It was a rare sunny day in Fork's and I was taking advantage of it. It was strangely hot out to the point where kids would be running around in sprinklers. I finally found the courage to pull out my bikini from a tote and put it on. I didn't like how I looked in it but only Edward would be seeing me.
"Where are you going love?" his eyes not leaving his book
"Outside in the sun" I smiled at him
"I don't really want you out there; it's warm enough to get a sunburn"
"I'll be fine" I countered
I placed my hands on my hips and he looked up at me. His eyes moved up and down my body before he snapped out of it.
"Whoa there sexy" he smirked coming up to pull me in his arms "Now why would I want you to leave when your standing in front of me wearing this? Maybe we should go to our bedroom instead?"
"Maybe later, right now I want to go and lay in the sun. Who knows when we'll have a day like this again?"
"I can take you somewhere it's always sunny and warm" his lips kissed the inside of my neck
"I know you can but right now I just want to lay in our front yard"
I ducked under his arms and grabbed my towel.
"At least let me come with you" he grabbed my hand
Once outside the sun felt so good beating down on my pale skin. The last time I laid in the sun is when I lived with my mom in Florida. I dressed the kids in their bathing suits and applied a bunch of sun block; While Edward filled up their kiddy pool and got chairs for us.
"Look, daddy's filling up your pool" I told Abby pointing
"Swimming?"
"Yep, it hot outside today"
I looked over to watch Ryan crawl around on the grass, eventually starting towards the pool. Edward helped lift him up so he could put his hands in the water. Abby struggled to get away from me and ran towards her father. She bumped into Ryan and he slipped, his face going under the water. I quickly sat up worried but Edward was faster and grabbed him, wiping the water from his eyes and mouth. He started crying and Edward glared at Abby. She jumped into the water like nothing had happened, splashing as she went.
"This child will be the death of me I swear" he muttered placing Ryan on his hip and coming over to me
"She's 2; she doesn't know any better" I told him looking over at our daughter
"Well better to start now then later" he ran his hand through his son's hair
Ryan struggled to get down and ran over towards the pool.
"See, he's already over it"
Edward plopped down on the seat next to me and grabbed my hand rubbing soothing circles on the back. I looked over towards him and was delighted when his skin sparkled as the light caught it. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
It made me thankful that he didn't explode or burn when in the sun.
"I almost forgot you sparkled" I laughed
He looked down at himself and seemed to realize something. He then sat up and removed his shirt to reveal his perfect abs and back muscles.
"Well when Abby gets older she'll be the only one I know who has a hot and sexy father"
He laughed and lay back against the chair and I could feel the heat sinking into my pores, it felt great. They played in the pool nicely for about an hour. It was funny to see Edward try and apply sun block to our wet children.
"Bella, we'll have to think about getting a small slide for the pool"
"I'll get Alice right on that"
"I'm sure she's already on the computer as we speak" he laughed
"Probably"
I lounged back on my chair and folded my arms over my stomach, closing my eyes. I wish it was warm like this all the time. Maybe I wouldn't be so pale. I felt a cool breeze above and I opened my eyes to see Edward hovering above me.
"You're blocking my sun" I huffed pushing my sunglasses on the top of my head
He leaned down to place his lips against mine when we got pelted with cold water causing us to pause.
"Oh my god" I yelped
Abby was standing right behind us with an empty bucket of water. She had a smirk on her face and she knew exactly what she had done. I reached over for my towel to pat myself dry. I handed Edward the towel so he could dry himself and got up to wrap Abby in a towel but she ran away.
"Abigail Cullen" I yelled going after her "Get back here right now"
"No" she yelled
I grabbed her arm and spun her around towards me "That wasn't very nice" I told her
"It was funny" she laughed "I got you wet"
"Yes you did and I think we're done with the pool now"
"No" she reached out to hit me
She had giving us quite an attitude lately and usually Edward dealt with the discipline better then me. Even though she was only two, Abby knew how to push the right buttons in me so I would let her off the hook.
"Abigail Cullen" Edward said sternly "We do not hit"
She started crying and laid face down on the grass. Edward just shrugged his shoulders at me and leaned back in his chair.
"Just leave her" he said
About 10 minutes later I heard her cries die down and eventually stop. I looked at Edward and he got up and checked it out. Once he got as good look at her, he laughed.
"Unbelievable"
"What?" I asked
"She's asleep"
He shook his head and leaned down to pick her up, laying her against his shoulder.
"Grab Ryan, we should probably get him down for a nap too. We don't need the girls watching cranky kids"
Once we got them situated Edward brought me a glass of lemonade and poked at me chest.
"You got a sunburn, I can tell" he said
"We weren't even out there that long, I'm sure I'm fine"
"We'll see about that later on"
We sat on the couch our hands intertwined on top off my naked thigh. I was too lazy to get dressed.
"Have you heard the baby?" I asked him suddenly
"No regularly, only one or twice"
"Can you hear the baby now?"
"I'll try but it has to be dead silent"
"I'll be good" I promised
He laughed and laid his down lightly against my stomach. I tried to sit still but the look of him concentrating on my stomach was hilarious, He looked liked he was picking up on something but the phone rang causing me to jump a mile high.
"Are you alright" he laughed
"Yes" I scrambled before getting the phone
"Hello" I answered
"Hey Bell"
"Oh hey dad, what's up?"
"You have that doctor's today right?"
"Yeah it's around 3:00"
"I was just wondering if you guys wanted to stop by on your way back?"
"Yeah sure but we won't have the kids with us"
'That's fine I just want to know how your appointment was and I need to talk to you guys about something
"Okay well we'll be there later on"
"Okay I'll be here"
I placed the phone back on the cradle and looked up at my husband confused. I just shrugged my shoulders.
"Mommy don't leave" Abby ran up to me going me a big hug
We were headed to my first doctor's appointment and even though he said that he would be there for everything, Carlisle wasn't coming today because he and the boys were conveniently hunting this weekend.
"Mommy will be right back. We're going to go look at the baby in mommy's tummy"
"I want to see baby" she whined
"We'll bring you a special picture, I promise" he kissed her head before handing her to Rosalie
"Don't worry we'll have tons of fun. Why don't we make some cookies?" she smiled and Alice followed her into the kitchen with Ryan on her hip
"Good luck, everything will be fine" Esme smiled and pulled me into a motherly hug "It always works out"
Edward grabbed my hand and helped me walk out to the car. Neither of us had any idea who this doctor was and I think it had Edward a little stressed. We didn't know what we were walking into but Carlisle trusted him so I did too.
"Let's hope this guy isn't a goon" he chuckled
"I'm sure he'll be fine" I sighed "Could you relax please? You're starting to stress me out"
"Sorry love, I just would've liked to meet this guy before signing over you and our baby's heath to him"
"He's not some criminal they picked off the street"
He reached over to grab my hand and give it a light squeeze. I leaned back against the head rest and the rest of the ride was pretty quiet.
"Are you hot?" he asked
"No"
Even though it was later in the day the weather was still extremely warm to the point where I was wearing shorts and a tank top. Edward didn't approve of me wearing that outfit out but I was pregnant and hormonal so I won. We pulled up to the labor and delivery wing of the hospital and I started to get nervous.
"What if they find something wrong?"
"I'm sure they won't find anything" he got out of the car and came around to help me out "If they do then we'll deal with it then"
We made our way to the entrance and I saw other women in the waiting room reading parenting magazines.
"Go sit down and I'll check us in" he pointed to an empty chair that was in between an elder pregnant woman and a young teen and her mother
I casually walked over and took the seat the elderly women smiling warmly at me. I looked over at Edward wanting him to save me from this awkward situation but he seemed to be filling out some paperwork.
"How far along are you dear?" the lady asked
"Um… about a month" I smiled warmly
"I remember those days; I could see my feet" she laughed "Having my first child at 43 years old"
Jeez 43 years old, I would hate to have a child that old. Although I would never let that happen.
"Why did you wait so long?" now curious
"Well I got pregnant with twins and I had a miscarriage. I then got pregnant again and delivered a still born. Now here I am pregnant a third time. I'm seeing this doctor to make sure I can deliver a healthy baby. After what happened my odds of delivering a healthy baby aren't good"
She sounded like she had the same issues that I did. I wanted to ask her more. What were my chances of delivering a still born? Could I still have a miscarriage? I could feel my heart rate speeding up.
"So who's your doctor?" I didn't get to answer her because Edward walked over and reached out to grab my hand
"We're all set love"
We were led into a small, all white room, that as plastered with pregnancy posters.
"Put this gown on and hop up on the table please, Dr. Thomason will be with you shortly"
Thomason that was the mystery doctor's name. He didn't sound like a whack job but I would compare the best doctor in the world with Carlisle. I just trusted him because he knew that the baby's father was vampire. By the time I got ready there was a knock on the door. An elderly looking man walked into the room and smiled up at us.
"Hello, I'm Doctor Thomason" he said sweetly going over to shake Edward's hand then mine
"Hi" I smiled back
"You must be Isabella, am I right?"
"Bella" I corrected him and Edward chuckled
"So Carlisle recommended you to me"
"Yes" I said
"Okay well let's get started shall we? I got a room full of patients waiting" he laughed
He looked at my chart and I looked at Edward nervously. He mouthed 'it's okay' towards me but kept his eyes on the doctor.
"So it seems that you had a miscarriage and one of the embryos didn't make it" he looked up at me "And my job from this point on is to get that baby out safely. So that's what we're going to do"
I was happy that he was this determined and it made me like him even more. I even caught Edward smiling in approval.
"Can you lie back please?"
I scooted towards the end of the bed and lay back with one arm under my head. Edward pulled his chair close to me and grabbed my hand.
"I'm just going to start by doing a quick pelvic exam and then we'll take a look at the baby okay?"
"Okay"
He started the exam and it was really uncomfortable at some points. I groaned and turned my head towards Edward and he tried to calm me. What the hell was he doing? Carlisle never did this.
"Sorry about that" he got up to remove his gloves and wash his hands
It finally came time to see the baby. I anxiously turned towards the screen awaiting some good news. Dr. Thomason flipped the machine on and I saw our peanut of a baby on the screen.
"Oh my god" I cried squeezing Edward's hand
"Wow" he muttered in amazement
Dr. Thomason flipped on another switch and I heard the strong heartbeat of our baby "Does everything look okay?" Edward asked
"As far as I can tell" he moved the wand around more "Baby is small but that's to be expected"
"She has a record of small babies"
"Can you tell the sex yet?" I asked
"Not yet"
"It's too soon love" Edward whispered in my ear "But I'm sure Alice already knows"
"Everything healed up nicely and there doesn't seem to be any damage from the miscarriage. I would just take it easy, no rough housing. But other than that everything looks great, clean bill of health"
"Thank god" he sighed kissing my cheek
"So I'll set you up for another appointment in about 4 weeks and we'll do some blood tests"
"Thank you"
"Everything is fine and I have a clean bill of health" I told my dad smiling
"That's wonderful" he smiled "I knew everything would be fine"
"What did you want to talk to us about?" Edward handed me a glass of water and I lounged across his lap.
"This might sound odd, but I worry about you guys" he started off "You're on your third child and neither one of you work or go to school…I mean how can you afford three young children and a house?"
"Money is the least of our issues believe me" I muttered
"My family loves having us close by and they don't mind helping us out" Edward tried to reason
"I know that your family doesn't have issues with money but you can't really expect them to pay for your kids through college could you?"
"Dad please" I scolded him
"And Bells, I can't believe you're not planning to go to school. I didn't put all this money away for nothing"
"I'm a little busy to be worried about school right now" I yelled
"Bella" Edward warned me
"You spend all your money on cars" he continued "every time I see you guys have different cars"
"What's that have to do with anything?" I countered
"You should be saving money not spending it"
"Dad, we'll be fine. I'm old enough to worry about this on my own. I'm not a baby anymore"
"I know you're 19 and pregnant with your third child after you had a miscarriage. You shouldn't have to be dealing with this"
I was extremely aggravated by the way he was treating us. Like we weren't capable of tasking care of our own kids. But in a sense I could see where he was coming from. As a parent the last thing I would want is my children to suffer.
"I want to go home" I whispered to Edward who had been quiet this whole time
The day was drawing to a close and both kids were down for the night. We made no mention of my dad's conversation and I was glad.
"Ow" I hissed
"What's wrong?"
Edward appeared in the doorway as I walked out of the shower in pain. He took one look at me and tried to hide his laughter. I was itchy, in a lot of pain, and beat red.
"I told you" he said still laughing