All Alone

A/N. Hi. I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful reviews.

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Stephenie Meyer owns all things twilight and its characters

Previously

I walked over and took Bella's hand in mine as my mother put the wand over Bella's stomach. Suddenly a noise filled the room.

My baby's heartbeat.

I looked at the screen with tears running down my face before I looked down at Bella who was not doing much better than I was as mum pointed everything out.

"Do you want to know the sex," she asked with a grin.

I looked at Bella to see what she wanted, she looked at me and nodded.

I looked over at my mother and said, "Yes mum, we would like to know," I said tearfully.

My mother's grin got even wider.

"Well the baby here is..."

Chapter 19

BPOV

I took a deep breath as Elizabeth pointed at the screen. She smiled at both Edward and I as she spoke the words that would change our lives forever.

"Well the baby here is a girl," she grinned, before taking a breath.

"And this baby here is a boy," she squealed, pointing at a second blob.

I looked at Edward, completely thunder struck as he stared at the screen opening and closing his mouth like a goldfish.

I looked at Elizabeth who was grinning back at me.

"Well since you both are a twin, it is not really surprising," she smirked, as I got up and pulled up my yoga pants.

Edward looked at his mother shaking his head, mouthing no at her and then looked at me. It suddenly hit me and I could not believe that I did not know this about him.

"Edward, are you a twin?" I asked, waiting breathlessly for an answer.

He looked at me and nodded.

"Yes, my twin brother Riley died at birth," he said, chooked up.

Elizabeth smiled at Edward sadly as she finished for him.

"It is called twin to twin syndrome. Riley was 2lbs 5ozs when he was born and Edward was 5lbs 8ozs, they were four weeks premature. Edward took most of Rileys blood and he was just too small and weak to survive," she said tearfully.

Tears fell from my eyes as my hand made its way over my stomach and I rubbed it in soothing circles.

Edward came over next to me and put one arm around my waist while placing the other over my hand resting on my stomach. He looked at me tearfully with love and adoration in his eyes.

Elizabeth wiped her eyes and handed both Edward and I a tissue with a big smile still on her face.

"Come on no more tears, we should be celebrating! I am going to be a grandmother to twin babies, a boy and a girl," she said, smiling through her tears. She handed over the scan pictures to both Edward and I. I could clearly see two babies. I suddenly felt very nausious at the fact that I had two babies growing inside me and I ran and threw up my lunch in the nearest trash bin.

Edward held my hair back as I continued to empty the contents of my stomach.

After five minutes of puking my guts out I went over with Edward and joined his mother at her desk.

She smiled at both Edward and I, looking so proud.

"I am so excited that I can hardly stand it! But before I act like a proud grandmother I should talk to you both as your ob-gyn," she grinned.

Edward and I both nodded as Elizabeth continued.

"First, I am going to have to insist that I see you every two weeks because it is your first pregnancy, you are only sixteen years old, and you are carrying twins. I will need to keep a close eye on you," she said seriously.

I nodded again as I looked at Edward who was looking at his mother with a nervous look on his face.

"Second, I would like to sign you up for lamaze classes. In these classes they cover breathing techniques, pain management, vaginal birth, and cesarean birth. They will also prepare you for what ever pregnancy brings, labor and delivery, and caring for the twins," she smiled.

I nodded, letting her know that I was open to all that. She looked between Edward and I seriously.

"Bella, they recomend that you have a birth partner for these classes, whoever it is that you expect to have in the delivery room with you. Usually it is the birth father but I will leave that up to you. However I would like to know who it will be by the time of your next appointment which is in two weeks."

I nodded as she handed me over my prenatal vitamins, pamphlets on been a first time mother, as well as the ultrasound pictures.

I got up to leave with Edward, but he stayed sitting.

"Bella would you mind if I spoke to my mother about something before we go," he asked.

Elizabeth looked between Edward and I before speaking.

"Bella why don't you go outside and make another appointment with Sandy for two weeks from now while I speak to Edward," she asked.

I nodded as I went for the door but not before Edward threw a worried glance my way. I ignored him as I went straight for the receptionist who was glaring daggers at me.

I looked at her and gave her a warm smile.

"Hi, I need to make an appointment for in two weeks," I asked nicely.

The receptionist looked down at me hatefully before looking at the appointment book.

"I'm sorry, we are booked solid for the next two months. Maybe you can try the free clinic. That would be more your style," she snarled.

What the fuck did I ever do to this woman. She was acting like I took her favourite toy away from her. Suddenly it hit me like a bolt of lightening. She must be one of Edward's women and was blaming me for the fact that he got me pregnant. I did not want to cause a fight in the middle of the clinic so I decided to ask her again nicely.

"Well I am sure that if you look again, you will find an opening," I suggested.

She slammed the book shut and leaned over the counter so that we were eye to eye contact.

"Listen, I have already told you that there are no openings for the next two months. So why don't you take your whorish self away from this counter, away from this clinic and head straight for the free clinic," she snapped, her voice full of venom.

I was about to say that I would set the appointment up with Elizabeth instead when I was interrupted by a pissed off voice behind me.

"What the fuck is going on here," Edward yelled, angrily. I turned around to see him standing next to Elizabeth, his face red with fury as he glared at the receptionest. Elizabeth looked at her with an identical expression.

"Sandy would you kindly explain what is going on?" she asked the receptionest.

Sandy looked between Edward and Elizabeth but no words came out of her mouth. Elizabeth sighed.

"Bella, since Sandy has lost her voice, will you please explain to me what is going on," she asked, gently.

I really did not want to get anyone in trouble but I really did need to make an appointment and if Sandy was not going to do it then I would have to ask Elizabeth.

"I was trying to make an appointment for in two weeks and she was telling me that there were no openings for two months. She told me to try the free clinic," I whimpered.

Edward looked like he was about to explode and Elizabeth was right behind him.

"Sandy may I speak to you in my office for a minute," she asked, walking into her office as Sandy sheepishly followed her.

Edward pulled me into his arms and held me tight.

"Hey Baby, are you alright?" he asked, rubbing my arm up and down in quick strokes. Before I could answer him another girl came and sat behind the receptionest desk.

"Miss Swan? My name is Heather. Do you still need to make an appointment?" she asked, smiling widely. I was happy at the fact that she was acting professional and that she barely gave Edward a second glance.

I looked at Edward and he looked so smug that I hit him on the back of his head.

"Yes please Heather. I need to make an appointment for in two weeks time," I told her.

Just when she opened the appointment book, Elizabeth's office door came flying open and Sandy stormed out of the office muttering curse words under her breath. She walked behind the receptionest desk and grabbed her coat and bag before giving Edward and I a look of complete loathing.

She walked over to Edward and stabbed her index finger at his chest.

"YOU! You came on to me. It was you who always brought me into the copy room to either have sex with me or for me to give you a blow-job whenever you felt like it. You used me and now that you do not want me anymore you go and have me fired."

She looked at Edward with hate filled eyes before continuing.

"You will get what is coming to you. You will regret this," she spat furiously, then looked over at me.

"He is going to do the same thing to you, just wait and see. He will use you and then dump you when someone else comes along that strikes his fancy. Just like he did it to me," she smirked spitefully and walked out of the clinic.

I watched as she left, my insecurities come back in full force. I started thinking that she was right. He was going to want to get rid of me when someone else comes along.

"I feel so stupid right now," I muttered under my breath.

Edward cradled my face in both of his hands.

"Please tell me that you do not believe her, Bella," he asked, nervously. I gently took his hands from my face and walked over to the receptionest.

"Do you have an appointment for in two weeks time?"

She nodded while looking at the appointment book.

"Yes, we have an appointment for two weeks from today, April 9th at two pm. Shall I make that appointment for you?"

I muttered yes as she handed me a card with the date and time of my next appointment.

I took the card from her, gave Elizabeth a nod and a smile before telling her goodbye and walked out of the clinic without a second glance back at Edward.

Once I got outside I felt like I was about to breakdown but I caught sight of Alice's car before I could breakdown, so I gratefully got in to it and we made our way back towards Malibu.

*~AA~*

It has been three days since I found out that I was carrying twins and I have not seen Edward since the Clinic, but not from the lack of trying on his behalf. I have not told anyone the news about the twins yet and I am sure that Edward has not told anyone either.

I have yet to wrap my head around what Sandy had said. I was scared to start letting Edward into my heart. He had hurt me so deeply and I did not know if I could overcome that, but the second I saw the look in his eyes when Elizabeth told us that I was carrying twins all thoughts of going slow went straight out the window. But then the whole Sandy thing happened and we were right back to were we started.

I was sitting outside on the porch swing, looking down at Edward's house while wishing that I had the courage and confidence to get up, and walk down there and talk to him about what had happened.

The door opened and out walked Esme, holding a letter and looking at me with fearful eyes.

"Bella, I need to talk to you," she muttered.

ESME POV

I looked down at the child that was my daughter for all intents and purpose, holding the letter that I recieved only this morning from Carmen. The stuff that she wrote in this letter, it proved that she had become unhinged and dangerous. I did not think that she even knew the difference between what was right and wrong, real or fantasy anymore. I knew the time had come for me to tell Bella all about it.

I sat down next to Bella and took both of her hands into mine.

"Bella, I ne..." I was interrupted by the appearence of Edward Masen, walking up the footpath.

"Bella I have had enough of this bull shit. We need to talk and sort out our feelings. If not for us then for our babies. Our son and daughter needs both of us in their lives."

I could not believe what I was hearing. Did he just say babies? As in twins?

This was so much worse than I feared. If Carmen knew that she was carrying twins then that would make her even crazier than she already was.

I got up from the porch swing and started walking in the house on shaky legs but was stopped by Bella.

"Esme, you were about to say something! What did you want to talk about," she asked.

I turned to face her and brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"We'll talk later," I promised, before turning to go back into the house.

I went and sat down at the kitchen table, trying to think about what I could do. With Carlisle back in Forks for another two weeks there was only one other person who might be able to help. So I picked up the phone and dialled the number. He answered his cell after three rings.

"Hello!"

I took a deep breath before I started talking.

"Eleazer, I need your help. Can we meet?"

EPOV

I could not believe that she had simply walked out of the clinic without talking to me. After everything that I had told her I thought that she knew how much I loved her and that she was different from all the other women I had been with. I may not have the best reputation but I thought that we were making some progress with each other.

My mother looked at me, depressed, but all I wanted to do was get out of there. I gave her a swift kiss on the cheek before running out to the parking lot in the hope of catching Bella, but she was gone by the time I got outside. So I did the only thing I could do and went home with my tail tucked between my legs.

Three days later

I was sitting outside my house in Malibu wondering why the happiest time of my life had become the worst. I had been so excited when my mother told me that Bella was carrying twins. Even after we told her about my twin brother Riley, I could not help the joy that I felt inside.

After the appointment, I sent Bella outside so that I could talk to my mother about Sandy. The look of disappointment on her face when I told her about what I used to get up to with her receptionest almost made me hide in the corner, but I explained how unrespectful she was to Bella when I came in. I told my mother that I did not want my fucked up past to mess up what Bella and I had already accomplished so I threatened to have her fired but I did not mean it. I was angry when I said it but asked my mother to at least give her a warning.

My mother agreed to do that but when we went out to the waiting room and over heard the way she was talking to Bella, I knew that she was going to get her walking papers.

I continued to sit outside while nursing a beer and looked down the street to see Bella sitting outside the Cullen home. I noticed her looking up at my house every so often but she did not see me. Finally I had enough, I threw back the last of my beer and walked towards the house where Bella was sitting on the porch with Alice's mother.

I knew that I was about to interupt something, but at that point I did not give a shit.

I walked up the footpath to their home and glared at Bella.

"Bella I have had enough of this bull shit. We need to talk and sort out our feelings. If not for us then for our babies. Our son and daughter needs both of us in their lives," I snapped.

From the shocked look on Esme's face, it was obvious that she did not know about the twins. I did feel slightly bad for blurting it out the way I did.

Esme got up, excused herself and walked back into the house before I could apologise.

Bella looked from Esme to me so fast that I was surprised she did not get whiplash. She stood up and glared furiously at me.

"What the fuck is your problem Edward? Did you not see that Esme and I were in the middle of a conversation?" she yelled.

Even though she was mad as hell with me, I found it the biggest turn on and my cock got harder with every word she spat.

I quickly adjusted myself before sitting down on the porch swing, begging her with my eyes to join me. She took a deep breath before joining me, sitting at least two feet away from me with both hands on her lap.

I sat closer to her and put my right hand over her left hand as I looked into her eyes.

"I am sorry about the other day at the clinic. Hearing those things must not have been easy on you," I apologised.

She looked at me as the corners of her mouth curled up into into a small smile.

"It certainly will not make my list of top ten favourite afternoons," she smirked.

I threaded my fingers with hers as I looked at her seriously, happy that she was at least talking to me now.

"Bella like I said, I am so sorry about what happened at the clinic. You and these babies are the most important things in my life. I know that you are aware of my past but you have to realise that it might sometimes come back and bite me on the butt."

She started to say something but I had to cut her off.

"Please Bella, I need to say a few things now that have been on my mind for the last few days, otherwise I will lose my nerve," I said nervously.

"I know that you said that you need for us to take things slowly, become acquaintances and friends before even thinking about a relationship, but I do not think I can do that. I know that I agreed to it when you suggested it, but that was before we found out that you were carrying twins."

"My father told me about the problems that my mother went through when she was carrying Riley and I. She needed all the love and support that she could get."

I took a deep breath and suddenly my mouth was so dry that it felt like I was walking through a desert for weeks without water.

I took my hand away from hers and laid it on her cheek as I gently stroked it with my thumb.

"Bella baby, I want to be one that is there for you, our son and daughter. I want you to lean on me for all the love and support that you need. I need to be the one that you turn to when you want someone to run to the store at 3am for pickles and ice cream."

I smiled as she chuckled a little at that last sentence, but quickly became I serious again.

"But most of all, I want to love you the way you deserve and for you and the twins and I to be together as a family," I said breathlessly.

Bella looked at me, her eyes shining with tears. She lifted the hand that I was holding earlier and placed it over mine as it rested on her cheek. She leaned in towards me and kisssed me softly on the lips.

It only lasted a second but I swear I saw fireworks.

She pulled away as I whimpered at the sudden loss of her beautiful mouth on mine.

"I want all that too Edward, but I do not know if I can trust you with my heart just yet," she whispered.

I started to speak up but she put her hand up to stop me before continuing.

"However, I need to realise that these are your babies as well as mine. So here is what I suggest. We can be friends, while we build up enough trust for a relationship. We can do all the things that are baby related together. If I need anything for the babies, you will be the first to know. We will attend lamaze classes together and you can even be my birthing partner. How do you feel about that?"

I exhailed the breath that I had not realised I was holding. I pulled her into a giant hug while muttering thank you repeatedly.

After five minutes of us hugging, I pulled back as she looked at me with joy, contentment and hopefully love.

We were suddenly broken out of our daze when we heard a loud cough. I looked towards the footpath to find Alice and Jasper watching us with amused looks on their faces. The person that was with them looked like he wanted to pull my head off of my body and use it as a football was Bella's brother, Alec. I thought that now would be as good a time as ever to leave. I turned to Bella and shoved a card with the cell number of the phone that I had bought, specifically for anything baby related into her hand.

"Remember, anytime you need anything, day or night, ring me,"I whispered in her ear and gently kissed her earlobe before getting up.

I walked past the other three people who were staring at our little exchange.

"Guys, always a pleasure," I said, happily as I practically skipped down the road to my house.

I walked in through my front door and sighed in contentment. I flipped the light switch on and came face to face with a person that I had never wanted to see again.

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