June 20th 2010
Bella leant her head on my shoulder and I kissed her hair where we were now sat on the sofa of my parent's house. Everyone else was dotted around, Emma asleep net to me, curled into a ball with her head in my lap. I ran my fingers through her hair and smiled down at her. My wife kissed my shoulder and I wrapped my arm tighter around her shoulders.
She shifted slightly and winced, rubbing under her stomach.
Rosalie caught on only slightly quicker than me.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
Bella nodded, "I guess I'm not going to be getting any sleep tonight." She yawned and I kissed her temple, rubbing her stomach and standing up, making sure Emma wasn't jostled.
I helped Bella up and we bid farewell to our family.
Esme hugged me and Bella, as I shook hands with my father and then hugged him. I picked Emma up and she pressed her face into my neck, causing me to chuckle and stroke her back as she mumbled incoherently into my neck.
Everyone awed as I stroked her hair and she fell asleep in my arms. Bella took my hand and we walked out towards the car, my mother and father stood on the porch and waved us goodnight as we pulled out of the drive.
I carried Emma into the house and laid her down on her bed, before changing her into her pyjamas and tucking her in. I stroked her forehead and kissed her head gently.
"I love you baby girl." I whispered and was about to stand up from sitting on the edge of the bed when she spoke quietly, opening her eyes slightly to smile tiredly at me.
"I love you to daddy." She whispered.
I smiled and kissed her cheek, "Sweet dreams." I whispered and turned on her night light before standing and walking to the door, turning as I shut it to see that she was already asleep.
I shut mine and Bella's door behind me and walked over to the closet, removing my jacket just as Bella walked back into the bedroom and got into bed as I removed my clothes and pulled on a t-shirt. Before spooning into her back and kissing below her ear.
She sighed and giggled as I began to pepper kisses all down her neck. She shook her head and I chuckled.
"What?"
She tilted her head to smile at me, "I love you."
I beamed and kissed her gently, "I love you to.""
April 5h 2005
"Edward I want this baby to come now." Bella groaned where she was lying on the sofa, her hands over her eyes. I sighed and stood up from where I had been sat on the coffee table, putting a DVD in the TV for us to watch.
I sighed and sat down on the edge of the sofa facing her, rubbing her stomach with my left hand and stroking her hair with the other.
"Sweetheart the baby will come when it's ready..." I started but was cut off by her.
"Edward its been a week!" she cried, "A week since my due date and there is no sign that this baby is coming out." She snapped and tears rolled down her cheeks.
I frowned and kissed the back of her hands, pulling them away from her face and kissing away her tears.
"Come on love cheer up, it won't be long now I promise." I whispered.
She moaned and rubbed her stomach, "But Edward..."
"Edward nothing." I said firmly and kissed her gently.
She sighed and stroked my cheek as I kissed the top of her stomach.
"If you keep that up they'll never come out." She moaned and pushed herself to sit upright.
She leant back against the arm of the sofa and rubbed her stomach as I sat down on the sofa and rubbed her feet.
"Do you think my ankles look fat?" She muttered.
I smiled, "what ankles?"
Bella kicked me hard in the chest and I chuckled, wincing and kissing the top of her feet gently.
"I'm sorry." I whispered.
She rolled her eyes and rubbed under her stomach again, a small smile on her face as she looked down at it. My own hands covered hers and she spoke quietly.
"I can't wait to meet them."
"Neither can I." I smiled and she looked up to beam at me.
I sighed and shifted to the edge of the sofa again, her eyes following me with confusion.
"Edward what are you doing" She asked as I shifted uncomfortably.
"I spoke to your dad earlier and... and he said... I don't know whether you..." I was sure I was sweating.
Her eyes narrowed but widened as I reached deep into my pocket and then knelt down on one knee beside the sofa.
"Edward..." She gasped.
I swallowed, "Isabella Marie Swan, I promise to love you every single moment of my life. I will look after and protect both, you and this baby, as well as any children you may continue to bless me with in the future. My heart is yours, and you can keep it, because I love you, and I am asking you, with all of this in my mind, if you would consider being my wife?" I whispered and popped the catch go the small black box.
Tears were pouring down Bella's face.
There was a pause while I knelt there, feeling like an arse.
"Yes, Edward of course oh yes!" She cried and threw her arms around my neck, gluing her lips to mine. I pulled back to slip the ring on her finger and she looked at it for a moment before smiling at me again.
I kissed her gently again and she stroked my cheek.
"You and me... we'll be okay wont we?" She whispered.
I touched my forehead to hers and she kissed me gently.
"You know we will." I whispered and she wrapped her arms around me in a hug.
I rested my chin on her forehead, and smiled up at the ceiling.
"Thank you." I whispered to whoever I had made think I deserved this girl in my arms.
To whoever had given her to me.