Chapter 2: Rumors

Mike's POV

I can't believe I got this stupid stomach bug, I thought I was fine because less people were getting sick now. It was worth it though because as soon as I walked into the nurse's office I saw Bella's beautiful face. She was hot, even though she looked pretty sick and really shaken up. Geez she really doesn't take well to being sick, she must have the same thing I do. I said hey and was about to ask her out to see a movie and have dinner in Port Angeles tonight but then I felt it. My stomach squeezed and hurt, I knew I was about to throw up so I ran to the bathroom instead.

As I looked in the nurse's private bathroom mirror I thought to myself, I hate being sick. But I didn't look to bad; maybe Bella would dig the sick look and pity me by finally going out with me. Then I went to wash my hands. That's when I saw it. Sitting on the edge of the sink was a pregnancy test and it was positive. Once of the girls at Forks High School was pregnant. Oh, this was good. I couldn't wait to tell Eric and Tyler. Then I started to panic, what if it was Jessica who was pregnant. I mean we had been safe every time right? There was the night of Tyler's party when we woke up together but didn't remember anything because we had been so wasted the night before. Okay I'll just tell her about the pregnancy test I saw and see what she says.

When I went back out to the nurse's office Bella was gone. The nurse looked at me and just said I could go home because I obviously had the stomach bug that had been going around school. With that I took my pass and went to tell Jess what I saw before leaving. I found her in the lunch room and went to sit next to her. I told her the nurse was sending me home. Then I asked "Jess are you pregnant?" Obviously that was the wrong thing to ask because she assumed I meant she looked fat. Once I calmed her down I told her about what I had seen. This calmed her down because she saw why I asked but also got her very excited because she had the latest gossip and would be the first one to know, somebody at Forks High School was pregnant.

Jessica's POV:

"WHAT?" I nearly screamed at Mike. I mean what would make him think I was pregnant. Oh my God did I look fat. Then he cut me off and explained. God I love that boy. He just gave me the juiciest gossip of our four years of high school. I double checked with him to make sure he wasn't lying to cover his ass for asking if I was pregnant. He said "I am absolutely sure that a girl at Forks High School is pregnant. I saw the pregnancy test in the nurse's private bathroom and there was a little blue plus sign which means positive."

With this new information I jumped up and ran over to Lauren whispering in her ear to make sure it wasn't her before I spread this awesome rumor. I mean Lauren is my friend and all but she is such a slut. She's sleeping with her boyfriend Tyler and half the football team. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't her pregnancy test because she could never forgive me if I was the one who accidentally told the whole school she was pregnant.

I spread the news fast. By the time lunch was over half the cafeteria knew that there was a pregnant girl at school. Then in biology I loudly whispered to my lab partner the secret, making sure the people behind me could hear to "Did you hear that somebody at Forks High School is pregnant?" Of course Angela replied that she had heard the rumor at lunch. I felt completely satisfied with my work and content that the rumor had spread all the way down to quiet, shy Angela Weber.

Rose POV:

Oh no. Holy Crap. Calm down it's not you, nobody else knows just you. Plus the rumor was that the person had taken a pregnancy test in the nurse's office and that's how mike Newton found out. Sufficiently calmed, I returned to my haunting thoughts of when I would tell Emmett. I was pretty sure he would be overjoyed but the fact that he could leave me scared the shit out of me. I decided I would tell him that night but I would have to make sure he knew that I was not the girl people were talking about. I had officially known about the baby for two weeks now and these two weeks have been the longest and most awkward of my whole life.

Alice POV:

People don't know. I didn't take that pregnancy test everybody is talking about. There is just no way. Oh crap. I have to buy a test today just to double check I mean there is such a thing as false readings. Calm down. I should probably talk with jasper first. He hates it when I keep something from him and knowing him he probably already knows something is bothering me. That boy is just to good at reading me. The important thing is nobody knows and nobody but Jasper and I are the only ones that have to know.

Edward POV:

I was sitting in biology waiting for the idiot of a teacher to show up when I heard Jessica Stanley whisper yell "Did you hear about the pregnant girl?" Of course by now everybody in school had heard and speculations about who it was were flying. My personal favorite was Lauren Mallory. I hoped it was her that girl needed to learn that this is what you earned when you slept with half the football team and your boyfriend.

By the end of the day all I wanted to do was go over Bella's house to see how she was feeling. But I knew I would have to wait an extra two hours until 4:30 to see her because she was grounded for coming home past curfew. Those two hours were the longest two hours of my life. I did anything to keep busy. I did my homework which was not nearly hard enough to hold my attention and was completed within an hour leaving me with another hour of nothing to do before seeing Bella. I tidied my already clean room and then went to sit at my piano. This happened everyday so there really was nothing to clean in my room and I was now even better at the piano and had begun a new song for Bella. I don't know why but ever since Bella and I and my family went to Mexico I have had these notes floating around my head. Maybe it's because it was the first time Bella and I had sex. Finally it was 4:15 I knew it only took me five minutes to get to Bella's house but I left anyway. Even if Charlie was home he wouldn't be stupid enough to make Bella mad by making me stand on the front porch for ten minutes.

I was instantly relieved when I saw that Charlie's police cruiser was missing from the driveway as well as Emmett's jeep which meant we would be alone. Suddenly as I approached the door I was nervous I have no idea why though maybe it was because I thought Bella would feel bad about being sick. When Bella opened the front door I knew something was wrong. I could tell she had been crying for awhile because her eyes were all red and puffy. However she had a nervous smile on her face as she said "We need to talk." This scared the hell out of me as we walked to the living room and sat on the love seat. She let me take her hand we sat in silence as she thought about how she wanted to phrase whatever she was going to say.

Then her tears started again as she looked at me I could see her eyes fill with nervousness, guilt, sadness, and her uneasiness with whatever she was going to tell me. It was like she was silently trying to communicate something to me through her eyes. I just couldn't figure out what. Then her tears started again as she looked like she was going to speak.

Then I figured it all out. The night we spent together on the beach when we had had unprotected sex, her queasiness in the mornings, tiredness, the pregnancy test that Mike Newton found in the nurse's office where Bella also happened to be this morning. Bella was the girl who was pregnant. Why hadn't I seen this earlier? As I looked at Bella I knew she would see the look of understanding in my eyes as I had finally figured out what had been bothering her at lunch. All I could say was "I love you. We'll get through this together." She stared back at me in relief but then looked confused as she asked "How did you figure out I was pregnant without me telling you?" I explained about the rumor but this only seemed to unnerve her more as she started to cry again. She explained about the doctor's appointment on Thursday and her plans for telling her father and the school. Then she said the one thing I thought she would never say "I understand if you don't want to be with me anymore or if you don't want the baby but I am going to keep the baby and raise it even if I have to do it on my own." How could she possibly believe that I would leave her and my baby on their own? She can be ridiculous sometimes.

After I finished assuring her that I was here to stay I did the only thing I could think of in this situation. I knelt in front of her and asked "Bella I know we are really young but would you marry me and spend every day of forever with me?" Bella looked at me like she was unsure. The next words that came out of her mouth nearly killed me. Her reply was "No." I felt rejected and it must have been written across my face as Bella immediately began to explain her reasoning " Edward, I would love to marry you and become Mrs. Cullen, but I don't want you to ask me just because I am pregnant. I think we should wait until after the baby is born and then see what we want. I don't want to hold you back from your life or future." How could she possibly think she would be holding me back? I agreed "Fine. But just so you know as soon as that baby is born I am going to ask you to marry me again.

Then we heard Charlie pull in the driveway. Bella wiped her eyes clear of her shed tears and got up to start dinner. Our night continued like any other while my mind became focused on other things like the fact that I was going to be a father.