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Chapter 38 .. Bella

"Alright Bella, it looks like everything is perfectly fine. You haven't had any pains right?"

Carlisle moved his stool in front of me and sat down as I sat up and pulled my shirt back down.

I shook my head, "No unusual pains."

He jotted something down on his clipboard, then raised an eyebrow. "Unusual pains? What kind of pain have you been experiencing?"

I shrugged, "It's not bad. Just when the baby kicks, it kicks hard, and sometimes it can get a little painful, but it's mainly just uncomfortable for a little while until he calms down."

He nodded, "That's very natural. At this stage of a pregnancy, it's very common for the baby to kick a lot. It's just now finding out how to move around. Sometimes it's there way of telling you they are OK and can move. It's a strange way, I know, but it's the baby's way. Just think about it this way, as long as the baby is kicking, things are alright. Now if the kicks start to get extremely painful and erratic, that's something we need to worry about. It hasn't been like that right?"

I shook my head, "No, it's kinda just in one spot that I'll feel the kicks. It'll stop after a little while, especially when Jasper comes around."

Edward and I both laughed a little and Carlisle smiled, "Well, you do know that, by now, the baby is pretty aware of it's surroundings. It knows your voice, and by now it knows Edward is it's father, and since you live with Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, I'd be willing to bet it knows them as family as well. Also, sometimes it might not even be kicking. Did you know your baby get the hiccups?"

I smiled and shook my head. "No, I didn't know that."

He nodded, "If you feel a dull knock like feeling, it's the baby hiccuping. It might not happen often, and it's hard to tell the difference between a hiccup and a small kick, but if it happens a lot, you just might be able to tell."

I turned to look at Edward and saw him smile, "That's pretty cool."

Carlisle smiled and nodded, "One more thing I wanted to talk to you about." He looked back down at his chart.

"You've been gaining most of your weight in this past month and a half, and while that's good, you still haven't gained as much as we'd have liked you too."

I sighed and nodded, "I'm doing everything you and Edward have told me to do."

He nodded and looked up, "Oh, I don't doubt you have been, it's just at this point in a pregnancy, how much weight you have gained effects how much weight the baby has gained. Right now, at about thirty-two weeks pregnant, we predict the baby's weight to be about three pounds. With a pregnancy like this, we'd like to hope maybe it would be a bit higher.."

Before he could say anything else I cut in, "Carlisle, just be honest with me. Stop saying a pregnancy like this and just tell me the truth. I need to hear the truth."

He sighed and nodded, "When I say a pregnancy like this, I mean a pregnancy with risk. Risk being that you're in danger of early labor and complications during delivery, things like that. As of this check up, I don't see anything wrong. I don't see any signs of trauma or complications. You're doing really great, but the fact of the matter is that the risks are still there, and they can happen at any time if not properly taken care of."

I looked over at Edward and he nodded, "How much should the baby weigh with her condition?"

Carlisle shrugged, "We'd like it to be anywhere between four and five pounds, and it shouldn't be too hard to get the baby there."

I cut in again, "You mean, I've gained almost thirty pounds and the baby only weighs three of that?"

Carlisle chuckled and nodded, "Yes. Unfortunately Bella the baby doesn't take much of that weight."

I sighed, "Well, how do we get the baby to the proper weight?"

He reached over and grabbed a bottle, "These are vitamins. They should help the baby by going straight to where they are needed."

I nodded and took the bottle. Great, more vitamins I had to keep track of taking. Then something crossed my mind. "Carlisle, can I ask you a question?"

He nodded and smiled, "Of course honey."

"If I were to, um, get pregnant again, in the future, will it be like this?" I started biting on my bottom lip.

He shook his head, "No. We're going to take all precautions we can to make certain this does not happen again Bella. I promise, we'll do our best to make any other pregnancy you might have an easy pregnancy."

I nodded, "Thank you."

Then I felt Edwards hand tighten around mine. I looked up at him and smiled.

"You're very welcome Bella, the only think I ask of, is next time you get pregnant, come straight to me right away. Even if you're not sure you're pregnant, come to me anyway. We'll do everything we can to prevent this from happening again."

Edward and I both nodded and as Carlisle talked about a couple other things, the only thing I could concentrate on was Edward's hand on mine. I couldn't help but really hope we'd have another chance at this. Another chance to just have a normal pregnancy. One where we could enjoy the weeks that went by, and learn about the baby, instead of worrying about how much medicine I have to take, or how many doctors visits we have to schedule. A pregnancy that doesn't revolve around constant worry about our baby.

I really hoped the next child we decide to have can come into this world in a joyful way.

I knew, with all my heart, that I was going to love this baby, no questions asked. But to know that I'm going through so much, and Edward's going through so much, and the baby is going through god knows what, is hard.

In a way, I couldn't wait for this to just be over with and have my baby safe in my arms, but another part of me wanted to be able to enjoy being pregnant. That wasn't going to happen, so for right now I just had to follow Carlisle's orders and take care of myself. I needed to focus more on my health and the baby's health then enjoying anything.

"Bella?"

I turned my head to look at Edward. "Yes?"

"You alright?" He gazed down at me, eyes filled with worry.

I nodded, "I'm fine. Are we done?"

He looked over to Carlisle and Carlisle handed him some papers and then told us it was alright to leave.

Edward took hold of my hand and gently led me out of the room and to the elevator.

"You sure you're alright?" Edward pressed the button for the lobby and leaned back against the wall with me.

I nodded and smiled up at him. "I'm fine."

He smiled back and squeezed my hand. We walked out of the elevator together and into the parking lot.

"So, you wanna go grab some lunch, or do some shopping?" He opened my door for me.

I shrugged, "Lunch sounds good."

He smiled and shut the door after I was in.

"Diner?" He climbed in his seat and started the car, turning to look at me for a moment.

I nodded, "Yeah."

We drove through town to the diner we'd spent so much time at when we were in high school. When things were easier. Life was simpler. We weren't worried about anything.

We pulled up to the diner and headed inside to grab a quick lunch.

We ordered and sat in comfortable silence until the food came. When we were done, Edward asked for the check and leaned forward. "So, I have a surprise for you." He pushed his plate away from him and to the end of the table.

I groaned, "You know I hate surprises Edward."

He smiled and shrugged, "I know, but this one will be fun, I promise."

I shook my head, "What is it?" I pushed my plate away from me too and leaned back against the booth.

He smiled and reached across the table to take my hand, "I'm not telling. You know I don't give away surprises."

I leaned forward and squeezed his hand, "You could make an exception." I gave him my best smile and made an attempt to bat my eyelashes. "Please?"

He just stared at me for a moment, then shook his head quickly, "No. Stop it. You'll ruin my surprise love."

I sighed and shrugged, "I tried."

The waitress came back with our bill and Edward got up to pay it, then walked with me out to the parking lot.

"So, what are we doing today?"

He opened my door and I climbed inside. When he was in his seat, he turned slightly to look at me, "Well, I was hoping you'd still be up for clothes shopping."

I smiled and nodded, "Of course. As long as we're talking about clothes for the baby, I'm fine."

He chuckled and started the car, pulling out and driving down the street.

"Esme and Alice told me about a small baby store just down the road. We can try there first and if you don't find anything, we can always go to Port Angeles." He reached over the center console for my hand. He gave it a gentle squeeze and smiled.

I just shook my head, "I'm sure we'll be able to find everything we need. No need to drive that far."

I laid my head back and rested my eyes for a couple moments. Today had been a long day already, and it was only two in the afternoon. The doctors appointment took longer than either of us thought and I just felt emotionally drained after all Carlisle had to say. It's hard to hear that your pregnancy isn't a normal one, and it's even harder to hear that your baby isn't growing the way they hoped.

And the saddest part of all of this, is I was only nineteen. But I didn't feel nineteen anymore.

"Bella, can I ask you a question?"

I opened my eyes and looked over at Edward. I noticed the car was off and we were in a parking space downtown.

I nodded, "Of course."

He turned toward me and took my other hand in his. "What are you thinking?"

I creased my eyebrows, "What do you mean?

"What are you thinking about right now?" His eyes seemed like they were trying to pull something from me. "You look upset. What were you just thinking about?"

I broke our gaze and looked down at my lap. It was much easier to think clearly when I wasn't being dazzled by his intense green eyes.

I shrugged, "I don't know."

He let one of my hands go and moved his hand up to my chin, gently pulling it to the side so I would look at him, "Tell me the truth Bells, what were you thinking about. It's alright to tell me, because I was probably thinking the same thing."

I took a deep breath through my nose and sighed, "I'm only nineteen Edward."

He nodded, "And this is so much for someone so young?"

I nodded with him, "Well of course."

He leaned a bit closer and pursed his lips. "I'm sorry love."

"It's not your fault Edward." I leaned forward too and smiled a little, "We didn't do anything wrong."

He nodded, "I know, but if we didn't do anything wrong, why are we going through this?"

I shrugged, "I don't know Edward, but we only have eight more weeks until my due date. We can survive eight more weeks, right?"

He nodded, "Yeah. I hope."

I gave him a smile and squeezed his hands, then leaned forward, closing the gap and kissing him quick before having to sit back in my seat. The baby was kicking again.

I put my hand on my stomach and rubbed soothing circles, trying to calm him down.

Edward caught on and put a hand on my stomach right above mine. He pushed gently and continued to rub circles across the top of my stomach.

"Can I ask one more thing?"

I looked up at him and nodded, "Ask anything Edward."

He nodded slowly and looked into my eyes. "Do you regret anything?"

I looked at him confused, "What would I regret?"

He shrugged, "Me. Being with me, marrying me, starting a family with me."

I felt tears prick my eyes as I shook my head. The tears started falling and quickly. "Edward, why.." I took a deep breath, trying to keep the tears at bay for a moment longer. "Why would I ever regret anything?"

He shrugged and reached forward with his free hand to cup my face, "Don't cry love."

I felt the tears fall down my cheeks. "Why would you think I'd regret that?"

He leaned forward and pressed his lips to my forehead, "I didn't imply you did. I just wanted to know, do you?"

I shook my head, "No."

"Never?" He moved his hand down my jawline to the side of my neck. "This is all my fault. I made us grow up too fast."

I pulled away from him and stared at him in disbelief. "What are you talking about?"

He shrugged again, "It's my fault we're in this situation. I asked you to marry me, and I drove us to Vegas, and I didn't talk to you about having kids when I knew I should have. Do you know how long I wanted to talk to you about children and a family, but I kept putting it off? Then we found out you were pregnant, and I figured it was too late. Then all of this happened and I didn't know what to do. I should have talked to you about it Bella, and we'd have found some way to prevent it until we were ready."

I nodded and brought his hand to my lap, "I know. But if you remember right, I agreed to marry you, and I drove part of the way to Vegas, and I wanted to talk to you about kids too, but I didn't. I figured we had enough to do already and once things settled down a bit, we'd discuss it further. Nothing that has happened to us is any of your fault." I squeezed his hand on my lap and smiled a little, trying to reassure him. "You're right, we did grow up too fast, but ask me if I'd change anything about our relationship? Ask me if I'd change our marriage."

He smiled a little, "Would you change anything? If you really could?"

I shook my head, "Not in a million years Edward would I change anything about our relationship. Would I change what happened to our baby? Yes, if I could, I would. But I wouldn't change getting pregnant. It might have happened too soon, but I wouldn't change it. Apparently someone thought we were ready." I chuckled a little and watched Edward's face. He smiled and nodded slowly, more to himself.

"I wouldn't change anything either. I don't regret this baby Bella, I just wish it wouldn't have happened this way. I wish we didn't have to worry about it so much." He looked to the side, toward the steering wheel. "Does that make me a bad father? Saying I don't want to have to worry about my child."

I shook my head and reached over to grip his arm, "No. It doesn't make you a bad father. You love our child, I can see that. I see it every time you touch my stomach or talk to it. I see it in your eyes that you really do love him."

He nodded and looked back at me. His eyes were happy, but troubled still. "I do love our baby Bella. I really do."

I smiled, "I know. Nothing is anyone's fault Edward. We didn't ask to be put in this situation, we just have to learn to get passed it, and we will. The baby will be alright, and I'll be alright, and when it's born we'll all be alright."

He sighed and nodded, "Yeah." Then he brought my hand to his lips and kissed my knuckles, "Ready to go baby shopping?"

I nodded and he leaned over for a quick kiss. Then he got out and jogged to my side, opening my door and helping me out of the car. I never realized pregnant women were so immobile.

We walked into the store and I felt Edward hold tight to my hand. I decided to take charge and I gently tugged him to a shelf of clothing. I picked up a few things and turned to show him. He smiled and nodded.

"Edward, I need words. What do you like?"

He shrugged, "Um, I don't know?"

I laughed and turned around, "Alright, well maybe we should pick a color first." I set the onesies down and turned back to him.

He looked momentarily baffled, but then shrugged, "Well, I thought the color was yellow?"

I nodded, "It is, but we can't buy everything yellow. The baby might go color blind."

He laughed and nodded, stepping forward. "Well, green is neutral right?"

I shrugged, "I guess. I think as long as nothing is pink, or blue, it's alright."

He picked up a blue onesie, "But I like blue. You wear blue."

I nodded, "Maybe a couple blue pieces.."

He smiled and we turned back to the shelf. Edward actually surprised me by picking out a bunch of the outfits and stuff. Then we moved onto the blankets.

We decided on a yellow and white blanket to match the white crib sheets. The yellow was subtle, but bright. I figured it would brighten the crib just right. The last thing I wanted was a dreary nursery room. I wanted the baby to be happy.

"You don't think we went over board on the yellow, do you?" Edward picked up a orange blanket and turned around.

"Um, I don't know." I thought back to all the yellow things we had. It didn't seem like a lot, but maybe once it was all in the same room, it would be too much.

"Maybe we should get two blankets, just in case. Do you like this one?" He held up the orange one and I nodded.

We picked out a couple more things, a couple stuffed animals and another set of sheets. Once we had everything we thought we needed, we took it all to the front and paid for it.

"Do you think we got everything?" Edward put the bags in the trunk and came to the side of the car. He leaned against the passenger door with me.

I shrugged, "I don't know. I think we did."

"Should we call Alice, or Esme?"

I shook my head and turned to the side, "No. We should do this on our own. It's our baby, and we're going to be raising it. We need to learn what we need and what we don't need."

He nodded and smiled, "Yeah. I guess so. So, we got all of the big things at the baby shower, and we got plenty of clothes, right?" He looked over to me and I nodded. "We got the bed, and the cradle, and some diapers, and monitors, car seat." He turned toward me. "I think everything is kind of covered, right?"

"Don't forget the monster Jeep." I smiled up at him and he laughed out loud.

Shaking his head, "No, cannot forget that."

I nodded, "Emmett won't let you."

"What are we going to do with that thing anyways?"

I shrugged, "Who knows."

Before Edward opened my door, I felt a slight pain in my stomach. It wasn't a sharp pain, more of a dull ache right at the bottom of my stomach. I sat down in the car and as Edward drove us home, I only felt it once more. I put my hand on my stomach and rubbed circles again, hoping the baby would stop kicking so hard.

Once we got back to Carlisle and Esme's house, Edward made us a quick dinner and we headed upstairs to watch a couple movies before bed.

The rest of the night the baby didn't really kick much more. The slight pain would appear every now and then, but once I put my hand on my stomach and started rubbing, it would dull down and stop.

The next morning I woke up and reached across the bed for Edward, only to come up short. The bed was still warm, but he wasn't in it. I sat up and looked around the room, rubbing the sleep from my eyes and looking for Edward.

He wasn't even in the room.

I climbed out of bed and walked across the room to the door. I opened it up and heard Edward's voice coming from downstairs, so I walked down the stairs slowly.

"Yes. I'm bringing my wife by to see it today." He paused for a moment as I got to the second flight of stairs. I walked halfway down and stopped, listening for his voice again, "I think she'll love it, but we'll have to wait and see. No, she's more into classic and traditional. Something simple."

What in the world was he talking about?

"We'll be there around ten. Of course. Thank you so much for doing this today. Alright, see you later. Bye."

I froze as I heard him hang up the phone and walk across the living room. When he came into sight, he walked toward the stairs, looking down.

I sat down, not knowing what else to do. I couldn't go back up the stairs, he'd see me. And I couldn't go down the stairs, he'd know I was listening. So what did I do? I sat there. Well nice sneak tactic Isabella!

He started jogging up the stairs and looked up, stopping in place when he saw me. "Bella? What are you doing sitting on the stairs?"

I bit on my bottom lip and shrugged, "Um.."

He smiled, narrowing his eyes at me and jogged the rest of the way up. "Were you eavesdropping on my conversation?"

I looked away from him and shook my head slowly, "Why would I do that?"

He laughed and sat down next to me, "Because you're too curious for your own good. How much did you hear?"

I shrugged, "Not enough to get any good information. Where are we going at ten?"

He smiled, "Go get ready and you'll see." He stood up, holding his hand out for me and leading me back up the stairs.

After a quick shower, I got dressed and hurried back down the stairs, well 'hurried' about as quick as a huge pregnant woman could hurry..

When I got into the kitchen, I saw Edward taking a pan off the stove. "Breakfast?"

I nodded and took a seat at the table. "Thank you. Is this your way of stalling me and keeping me busy until ten?"

He chuckled and made his own plate, sitting down next to me, "Possibly. Plus you need breakfast. So, no, not technically. I'm making sure you stay healthy."

I giggled and shook my head, "In other words, you're making up silly excuses in hopes that I just sit down and shut up instead of asking questions. Nice try Edward." I took a bite of the food and swallowed quickly. "Now, where are we going?"

He shook his head and ate his own food.

I sighed and took another bite. "Who are we meeting up with?"

He shook his head again and took another bite.

I was getting a bit aggravated, but it was obvious he wasn't going to tell me anything. So I ate my breakfast as fast as I could and stood up to carry my plate to the sink, but Edward stood up and stopped me.

"I'll get that love." He smiled down at me and took my plate, placing a kiss on my cheek before turning to walk into the kitchen.

I stalked behind him and followed him to the sink. "You know, you could at least tell me something."

He smiled and rinsed the dishes. "Be patient love. I promise, it's worth it." He put the dishes into the dishwasher and shut it, turning to me, he put both his hands on either of my arms and bent down to kiss my forehead. "I don't want to give anything away and I don't know how to give you a hint without blowing it all, so please, just go with it?"

I finally sighed and nodded, "Alright."

He smiled wider and moved down to kiss my lips. His lips lingered for longer than I was expecting and soon his arms were encircling around my waist. "Thank you." He smiled against the corner of my mouth and kissed me again. "I promise, you'll love it."

I closed my eyes and moved my lips with his, lifting my arms to wrap them around his neck.

Before I could take another breath, Edward had me gently pushed up against the counter and was pressed to me as close as he could get. One of his hands moved to rest on my stomach and the other was slowing trailing up my side to rest on the side of my neck.

As he started getting more into the kiss, I moved my hands to his chest and pushed gently. "Edward." I turned my head to the side and buried my face in the crook of his neck, kissing it quick then pulling away. "What time is it?"

He chuckled and pulled away, cupping my face in his hands and laying his forehead against mine. "So impatient, pretty girl."

I smiled and let my eyes close again. He was good at this distracting thing. I guess I was kinda thankful for that.

He placed a sweet kiss to the tip of my nose and pulled away a couple inches. "We can leave now if you'd like."

I nodded, "I want to know what the surprise is Edward."

He smiled down at me and nodded, "I know." Then he kissed me on the lips once more and moved his hands down to grasp both of mine. "Let's go."

I smiled wide and nodded quickly, "Yes!"

We walked into the garage, and climbed into the Volvo.

I sat impatiently in my seat until we pulled onto the road off the driveway and turned left. I had so many questions I wanted to ask. Like what in the world was the surprise, and why were we meeting up with someone? Why couldn't I at least have one hint?! Edward knew I despised surprises. I hated being left out of something. I wouldn't say I was constantly in the 'loop', per say, but I absolutely hated not knowing where I was headed.

I felt Edwards hand rest atop mine on the center console. "Bella," He squeezed gently as I looked over to him. "I want you to go into this with an open mind. Don't be hesitant because it's a surprise." He briefly looked over at me and smiled, "I want you to be serious about this. Please."

I nodded, "If this is something important, why are you trying to surprise me?"

He chuckled and leaned over, bringing the back of my hand to his lips and planting a soft kiss on it while still keeping his eyes on the road, "I'm not trying to surprise you. I am surprising you."

I jerked my hand back and narrowed my eyes. He laughed and reached back over for my hand, laying them on my lap.

He smiled wider and turned down a street I recognized. It wasn't too familiar to me, but I knew where I was at least. We were three streets down from the house I grew up in. I looked over at him and furrowed my brows. "Do we know anyone that lives over here?"

He shook his head. "No."

"Then what are we doing here Edward?"

He smiled again, "Couple more moments of patience love."

I groaned quietly and nodded, "You're severely testing my limit with you Mr. Cullen."

He chuckled and nodded, "I'm sorry, just a couple..more..minutes." He was looking out the front window to the right and squinting, seemingly trying to find an address. "Ah, here we are." He pulled into a driveway of a little, white house and parked. "Now, remember, be open Isabella."

I nodded slowly as he leaned over to kiss my cheek, then shut the car off and climbed out. When he got to my side of the car, he helped me out and shut the door.

"Alright, so are you going to tell me now?"

He smiled, "Come with me." He gently tugged my arm, leading me up the clean sidewalk to a set of three steps up to a small porch. "There's no railing, so be careful." We walked up the steps, him with one hand on my lower back and the other holding one of my hands.

We walked to the front door and Edward knocked. I heard a woman call out and soon she came to the door and opened it. She smiled brightly at us and stuck her hand out to me, "You must be Isabella. It is such a pleasure to meet you. Come on it please." She stepped to the side, shaking my hand lightly then letting it drop. "Nice to see you again Edward."

Edward nodded at her, "You too Carol."

I looked up at him as he led me into the house. I didn't know this woman, but clearly Edward did. I'd never met her or even heard of her before in my life. So how did he know her well enough to be invited to her house?

"I'm so glad you two could make it." She shut the door and smiled, moving to stand in front of us.

I got a moment to really look at her. Her clothes were very professional looking; pencil skirt with and ivory silk blouse. Her hair was put up neatly and she was wearing simple black pumps. She appeared very business like.

"Shall we start?"

Edward nodded, "Yes please. Before my lovely wife explodes at me."

The woman, Carol, nodded. "Right this way." She walked further into the house, through the small entry way that led directly into the living room.

She walked us into a big empty room and turned to look back at us. "The living room is a bit bigger than I first explained. We got all of the furniture out and cleaned everything up. We also replaced the carpet. It's a lot of white, but maybe a nice colored couch would make all the difference.." She smiled.

At this point, I was entirely confused. Why was she showing us a house? And why did I care what kind of couch was in the living room?

"Yeah, it would." Edward smiled down at me and squeezed my hand, gently rubbing his thumb across my knuckles.

Carol turned and walked through a big open walkway, gesturing to the right at what looked like a dining room, maybe? It was a small room, hidden barely with a half wall. It was about half the size of the spacious living room, but big enough for a formal dinning table.

"The table they had in here was only a four seated table, but this room can accommodate a much bigger one comfortably." She stood in the middle of the room, showing it off.

Edward, once again, nodded. And suddenly, it all hit me. She was showing us a house. Like actually, showing us a house. Like, something to live in; the two, soon-to-be three of us. She was a realtor. Well that would explain the fancy outfit.

I turned in Edward arm and widened my eyes as I looked up at him, "Edward, can I talk to you?!"

He looked down at me and smiled his crooked grin, "Remember, open minded."

"We should talk." I stared up at him, completely shocked he thought he would get me through his little 'tour' without me noticing.

He nodded, "We will. But will you please look at the rest of the house? I really want you to see the bedrooms."

I sighed, "Edward, why didn't you just tell me?"

He shrugged and lowered his voice, attempting to keep our conversation just that -our conversation. "I didn't think you'd agree."

I looked down and took a deep breath, "Edward, should we really be house hunting right now." I looked up briefly and saw him nod.

"We should. We don't have much time until I graduate and the baby comes, and our lease runs out on the townhouse in Seattle in four months. We need to be prepared love."

I raised my eyebrows, "I asked you to set up the cradle two days ago, and you said we had plenty of time. You can't set up a bed for your child to sleep in, but you can find him a house?"

Edward chuckled, "I'm sorry. I've had my mind on this for a couple days now." He bent down a bit more and kissed my forehead, "I promise, as soon as we get home, I'll set up the cradle."

I sighed, "Are you sure this is the right time?"

He shrugged, "Better than any other I guess. Give it a chance. You're going to love this house."

I nodded, taking a real deep breath, then turned back to face the realtor, "Then continue."

He smiled and wrapped an arm around me, asking Carol to continue the tour.

She turned to the left and walked into the completely open kitchen. There was no wall blocking it from the dining room, it was one huge room, which I kinda liked. If you stood in the middle of the kitchen, you could easily see into the living room. It reminded me much of the Cullen's kitchen. The island in the middle was the same strange thick 'L' shape with bar stools sitting under the part of the counter that hovered. The dark, shiny wood flooring was beautiful. It was open and airy and nice.

"It's very easily to see most of the first floor from right here." Carol moved to stand right in the middle of the room, in between the dining room and kitchen. Then she moved his eyes to my stomach and back up, "Very convenient for keeping an eye on children." She smiled brightly and I nodded, agreeing completely. I liked that part. "The kitchen also leads into the garage. Right through here." She walked forward, through another huge walkway, and down the wide hallway to another door, then opened it. It revealed a spacious two car garage.

"This will easily fit our cars." Edward looked down at me and smiled, "Are you coming around?"

I nodded slowly, "This house is beautiful Edward. "But.."

He stopped me, "We'll talk about your concerns later. Want to see upstairs?"

I nodded again and he led me back through the doorway and down the hallway, into the kitchen and back to the living room.

"There is a bedroom right through here." Carol gestured to another smaller, but still fairly large open walkway.

I loved how everything on the first floor seemed to be very open and spacious. All of the doorways were huge and let light in from every angle. It was perfect.

Carol led us to the bedroom and opened the dark wood door. Edward and I both walked inside and looked around. She was right, the room was smaller, but it was cute.

"And there is a full bathroom right down the hall."

Edward and I just walked down the hallway to look at it for a moment. It was a simple bathroom, smaller, but great for a downstairs bathroom.

"We can go upstairs now." Carol smiled and walked back into the living room.

We followed behind and when I looked up to the staircase, I finally realized how beautiful it was. The staircase, as a whole, had a square shape to it. It started at the far right wall and went about a fourth of the way up, then stopped at a five by five flat space against the back wall of the living room, then continued to the left up more only to stop at another five by five flat space at the other corner of the living room, then continued left and up the rest of the way. It had a grand, but simple feel to.

The carpet that was in the living room continued up the stairs, but only covered the middle portion of each step, allowing about a foot of dark, rich hardwood to be seen at each end of every step. It looked very warm and contrasted perfectly with the creme color of the carpet. It appeared to have continued like that all the way up, and then down the hallway. It looked incredible.

"You have access to the attic right at the end of the hallway." She got to the top of the steps and followed the hallway to the first room. "This is the smallest room, but it's pretty good sized. Only a half foot smaller than the room downstairs." She opened the dark wood door and stepped aside so we could enter the room. "It would make a perfect nursery." She smiled as I walked to the middle of the room.

It was white, like the rest of the house and was also without closet doors. I noticed the closet was fairly good sized. Big enough for plenty of baby clothes and anything else we needed to store.

I was slowly beginning to fall in love with this house. It was perfect, and only got better with each room I saw.

I felt Edward walk up behind me and bend down to whisper in my ear, "I like it."

I turned and faced him, nodding. "It would be perfect for the baby's room."

He nodded, "I could build some shelves or something to put in the closet. Wouldn't have to buy a dresser for a while."

I smiled at him. "Yeah."

"Should we see the rest of the house?" He wrapped his arms around me, clasping them against the small of my back, then bent down kissed my forehead. "Although, I myself, think I may be sold already."

I giggled and nodded. "Don't get too smitten right away."

He pulled away and creased his eyebrows, "And why not?"

I smiled up at him, "We haven't seen the master bedroom yet." I gave him a quick kiss on his lips and pulled away, walking toward the door.

He kept one of my hands in his and led me down the hallway to the other end. Carol walked in front of us, leading us.

"This is the master bedroom," She opened another dark, polished wood door and we all stepped inside. "The bathroom is right there," She pointed to a door on the left. "The closet is over here." She walked to the other side of the room, "It's not a walk-in like most houses now, but it's fairly large."

Edward smiled at her, "Thank you so much. Do you, um, mind if Bella and I.."

Carol seemed to catch on to what Edward was saying before he could finish. She held her hand up, "No problem Edward. Take your time." She excused herself, "I hope you loved the house Bella. Edward said it was exactly your type of home."

I smiled at her as she walked out, closing the door behind her.

"Well?" Edward took hold of my hands as we stood in the middle of the room, "Please tell me you love it."

I couldn't help the wide grin that threatened to break my face in two. "It's perfect. More than perfect. I love it Edward."

He sighed, "Thank god." He let go of my hands and moved to the wall directly across from the door way. "We could put the bed here." He spread his arms around directing that the bed should go against that wall and face the door. "Put the dresser over there, on the opposite wall. There is enough room between the closet and door, right?"

I looked over and nodded, "Should be."

He then walked over to the huge window taking up most of the far right wall. He held his hand out, silently asking me to come over. "The view is pretty wonderful. And this window is perfect, imagine all the light it'll let it when it's cleaned." He turned to face me, wrapping his arms around me, "Can you picture waking up here every morning, going right down the hallway to get our baby?" He put his hand on my stomach. "We could turn the downstairs bedroom into a guestroom and put the piano under the staircase. I could work from the living room Bella. Isn't that great?"

I nodded, "It is."

He smiled, "Are you sold?"

I took a moment to gather the rest of my thoughts, then took a deep breath. "I'm sold."

He laughed and flung his arms around me, hugging me as tight to him as he could without hurting me. "I love you Isabella Cullen." He kissed my face over and over, from my forehead to my nose, over to my cheeks and finally to my lips. His kisses sent a searing heat throughout my body and I shivered. It was the opposite reaction my body should have had, but it made me smile.

The house was perfect, the guy was beyond perfect, and things were going so great right now that I didn't know how to act. Didn't know how to think.

I felt a slight pain in my stomach, but I was too excited about everything to really think much about it. It went away after a couple seconds and when Edward pulled away and kissed me again, I felt butterflies.

Maybe, just possibly, Edward and I would make it out of this perfectly alright.

So? Did you guys like the surprise?!

I know I explained a lot of things about the house, and it's really confusing, but I tried my best. I had a couple pictures of the perfect house, but when I went to look at them to refresh my memory, all but one was gone =| If you have any trouble understanding anything or picturing any of it, just let me know. I'm going to try and get a visual for what I explained, but it's hard to find a house to match perfect with what you already have.

Alright, so there's only two more chapters, plus an epilogue )= But trust me, a lot happens in those two chapters.

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