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Chapter 10
BPOV
"So, I am going to lose my mind. I am so conflicted." I sip my coffee. "I think I can do this, and Edward has been so wonderful with me." I shake my head.
"Okay, now I have been your friend for a long time now and I won't help you none by lying to you, so here is the deal Bella." Rosalie sits straight up and I get ready for what we all call 'bitch mode'. "Shut the hell up and quit your god damn whining. I know it was horrible, I really do, and I am so sorry that happened but son of a bitch Bella… you kicked ass and came back for more when you had to on everything else, so do it now. If you want another child then do it damn it, if not than be careful, shit Bella you like sex more than I do and that says something. Honestly, this whole poor, poor, pitiful, me thing is getting old. So decide, are you going to suck this shit up or you going continue to whine?" she sits back crossing her arms, challenging me to disagree.
"Rosalie, have you ever lost a child?" I play with my cup, thinking I have the upper hand.
"No, Bella, see the only way I can have a child of my own is if someone else carries it." Her start eyes watering. "I had endometriosis and we needed to do a partial hysterectomy. I have ovaries and tubes, but no uterus. I want lots of children, I want to have it all, but I can't. So when you do all this, whining it irritates me to no end. Either shut up, love the ones you have or…get workin on more."
"Ouch Rose, I knew you were a bitch but, come on."
"Bella, I have let you have your time, but this is insane. Let me tell you, if I was Edward, I would have been speaking up long ago."
"Edward is fine with it." I defend.
She laughs, "The hell he is. Maybe to your face he is. Bella look in your man's eyes, he is so far past frustrated…"
"I take care if that just fine than you." I defend myself, as I wonder why I don't just get up and walk out.
"Oh, I don't doubt blowing him almost every night makes him content for a while. Bella, men need love, not just instant gratification and that's all you're doing. He won't tell you otherwise and he will continue to wait on you, because that's the type of man he is. So how about you pull that pretty little head out of that, ridiculously, small behind of yours and get it together."
"Rose, it's not that easy."
"Then carry my child first." She throws out there.
"HUH" to say I am shocked is a huge understatement. "Rose you know I can't do that."
"No" she holds up her index finger, "you can, you just have to be careful and if that's the case, and you decide, I will buy you a plot in the circle area where we are moving into." Rose smirks knowing that Edward and I have been talking about moving. "That way I will be there for whatever you need. Besides then I won't have to worry about my neighbors." She smirks.
"Rose, what if I can't hold on to it? What if I lose that one too?"
"Well then you know, it's not a freak thing and I find someone else, but I really think you can do this. I know Ali is good for being an incubator, I just worry with Emmett's jeans this baby will tear her apart, while coming out." She laughs, but I see the seriousness in her eyes.
I take a deep breath, "I don't know Rose. Let me talk to Edward about this. That's if you are serious about this. If this is a joke of some sorts, now is the time to tell me."
"No, it's not a joke I was going to talk to you about it months ago but then someone decided it was time to tip your world so I let it go. I think that now is a good time to try this. It will show you that you are kick ass and you can come back from this. Not to mention I will get a baby out of this ordeal. It's a win-win, for both of us."
EPOV
"Hey Mom, where are the kids?" I look around.
She holds up a finger and turns around. "Dads here" she calls out through the house then she turns around. "3…2…1" then points behind her as you hear a rumble through the house. I laugh to myself as the kids all come running up to me for hugs. Its times like this I love being a Dad.
"Guys, we need to head home mom says she need to talk to me."
"Is it about my party?" Amanda hops up and down clapping. Yeah I think it looks like Alice too.
"I don't know baby, why don't we hurry so I can see." I send the kids out to the car and turn back to my mother. "Why do you have the kids, Bella says she can work with them home."
"Oh no, dear, she had lunch with Rose." I groan. Rosalie and Alice have a tendency to make my life harder than what it has to be.
I find it strange that when I pull up, Bella is not outside. She texted me to get the kids, and she knows I was coming straight home, she requested it, for crying out loud. I open the door to my car and I hear hollering, I can't quite make it out though. I hurry the kids along because I will not have something wrong with Bella again.
"Damn Alice this is my business, butt out. Edward and I are doing fine. I am happy for you a Jazz, I really am but stop pushing me damn it." Bella hollers as I walk in the door. I nod to Seth and he takes the other two to another room quickly.
"What is going on, here?" I ask confused.
"Edward, welcome home" she walks over and gives me a kiss, faking a smile like nothing is wrong.
"Are you okay, Love?"
"Yeah, it has just been a long afternoon is all" she keeps that stupid smile.
"Then would you care to tell me why I walk into our house and you are yelling and look like you have been ran through the ringer." I glare at Alice. I am not happy when my girl is like this. "Alice,"
"I just wonder what is stalling Bella, that's all." She shrugs.
"Stalling?"
Bella answers for Alice, "She wants to know why we haven't gotten married and had more children." Bella hangs her head.
I know the guilt she is feeling, so I let Alice know a few things. "Alice, I have not purposed, so there is nothing for Bella to accept. We have decided together that we are not going to try for children, at least for now. We are both happy and content with where we are, now would you care to tell me why you find it so necessary to come into our house and pester Bella? She doesn't deserve this. I really think you need to let us decide how we are going to live and raise a family. You are supposed to be one of Bella's best friends and you come here and put all this pressure on her to do what you want, that isn't fair, to me anyway. Just because you are moving along at your pace doesn't mean we have to match. Now I ask you to back off my girlfriend and stop pushing her. If it doesn't bother me then it sure as hell shouldn't bother you. I really think you should listen to her and back off."
"Alice what the hell are you doing!" I turn to see Rosalie storming in with a worried Emmett behind her. Rosalie stands next to me, drops her keys on the coffee table, puts her hands on her hips, and continues. "Damn it Alice we talked about this. You agreed."
"Okay, okay everyone stop. I think she got the point." Bella steps in between us and Alice. That is what she does; she defuses anything that looks to be getting out of control. "Look, Alice let me live my life okay that's all I am asking." She pleads with her eyes before she turns to Rosalie. "Rose how the hell did you…Damn it… SETH!"
He peeks out of the hall, "It wouldn't work if I said it wasn't me, would it?"
"No, why did you call your Aunt Rose here, you know how she is."
"Well…"
"Bella, that boy can call me for whatever reason, he knew I was needed, now stop it" Rosalie coaxes.
Bella looks at Rosalie "You shush, I got this."
"Seth, I'm waiting"
"Well, I know Aunt Ali is mean sometimes and you looked way mad, so I knew Aunt Rose would help, and Dad was getting kinda loud too."
"And you don't think Rose wouldn't have gotten louder?" Bella shakes her head.
"Hey," Rosalie jokes. Bella blows her an air kiss and they laugh.
"It just seems that when Aunt Rose yells everyone listens, that's all, and I don't want you and Dad to split up again because Aunt Ali upsets you."
"That won't happen again son, I won't let it." I walk towards him. "You don't have anything to worry about. Go on and play we will handle this…and no one is leaving." He nods and walks away, taking one more look back at us.
I am a little upset now. "See this is upsetting my household Alice. I will not have it anymore. If you continue to do this I will take your key and you will not be allowed here, until you can let us have our quiet family. Have I made this clear?"
Rosalie, Bella and Alice all look shocked. I worry that I have overdone things until Bella Walk next to me and takes my hand, showing me her support.
"Fine" Alice throws her hands in the air and walks out.
When that is over I turn to Rosalie. "Rosalie…"
"Oh shut it Edward." She blows me off.
"No, Rose, no agreement has been made. I haven't even had time to talk to Edward yet so you need to listen. We will handle things, you can't keep doing this either." Bella calmly explains.
"But…" Rosalie starts.
"What agreement, what haven't we discussed? What is going on?" I interrupt her.
"Well, let's do this then. It involves all four of us." Rose says.
Bella rolls her eyes but agrees. "Alright, let's sit down."
We all move to sit at the table. This seems to be a meeting place as well as the supper table. They fill me in about what they talked about at lunch. Apparently Rosalie and Emm want Bella to carry their child because Rosalie can't do it.
"Bella, how do you feel about this?"
She looks down at the table. "I just don't want to fail them…" I know what she isn't saying, but before I can say a word Rose speaks.
"Bella, as I told you earlier, I would like to try but only if you are game."
Emmett adds "Bella, look at me babe." She looks up. "You and Rosie here are the toughest two bitches I know, so this doesn't worry me. We are trying to show you that you can do this. That's all."
Bella looks at Rosalie, receiving a nod of confirmation. She then looks at me, "What do you think."
"Well I will do what you want but I think you helping someone else, is just what you need if I am being honest." Rosalie and Emmett sit quietly.
Bella takes a deep breath and looks at all of us. "Alright, I will do this." You can hear the determination in her voice.
"If this falls through though, neither one of you blame her." I tack on looking right at Rosalie and Emmett.
"No, we won't. Thank you so much Bella." Rosalie and Emmett hug her. She looks at me over their shoulders and I can see the fear in them. "I will call the doctor and set up an appointment, what works best for you?"
"Well, I work here so…anytime I guess. I will have one of our parents watch the kids. Is this going to hurt?"
"Well, when we talked to the doctor…"
"Wait you already have this set up?"
"No we talked with the doctor; he is letting us use one of our choices, instead of some stranger. That is why we asked you. Before you ask we did mention the last problem you had, he said it would be as if you had another pregnancy of your own. You should be fine and he will be watching you closely as I'm sure Dr. Overprotective here will be too."
"Alright Mrs. I have all the answers. How does this work?"
"Well" Rose takes and excited breath and we all sit back down. "You will have to take a medication to make your ovulations match mine. Then when we get that done you will be given estrogen to help prepare you for implant. Then they will take Emmett's jizz…"
"Rose, come on" I interrupt.
She rolls her eyes and groans "Fine, they take Emmett's sperm and my eggs mix them in a dish, then after a couple of days they put them in you. Then two weeks later we take a test, to see if they took. It may be uncomfortable from what the doctor says but only for a day or two, unless you count the pregnancy that is." Bella bites her lip.
"Okay, how about we let Bella, relax and you can call her with the appointment time tomorrow." I leave no room for discussion. Rosalie and Emmett head out after hugging Bella and Emmett shakes my hand.
After supper we explain to the kids how things will be changing soon. How Mom will be carrying Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmett's baby for them so they can have little ones to love to. The other two don't quite understand so Seth clears it all up.
"Aunt Rose and Uncle Emmett are going to kiss and Mom is going to clean up the mess." Seth explains making Bella and I laugh.
"Okay enough of the baby four one, one. It's bath time. Come on you three scoot, Bill goes first." I usher them off. I look back at the love of my life and I see a sparkle she is coming, I know she is and I think this is exactly what she needs. I smile at her and she smiles back.
*The Next Morning*
BPOV
My phone rings way to freaking early. I get up and grumble, about how someone better be dying or they will be by the time I'm done with them.
"What" I snap into the phone.
"Wow, bitchy morning Bella." Rose laughs excitedly.
"What do you want Rose." I rub my face and head to the bathroom.
"Go pee while I talk, crab ass." Yeah my friends know me too well. "I called Dr. Maker can get us in, in two hours. So get your coffee in your system and call a sitter. We will meet you there."
"Rose, you couldn't get anything for this afternoon. Sheesh" I whine.
"Bella, suck it up and get it done. Whining really isn't your forte."
"Okay, damn and you call me bitchy. I'll see you soon." I walk into the kitchen my timer hasn't even started my coffee yet. "Jesus Rose, you got me up before my coffee pot," I mutter to myself and press the on button.
I pull down a cup and call my Mother.
"Hello," she answers groggily.
"Hi Mom" I moan. That coffee needs to hurry up.
"Bella, what's wrong?" And grogginess is gone, leading quickly into panic.
"Nothing Mom, I have an appointment I need to get to in two hours and the kids aren't up yet, but I need someone to watch them. Can you come over please?"
"Sure dear, are you alright?"
"Yes, it's kinda more for Rose and Emmett. I'll explain more, later."
"Alright, I will be there soon."
"Thank you, I have coffee brewing now," the coffee maker beeps letting me know it's done, "correction it's done."
"I'm going to get dressed and be right there."
"Thanks, Mom."
I pour my go-go juice trying to wake up. As I am sipping on cup number three, I hear keys in the door. I turn around and pour another cup of coffee.
"Morning, Mom" I call out.
"Morning sweetheart" she moans. When I hand her, her cup she smells it and smiles. "Okay spill, quickly, then head out, I know this is important."
I fill her in on the basic idea and let her know what this appointment is supposes to be. Then I hurry to the doctor's office.
"Swan/McCarty" a blond nurse calls.
The three of us stand up and follow her. "The doctor will need to do an examination, to make sure you are well enough to do this for your friend."
"Of course,"
"He will be in momentarily." The anticipation is rolling off Emmett and Rosalie in waves.
The door opens and I take a deep, sending up a silent prayer that I can do this for my friends. "Hello, I'm Dr. Maker, but you can call me Gill." He shakes my hand, as I look at Rose, and Emmett snickers. Rose elbows him. Believe me the name wasn't lost on me either.
"Bella" I answer.
"So I spoke with Rose and she said you have lost a child recently." I nod and look at my shoes. "How long ago was that?"
"Two months ago." I feel the lump form in my throat, and Rose puts an arm around me.
"Okay, no problem. If you can do this you have plenty of time before we do the implant, and that was your only one?" I nod. "Good, okay so let's have you put on a gown and lay down. I will be back in five minutes."
"Emm out" Rose points at the door. He follows the doctor out.
I feel a tear slide down my cheek. "Hey, look at me" Rose demands, "don't start this, we don't know anything yet." I nod and change into the gown. Rose lets Emmett back in.
The doctor walks back in with the nurse and gets right down to business. After a few minutes the doctor voice startles me. "Wow, you said two months ago huh."
"Yeah why what's wrong?" I feel the panic start to rise.
"Nothing, you are just healing well, now you know you will have a weak spot on the one side. So when we do this we will try to put as many embryos as possible on the other side. Okay?"
I nod. "Okay, no problem…wait! I can do this?" I start to sit up.
"I'm not done yet please stay down." I lay back again. "I don't see why not you have had two wonderful pregnancies, and that tare is healing amazingly well. You will need to be careful though, especially if it somehow attaches to that spot, but I think you will be just fine." He puts the sheet down and smiles. "Should we get started today then?" he looks to me and Rosalie.
Rose looks at me, as if letting me know it's up to me. "Do you want to" yup, I passed it right back to her.
"Hells, yeah" Emmett hops up clapping making the doctor laugh.
"Well I guess that the answers that, then huh," I giggle.
"Alright well I know you are on birth control now, but I want you take this one. No sex because if you get pregnant we will not be able to do the procedure, and to make sure your husband's sperm doesn't mess things up you will need to wait three to five weeks after becoming pregnant, to make sure. Start this" he hands me some pills, "when she ovulates," he points to Rose.
"Should we like hang out more? You know they say woman who hang out a lot start to ovulate together." Rose asks.
"It couldn't hurt, a woman's body is a mysterious thing." The doctor laughs.
"But an awesome playground" Emmett laughs and receives a slap from Rose. "OW"
"Okay so" Rose faces me "you and me chick we are stuck like glue until farther notice." She motions between us.
"Nice, I get two chicks in my bed." Emmett booms, and gets yet another biff from Rose.
"Emmett if I could get up without showing all I got I would slap you too, but I am telling Edward you are fantasizing about me in your bed." I raise a brow.
"Uhh, okay I'm not coming to your house now." He chuckles.
"Oh no, we have lunch plans with Edward, after this." Rose smirks.
"Okay so we have your new medication and take this script and fill it today. Other than that I will see you all in three months." He smiles and leaves and Rose pushes Emmett out so I can get dressed.
EPOV
"Dr. Cullen, Isabella…"
"Bella" I hear my loves voice interrupt.
"Send them in" I tell my assistant.
"Hey, my angel" Bella walks in and kisses me.
"Hey, hey, hey, doc said none of that." Emmett bellows.
"Emmett the doctor said no sex, this is kissing. I know you want me in your bed but really, this is how you are going to go about it?" She smirks.
"Wait…what?" I look between her and my friend.
"Yeah, can you believe Emmett wants me in his bed? He as good as said it at the doctor. I do believe the phrase was 'now I get two chicks in my bed'." She smirks again looking right at Emmett.
"Now, wait a minute, that was a joke I didn't…I mean not that you aren't…I mean you are…"
Rose helps him before he hurts himself. "Emmett shut up, or Edward will hurt you. You dug a huge hole now just sit in it and shut the hell up."
They laugh so hard they are bent over. I haven't seen Bella laugh this much, or so freely, in a long time. However that is short lived because then Rosalie starts talking.
"Oh yeah and either I am moving in or Bella is moving in with us, until my baby is born," and she said it with a straight face.
"Huh? What the hell happened while you guys went to this doctor? What mojo is he working here?" That does all three of them in. They all start laughing as I feel confused.
"That "mojo" is giving me a child, so you just zip it." Rose says while laughing.
"So it's official you will carry their baby?"
"Yep, I need to fill this and start these when she starts, and then we just hang out a lot. Once we bleed at the same time, we go in and the take her stuff and his stuff mix it in a cup then put it in me." I feel pretty good about all of this.
"So, Rose I want a big plot to have a big house and a big yard." Bella turns back to her smiling.
"Oh shit plots…the contactor, we need to go. Hey thanks again Bella." I smile warmly as they hug. "I will give him your name and number cuz from the sound of it you will need it." She smiles.
"You know it." I don't know where this new found confidence came from but I like it.
"Well there's my love." I wrap her in my arms. I smile and kiss her.
"I will do this, and then we will go on to have more of our own." She sounds determined.
I wonder, if now is the time to make her my wife? We have been through so much and came out on the other side together. Her eyes are sparkling and full of life. We are back on track. I think it is time to start planning my proposal, I want this woman forever.
"Hey, come back to me…" Bella calls, her voice laced with concern.
"I'm here love. I was just thinking."
"Penny for your thoughts…" she raises a brow.
"It's nothing, just some decisions I have to make. Uh… I need to get back to work."
"Oh okay, I will see you tonight" She knots her fingers in my hair and kisses me. I feel her tongue seek permission for entrance. Oh, yeah I grant that on the spot.
"Mmm" I pull away, breathing heavy. "Okay, uh…" yeah I don't know what to say.
"Too bad, doctor's orders…" she quips
Oh hell thanks a lot Rosalie…ugh. Now I have to wait how much longer before I can feel my girlfriend. Wait she said doctors' orders…not she can't. Oh yeah, my girl is back!
"Well that's a cute little smirk." Bella giggles, then she leans over and whispers in my ear. "Just a little bit longer, I am ready now; I just need to do this for Rose. I will take care of you as best I can until then." She smiles evilly then picks up her purse and walks out, leaving me with a VERY unwanted gift.
Tease…
Okay lots of things happened here. I will pick up three months from now in the next chapter so hang on. We have a procedure, house building, and kids in the next chapter…let me know what you think in a review…