Poor Edward! Caught between a rock and a protective Charlie :(

Bella's POV

Tomorrow was Christmas and I was officially out of time.

I had to tell my dad about the baby as soon as possible because none of my pants did up any more and soon enough I wouldn't be able to hide it from anyone.

Rose had gone with Ali and brought me a belly band that attached to my normal pants allowing me to keep wearing them but that was really only a stop gap and Emmett had left a sweater here and I had claimed it and now practically lived in it because it hid almost my entire body really well.

I hadn't had any more bleeding and I had done what I was told, I'd rested and taken it easy and it was driving me insane.

I must have really freaked my dad out because he limited my visitors and had made me switch my phone off.

His behaviour made telling him the truth harder.

"Bella are you listening to me?" Rose's voice interrupted my thoughts and I shook my head and said "Sorry sis, I was a million miles away" she smirked and said "Not a million miles away more like twenty minutes and a tattooed body away."

I smacked her arm lightly and said "Is it that obvious? That I'm thinking about Edward, I mean?"

Rose reached out a hand and rubbed light circles over my baby bump, which I had just shown her, saying "You were touching your stomach with this far off look in your eyes. I put two and two together and arrived at Edward."

I nodded and said "I was thinking about him and this problem" I waved a hand down at my exposed belly before continuing "and I've decided that when dad gets home tonight I'm gonna tell him about the baby. I can't go around wearing Emmett's sweater all the time people are going to start talking about us"

Rose smiled and said "Dad asked me about that actually. Don't stress I just told him that you'd put on weight and that you were trying to hide it"

I chuckled and whacked her lightly "I love you sis, you know that right. No matter what happens with dad I will always be there for you"

I welled up as she drew me into a tight cuddle and I murmured into her shoulder "Love you too Rosey Posey, love you too."

We continued watching our Supernatural marathon as we waited for Dad to get home.

The closer the clock ticked towards five o'clock the more agitated I became until Rose paused the DVD and said "Don't tell him. I mean obviously you have to tell him but maybe you should wait. Your birthday is in two weeks and maybe once you're legally an adult than he ... nah he is gonna flip his shit and there is nothing you can say or do that will stop that."

She smiled sadly over at me and I could feel tears welling in my eyes but cut them off as the sound of Dad's car in the drive.

Rose quickly pressed play on the remote and we turned our attention back to Sam and Dean, trying to seem normal.

That lasted until Dad opened the front door and called our names "Rose, Bella can you girls come into the lounge" I looked at Rose questioningly but she just shrugged and yelled "Already there Dad."

We waited with Sam and Dean playing in the background for Dad to come in and when he did he wasn't alone.

Cora was with him.

Rose frowned before raising one eyebrow in question, looking between Dad and Cora and when I said "Hey Cora" it became a triangle tennis match.

I sighed, rolling my eyes, and said "Rose, this is Cora. She was my nurse while I was in the hospital."

Rose nodded slowly but I could tell that she was still struggling to make the connection but I didn't want to steal Dad's thunder so I just shrugged and looked at Dad.

He swallowed hard and said "Rosie, I'd like you to meet Cora, my girlfriend" Rose snorted and said "Yeah right, your girlfriend" she looked at me, I screwed my mouth up and just looked back at her.

She stopped laughing and sat quietly staring at the two adults in the room.

When no-one jumped out yelling "you've been Punk'd" she just exhaled sharply and said "It's nice to meet you Cora. Are you staying for tea?"

I could see that her attempt at civility was more than Cora had hoped for when she smiled, albeit wetly, and said "I'd love to stay for tea, Rosalie, if that isn't too much of a drama for you girls."

I shook my head and said "There's plenty there and you're more than welcome to stay"

I could see my Dad relaxing visibly and was grateful that Rose reacted better than he expected; I continued and said "I'm glad he's finally gotten around to bringing your relationship into the light Cora. It's obvious that you make him happy."

Cora grinned and opened her mouth to speak but Rose interrupted her "Sorry but I just want to put this out there. I'm under no delusion that my Dad is a sexually active adult and that he has been alone for a long time and I'm glad that he's found someone but I'm telling you now, if you hurt him I'll kill you."

Both Cora and Dad started spluttering and talking over one another but Rose just raised her hand and said "I'm not saying I'm unhappy; I am stoked, Dad, that you have finally found someone who you can see yourself with, what I'm saying is that if you make him regret putting himself out there, I'll be pissed off. I want to like you, I want him happy but I won't stand for him being hurt."

I could see Dad's face changing colour and I knew that an explosion wasn't far away but what did surprise me was the fact that Cora put a restraining hand on my fathers' shoulder and said "Charlie, it's okay, I understand where she's coming from.

My Dad died when I was seven and then when I was sixteen my Mum started dating again. I hated him for a long time thinking he was trying to replace my Dad. It wasn't until they got married and I moved away that I realised just how happy they actually were. My mother died three years later and he killed himself because he couldn't live with her. I know the feeling and I know my story seems a little morbid but the message behind it is; I didn't know what was best for my mother, and it's the same for you and your Dad, he is an adult and even as adults we make mistakes but what I'm hoping you get out of that story is life is short and you won't be happy all the time it's about taking the chance to be happy."

When Cora stopped talking Rose nodded, turned to Dad and said "Mum would like her."

I breathed out a sigh and so did Dad.

Three weeks had passed since the hospital and Christmas and the New Year had come and gone and I was now almost sixteen weeks pregnant and I was also now eighteen.

I hadn't celebrated my birthday, claiming that I didn't want to over work my body.

When in actual fact I hadn't wanted to risk getting out of Emmett's gigantic sweatshirt and having people see my ever thickening waistline.

My life had levelled out since my trip to the hospital.

Dad and Cora had made it official and now everyone knew they were together and I wouldn't be surprised if he asked her to marry him sooner rather than later.

Rose had started college and had been home for Christmas but had had to go back just a few days later.

She rung me every day to see how I was doing and she made the effort to come home once a week to come with me to see Carlisle for my checkups, he gave me the all clear saying my body had healed very well.

I saw Edward at each of those appointments, and he rung me at least twice a day, he asked all the right questions and expressed all the right concerns but I felt like he was slipping away and my heart was breaking but my head was telling me that it was a good thing.

It didn't help that my hormones had kicked in and I seemed overly horny all the time.

I wanted sex and it took all my self control not to jump Edward's bones.

When school started back up I was less than enthusiastic, actually I started hating school more and more as the days passed.

Everyone seemed to be looking at me and whispering, even though I know they couldn't know it felt like they did.

Days like today, when Alice wasn't here, it was worse.

I couldn't handle walking the halls by myself so I ditch school and head home.

I know I've got the house to myself because Dad's at work all day.

The house is too quiet with just me in it.

Climbing the stairs to my room I strip the extra layers from my body, I kicked my shoes and jeans off my body grateful for the alone time so that I didn't have to hide my swollen stomach.

I rubbed my palm over the hard little bump that now extended outward from my body.

I switched my iPod on feeling the notes flow through my body.

I moved around my room and tidied what little mess I actually had in there.

I opened my top bedside draw to put my change away and stop dead.

Staring mockingly up at me was the purple vibrator that I'd brought that day with Rose and Alice.

I reached out my hand running one finger along the ridged edge, comparing the length of the vibrator to Edward and just thinking about Edward's cock made my heart beat quicken and moisture pooling between my thighs.

I knew the feel of my own body and I had masturbated before I had had sex but now it felt incomplete.

I now knew the feel of a long, thick penis moving inside me and my fingers just didn't have the same effect any more.

I picked up the purple toy and pressed the buttons, the soft whirring of the toy made me feel more agitated.

I climbed up on my bed and lent back against my pillows.

Images of the things Edward has done to me in the past flooded my brain and I let my body just feel.

I ran my hands up over my body, cupping my breasts and lightly tugging on my nipples.

Warmth spread through my abdomen and I could feel wetness gathering between my legs.

I slipped my panties off, running my hands up my legs and let one dip between them.

The wetness there surprised me; I gathered some on my fingers and rubbed my clit.

A shaft of pleasure shot through me as I quickened my pace, occasionally sliding my fingers inside my pussy.

My breathing hitched, picking up the vibe I pushed it into my wet folds, the vibrating thumb pressed against my swollen clit and made me moan and writhe.

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