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Chapter Thirty-Six

"Do not be afraid, Bella," Esme smile, her hands pressing into my lower belly. "There is only one baby within your womb."

I sighed. "But the dreams Esme. They were so… so realistic…and frightening."

"Of course, they sounded terrifying," She said as she rubbed my belly soothingly. "You went through a traumatic experience. While the mating process is very beautiful, it is also very hard on our bodies."

Edward rubbed my shoulders, pressing his lips against the back of my neck. He didn't say anything, he just rubbed my shoulders and continued nuzzling my neck.

I sighed. "I swear I held my babies. Both of them. One was a boy, and one was a girl."

Esme smiled. "The night Carlisle and I mated was a very tough one. I was in a great amount of pain. When his seed was inside of me, I had horrific images of babies. There was a hundred of them! All of them calling me mama and looking towards me for protection and care."

I didn't want to undercut her trying to soothe me, but her dream wasn't so far off from what she did now. Esme was technically the mama of all of the children in the village, and they all looked to her for both protection and care.

"Perhaps the two babies are your inner wants." Carlisle said. "You know you will be delivering a son, but maybe you would like a daughter too."

"Maybe." I said as I rubbed my stomach. "What about Edward's dream? I saw his too."

"You and Edward share a deep connection," Esme said gently. "The two of you will be able to move freely between each other's dreams. You, of course, will be able to do more than he will, you are our goddess's gift."

I rolled my eyes at her. "What about the babies?"

"You also have a connection with your baby," Esme said, correcting my plural use of baby to singular. "He is living within you. He is relying on you for everything. You and he will have a connection that no one will ever understand. Not even Edward. You are his first bond. A bond that is more powerful than any other bond imaginable. You are his mother, and he is your son."

"But the other baby—,"

"Bella," Esme said very gently yet firmly. "There is no other baby."

"You can't be sure," I said softly as I closed my eyes. "You can't see inside of me."

"You are right, I cannot see inside of you, but I have helped many women during their pregnancies and their births. I have experience. There is only the two heartbeats of your son. His heartbeats are strong, as they should be."

I opened my eyes just enough to look at my stomach. I wanted so badly to believe them and be soothed by their kind words, but I wouldn't be soothed. I still felt sick to my stomach, only now, I was frustrated because of their coddling and redirection, as if I were a child.

"We should rest, Bella," Edward said as he lifted me into his arms. His nose nuzzled against my neck. "We should eat and rest."

I nodded in agreement and let him lift me off the ground. Esme and Carlisle threw sympathetic smiles my way as we left.

"I have a surprise for you," Edward said as he walked passed the ladder we normally climbed up to get to our hut.

"Oh yeah?" I said as I let my head fall against his chest.

His hand stroked my head gently. "You are so tired."

I tried to stifle my yawn. "Yeah… I guess I am."

"I will show you the surprise, then we should sleep." He said. "Hopefully after you sleep, your spirits will lift. You should not be this sad. I am sorry I have made you unhappy."

"I'm not unhappy Edward," I sighed. "It's nothing to do with you… I just feel like everyone is gaslighting me. I saw four doors. I held two different babies. One was a boy and the other was a girl."

"I am sorry the doors are torturing you like this," He said, nuzzling his nose against mine. "They must be horrifying in the other world to be torturing you such as this."

I sighed again. He didn't understand. How could he, he didn't see what I had seen. And that wasn't his fault. He couldn't travel through the dreams as I could.

I had started to drift off as Edward began to climb a new ladder. I roused myself enough so I could pay attention to where he was going. This was a new place he had never taking me before.

We made it to the top of the tree line when Edward gently set me on my feet. I was turned so I could see Carlisle's and Esme's hut across the way.

"Now that we are officially mated," Edward smiled proudly. "We are allowed to have our own hut."

I smiled, my mood beginning to lighten. I turned to face him. "You built us a hut up here?"

"No, this was my grandparent's hut. My father was keeping it empty for me." He said as he stepped aside. "Aside from the things I have been collecting for my mate."

I took a step onto the wooden ground. It was extremely similar to the wooden platform that surrounded Carlisle and Esme's hut. The only real difference between the two huts was the fact that theirs had been decorated with flowers and other little things.

My smile widened; this actually did make me very happy. I could feel my glum mood lifting as I looked around mine and Edward's hut.

"Do you like it?" He asked. His tail wrapping around his leg; a habit he did when he was nervous.

I turned to him and smiled. "I do. I really, really do."

His face broke into a very large smile before he walked over and nuzzled his face into the crook of my neck. He inhaled deeply before shuddering.

"You are happy now." He said more to himself than me.

"I am," I chuckled. "Show me the stuff you've been collecting for your me."

He grabbed me by the hand and walked us inside of the hut. It was the same as Esme's and Carlisle's, but it did have a few things that were piled up in a corner.

Edward thumped down onto the leafy ground and pulled me into his lap. Once I was settled, he reached over and grabbed the first item.

"My mother made this a long time ago," He said as he held up a bunch of combined necklaces. "I had taken pieces from the hot spring and gave them to her."

"It's beautiful." I said as he gently laid it in my hands. There were three soft golden braided ropes hanging together loosely. Inside of the gold rope was an array of green, red, and white gemstones from the hot springs. It was very beautiful and had an almost elegant appearance. It reminded me of jewelry that queens of ancient civilizations would wear.

Edward's tail wagged happily as I lifted my hair and allowed him to tie it around my neck. It fell comfortably against my breasts but offered less coverage than my other top. That was fine however, I had long gotten over my modesty and now felt no shame if I were naked. Which was most of the time.

"My mother also made a new skirt to go with it," He said as he pulled out the golden red fabric.

Esme was matched the skirt and the top beautiful. While the fabric was just a simple, bright red, she had woven the golden rope into the sides of the skirt. Woven inside of the rope was more red, white, and green gemstones. It was beautiful as well.

"Help me put it on?" I asked as I stood.

Edward smiled as he untied the skirt I was currently wearing. His lips pressed against my hip gently, leaving a trail of soft, wet kisses.

My nipples hardened and I felt myself becoming a little wet. Edward purred in delight and placed more kisses on my hip, moving towards my damp center.

Before he could put his mouth against me, I got onto my knees and freed him from his loincloth. I smiled as his pintel bounced up.

"Are you sure?" He asked softly as I moved to hover over him.

"I am very sure," I answered just as softly.

"You are not too sore?" He asked, his hands holding my hips so I couldn't plunge myself onto his pintel.

"I am not sore. I swear." I told him. "You'd know if I were. You'd be able to read my mind."

He let out another purr, "That is true." He said before helping me slide onto his pintel.

I gasped as he slid passed my barrier. When the tip of him grazed my center, I felt a little nervous that it would hurt. But as his pintel slid inside of me with no resistance, I felt nothing but pleasure.

"Oh, Edward" I moaned once I completely sunk onto him. I held my arms loosely around his neck and pressed my forehead into his.

He placed his hands on my hips and kept me in place as his pintel began to gently move in the most pleasurable way. I'd never used a vibrator before, but if I had to guess what one felt like, it would be this.

He ducked his head in between us and took my nipple into his mouth. I moaned loudly when the vibrations became stronger.

I was so close to complete bliss when Edward jerked me off of him and spun me around, holding me tightly against him so that his pintel was covered. He wrapped his arms around me, covering my body as well. I knew he wasn't finished because I could still feel his pintel was still moving against my back.

"What are you doi—," I started to ask before Jasper and Alice walked in. Both of them smiling widely and trying to contain their giggles.

"What are you two doing in here?" Edward snapped; the vibrations of his pintel were growing weaker and weaker by every passing moment.

"We wanted to see you and Bella and your new hut," Alice said as she thumped down onto her bottom.

Edward shot a look at Jasper, "She cannot hear as well as you can. Why did you not wait?"

Jasper thumped down beside Alice. "I tried to tell her, but she said it would be fine and you would not be angry."

Edward growled. "Well I am angry now."

"Could you two give Edward and I some time?" I asked sweetly, hoping to persuade them into leaving so Edward and I could finish.

"So you two can finish having sex!" Alice giggled loudly, causing me to blush.

"When you and Jasper become mates, I will remember this," Edward said as he pointed his finger at the two of them. "When you two want alone time, I will force my presence onto you both."

"Jasper and I will not need as much alone time as you two. One time will be plenty to satisfy us." Alice said, beaming as if she were the expert on mating. I wanted to tell her that mating with these males was addicting and as soon as she did it once she'd crave more.

Edward growled again. "Leave now."

"No," Alice whined and pouted. "I want to feel your belly! And I want to hear about the hot springs."

I sighed, knowing she wouldn't leave until she got what she wanted.

"Alright, alright," I sighed. I looked over my shoulder to make sure Edward's pintel had calmed down enough for it to be appropriate for me not to have to cover it anymore. Nudity was completely fine, no one cared, but you could not walk around sporting a massive erection in front of the children. That was a no-no everywhere.

"Here, feel," I said as I held my belly out for her. I noticed that my lower stomach was already a little larger than it had been. Edward's seed had completely melted, but my stomach was already showing signs of early pregnancy.

Alice placed both of her hands on my stomach before giggling. She was giving me quite the feel up before pausing, her smile dropping quickly.

"What's wrong?" I asked, looking at her intense face.

She cocked her head to the side, then to the other side, pressing her hands into me a little harder.

"Your stomach feels… different." She said.

"Different?" I asked in a slightly panicked tone. "Different how?"

"It does not feel different," Edward snarled at Alice, his face moving closer to hers. It was the harshest tone I had ever heard him take with her.

Jasper moved closer too, letting out a little snarl of his own, but cutting it off quickly and backing up when Edward turned his head towards him and bared his teeth.

"There is nothing different about her stomach," Edward snapped at Alice. "Do not say silly things. You have upset Bella."

"What do you mean my stomach feels different?" I asked Alice, ignoring Edward.

Alice looked between me and Edward, unsure of what to say. Jasper placed his hands on Alice's shoulders.

"We should go," Jasper said as he tugged her back gently. "Come on Alice."

Alice bit her lip as she left, giving me a sympathetic look. Once they were gone, I snapped my head over at Edward.

"Something is wrong," I said firmly. "I told you something was wrong."

Edward sighed. "Bella, nothing is w—,"

I placed my hand in his face. "No. Do not tell me something is wrong! Obviously something is wrong and you're trying to convince it's not and that is not okay!"

He sighed and shook his head. "Because nothing is wrong Bella. We have seen my mother; she has checked you over. Nothing is wrong with you or our baby."

I threw my hands up in frustration, scooting as far away from him as I could and pressing my back against the wall. It might be childish, but I was agitated with him, and I didn't want to look at him right now.

"What can I do?" He asked nervously, scooting so he was sitting across from me.

I was quiet for a few moments. "It would be nice if you would stop pretending like what I am feeling, what I'm seeing, what I know I've seen in my dreams, isn't real. It makes me feel like you're not… not valuing my opinion. You just want me to shut up and not talk about it."

His jaw clenched and unclenched before he sighed.

"It is not that…" He sighed again. "Do you understand what would happen to you if you were pregnant with two babies?"

I stared at him for a moment. "Yeah. I know."

"Do you think you could understand why I might feel… dismissive about your claims? If you are truly carrying two babies, then I have sentenced you to death. Do you understand why it frightens me? If I gave you two seeds, then I am the one who has hurt you... who has killed you." He shuddered hard enough for me to feel it.

"I know," I sighed heavily. "I do know this. I understand why this is upsetting to you. But maybe—."

"Bella please," He said, inhaling deeply. "I… this is… I am sorry Bella. This is too much for me. I cannot fathom the thought of you dying. Especially if I am the cause of it."

Feeling his intense sadness and remorse made me feel sick to my stomach. I let a few moments pass before I inhaled and moved closer to him.

"I'm sorry, okay?" I said, swallowing my pride. "I know that me carrying two babies is a sensitive topic. It means I die and if I die, you die." I looked down at my feet. "It was just a dream. Let's forget it."

Edward reached over and placed his hand under my chin. Our eyes met for a brief moment before I looked away. He sighed.

"I do believe you," He said slowly. "I also believe my mother. I guess we will not be sure until you give birth."

The corner of my lip lifted, and I looked back at him. "You know I am a goddess… maybe I'll be able to carry two babies."

He tried to smiled back. "Maybe."

"I won't mention two babies again," I said. "And I'll try not to dream about it."

He nodded. "Thank you Bella. I am sorry I cannot be stronger for you. I am sorry this is to emotional for me to handle. I wish I was better for you. To support you."

I grabbed his arm and placed it, so it was wrapped around my waist. He turned his head, so his nose was pressed against my hair.

"It's alright." I said. "We'll just see what happens. In the meantime, we'll just prepare for one baby. Our son."

He nodded and closed his eyes as he inhaled me deeply. I felt him begin to calm down and that made me feel happier. "I am sorry." He apologized again.

Of course, I still felt uneasy. I knew something wasn't right with this pregnancy, but it was apparent that me saying it made everyone feel uncomfortable and upset. I didn't want to upset Edward anymore. He went out of his way to make sure I was always happy and that he was doing the right thing. So, I could pretend that there is only one baby inside of me for him.


I know some of you are probably mad at how dismissive Edward is being towards Bella *potentially* being pregnant with two babies. But please realize that this is an extremely sensitive topic for these people. If Edward gave Bella two seeds, then he's killed her and hurting your mate is the absolute worst thing you could do. Plus, Edward's grandparents were destroyed by two seeds.

BUT we will not know if Bella is carrying two babies until she gives birth! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! The next one will be soon!