EPOV

I quickly tossed some cash into the front seat of the cab. Then I peeled out of it and ran into the hospital. I went straight for the information desk. "Excuse me ma'am I need to know how to get to the maternity ward."

"Name please?" She looked very bored and not in a rush to get me the information I needed.

"Isabella Cullen."

"Yes she's in the maternity ward it's down that corridor and to the left you will find elevators. Take it to the 3rd floor." Not once did she look at me.

"Thanks" I took off at an almost running pace. As soon as I stepped off the elevator I was faced with the nurses station. I tried to catch my breath while choking out what I needed. "Isabella…Cullen….which….room?"

The nurse behind the computer laughed slightly. "She's in 321 Mr. Cullen. Right down that hallway. Alice is expecting you." She pointed to my right so I went down the hallway. I saw the room I wanted and Alice came out.

I almost ran straight into her. "Edward! You're finally here. Trust me you haven't missed anything."

I finally breathed. "How is she?"

"She's fine. She most definitely wasn't a bridezilla but she sure is a labor bitch." She laughed at the thought.

"You know she's pissed at me, not at you."

"Oh yeah I know it. Which is why I'm glad you're finally here to hear the wrath."

"She's that bad?"

"Oh she's worse." She patted me on the back. "Little bro, she's been in the hospital for three hours and has only dilated ½ a centimeter more. I had Carson after 3 hours of labor and that was more than enough for me. I can't even imagine how she's feeling. She's not even close."

"Okay so she's 3 centimeters dilated. Anything else I should know before I go in there?"

"Not that I can think of."

The door opened and I could hear Bella speaking and she wasn't happy. "Emmett I don't want the ice chips. Get me some frickin' water." Emmett finished coming out the door.

Alice just rose her eyebrows at me as if to say 'see I told you so'. Emmett turned and looked at me. "Edward thanks goodness you're here. I swear she was about to castrate me and I'm not even the one who got her in that bed. I feel sorry for you man." He patted my shoulder. "Be strong." He said before going down the hall.

Alice yelled after him, "Emmett where are you going?"

"To find a doctor to allow her some water. I ain't going back in that room unless I have some."

I chuckled at him before opening the door. I walked in and all eyes turned to me. All three of them breathed a sigh of relief. I went directly to her side and kissed her full on the mouth. "I'm so sorry baby. I came as fast as I could." I spoke softly as I pulled back.

She wrapped her arms around my neck and cried into my chest leaving tears on my shirt. "I was so scared Edward. I thought you weren't going to make it on time." I just held her closer to me running my fingers through her hair until she calmed down.

I gently pulled away making sure she was okay when she smacked me across the back of my head. "Ow." I muttered quietly knowing I was going to get no sympathy. Rosalie and Jasper who were inside the room stifled a laugh.

I turned and faced an enraged Bella. "You promised! I told you I wouldn't do this alone and you promised you would be here. You almost didn't make it."

I sat down beside her and sighed. "I know honey but I am here. You didn't have to do it by yourself."

"Don't you honey me. I'm pissed at you. If I didn't think that this would be impossible without you I would beat your ass."

Rose and Jasper choked down laughter again. I glared at them. Rose spoke up. "Don't look at me like that, I've heard enough of it over the last few hours. I'd watch while you sleep when you get home."

I looked down at the bed and sighed knowing she was right. Bella grabbed my hand and squeezed it. I looked at her and she was gritting her teeth and looked like she was in excruciating pain. I rubbed my thumb over the back of her hand and wiped the sweaty hair out of her face with my other hand.

"Breathe baby. You're amazing." I kissed the side of her head and she slowly relaxed letting out a long breath.

"Okay that one hurt." Her voice was soft and she hadn't opened her eyes again.

"That's a good sign Bella you're probably dilating again." Rose stated. She moved to sit next to her and wiped her forehead with a wet wash cloth.

Emmett and Alice came back through the door and took seats around the room. I still held Bella's hand. "Emmett did you get me water?" Bella asked exhausted already.

He gulped but realized that now I would be the one put through and pain and not him so he answered. "Sorry Bells the doctor says that you can only have ice chips." He looked sorry.

I took the cup from Emmett that was filled with ice and brought it to her mouth. "Here babe suck on a few it might make you feel better." She obediently put a few in her mouth and then laid back on the pillows. "How far apart are her contractions?" I asked to nobody in particular.

"Between 15 and 20 minutes. But they have been like that consistently for the last hour and a half." Rose responded.

I nodded. "It sucks!" Bella complained not opening her eyes.

I smiled glad to hear my Bella was back. "I know honey."

"Uhhhhhnnnnn." She moaned as her grip tightened again. She was squinting her eyes and had her mouth in a continuous "o" shape as she tried to take heavy breaths. Soon her grip released and she laid back once again. "Edward when we get out of here. I'm going to kill you."

I laughed on the inside. "Okay honey."

Her eyes snapped open and she stared at me. "Don't be nice to me right now. I'm pissed at you!" She exclaimed. Everyone in the room laughed and she grunted in frustration.

Just then the door opened and a doctor walked in. "Well hello. I'm Dr. Gruidl. You must be the father." She smiled kindly and I stuck out my hand to grab the one she had extended.

"Yes that would be me. I'm Edward."

We shook hands. "It's nice to meet you Edward." She turned her gaze to my wife who still sat with her eyes closed. "How are we doing Bella?"

"Just peachy!" She said sarcastically.

I was about to apologize for her when I noticed the humor in the doctor's eyes. It was obvious Bella wasn't the first mother to react to labor so harshly. "Well that's good then you wouldn't mind if we checked how you're doing."

She started to put on some gloves. "So if everyone could leave the room for a second."

The various people began to get up. "Except Edawrd!" Bella gushed loudly. I squeezed her hand letting her know I wasn't going anywhere. She stared at me and I saw fear in her eyes.

"I'm not going anywhere Bella. I won't leave you." I whispered reassuringly.

"Of course not Bella. I already told you that you could pick who stays. I'm assuming since Edward is here now Rosalie is free to wait outside?" The doctor said.

"Yeah that's fine. Just as long as Edward doesn't leave." She clutched my hand tighter.

The doctor moved towards the end of the bed. She moved the stir ups into position and placed Bella's feet in them. Bella began to look nervous again and I moved my mouth to her ear. I knew she hated hospitals and this exam was probably testing her resolve. "I'm so proud of you Bella. You have been so brave today and I love you so much." I whispered into her ear.

She looked into my eyes and bit her lip. I kissed her mouth gently. "Alrighty then. It seems you have dilated a bit farther Bella. This is good progress. You're still not progressing quickly but that's fine. I'm not worried about anything." When she began speaking we both changed our focus to her.

"The baby's okay?" Bella asked with worry.

"Yep the baby is doing just fine. He seems to be content even though he's putting mom through a bit of hell." Bella smiled. "I'll be back to check on you again after a while. In the mean time why don't you try to get some rest. You're going to need your strength when he decides it's time to come."

"I don't think I could sleep through these contractions." Bella stated plainly.

"You'd actually be surprised. If you fall asleep there is a strong possibility that the weaker contractions won't wake you up. I would at least try." Bella nodded at her.

She began to move out the door. "It was nice to meet you dad."

"You too."

I turned back to Bella. "You should sleep baby." I pressed gently.

"I know." She shut her eyes and tried to get comfortable. However, every few minutes she turned over not really going to sleep.

"Bella that's not helping any." She opened her eyes since she was now facing me.

"I'm sorry but I'm just not comfortable."

I got onto my feet. "Scoot over." She did and I moved to the other side of the bed. I slowly crawled onto the bed behind her pressing her back into my chest.

She sighed and I could tell she was finally comfortable. "I've missed you." She said quietly.

I moved my hand to her hip and massaged circles there getting her to relax even more. "I missed you too."

We were quiet for a little while. I thought she may have fallen asleep but then she whispered barely audible, "I'm scared."

I moved to playing with her hair. "About what baby?"

We were both talking quietly enough that no one else even if they were in the room could have heard. "Having the baby."

"I know that seems really scary but you'll do great. I can feel it."

"But I said I could feel that the baby wasn't going to come and look how that turned out."

I smiled and kissed the back of her neck. "I know but you've done such a great job already today I can't imagine the rest going any differently."

She rolled around so that we were face to face. I pushed the hair out of her face. "Thank you." She closed her eyes.

"For what?"

"For always being there for me and telling me you love me." She pressed her face into my shirt and I wrapped my arms around her, running my finger tips up and down her back.

"I love you too." We sat like that for a while and eventually she fell asleep. I just stared at the beautiful form in front of me. She looked like an angel. I saw the machine next to her bed begin to speed up indicating a contraction but it slowed down once again and Bella didn't so much as squirm.

I breathed a sigh of relief knowing that she was going to be asleep for a while. I heard the door open and I glanced over my shoulder to see a nurse come in. She looked at us and smiled. "You know you're not supposed to be in the bed with the patient without permission, but I'll let it slide. It seems she's comfortable and we want her to get her rest."

"Thank you." She just smiled again and closed the door.

It was almost an hour later when I felt my phone go off. I quietly pried myself out of Bella's arms. I checked her once again before closing the door behind me. I opened the phone. "Hello?"

I walked towards the waiting room where I found all the rest of the family watching a movie. "Hello Edward dear."

"Oh hey mom, what's up?"

"Well I just noticed that Alice had left me a message earlier trying to get a hold of me but when I called her she didn't pick up. She called you right. Oh dear I hope I'm not interrupting a meeting."

"No mom I'm not in a meeting it's fine. Alice called you earlier but I can tell you what she wanted."

"Oh okay then what's going on."

"Bella went into labor around 12:30 this afternoon."

I heard a gasp on the other line. "Carlisle Bella had her baby." I heard her yell to dad in the background. "That's so exciting dear what is he like?"

"Actually mom he's not born yet."

"What you said she went into labor after noon. I just assumed that the baby would be here now if you were taking my call. Edward Anthony Cullen you did not leave her in the delivery room did you? I raised you better than that."

"Mom calm down." I chuckled. "No I didn't leave her. She's asleep right now."

"Oh well that's good. She must be getting close. How far along is she?"

"Well the doctor checked alittle over an hour ago and she was at 4 ½ centimeters. It seems this little boy is taking his sweet time appearing."

"Oh the poor dear. She must feel awful. That's a long time to be in labor the poor thing."

"Yeah but she's content for the moment."

"That's good….Wait! You're at the hospital? You were in Colorado last time I talked to you!"

"Well I got on a plane earlier today once I found out. Ive been here for a few hours."

"Thank god. No woman wants to do that by herself."

"So I've been told countless times today."

"I'm sorry I don't mean to be a nag. Well I should let you go. Let Bella know we are thinking about her and when we see her tomorrow she had better be holding my new grandson."

"Okay mom I will." I laughed.

"Well have a good night. The kids say goodnight as well."

"You too. I love you."

"I love you too. Bye." I hung up and faced my family before me.

Their attention turned as they noticed my presence. "Well if it isn't Edward. She actually let you out of her sight?" Emmett asked.

I sat down in an empty chair. "No she's asleep right now."

"Oh that's good. She needs her rest." Rose said.

"I'm not sure I know what to do in there." I admitted.

"Join the club." Jasper and Emmett announced at the same time.

"No I know that. It's just that she says she's scared and I don't really know what to say to make her feel differently because I'm scared shitless as well."

"Edward you'll be fine and so will she. Once it starts adrenaline and instinct kicks in and it just happens." Alice smiled and patted my shoulder.

"Well are you guys just going to sit here and wait now?"

"Well we might as well it's not like we can really be doing anything in the room now."

"That's fine I was just wondering if you were going to hang around."

"Absolutely! I want to see my nephew as soon as he's out of the womb. Well and clean that is." Emmett said rethinking what he first said.

We all laughed. "Okay well, I'm going back to the room. I wouldn't want ot miss her when she wakes up."

"No that wouldn't be good." Alice agreed.

I got up and moved back to the room. Just as I was taking a seat she began to stir. "Edward?" She mumbled still half asleep.

"I'm here baby." I reassured her.

"That last contraction was strong enough to wake me up." She rolled onto her back.

I leaned forward and kissed her forehead. "You're doing great honey."

The door opened and we found Dr. Gruidl coming in with a chart. "Well now that we are awake, lets see how mom's doing shall we?" She moved and quickly examined Bella. "You are moving along now Bella. You are at almost 7 centimeters which means the baby should be here within the next few hours. You've been doing great Bella. Now I'm just going to suggest something. If you're uncomfortable you don't have to."

"Okay what is it?" she asked

"If you wanted to go for a walk for a while it may speed up the contractions and cause the baby to drop more. Edward would go with you of course. However you do have to take caution you are still at risk due to your placental abruption earlier in the pregnancy but I think you should be fine."

"Please I want to." Bella looked excited at the prospect of getting out of the bed. I laughed at her eagerness.

"Alright then go at your own pace and there are nurses around to help if anything." Then she marked on the chart at the foot of Bella's bed and replaced it walking out the door.

"Well let's get you up huh?" I moved to her side and helped her swing her legs around. "Where are your slippers?"

"They are still in the bag. I haven't really had a need for them yet."

I went across the room and opened up the hospital bag. I grabbed them out and put them on her feet. I wrapped my arm around her back and slowly helped her onto her feet.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes I'm fine Edward. I just want to move. I've been in a bed for what? 4 or 5 weeks now?"

I laughed. "Sorry I guess I shouldn't have asked that." I opened the door and followed her out. I walked beside her but helping to support her weight incase another contraction came.

"Edward you are a wonderful husband. You know that?"

"It's always nice to hear." I didn't push it knowing that in the delivery room she would probably return to cursing me out.

We walked down the corridor and back we were close to the room when a contraction came over her. I stepped quickly behind her and put my arms underneath her armpits as she tried to lower to the ground. She did stay on her feet her knees were just a little weak. She leaned back on me and rested her head on my shoulder as she breathed in and out. After about twenty seconds it was over.

She slowly regained the strength in her legs and lifted her head. "Are you okay?" I asked gently.

"Mmmhmm. They are just starting to get stronger and longer."

"Do you want to keep going?"

"Please! Anything to keep me out of that hospital room. I can't handle the pure white walls. I feel like I'm in some kind of institute."

I chuckled. "I promise you aren't in an asylum."

"I know but you know how much I dislike hospitals. Maybe its better in an institute."

"You have a crazy mind my dear." I kissed her forehead again. We walked to the end of the hall before she leaned back against me.

"AAAHHHH!" This pain was obviously a bit more than before because she was vocal about it. "God OW!" She gritted her teeth squinted her eyes and was clenching her hands. "Edward it hurts!"

"I know babe but it's almost over then we will get you back in bed and find the doctor." She nodded once the pain ceased. Instead of making her walk back I just swung her into my arms and carried her back into the room.

I placed her on the bed and turned around to find Dr. Gruidl already in the room. "A nurse paged me when she had a fairly strong contraction in the hallway." She issued as a explanation. "Bella I'm going to check again okay?" She just nodded trying to relax and forget the pain.

I moved to her side in my chair again. I was holding her hand. "You are at 9 centimeters Bella it's time to push. I'm going to go grab my team and I'll be back to deliver a baby." She smiled at us then left the room.

I looked straight into Bella's eyes. "This is it honey."

"I know."

"In just a little bit we are going to be holding our little boy in our arms."

"I can't wait to get him out of me!" Okay so not exactly the response I was looking for but it worked I guess.

The doctor came in with her team and they placed her in the stir ups and puled up her gown. "Okay Bella on the next contraction I want you to push okay. The nurse over on your left is going to count to 10 and then you can relax. Do you understand?"

"Yeah." She stated already out of breath.

"Kay there is a big one coming. Starting pushing!"

Bella's features distorted as she pushed while the nurse counted to ten. She laid back. I noticed the hair in her face and quickly gather it in a pony tail I found on the chair. "Bella you're doing great baby. You're so beautiful." I said gazing into her eyes.

"Kay lets get another push Bella." She pushed once again while the nurse counted and this time I was sure my hand was going to fall off. She rested back against the pillows exhausted. "The baby is crowning I need you to give me two more really big pushes and we will have this baby out Bella."

Bella looked over at me. "Edward….I can't….I'm too tired."

I looked at her. "I know honey but you're so close I know you can do it."

She just whimpered. "Edward if you go and sit behind her it might make it easier to push." I quickly jumped onto the bed behind her and grabbed Bella's hands in mine. "Alright ready push!"

Bella screamed outright and stopped. A baby scream filled the air and we both breathed in relief. "Well it looks like your baby boy has a nice set of lungs on him. Perfectly healthy. Dad would you like to cut the cord?"

"Absolutely." I gently moved away from her and cut the cord as instructed.

I moved back to Bella and she motioned for me to sit behind her once more. I climbed onto the bed and she leaned back against me. We both watched as the baby was cleaned and swaddled.

A nurse brought him back over and gently lay him in Bella's arms. He was wailing and crying. Bella spoke to him nurturingly. "Hey….Heeeyyy. Baby it's okay mommy's got you." She gently bounced him in her arms and soon he quieted down.

I looked over her shoulder at the little wonder in her arms. I couldn't believe that we had once again created something so perfect. We sat like that for a while just looking at him and watching him. All memories of what had happened the rest of today completely forgotten.

A/N so this isn't quite the final chapter I have one maybe two left haven't decided. Let me know what you think and once again sorry if the having the baby stuff is completely bogus. I tried my best.

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