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Chapter 3

Edward and I spent the rest of the morning packing up the belongings I had with me in Vancouver and moving them over to Edward's apartment. Rosalie and Emmett shared the room on the other side of the apartment and were very confused when Edward started carrying in my bags.

"Bella, what are you doing here? And why does Edward have your suitcases?" Rosalie asked as she turned away from the movie she and Emmett were watching when Edward walked in the door. Emmett turned around too.

"Hey beautiful, what's up?" Emmett told me with a grin. I returned it with a weak smile.

"Bella is going to be staying here from now on." Edward told them as he brought my bags into his room.

"What? Why? Bella, what's going on?" Rosalie asked in a worried voice as she jumped off the couch and followed Edward to his room. I hung my head down and sat on the edge of his bed, refusing to say anything because I was afraid I would begin crying again. Edward sat down and put his arm around me, pulling me into him.

"Jasper asked Bella for a divorce. I am going to take care of her from now on." Edward told Rose and Emmett.

"What? He asked for a divorce? Are you alright, Bella?" Emmett asked me. I simply nodded.

"Bella, I am so sorry. But I have to ask, why do you have to take care of her now Edward?" Rosalie asked and even though I knew it was just her personality, it was still a slap in the face and before I could stop it from happening tears started rolling down my cheeks. Edward hugged me closer to him and tried to calm me down.

"Rosalie, what the hell is your problem?" Edward yelled at her and gently rocked me back and forth. "Its okay, Bella. They don't need to know. It is going to be okay. We can get through this." Edward whispered to me as he held on to me.

"We don't need to know what? Edward, what is going on here?" Rosalie demanded. Emmett simply stared between Edward and me on the bed and Rose standing at the door with her hands on her hips. I think he was having a hard time deciding whether or not to support his girlfriend or his brother and the girl crying on his shoulder. That was Emmett, always the big bear that hated to see any girl cry.

"Just tell them Edward; it wouldn't be long before they found out anyways." I told him with defeat. I was already showing and having to wear strategically loose clothing.

"If you're sure, Bella." He told me before he turned to Rose and Emmett. "Bella is pregnant." He told them in a soothing voice. Emmett's jaw dropped to the ground and Rosalie choked on her own saliva.

"Jasper just asked his pregnant wife for a divorce." Rosalie said out loud as if testing the words. "What the HELL is wrong with my brother?!" She yelled; she was absolutely fuming. We spent the next few minutes telling her about Jasper's affair with Alice and about Edward's promise to raise my child as his own. Rose and Emmett were stunned but they told us they were on our side and they would do whatever they needed to do to help me and Edward. I couldn't understand how they were standing behind me and Edward on this whole thing.

That afternoon Edward brought me to the office of the lawyer Jasper had arranged to meet. When we arrived at the office with plans of Edward waiting outside the office for me, we found Alice doing the same thing. I stopped dead in my tracks, staring at her sitting there next to Jasper. When she stood up to greet me I turned around and started to hyperventilate. Edward wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me into him, rubbing my back with his other hand.

"Bella, look at me." Edward told me, hooking his finger under my chin to pull my face up. "You are going to do this and you will be fine and before you know it we will be moving on with our lives and preparing to raise this baby together." He then gave me one of his brilliant grins to reassure me. I never really saw how beautiful he was before that moment in time. I mean I knew he was good looking. Everyone knew that. But at that moment I realized that he was truly beautiful in the most incredibly genuine way. I gave him a watery smile and nodded before he pulled me into a hug and kissed the top of my head. When we turned back around, Alice was sitting back down and looking sullenly at the ground and Jasper was glaring at the wall. Just then the secretary told us Jasper and I could go in to meet with the lawyer.

When we walked in the man sat us down and then asked us why we wanted a divorce. Jasper immediately began explaining how we rushed into the marriage and how it was all a huge mistake and how he thought that we should be free to fall in love for real. During the whole explanation I couldn't help but think that he was the one that asked me to marry him and then dragged me down to the beach to make it legal 5 minutes later. Then he said that he just wanted this whole thing to be over so we could both get on with our lives and be happy. I was angry and said something about him just wanting to be able to screw Alice without feeling guilty and he exploded.

"Me? What about you, Bella? Step off your high horse and look around you. It is so clear that you want to be with Edward, you are throwing yourself all over him. The baby is probably his anyways." Jasper spat at me, his voice full of venom. The lawyer tried to interrupt, obviously not forewarned about the pregnancy.

"I don't know what else I can say to get you to understand that I have never had sex with anyone other than you! I was not the one off fucking my friend and then coming home to you and sleeping with you the same night! Edward is with me because I need support, because you tore my heart out and stomped on it! And now I am carrying your child and you are abandoning me and Edward is offering to help me out! I'm sorry if I am trying to give this baby a chance at a decent life!" I yelled at Jasper, no longer sad and depressed but furious and murderous. I then sat back down and quietly glared at the lawyer across from me.

"I did not know that there was a child involved, this does complicate things. When is the baby due?" He asked me with a kind voice. I had to appreciate his effort to calm me and make me more comfortable.

"May twenty-fifth." I told him.

"I assume, Bella, that you will be wanting full custody of the child?" He asked me and I nodded. "And I assume you are willing to comply with this, Jasper?" He asked him and he nodded. "Then we will need to discuss child support. Bella, are you asking for spousal support as well?" The lawyer asked me.

"No, the child support as well as a good settlement are all that I ask. I want half of everything and since we had no prenuptial agreement, that shouldn't be a problem. As for the child support, I want the medical bills for the pregnancy, birth, and childhood appointments paid for as well as a monthly stipend to help me provide for the baby." I told the lawyer.

"That seems like a fair request. Jasper, does that sound like a fair request to you?" The lawyer asked, looking hopeful that this whole thing could be done quickly and quietly.

"Yah, sure. Just give her what she wants so I can get out of this." He grumbled, delivering a blow to the gut. We then drew up the first draft of the papers and he informed Jasper of what paperwork would need to be provided in order to complete the divorce agreement and told us as soon as the paperwork was turned in he would draw up the agreement and call us to sign it. With that we got up and left, me walking out first. Edward met me at the door to take my hand and lead me away but before we could leave Alice stopped us.

"Bella, wait. I am so sorry for putting you through this. I had no idea about the baby. But you just can't help who you love…" She started telling me and something inside me snapped.

"Alice, do not speak to me again. Ever. We are not friends and you are not part of my life." I told her and started to walk away.

"Edward, you have to make her understand…" Alice pleaded.

"You and I will only speak on set. You will not talk to me or try to see me if it does not involve the filming of the movies. What you have done is unforgivable and we will never have a friendship again. You might as well move on now." Edward told her and led me away. As soon as the cool fall air hit my face I took a deep breath and exhaled all the weight that had been pressing down on my chest.

Suddenly my stomach growled and I realized I was starving. Edward laughed at me. "Lets go get you some food, you are eating for two now after all." He told me and I smiled at him, placing one hand on my belly and the other in Edward's waiting grasp. We called Rose and Emmett to tell them that the appointment was over and to ask them if they wanted to join us for dinner. We met up at a diner a couple blocks from our apartment because I could think of no food other than burgers. After we were seated and had ordered, I began to tell the three of them what had gone on in the lawyer's office.

"Bella, I am so proud of you for standing up for yourself like that. I know that it took a lot of courage for you to do that." Edward said, putting an arm around my shoulders and pulling me into him. I gave him a small smile and nodded.

"Bella, I want you to know that I think my brother is an ass and I am behind you all the way on this. I also called my parents and they think what he is doing is ridiculous and want to stay a part of your and the baby's lives." Rose told me as she reached across the table for my hand. I was grateful she didn't hate me and accuse me of being a gold digger when I told them what my demands were for the divorce.

"I cannot believe he actually told the lawyer to give you what you wanted so this whole thing could be over. And accusing you of screwing around with Edward? Just because he can't keep it in his pants." Emmett fumed. He was clearly on my side. Just as Edward was about to add to the ranting, Rosalie's phone rang.

"It's him, the nerve. Just stay quite for a minute while I take this real quick." She told us while she opened her phone. "What?" She answered in a surly voice. "Yah, I know what is going on…No she is not trying to turn me against you…I already told them…They think you are an ass for doing this to her and they want to maintain a relationship with her and the baby…Because you are an ass…How could you do this to her?! …I don't want to talk to you right now…I would not recommend that…Because he might kick your sorry ass if you show up…Because he cares about her and sees her like his little sister…Well, who knows, after all this mess is over he might just end up her brother…Good, I'm glad that stung…Don't you dare say that!...You fucking dick! Don't call me again, I can't stand you!" She said as she snapped the phone shut in anger. "He tried to tell me the baby was Edwards and he was excited to finally get out of the marriage, because you know you guys have been married so long!" She said dramatically.

I was angry that he had said that but I was caught up on the part of the conversation that I assumed involved Emmett. "Emmett, do you really think of me as your little sister?" I asked him quietly.

"Of course Bells. I love you like you are one of the Cullens already. And what she said about maybe making that a reality some day, I really do hope that is the truth. Even through all the shit that is going on right now, I have never seen Edward look happier." He told me. I looked over at Edward who had a small blush on his cheeks. I could not believe what me ears were telling me. Edward wanted to be with me? I could not see how that could possibly be true.

"Thanks, Em." Edward told Emmett, looking down into his drink. Emmett just grinned wide.

"What are big brothers for?" He replied with a wink. I noticed this from the corner of my eye but I hadn't taken my focus off of Edward.

"Is what he's saying the truth, Edward?" I asked him meekly, afraid that the truth would be a huge resounding no.

"Well, yah Bella. I love being around you and meeting you, even if it was just to become your best friend, has been the greatest thing to happen in my life. I want you to know, Bella, that I will do everything possible to make you and this baby happy. And if one day that includes being a dad to this baby and a husband to you, I am more than willing to do that." Edward told me with complete sincerity. In that moment, there was no one else in the world but Edward and me. I didn't even think before I leaned over and placed a light kiss on Edward's lips. As I touched my lips to his, I could not help but allow a song to run through my mind; a song that I had never truly been able to apply to my life until that moment in time.

My hands shake, I'm not usually this way but

You pull me in and I'm a little more brave

It's a first kiss, it's flawless, really something

It's fearless

And I don't know how it gets better than this

You take my hand and drag me headfirst

Fearless

And I don't know why but with you I'd dance

In a storm in my best dress

Fearless(Fearless, Taylor Swift)

"I told you he was falling in love with her." I heard Emmett tell Rose in a happy voice.