sorry for the wait! you won't have to wait nearly as long for the next chapter.

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*I don't own Twilight*

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Chapter Thirteen

Bella Swan

Edward had not been kidding when he said he had big plans for us. Over the rest of break, we had sex more times than I could possibly count. He also found a way for us to sneak into Morgan Park and break into the Headmaster's office. Apparently, Edward had been quiet a troublemaker in his time at MPA and spent quiet a bit of time here. He still claimed it'd been his dream to have sex in there. I told him he was sick but it actually was kind of hot.

He mentioned they'd tried to expel a few times and it'd taken multiple donations from his parents to keep him in. I wondered aloud how he was even employed by this school that he'd caused so many issues in. He had laughed and told me it was all about connections, which was what got us into the deserted school in the first place.

We brought in the New Year with Emmett, Rose, Alice and Jasper at Twilight. It was the first New Years Eve it was opened for business and Emmett had been keyed up. It must have done really well because it was crowded and all ten times I had to use the ladies room there was a huge line.

When we got back to his apartment that night, he made love to me. It was slow and sweet. Afterwards, he whispered that he loved me and would always take care of me and the baby. I wiped tears from my eyes and promised that I loved him too and that I'd never do what my mother did to my father to him.

The next few weeks flew by. We went back to work on January 4th and I stayed firm about the fact that there would be no school night sleepovers, simply because I knew if we spent the night together, we wouldn't go to sleep until late and I'd be cranky the whole next day.

We went to the Headmaster Aro's office that day and told him about the pregnancy and our relationship. He told us that it was 'delightful news' and that he'd be happy to do anything he could to make the pregnancy easier on me all while my face was bright red because a few days before, Edward had me bent over that desk and fucked me.

My boyfriend, for some unknown reason, decided to help coach the Upper School Boys varsity basketball team as soon as we were back from Winter Break. This meant he went to practice or games most days after school. Practice days weren't too bad; we could make plans for around seven but games days they didn't get finished until around nine or later. By the time he would make it over, I'd be falling asleep. It was early and I was kind of pathetic but the pregnancy was taking a toll on me.

At the beginning of February, I became convinced that he was doing this to either get me to agree to school night sleepovers or to move in together. The third time I was almost late to work because I'd slept through my alarm he'd met me by my car.

"You know," he started, grinning at me, "if we were living together, I could make sure you were up on time every day. That's one of the benefits of having the same schedule."

I kissed him quickly on the lips and held his hand as we walked into the school. It was now old news that we were together and I was glad to be done with the rumors and speculation, "But we'd be together all the time," I scrunched up my nose like it would be a bad thing but I really did miss him lately.

"Mmhmm. That's my evil plan. To be with you all the time, Miss Swan," he ran his hand through his hair, making it even messier as he walked me to my classroom, "We're apart most of the day during the school day. We're apart when you're grading papers and working on the lit mag. We're apart when I'm with the team… we won't be together all the time. We'll sell both our apartments. We'll find a bigger place, one that's better for raising the kid. C'mon, Bella, I miss you."

I looked at him and could tell he was serious and that he'd put a lot of thought into this.

"Alright, Edward but…" I didn't get to finish and when he picked me up and spun me around, I squealed in surprise. The students that were now crowding the halls looked at us like we were crazy. "Put me down!"

He laughed and set me on my feet, leaning down to kiss me softly, "It'll be great, Bella."

Edward followed me into my classroom and sat on a desk in the front row as I hung up my jacket and set up my laptop on my desk. I looked up at the clock above the chalkboard and raised my eyebrows at him, "Shouldn't you be getting to your class?"

He shrugged and watched me set up for my first period class. I got out the papers I had graded last night and sorted them by row. I glanced up as he walked over to me but went back to sorting the papers.

"I wish it was Friday," he sighed softly.

"It's Thursday, you just have one more day until Friday," I murmured softly, wondering why he was still here as students started coming into class.

He leaned down and whispered, "Can I sleepover tonight?"

"Mmm, if I say yes will you go to your own classroom and bug your own students?" I looked up at him from my chair, my hand rubbing my stomach where I could feel the baby moving. I'd started feeling fluttering a few weeks ago but now I could feel actual kicks and decipher the movements. It felt like popcorn popping and it was the most amazing thing I'd ever experienced. He nodded so I nodded back and he grinned and walked out of my classroom, breaking into a jog so he could get over to the Art Center. I rolled my eyes because he was going to be late anyway.

By lunchtime, I was starving so I texted him to meet me in the cafeteria first. I stood by the door and tapped my foot as I waited for him. When he finally got there, his face was red from the cold and he was out of breath, "I went to the teacher's lounge first… then to your classroom… then I saw your text."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just starving; I wanted to get food first." Or normal routine was to meet in the teachers lounge and eat lunch that I packed for both of us but since I was late this morning, I'd had to forego packing lunch in effort to be on time. I felt a little nauseous from hunger too since I'd missed my midmorning snack but I didn't tell him that. Ever since he'd found out I lost weight, he freaked out when I got or even felt sick.

"You didn't pack your lunch?" he asked and I shook my head, reminding him that I'd overslept this morning.

We got into the almost empty line and I grabbed a salad and fries while Edward got his usual two slices of pizza that he got every time we came down here. He paid then we left the cafeteria, going up to the teachers' lounge.

I dipped my fries in the Italian dressing from my salad and Edward looked at me like I had two heads, "What?" I asked.

"Uh, fries in Italian dressing? That's gross," he took a bite of his pizza.

"Mmm, it's good. I think you could put Italian dressing on anything and it'd be delicious," I ate quickly then sat back and sighed, rubbing my full stomach.

He finished his pizza then offered me the crusts, which he never ate. I dipped them in left over Italian dressing, moaning softly.

"Alright, quiet, over there," he mumbled, running his hand through his hair.

I laughed and stood, throwing out our trash before lying on the couch. He watched me for a minute before coming and lying next to me, pulling me so I was halfway on top of him. I nuzzled my head against his chest.

"I have an away game tonight," he reminded me softly. I nodded, glad he told me because I had forgotten.

"I'm going to go visit Alice," I told him, rubbing my stomach. She had told me at the beginning of the week that she'd taken a pregnancy test and it was positive. She kept thanking me for watching Charlotte that night and insisting she buy dinner to repay me. I smiled as I remembered Edward playing with her. She wanted to keep it on the down low for now and even Jasper didn't know. I felt bad for keeping it from Edward but if it was what she wanted…

"Yeah? Tell Charlotte I said hi," he placed his hand on my belly and I knew he was trying to feel the baby move. It was usually more active after eating but for some reason, whenever Edward tried to feel, it stopped. Today was no exception.

"And you'll come after the game?" I looked up at him and he was grinning down at me.

"I'll come wherever you want," he wiggled his eyebrows, sliding his hand to my ass and squeezing.

"You're so gross," I smacked his chest softly and sat up.

"What are you doing?" he asked, watching me as I ran my fingers through my hair. I climbed over him and stood off the couch, struggling a bit and he laughed.

"I have to pee," I groaned and stretched, "as usual. Oh hey, speaking of having to pee. The ultrasound is Tuesday night."

"Yeah, I have it written down," he nodded seriously. "There's no game that night."

I scowled and opened my mouth to ask if a game would be more important than the baby anyway and he shook his head, "I'd skip it if there was, B. You know that."

I leaned down and kissed him deeply, moaning as his tongue tangled with mine. He palmed my ass again and squeezed. I couldn't help but push against his hand, wishing there was time for more.

"Mmm…" I pulled away, because I really did have to pee then finish grading my next period's vocabulary tests, "stop by my room before you leave for the game, k?"

He nodded and I left after one last quick peck to his lips. The rest of the day went by slowly. Edward stopped by for a few minutes after school ended and we talked about looking at apartments that weekend before he had to leave.

After the lit magazine meeting, I drove over to Alice's. I texted her quickly to let her know I was on my way and I'd be there soon. Jasper was working late so it'd just be her, Charlotte and me. I was a little excited because I hadn't spent much one on one time with her in a while. Rose had needed a lot of help lately so when I had free time, I'd go over there.

I walked up to the door and it swung open before I could knock. Alice was glowing and I wondered how Jasper could possibly not notice, especially since they'd been trying. Maybe he had and he was just waiting for Alice to tell him. Knowing her, she had some grand gesture planned and he wouldn't want to ruin it.

"Hi, honey!" she hugged me as tight as she could. I hugged her back and laughed. Alice was a happy person but I hadn't seen her quite this happy since she found out she was pregnant with Charlotte.

She led me into the house and I took my coat off. She looked at me and grinned, practically bouncing.

"We're both pregnant, Bella!" she whispered, "Our babies will be… what, three months apart?"

"Have you figured out your due date?" I knew Alice and I knew she had probably figured it out before the baby was conceived.

"September 18," she said, nodding then her face lit up, "wouldn't it be so cool… Jax was born on December 21… your baby could be born on June 21 and mine could be born September 21!"

"Oh, no," I laughed, "Edward needs this baby to share his birthday. He thinks it's the coolest thing ever. Though I finally got him to agree it wouldn't be the end of the world, I was thinking about talking to the doctor about a scheduled c-section."

"Oh, don't do that!" Alice shook her head, leading me to the kitchen. Her short black hair was pushed back with a headband and she was put together perfectly as usual. She had on a short gray sweater dress with thick black tights and black ankle boots. I wished our feet were the same size so I could snag them.

"It's just something I'm thinking about. I still have a while to decide," I shrugged then looked around, "where's my girl?"

"Watching Max and Ruby," she laughed and shook her head, "she thinks it's so funny that Max rhymes with Jax. She's been singing, 'Jax and Henry… Henry and Jax.' over and over again all day."

Charlotte barreled into the room, wearing a Burberry jumper with black tights. Her curly blonde pigtails were tied with dark red ribbons. She was, in a word, adorable. She was singing softly, "Henry and lil brofer Jax!" Her head snapped up when she realized there was someone other than her mother in the room, "Oh, Aunt Bewwa! Where's Edward?" she looked around and I giggled because ever since Edward spent that morning with her, she asked about him constantly.

"He's playing basketball. He said hi though," I told her and she looked disappointed, "how about I record a video on my phone of you saying hi and I'll send it to him but you have to smile real big, alright?"

She nodded, her pigtails bouncing. I took out my phone and opened the video app then pointed the phone at her and pressed record, "Say hi Edward!" I directed.

"Hi Edward!" she smiled her biggest smile then giggled, "I hope you havin' fun playin' the basketball!"

I ended the recording and sent it to Edward in a text message, telling him that Charlotte was disappointed that he wasn't there. Charlotte climbed into my lap and started talking to the baby, as she usually did and I looked up at Alice, "She loves babies. That's good."

"I know, she's always asking to see Jax and if your baby can come out of your 'stummy' yet. Alright, what do you want for dinner? Something that we can order."

We mulled over the menus for almost half an hour, finally deciding on pizza. Right after I placed the order, my phone beeped with a message and I grinned when I saw it was a video from Edward. The text just said, "For Charlotte" so I called her over and let her hold my phone while the video loaded.

It was Edward, standing with a few sweaty kids from the team who were in uniform. They were all laughing as they said, "Hi Charlotte!"

Whoever was taking the video then turned and recorded a few seconds of the game. Charlotte was ecstatic and made me replay the video five times before the commercial break for Max and Ruby ended and she got distracted again.

I showed Alice the video and she laughed, "He's better with kids than I'd think."

"Uh huh," I nodded, "he's great. We're moving in together," I blurted, having wanted to keep it a secret until we'd found a place.

"Oh wow, Bella. That's great," she smiled at me and I wondered if she still had doubts about Edward. She hadn't said anything but that didn't mean she approved.

"Yeah, I'm actually really excited. I wasn't sure but once I said yes… I just felt so happy, Alice. Like we're actually going to do this, we're going to have this baby and be a family," I rubbed my stomach, "He loves me."

"And you love him?" She asked as she got glasses out of the cabinet for our drinks.

"More than I've ever loved anyone… except the baby. God, I never knew you could love someone you don't even know so much."

Alice smiled. Her eyes were teary as she nodded. "You definitely can. It's hard not to." She put the glasses on the counter and hugged me, "You deserve to be happy. And if he's who makes you happy then I'm glad you found him."

I hugged her back for a minute and wiped my own eyes, "I told him about Charlie and Renee. He keeps telling me that we'll show the baby pictures of Charlie every day and I should tell the baby stories so he knows all about his grandfather."

"That's really sweet and a good idea. So, he knows about your parents. His parents know about you and the baby and you've met them… have you told your mom about everything? Anything?" Alice looked at me, clearly curious. She two glasses of water from the pitcher in the refrigerator and handed me one before leaning against the counter.

I shook my head and looked down at my stomach, "No. And Edward doesn't want me to but I just, I can't not tell her… right?"

"Actually, you're an adult. I think you could never talk to her again if you didn't want to and that no one would really blame you."

I shook my head and shrugged, not sure what I was going to do. I had briefly talked to her on New Years Day and she had nagged me for not calling more often, making me feel guilty. It was her biggest talent: guilt tripping her daughter. She sucked up for a few minutes, telling me how proud she was of me for being so successful then asked to 'borrow' half a million dollars for some investment. I'd hung up on her, completely furious. Edward had been great and distracted me, doing everything he could to make me laugh. He made faces and told stupid jokes and sang silly songs until I cracked. Once I'd started laughing, I couldn't stop. The memory made me smile.

Alice and I spent the rest of the night chatting and giggling. I helped her give Charlotte a bath and change her into a flannel Dora the Explorer nightgown. We played with her Polly Pockets for a while before she started yawning. I asked if she was ready for bed and she made me help her put all her baby dolls to bed before she would even think about going to bed. She gave me a kiss and Alice about thirty kisses before making us both go upstairs with her and sing her to sleep.

We went back downstairs afterwards and settled in on the couch. Alice insisted that we watch Bride Wars, saying how funny it was. I hadn't seen it and it made me laugh until the end when some song made me burst into tears. I looked up the lyrics and saw it was called Dream by Priscilla Ahn. Alice kept asking why it made me sad and I shook my head, unable to answer as I cried.

Jasper came home then, walking in room to time to see my emotional meltdown. He laughed a little nervously because crying women made him anxious. Jasper had always been very empathetic.

"Ladies," he kissed Alice on the lips then eyed me, "sad movie?"

I nodded as Alice shook her head, "It was Bride Wars!"

"The…" I sniffled, "the one girls parents were dead! And the song!"

Alice rubbed my back gently as my shoulders shook. I couldn't get myself in check and I cried harder thinking of how my parents wouldn't be at my wedding. My phone started vibrating from its spot on the coffee table. Jasper looked happy to have a distraction and picked it up, peeking at the screen, "It's Edward."

"Can you answer it?" I choked out, leaning my head against Alice's shoulder.

"Hello? Hey, man. It's Jasper. Yeah, she's… uh, she's here. No, she can't really talk. Uh, I'm not really sure what's wrong, I just walked in and she was crying," he laughed quietly then cleared his throat, "Yeah, pretty much. Alright. Yeah, I'll let her know. Talk to you later," he ended the call then turned to me.

"He's on his way to your place and said to calm down before you drive," Jasper informed me and I nodded, wiping my eyes. I took deep breaths to calm down and Jasper told me stupid jokes, trying to make me laugh. I finally did, hiccupping softly.

"I think I'm good. I better go, it's late." I hugged both of them and Alice walked me to the door, I grinned at her as I patted her flat stomach, whispering, "Congratulations, Mama. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

When I got home, Edward had already let himself in with the key he had made for himself. One afternoon when I was napping, he took my keys and had a copy made. I had been slightly annoyed at first because it was sneaky and instead of letting me give him a key, he stole it. As much as I hated to admit it, it ended up being a good thing for nights when I was running late or he was running early.

"Edward?" I called.

"In here!" he shouted from the bedroom. He was already in bed, in just his boxers and channel surfing. I started pulling my layers off, still sniffling softly. He looked away from the television and saw the look on my face. "What's wrong?"

My face crumpled and I started crying again as I climbed into bed next to him, wearing just my bra and panties. He wrapped his arms around me and rubbed my back, "What happened, baby? You were so happy earlier."

"I… I am happy!" I sobbed.

"Are these happy tears?" he asked hopefully, pushing my hair away from my face. I shook my head.

"N-no. Charlie's never going to see me get married," I cried against his neck, hiding my face from him. I wasn't sure why I had never really thought of this before. I had been obsessed with getting married and settling down for so long but I'd never thought about the fact that my father wouldn't be there to give me away, "who's going to give me away, Edward?"

"My dad will give you away," he said softly and I realized that he must have thought about this. I wiped my eyes with the back of my hands and hiccupped, "He will?"

"Of course," he nodded against my head, "I think he'd honored. And Charlie will see, baby. He's probably watching out for you up in Heaven and I bet he wouldn't miss it for the world."

I sat up a little and looked at him for a second before wrapping my arms around him, "Thank you, Edward…"

"For what?" he sounded surprised as he rubbed his hands up and down my back.

"For being so nice… for putting up with me… for loving me…" I whispered.

"I could never not love you, Bella. I figured we'd have this conversation one day, I just figured it'd be after I proposed," he chuckled softly and I looked up at him again, surprised.

I knew I thought of marrying him daily but I didn't know he'd every seriously even it any thought. I stared at him, my eyes wide and murmured, "Are you planning on proposing, Edward?"

"And why would I tell you that?" he grinned and kissed me softly, "It'd ruin any surprises I had planned." I knew then that he must be devising some sort of plot. I kissed him all over his face, my tears forgotten. He wanted to marry me.

"Mmm, baby. You should stop before I can't," he said into my ear. I shivered and kissed his neck, moaning softly as he slipped his hands into the back of my boy shorts and squeezed my ass.

"We shouldn't," I said softly as I straddled his hips, sitting up straight. I reached around and unhooked my bra, tossing it onto the floor, "it's late and we have to get up early…"

He chucked because my actions were betraying my words. He reached down and shoved his boxers down enough to free his cock. I rubbed myself against him and he groaned.

"I can make it quick," he said, grinning. He pushed my panties to the side then rubbed the head of his cock along my slick folds, making me whimper. I moved my hips so his tip was at my opening, "you're so fucking wet for me, baby. It makes me so hard."

I cried out as he thrust his hips up, entering me completely.

"Edward… oh my god…" I let Edward guide my movements. He moved me slowly at first then faster and harder. He kept saying my name and one of his hands left my hip so he could circle the tip of his finger over my clit. I felt so sensitive and the contact sent me spiraling out of control.

His groans got louder as he thrust into me one last time, gripping my hip so hard I knew it would leave a bruise but I didn't care, it felt so good. I felt him stiffen as he spilled into me and I whimpered softly.

My chest was heaving and I stayed still, not ready to move. Edward's hands gently rubbed my thighs. My hips started aching from the position that I was in so I slid off him, groaning softly and adjusting my panties.

Edward watched me climb off the bed as he pulled his boxers up. I went into the bathroom and cleaned up, changing into a tank top and shorts before getting back into bed next to Edward. He held his arms out and I settled against him. I was restless for a few minutes, unable to stop thinking about the fact that he was thinking about marriage. Maybe he already had a ring. Or maybe it was so far off…

He started hummed softly and rubbing my back, like he could sense I needed something soothing, and before I knew it, I was out.

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"Bella… Beeelllaaa… Bella!"

I opened my eyes, sitting up suddenly, "What?"

"The alarm's been going off for ten minutes, baby," he kissed me softly and I blinked my eyes, confused. He clearly had just gotten out of the shower and was dripping water droplets onto my bare legs. I stood up and groaned, my hips and back sore from last night, "You alright?"

I nodded, "My back is just sore from last night…"

Edward frowned and pulled his clothes out of his overnight bag, getting dressed. I went into the bathroom and started the shower, taking my pajamas off before I stepped in. The warm water felt good on my back and the baby was kicking, making me smile. I finished quickly and pulled my robe on, walking to the kitchen where Edward was eating cereal.

I grabbed his hand silently and held it over the spot where the baby was moving, pressing his hand down. His eyes widened and I knew he'd finally felt a kick.

"Holy shit!" he kept his hand still and was rewarded with another kick. I grinned at him and he grinned back. Edward and I stood there for ten minutes, feeling our baby move and kick and grinning at each other like fools.

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The weekend flew by. It was spent looking at apartments but nothing appealed to me and I wasn't even sure if an apartment would be right for us. I joked with Edward that we could move in with his parents and have built in babysitters and plenty of room. I think he thought I was serious and seemed to be contemplating the idea before I stressed that I was joking but I did notice that he called the realtor shortly after and had some super secret conversation. When I asked why he'd called James again, he claimed that they were old friends and were just catching up.

Before I knew it, it was Tuesday and we were on our way to have the big ultrasound done and hopefully find out the sex. My bladder felt even fuller this time and I was wiggling in the passenger seat of Edward's car.

"Don't pee yourself in my car," he warned and I was so glad I had such a sympathetic boyfriend.

"Shut up, Edward!" I crossed my legs together as the baby kicked, "Your child is kicking my bladder, I swear."

He laughed as he turned into the parking lot, parking then helping me out of the car.

"At least we're running late, they'll get you back right away," he said, holding my hand and leading me into the building. He was wrong and we had to wait about fifteen minutes before they called us back. There was a different technician there this time but she seemed just as nice. She introduced herself as Irina as I laid back on the table, pulling up my sweater.

This time, when she squirted the gel on my belly, I was expecting it to feel oddly warm. Edward had the camcorder again but had brought a tripod and set it up wanting to feel more involved and see the screen better this time.

An image of the baby filled screen and I glanced at Edward, grinning at him before looking back. It was the perfect profile shot and I could tell the baby had Edward's nose, which I told him. He kissed my cheek and held my hand as we watched and listened to Irina.

"So, are we finding out the sex today?" she asked, pressing some buttons on the screen to print out pictures.

"Yes," we both said anxiously then laughed.

"You're lucky, your baby is in the perfect position… you'd be amazed at how many babies hide it," she laughed softly, pressing down the wand on my stomach.

"So you can tell?" Edward asked anxiously, looking down at my stomach briefly then at the screen again.

"I can. In just a few months, you'll be the parents to a little girl," she smiled at us and my heart burst. A girl! I looked at Edward with wide eyes and tightened my grip on his hand, waiting for his reaction. I knew he wanted a boy but… we were having a girl!

"Holy shit," he said quietly, "a baby girl. That's… fucking awesome!"

I laughed and he kissed my hand. The technician told us that everything looked great and helped me clean my belly off when she was done. I was ecstatic and couldn't wait to tell everyone. I pulled my sweater down and Edward went to take apart the camcorder. I used the restroom and we went out to the car.

I turned to him in my seat and I knew my grin was so big it had to be silly, "Edward!"

"Bella!" he mocked but then he laughed and kissed me. He opened the glove box and took out a long jewelry box and set it in my lap.

"What's this?" I toyed with the edge of the wrapping, looking at him curiously. He looked a little nervous.

"Open it, hopefully you like it."

I opened it carefully and was surprised when I saw whatever it was, it was from Tiffany's. I looked at him again and opened it, my jaw dropping when I saw a linked bracelet with a charm. It was a tiny pink baby carriage, "Edward… this is so sweet. But how'd you know to get pink?"

"Something the girl said at the last ultrasound," he said sheepishly, "then when my parents and I watched the video, my dad said he was pretty certain."

I was a little jealous that he basically knew before I did but held out my wrist so he could put the bracelet on for me, "I love it. I love you. And the baby."

"I love you too," he grinned and helped me latch the bracelet. I sat back and sighed happily.

Everything was falling into place.

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a girl! ;) so, time will skip around a lot in these upcoming chapters but it slows down. you'll see! please let me know what you guys think! any name suggestions?