August 20th 2011

Bella POV

I rushed up the steps to the school, only pulling up there because Emmet had said that Rose was here waiting for a parcel. I signed in quickly, more out of habit than necessity and pushed open the door to her office.

She looked up at me smiling, "I saw your car..."

I swallowed, trying to smile, "Have you seen Edward?"

She shook her head, "No I haven't..." She trailed off when she saw my face change, the sleep deprived rings under my eyes and teary eyes making me look slightly off of the rails.

It was also very obvious, that something was very wrong.

She stood up and walked over to me, "What's wrong?"

I swallowed, "He knows, Alice told him that she knew about Emma before he did." I was incredibly close to tears.

Rose led me gently to sit down in a chair and sat down in the one next to mine, so we were facing slightly towards one another.

She took both my hands, "What's all this for huh? You know he'll forgive you..."

"He won't." My voice was painfully certain.

"Why, what did he say?" She asked anxiously.

I was crying now, "He was so upset Rose... you didn't see his face... he was heartbroken, so hurt." My words choked me and I sobbed into my hands.

She rubbed my back gently and let me talk, knowing I needed her to listen, not judge me.

"If I had told him sooner..." I trailed off, fiddling with my wedding ring.

"He would still have acted like this." She said gently, and I knew she was right.

I let out a small sob, "I don't know where he is, he's not answering his phone and no one has seen him... Carlisle said he wasn't at the hospital last night..."

Rose sighed, "Do you want me to talk to Alice?"

I nodded, "Please."

She pulled me into a hug, "okay."

When we pulled apart she took my hands and placed them on my stomach, "Right now what you need to do is go home, pick Emma up from Angela's and put your feet up, all this stress isn't good for you."

I nodded, "Thank you."

She narrowed her eyes, "For what?"

I shrugged, "being there for me."

She rolled her eyes, "What kind of bridesmaid would I be if I didn't hold your hand through the hard parts."

I swallowed, "You don't have hard parts like this."

She rolled her eyes again, "You forget who I'm married to."

I laughed tearfully, thinking of Emmet, the permanently teenage high school baseball, soccer, football and general sport coach.

She stood up and grabbed her bag, "Come on, I'll drive you home."

I frowned, "What about the car?"

She shrugged, "Get brains to collect it when he returns."

I stiffened at her nickname for Edward, "You really think he'll come back." I whispered.

She smiled, "Of course, even he's not that much of an idiot, besides if he knows what's good for him, he won't hide for more than a day, he knows Esme will kill him."

I laughed, she made it all seem so easy, "Thank you Rose, again."

She pulled me towards the door, "I haven't done anything, again."

We ended up going to the mall, which although it was my idea of hell, I enjoyed a little bit.

Emma had fun simply looking in all of the hops, and I was glad for Roses company, as she was the only one out of the two of us who had breath to answer Emma when she asked where her daddy was.

"He's working sweetheart, you'll probably see him later." She said.

Emma took this as an answer, and I was glad, as I was in no fit shape to come up with answers to appease her.

Edward POV

It was gone ten o clock in the evening when I finally plucked up the courage to return home. I walked up the porch steps quietly, praying to god that she would forgive me, because although I had been hurt, and blinded by it... I couldn't make excuses for the way I had been towards her when I had stormed out.

She was my pregnant wife, the person who supported me through everything. I had no right to act like I hated her, because I didn't, and I never would.

The house was dark and I knew that every occupant would be asleep hopefully.

I swallowed and slipped into our room after a mental debate on whether I deserved to sleep there, and whether it would be more appropriate for me to sleep on the couch.

She was on her side facing away from me, and as I reached to unbutton my shirt, I realised that she wasn't asleep.

Her body quivered with sobs and I immediately rushed forward, although I slowed down so not as to disturb her.

"Edward?" Her soft voice travelled towards me in the darkness.

"Shh...I'm here sweetheart." I whispered as I crawled into bed, still fully dressed, beside her and wrapped my arms around her.

Bella turned over and hid her face in my chest, her small frame shaking, "I'm so sorry." She sobbed, "I shouldn't have kept it from you."

"Shh... it's not your fault..." I soothed desperately and stroked her damp cheeks, "Its mine, all mine, I should never have shouted at you like that."

"I don't regret doing it." She choked out, and her brutal honesty cut me deep, but I didn't flinch, because as much as I didn't want to, I understood why she had done it.

"I don't expect you to." I replied.

She swallowed, "I just didn't want to lose you." She whispered.

I was about to respond when she cut me off, "If I hadn't been pregnant and the test had been faulty I knew that you would probably never have touched me again. The risk would have been there in your mind as well as it was in mine... I couldn't bare you to leave me over a mistake, and even when I knew that I was pregnant, I wanted no one more than you right beside me... but I just..." She trailed off and I kissed her forehead.

"I understand Bella, truly I do." I sighed, "I guess I was just hurt over the way I found out, the way Alice said it."

Bella swallowed, "Rose said that she would speak to Alice."

I could only nod in response.

She rested her head back against my still clothed shoulder and I kicked off my socks under the covers, pushing them out from under the duvet with yam fleet.

I shimmed out of my jeans and pulled my shirt off of my chest.

Bella placed my hand on her stomach and I kissed the top of her head.

"Where were you yesterday?" She asked quietly, her voice heavy with sleep.

I closed my eyes, "Your father was kind enough to put me up for the night."

She yawned, "Okay."

I pressed my lips to her ear, "I love you."

She let out a contented smile that made my heart melt, "I love you to Edward, through the good and bad."

"Forever." I echoed and fell into a much needed rest.