Chapter 36: The Birth

BELLA

I sucked in an unnecessary sharp breath as I felt the baby kick my stomach. I remembered the painful times Renesmee would kick my human skin and I would suppress the scream to keep Edward from worrying. This was different. This baby was stronger and growing a lot faster. Edward couldn't hear the thoughts of the child either, every time I looked at his face he had a mask on. He smiled and looked happy but I could tell he was getting more worried by the day. Over the past week Carlisle and Jasper had been researched everything to try and find out how this happened. They couldn't find a thing, only human and vampire births like Renesmee. The day was coming closer when I would have to somehow give birth to my baby. We had discussed it late one night when Renesmee and Chantelle were fast asleep. Edward was going to cut my stomach open with his teeth just like he had with Renesmee and Chantelle. It would have to be quick because my venom would just heal back over. The other problem was we didn't know when to do it. It was most likely I wouldn't get signs of labour and if we left it too long the baby would just get to big and die from the small space. Carlisle decided that at the rate I was growing that the baby would be ready in just three days.

After the three days were up I was lying on the couch with Edward at my feet. The birth was scheduled in three hours. I stroked my stomach as my baby kicked again.

"Girls it's time to go!" Rosalie called up the stairs. Rosalie and Alice were taking Renesmee and Chantelle out shopping for the day. We decided it wasn't a good idea to have them around when I finally gave birth.

"We're coming momma!" Chantelle shouted back and then raced down the stairs with Renesmee. Renesmee came skipping into the living room and came straight to me. She bent over to give me a kiss.

"I'll see you soon baby, have fun" I said to her.

"I want to stay." She said sadly.

"I know but you can't. Go have fun, when you come back you will have a baby brother or sister" I smiled at her.

"Do you promise to ring as soon as you know?" she asked.

"Of course" I said to her. She gave me one more kiss before saying goodbye to Edward and leaving with Rosalie, Alice and Chantelle.

Two and a half hours later Edward was pacing in front of me. I had my eyes closed but I could feel him as he moved from my head to my feet and back again. I opened my eyes.

"Edward please stop pacing" I said to him and closed my eyes again. It often helped with the pain. I was sure if I was human and carrying this child I wouldn't be able to endure the pain I was feeling. It was almost as painful as the change from a human to vampire. Edward didn't know this though; I would never tell him how much pain I was in. Edward sighed and dropped to his knees at my head.

"Sorry" he said barely above a whisper.

"It's ok" I replied and opened my eyes to look at him. "Everything will be ok" I said and stroked his cheek.

EDWARD

Just as I leant into Bella's hand, Bella let out a piercing scream. The scream was so high that I strained to concentrate on what was happening to Bella. I heard her spine snap. I forced myself not to cover my ears as she screamed in agony. Esme, Carlisle, Emmett and Jasper came rushing into the room. Emmett and Esme had their hands over their ears.

"Bella!" Esme screamed and ran to her. She dropped her hands and knelt down next to me.

"I think we need to do this now. He broke her spine" I hissed.

"I agree son, let's get her upstairs" Carlisle agreed with me. I swept Bella into my arms and ran upstairs. I lay her on the hospital bed set up and pulled her top off.

"Edward do it. The venom needs to heal her spine; you need to get him out." Carlisle said to me in a strained voice. I was suddenly aware that Bella would feel everything. There was no vampire morphine; there was no way for her to sleep through it. She would have to be awake and she would be in pain.

"Edward she will be fine. It's not for long and then her venom will heal her wounds and she'll be back to normal" Carlisle said as if he knew exactly what I was thinking. Esme and Jasper suddenly appeared. Esme walked over to Bella's head and took her hand. Jasper just stood at the door. I'll try my best to keep her calm. She's scared and I can't put her to sleep but I can keep her relaxed. I'll try and dull the pain as much as I can. Jasper thought. I looked over to him.

"Thank you" I mouthed and he gave me a swift nod. Of course. He thought

"Bella look at me" Esme whispered. Bella pulled her eyes from my face and looked towards Esme. "Hey. I want to tell you a story" She began. I took this as my cue. Bella would still feel pain but Esme was doing her best to keep her distracted and Jasper was going to try and help. I looked at Carlisle and he gave a nod. I'll be ready to take the baby from you as soon as he is out. Make sure the venom does its job. Carlisle thought. I turned away from him and looked at my wife. She was focused on Esme as Esme told her a story of one day in her human life. I leant over Bella. I took in a breath and closed my eyes.

BELLA

"Edward Masen" I heard Edward whisper in awe as I concentrated on Esme's face. So I was right, I had my own little Edward at last. Edward handed our son to Carlisle. I could feel the pain numbing and finally after a minute or so it was almost completely gone. I pulled my eyes from Esme and looked at Edward. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Are you ok? Do you feel any pain?" he asked me and moved from my now flat stomach to my head.

"I'm fine" I whispered. Excitement was clear in my voice. He leant over and kissed my head. "I want to see our son"

"Of course" he said and took my hand. I slowly sat up. My spine was already healed and my skin on my stomach had already settled into place. I was glad I wasn't going to have an ugly stomach. It was healing fast. I only had a faint line where Edward's teeth had cut through. He put his arm around my waist and pulled me off the bed. I still had hold of Esme's hand. She walked with me to where Carlisle had my son. Carlisle was just dressing him as we walked into the room.

"Bella! I was just about to come in and check you were ok. Here" he said and handed me my son.

"Thanks" I said barely above a whisper. I cradled my baby and I finally took in his features. He had the same colour hair as me. It was a dark brown. His face was angelic and his skin was snowy white. He seemed warm but only that of a human. I didn't know if that was because he had been inside me with blood circulating my system or because that was his real body temperature. He was also beautiful.

"Hello Eddie" I whispered to him and kissed his forehead. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at me. His eyes were amazing. They were brown with hits of red in them. They were like a vortex, you could get lost in them, and they seemed never ending.

"He is beautiful" Esme cooed at my side.

"I agree" Edward said and kissed my head. He held out his arms, a request to hold his son. I swiftly handed him to Edward. Edward rocked him and Eddie closed his eyes again.

"Does he sleep then?" I asked Carlisle. He just shrugged.

"It would seem like it. I'll be measuring him just like I did Renesmee for the next few months. We need to watch him closely to see how he is different. I honestly think he will grow to 17 or 18 and stop growing just as Renesmee will but we will see" he said and smiled at me.

"Ok" I whispered and looked back at my tiny Edward. "I'm going to call Renesmee" I said and walked out the room. Edward, Esme, Carlisle and Jasper followed me downstairs. They made their way into the living room and I walked up to the phone. Renesmee answered on the second ring.

"Mom?" she said.

"Hey sweetie" I replied.

"Are you ok?"

"I am perfectly fine. You have a baby brother" I said and she squealed in excitement.

"We are just at the checkout. We will be back in ten minutes" she sang down the phone and hung up. I walked over to Esme holding Eddie on the couch and sat next to her. Edward then stood up from the chair across the room and sat next to me. I rested my head on his shoulder and sighed. He chuckled and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"No more children" he whispered low enough for only me to hear. I let out a small giggle. Deal. I thought and turned around to kiss him.

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