Ch14 Teaser – Positive Result

This is the alternative outcome to Bella's pregnancy test, which was actually negative in the chapter that I went with. Enjoy!

Edward took the test from me and looked down at it. I noticed him swallow deeply and then he raised his head to look at me. I couldn't stand it. I tilted my head back, raising my eyes to the ceiling. Still Edward was silent.

I locked eyes with him again, but he didn't speak.

"For God's sake, Edward, just tell me!" I begged.

He lifted a hand, ran it through his hair and opened his mouth to let me know what our future held.

"It's positive."

I froze. I'd known it was a possibility, but I hadn't really expected to be pregnant.

"Are you sure?" I whispered.

"Two lines, right?" Edward asked. I nodded. "Then yes, I'm sure."

I sank down onto a chair and felt tears beginning to well in my eyes.

"Hey." I was aware of Edward sitting down on the arm of the chair and putting his arm around me. He pulled me in towards him, and rubbed his hand up and down my arm. "It's ok. I'm here for you, we can do this."

I looked up at him, my watery eyes spilling over and down my cheeks.

"Edward, we barely know one another," I whispered. "You can't seriously be suggesting that we go ahead and have a baby?"

As I looked at him it became obvious that he hadn't even considered an alternative. His face dropped as my words registered in his head.

"Bella, you wouldn't…? I mean, you can't!" A mask of panic covered his face.

"Edward, decision time will come later. Please, just give me chance to process this with no pressure. Please," I pleaded again.

My head was spinning. Images flashed before my eyes; my body changing, giving birth, me raising a child alone. Finally, out of sequence, another image popped into my head, the most moving of all; Edward cradling a newborn, squirming pink infant, his beautiful face alight with joy and tears in his dazzling green eyes.

"You want this?" I asked him tentatively. He exhaled, his breath shaky and his eyes fixed determinedly on mine.

"More than anything," he replied with absolute conviction, taking my hand in his. I nodded, knowing for certain that he meant every word. He moved to kneel on the floor in front of me. "Bella, I helped to create this life. I'm one hundred per cent committed to this child now. I would never, ever let either of you down. I promise."

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