So, I was watching 16 and Pregnant with one of my nieces when this little story popped into my head. It's my first story so be easy on me but make sure to tell me what you think. :D You'll notice that all the girls are from Washington, I know that's not how it is in the show but I made it that way for a reason. You'll learn why in a couple chapters. :) So, without further ado, Read on.
Disclaimer: SM owns Twilight and whoever made the show 16 and Pregnant owns that.
Bella
30 weeks pregnant
"Ten more weeks," Dad said as we lounged around the living room. "Time sure does fly."
"I know," I said, rubbing my stomach.
"Are you ready?"
"Not even close," I said, honestly. "I'm scared, mainly about the after."
And of course the birth but I refused to think about that just yet.
"I worry about the after too," Dad said, frowning.
"What worries you?" I wondered.
"I worry that Edward won't stick around." he admitted. "I know he talks a good game now but he's only nineteen. Those are prime party years."
"You did it."
"Edward isn't me." Dad retorted.
"I have to have faith in him," I said, quietly.
"But you're worried too." Dad stated.
"A little," I finally admitted. "I know Edward loves me, and he already loves Gianna...I just...he also loves to party and I worry that he'll chose that over us."
Dad nodded, "I worry that too."
"I wish I didn't worry about it."
I wish I had enough faith in Edward to know that he would never ditch me but I didn't. Edward hasn't proven to be the most reliable guy in the world. I can name a handful of times when he's promised to hang out with me but instead he makes up and excuse and I later find out that he was at a party.
"Maybe Gianna will change him," I said, hopefully.
"Gianna will change you both," Dad said. "But she wanted change things in the way you're expecting."
I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose, it was a habit that I had picked up from Edward.
"You're stressing me out, Dad."
Okay, it wasn't really my dad stressing me out. Thinking of the future was stressing me out.
"I think you need to sit Edward down and have a long talk," Dad suggested. "Or maybe we all need to have a talk. Me, you, Edward, and his parents..."
"We already had one, remember?" I asked. "The day we told you."
"That was more of a lecture." Dad sighed.
"You were so disappointed in me," I said, remember that day all to clearly.
"I was," Dad admitted.
"Did you ever think I would give the baby up?"
"Nope," he said.
"Really?" I asked, surprised.
"I know you, Bells," Dad said. "And I know for a fact that you never would've been able to give her up for adoption."
"Did you want me to?"
He was quiet for a few moments, "No. I probably sound bad by saying that but I knew you could do it, even if Edward didn't stick around, Sue and I would be here to help. You're mother didn't like that. Told me that I should let you do it alone, she hoped that'd 'knock' some sense into you."
"I don't get why she's so against me keeping Gianna," I said with a sigh.
"She has good intentions," Dad said. "She wants you to be able to experience everything we never got to."
"I know," And I really did know that which is why I wasn't trying to hold a grudge against her.
"She'll come around," Dad said, hugging me. "Even if it's after Gianna is born."
Since Edward and his family were coming over for dinner tonight anyway, I thought it would be the best time to talk to him. Even though my dad suggested that we all have a talk, I knew that this was something Edward and I needed to do alone.
While Sue prepared dinner, and my dad entertained Carlisle and Esme, Edward and I retreated to my bedroom.
Of course, my dad had to go and embarrass me by telling me to keep the door open. I mean, come on. What am I going to do with a house full of people?
"What's up?" Edward asked as he lifted my shirt up.
"We need to talk," I said, simply as he laid his head on my stomach.
"About?"
"I'm worried."
There I said it.
Edward frowned, "What are you worried about?"
I looked down at picked at my comforter, "You're going to get mad at me."
"Just tell me."
"Okay, I worry that once Gianna is around, you'll choose partying over us."
Edward stilled and even though I wasn't looking at him, I could tell he was mad.
"That's ridiculous." he finally grumbled.
"Is it?" I asked. "Even before I found out I was pregnant, you ditched me to go to parties. I have a reason to worry."
"She's my daughter." he said. "I would never just up and leave."
"So you say now," I continued. "But what happens when all your friends are out partying, or asking you to tag along? You're going to want to go."
"I don't have to stop going completely," Edward said. "But I can limit how often I go."
"That doesn't make me feel any better."
He sighed, "Ben still goes to parties every so often, Angela even goes once in a while. Hell, adults go on dates without kids. Every once in a while, we could take a break and have some fun."
"What's every once in a while?" I asked, knowing that once in a while for Edward was probably every other weekend.
He shrugged, "You don't give me enough credit."
"I'm trying," I said, looking him in the eye. "But seriously, I can't help but worry. How many times have you called me up and told me you couldn't hang out with me because you had to study, when in actuality you went to a party?"
"Is this about me lying?"
"No, yes, I don't know," I sighed, palming my face. "I don't want Gianna growing up without a dad, okay?"
Edward seized my face between his hands and forced me to look at him, "I promise I'll be here. If you want me to stop going out all together, I will."
"I don't want to isolate you."
He rolled his eyes, "I'll be fine."
"I'm not saying you can't ever go out and have a good time, just know what should always come first."
"My family," Edward said, rubbing my stomach. "You'll always come first."
I searched his eyes for a sign that he was lying to me but all I found was genuine sincerity.
I cracked a smile, "Thank you."
He smiled back and kissed my head before placing a kiss on my stomach.
32 weeks pregnant
Edward wasn't lying when he said he would give up partying completely if it made me happy. Though I never told him too, he tried to prove a point to me and when our friends brought up the latest party, he declined.
Instead, he spent those nights with me.
Sometimes we'd watch movies, other times we'd play video games with Seth, but most recently, we decided to get to work on Gianna's nursery.
With Gianna only eight short weeks away, it was time to get my butt in gear. Meaning, I had to start cleaning and stocking up on all the baby supplies, I might need.
The nursery only took about a day and a half to clean out thanks to the help of Edward. We also managed to paint the room, and by we I mean Edward. My feet were killing me by the time we had finished moving everything around.
So, my amazing boyfriend painted, while I ogled him.
We went with the tradition pink themed room but we added different designs on the wall in white. Above where Gianna's crib would eventually be placed, we wrote her name in big white letters.
The next step was shopping, and I was definitely looking forward to that. Edward didn't really want to go but that was okay. It was more of a girl's day anyway.
My best friend, Angela, was coming down with her twins, Leah was coming along, and my very flamboyant friend, Mike, was tagging along.
I was especially excited to see Angela. I haven't seen her in a couple weeks.
Angela, though only seventeen herself, just had twin boys with one of my longtime friends, Ben. We actually met while she was still pregnant and I fell in love with her. She's so funny and outspoken, at least she is now. She was very shy, reserved, when I first met her.
We met Angela at Babies r us. She was just loading the twins into the double stroller when Leah parked in the spot next to her.
"Hey, girlie," I grinned, giving her a big hug. "How have you been?"
"Good," she breathed out. "Very good."
I peeked into the stroller and saw Wesley and Noah very much awake. "How have my favorite men been?" I asked, reaching out to stroke their cheeks.
"A handful," Angela laughed.
"Are they still waking up every hour?"
"Nope," she smiled. "They've finally started sleeping a full four hours."
"Only four hours?" Leah asked with wide eyes. "Damn, that's..."
"Better than when they were only sleeping an hour or two at a time," Angela laughed.
"True."
"Angela this is my friend Leah," I said. "And this is Mike."
"Hey, nice to meet you."
"Likewise," Mike said with a big smile. "Are we ready to shop till we drop?"
"So ready," I said, bouncing in place. I now understand Angela's excitement all those months ago.
We started with the cribs first.
I looked at each one for a long time and even talked to a couple associates about which one would be the best.
I think I about bored poor Leah and Mike to tears. Angela, however, understood and asked just as many questions as I was.
In the end, I ended up getting a solid white crib. The sales associate said that it was the best.
"It better be for eight hundred bucks," Leah said with a whistle. "Damn babies are expensive."
I agreed.
Thankfully, my dad had offered to pay for all this. I didn't have a job as of late and Edward's job didn't pay as much as he liked.
I did plan to get a job as soon as I was able too. I knew my dad made more than enough money to pay for everything she'll ever need but Gianna wasn't his. Part of being a parent was paying for the things your kids need, not having everyone else do it.
Once we moved on from the cribs, we got to bedding. Mike and Leah were a bit more animated this time around as we all debated which one would look good in Gianna's nursery.
In the end, it came down to three different bedding sets. One had an owl/flower theme going on, the other was a pink and green butterfly theme, and the final one was a pink, white, and light brown giraffe theme.
It might have taken me a full thirty minutes to pick out the one I wanted. They were all so good but they were also very pricy so I wasn't about to buy all three of them.
I finally chose the pink, brown, and white giraffe themed bedding set.
The rest of the furniture that would go in Gianna's nursery was easier to choose. I chose a simple white changing table that matched the crib, and a white wingback rocking chair.
"Now the fun part," Mike cheered, doing a little dance. "Clothing."
I grinned and tried not to bounce around too much, as I had little Wesley snuggled in my arms.
Clothes shopping for my little girl was easily the best part. They had so much stuff that I wanted and I tried to limit myself so I wouldn't max out my dad's card but it was hard.
I spent way more than I thought I did. Once everything was rang up, my eyes widened in shock. All the stuff I bought were necessities, though, and so I didn't put anything back.
I would, however, be in debt to my dad for what felt like the rest of my life.
After paying for my purchases, and hauling it all back to the car, I hitched a ride back home with Angela while Leah and Mike rushed home so they could get ready for a party Irina was throwing.
I wanted to call Edward and ask if he was going but decided not to. If he wanted to go, he could go.
The drive was empty when Angela pulled up at my house. I think Seth was at a friend's house and my parents were having a date night so that meant Angela and I were in charge of hauling my purchases up to Gianna's nursery.
The boys were fast asleep so we left them in my bedroom, still in their car seats, and took a couple trips to get Gianna's things from the car.
Once that was all said and done, my feet were killing me and I knew it was time for a break.
"Thanks for coming with me today," I told her as we relaxed on my bed.
"That's what friends are for," she said, smiling.
"I felt bad for Leah and Mike when we were discussing cribs," I said, laughing.
"They'll understand one day," she said. "You've always got to ask those questions, make sure it's the best thing for your little one."
I nodded in agreement.
"Why didn't Edward tag along today? He's usually stuck up your butt."
I snorted, "He thought it would be something girls do together. I happened to agree because I didn't want him to whine all day. You know he would've."
"True." she said. "How are you two doing?"
"Good," I said. "Really good. I sat him down recently and talked about my fears with him and he's been trying to prove that he won't let me be a single mother."
"You were worried about that?"
"He's a party animal," I shrugged. "He's chosen parties over me at least a dozen times in the past."
She frowned, "I would think having a kid would be different."
"It depends on the guy."
"True."
"Does Ben go out and party?"
"He asks permission first," she said, smiling. "I get so confused, like I'm not your mom, you can do whatever, you know. But I still think it's sweet."
"How often does he go out?"
"Only once in a while," she said. "I don't think he's been to any parties, or functions, since last month."
"Do you go sometimes?"
"I went once, twice if you count before I got pregnant." she said. "I don't really like parties all that much."
"I don't mind them but at the same time, I don't care if I have to give them up completely for Gianna."
"You don't have to stop going to parties if you don't want too," she said. "I mean, going every weekend and searching out parties just because isn't alright, in my book at least. But every once in a while it's okay to have a break."
I nodded.
"And tell Edward the same thing," she said. "If you have him on too tight of a leash, it'll make him rebel."
"I was seriously thinking about that today," I said. "I love having him around but he's going to start sneaking off and lying to me if I tell him not to go to parties. And then of course we'll fight, probably break up, he'll run to Irina and...yeah."
"Irina still trying to sink her claws into him?"
"Yep," I said, aggravated. "Can you believe that at one point we were friends?"
In fact, the reason I met Edward was because of Irina. She dragged me to this party to celebrate her newly singled status and that's where we ran into Edward.
I honestly had no clue they had dated because he never came around when I was around. Of course, I found out later that they had and it made me try even harder to stay away from Edward.
"For real?" she asked, surprised.
"Yeah," I said. "She's the reason I met Edward."
"I can kind of see why she hates you," Angela admitted. "You didn't steal him did you?"
"What?" my eyes widened. "No! They actually broke up a couple days prior to us meeting. And after we met, he didn't date her again because he was chasing after me."
"Oh,"
"Yeah," I sighed. "I just want her to go away. It'd be one thing if she just wanted to be friends with him, I could tolerate that because I don't care if he's friends with girls but she's constantly hanging on him, dry humping him and shit..."
Angela busted out laughing, "Sorry."
I laughed, "No it's okay."
"I have to deal with the same stuff with Alexis," Angela said. "She just doesn't want to let go of him and I totally get it. He's an amazing guy."
"He truly is."
Ben was one of the kindest guys I've ever met. He's got a big heart and he'll help anyone who needs it.
Edward jokes that he's the guy version of me.
"How are things between you two?"
"I don't know," she huffed. "He's confusing as ever. One minute he's all lovey dovey, opening doors, kissing my hand, and the next minute, he's friendly but acting as though I'm a business associate rather than a best friend."
"That's Ben for you," I said, rolling my eyes. "Maybe you should make the first move?" I suggested. "Plant a kiss on him and tell him how you feel."
She blushed, "I wish I had that much confidence."
"Don't think about it," I said. "Just do it randomly, no thinking."
"I'd be mortified if he really didn't feel the same way about me as I do him."
"Please, like he'd reject a kiss from you."
I knew Ben, and I also knew that he was head over heels for Angela. He just didn't want to admit to her.
One day, though. I know they'll be together. After all, it's only a matter of time.
34 weeks pregnant
Gianna's nursery was completely set up and ready for her.
Edward and I spent the majority of last weekend, hanging up clothes, putting the crib together and adding last minute decorations.
Now all we had to do was wait a couple more weeks, and our baby girl would be able to sleep in her new room.
Today, Edward and I had an appointment with Melanie Connors, a local photographer. Edward and I were having maternity photos done, much to Esme excitement. She's been trying to book us an appointment since I started my second trimester.
But I've put it off until I had a bigger bump.
Esme and Sue insisted on coming along and well, since there is no saying no to them, they came along.
"Oh, this is so exciting," Esme gushed. "I never got to have a maternity photo shoot when I was pregnant with Edward..."
"Never crossed my mind either," Sue sighed.
"You guys seem more excited than we are," Edward laughed.
"You aren't excited?" Esme frowned.
"No, I am but it's just pictures."
I nodded in agreement.
"You will cherish these pictures when Gianna gets older." Esme said, knowingly.
True.
When we arrived at Melanie's studio, my excitement peaked. Although, I think it's due to our moms. Seriously, they were close to bouncing off the walls about this.
"Hello, momma to be," Melanie greeted. "And Daddy to be. How are you two doing?"
"Great," Edward and I answered.
"Ready to get this show on the road?" she asked, reaching out to rub my stomach.
It was something I've grown use to. People always had to try and touch the bump when talking to me. I was nice about it but when I was with Edward, he pretty much tells the person to fuck off and leave me alone.
"Definitely."
The first pose we did was in front of the standard white backdrop. Melanie set up a couple props for us as well. There was a big moving box with 'it's a' painted on the side, right in front of that was a teddy bear.
When we opened up the box, pink balloons started to float up.
That was a clever idea, I really liked it.
Melanie posed us so that we were a couple inches apart, the only parts of us touching were our noses. She then instructed me to hold my stomach and so I did.
Our moms were both aw'ing from their spot behind our photographer.
We took a couple photos with the backdrop and balloons before we switched it up.
We went outside for a few photos as well. We took a ton of photos and by the end of our session, I was ready to take a long nap. Who knew taking pictures could be that tiring?
We stopped for lunch and during said lunch, Esme and Sue discussed what pictures they would hang up. They wanted to hang them all up but we had a lot so it'd probably end of looking like a shrine to us if they did hang them all up.
I did put in a little input. I wanted to put two pictures in Gianna's nursery but I wasn't sure which two. I liked the first one we took but Edward wanted the one where I was sitting alone on a couch, cupping my stomach. He took a picture of his own on his I phone and it's now his wallpaper.
"You look amazing," he said as we studied the picture.
I have to admit, I really did.
"I want one of us together, though," I said.
"We can put this one up and the one where I'm kissing your stomach," he said.
"Ooh, and then when Gianna's born, you can have her newborn pictures done and hang one up in between those two," Esme said. "Oh, that'd look amazing."
"Newborn pictures?" Edward questioned.
"Well, yeah," Sue said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "We already scheduled with Melanie. It'll be a couple weeks after she's born."
"I'll still be bloated," I whined.
"You need to keep a little meat on your bones," Edward said, shrugging.
I rolled my eyes.
He leaned in so that others wouldn't hear, "Seriously, I love it. Especially, your ass."
I blushed and looked away quickly.
I really hoped no one heard that.
"You'll look great," Esme continued.
"Plus, they focus more on the baby during the newborn shoots. There will be a couple with you and Edward but Gianna will go solo for most of them."
I nodded, definitely looking forward to that.
After lunch, we dropped our mothers off at home and went to hang out with Edward's friends.
To be honest, I only tolerated Rebecca out of the group. She was a down to earth girl and fun to be around but the rest of his friends weren't. They didn't really like me because I was younger and because they think I'm making Edward miss out on life.
And they just so happened to be Irina's number one fans so yeah, it was kind of awkward.
"Hey, Bella," Rebecca greeted as we entered the bowling alley.
"Hey."
"Ugh, what's she doing here?" Irina asked, quietly. Although, it wasn't quiet enough since I still heard her.
Edward took a seat and pulled me onto his lap. I smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss.
"So, what did you two do today?" Rebecca asked
"We had maternity photos done," Edward said. "I've got a few on my phone. Want to see?"
"I do," Rebecca squealed. "Gimme."
Edward passed her his phone.
"Aw," A couple others hovered over her to see the pictures, even Irina. Though she wasn't happy afterward.
"I like this one, and this one, the most," Both the pictures were solo shoots of me.
"You look hot," Hunter agreed. "I'd hit that."
"Fuck off," Edward punched him in the shoulder.
"Ow, it was a compliment." he grumbled, rubbing his arm.
"Aren't you deterred by the fact that she's pregnant?" Casey asked.
"Why would it? You can't get a pregnant girl, pregnant a second time." he said, winking at me.
"I get that a lot."
"And just when do guys say this to you?" Edward asked, angry.
I shrugged, "I get it quite often when I go to parties."
Edward grumbled something under his breath.
"You know I only have eyes for you."
The side of his mouth twitched.
"Ugh," Irina gagged.
"Got a problem, Irina?" Edward asked.
"Do you two have to be like that all the time?"
"Jealous?"
She didn't respond which caused the boys to laugh out 'Hell yeah she is'. I could tell she was embarrassed and I felt bad for her but the evil glares she proceeded to give me the rest of the night soon made me not give a care.
Sorry, it took me so long to update. RL got in the way. I don't know when the next chapter will be up but I'm hoping it'll be up Sunday morning or Sunday night. If not it'll be sometime during the week. :D
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