A/N: I FINISHED MY MATH HOMEWORK! It actually wasn't as horrific as I thought it would be…what a procrastinator I am. So you're getting a new chapter! Hope you like it!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!!
Previously:
Bella POV:
"Miss Swan?"
"Yes, Dr. Solomon?"
"We got the test results back."
I was terrified and happy and anxious and…terrified! It took a minute for me to find my voice, "What are they?" I was almost to scared to ask.
"Positive. But, we still have to run one more test to be sure," I let out a huge breath, I hadn't been aware I was holding it. I was smiling, "Oh God, oh God, thank you, thank you, thank you so much!" there were tears rolling down my face, I was almost hyperventilating. I sank down the floor and sobbed, but happily, for what must have been the first time in forever. "When can you come in for the third test?" for some reason I couldn't imagine Dr. Solomon sounded bored, as if there was nothing to be happy for!
"Um, today's Friday, so, um, how about Monday?"
"That works for me."
"Thank you Dr. Solomon, thank you so, so much," I heard a click. I put the phone back on the receiver. I turned around to find Edward with the most beautiful, breathtaking smile on his face. He stood up, I rushed into his arms, I continued sobbing into his chest. And when I looked up into his face I knew he'd be crying if he could, cause you know, the whole vampire thing.
"Edward," I whispered smiling up at him. He leaned down to kiss me; I was smiling against his lips, as he was against mine. When he pulled away he was smiling my favorite crooked smile, he'd been using it to dazzle me frequently. He put his hand on the side of my face and wiped the tears away with his thumb. I leaned into his chest and he held my head there with one hand, the other wrapped around my waist. I wrapped my arms around his waist and stayed there. Antoinette stayed there quietly looking at us impatiently, eventually it got to be to much and she decided to remind us she was here. "Mmmy!" she pounded her fist against the high chair and continued with her nonsense baby talk. We looked at her and laughed. She was so cute! I went over to her picked her up, "Mommy loves you so much," I kissed her nose; she laughed and clapped her hands together. Edward came up behind me, put one arm around my waist and ruffled her hair. She laughed again and reached her arms out to him. He took her and through her in the air. When he caught they were both smiling, the happiness in the air was infectious, everyone was grinning.
We finished breakfast; Edward helped me clean up the mess. We watched the penguin movie, again, I had been right, it was her new favorite. Edward had his arm around my shoulder and Antoinette was sitting in his lap with her penguin. She was smiling and hugging her penguin, she had been pointing at the screen before, but after the penguin fell a few times she wasn't taking any chances. She fell asleep about halfway through, despite her attempts to keep her eyes open. We lay there just watching her; my head was on Edward's shoulder and his arm around mine. She was so amazingly beautiful. I loved her so much, she wasn't just mine, she was Edward's, too. It didn't matter they weren't biologically related, he was her father, she was his daughter. And I was the luckiest woman in the world to have them both. "Mommy? Edward?" we turned around to look at our other angel. Edward took his arm from around my shoulder as I got up to get her, "We're right here baby," we sat back on the couch and Edward's arm went back around me. And we sat there, Rora fell asleep at some point, I'm not sure how long we sat there, watching our baby girls, but I felt the most at peace I had since before I had met my ex-husband. My life had gone haywire from there, the girls had brought me some peace, but I had never had a father for them, and now I had the most wonderful father in the world for them. And I had the most wonderful…the word boyfriend didn't seem enough to describe what Edward was to me, but he wasn't my husband either. I knew one day we'd be there, one day I'd be able to call him my husband, but not even that seemed enough.
Edward POV:
Bella was feeding Antoinette, and I was watching my angels. The phone started ringing. Bella got up, "Edward, could you?" and she motioned toward Antoinette, I nodded and took the baby food from her. She picked up the phone "Hello?"
"Miss Swan?"
"Yes, Dr. Solomon?"
"We got the test results back," I froze; I stopped breathing, not that I needed to.
"What are they?" she sounded so anxious, as was I.
"Positive. But, we still have to run one more test to be sure," I took in a huge breath and hunched over in my chair. I was smiling; I was so elated, so happy. I would be crying if I could.
"Oh God, oh God, thank you, thank you, thank you so much!" she was crying, the tears I couldn't shed. The happiness was written on her face as she slid down to the floor and sobbed. I would have gone to her, but I was frozen in my chair, the joy was too much to handle.
"When can you come in for the third test?" I was too happy to get angry at his tone.
"Um, today's Friday, so, um, how about Monday?"
"That works for me."
"Thank you Dr. Solomon, thank you so, so much," then I heard the click. I stood up and opened my arms for her, she rushed into them and continued to cry, tears of joy. She was the happiest I'd ever seen her. She looked up at me and smiled, "Edward," she whispered. I smiled back, took her face in my hands and pressed my lips to hers, she was smiling against mine, and I couldn't contain mine either. She rested her head on my chest and I held her. I was in my own little world, I wasn't pulled out of it until I heard Antoinette yell, "Mmmy!" she was pounding her fist on the high chair. We both erupted in laughter. She was so adorable! Bella pulled away from me and went to pick up Antoinette, her daughter, my daughter, and somehow she was, she was mine. "Mommy loves you so much," Bella kissed her nose, Antoinette laughed and clapped her hands together. I walked over to Bella and ruffled Antoinette's hair, she laughed once more and reached out her arms to me. I took her in my arms and through her in the air. She giggled as I caught her.
After breakfast we watched the penguin movie Antoinette loved so much she was seated on my lap with the penguin I had bought, I smiled at the memory. My arm was around Bella's shoulder and she was leaning into me. Antoinette fell asleep about halfway through the movie. It had been hilarious watching her try to keep them open, her eyelids would drift close and then she snapped them back open, only for them to close again. We sat there and watched her sleep. Sitting there with Bella, watching our daughter, was the most wonderful thing in the world. All that missing was Rora, but she was asleep upstairs, and I wasn't going to wake her. She needed to rest, I wanted her to get better, I had no idea what I what do without her, if I lost any of them…there were no words, I would be lost. After having them, to have them taken away…I wouldn't survive.
She did come down stairs eventually; she joined us on the couch and fell asleep again. Bella and me sat there with them for…God knows how long. All I know is that at some point Bella fell asleep, too. At around 8:00pm I decided to put them in bed. I took Antoinette first; I laid her in her crib and covered her with the pink blanket in the crib. I kissed her forehead and went back down stairs to Rora. I tucked her in, but I didn't go back downstairs yet. I watched her from the doorway. Just watched her sleep, she was my baby girl, I could care less if I wasn't her biological father. She was mine, mine and Bella's. I felt warm arms go around my waist; I turned to look at my Bella. I put my arm around her and we stood there together and watched our daughter sleep.
Bella POV:
It was Monday morning. We had to go to the doctor's again. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to take much more of this, watching her suffer like that. Edward was going with us again, I hadn't needed to ask, he already knew I wanted him there. We'd had to get up 8:00. I made Rora breakfast and Edward fed Antoinette.
Edward had insisted on driving…again. I'm not sure if he didn't trust my driving or something, but he never let me drive anywhere. Anytime we went anywhere he had to drive. Maybe it was a vampire thing. We had had a chance to talk about things. He explained to the best of his abilities. Some of the things had blown me away. Like how vampires didn't need to breathe, or how they couldn't sleep. But, I wasn't scared of him, or what he was. I knew he wouldn't hurt me. I trusted him more than I had ever trusted anyone, more than I had ever allowed my self to trust anyone.
Aurora wasn't a morning person lately, and me and Antoinette never had been. And, of course, Edward didn't need to sleep. Therefore, both the girls fell asleep on the way there. I was dreading it. I didn't want to watch her scream in pain. No mother should have to watch that. But just because no mother should, doesn't mean they didn't. I did, I had to watch that. The girls didn't wake up when we got them out of the car. They didn't wake up until we were in the examination room. Aurora looked around groggy, when she realized where we were she started screaming, "MOMMY! NO! I DON'T WANNA! MOMMY PLEASE!" she started sobbing. I couldn't take this. I could feel my eyes tearing up. Edward took her from me; I took Antoinette outside and tried not to breakdown in the middle of the lobby. I was failing horribly. I sank down to the floor and sobbed my heart out. I held Antoinette to me, praying desperately that I could forgive myself for walking out on my baby girl.
Edward POV:
"MOMMY! NO! I DON'T WANNA! MOMMY PLEASE!" Aurora was screaming through her tears. I could tell Bella was about to lose it. I took Rora from her and gave her Antoinette. "I DON'T WANNA! PLEASE! DADDY NO!" I froze. She just called me daddy. She had called me daddy! I could be happy later. "Aurora, shhh, it's going to be okay. "NO! DADDY NO!" Oh God, it was taking me all I had not to start crying along with her. "Aurora. Listen to me. Daddy's right here, okay. I'm right here; it's going to be okay. Daddy's right here," I was trying so hard not to breakdown as I knew Bella was doing in the lobby, it was my turn to be strong for Rora. Bella deserved to breakdown every once in a while. I was tired of seeing her trying to hold everything in, it wasn't fair. "DADDY PLEASE!" I took her face in one hand, "Aurora Rose Swan," I whispered, "Daddy is right here. He's not going anywhere. Okay, I'm staying right here. Daddy is staying right here," the way she looked at me made my heartbreak all over. This was worse than last time. Maybe it was because last time I was just Edward, not Daddy. Maybe knowing she depended on me to be her father made my failure all that much worse for me. "DADDY-," I put my fingers to her lips, "Aurora, Daddy's here, you're going to be fine," she looked at me and shook her head, "Yes, Aurora, I promise, we'll be out of here soon. Okay?" she looked at me again and nodded this time. I hugged her close before putting her back down on table. I held her to my side as she tried to calm down. Dr. Solomon already had the syringe ready and started cleaning the spot where the needle would go in. She turned her head into my side and tried desperately not to cry. "Aurora, don't move."
"I think she knows that," I said menacingly. His thoughts, again inconsiderate were really getting on my last nerves,
"I was just reminding her," he sounded bored, like he didn't care. Really, he was a child doctor; if he was going to be asshole he should go work somewhere else! He put the needle in her arm and she yelped. "Don't move, Aurora," I was going to kill that bastard. I just glared at him. When he was done he put a band-aid on her arm a, "We'll call you about when we get the results back," with that he left the room. I walked outside holding my sobbing daughter to find my love in the same state as the angel in my arms. I knelt down, "Bella. Bella, come on let's go home," she nodded and took my hand. Once I pulled her to her feet I wrapped an arm around her waist and led her to the car. I was starting to really detest this place. Every time I was here my angels were left in tears.
When we got home I rocked Aurora to asleep. Antoinette was already asleep and Bella was putting her in her crib. She was still sniffling, "Shhh, it's okay. Daddy's here," at that she calmed down some and finally fell asleep. I put her upstairs and went into Bella's room. She was sobbing on the bed. "Bella, love, shhh, it's okay."
"NO IT'S NOT! I JUST LEFT HER, EDWARD! I LEFT HER!"
"Don't be ridiculous, Bella. It's not your fault. It was just too much. Breaking down is completely understandable."
"SHE'S MY DAUGHTER! I SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT HER THERE ALL ALONE!"
"Bella, you didn't leave her alone, you left her with me. She was fine, she is fine. You need to calm down, okay," her sobs quieted after a few minutes. She looked up at me with a tear stained face, "I'm sorry," she whispered.
"Bella, what on Earth do you have to be sorry for?"
"I shouldn't have put you in that position. That wasn't fair to you."
"Bella, stop being absurd. I have no problem helping you with her. I love her to you know?"
"I know," she nodded at me and buried her face in my chest. We stayed like that in a comfortable silence. But I had to tell her, "She called me daddy," she looked up at me, her eyes wide. Then her face broke out in the most beautiful smile I'd ever seen. "O-Oh, Edward!" she kissed me with a passion that wasn't far from violence. I responded, of course, what kind of idiot would I be if I didn't take advantage of a situation like that. When she pulled away to breathe we both sounded as if we had run a mile. We lay there like that until she fell asleep.
It was around 3:00 am when Rora walked in, a tattered blanket trailing behind her. "Mommy? Daddy?"
"Aurora, what are you doing up?" she should be asleep.
"I woke up and I can't fall back asleep," she walked over to the bed and reached her arms up to me. I pulled her on the bed and laid her down between Bella and me. She snuggled into the blankets. I pulled her to my chest and kissed her head. She fell asleep quickly. So there I was, lying next to my daughter and my love, listening to the heart beat of the other angel in the crib down the hall, and I knew I was the luckiest man in the world.
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