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"Rose, please tell me you told him." Alice whispered as she pulled me into a deserted hallway at her parents house. Emmett and I had just arrived at Thanksgiving dinner, and the minute I walked in the door Alice was on me asking questions.
"It just hasn't been the right time." I shrugged.
"It been five days." She exclaimed. Everyday since I had found out I was pregnant, Alice had been trying to force me to tell Emmett. But in all honesty, it hadn't been the right time.
"He's been really stressed." And, I was terrified to tell him, but she already knew that.
"Rose this is ridiculous. You have to tell him." She chided. "How did you not tell him the first night?"
"Fuck!" I hear Emmett yell as enter the house. I won't lie, my hands were shaking. I had just left my best friends house and found out that there was a good chance that I was pregnant.
"Emmett." I said timidly. That was not exactly what I wanted to hear when I came home tonight.
"They fucking lost it." He said to me with his jaw set.
"Who lost what?" I asked confused.
"Those motherfuckers lost a $2000 dollar radio at work and guess who it was checkout under. I'm going to kill them." He growled.
"I don't get." I shrugged.
"That means they are docking my pay by $2000." He said to me like he was talking to a child.
"I'm sorry." That was the only answer I could come up with.
"Yea me too." He mumbled grabbing beer out of the fridge. I watched as he trudged over to the couch and turn the TV to College football. "Worst day of my life." He added as he placed his feet on the coffee table.
"You can say that again." I added under my breath.
"What?" He looking up at me.
"Nothing." I shook my head. No need to make his day worse. "Did you eat dinner?"
"It wasn't the right time." I answered Alice. Yeah, that was the best way to describe it. Emmett was so mad that night that he barely touch the food I had made him. That was the nail in the coffin. I wasn't telling Emmett until he was having a good day. Unfortunately, none have shown up yet.
"What do you mean it wasn't the right time?" Alice scolded.
"He was having a really bad day." I shrugged looking at the ground. I knew it was a bad excuse.
"You have to tell him eventually. Stop acting like a child and do it." She raised her eyebrows as she spoke.
"Don't say child." I interrupted instinctively putting my hands on my stomach.
"You're still freaked out." She said lighting her tone.
"How could I not be? I'm throwing up multiple times a day. It's going to be a miracle if I make it through this dinner. There are moments that I just want to cry, Alice. Cry! I don't cry that often. Also I have to pee like every three minutes. What the hell it wrong with me?"
"Oh you're so pregnant. That's called a mood swing." Alice smiled.
"I don't appreciate your sarcasm."
"What do you tell Emmett when he notices you throwing up all the time?" She asked.
"Stomach flu."
"He believes thats?" She asked surprised.
"He's a man. He believes anything I say."
"Whatever. All I have to say is you better tell him before I make you."
"How could you make me?" I challenged.
"Give him a home pregnancy test."
"You're evil."
"I'm not kidding."
"I get it. I get it." I surrendered.
"Good. Now lets go see what everyone else is doing." Alice said grabbing my hand pulling me into the living room. Jasper, Emmett and Carlisle were all sitting on the couch watching football with a beer in hand while Edward was sitting in the love seat reading the newspaper. Figures.
"Rose there you are." Esme said as she walked into the living room. As she spoke, all eyes in the room turned towards me. Carlisle and Jasper gave me a brief nod before they turned back towards the TV. Both Edward and Emmett's eyes barely left their forms of entertainment.
"What have you two been up too?" Esme looking Alice's hand clasping mine. My eyes went wide. Does she know? They call that a woman's intuition right. Oh god she knows.
"Girl talk." Alice answered nonchalantly.
"Ooo, Well you don't you two join the girls in the kitchen then." She smiled before turning to the boys. "Dinner will be ready in an hour. And I don't care if the game isn't over. You will be at the table in an hour. TV off. Got it?" All the men nodded there heads in understanding.
"Good." She smiled before turning back to Alice and I as we headed to the kitchen.
"Men are like children. Sometimes you have to lay down the law." Esme said as we walked into the kitchen. Must everyone mention children right now.
"Hey Rose." Bella said as she cut lettuce for a salad. Leave it to Esme to find way to make in Thanksgiving semi-healthy.
"Hey." I said scanning the room. Nessie was seat that the kitchen table coloring, and hadn't looked up to greet me since I walked in. Guess she's still mad.
"So what were you ladies talking about?" Esme asked from behind me. I turned to face her, and jumped when I saw what she was holding. Of should I say who. Amelia was reaching out for me from her grandmothers arms.
"I think she want her Aunt Rose to hold her." My eyes widened as Esme cooed. I looked out the corner of my eye to see Alice smirking at me. She knew exactly what I was thinking. This whole being pregnant thing was haunting me.
"I don't think it's a good idea for me to hold her. I'm a little sick." That wasn't exactly a lie.
"Oh dear, I hope you feel better." Esme said pulling Amelia protectively towards her.
"Something tells me it is going to take a while for Rose to get better." Alice added. I turned my head quickly to face her and glared. She better keep her damn mouth shut.
"Well I hope not." Esme replied squinting her eyes at both of us. She knew we where hiding something.
"Rose maybe this will cheer you up, Esme made your favorite." Bella said pulling the sweet potatoes out of the oven. Shit. I thought as my stomach lurched. I closed my eyes trying to focus on anything but the smell. This baby isn't even going to let me have my favorite fucking foods. Damn it.
"Rose you okay?" Bella asked.
"Yea." I whispered opening my eyes. "I just remembered that really wanted to watch that football game." Before I gave anyone a chance to comment, I ran out of the kitchen and into the living room. The men hadn't moved an inch. I walked over to the couch and squeezed in next to Emmett.
"What's up?" He asked still not taking his eyes off the TV.
"Don't feel well." I whispered.
"Still?" He turned towards me. I nodded my head.
"Rose if you're not feeling well you can come to my office tomorrow and we can get you checked out." Carlisle said.
"Oh I don't know if it's that serious." I huffed.
"I think it's a good idea." Emmett replied.
"Great. Just show up anytime tomorrow and I'll fit you in. It's not too busy." He shrugged before turning back to the TV. Emmett followed suit as if it was a done deal.
Well Shit.
An hour later, we were all sitting in the dining room watching Carlisle carve the Turkey. And to be honest he was struggling. The knife had slipped like ten times, and it looked like the turkey had been attacked by a chainsaw.
"I love thanksgiving." Emmett said smiling trying to fill the silence. "It's definitely my favorite holiday."
"Because it involves food?" Edward asked. Emmett glared back at him.
"I love thanksgiving too, Uncle Em." Nessie added from across the table.
"Of course you do. You're not a grinch like your father." Emmett winks at her.
"You know what we did at school yesterday?" Nessie asked excitedly.
"What's that kiddo?"
"We said what we were thankful for."
"You know what that's a great idea, why don't we go around the table and say what we are thankful for." Esme said.
"Can I start?" Nessie begged.
"Of course." Esme answered.
"I'm thankful for my family." Nessie smiled bouncing in her seat before turning to at her father. "Your turn daddy."
"I'm thankful for you." He said kissing the top of Nessie's head. Everyone continued to say what they were thankful for. Most mentioning there families or significant others until we got to my husband.
"I'm thankful for the PlayStation 4 Rose is going to get me for Christmas." My eyes widened as I turned to look at him.
"Seriously, all your thankful for is something you don't have yet." I said.
"And you." He added slowly obviously trying to cover his ass. I rolled my eyes.
"Well on that note." I continued. "I'm thankful for massage Emmett's going to give me everyday for the rest of the year." I smiled at him in a challenge.
"As long as I get a happy ending. It's a done deal." He responded.
"What's a happy ending?" Nessie asked and the room fell dead silent. I guess you can't say that in front of kids.
"Candy." Bella answered quickly before turning to Emmett and I shaking her head.
"Alice your turn." I said trying to change the subject.
"Well I know what I am thankful for." She said looking straight at me. "The gift that Rose is going to give us." My eyes widened as I the words left her mouth. She wouldn't.
"Babe brought a gift?" Emmett asked confused. I looked around the room to see confusion on every ones face but Alice's. That bitch looked smug.
"Yea but it's for later. Much later." I answers slowly starring at Alice.
"Like a couple months later." Alice added winking at Emmett.
"Why do I feel like I'm missing something?" Emmett asked.
"Nothing. You're missing nothing." I said turning away from Alice smiling at him. "Gosh, I'm starving." I added reaching for the green beans trying to get the attention off of me. Everyone watched quietly as I piled the vegetables onto my plate.
"Want some?" I turned and asked Emmett who was eyeing my suspiciously. From the look on his face I knew he wasn't going to let this go, but for the moment he let it slide as he nodded his head. Counting my blessing, I began to put the food on his plate.
"Well I guess it is time to eat." Esme said sitting down as Carlisle passed out turkey. I politely declined the sweet potatoes thinking that it would be better for my stomach. That got me another weird look from Emmett. He knew something was up.
"Rose I got one of your favorite wines. Would you like some?" Carlisle asked handing me the large blue bottle. My eyes widened as I looked at the label.
"Absolutely." I said reaching for my glass.
"Rose." Alice chided from across the table.
"What?" I asked looking at her.
"Your kidding me right?" She whispered loud enough for everyone to hear. Why does Alice ruin all my fun?
"One glass won't kill me, Alice."
"I'm not worried about you." She said looking at my stomach. That was not subtle at all. I was going to say that I read online that one glass of wine won't kill or harm the baby. She needs to relax. But to keep from making a scene, I did it her way.
"You know what Alice is right? I haven't been feeling well maybe I should hold off on the wine." I said to Carlisle placing a hand over my wine glass.
"I think that's a good choice dear." Esme commented smiling at me. Fuck she knows.
I smiled back at her, then grabbed my fork and began stabbing my plate. Before I could even get food in my mouth, Emmett arm was behind my chair and he was whispering in my ear as he rubbed the back of my neck.
"I don't know what going on. But I wanna know when we get home." I nodded my head while I shoved stuffing in my mouth. It could be worse. He could be mad. Or he is mad and trying really hard to hide it. I hope it's the former, but the there's a better chance it is the latter.
"Well we should get going." Emmett said stretching as he pushed his empty plate that once held both his pie and mine away from him. I didn't eat very much. It wasn't that I didn't want to but my stomach turned every time I put food in my mouth, so Emmett finish off my plates.
"Thank you for coming." Esme smiled walking over to us as we stood up. She hugged Emmett tightly and kissed his cheek before walking over to me.
"You tell everyone when you're ready, sweetheart. Your secrets safe with me." She whispered before pulling back and winking. At least she can keep a secret unlike her daughter.
As we walked around the room saying our goodbyes, Alice gabbed my hand and looked at Emmett.
"I'm going to borrow her for one second. She'll meet you outside." She said.
"Like I have a choice." Emmett mutter walking out to the Jeep.
"What the hell was that, Rose? You can't drink alcohol!" She scolded me after Emmett left.
"I read online it was okay. I just couldn't have more than two glasses." I defended.
"That's after the first trimester."
"Really?" I asked confused.
"This is why you need to tell Emmett. You need to see a doctor."
"Well, now I have to tell him tonight, thanks to you."
"I had to force you some how." She smiled as I bit my lip in worry. "It's going to be fine. Emmet's not going to be mad. Relax." She added trying to ease my worry.
"I just...I just don't want to stress him out more than he already is. And also I'm going to be a horrible parent, I just risked my baby's life on what I read on the internet." I whined.
"You'll be fine. But you'll be better after you tell Emmett. And a doctor will tell you everything you need to know. You'll be okay. Now go. I'm sure Emmett really want to talk to you." She said pushing me out the door.
"Whose fault is that?" I mumbled.
"Your welcome." She yelled as I walked with heavy feet out the Jeep.
The whole ride back to the house was silent. Emmett would look over at me every once and a while, but couldn't seem to find the words he wanted to say. After ten minutes he found them.
"So that was nice."
"Yep." I answered.
"Esme packed us enough food to feed a fucking army." I nodded my head.
After a few minute of silence he huffed.
"Rose are going to tell me what's going on?" He asked finally getting to the point he wanted to make.
"What do you mean?" That wasn't exactly what I wanted to say. I knew what he meant.
"I mean what's going on the you and Alice. You two were having an entire conversation in code over dinner."
"Oh that." I said trying to blow it off.
"Yea that." I could feel his anger rising. Emmett hated being left in the dark. Especially about things that could involve him, and Alice didn't even try to hide that it involved him.
"Maybe we should wait to talk about it until we get home." I looked over at him in time to see his grip tighten on the wheel.
"Why?"
"I don't think it is news you want to hear while you are operating a moving vehicle."
"Rose, why does Alice know and I don't?" He was changing his tactics.
"Umm.." I don't even know how to answer that without giving it away. This was not going well.
"I mean, Alice seems to know everything about you before I do. Throughout dinner, everyone was looking to me for answers, and I couldn't give them because I don't know what's going on. Your husband doesn't know what's going on!" As he slammed his fist into the wheel, tears came to my eyes.
"I'm...I'm sorry." I said quietly as the began to fall.
"You don't have to be sorry. I just want to know what is going on?" He looked over at me and my lower lip began to shake. "Damn it, Rose. Don't cry." He added annoyed.
"I'm sorry. I can't help it." I whispered wiping my face.
"What do you mean you can't help it? You never cry." He rolled his eyes and went back to looking at the road. The longer I stayed quiet the madder he would get. It was now or never.
"Last weekend, when I went to see Alice... You know that day that the radio was lost." I was babbling. I felt pressured. I wanted to do this right. Congratulate him. Hug and kiss. But he was too mad, and I stayed quiet too long.
"She pointed out something. And it turned out to be true." I paused taking a deep breath. Preparing myself for this moment. But apparently I paused to long.
"What did she point out Rose?" He was getting frustrated, and my tears started to flow harder.
"That I'm...that I might be...um... you see we took a.." I couldn't get the words out. And the pressure he was putting on me wasn't helping.
"Just say it." He urged in an angry tone.
"I'm pregnant." I whispered.
"Fuck."
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