Aftermath
I felt the smile spread across my face. I didn't think that my cell had worked but obviously it had because Edward as here. It was then when I realised that James was still on top of me. Edward came forward and I heard the crack as his fist made contact with James' nose. The bastard rolled off me and lay beside me, clutching his face in agony. Edward held his hand out for me and I grabbed at it with whatever energy I had left. He pulled me into his arms. They were tight around me, holding me in protective way like he was never going to let go. I was a vulnerable child to him and he was my protector. Edward pulled my head up to his so his lips could meet mine. The kiss was soft and sweet, better than the horrible ones that James had forced on me. He cupped my cheek before whispering for me to go sit down and get some water.
I sat down on the sofa however I refused to leave the room. I had a suspicion that if I left he would kill James. It wasn't that I didn't want the sick fucker dead but the fact that I didn't want Edward to go to prison that stopped me from letting Edward kill him. I watched intently as Edward stood over James, his face full of anger and hatred. I have to admit that I was scared of that Edward, I had never seen that side to him before and to be honest I didn't like it either. Edward spat in James' face, stamped and kicked him in his balls and kicked his face before laughing in his unconscious face. He sat down next to me and pulled me into his lap. I cried, profusely. I had been so scared and I was convinced I was going to die but Edward, my guardian angel had saved me.
I didn't notice when Edward rang the police, I didn't notice when the sirens rang around the street and I didn't even noticed when they arrested the dirty perv. I was in a daze, a post-traumatic daze. Edward helped me out of the wedding dress and laid me in bed in just my underwear. I didn't even care if it was cold and I was basically naked. Edward climbed into bed with me and pulled me against his chest, my face facing inwards. I could smell his strong scent; it filled my nostrils and clamed me down.
"I love you Baby, so much. I'm never going to let anything happen to you ever again." Edward whispered as he kissed my head. It was his words that reminded me of something I had totally forgotten about, I thought that maybe it could wait until tomorrow but then I knew that if I didn't do it now then I wouldn't have the courage to do it again for a while.
"Edward…" I couldn't say it; the words wouldn't leave my mouth. That's why there was a two-minute gap in between but I did finally manage to get it out. "I'm pregnant." I hid my head in the pillow.
"What? How? I thought you were on the pill." Great, so now he was blaming me.
"I was but you know I was taking them antibiotics, well they stop the pill from working and I totally forgot that one night. It must have happened then." I stuttered.
"Okay." It was one word. One word, it told me nothing. It didn't show whether he was angry, pissed, happy or excited. It was just one lousy word. I turned away and closed my eyes. I knew that Edward was probably in shock but I had hoped for more than one word. I decided I could at least wait until the morning, to give him some time. I felt Edward's arms come around me again and he pulled me against his back. I smiled before I felt sleepiness take over.
I woke up with the sun blazing on my bare back through the window. Sun in Forks? Wow today must be a good one I thought. I turned around to face Edward. I thought he'd been asleep but when I looked at him, his eyes were open and he had dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious he didn't have any sleep last night.
"Edward?" I called questionably, not quite sure he was going to answer me.
"Yeah." He said as he turned to look at me
"You okay?" I asked as I moved a little closer to him
"No, not really but I'm sure I'll survive." I grimaced; I hated it when Edward was unhappy about something.
"What's wrong?" I asked
"I kept having nightmares yesterday, in the end I just gave up on sleeping." I brought my hand to his face and caressed his cheek. He brought his hand up and laid it on top of mine.
"It's okay Baby, they aren't real. Forget about them."
"That's not the point Bells. They could have been true; if I had arrived any later you could have been raped and maybe worse. What would have happened if I had come later? He would have killed you and then what would I do? I couldn't live without you and then where would that put our kids? They couldn't live without you any more than I could, how could I explain to the girls when they are older that some sick bastard decided to kill their mum. What about Nathan? He worships the ground you walk on, he would be absolutely crushed if anything ever happened to you."
"Edward, shhhhh. I'm here and I'm okay. I'm not going anyway, I promise." I pulled him close to me and kissed him, pressing my lips to his forcefully. Edward had clearly been affected more than I thought. I felt something wet hit my face and I knew at that point that both of us were crying. I wiped my own tears before reaching my thumb out and wiping Edward's too.
"I can't lose you Bella, it would kill me." He stuttered
"Stop that now! Look I'm here, I'm alive and I'm perfectly healthy. You're not going to lose me baby, calm down." He pulled me close and squeezed me to death. I laughed as he let me go.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?" I asked, completely confused
"For over-reacting, I can't help it when it comes to you. So let's talk about that baby then shall we?" Edward smiled at me when I blushed. At least he seemed in a better mood to talk about it today.
"What about it?" I asked sheepishly
"When did you find out?"
"Yesterday. I realised my period was due like five days ago and I was never late unless I was pregnant. I told Alice we didn't have any cereal and ran to the shop. I brought the test and the cereal just to keep my cover and I took it when I came home. It was positive. I knew that it wasn't planned so I panicked about what you would think so I tried not to think about it but then the whole James thing…" I didn't finish my story before Edward interrupted me,
"James, are you sure he didn't hurt it? He didn't make you miscarry or anything, did he?" He asked me worriedly, I knew then that Edward already loved this baby just as much as I did.
"No, he never went near my stomach. Not even one punch, it should be perfectly fine. I still need to book a appointment with the doctor, just to be sure."
"Okay we'll ring later during the day." I nodded. Suddenly something clicked in my head,
"Oh my gosh! Yesterday, what did everyone think? Where are my babies? What about the honeymoon? What about the wedding? All that money wasted!" I held my head in my hands.
"Bella, chill. Everyone knows about the James thing. Everyone knew something was wrong when you didn't show, I mean who wouldn't want to marry me," I hit him, hard but he just laughed. "But seriously though everyone just sent wishes that you were okay. Our babies are with Charlie because Carlisle and Esme had to work. The honeymoon is still pretty much a go ahead because the flight leaves tonight. So we can: see the kids, check that their living arrangements are all set with Aunt Rose, pack our bags and leave. As for the wedding, I'm sure we can arrange another one, third time lucky and all." I nodded. "Come on lets go have breakfast and go get our babies."
We ate breakfast at the breakfast bar, pancakes as usual. We chatted casually and to be honest it was like nothing happened. I went to have a shower and get dressed, leaving Edward to pack our bags.
I stood under the cold water, letting it run all over my body, letting it cleanse my body of all the impurities that James had left. I washed my hair and then myself before stepping out. I put on a pink top with a dark grey waistcoat and a pair of stonewashed baggy jeans. I wore my black babycham high tops with them. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail but left my fringe down. I moisturised my face, added mascara and eyeliner and finished it off with some peach coloured lip-gloss. Once I was done and looked suitable I went into the spare room where Edward was packing.
There were clothes everywhere expect the one place they were meant to be, in the bag! Men are useless when it comes to things like packing. I rolled my eyes and pushed Edward out the way, telling him to go fetch the kids. He did as he was told like a good little boy and ran off to the car.
We were going away for 1 week so I packed 14 outfits for each of us, one for the day and one for the night. I also packed 14 pairs of pants, 14 bras and 7 pairs of PJ's. I packed 7 pairs of shorts, 5 pairs of jeans and 2 skirts for me while Edward got 4 pairs of shorts and 3 pairs of jeans. Once I had packed all that there wasn't much room left so I pulled out another suitcase. This one was packed with towels, tops, undies, swimsuits, toiletries and the camera. I pulled out our third and final suitcase, I simply filled this one with a range of shoes and I was done. I also called the doctors and they said they could fit me in a quick appointment this afternoon as I was going away.
I heard the door open and closed and I practically ran down the stairs.
"Mommy!" Nathan shouted as I came to the bottom of the stairs. He wrapped his arms around me in a tight hug, I managed to unwind them and pick him up. I kissed his face all over. "I've missed you. Grandpa Charlie's was good but I missed my mommy." He smiled and kissed me,
"I've missed you too baby."
"How much?" He asked with a grin on his face,
"From here to the moon and back again." He laughed and I put him down. Edward was now with Nate so I went to see my girls. Aimee was asleep but Cara seemed wide-awake. I pulled her into my arms and kissed her tiny cheeks.
"Hello gorgeous." I said. She smiled, dribbled and laughed all at the same time. She laughed and moved so much that her hair had gotten in her eyes. I brushed the brown strands away to reveal her shocking green eyes. She giggled lightly before I placed her back in the pram.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. I moved around the pram and headed for the door. The glass on the door was frosted but I could still the blonde hair, I thought it might have been Rose. I opened the door with a smile on my face only to have it disappear within one second of opening the door. Instead it was replaced with a look a pure hatred.
"What are you doing here?" I asked menacingly
"Bells, I only just found out what happened. I'm so sorry." Amelia said.
"Your sorry? Sorry isn't good enough, your brother tried to rape and then kill me how can sorry fix that?" I said through gritted teeth,
"Bella. Please I just want to talk to you." She had that pleading look on her face so I moved to the side and gestured for her to come in, I was too nice.
She sat on the sofa and I sat on the chair, I didn't want to be anywhere near her to be honest.
"What do you want Lia?" I asked after a five-minute silence
"I want to talk, I haven't seen you in ages. How are you?"
"I'm great. I nearly got murdered, raped and I missed my own fucking wedding. I have bruises all up my sides that every time I see them I get a horrid flashback. Yeah I'm fan-fucking-tastic."
"Stupid question." She muttered
"You think." I said as I ran my hand through my hair, a trademark I had picked up from Edward. "Why did you come here really?" I asked, there had to be a secondary motive to why she was here.
"Okay I know this is going to sound crazy and you're most likely going to hate me. I was wondering if you could drop the charges against my brother. He's not well mentally, he got fired and he lost his house. He lived at mine for a while but one day he just left. I haven't seen him since. He isn't himself right now so please?" My face was probably bright red and my hands had curled into fists at my side.
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE NOW!" I shouted at her. "HOW FUCKING DARE YOU EVEN ASK ME THAT! HE COULD HAVE KILLED ME, I DON'T CARE HOW MENTALLY UNSTABLE HE IS. HE TRIED TO FUCKING KILL ME AND FOR THAT I HOPE HE ROTTS IN JAIL! NOW LEAVE BEFORE I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU LIKE YOUR BROTHER DID TO ME AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL!" Edward must have heard all the shouting because he came running in, two lines on mud running down each cheek. I laughed; I guessed him and Nate were playing army men. His look grew angry, much like the one he displayed the day before.
"What the hell are you doing here? Don't you think your family has done enough damage as it is?" Edward said calmly.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come here." She pushed past us both and bolted for the door. Edward pulled me against him, I could tell he was trying to calm me down and it was working. I brought my head up and kissed his lips, a silent thank you.
After all the drama we all sat down for a family lunch, spaghetti on toast. Edward got his food everywhere; he looked like some two year old that hadn't learnt to eat properly yet. I laughed at him then he shot me evils. It was nice to just sit and lounge about for a while after the last few days had been so hectic. Hopefully things were going to calm down now, I mean how much bad things can happen to just one person? If that person was me, the answer was clear. A lot.
I dressed the kids and packed them a few days' clothes. Rose was having the keys to the house so she could watch over it. That meant if she needed any more clothes she could just come and get them herself. I told her that her, Em and the kids could stay here because we had lots of space but she refused as she had space too. I did some last minute cleaning and we left. Our bags were packed in the boot of Edward's car and we were ready to leave. Only two more stops before the airport, Rose's and the doctors.
We pulled up outside Rose's and everyone jumped out. We were running a tight schedule so we had to hurry. We had to check in before 8pm, the appointments was at 6 and it was already half 5. I grabbed the kids' bags and went inside. I explained to Rose we were in a rush before kissing everyone and running back to the car.
We pulled up outside the doctors and cut the engine. We walked inside and went up to the receptionist desk. We were 10 minutes early but luckily there was no one else waiting so we could be seen straight away.
I lay down on the bed. Dr Stone walked through the door and sat down by me,
"Hello Isabella, you're here for a scan? Baby number 4, is it now?" She smiled at me and I nodded. "I suspect you know what's going to happen. You're going to feel a slight cold sensation and then you can look at the screen." I nodded and looked at Edward. I felt a tingle as she squirted the cold gel onto my small belly. Edward smiled and grabbed my hand. I heard the swishing sound that by now was oh so familiar.
"There you go, there's your baby." Dr Stone said. Edward and I turned to face the screen; there was a small white blur in the middle of the monitor. It was tiny but Edward and I knew that that was our child; it was a picture we had seen twice before.
"By the size of the foetus I would say your about 4/5 weeks. Just take it easy on holiday and we will see you back here in 7 weeks for a check up." I nodded and hopped off the bed.
We went back to the car and got in, the smiles on our faces shining bright. I looked at the clock and it was 18:45. We had to hurry, the airport was half an hour away and I prayed that there was no traffic.