Me: Hello world! I know that it's been a while but I am still alive and kicking!
Emmett: Where have you been young lady?
Me: ….things got really hectic for a while…
Emmett: What could be so important that you managed to forget all about us?
Me: Working on the weekends…Student teaching…. Getting a 4.0 for the semester…graduation from UNCG…my parents and boyfriend visiting…grandparents visiting…starting the process of moving…must I add anything else to the list?
Edward: What the big ass is trying to say is that he missed you and your witty way with words.
Emmett: *looking anywhere but at me and Edward* Huh…as though I would miss a smart mouth writer…
Me: Awwwwww that is so sweet! I missed you guys too!
Emmett: yeah yeah, let's get this show on the road.
Me: I do not own anything twilight, the characters and stuff all belong to the wonderful Stephenie Meyer, I just like manipulating the characters to follow my every whim. *enter evil laughter*
Emmett: Hey Edward?
Edward: Yes Emmett?
Emmett: I can't believe I'm actually saying this but…She scares me a little bit sometimes…
Chapter 21: We are dead.
BPOV
"What if she says something? What if she is in there right now calling either Mama Sue or Esme? How long does it take to go in a store and buy one item? What if this is all unnecessary? Oh my God, what am I going to do? What will people-"At this point I had to interrupt for my sanity.
"Rosalie?"
"Yes Bella?"
"Don't take this the wrong way, but you have to shut the hell up and calm down. It has only been three minutes, give Leah a chance to walk all the way to the back of the store, grab a test, walk all the way back to the front of the store, check out, and walk to the car."
"Bella I can't help but wig out here a little! I'm only eighteen for heaven's sakes! What do I know about taking care of A BABY!" This is what I have been dealing with ever since I called Leah from the girl's locker room.
Nonstop freak out from Rose.
It didn't help matters when Leah picked us up ten minutes later (naturally we just left, the sub wasn't paying attention anyway) and started exclaiming how happy she was that Cabby would have a cousin so close in age. I watched Rose's face get three shades paler, I didn't know it was even possible for her face to get any whiter, as Leah went on and on about how thanks to Rose and the Cullen's gene pool she would get pretty nieces and nephews…
My sister has a skewed sense of reality. Most people find out about a possible teenage pregnancy and flip their shit. Not my sister. She starts planning a baby shower as we drive to the pharmacy and then hands Rose Cabby as she gets out of the car so she can practice holding a baby correctly. Naturally I placed him back in his car seat before Rose could start hyperventilating and drop the poor kid (no point in making his life any harder than it has to be). As I sit here listening to Rose ask a million and one questions I can't help but feel as though I am forgetting something…
"Isabella! Are you even listening to me?"
No I have not been listening to you rant for the past fifteen minutes, I naturally zoned the fuck out. "Yes Rose, I'm listening."
She gives me a disbelieving look as she repeats her statement, paired with an annoyed eye roll. "I said that Leah is coming back to the car, you might want to unlock her door." I lean over and unlock Leah's door just as she reaches it, she tosses me the bag as she buckles up and pulls out of the parking lot. "You ready girls? This is going to be so much fun!" Rose and I share a look of bewilderment via the rear-view mirror.
Just as we were pulling into Leah's driveway I feel my leg vibrate, telling me that someone is either calling me or sending me a message. I pull it out of my pocket wondering who it could be when I see the name "Pixie-Devil" flash across the screen, naturally I hit the ignore button not wanting to let Alice know what we are up to.
That would just end very very badly for all of us; I don't have the money at the moment to buy her cheddar popcorn as a bribe to keep her mouth shut.
We all slowly exit the car; I grab the bag from under my seat as Leah grabs Cabby's sleeping form from his car seat. Lucky little guy slept through the entire drive home so he didn't have to suffer through his mommy's driving; she isn't really a bad driver, Leah just doesn't listen to speed limit signs and sees a yellow light as a "speed the fuck up" instead of a "slow the hell down". It's safe to assume that Sam and Jake weren't the ones who taught Emmett how to drive.
Once we get inside we all make our way upstairs. Leah puts Cabby in his room as Rose and I head to the bathroom to get the test thing over with. When we get there Rosalie stands in front of the door…and does absolutely nothing…just stands there…holding the door knob…no intention of turning it to open the door…
"Rose?"
"Yes Bella?"
"You have to go into the bathroom in order to pee on the little sticks." She looks at me a blushes a little bit. "I know that Bella." And she still stands there…not moving.
With a sigh I move around her, opening the bathroom door while pushing her in at the same time, tossing the bag with the tests in as I close the door. (I am a great multitask-er)
I sit on the ground in front of the door to wait for her when my phone starts to vibrate again. I pull it out to see "Lil' Cowboy" flash across the screen before once again hitting the ignore button. Why the hell are they calling me?
Leah snaps me out of my wondering when she sits on the ground on the other side of the door. "Do you think she is going to be alright?"
"I have no idea Leele. What's going to happen if the tests are positive?"
"I don't know Bells, that's for Rosalie and Emmett to decide. It's a scary situation for any teen to go through; it was when I went through it at sixteen and when mom went through it when she was sixteen." That makes sense…Wait…WHAT?
I turned my head so fast I think I got whiplash. "What do you mean when you went through it at sixteen; you didn't have a baby when you were sixteen." Leah turned towards me with a sad look in her eyes. "I lost it before I had the chance to tell mom about it, Jake didn't even know until I told him about it four years ago when we had another scare. A lot races through your mind when you see that little plus sign and you feel for a bit as though life as you know it is over. It's one of the reasons I want you to be knowledgeable about safe sex and for you to make the decision that is right for you. I don't want my little sister to have to worry about a baby the way I did." We sat in silence for a moment as I processed the new information.
And it was only a moment because my phone was vibrating once more. Frustrated, I checked the screen to see "Greek God". Why the hell was Edward calling me? I hit the answer button and placed the phone to my ear without thinking.
"Hello?" I wanted to mentally slap myself at how squeaky my voice sounded. Leah sent me a confused look as a turned away from her.
"Bella? Oh thank God you answered! Where are you?" For some reason that just pissed me off and I no longer had control over the volume of my voice.
"Where am I? You haven't bothered to talk to me for two weeks and all you can ask me is where am I?"
"I am the one who hasn't been talking to you? I haven't been the one? You have been avoiding me and our friends for the last two weeks so I am not the only one at fault here!"
"Yes you are! You're the one who told me he didn't want a future with me! You have no right to be asking me any type of question!"
"Ah hell no! Dick head said what now?" Shit, I had forgotten that Leah was sitting next to me. "Leah it's nothing I will explain later." Cabby had apparently woken up due to the noise. "Go check on Cabby, I got this." She gave me a look that said "you have some explaining to do" as she got up and went to the nursery.
"Leah? You're with Leah? Is that Cabby in the background?" Oh damn, I probably shouldn't have said her name.
"Um….yes?" was my smart reply.
" We have been freaking out looking for you! Is Rose with you?"
"Um…maybe?" Why was I still on the phone?
I could hear him talking to the others on the other side of the phone. "Emmett they are with Leah….No I don't know where they are with Leah… or why... If you give me a chance I can ask!" This was followed by the sounds of a struggle. I saw a chance of escape.
"Um…I should probably be going now…"
"Don't you dare hang up that phone Isabella Marie Swan!" Ah…so Emmett got the phone…I am so dead…
"um….."
"Do you have any idea how worried we all were when you didn't meet up with Alice like you were supposed to? How freaked we became when we noticed you and Rose weren't in gym class! How frantic we became when neither one of you were answering your phones!"
"Uh….no?" Where is my locker when I need to bang my head against it? I didn't want to put a whole in Leah's wall.
"You better have a good explanation by the time we get to Leah's!"
"How do you know I am at Leah's place? You know what they say about those who assume."
"Save it Isabella!" He must be pissed if he keeps using my real name. "You forget that your phone had a gps tracking system in it god forbid anything happens to you and you are unable to reach your phone. You also forget that my phone can track your phone!"
I did the only thing I could think of. "You only just remembered that little tid bit a minute ago didn't you?" Me and my damn smart mouth. I was rewarded with a string of profanities as I hang up the phone.
We
Are
So
Dead.
"What was that all about?" In my panic I had forgotten all about Leah.
"Edward and I had an argument two weeks ago, we haven't spoken since, The gang didn't know we were here and now a pissed off Emmett and the rest are on their way over here." I tried to get it all out in one breath.
"Oh…good thing I baked some cookies yesterday." I could only stare at her retreating form as she walked down stairs to the kitchen. She is so weird sometimes; however, I had other things to worry about at the moment.
Turning around I knocked on the bathroom door. "Rose, is everything okay in there?"
"Um…Just waiting for the timer to go off, will be out in a minute."
"Um…we don't really have a minute here…" and before I could explain I could hear the sound of the front door banging open and footsteps making their way up the stairs like a stamped ( damn they must have been speeding). I also managed to hear a ding on the other side of the door. "Rose?"
The door opened and a stunned Rose came out. "Rose, are you okay?" She handed me the tests so I could look at them…I could be grossed out later after all the ruckus calms down.
I look at her and all I can say is, "They are positive."
"What is positive Bella?"
Shit, I turned around to see Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Edward all standing at the top of the stairs.
I have said it once; I will say it again….
We are so dead.
AN: Sorry it has been so long. I'm going to try to update regularly. However, I am moving this summer and sometimes shit happens. Please read and review if you like, I am always open to hear what others have to say.