ESPOV
"She hates me." Emmett whines and I laugh.
"She doesn't hate you."
He's been sitting with his hand on my belly for about 20 minutes waiting for a kick that hasn't come. The first thing the kids did when they got home today was ask to feel the baby kick, which she did for all of them except Emmett.
"She just needs motivation." I tell him. "Talk to her."
"Um…what do I say?"
I shrug.
"Whatever you want."
"Okay…um hey there little sea monkey. I'm your brother. Wow that's weird—I'm your brother, but I'm almost 70 years older than you. Oh well. You'll learn really quickly that age doesn't matter in this family. We're all really old even your daddy, who's the oldest of all—he's like a national monument at this point. Your mommy is the baby of our family, well until you get here. I know you're just a fetus thing floating around in there, but I would really like if you would kick for me. You see, you kicked for everyone else and now I'm the lonely man out. So could you just kick or punch or head butt…anything so I can feel you?"
"Ooo" I call out and grab his hand moving it over where she's kicking.
When he feels her against his hand, a beautiful dimpled smile breaks out on his face.
"Wow" he whispers.
I just smile in reply. There's nothing quite like the wonder on someone's face when they feel a baby kick for the first time.
"Oh my gosh!" he laughs. "She's kicking so much."
"She's excited to meet you."
He grins.
"Does it hurt? Being kicked from the inside?"
"It doesn't really hurt unless she gets into my ribs or hits one of my organs. Right now it doesn't hurt at all, just feels like a thump from the inside. Like this." I flick his forearm and he laughs.
"I barely felt that."
"You stinking vampires and your strong skin. I guess I would need a hammer for you to even feel it."
"Probably." He laughs.
"Okay I think you've had enough time with my girls." Carlisle growls playfully as he walks into the room.
"Well you're always hogging them." Emmett whines.
"That's because they're mine."
"Whatever, old man. I've got my own." Emmett laughs and leans down to kiss my cheek. "Thank you." His face is serious and I know he means it.
"You're welcome. You'll have to talk to your sister again sometime, I think she likes you."
His smile lights up his face before he runs off yelling for his "Rosie".
Carlisle sits on the couch and I gladly climb into his lap.
"Where are the girls?" he asks me.
"Alice is checking our outfits, along with Rosalie, to make sure they'll show up well on camera, and Bella is walking Samson."
"Shouldn't we get started soon? These photos could take all day."
"It's only 8 in the morning. My hair has to set in these rollers for awhile before they can be taken out. It will be fine." I kiss him softly and he relaxes under me.
"I'm just excited." He whispers against my lips.
"Me too."
I kiss him again and smile when he tries to bury his hand in my hair only to clank against the plastic rollers.
"Alright love birds," Alice calls as she comes down the stairs "I need to get Esme ready, and Carlisle, Rosalie is going to help you. Come on, we've got a schedule to keep."
"What do I need help with?" Carlisle asks surprised.
"Just a little help with the hair. Otherwise, we've been instructed to keep you just the way you are." Rosalie says throwing a wink my way.
When we talked about Carlisle's look for these photos, the girls suggested putting make-up on him so he would look more human. I don't want that; I want him just the way he is. I only asked that they would do a little something with his hair. He has a habit of slicking it down and combing it over to make himself look older when we're around others, but I just want him young and natural.
Carlisle grumbles as he slowly climbs up the stairs and I giggle at him. Alice leads me up to her room to get ready, and immediately starts taking the rollers out of my hair. It bounces in soft waves and she sprits it with just a little hairspray. I want to keep my makeup light and natural, so after a little mascara, lip gloss, and concealer, I'm ready.
"We're going to start with your most formal look and take off clothes from there." Alice winks at me and I blush.
Bella comes in just in time to help me get dressed—Alice is too short to lift my dress over my head. The material slides down my body like butter, and Alice starts yanking it into place.
The dress is a dark shade of red. The neckline is deep, but the sleeves are long and the hem falls to my feet and flows back into a small train. Alice pulls the front sections of my hair back pinning them into place, and Bella is fastening a silver necklace in place.
Once they're finished, they spin me around so I can look in the mirror, and I gasp in surprise. It's perfect.
"It's beautiful." Bella says and Alice and I nod.
"I think your man is about to pace a hole in the floor if you don't come out soon. Are you ready?"
"Yep." I laugh. "It feels like I'm going to prom."
Carlisle is indeed pacing in the hallway when I open the door. He's breathtaking in a black suit, white shirt and black tie.
"Wow" we whisper at the same time and I laugh.
"Are you ready, love?" He sticks his arm out for me to take which I do happily.
"Yep."
The meadow where we're going to be taking our first round of pictures is just a short drive away and it takes two vehicles to get us all there.
All of the kids are with us and they all have a specific job, per Rosalie's instructions. This is going to be a photoshoot fit for royalty. Jasper is in charge of carrying my second dress and making sure it doesn't wrinkle. Alice is doing make-up and hair touch ups while Bella makes sure the dress stays dirt and wrinkle free. Emmett is carrying extra memory cards for Rosalie's camera, and a fold-up chair for me, and Edward is in charge of carrying and supplying food and drink for Peanut and I.
Rosalie spends a half hour scoping out a spot with the perfect lighting, and I just sit in my chair and snack on some mini-muffins waiting for her to be ready for me.
"Okay, I think we'll do Esme alone first and then throw Carlisle in the mix." Rosalie yells out. She's dressed in all black with an intimidating camera around her neck. With her thick blond hair falling down her back in soft curls, she looks like she belongs in a magazine.
Carlisle helps me out of my chair and I waddle over to where Rosalie is pointing. I can see why she chose this spot—the lighting is soft and the background is beautiful. My dress will stand out nicely against against the trees.
Bella fixes my dress as Rosalie instructs me to turn this way and that, or put my hands in a certain place. Finally I'm done and Carlisle walks over looking like a GQ model. After a few signature shots, Rosalie lets us just do what's comfortable. We get lost in our own world kissing and touching before she announces it's time for a costume change. The girls have a spot set up behind the jeep where no one can see, and Alice takes my hand pulling me that way.
"Ill help her." Carlisle declares taking my hand from her.
"But that's why I'm here." Alice protests.
"You're here to fix the dress once it's on. Only I will be undressing my mate. You can tweak it once we're done."
"Okay fine." Alice grumbles.
"Lose the jacket and tie, Carlisle." Rosalie yells.
He just rolls his eyes and pulls me into the shadows. My second dress is hanging on a portable clothing rack along with the bag that the dress I'm currently wearing goes in.
Leaning down, Carlisle lets his lips trail along my ear before whispering, "I've been dying to know what you've got on under this dress."
Grabbing the hem, he pulls the dress from my bare feet up over my head until I'm left in my white lace bra and panties. He sighs and I know it's because he doesn't have time to explore my body like he wants to. He places a sweet kiss on my belly before grabbing my next dress off the rack. It's a simple white cotton dress with thick straps and a V-neckline. It hugs my belly and flows to the ground covering my bare feet.
"Beautiful." Carlisle whispers and kisses me.
I reach up and enjoy pulling off his tie and jacket like I'm undressing him, but pout when I have to stop. Carlisle chuckles and rolls his sleeves up his forearms. His muscles flex and roll as his sleeves uncover them, and I lick my lips.
"Come on, love." He takes my hand and leads me back where the others are standing around waiting on us.
Alice immediately swarms me to fix my make-up, and once I'm deemed presentable, we resume our positions in front of the camera.
We spend over an hour in the meadow before Rosalie declares that we're done here. The rest of our pictures will be done at home, and we all pile in our cars to head that way.
Edward, Emmett, and Jasper are banned from this part of the photoshoot so they stay downstairs while we go up to Carlisle and my bedroom. The only boy allowed is Sammy who trots happily behind us.
"Okay Esme I need you to strip down to your underwear and put this on." Rosalie hands me a white button up shirt that's a few sizes smaller than the one Carlisle's currently wearing.
Carlisle growls as I start to undress with the girls watching so they turn around, each with a roll of their eyes. Carlisle lays my dress over a chair and helps me into my shirt. It's small enough that it won't button around my belly, and the only button I fasten is the one between my breasts. It creates instant oomph in my cleavage while leaving my belly bare and my panties on display. Carlisle's eyes darken considerably and I make a note to wear this when we're alone.
The girls turn around when they hear my movements cease and Rosalie hands me a black pair of pants.
"We're going to do a couple with the pants and then without. Then we'll lose the shirt and do some bra and panties shots."
Rosalie wants a white wall in the background of these shots, so we move into the bathroom. The first pose we do is a side view of Carlisle and I. He's on his knees in front of me while I lean over and rest my forehead on his. There are a few others taken with various parts of Carlisle resting on my bump: his lips, his forehead, his cheek. Finally she lets him stand and we go back into the bedroom.
"Alright Esme lose the pants. And Carlisle, lose the shirt." Rosalie instructs and I blush.
I can't help but watch as Carlisle takes his shirt off. I love the concept of having some bare belly shots of me with his bare chest. The main one we do in these outfits is a front view of the two of us. I'm sitting cross-legged on the floor with Carlisle behind me. He's leaning over my one shoulder just a little as I turn my head to kiss him. My hands are around his neck and his hands are cradling my bare belly. It doesn't take long for us to get lost in our kiss, and Rosalie has to clear her throat several times to get our attention.
Once I'm down to my bra and panties, we do several pictures of just our hands resting on my belly and Carlisle holding me against his bare chest.
This is the extent of my pictures with Carlisle—now it's Sammy's turn. Rosalie has me lay on my side on the bed in my bra and panties and call Sammy up with me. He automatically jumps up behind me and lays his head on my belly like he has since he was a puppy. We lay like that for several minutes while Rosalie gets her shot. We also do a silhouette shot of me in and Sammy in front of the window. I'm standing and Sammy is sitting in front of me. The view is from the side so you can see my belly really well and Sammy's paw is in my hand as he shakes. I hope the pictures come out as adorable as I imagined.
"Okay guys you're all done. I'll have them edited for you in a few days." Rosalie says as Carlisle slips a robe over my shoulders.
"Thank you so much Rosalie." I whisper as I pull her into a hug and Carlisle kisses her cheek.
"No problem. I'll get started on them right away. Carlisle I think the boys want to go hunting. Emmett's been bugging me about it all day."
"Okay" he sighs looking at my body longingly.
"Go Carlisle." I laugh. "I'll be here when you get back. Have fun."
"Alright." He grumbles and kisses me before walking out of the room. Rosalie holds up her hand telling me to stay quiet until they're gone. When she drops it, I blow out a breath.
"That was easy." Bella says. "I thought it would take wild horses to drive him away from you while you are in your underwear."
"Me too." I laugh.
"Alright babe lose the robe." Rosalie says with a laugh and I blush as it falls to the floor.