Flabbergasted Phenomenon
Summary: "This is the most unique situation I have ever heard of with a human and a vampire," was what Carlisle said, but all I could think was, "I'm going to have a baby."
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse. I just own the scenarios where I thrust my favorite vampire and his family and the love of his life! Yay for me!

Chapter Nine: Cold Hands

"Are you sure Carlisle won't mind?" I asked, for what seemed like the hundredth time. Edward rolled his eyes at me and put his hands on the small of my back, trying to stop my stalling.

"I wouldn't trust anyone else for your care Bella; besides, do you know how many obstetricians Forks has? Two, including Carlisle."

"I don't want to take up his time. What's wrong with the other doctor?" I stopped walking again and Edward growled in frustration, picking me up. I saw him roll his eyes; I think I was annoying him with my incessant stalling.

"Nothing is wrong with the other doctor." He carried me down the stairs and closer to Carlisle's study. "I just trust Carlisle more."

I sighed, still not giving up. "He's extremely busy at the hospital. I don't want to take up his family time." I chewed on my bottom lip as Edward stopped suddenly, his eyes wide with worry.

"Don't you trust Carlisle?" he asked, so softly that I barely heard his voice. My eyes opened wide.

"Are you kidding me Edward?" I was outraged. "Of course I trust him! Why in the world would you ask me that?"

"You don't want him to be your doctor." It was stated, and his eyes narrowed at me. "Are his hands too cold?"

"No." My blush gave me away though.

"His hands are too cold?" Edward now had a small grin playing on his face. I covered my face with my hands and shook my head.

"No." My face burned with embarrassment, and Edward tried to pry my fingers away.

"Bella, what's wrong?" Now Edward sounded concerned. I shook my head again, feeling my blush go down my neck and chest. "Are you uncomfortable about having Carlisle as your doctor? I don't want to make this awkward for you."

"It's just…you know…" I peeked at him from between my fingers, and he had a blank expression on his face. He obviously didn't know. "I wish you could read my mind!" His brow furrowed even more, and I sighed. "I just…I don't want to flash my privates to your father!"

If I could have said anything more embarrassing, I probably would have died with the blood rushing to my face. I once again ducked my head away from Edward's gaze and tried to burrow myself away. At first Edward didn't say or do anything, and then I felt his body shake.

Then he started to laugh.

"It's not funny!" I whispered angrily. Edward continued to laugh, and I struggled out of his arms, my hands crossed protectively over my chest. I somehow, with the grace of God, jumped to my feet, managing to keep my balance, and then I glared at Edward as he doubled over with his laughter. "What in the world do you find so funny Edward Cullen?"

"Silly Bella," he hugged me tight to his chest. "Carlisle isn't going to be that kind of doctor for you, I'm sure there's a female doctor out there for your female parts!"

"Oh."

"He's going to be everything but that kind of doctor." He tilted my head up so I could see his face.

"I've made a right fool of myself, haven't I?" I asked, a pout pulling at my lips.

"No, silly Bella. You were just horrified for a few fleeting seconds. Now come on. Carlisle is waiting."

"Did he hear this?"

"Probably." Edward did not make an attempt at covering this up, and I felt my stomach heave. What am I going to do with myself? If I keep this up, I will be dead from embarrassment. I walked sulkily behind Edward as he lead the way to Carlisle's study, my mind trying to find a way to block out anything that might embarrass me during my, as Edward called it, prenatal visit.

I was surprised when Edward paused at Carlisle's study door, and then turned around. I almost bumped into him, but I stopped myself just in time. "We're not going to be in here." He picked me up and ran back upstairs onto the same floor as Edward's room. I was surprised when we bypassed Edward's bedroom door and continued down the hallway, only to be met with another door. This time Edward didn't knock, he just walked in.

"I didn't even know this room existed." I whispered, looking around the room. It was a mixture of Carlisle's study and a patient's room in a doctors' office. Edward carefully set me on the table and sat down beside me.

Sitting on the desk that was on the other side of the room was a manila folder with my name on it. I jumped when Edward whispered, "Isabella?"

"That's not my name," I said, turning and looking at him. He smiled at me.

"Carlisle asked me to get you started. He's on his way into the house but he has to change his clothes and wash his hands."

"Get started doing what?"

"First, take off your shoes and socks," Edward instructed, and I could hear a hint of doctor mode breaking into his voice. I took off my shoes and socks, allowing them to fall to the floor. Edward helped me off of the table, there wasn't a little stool for me to step down on, and he moved me towards the scale. I automatically stepped on it, and Edward picked up the manila folder and he weighed me.

There was silence when he weighed me, and I was surprised to see that my weight was below one hundred pounds. Was I really that thin? Of course, during the vampire wars at the beginning of summer, I didn't eat much, but this was a little ridiculous. I couldn't have lost that much weight, could I? I distinctly remembered weighing 109 pounds in the beginning of March.

"You're underweight," Edward said, not sounding pleased. I grimaced and whispered,

"Sorry."

"It's not your fault, believe me." I stepped off the scale, and Edward looked at me up and down. "I should have noticed that you stopped eating, that you lost that much weight." A few seconds after he said this, Carlisle walked into the room, after he knocked, and smiled at the both of us.

"Good morning Bella." He had another folder, and I recognized it as my very thick chart from the hospital. Carlisle put the folder on his desk and turned around to look at me. "We're just going to start out with the necessities." I watched as he went to his desk and pulled out his carrying box. Inside of it I could see an ear thermometer, a blood pressure cuff, and other little "doctor" trinkets.

My prenatal visit went smoothly. After Carlisle completed his notes; writing my blood pressure, temperature, and weight, he began asking me questions about my health, both present and previous events. He also asked about my parents' health, all the while taking notes.

I leaned back on my hands, watching as Carlisle turned to a new page for his notes. "Next, we're going to estimate your due date." I nodded my head and sat up a little straighter. This piece of information was something I wanted to know. "When was your last menstrual cycle?"

"Hmm…" I said, my cheeks turning pink as I thought back to July. I chewed on my bottom lip, my cheeks burning as the seconds past. Then I remembered, saying, "July 19th."

"July 19th?" Carlisle asked. I nodded my head, and I could see Carlisle thinking for a moment. Was he doing complicated equations to figure out the due date? Were there complicated equations to figure out a due date? I bit my bottom lip, thinking about it. Carlisle jarred me from my thoughts when he said, "April 24th is your approximate due date. You have to remember that babies tend to come at their own pace, earlier or later than expected."

"April seems so far away…"

"It'll be here before you know it." Edward laughed and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes and grinned. At least I didn't feel like I was going to be pregnant forever. I sat for a few moments with my eyes closed, and when I opened them again, Carlisle was finishing last second notes. I was curious when Carlisle moved to his desk and began putting notes inside the manila folder with my name on it. "Why do I have two folders?"

Carlisle looked at me with a smile on his face. "Well, one for my own personal file, and one for the hospital. I want to have enough documentation at the hospital so they know you're getting checked." He tapped the nearly empty file and smiled. "This is just to keep notes of how you're developing."

I nodded my head.

Carlisle returned to his notes for a second, and then he looked back up at me. "The Institute of Medicine recommends that you take 600 micrograms of folic acid a day, but no more than 1,000. I wrote a prescription for you for a prenatal vitamin that will help you get enough folic acid, 600 micrograms, and if need be, I will increase or decrease the dosage.." Carlisle stared at me a moment as Edward helped me off the table. "I scheduled you an appointment for a sonogram on Tuesday, and you will be scheduling yourself an appointment, I presume?"

My face lit up like a fire truck and I nodded my head. Edward chuckled; I could feel his body shaking behind mine. Before I could depart in embarrassment, Carlisle stopped me again, and I saw the concern etched onto his features. "You're underweight Bella." I nodded my head, and Carlisle sighed quietly. "Underweight women tend to have small babies, and during the first trimester of pregnancy, you're not supposed to gain that much weight, if any at all. Since you're underweight, I don't want you thinking that you have to regain the weight now, because that might be a little dangerous. Continue eating what you eat now, and at the beginning of your second trimester you can begin taking in more calories than what is normal to help put on those few extra pounds." He paused for a moment, and then smiled. "Don't worry about it yet."

"Okay," I said, a little nervously. I couldn't fathom how I was so thin! Edward tugged on my hand and led me out of the office and we began walking down the hall towards his bedroom in silence.

"Uh oh," Edward breathed, grabbing my hand.

"Don't you dare Edward Cullen!"

I looked down the hallway to see Alice standing with her hands on her hips. The 4'11 pixie-form vampire looked frightening as she stood, glaring at Edward. "You are always trying to take away my fun!"

"What fun?" I asked, looking from him to Alice. Edward wasn't looking too pleased; I could only assume Alice was speaking to him through her mind. I settled for watching them "argue". Every few seconds or so I could see Edward tilt his head up or side to side, but only if I watched extremely carefully.

Finally Edward sighed and looked down at me. "I tried my best, Bella." He sounded so defeated that I automatically thought something bad happened, and my pulse began to quicken. I sucked in a big breath and my palms began to sweat. A second later, Jasper appeared behind Alice, a look of extreme worry on his face.

"What?" I asked fearfully.

"Bella," Alice whined, walking towards me. I couldn't, even in my state of fear, get over how her walking was just as graceful as a dancer. "I want to take you shopping!"

I groaned, shaking my head. "Absolutely not, Alice! I have no need for new clothes!" I was a little relieved that no one died, even though the pain of shopping was almost equivalent to the pain of death.

"Come on Bella, you need to go!"

"Why? In two months I'll be the size of a whale and won't be able to fit any of my clothes!"

"Promise?"

"Promise?" I repeated skeptically. "Are you asking me to promise to overeat?"

The musical sound that came from Alice should have been in a symphony, it shouldn't have been considered a laugh. She stood on her toes and kissed my cheek. "A promise is a promise Bella." She tapped her temple. "I'll keep it in sight."

"Oh great," I mumbled beneath my breath. Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me lightly. I closed my eyes and leaned against him as I felt a sweep of hunger pass through me. Breakfast sounded quite good at the moment.

It was as if Edward read my thoughts because he said, "You're hungry love." In a second I was swept into his arms and we were taking a brisk walk to the stairs. Alice and Jasper were in front of us, holding hands.

"You know Bella; I think I figured it out." I looked up at Edward, confused. He was smiling at me. "You've been extremely emotional lately."

"Thanks," I said, rolling my eyes. Edward laughed and kissed my forehead.

"It explains everything, you know. That day you cried in the living room, your reaction to me following you to the store," my cheeks lit up at the mention of our argument.

"Which I am extremely sorry for," I mumbled. I refused to meet Edward's gaze, even when I felt his cool breath tickle my cheek with his laughter. He continued on, as if I never interrupted him.

"The day you cried when Angela told you she was leaving, even though that was wholly understandable." He kissed me again, just to reassure me. Before I could melt into the kiss, he pulled away. "Do you remember in August, the day you cried in the living room, I said you smelled different, and you said it was hormones?" I nodded my head dumbly, not sure if I actually remembered that event. His eyes were distracting me, and I could feel myself slipping away into a world that was just Edward. "You were right."

"You're dazzling me."

I had to shake my head to make the intensity of my feels to go away. After taking a deep breath, I looked at Edward and he apologized. I ignored him, instead, whispering, "You can apologize by kissing and feeding me."

I erupted into giggles as I pecked him, and I didn't even pull away when I heard Jasper say, "The emotions of this girl!"

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