"Edward!"
"What is it?" he called rushing into the living room where I was sprawled out "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, you need to stop doing that" I placed my hand over my heart "You're going to give a heart attack"
I was about two months pregnant now and it was getting harder and harder to keep this a secret. Edward and I were spending more time away from the family. And when we were with them he tried not to be so over protective over everything I did.
"Sorry but you need to learn not to yell like that unless something's wrong. I'm going to be the first vampire in existence to have a heart attack" he laughed sitting next to me
I placed my feet in his lap as he ran his hand up my leg.
"So anyways I have an idea on how we can tell them" he looked at me confused "We can buy shirts for the kids that say "I'm going to be a big sister/brother" on them"
"That's a cute idea" he laughed
"Yes so when we go over tonight we'll see how long it takes them to notice"
Edward walked into Abby's room and grabbed the pink big sister shirt we already bought her before Ryan was born. He laid it out on the table and went to grab a pink fabric marker out of the craft bin. Using his elegant handwriting, he scribbled the word 'again" under the words I'm a big sister.
"We can just write on a onesie for Ryan" he suggested "Are you sure you're ready for this?"
"What, telling everyone?"
"Well that…but also another baby, I mean we're going to have 3 kids under the age of 3"
He lay back against the couch and I moved so I was sitting on his lap. His hands folded over my stomach, lovingly rubbing it.
"I know but we really don't have a choice, just promise to change me after this one, we don't need a fourth coming along anytime soon"
"No we do not" he agreed laughing
He surprised me by slipping his hands under my shirt, the coldness felt good against my somewhat bloated stomach. I relaxed into his embrace and I noticed that he was tracing my stomach until he found a stretch mark that hadn't faded from Ryan.
"What is it?' I asked reaching up to stroke his face
"You carried both kids in here and now this baby"
"And?" I laughed at the obvious he was pointing out
"All three of our children are kept safe, warm, and nurtured by you. They fully depend on you to keep them alive. It just amazes me that's all, that there's life in you"
"Are you okay?" I laughed "What's with the lecture?"
"Nothing" he nuzzled the side of neck
"Stop that tickles"
I started laughing as I stretched out on his lap, sliding off slightly. His fingertips moved to my sides as he continued to tickle me.
"Edward stop" I gasped out of breath
I fell off the couch bringing Edward with me as he cushioned my fall. We lay on the floor as he led down my legs and arms so I couldn't move. He laughed hysterically; he got a kick out of this.
"Please stop!" I begged, I hated being restrained
He didn't slow and instead moved to tickle my armpits. Was he trying to kill me?
"If you don't stop I'm going to pee my pants" I moaned
He finally got the memo and got off me, grabbing me by the waist to lift me up on my feet again.
"Sorry love, got carried away"
I straightened my hair out and went to use the restroom. We were leaving in a couple hours and my heart rate accelerated at the thought of telling them. Would they think we were over our heads, would they think we were irresponsible? I looked in the mirror and shivered at my appearance. I was beginning show signs that I was pregnant. My face was swelling slightly, my ankles looked like balloons, and my breasts were growing. I know they must have known something was up, I mean every time I saw them I would either hold one of the kids in front of me or wear a baggy shirt.
"Edward" I called "Do you think we should tell my mom over skype?"
"I don't know, what about your dad?"
I turned my head and saw him walking in with Abby clinging on his hip.
"I didn't even hear her get up"
My mind went to pictures of Edward holding another little baby while I lazily lounged on his lap. But then I went to what my dad would be thinking. Edward skipping out on us while I took care of all three kids and cleaned the house. Now that would never happen but I'm sure his mind would go right to that.
"Maybe we should tell your family first" I concluded
"Okay" he laughed walking over to kiss the top of my head
It was about 2 hours later and we were packing up to head to the big house. My stomach was doing flips, I was nervous on how everyone would take the news. Would they even understand what we were telling them? I finished dressing Ryan, lifting him up to kiss his cheek before handing him to Edward.
"It'll be okay" he whispered
"I know, I'm just scared"
"The longer we put this off the harder it will get" he said wrapping an arm around my waist
I unwound myself from him and went into the playroom to grab Abby off the floor. We had told her earlier in the day that she was getting another baby brother or sister. Ryan was still too little to understand. She was very excited when I told her the baby was in my tummy and kept placing her hands on it. It was honestly the cutest thing, but we'll just see how she reacts when the baby actually gets here.
"Bella, come on" Edward said poking his head through the door
"Yep"
I pushed myself off the floor and grabbed Abby's hand as we walked out to the car. Edward buckled both kids in while I cranked the heat up. Edward sat in the driver's seat and we were off. We would've walked but the wind was picking up and Edward didn't want us getting a cold. Once we pulled up to the familiar drive he shut the engine off. He grabbed my hand.
"Relax" bringing my hand to his lips
I took a deep breath and went around grabbing Ryan out of the car, Edward doing the same with Abby. We both made sure that their outfits couldn't be seen and preceded to the house. Right when he stuck the key in the locked I had changed my mind.
"I can't do this" I turned around and sat on the steps
"Bella" he gasped "What are you so scared about?"
"What if they think we're crazy, I mean three kids, maybe we are. What if they think we're bad parents?"
"Sweetie, they would never think that. Why would you even think that?"
"I don't know" And I really didn't, my mind just always thought the worst
"Then you have no reason to think that. Now come on, everyone's probably wondering why we're still out here"
I let him lift me from the ground and when we entered the house everyone was sitting watching TV. Rosalie jumped up and grabbed Abby from Edward while Esme took Ryan from me.
"Oh I missed them" She cried "I feel like you guys haven't been over here in ages"
"So what have you been up to?" Carlisle asked shutting the TV off
"Nothing much" I shrugged sliding onto Edward's lap
"Oh let's get you out of this coat" Rosalie coed
This was it; there was no turning back now. Edward wrapped and arm around my waist and he leaned his head on my shoulder. Rosalie and Esme continued to take the kid's coats off and my heart started beating erratically, it didn't help that I felt Edward move uneasily under me. Great that made me feel a lot better.
"Oh my" I heard Esme cried
"I don't believe it" Rosalie gasped
I looked up to see both of them covering their mouths in awe. Esme got up and ran over to pull me into a hug. I felt a sigh of relief run through me when I felt that her hug was loving and generous. She pulled away from me and flew right into Edward.
"Esme what is it" Carlisle asked
I looked around the room to see Jasper, Alice, and Emmett staring at Abby in awe and then they were running up to us.
"Read Ryan's shirt" Esme finally answered
Carlisle nodded and Esme held my son up so he could see.
"My god, congratulations"
"We'll everyone took it well" My husband laughed kissing my cheek "I told you so"
""I know, you're always right"
We had just put the kids down for the night and I was ready myself, it had been an exhausting day and we had stayed over the house till 8 and all I wanted to do was sleep. I could also feel a headache coming on. It was the baby's way of telling me to lie down.
"Edward, I'm heading to bed" I yawned patting him on the chest
"Are you okay?" he asked rubbing my lower back
"Yeah, just really tired, I feel like my head is disconnected to my body"
"Okay…" he looked a little worried "No more late nights for you"
"I'll be okay" I assured him
"Go lie down and I'll be in a little while. I just want to wash the dishes real quick and pick up a little bit"
"Okay"
I stumbled into our bedroom and changed into a pair of light sweatpants and a tank top. I jumped into bed and snuggled into the covers. We planed on going to my dad's tomorrow and skype with my mom to give them the news. I was happy how everyone else took it. Alice could wait to figure how to add on another room to our cottage. I laughed, by the time she was done, there would be a whole other addition the house.
"Goodnight baby" I whispered placing my hand delicately on my stomach
Sometime in the night I got a cramp in my abdomen and immediately sat up. I waited a couple of minutes thinking it was just the way I was laying but it happened again. I turned to see that Edward hadn't come to bed yet. Thinking I needed to stretch and walk around I lifted the covers off myself but stopped dead in my tracks when I felt something sticky in the mattress.
"Abby" I groaned thinking that she probably spilt juice in our bed
I turned on the side lamp to clean it up but when I brought my hand back up, it was blood red. Oh no, no. this was not happening, I was losing my baby. Not knowing I was doing it and the with shaking hands, I scrambled out of the room and ran into the kitchen. I heard the water running and he sighed when he heard me enter the room.
"I know love I'm coming"
"Edward" I cried
"What's wrong?"
He turned around and his face was frozen with shock. Me standing there crying with blood on my hands. He ran over and pulled me to him grabbing the phone on the process.
"No this is not happening" he panicked trying to dial fast enough "Carlisle will help"
"Edward stop" I cried taking the phone from him "It's too late, I lost our baby"