A/n: long time no update, huh? Well, I guess I just needed to find my muse. She keeps escaping me, dammit. I hope you like the direction I've taken them, because I debated it with my beta for a long time before I felt confident enough to put this chapter up.

This story is coming to an end, so be sure to check out my new stories. I've updated my one-shot "The Virginity Pact" with the second chapter about Jasper and Alice, so go check that out. The new story is called "The Virginity Pact Continues!" Also check out Delusions of Grandeur for a stormier non-fluff story.

Big shout out to Adrena for helping me get out of my muse-less rut:)

P.S. I didn't wanna gyp you out of the Euro tour, but I've also never been there so I felt like I would just sound like an idiot trying to write too in-depth about it. Sorry.

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BPOV

I stood off to the corner of the stage as I watched Volterra play the last song of their set. We were on the last stop of the European tour, and I couldn't be happier because that meant we could go home and relax for a few months after this.

The kids of London were lovin' on Cullen & Co. I saw them screaming along with Emmett, pounding their fists to Edward's drums, and stomping around the pit with wild abandon. I loved it. The band had gotten some major publicity touring over the summer, and people were starting to take notice. Edward seemed blown away by all the hype, but I could tell he secretly savored it.

I watched his face as he drummed with ferocious pleasure. I adored seeing that expression, because it showed up whenever he was doing something he really loved. The guys were about to wrap up their set when I felt a wave of dizziness knock me to my knees. It was really hot in the club, so I figured I just needed some fresh air.

"Bella! Oh my god! Bella!" I heard Rosalie yell as she crouched down beside me.

Her arms wrapped around me and pulled me up onto her lap. I didn't have any energy in my limbs to hold myself up, so I flopped like a rag doll. I felt the blood rush to my head and suddenly, Edward was there reaching out for me.

"Bella! Are you okay?" he yelled with such a concerned look on his face. He pulled me into his arms and pulled back to look me in the eye. "Did you pass out?" he asked.

I felt much better now, but still slightly dizzy. "Yeah, I'm okay now. I think I just need to get some fresh air and some water, and then I'll be top notch." I replied weakly.

Edward and everyone else was gathered around me, but they fell back as he half-carried me outside through the back door of the club. Alice popped out and handed him a bottle of water, which he opened and handed to me. I drank deeply as I leaned against the damp brick wall of the alley.

He stood close to me, obviously afraid I was going to faint again. He reached out to brush the hair away from my face and held my flushed cheeks in his hands. "Are you really okay?" he asked quietly.

I nodded, but the motion set off the nausea suddenly roiling in my stomach. Without warning, I bent at the waist and vomited onto the pavement, only able to turn enough so I didn't get any on Edward. I felt his cool hands holding my hair away from my face and stroking down my back in soothing circles. When I was done retching, I stood up and took a sip of the water to rinse my mouth out. My cheeks burned with embarrassment as I peered up at him through my lashes.

He still looked worried, so I tried to comfort him. "I'm feeling much better now, actually. I just wish I had my toothbrush with me," I said with a grimace. I swished more of the water around my mouth, hoping to rid it of the foul taste.

He nodded and wrapped his arms around me. "Let's go back to the hotel so I can get you settled and take care of you, okay?"

"But what about everyone else? This is the last show of the tour! We can't just leave them!" I tried to protest. "I feel a lot better, honestly. Please, don't let me ruin this for you guys," I pleaded.

Edward stopped and looked down at me, considering. "You're sure you don't want to go and rest?" he asked skeptically. I nodded and tried to smile, though honestly, my stomach was still a little queasy. He sighed. "Okay, then, but if you feel sick again we're going to leave," he warned.

"Okay," I said with a reassuring smile.

Everyone was waiting for us inside the backstage door, looking worried. "Bella, are you okay?" Alice asked with a worried expression on her face.

"Yeah, thanks for the water. I just got too hot in here, I think," I lied. I still felt sick, so I knew it couldn't be something as simple as that. I figured I was probably coming down with the stomach flu or something, which really sucked, but I wasn't willing to let that ruin tonight.

Edward's hand was still rubbing my back soothingly as he turned back to his family. "Okay, so where do you guys wanna go eat?" he asked.

Eventually, everyone agreed on a place near the hotel and we were off. The wait was short since it was late at night, so we got a table easily. It was a charming little greasy spoon cafe with red vinyl booths and Formica tabletops. The wait staff wore red and white retro uniforms with little caps. Everyone placed their orders and we sat back to wait for our food.

"So, what's next?" Emmett asked Edward with a firm slap on the back.

"Well, Lex wants us to start recording our next album within the next few months. I'm not sure we'll be ready to follow up The Volturi yet, though. What do you guys think?" Edward responded.

The Cullens started debating what they could work on next and they kept right at it until the food came. Everyone had ordered big greasy cheeseburgers except for me; I'd ordered a salad. I just knew I should go light on my stomach after the incident in the alley.

The smell of grease and cooked meat accosted my senses and I felt the queasiness return tenfold. I couldn't help my reaction: I slapped a hand over my mouth and ran for the bathroom, hoping I would make it there in time. I heard someone hot on my heels, but I couldn't make myself stop and see who it was.

I made it to the stall just in time. I retched for what seemed like hours until my stomach was just heaving uselessly. I realized then that Alice and Rosalie had followed me into the bathroom and were trying to comfort me. I dropped onto the floor and leaned back against the wall, refusing to think about the fact that I was in a public bathroom. "Thanks you guys," I said weakly.

Alice leaned down so she could look me in the face. "Are you coming down with something, Bells?" she asked.

"I think I'm getting the stomach flu," I replied through tight lips.

Rosalie left the stall and came back with some wet paper towels. She wiped my face and neck with them, cooling me off. I groaned in appreciation and stood up with Alice's help. "Do you want to leave?" she asked. "I can get Edward to take you back to the hotel."

I shook my head. "Actually, I'm feeling better again. Let's just go back and hang out," I replied. Rosalie and Alice led me back to the table reluctantly and we sat down across from the guys.

Edward's face held a scowl. "We should go," he said. "You're obviously sick."

I shook my head. "I'm good now. I think it was just leftover from before," I reassured him.

Alice grabbed her burger and went to take a huge bite. I looked down at my salad and my stomach twisted, not with nausea, but with disinterest. I gazed back at Alice's burger; suddenly, it was the only thing that sounded good to me. She noticed my lustful glazed look and gave me a strange look in return. "What?" she asked. "Do I have mustard on my chin?"

I smiled. "No...uh, actually that just looks really good right now," I answered honestly.

She smiled suddenly and handed over the burger. "Maybe you're not sick, after all," she said with a twinkle in her eye. I just grabbed the cheeseburger and started chowing down, pushing my salad to her with my free hand. Alice just laughed and stole Jasper's burger before shoving the salad in his direction.

"Hey!" he protested.

"Eat your vegetables, Jasper," Alice said with a wink. He grimaced and poured dressing all over it before taking a huge bite.

EPOV

I watched Bella devour Alice's cheeseburger with gusto and wondered how she could eat all that after throwing up twice. I figured she'd come down with the stomach flu, but she wouldn't have an appetite if that was the case.

Suddenly, realization dawned. I did some quick counting and figured the timing would be about right. I felt my pulse race as I thought about the possibilities. I didn't say anything, though, because it just wasn't the time or place for getting into it. I finished my burger and stood up. "Hey, Rose? Can Bella go back to the hotel with you guys? I need to pick up a few things at the store."

Rosalie and Alice nodded. I didn't look at the guys, because I knew Emmett would get all curious and try to come with me. I grabbed my coat and kissed Bella on the cheek before I walked quickly out of the restaurant with an excited spring in my step.

Whatever went down in the next few hours, I knew I was happy. I didn't have a worried bone in my body.

BPOV

I laid in the bed and waited for Edward to return. Old reruns of Alf were on TV, so I watched with half-hearted disinterest. I looked up when the door opened and Edward walked in, looking wind-blown and pink in the cheeks. He was carrying a small white paper bag.

"Hey, handsome," I greeted him with a smile.

He crossed over to me and sat down on the bed. He leaned in for a kiss and I obliged him happily. "What did you need at the store?" I asked curiously.

Edward smiled and pulled a familiar-looking pink box out of the bag. Before now, I'd only ever seen it on commercials with an annoying brunette woman or on a shelf next to the condoms in the family planning aisle. My eyes widened as I looked down at it; did he seriously think I was pregnant?

Wait. I did the math in my head and gasped. "I..."

"You can take it tonight, if you'd like to. I'm pretty curious, myself, so I don't know if I could bear to wait for morning," he said with a twinkly-eyed grin.

I was speechless. Of course I'd known for a while now that I wanted to have Edward's babies, but I hadn't planned on it being now. What would I do if I was pregnant?

"You mean what would we do if you were pregnant," he said, suddenly looking worried. "Wait...would you be upset? If you were pregnant, I mean?"

Shit, I must have said that last though out loud. I bit my lip and looked up at him. "Of course not, bubba. I would be thrilled; I just don't know if we're ready," I replied breathlessly. I mean, I was completely in love with the idea of having Edward's babies, but what about the band, and the next record, and my school, and Charlie, and his family, and... the list went on and on.

His smile grew wide. "Oh, if you are pregnant, there's an entire nine months to prepare, so don't worry about that," he said with a wink. He pushed the test into my hands. "Now go in there and find out if I'm gonna be a daddy."

I felt tears fill my eyes at his sweet words. I grabbed the box and ran to the bathroom with anticipation zinging through my veins. I'd never taken one of these before, but it didn't look too complicated, so I dropped trou and went to work. I set the alarm on my phone for three minutes and laid the test on the counter before walking back out to find Edward pacing in front of the bathroom door. "Nosy much?" I joked with a grin.

He turned and grinned right back at me. "How long do we have to wait?" he asked anxiously.

I looked at my alarm. "Two more minutes," I told him.

We stood there and held our breath, just staring at each other with wide-eyed wonder. I could tell he was just as excited as I was, and I could hardly hold myself back from trampling over him to get to the bathroom when my alarm went off.

He reached it before I did and picked it up off the counter. He looked at it with a crease between his brows, obviously trying to figure out what it meant. "Wait, two lines means pregnant, right?" he asked.

I stopped breathing. "Yes!" I cheered. Edward handed me the test and I stared at it with absolute joy spreading through my body.

"Mama," he said with the sweetest expression on his face I'd ever seen.

"Papa," I replied with tears running down my cheeks.

We dove for each other and embraced, completely thrilled. He pulled back and took my hand, leading me back to the bedroom. I sat on the bed while he went and rifled through his bag. "I guess this means I can give you this now," he said.

I saw the small black box and felt my heart stop for a moment. "Is that what I think it is?" I asked, daring to hope.

He walked over to me and got down on one knee in front of me. "It is." He opened the box and showed me a delicate, breathtaking ring that looked like an antique. The breath I'd just inhaled stuck in my throat as I looked at him. He took a deep breath and his beautiful golden eyes locked on mine. "I've been carrying this around for months, just waiting to be sure you wouldn't turn me down," he looked sheepish, but he continued: "I remember when I first saw you at the show in Seattle. All I could think about was how I should probably avoid you because you belonged to someone else. I couldn't keep myself away from you, though. You just drew me to you with your intelligence and your humor, and most of all... that sweetness that makes me just want to give you the entire world. I know you're probably scared right now because we're going to have a baby, but I hope that you'll believe me when I say that I'm so excited to have this adventure with you, Bella. I've known for awhile that you're the one for me, and I can only hope that you feel the same way."

I sniffled. "Do you know why I cried the first time we made love?" I asked him. He nodded and his brow crinkled as he tried to anticipate where I was going with this. "Well, it's because I'd realized that I was just so in love with you. I haven't been able to imagine a life without you since then. I'm not scared right now, I'm just surprised. I want this baby, and all the babies who will come after this one...and I want you, now more than ever," I finished.

Edward's face was priceless. He cleared his throat and held the ring up to me. "Then marry me, please."

I laughed because he'd made it sound like such a polite request. I grabbed the ring and put it on my finger. "Okay. Just tell me when and where, and I'll be there," I replied with a sloppy, teary grin.

We both laughed in sweet release and fell back onto the bed. I wanted him to touch me, but I was afraid it might hurt the baby. I turned on my side to face him, my head propped up by my elbow. Edward was laying on his back, grinning up at the ceiling of the hotel room like an idiot...or the happiest man in the world, a small voice whispered inside my head. I cleared my throat. "Ahh...Edward?" I asked tentatively.

He turned to me with the idiotic grin. "Yeah?"

I blushed a bit, feeling suddenly nervous for no apparent reason. "Do you think...I mean, I'm not sure about it, but do you think it's safe for the baby if we...you know?" I struggled to ask.

He looked confused for a minute before comprehension dawned on his face, and he laughed. I pinched him on the arm, upset that he'd laugh at me at a time like this. "I wasn't laughing at you, I swear. I just thought it was cute," he explained. "It's totally fine if we have sex. Is that what you're asking?" he said with a devilish grin.

I blushed again. "It's either that or you go out and find me some ice cream with gummy bears and Butterfingers in it," I said dreamily, suddenly realizing how good that sounded.

Edward laughed heartily. "...and so it begins!" he said with a mock shudder. I punched him playfully.

"Shut up and get naked, you clown. I wanna see if having sex with my fiancé is different from having sex with my boyfriend," I ordered with a silly laugh.

"Whatever the pregnant girl wants, the pregnant girl gets," he announced with a long-suffering sigh as he stood up to pull off his shirt and pants. I got busy wriggling out of my clothes while I kept my eyes glued to his body. Yessssssssssssssssssssss.

EPOV

Thrilled, thrilled, beyond thrilled. I couldn't stop my hands from shaking as I undressed under Bella's watchful gaze. Her dark eyes were shining with love and desire, and I knew my eyes were reflecting the same emotions. "Music?" I asked her with a nod toward the stereo in the corner. She nodded, so I crossed over to my CDs and found the one I wanted to listen to.

As the music started, I crossed back to Bella and lay down on the bed next to her. I reached out for her, and she came to me willingly. I stroked my hands down her soft skin, over her shoulders and her back. When I got to her waist, I wrapped my hands around them and kissed her with quiet tenderness. She was going to be mine forever, and I couldn't stop the passionate happiness that surged through me at that thought.

My hands drifted to her belly and stopped beneath her belly button. Her hand came up and her fingers wrapped around mine. She kissed me with heat and I moaned into her mouth a little. The most perfect song in the world came on in this moment, but I didn't know if she realized it because she looked lost to the world while I kissed her.

I pulled away and kissed around her jaw, neck, and up to her ear. I whispered the lyrics along with the song, trying not to feel too cheesy.

"My hands shake, our minds race from the thought of love.

Yet we curb our speech because words are not enough

To wedge this instant, burn this moment into our memory.

Let go, take my hand and trust in me.

Bella, can't you see that we were meant to be?"

Bella pulled back and smiled at me. When the next verse came, she sang it into my ear so sweetly that my soul clenched.

"I admit I would guess your touch could

Fill me with such thoughts to marry you, have your babies too.

Is it too good to be true?"

I turned my head and kissed her deeply before replying. "Come here," I whispered. The mood was too delicate for loud words. Bella crawled over me and I wrapped my hands in her hair, kissing her in earnest now. She writhed over me and I could feel her wetness against my straining erection.

I rolled us over and looked down at her. "I guess we don't need to use condoms now," I said with a little smile. She snickered softly and licked her lips before pulling me down by my hair for another drugging kiss. I was prepared to show her just how much I loved her.

My lips drifted across her chest, over her collarbone, to dip down to the valley between her breasts. "Are they sore?" I asked her softly, referring to her breasts. I definitely didn't want to hurt her.

She nodded. "A little," she admitted. "But they're bigger, too. It's weird," she said.

I kissed each breast tenderly, careful not to put any substantial pressure on either one. "They're beautiful," I told her. I tried to imagine in my mind what her breasts would look like while she fed our baby, and the vision pierced my heart. I was actually making a family with Bella.

Her small hands ran up my sides and wrapped around my shoulders and I slid down her body, peppering her with kisses along the way. I stopped at her belly and laid a kiss just beneath her belly button before whispering, "hello in there." Bella smiled sweetly at me and ran her hands through my hair, lightly scratching my scalp. I groaned and continued kissing down to where I wanted to be.

I pushed her thighs apart and blew a hot breath over her entrance. Her legs quivered as I pushed them over my shoulders and prepared to dive into her wet center. My fingers separated her folds and I stroked her repeatedly with the tip of my tongue, wringing my name from her lips. I worked on her for awhile while she moaned and arched her hips off the bed.

My body couldn't hold out much longer, and I could tell she was close, so I pulled away and stroked my way back up her body until I felt the head of my erection at her entrance. It was slick and wet with her juices and my saliva.

Reaching down, I pulled one of her legs up to wrap around my waist. She bent the other one and planted her foot on the bed while I thrust forward, entering her slowly. The sensation of being inside her without any barriers between us was intensely erotic. I never knew what an aphrodisiac it could be to know that there was nothing between us, just skin and wet, hot heat.

She moaned in a way I'd never even heard before. "It's so sensitive!" she gasped. I groaned and pushed inside of her further, hissing at how tight and wet she was.

We moved together in perfect harmony. The music dimmed as my focus narrowed to her face and body. My universe consisted of the two of us...our choppy breathing, our mouths pressed against each other, our bodies moving in time to a song only we could hear. We didn't need the artificial music anymore, because our souls were now singing together naturally.

Bella's luminous brown eyes locked on mine as our rhythm sped up. "I love you," she breathed. My need for her increased and I pushed into her deeper and faster. I felt her muscles clench as she cried out and came all over me.

The feeling of her wet muscles milking me was too much, and I pushed into her one last time before I came. When my orgasm hit me, I saw stars... well, really I saw tiny pinpoints of light behind my eyelids as I shouted Bella's name over and over.

I collapsed half on top of Bella and half on the bed, replete. I ran my fingers through her hair and pushed it off her neck so I could nuzzle it and breathe her in. "Mmm, you smell like all my favorite things," I told her with a goofy smile. Bella laughed and smacked a big kiss on my forehead.

"Are you ready to go home tomorrow?" she asked.

I pulled her tight into my side and wrapped my body around hers. "Definitely. I want to just have some major downtime and chill out with the whole family. We've been gone for so long now," I answered.

Bella's hands stroked through my hair as I laid my head on her breasts. "I know what you mean," she replied. She reached over with one hand and turned out the lamp on the bedside table, and we both snuggled down deep into the big bed.

So this is the beginning...

I think I rather like it.

A/N: Thoughts? Love it, or hate it? I wasn't going to have this happen, but I really felt like I wanted a happy and supportive Baby Dadward. Know what I mean?