AN: Sorry this chapter took me so long. Darn writer's block!!! Anyways I hope you like it. The next chapter is a doozy so it may take me a few days!

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CHAPTER 40

EPOV

What did my children have against sleep? Every time we put them in their bassinets, they were awake again in under five minutes. We'd pick them up and they'd be asleep in under a minute only to have it start all over again. We had long since given up hope that we could pick up where we left off before our little monkeys woke up and just contented ourselves, for a while, with snuggling in bed with the babies.

"So why do you think you still can't hear me?" she asked quietly.

"Maybe Carlisle will be able to tell us. I can't hear Jace either, so I guess he takes after you," I said, kissing her softly and stroking Jace's head.

"I see why you liked to watch me sleep," she said, looking down at our children.

"It was the only way I could hear your thoughts," I said, smiling at the memory. "I loved hearing you talk when you slept."

"That's still so embarrassing," she said, blushing softly.

"Never be embarrassed my Love," I said, kissing her again.

"I don't even know what I said," she said, blushing even more.

"Mostly you called my name and said you loved me. There was the occasional worry about Charlie or your mother and sometimes you were a little stressed about Trigonometry," I said. I decided to try my luck getting the twins into their own beds again. I got up and laid Jace in his bed then went back for my little princess.

"Maybe try putting her next to Jace in the same bed. Maybe they want company," she suggested.

I laid little Arriel next to Jace, she turned to the side, waking slightly. I sighed, resigning myself to the fact that she would be crying soon. She opened her eyes wide, looked at Jace, grabbed his hand in her own and went to sleep.

"You my Love, are a genius," I said, dashing back to bed next to her. I wrapped my arms around her pulling her close to me and kissed her again. Her hands tangled in my hair. She had never gotten around to getting dressed, so I just took advantage of that fact and started rubbing her naked body. After she tried to slide my boxers down, she gave up and ripped them off. God I how love this woman.

She wrapped her arms around my naked back, chest to chest, skin to skin. I bent down and nibbled softly at her neck and....

"We're home!" Emmett bellowed. "You better be decent cuz we're coming to see those babies."

With that loud thundering racket, Jace and Arriel woke up. They both cried and the pictures in Arriel's little mind were far from nice. I grabbed a shirt for Bella and tossed some new boxers on just as Emmett burst in the door. Bella, clad only in one of my shirts, stayed under the covers while I stood in the middle of the room, only in boxers.

"Emmett!" Bella scolded, "You woke the babies! Do you not know how to be quiet?"

I just growled. Apparently Arriel does get her sense of timing from my big oaf of a brother. I went to soothe the babies and watched as they drifted back to sleep with my hands rubbing their soft hair.

"If you don't leave in the next five seconds..." I threatened.

"You'll what?" Emmett asked, planting his feet firmly on the ground.

"I don't know what Edward will do," Bella said, looking at him from the bed. "But I know that if Rosalie knew about your little interruption and loud voice waking the babies, the consequences would be pretty severe."

"You wouldn't," Emmett said, trying to sound brave, even though he knew that Bella had him.

"Try me," she said, glaring at him.

Emmett backed out the door and said to Jasper, "You want to go find some bears?" Both my brothers ran off again, hopefully for a long long time. I had plans.

"You are my hero," I said, laughing slightly. I returned to the bed, slipping the shirt over her head and tossing it on the floor. My boxers joined them quickly and my lips found hers again. I wrapped my arms around her body pulling it close to me...

"Edward... Bella..." I heard Carlisle call from downstairs.

I groaned softly into Bella's neck.

"Up here Carlisle," she called. "We'll be down in a few minutes."

"I need a very cold shower," I whispered to her.

"I'd join you.... but I think that would defeat the purpose," she giggled.

"We'll finish this later," I promised my sexy fiancee.

"We'd better or I may just internally combust!" she said, smiling back.

She slowly got out of bed and walked naked to the closet door. She paused at the door and turned to me, "I don't think I have any clothes."

"I am sure Alice and Rosalie would have put something in there," I said, smiling at her flushed cheeks.

I threw my boxers on again, getting dressed for the seventeenth time that day and joined her at the closet door. We opened it together. Personally I was hoping there was nothing for her to wear, but of course the closet had at least twenty outfits to choose from.

"Uggg," she said, looking at the silk dresses to her right.

"Hey it's Alice...it could be worse," I said.

"Is there anything normal in here?" she asked.

I walked over to the dresser in the back and pulled out some jeans, which she gratefully pulled on. I wasn't able to find any normal looking shirts in there for her, so I grabbed a camisole and one of my button up shirts and passed them to her. The shirt was miles too big but she looked absolutely adorable.

"It looks great on you," I said, pulling her to me. "It would look even better off of yo..."

"Are you guys coming down now?" Carlisle asked from downstairs.

Again with the interruptions. I sighed and let her go.

"I will have a shower in the en suite and bring the babies down when I'm done," I said into her neck.

"No needles right?" she asked me.

"Needles would never penetrate your skin." I smiled.

"It won't hurt right?" she asked

"Do you think Carlisle would hurt you?" I asked.

"No... it's just I've never been a big fan of doctors and tests. It kinda scares me," she said shyly.

I kissed her once more and headed for the shower. Carlisle was on the second floor in his newly converted office. I grabbed a quick shower and picked up the twins and headed to join them in the office. It was less than ten minutes from the time I had left my beautiful Bella's side. As I reached the second floor I heard Bella and Carlisle talking.

"So Bella when was your LMP?" he asked.

"LMP?" she responded.

"Last period Bella, before the twins," he said.

"Oh, October first," she responded. I could tell she was embarrassed.

"And how many times..." Carlisle started.

I quickly entered the room, twins in arms, to save my fiancee from that question.

"So how can I help?" I asked.

Bella looked at me and mouthed, "Thank you!"

"I was just about to ask..." Carlisle said before I interrupted.

"I know what you were about to ask. The answer is once!" I smiled. Carlisle nodded, obviously thinking ahead to his next questions.

Bella relaxed and smiled at me, taking a deep breath. I read Carlisle's mind for the next questions he wanted to ask and cleared my throat. After I had his attention I shook my head slightly to tell him to avoid the questions circling in his mind.

"Just let him get it over with Edward," Bella said from behind me.

"You really don't want to do that Bella," I warned her.

"It's just a question. We need to get this over with sooner or later," she said, smiling.

"You still really don't want to do it," I told her.

"Edward, I'm not a baby. He can ask any question he wants and I will do my best to answer it," she said firmly. Dear God, she didn't know what she was in for.

"You asked for it," I smiled at her and shook my head.

"Go ahead Carlisle," she smiled at both of us.

"How was it? Please describe it in detail," he said.

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