Chapter 6: Idea

Bella's POV

I was starting to feel really nervous. It had been a few days since we'd been here. In those few days my belly continued to swell. As had Lizzie's. We knew it was only a matter of time now before we delivered our babies. That's what scared me. The very real possibility of dying isn't what terrified me the most though. No. What terrified me the most is what would happen to EJ and Renesmee if I died. Who would take care of them? Who would love them when I was no longer able to? How would they survive?

Lizzie was just as worried about that as I was. We wished that we didn't have these worries. We wished that our husbands would love our children as they should have. I rubbed my belly. It had been awhile since I'd felt EJ or Renesmee move. Edward Jacob was the name I had chosen for my baby before I'd known I was having twins. I had already chosen Renesmee for a girl in case my earlier prediction about having a boy was wrong.

The shock of hearing that I was having twins never did fade. I realized that it never would because I was still skeptical even though Liam seemed so sure of himself. Knocking at the door caught my attention. Lizzie stirred in her sleep. I got up slowly and carefully made my way to the door. I was always a super clumsy girl but now that I was so huge that I couldn't even see my own feet the danger of tripping had quadrupled.

Liam had come at the exact same time as he had the past two days. So it was not his presence that surprised me it was the items that he had with him. He had a duffel bag with him. He also had a lot of baby supplies. Diapers, baby wipes, formula, both boy and girl baby clothes. That was in addition to the blood and food that he usually brought for us.

"Liam what is all of this?"

"Well you there's going to be three babies here soon so I thought we should be prepared. I know you two haven't been feeling all that well and can barely move. So I took the liberty of shopping for the basics since my class was canceled today.

"Thanks," I said.

"Also there's something that I wanted to tell you both. I'll wait for Lizzie to wake up though,"

"I'm awake," Lizzie yawned as she sat up. "It's hard to sleep with you two talking,"

"Sorry. We didn't mean to wake you," Liam said sheepishly.

"Don't worry about it. Anyway what is it that you wanted to tell us?"

"Well I had an idea earlier. But I'm not quite sure how you're going to feel about this,"

"Feel about what?" I asked with curiosity.

"How do you feel about c-section?" he asked. "I watched one of the doctors perform a c-section earlier and that's when I got the idea. I felt so stupid for not thinking about it earlier. The procedure might be the only way you two can survive. If we can deliver the babies before they decide to come on their own we might have a chance,"

Lizzie and I looked at each other at the same time. She looked as hopeful as I felt for the first time in days. Maybe we could survive this somehow.

"How soon?" Lizzie asked.

"The sooner the better. I say we do this tomorrow,"

"But who is going to perform the operation? Where will even have the operating done?"

Liam's face fell. "This is the part that you might not like. Obviously a regular human doctor can't perform this surgery. So I want to know how you two would feel about me doing it?" he looked nervous. "But you have to understand something. I have never performed any surgery or c-section before. I have studied the topic many times in school. I have seen doctors perform the procedure many times. I know how to do it but I have never done it before,"

There was several minutes of tense silence before I was the one to break it. "I can't speak for Lizzie but I think that this is our best option. We don't have another choice. I'm willing to let you operate on me,"

"I agree with Bella," Lizzie added. "If this gives us a chance of survival I think we should take it,"

"So where are we going? The hospital?"

"No," Liam shook his head. "Not the hospital. There are too many humans there to do this discreetly. Also, I'm not licensed to practice medicine yet. If I get caught performing this operation I will be in a whole other world of trouble. But I know where we can go. There's a vacant building not to far from here. I can take you two there and do it. Of course I'll sterilize before doing anything there,"

"So what's the duffel bag for?" Lizzie asked.

"Oh I've been thinking that, well, that I should stay here just in case something happens I'll be here to help. Unless you're not comfortable with me here,"

Neither of us were opposed to him staying here. In fact I think we were relieved.

"and there's one more thing that I wanted to bring up. I'm venomous,"

I hadn't been expecting him to say that. "You are?" I gasped.

"Both my brother and I are venomous. None of my sisters are. We think it might be a gender difference among hybrids. But the point is I can create a vampire. I want to know if things were to suddenly go bad during the procedure would you want me to change you?"

"Yes," we said at the same time.

Just one more day. I rubbed my bump. One more day and I'd get to meet my babies. As it turned out the bag was full of Liam's clothes and tools that he'd need to operate. We spent the next several hours trying not to think about what was going to happen tomorrow. We watched movies and ordered room service. We were happy.

A searing pain woke me up in the middle of the night. I woke up screaming. It felt as if my insides were being ripped apart. Lizzie and Liam woke up.

"Bella what is-"

The pain was so excruciating that all I could do was point at my stomach. It clicked at once for Liam. "Oh no. It's happening,"

He went through his bag quickly and got what he needed. He quickly injected me with morphine. "I'm sorry Bella but I don't have time to let the morphine spread-"

"Just do it," I barely managed to say.

I screamed again as he began to cut me open. "Lizzie I need your help," I didn't hear her response. Soon the pain was all that I could focus on. One second I felt his hands inside of my body. Then I heard a beautiful sound. It was the sound of a baby crying. I opened my eyes.

"It's Renesmee," he said. "She's a gifted-"

"Please," I said. "Give her to me," I interrupted.

He passed her over to me. She was beautiful. Perfect in every way. The perfect combination of Edward and I. I loved this baby girl more than I would've ever thought possible to love someone. She bit me. Nothing happened.

The room was filled with even more crying. I looked away from Renesmee to see a beautiful baby boy. Unlike Renesmee who shared features with both of us EJ looked exactly like his father from head to toe. He was a miniature, baby version of the Edward I'd married. He already had the same messy bronze colored hair that his father had. His eyes were green, the very same color that Edward's had been when he was human. Whereas Renesmee had inherited my eye color.

Liam placed him in my arms. Even through all the pain I knew that I'd made the right decision. Saving their lives was worth it. Even if it costed me my own life in the end.

"Your son is gifted also. He's a mind reader," I heard Liam say.

Before I could comment on that pain exploded in my abdomen. I screamed so loud that I was sure I'd wake up the dead. There was a flurry of activity in the room. Liam was working to seal my wound. He kicked the wound in order to seal it with his venom.

Teeth sliced into my chest and a strong burning sensation appeared. EJ had bitten me. Unlike his sister he was venomous. He let go and then he did it again. Fire radiated out of from the bite wounds.

"We need to get out of here now," I heard Liam say.

"The other guests here heard us?"

"Worse than that although that certainly is a problem. No. There's other vampires here. Their scent just wafted through the open window. I don't know why they're here but we need to leave before they smell all of the blood. Lizzie can you grab EJ and Renesmee from Bella?"

"Where are we going?"

"My car. We'll go through the emergency exit. It's close enough that we will be able to make an escape undetected,"

I could barely think through the growing pain that was beginning to spread throughout my body. I felt my body being lifted and we begun to make our escape.

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