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Chapter 11 – Two?
TUESDAY 3RD MAY, 2005
BELLA'S POV
I'm now four and a half months pregnant, and it was definitely starting to show. My stomach was swelling, and I have to say I enjoy being pregnant. It made me feel so happy, so full of life.
"Bella! Did you hear what I just said?" Jacob asked, bemused. I snapped back into reality and shook my head.
"Sorry no." I uttered.
"Courtney's on the phone, she wants to talk." He repeated himself, and I then noticed the phone in his hand.
"Oh, okay." I smiled, taking the phone. "Hello?" I said into the receiver.
"Hi Bella, how are you?" I heard Courtney ask.
"Fat." I joked, making her laugh.
"Well, I know we aren't exactly good friends but I was wondering if maybe you wanted to catch up. We could go out for coffee?" she suggested, somewhat shyly.
"Sure, that sounds great!" I nodded, then glanced up at the clock, "How about at 11 o'clock?"
"In half an hour? Sounds good. We could go to that nice coffee shop in Forks, you know the one called Corrie's Coffee?" she recommended.
"Do you want me to pick you up?" I asked, "Then we can drive into Forks together?"
"That would be good." She agreed, "See you soon."
"Bye!" I said before hanging up. I went into the lounge room where Ben and Jake were.
"What did she want?" Jacob asked curiously from the ground where he was playing with Ben.
"We're going to go and have coffee in Forks." I told him, sit on the lounge.
"Really?" he said, brows raised, "I never really thought you guys were good friends.
"Well we're not." I said simply, "But I would like to see her. She's pregnant too, I think about three and a half months."
"Hmm, yeah." He nodded.
Courtney hurried through the rain, quickly getting into the car.
"It's wet out there." She gasped, pushing her beautiful hair out of her face.
"Yeah, but that's not exactly unusual for La Push." I smiled, and got her a small towel I always kept in my monster of a car. "Try and dry your hair or you'll be freezing."
"Thanks." She grinned. I noticed that she too had a baby bump, but strangely hers was the same size as mine, maybe even bigger. We arrived in Forks and we were soon inside the cosy little coffee shop.
We ordered and as we sipped our hot drinks, I bought the baby subject up in conversation.
"So how many months are you?" I queried.
"Three and a half." She said, confirming my earlier guess. "You?" she added.
"Four and a half." I told her, "Exactly a month difference. But you seem to be… bigger then I was at that stage." I felt a bit obtrusive.
"Really?" she asked, surprised.
"Yes, haven't you had an ultra-sound?" I questioned, slightly confused.
"Well..." she trailed off.
"Courtney!" I chastised, "You must have an ultra-sound! I can't believe you haven't! Why hasn't Embry made you?"
"I told him I did…" she averted her gaze, staring at her hands. I could tell that lying to her imprint really hurt her.
"Why haven't you?" I was really confused.
"I'm scared." She whispered so quietly I could barely hear her. When she looked up, I saw the true fear and hurt in her eyes.
"Oh Courtney, it will be okay. There is no reason to be scared." I assured her.
"But what if it's like Ben? That's not exactly bad, but it won't be able to have a normal life, or a normal childhood. And what if it's… I don't know, sick or something?" she said, panic covering her face.
"That's exactly why you have to go get an ultra-sound." I told her, "You're not alone. You have Embry, me and the whole pack. You don't have to do this on your own." I said warmly. When she still looked unsure I added "Okay that's it, I'll call Carlisle and then we will go up and visit them. If you don't want to do it when we're there, you don't have to. But eventually Courtney, you will have to."
"Okay." She nodded in defeat.
"Hello darling." Mum said to me as she hugged me in the doorway. "And you must be Courtney." She turned to Courtney and smiled.
"We're here to see Carlisle." I notified Mum.
"Yes, he was telling me." She nodded, ushering us inside. In no time, Courtney was sitting at the machine that I'd been sitting at not so long ago.
"It will be okay." I comforted Courtney, squeezing her hand tightly.
"Okay, now Courtney if you will pull up your shirt and unbutton your jeans." Carlisle instructed, "And this will be a bit cold." He warned as she squirted the gel on her swollen stomach. We stared at the screen, waiting anxiously.
"Your babies are perfectly healthy." Carlisle confirmed. I nodded happily, but faltered.
"Babies?" I asked.
"Yes, twins." Carlisle smiled, but stopped when he saw our faces. "You did know this, right?"
"Uh, no!" I squeaked, turning to look at Courtney. She looked shocked but there was something in her eyes that told me this was the happiest moment of her life.
"Oh my god." She gasped, and then she seemed to snap out of it, focusing on the screen. "And their gender? Can you tell yet?" she asked Carlisle.
"Because of their position, no." he said sadly. "But come back every month for a check-up, because twins are a special case." He told her as he wipe the gel off of her.
"Okay." She beamed.
"You know you're going to have to tell Embry the truth." I informed Courtney, "The whole truth."
"I know." She sighed, her smile faltering, "But Bella, Embry and I are having twins!" she said, her face alight with joy.
Surprise! Twins! Tell me what you think, boy + boy, girl + girlorboy + girl? Review!
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