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A/N: Thanks to katmom and Angelinia, who beta this story.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Pregnancy
Edward and Bella arrived home after two weeks at Isle Esme. Bella hadn't shown any of her symptoms yet, but she knew that they would be coming soon and she wanted to be near her doctor when they did. However, when she got to the Cullens' house, she almost wished she had stayed away longer. She knew they meant well, but that didn't stop her from being self conscious with all the stares her family were giving her and the fact that she couldn't so much as stand up without everyone looking at her worriedly.
Naturally Carlisle had insisted on checking her out the moment she had arrived, admitting only then that he had been studying Obstetrics and gynecology since he knew that there was the possibility that she might become pregnant. She blushed at that until he thanked her for the opportunity to study another field of medicine, which he found to be rather interesting. However, even with all that he had learned, he couldn't really say much about the baby's health. All he could announce was that she was growing fast, which they already knew.
"Carlisle?" Bella asked after he had put the ultrasound machine away, he had hoped that the uterine wall surrounding the baby wasn't strong enough yet, but unfortunately they weren't able to see the baby.
"Hm?" Carlisle asked absentmindedly.
"What are the chances that this baby would be Renesmee?" Bella asked looking down.
"Exactly her? More than one in a million," Carlisle said. "It's clear that it's the same egg, for you definitely got pregnant the same time you did in the book, but still, genetically speaking..."
Bella's frown caused Carlisle to stop.
"I'm sorry," he said with a slight smile, "I'm getting a little too technical and the truth is that there is a good chance that everything that you read about Renesmee will be the same as it was in the book. We'll never know if she's exactly who she would have been in the book, but there's a good chance that she'll have your eyes, Edward's hair, the abilities that she had shown... if so, it's safe to say that she would be the child that we all read about."
"But you can't be sure that even those things will happen," Bella said softly.
"True, this child could be completely different than the one in the book," Carlisle admitted sadly. "But I don't think we should be worrying about that until we have to. You need to stay healthy and hopeful. And we will love this child whether it's Renesmee or not."
Bella looked down at her stomach, putting her hands on it, and she smiled. "You're right of course."
"Now come on, I'm sure the rest of the family is worrying about you," Carlisle said with a smile as Bella made a face.
"You just had to remind me of that," Bella frowned. "I think they're going to drive me crazy..."
"Yes, well, they mean well," Carlisle chuckled. "I think they're all just worried about what might happen. Though we have seen what would have happened thanks to those books, this is still something new to us, something we don't fully understand."
"Do you think I'm in danger?" Bella asked.
"This won't be an easy pregnancy, Bella, you know that," Carlisle said. "I truly believe that everything will work out in the end, for what other reason would there have been for changing things after reading the books? I know the others think that way too. They all love you too much to threaten your life, however, that's not going to stop any of us from worrying about what could happen."
"I just hope Edward isn't so bad," Bella said.
"I'm sure he'll be fine," Carlisle said.
"Hmm... and here I was planning on being a nervous wreck," Edward said coming into the room, causing Bella to gasp with shock. "Any news, Carlisle?" he added, smirking at Bella's reaction.
"Nothing that's unexpected," Carlisle admitted with a sigh.
"So what's your recommendation?" Edward asked.
"Obviously, Bella should eat normally as long as possible," Carlisle said. "And I know this might not be what you want to hear, Bella, but it would be best if you stay inside and relax, we don't know when the pregnancy will start to affect you physically, and it would be good to have your body as well rested as it possibly can be beforehand."
"So no blood yet and plenty of rest, I think I can manage that," Bella said.
As she settled down on the couch in the living room, she again could feel everyone's eyes on her even though she could never catch them looking at her. Thankfully when Carlisle came downstairs he seemed to be able to make them go about their business, though she could still tell that everyone was focusing on her.
"Okay, Bella," Emmett said suddenly, sitting next to her wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "I've been told not to treat you like you're on your death bed, so..."
"Instead you've decided to annoy me to death," Bella supplied.
"Not quite," Emmett pouted. "I was just going to sit here and tell you incredibly embarrassing stories about Edward... make sure you laugh a bunch. You know they say laughter is the best form of medicine, which means I'll be a better doctor than Carlisle..."
"I'm not really sure that's how it works Em, but I'll happily listen to your stories about Edward," Bella chuckled.
"Well, Emmett's certainly good at distractions," Edward said frowning. His brother had told Bella many stories about their life before she came in to it and hardly any of them painted him well. Still, he couldn't really do anything to his brother because Bella seemed to have relaxed considerably, not noticing the stares that his family was still giving her. "But he's going to run out of material if we keep up this pace."
"Don't worry, Eddy, boy, I still have plenty of stories to tell," Emmett grinned at him.
"Still, I wouldn't mind if I was distracted in other ways," Bella said looking at Edward.
"What do you mean, you want other people to come and visit you?" Carlisle questioned.
"Well that's not exactly what I meant," Bella mumbled to herself, then added, "Yes, that would be nice."
"Let me guess, you want the mutt to come and visit," Rosalie huffed from her seat next to Emmett.
"Yeah," Bella said sheepishly.
"Do you feel any extraordinary pull to have him here?" Edward questioned with a grim and yet hopeful expression.
"No, but that's sort of why I wanted him to come," Bella said. "I mean, we would know, won't we? If Jacob comes here and I feel something abnormal, we would know that our baby is Renesmee."
"You just had to say something like that," Edward grumbled.
"You don't want Jake anywhere near here, do you?" Bella asked knowingly.
"I was hoping that we wouldn't be seeing him any time soon. You know, for like the next eighteen years," Edward said.
"Our child will be fully grown in seven years," Bella said.
"Like I said, eighteen years would be soon enough," Edward added and Bella laughed.
"I know what you mean, but I don't see the harm in having him come here before I have the baby," Bella said.
"I know one," Emmett said suddenly. "You'll grow soft being all emotional and pregnant that you'll promise the dog he can see your little nudger as soon as you deliver her."
"That's not going to happen," Bella said.
"You can't be sure of that," Rosalie said. "I can totally see you doing something like that."
"No, I won't," Bella said again, this time firmly.
"Why not?" Edward asked.
"Because I want to know my child, you know after my transformation, before there's any kind of imprinting going on," Bella said.
Edward smiled at her, now that was something he believed would never change. "Fine, I'll call Jacob, are you happy now?"
O
It wasn't until the next afternoon, Bella having had her first bout of morning sickness, when she began to get worried about what was going to be coming next. She realized from the beginning that this wasn't going to be an easy pregnancy, but now that it was really happening, she was starting to get terrified about how much it would hurt.
When Jacob came into the room she felt a smile immediately come to her face, which in itself wouldn't have been odd (she always smiled when she saw her friend). However, the fact that her anxiousness loosened and she felt happier than usual to see her friend, was different.
"So this is all really happening," Jacob said, coming over to sit next to her. She didn't exactly look pregnant yet, though there were definite changes in her completion that were obvious to him. "You know I was pacing in my room the whole time that you were gone, worrying about this."
"Can't wait to fall for an infant," Bella said shaking her head. "That's just sick, Jake."
"What... no, that's not what I meant," Jacob huffed, but he smiled when she laughed. "I've been worried about you. Most things haven't gone how the book did... there's no guarantees that..."
"I'm okay, Jake," Bella said soothingly and Jacob sighed in relief.
"It feels different looking at you," Jacob whispered.
"I know what you mean," Bella said.
"Anyway, I was told that I was invited here to distract you," Jacob said, changing the subject quickly.
"Right, distract away," Bella chuckled.
"I suppose I should start off by telling you about our newest werewolves to join the pack," Jacob said.
"On no, who was it?" Bella sighed.
"Leah and Seth," Jacob said.
"Yeah! The cub joined the pack!" They could hear Emmett shout from the kitchen.
"Geesh, there's no privacy in this place," Jacob huffed.
"Nope," Emmett said walking in.
"You know it's not a good thing... changing into a wolf," Jacob frowned.
"I know," Emmett sighed. "And I'm sorry, but still... the child was really cool, someone anyone would like to get to know."
"Yeah, I know," Jacob smiled. "And he really seems to like the change."
"That's good," Bella said. "But what happened?"
"Leah and Seth were having some kind of argument, not serious," Jacob said, "just a fight among siblings. It was enough though. Leah exploded. She couldn't control herself. Seth was the only one there... he sensed the danger he was in and well... he exploded too. It wasn't pretty. And it took forever to calm them down."
"Man, that sounds rough," Emmett said.
"How does Leah feel about this?" Bella asked.
"Leah hates it, of course," Jacob said with a grimace. "Learning that our legends were true... learning why Sam had to choose Emily... learning about, well, you know, not being able to have kids... it was a lot for her to take."
"The poor girl," Esme said coming in the room with eggs and sausages for Bella and Jacob. "Is there anything that we can do to help her?"
"No," Jacob said. "I know you want to, but she doesn't want anything to do with you."
"She blames us?" Edward stated.
"Yeah," Jacob said. "She's going through a hard time, and she might not always blame you, but as of right now, it's all your fault that this is happening to her."
"She has a right to blame us," Carlisle said gravely. "If we hadn't come here in the first place, Sam wouldn't have changed. Even after finding out what we did to your people, we stayed here. If we had left, if the Volturi never came here..."
"Look, Doc, you didn't know what would happen when you came here," Jacob said. "No one could have. And as for you staying, what were you supposed to do? Just leave Bella behind... or worse kidnap her?"
"It's not really kidnapping if I was willing to go," Bella pointed out.
"Maybe, but it still would have been wrong," Jacob said. "You couldn't foresee any of this happening. I mean if you could have, you would have."
"So you're saying that I didn't do my job very well, thanks a lot, Jacob," Alice huffed.
"No, I was saying that it couldn't have been helped," Jacob said.
"And I'm just saying that she has a right to blame us," Carlisle added.
"Whatever," Jacob rolled his eyes.
"So the pack now has eight people in it," Emmett said. "It looks like there's equal numbers..."
"Emmett, whatever you're thinking, stop," Esme said narrowing her eyes at him.
"But..." Emmett pouted.
"She's right, don't think things like that," Edward was glaring at him, too.
"Besides, we have eight wolves now, but we're pretty sure that Collin and Brady are a few months from transforming too," Jacob went on. "Sam and I have been talking and he thinks that now with Leah being a wolf and the fact that there's so many of us, that we might split the pack up."
"You mean you would become Alpha!" Bella said.
"Well, not right away," Jacob said. "It wouldn't be until after the others join, but yeah, I'm thinking about it."
"I would say you're more than just thinking about it," Jasper said. "You don't really seem conflicted about this decision at all."
"It's rather annoying having so many special vamps in this room, you know," Jacob huffed.
"You'll get used to it," Emmett chuckled.
"Um... Em, you're still annoyed every time any of them uses their gifts against you," Bella said to him.
"What do you mean them? You're special too, you know," Alice told her.
"But I'm not a vampire yet," Bella said. "Besides, I think Emmett is going to like my gift, at least he is when I make it so Edward can't cheat anymore."
"Sweet!" Emmett beamed at her. "I knew there was a reason why I liked you, little sister."
"Thank you," Bella smiled back at him and then turned to Jacob. "What were you saying?"
"I wasn't saying anything, just calling Jasper annoying," Jacob said.
"Fine, then why aren't you conflicted about becoming Alpha?" Bella asked.
"I wouldn't say I'm not conflicted," Jacob said. "I was sort of hoping that I would never actually have to do this, but I know it's the right thing to do. Every time I transform now I can feel Leah's bitterness, her pain. I know by taking her in my pack it would only make that continue, but it would help her. It might even help her not hate your family so much."
"I doubt it," Rosalie said. "It wouldn't be that easy to make her forget that."
"You would know," Jacob said and Rosalie glowered at him.
Edward's head suddenly snapped towards Carlisle, his expression was slightly crazed. "Do you really think that could happen?"
"I'm not sure," Carlisle said. "It's a possibility..."
"What's going on?" Bella asked looking between the two of them.
"Carlisle was just thinking about what happened in the book," Edward started to explain.
"Of how you needed CPR," Carlisle said. "None of us, as in vampires, would be able to help you with that. I was just thinking it would be good to have a human... or a werewolf here..."
"No way, the mutt is not going to be there," Rosalie growled.
"I'm not the only werewolf there is," Jacob sighed, in truth, he did want to be there, especially if Bella might need help, but was trying to force himself to do the right thing. "I can talk to one of the guys."
"The cub... ask Seth to do it!" Emmett exclaimed, "It would be nice to have him around."
"That's not a good idea," Edward said, picking up on Jacob's thoughts. "As much as I wish Seth could be the one that helps, he's too young... werewolf wise. I doubt he would be able to be in the same room as us without turning."
"Ah," Emmett pouted.
"I'll probably get Sam to do it," Jacob said. "He's the best under pressure."
"Thanks," Carlisle said. "This is probably an over precaution..."
"There is no such thing," Edward said firmly.
"Speaking about over precaution and medical needs," Bella said and everyone looked at her questioningly. Edward's eyebrow raised in the way it always did when he was annoyed that he couldn't hear what she was thinking.
"The morphine shot," Bella said, and the confused looks on the vampires' faces increased.
"Bella, we discussed this. It's not going to help you with the pain..." Edward said his expression grave.
"I know that, Edward," Bella sighed. "But we don't know what else it might have done. What if not being able to move, or controlling myself after the morphine wore off, what if that helped me control my thirst? Or help me form more self control?"
"She might have a point," Carlisle said. "We don't know why Bella had so much control. It might have just been her. It might have been the knowledge that she had gained before she changed. Or it might be some combination of things."
"But," Edward frowned. "Bella, you feel better when I hold you... It might help... it might hurt less if I can hold you..."
"Edward, there's more," Bella said.
"What is it?"
"I don't want to be screaming... I don't want my daughter to hear me screaming," Bella said.
Edward groaned and pulled her closer to him, into a firm hug. He didn't want her to suffer in silence. He didn't want to watch her still form knowing that she was in pain and there was nothing he could do to help. But he nodded his head all the same. Screaming did no good. Comforting her would do no good. And she was right; their daughter didn't need to hear that. Didn't need to know the pain that she was in.
O
Bella progressed quickly. It seemed like in no time she was showing, and not long after that they had to start giving her blood for the baby. She had to suffer through broken bones and pains whenever the baby moved, and that seemed to be all the time. Still, she managed to get through it, and everything else seemed to be going fine. Jacob would come almost every day, and though she knew it probably wasn't right, she felt better when he was there.
It was a few days before they had expected the baby to be developed enough so they could perform a C-section that Edward had decided to call the Denalis. They were all sure that the misunderstanding that happened in the book wouldn't in this reality, but it was better to be on the safe side. It turned out the only one that was home at the time was Tanya, and she decided to come down immediately.
"You do realize that we don't have a man for you this time either," Emmett said to Tanya after all of the vampires had greeted her.
Tanya rolled her eyes as a way to answer. Edward, why did you call me down here?
"There's just something that I wanted you to see," Edward said.
Tanya raised an eyebrow.
"Come on, I'll show you," Edward said.
"This doesn't have anything to do with your new wife now being a vampire or something, because as nice as that will be, it's not really warranted by the excited call you made to me," Tanya chuckled.
"Bella is still human," Edward said. "But it does have something to do with her."
"Well, you've piqued my interest, what's going on?" Tanya said as she walked into the living room with Bella and Jacob sitting on the couch. She grimaced when she saw Bella, the girl looked deathly ill, literally like she was likely going to die soon. She looked back at Edward, whose brows were now furrowed in concern for his wife, but still looking cheerful. What was going on here?
"I just felt that this was something you had to see to believe," Edward said, nodding towards Bella, who lifted the blanket off of her to reveal a protruding stomach.
"What?" Tanya said, her eyes growing wide. She looked at Edward in disbelief. "Is that..."
"Bella, is pregnant," Edward said.
"But last month..." Tanya muttered.
"She wasn't... I'm the father," Edward said, almost smiling at her response. He could hear Emmett laughing from the doorway, and the rest of his family's amusement at her response.
It's nice that at least someone was shocked by this pregnancy, Emmett thought.
"But... how?" Tanya said.
"You're over a thousand and you don't know how babies are born," Emmett shook his head. "Well, you see when a man..."
"Emmett, sh," Esme said sternly.
"Apparently men are men, even if they happen to be vampires," Jacob said and Tanya looked at him with a wrinkled nose and confused expression.
"This is unbelievable."
"I know," Edward said. "But it's still true."
"You're going to be a father," Tanya said to him, starting to get over her shock.
"Yeah," Edward said, a smile spreading across his face.
"Wow!" Tanya said. "Congratulations."
"Thanks."
"You seemed to be talking this better than they all feared you would," Jacob commented.
"Huh?" Tanya said. "How was I supposed to take this?"
"Don't mind the mutt, he doesn't know what he's talking about," Rosalie hissed.
Tanya however wasn't listening to what she said as she thought about why Edward would call her, her and her family, so suddenly. "You thought we would react badly if we saw your child after it was born."
"She would probably look like an immortal child," Edward admitted.
Tanya's eyes filled with sorrow as her mind went to her, for lack of better words, mom and the fact that she lost her life because of she created an immortal child.
Edward went to sit next to Bella, trying to give Tanya some space. He tried not to listen to what she was thinking, but it was hard.
"I would like to say that we wouldn't have reacted badly to that," Tanya said softly a little while after that, "but that's probably not true. Thanks for telling me now. You don't mind if I stay do you?"
"I'm sure one more person to fall madly in love with our daughter as soon as she's born won't hurt," Edward smiled.
"So, you know you're having a daughter," Tanya said.
"We're pretty sure," Edward said not looking her in the eyes and she got the feeling that he was hiding something. It was the same feeling she got when the Cullens had come with Laurent and Garrett.
"Tanya, if I tell you a secret, would you promise not to tell the others?" Edward asked, causing Bella and Jacob to look at him questioningly.
"Edward, what are you doing?" Bella said.
"She deserves to know the truth," Edward said thoughtfully. "She deserves peace of mind."
Bella looked over at the strawberry blonde vampire and then nodded her head. "Okay."
"You were just wondering what we were hiding from you," Edward said. "Why we suddenly showed up with Laurent and Garrett. And I know you're hoping that one day we'll come with someone for you..."
"Edward, that was just a joke," Tanya said, rolling her eyes.
"I know your thoughts, Tanya, there's no point in lying to me," Edward frowned. "You realize that it's unlikely, but that doesn't stop you from hoping it would happen."
"But it's not," Tanya said gravely.
"I can't say that for sure, but no, it's not likely," Edward said. "The reason why we came to you with Laurent and Garrett is because we knew they were Irina and Kate's mates."
"How...?"
"We got these books telling us what was going to happen in the future," Edward started and then explained everything that had happened in the books. He didn't just go over the parts that had involved the Denali Clan either; he went over all the books, in as much detail as he could.
"So Irina..." Tanya said, closing her eyes in pain. She couldn't believe that her sister could have been killed if not for some mysterious book the Cullens got. She couldn't believe that her sister had told on the Cullens either, and realized that was the reason she got the call this time around.
"Yes," Edward said.
"You actually let Laurent live after what you heard he would do to Bella," Tanya said after a moment passed. Bella was now sleeping and Jacob had gone home sometime during Edward's explanation about Eclipse. Carlisle, Esme and Alice were in the room too, but the other Cullens were busying themselves with something else.
"I didn't want to," Edward admitted. "Those two made me."
"I didn't think it was right that he should die," Carlisle said simply and Tanya rolled her eyes at him.
"You're much too soft for your own good," Tanya said. "It might have cost you when the Volturi came; you do know that, right?"
"Yes," Edward was the one to answer. "But Carlisle can't change who he is any more that the rest of us."
"And we all respect Carlisle's decisions too much to go against them," Alice added. "Besides, it all worked out for the better in the end."
"You're only saying that because you don't have to live with him," Tanya pouted out.
"Is he really that bad?" Alice inquired.
"No, not really," Tanya said her eyes were far away. She truly was happy for her sisters, and she liked both Laurent and Garrett a lot, but she still missed the way it was before they came. She found that she had a lot more free time on her hands lately.
O
Bella woke up to the smell of eggs, bacon and sausage, and she smiled when she saw Edward holding the plate out for her to take.
"Good morning," he said, kissing her on the forehead and then on her protruding stomach.
She was in near constant pain as she tried not to move around much at all, because that usually made the baby start to squirm too, but waking up like that was worth it all. She loved how much Edward took care of her. Yes, she could see the sadness in his eyes as he looked at her grow bigger and weaker. She knew he was worried about what might happen to her and truthfully, so was she. It didn't change the fact that she could see how excited he was, too.
"Good morning," she answered him, moving slightly so she could lean on his shoulder. Like she thought, the baby moved with her, causing her to wince slightly in pain. Edward sighed, but didn't say anything, for which she was grateful. "Where did everyone else go?"
"Carlisle is in his study. Esme, Alice, Jasper and Rosalie are working on our cottage and Emmett is taking Tanya hunting," Edward said. "She said that being around open human blood wasn't helping her appetite."
"Oh," Bella said, looking at her cup sheepishly. "It's getting close to my birthday you know."
"Yes, I do know that," Edward said. "Vampires have excellent memories."
"The baby should be born soon," Bella went on, though she smiled at his attempt at humor.
"I know," Edward smiled, putting his hand on her stomach. She moved her hand over his and smiled. "Bella, is there something wrong?"
"I don't know," Bella said sighing. "I just feel something different. She moves so much... I don't remember it saying she moved so much..."
"Bella, that part of the book was in Jacob point of view, I'm sure she kicked this much in the book too," Edward tried to sound reassuring.
"It didn't seem that way to me," Bella said, her lips quivering.
Edward looked at her for a long time. "Tell me what you're thinking."
Bella sighed. "When Jacob first got here, I was sure we were having Renesmee. But now... I don't know. I know that Jake is going to imprint on our daughter, I can feel that, but I don't know if it's going to be Renesmee."
"Bella," Edward sighed, moving her closer to him, though making sure that her body didn't shift so much that it stirred the baby. "You really shouldn't worry about that. You know that no matter who our daughter is, we're going to love her..."
"I know."
"And just because things aren't going as they did in the book, doesn't mean that it won't be Renesmee," Edward added. "You were under so much stress then, and we didn't know anything... we didn't know how to help you."
"Carlisle said genetically speaking it was unlikely that it would be her," Bella mumbled.
Edward looked up at the ceiling where he could hear his dad groan, and send an apology his way.
"Well, practically speaking, I know it will be her," Edward said, moving his other hand so it was now on Bella's stomach too.
She leaned towards him and kissed him on the cheek. "I love you, did you know that?"
"I did," Edward chuckled. "But it's always nice to hear."
"It's nice to say too," Bella pointed out. "Just to let you know."
"I love you, Bella," he kissed the top of her head.
O
The next day he heard the thing he had been waiting for the last month. Thoughts, glorious thoughts, were coming from Bella's direction. On a normal day he would be disappointed that they weren't coming from her, but right now, it filled him with joy and panic in equal measure.
He paused for a few seconds, Bella didn't even seem to notice as she chatted with Alice and Rosalie about something, something that he was talking to them about just a second ago but he couldn't for the life of him remember what it was. Not when he could hear the second thought, the loved that filled his mind when the baby listened to Bella's voice.
"I heard!" Edward said suddenly, making everyone looking at him oddly. He didn't care, because he could hear his little girl's thoughts.
"Edward," Bella said slowly as she realized where he was looking.
"Oh my god," Alice said. "Carlisle, it's time."
A rush seemed to happen and the room was suddenly filled with vampires. Carlisle was there, checking Bella's vitals. Emmett and Jasper, who had been wrestling in the front yard to blow off steam, rushed in. Edward was sure he wouldn't have noticed their arrival at all if it wasn't for the extra anxiety he was feeling coming off Jasper.
"Jazz," Alice said, going over to stand next to him. "We're all anxious enough..."
"Sorry," Jasper sighed and then tried to control himself.
"Now, Bella, I need you to take deep, calm breaths," Carlisle said.
Edward looked up to meet her eyes and saw that she was starting to panic too. They had decided that as soon as they heard the baby, they were going to start making preparations for the C-section.
"Breathe, Bella," Edward said calmly, and Bella took a deep breath, keeping her eyes on Edward. Soon enough she was breathing normally again.
"We're going to be parents," she said with wonderment.
"Yes," Edward said smiling before his eyes widened and he looked down at Bella's stomach.
"What... is something wrong?" Bella asked, panic filling her voice again.
"No," Edward said looking back up at her trying with all of his might to keep a straight face. "She just likes my voice... I wasn't expecting that to make me... so happy."
"Of course she likes your voice," Bella said proudly.
"I'm going to go help Carlisle get the other room ready," Edward said getting up and he noticed her looking at him suspiciously and with concern so he added excitedly, "we're going to be parents!"
She smiled and turned to his sisters and mom, and he knew that they would keep her comfortable. He ran up to talk to Carlisle.
"Is there something wrong?" Carlisle asked warily, he didn't need help getting things ready for the delivery and Edward knew that.
"I heard another voice," Edward said, his expression was impossible to read.
"Another..." Carlisle said confused and then his eyes widened in comprehension. "You mean she's having twins!"
"I think so."
I thought she looked bigger than she should have been, but I couldn't be certain with this particular pregnancy.
"You could have let me know this was possible," Edward glared at him. "How is this even possible?"
I could give some explanations as how this happened, but you know biology well enough to figure this out, Carlisle said thought.
Edward frowned, thinking about the book, how because of his stubbornness it had been a week before they had made love again, but that wasn't true this time. It had been hours. Could it be possible? Could that have made it so they were allowed to have another child? He knew biologically it was, but again he was caught unaware of just how vampire/human pregnancy worked. Though he never even considered this, he realized that he thought that because the fetus grew so fast that it would be impossible for another pregnancy to occur even if there was an extra egg.
"Edward, there's no time to waste," Carlisle said.
"Do you think she's in more danger now?" Edward's head snapped towards his father and for the first time he heard the concern that was running through Carlisle's mind.
"I think we need to hurry," Carlisle said. "As soon as Sam gets here we will start. In the meantime, you have to tell Bella about what's going on."
Edward couldn't say anything to his father, but he ran down the stairs to join his wife on the couch again.
"Edward what's going on?" Bella said, looking at him with worry. "Everyone's looking scared, what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong," Edward said, but he knew that she didn't believe him; he knew he wasn't hiding his worry from her at all. "I just... we think you're having twins..."
O
Bella's eyes went wide and her heart started to hammer even faster than it was before.
"Bella, you have to calm down," Edward said.
"Bella, look at me," Jasper said coming into the room and placing a hand on each of her shoulders. "Your babies need you to be strong; there is nothing to worry about. Carlisle is going to make sure that they're okay, and Edward would never let anything happen to you."
Bella let the waves of calmness wash over her, fill her entire being. She could do this. She could handle having another half vampire baby because Jasper was right, Edward was here for her, and Carlisle would make sure her babies were healthy.
"Thanks, Jazz," Edward whispered, and she realized that her brother wasn't only helping her relax. The look in Edward's eyes was still hard to look at. He was worried that she wouldn't make it. That this was going to be too much for her. But she was going to make sure that wasn't going to be true.
"I'm going to take you to the other room now," Edward said, picking her up carefully.
"Edward, what are we going to name the other twin?" Bella asked as he lay her down on the table. Carlisle was there, standing slightly in the corner. Rosalie and Alice were on the other side of the door, they would be taking the babies while Bella was given venom so she could transform.
"I don't know," Edward said, not seeming to even care about that right now.
"Do you know if it's going to be a boy or girl?" Bella asked.
"I don't know," Edward repeated.
"Edward, please listen to its voice," Bella said.
"Bella, I..." Edward said gravely.
"I want to name my baby," Bella insisted. "Or at least I want a say in what my baby should be called and I think it's wrong if we wait three days before it has a name."
"She has a point, especially since the baby will remember that you didn't give it a name," Alice supplied from the other side of the door.
Edward sighed, and concentrated on the babies' voices. A smile briefly crossed his face when he realized that they seemed to be communicating to one another, probably through Renesmee's gift. The smile broadened when he noted the difference in tones.
"I can't be sure, but I think the other baby is a boy," Edward said, looking up at Bella with pride, but as their eyes met she realized that he was again worried for her safety.
"That makes it easier then, his name will be Edward just like you and your father," Bella said, stroking his face.
"That might make things confusing though," Edward said, trying to just think about what this would mean. That he might have a son as well as the daughter that he already fell in love with. "Having two Edwards in the house."
"Maybe," Bella sighed.
"Then again, we can call him Eddy, and Emmett would have to stop calling me that," Edward added.
Bella chuckled. "Actually, maybe we could call him Teddy, that's a nickname for Edward, too, isn't it?"
"It's actually what my dad went by," Edward admitted. "I think I like it."
"Are you planning on keeping his middle name Jacob too?" Rosalie grumbled from the other room.
"It would be nice if you two would butt out of our conversation," Edward huffed.
Not likely, Alice and Rosalie thought at the same time.
"Actually, it might be nice if he had his own name, one that he didn't have in common with anyone else," Bella said.
"Did you have anything in mind?" Edward said softly.
"No," Bella said. "I picked all the other names, you pick this one."
Edward chuckled this time. "And what if I'm wrong and it's a girl."
Bella was silent for a while before saying, "I don't know any other girls name."
"Can't combine anyone else's name to make a new name that nobody has heard of before, can you?" Edward teased.
"Nope," Bella smiled at him. "You can pick it too."
"Fine," Edward said. "How about Alex."
"Is that for the boy's middle name or for the girl's name?" Bella asked.
"Both," Edward said.
"You're so lazy, you can't even think of two names," Bella rolled her eyes.
"Well, it's very difficult picking names," Edward chuckled.
"It's time," Carlisle said softly and Edward looked at his dad warily. "Don't worry, everything is going to be fine."
A/N: I didn't really think I would end here, but sorry, it just seems like the right place. I just wanted to say to everyone that reviewed about them having twins was good at guessing, or maybe I foreshadowed this more than I thought. I was planning on making the twins from the beginning after someone gave me a review before I even started the story and the idea stuck.