August 19th 2011

Edward POV

I heard Bella moan next to me and she rested her head back on my chest, wrapping her arm over my waist as she did so. I rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head, the morning light leaking in through the curtains.

"Do you have to go to work today?" She complained quietly.

I sighed, "Yes love, but I'll be back in time for Dinner."

She sighed and snuggled tighter into my side, "okay."

I stroked her shoulder, "you take it easy today okay... you weren't well last night." I reminded her.

She moaned and rolled away from me, with some difficulty as her large stomach got in the way. I rubbed her shoulder and kissed under her ear.

"I love you." I whispered.

"I know." She sighed and I bent my head to kiss the side of her stomach.

"I love you to." I breathed.

Bella smiled slightly although her eyes were shut, "I love you to."

I kissed her temple again and got out of bed, showering and dressing as quickly as I could, with the hopes of getting there early in order to leave earlier than usual.

I stuck my head around Emma's door to see her still asleep. I smiled; she slept nearly as much as her mother.

The drive to work was more or less uneventful, as was the morning shift. There were few interesting or dramatic cases, as I saw mostly small patients who had temperatures and worried parents.

So basically by the time I was in the car and on my way home again, I was left with the feeling that I hadn't really achieved much.

I was just climbing out of the car when my cell phone rang; I looked at the caller ID, and sighed upon answering it.

"Alice what is it?" I muttered.

"What is it?" She screamed, "You don't even say hello anymore, just you ait to till Bella hears about this Edward, I mean come n I'm your younger sister, your only sister actually, and you don't even say hi when you speak to me?" My sister shouted.

I rubbed my forehead with my other hand, "Don't bother Bella with this crap, she won't care."

"Of course she sill, I'm her best friend." Alice yelled, I was about to tune out her shouts when she screamed something at me that made my eyes snap open, and my throat go dry.

"You know Edward this is why she came to me before you when she got pregnant with Emma, I mean Jesus I was the one who sat with her in the doctors and went with her to buy the test, of course she'll care when she find out that you..."

"You knew before I did." I whispered.

There was an eerie pause on the other end of the line, and all Alice could think of to say was "Er..."

"She went to you." I breathed, feeling my heart rate increase dramatically.

"Edward..."

I slammed the phone shut and threw it in my bag before locking the car and walking towards the house. My legs were slightly shaky as I shut the door behind me and locked the car, the overwhelming feeling of hurt and betrayal coursing through my veins.

"Edward?" Bella called and I looked up to see her walk out of the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel.

"What are you doing home this early, Emma's not even back from her friends yet...?" Then she saw my face.

"Edward?" She whispered.

I swallowed and turned to look at her fully, her eyes widening slightly when she saw what I imagined was my pale face.

"Is it true?" I managed to choke out.

Bella's face was confused, "Is what true?"

"That you went to Alice before you went to me." I said firmly.

My wife's eyes narrowed, "What?"

"Is it true?" I demanded, "Is it true that you went to Alice and told her about being pregnant with Emma before you even told me?"

There was silence as she froze, she then looked down at her hands, and spoke so quietly that I was frightened to have misunderstood, but from looking at her face, particularly her eyes, I knew that my hearing had been correct, "Yes."

I swallowed, "Why?"

He eyes snapped up, "Why? Because I was scared to tell you, I was eighteen Edward!" She shouted.

I did not flinch, or move or react, I was hurt, and she needed to know it.

Against my better judgment I was willing to stand there and brush her off as she walked over to me, reaching p to cup my cheeks before being pushed away gently by me.

I walked away from her and stood running my hands through my hair as she stared at my back.

"When were you going to tell me?" I whispered and turned around, finding her with her hands-on her stomach looking at me with teary eyes.

The answer was plain in her face.

My own tears threatened to leak over the edge, "You weren't were you?"

It was a moment before she shook her head, and I heard my world crash around me before i could answer.

"Fine." I whispered and walked past her, grabbing my car keys and opening the door.
"Edward please..." She sobbed and grabbed my arm. I pulled my arm free and pushed her almost roughly back into the house.

I stormed to the car, slamming the door after me as she stood crying on the doorstep.

For once in my life though, I knew that it wouldn't help anything to turn around immediately.

We were both hurt, and apologising wouldn't change what I felt, nothing would.