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Chapter Thirteen: Cabin

My first week back in Forks had been one of the best weeks I'd ever spent here. Even the time with Charlie was pleasant, and pleasant time with Chief Swan was hard to come by.. But even with our flaws, he seemed pretty pleased to have me home. Possibly because he was tired of eating at the diner every night, but I knew that wasn't the only reason.

Alice stayed with me during the day, while Jasper worked with his bitch sister Rosalie at the local bookstore that was recently opened. We usually spent our time talking about the men in our life, or gossiping about things on in town. The four of us -Alice, Edward, Jasper, and I- planned a camping trip outside the peninsula, in a cabin the mountains. Camping was something I usually loathed, but being in a cabin seem like it'd be a bad thing.. Hopefully not, anyway.

Edward usually visited me after he got off work, and when Charlie came home, he usually left. We hadn't had any alone time since I just saw him an hour a day. He sometimes worked extra hours to earn more money for the necessities the baby would need, but I'd finally got into his head that it was only fair that the both of us would pay towards the expenses. He didn't like the idea, but it was only fair.

Instead of putting the baby's life in danger by working, I decided to use the money saved towards my college funds until it was finished. I had enough that would last me at least a year and a half. Charlie's job didn't pay that much, but he'd been saving since I was born, and that seven thousand dollars was coming in handy now.

I was currently in the kitchen preparing dinner - barbecued chicken, bacon ranch pasta salad, and rolls - with Edward at my side. He helped whenever I asked him too, but since his cooking skills were very low, he usually just let me do it.

"Would you like to go with me when your father does the ultrasound tomorrow, Edward?" I asked preoccupied, standing over the stove.

"Of course I do, Bella. I asked permission off for the entire weekend, and he told me yes, so the camping trip is still on. I thought that when we left the office, we could just head over to Jasper's to pick him up, and then head up early to the site. It's only if you want to though," Edward said suggestively.

"That's fine with me. You, me and Alice can have everything already packed and in the car, so whenever we leave the doctor's office, we'll just have to make one stop which would be picking up Jasper. It'd be nice to be able to celebrate the gender news." My face showed a bit of bashfulness that made Edward chuckle.

He smiled my favorite crooked smile, and pulled me away from the stove, embracing me close against his toned chest. His green eyes stared down into my brown ones, and my body shivered from the strong eye contact. He laughed quietly.

"Our celebration will begin at the strike of twilight. I plan on having you in my arms, underneath the stars, alone, if you wished."

"Then I hope twilight strikes quick, because I cannot wait to have you alone under a sky of shining stars," I purred into his ear, trailing kisses down his neck.

He groaned quietly. "Why does Charlie always have to be here? What I'd give to have you alone…"

"Yeah, but don't worry though. We have two nights to catch up on all the alone time we've missed," I promised.

The idea seemed to please him, because he smirked a smile. He leaned in, kissing me lightly.

After a minute, he sighed and pulled away. "I guess it's time for me to go. Emmett's in from Los Angeles for two weeks, and my mom is making a big Italian dinner. She told me to be there before seven, and it's ten minutes till."

Emmett was Alice and Edward's twenty-one year old brother, who lived in L.A. working part time at a Wrestling Center while he finished his last year in college, studying to become a Fitness Instructor. The job would suit him, because he was handsomely built. He visited a few weeks every year.

"Oh, well that's okay. I have a lot of cleaning and laundry to catch up on before we leave tomorrow anyway. It's also time for Charlie to invade the kitchen, and he doesn't like to be kept waiting. Tell Emmett I said hi." He nodded, hugging me and kissing me goodbye. He paused in the living room, wishing Charlie a goodnight, and then left.

"Smells good, Bells," Charlie said as he sat at his favorite spot at the table. "Edward's a good boy you know. I was mad at him at first, but he's trying so hard for you and the baby, so I guess that's why I'll increase his visiting time until nine, if it's okay with Mr. and Mrs. Cullen."

"That's very thoughtful dad, I really appreciate it," I said with a warm smile as I served him a plate of food, pouring us two large glasses of Coke. It helped digest food better, or it did for me.

"I think I gained over twenty pounds eating steak every night while you were gone. A change in food is good," he sighed in relief, his mouth now full with pasta salad.

"I'm glad you like it. The pasta is something I came across back in Phoenix at my friend Mason's house." Oh how I missed that boy. "I thought I'd fix you a satisfying meal that would leave leftovers you can eat tomorrow night since after my doctor's appointment, we're all heading out to the cabin Edward and Jasper reserved for us." I began eating as well.

He cleared his throat. "Bells, about going camping…-"

"Dad. There's nothing possibly worse that can happen to me. I'm already pregnant. I don't think anything can be worse than that."

"Pregnant or not, Isabella, I'm a father that disapproves the thought of underage sex. It's nothing that can be stopped now, but there is other things. Falling off cliffs for example."

I blushed at his confession of disapproval. "If I'm with Edward and Alice, they won't even let me within ten feet of a cliff. They know how much of a klutz I am, almost as good as you do."

He seemed to believe what I said, because he didn't say another word. We ate in silence.

I cleaned up the kitchen after we both finished eating, and put leftovers into microwavable containers for Charlie to eat tomorrow night. After hand drying and putting away dishes, I gathered all the dirty laundry from around the house and began to wash as he lay in the living room, watching a baseball game like he usually did. To my disappointment, nothing looked like it had been cleaned since before I left a few months ago.

I'd started on the bathroom, and mad my way downstairs, cleaning everything I thought was dirty, which was everything. By the time I had finished, Charlie was already in bed asleep. Time always flew when I was occupied. I took a quick shower, the hot water relaxing my tense and tired muscles. Within minutes after brushing my teeth, and putting my hair up into a pony tail, I curled up in a ball underneath the blankets on my bed, and fell asleep in seconds.

We didn't have to wait long - Alice, Edward, and I - before Dr. Cullen took us into the Ultrasound room. The process didn't take longer than ten minutes. Edward was all smiles as his father checked the baby, and Alice did the ooo's and ahh's I was incapable of doing.

I was speechless throughout the whole visit. I concentrated really hard as Dr. Cullen showed me what each part was as he pointed to them on the screen; showing me it's arms, legs, and excetera. It's heart beat seemed to accelerate whenever he tried to tell us the gender, and so the baby decided to play mean, hiding itself. I couldn't help but giggle.

Finally in the end, we were told that we were having an Edward Jr., a little boy, just as we had wished for. I was very amused at Edward's expression. His face was stunned in happiness. The broad smile across his face made my cheeks ache just looking at him, but the smile never faded. Alice and I weeped at the news. I'd never been this happy in my life.

A little boy. A precious beloved little boy was going to be in our lives in a matter a months, in December to be exact. I was ready for his arrival. The both of us were. Hopefully throughout the time until he's born, Edward and I would become closer. Closer as a family, I hoped.

Jasper informed us that the ride to the cabin would take at least three hours to reach. Instead of taking Edward's Volvo, we took Jasper's Element. It was more spacious. The black interior and dark, tinted windows, made it feel like as if it were midnight already, and it was barely noon.

I lounged on the backseat, a pillow supporting my head. Edward sat in the floorboard. One hand lingered under my black tank top, rubbing my noticeable baby bump, as the other caressed through my hair and across my face. The quiet melodies he hummed was putting me to sleep.

The baby softly kicked when Edward would stop rubbing my stomach. He wanted his daddy to love on him, I assumed.

"He sure does have a rough kick. Doesn't it hurt you?" Edward asked timidly.

"No, it doesn't hurt. He doesn't kick hard enough, at least not yet." He nodded, and leaned up closer to me, his lips gently kissing mine.

My hands gripped his hair, tugging him closer to me, deepening the kiss. The intense sensation of his lips made my head spin, only making me want things that were unable to hapen. I peeked from the corner of my eye at the others, but they didn't seem to be paying any attention. He slowly climbed up onto the seat, his arm keeping his weight off of me, as the other that had been caressing my stomach slipped underneath my bra groping my breast that had grown two sizes since he'd last touched me.

I breathed heavily, but quietly at his touch. The light pinch as he teased my nipples made me want to moan aloud, but I was able to control myself. Our cuddling and make out session continued during the whole ride, and finally after a couple passing hours, we finally came to a final stop.

I raised up off of Edward to look outside, and I was without words. The cabin was gorgeous. A large lake rested a few yards from it. It was shallow enough to swim in.

The boy's got our luggage out and Alice half pulled me up the stairs into the cabin. Everything was made of wood, obviously, but everything was shiny and spotless, as if the place was brand new. The stainless steel counters and electronics sparkled under the sunlight that beamed through the windows.

Alice and I walked to the end of the hall where one of the rooms were. I assumed it would be Alice and Jasper's, because their luggage was on the bed. A flat screen TV hung on the wall in front of the queen sized bed. The bedspread and pillow cases all matched, lilac flowers with green vines making designs.

"I don't think I've ever been to a place this pretty before," Alice spoke honestly. "And I've been to some nice places."

I agreed with her as we walked up the stairs to where Edward and I would be staying. Our bedroom was obviously the master, due to how it was more decorated and prettier than the other. I didn't care if I was sleeping on the floor. As long as I had him by my side, that's all that mattered.

"You're lucky to be able to compare to places you've seen. I've never been out of the U.S., nor to any other states besides Arizona, California, and here. It is a grand place though. You know you and Jasper could have had the master room. I wouldn't have minded."

Alice shook her head in disagreement. "No, no. Edward rented this for all of us, and paid for all of our food and things, so you and him deserve that room. There's not really a difference, except that you guys have a Jacuzzi and a shower," she shrugged. "I honestly don't like baths, so I just stick to taking showers."

A Jacuzzi, I thought. I'd be in heaven then. "Well, only if you say so. What do you think we should do first?" I asked curiously, not familiar with our surroundings.

"Well.." Alice said. She jumped onto the king size bed, leaning back onto a pillow. "We could always go swimming. About half and hour from here is a waterfall on a trail, and there is always movies that we can watch, and food that we can cook to eat as we watched one. I really don't care, we should ask Edward and Jasper. They might want to do something together or just have us alone," she said with a sheepish grin.

I giggled quietly, and then the boy joined us. "So girls, what are we going to do?" Jasper asked as the both of them laid down beside us.

"I thought it would be nice to go for a picnic and a swim," Edward suggested. "We'd have to do it soon though, because it's suppose to rain in a few hours."

"That sounds like a good idea. Why don't you and Jasper change and set up a place to eat at the river side? We'll get ready and bring down sandwiches and some fruit to eat." I thought the idea sounded nice. A picnic and a nice swim, of course it would be.

"It's settled. We'll see you two in a few minutes," Jasper said, and Edward followed him out the door.

I sat there for a minute, and a loud groan escaped my lips. "Aww man!"

"What? What's the matter, Bella?" Alice asked, concerned.

I sighed. "We're going swimming and I can't wear a bikini. Dammit. I hate having to wear regular clothes while I swim."

Alice laughed. "But you can still wear one, or half of one. You can wear a top and put on a pair of shorts. If you didn't bring shorts with you, I can give you some."

I thought about it for a minute, then shrugged. Why not? It wasn't like anyone had ever seen my body before. I was just shy of showing my body, and worse now that instead of a flat stomach have a baby bump. "Yeah, your right. I have shorts. I'll meet you downstairs in a minute."

Alice nodded and walked out, shutting the door behind her. I threw my duffel bag on my bed, and began to look through it. I took off the clothes I was wearing, and put on a brown bikini top and a brown pair of short shorts. I only wore short shorts to swim because longer ones were usually uncomfortable.

Putting the clothes that were on the floor into a basket in the corner of the room, I put the bag back against the wall and walked downstairs to help Alice. She was wearing a tight black and white top, and a black pair of cheeky bathing shorts. I envied her. She had a beautiful body that would make anyone jealous.

"Ooo sexy mama," Alice purred playfully as she motioned me to put the food in a basket. "Better not let Edward get to close, he'll drag you off for sure."

"Har har," I muttered, embarrassed. Even if he did drag me off to have me alone, I'd be perfectly fine with that. I began to pack the fruit and sandwiches Alice had made, and added napkins and a few cokes to drink.

Alice took the basket, saying that it was too heavy for me to carry. It took us a couple minutes to get down the rocks to where Edward and Jasper had made a place for us to sit. We didn't see them anywhere, but as soon as we began to unpack the things, we heard their screams from out in the river.

"Look at them!" Alice squealed.

I turned around to where she pointed, and the both of them were swinging off two ropes that were over twenty feet above the water. They had to climb a tree to get to them. Edward wore a pair of white trunks with yellow designs all over them, and Jasper a pair of regular black ones. My man looked sexy. I laughed.

"Their crazy. If Edward breaks a leg, your dad isn't here to help him now…"

Alice laughed. "I don't think anything will happen to them. Whenever you were in Phoenix, we all went with Jacob to swim in La Push. You should have seen them cliff diving off the top cliff, and it's five times as high as those trees."

I nodded. If they did get hurt, there was nothing we could do now. We were out in the middle of nowhere. "Alright boys, it's time to eat!" I called out. I seemed to have got their attention because they were racing back.

We sat there, eating and talking and joking around. Edward told Jasper about our plans after the baby was born and that he wanted Alice and him to be the god parents, or he'd be upset. They talked about the classes that they'd be taking this upcoming year. Edward and Jasper were in their senior year, and Alice and I would just be entering our junior year. Since I'd left Phoenix, I didn't have any other choice then to return to school. If I wanted to try and finish up early like I was doing in Phoenix, Charlie and I would have to find a homeschooling teacher.

Alice and Jasper wanted to go walk the trail, so after their thirty minute wait was up, they left, telling us that they'd be back in a couple hours. I knew what they'd be up to, but I tried to ignore it. It wasn't as if Edward and I were going to remain here innocent.

"Good, they're gone. You look beautiful you know," Edward muttered softly in my ear as his fingers caressed the outline of my top. My teeth bit my lower lip as his fingers rubbed across my breast, and my eyes fluttered closed.

"I don't see what's so beautiful. I'm just in a bikini top and shorts," I said with a shrug. I didn't look at his expression, but my eyes opened whenever I felt his body hovering over mine, and his tongue was licking across my right breast, slowly running under it underneath the fabric, and flicking it against my nipple.

A soft moan escaped my lips, and that seemed to have done it. His eyes locked with mine for the shortest of a second, and then our lips crashed together. My leg wrapped around his waist, pulling him closer to me, and I lifted my back from the blanket, so his hands could untie the straps of my top.

He pulled it above my head, his hands rubbing them in his hands. Louder moans slipped out as his lips broke the kiss, and they moved down to my breasts, licking and sucking them both. My hand slipped cautiously over front of his trunks and his body stiffened, stifling out a moan.

My eyes were glued with his, and my hand slid inside the front of his trunks, stroking his hard member. His eyes rolled into the back of his head, groaning in pleasure as my hand rubbed up and down his shaft.

"Bella, feels good..," he muttered into my ear, his hips bucking as I stroked him. "I need you." I nodded as I pulled my hand from his pants, and pulled down my shorts. He seemed surprised to see I didn't have nothing under him, and when he lowered his trunks, his hands opened my legs, and pushed his long length inside me.

My back arched at the feel of him inside me, a moan crying out his name slipping out loudly. He plunged himself hard inside me, increasing the movements faster each time. He brought one of my legs against his torso, and straightened himself up to move faster. I cried out, my nails digging into the blanket underneath us, and I felt myself tighten around him as his orgasm erupted inside me. I came seconds after him, and his body collapsed against mine, the both of his breathing heavily.

My head felt dizzy as I tried to regain my breath, and finally minutes later, our breaths slowly evened out. He lifted his head from laying against my shoulder, and kissed my lips softly with a smile. "I love you Bella. You know that, right?" he whispered quietly.

I nodded, my hand rubbing slow circles against his cheek. "Of course I know you love me, and I love you too." He sighed, watching my face closely. "What is it, Edward? Is there something wrong?"

"No, nothing at all, babe. I was just thinking about how it's going to be whenever the baby comes. Do you think anything will change?" He asked curiously, yet seriously.

I shook my head. "The only thing I hope that I hope changes is that we become closer, because I never want to lose you."

He nodded. "That will be the only change, I promise you that. I'm never going to leave you. I'd die if anything ever happened between us. You and the baby are my life now, and I can't live without you."

I smiled, and pecked his lips. "I hope not, because if I lose you, there will be no reason to exist, except for our son."

A/N: This chapter is slightly longer than the other one. Just to let everyone know, their will only be a couple more chapters left, and then An Absent Pulse will be complete. I plan on doing a sequal. I'm 70% sure I will do one, but sometimes opinions change. I'll more likely do it, but if I have another story that comes to mind before, it might take a while to start on it. I love REVIEWS, PM'S, AND FLAMES stating how you like the chapter, so I'll look forward to seeing them. Thanks!
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