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Summary: What if there was something different about Bella? What if it meant that Edward & Bella had a more "normal" relationship?
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Chapter 50 - Mom
Bella's POV
I let Edward usher me to our room, actually happy to be with him again and out of the pixie's hands. Shopping was more of a chore now that I felt like a hippo but at least it was a reason to get out of the house. I was pretty positive getting out of the house was going to be more difficult for the next month and half or so. I was just hoping that Carlisle prediction of a due date was close. As much as I loved knowing that I was carrying Edward's children, I was pretty done being pregnant. I couldn't fathom how normal human women could handle 9 months of this shit. The soreness, the cravings, the restlessness were all getting to me more and more. Spending most of the time sleeping was becoming a pain too. I wanted to spend time with Edward awake not dead to the world.
My eyes lit up at the amount of food that had been left in our room courtesy of Esme. I knew Edward was behind the request, he'd been making sure I had plenty to eat and sleep these days. I grinned at him, kissed him ferociously and dove into the food. I was ravenous after the day I'd had running all over hell and back.
Once that hunger was satisfied, I washed up in our ensuite and returned to find Edward reclining on our bed. I waddled over and hefted myself up next to him, cuddling into his body.
I could feel Edward's arms surround me as I tucked my face into his shoulder. His hand caressed my back soothingly. His touch always eased me.
Making a decision, I moved my body to straddle his legs and showered his neck with soft kisses, following down his chest as my hands undid button after button of his shirt. A moan rumbled through him as I licked at his nipples. I felt his hands move into my hair as he held my head in place for a moment before he pulled me up to kiss my lips.
I quickly gave him access to deepen our kiss, feeling our mutual passion igniting quickly. He pulled back to look at me enquiringly. It had been a while since we'd been intimate. I knew what he was asking and I nodded quickly, giving him the okay to continue. I'd already asked Carlisle about it and he'd given us the thumbs up as long as I was comfortable.
I sighed into his mouth as he once again kissed me, my hands automatically moving to fist his hair, feeling him harden against him.
Pictures flashed between our minds as we slowly and lovingly explored each other's bodies. Clothing seemed to melt away as our senses heightened to an excruciating level.
I breathed in his scent as I kissed my way down his chest, causing him to writhe with the sensations I was invoking within him.
Before I could get and closer to my destination, Edward suddenly grabbed me and flipped us around so that I was now looking up into his beautiful golden eyes. He smiled down at me before moving down my body and caressing my breast with his lips and tongue. My back instinctually arched at the sensations of his tongue brushing against my nipples. They hardened further as I felt his breath against them.
I could feel the wetness between my legs grow with each caress on my body. I reached down to try and take him in my hand, needing to touch him but be moved himself just slightly out of my reach.
"Not yet my love. I'm afraid I won't last if I let you touch me right now."
I huffed in annoyance before I replied, "I need to feel you Edward. Please. I need you in me, right now!"
He smiled, kissed me and shifted our bodies so he was lying behind me. The best possible position given my pregnancy. His hand caressed my breasts, his lips kissed my neck as I felt him close to my core. My eyes drifted closed and I sighed in pleasure as I felt him enter me. I pushed back against him as his fingers pulled gently at my nipples. I moved one hand down to where our bodies were joined, caressing him as he moved in and out of me. I heard his breath catch as his body reacted to my touch.
My breath was coming faster and faster as the tension became so great. It felt like my body was about to fly apart.
His fingers moved down to caress my clit, which proved to be my undoing. I heard him groan as my muscles clenched around him, hurling us both over the edge into ecstasy.
We lay sated, still joined as I drifted off to sleep. It was hours later that I was roused from my slumber by the sounds of banging on the door.
"Bella! Are you up?" I groaned as the dulcet tones of the one and only Alice came wafting through the locked door. Turning my face into Edward's shoulder, I shuddered as the last vestiges of sleep left my body as he chuckled in my ear.
"I am now Alice." I said in my normal voice, a little on the irritated side since sleep was one of the most important things in my life right now. At least there was no need to yell with the ability of supreme vampire hearing.
"There's someone in the living room to see you so get the hell up!"
I raised my head up swiftly to meet Edward's eyes wondering who it was and what could possibly be wrong now. He grinned crookedly at me and it dawned on me then that he knew who was waiting to see us.
"Who is it?" I whispered in his ear.
He just kept grinning and shook his head.
I kissed his neck just below his ear. "Come on, tell me."
His body shaking with laughter as he moaned at the sensation of my kiss, he shook his head again. "Nope, not gonna tell you. You'll just have to get up and go see."
Scowling, I flung the covers off of us and clumsily made my way off of the bed and across to our bathroom.
"Fine! Alice, tell whomever it is that the pregnant one needs a few minutes. I swear, Edward, at least two of your children just love to squish my bladder on purpose."
I didn't have to turn back to look at him to know that his face would be a look of combined amusement and chagrin. It wasn't the first time I'd teased him about the physical discomforts of pregnancy. He over reacted sometimes, which I thought was quite amusing. I had to admit that despite not planning this pregnancy and everything that had been going on lately, I did love the feeling of having a part of Edward growing inside me. I could understand completely where the phrase "warm fuzzies" came from because I was so totally feeling them.
I quickly did the bathroom necessities, my bladder jumping for joy and threw on some comfortable clothes while Edward laid back on the bed waiting for me. A little smirk played around his lips as I wiggled my ass into my favourite sweat pants.
I stuck my tongue out at him and headed to the door to see who was waiting for me.
As I passed Alice in the hallway, I felt Edward come swiftly up behind me. Alice smirked as I passed her so I stuck my tongue out at her too. Ever felt like you were the butt of a joke that you didn't get the punch line of? Esme had a huge smile on her face as she pointed towards the living room where I knew my visitor was.
My eyes widened as I entered the room and looked towards the couch.
"MOM!" I literally screeched causing everyone to cringe as the sound hit their extremely sensitive ears.
I ran across the room and flung myself into the arms she held out to me. The force of the impact of my body into hers caused us to fall backwards on the couch. Laughing, she hugged me tightly before pulling slightly away to look rather sternly at me.
"So, Bella, do you have some things to tell me?"
I turned slightly in her arms to reach behind me, feeling Edward's hand engulf mine and squeeze reassuringly.
"Mom, this is Edward." I said as I drew him forward.
I watched as her eyes turned to appraise him. Looking him over from head to toe, the expression on her face still stern.
"So, Edward, what do you have to say for yourself?"
My heart leapt into my throat at her words and tone of voice. She was quite fierce when it came to my well being. Edward just grinned at her. His ability to read minds coming in quite handy in this situation.
I had told her about Edward, of course, just not everything. Like the little detail that he was a vampire might have been left out of any of the conversations I'd had with her. I also didn't think it was something I should tell her over the phone or through email. On the other hand, I had been quite angry with her for a few months about the whole 'Bella could be a shape-shifter' secret she'd kept for so many years. I admit freely that I was a tiny bit of a chicken too. Look how long it took me to actually tell Charlie, right? I may have also kind of forgotten to tell her that I was pregnant by the pre-mentioned vampire too.
She glanced from Edward's grinning face to me an eyebrow lifted at his seemingly unconcerned demeanor.
"Uhm. Mom. Er .. Ah .. " I stuttered while looking between them, hoping Edward would stop grinning and pipe in with something useful.
Just as I was ready to have a complete meltdown, Renee burst into laughter. "It's alright Bella. Your dad filled me in on everything before I came over here. I just wanted to see the look on your face since you haven't been exactly honest with me about anything."
"Mom .. " I started to say but she interrupted.
"I can't say that I was happy to have to hear all this from Charlie. The danger you've been in, your changes, and even about Edward here. Although Charlie seems to have given Edward here his seal of approval as your boyfriend and the father of your children."
I smiled at that. Charlie did come around after giving Edward a pretty hard time but I was pretty sure that most of it was his bent sense of humour coming into play.
"I'm sorry Mom. I just really didn't want you to worry about me when you weren't here to do anything about anything that was going on."
I grabbed her into a hug, careful not to squeeze too tightly.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't know how to tell you. We didn't even tell Charlie about Edward right away."
"Hmm. Well, I'm here now and I'm staying at least until the babies are born."
I looked at her stunned for a minute, glancing around the room at everyone that had joined us. Jasper was especially looking stressed at the very thought of a human around here all the time. His hands and jaw here clenched while Alice stood close to him rubbing his back.
"Mom, you can't … "
"Oh!" she exclaimed, glancing around the room. "I didn't mean that I would stay here in this house! I'm staying with Charlie but I want to come and spend time with you everyday. I know that you have to stay close to Carlisle because of your pregnancy. Isn't everyone pretty much out of the house during the day?" She asked looking around at everyone.
The relief on Jasper's face was almost palpable throughout the room. He looked at me apologetically, thinking I might be upset that my mother couldn't stay with me all the time. Our eyes met and I smiled at him, letting him know that his comfort in his own home would always take precedence over my mother staying here.
I could feel Edward's relief that I wouldn't be home during the day with only Esme for company. Even though I loved Esme to pieces, having my mom here would just be too perfect.
Renee stayed for most of the day at the house before heading back to Charlie's for the night, promising to be back in the morning. I was just thankful that thanks to Carlisle's backup, she wasn't going to be here at the crack of dawn. We compromised on 10am after he told her that I needed as much sleep as possible. I also had to warn her that I usually had a power nap in the afternoon.
I couldn't believe how fast the day had gone by. I ate dinner and relaxed with Rose and Esme while the rest of them went hunting. If Renee was going to be hanging around the house for any amount of time, they would have to start hunting more. Normally, I couldn't stand the time in the evenings when Edward had to leave us to hunt, but tonight I was content to hang out in the living room until he got back.
Another day of excitement in my life ended when Edward walked in the door, his golden eyes shining into mine with so much love that I had to swallow hard past the lump that quickly formed in my throat. He picked me up in his arms and carried me to our room. The perfect end to an interesting day.
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Posted on May 23, 2010
Words: 2502
