A/N: Thank you to everyone adding to their alerts. I Would LOVE to get some reviews please please please…this chapter is dedicated to cullengirl08. Thank you for always voicing your opinion and reviews greatly appreciated. The song for the chapter is Ungodly Hour by The Frey. Enjoy and REVIEW please!
Don't talk, don't say a thing
Cause your eyes they tell me more than your words
Don't go, don't leave me now
Cause they say the best way out is through
Alice had never been one to point the finger and speculate, But this was driving her crazy she needed to know. It churned in her blood making her feel sick. It wasn't just important it was epic. She watched her only brothers expression as she headed up the stairs.
She watched her as she slept. The rise and fall of her chest, her eyes dancing beneath closed lids. Alice sat beside Bella softly shaking her awake. She watched the confusion cross over her face when her eyes settled. Alice smiled grasping Bella's hand.
She followed Alice into the large sectioned off bathroom, and watched her as she made her way to a set of drawers. Her eyes danced across the room settling on the chandelier that rested above her twinkling against the light.
Alice stood before her handing her the plastic wrapper. Her eyes quickly flashed to Alice before the realization kicked in. Alice smiled sadly at her as she walked out to give Bella some privacy and time to think.
Esme sat outside the room contemplating the best way to go about the situation before gently knocking on the double doors. After waiting a few moments with no response she gently pushed the door open. She was laying on the floor next to the toilet hit her head resting on the edge. She had been sick. Esme sat behind her wiping her forehead as she rubbed soothing circles on her back.
" Have you looked?"
Bella violently shook her head as a wave of tears hit her again.
" No I'm too scared to. I feel so stupid Esme."
Esme smiled shushing the poor girl in her arms. She rose gently rubbing Bella's shoulders.
" I'll go check dear."
Bella clenched her eyes closed as she gripped the edge of the seat. Esme was silent for a moment before sitting next to Bella and placing the stick at her hands. Positive.
Esme gathered the poor broken girl in her arms and rocked her like she was her own child. She needed a mother at that moment that's what she would be.
Bella had always wondered growing up what her reaction to an such an epic moment in her life would be. However her expectations where far differently than the reality she was facing. Her last attempt at such a fate ended in tragic misery. She wasn't even sure if she could handle it this time. It humored her how such a monumental and magical moment left her so thoroughly disappointed in life.
Positive.
Her head spun as she clenched the toilet trying to get some grasp on reality. The salt burned a searing path down her cheek, and before she could stop herself she violently heaved. She could hear her heart pounding in her ears. Then she was surrounded he was everywhere around her, on her. She tried to suck in air she needed to breathe. His arms clutched her tightly the whole length of his body resting against her back as he brushed her hair off her face.
She could hear his voice in the far distance but couldn't make out his words. It sounded like he was underwater so incredibly amplified but she couldn't make out a single sentence. He turned her towards him smoothing the hair out from her eyes until she finally rested her eyes upon his own. The anguish upon her face was heartbreaking. And in that very moment he felt every bit of pain that coursed through her body.
She finally crumbled against him like a rag doll. Lifeless as the torment slipped away. She hiccupped a few more sad cries before becoming almost tranquil.
Edward tried to gently unfold her vice grip on the offending plastic in her hand but she would not give in.
" No please don't"
Edward nodded his head collecting her in his arms as he passed through the doorway into the bedroom. After settling her in bed Edward made his way over to his sister. She looked ashamed with herself and she had every right to be. Grasping her upper arm he pulled her into the hallway.
" Alice what the hell do you think you are doing…you had no fucking right to interfere."
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She looked like a small child to him at that moment. Like she had so often growing up when she got in trouble with him for various reasons. She was always so emotional and it killed him to scold her as he was.
" I was just trying to help Edward I'm sorry…I shouldn't have done what I did."
He tried to push away the anger he felt towards her but so many times before had received the same speech.
" Your right Alice you shouldn't have. You always pull this shit get some brilliant idea in your head thinking it will help everyone out and then it backfires and you aren't the one who has to deal with the repercussions Alice. I do…you should have given me sometime to tell her how I felt before you poked around at the idea."
She was there. Taking his hand in her own. His shoulders fell with defeat.
" Come on Edward I think we have something's that need to be discussed."
He followed behind her slowly as she walked back into the room leaving a very broken looking Alice in the hallway, and for once Bella agreed that Alice needed to feel the full weight of what her actions led to.
Bella just finished closing the door when Edward sat on the edge of the bed. She was pacing like a lion trapped in a cage every nerve was set with tension. Her shoulders rolled back with determination as she turned on the ball of her foot quickly facing him.
" Look Edward….I'm keeping the baby." He looked taken back by the statement. Not that she had said she was going to keep the baby but the fact she even had to say that too him.
She could see her confidence fall and her walls go up she was protecting herself and he didn't know what from. He tried to stop her pacing but she held up a finger to silence him.
" Edward look I'm going to keep the baby and I hope you know I don't expect anything from you…"
He looked disgusted as if he had been slapped. His eyebrows raising in deep confusion.
" What do you mean you don't expect anything from me. Bella this is my child too I'm going to help you…didn't you hear a thing I told you about Tanya and wanting a child…"
She smirked and if was full of malice. He had never seen this side of Bella and he thought he knew her pretty well.
" Of course I heard you Edward I heard you tell me how you wanted a child with someone you had been in a relationship with for a very long time. Not someone who saved your ass and you knocked up."
He was backed against the wall every word she said had cut him to the bone and he was broken.
" Is that really how you feel about us? Because I thought we were more than that Bella…you by no means are just someone who I knocked up or fuck."
She cowered in her corner no longer having the strength to stand up to him. In that instant her walls fell and he saw the Bella he knew not the Bella that Jacob had turned her into.
" What am I suppose to think Edward. I told you I'd never ask you to leave because I couldn't hurt you like that. If you chose to go back home then I wouldn't stop you. I don't expect you to be there taking care of me for the rest of my life. But Edward I can't do this again… I did it once with someone who I thought loved me. Then you hold me the way you do and I can't help but think…but then it just goes back to being the same and I wont loose that again Edward I…"
He was in front of her forcing her to look at him. She cowered again not in fear of him but in fear of the truth.
" Bella…What do you want…"
She was crying he could smell the salt, the air changed and suddenly they were too close. The room was too small.. And he was falling.
" I want…"
She was clutching his shirt so tightly that it hurt. He could feel her shaking so violently it shook him too. He bent to her ear and tried to calm the sobs that reverberated from within her small frame.
" Bella what do you want. If you don't tell me I can't help you out."
She turned her head looking past him to the door. He thought she was contemplating running but he knew her better than that.
" Edward I want you, I don't want to do this alone. I can't"
He let out an anxious sigh as every limb on his body sagged with relief.
"Bella I will not leave you or this baby. Alright. You need to believe me I'm not Jacob and I know I've never come out and declared we were in a relationship because what we have is much more than that. It's too complex to just give it a name. So please don't think I don't take us seriously. We will work on this and I know we can do it. We will be great parents ok."
Bella had no more words inside her as she felt exhaustion sink into her every pore, every fiber of her being. She settled for a gentle nod before stilling against his chest.
Edward waited until he was sure that Bella was peacefully asleep before heading downstairs. Emmett and Rosalie had headed home few hours back and Carlisle had retired to his study to take care of some paperwork. His mothers eyes settled upon him and he could feel Alice's stare. When he turned to his sister she turned away. She was ashamed and he knew it.
Esme offered a soft smile to her son as he took a seat in the recliner across from her. Eyes closed he finally let out a sigh of relief and allowed himself some time to relax.
" Edward I'm so sorry it was none of my business. I was just worried I noticed at lunch with her she wasn't feeling right. I just wanted to…"
He silenced her with one finger. He remembered as a child what it required to quiet Alice in her overexcited moments. Many times it took removing himself from the room to let the calm settle in. This time just a finger.
" Alice. I am the one who is sorry I shouldn't have snapped at you the way I did. I know you were just worried…your always worried for someone. I shouldn't have lashed out at you the way that I did but I was taken back. Everything is happening in such a backward manner that at times I can't breathe."
Alice smiled her all knowing smile. Pure joy spread across her Elvin like features.
" Edward that's not being backwards. That's fate. You just have to let it be."
Edward nodded standing to hug his sister before placing a gentle kiss on her forehead. He turned towards his mother and couldn't express his gratitude for the woman who brought him into the world. At that moment he was in awe of her and how she kept her cool in such a stressful moment. He clung to her in a hug like he had many times as a small child when he was so unsure of the happenings in his life.
She raked her fingers through her sons hair as she sat his towering form in her lap. At 6'2 and thirty five years of age he may have been an adult be he was still her son and her baby. Her fingers ghosted along his back proud of the man he had become. Proud of her daughter and her love of people. Proud of Bella for being such a strong woman in a unexpected situation and proud of herself for being the mother she always said she would be.
A/n: Alright I really hope I get some reviews…lets see how many we get and if they're good I'll update sooner for you. So what did you think….what do you think is going to happen in the near future? I know I was mean to poor Alice but it had to be done…. More drama to come in the future chapters. Reviews are everything so please be gentle with me…remember your opinion matters…and thank you everyone for being so dedicated ….Review and until next time ENJOY!
