Chapter 9: Unusual
Edward POV
I looked down at Emma, she was eating her cheerios, and watching TV. Her face was exactly like Bella's, they also had the same hair. The only difference is their eyes, Bella has brown, and Emma has blue. Must be from him. Bastard. Emmett was laughing at the cartoons as was Emma, Jasper was staying quiet, Rose Bella, and Alice were in the kitchen talking. I sighed. How could Bella not have told me this? Emma looked at me curiously. She stood up, and sat in front of me. "Are you mad?" She asked. "No." I answered. "Really? When mommy is mad, she makes that sound." Emma said. "What else does your mommy do?" I asked. "Um, she sings in the shower, she cooks me food, scares away the monsters, and she smiles when someone says Edward." Emma explained. I smiled. "Like that." Emma said pointing at me. "Like what?" I asked. "She smiles just like that." Emma giggled. She looked at Emmett, who was still laughing. Emma looked scared, and she climbed onto my lap. "He scares me." She whispered. "No he isn't, watch this." I told her. She looked at me waiting. I picked up a pillow, and hurled it at Emmett's head.
Emmett rubbed his head. "Hey!" He yelled. Emma was laughing in my lap. "Again, again." She said, clapping her hands. I laughed, and threw another one. She squealed like Alice does when we go shopping. "That's it, you are gonna get it." Emmett said, he was wiggling his fingers at Emma. She stuck her tongue out at him, exactly like Bella. Emmett started tickling her sides, and she laughed. I started laughing when Emma began kicking Emmett in the chest. "Ow. Jeez, I think we have a soccer player on our hands." Emmett said, rubbing his chest. "You should see what she does when I say bath time." Bella said, walking into the living room. Emma's head snapped to meet Bella's "No." Emma screamed, and made a run for it. "My point exactly. She doesn't like baths very much." Bella said, sitting down on the couch. "But, when I actually get her in there, she doesn't want to get out." Bella said, thinking.
"Bella?" I asked, she slowly turned her head to look at me. "Why didn't you tell us this? Before now." I asked. She sighed. "Cause that would have went well. Seriously, how many nineteen year olds do you now that have a three year old?" She asked us. "Including you. One." Emmett answered. "Exactly." Bella said. "Are you ashamed of her?" Rose asked. "What? No, no, not even a little. I love her. It's just, I don't know, it was hard." She said. "Hard?" Emmett asked, his face was turning red from not laughing. "No, Emmett, that was not a sexual innuendo." Bella said, laughing. Leave it to Emmett to make a joke of a serious situation like this, and still get Bella to laugh. "It was hard for me to talk about it. I didn't tell my mom what really happened until right after Emma was born." Bella said. "So you waited nine months to tell your mom you were raped. Who did she think the father was?" Alice asked. Bella laughed. "Well, there was an end of the summer party at my friends house. And my friend had a brother my mom thought I liked. So she just assumed it happened at the party with my friends brother." Bella explained.
"Wow." Alice said. "Um, Bella, where's Emma?" Jasper asked. "Oh. Follow me, and stay quiet." Bella said, getting up. We followed her into the laundry room, and she opened up the door to the dryer. I looked in and Emma was asleep inside. "She thinks I don't know her hiding place. So I act all surprised when she comes out." Bella said, smiling. "Does she always fall asleep in there?" Alice asked, as we were walking back to the living room. "Most of the time. The longest she has ever been in there is an hour, I had to make a loud noise to wake her up. Other than that she usually wakes up in about a half hour." Bella said. We sat in the living room, in silence, until Emmett's booming laugh broke it. We all looked at him. "I just thought of something." he said. "Uh oh." Bella laughed. "Emma, Emmett. Emma, Emmett. It's like Bella subconsciously named her after me. Thanks, Bella, I'm honored." Emmett said. "Believe what you want, Em." Bella said, laughing. "Why did you name her Emma?" Rose asked.
"I don't know. I thought it was an unusual name. I don't know anyone else with that name. Emma Renee Swan." Bella explained. "Swan?" I asked. "Yeah, Sarah decided to keep my last name for her." Bella said. "It has a nice ring to it." Alice said. Bella nodded. "Weren't you guys supposed to go out to eat?" Bella asked. "Not exactly." Alice said. Bella arched an eyebrow. "What?" I asked. "Well, that was just going to be our cover story for why we were at your house. To invite you to dinner, I mean. in all honesty we were coming over here to get answers out of you. And we got much more than that." Alice said. "Conniving little pixie." I mumbled. Bella laughed. Ah, how I missed her laugh. "Bella, if we didn't come here, when would you have told us?" Jasper asked. Bella thought about it. "Hmm…I probably wouldn't have. But I'm sure Esme and Carlisle would have slipped." Bella said. "They know?" My family, and I said at the same time. "Yeah. I was at the store with Emma, and I ran into them. Esme spotted the resemblance immediately. Then Carlisle told me he over heard a pediatrician talking about Bella and her daughter. Seeing how I am well known at the hospital, Carlisle had an idea. They swore not to tell. But they were acting as if they just had a grandkid, they were thrilled." Bella said.
I do remember Carlisle and Esme coming home one day, they were all excited and secretive. I didn't think much of it. Until now, that is. "Are you guys hungry? I can order a pizza or something." Bella said, grabbing the phone. "I am starving seeing as I wasn't let in on Alice's plan." Emmett said. "Get over it." Alice retorted. "Pizza it is then." Bella nodded. "Let me guess, one large cheese, one large pepperoni, and one large Hawaiian. Right?" Bella asked. "Oh, Bells, you know us so well." Alice said. "That's cause you wont let me do otherwise." Bella said, mockingly. "Hi, I would like to place an order. Delivery. Three large pizza, one cheese, one pepperoni, and one Hawaiian. That's it. Thank you." Bella ordered, and then hung up. About a half hour later, Emma came out from hiding. Alice and Rose laughed. "It's almost time for bed." Bella told Emma. "I'm not tried." Emma said, yawning. "Right. That was believable." Bella laughed. I looked at the clock. Wow it was eight. Ten minutes later the pizzas arrived, and Emma was dead asleep in Bella's arms. "I will be right back." She whispered to us.
Bella came down empty handed, and grabbed a slice of the Hawaiian. "When will Emma wake up again?" Alice asked. We were sitting at the kitchen table, eating. "Not until the morning. She sleeps clear through the night." Bella said. I wanted to talk to Bella alone, but I didn't know how to say what I wanted to say.