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Bella

Living with Edward comes with its perks. Like, having a whole room plus bathroom to myself, having an easier way of stealing his hoodies and eating all his food. I actually love living with him. Our rooms are next to each other and Edward had no issue in turning his home office into a nursery for the baby. If I thought he was attentive before, now that we live together, I've been spoiled to the point where I think he's ruined me for good. We have a movie night every night and we eat ice cream and curl up on the couch together. It honestly became the best part of my day. Though it sucks that we didn't get to do it tonight because he had this big office dinner with some other company in order to seal the deal. Which means I'm home all alone.

I walk out of my room in search of some food. This baby must be bored all the time because I am always hungry. This is the first time since I moved in two weeks ago that I feel somewhat comfortable. My growing belly has come with perks of its own, like back pain, hot flashes and the inability for me to lay down in a comfortable position for no more than five minutes before a part of me starts aching.

Today, my body seems to be taking it easy on me. I'm in a pair of night shorts and a college sweater from Edward's closet that reaches to my mid thigh, but my belly has grown to the point where it fits nicely.

I open the fridge and grab a yogurt, climb on the counter and sit with my legs dangling off the edge and my back against the fridge. It's past ten which means Edward should be home any minute. Usually when he comes home from work he brings me flowers, my favorite red roses or lilies, or sometimes he brings more food.

I'm halfway through my yogurt when I feel the telltale feeling in my throat, followed by a wave of nausea. Hopping off the counter, I sprint to the bathroom with my hand over my mouth and make it just in time before I vomit.

"Bella!" Edward comes up behind me. I don't have a chance to tell him to leave as I dry heave over the toilet. Edward kneels on the floor next to me, pulling my hair back and rubbing my back gently. "It's okay, let it all out. Don't hold it in."

He stays on the floor with me until I have nothing left to vomit. I pull away and weakly attempt to reach the sink. Edward helps me keep steady with his hands on my hips. When he sees it's hard for me to stand on my two feet, he lifts me up and sits me on the cold counter.

"Ah!" I yelp when my bare thighs meet the cold marble.

Edward does a very good job at rinsing my mouth, helping me wash my teeth and get rid of the dirty sweater and changing me into a new one. I like the gesture, it's kind and almost loving.

He kisses my forehead. "Ready for bed?"

I nod, leaning my head against his shoulder.

He chuckles and pulls me in his arms. "Alright, let's get you two to bed."

"Did you guys place the order?" Alice shouted the moment we walked in the apartment. "Did you? Did you?"

"Yes, Alice. We did."

"Though it took a great amount of willpower not to look at the little paper," Edward said and then pointed at me. "I had to keep a cautious eye on her."

I drop my purse on the counter.

"It was like holding a ticking time bomb!" I sit at the table with them and take a cookie. "I want tomorrow to come, I want to be proven right that it's a boy."

"Just a couple more hours. Where is everyone else?" Edward takes a cookie as well.

"Jasper and Emmett went to buy some decorations I need for tomorrow and Rosalie had a nail appointment." Alice takes a cookie. "Oh, Bella, I got you the perfect dress for tomorrow! It's blue and so pretty, you're gonna look so beautiful!"

I blow her a kiss and stand up, taking two more cookies from the plate.

"Well, I'm not big on party planning, so I'll let you two ladies finish last minute details."

Edward leans back on his chair and crosses his arms over his chest.

"Oh really? And what are you going to do while we're doing last minute details for our baby's gender reveal?"

"The same thing I'll do tomorrow at the party, just stand there and look pretty." I wink at him and walk away. "If you need me, which I hope you don't, I'll be sleeping on the couch."

My plan was to sleep through today to avoid any party planning and make today go by quicker. That way tomorrow will be here and I will find out what my baby's gender is. Unfortunately, Junior has different plans. He didn't want to take a nap or allow his mother to take a nap on Alice's comfortable couch. I tried to sleep, I tried to block out Edward and Alice's talking about the party and the feathery feeling of Junior moving relentlessly inside me. But twenty minutes go by and Junior can't stop moving.

He's a nudger, I give him that.

I groan and roll on my back, staring at the ceiling. Edward's head appears above the couch with a small frown.

"Can't sleep?"

"Junior is wide awake," I tell him.

He places a hand on my belly and smiles.

"I can feel it." He leans down and presses his lips to my belly. He knows the drill. "You have to settle down and let Mommy sleep, or else she'll be mean and grumpy to Daddy."

And just like that, like magic, he stops moving. I huff and look at Edward's little smug smirk. He kisses my belly and then my nose.

"You can thank me later," he whispers before walking away.

I look down at my belly. "Oh, but to him you listen. You know, I'm the one growing you, I should be your best friend."

I get a small kick.

"Nope, too late to make friends."

One thing that I should have learned a long time ago is to always count on Alice. She was right. The blue dress she got for me was pretty and I kind of looked adorable in it. It was long, down to my feet with soft fabric and it made my belly look so cute!

The party was set up at a park near Edward's apartment. They got a set of tables and they decorated our area, even a few poor trees nearby had blue and pink ribbons and balloons tied to them. Jasper was cooking at the grill since he was the designated barbeque cook because no one can cook barbecue better than him. Not even my father - who is talking with Carlisle by the grill next to Emmett. Mom and Esme are by the table with the food that has been already cooked, organizing the plates and the utensils. A few people from Edward's work, my work and other friends are here as well. They're all wearing either a pink or blue as to their guesses to what our baby's gender will be.

I watch from a safe distance as everyone chats and laughs, music fills the air as well as the delicious smell of Jasper's barbeque. Edward is talking to a few friends from work, two of which match him with the pink shirts. He looks genuinely happy, even proud to be here. He looks at me, automatically knowing where I am and smiles but then his eyes drift to the side and the smile is replaced by a scowl.

I turn to see what could've caused his change in mood when I see Jacob walking up to me. He's the odd one out, wearing a white shirt.

"Jake, wow." I hug him a little because my belly gets in the way. "I didn't know you were coming."

"I heard Angela and Jessica talk, they mentioned your gender party would be here." He blushed slightly and it made me chuckle. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you. I'm so glad you came."

"I wanted to give you this." He handed me a small gift bag. "I saw it when I was at the store and... I dunno, I thought of you."

I take the bag. "Wow, thank you. I didn't know you could bring presents to a Gender Reveal party." We both chuckle. I open the small gift bag and gasp. I took out the cute teddy bear outfit, it was so small and cute. "This is... Oh my God! This is so cute, thank you!" I laugh and he does as well. "What the hell were you doing shopping in the baby aisle?"

You got me there."

"Hello, Jacob." We both turn to Edward. He doesn't look very happy to see Jake here. Edward wraps an arm around my waist, softly stroking the side of my belly.

"Look, Edward, isn't it adorable?" I show Jacob's present to him.

"Cute." He turns to Jacob. "Thank you for coming, feel free to serve yourself and stay as much as you want."

While the gesture was nice, I think anyone would've caught the slight undertone to his invitation. It wasn't a feel free to stay and have fun! It was more like an I dare you to stay, you bastard.

Jacob caught up to it quickly.

"No, I just came to give Bella her gift. I should be going."

"No!" I step in. "No, Jake, you got to stay."

"Bella, your whole family is looking at me," he whispers. It was true, everyone was looking at our little exchange. He was my ex-boyfriend at my Gender Reveal party for a baby I was having with my best friend. Of course people would stare, but so what? "I think it's better if I left."

"So what? Please, it'll be fun."

"Bella, if he doesn't want to stay, then you shouldn't force him."

Jacob glares at Edward.

"Fine, I'll stay."

Now it's Edward's turn to glare.

"That's great, Jake!"

I was more than happy that Jacob was staying. We were friends after all. Edward not so much. Or Emmett or my father or Jasper or Alice or Rosalie. But I didn't care. It was my damn party after all.

Mom was the only one who didn't give Jake the stink eye when he said hi to her. She even kissed his cheek. He kept his distance from me and Edward for the rest of the party, mostly because ever since he showed up Edward has not left my side. We talked to our guests together, ate together, we even stood together and while we were being nice hosts, answering questions about our baby's health and such, Edward would occasionally glare at Jacob.

"Could you at least try not murder him seventeen different ways with your eyes," I told him as I picked a cupcake. "Seriously, you're acting like a jealous husband."

Edward looked away from Jake and forced a laugh.

"What? Jealous? No, you're crazy. I just don't like him." He looks back at Jacob who is talking to Jessica and Lauren then looks back at me and his expression softens. "You got chocolate here." He wipes my bottom lip and licks it off his finger. "Hmm, that's really good. Give me a bite."

I step back when he leans in to bite my cupcake.

"Get your own!"

"Hey, that's not nice!" He reaches around my waist and pulls me close, but i stretch my arm far away and laugh when he tickles my side. He catches my cupcake and takes a bite out of it. I slap his arm, but he only groans in satisfaction. "Mmm, that's a good cupcake."

"You owe me a cupcake." I pout, looking down at my bitten cupcake. Edward is now standing behind me, his hands wrapped protectively around my belly. I offer him another bite over my shoulder and he takes it. "Good, ain't it?"

"Delicious."

I caught Jacob's eye. He's looking at us. Well, everyone is looking at us. I blush and distract myself by taking another bite off my cupcake.

Close to sunset, Alice says it's time for the reveal. All phones and cameras are out. Jasper and Emmett pull out a big box that had pink and blue all over it and that said BOY OR GIRL?

Edward and I stand behind the box. Everyone gathers around us with their cameras ready, except Jake, of course. We take some pictures first before we finally set up, each of us grabbing the top of the top. The closer we get to knowing the gender, the more my excitement grows until I'm literally jumping in place as the countdown begins.

"One! Two! And... Three!"

We open the box and the smoke rushes out.

A handful of pink balloons fill the air.

"It's a girl!"

I've never seen Edward jump so high in the air before in my life and the smile on his face is so priceless. It only takes two seconds for him to be tackled by Jasper and Emmett, who grab him and jump up and down with him in a circle. Rosalie and Alice, along with Angela, Mom, Esme and Jessica run to me to hug me. Cheers fill the air around us.

Edward pushes past Emmett and Jasper and runs to me. I wrap my arms around him, both of us a laughing mess. Edward sweeps me off my feet, just enough to get his hands under my bum to support me. I cup his face between my hands and in the swirl of the excitement and adrenaline, I kiss him. Edward stiffens against me momentarily, but his arms around me tighten and he pulls me closer.

I ignore the gasps around us when I pull away. His eyes are bright and full of wonder, but I simply wrap my around him and hug him. We are insanely happy. It's a girl! Our baby is a girl! Edward and I are hugging so tightly, I'm afraid he might actually squish our daughter out of me. When we pull away, he leans down and kisses my belly.

"I was right," he said with the biggest smile I've seen on his face.

"Oh shut up." I laugh, pushing him away.

My dad finally makes his way to me, pulling me into a hug and kisses the side of my head.

"My grandbaby is gonna be a girl," he said.

"She is. I feel kind of bad for calling her a boy all this time."

"Well, maybe next time." Next time? I don't plan on getting drunk and having unprotected sex any time soon. He looks above my head and then at me. "Bella, what's going on between you and Edward?"

"What do you mean?" I ask, feigning confusion even though I know what he means.

And to be honest, I wasn't sure what was going on between us either. There are moments where we still feel like the old us, like the best friends we've always been, but then there are moments like today. Where it feels like more, like we could be more, but could we? What if it didn't work out? I couldn't risk losing my best friend. He was too important to me.

"I might be an old man, young lady, but I'm not blind nor stupid. Neither is everyone else in this party. I've seen the looks you've been giving each other and the way he's been looking at Jacob-"

"Dad."

"And that kiss wasn't nothing."

"Dad." I pull away and sigh. "Dad, Edward and I are happy with the way things are. We just found out we are having a girl, it was just the heat of the moment and all the feelings."

"Yes, we're here because of the heat of the moment and all the feelings as well," he points out.

"Daddy, there is nothing other than an unbreakable friendship between me and Edward. Trust me."

Dad smiles, cupping my face between his hands. "Darling, it's not me you have to convince. It's yourself and Edward."

Author's Note:

It's a girl! Now I know it may seem like it's taking forever for Edward and Bella to talk about what is potentially happening, but don't worry! They will get there. They just clueless hahaha

Happy Mother's Day!

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