Authors Note-

Disclaimer- S. Meyer owns all things Twilight.

BPOV

Edward looked over at me, frusteration evident on his face. I rested my hand over his, letting out a long sigh. I'd really rather not be arguing about this with him, because it was only making us both frusterated, but it was something we really needed to talk about.

Edward wanted to quit school and start working full time to be able to take care of the baby when it's here, and I was trying to explain to him, that if we just moved into one apartment together, with just an extra room, the money we make put together, would be able to support everything. Together, we could both make around nineteen hundred to two thousand dollars in a month, and with a good apartment, we could definitely be able to handle it. We could have more money then that, but with my hours being cut down alot, I don't get as much. I work three times a week for about three hours each day, which was cleared with my

I would have to stop school for awhile, put it off, or maybe take a few online courses at nighttime when I am not working or taking care of the baby. I wanted Edward to become what he wanted, not put something on hold that he shouldn't have to.

We obviously decided to get an apartment together soon, and Edward had talked to his dad a bit. And he was helping us out with online searching. We hadn't really had time to look online ourself, but Carlisle and Esme were helping us out immensely.

I knew that my parents were aware of what's been going on, Carlisle and Esme said that they were telling them a bit, but they were still encouraging both of them to just give us a call and actually listen.

Edward and I decided to just move a little up North of Manhattan closer to his college a bit. Both of our colleges would be about fifteen minutes away by car around the area we were loking around.

" Look, Carlisle is looking at Brownstones in the area, and the prices for two bedroom, one bath, kitchen and living room are around seven hundred and fifty. Which leaves us with a little over a thousand dollars. Phone bill thirty bucks a month, electronics around one hundred, and the water bill the same. The rest can be for food."

" I don't want us to just barely make it, Bella. I want to have breathing room."

" Edward, how much money is in your account right now?"

" Around four thousand, plus the money that my parents put away from me."

" Exactly, and I have just above two thousand, okay? Basically, we will still be building up slowly. It's all going to be okay. I mean, unless you don't want to get an apartment together."

" Bella, we can't not get an apartment. I won't be apart from my own child. What happens if you have a hard night, your tired, overworked from spending most of the day with he or she. I want to be right there you to help out. If it weren't for me, we wouldn't be in this mess."

I sighed, running my hand through my hair and resting my elbows on the counter.

" I'm so frusterated."

" No, love, your right. This is all just so difficult, and we just need to get all of this done so we can settle."

I stood up and filled up a glass of water, draining half of the cup. I slid Edward a Coke and he popped it open, taking a large few gulps from the can. When I walked over to him, I sat on his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck. He held me close to him, kissing the side of my head and curling me close to his chest.

" Everything will be okay, I promise you." he whispered, " Everything will work out somehow, and things will just be great after all of this apartment and money business is over."

Suddenly, as I took one step forward, I felt the wooden floor cave in slightly and I gasped. Edward grabbed tightly onto me, pulling me back towards the foyer. We looked at the lady of the building, and Edward glared harshly at her, as if she were the one that made the floor cave in.

" Obviously this building is not well cared for. My girlfriend is pregnant, she could have fallen through and gotten hurt." Edward spat.

The ladies face reddened, " I am very sorry, Mr. Cullen. But it is very fixable, for only a few hundred it can be replace-"

" I'm sorry, but I don't think we are interested. Thank you so much for your time." I interrupted nicely as Edward led us out.

He crossed out another on our list and sighed. " That's two. Next one...Three minutes away." he said, putting the address into the GPS. We had our places in order, and planned to spend around twenty minutes looking at each place, because we had made appointments with the buildings owner.

The next one was very pretty, two stories and it was white brick with wrought iron railings going up the cement stairs. Edward opened my door and gripped my hand, walking up towards the door. Before we could knock, the door opened and a man who looked to be around late twenties opened the door. He greeted and welcomed us into the apartment.

I took notice as to how he looked at me. His eyes widened when he saw my somewhat protruding stomach. We looked through all of the rooms, the bedrooms were a bit too small, and the bathroom...Well, I could just barely stand it in, and there was only a deep bathtub that looked like a hole in the floor. When we reached the kitchen, Edward and I walked towards the cabinets to check them out, it was a decent place, but we had to make sure there were no bugs or anything.

" There is actually a bug i-" I gasped " -Issue."

A cricket bounced right past me and I screamed. Edward came towards me, and I noticed ants on the counter, walking around in groups of ten. Holy christ, this really wasn't going to be easy trying to find a place for both of us to live in.

Edward and I walked out straight away without another word, ignoring all of the man's talk about using Raid to rid of the issues. I didn't think so. I wanted to be in a place that had been inspected by someone certified, knowing what the hell they were doing, not a lazy owner that thought painting the walls and cleaning the mirrors would make the place beautiful.

The next place we went to was also really nice, it was next to the end/corner brownstone in a group of five. At this point, Edward and I were a little bit frusterated. The outside was a grey brick, very crisp and nice looking. A lady in a pencil skirt suit opened the door. She was blonde, her hair long, and she looked really nice.

" You must be Isabella and Edward Cullen, it's very nice to meet you, I am Veronica Lutz."

We smiled and she opened the door up further to show us the foyer.

It also looked to be the living room, and it was very nice.

We stepped onto the shiny dark wood floor and into the apartment. She shut the door behind us.

" Well, before I show you the rooms, I had someone come out to inspect the building, the entire building just to make sure there were no bugs, rotten floorboards or ceilings. Everything came out nice, and just to keep any kind of bug out, they sprayed all along the building including the back so that no bugs from anyother places could get in. The building is still fairly new, and everything is perfectly intact. Only two people have lived here before you, and it was inspected even after the last couple left."

Score!

She walked to the left and opened a door, which was a small powder room, but it was nice. We walked around the living area, which was basically extending to the foyer, Off to the left was a decent sized kitchen, it was really nice and had good cabinets and countertops. On the opposite side across the living room was a small dining room, a nice light unit above.

The stairs were right there upon walking in the house, and they were wooden and spiralled. Upstairs there were two bedrooms, and a bathroom attached to one of them. They were a good size, not big, but not small. We checked the closets and everything. This place was almost too good to be true.

We headed back downstairs after looking over everything, seating ourselves on the stools to discuss rent.

" So, your both students. NYU and Columbia? You said that on the phone?" she asked

" Yes."

" Okay, since your both students you would only have to pay six hundred a month, which is two hundred off rent. We do this for all students. What's both of your income for your work?"

" I make about thirteen hundred a month, and Bella makes about half of that." Edward answered, " I work almost full time now since it's the summer, but my girlfriend works less because of her pregnancy."

Her eyes went to me, " Oh, your expecting! I would have never guessed!"

I smiled and Edward rubbed my thigh, " Yes, and I'm not sure if I am going to be continueing at Columbia, in a few months I might start doing online classes instead."

" Well, the rent would still say the same. For electricity and the water bill, that all depends on what you use, but from the income your currently making together, I don't see why I couldn't rent this place to you if you wish to."

" Do you mind if we talk for just a moment?" Edward asked.

She quickly stood, " Of course. I'll be just in the front."

Once she had left, Edward looked over at me.

" What do you think?"

" I think it's good. Price is reasonable, and I think that this could really work. It's not far from where I work, and Columbia is just less then ten minutes more away from my other place. It's very beautiful and spacious. What do you think?"

" It's good, not far from work or school, and the rent is good. It's really neat, and there are no bugs or other creepy crawlers. Those other people must think we are nutters if they thought we were renting them...Think we should sign some papers?"

We stood and Edward wrapped me in his arms, " We're home."

Edward and I signed the papers for our new place that day and the keys were given to both of us. It had been the end of May, the rent for the month on our old apartments already paid off and everything, so we really had to get to packing.

Angela and Ben were helping me alot, we'd become really great friends over the time of knowing eachother. But Angela and I still agreed to have lunch together sometime during the week like we normally do. Ben and Edward did alot of the furniture related things, and I packed up my cd's, art things, books and movies firstly.

Later on came the pots and pans, mostly all silverware and a few other kitchen appliances. I lived off of what I had in the cabinets and fridge mostly, or Edward and I went out for dinner. Edward and I had completely emptied out my apartment, taking the rest of the food over to his apartment and I stayed their. I handed my keys in and Edward and I had to finish up his place.

I realized that very last night in Edward's apartment and I would be sharing a bed with him. We would be living together, sharing a closet, bathroom, kitchen and everything else. On the Saturday morning, a week before my four month doctors appointment, Edward and I had completely cleared out the space of his apartment and it was all shoved into our brownstone. The owner of Edward's building let him slide by a few days.

As we stood in the crowded living room, I looked at Edward.

" Which couch? Black leather or white plush couch?"

We looked at eachother, " Leather."

Edward got the mattress upstairs somehow, and I helped him the best I could, once the end table's and mattress was set up, Edward let me fix up the bedroom. Since the walls were a deep red, we just decided to get new sheets, making me branch out from my purple. The sheets were now a gold and white mixture. There were already dark wood shelves on the wall, matching the floor, four long ones. I put Edward and I's books on them, to which they basically took up most of it. I put Edward's iDoc on the corner of it, plugging it in.

I put the gold lamps on the end tables, same ones Edward had at his apartment, and put one of the yankee candles that I have. In the bathroom, Edward and I used my old bathroom things, light blue rugs and towels. I put all of our things in the shower, put Edward's shaving things on the counter, along with our toothbrushes in a holder and I set a few of my hair products on the counter. In the cabinets below I put the toliet paper, bath towels, blow drier and my curling iron in it.

I laid the gold rug in the bedroom, and on my new side of the bed, I put a few of my personal items. I don't think Edward wants to see my tampons in the bathroom, even though I haven't used them in months, so I just tucked them in there.

Once I finished in both of those rooms, I went downstairs. Boxes were still scattered everywhere, and Edward carried the clothes upstairs for me, giving me a kiss before leaving me to put them in the closet, luckily, we kept them on the hangers so it was easy. He'd rather use more boxes then have to do all of that work. I put the shoes on the floor on our sides, and hung the clothes on the bar. Above on the shelf, I put our extra blankets that we kept, just in case we had company of anything. Our pajama pants, jeans and underwear went into two seperate dressers. They didn't completely match the room, but it didn't look stupid.

The bedroom looked really nice, I hoped Edward liked it. He would have to hang the curtains, but it was really nice.

I headed downstairs, exhausted, and got a drink of water. Edward had already fixed the kitchen up, and he was sorting out the living room. His expensive stereo looked damn heavy, and somehow he got it upstairs into the bedroom. It fit in there comfortably, but he was going to put more shelves in for his music.

" It looks great, baby." Edward murmured, pulling me into his arms and hugging me tightly. It was only two in the afternoon and I was exhausted.

" Nap." he groaned, pulling me towards his- our bed.

I sat down on the bed, I'd already been wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt, Edward was fully dressed. He slipped his shoes off and curled up with me ontop of the sheets, smiling at me.

" Should I promise not to piss on the toilet?"

" Mhm. And keep the lid down."

He chuckled, " I'll try."

" We've lived together before."

" Drove eachother crazy."

I pressed my lips against his, chastely kissing him before pulling away. He rested his chin ontop of my head and I breathed in his scent, relaxing at the familar smell.

After a nice two hour nap, Edward and I pealed out of bed and went downstairs for an early dinner. He made some breaded lemon chicken and some liptons garlic herb rice which was pretty good.

When we had finished eating, I set up the bathroom with Edward's bathroom towels and rugs, which was a pretty quick process. Afterwards I helped him out. For the time being, his music was in the dining room, and we put his television on my coffee table, and used his coffee table just for stray things like magazines, drinks or whatever. He set up the book shelf in the corner and put all of our movies, along with a few scattered pictures on the shelf, with candles and other tiny knick knacks.

There was still a few pictures and things to hang on the wall, but Edward and I decided to save it for tomorrow.

We both took showers and changed into our pajama's. Edward and I crawled under the covers, and made our way to the middle of the bed and wrapped up together.

" Good home?"

I nodded, " Very good home."

Edward rested his hand on my stomach, rubbing gently. Just then, I suddenly felt shifting inside of me, and something brushing against my stomach, almost kicking. I froze.

" What?" Edward asked, startled.

" I felt...him/ her whoever, moving, I felt a brush, almost a kick."

Edward stilled his hand, and I felt the same odd feeling again. He looked up at me.

" I felt it." he breathed. " Oh my god, I felt it."

" Someone is really in there." I whispered, looking down at my stomach.

" OUR someone."

I felt Edward's lips brush mine gently, his free hand running over my cheek gently. My lips moved against his slowly, and I ran my hands up the back of his shirt. He moaned quietly and pulled away from me, tossing his shirt over his head.

" Stress level?"

" I'm okay," I whispered, running my hands over the planes of his chest. He kissed each of my slim fingers before pulling his lips back to mine.

" Sure, baby?" Edward asked, fiddling with the hem of my shirt.

" Yeah."

The next day after some well earned sleep, we got up at around seven. Edward had to work at nine, and he started putting nails in walls for me to start hanging a few things on the wall. He gave me a long lingering kiss before walking out the door.

For Edward's motorcycle, since we had a small little backyard, we rolled it back there to keep it safe. Edward said that in the winter we could find a way to cover it up really good. For alot of the afternoon I put up pictures and put small things in it's place. It was a gloomy day out, and I lite some candles and cleaned up the wood stairs. I wished they had carpet, but it was as good as we could get.

I took a nap in the afternoon and at around four I made myself a sandwich. Just as I sat down on the couch, the front door opened and Edward walked through. His face was a mixture of shock and excitement. I looked at the clock, he still had just under two hours until he was due home.

" Hey, wha-"

" I was promoted to Manager." Edward bursted out.

" What? Oh my god, really?" I set my plate down and stood up.

Edward took me in his arms and held me tight. I pulled away from him, just as surprised as he was. He sat down on the couch and pulled me into his lap. For a moment he was quiet, and I leaned against his chest, smiling.

" Jenna, she was the manager and apparently she left for Harvard. I mean, she's left before and I told you that I normally took over for her with the ads, checking menu's, food sales and other things. Obviously they had one other manager that helped out, but I did alot of it. Well, they said that they really would think I would be good for Manager since I've done it. Basically I don't have to wait tables anymore. I have to make sure everyone does their job and take care of all the advertisement and everything else. They gave me a raise up to eight fifty an hour."

" Oh my god this is...this is amazing!"

I wrapped my arms around Edward's neck and he kissed my temple.

" Finally...Things are going to be okay, Bella."

The rest of the day we had celebrated his promotion, and the next day I worked for three hours. When I had gotten home there was a message on my phone when I turned it back on. It was from Carlisle. I listened to it as I took some left over rotisserie chicken from two nights ago. It was still good, and I sliced it thin as I prepared a sandwich with french bread and arugula with some lemon miracle whip.

" Hello, Bella. I hope all is okay since you can't get to the phone, but I wanted to call and see if it would be okay if the four of us came up to New York next week on Saturday; and stay until Tuesday. You can call the house or Esme, or even me. Don't need an imediate answer, darling, if you don't feel comfortable it's fine. I love you, tell my son the same. Bye."

I took a deep breath and set my phone down after erasing the message. I would definitely talk to Edward before deciding to invite them here. He lived here, too, and I wouldn't do anything without talking to him first about it.

When he got home, I had a pot of turkey rice soup already warmed up and cooked on the stove. We ate on the floor, just like old times in my apartment, and I told him about the message I got from Carlisle.

After talking about it from many angles, Edward and I agreed to let them all come here to spend an extended weekend with us. I didn't want to cut my parents out of my life, and maybe spending some time with them would make things less strained as it is right now.

We called back Carlisle and Esme, who were ecstatic to see us and the new apartment. We figured we could leave the white plush couch in the living room for the time being. They said that they would talk to my parents and that they would see us very soon, apparently, they had already booked the tickets before agreeing, that's how excited they were

For the rest of the week, I was very on edge and stressed out over seeing my parents. Edward tried his best to keep my soothed, but I was nervous to see my parents. They were still angry, and I didn't want them yelling in our home. I couldn't deal with that with all of this stress piled ontop of my shoulders.

They were going to be taking a taxi here, because they were landing around the time I had my four month appointment.

That morning, I was as stressed out as ever. Edward woke me up by placing tiny kisses all over my neck, it made me smile for a moment. He frowned at my own frown, taking me into his arms to hold me close against him.

" It'll be fine. I promise. Bella, you've been tense and stressed all week, this isn't good for you."

I sighed, " I know. It's just so hard, Edward."

His lips met mine in a passion-filled kiss, and he stood me up, leading me towards the bathroom as we pealed eachothers clothes off and stepped into the warm stream of water. Edward held onto me, tanging his hands in my now wet hair.

After a good shower we got out and dried off. Edward dressed in the bedroom while I blow dried my hair, which I did as quickly as I could as he got dressed. When he returned, I curled my hair as he shaved and brushed his teeth. I stared at him, the boy next to me that I'd known all my life.

He didn't even look like a boy anymore, Edward looked like a man. A handsome one at that.

" Why are you staring at me like that?" he asked as I unplugged the curling iron.

" You look so much like...a man."

He chuckled, " I should take that as a compliment, right?"

" It's just weird. Remembering us as little kids, preteen, young teens, and teens and then adults. It's weird."

" Well, you look like a women to me. Take that compliment."

I rolled my eyes.

His arms slid around my waist and around my stomach. " Beautiful curves."

" Edward, I'm pregnant."

" And still gorgeous. Your face is still thin, as well as your fingers and ankles. No double chin. All you've got is a beautiful bump that I love."

I smiled and turned around in his arms. He fiddled with the towel around me, and I glared playfully at him, kissing his collarbone before walking towards the bedroom. It was nice and warm outside today, and I lotioned up my legs and put on a pair of denim walking shorts, along with a fitted black v-neck shirt. It showed my bump a little, then again, alot of my clothes were starting to feel a little bit too snug.

Edward tossed me a pair of red sandal kitten heels, only an inch high. I looked over at him and he smiled brilliantly. I relented and put them on just to appease him. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth, putting on a little bit of makeup and a spritz of perfume, and Edward and I headed downstairs.

We ate a small breakfast and then Edward and I headed out.

Edward and I entered the office and were called on relatively quickly to go in. I was nervous to see Dr. Hemmingway, I hoped that the babies heart rate was back to normal. I didn't want to go on complete bed rest, but if I had to, I would. The babies health came first.

" How's everything been going? Been keeping calm."

" I'm trying." I said with a deep breath.

She smiled, " Any plans for the weekend?"

" Our families are flying in this afternoon, and they are staying with us a few days."

" Oh! That ought to be fun."

" Or a total disaster." I muttered as I laid back. Edward rubbed my arm and Dr. Hemmingway pulled up my shirt and started with the jell.

Once she put the detector on my stomach, she moved it around to find the babies heartbeat. It took her a moment before I heard the sound take over the room. I sighed and looked at the skin. The baby was getting bigger at this point, almost looking like a real human.

" You can see the babies legs, and the arms. You can also see the head."

She pointed everything out for me before taking a moment of silence and checking the heartbeat. She sighed and looked over at me.

" Have you been taking it easy as I said?"

" Yes."

She looked at Edward, who looked at me.

" Bella is only working three hours, only a few days a week. This week knowing our parents are going to be here has been stressful."

" The heartrate dropped a little bit, I would really at this point want you on bedrest for the rest of the pregnancy. Only get up to use the washroom, or anything necessary to stand. We have to keep it up, or you could lose the baby."

Tears leaked out of the corners of my eyes. Edward leaned over and kissed my temple.

" You have to try, Bella."

Dr. Hemmingway got us pictures and I cleaned off my stomach and sat up. She looked straight away.

" Bella, you really need to focus on the baby. Eating good, resting, even if it's more then a normal amount of time. In the womb, that's where the baby is protected, and at this time, the baby needs food, and a relaxing little home. Do you see a therapist?"

" The stress is because of the baby, and because the acceptance and adjustments because of it."

Edward rubbed my shoulders.

" Just try, Bella. I don't want to have to put you in hospital bed rest."

I nodded.

" I'd like to see you in two weeks. So you can make an appointment at the front desk. Try, Bella. Okay?"

Once again, I nodded, thanking her and heading to the desk. We made our next appointment in two weeks and then we headed back to the apartment, my leg was shaking and I was fiddling. Edward rubbed my leg.

" Calm down, Bella." Edward said firmly.

He was just as worried about the baby as I was at this point. When he parked the Volvo, I saw the four of them sitting on the steps, talking about something. I hoped they weren't there for long.

Edward opened my door for me and I stepped out. Esme was infront of me in an instant, grasping me tightly in her arms.

" Oh! You look beautiful, your glowing. Look at that little bump!"

I hugged Esme back tightly and she went to 'her boy', and gave him a hug. Carlisle embraced, me, and I had to admit that I missed his hugs. When he released me, my mother made no move to do anything. I looked up at my dad, and he sighed, looking at my obvious bump before taking me into his arms. I hugged him back tightly.

" I missed you, dad."

He rubbed my back and I breathed in his familar scent. " You, too, Bells."

I held onto him tightly, missing my fathers warm embrace. My mother gave me a short brief hug and I opened the apartment door, letting them all in. Esme gushed about the entire place, from the knobs on the cabinets to the way we put the paintings on the wall. She ran upstairs and checked out the bedroom, scolding us about the unmade bed.

My mother seated herself on the couch, and my father mumbled something about a beer.

" Dad, we don't have beer." I told him.

" You'd better not."

" Well, I think we should do some girl shopping, I haven't been running around a mall in forever!" Esme said excitedly.

" About that. Mom, Bella has been put on bed rest after this appointment. The babies heartrate has been dropping from stress, and I don't think it would be a good idea."

" Is everything going to be okay? You should really get some rest."

" It's alright, but I really should be taking it easy."

" You'd never really have an issue of taking such perfect care of yourself if you haven't gotten yourself into this situation." my mother started.

My dad glared at her. " Renee."

She stood up and walked towards me. " We should have never let you move out here with your boyfriend. It was irresponsible for us to make that choice. If you were home, never would you have ended up pregnant. We raised you with respect, not to have a baby out of wedlock."

" Look, Bella has enough to deal with, she doesn't need your comments." Edward stated.

" Growing you up so close together was probably the biggest mistake."

Esme gasped, " Renee, where is this coming from?"

" My daughter was never supposed to end up stuck because of a pregnancy!"

" It's not like I asked for this!" I yelled at her, " Do you think I want a baby right now? No, I don't, but I am having one whether you like one or not. And this baby will be loved by it's parents, just like it is right now."

Edward pulled me against him, " Bella, calm down."

" No! I won't calm down. This isn't fair to be treated like this."

" You should have raised your son not to take advantage of innocent girls." Renee said pointedly at Carlisle.

" I don't appreciate that. We raised Edward with the same respect you raised Isabella." Esme said.

" It's not Edward's fault that birthcontrol was a failure!" I exclaimed.

Suddenly I felt something painfully twist inside of me, and I bent over, gasping in pain at the intense sharpening pain. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

" EDWARD!"

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