Chapter 16

EPOV

Alice and Jasper were officially married and off to who knows where on their honeymoon. Bella and I lay in bed, waiting for sleep to claim us. My arms were wrapped around her ever growing stomach and she seemed to fall asleep within the first ten minutes. For me on the other hand, it took more like an hour.

I awoke to the bed creaking underneath me. Thinking nothing of it, since lately Bella's been tossing and turning constantly; I closed my eyes and waited to doze back off. About three minutes later I heard the shower running, which made me shoot out of bed and into the master bathroom. Inside I found Bella standing under the falling water rubbing circles on her stomach. Her knuckles were a light color and her face was contorted in pain. She couldn't be having contractions could she? She's only 32 weeks, it's still to early for them to come... [Sorry if that's not correct... obviously I don't know so much about this topic so, bear with me here!]

"Bella? Darling?" I asked "Are you okay?" What a stupid question... of course she's not okay!

"I'm fi- no!!!!" She screamed grabbing onto my arm. I wrapped myself around her body, trying to absorb the pain. I didn't care that I was soaked to the bone with water nor did I care that it was two in the morning. All I could think about was Bella and my children... that's all I could care about. We stood there for about a half hour before I decided enough was enough.

"Bella, love... we've got to get to a doctor."

"No, you're a doctor... fix it!" She cried gripping me tighter.

"Bells, I'm not that kinds of doctor... come on love, please for me?" I pleaded hoping she would give in.

"F-fine... only cuz I'm" she sucked in a breath and held it... "worried about the twins..." she finished.

"Thank you."

"Oh dear god! Is she alright?" my mother cried as she walked through Bella's hospital room door. She was still dressed in her pajama's, just wearing a jacket with her hair in a pony tail. Bella had an IV in her arm, feeding her medications that could stop the contractions.

"Mom, she's fine... just some early contractions." I whispered sleeplessness evident in my voice. Soon the rest of the family shuffled in. Emmett and Rosalie, holding a sleeping Tyler, Carlisle (who was on the clock as we speak), Charlie and Rene.

"Hi everybody!" Bella yawned, already assuming that the others were here. A chorus of greetings was sung. Suddenly, my cell phone was ringing.

"Hello?"

"EDWARDANTHONYMASENCULLENPUTYOURWIFEONTHEPHONETHISINSTANT!!!!!" a pixie voice screamed in my ear.

"You." I said handing the phone to Bella. She looked at who was calling and sighed.

"Yes Alice?"

BPOV

"Yes Alice?" I asked politely into the phone's microphone.

"Bella Swan! You better NOT have those kids when I'm not there!!!! I don't care if you have to push them back in with your own bear hands... I swear, if I'm not there when they're born I will positively kill you!"

"Alice, I'm not having the kids today!! I promise, but if you're not here when the time comes, tough! I'm not 'pushing them back in with my bear hands!" I quoted. The rest of my family looked like they were on the verge of laughter.

"Okay, good. Now, how are you?"

"I'm fine Alice."

"If you were really fine would you be spending time in Forks Hospital missy?" she teased.

"Alliiiiiiiceeeeeeee stttttttoppppp!" I moaned sounding like a spoiled little kid. "It's not like I've ever been here before; seriously, the ER should probably give me my own wing: The Bella Cullen Wing- Where everything of everything, including the impossible and strangest diseases/injuries are cured." I laughed. That got everyone including Dr. Fernandez, who had walked into my room sometime during my conversation, to laugh.

"Alice, I've got to go! Have fun with Jazz!" I said, but before I could hang up Emmett had the speaker pressed up against his mouth and he yelled, "Don't forget to use protection!" That got us all going again before the Dr. cleared her throat.

"Okay Bella, when this IV is empty you may leave. I'm going to want weekly if not more then weekly visits from you to prevent any more of these cases from happening again. Okay? Edward, you can sign her out and get the IV and stuff out in a little bit... I trust you." Edward merely grinned.

"Okay guys, we're going to be going... call us if anything happens okay?" Rosalie said while kissing both Edward and I on the cheek. Emmett, while still holding his son, gave me a one armed hug and waved at Edward.

"Bella? Would you mind if I come home with you? Edward has work today and I really don't want..." Esme began moving her hands around in circles.

"Yea! Sure Esme, it's not like I'll be doing anything important right?" I asked. She laughed and helped me sit up.

"Edward can you get this thing out of my hand?" I asked. Edward was standing against the window frame just peering out, moving his hands through his hair. When he didn't turn around I called him again louder. Still he didn't here me. Instead I grabbed my pillow and one handedly threw it at him, smacking the back of his head lightly. He turned around and looked at me.

"Edward, IV... out, please?" I asked quietly.

"Oh yeah... here..." he murmured sitting next to my bed. His hands pulled back the tape and easily slid the needle. "There" he whispered, kissing my on the forehead. I was already detached from all the monitors so Esme helped me get up and back into my normal clothes.

"Hey, mom, can you take Bella back to the house?? I want to just check on one of my patients..." he asked carefully. He had this strange look in his eye that Esme also noticed, and she nodded leading me outside. Edward diffidently wasn't going to be checking on a patient, that's for sure... but what could he be doing?"

CaPOV (Carlisle)

"Dad?" Edward asked walking through my office door, "Do you have time to maybe talk?" he asked quietly looking down at his shoes.

"Of course, what's wrong?" Edward looked hesitantly around the room then sighed.

"Dad, I-I-I don't know if I can do this." he stated blankly.

"Do what son?" I asked, faking my question. Of course I already knew what this was about. Emmett did the same this only a year or two ago.

"I don't know what I'm doing. Seeing Bella in there before made me think, with having the twins only so far away. I'm not sure if I'm ready to be a father... I don't think I can do it. What if I don't do it right or forget to feed them or... what if I just can't do it?" He cried. He had tears in his eyes and I led him over to one of the couches in my office. Even though he was a grown man, I took my son in my arms and held him close whispering soothing words. Personally, he would make a great father. He's responsible, caring, loving. The way he takes care of Bella only shows what he's really capable of. Nobody else have I ever seen, not even Jasper or Emmett, moves or looks at their wife and Edward does to Bella. She's the most important thing to him and I can only imagine how he would act with his own kids.

"Edward, every father has his doubts when entering into fatherhood. Trust me, I've been there, more then one I have to say. At first when Emmett was born, I was worried that I would do something wrong. Of course I already knew how to take care of a child by working in the hospital for so many years, but even then, the first time I held my own child in my arms. The tiny, fragile human baby that I created, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to give him the life I wanted. But, look how you three, Alice, Emmett and you, turned out. I think your mother and I did a pretty good job!" I laughed trying to lighten the mood.

"But Emmett and Rose make it look so easy..."

"Son, every group of parents have there own struggles. Believe me, this wasn't easy for them either. Actually, Emmett came to me to with the same questions only weeks before Tyler was born. They've been through their ups and downs, but they made it through as a couple. I'm not going to lie to you Edward, parenting isn't easy. It's not easy to have children, watch them grow up and then watch them start their own lives. Having twins won't be easy either, I promise you; it will probably make it harder. You and Alice were far harder to care for them Emmett alone... But remember, you and Bella will need to work together on this part of your lives. You will need each other more now then ever before, but I can assure you. The minute that you see your children all those fears will vanish. Granted, they may return later on, but all you'll care about is the little bundle of flesh and love that will be placed in your arms. The best thing you can do for that baby is to love and cherish it. " Edward was sobbing now into my shoulder, I'm not sure if it was out of love or sadness or worry. All I know is that I told him everything that I could offer him. He will need to learn many other things himself. I know he and Bella will have their ups and downs in the next few months and I guarantee that Edward will be sleeping on our couch once or twice because of fights between the two of them, but that's life. They will always love each other and there's no other way about it. They can figure this out... it's just like a puzzle; they need to flip and explore every single piece before completing life. Not every piece will fit, but you can always make a new picture using what you have.

A/N: So... good? Bad? Tell me what you think.

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