Chapter Nine
Bella's Surprise
September 6th 2006
Five days after their move to Seattle, Carlisle was able to bring home everything he would need for the remainder of Bella's pregnancy including a sonogram machine. Though still enrolled in college Bella had decided to take online classes until the baby was born, it was something she had talked to Edward about at length before the move, therefore while Edward, Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper were in college (Rosalie still doubled as Jasper's twin sister, whilst it had been agreed Bella and Edward would still be able to say they were married, Rosalie and Emmett and Jasper and Alice meanwhile posed as engaged couples).
Bella had been looking forward to the prospect of seeing her daughter for the first time, yet she was sad her husband would miss out, little did she know Carlisle had already called the college and asked for Edward to be excused for the day agreeing that he would make up the hours later. As she'd entered her fourth month of pregnancy and with morning sickness evening out to a few hours a day the need for blood lessened, therefore the blood in her diet came from rare meats rather than cups of blood.
Making her way downstairs after the usual of morning sickness Bella made herself some cereal and juice, feeling nauseous at the thought of eggs, something she found odd as she'd been craving them so far. Dunking the spoon into the cereal she was just beginning to eat when she felt cool hands cover her eyes. Letting out a squeak of delight she spun the seat around wrapping her arms around her husband's waist pulling him close.
"I thought you were in college today?"
"Carlisle knew you're upset I couldn't be here when you saw the baby for the first time so he asked if I be excused for the day."
"I'm glad that you're here."
"How are you feeling?"
"A mixture of exited, nervous and nauseous. I'm not sure if the nausea is another round of morning sickness coming on or nerves."
"From the sounds of it I'd say a little of both. Carlisle is ready for us now."
Bella quickly finished eating before sliding off the stool as they made their way into Carlisle's office which he had turned into a makeshift hospital just in case anything went wrong and they needed to change Bella straight away. Clutching onto Edward's hand Bella climbed onto the examination table lifting her pyjama top up to her breasts exposing her baby bump. The minute Carlisle placed the cool gel on her stomach the nerves she had been feeling disappeared as the dopler wand was moved across her abdomen and the sounds of a heartbeat rang through office, as her father in law moved the dopler they weren't expecting to hear a second heartbeat. They were having twins.
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As the two strong heartbeats echoed around the room, Bella clutched onto Edward's hand turning her head to watch the two little lives moving around on the screen. Laying her hand over the now prominent baby bump she brought her husband's hand to rest over it reaching up to kiss him gently on the lips. Secretly she'd always knew she would be able to give her Edward children, the fact that she had fallen pregnant with identical twins was a surprise, but a surprise that she would treasure forever.
"Can you tell what their gender is yet?" Bella asked.
"Usually it's not until your fifth month however as the twins are half vampire I may be able to tell sooner. Would you like me to try and find out?"
"Yes please." Bella and Edward said in unison.
Carlisle moved the dopler further over his daughter in laws abdomen smiling brightly as he located the twins' genders. After printing off pictures which he knew would be passed around the family and sent to Charlie and Jacob in Forks, he could see the suspense getting to his son as he was successfully blocking his thoughts from being read. Deciding to put his children out of their misery he pulled out two pink baby gros handing them over. Alice had already filled the nursery with baby girls clothes, somewhere along the way she'd rotten a vision of the babies when she wasn't around Bella.
"Girls? We're having girls?" Bella squealed excitedly.
"You're having girls. Identical twin girls." Carlisle agreed.
"I can't wait to tell Charlie and Jake." Bella said softly.
"'I'm sure they'd love to hear from you. You're free to go."
Bella watched as Edward wiped the gel from her stomach paying close attention to the section around her belly button as he gently planted a kiss where their children grew. Pulling her pyjama top down she slid off the examination table rushing into Edward's arms as he was taking the sonograms from Carlisle. As they left the office for their bedroom Bella was torn as she thought of her mother. For now she'd let her go, in time she hoped that Renee wold come around maybe when she heard the babies names.
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Once in their room Bella was resting against Edward's chest as they lay in bed their hands joined over their children as Edward began to him his wife's lullaby. It was the one song that always relaxed Bella. Kissing her forehead Edward knew his wife was thinking of something she didn't want him know as he was unable to hear anything. As their eyes met however he knew he was about to find out what his beautiful wife had been pondering over since they'd left Carlisle.
"Driving you crazy not being able to hear me isn't it?"
"Just a little bit, but I promised never to actively search for your thoughts unless you wanted me to."
"And for that I'm grateful. I've thought of names for the twins."
"Don't tease me, love. What did you choose?"
"For our first daughter I was thinking Renesmee Carlie Cullen, it blends Renee and Esme together and her middle name for Carlisle and Charlie, even is Mum doesn't see it right now I want to honour her."
"That's understandable, love."
"And for our second daughter I was thinking Elizabeth Alice Cullen. After your biological mother and of course Alice, with Rosalie being godmother I didn't want to leave her out."
"They're perfect, love. My mother would have been honoured. As will Esme, Alice and Renee. Carlisle and Charlie will be floored."
"They like them too, they're kicking." Bella said while yawning.
"Sleep, love."
Bella shifted position slightly so she was laying sideways leaning against Edward's stomach just as her husband began to him her lullaby again. Before she knew she was fast asleep, dreaming of the two identical babies with bronze curls one with her chocolate brown eyes and the other with emerald green eyes; Edward's human eyes. Their little Renesmee and Elizabeth.