Chapter Sixteen: Discoveries
"Oh my." I whispered.
He sort of laughed, "I know."
"Holy." I gasped.
"It's big, and I've been dodging Edward all day. He knows that I know something, but this isn't my news to tell Bella." He told me.
"Oh my god." I gasped covering my mouth as tears came to my eyes.
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Edward's POV
"She's been tired a lot lately, and she gets sick randomly! I don't know, maybe it is just the flu." I said.
"Just relax man, it isn't like she is dying." Jasper said.
"That's not funny." I grumbled.
"You know what I mean! Its just the flu! You said yourself that it has been going around the hospital! Maybe she picked it up from one of the kids at school." He reassured me.
I took a sip of coffee as we looked out the window.
"How is the new job?" I asked.
"It's really great. It's hard though, because I can't talk to Alice about work. Like I can't come home and tell her about my day like normal people do because I took a oath of confidence that I wouldn't share anything." He explained.
"Yeah, I have those times too where I can't say anything to Bella, I know the feeling." I agreed.
"Well, my lunch break is over." Jasper said.
We finished up eating before splitting the bill, I said my goodbyes before heading home. I still had about twenty minutes left of my break so I decided to go home and check on Bella. I dropped my keys in the basket on the table by the door as I walked in. I was about to throw my jacket on the couch before I saw Bella asleep on it. I hung the jacket up before walking over to the couch, I bent down and brushed the hair from her face. She groaned a little bit before slowly starting to move, she yawned opening her eyes.
"Hi." She whispered.
"Hi." I smiled.
"What are you doing home?" She asked.
"Lunch break, thought I would come see you." I told her.
"That's nice of you." She said grabbing my hand.
"How are you doing?" I asked.
"I still feel icky and sick." She grumbled.
"I still wish Carlisle could give you something." I told her.
"Edward it's the flu. There is medicine that you can get on the shelves." She said.
"I will swing by and pick some up for you." I said.
"Mmm." She said closing her eyes again.
"Sleep my love, I'll see you tonight." I told her.
"'Kay." She mumbled.
I gave her a soft kiss before standing up, I grabbed my jacket and keys before heading back to work.
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"But she is showing symptoms." I said.
"Symptoms that could be the flu also Edward." Dad said as we worked on charts.
"But what if she is dad?" I asked.
"Edward, I'm just saying that it could be the flu. I don't want you to be hurt again if she isn't..." He told me.
I sighed, "You're right."
We went back to working on charts in silence, only I kept staring out the window and letting my mind wonder off to places it shouldn't be.
Bella's POV
"I don't know how you do it Bella, I know you don't do it all day and don't run around with them, but I still don't know how you run around with all those little kids! Mason is just a mini energizer bunny!" Rose said as we watched Mason run around.
"He is something else though." I smiled.
I watched as Mason went to jump into a mud puddle.
"Mason! No-" Rose tried, but she was too late.
SPLASH!
All over his shoes, his jeans, and his shirt. He looked over to Rose and gave his famous laugh and grin.
"He is so Emmett reincarnated." I laughed.
"Oh my goodness he is! I'm not sure how this world is going to take two Emmett's." She said shaking her head and smiling.
"Have you guys thought of having more?" I asked casually.
"We have, but decided to wait a little longer." She said.
I nodded and smiled.
"Auntie Bella! Auntie Bella!" Mason screamed running over.
"What little man?!" I gasped.
He came running over with a bunch of weeds.
"I made you flowers!" He said proudly.
"Wow! Mase they are beautiful!" I gasped as I took them from him.
I smelled them, "Mm, they smell good too!"
He beamed proud of his work of gathering flowers before running off to play with his new ball he got.
"What about you? Any luck getting pregnant?" She asked.
I sighed and shook my head looking down at my "flowers."
"It will happen Bella, give it time." She said.
"I know, and now I have this flu thing I'm feeling a little better but I think its some kind of stomach bug or something." I said.
"Eww." She said.
"Yeah, certain smells send my flying to the bathroom, I've been tired like crazy! I think I may have caught something from the kids." I said.
Rosalie kind of gave me a weird look but I ignored it.
"Anything else?" She asked.
"No, other then my chest is sore, but that is because I have a new bra and it's kind of too tight I must have bought the wrong size." I told her.
She gave me another look before we sat in silence watching Mason.
Edward's POV
I finally walked through the door, it was a little past nine at night and I was exhausted. I threw my jacket on the couch and my keys in the basket before heading upstairs. I opened the bedroom door and smiled when I saw Bella passed out in the middle of the bed on her stomach. I got on my knees next to the bed and brushed the hair from her face, she was all sweaty and hot. She groaned pushing my hand away, she slowly opened her brown eyes and looked at me.
"Hi." I said.
She groaned.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
"I don't feel so hot." She moaned.
"What's wrong?" I asked getting up on the bed.
"I'm all hot and sweaty, I'm so tired, and my stomach feels like its spinning." She said.
"Bella something is wrong, maybe we should go to the hospital." I said getting up.
"No! I mean no, I just want to lay here." She said.
"Love, this has been going on for the past few weeks." I said.
"I know, but I'm sure everything is okay." She assured me.
I left it at that, but the back of my mind still screamed that one word that could cause all these symptoms, and it wasn't the flu.
Bella's POV
I couldn't put this off any longer, I stood in the bathroom taking deep breaths. I quickly grabbed one of the three boxes laying on the counter. I looked at it putting my hand over my mouth, I closed my eyes before opening the box taking out the contents. I couldn't ignore the signs anymore, I couldn't ignore the knowing looks from Rosalie and the suspicious behavior of Edward. I had to find out once and for all if this was what people thought it was, I had to find out if this was really the world screaming at me telling me that I was pregnant. With that thought out of my mind I took all three of the pregnancy tests and set them on the counter. I felt all shaky as I ran my fingers through my hair, three minutes of waiting. I paced around the bathroom for a minute before heading downstairs for a bottle of water. Two minutes finally passed (quicker than I thought) and I made my way up the stairs. Just as I was about to go into the bathroom the phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Bella?" Carlisle said.
"Hi dad." I said walking in the bathroom.
"Hi honey, I just wanted to call you and tell you that the tests finally came back." He said.
"Yeah?" I said looking at the three tests.
"Yeah, and I found something you may want to know." He told me.
My eyes went wide as I read all the tests.
"You're pregnant Bella." He said after I said nothing.
"Oh my." I whispered.
He sort of laughed, "I know."
"Holy." I gasped.
"It's big, and I've been dodging Edward all day. He knows that I know something, but this isn't my news to tell Bella." He told me.
"Oh my god." I gasped covering my mouth as tears came to my eyes.
"It finally happened sweetie, you are for sure pregnant." He confirmed knowing that I was in shock.
"Okay, okay. Thank you dad." She said.
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I walked into the hospital, I waved to Jerry who was on the phone and stopped in front of Edward. He looked up and smiled as he came around the counter. He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a sweet and gentle kiss, I looked up at him and smiled once we broke the kiss off.
"Hi wife." He whispered.
"Hi husband." I said smiling.
"What brings you here?" He asked me.
"I have something for you." I said.
"You do?" He asked.
I reached into my purse and pulled out an envelope, I took a deep breath before handing it to him.
He smiled taking it, "What is this?"
I just looked at the envelope until he opened it, it was a card.
"Congratulations," He read the outside, "Is this for my promotion?"
"Open it." I whispered.
He looked at me before opening the card, "You are going to be a daddy."
His eyes went wide before looking at me.
"Bella?!" He gasped.
"I'm pregnant." I said smiling.
He gasped and picked me up, he span me around and kissed my lips. I looked in his eyes as he gently set me back on my feet and broke the kiss. For that second, the world didn't exist, we weren't standing in a hospital full of people watching us, we were just Edward and Bella in our own little world.
"Thank you." He whispered.
"For what?" I asked.
"Making me the happiest man on the earth." He told me.
I stood on my tippy toes wrapping my arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips again.
The Next Day
"Honey I'm home!" I heard Edward yell.
I was too busy puking my chicken back up into the toilet. I got home from work and decided to have something to eat, little did I know that would trigger this. I heard footsteps enter the bathroom before Edward rushed to hold my hair back. After about round three I was finally done, I sat up and took the towel Edward handed me.
"Thank you." I said.
"Well, at least we know throwing up is normal now." He said.
"Yeah, but it doesn't make it any less suckish." I groaned.
He picked my up bridal style before carrying me to the bed, he gently laid me down on the bed.
"How was work?" I asked.
"Long and boring." He said climbing into bed and laying on his stomach facing me.
"The kids drew some pictures for the baby." I told him.
I reached for the stack of pictures.
"Most of them are just blotches of color but they are cute none the less." I said.
Edward took them and looked at each of them.
"They are cute. I like the one Andy drew." He said handing me it.
It was a picture of two stick people and there was a blue oval of what had to be the baby. There were arrows pointing to the grown ups saying that they were Edward and I. He wrote in messy hand writing asking us to name the baby Andy. I smiled putting the pictures on the desk, I looked at Edward who placed his hand on my stomach.
"A baby." He whispered.
"We are going to be parents." I said smiling.
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