A Baby for Bella
Chapter 4: I'm not that innocent
Bella awoke to Edward's grinning face.
She sat up and started to smile back, but then groaned, holding her head in her hands.
"Oh, no...! We have to tell Charlie today!".
Edwards grinned even more broadly.
"Indeed, we do".
He was so clearly looking forward to the whole (for him) amusing ordeal, that Bella threw him an uncharacteristically sour look and headed for the bathroom to shower.
"I don't know what you're worried about, Bella, you're not the one who's going to have to face a man who now knows for sure that his daughter's been defiled by none other than me".
Edward grinned wickedly.
"Thoroughly ruined. Virtue lost. Maiden no longer. Yes, Undoubtably defiled", Edward called to her in a singsong voice.
Bella stuck her flushed face out of the bathroom door and said sharply, "You are soooo not helping".
Edward held his hand over his heart dramatically.
"My lady wounds me with her callous words".
Bella chuckled reluctantly
Edward smirked. Mission accomplished.
After Bella had emerged from the shower and dressed in distressed jeans and a BMTH shirt that Edward had bought her, they headed downstairs.
When they arrived in the kitchen, they found that Esme had prepared a breakfast of bacon and pancakes for a famished Bella.
"Thanks so much, Esme", Bella said in between taking big bites of breakfast,"this is great".
Edward laughed from the chair next to hers at the kitchen table.
"Hormones kicking in already, I suppose".
Alice danced into the kitchen, laughing aloud when she saw Bella.
"Eat up, you're going to need your strength for later".
Edward laughed, too, when he saw the images in Alice's head.
"What!? What is it?", Bella asked anxiously, but Alice had already twirled out of the room.
She looked at Edward, but he only smiled.
Bella sighed, putting down her fork.
"Okay", she exhaled,"Let's get this over with".
Edward took her hand and they headed out to the Volvo.
The drive took a lot less time that Bella would have liked, and before she'd had time to work herself up even more, they were being welcomed into the house by Charlie.
He gruffly gave Bella a hug.
"You should come over more often", he chided her.
"What, Dad, 5 times a week isn't cutting it?" Bella said, rolling her eyes fondly.
"Moving back in would cut it", he said before turning his attention to her husband.
"Edward", he said grudgingly, and nodded, trying to disguise his dislike.
"Charlie", Edward said politely, trying not to grin at the thought of Charlies imminent reaction.
After Edward and Bella were settled snugly on the loveseat, and Charlie in the recliner, the subject at hand was finally broached.
"...So, does anything in particular bring you here...?", Charlie asked.
"Not that you need a reason", he added, misinterpreting the look on Bella's face.
"Well, Char-DAD, the there's actually something I- That is, Edward and I, need to tell you".
Charlie grinned triumphantly.
"You're getting a divorce? That's it, isn't it? Had enough, have you, Bella? That's my girl!", he said smiling smugly at Edward.
"Um...no", Bella said.
Charlie, disappointed, sat forward, a frown on his face.
"Oh, what then? You're not sick, are you? Bella?!?", His voice rose as the possibility occured to him.
"No, dad", Bella reassured him", I'm...".
She stopped, unable to force the words out.
"She's pregnant", Edward supplied helpfully, an eager look on his face.
Chief Charlie Swan, Sheriff of Forks, managed one look of complete and utter horror before he sank into a dead faint.
Bella sat stock still on the way home, looking straight ahead.
"Well...", Edward ventured, "That didn't go so bad".
"NOT SO BAD!?! He tried to kill you as soon as he woke up!", Bella exploded.
Edward fought back an amused grin.
"..and with the remote control, no less. The horror...", he said, mock hurt crossing his perfect face.
"Edward Anthony Mason Cullen, if you smile, so help me...", Bella threatened.
"What, you'll attack me with an entire television, instead of just the control? Oh, Bella, I don't know if my delicate nature could handle such a thing", Edward said mournfully, shaking his head.
Bella stuck out her bottom lip childishly, to Edward's amusement.
"So", he said deadpan,"Do you think this means he won't be calling to congratulate me on my impending fatherhood?".
Bella, shaking her head, burst into helpless giggles.
A/N: There you have it, my impatient lovelies, Chapter 4!
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