6 Months Later.
EPOV.
BEEP.
BEEP.
BEEP.
The constant noise disturbed my peaceful dreams. I wanted to rub the sleep from my eyes, but my hands wouldn't move. I couldn't even turn off the alarm clock to rid myself of that constant beeping. I felt something squeeze my hand and I badly wanted to squeeze it back, but my fingers wouldn't work.
I could hear sounds, but they were distorted, like the adults from the Charlie Brown cartoons. "Wharp, wharp, wharp." I drifted off.
The beeping woke me again some time later. I managed to open my eyes this time. The room was dimly lit and I could make out a head resting on the edge of my bed. I'd know that messy bun anywhere.
"Bell..." I croaked. She stirred in her sleep and turned her head to face me. Her eyes were still closed but she looked so beautiful, despite the dark circles beneath her lids. I managed to raise my hand and I poked her on the nose. She muttered something unintelligable and carried on sleeping.
I poked her again, this time a little harder. Her eyes flew open and focused on my face. She smiled sleepily and was about to drift off again when her eyes snapped open properly. She gasped and stood up. "Oh my god, you're awake!" She cried out. "Let me go and get someone. Stay awake Edward, please." Bella ran out of the room. All I could think about was the fact that she looked very pregnant.
Just moments later Bella rushed back in with my mother and father hot on her heels. "Edward! Oh Edward you had us all so worried." Mom fussed over me. Dad had to gently pull her away so he could check my vitals.
I just wish they would both move so I can see Bella.
Carlisle chuckled. "Patience is a virtue, my son."
Crap I have no brain filter. Judging by the giggle in the corner, I'm guessing I said that out loud too.
Bella appeared on my other side, smiling widely. She looked radiant, even with the bags under her eyes. "Beautiful Bella." I held my hand out for her. She happily took it and I couldn't take my eyes off of her, even though Carlisle was trying to check the dilation of my pupils. In the end he gave up with a sigh.
"He's fine from what his vitals tell me. Esme, let's give these two a moment." He lead her from the room, leaving me and Bella alone. Tears started rolling down Bellas cheeks.
"Don't cry pretty girl." I said, wiping her tears away.
"They're happy tears Edward. I thought you were never going to wake up again. You've been asleep for six months."
"What? I don't remember. How did I get here?"
"You were rescuing me and got shot. I thought you were dead." She cried harder.
It all came flooding back to me.
Bella tied to a chair, beaten and bloody. A crazy woman holding a gun. Excruciating pain in my side. Bella screaming. Bella sobbing. Bella admitting she loved me and that I was going to be a father. I gasped as the images flew through my mind.
My hand let go of hers and caressed her stomach instead. "I've missed so much." A lump formed in my throat.
"No Edward, you haven't missed a thing. You were just asleep through it. We recorded all of the ultrasounds and even Alice and Jaspers wedding. It all took place in this room. Your dad holds a lot of power in this hospital and pulled quite a few strings aswell. I will bring in the mini DVD player and discs with me tomorrow when I visit." She was smiling widely but yawned.
"Bella, you're tired. You should be resting."
"I'm okay." She protested.
"Please, just listen to me. Get up here and lay down." My bed was small but she would fit.
"Edward, I don't-"
"Bella, get your ass on this bed!" I cut her off. She bit her lip, but crawled on awkwardly anyway, trying to be careful of all the tubes and wires running from my body. Once she was settled in the crook of my arm, I squeezed her to me tightly. "I love you too, you know. I didn't have much of a chance to say it before."
"Derp." She chuckled, poking me in the ribs.
"Hey, that's no way to treat the wounded." I joked.
"You're not wounded anymore. You just wouldn't wake up for me, even though I begged you everyday."
"I'm sorry Bella. Rescuing you must of really taken it out of me. I needed my beauty sleep." I laughed it off but inside I couldn't imagine what she went through every day. She opened her mouth to retaliate but a gasp came out instead. "What?"
She didn't reply, instead she grabbed my hand and held it against her stomach. Small jabs pressed into the palm of my hand and all of a sudden the prospect of being a father became all the more real to me. "Wow. How far along are you?"
"Seven months."
"So that means...?"
"Yes, I was pregnant when all of this went down. I lost one though." Tears sprung to her eyes again. "It would've been twins but I miscarried one. I didn't know." I wiped the tears from her face and kissed her head.
"It's okay baby. At least you're alive. That's all that matters to me. I was a twin, you know."
"Yeah, your mom told me. She's been ever so nice to me. Fusses over me all the time." She smiled fondly at thoughts of my mother.
"What do you mean by 'all the time'?" I queried.
"I kinda live with them now." Bella gave me a sheepish look. "Alice sold her house and I couldn't step foot in there anymore without having a panic attack. So your parents offered me a room. Are you mad?" She bit her lip, a sign of anxiety that I had picked up on.
"I'm not mad. I think it's great that you and my parents get along. We will find our own place though, as soon as I'm out of here. I fully intend to marry you Bella Swan, please say yes."
Bella shifted onto her side, her stomach nudged against my ribs as she propped herself up to look me in the eye, searching for any signs that I wasn't telling the truth. When she found none her face broke out into a wide smile. "Oh Edward, yes! A thousand times yes. I love you."
"I love you too baby, with all my heart."
The End *sniffles*
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