21
MY PREGNANCY PARTNER
Aro was pleased to see me and immediately put his arms around me to feel my bump. He watched me shower and then observed Alice put on a slightly larger bump on me. My morning sickness was not as bad as it had been but my libido had increased tremendously. By the time Sunday came, I agonized so much, I had to call Aro; I was sitting with Alice in our sitting room and he came. I practically ripped open his pants and then jumped on him; once he was inside me, I calmed down instantaneously. He sat down on the sofa and stroked my hair, then motioned to Alice to call Carlisle; he then took the phone.
"I think the chip is too strong for her, can you tone it down, her libido is already stronger than most and now she can't stand to be away from me at all," pause…,
"Yes I think she could use a sedative right now but not a full dose, Jessica will be here soon," pause…,
"Yes talk to Alice please," he handed the phone to Alice and kissed me.
"Carlisle is going to tone down the chip in the bump, he can do it from his computer, then you should feel more normal, Cara," he said.
"Please don't leave me now or I'll go crazy," I said pleading.
"Alice will give you a partial sedative and as soon as you feel better, I'll leave you for a while, you are going to have a visitor soon, Cara and when she arrives Alice will join me and leave you two alone. Call me if you can't calm down again," he spoke to me gently and I started to feel better.
Alice gave me the sedative and he was soon able to leave me, Alice hugged me.
"I don't like this pregnancy, Alice, it's doing weird things to me," I said and sobbed.
"Unfortunately this is only the beginning," she said. "It's not going to get any easier, Bella."
"I already wish I hadn't consented to this," I said.
"But you did and you will continue, you're strong and you're not going to die; you're going to have a baby, it's just going to be hard for a while." She said.
"I'm not even going to enjoy my wedding, Alice, not that I would anyway but now that I'm pregnant it's going to be much worse." I sobbed again and Alice tried to comfort me but I was inconsolable.
I did finally pull myself together when my guest arrived, she looked so much like me, I thought I was looking into a mirror, my size, my height and my age.
"How do you do," she said obviously startled by the resemblance, "My name is Sarah and I suppose you must be Isabella."
"Yes I am, I'm pleased to meet you, I understand we'll be spending a lot of time together," I said.
Yes," she said, "Starting now.'
I wondered about that but let it go for now, my mind was full of questions and I didn't know how to ask them or where to start.
"How did Aro find you?" I began.
"He advertised and I answered the ad, he told me he was looking for someone who closely resembles you and I guess I do," she said.
"Did he tell you what was going to happen?" I asked.
"Yes he said I won't survive the pregnancy but he hopes with Carlisle's help, I can make it through long enough for the baby to survive; it is however, going to be a very difficult pregnancy and I have to be strong," she said.
"Did he tell you why it's going to be difficult?"
"Yes he said you are vampires and this baby will be part vampire and part human," she said, "It will almost be too strong for me, it will stretch my skin and possibly break my bones making me very weak; in the end the baby will try to rip itself out of my body and I will die unless I become a vampire myself before my heart stops, but I will prefer to die."
"May I ask why you want to go through this?" I wanted to know.
"I'm going to die anyway, I have a disease which is getting worse and there is no chance of a cure, I have no family to morn me and I have never had sex with a man because I didn't want to get involved. The idea of sleeping with a man and getting pregnant, knowing I can be complete and serve a useful purpose makes me happy. I know you will benefit from my sacrifice, if you can call it that. Aro promised he'll care for me and make me happy even though you are his only love; he wants you in his bed when I'm there.
I was overwhelmed and didn't know what to say, my emotions got the better of me and I started to cry, it was she comforting me.
"I'm sorry," I said, "This 'pregnancy' is already getting to me, Carlisle is simulating a pregnancy in order to keep up appearances with school and my parents but it's making me very emotional and I'm already having a difficult time; once you're pregnant we will both live it together but at the moment it's just me."
I showed her my bump and explained there was a computer chip inside which caused me to feel the symptoms of pregnancy and each day the bump gets bigger.
"Once you become pregnant Carlisle will insert the chips into both our bodies and your chips will trigger my chips to cause my body to experience exactly what you're feeling at that moment," I explained.
"It looks like you're going to deserve the baby when it's born, I wonder what it will be?" she said.
"I don't know but it will look like you and Aro," I said, "What do you wish for?"
"That's easy, I want a little girl," she said.
"Then that's what I want too," I said, "She'll be a sister for Jenny."
"Who's Jenny?" Sarah wanted to know.
"Jenny is at the moment a foster child who I hope we'll be able to adopt in the future; she's five years old," I said.
"You and Aro want to adopt her?" she questioned.
"Not exactly, although he'll probably be involved with her too," I said.
"There's someone else?" she asked.
"Before I say anything, I'll tell you that vampires have different rules than humans and there is such a thing as sharing," I explained, "Before I met Aro, I met Edward who I married and for whom I changed, I am deeply in love with him and he loves me. Aro complicated my life because he wanted me too and Edward agreed to share me because he is the most unselfish wonderful man you could ever hope to meet. I met Aro and we are to be married as you know but Edward and I am still married and will remain so; I have already had sex with Aro and I love him just as much as I do Edward." I informed her.
"Who is the other lady who was here?" she asked.
"That's Alice, she's Edward's sister and she takes very good care of me, orders me around, dresses me, watches me closely and even when she isn't here she knows what I'm doing; I'm sure she's watching me as I speak, she keeps me in line but I love her very much," I said.
"Is that some power she has?" Sarah asked.
"Yes she has visions and can predict what will happen, it's subjective though depending if there is a change of decision," I said.
"Does Aro have powers?" she continued with her questions.
"Yes he can read minds but he has to touch you, then he can know all your thoughts ever. I'm not familiar with all his powers but in the vampire world he is the most powerful, it isn't a good idea to be on his bad side," I said.
"How about Edward?" she asked.
"He can read minds too," I said.
"And you?" she questioned.
"I'm what they call a newborn vampire and I'm not sure what powers I have except that I do have visions which eventually occur no matter what, also I must have a shield around my brain because no one can read my mind," I said.
"How intriguing," Sarah said, "Do you suppose Aro has read my mind?"
"I would suppose so, he wouldn't trust you so implicitly if he didn't know your mind," I said.
"He trusts you though," she insisted.
"I intrigue him and both he and Edward insist I tell them what I'm thinking, I'm the only person they can't read," I said, "They can read my face and my eyes, so I have to tell them the truth," I said, "Besides Alice tattles on me if I don't comply."
"Alice sounds mean," she said.
"Yes she can be but she loves me and only wants to help me, Edward and Aro are sometimes mean to me too. I begged Edward to change me into a vampire because I didn't want to grow old and he remain young; so the consequences are that I must comply with there demands until they feel I can function without disobeying their rules and standards; I agree to do this," I said.
What kind of rules do they have?" she asked.
"When I married Edward, I became a Cullen, the Cullen's don't drink human blood, that's why our eyes go from light brown to ebony, we drink the blood of wild animals only; we are considered vegetarians in the vampire world, that's our main rule."
"Aro's eyes are red, "she said.
"He isn't a Cullen, he lives by his own set of rules, as all do who live in the castle," I said.
"Will you live by his rules when you become his wife?" she asked.
"I already live by his rules but not by his sustenance, I can't drink human blood, it makes me very ill; when I go home, I go hunting with the Cullen's I said.
"This isn't your home?" she questioned.
"My main home is in New Hampshire, USA but I stay with Aro often and probably more so as our pregnancies progress," I said.