Chapter 38: Just Come
Bella's POV
"NO! NO! NO!" Natalie screamed at the top of her lungs.
"It's time for bed!" Edward said calmly.
"I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED!" She screamed kicking and punching Edward.
She was having a temper tantrum, she's been them a lot lately.
"NO! PUT ME DOWN!" She screamed.
"Stop this right now Natalie!" He growled getting annoyed.
She kept kicking him until she got out of his grasp.
"Natalie!" He snapped.
She ran to me and jumped in my arms, I stood from the couch and looked at her.
"Honey, it's time for bed. Why don't you go brush your teeth and daddy will read you a bed time story." I said smiling.
"Daddy's mean! I don't want him to read to me! AND I DON'T WANT TO GO TO BED!" She screamed the last part.
"You don't mean that. And stop screaming." I said calmly.
Edward looked hurt at her comment, she began to throw another kicking and hitting fest with me. In the middle of it her knee came up and hit my stomach hard, I gasped. She did it a second time which made me drop her, I grabbed my stomach in pain.
"Bella!" Edward gasped rushing over to me.
He helped me on the couch, I rubbed my stomach.
"Are you okay?!" He asked.
"I... I think so..." I gasped.
"Natalie! Get up to your room right now!" He snapped.
"I HATE YOU!" She screamed before climbing the steps.
"Carlisle!" Edward called.
"Man, she was upset." Carlisle said drying his hands with a towel as he came in.
He saw us looking worried.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Natalie kicked Bella in the stomach a couple times." He told him.
He came over to me kneeling down in front of me.
"Are you okay? Any pain?" He asked.
"A little yeah." I said.
"We should do a ultrasound, I still have a machine upstairs." He said.
Carlisle held out his hand and helped me stand up, we made our way to his office in the house.
…
"Edward?" I whispered.
I walked into Natalie's bedroom, she was finally fast asleep. I wrapped my arms around him resting my head on his chest.
"She loves you, you know that right?" I asked.
"Then why did she say that she hated me?" He asked.
I looked up at him, this was really hurting him. He was so hurt I could see the tears threatening to come.
"Babe. She didn't mean it, she was upset." I said stroking his cheek.
"I know, but its still the fact that she said it." He whispered.
I walked behind him and stood on my tippy toes, I started to rub his shoulders.
"Bella." He said grabbing my hand.
"What? Am I doing it wrong?" I asked.
"I should be doing this to you, not the other way around." He sighed.
"Edward, I'm fine." I told him.
"You are suppose to be taking it easy." He reminded me.
"And I am." I said.
He sighed, I walked over to him and hugged him, he wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head.
"Come on, let's go to sleep." He said after a few minutes.
"Okay." I said.
He took me by the hand and led me out of the room and over to our bed room.
…
"Bella?" Carlisle poked his head in the bed room.
"Oh, hi dad." I said from the bed.
"May I come in?" He asked.
"Sure." I said starting to get off the bed.
"No stay," He said stopping me from getting up, "I'll come there."
He sat down in front of me, I smiled looking at him wondering what this was about.
"So..." I said.
"Oh. Right. Um, about yesterday." He said.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"I noticed something on the ultrasound..." He started.
"What was it?" I asked knowing where this was going.
"Well, I noticed that there was two babies." He said looking at me.
I looked at my hands and couldn't stop the smile from spreading across my face.
"Bella..." He said.
I looked up to see a smile on his face also.
"Your having twins, and you knew." He said.
I nodded.
"That's great!" He said hugging me.
I wrapped my arms around him, he rubbed my back before pulling away.
"Can you not tell anyone?" I asked.
"Sure, but when are you planning on it?" He asked.
"I'm not sure..."
Edward walked into the room but stopped and listened to us.
"I'm happy for you guys, I really am." He said tears coming to his eyes.
"Aww! Carlisle! Don't cry!" I said throwing my arms around his neck.
He laughed a little before rubbing my back, "Tough guys don't cry."
"Oh stop that." I said smiling.
"I love you, I don't care if you are my daughter in law, you are my real daughter." He whispered.
"Okay, now your going to make me cry!" I said feeling the tears come, I haven't seen this side of Carlisle before.
"I'm sorry." He said laughing.
I laid my head on his shoulder, I felt another pair of hands rub my back. I glanced over to see Edward rubbing my back, I smiled.
"Wow. Both my favorite guys are here." I whispered.
They both chucked, they knew if they kept this up I would fall asleep.
"I don't want to sleep." I wined.
"Bella, you need to rest." Carlisle told me.
He started to rock me side to side.
"I really hate you guys." I said closing my eyes.
"I thought we were your favorite guys?" Edward asked.
"Mm." I mumbled.
…
"Like this?" I asked from the ladder.
"Perfect." Emmett said.
"Okay, hand me a nail." I said.
"Here." He said handing me the nail and the hammer.
"What are you doing?!" Someone asked.
I jumped and almost fell off the ladder but Emmett stopped me, I turned around to see an angry Edward standing in the room.
"Oh, hi baby." I said.
"Don't hi baby me. What are you doing?" He asked.
"Hanging pictures." I said.
"I meant, what are you doing on a ladder." He said.
"Hanging pictures?" I said.
"Emmett what the hell!" He snapped.
"What did I do?!" He asked.
"Why aren't you up there doing this?!" He asked.
"I didn't want to get hurt, you know I'm bad with hammering." He said.
"So you let my pregnant wife do it?! Are you stupid?!" He asked.
"No." He said.
"She could fall Emmett, she could fall and hurt herself and the babies." Edward said walking over to me and helping me down.
"I'm fine Edward." I told him.
"I know, I'm not mad at you, just my stupid brother." He said.
"Daddy?" Natalie cried, she was at the door holding her teddy bear and had tears coming down her cheeks.
"What's wrong baby?" He asked.
"I had a nightmare." She cried.
"Come here." He said holding out his arms for her.
She waddled over to him, he picked her up in his arms and rocked her, she laid her head on his shoulder sticking her thumb in her mouth.
A Couple Hours Later
I walked into our bathroom and shut the door, I started to remove my clothes when Edward poked his head out.
"Oh." I said stopping what I was doing.
"Hey." He said.
"Sorry, I can wait, just wanted to take a quick shower before bed." I said.
"Who said you had to wait?" He asked grinning.
I rolled my eyes before continuing taking off my clothes, I climbed into the shower smiling. He bent down and gave me a wet kiss, I moved a little hitting him with my stomach.
"Oops. Sorry!" I said.
"No problem." He said smiling.
"I swear I grew over night." I said rubbing my stomach with both hands.
"You are having twins." He said.
"You love saying that don't you?"
"Oh yeah." He said before reaching for my shampoo.
A Couple Months Later- 5 Months (21 Weeks)
"Oh dear." Someone said.
I turned around, there was an old lady standing by me.
"Excuse me?" I asked politely.
"You shouldn't be on your feet dear, you look like you could drop the baby right now." She said.
"Oh, I wish I could." I said smiling.
"You should have someone else do the shopping." She told me.
"No, really, I'm fine. I'm only five months." I told her.
"Really?" She asked.
"I'm having twins." I said smiling.
"Oh! How lovely!" She said.
I smiled.
"Well, I'll leave you to your shopping." She said.
"Have a good day." I said.
She mumbled something before pushing her cart away, I turned back around to continue getting the things I need. I rested my hand on my stomach as I pushed the cart down the isle. My phone rang, I rolled my eyes as I answered it.
"I'm fine Edward." I said.
"You sure?" He asked.
"You called like ten minutes ago. I'm fine." I told him.
"Are you almost done?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'll be home in twenty minutes or so." I said.
"Can you pick up some ice cream? Emmett wants some." He said.
I was about to reply when I ran into someones cart.
"Oh! I'm so-" I stopped when I saw who it was.
I looked at him speechless.
"Edward... I'm gonna have to call you back." I said before hanging up slowly.
"Hello again." He said.
"Hi." I said.
"Dylan, remember? From the air port?" He asked.
"Yeah... I remember." I said.
"Wow. Look at you." He said.
I suddenly felt sick to my stomach, I gripped the cart and looked around. I turned around to look behind me for a moment, and when I turned around he was right in front of me. I gasped and backed into a shelf knocking some things off. He moved closer looking down at me, he put his hand on my stomach. I closed my eyes, this was too real, it was like Evan all over again.
"Your much bigger since the last time I saw you." He whispered.
Chills ran down my spine, "I'm having twins."
"Interesting." He said.
Why do you keep telling him these things?! I snapped at myself. I wanted to rip his hand off my stomach, I didn't want him to touch me.
"Pay for your things, and we will talk outside." He said before leaving.
But it's dark outside. I wined.
As soon as he was gone I pulled out my phone and called Alice. Please answer... Please answer... Please an-
"Hello?"
"Alice!" I gasped.
"Bella?" She asked.
"Listen, I don't have much time, can you come to the grocery store?" I asked.
"What's going on Bella?" She asked.
"Just come, please?" I asked almost begging her.
"Um, okay. Now?" She asked.
"In like five or ten minutes?" I asked.
"Sure..."
"Oh! And, don't tell Edward any of this." I said biting my lip.
I hung up the phone and pushed the cart towards check out, I waited patiently and nervously as I edged closer and closer to the cash register. I was finally up and I watched and listened as the girl rang in my items, I took out a piece of paper and wrote on it:
If you hear screams from outside the store, call the cops. Please.
I handed her the paper along with the money, she read the note and looked at me worried, I looked at her pleading her to listen to me with my eyes. She nodded continuing to do what she was doing, I smiled grabbing the two paper bags. I took a deep breath as I walked outside, it was a little chilly out, I walked to the car looking everywhere.
Alice's POV
I cursed as I twisted the knob to make the wind shield wipers go faster, I pulled into the parking lot and parked right next to Bella's car. I peaked through the windows the rain quickly drenching my hair and my clothes before heading inside.
"Have you seen this girl?" I asked one of the cashiers showing her a recent picture of Bella.
"Um, yeah, she was in here about an half an hour ago." She said.
"Thanks." I said turning around.
"Of it helps..." She said.
I turned around.
"She wrote me this," She said handing me a piece of paper, "When she paid for her stuff."
"Um, thanks." I said smiling before walking out.
I rubbed my arms shivering, Where are you Bella?! I thought as I looked around the parking lot. I walked to the other side of the building and found an alley. I looked down it and got the chills, it had a dumpster and a few other things, I got bad vibes from it. I took a deep breath before crossing my arms and slowly making my way down the alley. I looked around paranoid, I turned and glanced behind me. I kept going until I got to the dumpster, I got a few steps away from it before someone kicked me in the back hard. I gasped and fell to the floor, I felt someone grab my hair and hit my head off the ground hard. The last thing I saw before my eyes fell closed was Bella leaning against the dumpster, she was out cold and blood was running down from her hair and down her cheek...
Cliff Hanger! =O What's going to happen next?! =P I'll start working on the next chapter right now because I have a million ideas! So the next chapter should be long! Review? Reading your reviews make me smile =] So go review and tell me how much your mad at me he he. Kidding, I hope your not mad at me =P Review!