Good Morning, Darlings!

So I realize that a lot of people are dying for some outtakes. I'm working on putting a bunch of them together, but it might be a while until I can post them. Just know, a whole crop of outtakes is coming!

All mistakes in this are my own!


Nine: Bella

June 24, 2022

Los Angeles California

"I'm going to throw up."

"Quit being so dramatic," Alice says, looking over my face to make sure I'm not ruining my makeup in my panic.

"We can't all be calm as cucumbers on our wedding day Mary Alice," I snap. Thankfully, she ignores me.

It's true though. The morning of her wedding, Alice was so fucking calm I had to check to make sure she hadn't taken some sort of sedative.

"What's there to worry about when you're marrying your best friend," Alice asks, tucking a curl behind my ear. My eyes narrow.

"That's the only part I'm not worried about," I tell her. "Alice, you know I make an ass of myself when I have to be the center of important events."

She smirks a little, but quickly hides it again. "You'll be fine," she assures me. I grunt.

"If you really fuck up just tell everyone you're pregnant," Rose suggests. I whip my head around to look at her.

"I'm not!" I nearly shout. She laughs like a Disney villain.

"Yeah, but people don't have to know that. You can do any damn thing you want while you're pregnant," she points out. A heavy look comes over her face, and we all feel the weight of her words at the same time.

Last fall, Rose found out she was pregnant. She'd been in a full panic, but she and Emmett were so solid that it didn't take her long to settle down from it. She'd even started to get excited about it even though it was terrible timing in their lives.

I've never gotten a call like the one I got from her near Christmas. She'd miscarried 17 weeks in.

It had been a dark time for all of us.

I get up from the chair I'm parked on and move to her side. She has tears in her eyes, but she blinks them away, shaking her head. Alice and I sandwich her between us, wrapping our arms around her in silent support.

She sucks in a deep breath, her arms coming up to hold on to ours.

"I'm sorry," she says quietly. I squeeze her.

"No, don't be." I kiss her cheek and squeeze her once more. "How are you guys holding up?"

Alice and I let go of Rose, and she reaches up to brush her tears away. "I shouldn't be talking about this on your wedding day," she croaks. I shake my head.

"I want to, if you're up for it. Please?"

She looks at me before nodding. "It's hard," she says after a minute. "Just when I think we're finally getting back to normal, I'll find a baby book or something someone bought us and it just hits me all over again." Her eyes well again. "We knew it wasn't the right time, but we were ready to make it work."

I brush her hair back from her shoulder. "One day, Rose. You're going to make a great mom."

She glances at me. "I didn't know I wanted to be one before Emmett," she whispers. Alice nods.

"Emmett might have brought it out in you, but it's always been in you Rose."

I nod in agreement. Rose has been taking care of my ass as long as we've been friends. She doesn't realize it, but she's the most maternal of all of us.

She takes a shaky breath. "One day it'll be the right time," she says slowly.

Alice and I nod with her. "It will be, for all of us," Alice says, shooting me a look. I feel a little pale.

"We're definitely waiting," I say with a firm shake of my head. "I'm not dealing with Edward being back in school and a baby at the same time. Fuck that. He has to be around for the baby because let's be real," I shoot Alice a look. "Your brother is going to be a way better parent than I am."

The girls laugh and even though they know I'm mostly joking, they reach out to wrap their arms around me now. It's sorta nice, even though I'm squished across Roses' lap.

"Okay, okay, enough of this sob fest," I say, pulling back from them. "Let's go tie that eligible Cullen boy down," I grunt. Alice giggles.

"About two hundred Chicago prep-school graduates just cried."

I grin at her. "Damn straight."