. I closed my eyes praying for the strength to do this before walking in. She looked up, when she saw me she started to cry harder. I walked over to the bed, got on it, and hugged her close. She sobbed making her whole body shake.

"Why can't things be normal?!" She cried.

"I don't know." I whispered.

"Is this my fault?" She asked.

"What?! Isabella Marie! This is not your fault! You did nothing to make this happen! It's not anyone's fault! I happened, and it sucks, but we'll make it through this!" I told her fighting back the tears.

"I accepted that I had pre-eclampsia, I accepted that! Now, now all of a sudden I have this condition that is threatening the life of the baby worse than the pre-eclampsia was! How can things just keep getting worse and worse?!" She sobbed.

"I don't know. I don't know why this is happening to us, but we have to take the cards we were dealt and pray for the best possible outcome." I said.

She didn't say anymore, she just cried into my chest until she ended up falling asleep. I glanced down to see her peacefully sleeping, I put my head back on the bed and stared at the ceiling. I closed my eyes and prayed like crazy for us to make it through this with no major problems.

Bella's POV

I groaned as I lifted my head off the pillow, I glanced around the room before realizing someone was holding my hand. I assumed it was Edward but when I looked down I saw Emmett was holding it, he had his head laying on the side of the bed and he was sleeping.

"Emmett?" I said.

He grunted before sitting up.

"You're up." He said.

"Yeah, how long was I our for?" I asked.

"A few hours." He told me.

I nodded.

"Bella, can we talk?" He asked.

"Yeah, what's up?" I asked.

"We haven't been able to talk or see each other much because of the accident. I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you hate me." He said.

"Emm-"

"I understand if you never want to see me after today. I feel like none of this would have happened if it wasn't for me falling on you and elbowing you in the stomach." He said.

"Emmett stop. I don't blame you for anything and of course I don't hate you! I should have been paying attention more than I was." I told him.

He just smiled, unsure of what to say. He put his hand on my stomach.

"Is the baby going to be okay?" He asked.

I sighed, "I don't know."

I blinked back tears, he stood up and hugged me.

"I didn't mean to make you cry." He said.

"I'm sorry, I can't seem to stop." I said wiping my eyes with a tissue.

"It's fine, I say that you have a very good reason to cry." He said.

"Yeah." I said.

I gasped and out a hand on my stomach.

"What?! Are you having pains?! I should get dad!" Emmett said.

"No! The baby is kicking!" I said.

"It is?" He asked.

I grabbed his hand and placed it on the spot that it kicked, it kicked again. Emmett's face lit up.

"Hey look at that! Looks like we may have a future football star on our hands!" He said.

"And if it's a girl?" I asked.

"Then we have the first girl to play in the NFL!" He said.

I rolled my eyes.

"I think that's his or hers way of telling you that they are okay." He said.

I smiled as he kissed my forehead.

"Yeah." I smiled rubbing my stomach.

"Your blood pressure seems fairly normal." Carlisle said.

"Does that mean I can go home?" I asked.

"Bella, you know the answer to that." He smiled.

I sighed, "I know..."

"Look, I know the hospital isn't your favorite place but its what's best for you and the baby." He said.

"I know." I said.

Edward walked back into the room with a cup of coffee. He smiled as he walked over to me and gave me a kiss.

"Good news?" He asked.

"Her blood pressure is fairly normal." Carlisle told him.

"Awesome!" He said.

"I wish I can have some coffee." I pouted.

"Nope. No coffee for you." Edward said.

Carlisle's pager went off, he dug it out of his pocket and looked at it.

"Well, that's me. Page me if you need me." Carlisle said kissing my forehead.

"Will do." I said.

He smiled at Edward before walking out of the room.

"I've been getting lots of kisses today!" I said.

"Hmm, hopefully I am the only one kissing you on the lips." Edward said.

"Well... There was that one really hot doctor." I said.

"Uh huh, well does this really hot doctor have a name?" He said.

"Hmm, I think it Greg? No, Steven? Eh, maybe Josh..." I said.

"Bella..." He warned.

"Derek! His name was Derek and he was gorgeous." I said.

Edward raised his eyebrows.

"Wait no! Edward! His name was Edward Cullen. He was the hottest doctor ever. I wish I could remember what his lips tasted like on mine." I sighed.

"Well, this Edward guy must be a fantastic kisser." He smiled.

"He was, I just wish it would happen again." I said.

"I may be able to help with that." He suggested.

"You can, can you?" I questioned.

He leaned forward slowly, he stopped just before he kissed me and looked into my eyes. I stopped breathing as his lips crushed into mine. I smiled setting my hand on his cheek before he pulled back.

"No, no maybe it wasn't Edward. The kiss I had before was much better than that one..." I joked.

He huffed.

"Oh relax! I'm just joking! I hope I didn't damage your ego too much." I laughed.

"You are an evil women Mrs. Cullen." He said.

"I try." I shrugged.

"How are you doing?" He asked sitting down.

"Okay." I said.

"No pains?" He asked.

"No." I said.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Edward, I'm fine really." I said.

"Okay, just making sure." He told me.

The truth was, I wasn't fine. No one knew that at night I would cry myself to sleep. Thankfully Edward went home most nights or stayed in another room so he was comfortable. I was surprised he listened to my request, but when your wife and unborn childs life is in danger I guess you can't argue with them too much. I hid my sadness very well, I just hope I could keep it hidden.

A Week Later

We walked through the front door of the house, Edward had his arm around me.

"Home sweet home." He said.

I smiled.

He set my bag down on the couch.

"Supper is going to be soon." He said.

I nodded.

"Um, I'm going to go help Esme finish up. You go rest until then, okay?" He said.

"Alright." I said.

He gave me a kiss before heading into the kitchen. I headed upstairs placing a hand on my stomach. I was walking down the hall when I noticed the guest bedroom door cracked open. I looked behind me before pushing the door open slowly, I gasped. The walls were painted a light yellow, a crib was placed in front of the window with curtains with little ducks on the bottom. The changing table was on the wall next to it, I walked over to it. Two sets of onesies were placed on it, one said "I love Daddy" and the other said "I love Mommy" I covered my mouth hugging the "I love Mommy" one. Tears filled my eyes as I turned around, a rocking chair sat in the corner with a little teddy bear sitting in it. The room was beautiful. I turned around again to see Jasper standing in the doorway. He walked over to me and pulled me into his arms, I hugged the onesie closer to me and cried into his shoulder.

"I want to be a mommy!" I sobbed.

"You will be! Bella you will be the best mommy!" He said.

"What if I don't make it through? What if the baby dies? Carlisle told me that this is life threatening for the baby and I!" I cried.

"He said that as a doctor, doctors have to tell you the risks. It doesn't mean that it is going to happen!" He told me.

"But shouldn't we prepare for something to happen?! What if I do die?! I want to make sure Edward will be okay, and that he has the support he needs to be able to raise this baby alone!" I told him.

"I won't be raising this baby alone."

We turned to see Edward standing in the doorway. Jasper gave me a kiss on the forehead before excusing himself. Edward walked over to me as I sniffled and put the onesie back on the changing table.

"What makes you believe that you won't make it through this alive." He said.

"I'm just trying to face what we are up against. There is a possibility that I won't make it out alive Edward!" I told him.

"And there is a possibility that you will!" He said raising his voice a little bit.

"God Edward! I know you want me to think "positive thoughts" and all that crap! But I can't help but think that I may not be here to see our baby sleep in this stupid crib! Or rock it to sleep in that stupid rocking chair! Or who knows! My lucks bad enough! Maybe there won't be a baby to rock to sleep at night or feed in this high chair!" I screamed.

Edward ran his fingers through his hair, he was getting upset.

"You have to start thinking and believing that things will work out for the best!" He told me.

"It's hard to do that Edward! It's hard because whenever I think everything will be okay, something bad always happens! So I am having a hard time believing that everything will work out right now!" I yelled.

"We've beat the odds before Bella! We have! I refuse to believe that this story doesn't have a happy ending!" He screamed.

I let out a scream and turned around, I let out another scream and grabbed the changing table and turned it over making everything fly all over the place. I covered my face with my hands and sobbed, Edward came over to me hugged me from behind.

"How could this happen to us!" I sobbed.

Edward shook his head, "I don't know."

"Promise me-"

"No, I'm not making any promises." Edward said.

"Edward please! Please just promise me that, god forbid, anything happens to me that you will take care of this baby! And tell him or her all about me, and how we met, and all that stuff." I cried.

He didn't answer right away, he let out a sob.

"I promise." He said.

I nodded and looked at the mess.

"Alice is going to kill me." I said wiping my nose.

"It was too early. She shouldn't have put this up yet." He said.

"No, I love it. I do." I said.

I walked down the stairs, it was few hours after Edward and I had our little fight and I was finally calmed down. I got to the bottom step and looked up.

"You have got to be kidding me." I said.

Andrea stood in the living room.

"She just wanted to talk." Edward said.

I looked at him before walking right passed him into the kitchen where the whole family was cleaning up after dinner.

"Bella." Edward said walking into the kitchen behind me.

"After all that has happened in the last few hours, the last thing I need is that bitch in my living room." I hissed.

"She just wanted to make sure that I was doing okay." He told me.

"I'm sure." I said.

"Edward, maybe it's best if she leaves now." Carlisle said.

Edward walked out of the kitchen to go tell Andrea the "therapist" that she had to leave. I sat down at the island.

"This day from hell will never end, will it?" I asked.

"It will." Alice said.

There was a knock on he kitchen door, Charlie walked in with a bouquet of flowers.

"Flowers for a beautiful mommy to be?" He said walking over.

I smiled, "Thank you daddy."

He kissed my forehead.

"How are you doing?" He asked.

"Okay." I said.

"Good." He said.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"What? A father can't come check on his daughter?" He asked.

"Of course you can." I said.

"I invited Charlie over for a movie night." Esme said smiling.

"Oh, sounds fun." I said.

So we all went into the living room and watched some romantic movie, one that happened to be about a husband and wife who were happily pregnant.

"Bella-" Alice started.

"It's fine, I'm tired anyway." I said getting off the couch.

I ignored Edwards pleas to get me to stay before walking up the stairs to the bedroom.

Edward's POV

"I didn't know that this was in the movie." Alice pouted.

"It's fine Alice, it's fine." I said.

I bit my lip and looked out of the window.

"Hi wife." I whispered.

"Hi husband." Bella said smiling.

"What brings you here?" I asked her.

"I have something for you." She told me.

"You do?" I asked.

Bella reached into her purse and pulled out an envelope, She took a deep breath before handing it to me.

I smiled taking it, "What is this?"

She just looked at the envelope waiting until I opened it, it was a card.

"Congratulations," I read the outside, "Is this for my promotion?"

"Open it." She whispered with tears in her eyes.

I looked at her before opening the card, "You are going to be a daddy."

My eyes went wide before looking at Bella.

"Bella?!" I gasped.

"I'm pregnant." She said laughing and crying at the same time.

I gasped and picked her up spinning her around and kissing her on the lips. I looked into her eyes as I gently set her back on her feet and broke the kiss. It was like for that few seconds, the world around us didn't exist. We weren't standing in a hospital full of people watching us, we were just Edward and Bella in our own little world, a world that was about to get a whole lot bigger.

I sighed, how things have changed...

I got off of the couch and headed upstairs, I knew Alice felt horrible and I should have stayed to cheer her up but I needed to check on Bella. I walked into the bedroom, she wasn't in there, so I checked our bathroom. She was standing in front of the mirror putting lotion on her face.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yep. Just getting ready for bed." She said like nothing happened.

I watched as she put her hair up into a messy bun and turned around. She smiled at me before walking into the bedroom and got changed into her pajamas. She grabbed the lotion that helps prevent stretch marks and sat on the bed, she lifted her shirt up and began to rub in the lotion.

"If you need to talk about this or anything, you can come to me, you know that right?" I asked.

"Yeah." She said.

I nodded and began to get ready for bed as well.

"You can go back downstairs and watch the movie Edward, I'm fine." She said.

"I would rather be up here with you, besides, that was a chick flick." I said.

I almost missed it, it came almost as fast as it went, she giggled.

"Was that a laugh?" I asked.

She smiled.

"Did my Bella laugh?!" I asked.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"You have nothing to be sorry about I was just joking." He said.

"Edward?" I asked.

"Yes?" He said.

"You are going back to work, right?" I asked.

"Not until I know you are okay." He said.

"Edward, we may never know that for sure! You can't just risk your job because you are afraid of something bad happening." I told him.

"I talked to my boss, and he agreed to let me have some time off. So whenever you get sick of me being here I'll go back." He laughed.

"I would rather you use it on after the baby is born." I told him.

"Okay, I'll take a few more days and then I'll go back." He said.

"Good." I said, glad we didn't have to fight on it.

"Edward?" I asked.

Nothing.

"Edward, are you up?" I asked placing my hand on his shoulder.

He grunted.

"Are you okay?" He asked still asleep.

"Yeah." I said.

"Okay, go back to sleep." He said.

"Edward." I said.

He sighed, "Yes Bella?"

"I'm hungry." I said.

He lifted his head before groaning.

"It's two in the morning! What could you be hungry for?" He asked.

"A steak, with some mushrooms and... a peanut butter sandwich! The crunch peanut butter!" I said.

"Steak?! At two in the morning?!" He asked.

"Please?" I pouted.

He was quiet for a few moments.

"Honey." I whispered.

"I'm going." He said.

"You have to get out of bed first." I giggled.

"I know!" He sobbed.

I laughed as he dragged his butt out of bed to go make me my latest craving.

This chapter was really easy to write! I finished it in two days pretty much! Let me know what you think! =]