Telling the others

As we entered our apartment I wrapped my arms around my wife's waist, rubbing soothing circles on her stomach. She leaned back into me, relaxing her head on my shoulder.

"I'm going to have to feed you a lot more food now aren't I?"

"Not yet. And don't fatten me up. I'll be fat enough as it is."

"You won't be fat. You'll be beautiful, carrying our baby. Don't ever think of yourself as fat."

"Okay honey. Now come on, we need to get ready to go."

"There's no need to rush. You've had a stressful day. Take your time baby."

"I'm fine now. I just feel a little tired and have quite a bad headache, it should pass soon."

"Do you want to take a quick nap? I can ring my parents and tell them we'll be a bit late."

"No. I told you I'm fine. Now come on."

"Fine. If you get tired at any point just tell me and we can come home. Promise you'll tell me when you get too tired."

"I promise I'll tell you when I'm tired. Now can we go?"

"We can go now baby."

We changed into some comfier clothes before hopping into the car and driving to my parents. I parked the car quickly and opened the door for Bella. I wrapped one arm around her and led us to the front door. Esme saw us coming and opened the door, embracing us in her arms.

"It's good to see two again. How are you?"

"We are good Esme. A lot of school books to mark but other than that we are good. What about you? How are you and Carlisle doing?"

"We're doing well. Carlisle has had a long day in the hospital but everyone is doing well. The others are here, come inside."

"Thank you mom."

Esme ushered us inside, taking our coats. The others were all sitting around the living room in various seats. They all stood and welcomed us when they saw us. We sat and talked about what each other had missed out on in the past week. Everyone then sat around the dinner table as Esme brought out a large dish of lasagne. We tucked in, filling ourselves with her delicious cooking. When Bella didn't eat much Carlisle questioned if she was feeling alright. She just smiled and assured him she was fine. It was only when we'd cleared the table and were sat around the living room again that Emmett burst.

"Will you just tell them?"

Everyone turned to look at Emmett who was glaring at us. They then turned to look at us.

"Emmett, honey, what are you talking about?"

"They have something to tell everyone. Will you just tell them?"

All eyes were on us as we sat together on the couch, my arms around Bella.

"What is it you have to tell us Edward? Bella?"

Bella turned her head so she was looking at me.

"Do you want to tell them or shall I?"

"You can tell them if you want baby."

"You sure?"

"Just tell them before I do."

"Emmett don't shout. Bella has a headache."

"Sorry Bella."

"It's okay Emmett. Um. Edward and I have some exciting news."

She turned to me again, leaning her head on my shoulder.

"Can you tell them?"

"Sure baby."

Whilst rubbing gentle circles on her stomach, I looked up at the others to see them looking at us.

"Bella's pregnant."

No one said anything as they digested the information. Alice was the first to squeal. She ran over to us and wrapped us up in her arms.

"Congratulations guys. I'm so happy for you."

"Thanks Alice."

Rose came and joined Alice.

"You guys will be amazing parents."

"Thanks Rose."

They climbed off us and Jasper pulled us into a hug.

"Congrats guys. It's about time."

"Thanks Jasper."

When Jasper pulled away my mom and dad pulled us into a bone crushing hug.

"I'm going to be a grandma?"

"Yeah mom. You get to be a grandma."

"Congratulations. You've made us so happy."

They pulled away, leaving Bella and I on the couch. Bella turned to me, snuggling onto my lap. I stroked her hair as she leaned her head against my heart.

"When did you find out Bella?"

"Last week. I only told Edward today."

"Why?"

"I was just so scared. I didn't want to believe it in case it turned out I wasn't pregnant."

They all nodded at us, smiling understandingly. The rest of the evening passes quickly with light conversations. Bella and I were the first to leave when I saw she was falling asleep on my lap. I carried her sleeping form to the car depositing her in the seat before turning back to my parents and wished them goodnight. I jumped in the car and drove back to our apartment.

As I carried Bella along the corridor to our apartment I noticed two figures outside our door.

"Hello?"

"Edward? Is that you?"

"Eliza. Are you okay? What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry Edward. If now isn't a good time we'll go. Don't worry."

"No, no it's alright. Come in. Bella's just asleep. Can you open the door?"

I passed her the keys and she fumbled with them before swinging the door open. I gestured for her to go inside and I noticed that she had a bag on her back and a younger boy clutching her leg.

"Let me just put Bella in bed. Make yourself comfortable in the living room."

"Thanks Edward."

I carried Bella to our bed and slid her shoes off, tucking her in so she stayed warm. I quickly changed into a pair of sweats and an old white T-shirt.

"Would either of you like some coffee?"

"If it's alright. Olly can't have coffee."

"Would you like a hot chocolate Olly?"

His head bounced excitedly. I ran into the kitchen and stuck the kettle on. With two mugs of coffee in hand and a hot chocolate I made my way back into the living room. Eliza had Olly wrapped up in her arms trying to warm him up.

"Here, I'll turn the heating on, you should warm up soon. Let me get you a blanket."

"You don't need to do that Edward."

"Don't worry about it Eliza. I can't let you freeze to death."

After they were both wrapped up in blankets with their mugs in hand, I sat across from them.

"What's going on Eliza? I asked you to find me at lunch; you never showed up."

"I couldn't. I'll explain later. Olly can't know everything. He's only five."

"Okay, just rest and we'll talk about this tomorrow. I'll let you off school tomorrow. You can stay as long as you need to. The toilet is across the hall. The kitchen is in the next room. Help yourself to anything but the chocolate bar. I'll be down the hall. Wake me up if you need anything."

"Thanks Edward. I really appreciate your help. I have some money to pay you back."

"I don't want your money Eliza. Don't worry about paying me back; both Bella and I want to help you."

"Thank you."

I made my way to my bedroom and lay down with Bella, thinking over everything. Soon I drifted to sleep.