Chapter Three
Edward's POV
" I'm pregnant." She said. Two words I've never thought my love would say. My angel. My precious, precious angel was pregnant. Pregnant. But not with my child. That was obvious. I was a vampire, and vampires can't reproduce like that.
" W-what?" I asked confused. I looked to her stomach. There was defiantly a bump there. How long afar was she? She apologized, for cheating on me?
" I -I don't know what to say." I said, still confused though there was a slight throb in my chest. My heart?
I listened intently until, after just a few seconds, I found a small fluttering heartbeat. The small baby in her womb. I stood up quickly and ran from her, I ran and ran and ran. I didn't stop until I was so far way that Ididn't know where I was. Pregnant.
My Bella was with child. Her womb was holding something valuable. Something fragile. Something that didn't come from me. I slowed to a human walk before finally just falling to the ground. I was so spent, so spent emotionally, that I didn't dare move.
My heart hurt. For once in my eternal life my heart felt alive again. And it was breaking, no, not just breaking but shattering. My heart was shattering like glass. It shattered into a million small pieces, so small that they were invisible. So small and so invisible that not even the best puzzle maker could fix this puzzle.
" Why?" I sobbed out. Why me? Why my Bella. Why did these things always happen to us? We just wanted to be happy. We just wanted to live together for eternity. We just wanted… just wanted to be in love.
Was the world so against us that it would do this to us again? Tear us apart again.
My face in the ground was the only thing that made me feel immortal. The ground, which should have felt cold, was nice and warm compared to my icy touch. It's then did I realize what I did.
Bella! I left her alone in the woods. Where anything could happen to her, especially now that she was with child. How dumb could I be?
I struggled to get off of the ground and I slowly ran back to my Bella.
Even if it weren't my baby, I would take care of her and the baby, as if it were mine. I'd ask her to marry me and protect her virtue from those prying eyes in Forks. I'd say the baby was mine.
Bella's POV
I woke up in Edward's room. It was strange because I didn't know how I got there. I only remember that Edward left me… in the woods… miles from his car.
As I remembered this, my chest hurt and stomach fluttered, making me feel like I needed to vomit. My eyes shot open and I ran to the bathroom. I didn't know how long I was in there, vomiting and crying my eyes out, but when I exited and made my way back to Edward's room, Alice and Rosalie were waiting for me. I faltered in my steps when I saw Rosalie's face.
She was terrifying. Her eyes were dancing with anger and hatred.
" Bella." Alice started out. " Please come sit down." Her voice was grave, so unlike her. I did as she asked and I sat on the couch. They remained standing, looking at me.
" Hey, Alice." I said lamely, scared of them. Rosalie glared at me.
" How could you do this to Edward?" She hissed. " He has been nothing but good to you! You are so not worth the heartache my family has gone through. You're such a human! Letting your hormones get the best of you! You're a brazen hussy!" She yelled. Ok. I was confused as to why she would say all of this stuff. I was pregnant with her brother's baby, not someone else's.
" I-I don't know what you're talking about Rosalie." I said, still unsure of her path of thinking.
" You're pregnant." She growled. Alice looked away from me, avoiding my eyes.
" Yes," I said slowly. " I am."
" We know that! What we don't know is whose damned kid it is!" Rosalie yelled. I knew it. They didn't think it was Edward's baby. They thought I cheated on him. I felt the tears spring to my eyes. I felt betrayed by my so-called family.
" Whose baby is it Bella?" Alice asked, still looking at her feet.
" It's Edward's baby." I said simply. It was true. I'd never had sex with anyone but Edward.
" Don't lie to us Bella. It can't be Edward's! He's a vampire, he can't have babies!" This time it was Alice who snapped at me. I pressed my back to the couch, terrified of Alice. Her eyes were pitch black and piercing into my soul… in the worst way possible.
" I'm not lying!" I sobbed out. " Edward is the father!" My eyes released the tears they were holding in.
" What's happening here?" We all looked to the door where the voice came from.
" Edward!" I cried out. He looked so worn out. " Why'd you run away?" I sobbed. His face was dirty, his eyes were black and his clothes were torn. His face softened at my remark and he rushed to my side and took me into his arms.
" I'm so sorry Bella." He sobbed into my shoulder. It was so unlike him to cry, all I could do was hug him to me roughly, bruising my arms, but not really caring. " I'm sorry I left you there. Bella. I'm so sorry." Then he was kissing me. All over my face and all over my neck, my shoulders flourishing me with his loving touch.
" Edward! Let go of her! She cheated on you!" Rosalie started to tug Edward away from me. Edward turned around and glared at Rosalie and Alice, who had started to move forward to help pull him off of me.
" This is none of your business. Leave us be." He said deathly serious. I couldn't see his face but I shuddered at the thought of it. Alice looked hurt but she left. Rosalie was just infuriated and stopped out of the room, slamming the door.
" Edward, I didn't-" I started to say but he stopped me by kissing my lips.
" It's ok Bella. Just tell me who you had sex with. Please." His voice was forced to be gentle.
" I've only had sex with you, Edward." I said a little annoyed with vampires. " I swear Edward. You're the only person in the world who has had me that way."
" Please Bella. You don't have to lie to me. Just tell me. Who was it?"
" Nobody! Edward, I'm not lying!" I jumped up from this couch and yelled. " Why are you all doing this to me? We should be happy. We're having a baby!"
" Bella. It's impossible for me to make babies. You had to have had sex with someone else." He looked up at me from where he was on the couch.
" I promise Edward. I didn't cheat. And if you don't believe me then maybe we shouldn't be together!" I yelled. Part of me believed what I said, but the other part screamed at me for saying it. Edward's face dropped into a frown.
" No! Bella. It's just that it's impossible for me to have kids and… and well you're pregnant. I just assumed." He stuttered. " Please. Stay with me." He begged. He really begged. He got on his knees and took my hands in his and begged me. The pained look on his face was burned into memory for good. I knew if I left I would never get over him, I was forever remember that look. It would haunt me.
" I won't leave. I can't leave you." I whispered, getting on my knees too, and hugging him to me. " I love you." I whispered into his ear.
" I love you, so much Bella." He whispered back.