A/N: No Lemons in this chapter, but I made a vampire pregnant! And you will believe... yes, you will!

I have two song choices for this chapter. They are:
"Change the World" – by Finger Eleven – for Edward
and
"A New Day Has Come (Touched By An Angel)" - by Celine Dion – for Bella
Links to the videos are on my profile.

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Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight, and all the characters. I just borrow them from time to time and make them do my bidding…

Now, without further adieu …

Enough of this crazy stuff! Just shut up and post the chapter already…

** BM **

Chapter 37 – Our Little Miracle

"Bella, you're pregnant!"

APOV

I don't know if it was the shock of hearing the words come out of my mouth, or the mental exhaustion brought on by shielding Edward's mind for the last twenty-four hours, but suddenly Bella's eyes rolled back in her head as she went crashing to the floor.

Her fall took Carlisle and me completely by surprise so we were unprepared to prevent it. We simply watched as she tumbled to the floor, her left arm striking the bookshelf and bringing it down with her. The resounding crash reverberated through the house. Somewhere in the distance I heard the startled voices of Rose, Em, Esme, and the Masens, just seconds before I heard footsteps pounding down the hall.

It was clear from the looks on my family's faces that they had overheard what we had told Bella right before the crash. The Masens, however, stood dumbstruck as they watched Carlisle lift the lifeless body of their future daughter-in-law from under a pile of books and gently place her on the sofa that stood against the opposite wall from his desk.

"What happened to Bella? Is she okay?" Elizabeth's voice was anxious with worry as she watched Carlisle lay the unconscious vampire down. Esme moved quickly to Bella's side, stroking her brow with tender hands.

I really didn't know what to say, so for once I did the near impossible and kept my mouth shut. I decided it was best to let Carlisle explain.

Carlisle cleared his throat slightly before he spoke. "I honestly don't know what happened. I know that watching over Edward has been an exhausting experience for her, but this is the first time I've ever seen a vampire faint." He was shaking his head with a bemused look on his face.

"Yes, you told us she would be staying with Edward during this... change." Ed's voice was hesitant as he spoke, becoming more confident as he continued. "What is she doing here? Is Edward alright? Is the change complete?" he asked point blank.

"First of all, Edward's change is still progressing, though much faster than we anticipated. As to why Bella is here and not with him at the moment, well, it's a complicated story, Ed; one I'm not sure if it's my place to share with you. That will be up Isabella." Carlisle tempered his words with a diplomatic smile.

Suddenly images began to flood my head, showing me what should happen.

"No!" My voice was sharper than I intended, but I had to make myself heard. I turned to look at Carlisle. "No," I repeated, this time more calmly. "It's important that the Masens know what happened. If Bella doesn't wake up and tell them soon, then I'll do it myself."

"Alice, are you sure?" Rosalie spoke up, now kneeling by the sofa next to Esme, holding Bella's hand.

"I've never been more sure of anything in my life," I reiterated. It was very important that the Masens be part of Bella's decision.

As if on cue, Bella began to stir, slowly regaining consciousness. She moaned a couple of times, shaking her head from side to side before she sat bolt upright, her eyes wide with shock.

I watched as she turned her eyes and focused first on Esme, then moving to Rosalie. I saw the tension slowly drain from her face.

"Oh, my goodness, Esme... Rose... shielding Edward must have been more exhausting than I thought; I must have passed out and I had the strangest dream."

Esme gave her a pacifying smile while Rose just quirked her lips a little and patted her hand gently.

I moved until I was standing behind Esme and Rose, smiled down at Bella and said quietly, "It wasn't a dream, Sweetie."

It took a few moments for my words to sink in, but when they did I saw utter incredulity fill her face.

"But that's impossible! I'm a vampire!" her voice raised an octave as she searched the room for Carlisle as if he were an anchor in a storm. Her eyes met his as the words tumbled from her lips. "I can't be pregnant!"

Carlisle's eyes didn't waver, but the sudden stillness in the room was broken by Elizabeth's and Ed's audible gasps.

Six pairs of vampire eyes rounded to face the Masens and witness their shocked expression as they stared at Bella.

"Well, how do you like that?" Emmett's voice boomed, breaking the silence with a jovial tone. "Ed, you and Liz are going to be grandparents."

Leave it to Emmett to take on the role of the 800 pound gorilla in the room and give voice to the obvious. Rose threw him a look that would freeze lava, but he didn't see it, as he was headed towards the Masens, his arm outstretched in an attempt to shake their still-stunned hands. In a flash, Rose was at his side, grasping his arm and physically dragging him across the room.

"What--?" he protested, but let her lead him away

Slowly the Masens regained a portion of their composure; enough for Ed to say to the room in general, "Will someone please explain what's going on?"

Carlisle signed heavily. "I think you two will need to sit down for this," he said as he led them across the room toward the sofa. Bella quickly sat up, giving Elizabeth room to sit to her right, while Carlisle motioned for Ed to take the wing chair on that side. I jumped up swiftly and perched on the sofa arm next to Esme, who sat on the sofa to Bella's left. Carlisle stood in front of us, while Emmett and Rose took a spot near Carlisle's desk.

"Perhaps it's best to start this story from the beginning," Carlisle said as his eyes moved between Bella and the Masens.

"That's usually the best place to start," Elizabeth's voice held quiet assurance.

BPOV

My mind was still reeling from the revelation that I. Was. Pregnant!? How was that even possible? I am a vampire, for goodness sake. Carlisle had explained to me a long time ago that the transformation made it impossible for me to ever bear children. Alice had to be wrong. She just had to be...

But what if she was right?

Did I really believe that miracles could happen? Could I really be... pregnant? As I thought of the miracle that had allowed Edward to live long enough for me to change him, I realized that I did believe in miracles.

As one part of my brain concentrated on Carlisle's voice as he explained to Edward's parents the intricacies of being a vampire and the special talents each of us possessed, especially Alice and her "precognitive abilities", the other part concentrated on my own body. Vampire bodies were extremely sensitive, so I closed my eyes and trained my thoughts on my internal organs and began to meditate. I concentrated first on my skin, smooth as satin where it covered abdominal muscles that were hard as marble. Then I delved deeper, able to determine the outline of my now useless uterus, as it lay dormant in the cold depths of my body. Moving inward, I was able to discern the hollow chamber within that was meant to nurture a child, but I could sense that it would never be possible for mine to do so.

And then I felt it. So tiny, it was really microscopic, but it gave off a heat all its own, yet still only a few degrees warmer than the surrounding atrophied tissue...

A single, fertilized egg.

My eyes popped open, my back stiffened, and I stood to my feet in one motion.

My head snapped up to lock my eyes with Carlisle, as he stopped mid-sentence to look at me expectantly.

"She's right," I said breathlessly, taking a step in his direction. "I'm pregnant."

Carlisle and I stared at each other for a full half minute before I saw his face change. It was as if a light had flipped on behind his eyes; I could almost see the cartoon light bulb hanging in the air above his head: Carlisle had a theory.

"You're sure?" He asked softly and I gave him a little nod and a bemused smile as I continued to stare at him.

"How is this possible?" I voiced the question I knew he was waiting for and was rewarded with his next words.

"I have a theory." I nearly laughed out loud. Carlisle was so easy to read. I had to refrain from shaking my head at the humor of the situation and instead listen to what he was saying.

"I have heard stories of male vampires impregnating human women, but those instances are rare. However, I've never heard of the reverse happening. I theorize that at the time I changed you, Isabella, you must have been ovulating. As you know from your medical training, the unfertilized egg remains in the body for a few days before it is discharged." I simply nodded my head and tried not to look at Alice, as she squirmed, slightly embarrassed as she looked pointedly at Ed and Elizabeth. I simply ignored her and concentrated on what Carlisle was saying.

"In vampire males, the sperm is completely surrounded by venom, thus the sperm are changed slightly, making any offspring of a male vampire a hybrid creature: Part human and part vampire. In the few times it has occurred, even fewer offspring survive, mainly because the mother usually dies before the unborn child reaches full gestation. I actually don't know of any documented case of the child surviving." I couldn't help my sharp intake of air and my swift step backward at his words as I turned away from him slightly, my eyes now glued to the floor. I could hear worried whispers exchanged between my family members, but before I could voice my concerns, Elizabeth spoke up.

"Are you saying that if Bella has this child, she and the baby will die?" her voice was laced with concern and quieted the whispers as we all waited for Carlisle to answer.

Carlisle held his hands up, waving them to and fro in a negative gesture. "No, that's not what I'm saying at all; quite the contrary, in fact."

My eyes whipped back around, giving him my full attention as I listened to his explanation. "Unlike sperm, human eggs are a little universe unto themselves. They don't float in any type of liquid and their cell wall is almost impenetrable by anything in the body other than sperm. Being inside the hollow chamber of the womb, I don't think your egg ever came into contact with bodily fluids. The uterine lining is basically suspended blood cells and not fresh blood so I don't think this egg has ever come into contact with venom or been changed in any way by it. I think your egg is entirely human."

I was stunned, as was the rest of the group, and it took me a moment to gather my thoughts enough to speak. I slowly sank back down to the sofa. "What exactly are you saying, Carlisle? Are you saying that my egg is still a human egg? That the baby will be totally human?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying."

"But how can that be? How has the egg survived all this time?" Incredulity at the situation was plainly evident in my voice.

"Bella, when you were changed, when all vampires are changed, their bodies simply stop aging. The body is changed and held in a kind of 'suspended animation', as if it has been frozen in time. That's what has happened to your egg. Your body temperature is so low that the egg has been held in suspended animation for all these years, almost as if it had been cryogenically frozen." His calm voice made everything seem so plausible and actually make sense. But I still had questions.

"If that's true, then why has this never happened to a vampire before? I can't believe that I'm the first woman that was changed while ovulating."

Carlisle grinned before he answered. "I've said before that you should be a practicing physician. You are always questioning, always looking at other possibilities." He chuckled a little before getting back on track. "I think this pregnancy was only possible because Edward was human. Very few female vampires ever have sex with a human male, let alone a female that was changed at the time of ovulation. Since he was human at the time of fertilization, Edward's sperm was at the normal human body temperature of 98.6 degrees and in turn 'awakened' your egg from its suspended state. Had you made love with another vampire, the sperm would have been as cold as your egg and instead of being fertilized, the egg would have been destroyed. The key to this whole equation is the heat of the human body; what you might call, the human factor."

He smiled at me once more as he watched me put the whole puzzle together in my head. Because Edward was a warm-blooded human, his sperm was able to fertilize my dormant egg. And the baby now started inside my body would be human too. But how would it survive? There was no way for the egg to attach itself to my uterine wall; no way for my body to nourish it in any way...

Our baby would die!

"Carlisle," I nearly shouted in my sudden panic. "You've got to do something! I know I can't carry this baby, so we've got to do something. How can we save my baby?!" I could feel hysteria settling into my brain at the mere thought of losing this tangible evidence of the love Edward and I shared. It was still only a fertilized egg, but I realized that I loved it more than I ever thought possible. I shook the hysteria off and knew we had to think of some way to save the baby.

"Isabella, I've been thinking about that and I've come to a conclusion. There is only one way for the baby to survive." The total silence in the room was a tangible thing as everyone held their breath, listening for his next words. "We have to find a human surrogate."

"A surrogate?" I whispered, my mind racing through all the possible choices, until I realized that we had no possible choices. My panic returned.

"Where will we find a surrogate? Especially one we can trust with our secrets?" Rose spoke softly from across the room, giving voice to my own concerns.

"And one in the limited time that we have," Alice added, glancing sideways at Edward's mother.

Carlisle nodded as he agreed, "That will be our one problem. But perhaps, with enough money, we can find someone who will be willing to do it immediately and ask no questions."

"You mean a stranger?" Esme asked before she gave a slight shake of her head. "I don't know if I like the idea of a complete stranger carrying Bella's baby."

"Neither do I," Carlisle concurred. "But we really have no other choice."

"Of course we do," Elizabeth's clear voice rang out promptly bringing the attention of all eyes to her. "I have the perfect solution." She glanced over at her husband for a moment, and they shared that silent communication I had witnessed between them before. He smiled at her and gave a little nod of his head as her hand reached out to grasp the one he had placed lightly on her knee, before turning to face me fully.

"I volunteer. I'll be your surrogate."

You could have heard a gnat sneeze in the quiet that engulfed the room after Elizabeth Masen's dropped her bombshell.

"You?" the word left my mouth in a disbelieving huff.

"Yes, me. Bella, darling, this is our grandchild. The only grandchild we'll ever have." I watched as tears welled up in Elizabeth's eyes before she dabbed them away on the handkerchief her husband had pressed into her free hand. "Ed and I always wanted another child, but it just never seemed to be in the cards for us, even after years of trying." Her hand clung tightly to her husband's and she glanced once more at him, gaining strength from his answering smile. Her eyes returned to mine, imploring me to agree. "Bella, this baby is a part of Edward, too, so it means as much to us as it does to you."

"But are you physically strong enough to carry a baby? You've just gotten over a very serious illness." I had to ask her, even though I wanted this to be possible so much I could taste it.

She was nodding her head before I'd even finished. "My doctors have told me that I have completely recovered. I want to do this, and I know I can. I'm in perfect health now; I take all the right vitamins and exercise regularly. I'm in the best shape I've been in years." She turned her head to look at Carlisle, addressing her next comment to him. "You've seen my medical files when we had them sent to you for your opinion right after the New Year. What do you think?"

Carlisle didn't hesitate before he spoke. "Physically, you are in perfect health. You're almost forty-two, which is definitely not too old to be able to carry a baby. The only problem would be getting your body to the stage of being able to accept the fertilized egg."

"Well, I'm at the perfect stage of my cycle right now to get pregnant, if that helps," Elizabeth said with a slightly embarrassed grin in Carlisle's direction. "Believe me, I've had a lot of practice learning to time my cycles."

"That will help tremendously. It saves the use of hormones, which take time; time that we don't have."

"Well, that settles it," Elizabeth replied matter-of-factly. "Now, where do we do this? At the hospital here in Forks?"

"That would be the best and safest place for you," Carlisle told her. "Luckily it's Sunday, so there won't be any scheduled use of the surgical suite unless we get an emergency."

I saw him glance at Alice, who smiled in return and said, "No problems there. It's all clear."

"Good, then the sooner we do this the better. I'm not sure how long the fertilized egg will stay viable. In humans, the egg implants any where from a few hours to five or six days after conception." He turned to look at me, speaking softly, "Bella, may I speak to you in private?"

I arose and crossed the room to his side. He turned slightly before he spoke again, his tone so low I was sure that Edward's parents couldn't hear. "Bella, do you have any idea when conception might have occurred?"

All the talk about the actual egg fertilization process we had exchanged before had not embarrassed me in the least because that was basic medical jargon. But now, Carlisle was asking me about something that was very private between Edward and me. I was glad he had whispered, for I would really be embarrassed to have Edward's parents hear my answer. However, I knew Carlisle really needed to know the truth, so with a little trepidation, I answered in the same low tone, "Graduation night, at nine-forty-two pm, so that would be thirty-nine hours, forty-six minutes ago."

Continuing to speak quietly, Carlisle smiled as he said, "You seem very precise; I won't ask why." He smiled again, before becoming totally professional again. "It's already been over a day and a half, so we have no time to waste."

I took a moment to give him a questioning glance before asking in a normal tone. "Do you really think this will work?"

His lips quirked up again and he draped an arm across my shoulders, squeezing briefly, as he replied, "I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure it works. After all," he arched an eyebrow, "that's my grandchild, too, you know."

What was left of my dead heart seemed to swell at the words, and tears would have been shed if they were possible. As it was, I worked to keep a quiver from my voice as I said simply, "Thank you."

Giving me another hug, he removed his arm and turned to Elizabeth and Ed. "Elizabeth, are you absolutely sure you want to undergo this procedure?"

Elizabeth rose to her feet and after a reassuring embrace from her husband she answered ardently, "Absolutely! There's no question in my mind at all."

Carlisle nodded in agreement. "Then we best get going." He said as he began to usher me and the Masens out the door. "I'll give you the details of the procedure on the way."

"Well, I'm coming with you," Alice piped up, falling into step behind us. "I can tell you immediately if the procedure is successful."

Carlisle nodded in agreement and Alice moved up to grasp my hand as we walked out of the house.

"We'll stay and keep an eye on Edward for you," Esme called, indicating herself and Rosalie, as Alice and I were crawling into her Porsche. Carlisle was seating Elizabeth and Ed in his Mercedes. I waved my thanks as we peeled down the driveway.

The trip to the hospital was short and sweet. For once, Carlisle drove as fast as Alice. I just hoped he told Edward's parents to close their eyes first.

Carlisle used the key to his private entrance at the side of the main Forks Hospital building, making a bee-line down a side hall to the surgical suite. Luck was with us and we met no one along the way. This part of the small hospital was pretty much deserted on Sunday. Carlisle stationed Ed outside the door under the pretext of keeping watch, but really just to give him something to do during the procedure. Alice had already seen that we wouldn't be interrupted, but she joined him to keep him company.

I moved quickly, helping Carlisle set up, laying out the instruments he would need, as he reassured Elizabeth.

"This is not the first time I've been in this situation," she spoke softly. My eyes focused on her in curiosity, wanting to know more but refraining from asking because I didn't want to pry. She continued on her own.

"I told you that Ed and I wanted more children, but it wasn't meant to be." She took a deep breath and glanced at me, a touch of sadness in her eyes. "You see, Ed had to go to Russia on business when Edward was a little over a year old. He was there for three months, working with the newly formed government as a liaison for his company. Well, while he was there he contracted mumps. It was silly, really; I mean, who gets mumps in this day and age? Well, apparently Ed had never had them as a child, and had never been immunized, so when a minor outbreak occurred in Moscow, Ed was first in line." She heaved a heavy sigh as she remembered. He thought he was just coming down with a flu bug and ignored the symptoms until... well, until the infection spread through his lymph system and inflamed his... well... you know...," she waved her hand in an embarrassed gesture.

"His testes," Carlisle finished for her.

She threw him a grateful smile, "Yes, and it left his sperm count so low, he was nearly sterile." Her eyes once again met mine. "So, you see, I've been in this situation before, though usually more in your position, Bella. I've had numerous eggs harvested so we could try In Vitro, but it never worked. After the fifth attempt, we decided that it wasn't meant for us to have another child. Anyway, Edward was enough. He was and still is the light of our life. So you see now why I must do everything in my power make sure this baby survives."

I loved her with everything in my heart at that moment, and I couldn't stop myself from giving her a hug. I knew at that moment that everything was going to be alright. Whether this process worked or not, at least we would give the baby a fighting chance.

Twenty minutes later, the procedure was finished. Carlisle had worked with the precision and speed that was a natural part of being a vampire. Harvesting the egg had taken very little time as I was able to remain cognitive during the procedure and tell him precisely where it was located. His vampire vision and steady hand with the scope did the rest.

Instead of using drugs to knock out Elizabeth, she chose to allow me to shield her mind instead. I didn't have to do much, just basically keep her mind focused elsewhere. I found I was able to do this without even touching her. Carlisle was very impressed and told me that I should practice that part of my ability; he felt it might come in handy if the Volturi ever felt the need to pay us a visit. Needless to say, I understood the wisdom behind his thinking. I didn't even want to imagine what they would do if they ever found out that Edward's parents were privy to our secret. And I definitely didn't care to wonder what they would do if they found out about the baby!

Carlisle thought it wise that Elizabeth rest for several hours before becoming mobile to give the implantation the best chance of success. I helped her fall into a peaceful sleep before we moved her to the empty recovery room next door. Under the watchful eye of her husband, we had just gently transferred her from the surgical gurney to the bed when Alice gave a sudden whoop! My eyes flashed to her bubbling face before moving to Ed's startled one and then to Carlisle's and then returning once again to look at Alice.

"It worked?" My voice was barely a whisper, as I looked once more at Carlisle, almost as if I was afraid if I spoke too loud I would break some kind of magical spell.

By now, Alice was doing a happy dance all around the room.

"It would appear so," Carlisle said around the smile that was now splitting his face.

Oh, my God.

Edward and I are going to have a baby. A real, live, honest-to-goodness baby!

Edward.

In all the shock and excitement about the pregnancy and the medical procedure, I had forgotten that Edward was, at the moment, back at the house undergoing the vampire transformation. The excruciatingly painful vampire transformation.

What was I doing? I had to get back home... Now!

"Carlisle, I need to get back to Edward. I'm finished here, right?" I was already inching towards the door.

"Of course, go. Edward needs you now. Elizabeth will be fine; Ed and I will stay with her until she awakens." I didn't even wait to see him wave me toward the door; I was already gone.

Alice caught up with me as I was exiting the building. "Come on, I'll drive you."

"I can get there faster if I run."

"Only by a few minutes, at most," she insisted. "Anyway, we need to talk and you need to clear your mind so you'll know how to break this news to Edward."

She was right, so I climbed into the passenger side of the Porsche seconds before we were flying down the highway.

"So..." her voice trailed off dramatically.

"So...?" I had no idea what she was getting at.

With a hint of exasperation, she looked at me and let out a huff. "So... do you want to know the sex of the baby?"

"You know that?" my voice was amazed.

"Well, of course I know! I can see it so clearly. The question is: Do you want to know?"

I thought for a moment, before replying, "No, not yet. I want to ask Edward first. He may be one of those people who like surprises."

She tried and failed to hide her disappointment, then shrugged and gave me an 'I-know-a-secret' grin.

Within minutes, we were home and I flew to the clinic to relieve Jasper. He looked up gratefully at me as I stopped beside the bed.

"I'm glad you're here. I had to restrain him. You know how bad the pain is; I did it to keep him from clawing off his own skin."

Jasper quietly left the room as I touched Edward's brow, immediately searching his mind for the pain receptors and blocking the assault on his senses.

"Oh, my darling, I'm here..."

"Bella?" even his thoughts sounded exhausted.

"Yes, darling. I'm sorry I was away so long. I'm back, and I'm not leaving again until this is finished. The pain is gone for good."

"Thank you.. So what happened? Are my parents okay?"

"Your parents are fine. More than fine really. Something pretty extraordinary has happened, actually. You'll never guess in a million years."

"Well, I may be around that long, but I don't want to waste all that time trying to guess, so why don't you just tell me."

"Smart-aleck."

"But you love me anyway."

"Oh, yes, my darling, I do love you. So much!"

"I love you too. Now, why don't you tell me what happened."

"Edward, as unlikely as it may be... It still hasn't really sunk in for me yet... I'm so amazed and so happy... I don't know what to say... It's just the most wonderful thing..."

"Bella, sweetheart, you're rambling. Right now, all I know is that something is amazing and wonderful and extraordinary and you're happy about it. What is 'it'?"

"A baby."

"A baby? What baby? Whose baby is it? Is it one of our friends from school?"

"No, no, Edward, nothing like that. It's ours, yours and mine."

"Ours? What do you mean ours? Someone is giving us a... baby?"

"In a way, I guess someone is. God gave us a baby; a miracle. Our baby."

"... What?"

"Edward, on graduation night, when we made love for your birthday-graduation gift, I got pregnant."

"... Pregnant?"

"Yes, pregnant. It's a miracle. And now, we're going to have a baby."

"A baby? We're having a baby? But you said you couldn't have children; that vampires couldn't have children. That's why you left me, because you could never give me a child. I don't understand."

"That's why it's a miracle that I got pregnant."

I proceeded to tell him Carlisle's theory on vampire pregnancies. He waited patiently as I told him everything that had happened in Carlisle's study earlier today.

"There was just one problem; while I was able to get pregnant, there is absolutely no way for me to carry a child. My vampire body simply doesn't change. I have no blood to nurture a baby. So we came up with a solution.

"What will you do? Or what did you do?"

"We needed a surrogate, a human woman to carry our unborn child."

"And you found someone? A human surrogate, in such short a time?"

"Actually, she volunteered."

"She volunteered? Who was it? Someone from Forks? Do I know her?"

"Yes, darling, you know her very well. Much better than I do, actually."

"Who is it?"

"Your mother."

"...."

"Edward?"

"Did you just say... my... mother?"

"Yes, your mother volunteered to be our surrogate, and according to Alice, the implantation was successful; your mother is now pregnant with our baby."

"Is this safe for her? I mean, she's just now getting better."

"According to her medical records, she is in perfect health. And she insisted on doing it. She said this was the only chance for her and your father to ever have a grandchild, and she's right. This is the one and only chance."

"A baby... I'm gonna be a dad?!"

"Yes. And I'm going to be a mother. Are you happy about it?

Of course I'm happy. I feel as if I've been given the most precious gift possible – a child with the woman I love. I just hope that the baby and Mom will be alright.

Alice has seen it, and she says everything will be fine. And she wants to know if we want to know the sex of the baby. Apparently, she knows."

"I don't know... do you want to know?"

"Only if you do. It might be fun to be surprised."

"And I don't really care, because our little girl will look just like her mother."

"Impossible; because our son is going to look just like his father."

"Daughter..."

"Son..."

"Should we ask Alice to settle this argument?"

"What, and spoil our fun? No way."

A/N: Okay, I've packed up the blow-up mattress, but I've kept the fainting sofa. Never know when I might need that thing, after all, RPattz may decide to visit someday and I'll need somewhere to land when I pass out.

Okay, how did you like that little explanation? I had some interesting theories from some of my reviewers, but only one came close – ttyyyytt! She had it almost figured out, but even she didn't guess everything. So, tell me you hate it or you love it, but either way, you'll have to admit that, given the parameters of SMs world, it does work. Doesn't it?

Let me know what you think... Please.

Still listening to Kings of Leon, but I've changed the song to "Knocked Up". Wonder why? Still have crush on Nathan Followill because of my birthday tweet, and love me some Casey James! I'm gonna write a story about Casey! He's on the same level of sexy as RPattz. - No Kidding! In case you don't know who Casey James is, go check out the American Idol website and listen to him sing "Jealous Guy" from last week. That song alone deserves a story!

Next chapter posting soon.

Remember, I really love you guys…

** May all your dreams be filled with Edward **

** BM **