Okay, so this is kind of different, but I hope ya'll enjoy it anyways..

Stephenie Meyer owns the Twilight characters, I just use 'em.

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Chapter 5: The Dream

APOV

I woke with a start, covered with sweat and breathing hard. I had a dream of my mom giving birth to me, but then I recognized the face. It wasn't her, it was me. I was giving birth to my baby.

A shiver ran down my spine. It's creepy seeing yourself die, and knowing this is how it's supposed to happen. I've had these dreams for years. That's how I found the guy at the wedding; I had dreamt about him a couple of weeks before. I looked over at my clock, 11 in the morning. I usually woke at the crack of dawn but ever since the pregnancy, I had been sleeping more.

I got up and changed into my Prego pants and cami and walked downstairs. Bella was sitting on the couch with an open book on her lap. I walked over and sat beside her, shutting her book in the process so her full attention would be on me. She had learned the hard way to keep her bookmark on the page she was reading.

She sighed and looked up through her lashes. "Yes, Alice?" she asked a little annoyed.

"Really, Bella? Wuthering Heights? Shouldn't you know it by heart now?"

She smiled. "Yes but I like to read my favorites over, have them take me on the ride that is the characters lives, learn their mistakes and their victories, fall in love with them all over again."

I nodded. "You should get some new books." She rolled her eyes. "I'm serious! There are a couple of series that I've heard about. It's about vampire love stories. The first series is the Twilight Saga and the second-"

"Okay Alice, I get it," she cut me off. "I need fresh material to read. Now, what did you really want to talk about?"

I sighed, she knew me too well. "I had a dream," I murmured.

"It's not the fairy dream is it?"

"That's not funny! That dream freaked me out all through third grade."

She laughed. "Okay, sorry. What kind of dream?"

"About birth... and death."

Her face straightened, all humor gone. "Aly, what happen in the dream?"

"I'll tell you, but first I have to tell you about my mom." She nodded.

For as long as we've been friends, I've never told her about that past, and she didn't ask but she needed to know. I looked down and stared at a random spot on the floor. "My mom died from complications in childbirth," I whispered.

I heard her gasp and looked up to see her set her book on the coffee table and sit up straight. "Alice, I'm so sorry."

I smiled. "It's okay, my dad told me years ago. It was just something we dealt with together, you know?"

She nodded. "So how does it relate to the dream?"

I took a deep breath. "Well, in my dream, I saw a woman giving birth to a child, and at first I thought it was my mom, but then I realized that it was me giving birth to my child... and dying from it," I whispered the last part and looked Bella in the eyes.

Her brown eyes were glistening with tears. "Nothing will happen to you, Alice," she said with conviction.

I smiled, trying to reassure her. She wouldn't understand if I told her that it had to happen. "Of course Bella, but I want you to come with me to the Jenks and Associates, just in case."

She nodded. "Okay, let me get dressed then we can go."

As she got ready, I called my lawyer to let him know I was coming. He cleared his morning for me. He was my father's lawyer first, so he'd known me for a long time, making me one of his top clients.

We walked in and Mr. Jenks greeted us. "Alice!" he said, giving me a peck on the cheek. He turned to Bella and stuck out his hand. "And this must be Bella?" She nodded, shaking his hand. "Nice to meet you. Now, come inside and let's get started," he said as he led us inside his office. We sat down in the chairs and he got down to business.

"So, Alice, what would you like to do today?"

"Well, I'd like to update my will, leaving Bella as the main beneficiary."

He nodded his head, typing the document. Bella looked startled. "What? Alice, I can't."

"Yes you can, its already decided. You're the only family I have and if anything happens to me I want you to have everything." She was going to continue arguing when Mr. Jenks interjected.

"Okay, I'll have the papers drawn up in a moment. Congratulations on the baby, by the way. I'm assuming Bella would be the guardian as well?" I nodded. "Okay, let me get the paperwork, I'll be right back."

As he got up and left the room, Bella turned to me. "Alice, nothing will happen to you; how many times do I have to tell you?"

"It doesn't matter Bella. This is happening just in case, it's a moot point."

Mr. Jenks walked back in. "Okay Alice, I need you to sign on these several marked pages," he said handing me the document. I signed everything and gave it back to him. He looked over it and nodded. "Okay, everything is in order. When are you due, if you don't mind me asking?"

"In a month. Bella here has to drive me everywhere," I smiled.

He smiled. "Well, it's been good seeing you, and nice to meet you, Bella," he said shaking her hand again.

"You, too," we both said and got up and left.

Bella sighed. "Now where?"

I smiled. "The book store."

She looked at me. "Why?" she had suspicion in her tone as well as her eyes.

"To get books, of course." I looked at her like it was blatantly obvious.

She rolled her eyes. "Alice..."

I put my hand up to stop her. "Either you take me or Rose will. Either way, I'm getting you those vampire books."

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Another short one, but the birth is coming up next…

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