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Chapter Thirty-Seven

Everything is going to Change

CPOV

I had been more than a little surprised, when I pulled up to my house after my shift ended, to find Alice's car in the driveway. Earlier that morning she had assured me they wouldn't be back until late, but it was only just past two. I wondered what had happened to change her plans. Had Bella gotten tired and asked to come home early? Was there a problem with Alice's' car? Stepping out of my car and walking toward the house, I could hear the steady beat of my Bella's heart.

Making my way inside, I could tell both Alice and Bella were upstairs. I briefly wondered where Jasper was, as he rarely went anywhere without Alice and when she was out on her own or with Bella, he usually stayed home. I placed my keys and wallet on the table by the door then striding toward the stairs, my curious growing with each step I had only gotten about half way up when I heard Bella give a loud gasp of "Oh my God," followed by a soft, "Bella, Carlisle's home," from Alice.

Now I was more curious than ever, what exactly was going on with those two? Once I reached the upstairs landing, Alice's bedroom door slowly creaked open. Bella stood in the doorway, with a very uncertain expression on her beautiful face. I could clearly see tears forming in her eyes.

"Bella?" I was by her side in a flash. "Are you okay?"

She said nothing but fell into my arms, then nodding her head against my chest. "Can we go to your room?"

"Of course." I gave a quick glance at Alice over Bella's shoulder. She gave me a small smile before whispering that she needed to find Jasper, then heading down the stairs.

Once in my room, we sat down on the edge of my own bed I reached to take her hand only to find it grasped around something. A small, thin piece of plastic poked out between her thumb and forefinger. She gave a small sniffle, her gaze falling to her lap.

"Bella, sweetheart what's going on?"

She gave the tiniest sigh before slowly raising her head, her brown tear-filled eyes met my own. "Carlisle," she whispered, "I have something to tell you and... I-I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

"What is it?" I asked, slowly trying to ignore the sudden fear that was sweeping over me.

Dozens of possibilities circulated through my mind. Some, while not ideal, would have been easy enough to deal with, like if she decided it best to tell her father about vampires now rather than wait for Esme to do so. Or was it something much more difficult to accept? Had she decided she no longer wanted to become an immortal?

With a long deep breath she extended her arm and slowly opened her fingers revealing what she had clutched in her hand.

What my eyes beheld would forever change my life- our lives.

A small, white, plastic stick, with a small circular window rested in her palm and in the center of that window was a dark blue, and very clear plus sign.

"Carlisle." My eyes moved quickly back to hers, "I'm pregnant."

I stopped breathing; the need for such mechanics suddenly lost at her words. Pregnant. Bella was pregnant. She was having a baby… my baby.

While we were taking precautions against something like this happening, I still thought the possibility impossible. My body, for all intents and purposes, had stopped its reproductive functions the day I was changed, over four and a half centuries ago or at least that was what I had always assumed.

"Are you upset?"

Bella's whispered words pulled me from my thoughts, her beautiful eyes wide with worry.

"Oh, my sweet Bella," I cooed, pulling her gently into my arms. "Of course not. I simply surprised, incredibly surprised."

"You're not the only one," she sighed. "But," her eyes then met mine, a small smile pulling at her lips. "Maybe it's not such a bad thing. I mean I know the timing sucks, but… I kind of like the idea of having a little us."

A little us. It sounded almost too good to be true.

I had given up the idea of having a biological family of my own long ago. Yes, I lived in hope that I would one day find my mate, and after centuries I had. But a child, a child of my own flesh and- well, venom was simply put, a miracle.

Still, I had concerns. This baby would be half me, half vampire and Bella, as strong as she can be, when it comes down to it, she is still a frail, easily broken, human.

Knowing that this wasn't the time to express such things, I returned her smile, placing a soft kiss on her forehead.

Sighing, she pressed her head against my chest and dropping the small, plastic pregnancy test on the bed beside her, she wrapped her arms around me, cuddling her body into my own.

"My dad's going to have a coronary," Bella said with light laugh, though the situation was far from humorous.

"Yes, I can imagine his reaction will be less the pleasant."

She snorted, and raised her head to look me in the eye, "It's a lucky thing you're bullet proof."

While I don't believe Charlie would attempt to actually shoot me, I had no doubt he would be far from happy that his eighteen year old daughter was unmarried and pregnant. Of course the unmarried aspect was something that could be remedied, and hopefully soon.

"Bella, if you feel comfortable, considering the circumstances of the pregnancy, perhaps it would be best if I act as your OB/GYN."

"That's probably a good idea," she answered, taking a long, deep, cleansing breath. "Carlisle, does Esme know about my rapid healing or… why?" she blushed fiercely at her last word and I found myself unable to avoid giving a small chuckle.

"I believe she once said that Charlie casually mentioned that you seem to be getting around a lot better, and so yes, she did ask me if I'd noticed as well." In truth I doubted Charlie was the only one in the Swan household that noticed Isabella's sudden recovery; Esme just isn't at the point that she would openly admit such a thing. "Why do you ask?"

"Well," she began, "As far as most vampires are concerned reproducing is kind of impossible, so if we just announce to my dad and Esme that I'm pregnant without out giving her any sort of pre-warning she may… um…"

"Come to the wrong conclusion." I quickly finished her thought. She nodded against my chest as she snuggled deeper into my arms. "I can see why you would think that." I placed a soft kiss on her hair before continuing. "I did briefly tell her that your sudden, rapid healing began after the first night we were intimate, she wasn't very eager to hear further details."

Bella laughed as she raised her head so our eyes met. "So how do you think we should go about telling her?" she asked.

"I can explain the situation to Esme in private, before we tell Charlie," I offered, "perhaps when you're at school tomorrow, unless of course you would like to be there as well."

She laughed and shook her head, "No, I'll leave that to you."

It truth it probably was better if I explained the situation to Esme alone. Honestly I had no idea how she would take the news, and I didn't want Isabella getting caught up in the middle of it if her reaction was less then pleasant. Placing another soft kiss on her hair, I found my hands drifting down to her stomach, my fingers spreading across her abdomen. My child was in there, growing. I wondered how long it would be before I would hear his heartbeat. With a Doppler it could be heard as early as 9 weeks, and my advanced hearing was just as sufficient. Even if she had conceived on our first night together, which is highly likely, then the baby was only about five weeks along.

"Carlisle," my gaze moved to hers at the sound of my whispered name, "can I say with you tonight?"

"Of course you can, love." I replied with a kiss to her brow.

"Thanks, I don't think I could face Charlie right now. You know how bad of a liar I am, he'll know something's up."

"Yes, but we should tell him soon, and your mother."

Bella groaned, "Renee's going to flip. Yea, Charlie will be pissed but he'll get over it, but my mom…"

"I'm sure it'll be okay." I attempted to comfort her, moving to rub small circles on her back. "I'm sure in time both your parents will come to see the baby to be as much of a blessing as you and I do."

Sitting up in my arms she gave me a small, unsure smile, "I want this baby, more than anything, but… this changes everything."

She couldn't have been more right. It changed a lot, and even though I was looking forward to being a father, I was still concerned about Isabella's safety. So far the pregnancy seemed normal, but with time, who knew what the growing half-vampire fetus would do to her small, frail, human, body.

"Whatever happens, we will get though it together." I sealed my promise with a soft kiss.

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EPOV

Carlisle had texted me letting me know that Bella would be staying at his house that evening. Needless to say, Charlie wasn't exactly thrilled, knowing full well that his daughter wasn't simply hanging out with Alice when she was there. But he also knew she was an adult, and if it came down to it, if he pushed it, Bella would choose Carlisle over him. Plus, I did remind him that he all but gave his approval, when it came to her spending the night with him, by having her stay with him the entire week of Christmas. He shut up after that, at least for the most part.

Carlisle also mentioned that he had something extremely important to discuss with me and that he would come by the following day after Charlie left for work. I wondered if it had to do with the wolves. Perhaps Jasper had heard something, or Alice had had a vision. Maybe it was about Bella's mother visiting, was he afraid I would react badly to the woman who'd abandoned my Charlie. Okay, so I may be a little bitter about that, but when it came down to it was her loss and my gain.

After Charlie was fast asleep I snuck out of bed, quickly rushing out to the woods to hunt. I had to feed a lot more then I normally did, in order to keep my eyes a consistent shade of gold. Charlie had already mentioned, on a couple of occasions, that my eyes seemed darker than usual. I would brush him off and just say I didn't get enough sleep and then wait until he was in bed, or at work, then quickly go hunt. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep up the charade forever, and in truth I didn't want to, but I'd promised Carlisle I would wait until his human graduated, and I would.

After draining a deer and an elk I made my way back home. As much as I'd been putting up with drinking animal blood for Charlie's sake, there were times when I really wanted to cheat on my diet. Just the other day I was in town grocery shopping. I hadn't fed in almost a week, and I came across the most delicious scent. I think the only reason I didn't go for the kill was became the human was a young teenage girl. I didn't go for feeding on innocent humans. I only killed those who deserved it. Making my way back upstairs, I found Charlie was still fast asleep. As I crawled into bed, he seemed to instinctively wrap his arms around me, nuzzling his nose into the crook of my neck. Even after a hot shower he still smelled like fish. He had spent most of the day at the reservation fishing with Billy and Harry. He had asked me to come, but for obvious reasons I'd declined. I could tell he was a bit disappointed, but I would make it up to him.

Charlie snorted in his sleep then mumbling something along the lines of, 'catfish in my pants'. I smiled into his skin before kissing his warm cheek. I was well aware that both my husband and Bella talked in their sleep, but nothing could have prepared me for the next words that came from his slumbering form.

"Cold ones… don't care, love her…"

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BPOV

The ride to school the next day was done in silence. Alice stared straight ahead as she drove and I gazed blankly at the passenger's side window. Jasper would not be attending school with us that day as he would be spending it painfully reattaching his limbs. Alice had told him about the baby. His reaction hadn't been what I'd hoped. Against his wife's wishes he told me and Carlisle his true feelings. At first he simply stated concerns similar to Carlisle's, in that he was worried my body would not be able to handle carrying a half-immortal baby; but then he brought up the Volturi. He was quite adamant that if they found out about the baby, and by any chance considered it to be an Immortal Child, they would kill not only the baby, but also anyone that was involved, directly or indirectly, if they felt like it. This not only included Carlisle and myself, but also Jasper and Alice.

It was what he said next that caused him to temporarily lose his right arm and leg. He looked first at Carlisle and then at me, his golden gaze firm and actually a bit frightening. "I think it best for all concerned if you end the pregnancy."

What happened next was almost too quick for me to see. I heard Carlisle gasp and then growl, and then there was a roar. It was so loud and fierce, if I hadn't known better, I would have thought there was a lion in the room. I had never heard anything like that come from Carlisle before, and to be perfectly honest it scared me to hear it. The next thing I knew I was whisked across the room and gently pushed against the wall by Alice, her small frame standing in front of me in a protective stance.

I heard a loud crack and caught a glimpse of half the coffee table going flying into the kitchen. "Carlisle, don't make me hurt you, back down." I heard Jasper call out. But Carlisle did not respond with words, but instead lunged at Jasper, successfully grasping his arm, twisting it until there was a long splintering sound that reminded me of the sound when Charlie used and ax to cut firewood.

Jasper screamed in pain, and Alice let out a tearless sob, but didn't move to help her husband.

"How dare you! HOW DARE YOU!" Carlisle screamed. "You threaten to kill my child, MY MATE, to protect yourself!"

I had no idea where this was coming from. I hadn't heard him say that. "Alice, what he talking about?"

She sniffled and shook her head. "He said it so low you couldn't hear it. He said that if Carlisle didn't get rid of the baby he would… by any means necessary, and if that meant taking you down too, he would. He didn't mean it, Bella," she whispered through the sobs. "He's just scared, he'll regret his words by morning."

I believed Alice, I would never bet against her, but at that moment it was hard to think that way. At that moment I hated Jasper as much as Carlisle did, and if I had been able I probably would have tried to kick his ass, too. The fighting continued as the two men all battled, destroying much of the downstairs in the process. Carlisle's face was fractured, lines like cracks in marble ran down the side of his handsome face, but quickly healed. Jasper, despite having one less limb was still going strong.

Carlisle yelled for Alice to get me out of the there, but she refused. She said I needed to see this and that she would keep me safe. Before it was over Carlisle was thrown through the kitchen wall and into the island; he was also bitten by Jasper several. Bites that I had no doubt hurt like hell, by the way he screamed when he received them. Carlisle never once bit Jasper, but he did manage to remove another one of his limbs, and that was when Jasper surrendered.

Alice took Jasper and his extracted limbs out of the house and into the woods. They didn't return for several hours.

Carlisle took me upstairs, as there was no longer anywhere to sit in the living room, what was left of it. "I'll never forgive him." He sighed, collapsing on the edge of his bed, his head in his hands, dejected.

Truthfully I didn't want to either, but maybe in time I would. I hoped I would. I had come to think of Jasper like the brother I'd always wanted and I really didn't want to lose that.

As we pulled into the school parking lot, I was incredibly tempted to tell Alice to turn the car around. I really didn't feeling facing anyone today, not classmates, not teachers, no one. Despite the nine hours of sleep I'd gotten, I felt more exhausted than ever. Despite my dark mood, I forced myself out of the car, hitched my backpack further up on my shoulder, and headed off to my first class.

A/N: So there you go, Bella is very much pregnant, Jasper is being a ass and Charlie knows about the Cold Ones. Exciting chapter huh? Well, please review and I will do my best to update again soon.