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Chapter 18

MPOV

The next week flew by so fast. Before I knew it I was getting ready for Dad's party. Justin was my date for the evening and had agreed to pick me up an hour before everyone else would leave so that I could get my present for Dad ready. I had decided to make a collage of pictures of me and him through the years. When I got to Justin's house I got out and went straight up to his room put the final picture on the collage. The final picture on the collage was the image I got at the doctor's office a week ago. No one had seen it except me and mom. Dr. Baylor had said that you could tell what the baby is but I didn't want to know. Hopefully no one will see it and tell me. "Finished?" Justin asked when he walked in the room.

I looked up and smiled, "Yeah. I just have to wrap it." Justin helped and I put a blue and pink bow on it and said, "Finished."

"Good. Now let's go so we can get there before your mom and dad get there," Justin said and we left.

When we pulled up in front of Grandma Esme and Grandpa Carlisle's house everyone except Mom and Dad was there. I put my hand on my baby bump and looked down. "What are you thinking about?" Justin asked.

I looked up at him and said, "Nothing," and then looked back down. Actually I was thinking about what people would say to me and what looks they'd give me. Nobody except Mom, Dad, Aunt Alice, Aunt Rose, Grandma Esme, Nate, Addie, and Justin had seen me since I started showing.

"Morgan they're your family. They're not going to say anything about you being pregnant," Justin said and I gave him a death look. "Ok so they might ask you how you feel or how's the baby or something like that but they won't be mean about it."

"I hope not," I said and looked back down at my belly one more time.

Justin got out and walked around to my side of the car and opened the door for me. I got out and got the present out. I took Justin's arm and we walked up to the house. I rung the doorbell and Aunt Alice opened the door. "Morgan you look beautiful," she said and hugged me. "Hello Justin," she said and hugged him too. "Oh let me take those and put them on the table," she took the presents walked in the house.

I pulled Justin in the house and we walked into the living room where everyone else was. Uncle Jasper and Uncle Emmett turned and stared at me and Aunt Rose walked over to me and said, Morgan, you're glowing!!" She hugged me and then hugged Justin.

"Thank you," I said and smiled.

Aunt Rose turned around and saw that Uncle Emmett and Uncle Jasper were staring and said, "Jasper! Emmett! Quit staring! It's not like you've never seen a pregnant woman before!"

"Did you put on a few pounds Morgan?" Uncle Emmett asked and he and Uncle Jasper started laughing.

"Yeah. Actually I gained another human," I said laughing. Uncle Emmett came over and hugged me and apologized and then hugged Justin and Uncle Jasper did the same thing. When Dad got there everyone relaxed and stopped talking to me and asking about the baby.

After dinner Dad opened his presents. When he got to mine he opened the collage and said, "Morgan. Thank you. I'll hang it in my office."

I hugged him and said, "You're welcome."

When Dad was done opening his presents Grandma Esme brought out the cake and we sang Happy Birthday and Dad blew out his candles. Grandma Esme cut the cake and passed out pieces. Justin went and got each of us a piece of cake. While he was gone I started to have like a fluttering feeling in my stomach. I had been having them all day but figured it was nerves. Now the feeling was very strong and it felt scary. When Justin came back and sat down next to me he could tell something was wrong. "What's wrong Babe?" he asked.

"Nothing. I just have a fluttery felling in my stomach. I'm sure it's no big deal," I said and smiled.

"You have a fluttery feeling?" I heard Mom say. I turned around and she was standing behind me. "Morgan how long have you been feeling this?"

"All day," I said.

She placed her hand on my stomach and then looked at me and said, "Sweetheart, that fluttery feeling is the baby moving."

"What? I've been feeling the baby moving?"

"Yeah," she said smiling.

I placed my hands on my stomach and looked at Justin and smiled. He placed one of his hands on my stomach beside mine and smiled back at me. We were in our own little world when all of sudden I heard Addie tell Nate, who was sitting right beside me, that she thought her water had broke. I looked over at her and either her water had broke or she had peed herself. "Nate? Nate? Nate please do something," Addie said pleading.

Mom turned around and looked at Addie. "Oh dear. We have to get you to the hospital. Nate help Addie to your truck and get her to the hospital and we'll all be behind you," Mom said and Nate looked at her frozen. "Nate! Now! Go!" she yelled and Nate got up and helped Addie to his truck.

"What's going on?" Dad asked.

"Addie's water broke we've got to go to the hospital," Mom replied and we all started to leave and Aunt Alice, Uncle Jasper, Aunt Rosalie, Uncle Emmett, Grandma Esme, and Grandpa Carlisle all followed.

An hour later we were all sitting in the ER of Forks local hospital. Addie and Nate were in the back, Mom was calling Addie's parents, and Grandpa Carlisle and Dad were trying to find out what was going on. I was sitting next to Justin. We each had a hand resting on my stomach. I couldn't believe this was happening. It wasn't long before Addie's parents walked in and joined our family in the waiting room. Luckily they were close to the hospital and it didn't take them long to get here. Dad came back over and said, "Addie's labor has begun. They have no choice but to take the baby. They're prepping an OR to do a c-section and prepping Addie. All we can do now is wait."

"What about Nate?" Mom asked.

"He wants to be with her when she delivers and they're letting him," Dad replied and my mom, Addie's mom, and Grandma Esme started to cry.

We move to the maternity and wait. We wait there for an hour. The parents pace the floor. Uncle Emmett, Aunt Rosalie, Uncle Jasper, and Aunt Alice try to entertain Tanner, Ashlynn, Jackson, and Emma. Justin asks every few minutes if I need anything. The answer is the same every time. No. I'm fine. The truth is I'm not fine. Addie and I are both eighteen weeks pregnant. If she can go into labor then I can go to labor. I've read the articles online. A baby only has a chance to survive if born at 24 weeks. It'll have a chance at 21 but not any earlier. Addie is at eighteen. Eighteen. Why did she have to go into labor? Why?

Finally Nate walks out of the double doors leading back to the delivery rooms. He's pale white and looks scared. The parents all freeze and look at him and wait for him to say something. "Addie gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. He weighs 9lbs. 2oz. He is full term."

Addie's mom asks, "Can we go see her?" Nate nods yes and they go through the double doors to see their daughter.

Mom and Dad are in shock. Eventually Mom says, "So the baby isn't yours," and then she looks up at Nate. Nate doesn't say anything and Mom shouts, "Nathaniel Anthony Masen Cullen! Is that baby boy in there your son?!"

Nate looks at Mom and says, "There is a possibility that it is my son." Mom falls into Dad's arms and Nate walks back through the double doors.

Mom starts crying and Dad just holds her. Justin asks what I want to do and I reply that I want to go see Addie. We get up and walk through the double doors. I can still see Nate walking. I shout Nate and he stops and turns around. He walks over to me and says, "Morgan."

"Was she really full term?" I ask.

"Yeah."

"You knew?"

"Uh huh."

"Then why'd you tell the family that she was the same as me?"

"Because when Addie went to tell the other guy he told her that he didn't want to have anything to do with her or the baby. She told him that she was going to have a DNA test done when the baby was born and he said she could have all the tests done that she wanted but he wouldn't have anything to do with either of them. So when she told me that she was pregnant and didn't know who was the father and what he had told her I told her that I would be the baby's father. That I didn't care if it was mine or not that I would step up and be the man and take care of the baby and her forever and always."

"Is she going to have a DNA test done?"

"They swabbed my mouth before I went out to tell everybody and then they were going to swab the baby's mouth and send them off to be tested."

"When will you know?"

"Three days."

"What are you going to with Mom and Dad in the meantime?"

"Hopefully they'll understand that this is something I have to do."

"That's a really big hopefully."

"I know. Now can you do me a favor?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Get Mom and Dad to go home or back to Grandma Esme's. Just get them out of the hospital."

"Ok, but first can I ask you one more thing?"

"Yeah."

"How far along was she?"

"38 weeks."

"Ok. Bye Nate," I said and hugged him.

"Bye baby sis," he said as he hugged me back. "Justin take care of her."

"I will. No worries," Justin said.

"Good. See you later," Nate said and walked away.

"See ya Dude," Justin said and then took my hand and we walked out. "Are you ok?" he asked me when we reached his truck.

"Yeah. I'm fine," I said as he helped me in.

"Good," he said when he got. He started the truck and we headed to Grandma Esme's where everybody else was.

BPOV

Edward and I were sitting at the dinning room table. After we had left the hospital we went back to Edward's parents house. Everybody was in shock. Not only had Addie had the baby but she was also full term and the baby might not even be Nate's. Edward had decided that we would come home and wait for him to get home and talk to him about it then.

I heard the front door open and close. "Nate come in the dinning room," Edward said.

It wasn't long before Nate walked in. "Yeah?" he asked.

"Have a seat son. We need to talk," Edward replied.

He sat down across from me and said, "Ok."

"Now what exactly are Addie and her parents going to do?" Edward asked.

"They're running a DNA test today to see if I am the father because if I'm not they're going to try and get the other guy to pay child support or something."

"What are you going to do if you're not the father?" I asked.

"I'm going to be a father to that baby whether or not I'm his biological father or not it doesn't matter to me. I want to be the father figure in his life," Nate responded.

"Why? If it's not your baby then you need to just let go and not get caught up in this," I said.

"No Mom! I'm going to be there for Addie and the baby," Nate said and stormed up the stairs.

"Edward are you going to do something with him?!" I shouted.

Edward held up one finger and when we heard Nate slam his bedroom door he said, "Bella I can't say anything to him."

"Why not?"

"Because he's doing exactly what I would have done when were their age. Even if the baby you loss wasn't mine I still would've been there for you and the baby. I would have raised that baby as if it were my own even if it wasn't. To me Nate is being the bigger person because he's taking responsibility for something that might not even be his responsibility."

"If I hadn't lost the baby and it was Jacob's would you have really stepped up if Jacob hadn't?"

"Bella you're getting off subject."

"Edward I need to know."

Edward put his left hand over my right hand and looked me in the eyes and said, "If Jacob wouldn't have stepped up I would have." I smiled and leaned forward and kissed him on the lips.

"I love you Edward Anthony Masen Cullen," I said.

"And I love you Isabella Marie Swan Cullen," he said. We've been married nineteen years and anytime I heard my name spoke like that I still got chill bumps. In nineteen years you think that being Mrs. Edward Cullen would be no big deal but to me it still is.

"So what are we going to do with our responsible son?" I asked Edward.

"Well I say that we let him do what he wants to do. If he wants to be the father to Addie's baby let him. On the bright side we did raise him right."

"Yeah but still what if he's not the father. Do you think he'll be able to handle taking care of another boy's baby?"

"Do you remember when he was four and decided that he was ready to jump in the deep end of the pool?"

"Yes of course."

"You were worried about him then. You didn't think he'd be able to handle going under the water and not being able to just stand up. But in the end he was able to and in the end of this he'll be able to. Now how about we go get some rest. We've got a long three days ahead of us," Edward said and took my hand as we stood up and lead me up the stairs to our room.

Ok so that's the end of chapter 18. I hope you like it. Now what's going to happen with Nate and Addie. Will Nate be the father? If Nate isn't the father will he still be there for the baby? Read the next chapter and find out. Hopefully it'll be up soon. R&R

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