Disclaimer: I do not own twilight or any of the characters. I just like to play with them :)
BPOV
"Okay, quick lesson in how to care for your new babies." Carlisle announced as he passed out the dolls. Number one, take this seriously. This is research for further projects. I need to know how easy or hard you found it when you tried your hardest."
"Why are you looking at me?" Emmett grinned cheekily. Carlisle just raised an eyebrow at him and gave him one of the twins he and Rose had to look after before passing Rosalie the other.
"Number two, these dolls need the same attention as human babies. They need to be fed, rocked, changed, burped and cuddled around the clock. Your baby could start crying at anytime, and when it does, you need to work out what it needs, and respond in appropriate time. Number three," Carlisle passed me two of our triplets and handed Edward the other, "You need to handle the baby safely, that means supporting its head, and correct positioning. Number four, the baby will record how well you are doing. It will note if it has been fed or not, how long it took you to respond to it or if you completely neglect it. Rough handling and shaking the doll will also be recorded." He paused to pass Alice and Jasper their only baby. Lucky them, only one to look after! At least they were being quiet for now.
"Number five," Carlisle called, directing attention all back to him, "You all have to wear these wristbands at all times. There's one for the mother and one for the father so we can see who is doing the most work. I think that's about it." He stood at the front of the room once again. "Any questions?" he added, as he passed out the wristbands.
"Yes," Alice raised her hand excitedly, "Can we dress them up?"
"They can wear whatever clothes you want them to." Carlisle smiled. "That's all then. You can go home again. Bella, I talked to your father, you can stay with us for a few days."
"Thanks Carlisle." I grinned, "But how did you manage that?"
"It was actually your fathers idea. I don't think Charlie was that keen to have a screaming baby around the house." I had to admit, that made me chuckle. After all of the pleading and begging I had done in the past, who'd have known all I needed to do was to get a baby!
"Does that mean I can go back to bed now?" I looked to Edward hopefully. He smiled sympathetically at me.
"Sorry love, but I don't think that was quite in Alice's plan." I groaned.
"What do I have to do now?" I almost growled at Alice.
"Not much grumpy, just need to get a few things for baby." She grinned at the sleeping doll in her arms.
"Seriously? Can that not wait for tomorrow?" I sighed. I already knew the answer. "Fine then, but only quickly." I pushed myself off the bed and sunk back into my wheelchair. "And someone needs to push me around, 'cause I'm sure as hell not walking."
When we arrived at the nearest 'open-24-hours-a-day' shop we could find I was so sleep-deprived I looked and sounded like an actual zombie. On the plus side however, I got to ride another wheelchair around the store. I figured it would be quicker if I were pushed, rather than me shuffling slowly down the aisles. I still had two of our dolls in my arms and the third one was in my lap, so Edward could push me. We had also stolen – ahem borrowed some blankets from the hospital to wrap the dolls up in. Partially because we wanted to hide their naked bodies (I know, they didn't even come with clothes), and partially because their faces were kinda creeping everyone out. So the blankets covered their bodies and their faces. It was a win-win scenario.
Jasper pushed the huge trolley up and down the aisles; occasionally dodging a flying pack of nappies or whatever else was launched at him. Half an hour later and the entire trolley was full. We had to buy bottles, dummies, milk powder, a bottle sterilizer, nappies, baby food, bowls, spoons, the list goes on. I never would have guessed that something so small needed so much stuff. Well, I guess there were six of them, but still. Babies need a lot of stuff. And speaking of babies, mine had been silent the ever since we left the hospital. Not even a gurgle to show me they're alive. Were they alive? Was there some sort of activation thing I needed to do? I quickly checked with the others and they didn't need to do anything to theirs before they started crying. It's funny how it only just hit me at that moment, that mine were the only ones who hadn't cried. Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Although I was to tired to care to be honest. Maybe they could sense my sleepiness and decided to be good children? Or knowing my luck I've probably broken it already!
And as if I wasn't fed up enough already, I was wheeled around the corner of aisle 12 and straight into Jessica Stanley's butt. Literally, my face was touching her ass.
"Edward!" My scream was muffled but I think he got the message as I was sharply pulled back. "Ouch! Whiplash!"
"Sorry Bella, honey. I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Are you okay?" A look of guilt and worry covered his face as he checked me for damage.
"Don't worry about it." I hissed, "Just wheel me away before…aw crap." Too late, we had been spotted. Well, I guess I would want to know who had just head butted my ass as well. "Hey Jessica." I said with a voice full of sunshine. I surprised even myself with my fake enthusiasm.
"Oh my gosh! Bella what happened to you? You look like crap. Hey Edward." Jessica quickly ignored me and turned her attention to the father of my 'children'. She started twirling her finger around her hair. Yuck! Could you be more obvious? "What brings you here at this time of night Edward?"
"We needed to get some stuff for the babies." Edward replied in a polite manner. How does he manage? I would have run a mile if I was in Edward's position.
"They here already? Wow, Bella, how long have you been pregnant? And with triplets as well! You know, I thought you looked fat the last few months I just didn't want to say anything. This would explain it." She looked so pleased with herself. As if she had just solved a really hard puzzle. I, on the other hand, did not want to sit here and be verbally abused. If I wasn't annoyed before, I certainly was now!
"Edward, I'll be in the car. It was left open wasn't it?" I stood up and walked away from the wheelchair. Then I heard a crash and a loud crying sound. Shoot! I forgot I had a baby on my knees. "Oh my God! It's alive! Look Edward, it's crying! Yes! I knew I couldn't have killed it already!" I did a little celebratory dance. Hey, I was tired, I didn't know what I was doing! When I opened my eyes and looked around I saw that Jessica's face looked horrified. "Oh right, I need to pick it back up. Got it." I shuffled over to the crying doll and tried to wedge it beside the one on my left arm. "No, that won't work." I mumbled to myself as I tried to figure out how to carry them all at the same time.
"Bella, love? Do you want me to take the triplets?" although Edward sounded caring, I could detect a hint of amusement in his voice.
"No thank you. I got it." I waved to him and dropped the other two on the floor, making then cry as loud as the first one. "Aargh. Stupid babies. Shut up! Stop crying." I clutched them all to my chest to muffle the crying sound. "Shhhhh! Mommy's very tired and cranky and if you don't shut up I swear to God I'll throw you onto an extremely busy road and make sure you are well and truly squashed into the tarmac before I leave. I said shut it!" They were all crying at once. I tried shuffling them around and rocking them about it a bit, but it didn't work. "Bye Jessica." I called back, not daring to look at anyone's expressions. They were all probably laughing at me except for Jess, who was probably about to phone for someone to take me to a padded cell somewhere. To be fair though, I did look totally insane; I was in my pajamas, a huge oversized dressing gown and I was shuffling around a shop in slippers at quarter to five in the morning clutching three crying blanket-clad babies to my chest in attempt to shut them up. And my hair was a mess!
I shuffled out of the store and across the car park. By the time I got to the car, the triplet's had stopped crying, which was a miracle! I just about had the energy to open the passenger side door, carefully place the three sleeping bundles on the seat then crawl onto the backseat and pass out.
I know that whatever happens, I will never ever be allowed to forget what happened tonight, Emmett will make sure of that.
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