A Year of New Beginnings
I don't own Twilight
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Chapter 5
Bella POV
1:55pm
I ran down the stairs, scared of this newly found information. If Edward didn't do anything wrong, then why hadn't he done anything. He knew where I was, granted I ignored his calls, but still… I was brought out of my thoughts when I ran straight into Emmett who was raiding the cabinets in the kitchen. I felt myself start to stumble and prepared myself for impact with the floor, but was surprised by two strong arms encircling around me.
"Little sis, I know I'm awe inspiring and all, but there's no reason to bow at my feet," Emmett laughed. "Especially when your talents could be used in better services for me, like FOOD!" He grinned at me trying to contain his laughter and failing miserably.
"What? I know you know how to cook your own food there mister. Esme must've taught you something."
"But I don't want spagettio's," he whined.
"Seriously? That's all you know how to make?" I laughed.
"And sandwiches, that counts. Oh, I can grill too!"
"Mom wouldn't let him near the kitchen, said that it meant to much to her for him to burn the place down." Edward answered for Emmett as he joined us in the kitchen, followed by the rest of our group.
"You start one little fire trying to make grilled cheese and they ban you permanently from the kitchen!" Emmett defended himself. Then grumbled to himself, "I'm the awesomest grilling fool there is in the world."
Rosalie patted him on the arm showing her support, "I know baby. I know."
Alice passed by us heading toward the fridge, "I stocked up on some stuff just in case we got stuck here, I had a feeling we might need some supplies. Who wants to help make pizza?"
Of course, pizzas led to another competition over whose would taste the best. We wound up with 4 pizzas when all was said and done. There was one for us girls, and the guys had claimed the other three for their contest.
"Ali?" Emmett called as he placed one of the pizzas in the oven.
"Yes"
"How much do you love me?"
"Yes Emmett, I bought marshmallows." She replied rolling her eyes. "I figured we could roast them tonight."
He ran over to his little sister, squishing her into a big bear hug. "You are the best little squirt ever! "Sometimes I wish there were two of you, like twins or something. Then I'd always be taken care of."
"Hey! What about me?" was heard from both Rosalie and Edward.
"Rosie, you have more important uses for me." Emmett implied, which was followed by a chorus of "eww" from the rest of our group.
Alice looked at Em like he was retarded, "you do know I have a twin right?"
"Yea, I think mom mentioned something about that when she brought you guys home, but he's totally not as cool as you."
"I love you too bro!" Edward hollered before throwing his napkin at his brother.
"There's so much hostility in here," Jasper jokingly complained, going to peek at the pizza through the window of the oven. "Ed man, what's with the violence? You've been throwing stuff at people all day. First it's bacon, then snowballs, now trash? Do you have some unresolved issues going on?"
Even though the comment was aimed at Edward, I still felt myself blush, knowing that I was an unresolved issue. I glanced up at him and caught his eyes. I gave him a faint smile. Edward looked over to Jasper to reply, "no, just wish people wouldn't pretend I don't exist. Seriously, I've been Ali's twin my whole life."
I looked back down at the counter when he mentioned not existing, I knew that the comment was meant for me even if it had been directed at Emmett. Uneasiness filled me and it took a great deal of effort to not run from the room. Thankfully, I was saved by the bell. I moved out of the guys way, letting them retrieve the pizza we'd be eating for lunch. I think all of our stomachs growled at the enticing smell of pizza. I had never been this hungry before? Wow, can our appetites change so quickly? Pregnancy hormones are crazy!
3:00p
"Holy crap! Wake up Bells! Seriously, you aren't allowed to let me watch a chic flick by myself. Come on, I have a reputation to uphold here. What are the guys gonna think?" Leah was gently shaking me awake, apparently I had fallen asleep during the movie that us girl had been watching. As I slowly woke up I realized that I had fallen asleep on Leah's shoulder.
"Sorry Le, I didn't realize I was even tired."
"It's cool, it must be a preggers thing because Rapunzel and Tnkerbell are asleep too."
I look up at Leah like she's grown two heads, "okay, seriously, what's up with the cartoon princess names?"
"I dunno, I guess the girl gene finally kicked in." Leah shrugged causing me to slump off her shoulders.
From the other couch I heard Alice exclaim "hallelujah, I thought I'd never see the day when Leah Clearwater called herself a girl."
"Whatever Alice, just cause I spend most of my time with guys doesn't make me too manly."
"No, but…"
Leah interrupted Alice, "and how many times have I let you play dress up with me?" Casting an all knowing smirk at Alice. "That's what I thought."
"Whatever," Alice huffed.
We all sat and watched our movie, waiting for the boys to come in from their "once in a lifetime" snow adventure.
4:15pm
"Honey, I'm home." Jacob shouted as the guys entered the house.
Rosalie still laying on the couch shouts "go away, it was quiet until you all came back."
"Feisty, just the way I like it." Emmett teased as he came over to where Rose was lying down.
"Emmett Cullen, if you touch me right now while you're all wet and cold I swear you will regret it." Rose glared at him, trying to relay the importance of her words with her eyes.
"Fine babe, I'll be back down shortly. Don't do anything crazy while I'm gone."
"Yea, 'cuz I'm so crazy."
In the foyer I hear Jasper laugh, "I'm proud of you sis, it's takes a lot of courage to admit your shortcomings."
Rosalie made a growling like noise and all of the guys took off up the stairs, laughing the whole way up.
Alice jumped off her couch and started jumping and clapping her hands, "alrighty, is everybody ready to put our plan into action?" She asked, deliberately watching me.
Rose stood and smiled.
Leah just shrugged, "it'll help pass the time."
Alice hadn't taken her eyes off of me, even when she acknowledged the other girls readiness. I stared at her in the eye, before nodding my head in acceptance. Before she could walk away I whispered loud enough for only her to hear "I saw the video."
Surprised, Alice turned back to face me before pulling me into a bone crushing hug that someone of her size should not have been able to do. Putting her forehead against mine, she whispered "everything is gonna work out. Trust me."
"I do trust you, it's me I don't trust."
Giving me one last squeeze, Alice turned back to face or friends and laid out the specifics of how the plan would play out.
4:40pm
"Are we ready?" Alice asked quietly right before the guys started to re-enter the room. We were all too nervous to speak, so we each gave a small nod.
Jasper came to sit on the edge of the couch that Alice was sitting on, "so my lady, what have you planned for us tonight?"
Alice smirks at him, "what makes you think I have a plan?"
"Babe, you always have a plan."
"Whatever, so I like to plan, what's the big deal? The whole room quietly laughs while Alice tries to playfully glare at us all. "Anywhoo, the girls and I decided that we wanted to play Apples to Apples, you guys game?"
"Why not? We're stuck here anyways, gotta pass the time someway." Jake answered for the guys.
The guys rearrange the living room, pulling the two couches closer to the coffee table, so that everyone was within a comfortable distance. Jasper, Alice and I sat on one couch, with Edward sitting on the floor at my feet. Rosalie and Leah took the other couch, with Emmett and Jake sitting at opposite ends of the table. Alice quickly went over the rules, even though they all had played before. "Remember, you're trying to find the best match to the game card using the cards in your hands, if you have one of the blank cards, you can use the dry-erase markers to write the answer you think fits best, and the judge always makes the final call, whatever he says, goes. No fighting!"
Of course, Alice had planned this out from the beginning, so after everyone at the table had taken their turn being the judge, and somehow "snakes and reptiles" had won for "most beautiful" when Jake was the judge, she set her plan in motion. It was now her turn to deal and Jasper's turn to judge. She gave herself a blank card and Jasper was given the game card of pregnant.
Everyone laid down their answers like during every other hand, face side down, so that the judge wouldn't know who laid down which card.
Jasper started to slowly turn over the cards, smiling or laughing at the results of this hand. One person had laid down watermelon, another had laid down parents, someone laid down bunnies, others were cards you could tell that they needed to get rid of because the made no sense for this level. It was the last card that caught Jasper's attention, he held it in his hand, slowly looking around the circle at all the girls in his life. "Is this for real? Or are ya'll trying to fuck with us?"
"Depends, what does it say?" Rose questioned, even though she already knew the answer.
Jasper carefully placed the card down on the table, trying to catch the eye of his best friends.
"Holy shit, what does that mean?" Emmett shouted, staring at Rose.
She couldn't get the words out she just simply nodded her head at Emmett, letting the tears that were building in her eyes freely fall. He jerked her up into a tight hug, trying to keep his own tears from falling, kissing her all over her face.
"I think we all know which card won," Jasper laughed, pulling Alice over to him and kissing the side of her head. "So did you plan the babies too?"
"No, it just kinda fell that way, I don't think we would plan on giving my mom a heart attack planning the babies so close like they are now. Are you okay with this Jazz? I know we just.."
Jasper shut up her questions by kissing her fiercely, telling her how okay he was with them creating a life together.
"Seriously? Leah how? I mean… didn't you… I'm confused," Jake pulled himself up into a chair and placed his head in his hands. Leah went over to Jake and placed herself in his lap. She pulled his face up to look at hers, "no babe, I'm not, Alice just wanted me to play along."
He stares up at her, then down at her tummy, placing a hand on it and another around her shoulders. "Would you've been happy if there was a little me growing in you?" She stared into his eyes before nodding her head yes. "Lele, I love you, forever, lets make babies too. Hey, if it doesn't happen right away, we can have fun trying," he joked. They both laughed curling up into each other.
Edward watched his friends enjoying the news before reading what the card actually said, every girl in this house. Realization clicked in his mind and he started searching for Bella when he realized that she wasn't sitting on the couch anymore.
He took off searching for Bella, looking through all the rooms downstairs before finding her leaning against the kitchen counter, crying. His heart broke seeing her that way, seeing her cry over the person they created. He quietly walked over to Bella and pulled her into his arms. As the crying subsided, she pulled back just a little, but Edward still had his arms wrapped around her, so she couldn't move away too far.
"Bella, I'm sorry. Don't be upset baby. It's gonna be okay."
"Shouldn't you be asking if it's yours or not? I mean, isn't that what exes do?" She bluntly asked, hitting a nerve. Successfully shocking him with this question, I pull away from him to sit on top of the counter.
After regaining his composure, Edward answers, "No, hell no, for one I know you better than that and I know you don't go around sleeping with people. For two, we aren't exes, you are my life, we've had a little bump in the road, but we will get over this." He steps closer to Bella and places his hands on her stomach. "This is our future, together. Isabella Swan, I love you. I know I hurt you, but I love you, and love doesn't run away when the world gets tough, it stands strong." Edward closes the gap between them and takes a hold of Bella's face before gently kissing it.
I can't stop myself from his reaction, I start crying happy tears, giving myself over to the love he's emitting from every ounce of his being. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and pull him in closer to deepen our kiss. When his tongue dances across my lips, I part them to allow him entrance. The needs of my body try to make themselves known and he pulls me closer to him, where I'm barely on the counter anymore. His hands dance around my back and butt, trying to keep me as tight to him as possible. When we pull back, we are both breathless, neither of us wanting to lose contact; we keep our foreheads touching. I look up into his deep green eyes and see the adoration and love that I've been missing these past couple weeks. "I love you too Edward."
It took a few minutes for our breathing to even out and our heartbeats to return to normal. Pulling back, Edward places his hand on either side of me on the counter. Looking up at me he says "we need to talk."
I nod my head in understanding and tell him, "I saw the video."
Dun, dun, dunnnn...
The truth is coming out!
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