Well, I hoped you liked the last chapter. Cute huh? :)

For a moment, I considered ending it there. But there's issues left unsolved. So there are more chapters to come! Yay :D

I decided I wasn't going to let them get me down. They could write all they wanted about me, I didn't care. My career was as strong as ever. Although, I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit worried.

I was reluctant to go out for lunch as Edward suggested, but bearing the above in mind, I grabbed my coat and we headed out.

My bump was growing bigger by the day. Well, it's coming up to 5 months now. I'll have to start planning for after… names, cribs, telling my family… that should be fun.

I told Alice first. Right after we came home from the doctor's I was straight on the phone with her. Not only did I need to tell someone, but I was also looking for advice. I start to remember our conversation…

1 ring. 2 rings. 3 rings. Ugh, hurry up Alice! This is unbearable.

"Hello?" Ah, thank God.

"Alice. It's Bella." I gasp.

"Oh hey! How's things?" she asks. I can't answer, because I'm starting to hyperventilate. "Bella? What's wrong?" I try to speak, but all I can come up with is 'I'm'. "Bella, calm down girl. Deep breaths. What's going on?" I do as she says, and take a deep breath.

"My life is turning upside down. I honestly don't know what to do!" I start to babble.

"Bella, cut the crap, would you? What's. Wrong?" she almost yells.

"Alice, I'm pregnant," I say sadly.

"That's great! And your problem with this is…?"

"I can't be pregnant at the moment, Alice! I mean, we're leaving for Australia in a week! If I tell Edward, he'll insist that we stay in America, and then the press will find out, and make my life more miserable than it already is…" I blubber.

"Bella…I really don't know what you're looking for from me. What do you want me to say?" she asks.

"I need advice. Should I tell him?"

"Eventually you will have to. I mean, how long can you lie to him for?" she wonders.

"Bella?" I voice pulls me out of my reminiscing. Edward is looking at me with a confused look. I realised I had missed what he'd said.

"Sorry, what?"

"I was asking you what you wanted."

"Oh, um… I don't know," I say honestly. Edward sighs.

"Do you want to go home?" he asks with concern.

"No, no. I'm ok," I assure him for the hundredth time today. He doesn't seem to believe me, so I smile. To my relief he smiles back.

I look at the menu, and see that there was not many vegetarian options. Where were we? I don't remember coming in… The name on the menu says Saffron Kingdom. Oh I know where we are now. The Indian place we often get take-out from. Well I know what I want now.

The waitress comes to our table, and asks us if we are ready to order (for the third time, Edward tells me later). I order Vegetable Korma with Saffron Rice. Edward orders Butter Chicken (with an apologetic look at me) and pappadums. She gives us some Naan bread as a starter. I rip off a bit and eat it hungrily. I didn't realise how hungry I was until now. My stomach rumbles impolitely.

"What are you thinking about?" Edward asks me softly.

"Nothing in particular… just, the future. Before I was remembering when I told Alice about bub-to-be." I smile.

"Ah. I didn't know you told her. How'd she take it?"

"She said it was great, and that she was happy for me. Us, I mean," I correct myself at the end. Nothing should ever concern just me anymore. Of course I don't mention that I told Alice before him. He smiles. Will I ever get used to his perfection? Everyday I wonder how I managed to call him mine. The baby kicks hard at my belly. I groan.

"What is it?" Edward asks with worry. I sigh. Worrying, always worrying.

"He- she-. They are just kicking. They kick the worst when my heart beats fast… which is every time I look at you…" I blush. He laughs, a joyous laugh that is my favourite sound in the world.

At that moment, our food comes. The waitress sets it down on our table, but the wrong way round. The smell of chicken makes me grimace. I swap the plates as soon as she is out of sight. Edwards laughs at my expression as I shove his plate away. I start eating straight away, my hunger taking over. It was good.

"You're getting hungrier by the day," Edward chuckles.

"Well, I'm eating for two here."

"It's good though. You never seemed to eat much before. Maybe the baby will make you put on some much needed weight," he states. I roll my eyes. Like I haven't heard that before. Not just from him, but from everybody. Alice, Steve, doctors, my old gym teachers… I'm just skinny. Fast metabolism and all that.

Mid bite into a potato, my cell phone rings. I don't even have to look at the Caller ID to know who it is.

"Steve. What's up?"

"Bella. We need you to come to the office," he says urgently.

"Ok. Why?"

"I'll tell you when you get there. And quickly please Bella, we don't have a lot of time." He hangs up. I put my phone back in my pocket, slightly annoyed. I quickly finish as much of my lunch as I can, before pushing the plate away. Edward gives me a confused look.

"We have to go to the studio," I tell him, getting my purse out.

"Now?" he asks. I nod to answer him, as I put a fifty in the cheque book, letting them keep the change as tip. I grab my bag and walk out, pulling Edward by the hand with me.

I don't know why Steve would want me down there now. What could be so urgent that it couldn't possibly wait until I had finished my lunch? We walk along the street, ignoring the odd camera we see along the way. We make it to the studio; Steve is waiting out the front.

"Steve. What's going on?" I ask again.

"Come inside," he says quietly. Meanwhile, I'm going crazy. I don't like not knowing things. I hate surprises, as Edward quickly learned. We go inside though, following him in. I'm still holding Edward's hand.

The small office is cramped. There are several people in addition to Steve, Edward and I. All of whom I don't know.

"Great, you're finally here. We can get started," one of the men says to me.

"We can't start until Rosalie gets here," Steve says to him. Rosalie? My gorgeous, blonde, reliable lawyer? Why is she coming? Steve sighs, turning to me. "Bella this is Mike Newton, a reporter for Celeb Weekly. Apparently we have some things to set straight," Steve explains. A reporter? Hmm.

"It would be good to get your side of the story. It would make for a good read as well, good for the magazine. And you get to set things straight, as your manager said. Let me introduce Angela Weber, the editor-in-chief, and Tyler Crowley, our photographer." I shake hands with both of them. I think I may have gone to school with Angela, her named sounded familiar. Well that was awkward. Although, now I understood why Rosalie was coming. They're always present in all interviews, just in case the questions got too personal or accusing.

We hear the door open, and we know that my lawyer is indeed, here. I get the satisfaction of seeing Mike Newton's eyes pop out of his head as Rosalie walks into the room. Rosalie is definitely the most gorgeous girl I've met in my life. Prettier than all the celebrities in L.A. put together. And she hasn't had any work done to get those looks. Purely natural.

"Right, well. I'm here now, so can we start, so I can get home to Emmet as soon as possible?" Emmet, her husband. A intimidating figure, with his massive build and square face, but was a gentle giant. I watched Mike Newton's eyes drop to her ringed finger on her left hand, with a depressed look. I couldn't help but giggle a little.

Mike motioned for me to sit down in the chair opposite him. As I did, Tyler clicked his camera. I had to ignore him, otherwise I would lose my train of thought and start focusing on the facial expressions I was making.

"So, should I call you Penny, or do you prefer Bella?"

"Either is fine."

"Well, Bella, first of all, congratulations! Not only for your most recent tour, but also your pregnancy!"

"Thanks."

"So is this baby indeed your boyfriend's; Edward?"

"Certainly is," I answer proudly.

"His ex, Jessica is not so pleased to hear this news. She has spoken out to before, about how you allegedly 'stole' Edward from her. What do have to say to that statement?"

"Well, in some respects, it is true, I did kind of steal him in a way. But in other respects, it is not true, as they were broken up a little while before we started going out. Mostly I think she's desperate to get him back. And I don't blame her," I giggle.

"There are rumours that a cat fight was held between her and yourself, in the streets of Melbourne, in Australia. Is this true?"

"Again, yes and no. She was in Melbourne the same time as us, and she did approach us. However, it was backstage at the gig, not on the street for everyone to see. And no violence was used." The bitch owed me for that one. I was nice enough not to say that she practically attacked Edward.

"Right. Now, about your collapse on stage in Sydney…?"

"Ah, yes. Well, see that was caused by a mixture of morning sickness, dehydration and stress, I think. I was dizzy before that, but I was fighting it. It got the better of me in the end…"

"This was during your pregnancy?"

"Yes, the third month."

"Surely your manager wouldn't have let you perform if he had known?"

"Well, see… he didn't… I had neglected to tell him at that point in time."

"And why is that?"

"I would rather not divulge that bit of information, if you don't mind."

"Not at all. Now about your recent participation in the Los Angeles Annual Benefit." I nod. "And Edward's…"

"That, was a complete surprise," I say, giving Edward a glare, which he grins at.

"Now that we know he can sing, are there any plans to act on it? I mean, dating a celebrity such as yourself would surely put you in a good position for a record deal, am I right?"

"Well, I'm working on that. He's being… stubborn, but I think I can convince him to at least feature on my new album… whoops. And I'm coming out with a new album soon," I mumble, embarrassed that I'd let that slide so easily. I see Steve glare at me. I blush.

"That's great! On both parts."

"Are there any songs planned on your new album that are about your new found love?" he asks, gesturing towards Edward.

"Maybe… it's a surprise," I say, grinning.

"Well, Bella, I'm going to end it there, I think I've got all I need. Thanks very much," he says, shaking my hand again.

"No problem." I stand up and go to Edward's side. Steve walks over to us.

"I think that went well. Great job, Bella," he says to me.

"Thanks. It's not like I haven't done it a million times," I remind him.

"I know," he answers, smiling.

I talk to Rose for a bit; it seems Emmet got in a fight and lost (which is a first for him, I think), so Rose wanted to get home right away to take care of him. I let her go.

Mike and his crew don't stay long. And my suspicions were confirmed when Angela briefly talked to me. I congratulated her on her success, and she blushed and said something about 'never living up to me' and whatnot, before leaving with her team.

Steve praised me again, mentioned something about the album, then let us go home.

It was almost 6 o'clock when we got home. I made myself some tea (which, I must admit, was my substitute coffee at the moment) and collapsed on the couch. Edward did the same.

We started to watch Catch Me If You Can on TV. I started to drift off to sleep.

I feel asleep in my favourite place of all; Edward's arms.

What a day.

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