Bella's POV:
I was in sheer agony as Carlisle swooped the ultrasound wand across my stomach. I knew I was bleeding and I was terrified that I was miscarrying. I didn't want to lose my babies and honestly I didn't want to lose Paul.
I was furious beyond belief with him though. How dare he kiss another woman when I was pregnant and we were engaged? Not only that but I was his imprint! But I couldn't think about that right now I needed to concentrate on my babies.
Carlisle worked over me in silence for a while and finally said calmly "Well I think the babies will be just fine." He gave me a small reassuring smile "You have placental previa and when you were exerting yourself the baby's placenta pulled away from the wall a bit causing the bleeding and pain. As long as you are on mostly bed rest for the next little while everything should be fine. Do you want me to go and get Paul?"
I shook my head slightly "Not yet. I want to ask you something." He nodded for me to continue and sat on the bed next to me "Well Laurent attacked me."
The look of shock on Carlisle's face would have been comical if it wasn't such a dangerous situation. "What!"
"He attacked me and I was scared and I put my hands up to try and protect myself and all of a sudden he um well he froze" I glanced at Carlisle to gauge his reaction. His eyes widened even more.
"Froze?" He asked "Like an ice cube or a statue?"
I laughed slightly "A statue."
Carlisle looked at me extremely confused and a little bit worried. "I think I will have to do a bit of research Bella. I am going to send up Paul now I have a feeling you guys have a lot to talk about but NO moving out of this bed until you are going home." He got up and left rather quickly.
Paul came into the room a few minutes later in what I recognized as one of Jasper's outfits and he cautiously stood next to the bed. He reached towards me and then yanked his hand back like I had burnt him.
I turned so I was laying on my side facing away from him and I felt his hot hand touch my shoulder "Bella please look at me" He begged gently pulling my shoulder. I yanked away from him and curled into a ball. "Princess I am so, so, so sorry."
"You kissed another woman" I stated my voice void of emotion "If you were truly sorry you wouldn't have to apologize in the first place because you just wouldn't have done it."
"Bella she's an ex girlfriend" He started.
I cut him off "Oh that makes it all better, she was just an ex. How would you feel if I went and kissed Edward huh?" I huffed "It actually makes it a hundred times worse."
"She kissed me Bella. She came over to talk and she was being awful and saying things about you and the babies" I felt tears welling up again as he spoke "I told her to leave and she kissed me. I pulled away as fast as I could but you had already seen and started running." He sounded so desperate. Desperate for me to believe him and to trust him and honestly I did. It was confusing.
I was angry that he had kissed someone else but in my heart I knew he wouldn't have done it if he had a choice. I had just been inconsolable when I saw it happening. It was a stupid side effect of my raging hormones. Rosalie who had been doing a lot of pregnancy research had said that because I was having twins my hormones would be even more out of balance making my mood swings even worse.
I sighed and gingerly rolled to face him. "I know and I accept your apology." He sighed relieved and kissed me hard. I didn't really kiss him back but pulled him down so he was laying next to me and I curled into his arms.
"Bella I wouldn't hurt you on purpose and it kills me that I did hurt you" He whispered "I was so scared I was going to lose you and the babies. I was scared I was going to lose everything again." He held onto me as if for dear life.
I nodded my head and squeezed his hand "I'm on bed rest until Carlisle says otherwise but he says the babies should be ok."
"Their heartbeats have evened out" He said putting a hand on my stomach.
"I know they'll be ok" I said more confidently than I felt.
"Bella why was Laurent frozen like that when I showed up" He asked gazing at me curiously.
"I honestly don't know." I said "I just threw my hands up to protect myself even if that was useless and all of a sudden he was frozen, I started calling out for help and then my stomach just started to hurt and then you found me."
"I told Sam where to find him" Paul said comfortingly as he ran his fingers through my hair "They destroyed him."
I sighed in relief and then asked "Paul can you take me home?"
"Would it be ok if Emmett or Jazz carried you?" He asked "They are better at running fast in human form and I don't want you to have to hold on to my fur while I run."
"Ya" I nodded and before Paul had even finished standing Jasper had me in his arms.
He smiled at me and said "You aren't worried about me attacking you?"
"Never" I shook my head vehemently "Sure you haven't been a vegetarian as long as the others but you are also an empath and you felt everyone's emotions and desires on top of your own. I told you before I trust you with my life."
He bent down and kissed my cheek "Thank you Bella. Now let's get you home."
"Should I click my heels three times while saying 'there's no place like home'?" I asked jokingly.
Jasper and Paul exchanged looks and Jasper piped up "Close your eyes and do it I bet I have you home and in bed before you are finished saying it!"
I shut my eyes and started slowly saying it and I felt the rush of chilly wind around my body. I heard Paul howl in his wolf form and before I had even finished saying it the third time Jasper was slowing substantially.
"Well almost home is good enough" I grinned as I saw my home coming into view. I was irritated however to see that Paul's ex was still sitting on my porch.
We slowed to a human pace as we entered the yard and she glanced at us. "Well, well if it isn't the little missus and her boy toy coming home to celebrate her new single status." She jeered and I felt Jasper's grip tighten on me.
Before I could even open my mouth Paul piped up coming around the edge of the house "Actually this is her brother, she went to visit him and the doctor decided to put her on bed rest due to something wrong with the babies" He said taking me from Jasper's tight grip "I am going to ask you to leave kindly one more time and if you aren't gone by the time I come back down I will call my soon to be father in law to arrest you for trespassing and will have a restraining order against you before you can even blink."
I grinned up at Paul and knew for sure that my trust in him was still 100%. I pulled him down a bit and planted a possessive kiss on his lips winking playfully at him and Jasper who was trying not to laugh as I pulled away.
