DISCLAIMER: THE TWILIGHT SAGA BELONGS TO STEPHENIE MEYER!

I was pregnant!

A million questions raced through my mind.

How did this happen?

When is the baby going to be born?

Is it a boy or girl?

Is Carlisle as excited as I am?

Well, if course I know how it happened. I know the steps needed to make a baby.

But the major one I was worried about was the last one.

Is Carlisle as excited as I am?

Carlisle froze again. I asked the girls to go find the rest of the kids. When they were gone, I turned to see my husband.

His head was now in his hands and his elbows were supported by his knees.

"I'm going to be a father," I heard him murmur. "I'm going to be responsible for a little kid's life."

"Hey!" I said. He looked up. I continued, "This is no little kid. This is our child. Aren't you excited?"

He sighed. "I'm not excited about you going through the pain of carrying and delivering a child."

"We just find out that I'm pregnant and that's all you can think about?" Didn't he understand that this was the only thing I wanted after we married?

Once again, he let out a sigh. "Esme, if you're human, that means that the baby's going to be part human. And I'm a vampire, so the baby's going to be part vampire. A half-human, half-vampire baby, Esme. Do you know how much pain you're going to be in?"

He did not just suggest what I think he implied.

He could not have.

"Carlisle Cullen, how dare you suggest that the baby gets removed! Your own child-dead, and because of you!"

I stormed upstairs to our room, tears forming in my eyes.

"Esme! Esme, that's not what I meant!" he said, following me.

I attempted to close the door in his face, but he walked in before I got my hand on the door. Stupid him and his stupid vampire speed.

"Get out of my room!" I shrieked.

"It's my room, too."

Now I was mad. I reached out and slapped him across the face, but he remained standing there, unfazed, while my hand was throbbing.

He smiled, clearly holding back laughter as he said, "Esme, let me look at it."

"Oh, how nice. Your more concerned about my hand than about our child!"

His face sobered. "Esme, this is probably not safe for you."

I sighed. "You can't make this decision for me. You know that I've always wanted a child. Do you really not want to be a father?"

"Of course I want to be a father, but...what if it's not a normal child? What if it doesn't turn out to be a baby?"

"Stop worrying," I instructed. "This is your opportunity to have a kid running around the house!"

He smiled again and took my hands. "Imagine the chaos that'll be. Five teenagers, and Bella's always here, so let's say six. And then add a baby to the mix."

I grinned. "Are you finally agreeing with me?"

He let out an uneven breath, but the smile stayed on his face. "I'm agreeing with the idea. I don't agree with nature and the pain that'll you'll be going through."

I kissed him and then sat down on the bed.

I soon heard six pairs of footsteps running up the staircase. I smiled at Carlisle and said, "There's gonna be a seventh person running up the stairs with them soon!"

"Come in," Carlisle called, knowing they'd walk in without knocking anyway.

Alice came in first, her hand in Jasper's. Rosalie, Emmett, Edward, and Bella were close behind them.

After answering numerous questions, Carlisle finally said that since I was human, I did need to sleep. Bella smiled in understanding and left with Edward first. Although they were disappointed that they couldn't find out more, the other kids went to their rooms.

"Carlisle, how are we going to do this?" I said. "How are we supposed to take care of teenagers and a baby at the same time?"

"Esme, don't have any doubts-you were all happy just a minute ago! We can do this."

"Togther," I whispered.

I leaned in and kissed his perfect lips. I just couldn't get enough of them.

"Okay, we have to go shopping for this baby!" Alice exclaimed. She smiled as she bounced over to Carlisle and me. "Are you gonna take me?"

Carlisle and I knew that this would be coming. We figured that there was a reason Alice stayed home while the other five kids went to the movies.

And of course, Carlisle said yes. He couldn't say no to his little girl. He spoiled the girls much more than the boys and was very overprotective of them.

Watch this baby be a girl and he'll have another one to spoil...

Carlisle helped me up and I followed him and Alice out to the car. Alice climbed in the back as Carlisle assisted me into the passenger's seat. He dashed to the driver's side and we were headed to the mall.

"Now, Alice, we can't go crazy with buying stuff," I said. "We don't know if the baby's going to be a boy or a girl."

Alice nodded. "I know. I just want to get stuff so when the baby's born it'll have things already."

Carlisle and I smiled at each other at Alice's logic. She always thought of other people, and already she had thought of this baby.

Alice had picked out things like furniture and toys. No clothes yet-not until the gender of the baby was known.

All this baby stuff really made me realize that this was all real.

I looked at Carlisle as he laughed while watching Alice happily chose things for the baby. He was going to be a great daddy to another child.

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