Bella and the Baby
By MistyriousCharades
Disclaimer: This is a fan inspired work based on a fictional piece created by Stephenie Meyer. I do not own or claim any and all entities belonging to Stephenie Meyer and all other parties involved. No money is being made and no copyright infringement intended.
WARNING: BREAKING DAWN SPOILER READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!! MY STORY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BOOK BUT I DO DISCUSS A MAJOR PLOT LINE IN MY AUTHOR'S NOTE. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BREAKING DAWN YET, YOU MUST BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK - jokes - OKAY LOOK, JUST SKIP MY A/N IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED.
A/N: Sorry for the late, LATE, update!! This is due to the release of Breaking Dawn. While I immensely enjoyed the book, it has totally ruined my story!! I don't know if it's possible to continue with this fanfic now given the fact that Bella had a real baby girl. Anyway, I'll post a couple of more chapters, just cos I wrote them waaaaaayyyyy before Breaking Dawn came out. There's still so much Sunny that I want to write about but I don't know if it's worth it now. And that's the reason why it has taken me so long to post.
Chapter Five
Sunny came out of the bath so warm and silk like that it was almost as if I was dealing with real human skin. Whoever designed these dolls for their mad educational reasons had done a really good job. Edward took her from my arms gently dried her and put her clean diaper on while I stood there smiling at the aura of his glow. He really would have made such a good dad.
On our way to school Edward was extremely quiet but his smile and golden eyes convinced me that he was in a good mood so I didn't bring it up. Sunny was asleep in the back car - whether or not this was because of the relaxing bathing chemicals that Alice had added to the bath I didn't know. I could only assume when it came to her godmother, Alice had Sunny's best interests at heart.
We had Biology first period today and I was looking forward to it because Mr. Banner was going to do a quick examination on our dolls so we would know how we were all going. A progress report. I couldn't wait to take it home to Charlie and subtlety rub it in his face.
It was so weird to witness Mr. Banner removing the computer chip from Sunny's back. I admit I had gotten so used to pretending she was real there were times when I forgot she wasn't. I knew I would always choose Edward over babies any day but even I couldn't deny what peace Sunny had brought to his paternal soul.
While Mr. Banner examined the computer chips in his laptop, I took the opportunity to visit Jessica and Mike at their table. She was still so obsessed with Robinson, cradling him in her arms even though he had been turned off. It was during our discussion of baby robots and their subtle realities that I realised something.
"Hey Jess, where's Angela?"
She shrugged, "I don't know, she hasn't been at school for three days. I've tried calling her but she won't pick up her cell."
Three days? I had been so absorbed with Sunny I hadn't even noticed. I looked over to Edward with a mixture of confusion and concern on my face. He quickly glanced around the room. "What about Ben?"
Mike answered this time, "Yeah he hasn't been at school for about the same amount of time."
Jessica began rocking Robinson again, "She's probably done something to her doll and is scared of her mark. I don't know how she could possibly get this wrong. It's so easy!"
I rolled my eyes when I knew she wasn't looking and only Edward saw me. It was for that moment only that I wished he could hear what I was thinking. I wanted to visit Angela if only to find out what was going on. It wasn't like her to miss school for three days and I was feeling really guilty for not noticing.
Mr. Banner had run out of time to examine all our chips; the downloading had taken him longer than he had expected, so a lifeless Sunny sat in the back seat of my truck. Edward had gone out hunting encouraged by me because I needed an excuse to be alone so that I could visit Angela by myself, hoping she'd open up to me. I couldn't understand why I was so curious to know the true reason of her absence but I thought at the very least she should know that Mr. Banner was currently doing progress reports on them. If she had "killed" Benji Jr. couldn't she just get him reset? She had a whole term to change her result.
I pulled up into the driveway of Angela's house and debated whether or not to bring Sunny inside with me because she wasn't on anymore. I decided I would in case a random raccoon came and stole her from her seat.
I rang the bell and waited for her to come to the door but she was taking her time. Maybe she wasn't at home... but then where else would she be?
I placed my hand on the door handle and noticed how warm it was and recoiled. My reaction to the temperature however caused the door to swing right open. I tentatively took a few steps inside.
I had been here before but there was a definitive change this time in Angela's place. I was still trying to pinpoint what it was because everything looked the same... then I took a deep breath and realised what had changed - the place smelt differently. Like a strong smell of Herbal Essences shampoo but just not as sweet. It was a heavy smell; it made my head feel funny. It was almost as if whatever the incense was it had been infused with marijuana. I shook the idea out of my head. That didn't sound like Angela at all.
I called out her name. "Angela? It's Bella. Are you here?"
There was no answer. The place didn't look like it had been unoccupied. I remembered her brothers and wondered where they were. I called her name again but still with no response it was because I loosely remembered the location of her bedroom that I headed up the stairs; Sunny was loosely hanging in my arms.
I reached the hallway of her bedroom and was relieved to see her door open. I didn't like being here without her knowing. To my surprise, Ben walked out.
"Ben!" I said, "Where have you been? You've missed so much school and Angela too... I rang the bell but the door sorta opened automatically."
I stopped talking immediately. Ben was frozen, rooted to the spot where he stood. His face was incomprehensible but it looked guilty as hell to find me standing there. If I had to place the expression on his face it was almost as if he was my boyfriend and I had just caught him cheating on me. I furrowed my brows, I was so confused. Then I heard Angela's voice come from her room.
"Ben what's wrong? Who is it? It's not Jessica is it? I don't know how to get rid of her..."
That didn't sound very much like Angela at all. My heart started beating faster and my eyes grew wide. What did she mean about not knowing how to get rid of Jessica? And if that was the case what was going to happen when she found out it wasn't Jessica standing here, that it was me? Did that mean she knewhow to get rid of me?
Ben gulped, "Bella," he whispered.
"That's fine!" Angela responded immediately and my body immediately relaxed. "Let her in. If she can keep secret about Edward being a vampire she can keep secret about me."
