We all watched silently as my mom turned to leave only to be dragged back into the room by my father.
"Neé, you can get them later...don't you want to meet your new grandbaby?" He asked, jutting his chin towards us.
She gasped as if she just remembered, before turning around. As soon as her eyes landed on us, she gasped and rushed forward.
"Is it—is that...?" She stuttered, with her eyes glued to the baby.
"Charles Anthony Cullen…" I say, looking at my dad.
"Huh...aw...you-you two didn't have to do this…" my dad said, his voice thick with emotion as he peered down at baby Charlie.
"Edward and I agreed we should honor the man that brought us together…" I say, leaning down to kiss my baby boy's head.
"I was more of a team effort but I can see why you would name him after his poppa…" my dad said, grinning at the baby.
"He may bear your name but he's all Cullen." Carlisle teased.
I rolled my eyes at their antics, before going back to stare at the little man resting in my arms.
He's perfect.
"Up until now, I never really thought we needed anything, I thought we were all happy and perfect together. Now, I realize I was yearning for something I didn't know I wanted all along. My baby boy." I whispered, looking up at Edward, only to realize he was already staring down at me.
Little Charlie and I were giving a clean bill of health and released the following day.
The entire time I wondered how we were going to go home, as it turns out, I didn't need to worry, my brother and Edward had already figured things out.
This apparently meant that Edward drove his truck home, and Emmett followed him in his Jeep then drove him back to the hospital.
Somewhere, along the line, he ended up forgetting his keys at home, which caused them to have to go back home to look for said keys, which ended up being in his pocket.
By this time, I was about ready to leave.
It was around noon by the way.
They didn't arrive back, to the hospital until one forty-five.
Once they did arrive I was ready to leave. Charlie was changed into his monkey jumpsuit, and had a puffball hat on for the cold.
As soon as I see he is comfortable enough I slowly change into a pair of fleece sweat pants and pull on my favorite sweater, later stepping into my shoes.
When they finally arrived Edward brought up the baby carrier with him.
I smiled in relief at the sight of them, albeit looking a bit frazzled.
"What happened to you?" I asked.
"Alice, was downstairs again." Emmett said, rolling his eyes, annoyed.
I shrugged in response, keeping my eyes on Charlie, as I slowly lowered him into the carrier. When he's settled in, I grab one of his blankets and cover the carrier.
When the nurse finished explaining to me the at-home care, and then told me to sit down on the wheelchair before propping the baby carrier on my legs and proceeded to wheel me out of the hospital.
When we finally arrived home, I proceeded to take the baby out of the carrier and slowly walk towards our room.
I smiled as I laid him down in his bassinet, before sighing tiredly and heading to the bed to rest.
Exactly a week after I brought the baby home that my parents and siblings (through marriage and blood) showed up.
I was breastfeeding the baby when my husband walked in with a nervous expression on his face.
"What's with the face?" I asked, as my eyes flicked down to the baby's face.
"Our family is here." He announced wincing.
I nodded in response, chewing on my lower lip as I unlatched the baby from my chest, wordlessly standing up and placing the baby back in his bassinet, before silently turning on the baby monitor and walking out to the living room.
My parents knew the rules, if the baby is sleeping, no one is allowed to see if until he awakens. Everyone being here didn't change that.
"Bella.." Esme greeted, pulling me into a hug as soon as I walked into the living room with Edward behind me.
"Hi Mom." He greeted, amused as she looked at him, and pulled him in too.
"How's the baby doing?" She asked walking back to her seat.
Edward lead me to the armchair, silently telling me to sit down before he turned to look at everyone else.
"He's good, sleeping."
"How are you feeling, dear?" She asked, ignoring Rose and Alice as they paced behind the couch.
"Better, just a little tired, is there a reason for this visit?" I asked, swallowing back a yawn.
"Well, we thought it would be best if we allowed the girls to explain where they were the day you had the baby." Carlisle explained, casually.
"Oh." I muttered, tiredly.
Seriously, these bitches better have killed someone or gotten arrested because if they didn't and it turns out they were shopping for clothes, I'll kick their asses from here to kingdom come!
"Bells…" Alice began, wincing as I looked at her, indifferently.
"Mary Alice…" I say, stoically.
"Look, we're so sorry, we weren't here that day. It wasn't our fault. Well, it was Alice's fault… See, we went to pick something up at the mall, and she ran into Maria and Nettie…" Rose began.
Maria and Nettie…? Fuck! She didn't!
"What happened?" I asked, fearing I already knew the answer.
"This bitch attacked Alice, and Alice —never one to back down— responded to the challenge… she took that bitch down so hard, it was hilarious, then the other bitch tried to get in and I had to help… we got arrested, and we're not allowed to go back to that mall for four months…" Rose said.
Maria Ramos, and her cousin Nettie Ortiz have been hounding us since they moved here, in high school. Maria is Jasper's ex girlfriend, and becoming more of a pain in the ass as years pass.
"Did you fucking get the restraining order now?" I asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, but not before I fucking kicked her ass." Alice said, scowling at Jasper, who had the decency to look embarrassed.
"Good." I said.
"Sweet merciful Jesus! Why did we think it was a good idea to have more than one kid?" My dad asked, shaking his head at my mom.
"Because you wanted a little girl." My mom deadpanned.
"Oh jeez." He muttered.
Emmett scoffed, before looking at Rose.
"Is something wrong, Emmy bear?"
Oh, no! He's about to explode.
'Rose, no..' I mouth to her...
"So, let me get this straight, you two decided it would be a good idea to go to the mall by yourselves, even after Jasper warned you about this crazy ass chick, and left my heavily pregnant sister alone, because you felt the need to shop? What is the matter with you two?! Do you have any idea how fucking ridiculous you sound right now?! Seriously! You two need to grow the fuck up. Seriously, how the fuck did you think that it was ok to do that? Why? I'm fucking done." He says, baking his head and walking out of the house.
That was a bigger explosion than I thought.
We all stared, slack-jawed at the front door, unsure how to respond.
Author's Note:Hope y'all have enjoyed this story a much as I have!Up next is the Epilogue!