I had recently made a new best friend: the toilet. For the past week I've been living in the bathroom, using the floor and a bed and the toilet seat for a pillow. It seemed like every second I was sick to my stomach. I was grouchy, too, and Edward had learned to stay clear and just let me suffer alone for fear of being murdered, even though we both knew that was usually impossible. The only person who was ever allowed near me was Alice.

"Bella, you feeling any better?" she asked as she poked her face inside the door.

I threw up again in the toilet just as she came in. "What does it look like?" I asked, annoyed. I was never this mean to Alice, but I think she understood.
She came in and took a seat on the cold tile floor next to me, resting a soft hand on my shoulder.

"Bella, I think I know what's going on here," she said calmly. "...Um, are you sure you're not-"

"Pregnant?! You think I might be pregnant?! Oh god, Alice, I was afraid of that, but I'm too scared to tell Edward. How could this happen? I thought Carlisle said-"

"He did Bella. It shouldn't be possible, but I brought you a home test kit just in case. I've been worrying about this all week. Would you please just check? I hate seeing you like this."

She looked extremeley worried, so I gave in and took the test from her little hands. She left the room quietly as I just stared at the box. I continued to stare at it for over an hour after that, occassionally taking breaks to get sick again. After awhile, the anxiety started to knaw on me a little too much and with great reluctance, I did the test.

"Wait four minutes for results," I read aloud from the directions once it was over. Great, so I had four minutes to sit here and think of a plan. What if I was pregnant? What was I supposed to do? How would I tell everyone? How would I tell Edward?...

He came bursting through the door at the sound of my scream. So that's how I let him know. Surprise! Alice followed quickly behind him and they both kneeled down to my level, resting their hands on my shaking shoulders.

"Bella, love, what is going on? I think all of the windows should be broken right now!"

I looked up at his face and saw his concerned his expression. Actually, it wasn't so much concerned as frightened, and I could understand why anyone would be frightened by looking at me. I hadn't seen the light of day in a week, my face was perpetually stained green, (according to Alice-I hadn't bothered to check) and now I was shaking from head to toe. At these thoughts, I let out a loud wail and Edward quickly pulled me into his arms. I threw my arms around him and he rocked me gently whispering words of consolance in my ear. I heard the tester hit the floor. Dammit, why did I have to drop it now? I wanted to see it before anyone else. In case I broke into a fit of hysterics, I wanted to be alone.

Alice noticed it had fallen and gingerly picked it up. I saw a hand fly to her mouth and I let out another wave of sobs into Edward's shirt. She let me know what it read just by standing there with that face put on. I looked up at Edward again and saw an extremely puzzled expression through my tears. Alice saw his face too and began to inch her way over to him with the tester clutched in her hand.

"Alice, what's wrong? Would you please tell me what is wrong with my Bella?"

"Edward, nothing is wrong, per se," she said nervously. "I'm not sure how to say this but Bella is...is-"

"PREGNANT!" I shouted at nothing. "I'm pregnant, Edward!"

I felt his grip on me loosen at those last three words. I buried my face into his chest again, not wanting to see the new expression on his face. I wished I had strength to get up and run, but my never-ceasing urge to puke kept me from moving. I didn't have to. I felt myself moving suddenly as Edward pulled my face from his chest so he could stare me straight in the eye. I wasn't sure what to make of his expression. He was staring at me, but he seemed to be somewhere else, pondering something intensely. Looking at him made me I nervous and started sobbing again, bracing myself for him to hate me, or to leave me right then out of anger. Oh, god, why this? Why now? I've only been married for a month!

I was more than surprised to see a smile break out on his hard face. He was laughing! The tears kept coming, but somehow, I was laughing, too. So we sat there in a fit of laughter and tears for a minute before anyone spoke again. It was him.

"Bella, I can't believe this is happening! You're having a baby! Our baby is in here," he said, patting my stomach. He let go of me and bent down to kiss it and I let out a sigh of relief. All of my fears were gone now. He kissed me and let me hold him again, and I gladly fell back into his grip.

"Darling, I'm so happy! I never thought this could happen. It can't be possible to be this happy," he whispered.

"Oh, Edward, I thought you would be so angry!"

He was confused again, and he pulled me away so he could look at me again. I saw his eyebrows twitching in confusion and let out a laugh. "Angry?" he laughed back. "Never. Not with you, my love. I'm overjoyed! We must tell the others!"

Tell the others? I suddenly had the urge to throw up again and ripped out of Edward's arms so I could reach the toilet in time. I felt his cold presence linger over me as I lay ther, and I felt a little better. A kiss found it's way to my cheek, and I raised my head to meet another one. Somehow telling everyone didn't seem so scary now-not with the knowledge that Edward would be with me.

It seemed we had both forgotten that Alice was still with us, so when we heard a loud squeal we quickly turned around to find her skaking with excitement. She bent down and gave us both a kiss on the cheek before continuing her fit of happiness.

"Oh, Bella, this is so exciting! I have to go get the others! Come on down stairs! Do you think you can make it?"

"I think so, Alice," I said. "Let me just-"

"No, let me," Edward said. At once I was in the air, floating in his arms. He reached down to grab the little garbage can, just in case, and we followed Alice down the stairs as we heard the names of our family echoing loudly throughout the house.